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The latest ignomim'ous chapter in the pother about a proposed accord on disarmament between Great Britain and France seems embraced in the night from France of Harold J. T. Koran. Paris Correspondent of the Hearst newspapersâ€"and his expulsion from membership in the Anglo-Ameri- placed on Horan in his expulsion ls sufficient indication of what. the better order of newspaper men think of the type of journalistic parasite who buys stolen documents and bnbes govern- â€" ‘ A‘ A... "A“â€" can geg_mfition composed of the correspondents of English and United States newspapers in E_’8_.ris. The stigma Why should those who have worked and denied themselves the indulgence of silly and harmful pleasures be called upon to save the profligate from the natural consequence of their mMâ€"Lucknow Sentinel. It is questionable if the charitable feeding of such men does not do more harm than good. Anybody who knows that crowd of city loafers and bums. Knows that they will multiply as the means of substance increases. so that to remove the evil they represent in that way is hopeless. Can stupidity be an asset to a per- son? Yes. it can. What set us think- ing of this was the unexpected news at a former school chum whom we lost track of in the past several years. We had known him years ago as a heavy-footed. clumsy fellow. whose mental process was so slow that he was the dispair of the teachers and even his parents. But now. we learn. he has become a very prominent bus- iness man. head of an important de- partment in a big manufacturing con- cern. This news at first baffled us. but we learned that his job is one requiring infinite patience and atten- tion to small. uninteresting details. His is a job that would drive a keen. high-pitched man into a sanitorium. Such a job requires a certain amount of stupidity in the sense of slowness. Only a slow man is capable of resist- mg the boredome of a monotonous occupation. Many a big business and even the world itself, owes a lot of its stability to the slow plodder who goes The business people in every town in this province must be heartily tired of the never-ending calls being made on them for money in support of this that and the other "good cause". One day last week a lady made the round of the business places in Luck- now soliciting money contributions in aid of a charity being conducted in Toronto. for the feeding or homeless and foodless men in that city. By way of making an appeal to sympathy she displayed a circular showing the pic- :ure of a line of men at a door await- ing a free meal. They were of course a poor-looking lot just the kind that never do an honest day‘s work. always looking for sundown and kicking about their jobâ€"spending their earnings as they go. in betting. drinking and smok- on and on in spite of everything.â€" Kincardine Review-Reporter. Many have been wondering if the election of either of the presidential candidates now waging an election battle in the United States would ef- fect any change in their tariffs. We do not know and we don’t believe the candidates know themselves. But one thing is sure. that no matter which party wins, they are going to have to reduce their tariff in one respect and that very soon. According to reports there is a great shortage of beef cattle in the States at presen: and the only way it can be remedied is to reduce the Fordney tariflf against Canadian stockers and feeders. If you don’t be: lieve there is a shortage of beef in our; neighboring country. ask any American visitor what they pay for a sirloin or a rib roast, which are considered lux- uries at present across the line. Thel Canadian farmer will be watching events in the States. and the West especially, where cheap range for cattle is plentiful. When this does take place there will be a big boom in the livestock industry in the West and it will also have a beneficial effect on the cattle business in Ontarioâ€"Kin- cardine Review-Reporter. Hon. P. J. Veniot has a hard office to fill- and like many public offices, the wish and will of the Party. its. supporters and friends has often to be obeyed against the better judgment of the official head. It is a big tumble from the democratic idea of Govern- ment.â€"Teeswater Times. Ontario seems to be quite a joke with the Postmaster General, and the latast is so ludicrous that it is pathetic ic Lot only is the appointee made a fcol of but so is the Civil Semce Commis- sion. Itisacaseoitoomanybosses and either one or the other should be fired. The trouble is that too many wires are being pulled and the one does the bidding of a political party which party also stands as a shield between him and the people. PAGE 6. ones cast on this councry.â€"Mildma.y The publicity already given to their complaints has hurt this country, and they will go back and do more damage. Par idle ones are not usually idle ones when it comes to tongue work, while the busy ones have not time to talk, and won't do a great deal to counter- act the slander which the disgruntled OTHER PAPERS’ OPINIONS M to brink 'the' Westers from there are eight thousand who are busy at work, the eight hundred dis- gruntled ones, who probably would not work at home, will go back and do more damage to Canada’s good name than the eight thousand could undo. Slimy Trail of Yellow Journalism The appointment or postmasters in Helping the Down-and-Outs Will Have to Lower Tarifi They Keep Plodding 0n for former insists that Canada today stands in dire need of a complete in- vestigation of her present system or appointing her civil servants.â€"â€"Simcoe of $131.50. and goes down to Nova Scotia to tell his constituents: “He has one leg taken off about three in- ches below the knee. The other foot is 011‘." Rather a callous disregard for the feelings of a man who bled for his country. Certamly Mr. Veniot cannot be accused of avoiding the cal- cium glare of publicity. : The man who sacrificed two limbs ffighting for his country is now Wil- ;ling to sacrifice any hope he may have gentertained of securing compensation iin the form of securing another job from the Governmentâ€"ALL FOR THE SAKE OF PRINCIPLE. He hopes that the airing of his case may result in the rectification of the present deplor- able system of Civil Service appoint- ments. and that thereby other return- ed boys may be saved his own humil- iating experience. Does that not re- veal a spirit worthy of commendation? Meanwhile the procession from the Civil Service Commission to Mr. Ven- iot‘s guillotine continues its funereal march. Mr. Veniot declares the Com- mission to be a poor judge as to the qualifications of a postmaster, ignores the intent of the Civil Service Act, and chops off the heads or the Com- mission’ 5 nominees with a libertine abandon that would have brought a blush to the cheeks of a Danton or a Robespierre. He declares that Whit-l aker is not badly off with a pension of $131..50 and goes down to Nova Scotia to tell his constituents: “He Mr. Whitaker has now come forth with a refutation of certain allegations made by Mr. Veniot at the Liberal conclave in Simcoe, and some attribut- ed to him in a recent speech at Syd- ney. N. S. Whitaker has nothing to gain by his latest statement, except to him the very important matter of clearing his own name and in his own words: “As I have stated before, if through the instrumentality of my case other returned soldiers are saved the humiliation and injustice which have been my lot, then I will be amply repaid for the treatment meted out to The Reformer does not intend at this time to again review the details of the case. At the time when Mr. Whitaker was definitely shoved aside we stated our opinion in very frank language. We have had no reason to retract a single statement made at that time. 'We still believe that Mr. Whitaker was given a “dirty deal" and 'The Reformer has yet to find a single man in Simcoe, aside from one or two violent partisans, who will not echo tha‘: sentiment. On another page of this issue ap- pears a very outspoken statement by G. E. Whitaker, whose appointment to the Simcoe postmastership was vet- oed by the Postmaster-General, reveal- ing details of a nature that cast a sorry reflection upon the whole system of party politics as it finds vogue in Canada today. While Norfolk’s mem- ber, W. H. Taylor, M. P., has denied any personal implication in the alleg- ed attempt to purchase the silence of Mr. Whitaker, this latest revelation can only serve to strengthen the opinâ€" ion already held by so many people, that Mr. Veniot had other influences to consider than that of his Inspector's report on Mr. Whitaker’s physical con- dition. The Reformer does not at- tempt to place the blame on any par- ticular spot, but after following the case from start to finish and re- viewing every angle with utmost thor- oughness, we are left with the inevit- able impression that party politics is still a more potent factor in the mak- ing of Civil Service appointments than is the Civil Service Commission itself. which was created for the express pur- pose of taking such appointments out of politics. L Hearst tries to put a decent oom- ' plexion on the matter by claiming ' that he was doing a public service in ’ exposing the machinations of “secret ’ diplomacy”; but the plain fact of the ’ matter is that he, a powerful American : newspaper proprietor, and a guest on the soil of France, bribed a govern- ment official through his own agent to betray a trust, and commit an oflence that in days gone by would have been visited with life imprisonment at least. In merely ordering Horan to leave the {country the Erench government acted [with extreme leniency. But Hearst apâ€" parently escapes unpunished and will possibly continue in his criminal courses for the rest of his days. Back of his whole conspiracy lies his life-long desire to stir up bad feeling between the United States and Great Britain.â€"bad feeling that would in- volve the two great English speaking j powers in war if he could have his way. ‘As it happened the international crisis he sought to promote with his stolen document did not eventuate. But he tried to do as much mischief as pos- sible and even in Great Britain and Canada we had the spectacle of news-1 papers falling into the trap he had baited. and censuring Lord Cushenden, the acting British Minister of Foreign Affairs for having deliberately aflront- {ed the United States. The United States Department of State which knew all about the discussions of dis- armament between Great Britain and France from the outset must be heart- ily sick of Hearst; and anxious that some power lay him by the heels and bury him in a dungeon deep. Last year he was busy trying to provoke war be- tween the United States and Mexico by means of forged documents. This year he is up to an equally criminal and dangerous game in France. The slimy trail of the yellow journalist has apparently no endingâ€"Saturday Night lieves that he was the major culprit. That person clearly was William Ran- dal Hearst, his employer, who has been engaged in this line of business during the three decades or more that have elapsed since he sprang into fame as the most eminent of yellow journalists. Hearst, though not the actual thief. was assuredly the “fence” or receiver of stolen goods. The $3,000 that was paid to an unfaithful employee of the French Foreign Office was certainly Hearst’s money and he was personally on the spot and involved in the trans- action from first to last. in t‘he‘ prefious chapter, The Be- Fighting For 2. Principle A consistent man is one who dresses up every Sunday before he tunes in on the church serviceâ€"Ottawa Journal. These findings point to serious faults in navigation conditions, and the Government cannot Ignore the verdict of the jury. Many of these faults have been mentioned in Parlia- ment already. but apparently it re- quires the shock of a tragedy to awaken ofi’icialdom to its duty. There can now be no excuse for inaction, and the country will look to Ottawa to en- force proper precautions in the future. â€"Toronto Globe. Lack of sufficient inspection is further emphasized by the recom- mendation that “all freight and pas- senger boats be tested as to equilibrium under conditions of loading. this in- formation to be given owners and operators. ” These findings are in line with the evidence given by Lieutenant W. J. Carr, formerly of the Royal Navy, whose views on the loss of the Manasoo were first given to the public in The Globe after the inquest had begun. The jury makes several other recom- mendations. including enforcement of lifeboat drill. establishment of more life-saving stations on Canadian shores, and compulsory installation of wireless on all ships carrying passeng- ers. “Would appear that the equilibrium of the boat had not been sufiiciently investigated before the Manasoo was placed in commission after being re- modelled.” There is food for serious thought by Parliament in the verdict of the Coroner’s jury at Owen Sound after investigating the cause of death of the sixteen men who were lost by the sinking of the steamer Manasoo 1n Georgian Bay on September 15. The jury absolves the officers and crew of the steamer from responsibility, but adds: Miss Woods’ position in the civic polity of Toronto was absolutely uni- que and cannot perhaps be paralleled in any city on this continent. Her immense private influence was per- haps increased by the fact that she always shunned publicity, and never so far as one knows, went to the newspapers about anything. She was never heard of in the coteries that demand a more powerful voice for women in public afiairs. She was probably aware of the fact that in her, own quiet way she wielded a greater influence than the average man. She was indeed the embodiment of prac- tical Christianity and the latent power of enlightened womanhoodâ€"Saturday Nigh t. Where Woman’s Influence Counted The residents of Toronto were deep- ly touched on a recent afternoon by the spectacle of every policeman who could be spared from duty following the hearse which bore the remains of Miss Anna Katherine Woods on their last journey. Until her death and most impressive obsequies, , comparatively few Torontonians were aware of the work that Miss Woods had carried on for a quarter of a centm'y as Honor- ary Secretary of the Christian Police Association, but to every officer in uni- form, from the highest to the lowest in rank, her potent and beneflcent in- fluence was well known; and trans- cended that of any municipal politician that has been known in the history of the city. The kind of Christianity she practiced was limited by no nar- rowness of creed or outlook, and she was one to whom any policeman in trouble confided his difiiculties with assurance of a sympathetic hearing/ The policeman on the beat with a sick wife or child at home was consoled with the knowledge that his cares were so far as possible being shared and alleviated through the kindly offices of . Miss Wood. She perhaps knew more than anyone else of the personnel of the force, and the Board of Police Commissioners were always glad to avail themselves of her counsel. Though her illness had been of several months’ duration the new Chief - of Police, Gen. Draper had found her the best of advisers in adjusting himself to his new responsibilities. I Asgreenasa And now let me stop, Lest you weary of me. As light as a feather, As tough gs a r04 As round as an apple. As black as your hat, As brown as a berry, As blind as a bat, - As mean as a miser, As full as a tick, As plump as a partridge, As sharp as a stick. As pure as an angel, As neat as a pin, As smart as a steel trap, As ugly as sin, As dead as a door-nail, As white as a sheet. As flat as a pancake, As proud as a peacock, As sly as a fox, As mad as a March hare, As strong as an ox, As fair as a lily, As empty as air. As rich as Croesus, As poor as a church mouse, As thin as a rail. As fat as a porpoise, As rough as a gale, As brave as a lion, As spry as a rat, As bright as a Sixpence As weak as a cat. As deep as a well. OLD SAYIN GS THE DURHAM CHRONICLE Verdict A woman passenger on an airplane excursion over the Alps fell from her check the disease last week or so, 8 animals had to be 1 Hog cholera, still prevalent in Esseig' county, has so far been responsible for a loss estimated at $50,000 to breeders in the infected areas. According to M. B. Strothers, county agricultural agent, more than 3,000 swine have been destroyed to date in an effort to check the disease, while during the last week or so, approximately 1,000 animals had to be killed. The Rialto Theatre Building, Aur- ora,, 111., was destroyed by flreon Sun- _________-_ vâ€"vâ€"râ€"nv nun-.55 4.. WLMLCI. Mr. Schafer, to avoid being hit by an oncoming car, drove into a ditch, and in regaining the road the machine overturned twice and struck a post. Mrs. Clark was the only person ser- iously injured. Injuries received by Mrs. Jack Clark, of Palmerston, in a motor car accident at the week-end have proved fatal. She died in the Kichener-Waterloo Hospital without having regained con- sciousness. Mrs. Clark, with her hus- band, were on their way to Elmira in a car driven by a relative, J. Schater, another occupant being T. Schafer. has left Pueblo and police there do not know where he went. Wilson is a former resident of N ewmarket, Out, and a cousin of Lieut. Devlin. Russell Wilson, the man who was found at Pueblo, 0010., with a lapsed memory, and who at first claimed to be Lieut. Harry Devlin of Toronto, Ont... presumed dead since he was reported missing in France 12 years ago, has been released by the sheriff of Pueblo according to word received here. He When a school of black whales, num- bering over a hundred, loafed into Sydney Harbor, Australia, recently, local sportsmen went out in motor boats and row boats and “bagged” a few. The police, interested for sani- tary reasons, were on the scene be- fore many were killed and as a result a number of citizens were faced with the problem of ridding themselves of a whale. They solved it by towing the dead fish to the outer harbor and sinking them, a. procedure which cost $75 a whale: Sentence was suspended on Alphons Mattins, Belgian, of Raleigh, Ont., on Friday, when convicted by Judge Coughlin on a charge of assaulting and doing bodily harm to his wife. Some weeks ago, Mattins was convicted on the charge in police court and was sentenced to serve two months and to receive ten lashes. An appeal was made, and the Appelate Court direct- ed a new trial. A lost city, believed to have been built centuries ago by the Phoenicians, will be sought by the Brazilian-Amer- ican scientific expedition to the Ama- zon Valley, according to J. Tozzi Cal- vao, who will lead the expedition along the course hitherto unexplored Ari- pulana River, in Central Brazil. The party leaves New York on October 27. Mrs. Isabelle Grant, member of 3 Louisville family and an opera star in Europe 20 years ago, died On Friday in Chicago as the result of self ad- ministered poison. She had pawned her fur coat to pay for the hotel room in which she took the poison. Twenty-two thousand volts of elec- tricity coursed througn the body of James Hoey, fifty, in the Dormen Sub- station of the Duquesne Light Comp- any last Saturday, yet he still lives. Hoey, who resides in Pittsburg, Pa., was working in the plant when he came in contact with a high tension wire. He was thrown free of the wire by the force of the current after he had been burned. C. B. Nourse, of Maidstone, Sask., reported to be the first man in the Canadian Army during the Great War to receive the D.C.M. for service in the field, is dead as the result of injuries received in a level crossing accident west of Maidstone. Nourse enlisted with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry in 1914. He was also on board the “Hesperia” when the vessel was torpedoed. Under a bill introduced by the Hun- garian Government the Premier and President of the House are vested with the power of vetoing all speeches in Parliament, which, in their judgment, are prejudicial to the best interests of the country or derogatory to the repu- tation of the Government. News- papers attempting to publish such speeches would be punished. A signal honor was extended to Bel- gium Sunday when 8,000 war veterans of the Belgian army, led by Crown Prince Leopold, filed under the Are ae Triomphe at the conclusion of their two-day convention in Paris. P Ford Henderson and Lizzie Hender- ‘son, of Henderson Settlement, N.B., were in Queen’s County Jail recently on remand on a charge of exhorting inoney from Arnold S. Atkinson, school teacher at Henderson Settlement. At- kinson in his complaint to the Provin- cial police said that as the result of his punishing a child of Henderson’s in school “they threatened his life and induced him to give a cheque for $100 and later $25. Returning members of the Dominion aerial survey party in Hudson Bay state the condition of Eskimo women's teeth, worn almost to the gums, caused wonder until it was explained that wives chewed their husband’s sealskin boots to make them soft. Eskimos de- lighted in airplane riding, the aviators said, and would work almost a week for a chance of taking a flight. Daily Events as Told by cable Condensed for Busy Chronicle Readers World News Seen ' At A; Glance Read The Chronicle * ads on page 7. My -::~i WE so’ependabl e ALBERT NOBLE DURHAM Ont. D. 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