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President, James Connolly, Goderich ;
Vice., James Evans, Beechwood ;
Sec, -Treasurer, Thos. E. Hays, Sea -
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Directors : George McCartney, Sea.
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G. Grieve, Winthrop ; Wm. Tenn,
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I31JFFALO AND 0ODERICI'I DIV,
Going East, depart 7.88 a.m.
e e rr 2.58 p.m.
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Fertilizer
We ,carry a Complete, Stock of:
Stone's Natural Fertilizer., No
better on the market.
Hay
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market prices for Bay for baling.
eeds
American Feed Corn, Red Clio -
Ter, Alaike, 'Timothy and Alfalfa.
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comes from being made • with
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Priced materials
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Knives, Forks and Spoons,
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Knives and Forks, steel. white
handles, $3.00 doz. ep.
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line Let ea tell you more
about why it ie the most
desirable that you can put
your money into.
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CLINTON, ONTARIO.
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,M1 Rubbish.
An old gentleman heard the tutor
tell his son that the earth revolved
every twenty-four hours. So ho put
a glass of water on his garden wail,
and loft it all night.
Next morning ho went to the fee
tor and discharged him, sayings
"It is all rubbish about the earth
going round, because if it did »11 the
water would have run out of the
glese"
The neighbor, being a man and ono
of the father's former pails, did not
expand with tsppreeiation,
ITALIAN RATTLESIIIP Hrr MINE
675 MEN ON BOARD PERISHED
The Disaster Occurred a Month Ago, But It Has Only NOW Been
Announced,
A despatch from Rome says; Itis
officially announced that the Italian
battleship Regina Ma gherita &truck
a mine off the Alllanie coast axed
sank December 11; Six hundred and
seventy-five men o10 board perished.
Two hundred and seventy were saved.
The battleship Regina Mai'ghei'lta
was laid down in 1898, and completed
in May, 11904. Silo was a vessel. of
18,427 tons, 420 feet long, and had a
draught of 27 feet, Heir usual corn-
element was 730 men, The battleship
carried four 12 -inch, four 8-ineh,
twelve 6 -inch guns, twenty 12 -pound»
ers, two 1-pownde•,a, two maxims and
four torpedo tubes.
The Regina Margherita was a sister
ship of the Benedetti) Bt'in, which was
badly damaged by anexplosion on
board in 1915, in which a large num-
ber
umber • of her crow,; including Itertr Ad-
miral De Oervin, were killed.
TSE PEACE
WE NEED
5O -YEAR PEACE NECESSARY TO
WELFARE Ol! EUROP141,
French Deputy Says It Will Mice a
Genius to Frame a Suit-
able Treaty.
Under the title of "The Peace 'We
Need," Fernand Engerand, Deputy
for Calvados, /rites in the Echo de
Paris:
"The peace which will conclude this
unparalleled war will be the greatest
event in history, and the treaty which
will ratify it must be a masterpiece,
"It is necessary that the peace of
Europe shall be assured for least half
a century. For her it is a question of
life -or death. This war has already
extinguished three or four times as
many lives as all the wars from 1792
to 1815 together. Europe will` come
out of it greatly weakened, and will
need a long period to recovery --An-
other: such bloodletting would spell
her doom.
Treaty Will be Greatest in History.
"A long, a very long, peace is,
therefore, necessary, and this must be
the main object of the treaty. The
problem to be solved is, in fact, Noth-
ing less than to rebuild Europe, for to
have a good • peace it is neeessary to
have a good Europe, that is, a well-
balanced Europe. The latter can only
be obtained by assuring a species of
equality between the great nations
and by imposing moderation on the
nation which has expanded itself un-
duly and aims at universal domina-
tion, without, however, destroying it
under the pretext of curbing.
"To draw up this treaty, which will
be the greatest in history, a man of
genius will certainly be necessary, for
he will have the formidable task,
which four centuries have tried to ac-
complish, namely, that of adopting
the Central Empires into the Euro-
pean system. But have we this man
among our diplomats?
"To establish the needed equilibrium
the political factor will not bo de-
cisive, as in 1815. The economic fac-
tor has equal, if not greater, import-
ance. Are -our diplorhats prepared to
consider both aspects of the.question,
or will it be necessary to call in the
magnates of commerce and industry
to solve the problem? Some of the
latter have already expressed' thein:
views on the subject of peace, which
is fortunate, since it has shown us
whither they would have led us.
Nation Should Study Question Now,
"In France private interests have
for too long a period dominated public
interests. After the war we shall
know to what extremes this political
regime has brought our country. Once
and for all, private interests must be
subordinated to those of the public in
France. It will not be possible for
the Governments to issue peace de-
cisions without the consent of the
people, who will demand to know and
must be informed.
"In France the Government was
afraid of a five -letterer? word, 'peace,'
The word•has been uttered and we
have seen the effect it produced. Now
it is permitted to discuss the topic
and it is well, for at the front as well
as behind the people were fearing
that those, on whom the duty would
fall to make peace might be taken by
surprise by the event and consent to
a garbled peace.
"Public opinion must study this
question from now on, and the will
of the nation must find its expression.
Some maintain that ib la too early and
that we should wait fee victory. No;
then it will, indeed, be too late.
"Nothing during this war has ttirn-
etl ` olt as we expected. Who knows
whether peace will not come more
ciuieldy than we suppose? De not
let us be token by surprise by peace
as we were by, war."
One-fifth of the earth's surface be:
longs to the British Empire.
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rkl S Record
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'I'IHE ROA'DMAK.ER,
Rinnble Service Cheerfully Done for
'King alad Country..
Dr, Wilfrid T. Grenf ell, of Labrador,
tells this fine incident of his work as
a surgeon at ,the Front:
"A particularly' bright young sol-
dier cane into our hospital in France
one day," he writes in , the Boston
Congregationalist. "He was shot
through the spine and for many days
suffered much agony. The worst danl-
ger was over, and I was sitting on
his bed talking to,him,
"'Where is your home?' I asked.
"'In Argentina; he .replied.
"'Argentina? In South America?
What brought you over here?'
"'WeIl, Doctor, I was good and
strong, and I wanted to do my bit.'
"'Was work scarce when you left?'
I continued,
"'Not much. That's the country to
live in,' he answered, smiling at the
very thought of it.
"Sad business, getting hit 'so
soon. It will be a long time before
you'll be able to get about again, I'm
afraid.'
"'Don't worry any about that,' was
his immediate reply; 'I'm glad I had
the chance.'
"As I Looked through his smiling
eyes into his soul I realized that only
lately I had seen men seeking this
man's netts inalienable possession
among dollars acid cents, and never
finding it because they sought amiss.
"'Where were you, and What were
you doing when you got hit?' I asked
a 'common' soldier one day in our
ward. 'Were you charging the en-
emy?'
-" `No such luck, Doctor. I was
working on a road detail when a
"Jack Johnson" came along, and a bit
of the nose found me.'
"It was a terrible wound. I had won-
dered if he would ever see England
and home again. Among the convoy
that brought him, he had been a ly-
ing -down case. A scarlet edged tag,
pinned on his breast as he lay on the
stretcher, had signified that he was
among the dangerously wounded. He
'laid Qtly been one of the host of soil -
soaked Tommies, whose work in mud
up to his knees repairing the 'pave'
of the road to the trenches in the
dreary flats of Flanders must have
appeared inglorious enough. And now
he was knocked out for good,
"It seemed odd that a man like that
could be so cheerful and contented.
This, however, anti his anxiety for
`the other chaps,' had made him quite
a favorite, and Iris bed a popular cor-
ner m the ward. •
"'Making roads through the mud
wasn't the kind of job you were think-
ing of when you joined the Colors,
was it?' I asked him one clay.
"'Not exactly. But it was good to
see the ammunition and the grub go
by over them to the other chaps. You
bet we kept the road good almost to
the front trench. I'll never forget
seeing a battery of our artillery gal-
lop by once when there was some
strafing going on. If it hadn't boon
for our road maybe them Germans
would have got through.' Tho pleas-
ure of that humble service is going to
survive all the horrors of cold and wet
and misery, yes, and life itself."
GERMANY WANTS PEACE.
Etracts Froin a Conversation With a
German Diplomatist.
One may regard the old war spirit
as definitely dead in Germany. Every
one wants peace, even the Junker
class. The .peace movement is very
strong among the commercial and
working classes, and at the court it-
self every one professes horror at
the continuation of the slaughter. All
ideas of annexation and indemnity
have vanished. On the other hand,
no one thinks that the Allies can im-
pose peace terms on Germany.
"Life • in court circles Is very dull,
The Emperor is constantly at the
front, avid the Empress—in pleasant
contrast to nlost.ladies of .the court
—is an entllttsiattic tiv'itr worker. If
the new compulsory civilian service
is fairly applied to women, the Indies
of the aristocracy will suffer me=t;"
It appears that no one, not even
his old-time military friends, has 11
good word to say for the Cro" n
Prince. A joke among hostesses,
amusing at first, but since become
tiresome, is to whisper to their favor-
ite guests when the Crown Prinet is
present: Not a word about Verdun.
Ile is extremely taciturn these days,
and freely disclaims all personal re-
sponsibility for the Verdun catas-
trophe, maintaining that the whole,
idea for the attack was imposed upon
hint by the General Staff. lie and
I:Iincienburg have become excellent
fi'iends these days.
In Germany there is undoubtedly a
widespread and ever-growing desire
for peace, and a powerful and growing
suspicion of the Government.
Avoiding Confusion.
"Can you make anything out of the
tows from Europe?" +.
"Easiest thing in the world, I only
read the newspaper every other day.
In this way I get n. connected story of
ele,side or the other and avoid the
denials,"
Over a thousand lives are lost ovate
year et the collieries of the United
XCingdoni.
Prof. Robert L. Garner
VV ,60 for a quarter of a, century
phased the grouchy gorilla and
• the. morn amiable chimpanzee to their
Dais in the Congo, is now on hie way
to West Africa, where he expeots to
remaina year metro collecting ape-'
etmens for the Smithsonian Institute
of Washington, D.C. We have Dr.
Garner as the authority for' the st5,te-
inent that gorillas, when caught up id
,theago of two yearn, on be made me:
iloclle es any household pet by kind-:
mess arid, firmness, but that the felj
male of the species is: Heroes• than the!
laale. The obihlpanzee, continues thee
.Professor, can be taught to epealti
several words, and he expects td:
bring home half a dozen live aped-,
linens, its well as a couple of gorillas,
GERMAN GIVES NEW
VERSION OF WAR
DISTINGUISHED GERMAN HIS-
T0711AN'S VIEW OF STRIFE.
Conflict Has Proved There Are Limits
' to Any "Knock -out
Strategy,"
The London Times says: Prof.
Meinecke of Freiburg University, the
distinguished historian, contributed to
the Frankfurter Zeitung recently the
most remarkable article on the history
of the war which has appeared in any
German newspaper. Being compelled
to lie about the origin of the war,
German writers generally have had
to lie about all inconvenient events
during the war.
Prof. Meinecke, on the other hand,
adopts the convenient formula that it
was only- "in a political sense" that
Germany "began the war as a defen-
sive war," while in a military sense
it was distinctly a knockout war
(Niederwerfungskreig). Thus, hap-
pier than other Ger/,an writers, he is
able to tell the truth about the Battle
of the Marne and admit that the bat-
tle for Verdun was a failure.
First Phase of War.
Prof. Meinecke has the courage to
describe the first phase of the war as
follows:
"Our first object was to overthrow
France rapidly and compel her to
make peace. If we succeeded we
would then turn quickly and carry out
the same military idea against Rus-
sia, with the best prospects of suc-
cess. Then we would conclude a final
peace with England, who would have
been disarmed by the Continent. This
peace would have had to assume the
character of a compromise, since we
did not hope to overthrow England's
naval supremacy.
"This whole programme, brilliantly
begun, collapsed at the gates of Pari -s
and the Battle of the Martie. This
battle was not a tactical victory, but
a great strategical success for the
French. Perhaps our programme
would not have collapsed if we had
carried through our original strate-
gical idea with perfect strictness,
keeping the Marne forces strictly to-
gether and for a time abandoning
East Prussia."
Prof. Meinecke sketches subsequent
events much as follows: The Germans
took to trench warfare and the enemy
did likewise. The Germans tried but
failed to break through at the Yser
and Bzurka-Bawka, and the French
tried but failed to break through
Champagne. The German people be-
gan to argue that the war had be-
come a war of attrition. Then the
Germans succeeded in breaking
through Galicia, but ultimately they
had to settle again in defensive posi-
tions. The British and, French then
tried, but failed again, to break
through in the west, and the battles
of Loos and Champagne followed.
Battle of Verdun.
Prof. Meinecke then gives the fol-
lowing accormt of the battles of Ver-
dun and the Somme:
"An argument used a year ago was
that a decision must be sought, not in
the tangible, distant East, but in the
concentrated West—the nerve centre
of the enemy's forces. Tine decision,
however, 'must not lie a decision in
the old sellae that eve should break
through a particularly critical posi-
tion, destroy one of the most import -
lint of the french fortresses anti
prove 1e the FI'ench that they could
no longer win. That was the origin
of the undertaking against Verdun,
This thee a new politico -military idea
led only to a heroic episode; but,
meanwhile, our enemies pulled them-
selves together ter still more gigantic
arhlevem este. England learned the
use of universal military service and
the conversion o£ industry for the
production of a mighty supply of
arms and ammunition. At the same
time she leaned upon the industrial
strength of America, so, while Japan
helped, she was able to equip the new
Russian Formations, the apparatus
which we had smashed the year' be-
fore.
"Thus in June and July; 19i6, it
carte the great double offensive of
our enemies, East mei West, The re-
sult was Out we load to interrupt
ope'ations ttt Vet'dtm, The enemy's
offensive also achieved partial sue -
ones, especially in the • least, al-
though the real object—to break
•
il1roxlFb and ea up our linos --001811
not be achieved. nit Was due to
the fact that in the interval wo stili
further developed the possibilities of
trench warfare,"
Results Cil Soonone Alight'
Peril, Mei11001te says the Battle of
the Somme led e the conviction in
Ger'nnanyi that it was no longer pos-
slble to arrive at 11 military deeis0011
el a full peace -compelling,' sense.. So
he :describes the German peace .over-
turea as .arising naturally from the
idea that the sacrifices which would
be demanded by a continuation off the
war would no longer bear any rela-
tion to military results, and it would
be statesmaltlilco, intelligent and wise
to abaneen the intention of deetrue-
tion and seek a reasonable compro-
mise.
As regards the teal guarantees
Which Germany professes to require, slabstanees, Get it today,
be.malces two final observations: One --..__..
is -that Germany has taught all the
small Powers of Europe that they are
risking their lives if "they teach the
electric wire which protects Central
Europe." The other is that the war
has proved there are limits to the pos-
sibilities of "knockout strategy in 1 a
war between groat Powers." Conse-
quently a knockout policy aimed at
procuring fundamental revolutions in
the relations of European Powers does
not pay, A despatch from London says.:-
Thus, according to the professor, Great Britain's loan of victory was
the motto of the future will be "not successfully • launched on Friday.
overthrow but balance" Stimulated by the speech of Premier
EVERYBODY NEEDS
PURE, RICH BLOOD
Pure blood enables the stomach,
liven' and other digestive 0108115 to do
their work properly, Without it they
are sluggish, More is loss of alitletitea
sometimes faintness, a deranged state
of the intestines, end, in general, all
Oro symptoms of dyspepsia,
Pure bleed is resper•ed by every
organ of the body for the proper per-
formance of its functions,
Hood's Sarsaparilla mates pure
blood, and this is why it is so 0110-
0essfnl in Lite treatment of 00 many
diseases and ailments, . Plc oats di-
rectly on rise blood, reeling it of
scrofulous and other humors, 7:t is
a peculiar combination of blood -puri-
fying, nerve -toning, strength giving
"VICTORY LOAN"
GRIPS J. PULL,
Tremendous Response to Lloyd
George's Appeal,
Although no other writers are al Lloyd George in the Gdildhall on
lowed to confess German failures, his ,
account of site peace manoeuvi a is Phursday, in which he appealed to all
confirmed in other quarters. There classes of society to plate their capital
is now little or no talk of German at the disposal of the Government,
benevolence and German dislike of the first investors began to pour their
bloodshed. It is argued simply. that funds into the Bank of England on
its, enemy ought to be persuaded to Friday morning. The Premier's de -
agree with Germany that a compro- claration that "a well -directed check"
mise is inevitable and then discuss was now as powerfell as shell and
peace based upon the war map. shrapnel, met with an instant re-
sponse. By noon half a billion dol-
lars had already been subscribed.
Early Friday the building leased by
the .Bank of England to handle the,
rush of war -loan bidders was crowd-
ed with a picturesque throng, which
included many soldiers in khaki and •
How Germans Direct Gas Clouds some women. The door's opened ear•-
-.th
lieran at the bank, and from short -
Against the Russians. ly after 8 o'clock until closing hours
A despatch from London says: The the entry was filled with applicants for
Germans have added fire hose to the the prospectuses, which are being die -
many novel implements of war used in tributed broadcast over the city. Even
the present conflict. The poisonous the East End has its share in the loan,
gases which they are using now be- one of the earliest visitors at the
ing ejected against the Russian bank being a costermonger who wheel.
trenches by means, of hose. Friday's ed away a pile of the pamphlets for
Petrograd statement reads: the small dealers in his neighborhood.
"South of the village of Zubilno, All over Britain application forms are
between Vladimir-Volynski acid Lutskbeing given out. The munition fac-
(Volhynia)10 versts (about seven i tories, in particular, are being sys- ,-
miles) south of Kiselin, the enemy! tematically canvassed by the Govern="
directed from his trenches on to our ment, which is asking the workers,
flank a hose similar to a fire ]rose, I both men and women, to use the new
after which we heard a• pronounced loan as an investment of their weekly
hissing noise and the whistle of es -1 sav1ngs•
caping gas. At first there appeared a
yellowish green, and afterwards a
white cloud of gas, which, however, P®
failed to reach our trenches owing to
the wind blowing along our front. SHATTERS
This release of gas lasted two min- SHATTERS FACTORY
utes, and was not repeated."
Strategic Retreat.
Two boys, one the possessor of a
permit, were fishing on a certain estate
when a gamekeeper suddenly darted
from a thicket. . The lad with the
permit uttered a cry of fright, dropped A despatch from New York says:
his rod, and ran off at top speed. The Two of the powder magazines of the
gamekeeper was led a swift chase. DuPont Powder Company, at Haskell,
Then, worn out. the boy halted, The N.J., were blown up on Fridaynight.
man seined him by the arm and said The explosions were of terrific, • force
between pants: ! and were felt for many miles in all
"Have you a permit to fish on this, directions. The detolations were fo1-
estate?" flowed almost immediately by a fire,
"Yes, to be sure," said the boy 1 which could be seen as far away as
quietly, ; Yonkers, and distant points in New
"You have? . Then show it to rue." Jersey. The Haskell plant coeurs see.
The boy drew the permit from his' eral acres and is one of the company's
pocket. The man examined it and largest. In the plant and the village
frowned in perplexity and anger. I were several hundred buildings. The
"Why did you run when you had thisconcussion blew a tremendous ]role in
permit?" he asked. j the side of a mountain, near which the
"To let the outer boy get away," , plant was built. The loss of life is
was the reply. "He didn't have estimated at 21 Four hundred thou
none."
USE FIRE HOSE
ON EAST FRONT
WDER EXPLOSION
21 Men Reported Killed 'in
Wreck at DuPont Plant
At Haskell.
sand pounds of powder was destroyed.
BULGARIA HAS CALLED OUT
THE LAST AVAILABLE RESERVES
Conscripts of 17 Summoned, as Well as Those Hitherto Exempted
Owing to Physical Unfitness.
A despatch from Salonica says: -1
The Serbian authorities have received
authe'itativc 'nformatiun that all Bel -
garble conscripts of the Ord class,
aged 17, were summoned to the colors
last month. All men in Bulgaria
hitherto exempted owing to physical
unfitness or other causes have been
called to present themselves, and are
receiving commissions. With few
exceptions all have been enrolled.
MEN UNFIT FOR ACTIVE DUTY
TO TAKE PLACES OF FIT MEN
A despaltch from London says:— olifl'e is being reorganized. Col.
The scheme of co-ordinating the train-
ing of Canadians in England with the
requirements in Finance, is proceed-
ing satisfactorily. Officers from corps
end divisional schools have beets trans-
ferred by the gellei•al staff to England,
and many of them are specialists in
certain lines of instruction, The
Canadian military school at Shorn -
Witty Berland, who has done excep-
tionally good work here, will com-
mand a double reserve battalion.
Special instruction is now given to
all men proceeding to France. A list
has been compiled throughout all the
Canadian centres in England of mon
fit for active service. Such will be
replaced by unfit men and others in-
capacitated at the front.
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