The Clinton New Era, 1916-01-20, Page 1Established 1865, Vol. 50. No
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Pte, Wm, Mannings of Winnipeg
'. Says Sig Change in Attitude •
of the Huns,
The following ,etter appeared in
the Winnipeg /Free Press recently
apd was written by Pte Will 'Man
tit,g, at nephew of lklrs, C. J.
ellftd.11eton, Fluror Road t-
"I reality believe.the ea envy is bee
'coining diseouraged. Their tactics
'tire' remarkably changed in the
:last four montlhs. They seemed
More timid, do less firing and snip
ing, and are completely, outclassed
in artillery duels',
So runs a paragraph in rine of a
series of informative letters 'writ
tet; byh'te. Win Manning, a broth
ler of Mrs. B, R Holyer, o( 304 John
son avenue, .Elmwood from the
front Pte. Manning is a graduate
of Queen's University, Kingston,
-i,ud lief ore. writing his last examin
ation he went to the Peace River
country, where ho taught school
fora time. He enlisted in the 43rd
'but was 'transferred to'the 16th
battalion.
'The following\ excerpts from a
•number of his letters are enlight
cming with regard 'to trench life.
One of them contains a description
of an attack by the 7th :Canadian ,
battery-
"The
attery"The last place iwe'n'ere in we
)tad an exceptionally ,fine dugout
warm and watertight. It bad afire
place in one end and we kept h.
roaring fire going all the time. We
can usually manage to get tots of
firewood 6y raiding the flarm
)louses that have been wrecked ay
•shell fire, and sometimes we are
lucky enough to get hold of a hag
"of coal from lith cook kitchen.
"This part of the line, has been
Pretty quiet lately. We get shell
ed pretty regularity every day, but
nobody seems to get hurt A lot
of German shells do not explde, in
'fart, lately only 'about 50 per cent
have eeploded.
"An aeroplane came down in our
lines a few days ago. The cheery-
er was killed but the pilot escaped
almost ttninujre6. lie teas• only
about is and spoke goof Englisi.
Everyone was out for souvenirs,
and acouplc afthe boy; got hit,
I am Sending you a piece of ' the
wing in a .separate envelope.
Another, Letter
"We are out again for a few day'
for which, we are Duly thankful us
it has tamed ever since. we carne
out. We have been, very fortunate
as regards the weather.
"A m glad ..you got my letter writ
ten by the moonlight in the trench
, I.,, That was the hottest corner we
have been in, us the lines were
only 20 or 30 yards apart and there
there was la rexchange of
hnml•s. We came Oft -well, only 2
or•3 wounded and none killed. The
Germans (were not so fortunate
The battalion that relieved us lost
'two platoons blown up by a mine
two days ,after we left.
"One of our boys was asleep in
a dugout when a bomb Ict on top
and exploded. The sentry rusheo
up to know if he weee hurt, and
found him peacefully (cleaning
though the woof was in ruins, Got
ting up and collecting his belong-
ings, hecrawle'd into another dug.-
Out
ug-Out and in fife minutes was peace-
fully snoring.
"After We left those trenches •we
were billeted ir, a barn about a
mile from, the firing line. A few
days after we left there the Ger-
mans shelled it and there' were 19
casualties. 'You see we are lucky
'We 'fere heavily `.bombarded
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Phone 40
Major Sale, Goderich
Killed in Action:
boder tt h,3 tn. 10 Mfrs. Charlie. If.
Sale r r eeiiieli:wni rl ' lilt •ifternn. in that
her. husband, i1Lt; ii' 'Charles'Iii, Selo
commending "B" Canr p.an v. of this 10th
Battalion. hid been tvt•nnrl"d in the
I ea and die'i in" t he ambulance on the
w. v. to the base hospital. Maj `rr Sale
had justhems heck to the trenches
about three we, ks from previous in
fee. He was 38 yeriie of agt'.
Ma,l rr ti ite was Mira in Lender
Township, a son of the lisle Edward
Sale, He attended for, London Coils
giate Institute f,n•a cu 'plc of years
and later stoihed deo Li try, Ice tine
in Gorier ich to pr retfate his profession.
He is suaviv,-d by his widow. who was
;a
miss C unman anti two children, e
ha. of sea•en and w';wt of four.
ratrietic Subscribers
STOPI LOOK! LiSTEN!
Now that money ie recoiled for re-
rrnurny pup'c", ,ilii. Pat -mimic
Seviery finds itself tilmeat. entirely
'leper Sent o•, its w'etkly and nrnntiriy
u'ent rem tiara, As every little counts
,will those who have a•or vet-cornicene•
ennui` etc and those who have
tot r•r hehintl in iheir contrihu'ions
m.h. ;an ' il'u• r to helu along the gond
week this Society is duicg. Envelopes
rem be had from Airs, li.ivey rn' Mrs.
Brydone. We would also like all sub
Aerinrra se pot leeir names nn their
enve opes'rm. ane next month as there
sr•e some burr[ hers without us.uies and
ve wuu4) ti4e to nave out. list in
perfect order,
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otrlotic Notes
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cissas sizes souse•eoveueoceeee•
In the Council Chamber Friday
afternoon the women of the Pat-
riotic society hope to have work,
for many willing hand;, Several
machines are to be in use, and it
is hoped that the members will be
ready for work on Friday at two
o'clock.
At the meeting ou Friday, Jan.
14, Mrs. Allin told of the gather-
ing she attendee( in London, and
of the pleasure it ' gave her to
hear of the Red Cross worts as It
was told by Mrs, Plumtre and Col.
Noel Marshall. Mrs. Plumtre urg-
ed the workers preeeut not to
slacken in their noble and praise-
worthy work, Col. Marshall al the
close of his talk answered many
olaeetione. among 'them were -"Ate
socks ever sold to the soldiers•by
the Red Cross?" -Answer, "Never.
nothing is ever sold by the Red
Cross. "Could we get the leg's oi•
the socks back and refoot them?"
Answer, "No, but the ones that are
fit for refooting are looked after,
and the women of Belgium and
France 'do this kindly for the Re i
Cross. (,
The Treasure,; of the W. P. S. is
pleased to .announce the the Bel-
gian Fund reached the amount de-
sired -one hundred dollars -and
the Society extend their grateful
thanks to all contributors. ,
Statement of moneys received
for the Belgian Fund. -
Jan. 7th. 'proceeds from execu
tive' tea .. . $33.43
Jan 14th, Rev. Mr, N0wcom.be 5.00
Mr. and Mrs. Robb ...... 2.00
Mr. H. Beacom 1,00
Mrs. Geo, ,Crooks .. ., 1.06
Ontario St. Church 50.00
(,Total of smaller donations 3.57
11 $101.00
British Artillery the Best
The following tetter was receiv-
ed by Tile. W. R. Counter Dial
'week from Pte. E. Huller, who is.
somewhere in France. •
Dear Friend, -I am going to.drop
you a few lines today 'thanking
n
g
you for the tobacco you isent. We
got it: on the 24th ;tad suttee ate
enjoying a good smoke, tis it is
so much different from the F:en
r ch
stuff weg,tl over e here, and it was
r
good of yen to think of us in that
way.:, Well I guess' the ooys will
noon all he, ,ealiste'd' around Olin-,,
ton, wont) they? . I thin): old- Glir.=
tonis doing, Pretty well in . that
line. Well. everyt'hin'g' 0'00 going
fine out here so far. Things were
ri
pretty' quiet on our front Christ-
Inas day,' but outside., of that the
day was spent 'the same as usual:
We have a dot of hera'ay shell dire
nearly ;every ,day., {but •our` artillery
generally puts over fpurAle. one se
'Fritz dont+(start !anything', very
often It rains, there' pretty near
every a day ,and 'it. •hasf'rotr been
very cold yeti L!gnese it is quite
'like atnter in Cli.1 d
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el
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neuet close, We •;are alt fare rat yet.
Remember nate to'} ail wlui"pnt In
for thearcel.
r , r ): ,Yours Truly,
Or Macdonald heard
Is Fine Address
In Aid.of Reorui'tin„ 6f the 161st
Bath , the Prooeeds above
Expenses will be
$131.75
The Town '!fail was filled to its..
limit last Friday night by people
who grasped ;the rare oppor:unily
of bearing Dr. J. A. MacDonald,
p robably one of 'the three best
public speakers in Canada:
'Mayor Thompson occupied the
chair and with him on the platform
were the local senior officer's of
the 161st. After) a solo had been
pleasingly given by 'Mrs. Turner of
Regina, Dr. Thompson introduced
the speaker of the evening.
In beginning'Dr. MacDonald stat
ed that he had been advertised to
give here the speech' he made in
St. Marys 'the previous night, and
he had been advertised to give in
St. Marys, the tifpeech he was to
give here However he would keep.
faith with the local newspap-
ers. and somewhere in the course of
the vening 'woul'd touch on "Can-
ada 'among 'the ' Nations." Titles
were Dike texts, could be made,
to fit any sermon, but the, ad,
dress this 'evening might be. en-
titled North An'erida's Interna-
tional Experiment,
North America consists of three
parts -the United ;States, Mexico
and Canada, 'He spoke first of
of the great republic which occu-
pies the central part, the United
Stades with its great free people,
its (Declaration of Independence
and its Liberty Bell. But he claim
ed that. that Liberty Bell struck
a note that. bed been •soundecllong
before 1776. It Was the voice of
the Anglo-Saxon democracy, . It
was heard at Runnymede. it spoke
`from the lips of Pym and Hampden
long before Washington's time, it
set free three million slaves --and
only recently it took away the
veto power pi the House of Lords,
"It proclaims 'that any people that
are fit to be free, must be given
Freedom's iunfettered Chance."
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Movements f the 'hist Battalion Whit fug Sere -Nu oo . .
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Count Recrulthi tiotee--Ac )vibes h the Buren •
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Battalion
Y
ectioso eoeaye•seeseoee'sestie
Ile a MANi and enlist.
--ate--
We would like to see you in a
ttulifof'm, •
- sir --
Shall ye share in the day of tri-
umph, the peace that dtawns afar?
Get busy 'boys. There's a hard
w.nter coaling. A do:lat-ten a d. y
looks pretty good. All clothes'
tour d.
Enlist now and tour Europe.
Don't get the idea that the farm
will not ne work.d without you.
Let those who are unable to pass
the medical examination do your
work,
-015--
The man who says he, , would
rather be a living cowed than a
dead hero leaves no doubt in the,
public's mind to which class he
belongs.
--e•--
Daddy, what di d you do in the
•grea't war?
Ukt. .1, A, iMACDON.a,D.
The men who struck that role
were the' men whose sons ,'Le'd.
sons' sonst are to -dig standing for
liberty in the trenches on the
battle fronts of Europe.
Then be showed that a liber'y
bell does not necessarily mean
liberty. Mexico, too, has its Pb -
arty bell and its declaration tof
independence, but a, brief study
of conditions shows 'that there is
no liberty there.
The third great nation in t the
trinity is Canada. She has no d.-
claration of 'indspenden'le, no
liberty bell, bet she has grown, up !,
from colonial 'dependence to self-
government notby revolution,'l,ut
Jay evolution.' This:"devee meet
•'
:,h;1p
''1)r MaCtlonaid' ndbrsia,` to Catn-''
ado a contribution to the higher
i
Politics of the world, Washing-
ton
-
ton and his colleagues were never
truer to , their 73rtitish trad tions
Olen when ith,ebr demander the
right to govern .thefnselves. They
saw 'no way. • but by sepai'etion'
from the' mother country. Can-
ada was absolutely the first col-
ony in any empire. to attain self-
government except by separation
from the mother country. , Many
statesmen said, 'it win's impossible,.
but the answer may be found hi
the gnagter t:onil1'oii, :('to, . lie
• followed buy ;another ' quarter
mrliion,^:of our. braveet ,and best,
now fighting ti the Empire s , at le
igh ngtr E pie b t e.
'When Canada stood for raeift
government and won, it ";wrthont'
losing her place id he u mlpi a she
„Y„ .;Cor tv ued ori P igti„
--Se--
Ever'hody shirks but father,
But the(•r bels used to war;
He scraps all day with mother,
Though goodness knows what
for
And now, at this here; writing,
He'll do thq best he can;
'For if anyone's used to alighting,
It's our old man.
--ee--
The young Canadian manhood is
not responding to- 'the call as it
should.•
Burns;
"Wha will be a traitor knave?
Why will be a traitor grave?
Wha so • base as be a slave?
Let him turn and flee,"
Dot ;you wish Canadian women
and children to be treated as the
Belgians were ?
Do you kno,tvl what happened to
the women and childae:r of leel-
glum and what the Germans are
inflicting on those of Serbia?
--eW--
It is your duty to yourself as a.
true C'anadia'n, your duty to your
home and family, to enlist.
..--d•--
Remember, the Germans would's..
'destroy the Canadian homes as'
roitlil'ess{Ly as they have, destroy-
ed Belgian homes.
--ea--
We must, fight the foe or be hie
slaves, ,
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Burins; "Let us 'do or dee,"
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eeess9efeeseseeeemsesro,see
the 101st.'Huron {Battalion, the
heladquarters of t which are in
Clinton. Sergt. Grant hvas lin
Stratford Saturdlay looking f;or
men for, (the band, which will com-
prise some seventeen pieces, and
will be pleased tel . receive) any
eorrespoisdence from those willing
to, join. He reported for )duty;,
in Clinton on' Monday his family
continuing to fireside in' Strat-
ford,
- -We--
The war's duration depends on
the Allies' man -power.
At no time i- n' ' the history of
our nation has it been faced with
a crisis of such gravity as the
one which now exists.
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Mexican bandits robbed and kill-
ed at least 15 Americans. Emery -
body's doing it now.
Make baster and fill up the gaps
in the 161st. This is as much;
YOUR war as any one else.
--ee--
'Honestly, boys, when you isete
the 161st marching along, )don't
you feel sorry you're not in line
also? r
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SEl,'GT. GRANT BANDMASTER
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OF 161ST.
Sergt, S. B. ,Grant, recently re-
turned from 'overseas service, has
been offgred and has {accepted
the position' of bandmaster with
JUDGE BARRON, o" S.antford,
r;ho speaks Sunday even'ng et
a Rem tilting meeting at Sit.
Paul's church,
--Se--
WENT TO SE A.FOl'tTli
The Senior Officers and the 161st
!land attended a. Recruiting meeting
at Seaforth un 'Wednesday night of
thin week. ,Tung,' Barren, bf Strat
fold was the speaker.
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12 ON SICK LLelvIt.
There ar'e 13 colliers of the. Clinton
Company tinder the Doctor's care at
present,
UP NORTH
Lt. Col. Cmniie is up at W'e'oxeter
and other Northern polite toady,
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Following are Lite new re,xutts this
w eek: -
(;LIN 7'ON.
Gait, Haller
Normae &Biles
ktuss ebu•dster
N. G. McDougall,
GOPERICH.
It Al Sperling
(sl„zier
0 R Robeets
P A Lash brook
W C duazel
I. Weiss
F H Doty
WIN-GUA'M.
F L Oartuth
L B Drummond
F Johnson
b'. C, Orchard
J it Holmes
T Pieter
SFAI"OR't`H
C F Neeley
C A Hodges
EXETER,
W G Stewart
B M Williams
HENSALL
F A. Davidson
-(4 Washington
,BL Y'T'H.
W S Rath
R F \Nod
J F iirons
F Orawforsi
War Auxiliary formed in Huron County
Heron County decided to form a
war auxiliigry at a well represented
ung.uu +
iof citt'zens of all classes and
�
rum almost ell themunicipalities
of the county. which wits
held in r the t onsell • Cham
iliierhergtTegedky aftatridun with „pr.
'Holmes cif Giidei ice in the ttli'iair and
Lieut. A J Grigg nttr
g btcrrtar
.
Grat Winde.ver of Tot to to gave
a
lucid address andtold of this stu cess dl
the euxiliar ies in his district and the `
meeting wee' unanimous deciding to
form what will he known aA the 'Itiur:
on County War Auxiliary. ._ e
The aim is to have every men, wom
an and child in the county either a
member of this auxiliary or an enlist
i ed man, `Ibis' auxiliary will have
Idea to tea with the sssietaoce
to be given the bettaliaris to be fouled
in Huron and will be to medium
(through which the tenet careful con
sideration is to be given to the needs
of the boys from Huron as W(311 ',110 .all
aunty interests. Capt Windsyer
is, ye this organization was not only �
tar the time of the war, bot for mriny
years rafter the tear, iri order to deal
with matters that need corisrderetitn .
;a
.Lists re to -hs to elated shuwiu;, The
standing of eyery lit and ri'iwit of tnili
Cary age, and the local adnxlliar,•-,ti
,r'aoh municipality will assist in se my
Mg recr,tite as •fast its possible. ....The
s,,eaaker referred to the.;itot that up to
the present the women had been doing
most of the patriotic work and
thought th time had come when the
men must do their bit . in whichever
ichever
way they can, even though as in
many eases, it means a saerifiice of
btI rpt : a interest. Rut the call' is ur
gent'•ths orishhls'hereskirlitis'time of
sacrifice on h
'art of all,
the n
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SOME Ub 1 HL,SPk7AhT,R•
Among those wbo''spoke d,unieg the
afternoon were:-Nlr, Reid, 'Sea forth;
G. 1hI,.Elliott, Goderich•, L, Kennedy,
Wareham; Rev. Mr, Smith, Beneath
3'. Raneford, Teckersoritht Mr. Hill,
Hallett; Thee, Nlcditlan, Hallett; Mr,
McKinley, Stituley;Mae 'Dorranee, Me
Kiliop; and Mr. Archibald, Tucker
smith.
OFFICERS CHOSEN
At the conclusion of bis address a
hearty voleof thanks was tendered to
Capra. Wmdeyer. The following ad
cera were:XH.onary president, Dr. W.
3. lil. Elotines,, of Goderich; ,president,
W. Brydone, of Clinton; viee-president
Rev.. J.' .Fotheringham, of Gliederich;
Peter Scott of: .T )grave;, J; Reid• of
Sbeforth. 11ev.; diel. Smith, ' df Bets
sell; secrettary treasurer, , D. L. Mac
Phet'son of Olint
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rich, 0. A, Itpita, F. 1Z. Hodge s; Olin.
ton; ti D MeTsggert),A. peper;
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