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PAGE 4. Published every Thursday morning at the office, Gagafraxa Street, Durham, Ontario, by Frank Irwm, Editor and Preprietor. The Chron- icle is mailed to any address 1n Canada at the rate of_ $2530 per Sr'ear, $1.00 f}; siiâ€"tmmâ€"onths', 50 cents‘ .for three months, 25 cents for one month. To any address in the United States of America, $2.50 per year, $1.25 for six months, 65 cents for three months. Foreign sub- scription rates on application. Member Canadian Weekly News- papers Association. DURHAM CHRONICLE Whosoever is afraid of submit- ting any question, civil or religious, to the test of free discussion, is more in love with his own opinion than with the truthâ€"WATSON. CHICAGO'S “WILD BIL ” C A subscriber from Seattle, Wash- ington State, has sent us a clipâ€" ping from a recent issue of The Forum. an American publiCation, which has something trite to say of William H. Thompson, Chicago’s Wild Bull of the Slum Districts, who has lately been making such an ass of himself in his soâ€"called war 1 against King‘George of England. l Even with the better element of l Chicago. and practically the whole 1 of the L'nited States press poking l fun at him. the Windy City's Blun- : derbuss is still at. it, and is no doubt more. strongly entrenching t himself in the favors of a certain ‘ element of the electors. The Forum . article is from the pen of Mrs. Kate 1 Sargent. who heads her article ' “Hypnotizing tilhicago.” It is worth reading. Here it is: "(Ian :1 city he hypnotized“? "it Hm lw «lone and Mayor l'Blg Hill 'lflmn‘insnn (lift it when he got himself elected. "It was quite a simple demonstra- tion of post-hypnotic suggestion that Chicago gave at the polls last spring. The mayonalty election had all the earâ€"marks of a national ev- ent. Big Bill. the. master hypnotist, saw to that. He ventured upon only one local issne. the 'Wic‘le Open” city. matters: Opposition to the world court and a warning to King George to keep out of Chicago. It was swashbuckling in the grand style. and the fact that these questions had nothing to do with the mayor-l alty gave no trouble whatever. tjlhicagl‘l rose to him. Under the fascination of his peculiar genius it fell into a hypnotic sleep; sang when he tohl it to si g. groaned when he told it to groan. waved when he shmlted ‘America First!’ and became obediently inflamed over the predatory designs of King George upon Chicago. Making his passes. the hypnotist commanded: “'You will now forget the real needs of Chicago until after the election. You will not think of trac- tion 01' subways. Samuel Insull, campaign funds. graft at city hall, or anytl‘iing at all about my pre- vious administrations. If these things. are mentionml. you will not hear. You will hear in mind that King George wants to run your af- fairs and you will vote for Big Bill, and he will defy King George and protect, you.‘ DETROIT GOES “DRY” in the. same letter our reader from Seattle encloses a clipping from The Portland (Oregon) Journal of November 10. which, commenting on the election of John C. Lodge to the mayor-ally of Detroit. over former Mayor John \V. Smith, claims Lt’nlge‘s election is a victory for the "dry" forces in the fourth city of the l'nited States. “The. campaign of John C. Lodge for mayor was unique in the annals of American [HHlth‘dl history,” says the .lmirnal. which goes on to say: “Drafted into the candidacy, he made no speeches. gave no State- ments to the press. made no prom- ise to anyone and took no part in miles the campaign. directly or indirect- which t IV" The between Lodge, tight Lodge. an avowed by organized labor and the pig" operators. days ago. and said that it. was the only living war memorial in France. Every soldier who has seen it wonders why no one ever before thought’ of preserving a section of the front line. The project began a. year ago as a side-line to the Canadian memor- ial on Vimy Ridge, which will not he completed until 1931. The stone for this stupendous shrine comes from the ancient Roman quarries round the Bay of Spalato in Dal- matia. While waiting for supplies of this stone to arrive, it occurred to the Canadian engineers that it‘ might, be' interesting to try to locate the famous Grange Labyrinthâ€"«the of underground (passages he Canadians pushed out to within a few feet of the enemy‘s _ ‘ and lines. Smith tor the mayoralty. according to The Journal. was a fight between prohibitionist. and Smith. avowed “wet." supported the en "blind discovered choked up with brush- Concrete Sandbags Map references were taken, and trance to the tunnel was wood. The work of clearing the Thursday, December 1, STAN DAii‘D BAN K \IE‘ BANKING OF CANADA DURHAM BRANCHâ€"W. A. Johnson, Manager Sub-Branch ammo , ..,.,. x "'44 s- m Bring Your Maturing. Victory Bonds To Us OLDERS of Victory Bonds maturing on December the first, will find it profitable and convenient to convert them at this Bank. We are prepared to pay cash for such bonds of any denom- ination. and suggest that for the gake of safety. simplicity and con- venience you deposit your maturing bonds to your credit in a Standard Bank Savings Account. ' The resentment of drinkers at the high prices charged in Detroit, and the rebellion of the citizens in general against hand-it and gunman control of the streets by day and night, were also factors in the defeat of Smith. Big Bill Thompson of Chicago should read the handwriting on the wall, for Smith, of Detroit, was a follower of his in his attempt to iride into power on a “wet” and “open town’Z‘ticliet, ‘Mayor Thomp- Annnn «Pnnm {'hn UPUII LUVV I]. lenvu, -'--v~v '_ _ son may well take a l sson from the Detroit election. There are thou- sands of people who will not sup- port a prohibition platform, but' it does not necessarily follow that they favor brigandry, loose living or drunkenness. Despite the gun-play and lawlessness of_the Windy City during the past. two or three years, there are many decent people liv- ing inflhicago, and some da ' they mg WWW _, are going to rise in'their might and smite the man who at. the present moment is honored with the highest position in their gift, but who is not bringing much honor to the office. DISCOVERIES AT ed At Vimy Ridge the Only Por- tion Left Intact of All the Battle- fields on the Western Front.â€"H. V. Morton Tells of Conditions in Recent Special Correspondence in London (England) Daily Express. 1h JD 0110 Lu-Oavuv -_-_,U Everything is as it was in 1917, from scribbled names to unused bombs. The dug-outs are being‘ permanently preserved, and the place will become the most remark~ able relic of the war. Timusands of former soldiers are visiting the battlefields of France and Belgium in the hope of finding trenches, dug-outs, or the exact spot where they received their “blighties”. In the Ypres Salient they see no- thing but flourishing fields of corn, flax. oats and barley. There is not a trench left in Belgium except a few doubtful examples on liill 60. nA UV'UAJbtun E-_-___,VA In France the scars of war are more Visible. but. a strenuous pea~ santI-y has filled the shell holes and has rebuilt its farms 0n the front line. It is amazing how swiftly the plougl’i and the building con- tractor have wiped out all tva‘ces of war. lb I found today the only spot in France where a man can feel that he is back again in 1914-18; where he can stand at a sniper’s post and lit the rotted butt of a rusted rifle to hisshoulder as he peeps out be- tween the bushes towards the Ger- man trenches. The wire is still up in “No Man’s Land”, duck boards lie in the trenches. officers beds, rotting and collapsed, still lie in the chalk dugouts. n‘nm" unlu v--w--- Hundreds of names and many messages are written on the chalk in indelible pencil, as fresh as when they were written ten years ago. Mills bombs with the pins in them repose 0n ledges, cans of bully beef, tin hatsâ€"all the familiar (leb- ris of those sari tlaysâ€" are to be seen «as they were left in‘1918. l‘-___ -__~ This amazing snot is the famous Grange Tunnel, on Vimy Ridge. which has just been opened up by the Canadian Battlefield Memorial Commission. It is to be preserved for the benefit of posterity as a kind of textbook on trench warfare and is destined to become the most remarkable relio of the war. General Pershing visited it. three days ago. and said that, it was the only living war memorial in France. Every soldier who has seen it. wonders why no one ever before thought of preserving a section of the front line. _ It is the famousfi‘manquu nneL AAA”? The project began a year ago as a side-line to the Canadian memor- ial on Vimy Ridge, which will not he completed until 1931. The stone for this stupendous shrine comes from the ancient Roman quarries round the Bay of Spalato in Dal- matia. While waiting for supplies of this stone to arrive, it occurred to the Canadianengineers that it nnvhj, be interesting to try to locate [‘1 _,_ T AL--n:-\‘l| ‘1‘f‘ II‘IDIIl' ”V ---vâ€".-â€" ___ the famous Grange Labyrinthâ€"«the miles of unq'lerground passages which the Canadians pushed out to within a few feet Of the enemy’s S_niper’S' Post VIMY RIDGE tunnel has taken a year, and it IS not yet completed. So interesting were the discover- ies that the commission decided to rebuild the trenches, preserve the dugouts, and make the Grange Tunnel a permanent, sight. The trenches have been lined with con~ crete sandbags. The, concrete is ‘d‘l‘nn “‘l-I CI'BLU ballLluabO. LIAV v v--- poured in wet, so that, when the sandbavs rot the marks of the mesh will remain; the duck-Wards have been cast in concrete, all wood has hnm) taken out 01' the (lugupts, and _, -â€"â€"1‘n-mnn.l DOOR (3215b 111 UUllULUhL, uu "vvw __--, bnen taken out 01' the (lugo-uts, and the passages have been reinforced with concrete. and mMal. T110 Grange Tunnel has at least a cen- tury of life before it. I1__ \.\-- - ‘ . I was shown around the tunnol by Captam Ijnwm Simpson, Royal Danadlan Engineers. who IS 111 ---n c». charge of the work. On the wayi down is a notice: “These walls are sacred to the names 01' soldiers who inscribed them during their occupation in the war of 1914-1918.‘ Please omit. yours.” A Labyrinth We entered a dark tunnel and found ourselves in a labyrinth of passages, dug-outs and battallion heatilquarters cut‘ far below the ground level in the white chalk of Vimy Ridge. It. was as though we limit been switched back to April 11917â€"that time when the Canadian divisions advanced to the conquest. of Vimy Ridge; Nothing had chang~ ed. The smoke from the candles once set in niches to light the passages was still black on the chalk. The «lug-outs and the walls of the com- municating passages were covered with names carved in the chalk or written in pencil and as legible as when they were inscribed during the great battle of Arra's. The maple leaf of Canada was carved with an original variety in a hun- dred difl‘erent places, and on the walls I read at random such in- scriptions as these: “ [‘1 A BRITISH J IBE after another.” ,London, Eng. vear, and it is at!) I cannot describe the feelingsl with which a man in these days ap- proaches the inscriptions written below the earth of the Arras sec- tor. In their cheery naivety we who have survived and can look back 0111917 with the calm un- concern of historians, seem to touch hands once more with these. Canadian boys who. ten years ago. crouehml in these chalk dugâ€"outs. still "alive and kicking”. still “11n- toucln-(l by whiszangs" joking. ilaughing. waiting. quite uncon- iscious that they were carving not. only their names but also history. Headquarters \Ve walked for about half a mile. going deeper into Grange subway. until he came to battalion head~ iquarters. On the wall of a dark, (lamp chalk chamber, which hail been used as an oll‘icers’ mess durâ€" ing the Canal‘lian ailyance on Vimy, NOBLE’S GARAGE SERVICE High-test Gas Ethyl Gas ? were carved the folloWing “Major Mcaéhéy, Majo'r Collins, Lientenant . Abbott, H Lieutenant Will.” “-0., c In a‘ little carved shield were the words, “Dick Swift.” We stood there, lighting matches in the dark, wondering what had happened to these men, wonder- ing whether they still live some- where at home in Canada, or whether they fell on Vimy Ridge. No matter whether they are alive or dead their personalities live he- heath the soil of France so vividly that one expects to meet them round the next corner. ‘ â€"â€",i.l- 1Uu11u Uh-v â€"-v-â€"_ _ While we were going on towards Mine Shaft, which the Canadians drove beneath the enemy lines, my foot kicked a__sm_all object. It was -vv vvvvvv va' tin offi bully hoof! "It had been opened, but it had not, been eaten, and it was ten years old! 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