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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1916-10-26, Page 2• Ta1:7116DAT, lit-118.tela Wilk,t .few preset' tweets month atter month; sad year ether year, and trtsudm of tee ss :tat u'nalista are gives contracts to II • keep the traitorousprealive. MI • __ the is [ling every loyal heart with fol OM. law deals[ .. DRIVING THE HUNS BACK• TUB •1tiM11. !>alM17I� I. afraid tc t HE SIGNAL : GOI)ERICH ONTARIO Letters from the Front 1 1The present Governorate PROM ROG. PLATT. overs - --- PONLIIISINatifight Hourasa, as Law ter foulest bis Gamier "lack' Rebores Writes (rem A Newsy Letter kenPreece British _sa essrais t TCt IMAM al ver Tb Suitt to IYl 1 and on other occasfona And I Fenner I a •• PMyjo•, • Nave It Al Oyer the Hew .em the e.>, y eru a TeMpts• Ne >• yet papers like The Toronto :['ewes tn'et J Y. 1t. bertr, lvisca++r+u>r rar'fra-lncte tt. sod .ole osr year : If pawl •tnetly to adr 1. tie . (wlwwu�w•msyuad:to .as.srtto" Obit Laurier is respusstl.le for Bour• tam nut•. tae rata t• [las Uoilar . Y%Ity WM.vat — _ O.ate strictly in Menem IG.►«i deU te octet•• Tea ear •i. resvarty by � use [ebb- I Sir Thomas Tait, who was recently spp.inted by the Dominion Bovero- ernes ' esu w Mrs. The following paragraphs east ex- �, have the sublime impudence Ue news[ Rul erta, of Uodericb, bas written • ; treats frees Imams reereved from letter to Mr R. IL Sellowe. trees Busibeedkr Reg. Flee, moo of Mi. whom The Signet received perwi•sion and Mrs J. S. Platt. wire .a with • to putlisb the following ehtr•cta : battery of artillery in Vtase'e Away over bete In France we Cana- fires been bury treadling the lain meat "Director of National Serviat- life touch leer weeks and have revered cwrsider- wtUowMr •beer ►7 •.0q$Mir.m�a t ��+N hen sr of the het ale•. le limited. . bottb old .ad I; climes d taint++ Um two sparest mteeM M mire. revltPuy w side by 10.11• mere. it t . eo.t- t 01 thew or rl1btyrrd Vvanrstro Teatms—alemetter dimple, and seta t Lelven letessal. MU be emsasal •ed deils d eert1 agree- mesa. a. est* per lye for err [.mems.a and tear ••stn err Ute tee feet eabsswit teens tlea..med b a male et res eesvreU -1 weave Mtwe wire les iama.m• teed. of six lies ,.�eedmswear. lirise , idler• per fttn, year. • nates '. ae.et•dat.etlt..a Weerresod&R4ure tee Sake tc to newt, r'v. e for frets worst[ Peet.. Artiste. emr CW11 . race wertisemeris ( m ewer for timet a.. (`sem- fest tem fe •• J tri s w M•4- advertheemonte erdiaaryt,pe Tea 0 emetempebe..uWetails:set tkm im TT el • Leider w wener- dee MaMds. le b. con ea elvver- Ib.ment •.d ob.r.d.eareneegle. stese ,f Mir coa.wru■o.rr*z-T V t Leve- e d toward. Nelda( Tun time se • easel) ent meaty aid dletrieter�meg�!• ems iiesof all least ease tt es - Was tt. a eta M suand mmit • the wetter. mat e m rlt tomer ea I '� d arse trite Now. r Ma Mesh*ed iM°k sees eatlee. bet as an arexat sees mat Meer Mae wdafela, its of saes work. THUR8DAl . OCTOBER 7B. 1Y16 EDITORIAL NOTES. After the war has bees in progress virtually chairman ot a national re- cruiting committee -baa rationed the position owing to interference from the Government with the appointment of a secretary. Mir Thomas is a Con- servative and has tome than a coo. [oatmeal reputation as a successful business organizer . but he could not see much chance of success in a pod. tion in which be would be subject to ,petty political interference. The pees- est Government has bees working the p+t'OOye .ystem for all •it w worth. I but bare was one place -a national re - emitting r,ttamitter-where even this Government. ore • would imagine, would put partitan•bip aside. Not so, { however ; nod. Laving gained an Ink - hug of what was to hs expected in Also way of pielitieel meddling, Sir dies lana are 11111trnrlfK • able .4 France. We rued. route eat hone, lime. from what of lough •t our rhe tri bytrain •sd teed our borers bumf• land. 1 hew,•tteo thought of the p nearly pleasant eiowrnt• spent to con. the renuesider. It was rather tiresome, venation in your studio and have de- I as we bed to be oo the trio,* plenty of tided to spare a little tine this [tort- I morning@ before dawn said travel all ins( in an endeavor to pro a tow of my Iday. Believe tees we sure eteeyed tape. i -acre, as I thine you may tlual our sleep at alpha*. tense i•ltrtmt ID knowing mumecbie•g 1 nes is an tstereetosg part of hie *bout the way the boys lire who are line. Our guns •re firing all the time over here trying to do lbeir "bit." :and they keep is bury travelling up there web aesODitioO. They are Atter a rousing farewell we raw the es in wenches recently occupied by the last of our dear uses et C) O01 g eta- troUeruoan.. The treocbee have been lion on the night of lune 13th and I constructed with great labor, some of might raid it wan coo.lderatde Intel them having dugouts tblrty feet be - wirers ,be gond-byes were over, for l low the aurinne of the ground, and who could toll what 1tutor was sun ? practically •bell -pros•(. Der trip to England was a plearent I They beer pose Frits every way. our end nem• made without any est.- , Every oh•.rv•eios balloon be puts up bap.. Our wroth it lenglend was 'is destroyed immediately unlearn al plra.aut end we enjoyed our stay in eueb a distance awry from ibis line that eouree y exceedingly. We were,[bat it is not of meet service. ata very drilled much the same .;;i en Canada, few of Dir aeroplanes ever recurs from oily we had ..we extras to learn and lour lineswhen Oenventurentureber of vertr. we could realise [bat we were being ll' alarge peered tbroegb our lines today and they teemed to be phoned with tbeir except en oeea.loaal thee burettes, but It is esrtritlly ushealtby up then at times. Howard says Frits sent over gas • temple of therm but the boa respirators counteract a•y effect it might have. lite country M joist looking of lis very beet. surd then are sums aplewdid wooda is the seirrbborbeod. ( was to use piece yesterday where it was hardly poesible to tel the d,Qwenee h around the river .t buwe. It wan • noir bush of oak. eltu and Sr, sod benestb tbeoe was a great growib of ferias sod mew [Walking .hong • road you could hardly believe we were not at home on our w• down for • swine and In fact we did bevy use la a pond back to the hush. The whole ,Rau le pretty suucb the same es 1' the oid buyboud days wheal we curd to go camping, and moot of the old crowd. web as Harold Ewen, Roes Rutherford, Jack Roherta, Oban{* and Howard, .re mol so vee y oar away• ritbee. •-1 had • care from Nowa day se ss ago, syiug he was wounded in Obs right arta and bead, but neither was .eriou.. although he was on bis way to • Bligbuy.' McQuess. from BsuesSeld, and Russell from Obs old bei Ambul- ance crowd also were wousded. "Hugb Kay and I have been Ansa • couple of times to see nus 1riesde at the bakeshop. They seemed ailed to see us ••lain. and were quite et•sesrw.d about Rues end Mlles KusselL I bays bees intending to take Army Iasis, Charlie and Howard setae foe a feed. but can't manage -to get away at else same time It ie Ise to be Is • district wbere we can get a good equate meal oar. in • while and if the .resppaeaa 1. good eo much the better. The thimble - ben its are • great trop this year, amid with milk •ud eager frees • distant farmhouse we Ind them a gnat tree t. " Thomas promptly and resolutely de- gradually tougbened to the work in cline(' to act. 1 In his place Mr. R. a Wore for us. Ins. 4bere were quite •number of dee eaa- Bennett, Conservative member of Par- liament from Calgary, will act as di- rector of recruiting. Peace has its tragedies, as well as war. 'Ibe toes of the steamer ?deride and its crow twinge mourning to u,auy Uoderich homes The tan.- ilies bereft of stalwart young sons have the sympathy of all our towns- people. We tette off our bat to Toronto for Its wagn.ficeOt contribution of tbree- quarters of a million dollars to the British Red Cross fund. Tbir means $1.51) per head of the population of the city. Godericb's coetrihutios does not average .5 eects per head. Lord Robert CeeA, the British Foreign Ender -Secretary. has declared that ••the British (iovernwent is per- fectly s.ti.fled teitb the precautions taken end arrangements made by the C'an,dtan (. ,vrrnruent with regard to r.ickil-" The British Government Kiley be satisfied. but "Bally" Mcl.ran i.n't. over two years. Sir Wiefrid Laurier has been invited to co-operate through • Parliamentary committee in the work of recruiting in Caoada. During these two years Sir Wilfrid has made many recruiting speeches, while the inactivity of the Premier aloog this tine has been marked. Ric Wilfrid re- plied to the &iovernment'• invitation to the effect that be felt he could do better work in his own way, as hereto- fore, rather.tban tbroughthe proposed committee, referring to the rewgnatino of Sir Thomas Tait as national director owing to political later - et recruiting foresee: The Conservative organa, io their usual way, are trying to make it 0th' unpat malt found ever ywherr I have tb • di.tnc.t. Hoe:. Aim h ice stoat and [bough now sun along bele h in declining to M tied up to •cam I'maimed uprigh', practically un- mittee which. if it followed the course .cat bee. Dees it Ont .tem ms if • it ie forced down by our ale weep. of mane other committees and cos- 1 H•ghe, Power was trying t i tell us or NV, have it over them every way. tench us ienoething ? Toes idea bas so All our artillery pounds awl. ve their After two months of lite un oflfeers atmte ngst iberu. visa in bnglend I {owned that Mr. I Sed tanle M.eeon has bmso rran•feerd Lean, our taunts. bad been [tre.. to our �tery. He has been over y at mos bas aeon lent o oe. u I sande the unmet to be attachedhe rid brother hat been with the battery the same unit, as also did my from the sleet. Doo Sinclair. wlureame over with me. •,•hat battery Harald O1'arr•nee and We volunteered tegetber and thee the reef of the boys are with was up eftersonn our kits weer packed sled near our old position weir Ypres, hut soon afterwards we embarked fora (.tip nhey woven in :Not before we left and across Chaonrl. France loomed out in 1 did not have an opportunity of see- the `loom early one morning ing biro. 1 believe for are now deltic and 1 found emelt the first of the y !here and I may nee hies yet. tor immediate *levies to a battery • ' • Isere with the iufuotry fora ear and reed the bow. Oo lear'iag this I fight H' draft to set foot on Preach soil. I Our wagon hues are close to • large After • few days of movies shoot , town which the Huns shell every day. we landed at lest ■1 our battery. The There i• a large church in the centre boom of mare guns esu new to •1. and -.of it which has formed a apeeial tar - we fount it rather hard on the natives. get for their .big guns. The b.dy of Dmitri our trip scrota France we the churoh it in ruins hut the teeter is realised in some degree the horrorsstili •Leading. There is a large sesame and misers- • t war. %Ve tramped se the sup of the tower suspended by through rsllagee which could only he its belle and hanging over the street reeogntaed by a few scattered hricke below at rlgbt angles to the tower. aid perbape an oeep•iemai wail Hue, Local talk bas it that the war won't was once part of a good home, tow • be,.Soi.bed until the image falls. ,Hass of ruins. Shell hetes, 1 eel. and The British here all the heights of appear that there s something * are on i i- in Sir Wilfrid's refusal: but inde- noticed more then once that where We have •wh line of observation ear c m. o balloons 0o Inst and plenty of pendent opinion will justify his course Ie.elle- u/ Obs ground the crucifix still arropl*nesdirectiag our Ire, while the 1 Hun. no Looser get a balloon up than how ---- monists ■ppoioted by tbie Govern- often U5 S0I l my wind. - Imes continually and I dont see u The Austrian Premier ha• been as went, would accompli -b notbing. In fiber d Is t pieced our *assumed by a Rreialet bert,tse ot boa damned We ere living in dugouts now and fiber hoe is just &r ow to cr•mveoe the Au -urian Par f th (iegt tong by tb le to rr ' of here the lend to teach it. One bet a - liament. Though the ineede sty seen at. vert+ w of consolidated feat. the l: overtment it -elf amn alreadv beet had uerasiun to appre- 11 butte and the infantry here to r v.lue r weer n t fit hes the protect era I r eros bed into the front line in nth the [[croon which R Sir Tbonas T -it. I tor• voter •and the far -in¢ is ra_hee 'broad daylight, reached that sod kept mltar. 1 tm b e N knowuntil they reached e nes e u over caused the resignation of I .ng h h•.r F'. i'z tent tie a •w o, lion marched only an indirect ronnection with war situation, it may be an indication �__- - of the attain under which the people GOO -SPEED, 161 ST 1 of Austria are laboring, with the Hut sows, the ifcttma'i'•* '.�,. the Tare -'•Lead. Kindly Ltth-.- ItaJia'e ell bettering at their doors. 1, Huron men • Now at mad tree for war' •s Clod --peed o er .ea. ! General Sir William it diertson, the The f.»weU Meer. are echoing atm. Co tit Dercital, Shadow' sad Telegraphy Do sawmills. Prudent• may enter at any time. We putt graduates in po.ttiooe. During J my end August we received applications fr r over 210 aasietante we could not supply. Write fur our free ratalague wt one*. D. A. McLACHLAN. Pr+acipal ow ver. alerigto goingt on 1 that the Gerusaas are trotting ten of Fritz' litre endpied part of bas l oar *bell. to eery one he sends over. [retch. In Bowe we bas but. Retiree we, if be *bents he bqe 1 occupied we nee fest un smtboni- � Tim his shells jets[ drop like bailato'em. 1 lion during the day. but bet. we just However. he is gradually [wing driven i anthte whers we plet►ee. hack io bks noon land and with beery , stew one of those "'ant*" wbicb are f k h uta* eta They gal over trenches end through 1 .s -s. Just f ew wee a ago e I mentioned quite a bit in the p.apen. ti.. w.i a .mfottaNy jnsi ober' l veto N'e Deed oar knee.t writing this letter. 'morninghi 40 tNobly m for hero•. rail to you; p� 'almost any ogr-iii . They look bks I t of the war. tion was i,upreguwl.he, and curry day •huge slimy grub when moving. Addressing a'tethering in London nes l. ve. 1 have a. British Chief of Staff. does not loot. for an early termination . W reach. grown esti brew, Lees wbicb sr [ rid bot ��°be is hooking up. seen v sir duels and more week, be *Aid Ti.m end, of rousse, i,ew- bat •day eine. p••cv w*. tri. m• air than one "F.i' est hes dropped neer l LIKE THE HOME COUNTRY. is not in sight. 1 would ask you to tier Heron- flekt+. 1 u•, We 11•• mei. ni any primenen' rememier it took two years to begin. , The ester.. old oboe ooild-how..o rare• 1 palm, to the rear 4, Our burs are much We have just got :hrough the begin -1 HI.•words .ed -hleldw, finer -looking chaps. ming, and the stage we ate now in lel Toah• west far fame -bete is the [amt aid I Las week a hi j ebe'1 t+ndr'I j.itf tc e -t. .eat three r r boors feet t• -nand ores end what I think is the middle. 1 don't 1. this • dream 1 Tbs., •1: in khaki dressed f it m e et sero tab. 1e tented r eed care much for the question what the'eee bark -aria[ ba. rung •roe cat store 1 g y miss- end will be.. Let us concentrate on tide us mean• 1 ...seeped with • small Where Heron roe-. piece of shell to n.7 bin end a slight the needle, and the end W;11 come yese rail oak. beard in mart. 1 place end store; •bark. After gee ing dressed eta Red when the enemy is beaten. He ran' TM rhumb cell toll.. 'tiro« station and getting the piece test sty• h for a ay or so Daegaanae Bey Reminded el Boyhood xr• Days by Ereperiews in Belgium Following are extracts trout a letter received by Dr. T. K Case. of Dun- gannon. from his son Benson. wholeHw with the Canadians in elgiu. It is dated September 27 • "Received your letters and Rapers only be beaten one way-hy hard h ra the bleed. no ran both seem out I went eat the rear cland was e I herr. an0. d then returned to duty. Another about • week •g fighting .-' _ou Herm. os ! Oe i. the :n great •eck ' I day F, ill spoiled my dinner by put- indeed w get the bone stews. We ase - - -entre stem . L H. nu. ting a pier•e of ihrapoel into my lunarhaving things pretty quiet in ibis Iwo- The4onduo Advertiser makes ed -I Hamilton. tin Still I am in the land of the liv- tion compered with our boys further s :c wonbe long leered comment upon the losses in lest week'+ storm on Lake E. ie and asks whet lesson was learned from the; Last Sunday'was occasion casion of the o V.+wrth Lee gtu annivet sat y services ing. The other chap who was a few down the line, lea feet sway from me on the day I was before the winter will make quite a bit was mutilated terrihly and will difference in the lighting. tint return to dutylaw night a 1e1- "I saw Howard about ten day* ago, and as his gun was out of •at los be WW1 1114• to get a little time ort. We went up to the ubwrvstion pit and had • look at the enemy's Irnt-tiss eroticism. There wasn't much doing octet donu't's of November, 1Y13, in i in North street Methodist church and low in a dugout about fort• y the way of eliminating risk of life and the occasion was merited hy in.pirin away was blown all to bite. Bit our property engage.1 in ibe learn, of the' sermons by Rev. J. W Hedley. 0 eeent position will he infer town, se I.ke.. "Unn ne wundere if toed* are not I Nile. hood egregatip ons were poet- i tbeGermans are being drieen fattber too beast', if .term warnings are not est at both "Tine"'"Tine"' away day. disregarded and too much risk taken; to get an extra cargo through. Wheel of construction ? Has it been settled that the lake type of freighter. with, its cern engine,. is safe? Are the lengths toxo great. and is inspection sufficiently drastic e' Hoo. Walter Scott, rebore resigna.1 tion of the premiership of Saakatcbe- wan, owing to ill -health, was an- nounced la.t -week. is succeeded by Mr. William Melvilie Marti', who bas repre.rsted the oo.Mituency of Re- gina in tJfe Hotee of Cbmmuoe at Ot- taws since 1811 [Shite he is • native of Norwich. in Oxford cou.ty, the Dew Premier pest his boyhood years at Erste-, i• thin county. his father being Rev. W. M. Martin. for tamely - six years minister elf the Presbyterian churcb at Exeter. His wiles • mew iw of the Thomson family of Yite)e s, Premier Martha is not yet forty yeses of ase. He i. • progressive Libeed. able .sd c,-.selestiowt ..d ulnas bis geld'oee teaekatebewaa will net be fogad laggtas h the [rear. see Tweet. Weill weastimw Who ort wap ...1I $blas easier. Drwesl•g Ow peltbal sitwatiss. e.peeiaRy with gwh m.oe t. Qisrb.r. it gays: .11i• tbm. M • beard d _.sews at 43ltaoa whist' gats ...rya. . pale. Willie • bade baellea Alm at ebm Mad el the Oros Lakes i ittermensen _serine .re the gios, !Rol. W_-.maa.. gm sena w No �� go,p Wee 164,11111•111 l b.b [throe. • is bit West bio nbttorS THOSE WHO. FROM TIME TO TIME. HAVE FUNDS REQUIRING INVESTMENT. MAY PURCHASE AT PAR DOMINION OF CANADA DEBENTURE STOCK IN SLIMS OF 1i00 OR ANY 1111;LTIPLE THIREO?. Principal repayable let October. 1919. Interest payable half -yearly. 1st April and ltd October by cheque (free of exchange at any chartered Bonk in Canada ) at the este of five per stet per annum frorn the date of purchase r nein Holden of ens stock will hove the pnvilege of surrendering at W accrued interest. as the eauivaknt of cash. in payment of any allotment made under any future war ben wore '}n Canada other than an noise of Treasury Bills or other like short data Proceeds of this stock are for wet puiposse may. A ooas airimn of e..•gtlester of nos per term }i1 be allowed to roost aimed bead and stock brokers an allotments heads b re•Pe t of al)ppicatidlla ler this stock which bear their stews. 1di of llasbane. Ottawa. For application Mow apply to the D. zty osranromor.off rain tis. �~~ Tinning of All Kinds done promptly, thiroughlr and rea- sonably. We'll repair or renew your roof, put your chimney top, leaders. gutters or cornice in first. class condition. Family Repairing, Too. if you want it. Fut a new copper bottom on the stab boiler, mewl all kinds of leaks in tinware. Fred Hunt HAMILTON STOUT ' PROXZ 135 W. ACHESON & SON Special in Wool Blankets TWENTY-FIVE pairs of beauti- ful white wool Blankets, soft, fine and pure, also same in silver grey with blue borders. Largest, double size, • 66 x 88 inches, worth $8.00,at per pair special $6.50 Pillow Cases, special per pair alt. Made from good, white sotto.:, nicely fin- ished, ready for use, 40, 42, 41 inch width. 72 -inch plain, bleached Sheeting. heavy, soft, pure stock, per yard 2Sc 36 -inch i.onadale Gatbric, worth 2lk at,per yardISe 36 -inch stripe Flannelettes. Splendid choice of old stock at per yard 12}c Cottonades and black Den- ims, heaviest and best qual- ity at per yard 3Sc Carpets and Rugs Wilton Rugs in all lead- ing sizes for any roosn or halL The present stock is good and every Rug is from old contracts and bought at prices be- fore the recent large ad- vance. Tapestry Brussels Axminster Rugs All sizes Special Values in Furs, Hudson Seal and Seal Plush Coats The fur -buying season is here and a splendid array of new Furs ready for the season. sea Plosh Casts (Salt's famous best quality) 45 and 50 inches long. loose back with ripple skirt, new flat collar and deep cuffs, satin -lined. Special each $311.63 Mick Fel Fe's In great variety. selected Skits, Stoles and Scarfs, all styles. at each $12, 81k $26, Pi and $3S Black Fox Muffs to match above Stoles, all shapes, at each .$1S, $111, $25 and $3S W. ACHESON & SON It Pays to Advertise in the SIGNAL 'akin( SEEN BUFFALO & FARE $5 22 r •� '~fir„ e ire•" "p^ - -_�� +�` • .-- � • `-`s/• sea d -- 17I. Cees[ 3114 •SIDLAMIDSIdre heIc , ei�w e. hi ea sed wets of las w.dd.- �4 ea.�+ Vans r or mew --- s Mess siseew- -- "CRT OF 8WYAL 74. sync= BUFFALOithas 1� lst to Nov. lif f . t..Z'. ed.... , - 'S. *-:*11:* #; Lllw.ii fi• aQfr�.t�tJw . 112: 1 sM.� �c:arasfrat.tisr.e..'~ IY �et.�a + sf d fmirtr..i im2. ..,r,-•'!1. as rear sew t fes Wmw.YC. ra.Tw.�we•r• _1 "`.p.i.74,1.4-7.4.0)=.1- r•ane..vieseaeilY.9w...l /MG= P., s 0.4 a••.e..,•1-. t..+t.t r.-. ~, oi •AL" T3At441T Ct.- -id. O!r• aJ�►%'� m•w+'m►� spies, maga W "It's a pleasure todelarta Illi[ hoose br Telephotos" Winning Friends by Telephone Inayj sem gogt �It.itkstg moa face to loins." mrd a boiers - rmay, ss be up his reoeiwer deer a toliharle veristisa; •' bat the way be tabs over the telephone typhoid the wools orgal isr • that Th ' 01 they always *swim etrar7 quer.tios i smelt . They .ewer beep yes .- ,to tis a palatial ir�er[1t 11s ?On lime to say. lb sore that year taWbi tsgaests will bears Ira gest gI[slik." libet web as soll etilliAr :Imams by those who dael *Atli you �enats + epi `ogbind end haaeeorl � ae. The Bell' Telephone Co. dmetialtaint Olf CANADA _J • 1 -• ‘-lete 1'