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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1916-02-17, Page 2PA GE TWO. ' mrnaasni,uras The, New Era. ,14...amaramsamom.ao•••••••Namme TEE CLINTON NEW ERA Thuteday, Uebreaey, 17th, 1916. 49T11 ee'EAR. "IN TRD. PUBLIC SERVICE." W. H. liEltit A hO.N, Props. de Leslie Herr lelleineeS Manager Now Era, One Year In advance $1.00 New .Era, when not paid in ad= $1.50 New Era, to -the United „States' in ad vence $1,50 Advertising Rates on Applietation emee Job work prices advence On July 1st, 1913, in a,ccordatice witti ' the Huroe Co, leteie Asso- ciation Rates Office Peone 10 Rouse Phone 9; Hints go Military officer in uniform shou'd be seen walking with his hands in his pock ete, Oslo many iiewiy joineci eue- alteens are. A pipe must not be sleeken In puldic, at aneerate, while in el -11 - 'min. A cigarette is admissible, Of course, in present tece.d.ttoes, -when then are .always in ueiborin it 11 no crime against etiquette to et joy a pipe in semi -private dr- cumetancen, but it shined be strict- ly avoided in the street, ' 'There is a tendency evith the "temporary second lieutenanta to ok on uniform with a certain levity. He is apt to regard ex treme punctiliousness as and perhaps in his aexeety to avoid the Scylla of "Mile" gets In- volved in tne Charybdis Of care- lessness, The. truth it is notiteick ing that lies behind the soldierly conception of peree.ct neat DUB, The dignity at the.Kings uniform is so soiemn a thing that every man is expect- ed te lonk his very best and .the first cluty of a soldier is to be clean, smart and free from :any suspicion either of alovenlines or cheap -dandyism Thus ell no aecount :mould fancy socks Le worn with uniform The ex -"nuts" in ehaki who go in ton deeorated ankle are eemmittine the unpardonable sin and exposing themselves to the gentle displeas- ure of officers of older etauding. Saluting is the •pitfall to the un - Wary. A privates sainte, shoultnal ways be returned, or, f or that nuet ter, any salute. Carelessness on this point on the part of. a newly leined subaltern gives else to a good deal of feeling If a solcee saluteh group of officers it is customary fee the esenior officer alone to return the salute. In the new conditions it very often happens that two young men who have been at canoe& together, or have been close neighbours, find themseeves. the 0.010 in a lieuten- ant'e uuifeara, and the ,other in therapies. In these circumstance a good deal of thestrictness of the days when the gentle:min reek er was a mere ex.ce•ption has beeu put on one side, There :was 11 time when "ein elector and a gen.- tIonan" Would be liable to disciplin ary measures if seen foregether- ing With private soldier. Now It le common thing to eee an offeceee and a private s-olclier to ne seem in a tea shop together. Still there ars; somo formalities thae eannot ee omitted. The prieate must al ways first salute. 'He meet net run up to his churn, and shake halide and say, "Row are you. old fellow ?" It cannot be too often repeated that it is the 'uulforin, and not the individual, ;to whom the salute is given, There area good many other email points, but those dwelt with enough to cover e great deal 0.6 minor (mita 1 There are larger questions, of ceurse, but they come under the headieg of ordinary good breed- ingee gentleman, whether new to the Anny or not, will recog- nise that loudness of any kind "showing off" conspicuous be- havioun in a public place, tend so ft rth, is bad form for anybody and 'doubly leadform for him who has the high honour of wearing the Ring's uniform, PiePege gat‘1,06o e CLUBBINGBITES Neve Era and Daily Globe m$8.85 ese n01 0.111 IVia,1 and Empire, • • 3.85 New Era and Weekly Mail and Empire . ..... 1.65 New Era and Daily World 3.31 New Era and Daily News •2.85 New Era and Daily Star.-- 2.55 New Era and Patmly Herald and Weekly Sem 1.85 New Bra and Weekly Witness 1.95 New Elm and Nortbeine MOS- songer 1,60 New Era and Canadian Farm 1,89 New Era and Farmer's Sun1,85 Ne -w Era and !Daily Pee Press. morning 3.3e New Bea and Daily Free Pees, eee.rerige.. 2.8a , ew f;Ira and Week I y • Feee Pr . 1.81 New Eva and Morning Lon - 3)1) eke tvertiser , New elm and Deny Adveetieer , iew lira and Weekly Ad yee- t11:1' . Jew Era and Faim and Dairy 'nem' leen and Farmer's Advo -. 2.35 3.65 2,91 1.66 •MRS. KERNS' ADVICE To Weak, Nereoue Run -Down Women .So. Cumberland, Md. -"For .a long time I suffered from a nervous break - deem. I could not eat or sleep and was 56 weak I could hardly walk. My hus- band heard about Vinol and got me to try it. Now I have a good appetite, sleep soundly and am well and strong. Every nervous, weak, run-ciown woman should try \Ind. -Mrs. D. W, KERNS. ennoble, a'delicious cod liver and iron tonic, without oil, which We guarantee to create a healthy appetite, aid diges- tion ana nuate pure healthy blood. J. E Bovey, IMuggist Clinton, Ont. COleille ill Itox Car-- t. Dig, Scare, at Win...hall* W:nghani, Fob, 6,-4 box cm' ain ing several polled of Wh 1D0 _n to be cordite was found yesterday ID a car of goads which arrived at the Grand Trunk isLati n here from the 'West. It is not doubted that the expe eive wee placed in ti e cer to cmise its destruction, 5111'- IlapI at a; timb 'when other demege wculd result. The box is • now stcrekt,away safely, with tee fuse removed- and ap investigetien, .10 in progress.. The cav in which the "bconb" was found, ceantained geede teem Robed: ;Bete, of a town in Saskatchewan,. ocensignen to Wingliam, in care of T. An- deesom The letter sales that he knows nothing of the pox. Giteab excitement was mamma at the stance when ehe box Wee first diecoMered. Provincial Officer Phippeo, was suramelnd and in turn called on Maeot Sin 9.1*', of the 161st, and Police Chief Allan A further sensation vessel ed Mee eNenitnp.., when the 'arrest ef 'dc1ph Schatte, an nailed Ge - man agent, was effected by Pro. vineial Officer Phippen ard squad of eoldiers. Sehatte, wee lived with a matt named K ue, I, traid to be ,wanted•ley the Domin- ates; Pnliefs nn chargeri of espien- age. He Was arrested on the or- der of Obl. Sherwood, at Ottawa. PAPERS MND DRAWINGS Schattee belongings were search edi and a number of papers, mo t- 13' in G"erinan, were found, tole h er with 'drawings of beelines in this part ,of • 'the' dounty. These will all be sent at ,once to Ot- tawa and Schatte will be hell in the meantime. The suspect "has been a Member of the band hme Por some time getting a salary of $250 a year. He had no other .position and tree-Mem:I from placte 110 pla,ce on "Lusiness" he sa.d. 'Be admits he was beim 1113 Reenitseh, Germany, and for a time was Is member of the 22nd Mouneed Begirnent at Meulheueen. He is 29 yeites o'd. A few (Nye ago a strueger was ebserved at Woe): Making a ske eh of the armories here, No . Wane- ing was given, tint ,the learned of it at erward. The gum d on the arinoriesemOst orrice and town hall hes 'Mow beet, deubled, The men will be 1 on duty night nee day, Schatte tried to enlisted . Pandatasteo of the nest Battl. his German parentage,, barred his - Way. Wingham, eb. 10.-P10eincia1 Oflicee Phippen this morning re- ceived a wire from Ottawa stating that officials had gone over the wears sent them, which were fc-und in Schatte's room when ar- rested. There was not 'enough ineriminatinm evidence ice send 'Mtn to ilie detention camp. Coe Sherwood's instructions were to parole Shutte when he.hod sige- od two undereakippe, ene to be sent to Ottawa ;end the other to be held ibm Officer Phippem, Sehatte to report his eMereabouts to the officer or officers ,evepy ONO Weeks. Schatte reeelved a pass, then was paroled by .the of- ticett at 1.30. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S cAsToRiA Hajar Rale Warned too Late: Hit by Grenade 1•••••••••••111. Chatham, Feb. 19. -Further par- ticulars co,neeening the death of Major Sale, the Goderieh ,officer of the 18th Battalionmkilleant the front recently, are containen in alett' received by Mr. a,nd Mrs. W 16 Mee:rough from their son, Lieut. Stewart IVIcKeough, who has been intimately associai- tad with the late minor since toe mobilization of the 18th Bat:tenni' was startled et London. According to leteue McKeough, Major Sale wee killed -when a rifle geenade exploded in the • trepch clime to where be was standing. Lieut. Geo, Neer, SOn of Mr. and Mrs. J.G. Kerr, of Chatham, was in the seine bench and noticing the flight od -the g; enade • the shouted a warning as he men for ecever. The warning came too late and the body of the major was riddled with bullete. The funer- al was held a, day or, two later and the body was laid to rest in; the pretty old eemetery in the, eillage not far behind the trench- es. Major Sale's grave is within five yards orthe place where Lieut. Dick Crawford, of Tilbury, is burieoi,' Keep Little 0/lei Weil in Witter 011•••••••11.1, Winter is a dangereue imaeon for the titele one. The days are so libangeable-one bright; the next ccid and stormy, that the. mother is afraid to take the children .ent' foil the fresh air and 'exercise tell need tao much. In con Reg u en ce they are often cooped op in Over- tee/. badly. Yen tileted ea me and are soon seized with colds or gripoe. Whal ie needed to keep the little ones well is Baby's Own Tablets, They will regulate the etamaeh and bowels and drive out colds and by their/ use the baby wile be able to g,er .over the win ter season in perfect eefeltem The Tablets are Hold by medicine am:m- ere Or by 'mail at 25 cents a e box frcm The Dr. Williares• Mcdictue CO., BrOeltVille, Ont. Sorkin -nage Over 'Horses. A Suffolk man serving in the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, writ- ing home., says: , 'I have to go up to the firing line eto get all the wounded and sick horses and mules and take them to the receiveng bisse. Very otten we have a scrimmage. .A few, days ago I was emit with four men, all well mounted, to got eonie thirty horses.' We sterted about 3 aan. and hoped to get to, our destination about 11 o'clock. About nine o'clock we saw what we thought were some of our men coming towards us with' the horses, so we ad,vanced; but on drawing close, to onr surprise we found we were faced by thirteen Germans, with a lot of herpes tied together in fours. There wee noth- ing for it but to scoot or fight, and I determined on the latter course. My four men fired their rifles and fired well, for -four saddles Were emptied. We then charged with our swords. , "The firing had Lade the horses stampede, and I got separated from niy four men. I was faced by an officer who was in charge of the "square heads." Ile came for me and I went for hire. He brandished his Mtge sword over his head, shout- ing 'Sureendere I could see I could . not well reach him with my sword, so I just gave,him the pill from my revolver. I hit him as he was shout- ing and he bit tbe dust. 1 secured his sword and helmet and joined my men. "They had taten six -prisoners, (two others got away) and thirty- nine horses." ITIE ACUTE 'PAIN FROM NEURALGIA Permanethily*CuredThroligh' the Use ol Dr. tillaillS' Pink Pills A. clever medieal writer has saio that "Neuralgia. is 41 ,cry from the nerves for better bloc -de In other weeds., neuralgia is not a disease, - It is only n symptom, but a very painful one. Neuralgia is the sur - 0111 sign that y bload is weale Watery ancl impure, and that 701.11, nerves aro literally starving. Peed blood is the one cause -rich, red blood the only cure. This gives you the real reason why Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills mere ineuralgiae They are the pnly medicine that ee 11 tai ns 'in ow rect oroportons the elements needed to make rich eel bleed. This new, rich bloon Peaches the root of the trouble, soothes the jangled; nerves, drives a Way the nagging,s ta being pain, and braces. up ycur health ill oth- er ways as Well, In proof of these Statements Mrs. A T. Outten, Little Shemogue, N. B., says ;-"A feW e -ears ago roy mother 1)'t)8 em intense sufferee 11.001 eieurelgia, 1)111(11 waS located in her face, heed and shoulders Tho pain, ogepeee Ily in her heed, was 91 - tense. !She d iebored lor seine time es him ut getting relief and there deemed In bo no ceasing of the Pant whatever. Insteed et seemed to be extending and line whole meeveue stem Incan,e affected. Tiredly she decided to try Dr. W:1- limns Pink P:11e. Ater taking them 'for a wlitle 1110 bath in her head became hes severe, and of Gomm this wae a great 'relief to leer. Ueder the Melee -Rued uso 16 ehe Pills she felt Meson growing betteil and stronger each clay um - tit she was no longer a sufferer and was completely cured, rend has felt no symptoms of the treuele since." Yon can get Dr, Williams' Pink Pills from tiny Medicine clealeror be mail, post paid. 01 50 cents a box oft six hoxes fer $2:50 from The Dr. William's Medicine Co. Brock- ville, Out, LONDON POLiOCIN WAR Red Tape Does Not Bind "Specials" Now'a'days The Donlan police .do 'nothing by halves these days. One evening there came an urgent call for a strong force or special conetables to be dispatched post haste to a distant destination, so the authorities in charge of the "spec- ials,' having collected their men, tele- phoned to the priecipal omnibus com- pane to simply six motor -buses at once. The company replied that all their 'buses were out- at work. Then from Seotland Yard police were sent out into WhiLehall with orders to stop the first six itiotordbuses that canie turn out their passengers, and bring the veli1 l. me thee (Meets round to the embenkmentin ten -minutes the cointm.rideetecl bases wera epee& ing away emi 14e.r loaus of "specials" On V..:Votonit.at serv:ce. Huron Poultry Show Held, 81 Goderielt 13.0401'ich, 11e1. alui.on Ccunty -Poultry and Pet Stock .As - sedation annual fair opened vn the town hall baildirig here eo- day and promises to beat all re - 011115. t Last night up to a late hour large consignments of magoi- fioeni; fowl and pet etoek kept 'milting in, and many hands were busily engaged in plaeing the same peeper positions. That the poultry raising inches - try in Huron County ie adhidged to he of vital importance is shown from the great •Onthusiaani de- meestratied today at .tho show. 31. W. Partici of, Woodstock is the :ledge this ye'ar. The need of a larger building for this exhibee tion is noteu more them ever, The entries are increasing from year te year, andtalthoegh the IC cal town hall is tent of sn,ael 'denim:miens and is an '7 deal spot , for etieh purposes, 'yet it is opined that should the eethusiasm col -i- lia -Me to grow in theeeeture as rapidly each ycior h LS' has 90 the paSt, some additional' jaenotnnw- da tin 0111 be re (mired . The fowl and pet stock on e exhieltion has not come from any particulee dis triet, but has crone from all over g011ilty, Tonight at 8 o'clock tbe steers Wore thvyT11 Open to the Try. The New public and ahreet enmetlettely the [1) Fl I Is 11 8[1,11E x _ Restaurant With Its Fine CY,c1 Pictures Still Pe- t', mains Intact. TRIP through tbe Mina of the Parliament Building re- veals for the most part a. scene of desolation, though some sections have bscaped alraost untouched, says an 'Ottawa correspondent describing the results of the big fire. • The splendid restaurant oa the up- per floor with its gallery of old and valuable pictures has mfraculousle escaped the flames. Prom end to end it is intact. Sir John A. Macdonald, Sir John Thompson, Sir Alexander Mackenzie,' Papineau, Dizfferin, 'a,nd other figures 'of Canadian history still look out of their frames Unper- turbed, But the remainder of the building is wrecked, with the excep- tion et the Library. The only books lost, however, are the religious books, ad boiled copies of :maga- zines, These were stored in the read-. ing-room. The great entrance hall fa littered with fragments of the hue lights which hung from above, with twisted wire, and broken bricks. The pave- ment, with its historic shields show- ing the Provinces of Confederation, is being washed clean and bright again by the drip, drip, drip from the roof. Turning to the right into the Senate Chaanber, the outer lobby shows fairly intact, and the post boxes, blackened though they are with smoke, are being taken out and transferred to the Museum. The door of tbe Senate Chamber still stands, or rather the portals of the door, but the scene within is far different from that which greeted -the nieitor on opening day. The garish light of day looks down where once the soft lights filtered through the glass roof. The walls are a crumbling. 111558 of ruin, and where hls Royal Fleetness and les Royal .Consort rat at the opening a month ags; there is a steaming, unsightly heap of bricks sand mortar. Steele: PLACES LEMe DeMAGED. The big corridor leading to the Commons and the press room though blackened and seared by the ernoke, is still roofed Motu tbe air, but the telegraph offices are gutted, and through Sir V, ilfrid Lameces door huge icicles are visible. The press room is wonderfully %ell pre- served, not even tile lectures on tho wall being damaged, though there 1:3 a quantity of water on the floor, and the 'desks are warping and peel- ing with tee daeip. The rooms of the eiberal Whim; and Room 18 are In not luneh wore Ogle. The Prime Minister's office is mucli as he left it, though the amoke has passed upon It awl left„ its mark. The earridor past the Speneer's Chatnber is intact, but \viler() it once opened to tbe reading-1.mM it nOW epees to the ligle without, end across the mine of what was once the readlne- room. the Library steeds up clear and untourhed. In the debris at this polut men are working all day and all night to re- cover the three bodies beneath. ,Tos- eph Desjardins, who lost a brother and a son there, VHS, -with four other brothers, assisting 90 the dig- ging. The telephone booth has been cleared out, but no sign has been found of the body or Bowman Law, ALP. The only thing round was a scarf. A- laborioue climb over fallen de- bris and past dangerous walls leads to the upper fiats. On the second floor corridor is the room in which Mr. Laplante met death. , Sentries from the 77th Battalion, with fixed beeonets, are posted at every gate and approach to the groands, and no one is allowed to enter -without proper eredentiale, SAVING THE MACE. HOW the Senate Mace, the ornate chairs of the Governor-General and the Speaker, the Throue, and the scores of very valuable Paintings 111 the -Senate Chamleer and corridors were seved is told in graplec manner by Colonel Ernest 3, Chambers, Gen- tleman Usher of the thick Rod. Col, Chambers, who is also Chief Prue Censor during the war, and members of the Senate staff, Dominion police - mete and, a number of soldiers ,etto- ceeded at the risk of their lives in salvaging most of the real treasures of the Senate side. - Col, Cbarabers says: "I had been downtown attending to certain bust.. uess in connection with my dnties as Chief Press Censor, and did not learn of the fire until about 10 o'clock, When I arrived at the beildings ale first thought Was of the Black lied, which, with my uniforms and papers, booke, etc., was in my °Moe over the Smelters' entrance. On entering the lobby of the c.Inate I found the whole place tun of smoke., and empty of men, except for a couple of Dom- inion policerneneMe. Charles Larose, doorkeeper et' the Senate; ler. Mt- wara Ash, Speaker's steward; Mr, Notelan Wood, Speaker's MOSSengor, end Lwo Senate messengers. "I at once made a vueh tor the stairs te try to ascend to my mace, and wee met by Ma. Walter Todd of the House of Come -tone stair, we° otold1 ii;ei:„Lat117,8.1there wee no use trying to get tip, as the tem was at the head rt "I tried to ascend the stairs, but found that evey up my hair Was tei:titligul. by the beat ot the llamas !Toni_ tho Leming woodwork :n the corridor neat the elevator thaft. I then abalitiOnod all hoyfr,;; of 110,1Ching my ogice, greatly to alY re - OF 1)1111111tlitENT OF uip uL8RillT11w1It Colonel Chambers Tells of Saving the Treasures of x the Senate Room. + X .?•• gret, for the Black Rog was perbeee the oldest Piece of the Canadian Par- liamentary regalia, having been car- ried by succeseive Gentlemen TJahers of the Black Rod of the old Legisld,- Live Council of Lower Canada from a time antedating even the ad:Union. "The members of the Senate staff who were present, as well as the two 'Dominion policemen, asked me what 19 thought ought to be done, and I at once took charge of the precincts, • and set to work to save as many of the contents of the Senate as -pos- sible, directing my first attention to the erticles winch I knew could not be replaced. "Somehow or other we managed to get the doors of the Senate Cham- ber open, my attention being eon- centrated upon saving the Throne and the two pictures of King George III. and his wife, which are generally ascribed to the great English painter, Sir Joshua Reynolds. 'By this time the little party of Senate employes had been joined by Mr. Albert Low of the Public Works Departmeut and several Members of the 77th Battalion. At my request Kane of the latter went outside to solicit further assistance., The pic- tures in the Senate Chamber are all In extremely heavy frames, and are in glass cases, making them very heavy and difficult to remoee. We first carried out the Throne, and were in the act of carrying out the chairs occupied at State functions by H.R.H. the Duchess of Connaught and H.R.H. the Princess Patride, when the lights went out, which ne- cessarily interfered with operations for some time. Mr. Ash and Mr. Wood, who had already made ar- rangements for removing the silver plate and other valuables from the Speakers' quarters, procured candles and lanterns, and eve proceeded back to the Senate Chamber. "The Chamber was so fuIl of thick smoke that several of us had to tie handkerchiefs over our mouths, while the floor was three or four inches deep in water. As -we pro- ceeded to wrench the big pictures of Ring George and his Queen from the wall in the darkness, the solid oak door at the western gallery burst into flames, the flames rapidly ex- tending to the ceiling and giving us abundance of light. A large number of the men of the 77th bad by this time arrived, and by sheer physical strength we managed to tear the pic- tures, frames and all, frOM the wall, and had them removed. We also' passed out of the Chamber, the brass ornaments of the Merles table, and a few of the Smelters' chairs. "Mr. Todd was -particularly anx- ious that we should next devote our attention to the picture of Queen Victoria, which a relateve of hie and Sir Sanford Fleming bad assisted in saying from the old Parliament Buildings in 'Montreal at the time they were destroyed. As thie picture was being removed word was pasted into the builditg tbat everybody was to clear out, but eortunately there were enough of us Connected with the Senate staff to feel a persoeal in- terest in saving as many of the p1 - tures and (Miner, as possible. In connection with tho removal of Queen Victoria's pitture, -when It was carried as fat as the door it was found that the door was not large enough to permit of its being taken through, and the picture was expedi- tiously removed from the frame. At the Montreal ere this same picture. had to be cut me or the frame. "By this time a young engineer officer and a couple of officers of the 77t1i had arrived, aud nobly stood by the little group of Senate employes. Again and again the order was pass- ed in by the 'firemen and others that everyone had to leave the building, but the soldiers innearked: "These men know the building, ane If they are ready to take the risk of staying here we will stay by them and see them out. "Thanks to this plucky !talon of the soldiers, every single picture in the Senate preclude, including some of the most 'valuable and precious portraits in Canada, was saved, and In only two eases were they remov- ed erom their frames. One was the lecture of Queen Victoria, the other that of ex -Speaker Power, the frame of which broke in the rough hand- ling to which all of the pictures wero necessarily subject, EIS each and every picture had to be fairly torn from the heavy metal hangings by sheer brute force. "When it became evident that the Speaker's quarters were doomed, I had the mace marched out by a con- Ple of Dominion policemen under tbe escort of a couple of files of the 771h. It was taken to the vault of the Dominion police, wbere it at pre- sent is." Huns Have Killed Chivalry. The eiehop of London, the Right Rev, Arthur Winnington ingram, speaking at Stoke Newington last night, said: "Ono of the saddest men in Eng- land must be the skipper of the trawler which came upon the sinking Zeppelin in the Norte Sea. The skip- per woeld have liked to rescue the men, though they were enemies, but was unable to trust a Gernean's word. Had he taken tho Germans ou his ship they might breve alateked the crew ana the whole German press WOUld halre aereauded the action as a clever piece of strategy. "Therefore, we ought to stand by the skipper. The Germane have kill- ed chivalry in vearrare." Need a Laxative? Don't take a violent purgative. Right the sluggish condition with the safe, vegetable remedy which has held pub- lic confidence for over sixty years. PILLS Largest Salo of Any Medicine in the World. Sold everywhere, Inboireo, lSct.. Orders c) iur y. Charges and emertions that tee War Purchasing Commission appoint- ed by Sir Robert Borden just after the dose of theelast seeeion has fail- ed to keep politics out of its business have been common in all parts of Canada for months past. IL has been asserted that tbe middleman still flourishes and is allowed his uaholy rake-off on equipment and suppliee 601' Canadian sOidiall training to • fight the battles of the Empire; oleo that itis practically imposeible for any firm to secure an order, no mat- ter what its'prices or what its ability to give good aervice, unless its name Is on the Government patronage list or It has the good offides of seine friend ot the party with inlinence enough to commaed attention. It has also been .charged, and in- deed it has been a matter of common knowledge and observation by the public in most of the large mobiliz- ing centres, that the supplying of enuipmeet, especially uniforms, has been so slow that enlisted men ha,ve had to drill for days and even weeks in what civilian clothes they might happen to have when they enlisted. Mr Sane Hughes Maisel/ admitted this publicly at Toronto October 25, when be said: "There are thousands of recruits to -day who are waiting for uniferins and for 0r018 and equip- ment," As late as November 2nd, a Toron- to newspaper Asserted that on that day it had -made careful inveatigation at the Toronto Armouries and found that of 1,033 men of tbe Base Bat- ltaelIeltok:s.,00n parade that day, only 196 were ie. uniform, although many of them had beenix ' in training for s v uld be difficult to find any possible excuse for such a state of af- fairs, especially when it is known that several ot the largest elothiug factories its Canada, some of which are specially equipped for just such work, have 'been nettle° to get a single order tor uniforms. Had sueb factories been given orders which they sought, there could have been no shortage. The Canadian Military Gazette, the afield orgaio of the militia in Canada, takes cbgnizance of the great volume of criticism and declares specifically that the fault does not Ile with the Department of Militia, and that if there is any fault, it must be with tbe War Purcbasing Conunissien. It stales that the claim of the Purcbasing Commission is thee delays leave been caused by slow ole - livery, to welch the obvious answer is that if the orders had been given to firms equipped to tern them nnt, and smaller orders given to a larger number of firms, there would helm been no delay at all. The clahn of the Purchasing Commission is it.ixeeituhseer an explanation nor a good ) • Cases are known where reputable manufacturers, fully equipped to fill orders for militery supplies, have asked to be allowed to tender eor or- ders which they know were to be placed. They have been ignored by the War Purchasing Commission to the extent that same of them were not even allowed to havci tender forms, These manufacturers have then had merchants and wholesalers, who never did any manufacturing and could tot do it because' they have not the equipment, come to them asking the. manufacturer to figure bis price on orders which the merchant or wholesaler was to get, And in some cases these manufactur- ers, who were denied the chance to do burliness direct with the Purchas- ing Comtnission, have actually got the orders at second hand through merchants and wholesalers. Stich firms are at the present time working on orders receleed In this way, and have been for months past. Is it at all likely that these merch- ants and. whelesalers are getting or- ders and then turning them over to manufacturere for execution, without making a profit for themselves? The history of Tory middlemen and the whole Tore patronage system as ap- plied to war purchasing furnishes the answer. COUGHED SO HARD Would Turn Black In The Face, SHE WAS CURED EY US/NG • Norway Pine Syrup. Mrs. nrnest Adams, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., writes: "My little girl, six years old, had a dreadful hard cough. At nights she would cough so hard she would get black in the face, and would cougla for several hours before she could stop. We tried different kindi of medicines and had several doctors, hut failed to do hex' any good. She could not sleep nor eat her cough was so bad, and she was sitnply wasting away. A friend advised me to try Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup. I got a bottle and saw an improvement, and got another. Now I ani only too glad to recosunend it to all mothers." Too much stress cannot be laid CM the fact that a cough or cold should be cured immediately. Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup will cure the cough or cold and prove a pre- ......F.......Mtl..iweimnaain.-Mglemmansgnarn*M071711f veutative from all throat and lung mouroonroawormanaraermaram trodbles such as bronchitis, pneumonia and consumption. "Dr. Wood's" is put up in a-yellove It (r 'wrapper; three pine trees the trade mark; )price 25c and 50c, per bottle. Manufactured only by The 'It Mil- - burn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. cnowd of citezeue end eiretme b be- g .0 m ee all to press , in capacity. Soon the hO ell I r eell ft, Work was Caged to lie • Era W. Bit to)(1, 4 C. BARI01f3TER SOLIOITOR 5 nTABle PUBLIC, ETO (11.,,NTON egiucaLes 'ft avitat ()on/loyal-ice! Notary Publie, Corninissioner, etc'. REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE Teeaer of Maeriage Licenses, Huron St., Clinton. H. T. RANCE Notary Public, Conveyance1,4 ninancial and Real Estate INSIM5NO2 AGENT -Representing Id 5001 81 • surance Couinaniest Division Court Office. Piano 'I'uttinr,c• '/"*"k, Mr. James Doherty wishes to in- form the public that he is pre— pared to do fine piano tuning., tone regulating, and repairing. Orders left at W, Doherty's phone. 61, will receive *prompt attention. AL G Cameron. Barrister, Solicitor, Conveyancer, Mc 011ine on:Albert Sireeteoccupied ty Mr. Ifoopei, In Clinton on every Thursday, and on row day for vehich empolotnients ere made. Cffice hours from 9 a.m. to 0 pm, A good 01031(1 10 connection with the office. Office open, every week day, Mr. Beeper will make any appointments f oe Mr, Cameron. Medkai. DR S. W. THOMPSON Physician, Surgeon, Me r-rgeOlniol 10ti,e+04on elope to air 01.., nt Eye, Ear, Mired, and Noss, Eyls efu)ly niined, and suitable riameeta prescribed, Office aria Residence. Two 0041141 WS, of the commercial mite minim se (1359 :It 11.1JIIL Dr. lir, Gunn, Ife R. 0, P.. L. 78.0.0., 1850 Dr. Cutin's aloe at residence High Street. Dr.J D. Gaudier. 11.5,. 55.51. Office -Ontario Street, Clinton. Sight oalh 81 P003310110156 Hattentrori or at hoonItal DR. J. W. SHAW. PHYSICIAN. SURGEON. coouclieur, oleo 011101 1105 residence on memo, )•treet” CloWfl 11:1171.1311P1M.IONROTI:i814:2 ° o Graduate of (LG.]) 'e '14. a -P Bng,gato. Chicago, eel r .0,Dese on Mondays. Itlav ha to 18 Blt. IL FOWLER, DENTIST. Offices over O'NEIL'B store, Spinel afire taken to make deniel trete moot.ma tenalese as ;Inedible. THOMAS GUNDRY Live street and general .Auction see GODERICH ONT 1,o,r,[4103E saleP 43 switch), di ce; 0 40 or NEW Patti mike, Minton, 571..nua y Fr° We to. Wrms reasonable. Yemen rah. not., ii.0011,11ve0 G. D. Aleleggart M. JJ. MoTaggar MeTagglart 13ross, ESTINISERg ALBERT ST 01.,IN'PON Geueorat tvantang ouatoesw treaseeete0 of0Ti6s nitinOnt4 Ten Drafte hectare Tuterr,at alldweri r) • ninon kfl The MeKilloo ificituar Fire Insurance Co, Parma and Isolated Town Vrots. tarty Only Insured. Dead (Mice- Senforth, Ont OFPICERS. J. 13. McLean, Seaforth, President J. Connolly, Goderich, Vice -Pres. Thos. E. Him% Seaforth, Sec.-Treas. Direetore-D. Ma:elegem, Sea - forth; J. G. Griesre, Winthrop; W. Rhin, Seaforth; John Benneweise J. Evaiis Beachwood; K. \‘ 011, 1 iiuten ; B. MeLorm, Seaferth ConnoliY, Gederich Robert Ferris, Harloek, Agents -Ed. Ilinchley,Seaforth;. W. Chesney. Egmondville ; W. Yeo, lielineevilie; Alex. Leitch, Clinton; R. S. aarrauth. Brodhagen Payments made at 'morrish Co. Clipton, and CuttngmQerr. store Goderich and. Jas. Beide store Bayfield. _mew_ A Carload of Canada Peirlidad COMO! Phone us tor prices It will pay you Joh Hutton LONDESBORO Drs. Geo, ek M. E. wpita4; • &Demur' I/ Osteopathic rhy. Specialists In Wornen41 and Children's Diseases Acute, Chronic, and Nervous Disorders Aye, gar, Nose. and Throat. CONSULTATION MBE. Offiee-Rattienbury Rotel. Tuesday and Friday, 7 to 11 313.135, FORD it MCLEOD We're 13000 selling Timothy Seed (Government S tandarde We also have on hand, Alfalfa, Alsike, and Red Clover. We alwaye have on hand .-Goeme Wheat, Peas, Barley and Feed Corn Highest market Price e paid foe Hay and all Grains FORD & MclE0D