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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1918-8-15, Page 2f t i;. 2 THURSDAY, AUG. 15. 1918 THE SIGNAL - GODERICH, ONTARIO �Ile!��enal EIRE SiGNAL PRINTING DU., Lao. Pt: at.tenaste THURSDAY. AUG. 15, 1918 EDITORIAL N01 ES. Sunflower crop ought to be good this yaw. 1Viarton has a tax rate of 50 mills this year. How is that for high finance Read the ads. in The Signal and if it's too hot to come up town telephone for what You wants -Foch" rhymes with "bosh." but there isn't any of the latter, about the former's way of doing things. First prize for longheadedness goes to the man who gets in his w.:_:er's coal when the mercury is hitting the NO !nark. As the colored gentleman remarked as he mopped his brow one hot August day— "Say, ole Sol, where was you last Janu- ar The next big local event will be the Goderich Industrial and Agricultural Ex- hibition. The dates are September 25, Zap and 27. Horrors! Sir Robert Borden surely isn't staying over in England preparing a final list of Canadians to be knighted ;,rid entitled! In spite of the scarcity of food. Ger- mans at home are said to find it difficult to swallow the tales of victory which are bring fed to them. The Canucks are again covering then- • selves with glory on the battlefields o.r France. They couldn't allow the Yanks to monopolize the spotlight. The Chautauqua has come and con- quered. and there will be general pleasu e in learning that.Mr. Lee has made a con- trast fur another course next year. Bye -elections for the Provincial seats of Manitoulin and Lennox have been fixed for October 24. There is no announce- ment yet regarding North Huron and North Oxford. Detroiters are rioting over the six -cent car fare now demanded in that city. First ' . thing we know the boys at Kintail will be kicking up a row over the cost of riding on the West Shore Railway. King Ferdinand of Bulgaria has de- parted from his country and is said to be suffering from msnlal strain. Probably from trying to figure out how he could play sate when his friends the Huns are definitely beaten. f When thrt Chautauqua lecturer said there were "acres of diamonds" right here in Goderich. so far undiscovered, he could not have known that there is hardly an acre in the town thlt has not been dug up this year to grow beans or corn or p !tato bu;s or something. In reply to a query as to the height GI his corn. the Salt(ord Sage says he will not tell hots high it is. as he wishes to retain his reputation for veracity; and. be- sides. it wouldn't be any use to tell what it measures today. as it would be at least eight inches higher tomorrow. The talk of imperial preference may not result in anything more definite than a jolly row between the free traders and the protectionists. This is a queer time for those who deprecate political 'contro- versy to hung forward a proposal that is sure to provoke heated discussion. When boats are being -sunk by German submarines along th • Atlantic coast, and even in the Bay of Fundy. would it not be a good time to revive the Borden pro- ject of presenting the British navy with three dreadnoughts—to be stationed in the North Sea ? We think not. Canada is to be represented in the Allied force in Sioena which will co- operate with the anti -Bolshevik troops The strength of the Canadian contingent is placed at 4.000. and volunteer. will be asked for. This will he another oppor- tunity for young Canadians to show their mettle and engage in a great adventure. Is the tomato a fruit or a vegetable ? The problem has been up many a time for discussion, with no derisive result. Some people claim that the distinction is that fruits contain their own seed, while vege- tables do not. This would make the tomato a fruit; it would also make fruits of peas. beans. and even of corn. A safer distinction is that nearly all vegetables are annuals. while fniits are not. This would place the tomato among the vege- table kind. where it seems most at horde. Lord Lansdowne is baited every lawful day of the week as a pro -German. It is worth recalling that the same Lord Lans- downe perhaps more than anybody else was responsible for the denial of home rule to Ireland in the early period of the war. when as a powerful member of the coalition Government he stayed Mr. As- quith's hand when the Komi!! to Ireland was About to he fulfilled. Lansdownese influence at this juncture hoe had much more serious cnnsequuirae than hie peace letters can pxrwlly'lave. and the Irish question will never be settled until the Lalsldnwne• and their kind are pushed out of the way. WHAT OTHERS BAY. A Cruel Reminder. Brantford Cururer. And to think true in a few weeks all of us will be pa. utg so much per ton for heat. Well, They'll Buy • Newspaper. Kana.a lay turn Why does the Government keep on waning nickels ' they won't buy any- thing any more. Too Much Pepsine Orin.. Packet. One would alnwst think that much of the talk about the returned soldier and what shall be dune for tum takes it for granted that in from one to four years' campaigning he will have forgotten all he ever knew. The returned soldier will not come home a helpless runny. He ought. on the contrary, to be more resourceful and more capable than ever. The great majority of our returned soldiers. it may be assumed. will slip back quietly into practically the old grooves, and take car of themselves. The less coddling and fussing there is over them, the better. no doubt, moat of the soldiers will be satisfied. The returned soldier is entitled. fust of a11, to be treated as a man of spint. capable of determining for himself what his future course shall be. NOTES ON tlOOKS WORTH READING Among the new books to he added to the public library there are several. of course, relating to the war. One of rise most interesting of these is "The Heart of e Soldier," by Mater (Rev.) Lauchlan Mac- lean Watt. who served as chaplain with the Gordon Highlanders and afterwards with the Black Match at the Somme and at Ypres. Having shared the dangers and hardships of the men in the trenches and under Sire, and won their confidence as sell as their esteeal, he is well fitted .0 do justice to them, and his graphic des- cnptions and s>mpithetic ipirnt make the book very readable. Be venture to cull two or three ex- tracts as indicating the character of its contents. -The lives of the men in general make a personal appeal of irresistible power to those sho live and work among them. You hear it from those who. after all, are mere passing visitors who work at Base camps and come in contact with them only at a distance from the sphere. of ac- tivities. But when you live aith them at the front. and are touched all around by their devotion. courage. and strength of heart. it can never leave your memory. A chat over a cup of coffee in a churcb tent, ora walk through a Base hospital is enlightening and moving, but it mise, the full -eyed gaze into the grim. terrible. and wonderful reality which is given to the chaplain of a regiment. and it is fine to learn ano know that this is the feeling and the experience not only of the chap- lains but of the officers who command and lead these bravest of the brave. One. home on sick leave, said to me. 'If I am spared to return to civil life after the war is over. I don't know what i 11 do. 111 be so utterly lonely without the boys. They are so kind and true.' - . • . • What a lesson for the divided churches at home s often given us here! and es - pedally where the dead etre ►ad to rest. There is no wall of decision in the last sleep. Roman Catholic is laid between Episcopalian and Presbyterian. There is no distinction. Gid sons out the souk of the brave, who he side hy side till the day of the great awakening. It might amaze outdomestic bigots of all faiths to find Jesuipriest and Presbyterian mini- ster working and sleeping in wondrous unity. I shared a tent for some time with a Jesuit Father. I am a tr. e blue Presbyterian. and he was a strong Jesutt. i earned always ttie flag of my country. which is the flag of my faith. and fixed it up wherever we were, are when the Roman Catholic soldier wanted to find his priest he found him by coming to where the Presbyterian banner hung h - side our door.' ' "Talk of our churches. our sects, our quarrelsome divisions! When men are face to face with the Eternal. as we were out there, these things are as forgotten as the dust that blew last year neer the remotest sand heap into the Atlantic. Brotherhood in the divine uplifting of a great •imperial call, and the love of a unit- ing Chnstshjp binds, as with a golden girdle. all our hopes. our faiths. and our tears and links them to the Hsghtest." BELGIUM'S ELIZABETMVILLE. In one of the most beautiful English valleys, far from devastated Belgium. there is a little village where. once mire. Belgian homes are established as in the peaceful days before the war. Belgian housewives delight to keep the home tires burning in a most attractive way, Belgian workmen return as of old at the close of the day to their own fireside, and .Belgian children,•unafraid, gather abwt the family board or sing and play as children should. The name of this lift e haven is Elizabethvil e, in rnefhory of the dear Queen of three exiled petiole. Just where the heart of Elizabethville is to be found is somewhat of a puzzle. Some might think it located in the great munition factory. Other, 'Would contend that the soul of Elizabethville is in its homes. To be sure,the factory is the thing which gave the village its aycruse for being. More than one and a -half million shells have been made for Britain in this town and none but Belgians are employed. They are men who have seen service—ninety per cent. of them --and at least three-fourths have been wounded. Four hundred have been decorated for bravery. At the erid } of 10151 the weekly wage, in pounds, mo e than doubled the production of shells Today, although the wage has been in- creased. the two things balance. The workmen are under the control of the BNgian general manager. but the building Iof the v liege was under the supervision of 1 the Ministry of Munitions. Elizabethville is a "Garden City." elec- tric light and water are in each cottage and each has a little garden spot at- tached. Each is furnished by the Ministry and the weekly rent pays kw everything. There is one general *tore and one Dutcher shop, one church. a school for boys and another for gale. There ns s hospital attended by military surgeons. Hoy Scouts haw a nourishing company and the fathers cat enjoy the games of their own country. A moat interesting teeter; ha that Mihaahsthvitl• has three communal dining atoms which have proved highly successful. Fond is good and the once is low. - TO SERVE AS WARNING Conscientious Obiectors Given Drastic Terms. Military Authorities Wanted W IMM• prirww Tatem for Life t.. Strike fervor into Hearts of Other Men M'Ith Itetiglws Scruples, Ilan Original Sentence %t'ae Commuted to Ten Mean. NIAGARA CAMP, Aug. 13. — The drastic manner in which the military authorities intend to enforce the Yt1t Lary Service Act was emphasised a Niagara Camp Saturday when t t .s cenectentious objectors. tried by gen- eral court-martial. heard their tate. The original sentence was lite im- prisonment, but '.his was commuted by the Department at Ottawa to ten years. The Wren sentenced were: Pte. Eric Kircher, Pte. Samuel N. Sullivan, Pte. H. G. Celina. Pte. W. D. Calma, (all of the First Depot Battalion. First po C.O.R.), Pte. N. H. Bailey, Pte. A. T. Grimsley, Pte. J. G. Phillips, Pte. A. E. Scott. Pte. 1'. G. Wilkie, Pte. F. T. Bradley (all of the First Depot Battalion, Sensed C.O.R.). These meu were among the Drat lot of conscientious ubjecwrs to be tried by general court-martial since i that fort of trial was authorised to replace the district court-martial, the maximum sentence under which was two years' imprisonment. The change to general courts-martial resulted in much longer sentences. the sentence in each case as decided by he court being penal servitude forte. In 'consideration of the tact that these ere the first men to be tried byto gr.cols court-martial, the ever- ter rwco mended and the Gover- nor -Gene -is-Council agreed with his recomntendation, that the sen- tencee be cdcumuted to ten years' penal servitude All units in amp were drawn up was called to att in a hollow sq a when the parade tion by Col. Mc- andant, and the by Major A. C. Laren, camp corn sentences were rea Lewis. brigade majo The scene was we and the men were all several of the men in the Ing under the strain. Upou conclusion of th the men were despatched t ton, where they will serve GI tences in the Kingston Penite impressive, ch affected, ants faint - parade Kings - r sen- lary. BLOW AT AUSTRIANS, French Troops Victorious In Minor Engagement. ROME, Aug. 13. -- French troops penetrated deep into the Austrian entrenchments on Monte Siemole, capturing 274 prisoners. according to an °facial statement by the War Office. The official statement issued by the War' Office on Friday says; I "In the Guidicarta %lacy And at • Aatago, the Brittah and French have carried out raids. On Thursday is the Outdicaria region our parties forded the Chime river. In the Dwane Valley we surprised a party of the enemy on the southern elopes of Doeeo del Morti, and took 21 pris- oners. "This morning French troops penetrated deeply Into the enemy's strong points on Monte Siseeol, de- stroying o-atroying part of the garrison and forcing the remainder to surrender. Two hundred and tifty prisoners and eight machine sons were taken. From our positions on Monte di- Valbella, Col de Rosso and Col d1 Chele we succeeded at various points in passing the enemy Innes and in- flicting heavy losses' We took 5s prisoners. Our losses were light." Race Chronic Famine. LONDON, Aug. 13. — Germany's unrestricted U-boat warfare could n either keep the army of the United States from taking part in the battles on the Beide of France nor break the will of the Allies to continue the war. la the admission made by the Munich Post, a copy of which has been re- ceived here. In a review of the sit- uation at the beginning of the Atth year of the war the Poet says: -Eighteen months of unrestricted submarine warfare could not break the enemy's will to war nor prevent Americans putting a well-egnippsd army of • million men on the west- ern front. Hopes that after the con- clusion of peace 1■ the east the final struggle in the welt would be decid- ed In favor of Germany and bring a general peace have proved deceptive, and the eastern peace Itself Is a dis- appointment, and not only politi- cally." The Poet takes exception to the word "unfavorable" in describing the food alttution in Germany, and says "chronic famine" would be nearer the truth. Turned Down il.ing. AMATb HDAM, Aug. 13.—The bill providing for the election of a King of Finland was rejected on the third reading in the Finnish Diet because It failed to receive the necessary five- siztha majority vote, there being 76 worm against and 33 'or the measure, aceording to a telegram from Helm- Ingtors to the North German Gazette of Berlin. The bill cannot be revived until after the general electloas. iI olehwvikl Defeated. AMSTERDAM. Aug. 13. — Oen. Pemenoi. the anti-Isotahevik leader. with the help of Chinese artillery, has defeated the Russian Red Guards on the Ohtaese frontier and dtspers- ad them. areordlne to a Mneeow tele- gram to the Rbeinische Westfaeliscbe Gaged te of Passu. Freawds of the Hun. PF,KIN, Age 13 --- The Chinese Qovernmest has decirned to receive pMunatgnor JPetr•Nn, .seen(I y appoint- ed Papal tinselo to Chile. On the ironed (bat he Is a personal Mead of Adrilltsal Pee HIMae, O.rttt lis Bee - rotary of 11Mselga AEtales. aid Icer Meister of Pekin. Lithuanians Enslaved By Prussian Warlords Make Vigorous Protest Y his recent utterances about the situation, that is to say, the Ger- ruaa sttuaUun, Ds. wen Kuehl - mane, the former hermao For- eign Seeretkfyi made a brief allusion to the eubject,gf the Baltic proviacse which have been annexed by Ger- many as -the. lost provinces." He offered a kind 'Of lame apology for hie country's' departure from the original agr.emeat with Russia concerning the delimitation of the frontier In the Baltic region, but he protested that the German Government still con- sidered it desirable to come to an understanding with the Russian Gov- ernment solo -0e recognition of new states that severed themselves from the former •ltuissan Empire. The protest itself was surely superduoua. Knowing the character of the Ger- man policy in general, and that of Dr. von Kuehlmann in particular, the only reasonable interpretation to be put upon such a statement is' that Germany is contemplating adjust- ments that afford opportunities for further territorial aceuisitton*. Con- sequently the ;wren( protest of the Lithuanian people against the al- ready active policy of Germanization , = is singularly apropos. Lithuania is an immense country = geographically. The Lithuanians. some time ago, made their desire for self-rule known at every opportunity, and, In January of this year, the pro- vince formally; declared its indepen- dence of Russia at a conference of Lithuanian delegates held in Stock- holm. The delegates not only voted for separation from Russia. but for the incorporation of certain Lerman territory around Konigsberg. on the coast, which centuries ago formed a part of Lithuania. They also propos- ed a federation with Lettlaad. The country contains about 7,500.000 people of genuine Lithuanian stock, and. counting. l'ules, Russians. Jews, S and Germano, the population for s. Lithuania proper should make a to- tal of 9,000,000. Vilna is recognized as the capital. When Germany entered Lithuania, 1 Minna III1lhIQhIuhIIIliIIIH W. Acheson & Son VERY SPECIAL SALE OF Middy. Blouses and Skirts A large late arrival lot of very stylish middys. Splendid materials and well made.. Ladies and misses'. Regular values $1.50. $2.00. $2.50 and $2.75. Special clearing $I.25 and $I.50 Silk Crepe de Chine Blouses A perfect range of wanted colons, in- cluding white, black, flesh. -pink, maize and peach. Popular styles. with ;opver- tible collar. The crepe quality is brilliant pure silk. and styles are good. Sizes 34 to 42. At each $3.50 and $4,5$ "Vossard" Corsets Perfect satisfaction is guaranteed to every woman who buys Goasard Corsets. They will retain their origin>11 shape until the garment is worn out. 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Heavy strong cotton warp. Size 9 x 12 ft Regular 97.50, each $5.00 Shantung Silks, 300 yards 34 inches wide, extra quality pure silk, to natural shade only. Worth 80c, at per yard Ste W. Acheson & Son • mMlib It was with the avowal that she was = Aslagpartio[ herrn oeroths pool ireo[ liberation, she Began a system of freeing the inhabitants, particularly — the Jews, of their trot.;e.:-sions, py the addsandacatton °f pre were tiro thou- sands Record In Concrete Bridge -Building pion many thousands of the able led citizens were removed to Ger- ny to work in the munition fac- es. Menotlbie, Germany subartt- roposals aur the constitution of untry into a vassal kingdom nion with Saxony under the • fiegessy's woofed son, or, fail- uhder the( Wu'rttembereer 1.111 ot Emelt. But the and with them the timed to hear either of or of a political, mill - (mile linking -up rat ith Germany. The proclamation that oration of Lithu- t state allied to y an eternal, a universal tanl*ns. It protesting Lithuania Garman. had cam - use 'the th to ted the by a King o tag this, Duke Wi Lithuania Letts, have an annexatlo tory, and their territory Imperial German announced the 'V anis as an ladepend the German empire steadfast alliance,"ra protest among the Lit was pointed out by th that, if the Inhabitants o had accented an offer of th to "protect" them, the "en been obtained as the result of Deign- of "frightfulness," or, t the,language of the objectors, terms of prutortlon were offered the left hand while a spiked el was brandlshed over Lithuania' head with the right." The reason for the "spiked club" is obvious when one examinee closely the terms of the Imperial proclamation of Lithuania's "independence." "Lithuania." it naively assume -s, "will participate in the war burdens of Germany which secured her liberation." Whether or not the proposed In- tervention of the Allies to save Rus- sia from German domination, and Thum to free denioeraey from a groat merace, is intimately rotund up with the freedom ot Lithuania, is perhaps a moot point. Lithuania, as consti- tuting a free and independent state of the future. is apparently in the same political peetition as Poland, and like that eountiy, with parts of which it is often coufuaerd, it may work nut its own salvation as a consequence of the inevitable defeat of the Central Empires on the western and Italian fronts. The Allies will demand, ns an Irrevocable condition of penr'e. the releaae of the Baltic provinces from the clu•ch ut ..•rinany, who. as Mr. Lloyd George tut it, intends to rule them "by the Prussian sword in the Interests of Pru:uaian antocracy." Allied.poliey will never tolerate their tieing left to the mercy oil a military dospotism that can enslave ought but Itself. 1 t Bench, the Pollee. In his story of Bernard Baruch„ Mr. Richard Washburn'Chtlde aaya: "Baruch's le a tall, slender, graceful Ogure. and it and its motions expreow a eertaln confidence and ease and poise and absence of affectation. and presence of friendliness which gives to his personality the Savor of Invi- tation rather thea that of challenge. He is not of the hull -dog type. If he has vanity one would nay it was M that glad and Innoe'uous kind which never takes on the tiresome affecta- tion of aquare-jawneen so tit -worse and eommon among fsanclers and industrial tines. There Is flrmnesa in his face, but one does not feel that he put it oh after shaving as so many of our 'lw.-dated' eaptatns do. There are none of the adamaa- flse, hewn -freta -the -granite clap traps In his manner The trn'h of the matter ie that i arin-h appears Ines of the Industrial tyrant than of the temp.rassentalist. "it h• had to cut elf' a head. ha would be polite s Nkomo (Is n•shseats/1 - Witthe •e Sorel here to-atght, waiter, Walter --Cash only, sir. THE double tracking of the North Toronto Bub -division of the Canadian Patine Railway be tween Leesid. and North Toroott 1■ now 'tearful' completion, and involv- ed the replacement of bridges (known as OA and 1.8) which here- tofore bad been trestles constructed of steel. Owing to th• high prie,. of steel and the o:imeulty of procuring It time the war *wan It was found that reinforced cducrete competed succe.stully against •te.I. The 'oldies were therefore con- structed of this material and are a triumph of railway eons'ruction work. No. 0.9 beteg 386 feet long and 90 feet high carrying two tracks and No. 18 of 'nailer dimensions but a three track structure. The length of the individual spans and the detail. of their construction are un- precedented In the engloeert•g world. Previous to this no rein, forced concrete beam with • length of mon than atout 96 teat had been attempted; the spans of these two C. P. R. structures re each!rots) 85 to 37 feet long. These spans tare been meds poselbie by the employ- ment mploymeet of unit conetructlon by which each span was deslgeed as two T beams which, after being masufac tured near the work, were laid side by side ea the previously built fetn- toroed concrete towers. The towers themselves are really reinforced eon - erste buildings constructed in the natal mune by means of wooden tests built around a steel reinforce swat which was preeiousty assembled and •enurely wired together. When all was In readiness the eeeerete was poured hy mean, of tong spouts which led le several Meanies, from the male mising tower The peer big alba eeterwaw was ..i$L.ulnsd as o.atlneet•Ny as possible ',nth a whole tower was eempleted This week was dorso diming the whiter at • time when he Nonperst.rr* wee leo estw isfws et fwha5wasat; vIttrtwaaals typ.r■feMrwrti.- tag .reefed re maintain • stiItahIe teawp.rataitr5 viewed alis newly Mpe. the enfeeble "•t steer ter a racy Rad oewerrtt' nate It wee out of dee- These rwn uatrrsrtw t �, id sew .t beteg damaged hy frost. that wham passln • r• i 71••5 Ives strwetotsss ah a ens d tesla er the tmtwesniaa that he what ttnasww ss'a t.st sal iide%d Mao d Nl histtssl K a M14e rata —>M ^esti'► hs/nrwef, its !• c-• pa ooneanlcntH 51559 •,1w•tat4tne The me155M •mp:4;.l 'n t`.• •nn tfytar 't P heed Mtts .d4 ra►Idee elan nr t'.. rwlP4b.PPSd toaster!• span• • lily lot (1a aesthetic s pearaaee of 1. a 110',131 y ts'erestl.ya4 feast's or el eilmoia "Nib s. astragals , tJta O(lem artll &mak !!a.y a 1>p1114 artistic 1n appeersnce and at the weighed 15 tont whleh - an the RIM same time aatlataetory from a gWeo�fe�rsaal load that could be basdl.d by thee being e�nlNsfy somas/et. ti 0 P. 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