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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1918-8-22, Page 4excter abirtoraic Sanders & Creed Proprietors Subscrspti,oa Pram—In a.dwasace $1.25 ,taer year in Canada.; $1.75 in the United Statile. All subscriptions not. t din advance 50 cents extra will. ?fe arged. ADVERTISING RATES Displag Advertising Rate. — Madre fences e c y application Stray Animals—One a teartiosi three ineertlor;,i 01.00 Farm. or Real Edetate for sale :Oc. each Insertion for -one month of Ion' tnsertionk • 25e. for each subeequeeet tastetiatt Miscellaneous Articles of not race.5 elan five lines, for Sale, To Rent, is Wanted Last, Found, etc., each In- c r-tiou Z5c Loral Reading Notices, etc., 10c, pet ew per insert$on. No notice 1 ells than Z5c. Card of Thanks 50c. Le,ba: Advertising' '10c. and 5c; wine Auction Sales, $2 for one insertlost, tied $e for two insertions. Professional Cards not exceeding 1 ,each_ to per Year Thad, ., THURSDAY, AUG, 2 t , 1918. We club with all the leading daily and weekly papers. Now is the time ria select your 1918 reading. TC) CORRESPONDENTS Write on (Joieside of the paper +Check diff thin list.. It .nay' aseist. you to remember an i epoat-4t ere item Deaths Marriyzges, Births.•. Accidents, Church News, Suppers or Preee ntatens, Removals, V3si tors, Lodge News, iFiu'es, Public Impreevements, Law Cases, The Craps, School Matters, Avoid 'all items reflectint on Per- sonal character, but send ALL THE NEWS. OFTEN TOO LATE. Nearly every week i,aterestang items reach the Advocate too o late for uus se that week. Weto day morning soi ,es to take the Wed- neeele a•f ter, noon holiday. W,e1 are : al- iffa.ys glad to get the news and sorry whim it fees' to reach us lar time;. In epite of further advances in materials' The Advocate its still keep- iing the aubscaiptiion price at $1.25 DR. DeVAN'S.FRENCII PILLS i ire l: (ding Pill for Women. $5 a bos or tSreo for .tOs !Sold at all nrug•Stores. or mailed to any tddresscmreceiptAll pric©.+TR>E SconstLDauOO �•���o-„,�8t. Catharines. Ontario. 1•ROSPHONOL FOR MEN. Re9Wiee 'Pim and iyfitalityrfor Nervo''andBrain; increases"grey natter";aTonic-nrillbuild yyou up. $3 abo%,or wo:fer $5, at drug stores, or h;r�„inail on reeoipt prieec Tan Scoanu.. Duuo Co 'St. Catharines. lntario: earer t4 the oys An Interview with Ralph Connor $y PETER MCARTIIUR; 1 When I was told that if I went to a certain office at a certain hour, I would "'have the pleasure of meeting the Rev. ,Charles W. Gordon (Ralph Connor), I accepted with joy. I wanted to meet him for two reasons. I wanted to meet 3aim because he is our most distinguished Cznadian novelist, and also because in my boyhood I wriggled on hard, un- compromising benches, listening to the same stern ministers that he "sat under." I had listened to them in both Gaelic and English, and wondered if he would have a fellow -feeling for one who :had gone through the same boyish ex- _ periences. x-_:periences. As my eagerness hadbrougbt ine early to the place of appointment, I .had a few minutes to wait, and fell to wondering what he would be like. Un- consciously I associated him with those old-time Free Kirk ministers and won- dered if he would be like the Rev. John Ross, of Brucefield, or the Rev. Lachlan MacPherson, of East Williams. So -my surprise was complete when a brisk man in khaki uniform stepped into the room. He did not look enough like those old ministers to make ray.. heart come into my mouth with terror as I faced him. Neither did he look enough like a military martinet to make me .click my heels together and come to "`attention," And there was absolutely nothing to suggest the producer of "best sellers." It took less than a minute to .discover that "Ralph Connor" is, first of all, afeilow-humanbeing, who is ready to take a glance at anything from any man's point of view. High Command had something of the attitude •you ,suggest. But whenever there was anything to be done to help the boys the Z'.M.C.A. was there to do it and do it well. By its spirit of un- assuming helpfulness the Y.M.C.A. has won the hearts of both the officers and men, no matter what their church con- nections may be or may not be. It gives and it does not ask anything in return. Its sole: reward is that it helps freely all who_ heed help. The thing to emphasize about its work is that it gives -it is an organized spirit of giving, and it gives;. without a string to the giving. - A reference to the old ministers gave us an instant point of contact, and with much laughter—kindly and reverent— but still laughter—we compared notes and exchanged reminiscences of the good men who made the Scotch settlements where we had both been brought up, the places of stern discipline wve remembered so well. The hour that had been prom- ised to me was gone and part of another hour with it, before I remembered that the man who arranged the meeting had not done it out of pure kindness. He wanted me to interview Ralph Connor .about the war work of the Y.MVI.C.A. By the time I rememio red my duty, we had reached a point where I felt that I could ask him about it from a rather daring point of view. I began with a straight question: "What do you think of the work of the Y.M.C,A. in the war?" He hunched his shoulders slightly and slipped down a trifle in his chair. From the expression on his face I was afraid that he was going to offer an unfavor- able criticism. But his answer made it clear that that was not what disturbed "It is doing a dot of work that the church should be doing." Now you can understand why my' question caused him a shade of discom- fort. The minister in him—a touch of the old Free Kirk spiritual guide that made hire feel the responsibilities of his •calling—made him regret to confess that a purely lay institution is carrying prac- tical rattical Christianity to a point that is as yet impossible for the churches—"beat- ing them to it," asthe, soldier boys would say. , "Don't misunderstand rne," he pro- tested. "The churches and their chap- lains are doing a wonderful 'work, but the Y.M.C.A;, being without a propa- ganda or dogmas, is able to adapt itself instantly to any needs that may arise, -either at the battle -front or wherever the boys may be located. It 'meets them at all hours and in all places with :a, spirit of good cheer, comfort and help- fulness." "Then you are of the opinion that the man who supports the war work of his church is not doing all he can to help :the boys?" "Assuredly. The Y.M.C.A. is able -to go a little farther. Though the work -of the church may be nearer to the ideal -of what I want to see done, the Z.M,C.A. ,,gets nearer to the boys." Tbat struck me as a very important _point, and I decided to question him •from an angle that might riot be pleasing :ao a clergyman., "Yost know,' I irisinuated,'in a spirit • of half confession, "that there are a lot °of boys who would be inclined to look .at a Y,M.C.A. at honte as a sort of. e•sissified institution, heiteath the notice ••of young men of the world who like to ffeet a sort of manly wildness. Does. +t%ie Y,M.C,A. get neer to thea?" r l IhM- "Yes, The helpfulness of the P tC,A, Ins won out, ovee every obstacle. .1n the beginning, the officers of the RA.L.Pri CONNOR ;'But I often hear comments, not always friendly. -about the prices that the Y.M.C.A. charges for some of its supplies." "Such comments have no justification. The prices are as near right as they can be made. If there is any profit on the sales to the boys in the camps or back of the lines, every cent of it goes to pro- vide things free—absolutely free—to those who are -in the front line trenches. As a matter: of fact, the canteens and other organizations under the control of the churches and chaplains .have pretty much the same schedule of prices as the Y.M.C.A." I could not suppress a smile at find- ing .any ancient enemythe trust or "Gentleman's Agreement" appearing in so 'admirable a form. But I made no comment. Instead; I asked a conclud- ing question: "Then I may tell the people that in its war work, especially in the matter of creature comforts, the Y.M.C.A. is nearer to the boys than anyone else?" "Yes. It stands nearer to them than anything else except the military organi- zation under who discipline they live =and die. You see they' are specially organized, trained and outfitted for this kind of work—and they are a mighty spiritual force, too." When leaving him, I stopped to talk to several other clergymen who appeared in the offing --it was a place of clergy- men—and he stepped from the roorn. Shortly afterwards he returned with a copy of his latest book, on the fly -leaf of which he had written in memory of the men we had known in our boyhood: "There were giants in those daysee It will be cherished as one of the most prized of alittlecollection of autograp cd first editions, And with, it..I shall cher- ish the memory of having spent a couple of hours with a well-known elan who is doing a noble work himself and is not afraid to give the fullest credit to other men who are, doing a noble work, -such as the .officers and field -workers of the ee.M.C,A:., "who' play such a great for- ward line,to the Church's backing in the great,great arse,{' at Connor said NEWS,TOPICS OF WEEK lmportafit Events, ,Which Have Occurred Dui ing the Week, The Busy World's !Happenings Care- fully Compiled, and Pt t Into Handy and Attractive Shape for the Readers of Our Paper — A Solid Hour's Enjoyment. '.'UES HAY. Toronto telephone operators form- ed a union. The western crop outlook is re- ported to be greatly improved. Oyer $40,000,000 has been raised in Canada eor the Patriotic Fund. Lt. -Col, I], W. Jones, D.S.O., tl` Brockville, was killed in action. Prince Arthur of Connaught and party passed through Toronto early this morning. Major E. W. Wright, barrister, was chosen President of the Toronto Canadian Club. Lieut, J. W. Munroe, of Puslinch,. Ont., was killed in an airplane acci- dent at Canip Borden. The relief of Derry was celebrated at Niagara Falls by several- thousand Black 'Knight's of Ireland. Toronto military district will pro- vide -a company of infantry and ma- chinegunners for the expedition to Siberia, ' The Australian Government have decided to grant a war risk bonus to all seamen on ships owned or con- trolled by the Government. Director -General McAdoo has is- sued an order forbidding intoxicating drinks to be sold on dieing cars or at railway stations in the United. States, The Auto Trade Association decid- ed to ask for an inquiry into the methods adopted by the constables on the Hamilton Highway and other avenues of travel. Four ccuipanies of French soldiers and one of Annamites from China and indo-China have arrived at Vladivostok. They were welcomed by the Czecho-Slovai;s. A general increase of 10 per cent. in wages to all employes of the West- ern Union Telegraph Co. belonging to the association recently organized by the company has been made. Coal miners and operators in the United States are called on in a pro- clamation by President Wilson to give their maximum effort to the production of coal, to the end that threatened shortage next winter may be avoided. WEDNESDAY. The Saskatchewan crop outlook is brighter. A musical society has been formed in Ingersoll.,- There were five prostrations from heat in Toronto. Five Brantford officers have' been wounded in the big Allied drive. harvest leave will be granted to soldiers under certain conditions. The temperature in Toronto was 102 degrees, the record for the year: Street railway employes are on strike in Ottawa and the system is tied up. , - There was an important conference regarding the coal scarcity in York Township. Six-year-old Benny Yolleck, 35 Robert street, Toronto, is believed to have been drowned. A large number of men plied for membership in Canadian Air Force. Major Sliarp's' mysterious dis- appearance from Kingston has been solved, according to secret service men. The Compulsive .iVliiitary Service Act in Cuba has been, signed by the. President, and becomes effective, at once. Sir Thomas White, Minister .of Finance, issued a long statement, ex- plaining why he favors tax-free Vic- tory bonds. Mayor Crawford, of Sault Ste. Marie, resigned to accept the position of Assessment Commissioner and was succeeded by Ald. Dean. Prince Arthur of Connaught and party, travelling from Beamsville to Toronto in motor launches, were driven off their course by a storm. Commerce and industry in Monte- video, Uruguay,' are virtually para- lyzed as aralyzed'as a result of the general strike growing out of the tramway strike. Thousands of women are to be drawn into railway work in the Unit- ed States within the next few months to take the place of men entering the army and going into other indus- tries. THURSDAY. have ap- the new Introduced to suspend Pari immunity, FRIDAY. A big bre occurred in a London business block. ' Several Toronto officers are re- ported wounded. Prince Arthur of Connaught visit- ed London :yesterday,. Hon. Dr. Cody and Hon. George S. Henry concluded their campaign meetings. - A committee was appointed in Hamilton to study the housing problem. Manitoba will produce forty-seven million bushels of wheat this year, it is estimated. Mrs. Mary E. Neil and her six-year- old son, Ernest, of Toronto, were found drowned in the lake. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Hon. Dr. Be- land and other leading Quebec Lib- erals spoke at Three Rivers. Hon. Newton Rowell spoke in Port Hope, saying Sir Robert bBorden'S absence in 'Britain was justifiable. The 11. S. Treasury has announced that it has fixed the maximum price of silver at $1.031,e per fine ounce. The health of King Ferdinand of Bulgaria bas Suddenly become worse. His, condition now is considered critical, -- Mr, Mr, William Varley stated that if he had not run against the Minister of Education the Liberals would have •put up a candidate. • A great number of Russian pris- oners are escaping from Germany .in- to Denmark, where they are well treated. A camp has been establish- ed for them. Forty Dutch ships, totalling ap- proximately 100,000 tons, now lying idle in the Dutch East Indies, are ex- pected to be released' to bring sugar, quinine and other commodities to the United States. A new large hut is to be added to the Canadian Y.M.C.A. equipment at Epsom, Surrey, as the present hut proves very inadequate for the de- mands upon it. A new "Y" centre has been opened in the Canadian Convalescent Hospital at Orpington, where Lieut, C. S. Parker is in charge. SATURDAY. lamentary 'There was a drop of 19 degrees in the temperature in Toronto. Lucien L. Bonheur, founder of the ;French Theatre at New York, died yesterday. Pro -German papers published in the -:Polish language have been sus- pended in the State of Panama. Hon. Newton Rowell spoke at New- castle, in his constituency, telling about his recent visit to the front. Riots have occurred in Kyoto against the high price of rice. The troops had to be called out to re- store order. ;, Mr. Sohn Calder, Liberal candi- date in North Oxford for the Legis- lature, is likely to get the seat by acclamation. Canadian trade shows a two -hun- dred -million -dollar decline in the first four months of the 1918 fiscal year, compared with last year. A. H. Gee, of Hamilton Collegiate, won the Prince of Wales Scholarship, and' Miss G. V, Lewis, Toronto, stood second in the province in the recent matriculation examinations. ian officers Several. Roumanian zs have made their way through Russia to Paris for the purpose of joining the :allied armies. One of them, Lieut: ..Ursirleanu, made the trip to the Arte- sian. coast on foot. The peace activties of the ,Dutch Socialist Leader Tr•oelstra have been nipped in the bud by Britain's re- fusal to give Arthur Henderson a aassport to attend the proposed paci- lists' conference 2 ' A. :French Government Commission nission 'tas sent to the Military Governor of Paris a report tending to charge ;enatoi' Humbert with communicat- r With the mealy.. A bill will be • A Hamilton boy was killed by a waggon. A general strike vote will be taken in Winnipeg. All alien enemies must register, Ottawa announces. ete- Lieut. W. L. K. Williams, Toronto, is reported wounded a second time. The Military Service Act has pro- duced 8,357 men from Quebec pro- vince. Prince Arthur of Connaught arriv- ed at Ottawa and well go on to Quebec. The Toronto police seized liquor. valued at $10,000 and made nine ar- rests in connection with the seizure. A British force is taking part in the defence of Baku and 'th'e oil dis- trict on the western shore of the Cas- pian Sea. Benny Ginsberg, aged 18, was ar- rested in Toronto, charged with :a series of annoying thefts of •mail from apartment houses. There has been a marked improve- ment in Western crops since the mid- dle of July, and the yield of wheat is now estimated at 150,000,000 bushels, Machinery for the registration of 13,000,000 addit'ienah men, estimated as coming under the provisions of the new man -power bill, has been set in motion in the United States. The executive authorities in Ire- land have recommended the Home Office to issue a permit to enable Mrs. Skeffington to return to Ireland, ac- cording to the Manchester Guardian. Ten City Councilmen in Chicago have been subpoenaed to appear be- 'fore the Grand Jury in an investiga- tion into bribery 'charges resulting from -the passage of a traction ordi- nance ,providing ` for municipal oper- ation, but not control, of surface and elevated street railways. The total German Mosses from the beginning of the war to the end of July, 1918, are understood to be 6,000,000, according to Paris news- papers. The figures include 1,400,- 000 killed up to the beginning of the German offensive last March. From March 27 to June 17 the Germans are said to have lost 120,000 killed alone. HoG PRODUCTION It is a matter of the greatest importance that Canada should increase her produc- tion ro ucoi . of BACON HOGS and other live stock as there is at present a world-wide short- age of meat.. Good markets for some time tocome are assured. THE CANADIAN BANK, OF COMMERCE will make loans to assist farmers ers in acquiregood live stOC�® 361 standing to MITER Kuhn, Mgr CREI)ITON--7. McDonald MSF, MONDAY. Capt. John Douglass of Tara is dead. Edward C. Hayes, of Thamesville, was drowned. e Flight Lieut. John Meek, of South- wold, was killed. Lord Atholston of the Montreal Star is on his first trip to the west. Sixteen thousand troops from all parts of Canada have 'arrived in Brie rain M.rs. Bertie Samuels, Belleville, is charged with attempting to commit suicide. A $250,000 filtration plant is to be, voted on by the -ratepayers - of Windsor. The first mail from Ottawa, by the air route was received-'at"the Toron- to post office. Ralph A. Watson, three-year-old son of Pte. .H. A. Watson, a London soldier, was burned to death. Thirteen of Germany's leading aviators have been listed as missing in action since" July 1. - -Four Toronto officers are reported killed and several wounded in the week -end lists from the big drive. I. W. W. leaders on trial at Chi- cago have been found guilty and are. liable to 26 years in prison and_ $10,- 000 fine. • y Roumania s toll of deaths for the period She was in the war numbered 600,000, or about 11 per cent.' of the total population. Of 1,000 officers arrested at Mos- cow and Petrograd, because of coun- ter-revolutionary tendencies,,; 236' have beefe summarily Reprisals against Germany can be justified at the bar of Christian re- ligion, said ReV. R. E Whyte, speak- ing in West Presbyterian Church. °.'Under . forced conditions and at nominal prices ,the Germans are sell- ing many'beautiful French chateaus and homes in Alsace. The German Crown Prince has bought several and is bargaining for. More. sO..C'.0090•a0. m INCORPORATED 1855 (30NS Ba M 1�� • Capital & Reserve $8,800,000 all Branches in Canada A General Banking Business Transacted Circular Leiters of Credit Bank. Money Orders SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT ltrttrest allowed at highest currant rate EXETER BRANCH— W D. CLARK. Manager. a,o..,.oaaroayaas4o.a.4040&1 11 LMA LADIES'' COLLEGE (Canada's National Residential School for Girls) OPENS ITS THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR ON SEPTEMBER SIXTEENTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND. EIGHTEEN Thorough courses, in Music, Art, Oratory, High School, Business College,College, Domestic Science and Superior Physical Training 33 For terms, address: R. I. Warner, M.A.,D.D., President, St. Thomas, Ont. _ OW TO KEEP ELL .t BY JOHN W. S. McCULLOUGH, M.D., D.P.H., CHIEF OFFICER •; OF THE PROVINCIAL BOARD OF HEALTH. HEART DISEASE. TN RECENT YEARS the number of.cases and deaths from disorders of the ti heart have markedly increased. In Ontario the ratio of deaths has steadily risen duringthe last decade, and as a cause of death organic heart disease now 'heads the list. A certain amount of the increase may be set 'down to better diagnosis and more accurate statistics; but these facts will hardly account for the remarkable increase during recent years. What can be done about it? In the first place means must be taken to establish not an early diagnosis but an ORGANIC HEART DISEASE earlier diagnosis. Every man or woman who has reached the age of 40 years should be examined by a physician; and the physician,must'not, as is sometimes done, slur over the examination and hastily conclude that the symptoms are those of dyspepsia. * • + What symptoms and signs are the most important in the testing diagnosis' of heart disease? Among the most important are weariness, lassitude, and decreased ambition. If these are complained of it should lead the physician to make a most careful examina- RECOGNITION OF tion. Then there may be a tendency towards breath - ART TROUBLE lessness in hurrying to a street -car, or in going up hill or upstairs, or there may be a sense of tightness or pain in the chest which disappears 'following a few minutes' rest. There may or may not be palpitation. Sometimes there is a slight puffiness about the boot tops or the feet are somewhat swollen,and there may be' occasional spots or bright lights before the eees with transient giddiness. Physical examination may disclose some valvular trouble, or there may be a slight change in the character of the first sound .with a slight increase in cardiac dullness or some irregularity in the pulse. The condition of the arteries and pulse must be carefully noted, , and the urine should, as in every first examination by the physician, be carefully analyzed. If careful examination denotes some cardiac affection, its early recognition will; pave the way for such treatment as will delay or prevent further progress. The prompt and ready detection of heart disease is just as importantas the early recognition of tuberculosis. By detecting. Win the early stage it is- usually susually possible, by proper diet, exercise, and regulation of work, to add years or decades of useful activity to one's life. Twelve miles up Dufferin street from'the City of Toronto, • on the banks of the circuitous Don River is a pretty stretch of broken land, . comprising some ` fifty acres, is • the site of the Connaught Laboratories -which are destined to be a bright spot in the future CONN AUGHT public health history of this fair Province. AS soon as LABORATORY the buildings, now in course of construction, are coma- pleted all the various serums in use at the present time in the prevention of disease will be manufactured; here. The rolling pas- tures will accommodate the horses necessary for the blood serum used in the preparation of diphtheria and tetanus antitoxins and of anti -meningitis serum. Here too, will be prepared smallpox''vaccine aad,Pastetrr preven- tive tive treatment of rabies. The land and buildings necessary for this pur- pose are a gift from Colonel Albert Gooderham to the Provincial Univer- sity, which makes and supplies these products for the Provincial Board of 1. Health, and, which are•in turn supplied by the Board free of cost to the people of the Province. No better work is beteg done for the public any- where in the civilized. world, and the Board is much gratified by the numerous letters and words of appreciation Of this enterprise which come, from the medical profession and tate people of Ontario. The generous gift of Colonel G 1 ooderham it is'hoted, will he but the beginning of a series of public health wotk in Ontario, which can only be success- fullygifts to p c Y ,. fully carried out by money, which after all judiciously used is the chief factor in the prevention of disease, 5. • * �,� , r aini n.„ :�i`r lto 4. -Fleas.: 'J.S; ., i3 carry s ase of: an .,,kind? If so,how .ma the be got Q.—Did fleas .diey 1" Y rid of?` A. Fleas carry a disease'knowii as bubonic plague from rats, squirrels and other small animals, This disease is unknown in Canada. ..,.. Fleas may be destroyed by dusting fresh Pyrethrum powder, into the seams of the clotllin3'.or by dusting' the powder over the body. The floors et rooms should be washed with a'solution of 5 per cent. cresol and 20 per aen.t. soft soap in water. r r .