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The Wingham Advance, 1918-05-02, Page 5Thursday, May 2nd 1018 "the Uouse (tAxaVte Floor Coverings for Every Room A large stock of Rugs in Velvets, ,,minsters, Brussels and Tapestries to choose from in good combination of colors Floral Two.tone and Oriental, All sizes from ,$8.50 to $50,00. Scotch Linoleums We arc showing the best makes of Scotch Linoleum (Nairn's and Lancaster) in Inlaid and Printed patterns, 2 and 4 yard widths, All import ftnes are g, cads, ad- vanced in price but we have a supply on hand at ire old prices, Also Oilcloths and Surrounds in all widths. Call and inspect then Congoleum and Linoleum Squares Here is an ideal Rug for bedroom or living room in both floral and block patterns This is just what you are looking for, (looks well, wears well) and best of all inex- pensive. A11 sizes, $3,25 to $14 00. Curtains .ancl Draperies Just received a shipment of Curtain Materials, Draperies, Art Sateen, Cretonnes, etc. A full assort- ment of Curtains in Voiles and Marquisettes, neat hand drawn work with embroidered Sprays and Motifs in Ecru and Ivory. $3.25 to $6 00, Special Values in Curtains We are offering special values in Lace and Net Cur- tains, Cream, White and Ecru, assorted lengths, if you want to save money here is your chance as .these are greatly reduced for quick selling, Clean Fresh Groceries always on hand. Produce Wanted Phone 89 f hook at 1�o�r Zabek. Our Mairkkm Zalsks weve Cometea this \Dem. • M'. .:J„ : 9 . • heyinuk. r8.. �� dot ook N officer was missing. His brother crept -out and found him in a shell .hole. He bore him back to the lines—deacl. "Are you not sorry you ven- tured all this ? " asked the commanding officer. "No", because when I found him he looked up into my face, smiled and said "I knew you would come!" 'What could more fittingly illustrate the work of the "big brother to the soldiers "—the Y.M.C.A. I No danger is too great to be risked for the sake of the physical, mental and spiritual welfare of those dauntless heroes of Ypres, St. Julien, Vimy Ridge, Passchendaele 1 Everywhere he goes the Y.M.C.A. follows—faithful to the limit of its resouces. Red ` tr 4rWe Fun •$2,2EO,OO9r'i May 7, 8, 9 Canada -glade Appeal Think of the inspiration to the Canadian soldiers in this tremendous Campaign of 1918 as they learn that the folks at home are heart and soul behind them, showing it by a magnificent response to the Red Triangle Fund appeal—the worth while way, . Help the Y.M.C.A. to increase its helpfulness. Help it as far as possible to measure up to the bound- less need r Help with your money, that more and ever more soldiers can say, I knew you would. come 1" • Many, people are located at points where one cannot get into toucll with any canvasser 'working in aid of the; Red Triangle' Fund, If you arb so situate4 send your money direct. Remit by cheque, money order or registered letter to Tylomas Bradshaw, National, Treasurer, Reg Triangle Fund, 120 Bay St., 'I'orontti. Make your contribution t s large as possible %tit wlietfier large or small it will ho lvclt once,' A Village Without' Y. M. C. A. Francis B. Sayre writing in Harpers' says: «With only evil ways in which to spend money burning in their pock. ets, with nothing to relieve the dull monotony of idle evenings, many of the sold. iers began to get lonely and homesick, or to drift along dangerous paths. "It was not many days before officers began to send hurry calls for the Y.M.C.A.: 'For God's sake come down before it's too late and do sometiaing for my men!" "Earn and Give" Campaign Serve your Country by your labor and make a gift to the Red Triangle Fund from your earnings! What a fie chance tn h n o dodouble rao a service! Six thousand boys are asked to give $10 each. Of the total, $50,000 goes to help the soldiers, the balance for boys' work. Gifts must be at least $10, the standard Units ' A bey inay subsctihei more titan $10 14 $10 I'ut not less: A beautifully engraved certificate will be given to. each subscriber. sk your local't'.M.C.A. ree l,resentatiye for pledge car t,nd full information, of ac d cotit'ribution direct to eadquarthrs. iounc National CMen's _ Association � o �,.�'���� Mein Christianiani Headquarters; 120 Bay Street, Toronto John ivv, Rays, (Montireal) G. A. Warburton, (Toronto) National Chairman of National Director of Red Triangle Fond Campaign , Red Triangle run +t CtYrtt is 4' ' +' ••,. ice' TELE Wt ' K. ,M ADVANO:fit SEES THE MARK OF THE BEAST Ambassador Gerard Is Candid About Germans, CONDITIONS DESCRIBED He Finds the Manners of Cautteours Latins Are ,Delightful After the Coauseness of the Hough, (»i. ceitecl and Aggressive Juunkers, and Ile Gives a Sidelight That rifakee One Shudder, B. JAMES W. G1013ARD'S comments on cianditions in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, France and Spain are of exceptional interest at this time. .As former Ambassador to the court of Berlin he shows that the Scandinavian countries dwell fear- fully In the 'sinister shadow east by Teuton militarism. If Holland, Den- mark and Norway have not acted openly in sympathy with the Entente a_liies it is because they have seen what Germany has done to Belgium, Serbia, Russia, and Roumania. The JAMES \V. GERARD. situation in Switzerland is equally awkward, and, considering that more than two-thirds of the Swiss people are German in, origin, speaking the German language, it is perhaps re- markable that the email republic still remains neutral, Arriving in Paris while on his way home from Germany, last year, Mr. Gerard found the French capital a place of abundance compared with the German capital in which he had resided since the beginning of the war. But the French were short of fuel, the cold was bitter, alI classes of the population suffered from want of heat, The atmosphere was so frigid in the theatre the Ambassador at- tended that though he sat in his hat and fur coat he was so chilled at the end of twenty minutes that he had to leave. The actresses appeared in the scanty costumes peculiar to a revue, but they also wore their street furs with rather bizarre effects. At a railway station in Paris Mr, Gerard talked with a blue -clad French soldier, calm, witty, but de- termined. He said: "My family comes from the east of France, my great- grandfather was killed by the Prus- sians in 1814, my grandfather was shot in, his garden by the Prussians in 1870, my father died of grief in 1916 because my two sisters in Lille fell into Prussian hands and were taken as their slaves with all that means. I have decided that, we must end this horror once and for all so that my children can cultivate their little fields without this constant haunting fear of the invading Prus- sians." It is not surprising to find the former American Ambassador corn - paring the manners of the Boches with those of the French and the Spanish. "What a contrast," he says, "iia presented by the polite, agreeable Frenehman and the stiff, formal, ag- gressive Germans to whom I have been acustomed." On visiting Madrid he notes"the vast abyss which sepa- rates the polite and eourteous Span- iard, thinking of others, anxious to be hospitable, and the rough, con- ceited, aggressive Junkers of_ Ger- many," Must Forget Ourselves. We cannot possibly be expending ourselves on generous work of any kind, and at the same time be both- ering about ourselves --the two atti- tudes are naturally antagonistic. But the `touchy," self-conscious man is always instinctively allowing himself to be thrust into the weaker position and put into a state of siege, As a .matter of tactics it is miserably in- effective. He cannot afford it. It of- fers openings of attack to the enemy, if an enemy there be, or to the thoughtless and mischievous who have no idea of enmity, but are ready to play a little on obvious weakness for the sake of the human drama that is produced. Tho perverse ten- deney to tease anybody who can be teased easily does not finish with boyhood. You may see it in opera- tion wherever' grgwh.up pobple of either sex aro' associated together In considerable numbers, Hawaii has the largest 'atilt* tree in, the western betui:iplieree Y4 littt+t tluevale The Wetnan's Institute met at the Orange Hell on Wcdneeday afterttoen to pati, bops of eats for our own boys over- sew', 'Thirty-three boxes were packet] xy]th calceat eani lee, maple num and other good things, with a t;oke of soap and towel tar each bey. The boyo sure appreciate our efforts in their behalf ae will be seen by their tetters received by our secretary, Mrs C. Fate. Let us continue in the good work, We desire to thank all those who so nobly responded to our Appeal. TUE NEW MAN POWER ACT Yeeling that the military situation on the west front is likely to continue serious until the allied nations have added materi- ally to the strength of their forces there, the Dominion Government has decided upon a course of action which will not fail to secure recruits to reinforce the Canad- ian expeditionary force immediately and in considerable numbers. It has passed an order-in•Council unlet• the War Meas- ures .Act taking to itself wide powers to enroll men in the army. For that order it is asking the approval of both Houses of Parliament,, and having obtained that approval, it will call to the colors all Hien who are unmarried or widowers without children between the ages of 20 to 23, in- clusive. Exemption, which has heretofore been granted to such men,Avill be swept aside, and the only reasons which will ex- cuse any of thein from service will be that they are members of His Majesty's regu- lar, reserve of auxiliary forces, that they are members of forces raised by other British dominions . or possessions, that they are serving in the navy or marines, that they have been discharged after act- ual service on the firing line, that they are members of religious orders or of the clergy of a recognized religious denomina- tion, that they are Doukhobors or Men- nonites exempted from military service by order -in -Council in 1873 or 1898, or that other members of their family have died, suffered disablement or served in a "theatre of actual war," By reason of the death, disablement or service of other members of the same family, a man may be granted by the Minister of Militia leave of absense without pay. Other grounds for exemption will be of no effect, and even men, who have been discharged from the military or naval forces if they have not seen actual •service in France or setae other "theatre of actual war" will be required to report. As far as those who have been examined by military medi- cal boards and found unfit for service are concerned,, the Minister of Militia may use his discretion as to whether or not they shall be ordered to report for service. While the Government contemplates the immediate calling to the colors only of unmarried men and childless widowers from 20 to 23 years of age, it • proposes to take still wider powers. It may, under the order -in -Council, call up any class under the Military Service Act and dis- allow exemptions granted to men included in that class. Furthermore, the order will bring within the scope of the Military Service Act all young men who have at- tained the age of 19 years since the pass- age of that law or who hereafter, reach that age. Such youths who are unmar- ried or childless widowers have been add- ed to class one under the Act, and such as are married or widowers with children are added to class two. Each of those classes now comprises men between .the ages of twenty and 34, If their class has .been called to the colors, young men will he respired to res port for service within ter" days of the date upon which they reach the age of 19. That is to say single mien and child- less widowers will, after the ordersin-Coup- cil become operative, have to present themselves as they pass their nineteenth birthdays. While the exemption provis- ions of the Military Service Act will not apply to unmarried Hien from twenty to twenty-three years of age and may be made inapplicable, if the Government thinks fit, to other classes as they are called, they will not become altogether inoperative They will continue to apply to men in classes not summoned to the colors under the new order, The tribun- als will, therefore, continue in existence, and their work will be speeded up in an effort to secure men other than those to be summarily placed in the military forc- es. It is hoped that the call to men from 20 to 23 will secure the men immediately required for reinforcements. If it does not suffice, a further call will be made. In cancelling li g exemptions granted to men of those ages the Government has taken the position that few, if any, of them can be regarded as indispensable in the nation- aI interest in industry. REGULATIONS 1.—In these regulations.(a) "Minister" shall mean the Minister of Militia and Defence, (b) "Act" shall mean the Military Ser- vice Act, 1917, 2.— Class one under the Act, shall, in addition to the men included therein as in the said Act mentioned, include all men" who la) are British subjects; and (b) are not within the classes of persons described in the exceptions mentioned in the schedule to the Act; and (c) have attained the age of 19 years; but were born on or since the 13th Octo- bei, 1897; and (d) are unmarried or widowers without children; and, (e) are residents in Canada. 3.—Class 2 under the Military Service Act, 1917 shall, in addition to the then in• flowick Coliitdil eluded therein as in the said Act mention- ed, include all then who; Council met in Coal'3 Hotel, Fordwich, (a) Are British subjects; and April 17t;1, 11018, pursuant to adjourn (b) are not within the classes of persons ment: -Alt nienibers were present. The described in the exceptions tiaetltitlned Reeve in the chair. Mint of last tnect- the schedule to the sai4 Act; and' ing were read eed en motion of Arm - (c). iiay ,attainiid the age of 19 years, strong, And Willtanteon were adopted, ;rut were born on or since 13;th October, Moved by Lynn and Williamson that 8137; and, the following chlirigca be made in the (d), are raiart;ied op wi4owers with child- ; pathmastert+, n, tdFl, Alt,, Stewart instead of Russell Haute oe unto you that are full, for ye sha�� hunger.". Not spiritually (although even the penalty of remorse may follow' your neglect of this national warn- ing) but ye shalt hunger in the trying physical sense in which hunger now grips the peoples of Europe. We. know "it is difficult to talk to the belly which hath no ears," and it is just as difficult to persuade a person who has a full dinner be- fore him to -day that he may want for food next mo.^�th. But you may as well let this fact sink into your mind —the last people that Canada and theUnited States will allow to suffer for want of food are our fighting men, and if a sufficient exportable surplus of food cannot be raised and saved by voluntary efforts, then very drastic rationing measures will be enforced. It nay astonish you to learn that in 1917 Ontario did not grow enough wheat for its own needs. Conse- quently every Ontario farmer Luke 6 , 25. whose land is suitable, has been urged to sow 5 acres more spring wheat this year so that Ontario's demand for wheat shall not be met at the expense of that portion of the Western crop that should more rightfully be shipped overseas. For this same reason every house- holder who has a garden or a piece of vacant land is being urged to • grow vegetables, because therniore vegetables that are grown and eaten in Ontario, the less wheat and meat there will be consumed, and that being so, the Ontario wheat , crop should then be •sufifcient te: feed our own people, and learn - more Western wheat and other foods available for export. If you have not yet decided to plant a vegetable garden make Grp your mind to do so now. You well' not regret it. There is still lotsof time. Potatoes and beans may be .: . planted up to June lst and these are the best substitutes for wheat'• and meat. For good, practical advice upon hove to lay out and cultivate a Vegetable `. Garden, write for a free copy of the booklet entitled; "A Vegetable Gar• den for Every Home." This has been prepared by the Ontario Depart.. went of Agriculture for the guidance of citizens who will respond to this call for increased production. - r WSW Mail This Coupon L NOW Organization of Resources Committee, 5 Parliament Buildings, Toronto Dear Sirs : Please send me a copy of your boo et "A. Vegetable Garden for Every Home." Address ORGANIZATION OF.. RESOURCES COMMITTEE. In Co -Operation. with Canada Food Board Ost'IAMIO or considered after the issue to hint o such Order, provided, however, that the Minister may grant leave of absencewithout pay to.any man by reason of the death, disablement or service of other members of the same family while on active service in any theatre of actual war. 0 -The age stated in any claim for ex- emption made by or on behalf of any man or in any other document signed by the man, shall be conclusive evidence as against him of his age and year of birth. 7—The Minister may from time to time direct that no orders to report for duty be issued to men who have been examined by military medical boards and placed in such medical categories as are specified in such direction. 8 All men included in class .1, by vir- tue of the provisions of these regulations shall report to the Registrar br Deputy Registrar under the Act as required by proclamation; they shall be subject to military law as in such proclamation set out, and shall in the event of their failing to report, be liable to the,penalties speci- fied in the Act and the regulations there- under. 9.— (a) Any man now unmarried, who at any time, hereafter attains the age of 19 years and is then a British subject, resident in Canada, and not within one of the exceptions in the schedule to the Act, shall, and, (b) Any man who having attained the age of 19 years, being then a British sub- ject, resident as aforesaid and not within one of the exceptions in the schedule to the Act, becomes a widower without children, shall, if the class within which he then falls has been called out on active service, forwith become subjectto military law,'and shall within, ten (10) days there- after report to the Registrar or Deputy Registrar under the Act for the province or the part of a province in which he re- sides. He shall be placed on active ser- vice as provided by the Act, by these reg- ulations thereunder or by these regula- tions, and shall until so placed on active service be deemed to be on leave of ab- sence without pay. f ( fit for public traffic—Carried. Moved by Lynn and Armstrong that that the•Reeveand Deputy Reeve be em- powered to arrange for the purchase of a stone crusher providing that everything is satisfactory—Carried. Moved by Spotton and Williamson that tenders for the construction of the Dey Municipal Drain will be received by the Clerk on or before Wednesday the 15th day of May. 12 o'clock, noon. Plans and profile of work can be seen at the clerk's office, Gorrie— Carried. • Tenders for operating the road machine were opened. Moved by Williamson and Spotton that the tenders of Ethelbert King be accepted, he to furnish every- thing in connection with the working of the machine for the sum of one dollar and thirty five cents per hour— Carried. Moved by Spotton and Armstrong that by-law No. 3. for the year 1918, appoint- ing pathmasters, poundkeepers, fence viewers and sheep. valuators he read the third time and passed. --Carried. • Moved by Lynn and Williamson that by-law No. 4 for the year 1918, commut- ing Statute Labor on certain lots on . Con, 8 and 9 be read the third time and 'passed -Carried. Moved by Spotton and Armstrong that the following accounts be paid: —Miss Jean Edgar, refund rent of Hall, for con- cert $1.00; W. S. McKercher, Insurance Township Hall 33.10; John King, filling 3e (e) are residents in Canada, Philip Wenxeil " " l:pliram Weber 4. --The world "In arty theatre of act- James A $;;gar " " Alex McI ercher etal wax" in the fifth exception in the liertry 'iVleyere •' " Robert Nay schedule to the Act shall not itjelude the Edgar Henry y " " Thomas Brown high setts or Greet Britain or Ireland, and Peter Ueddon " " James St Marls the .Said exception shall be interpreted ac- J. I:,Sotheran " " Jtinie., Shoup;cordingly, ,utiles Fraser " " II; Ileinbecler 5 -The Get "nor-six-Cettneit may direct .:doh Site " " Wrn Wettlattfer terelere to report for duty to issue to men Allan Porterfield and ,Iarr,r• P'erttrfield in any class under the Act of any flatbed their beat was dropped and included in age ea, ages or who were horn in ttatned John Porterfield's divisioit-carried. Tend• years or any Hamed year or part of a year ers for making Township tile were open• and any exemption theretofore gtanted to Meted by Spotton and Armstrong: j any man of any such named age or year that the tender of John Itendman be ae. i of birth shall ceaee from' and after noon cepted-Carried. hived toy Ar,stsfirong on the day upon which he is ordered se to and "Williamson tieet, the t.ounc.il have report, and claim for exemption by or hi new no=Put en the Sotheran, Sanderson to>pw:t. of any ow Shall be enterts qt* It curacy bridges, the', ate letting un- 1 hole in road, $1.00; James Mathe-ws'clean- ing out ditch in Fordwich, $1.00; John Hueston, wood for Mrs. Wm. Huron, 87.75; F. J. Gadeke, plank for bridge, 8110.85; C. E.' Walker, part salary as Clerk, $100,00; Isaac Wade, part salary • as Assessor, 820.00; H. W. Cook rent for room, e2.00. Moved by Armstrong and Lynn' that the Council adjourn to meet in Gorrie on the third Wednesday in May -Carried. C. E. Walker, Clerk. WOMEN TORTURED! Suffer terribly with corns because of high heels, but why care now Women wear high heels which buckle up their toes and they suffer terribly from corns. Women then proceed to trim these pests, seeking relief, but they hardly realize the terrible danger from infection, says a Cincinnati anthority. Corns an easily be lifted out with the fingers if you will get from any drug store a quarter of an ounce of a drug called treezone. This is sufficient to remove every hard or oft corn or callous from one's feet. You simply apply a few drops directly upon the tender, aching corn or callous, root and all, lifts out without one particle of pain. This freezone is a sticky substance which dries in a moment. It just shrivels up the corn without inflaming or even ir- ritating the surrounding tissue or• skin,,. Tell your wife about this. w'v . ow hark r y/str 125.; Il 't teease7, w tr4 (re Ltiegiitratioa i4o.%i0t3 rr, - fillliz4er. i 'errant teed Aitatgsis 1', Ammonte-:' N•"'if.. ;z%• l) 4' rhosphoriACia ""'i:" • ;%t ' !i, otesh . � .'s • .re` {I 11 `r. it GUNNS L n, `e„ ' WEST„TORONTO 11 Do You. not put. - pose t'icliing your soil for next seas o ti's. crop. - Order now and you will best read deliver*y, Cream, Buffer, Eggs and Produce Wanted. GUNNS LIMITED Le . H41014800 Branch manager Phone 25 Winghat i, out