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What is thig Washingtorn Conferâ€" ence, poing to do aayway* Is the whole world 40 get together and make the goncert of Europeâ€"and Asiaâ€"inâ€" to u. true poesce tune, Or are a few whd wii~perers to get behind closed dours and twitter discords to their hearts content, leaving the earth no belisr than they found it? th The in Th wenrd Clius I gohool. It jsâ€"nol good business to let matâ€" tors slide ulll a hlank well is encouktâ€" @rad cH a #re did break out and a loss of life occurred, there would be in ptant actl n tn/build a new edifice. i Buto vio walt til we are pushed citizens sho Whether o «ced with Collegiate Collogiate «t onee, . some . additional tetmporary ccommodntion should be Jound, cither by renting suitable quarâ€" ters or by the crection of a movable 0} 1t Butcov ver a | 11 ithodl nditions . that. now C Ds FI! ADV! sud4] TELL THE WORLD. uld former comferences have | & And they bave all | LEGR. comimun ft pp it SERIOUS PROBLEM. i to be the expressior i sense of all the pooj ve the show of hinds plomacyâ€"decisions ~o: diplomucy or open dip the ‘mucaâ€"heraided | con be ap intrigue of dip‘ plqnacy bhas | failed / t« is of peace; . arins have Lmited and wars haw Io as Woodrow \ nt h ur ustion exists, and the «demand action at once 1. it is docided to pro construction of a new 0 any lif if pu ut lowing 1 nt i pr toth H it of going to Apil on«l Santa D ind Collegiate it during ercrowded Inok t] izens of e policy rudli Then men U piamn i ther there bat his / eightieth year remoyes still, an: other of those splengid figures who endured the strain‘ and the stress of the piqneer‘ days. in Waterlce r and un::; a link beyween old and the uew Mr. @uider was of that type of individus) whom "age cannot wither."_ With tme exception of the tast two wut“h had right up to the close of his long career taken a very active part in the direction of the ramified business"interests with which his name was associated, the chief of which in this county was the Waterâ€" loo Manufacturing Company. i As is too seldom the case with large business executives, â€" however, . Mr. Snider df pot permit business to abâ€" sorb his time to} the exclusion of inâ€" terest in the Wwelfare of his fellowmen. As a reprelenutive of North Waterâ€" loo in the Provincial Legislature for thirteen years Mr. Smider rendered a valuable service to the people of this district. His most noteworthy public service, however.was rendered in conâ€" nection with {\~ iniuoduction of hydro pewer [e the cjle~ «.l towns of the pNugbes Peninising lu=el\ «ssociated M mige 94 e 1t B. Dewealor in the cunception _ and promotion _ of the 1~«Hemc it fel, to Mr. Snider‘s lot to %makv 1 prophecy at 4 Board of Trade mâ€"cting in the Town of Waterloo, ‘thon regarded as a Utopian dream, lbut which has since developed | into !th + greatest power project of its kind ‘m the world. Jt was eminently fitting lm it Mr. Snider should, as a member of the original hydro â€" commission {have had a leading part in the initiaâ€" lzmu of the great project which his ‘vision had conceived. Im addition to };.nng of his thme, which was of im | measurable â€" value, Mr. Snider alsc {;ave generously of his means to pat ;rmm' and charitable objects. ! _ A man of kean business acumen, 1;.uhm- spirit and unimpeachable honor { the departed personified atype of citl I’qzom‘hip that Ofs worthy ~of general emulation. in In this hour, when organized laboi i fighting to prevent the reduction ol} suâ€"time wages, let us spare a thought or the office clerk. During the perfod of rising prices, the wuages ofâ€"switchmen, miners, laâ€" sovers, _ and men of he shipyards, vent up almost perpendicalarly, month ter month, says the Sarnia Observâ€" or. ‘The increase was demanded at one time of twenty per cent., and, at inother time, of ten per cent., and so im, to cover the increased cost of livâ€" u«. Production â€" was so earnestly sought that these demands were readâ€" ily granted, and the increased cost ot production was promptly added to the price demanded for the finished arâ€" iâ€"Je, from the ultimate consumer, that une, grand old lawabiding and graciâ€" ous person, who, in the final analysis, Perhaps it is well known that, when the price of bread and milk went up im the steamfitter, and the laborer ind the mechanic, and the shipyard nem, it went up also for the office mian; but nobody said anything nhout‘ lim, and he didn‘t say anything about him=clf, being glad, apparently, to still w in oifice man at the old wage and hold his job. The sevemtyâ€"five or a iundred dollars that he received be ore the war, was the seventyâ€"five or a ]mndred Aolars when prices were it their peak. Nobody had any time to hink about *b clerk, except to adâ€" monish his nomlcal and to lary ow hnd t *~ hit. About 1 « xt ud ra onsidered + nold ul5 «i lnal lime, and vasr. was the clerkâ€"using that term in the broad sense which includes ofâ€" fice men and s&lespeople. No one is ever afraid that he is going to strike and tie up an industry; everybody knowing full well that he cannot. Among those things which the census wctually paid out of his own pocket the ncreased wages of the workers. lasses as nklrled employes, . there are many who have emerged from the general run and: achieved such a reâ€" litionship to the business that they are accopnted as Indtviduals instead of merely undistipguished Items in the clerical and selling forces. These have been able to keep up with the cost oll living and beat it because the peopla‘ in front, who fix salaries, are personâ€" ally interested in these Indlvidunln.( But as for the general run, their needs ure considered last. Organized wua‘ earnors can command consideration, Yome unorganized wotker®,‘ who are always slipping off into indigence get constant attention from the charitable. lThn clerk, who by hook or hy crook i@ able to manage to support his famâ€" ily is mostlyâ€"let alome, both by the charitable organizations and by the employer. Like the policemen in light opera, his "lot is not a happy one."‘ Charlie Chaplain says the funniest thing in America is the clothes the women wear. Yes, brevity has ever been the soul of wit.â€"Nashyille Southern Lumbetman. THE OFFICE WORKER. JIn that case it was quite 1.‘ '* ‘.. ; .‘ .‘".,' " * 6 in New York state nfl!’m a.% No doubt the po L’ 1 f ;.” glad of it ; h# I ' n:g . ". * o-f; “':, "‘(" A Chinamap . ran amuck in New York with a cleaver #Hd a fazor, :‘ have a list of people weswish he met. Most people have. & All the railroads but one &re Worty: ing about motor competition,. That one belongs to Henry Ford. â€"Cleve: land Plaindealer. According to a medical man fast living shortens our lives. According to the coromer‘s records, fast flivving has the same effect.â€"Kingston Whig. An honest â€" landlord _ advertises: "Moderate _ apartment at _ modern rent." 2 There is more Irish than Spanish in PeValera, after all. He says that peace by force means war.â€"Minneaâ€" polis Journal. One of life‘s poignant moments 0¢â€" curs when the man who is redding aloud to the family comes mcross dail eireann.‘"â€"Roancke Times.. HARD ON BORDEN. (Brantford Expositor.) Is Sir Robert Borden going to reâ€" tire from public life at this juncture. He has of late been representing Kings, Nova Scotia, but has not thus far indicated whether he will again seek the suffrages of the electors. He is said to have a strong desive, beâ€" cause of dllâ€"health, to retire from public life, an intimation which is not surprising seeing that he has sucked the orange dry. STRANGER THAN FICTION (Philadelphia Puhi.ic Ledger.) Oliver _ Optic, Horatio Alger or Mayne Reid would have vied with each other to make "copy" of the five Greek brother of Unontown â€" who make so much money shining shoes in the last fifteen years that they are about to build a hotel costing $1,000,â€" 000 in the middle of the town. !. _ Press Opinions The tale of the five brothers is a recent instance of an old, old story, and a story especially characteristic of America, the land of opportunity for those who are not afrald to work. WHY ANY PARTIALITY? (Toronto Telegram.) The Bell Telephone Company‘s apâ€" plication for a further increase in rates must be fought to the last ditch. The Bell Telephone Company has not gone Into the fAight unpreparâ€" ed. It is able to show that its pres: ent dividends are being paid out of surplus. It can plead that it cannot sell stock for needed extensions to advantage until it can show that it is carning its dividends as it goes along Why should a preferred company that holds a monopoly of a public utility be put on a preferred footIng to the im;m‘ who has to hew his own path in the business world? ® MARRIAGE LICENSES. (@oronto Mail and Empire) The centralization of the issuance® of marrilage licenses, with publication of names, will be of very great serâ€" vice to the public. No longer can foolish youngsters get a license in wome back shop, go off to some ob seure pastor, and be narried withâ€" out question. Publicity of names is going to prevent many mistaken matâ€" \rlmonml ventures, â€" IDEALS NOT TENETS (Minneapolis News) I Young people caught at an impre®: wlonable age are swept off their feet. They think the glittering, shimmerâ€" Ing world of thrill, excitement and pussion is all there is to life. Whoni it faifs them, there is a very rnmd‘ descent to the arid desert of cyniâ€" clam, bee'n_'!hey have never found the really big, dynamic things. They have nothing left. As a matter of fact, Freud, who teaches that a man can only be at his best when his Impulses are Indulged in, is more and more discredited among sound scietiâ€" tlats. _ Nature is not so improvident as to invest everything in one venâ€" ture. Life is made up of a vast and neverâ€"ending variety . of experience, To the big normal man the emotion® are as incldental as breakfast. It i8 their sublimation in permanent ideals Ilhal counts. Columbla Missourian: Some peo adm{t frapkly that they made all th friends, ‘m'tz~ car‘t winj where their enémied come 18}" _ sOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT ure promipesUly iCGBMEEG WIT! P Mitical campaigng" in : this Riding the camp oiz «n 2 ce ce ieedoie E9 s sA i age 24700 O C o. m‘ briet as gossible," said @~ ‘man, "Is that the i. merand To Torsididenl mges 16 and womes in the steadily . employed durkig MM‘ months. An election campaign usually upsets the wheels of industry, id the shorter it is th}mr it is for an Co dustivist nantva Tika "Wartn Watob Industrial centre like North '._l’( too." *4 r’.‘a + Another Convention Called ~ ./ ‘The political partles of the. riding have not been in a hurry to call coi ventions, as only one has been hem up to the present, at which Dr. J. J Hott was nominated as the candidate of the Laborâ€"Farmer. party, thus giv< ing him an early start M the candt; dates still to be placed in the field.) The supporters of the exâ€"member, W. D. Euler, have been called to an opeD: epuvenrtion to be held in the Waterâ€" 2 IC Sooo en uon a es Obpau‘ lfio Town Hall next Saturday .fle:% noon at 2.30 o‘clock. The patty , ‘ called the Independent Liberals, andi} all "opposed to the Meighen Governâ€"‘ ment" are invited to attend. 'l‘hu’ staunch Liberal stalwart, Hon. Chas. Murphy, former member of the Laurâ€" ler Government, will be one of the speakers. It is an assured fact that W. D. Euler will again receive the unâ€" animous nomination. p * Three Candidate» Certain. The Telegraph has been absolutely assured that there will be three canâ€" didates, and if the Socialist party de cldes to enter the field there will be a quartette. As was intimated in th#ni columns ten days ago Mr. W.~G. Weichel, who was the representative for North Waterloo from 1911 to 1917, has been waited upon by hundreds of electors urging him to be a candidate, and the convention of supporters of the tariff that will protect the indusâ€" tries ol this Bomf@ion, will be called shortly. 0 7 Laborâ€"Farmér Pérty Busy. Dr. Hett apd his organization are not losing any time , in organizing \ their forces for the campaign. Comâ€"! mittee rooms have alfeady been ae-E cured in Kitchener, and headquarters d will also be established in Waterloo, and Elmira. The committee in charge‘ of the public meetings are arranging aL series of gatherings in every polling division in the Riding. The candldnle"’ ;wlll be assisted by a large number of speakers who ure being sent out by the Independent Labor Party and the U. F. O., some of whom are prominentâ€" y identified with the respective parâ€" ties. A big meeting will be held in Elmira on Monday, Oct. 23rd. Dr. Hett informed The Telegraph yesterday that the Labor men of Kitâ€" chener and Waterloo have never been as united in any previous_election as they are in this campaln’. and he is absolutely certain that he will poll the biggest combined labor and farmer vote ever polled in this riding The Big Isque. The great isaue of the campaign in North Waterloo will be the maintenâ€" This is of Importance to You Niagara Falls, Ont.â€"‘"Three years ago my son, Gerald, had a severe atâ€" 1 en tack _ of _ yellow 4 Yae â€" Jaundice. 1 tried £ three doctors but . they only gave reâ€" Y Hef for short periâ€" ods. As 1 bad tried Dr. Pierce‘s Anuric Tablets on A my other son, I W >E decided to give 9 Pâ€"#: z/ him Dr. Pierce‘s Y [ 7 golden Medjcal % Discovery a n d after usisg four or five bottles he was entirely well. I shat! alâ€" P o2> i »«- after usisg four he was entirely well. I shatl alâ€" ways say a good word for all of Dr. Pjerce‘s remedies. Today our med!â€" cine cabinet contains & bottle of each l of these ifamous remedies."â€"Mrs. Catherine Dempsey, $2 ‘Bridge St. ‘ Dr. Pierce‘s Golden Medical Disâ€" covery is free from alcobhol and inâ€" juriqug, drugs, You can be certain you will find it a true bloodâ€"maker, tissueâ€"butlder, and malxnuvo nerve tonie and that it will produce no evil afterâ€"effects Windsor, Ont.â€""Dr. Pierce‘s Golden Medical Discovery and his ‘Pleasant Pelicta‘ are wonderful medicines for home use,. I used to suffer with weak lungs, smothering spelis and sickâ€"headaches, but since taking the aboveâ€"mentioned medicines these conditions have left me." "One of. my daugh{ers took the ‘Wavorite Prescription‘ as a tonic during w: und she praises that very hgl.y. too." Mrs, Klien Marding, 11 o. St. W. HAVE YOU A FAMILY? DO YOU NEED HELP? been able to yalhe JB . .. > ¢ . y * o o eA .o o n t A P o oag o ="I ~ Do You Want .. _ ;. 3 RourAuction Saie (9 Jme To Be A Suiccéess? unce of a protective tariff, and the policy proposed by ‘Premier M«-lglmnl has a Jarge number of â€" supporters, even among those who have not ap-] proved of all the acts of the Union Government. It <is believed that it! will be next to impossible to n'-intl'u-J I'duce the issues which won and lost the election of 1917, and the future adâ€" ministration of the affairs of this Doâ€" minion will be made the chief topic of discussion during . the mmp:\lgn,‘ Mr. Weichel declinks to make any statement respecting his intentions, but his friends are certain that he will consent to be a candidate at um‘ torthcoming election. Mr. â€" Weichel did Inform The Telegraph that if the same enthusiasim that elected him in 1911 is manifested between now and December 6th, that the Canadian peoâ€" ple will find qut that North Waterloo stands for a tariff that gives Canadian Industries a chance. (Canadian Presas Service) MONTREAL, Oct. 14. Stanialaus Tomachuk, detained as a witness in connection with the murder of Onofre Batura and his wife, found brutally clubbed to death last Friday in Laâ€" chine, has refused to eat since Sunday and still persiste in rofusing food. Told by the polica chlef of Lachine that he would die if he did not eat, ‘Tomachuk repled, "I want. to die; 1 want to go and see my God." â€" He is very nervous and continualâ€" He is very n« ly paces his cell Tib Pivan art hre tTha Bs " _ & PRISONER WANTS DEATH TT a woman sase your ruffering. 1 want wyou to write, and let me tell you of The Only Way to be Sure That it Will Bring the Highest Returns is to Use The Waterloo Co'u'nky’s Biggest andftsesӎweekly Newspapeéer No Other Paper Begins to Cover the Rural Field in This District as Thoroughly ‘ When Holding an Auction Sale, You Will Serve Your *~ RBest Interests by Advertising it in Chronicleâ€"Telegraph The Chronicleâ€"Telegraph | Gets Results â€" It Has Long Been Recognized as the Leading Mediu.m for Auction Sale and Farm For * Sale Advertisements Chronicleâ€"Téelegraph _ BECAUSE IT REACHES THE PEOPLE OF THE SURROUNDING â€" COMMUNITY WILL SUPPORT DR. J. E. HELT T. and L. Council Unaniâ€" mous; Will Consider Coâ€" Operative Bakery Dr. J. E. Hett, the 1. L. Pâ€"U. F. O. candidate for North Waterloo in the coming Federal election, wus given the unanimous endorsation of the loâ€" eal Trades and Labor Council at their regulir meeting last evening A «-n;nmln-(- has been . organized whose duties it will be to ascertain the possibilities for starting a coâ€"oper tive bakery in the city, This action followed by a lengthy digcusslon on the price of bread, the statement hy ing. been made that Kitchener resiâ€" ing. been made that Kitchener resiâ€" dents are paying one and two cents more for a loaf of bread than is being puid in most cities. Tho members were highly enthusiastic over the coâ€" operative propoaition and Intend go Ing into the matter thoroughly. Other business of the meeting was mpore or less routine, the attendance heing â€" particularly â€" good considering Bluenose and Independence Made Trial Trip the inclement weather, President Zim merman occupled the chatr. Mih * . h (Canadian Press Service) HALIFAX, N.8. Oct, 14. The weasterly breezes whtch sent the Elâ€" @io over the Gloucester course A winner in â€" yesterday‘a â€" elimination . Taces, served to give Captain Angus . Walters of the Bluenose and Captain Albert Himmelman of the Indepen: dents, both _ oft â€" of, Limenburg, a chance to try out their vessels over the Halifax rdce course. ‘There was no preâ€"race contests, however, the ‘akippers contenting themselvea with ‘trying ont their vessels on various tacks, and sailing tretics. _ i Lak Tribute Paid y British Deéad | By Americans . LONDON, Oct. 17.â€"Upon the simâ€" ply inscribed slab in Westminster AB«, bey which marks the tomb of Gre@ Britain‘s "unknown warrior" was. l today the highest decoration withia the gift of the people of the United, utates. lt was the Medal of Honor, voted by the United States Congres in reaffirmation of the nmn'nd«m‘ia which united the United States nu{ ’qul Britain in the war. ' ‘The official presentation was mad@ by George Harvey, United States MIIE bassador to the Court of 3t Jrmes who delivered a brief addross as the representative of the Unito] States Government and of President Hard lng. The aet of bestowing the medil was ‘performed by General Johu ,. Pershing, commander of the United Stntes Armles In France during We great struggle. 4 LIBERAL ENDORSEMENT. . LETHBRIDGE, Alta. Oct. 14.â€"â€" A. B@thanan, who recently, announ(f his candidature as an Independ Lihnrfipwns yeaterday endorsed . | the TÂ¥Rerat convention of the tednd vonstituency of Lethbrldge. : FARMERâ€"LABOR SPLIT EDMONTON, Oct. 14‘â€"The Farmé have refused to link up with the Lab Party~In the three Edmonton sea! and it is now openly declared that t! Laborites will contest them on the own Licket. YouShould ,, Take Care x In pores, 255., 50c. Larsusst Sale_of any I Pills: to a matter of Good m