: fetes aeaaaeieaeaeetaetaece oo ooo ee i aL IE PREPARING FOR ARRESTS OF MEN FAILING TO SIGN London Advertiser, Nov. 17th With the receipt of thirteen claims for exemption and one report for ser- vice Friday, it is. believed that the final figures for District No. 1 are all THE LAST FLIGHT Dabney Horton in Leslies The author, Dabney Horton, is a sergeant in the French Aviation Ser- vice. It is believed that this is the first poem written by a fighting avia- tor, and breathing the real feeiing of BWA Gk _ an air-warior, which has appeared in print. O God of France, we pilots pray For France's safety, and obey Thy pointed finger in the gale, Hail to Thee, Master of Storms, all Hail! f Keep me this day from sudden sor- row, Spare me to-day, for I'm home to- morrow. Guard me this day 'gainst the weak- ened wire, : The tiny bullet of flying fire, The treacherous wing that would| buckle or break, : | 'To drag me down in its whistling | Wake... The morrow brings respite from | fighting and flying-- And a breath of the Seine ere day is dying. 'O God of France, by the prophet sung "The eagle that beareth up her young," Let me pass quickly the. curtain of shell, : Grant Thy safe conduct, and landing well. : Watch o'er my flight till the sun be setting, For the faces of friends, week's forgetting. and a Only this day grant me Thy care, Where I tempt the avenues of air, Lest a heart too joyful of earthly things Should heedless fall 'neath the foe- man's wings Grant Thy support should I be falling-- , To-morrow I go, and Paris is call- ing! On the soldier's road to the Gare de Nord There's a vision loved before, The Tour Eiffel keeping eternal tryst With towering Montmartre through the Paris mist-- we love as we've O Great Storm Master, from sud- | den sorrow Keep me this day, for I'm home to-morrow! A NEW PRIVILEGE Finance Minister Announces that all Victory Bonds may be registered The following announcement has been made from Ottawa:--The Fin- ance Minister of Canada has issued a new instruction in connection wit the Victory Bonds, which will be of much benefit and importance to many small investors. He has decided to grant the privilege of the registra- tion of all bonds, that is to say, that bonds of all denominations, including the $50 bond, may be registered as to principal and as to principal and interest. e In previous loans the privilege of | registration was necessarily confined to bonds of the larger denomination, such as $1,000 bonds or more. Bonds of lower denominations were issued as bearer bonds, with coupons attach- éd, and while carrying equal benefits as to principal and interest were lia- ble to being lost by the owners. Un- der the privilege now given by the fin- ance Minister, the buyer of any bond (whatever the denomination) may have it registered, in which case the interest will be paid by cheque, and the bond if lost, may be replaced af- ter proper evidence has been shown. It is believed that this privilege will be greatly appreciated by many thousands of small investors, who will thus be assured of the absolute safety of their investment even against fire or carelessness or any other accidental cause of loss. This improvement in the issue will involve extra work upon the Department of Finance, but Sir Thomas White con- siders that its benefits will more than offset the labor involved. REASONS FOR SUBSCRIBING Sir Lomer Gouin "Behind this loan, L say to you all, there is more than the merely mater- jal. There are our young men who have gone to the front and are giving their lives to the great cause. When you are asked to contribute to this loan, I ask you to remember the Princess Patricias and the other mag- nificent regiments which have brought such renown to Canada--the 22nd, which has fought. so gallantly on many a field, whose names will in future years be inscribed in letters of gold on the escutcheon of Canada. When asked to contribute to this loan think of Ypres, Festubert, Cource- lette, and those other battles made glorious by the sacrifices of our Can- adian sons In thinking of these things there should be only one ans- wer: that we shall do all we can, and there should be every prospect of suc- cess, even to the $300,000,000 mark in this loan." LIBERALS AND THE UNION GOV. ERNMENT. Regina Leader (Lib.) With the exception of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Hon. Frank Oliver and Sir Wilfrid's li¢utenants in Quebec, prac- tically every Liberal leader in Can- ada hae announced his adhesion to and support of Union government. Liberals generally can rest assured that the reasons that have induced these men---who are thoroughly in- formed as to the needs of Canada 'and the Empire in the present crisis -- to sink all party differences for the time being and join hands with their life-long political opponents, are such ws to warrant the rank and file of the Liberal party in following their ex- ample. COMMERCIAL Wheat, per bushel ........ 2 10 Barley " y 10 Oats s 58 Peas es eee core 00 2 Flour, Jewel per cwt.... 76 5 wo Demme... Sao st.., 5 90 6 DP Jawel iS 7 Se 6 16 Shorts per ton ...ccccccce Ou TS ae | eg tone ate 00 PERV PEPE Bic teastuee AO Hogs liveweight........... 75 Butcher Cattle.,........... 00 Potatoes per bag.......... 00 28 28 10 10 YN 17 $2 10 1 10 65 00 90 6 10 43 00 37. 00 7 50 15 75 LO 00 1 40 Chickens, liver. ince, Hens sey Ducks hee PP aS 14 Goese BPs, Eb scans 10 BAOY clea akcde ite ; 38 an MEGA i hari) st sten' seer ners rer in and that the registration through- out the district will run fairly high, although by no means 100 per cent. as at first reported. The final figures show that 31,147 forms haye been signed by eligible men in Class 1 in this military dis- trict. Of this number, 30,056 are claims for exemption and 1,091 re- ports for service. That the registration is by no means complete is indicated by the names of scores of men now in the hands of Deputy Registrar W.. E. Wismer, who have not yet conformed with the act and registered. The staff of the deputy registrar is now sorting and filing the names of men who have not obeyed the act or who have not surrendered as defaulters since Monday morning. These names, with instructions that the men be arrested without fur- ther formality, will be placed in the hands of Chief Williams by Deputy Registrar Wismer in the course of a few days. "I have the names of many me in my possession now whom I coul order arrested within the next hour if I saw fit, but the Government has issued instructions that we give these men every opportunity to come in now as defaulters and not wait to be arrested as deserters," said Deputy Registrar Wismer to-day. Because these men are not being immediately arrested and because they are being given an opportunity |to yet escape the penalty provided for deserters is no reason why they should think they can play loose with this act too long.' "We know -them all, and they themselves know it. They will get Sco one more tip, and then if they per- sist in disregarding the act I will then jorder their arrests. This may come | /sooner than they expect, and my ad- vice to every man who has not signed | a form to surrender as a defaulter | because as sure as he is alive I will order his arrest as a deserter sooner or later unless he gives up," said the deputy registrar. Chief Williams stated Friday that |his men were prepared to act at any time and some arrests were liable to be made at once. NOTHING ELSE MATTERS NOw. 75 | 43 ' printing. The Brockville Times It would be idle to say that every jman who opposes Union Government 'is disloyal. It is just as wide of the ;mark to urge that self-interest has prompted Liberals to become mem- bers of the Government. But surely a sane appeal can be made to Canad- jians of all political persuasions to jforget party considerations for the j;moment and to remember the words jof a great statesman that "if Ger- jmany wins nothing else matters." |What will it profit to lick the Tories jor to put the Grits in their place, or to elect a Labor man here and there, if the iron heel of a crazy despot is jto crush out civilization, force hum- anity to his whim, replace right with might, and destroy the very princi- ples of Christianity? Would Hindenburg respect the pat- ronage list, plead with conscientious objectors, repeal regulation 17, grant reciprocity with the United States, give women votes, place the union label on public printing, and other- wise accede to the many demands for reform that fill the Canadian political atmosphere? Would he? Ask the women of Belgium, who have been outraged, whose children have been dismembered before their very eyes, whose husbands have been shot, whose daughters defiled and sent in- to slavery. Ask Canadians who have seen their comrades crucified. Ask the crippled shoemaker of Zabern, struck down by the sword of a Prus- sian, followers of the Divinely ap- | pointed Kaiser. Ask the massacred | Armenians. Is it by chance that the | whole Western Continent is arrayed against Germany?. Surely there is cause for those who wish to breathe the air of freedom to come together to destroy for all time the last ves- tiges of enthroned militarism. / THE YOUTH'S COMPANION FOR 1918. Among next year's contributors to The Youth's Companion will be Alex- ander Graham Bell, Franklin L. Kane Secretary of the Interior in President Wilson's' Cabinet, the Marquis and Marchioness of Aberdeen, H. de Vere Stacpool, Eden Phillpotts and Rev. Geo.' A. Gordon, of Boston--all children of the Empire, besides others whose names are familiar wherever jthe English tongue is spoken. The Companion will have its great run of serials and short stories. It will give the cleanest and most reliable sum- mary of the progress of the great ;war, At the same time the regular |departments will be maintained in all their profusion and variety. Sample copies of the paper an- nouncing the important features of next year's volume will be sent you on request. Our offer includes, for $2.25: 1--The Youth's Companion--52 is- sues of 1918. 2---All the remaining issues of 1917. 8--The Companion Home Calendar for 1918. The Youth's Companion, Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass, New subscriptions received at this of- fice. HELP WIN WITH VICTORY BONDS General Smuts at Albert Hall Our army is doing its best and it is doing well. It is moving forward in Flanders slowly but remorselessly, and the results are mathematically certain. "The mills of God grind slowly, But they grind exceedingly small." But this war will not be won only by our soldiers. This is a war such as we have never seen in the history of the world, and it will not be won merely by arms. The battle front is not merely in France or in Flanders; the battle front is here in this coun- try also. And you, as you sit here to-day, the women and the children, and the-men of this country who do not belong to the army, can _ take your place by your comrades and join in the fight just as those in France and Flanders. I will go even further. I will say that that battle front is not a a "1 in France and Flanders. It is not merely on sea or land. The true battle front of this war is in the soul of the nation. Try The Sufl office. for fine jot t PRR RECESSES Wick > KG * x RRO res of Ne es OO) * gy oo 3 Fall Coats Very | Moderately Priced = 5 The Prettiest Coats You Ever Saw COME IN AND SEE THEM All the Becoming Style it is possible to put in a Coat is to be found in these Beautiful Garments. You may choose here from a Mag- nificent Array of Styles with the assurance that you are getting the greatest amount of Coat Com- fort and Satisfaction for the least possible money. Here in all sizes. Prices $10 to $45 Modern Methods TSS & venience and adopted. bo] < SECS Every advance in mod- ern storekeeping that is conducive to the con- comfort of customers has been TOROS) Correct Styles KKK 'N SV eS prices. La R & Up-to-the-minute fash- ions for every member of the family -- man, woman or child, and at the most advantageous osehe a coee These will impress you with the soft velvety warmth of their fabrics, of which the chief are plush. velours, Zebelines, tweeds, cheviots, etc. Their collars know no limit in size, but represent the loveliest models we have ever shown. Prices range from $10.00 to $45.00. Men's Overcoats The New Trench and Belted Styles are making a great hit this season with those who like the very last word in correct styles. We are al- so showing a big range of stylish dressy coats in more conservative models, Prices range all the way from $10.00 to $22.00. Truthful Advertising Every statement, whet- her published or. spok- en about the merchan- dise offered for sale here is based upon ab- solute fact. Fashionable Furs Such a delightful array of them. Wide flat neck pieces with round muffs, with a tendency to be a little smaller. In fur coats the emphas- is on Hudson Seal and Muskrat. We can please you no matter what fur you require. Prices ranging from $5.00 to $100.00. Underwear Apart from the fact that this store has a reputation for good under- wear, the mere mention of the names of Penman, Turnbull, Watson, etc.--whose best makes are to be found here--is a positive guarantee that you get the greatest satisfaction here, and it costs you no more Promptness in Delivery Promptness in attention to customers and prom- ptness. in delivery of their purchases is one of our first principles. than ordinary kinds. All sizes for men, women and children. The prices range from 50c to $2.50 per garment. Best Values tions price. One of the very founda- of this business and the one most care- fully guarded to secure the very best merchan- dise and sell them at the very lowest possible Hosiery For the whole family, from baby to grandpa. Every best make is here and the prices are as reasonable as is consistent with good qual- ity and honest values. Prices range from 20c to $1.00 per pair. New Neckwear Consideration Every need of our cus- tomers, every suggest- ion for the betterment of store service, every complaint of whatever nature is given due and careful consideration. The new neckwear we are showing is attracting unusual attention, _ sg Service any and all times. This single word sounds the keynote of success- ful merchandising. We always endeavor to ren- der most efficient ser- vice to each and every one of our customers at and is there any wonder. They are the daintiest novelties that we have ever shown, in colors to match any gown--in a host of delight- ful designs and fabrics. Stop at the collar department and see them We are sure you will like them. Priced from 25c to $2.00 each. Men's Furnishings This store has always been the leading Furnishing Store. Larger stocks to choose from and the best brands at Lowest Prices. Wheth- er you adhere closely to the very newest styles, follow the extreme fashions or dress conservatively, it makes no difference at this store. You can best satisfy your ideas here. The unusually large stock we Courtesy The most gratifying re- ports we hear are from customers who - have been courteously serv- ed, for that is.one of the strictest . requirements placed upon every em- ployee of this store. , Right chandise sale. Merchandise The success of any busi- ness depends upon the kind and quality of mer offered for We secure the best at any cost and al- ways follow this policy. carry is justified by the immense business we do. New stocks are constantly coming and going. 'Always Up-to-date, we show the very latest and approved styles in every department at the Most Reason- able Prices. We Want Your Produce -ENGELAND'S "The Store With the Stock" - MILVERTON Right Prices: _Here lies the very foun- dation of this business --Right Prices. Here is the secret of this store's success --hold- ing old customers and always making new friends, > mA "> x MMAMMA MMA MY AMMAMMA MMAR RVARVRRVRRVRRVERY VERVE y 6 ; SSCSOLECESDUZINCEEOLDCHDONZONNeLUeHROmDomgengor ie nontonzeeenientenenen