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The Signal, 1917-12-13, Page 6..'�' , "+►w" ...fir-.w•rV 14 '1'Ht'I3DAY, Disc. 18, 1917 iff BAR ALL SPECTATORS Authorities Turn Away Curious People at Halifax. Dead lemic.. Already itecover•ed Number I,9140. Mau() of Wbicb Ar.. (inide,Mifi,d—A Relief (rsi- miltee Has Kees Appointed, said (hdomed R. S. (.ow i. in ('Mance of Weariest ruction Work. HA1.l10AX. N S., Dee. 11.--Moa- day ratgkl's figures on the casualties in t•onaesetion with the exploatun dia- :aater here *re as follows: Koowu dead 1,280 identified ... '... . 940 Unaccounted tor1.1120 Wounded 6,000 Hon+eless 25,090 The rush of curious people to view life effect. of the explosion disaster mired the authorities here Monday to 'impose an embargo on the es- tntu.e of anybody who cannot be of Hetwiee• in relief or reconstruction work Sn groat has been the inrush trial lbe rewlun•e.,of the pity have b,wt badly at rained, -and the r it isetia have 1%eve contpelf.•4 .to go on short- 'n.sl r,lort+s to .[void 1he passibility .f * famine Tile Jut horuION were spurred on io i Ike this stand Monday when a trail arrived from t. John. e•arry- .ng .100 people, mostly A.n.•ricans. Representative". of the Relief Com- mittee. with a rn.Iit.ry guard, went through the train at Rockingham, a ..abort. and e•iicoirl•d the lousiness of ••res)• penins Those who had reda- \tire. here or alio were to \ Halifax, on nusine.;w connected with be relief or o•he•r necessary opera- ` tone were allowed •'r pass, but tbowe w o appeared to t.• ~.•rely morbidly irm• 4lus were den'ed admission They wen% shipped out.. at A .short de- tention; ou the train S'or; stent. Iteleaffei a qu.tr.l will tw placed at Truro. .a d unde•soabi•m • will be tnrrli•el ba k al that ;Inuit An ap. 1 for $25.000,000 waa weds, to .• people of (:anade by the Mayor of Halifax and Dart- mouth Sunday, and this, figure is taken an retires.- ling only a part of the material darn a done by the ex- plosion of the ra o of the Mont ne Lest Thursday The Drlminloo l:.+verns)tent, through Premier Bor- den, inn, meed Arinday a Prelimin- ary .rant Of one million Jullars had been .given the local Relief l'ejruruit- lee.eej The aurvivont of the Belgian relief steamer Imo. whi collided with Cie Mont Blanc. an Pilot McKay nod (apW+u d.ameduc If the French vepaet. are Meng .lets ed by the British Admiralty author- ws pend- ing Ili.. omcral Intl,' try. • II is in the hospitals sf allfaz that the horror lingers Drii White, Addy, and Hedden of St John. ho carne Friday. were .,peratia* all Saturday There were doxen,f o ampntation ease•n with lege and arms crashed beyond repair The new Caine. Hill Military Hospital. pressed tete sent... before completion. was t veritable ahamhlea. There are horrible :nights here• One young wo- man Iles In agony, an attenuated form, both leets burned off claw to t ',l, cods A soldier was- brought h•(re Hts skin-jt.ul gone smith his •'other. Met be was breathing and liein,; and lokrng • The glass woo(n.ls were 'something f; ightful From one woman alone 1 ,e1 v pieces of glass were taken S`Ioday. The dis•(orti find much draining neeedsary. Inflammation h to already nest in with many cases of lr'fe.tlon. and do.•tors and nurses morning will be regaIred -to treat many festering sorer. Wound% are f•,su,d on all pans of the patients' bodies -fare.;. hands, bodies. and lever limbo Stories or the incidental •'pt$od.ut rs'o"trted with the catastrophe con- firm, to come In At the Richmond a'hool, where hundreds of children ate l.lowed to have been either kill- ed h. rnncusrion or smothered be- ' nowt' the roof and walls, ,e little boy wit,' blown through the collaps- ing ruin:+ and is praet,,cally unhurt A ,oldier who had gone through Duns, years in the trvnelu-s was kill- ed ill' .-.,ne U..alnrl. VW body of Pilot William If.ryea. who w.L( 10 the Belgian relief steamer. was Sunday found on the hor.• near e)lan'1', Brewery As far a.- can be learned, there were be- t ween tiny and sixty men at the re- li'yMy when it collapsed Tle tidal wave following the ex- pl•)m'.n was' .,,f• the moat cunoua phenomena that has I)een almost o.•erlookod in the record of the Mit- a ter Survivor„ who have collected ti,ilr desert sense= say now that the 1411 of the advancing wavy swept a -mei Campbell road. more than 20 1.• 4 atn,ve the level of the harbor. Mrd •'an{ht some firemen as high up a- the armpits and carried them tack a roes the hill to a watery grave. I ugs, i• Is -reported, touched the •coni' of the harbor in the recoil. O • small steamer was blown clear o., V.. I; pier Act , g on orders, the police are ar- rt'at ng .II ..rman citizens of Hali- fax ebe to men or women. Seven men .roil •,•o woman bad been lock- e.t op. and see pnli.e are after this Other,. who w I he faded as fact as oiey can be fon it (t:t*.e•.l:tbly .4 to eonverxation will Cate I.nnled, of the Mont Birch. Sunday that sh was out of her conc.!, at tb,• time o the colli.lon Cs main 4.arnerlu" is of he opinion ti•t• the collision ret fire , the picric a• ,d which also was a pa of the decklnad with the benzine When (h • , row saw that an explosion was 1 i •v,table they took to the boats . d rowed to shore. They were all of mil•: ,nshorw whelt the explosion oc- curred. ReUevue, formerly the Atrial r.- sidenre of the British general com- 1*.nding the Halifax garrison before Cr elle took over the defence of the I>•,minion baa been handed over to the Maaaachusetta Red Cross doctors and nurses who name bore on a ape - cwt trate It will accommodate THE ('NAL - GODERICH, ONTARIO about cite hundred aqd arty pail- 'COULD HAVE SAVED THOUSAN ents. Relief units from Massacbu- DOLLARS. setts and Maine arrived with nurses, doctors. medical supplies, asd bleu ke ta. The Relief Committee lost no time in organizing Its work. The Repair and lleeeonstruction Committee. ,which will have charge of repairs and reconstruction, appointed Col- onel R. S. low, Ottawa, manager of this department, and Hamilton Lindsay, asslatant manager. Col- onel 1.ow built the camps at Cawp Borden, Ont. Colonel Low requests that all workmen. foremen, superintendents, timekeeper', and other help who have been with hie in the construc- tion of different camps In Canada, report at once to Bate, McMahon Company's omee, 21 Central Cham- bers, Elgin street, Ottawa, If they are prepared to come to Halifax on reconstruction work in coaneetlea with the rebuilding of the devastated area here. Colonel Low's temporary once here he In the Halifax Hotel. A request was issued to all donors of building material to wire Colossi Low, Halifax, giving a reasonably accurate description of the Materials offered, and await an answer before failed to arouse my appetite. and the least shipping, so that confusion mar be bit of food of any kind caused me intense suffering. 1 would bloat up terribly with gas. had a mean, agonizing pain to the int of my stomach, appd was never free (tom headache. No chatter what I ate my sutfenngiwas aft cul. and for over nine months at one time vas on a light diet. tial( the time 1 couldn't put on my boots or dress mystelf, because l didn't have the strength. and my desperate condition can be better understood when i say I had fallen off 'from IX, pounds to only ninety - :di.. I was nothing but a frame of skin and hones. was sit nervous 1 could hardly Brown Sorry He Didn't Know Abo Tanlac Sooner Gains 'Seveoteeo Pouods. I hate actually gained seventee pounds by taking Tanlac, and my recce ery has been a surpr.se to myself as we as all ale, Ines of my dreadful cund 11on.'•:said Waller F. Brown,' 132 fork vitt' street. Toronto. recently. Mr Brown, who has been a resident Toronto all his lite. *as for many years travelling salesman. and is low employed by the Rola-r( Simpson Company. He . a rnentber of the Masonic lodge. also the Commercial Travellers' Association and is highly respected by all Mho knee him. "If 1 could have had Tanlac five year alto,' continued Mr. itirown, -1 coul have saved myself not only a world o suffering, but more than a thousand dol tars, which I paid out for other treatmen and medicines that failed to do me any goud. l don't believe anyone ever had a worse case of stomach trouble than I had In fad. t got so had off 1 was given up tt die by my (milt and friends, and had kwst all hope myseIl of ever getting well Et en the nit delicate and dainty dist(t. HERO RISKED HIS LIFE. ut flawed A atteswd City Fiona a SecSecondHALIFAX, N.S„ Dee. 11.—The n narrow escape the City of Halifax '- had from complete destruction, with smoothly II pothly the loof 20,000 lives, i was disclosed Sunday, when a de- aeriptlon of how a lire which broke out oil the munition ship Fedor) was al put out before it could reach Its a cargo. The Picton caught are fol- ,_ the exttloalon on the Mont w Blanc, and at the time was lying In a positon much nearer the heart of • the port than the Mont Baine. The credit for extinguishing the flames on the ship and placing her in a po- altos where, even had she exploded, she would hove done little harm, le given to Captain James W. Harrt- , sea, formerly a British skipper, and • now marine superintendent of the Purses. -Withy Line In Halifax. A short while ago the Pleton, while en a voyage with munitions from ea Americas port to Great Britain, loot bee rudder off Halifax in a storm. She was towed here for repairs. These had beeq completed }}ad she was moored about a mile 'Realest across from the heart of the city, waiting the order to proceed to sea. The skipper of the ship and the members of his crew were watching the Are on the Mont Blanc, sad were nearly x11 killed when the ex- plosion took place. Those who stir - rived, knowing the nature of the cargo of their own vessel, and seeing it ablase from the effects of the, ex- plosion, made haste to desert her and place themselves in safety. Captain- Harrison, seeing the ship on fire and also recognizing that Halifax would be utterly destroyed if its cargo of munitions was ever exploded, went aboard and single- handed began the hazardous 'work of placing the steamer as far away from the city as possible. He cut the hawsers and the ship began to drift away on the tide. He then fitted up a hose and played it on the are. Fortunately the flames were at- tacking a section of the ship where they were easily ,accessible, and ow- ing to the captain's timely work were kept away from the munitions in the cargo holds. Captain Har•rlbon stink to his task until he could get assistance to com- pletely extinguish the flames. The ship was then taken outside the danger zone. - avoided. Building materials or all description, particularly board and roofing paper, are urgently required. The railroads are asked to expedite the shipment of material and label cars "Halifax relief. Rush!!' The estimate of 'Material required for the temporary repairs to be done In Halifax so as to make damaged houses available, and which- have been prepared by the rt'conatruction section. of the HAMA: Relict Com- mittee, follows: Glass, 1,000,000 lights Or panes, sleep. and felt so irritable:and bad I didn't assorted Shea. ' watt anybody round me at all. Every - Putty, 50 tons. Sashes, 18,000. Doors, 2,000; scantling, 250, b.m. thing was done for me. it seems, that could be—. -ray photographs. of my 0 stomach were made. stomach pump,' used and every ,treatment known, but no one Boards (matched), 1.000,000 feel scented to understand my case, and I kept b.m. lung worse. t After spending eight Roogogpaper, 5.000 square feet. rnr.nths in the tgonpNal here to no avail. 1 Wall board. 300,000 square feet. Nas t(dclxd to gh to Mt Sinai hospital in Mails, 1.000 kegs, 214 to 4 inches. Nei],ork. and Spent three months The above does not include any there. but still didn't improve one bit. 1 materials which may be required frit that life was hardy worth hying, and for dwellings which have been Com l' st all frith 111 rnedicm(�s plett'ly demolished nor for public in-lies"tate day while melkingy 4 d, 't taket btuldings, railway terminals. man- Tarifa he asked d,me why didn't n ufacturtng, industrial buildings or Tanlac, and l said, 'No. have taken �V croailli stuff. nothing mill d[4\ me any cord.' But he insisted until I Jxught a Wily He went ts.c. hot tie, and Providence Mas surely•guidmg e that day. for I hrmly''.believe that was An Mid gent vino via.la , dt•altrfime the move that saved myc. To say it S4 'Myears tech the safer 01,4:er to nod i wonderful the wayTani ' has helped (Le latter Out 1n s. :Inc .Endo pra.Ucr me doesn't hall -way express it,. I'm alt Going toll:, .hot, he ,eve the deilnyuri't ready fedi ig a thousand times ter. and a pith of tits 0:12.1, 'and stampxd nut. I am on the road to health a r five ce.lamiung years of tortore- 1 have already {eked "1 ou're a -w mc.t l, :•, ars.e J'i: IA. ter enter up from ninety-six to 11:9 pounds, find you: door again." .ern looking and feeling better than 1 ha*e Next dao, boat ter. 1, carnet hack Inr veal's. My appetite is fine. the gas and beurht five i'q poi- .if soca:. al w and pain has all {disappeared from my "I Sal me said ••the'mover.-rinlin, in stomach, and I can eat most anything I f .re,it log way, 1 thought you )(ie want without the slightest inconvenience. ❑etre going to titer m} stort agairn." ttly friends are simply -amazed at my -Weil. 1 didn't nu ::n l,,'.'.' ,aid the wonderful improvement. I have also told ou•t' rrer..rddiy "hut yours t- the only ' the physicians who did all they could h(.p :l the plias where 1 tan get what 1 for me what I ant taking. and they say w:+nt 11'u see. 1 aril 1401ng• t', rut Snlle• , llx.y never saw such a change in a man. I'i:rit,. and 1 need he5eto' Taniac has saved my like. and de- • W onderful' serves more than 1 will ever be able to say "1-n l'it vnndcrfu' hn. ti e=e harvt-t- for.it.' 1 will heglad to Mote to anyone m rnachencs tut if, 114— - 4 -and tie it (thu tve•hes to verify this statement, and in (incite.'" "(►h, p d,:n't know; 1 tell them what Tanlac has done for me." heart ey have a macin cr•e that cut., I.1mise ps 7x.(0 1h` E:.oderich by E. R. the whi• L Ihreshea it, grinds it into flour, Wigle. if# ,Seaforth by C. Aberhan. in .and takes the prier, all in one operation:11'ingham by J. Walton McKibtxxl.t 1n \'(always Thus. ifensall by A. 111. E. Hemphill in Blyth by White Cit'. 1'rug Store, in Wroxeter "1k. you Is• ve in the survival of the by J N. Allen, in Londeshot',, by John fittest cr h, O luurxisix•rry in Exeter by W. S. -No." replied t\ >s (.•.'Tine. "N hen fleecy. in Brucelield by Peter Bowey feral men call on t • •:irrt' evening, the and in Uashw�x,d by Tiernan & Edig- e•test bore i. alea - the la•t to 'go tolier - 'r11'' AE)1 T. Total Dartmouth Dead is 1:50. DARTMOUTH, Dec. 11. This folks, on 'the opposite shore to Hali- fax, caught the edge of the destruc- tive blast from the munition ship ont Blanc. A number of manufac- t ring {Mats were destroyed and se rap rows of houses blown down. The ions of life was 150, and the big buildings destroyed , ere: Dartmouth ✓ ink, E manue! church, Consumers Cordage on)pany., Starr Manufac- tartng Co ny, apd the Dominion Molasses Coetpany. The houses destroyed were on George. Pleaaan John,' Jamieson, and Hester etreet.- "Did you talie any d rate treasures e hen you found the man s so il,•" "1'es, sir: we sent for a d tor, s- " Ch..nged Feelings. -Ethel, dear, tell me hones - did you return the enga,;ement ring when you broke the engagement: with Ja '" "certainly nut! My feelings towa .s the ring have not changed as they hat towards Jack." ✓� „ (M•" ' lip[ t'1 P i±*'o b i"t�'i. - 1 ' ' - - .'', ,:,: • SUPPORT UNION GOVERNMENT Liberals and Conservatives are United The People Must Unite to Win the War A Laurier-Bourassa Victory means deserting our boys in the trenches for over a year, throwing up our hands and quitting! Don't shout "Kamerad" under the Referendum proposal. Come out - and fight for Union Government. fix Make No Mistake IF LAURIER WINS : (I) Canada will send no more reinforcements to the front, which practically means quitting the war and placing the country in the same class as Russia. (2) The French-Canadians who have shirked their duty in this war will be the dominating force in the OSvern ment of the country. ARE THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLE PREPARED TO STAND FOR THAT ? h b because the French-Canadians have not done their duty that Conscription had to be resorted to. The French-Canadians have made it perfectly clear that they do not like the war and are against Canada participating in it further. Some of them even go to the length of saying that the soldiers should be brought back from the front. The Nationalists are demanding that the men who nave been enrolled under the Military Service Act be disbanded and sent back to their homes. To secure the Nationalist support Lacier -Liberal candidates in Quebec have signed the following pledge: — "I, the underelgoed, candidate In the Federal Elections, undertake by these presents; if I am elected, to demand the immediate suspension of the Military Service Act. 1917. sad aim its effects until Caaad4p electors have pronounced by way of plebisdte; and should the majority of the electors etwtdesea it. that it be considered es null from eta orW and that to consequence ail conscripts be disbanded." - "1 oleo undertake to vote asst ail Oovenonwnt which should refuse to adopt tib above enunciated milky." This ddpwuiueselee is itnserted by The Uwioaus Porgy Pw hcisy Cev t,,ieSee FARMERS AND M. S. ACT. Unionists Want Farmers' Suppott— Uctil Maeda: Is Over. Ottawa, (het., Dec. 9.—The Unionist publicity bureau is circulating through the Unionist papers a statement, pur- porting to be judicial, to the effect that Mr. Justice Duff. central appeal judge, has established two precedents which will guide all tribunals under the IUilitary Service Act in future. It is asserted that because Mr. Justice Duff exempted a farmer's son who had appealed, all farmers in future are to be exempted. It is further stated that because he exempted a man who had two brothers already volunteered all families who have already representatives overseas and who have only one son left shall be exempt fret yending that son. A Vote Catcher. Apart from ;he fact that the argu- ment advanced as a vote catcher by the Government is entirely fallacious and specious. inasmuch as every appli- cation for exemption must be tried on its own merits, it would appear that the Government which has declared that the first consideration was to secure men (or fighting now stand for the wholesale ex- emption of men. The Actl conceived in the first place for political purposes is now being prostituted for further politi- cal Durtwses Married Men Soon. Military authorities here are now asking where, if the Government carries out the policy now laid down in contra- vention of the Act, the men recruited are to besecured. "One thing is eery certain." a mem- ber of the headquarters staff remarked to- night. "if all the elements mentioned are to be exempted the second class, married men. will have to be called out by the New Year." " C!As a matter of (act, it is stated au- thontatively that preparations are already' being made for the call out u( the second 1NOLMAKDS GOOD&000 Positive—Convincing Proof Many so-called remedies for anae- miaare only so in name. Their mak- ers are afraid to prove their claims by telling what their medicines contain. The only way to be honest with the people is to 4t them know what they are paying for. Here is the Vinol formula. When the doctor knows what a medicine contains, it COSMO to�bbe a "patent" medicine. ut r Maae1 GNI Lives «. P.�i...tglad r«~ 41..' 4 An.. t♦.a.m pu.t., Lim. .ad nerda 01" ors - Cancels. Any doctor will toll you that the in- gredient. of Vinol, as named above, will enrich the blood and banish noes - min and create strength. When the blood is pure and rich and red, the is strong and robust. Yoe can prove this at our expense because your money will be returned if Vinol does not improve your health H. C. Dunlop, Unlggist, Goderich, Out. Also at the hest druggist in all Ontario towns. class. Judge Winchester stated some i time ago the marred men would be called out in February. The Government, which has nothing 10 do with the admin- istration of the Act, promptly' secured a denial The Borden Government is not after the men: it is after votes. One thing is certain, that men engaged in other in- dustries will have to have mighty good reasons before they can hope to secure exemption. . • Final Appeal Judde Gives Ruling oris Exemption of Farmers Mr. Justice Duff (the Final Court of Appe jl) D.- clares it is Essential that there shall be No 1'_ Diminution in Agricultural Productioy:. (Published by authority of Director of Public Information, Ottawa.) Hon. Mr. Justice Duff gave judgment on December Sth, in the first test case brought before him, as Central Appeal Judge (the final court of appeal), for the exemp- tion of a farmer. The appeal was made by W. H. Rown- tree in respect of his son, W. J. Rowntree, from the decision of Local Tribunal, Ontario, No. 421, which' refused a claim for exemption. The son was stated to be an experienced farm hand, who had been working \on the farm continuously for the past seven years, and ever since leaving school. He lives and works with his father, who owns a farm of 150 acres near Weston, tario. With the exception of a younger brother, he is e only male help of the father on the farm. The fatheipis a man of advanced years, In ranting the man exemption "until he ceases to be employe in agricultural labor," Mr. Justice Duff said: "The Military Service Act does not deal with the subject of the exemption of persons engaged in the agri- cultural industry; and the question which it is my duty to decide is whether the applicant being and having been, as above mentioned, habitually and effectively en- gaged in agriculture and in labor essential to the carry- ing on of agricultural production, ought to be exempted under the provisions of the Military Service Act. "These two propositions are indisputable : "(1) In order that the military power of the allies may be adequately sustained, it is essential that in this country and under the present conditions, there should be no diminution in agricultural production. "(2) The supplly of competent labor available for the purpose of ail icultural production is not abundant, but actually is deficient. "The proper conclusion appears to be that the ap- plicant, >, competent person, who had been habitually and effectively engaged in labor essential to such pro- duction, ought not to be withdrawn from it. "h is perhaps unnecessary to say that such exemp- tions are not granted as concessions on account of per- sonal hardship, still Tess as a favor to a class. The sole ground of them is that the national interest is the better served by keeping these men at home. The supreme necessity (upon the existence of which, as its preamble shows, this policy of the Military Service Act is found- ed) that leads the State to take men by compulsion and put them in the fighting line requires that men shall be kept at home who are engaged in work essential to en- able the State to maintain the full efficiency of the com- batant forces, and whose places cannot be taken by others not within the class called out." Ottawa, Dee, 8, 1917. i p ` t (ADVERTISEMENT School of Commerce CLINTON, ONTARIO Courses in BOOK KEEPING, STENOGRAPHY, PENMANSHIP, SECRETARIAL WORK,' ETC. 1'I gh EFFICIENCY is the motto of this School and it is the aim to fit students for positions in which they will do credit to themselves and command good salaries. Girls may room in the School. For particular, write to B. F. WARD, B.A., M. Accts. PHONE 2OS Principal As the colored preacher said: "Life. my brtddern, am mostly made up of prayin' for rain. an' den wishin' 'twould cl'ar off." New Perfection Oil Stove Why not economize by using less coal or wood? The New Perfection Oil Stove is just what you need. We have them for; ;sale -three -burner and four -burner Stoves. --Call and See Them— W. hem— W. R. PINDER Phone lir) Hamilton Street For Good Reliable Shoe Repairs, try Smith s Ring 30 East Street. Opposite Knox Church Give Us a Trial CENTRAL STRATFORD. ONT. Ontario's Best Commercial School ('onrses arc thorough, the instt•uc• tors are experienced, students get individual attention and graduate14 REV placed in positions. During three months we turned down over 300 calls for trained help. 'Thin is the school for those who want the prac- tical training and the gond,sitlons. COMMlikCIAI„ SHORTi1llND and TEI,EGRAi'11Y DEPART%IENTS (Jet our free o.teloituc, it will inter, t yon •rh„ torr , D. A.McLlclfr.+x, n 1 o' 1 Principal. STOWE'S THE RED BARN, SOUTH STREET s: for 'Bus, Livery and hack Service • Mgr" 'Buses meet all trains. Passen gees called for in any part of the town for otttgoing trains on G. T. R. or C. P. R. Prompt attention to all Of I'S or telephone caller Good gorses', Fiat -chile rigs •� „jplr,. h: R. STOWE Telephcmeiil SnccemortoT. M. Devic