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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1918-5-9, Page 22 THURSDAY, MAY 1118 THE SIGNAL- - GODERICH, ONTARIO M8 SIGNAL PRINTING OU., Urn. Pclaraaalaas THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1918 EDITORIAL. NOl ES. r_ - Dandelions are old. What Goderich needs is the Get To- gether spirit. Cigarettes have advanced in price. An- othtr boott to the high cost of living. AWAKE 10 ARMS! NcXIU'S DIRECTORY. Gazetteer of Canadaw n ProIssued/ b y k That oink friends in the United States! -Canada's Premier Advection/ Agency. have waked up to a realization of the That the press of Canada is holding up war situation is evidenced by the tone of 1 wea against war conditions is shown by the leading newspapers across the border. the 1918 edition of the Canadian News - The Chicago Tribune in a recent issue paper Director)', just Issued by A. Mc- Kim, Limited. dvertising Agency, of Mc - had the following leading article: Montreal, Tore nu,. Winnipeg and Lon - "In war. Gine is vital." - Lloyd George t don. Eng. There are 1.490 publications to the United States. of all kinds now being issued in Capada The British Premier asks America to as against 1,381 in 191.7 -an Increase of hurry. The hour is critical and the needof 135 is great. Everything 100. This number is made up Everything that democratic dahlia, 5 tri -weeklies, 41 semi-weeklies. Europe and democratic Amer ca will fight 1018 weeklies, 8 hi -weeklies. 32 semi - tor as precious is at hazard and the has- monthlies. 228 monthlies. 1 bi-monthly, and is increasing. 20 quarterlies and 2 miscellaneous. The enemy, sfiong in 1914, grows Since the firm of A. McKim. Limited, stronger, ii stronger in the new attack Canada s oldest advertising agency, is - than when the first rush was made upon sued its first Canadian Newspaper Dtrec- France. The plea for haste comes from a tory, twenty-seven years ago, they have nation which was unready when it had to seen the birth of most 01 the publications fight, comes to a nation which is unready listed therein. and are in a position to fight. have accurate knowledge of the field in The doings of Parliament at this session do not appear to excite much public in- terest. The fight over in France over- shadows anything the politicians can do. • Lt. -Col. J. J. Fraser:ND. S. 0., told a Walkerton audience that an Imperial officer had said to him: ' There is no trench the enemy can build that the Canadians cannot take, and no trench the Canadian can take that he can't hold." The Toronto Star says that in the County of Grey "they ate getting down to brass tacks in the matter of food production." Well, they say goats and ostriches can eat almost anything; but for humans brass tacks would be slightly indigestible. we should say. While we are all hoping for an early termination of the war. it is just as well not to place too great hopes upon the return of peace this year. or even next year. (;en. Sir William R. Robertson says the war is likely to last a long time yet. "How long it will last no sane man," he says, "would dare to esti- mate." wtrenunasw i These two nations of English-speaking peoples both believe that their national existence is at stake. that their liberties are in jeopardy. and that their national future, the manner in which their succes- sors may live, is about to be determined. Germany. ready at the beginning. has grown stronger with each year. In each tnstance when time was vital Germany hail been ready to take advantage of the which they and the Canadian -preu.have grown up. The present-day condition of the publishing business of Canada en- ables the Dominion to boast the largest reading public in the world in proportion to population. Besides giving full details in regard to every newspaper and other publication issued in Canada. the McKim Directory shows in concise form the businesspos- ss Treasurer's Report Huron R. C. and' iliWgiAmMeni1iokillogninioWdrionertinAniniAligetibw FRLEND$TI1OUHT WRC. A., Dec., Jan. Feb. Seaforth Red Cruor. Walton Red Craw Union W. ACHESON &.a..•• 4031 38 3 1173 1'l' 3 ACH ESON SO opportunity. Russia. Roumania, Serbs, sibilitie. .,f any section of the Dominion. Montenegro, northern Italy, northern its gazetteer contain/ a wealth of general France, Belgium are p'issessed, virtually informs ion regarding every town and or In total fact, by a nation which knew city where a publication a issued. giving time was vital and planned with the populations. county seats. railways and knowledge that time was the essence of waterways touching each place. telegraph, I ndertaking. express and banking facilities. With the aid of its supplementary mans. it locates I every newspaper town in Canada. and the descriptions are so written that these towns may readily be visualized by the reader in relation to the territory in which they are situated and the entire Dominion. Never before was the need and value of up-to-date information about the Cana- dian market so essential. and the 1918 ed- iticn of the Canadian Newspaper Direc- tory comes to hand ata time when such facts as it conta ns are in great demand by the far-sighted business men of the country. The book itself is well bound. durable and neat; it is indispensable to the advertisers of Canada, and is well suited to every office desk and business library in the Dominion. The Germans now have a drug to over- come the pangs of hunger. This reminds us of the story of the miserly chap who was training his horse to do without feed. He was just congratulating himself upon his success when the horse died. The only satisfactory remedy for hunger is a good meal. and the German people having thrown away the plough to seize the rifle in obedience to their war lords are suffer- ing the consequences of their ow.1 folly. The policy which prevailed in Great Britain prevailed in the United States. The English speaking peoples now ask themselves if their liberties are to be placed as a burnt offering upon the altar of that ternble god of irrationality. of the unreal. of illusion. One rational fact existed in all thele nn - reality to which the English-speaking peoples have devoted themselves. That fact was the British navy. Tudai it is the greatest protection which the Eng- lish-speaking peoples have. 1t is the dependable wall behind which democracy in western Europe and in America can find safety. If this did not exist we were overrun, wiped from the earth as peoples who have institutions, free government& and liberties. "Time is vital," and the only ready thing. fully competent for its work in the whole democratic world when time was called, was the British navy. in every other respect tie call of time found tte English-speaking peoples un- ready, unprepared to defend thematives. to make their free governments and their in- stitutions safe, and to hand on the free governments they received. Now we know that time is vital. The United States. an unready giant. is try- ing to get to its feet. confused in its own movements, entangled itsf its ow it actxars ties. in an agony the call of time and is unable to assist its friends and its allies. Great Britain. poisoned as we were by deadly illusions. is fighting for life. and the United States. knowing that its fate is inextncably bound up in the British fate, is helpless, implored to hurry. but unable With practical unanimity the press stands behind Mr. W. F..O'Connor and condemns the Hon. Thos. Crothers in the dispute between the two. So far. how- ever, Mr. Crothers stays in his position as Minister of Labor. and Mr. O'Connor is out, although he. more han any other man. is to be credited with the revels tions of cold -storage abuses. Does it toWith hccontrition we must accept the mean that in spite of public opinion the facts. With wonder that we could have Borden Government intends to stand by been so blind. so drugged in stupidity, we the discredited Minister ? must accept the consequences. With hope we must do the best we can. We Another number of The Mirror, the must hurry to the aid of our allies. We must hope that our allies can hold out. sprightly publication published at Ottawa by Mr. Chas. E. Compton. formerly of The Signal. is at hand. There is another instalment of the Story "The Faith of a Belgian." which is being published serial- ly, and it breaks off with the young Bel• gian officer, wounded and seeking to escape, in a terrible predicament. "He looked up. and. dim as was the light. it was sufficient to reveal to him tie fact that he was looking into the face of a Prussian (Chian." "Comp." ought to see that our feelings are not harrowed in this way. How are we going to wait a month to find out what happened next IIfE1JLO OlE Goderich Red Cross 10 2( 77 , 3 �yci(peth War Auxiliary . 1012 121 ld Soldiers' A • I 706 13 , 3 Clinton Women's -'at. Soc. 1161 63'a 3 Clinton Girls' Auxiliary. . _.. 1321 71 ' — 87 Soldiers' Aid, ExeterExeter879 T-_ 29 s v.w T.A-TIVEs" Coed Wittgham Ked Cruse . MO MO Dytggsiii sad Re.tored tfis $11611111DHeiman Red Cross B1)th Red Cross Circle 4030 41 40 Crediton Red Crag 390 76 3 Varna Patriotic Society- 366 40 3 Centralia Patriotic League .71 3 Colborne Red Cross 354 346 11 Goderich T Patriotic Socially • 326 06 1��eertmn milof ler R d Cron Goderich of Tp,326 ' 283 1 666 Ruimesville.Society ,..:- Hayfield Red Cross ....-,_.......... 268 76 . Leeburn Red Cross B,ussels Red Cross S. E. No. 10, WawafOsla Stank)' Maple Leaf Summer_tyll Society Air Service on the Lakes. The Detroit L Cleveland Aerial Nav- igation Co. is now conducting investiga- tions of aircraft to determine what will be safe and satisfactory for carrying pas- sengers up and down the Great Lakes. A. A. Schantz, the president. says air transportation between Detroit and Cleve- land and Detroit and Buffalo will be established as sot n as a satisfactory type of craft can be found. What the farmer has a right to knits, is We must hope that free peoples will be spared the worst consequences of their folly. But we must never condone the crimes we have committed against demo cracy. Self cor.demnation must he in our con- fidence and contrition in our hope. VATICAN NOT RESPONSIBLE. An As'oundinpt Dissembler. "What do you think of a man who sill constantly deceive his wife ?" "1 think he's a wonder."-Cassell's Journal. Protestant Primate of Ireland aThorough Home Ruler. Dublin, May 4. -Archbishop Crozier, Protestant Primate of Ireland, comment- ing upon the relations between Roman Catholics and Protestants in this country and upon the "No Popery" . cry in Eng- land, said: "I do not attribute the present situa- whether a young man is of more use to tion in the slightest degree to the agency the Allied cause on a farm or in the tight- of the Vatican. There us enough to ac count for it here in Ireland. The vast ing field We have heard of three farms majority of Irish Protestants favor oon- within a few miles of Goderich-and scriptton: the vast majority of Catholics there may be other cases of the same kind oppose it. The manner in which the conscrip- --wh tion proposal was brou¢iit forward was 1 !Ave,ve, in one case. a blind man, iii acotherr calculated to produce anything but the a one armed man. and, in the third. a desired result. bedridden man to look after the farm. "Upon the subject of Home Rule 1 am Does the Government intend that these one with Cardinal Logue in standing for an ideal. or all Ireland from Cape Clear (arms shall be practically abandoned, or to tax Giant's Causeway. M ' heart's has it some plan for supplying adequate desire is to find some scheme which will help' Questions such as these will no gratify the leg timate aspirations of the doubt be placed before the Government ,rich party, allay the fears of the son t' en Uniemiats and win ."1:tn the reluctant con. by the big farmers' deputation which is serer of north-west Uer." an:)n to wait up)n it. and the replies A critic by any other name would be a knocker just the same. MR. ROBERT NEWTON. f,ittle Bras d'Or, C.8. "I was a terrible &utteret from Dyspepsia and C bwsd f al ien for years. 1 had pale after eating, belching gas, constant headaches, and did not sleep well at night. 1 lost so much weight - going from 185 pounds to 148 pounds -that I became alarmed and saw several doctors who, however, did me no good. Finally, a friend told me to try'Freil-a-fit'et. w a weak, More was iss,roveswrwl. The aonatipition was corrected ; and soon I was free of pain, headaches and that miserable feeling that accompanies Dyspepsia. I continued to take this splendid fruit medicine and now I am well, strong and vigorous". ROBERT NEWTON. 50e. a box,6 for $2.50, trial site 25e. At all dealers or sent postpaid on receipt of price by Fruit•a-twee Limited, Ottawa. 217 W 3 217 40 207 25 3 113200 y 1.00 W estle'' • 180 6l 11 Dunganmxi W. -t.. 172 50 aa Turner's church 168 50 Goderich Reoekahs. 1. 0. O. F . 134 54 33 Ahmetk Chapter, 1. O. D. E, i • Goderich. 1.43 50 D. A. M. 1. D. K. Club 136 85 3 Danville Sunshine Circle 128 16 Unity Club 121 34 Farquhar Red Cross, 112 60 Bet Ion y Society. 111 34 ��ea11tlord Red Cross 101 86 Lottdesboro Red Cross 100 00 Thames Road Red Cross 93 15 Burns' church Ladies' Aid.. 91 25 L8 40 shwrod Red Cross 79 16 Moncrleff Red Cross . 52 50 Exeter W. I. . ...Taylor's Corner Patriotic Society 44 75 General Chapter. D. E:. 38 00 Blyth Girls' War Auxiliary_. 28 45 Kintail W. 17 31 Maple Leaf Chapter. I.O.D.E.. 7 Goderich. 00 MORE ABOUT THE TELEPHONE. To the Felton of The Signal. DEAR SIR.— 1 read the letter in The Signal of April U with regard to tele - tservice and Sunday calls. I have ba subscriber to the Goderich Rural Telephone Co. for six years. On Sun- day 1 called up as usual for a number and was assed by the operator if it was an important call. This was a new one to me and 1 thought it waa none of their business. The operator tried , to explain to me the reasons and asked if 1 had not read the notice sent out to all subscribers. 1 am afraid 1 did not reply very politely: in fad. I threw ened to have my 'phone I city would be limited 817.637 31 GUERRA E. BROWN, Treasurer. MARINE NOTES. Ladies' Silk Dresses The quality of the materials, the neat designs and the clever work on these new silk poplin and crepe de chine dresses just from the makers com- bine to make them splendid values. Our first showing of ready-to-wear dresses and they are exceptional. All colors and black, at each $16 and 818 Suitings and Dress Goods These are guaranteed French and English Berges of the old standard grades. Fine all'pure wool serges iu fast shades of navys and blacks at prices of two years ago. `2 inches wide at per yd. $1.75 Men's Wear Serges 3 3 3 33 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 According to latest report& it is the intention of the Government to offer for sale the steamer La Canadienne, which has wintered in Owen Sound harbor for a number of years past. The La Cana- dienne was formerly engaged in lake sur- vey work. having been brought from the lower lakes several years ago. During the season of 1917, the Government did not operate La Canadienne, owing, partly, it was claimed, to the difficulty in procuring a crew for that class of work. She is a steel vessel about 165 feet in length with 2'3 feet beam and 11 feet depth. Commander Parizeau. when in- terviewed by The Advertiser, stated he was in Owen Sound to organize his staff for the carrying on of surveying opera- tions for the coming season, which will be handled as last season by gasoline boats. Should the Department decide to offer the boat for sale. it would be a good op- 3 portunity shippers to get a good package 3 freighter. even though her passenger caps- I :3 3 9 3 Men's Wear Serges for ladies' suits made of finest soap -shrunk botany wools in men's cloth finish that does not shine. 56 inches wide, at per yard $2.50 and $3.00 Sheetings • Special prices. 72 -inch bleached Sheeting, 3x heavy even thread, at per yard 36 -inch bleached fine twill Sheeting. Entirely free from dressing. Good weight for sheets or general household use. Worth 35c, at per yard2$c Flannelette 848) yards old stock white Flannelette. 28 inches wide. Heavy and soft. Worth 22c, at per l,k yard Bonner Worth and Kitchener Yarns The /mint satisfactory knitting yard to he had today, we believe, for soldiers' socks. Four ply of purest selected long wool, in white, light grey or mid grey, at per lb 12.50 Mill Yarn 300 lbs. all pure wool, clean scoured. 2 -ply and 3 -ply yarn. Soft and strong, in white or greys, at per lb $1.6O Linoleums 4 yards wide, extra heavy weight and British make, in floral, tile and block patterns. Worth 81.10, at per square yard Floor Rugs TAPESTRY, BRUSSELS AND WILTON RUGS Our stock is still very large and every Rug is at prices of over a year ago. All sizes in stock. 3x3, 3831, .1x4, 3ix4. IF g.1 W. ACHESON 8z SON L taken out if 1 could not use it when I be enne was formerly sailed wanted to. However, after reading the by Captain Wm. Playtex of Collingwood. 3E. letter in The Signal of April I1 1 have The steamer Bayfield will, it is under- 3 thought ditheretly and have come to the stood be fitted up to go down to the salt I a c conclusion there are different uses for the phone other thgp visiting the neighbors water during the coming season. Thissteamer was sent down to the coast last i/nA1T1Pfil Tffl 'CI Till TT rT°1ftTIt*, .i! .. . oRtat when 1 was holdine season, returning again last fall. the line •psrtap& ten to twenty minutes _ t: the line. aTid someone else who pays as much for ser- vice as 1 do might be wanting to get A partial eclipse of the sun will be through an emergency call. i( all the visible in Canada on June 8th. ott.er 619 subscribers, or even a third of them. on this particular $unday were as sore as I was and took up as much of the operator's time telling her what I was go- ing to do, the rest of the subscribers would not get any service at all. 1 can readily understand that the busi- ness on this system has very rapidly in- creased. and this is now clear to me, that the success of the service lies with the people and the more businesslike use bT them of the _ervis : and. for myself, I am not gang to have my 'phone removed. and i will try to dee it for the purposes for which it is intended, and should i oc- casionally forget myself in a lengthy con- versation and anyone ask "Laing?" I will with all courtesy give up the line. Another thing- 1 have found out that with a little ix .artery with operators i can get a good deal better service. Re- member that they have to receive and handle the abuse, discourtesies, im- patience and shortcomings generally of 020 subscribers, and to do this satisfac- torily it would take a specially fitted auto- matic machine In conclusion, 1 have decided that for better service land we are all after some- thing better). we subscribers must make I proper rife of the 'phone, practise I courtesy to the operators, give the girls a ;chance to attend church on Sunday, and I in general obey the rules and regula- tions of the Company. Your truly. SUBSCRIBER. should be clear and definite. As it is now, farmers are in great uncertainty. WHAT OTHERS SAY. Stop 1t Now. Wall Street Journal. Now is the time to defeat l'rus<ia's next war. Gee I London Opinion. Moat people's reply to the suggestion to eat horseflesh is an indignant "neigh"! Oitario'a White Elephant. Peterb orn Review The architectural pile in Toronto known as Government Howse. a building that has not even location to add to its attrac- tions, stands as a silent but neverth less condemning witness of the extravagance 01 Ontario in attempting to ape the great- ness of loyalty. It took one thousand tons of coal to heat this structure gut winter, and the total upkeep was a heaty drain on the resources of the Province. It is now sugge-ted that the building be abandoned as the residence of v ce-royalty and that it be turned into a soldiers' hos- pital for the duration of the war, or for DO king as it may he required for that pur- pose County Temperance Convention. The annual convention of the Huron county temperance organisation will be held at Clinton on Tuesday, June I8t h It leer acted that M . Joseph Gibion o Ingersoll will he present and will address the convention. Huron is the only county in the Province that has its own fold secretary and special officer* to assist in the enforcement of the temperance laws. Massey -Harris Shop — FOR — BINDERS, MOWERS AND CULTIVATORS. DELCO-LIGHT PLANTS. BUCKET E INCUBATORS. GRAY ANDMcLAUGHLIN C,A RR I AGES. GA'S ENGINFS. WIRE FENCE. OLD HOMESTEAD FERTILIZER. Robert Wilson Hamilton St. Goderich CAPTURED CREW OF GERMAN SUBMARINE ARRIVES AT U. S. PRISON CAMP. The first German prisoners to arrive in the United States from the war sone are here shown just inside the first herbed -wire gate at Fort McPherson. where they Rill be interned for the period of the war. Tie prisoners rnmtxise the offirers and men of the l -:.'t, who were rescued after the U. S. destroyer Fanning had sent the submarine to the bottom. The German officers in the group are Capt. Gustav Adhere'.. I.ieuL Otto von Ritgen, Lieut. Frederick Muller, and Warrant Officer H'iry It iplce. THE SIGNAL TO JANUARY 1st, um, for 75c. 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