The Signal, 1917-12-13, Page 2a .r ., BAIr A"" for
'THURSDAY. Dsc. 13 , 1917
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THE SIGNAL GODERICH, ONTARIO
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iment o( the Military Service Act, all Prussia, where the Kaiser maintains con -
I German . Sympathisers, all slackers, all trol cif, the Reichstag by manipulation of
nt • w hu wish to calla halt in the fight the franchise. The only way to ensure a
against Prusafa(he Government whose can be counted on
to vote againstt the (air franchise for the (unser is to defeat
outstanding police is 'the vigorous prose- the Government that relies upon an ar-
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ischtrre( advertisement.. will be given ou appti
ration. l.egaland other .impar advertiomerite,
en, Dent. per line for And In.ertlon and four
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wont. of Loot. Found. Strayed. Situation -
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l Ione.niar p Twer n`s
aveient lent-ascb iu.erl tori
Larger advertineements In proport,on.
to•,ncaments in ordinary reading type. Ten
Canto per line. No notice b.. than Twenty.
ere Conte. Any.p,eeial notice. the object of
un •
cumin of the war. The Laurier (action
would stand to gain by the inclusion in
the franchise of those, in Canada born in,
enemy countries and therefore the
Laurier faction id opposed to the franchise
act. If The Advertiser wants some
Prussiamnl sto fight there is plenty of it
to tight. lined up alongside of the buys in
the trenches and alont,'side of the Gov-
ernment which is hacking the boy's in the
trenches. The franchise act provides for
the most truly re'>re.entatively Canadian
toils- of voter* ppiotsstble. while the Laurier
()pixilation would be glad to profit by the
death of 'Canada's defenders (without
loving a comps-nsating voting strength to
their women folk) and th•• inclusion in the
franchise ,f enemy sympathizers and
u•
thoopposed to service in the cause of
freedom.- Godvrich Star.
What a beautiful testimonial to the
patriotism of the women of Canada.
"Slaekgrs!.. '•Enemy sympathizers
The women who toil day in and day out
in Red Cross work, in patriotic work of
all sorts. have no right tb the franchise be-
wl or ao.•ociatiun, ,,,T,„con.tdered ►u adver-
htohi. tbepec t r bonen( of any tndixtd cause they do pot happen to have any
ement and charged aatordingly• male relatives on the fighting line. and
To unataxeros»,s rte. -The on operation of
r .nb.eriber• and reader. t. cordially invlt- when_ objection is made to this arbitrary
reward. making THE rho !ii at, s aeskly teootd and unfair discrimination they are called
. oil heal. county and district donuts No Cow
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enuniwKionwill be attended to utile.. It cote or„ -(termini !
tains the name and addre.. of the writer. not
sees•arily for publication, but as an seldom.* Think of some of the women of Gode-
of io Delos New -tail
N edneld da7 0000 rh Tim ich who are thus classed with the enemies
of each week. Of their country. Mrs. McKim. who has
done such heroic work in connection with
THURSDAY. DISCI:MI4I1E Is. 1917 the Red Crass Society. Mrs: Hamilton.
' president of the Woman's War Auxiliary,
1 Mrs. Renolds, whose fame is known all
WHO PAYS FUR THE AOS.? ' I over Canada as one of the woman heroes
of the war. No votes for these women.
Dies the elector ever stop to think who” They are classed with those who, accord -
pays for the posters, the newspaper ad- I ing to' the Star. are "opposed to service
vertisements and all the other election in the cause of freedom and therefore
"literature” with which the Government are unworthy of a part in the choosing
is flooding the eouptry:' ' 1'ro,bably never I of the national retires small res. -
'before in the histor, of -Canada was there I What a farce the whole thing is !'
euich unblushing use of money for the i
purpose of influencing the electorate.
Where does it come from? It comes' EEDITORIAL NOTES.
out of the pockets of the electors them-
l es. Big corporations get favors from
1 1.verntnent at the expense of the
people, in rrttlrn the corporations fill
-Bali' Rogers was good enough for
the Government party'scoffers at election Bowman. Is flus man good enough for
time. So when You read the big election you
A vote fur Bow man is a vote for
Plavelle.
advertisements published in almost every
newspaper in the country, remember that -
whether you like the advertisements or
The Toronto News is putting up a
vicious campaign -even Worse than The.
not - it is your money. and the moil' of Gm's.
other taxpayers. that' is paying fu.'s,The Dominion Fuel Controller appear•,
them. to Be.about as useful as moot o" the office -
The Signal has quite a large line of this holders Under ttie present Government.
kind of advertising this week. -Most of
it is pretty poor stuff to present to The British forces have captured Jerus-
electors of intelligence. aThe Signal atem. Christmas Will be celebrated in
feels almost like apologizing its readers . the Holy City this year with a new note
for giving space to it; but wee use the of gladness•
money nicely in our business•\and we. , When you think of the glorious deeds
insisted upon the top price for assts- .trick•
of Canada's sons on the battlefields. re -
of it. Just think what a wad of mattes- member that not one of them is a
\ the city papers must be getting out `rot script -all are volunteers,
his kind of advertising --pages of it every
y. l
One of the silliest of. the Consertatiee
. hen you cast your ballot next mon- , c 1paign cues is that of Quebec dornina-
day.oklr. Elector. pause long enough to tion.. How can Quebec. with only sixty -
wonder whether you are wise firs tote's for five members out of 234. dominate the
a Goverftment that is so generous with Parliament of Canada. even if they were
POUR money. all un the one side ?
Tory canvassers have been whispering
• that "all the Catholics are supporting
NTS • Laurier." Now 'that Bishop Fallon has
FUTHE SOLDIERS. come out in favor Of the so-called union
t0avltrrifilent, the whijspermi campaign
• has received a setback."
in the House
'1917. the
Minister •
recruits
onlhs ` sedition daily ? Is the Governmo?nt
immediately preceding the anno ce- of what Bourassa could tell Of the
ment of conscription. The figures fQr Borden-Bourassa alliance in 1.1 l ?
the twelve months. June. 19111. t The Flavelles, the Clifford Siftons. the
May. 1917. as given by the Minister. Alackennes and Manns --all. the time! of
areas folkies:
June. 19111.
Jule.
August.
September
October -
Nteseftiber.
December
January. 191"
February
March..
A toil..
May ti,:rjO
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REINFORCE
bitrary franchise for its success. Every
vote for an Opposition candidate next
Monday is a vote for fair elections.
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The Toronto Star and Globe profess to
be terribly anxious to send every tit man
overseas; yet give pages daily to the
doings of sporty young men who
might better be throwing bombs
than pitching howls or playing hockey.
If The Star and Globe are sincere. why
don't they close up their sporting pages?
The Goderich Star last sleek tried to
make out that Armand Lavergne, Bo ur-
assa's lieutenant. is on the Laurier plat-
form. As a matter of (act, Lavergne is
running in Montmagny in opposition to
the Laurier 'candidate. 1( The Star will
iefer to the list of candidates pubtished\in
its own columns November 2:trd, it will
find this .to be the fact.
Replying to a questio
of Commons, on June
Hon. Sir Edward Kemp. th
of Militia, gave the number o
obtained in Canada during the
Why does not the Bor
arrest &wrassa and su
which, according Zoo the' G
'Government
his paper.
spots
afraid
money -grubbers -are using every possible
'10.97(11 I artitice to defeat Laurier, the champion
s•t!T' , l of the common people. they may suc-
7,2" creel: hut they won't get The Signal to
11,3:,7 • ! help them.
6,03. i
ii sots IF Having once embarked n the policy- o
:r WCt tl creating an artificial dec ,rate. by en
7 7_1 • , franchising one class and istranchisir
7.04 t .I another class to suit its own purposes
1i eso Lwhat is to prevent this Government. o
•;.•270 " any other Government.' from ehfttinuin
such practices in future elections ? The
Canada would be 'in the same class, a
us r. an average o ovtf ,. a
month. •
When c,nseription „Was announced
as the Government policy, recruiting
practically stopped.
From lune to December. 1917
seven months -at the rate of 7,(XX) a i
month,. nearly 50,(XK) recruits would •
have been secured under voluntary en.
listmt'nt, and most of them by this
time would have received considerable
training. .
Under the . Military Service Act.
e'en. Mt's horn •'hope)('' to send 2V100
'men over?eas in January 1 -and they
cannot possibly have moire than two
\
or three eecks'training by that' time.
in other words, voluntary recruiting
Id have produced twice as many
n a+ the Military Service Act.
Ib reinforcements are needed over-
seas, asn t the Government made a
sorry b gle orf the business ,of recur-.
Mg them -
COMPLIM*NTFUR THE WOMEN.
By their very opptrat ion to the franchise
act. the ruppx,rters of Laurier, %hoose
policy if to allow the fight against Prus-
aianism to dwindle for lad. of men, give
away the secret reason for that oppusititn.
Those who are (masted to the enforce-
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nforce-
a r
would have been guilty of the blunder n i ti p 1s t, i, O tftf s t
which has been committed by Borden and I rflorloflaiflnActrlttfletflr '1Ei ltaiftitrRtl
..........e.
Rowell in setting the country by the11
ears and creating discord between the
Provinces. -
"STUPID OR DISHONEST."
To the Editor of The Signal.
Sir,'—Please permit space in' your
columns for a few lines, that justice and
fairness may in a degree be meted out to
malty people of Ashfield whose good name
has been slandered by the most auto-
cratic man in this section of the country.
namely, the editor of The Lucknow Sen-
tinel.
At Kintail on November 19th s large
rn ber of Ashfield's citizen( met and 'a
p ited a committee, consisting of the
Reeve, two ex -reeves and one of the
auditors, to draft a resolution protesting
against the maturer in which the Military
Service Act was being interpreted by a
local tribunal, which interpretation was
conceded to be not in the nation's
interests.
By courtesy of the chairman
of the meeting, Mr. J. N. Mc-
Kenzie. a copy of the resolution was sent
to The Sentinel, whose editor criticized
it and even went so far as to declare
Coxiservativ mals try to make some of the statements untrue. Mr. Mc -
Conservative journals. Kenzie asked the editor who was his
much of Nie statement that Hon. W. S. authority. .The reply was, "General
Fielding is supporting the "union" Gov- knowledge;" but he added that if the
ernment. There is no dioubt that in the facts were sent him he would snake it
right.
next Parliament Mr. Fielding will , be . A meeting of the committee was held
and the secretary was instructed to write
Ilse Sentinel stating the facts and asking
this editor to retract. which was his obli-
gation when he was given the facts. I
enclose a copy of the letter sent to The
Sentinel in behalf of the committee by
the secretary.
. Subsequently the secretary received
many inquiries from interested persons as
to why The Sentinel did not print the
letter or make amends. He called The
Sentinel and inquired why this had not
been done and received the courteous
reply that "you are not running The
Sentinel" -a manly reply. from one
who poses as a great leader of modern
thought and who regards himself as ca-
pable of sitting in judgment upon awhole
community. - The man is either stupid or
dishonest. .
A CITIZEN OF ASHFIELD.
(Copy of lett er sent to The Sentinel.)
December 3, 1917.
To the Editor of The Sentinel.
DEAR SIR. -lift your tissue. o( Nov-
tmber 27, you have, unintentionally or
found voting with Si5 Wilfrid Laurier a
good deal oftener than with Sir Robert
Borden. If Sir Wilfrid wins the elec-
tion. Mr. Fielding will be a member of
his Cabinet.
The Gl1llf)e asks that the new Goverh-
ment be jtidged by its work. Well. the
new Government has had plenty of time
to dismiss Flavelle from his position at
the head of .the munitions board. It has
had plenty of time to repudiate the
C. N. R. deal. 1t has had plenty of time
to arrest Bourassa. But it has not done
any one of these things. What has The
Globe to say ?
There is no use saying The Globe has
been bought. The Globe's trouble is just a
cased "nobody at home." The only man
on the Globe staff who possessed the
public confidence in any particular de-
gree was I)r. J A. Macdonald. and he is
away on a trip "for his health." Our
guess is that Dr. Macdonald would not
stand for dictation from the outfit nowin
control of the paper.
The -only thing that can save the B r -
den Government is the loaded dice with
which it is playing the game. The Fran-
chise Act which is relied upon to save
J lavelte's bacon was strongly condemned
by most of the Liberals who have since
joined the Bordenites and who now place
their chief reliance for success next Mon-
day on its unfair provisions. And these
men tall themselves patriots !
he Canadian Manufacturers' Ass°
ciationlaout with a statement supporting
the so-called union Government. Well.
the C. M. A. might have saved itself the
trouble. Everybody knows that the
C. M. A. -the association of protected
manufacturers who hold their loyalty at
so much per cent. -is mightily 'anxious
that the present Government shall not be
defeated. If the Liberals should get into
power they w-oufd cut off some of the big
profits now going to the manufacturers
and would give the ` common people a
chance to -lige. If any elector wants
vote for bigger pickings for the protected
interests, he' should vote with the Cana-
dian Manufacturers' Association for the
"union" Government. •
Confederation was brought about by
such a union of public men of both parties
as is in existence today. -Toronto Star.
This is untrue. and is on,a par with a
great many assertions to be seen in the
columns of The Star these days. The
pre -Confederation coalition was abouts as
unlike the present so-called anion as it
could be. it was carried out with the
consent and approval of both the great
partits. It gave adequate representation
to the Province of Quebec instead of an-
tagonizing that Province. A "neutral"
was chosen ass the'leader, both hetold
party leaders taking subordinate posi-
tions. The union. of fifty years ago
was brought a t to establish
Confederation; the called 'union of
today threaten( to smash the Con-
federation. Sir John Mao'dtnald never
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Black as Dirt ai
About the Eyes
Liver Was All Upset and There 0
Was Pain Under the Shoul- iX
der -blade - Two Inter-
esting Letters.
80 many people suffer from de-
rangements of the liver that we feel
sure these two reportn, Iwo recently
received, will prove interesting read-
ing and valuable information to many
readers of this paper
Mrs. F. L. Harris, Keatley P.0 ,
Soak., writes : '•I was suffering from
liver trouble -had a heavy pain under
one shoulder blade all the time. and
was nearly as black as dirt around the
eyes, so I concluded to try some of
Dr. Chase's Kidney -Liver Pills. I did
so, and before I had taken one 25c
box the pain had left me and I com-
menced to gain In flesh. and by the
time I had taken two boxes I was
completely cured and felt like a new
person. My trouble will caused by
heavy work out -of -doom. and, of
roe, heavy- saong and Constipation.
I would advise anyone suffering from
kidney or liver trouble to give Dr.
Cha es Pills a trial."
Mrs. Charles Terry, Tweed, Ont..
writes : "Before I was married I was
troubled with enlargement of the
Iver. My liver became so enlarged
tat you eould detect the swellings
otf\either side, and It was only with
dl ulty that I could get my clothes
on. A friend advised me to get Dr.
Chases Kidney -Liver Pills and take
them. commenced this treatment.
and use nine boxes, which cured me
at that_ me. Then. about two or
three yea afterward I was troubled
again with he swelling. but only on
my right std secured some more
Kidney -Liver i e, and took them.
which finally c r d ms. I have not
been troubled i this way sines. I
can cheerfully res mend Dr. Chase's
Kidney -Liver Pills n anyone having
kidney or liver tro e.
"We have sumo fm rid Dr. Chase's
Linseed and 'Turpentine excellent for
coughs and colds. in fact, any of
Dr. Chase's medicines wh h we have
used have been Rood."
Dr. c`hase's Kldnev-Liver Ills, one
pill a dose, lac it box. a for 1.00, at
all dealer., or Edmanson. Bate & Co..
Limited. Toronto.
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CANADIAN GUNNERS IN ACTION.
This Canadian official war photograph taken on the western front slows a couple of the Dominion battcrymen and their
gun ready for operation but fair!) safe in thrill shelter,
Handkerchiefs of Fide, Pure Linen
Wolnens' fine sheer linen FI:inakerchiefs. Initials and
daintily embroidered patterns, worked in colors and in beauti-
ful new ideas. Daintily boxed, at each 25c, 35c, 50c.
Men's plain linen, all initials, at each 20c, 25c, 35c.
KID GLOVES,
Perrin's kid Gloves for men and women, in greys and tans,
at per pair $1.50, $1.75, $2.00 and $2.50.
FANCY TOWELS
'The assortment in linen and fancy Turkihs Towels for
Christmas is the largest and hest we have ever shown. Beau-
tiful and serviceable and most acceptable, at per pair 75c, rr°
$1.00, $1.25, $1.50 and $2.00:ii
Sale of Coats
Clearing prices on our im-
mense showing of
Continental Coats
in velours, plusher, beavers,,
tweed and close -curl cloths.
Many are satin -lined and -
splendidly quilted. All of
latest New York styles, priced
each
$5.00, $7.50, $10.00 11
$15.00, $18.00, $20.00
MEN'S FUR COATS
Black dog Coats, heavily lined and with astrakan lamb collars, quality war-
ranted. Sizes 42 to 48, at each $25.00.
Sitka beaver or Manchurian beaver Coats, very warm. light, and quality warranted'
Special at each $35.00.
BUTTERiCK PATTERNS FOR JANUARY ALL IN STOCK
and $25.00
W. AC H ESO N & SON
ca cs c s caeecsnecse c
otherwise. declared that some of the facts
stated in that resolution passed by a large
portion of Ashfield's citizens at Kintail.
on November 19th, were "simply un•
true."
That was a 'strong and damaging
charge, thus placing many of Ashfield's
most Distinguished citizens as open pre-
varicators.
In view of this. 1 am instructed by
them to write you in the matter. request-
ing that in all fairness to these men you
retract or apologize on the first or front
page of your next issue.
For the purpose of substantiating the
facts and to alleviate further doubt I
submit the following location of lands
upon which crops may be seen rotting.
due to causes stated in the resolution:
viz., lots S. H. 29. L. R.; N. It `l, W.
D.; con. l0, S. H. 21e; E. P. W. t 2. con.
7. These are some of the numerous
cases.
Hoping you will accept this in a manly'
spirit. so further consideration will be un-
necessary.
(Signed) A. H. MCLEAN,
• Sec. of meeting.
R. R. No. :i, Lucknow. —
CHRISTMAS IN BELGIUM.
Women and Children Starling -Will You
Help T hem ?
Belgig um faces another Christina; on a
bowl otsoup and a slice of bread per day.
How muc'4 more thoroughly we in Ca
would en)oecyl our Christmas festivities`. if
we could f that we had done something(,
to make life little more bearable for
rhos: to whom'e owe so much.
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With all the eft rats of vast importance
being reported iris our daily papers. we
must not forget that it was the fathers of
these starving child n, the husbands of
these. famished wome who checked the
Huns in their first terribledrive on Paris,
on Great Britain -on Ca da -
A statement by Baron Mtncheur, head
of the Belgian Relief C mrtit,ssion in the
States, says that Belgium hascome for
its inhabitants merely a cage, bars
are formed of German bayonets.
"Go into the homes of the utmost
people and even into the, homes Of the
hitherto moderately rich if You would find
the real sorrow. of Europe today. and 01)
the sorrow of the world seems to
focused with dreadful stress upon little
Belgium. ' if one person gets enough to
eat scene other person is bound to starve.
"Many a baby has died in Belgian
cities from lack of milk, which used to
come from the country nearby."
What can you do as a Christmas offer-
ing to Belgium 2
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Obriltntad
CANADA
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BELGIUM
But for the Heroic Sacrifice
of the
BELGIAN SOLDIERS
early in the war these pictures might
have been reversed!
Can you spare a Christmas Gift
for the orphans of these soldiers?
They ask not toys or luxuries -
just money for a little food.
S.nel your Onions.. GA by thegae or 1111•0011.7 411* N
BELGIAN RELIEF FUND
Ontvr 0....h SA Kine St. W..$ Tenets
t W. W,...,1s. r.,, Ch•i.,e.e of th• AA•i.n.,
Mrs. Arthur P•o4.r. t.a•rr.0 of M• Coa.n,iue.
5snd rontrib,efnn, •,. M'„ Is -t.•^. 1.. Geer*•, Hon. T........,
r to 1. -cat Commons•
MSa4• rbw'w• impala* 1e L't• Beln.a Rohr f F..,
1.11..v /-, • ./ N... 1... 44'-...p. I's -AI P-,,/ F,.A few ,,..0 •..mi! "qv..
rryow ,, IM,.,/ Mr •Il(.1 1101/S a Plashes