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tw â€"~.~ ‘. In the death of Sir MacKenzie Bowell at the ripe old age of ninetyâ€"four years, Canada loses another of her public men who served to link the present ‘with the past, and whose entrance into public life dated back to preConfedoâ€"a. â€" . tion days. During his long public career, as member of Parliament, Cabinet __Minister, and Premier of Canada,; Sir Mackenzio never relinquished his . .. _ journalistic work as owner of the Bellcville Intelligencer, to which he conâ€" ‘ . #ributed up to the time of his last iliness. Th . 8ir Mackenzic will possibly be best remembered as the unfortunate head _ <@f a Dominion Cabinet which he was forced to describe as "a nest of tral tars." _ Their intrigue forced his resignation after a brief tenure of office, but the reâ€"organized Government under the leadcrship of Sit Chas. Tupper, was swept from office in 1896 when the Liberal party under the lcadcrship of Sir ~â€" Wilftid Laurier won an overwhelming victory at the polls. . Workingmen in Kitchener should not be misled. All Canada is wuu:liln. to see what North Waterioo will do on Dccember 17th. Mr. Buler and his epeakers ‘may cbaractcrize the caucellation of orders of local industrics as a # Aricy" to éteal tae elcction from him. . Eut our people will wake to theit #2d4 reality if by any chance be should be elccted. 5 Right Rev. M. F. Fallon, Roman Catholic Bishop of London, Ont., has addâ€" . ed bis voice to that of other leaders in Ontario in favor of Union Government. BDuring the course of a statement issued to the press, he says: "Can any Canadian deny that the defeat of the Conscription Govâ€" . . ernment would mean a real slackening of our purpose? Will not the f whole world so interpret such a result of our election? Will it not k bring‘ aid and comfort to our enemies? Can we pretend to consider it a message of encouragement to our friends and allies," After setting forth the issue clearly and pointing out that for Canada to refuse the military aid desired would not only be a misfortune but would have a disastrous moral and political effect, Bishop Fallon declares: "For the reason outlined and indicated, | make the definite and t unequivocal appeal to my fellow countrymen of the Catholic faith to â€"~ _ support the Union Government and the cause for which that union was effected." i ‘There is only one decision for thinking men who conscientiously place the â€"issue before them. j U« "2,. Married men or widowers with children, who habitually fail to sup ~«port their families. The vindication of the character of Col. Macklem by Gencral Robertson head of the British War Office, was late in coming, but it will afford satisfacâ€" tion to Canadians gencrally that one whom some would bave us regard as a counterfeit is a real military hero after all. All honor to pim. â€". Common sense dictated conscription in the United States, patriotism has Carrying ti through triumphantly, anu the Republic aims at making it _ with as little cost to the working power of the nation as possible. yen hundred thousand men have been drafted by the first call. ‘The tribunâ€" worked well on the whole, still it was felt that the granting of exemptions sometimes unegual, so an effort is being made to limit the chances of unâ€" d For the Rext call, which may be expected early next year, General | der has provided that the mine, million men still on the rolls shall be | into fve classes in the order of their eligibility tfor service. This is be effécted by sending a series of questions to each man enrolled. . The e will be based on the answers. Five classes are contemplated, of which Class 1, the first to be called to service, will include men of these \â€"»‘ *3. Married men dependent on their wives for support. "_i _ "4, Married men not usefuily engaged, whose families are supported by ~Ancomes independent of their labor. & > "6. Unskilled laborers." ¢ This division of Class 1 men will make it possible to keep men from takâ€" ing advantage of a situation which they should not beâ€" allowed to take. .A married man who does not support his wife and family should not be exemptâ€" ©d because he has a wife and family. Men who are supported by their wives are not needed at home. If you want to hear about what the Canadian boys have done at the front you must go to a Unionist meeting. The Lauricrâ€"Liberals bave nothing to gay about the bravery of the boys at the front. The action of the City Council in voting the sum of $10,000 for the relief of the sufferers in Halifax is to be commended. If all the patriotic actions ‘of the city fathers this year had been taken‘as willingly there would be no reason for complaint on this score. Sir Mackenzie‘s death removes one who has long been regarded as the Dean of Canadian journalism and in no quarter will his death be more regretted than among the newspaper fraternity. .With Russia out of the war, Roumania in a precarious position and Italy bard pressed. some of our antiâ€"conscriptionist friends tell us we cannot win, ahd we might as well throw up the sponge. No redâ€"blooded Canadian, Briton br American would be guilty of such cowardly talk. This is the kind of thing that Germany bas spent millions in having ber secret agents spread in allied countri¢s to break down the spirit of their peoples. R The splendid and spontancous W;}@ which our neighbors to the south have rushcd to the relief of the suffers in the Canadian city of Halifax is an indication of the strong bond of sympathy that joins Canada to her United States ally in the present war. Not content with rushing Red Cross aid to the sufferers in the stricken city, which was promptly done by border cities. the City of New York has appropriated $200,000 and a resolution appropriatâ€" ing $5,000,000 for this purpose has been introduced in Congress. Canadians everywhere will decply appreciate these tangible expressions of sympathy. Eulerâ€"Laurier supporters were responsible for pulling the city of Kitch euer in wrong with the Canadian people. The boys at the front are deserving of immediate reinforcements. â€" The kaiser will not wait for a referendum. â€" ment. The soidict vote overseas is overwhelmingly on this side Liberals. The disasterin Halifax brings home torcibly the fact that Canada is not very far from the war. To thousand lives were lostand two thousand persons injured as the result of the explosion of munitions which were made to defeat the enemy. ~ These are good rules, but they are no better than our own provisos are wifére they are applied by honest and sensible tribunals. No d 2w s > 2 b> a WATERLOO, ONT. (* ADVERTISER®. > & Migh classe printing, English and German, in all branches. ~ Netioe of changes must bs left at this office not later than Saturday noon. Canadians cannot afford to quit at this stage of the war. Support the Union Government Doa‘t forsake the boys on the firing line. Be on the right side on December 1lith. and vote for the Union Govern Weekly "1. Single men without dependent relatives. DRAFTING MEN IN THE U. 8. A NEIGHBOR‘S SYÂ¥MPATHY. BISHOP FALLON‘S APPEAL. SIR MacKENZIE BOWELL. DAVID BEAN & S0N8, LIMITED DANGEROUS TALK. NOTE AND COMMENT EPPE L TTTTUTT EREY L.A 2czA s d TVE -w eB l I I I stroyed in Halifaxâ€" Installation in Telegraph and 'a:: fifln;hl:uh-n ..",“:.'i."".: Telephone Offices for Thirty Miles Around the City .:.”::.?i :: :f‘::_ml- and coverâ€" Dutroyod. m. The buildings that vtre. not destroyâ€" | CANADIAN GOVERNMENT DEPpOT, tee fire figt fatioweg. * 0 * * i ALSO USED BY C. P. R., WAS CRUSHED Thousands Homeless on. A friend advised me to get Dr. Chase‘s Kidneyâ€"Liver Pills and uko' them. 1 commenced this treatment, and used nine boxes, which cured me at that time. Then, about two or three years afterward 1 was troubled again with the swelling, but only on my right side. 1 secured some more ; Kidneyâ€"Liver Pills, and took them,‘ which finally cured me. I have no!’ been troubled in this way since. 1 ; can cheerfully recommend Dr. CM-G'-' Kidneyâ€"Liver Pills to anyone having kidney or liver trouble. _ _ â€" ‘ Mrs. F. L. Marris, Keatley P.O., Sask., writes: "I was suffering from liver troubleâ€"had a heavy pain under one shoulaer blade all the time, and was nearly as black as dirt around the eyes, so I concluded to try some of Dr. Chase‘s Kidneyâ€"Liver Pillis. I did so, and before 1 had taken one 25c box the pain had left me and 1 comâ€" 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 was caused by heavy work outâ€"ofâ€"doors, and,> of course, heavy eating and constipation. Mrs. Charles Terry, Tweed, Ont., writes ; "Before‘l was married I was troubled with enlargement of the liver. ‘My liver became so enlarged that you could detect the swellings on either side, and it was only with difficulty that 1 could get my clothes So many people suffer from deâ€" rangements of the liver that we feel sure these two reports, just recently received, will prove interesting readâ€" ing and valuable information to many readers of this paper. 1 would advise anyone suffering from kidney or liver trouble to give Dr. Chase‘s Pills a trial." Pr. Chase‘s Kidneyâ€"Liver Pills, one pilt a dose, ?5¢ a bor. 5 for $1.00, at a!! Asslears or EAmanson Bates & Co., Lipited, Torouto. We have also found Dr. Chase‘s Linseed and Turpentine excellent for coughs and colds. In fact, any of Dr. Chase‘s medicines which we have used tave been good." s Black as Dirt About theEyes Liver Was All Upset and There| Was Pain Under the Shoul. | derâ€"blade â€" Two Inter. ' ESTIMATED THAT FIFTY LIVES WERE LOST. & Truro, N.S., Dec. 6.â€"It is reported here that the first estimate of the loss of life in the explosion in Halifax harbor this morning places it at 50 whilé the nurhber injured is correspondingly great. AREA MILE SQUARE MASS OF WRECKAGE. > Toronto, Dec. 6.â€"Cables from H, mile square is a mass of wreckage, were killed and thousands hurt in thl‘t affected. north end of the city is in flames. also used by the C. P. R., is utterly Mna cenart save an area nearlv a| Willow Park is wrecked. One report says an area nearly a while several square mifes more or ie The Canadian Government depot, rushed, while the repairing plant at Halifax, N. S., Dec. 9.â€"An appeal or $25,000,000 was made to the peoâ€" »le of Canada by the Mayors of Haliâ€" ‘ax and Dartmouth toâ€"day, and this igure is taken as representing only a »art of the material damage done by he explosion of the cargo of the Mont Blanc last Thursday. alifax via Havana say that hundreds North End of Halifax is in Flames, and Area Nearly Mile Square is Mass of Wreckageâ€" Several Square Miles More or Less Affected. MANY CHILDREN MET DEATH IN SCHOOLS Amherst, N. $., Dec. 6.â€" Scores of persons were killed, hundreds of buildings destroyed, and a portion of Malifax set on fire by an explosion which occurred following the collision of an American ammunition ship and another vessel at Rockingnam, according to a tslephone message reaching here this morning. RAMMED BY ANOTHER VESSEL. It is reported that the American munition steamer was moving out from her pier and was rammed broad side ‘by another vessel. . instantly there was a tremendous explosion, wh ich practically destroyed the two hips and kifled all their crews. The explosion was so terrific that it destroyed the installation in teleâ€" graph and telephone offices for thirty miles around Halifax, while it was heard at Truro, 61 miles distant. FREIGHT CARS BLOWN OFF TRACKS. The force of the concussion was so great that freight cars were blown off railway tracks. Meua'gu asking for engines and fire fighting apparâ€" atus, doctors and nurses, hospital supplies, etc., were received in a number of localities in Nova Scotia, from Halifax. Special trains were made up. IMMEDIATE HELP PROVIDED. At Truro and Windsor councils met this morning and. decided to take immediate steps to render aid to the afflicted homeless of Halifax. _ It is understood that a large quantity of food was destroyed and that the citiâ€" tens of Halifax may soon be in danger of starvation. _ it was decided that carloads of food must be despatched at once. CABLE 18 INTERRUPTED. . Montreal, Dec. 6.â€"Some reports say a number of people were killed when explosion occurred in Halifax this morning. All wires are down. Cable to Malifax has been interrupted. The Censor has taken charge of all sourcâ€" es of news and nothing dfficial so far has been given out. One report said explosion of bomb did the damage. 4 _ The concussion resulting caused the roof of the railway depot at North wtreet to collapse, while all the wareh ouses on the water front for a mile ind a half were damaged. . The prem ises affected in many places caught ire. â€" morning‘s catastrophe there. The BY ANOTHER STEAMER OFF HALIFAX; BIG . EXPLOSION CAUSES GREAT DAMAGE; ?,000 KILLED EXPIOSION WAS TERRIFIC. The offices of the railway station, + Arena rink, military gymnasium, sugar . refinery, and elevator, collapsed, and ) in#lred scores of persons. he munition ship was bound from + New York for Bedford Basin, when she collided with a Belgian relicf ship bound for sea. | Explosion Shakes Whole City Following the collision the explosion occurred, and in less than a minute | the whole city was shaken from its foundation. Thousands rushed for the open, and some of the little children were panicâ€"stricken. On every street , could be seen adults and children, with ‘ blood streaming from their wounds, ! rushing to the nearest doctor‘s office. 'The work of recue was greatly impedâ€" ed " by the piles of debris in the devasâ€" !t:v.ed area. | dred and one thousand but late toâ€"| ~_~ ~~* ‘L'::.':_';';':‘;-:.“:':;.:.‘”""""‘ I piakt the Chist offfolich Biacod tl:e In the west end and northwest end . h ; killed at possibly 2,000. On one ship in damage more extensive, and | alone forty persons were killed. Thouâ€" was | the walls of houses were in places sands have been injured. The properâ€" & | i biown to atoms, and the piaster strewn ty damaged is enormous and there is } scarcely a window left in a building in 19" the streets more like a small secâ€" mer:“: i tion of Flanders than a town or city in * Canada. Chiet ‘ | _ Among: the deed are the Pite l The main, damage, however, was and his deputy. They were hurled to a i rth s loded. | 99"° in the no end of the city, feath â€" when a ‘lite eneins Cn known as Richmond, which was oppoâ€" Fire followed the explosion and this i Tat of h * 1s" Cothisiy test catastrophe in site the point of the vessels‘ collision. i :: d:.t No th: t::e:“e; Here the damage is so extensive as to 2 e C ' : be totally beyond the field of descripâ€" ‘ s Business Suspended ‘uon. Street after street is in ruins i _All business has been suspended ang flames swept over the district. l and armed guards of soldiers and “"l In this section many of the larger ; lors are patrolling the city. Not @} puildings are a mouldering heap of street car is moving and part of the Clâ€"] ryips and the ordinary frame houses | ingurea Sir Robert Borden announced that pending a full consideration of the needs of those who have suffered by the calamity.. the Dominion Governâ€" ment had made a preliminary approâ€" priation of $1,000,000 for immediate relief. The amount will be immeâ€" diately at the disposal of the local relief committee. Noarly all tho buildings in the dock yards are in ruins. Great Areas in Ruins A part of the town of Dartmouth is in ruing. F Halifax, Dec. 1.1â€"As the result of a terrific explosion aboard the munition ship Mont Blanc in Halifex harbor this morning, a large part of the northâ€" end of ‘ the city and along the waterâ€" front is in ruins and the loss of life is appalling. Early estimates place the number of dead at between eight hunâ€" ty is in darkness. Al the hospitals and many private hospitals are filled with Practigally all the north end of the of The collision was a torrific one, the munition boat being pierced port side, almost to the engineâ€"room. The relief vessel, which â€"was practically uninjurâ€" ed, kept going ahead with the wounded craft, and when the fire was seen to break aboard her, backed away, and the crow started to abandon her. . Houses Crumpled Up The Mont Blanc drifted away, a burning wreck, while the relief boat beached near Tuft‘s Cove on the Dart;â€" mouth side of the harbor, Seventeen minutes after the collision the exploâ€" sion occurred. Under the force of the explosion houses crumpled like decks of cards, while the unfortunate resiâ€" dents were swept to death in the deâ€" At nine o‘clock ths city was enjoyâ€" ing its usual period of calm and tne streets were crowded with perple wending their way to work, little thinkâ€" inf of that which in a few minutes was to befall them. Suddenly like a bolt from the blue, there came an expiosion. From one end of the city to the other glass fell, and people were lifted from the sidewalk and thrown flat on the streets In the downâ€"town offices just beginâ€" ning to hum with the usual day‘s actiâ€" vities clerks and heads alike cowered under the shower of falling glass and plaster which fell about them. Women rushed in terrorstricken mobs through the streets, many of them with children clasped to their breasts. in their eyes was a look of terror as they struggled in mobs through the streets with bloodâ€"stained faces and endeavored to get anywhere from falling masonry and crumbling In the main portion of the city, where the buildings are more or less of stone or concrete construction, the damage was confined to the blowing in of windows, and the injuries susâ€" tained by the citizens were in the main due to the cuts from flying glass. Proâ€" ceeding south to the extreme end of the city the same thing was observed. Like Town in Flanders In the west end and northwest end the damage was more extensive, and the walls of houses were in places blown to atoms, and the plaster strewn The Mont Blanc lies on theâ€"Narrows shattered, while the Belgian relief ship is beached on the Dartmouth side of the harbor, near what is known as Tuft‘s Cove. Explosion Comes Like Boit From Blue Five minutes after the explosion ocâ€" curred the streets were filled with a terrorâ€"stricken mob of people, all ‘ryâ€" ing to make their way as best they might to the outskirts in order to get out of the range of what they thought to be a German raid. Five hundred tents have been erectâ€" ed on the Common, and these will be eccupied by the troops, who have givâ€" en up their barracks to house the homeless women and children. Temporary hospitals and morgues have been opened in the school houses in the western section of the city. The doctors and nurses worked heroiâ€" cally in rendering aid to the injured. Fate of the Vesseis The collision which occurred beâ€" tween the two steamres took place near the point of the harbor known as Pier Eight, and was between a French munition ship, the Mont Blane and an unnamed Belgian relief ship. ‘The hospitals each and everyone, with admirable order, were rendered aid , and in the military hospitals the soldiers who were on guard duty were being burried in odd twisted heaps and blackeried, powderâ€"stained faces to the wards for reliel. clity has been laid waste. Thousands of persons have been renâ€" dered homeless. ‘The Academy of Muâ€" sic and many other public buildings have been thrown open to house the homeless. Automobiles scurried here and there in this section of the city, each bearing a blanketâ€"clad burden which told only too plainly of serious injuries, or in many cases death. are a mere heap of shattered flattened ruins. The engineers were not the only arâ€" my men from the United States who did their bit during the most intense part of the German counterâ€"attacks at Cambrai. Not less than ten American army medical officers were working in Canadians and Americans Have Narrow Escape from Enemy Capture. With the British Arimy in France, Tuesday, Dec. 4.â€"(By the Associated Press.)â€"The best of many exciting epâ€" isodes related in connection with the Cambrai fighting was that involving fifty American and Canadian engineers together with some British fighting troops. ‘These men were cut off in the German turning moment near Gouzeâ€" aucourt and were taken prisoner. A German escort of twenty soldiers or more started with them along the road leading from Gouzesucourt to Camâ€" brai. ~As they were proceeding disconâ€" solately towards the zone of the Gerâ€" man prison cages, they came upon a small body of British troops who had also been cut off from their comrades and were wandering about. The Briâ€" tish Tommies immediately charged toâ€" wards them. The Germans tried to drive their captives off toward La Vaâ€" cquere, but the prisoners hurled themâ€" selves upon their guards and struggled barehanded until the Tommiec arrived and disposed of the Germans. ‘The enâ€" gineers and their comrades took the German rifles and worked their way back with their rescuers until they were able to reach a point where they could join the British ling. A party of Americans and Canadians also had an exciting time in a motor lorry, which, coming unexpectedly upâ€" on six Germans holding the crossroads with machine guns, charged at full speed, tank:like, bowling over the surâ€" prised enemy and escaping down the road before the Germans recovered from their shock and fright. ENGINEERS HAD STHRRING TIME of this famous Warâ€"time Sweetmeat are sent to the soldiers, sailors and aviatorg at the front. If you have a friend there, see that every parcel or letter contains a few bars or a package of WRIGLEY‘ $, the great chewâ€" ing confection that is used around the world. s AVINCGS BANK OERARtTHKELT The Flavour Lasts » 98 Branches in Canada. A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTER CIRCULAR LETTERS OF CREDT BANK MONEY ORDERS Interest allowed at highest current rate. WATERLOO BRANCH, KITCHENER BRANCH, E. Haberer, Mgr. J. R. Kirkpatrick, Mgr. F MOLSONS CAPITAL and RESERVE $8,800,000 Keep it always on band. It helps teeth, appetite, digestion. 15. The estimated values for 1917â€"reâ€" present the prices received by farmâ€" ers, and are calculated from curtrant market quotations; they are subject to revision after the oomplhtlfi‘rhl retfirns from correspondents in \Decâ€" ember. According to the preliminary. estimate the total value of all fHeld crops for 1917 is $1,089,687,000,. _as compared with $886,494,900 in 1816 and $825,370,600 in 1915. This h,~ first time that the estimated ‘5 of the field crops of Canada h reached one billion dollars, this large figure being due to . the high â€" prigés now ruling. The total of u.m.i_h.- 000 is made up of $451,874,000 for wheat, as compared with M.*f 400 in 1916, of $236,142,000 for : o8t8, as compared with $210,957,500,. of $145,361,600 for hay, clover and ‘al\ falfa, as compared with sm._ul_w and of $81,355,000 for potatoes,. M compared with â€"$50,982,300. The: dgâ€" gregate value of other grain ‘; $134,006,700, as compared with $§4, 679,800 and of other root and fodder crops $40,974,700, as compared . wi $84,165,000. The final Sof value for 1917 will be published . as usual in January. 2 â€" [ qonle Ottawa, Dec. 5. â€"The Comu:? Statistics Office has issued a ‘pFONâ€" . minary estimate of the total value . of the field crops of Canada for the t year 1917, as compared with the, fine â€" ally revised estimates of 1916 ‘and 19+~. Preliminary Estimate Istuâ€" * ed by Census and Statisâ€"<â€" _ TOTML WLUE ___â€" OF FIELD CROPS. . OVER A BLLION the British casualty stations along Gouzeaucourt front. in fact, they been laboring there, gince “ Byng began his great offensive, * ~â€" tics Office. with â€" $344,008, 2,000 â€"for : :o8t8, 210,957,500,~ of _ clover and ‘at ith slvl.cn,qltx _ potatoes,. "@8 2,300. The:agâ€" .. ‘ grain ) ds => root and fodden 1 estimates of .. ) published .‘ as _ 3 +73 byt