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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1915-03-18, Page 4e Voice from Lorraine 1 me as one of the bullying race ng from the Baltic coast, fed to my right to rule with his Prussian host my Icing and my Fatherland," ow how I trace my line, y the worth of my square of earth never was hang of mine." word that my needs are heard, Icing goes forth to fight, wiles of the British Isles, hreaten my sacred right. shod with a prayer to God, eans on his finenewsteel, ve inch lips of his fighting ships de in the roads of Keil. my fields and my vineyards bloom Y God looks` on and smiles o lance from the men of France wrath of the British Isles. a realm that shall hold the earth, y fields shall have their place; ghs them well with his three inch shell, ids them renew his race, itn this, which he does not know:— ever a Teuton shell y field till tis made to yield ace which I hate so well. on heel, or his tons of steel, seige guns dregged in line, blood in his hellish flood, .ce him a King of mine. —New York Herald ***'kak .urctisu cerees ru aoucu Au'1eu, au- companied by detachments of the Naval Brigade, The White Star boats generally take twenty-one days to make the voyage, and,the mail boats. seventeen days. The Mauretania, however, only took ten days eight hours. e h Politics *tkak** 'e Minister no 14, and upon to G- E the nation r the world tive of Ai - a thorough. o enjoys a headed bust - of elegant lothes, .who the working dependent of r of Deputies, managed to e has antago-_ t contrived to al friendships iI his present Poincare after s, Ribot and to form Cabl- d declined to bilging person Tnip Bulbs For Food. They are grinding tulip bulbs in Holland to eke out the flour supply for the bread of the war -pressed hun- gry. All the cunning of the garden- er, all the chemistry of the soil scion tilt, all the artistic glow of the, blender' of gorgeous flower Colors, aro —along with all else which makes tor sweetness and light—a sacrifice to war. Wofflais ' odd Charming Wife of the New Ambassador to France. cy Thursday, March 18th, 1 O.NO.O.O.OaO.0i0�0!,O.000.OYO.O.D.00o�0� os'O .o Do 000a000000e0000v00009a00000 so r. I `Al[ CNC ACAS it TAKEN FROM Soldiers Who Fight With � a Fine Disregard of Shot and Shell. SIOUoioio.arosoio:128St ttil hist cwt )' EEDS of dauntless crurage, tragic episodes and remark- able incidents are found in the human interest stories from the fields of battle of the warring nations of Europe. Some of the beet, 01 these stories are told here, Particulars have been received at Petrograd of the - heroic '-action of Lieutenant Smirnoff in an engage- ment at Mazur lakes. At the end of it, his battery was flanked on the right by German in- fantry and on the left by machine guns. Behind him was a lake, cut- ting off retreat. Determined not to surrender, Lieutenant Smirnoff gal - VIVIANI. se a. friend a turned to him ave himself in Vivian' went 'tions here and getting a Cabi- erybody said it nd obtaining a it two days lat- r Deputies when uld he impos- nd Vivlanl was ship France in !dent Poincare, pay a visit of , whom France at whose behest war witb Cler- hut a few bournis s "strong but there was us s s ons sr Ivan Goremy- 1 understanding sin is a man of Vivian' is fifty-' •ong will and re- . dominate .his determine Rua, at Vivian' i tirnt n France. Cie- a Minister, made non, creating the ponse to the de sta. Viviaai had tmpion for many king the right of rtrike fox higher re. I 1 Labor for four ugh thestrike of oyes, who on t 4,000,000' let- egrams undelty- ke of the`electri- 1 to plunge the 1 darkness, and ilway employes, ill the transpor. tdical Socialism softened since ous achievement in the Socialist :al program. It d support of the t year in the. i practically by assia,;providing silitary service, opposed by the arty. Record. la of this war. Voyage of the artillery for the Photo by Clinedinst. M2%8, WrnnlAai o. SHARP 6,s wife of the American re resent• ative in France airs. Myron - . Tier rick,endeared herself to the 'French by her kindness to the wount ed and the needy. Her'busband has b en suc- ceeded as ambassador by Mrs Wine Graves Sharp of Olio, whose vife, so far as the Parisians are mace neo, is an unknown quantity. However, Mrs. Sharp is well known in Washington, where her husband spent a number of years as a .member of congress. She is a charming and cultured woman, a member of ninny of the leading women's clubs in her home town of Elyria, 0., progressive in her ideas and with a decided inter- est in art and sy.ieuce. Mrs. Sharp eves before her nrriagr Miss Halite Clgngb. She is escend• ed from a brat@' - of rathan ale and is a member of ai aughtet of the American RevolAsan artist she won praise bell O[ married. Her tamily has en ber time to the exclusion of art hen. She is the mother of five c , all of'rthem of the settoot age. as put these into good schools to continue their studies while she is abroad. Her eldest (laugh. ter, who is in Oberlin college, has tai- ent as a musician. .• THE VERY WORST. Clara Saw a Re I Crisis Coming In Love's Y ung Dream. Clara (with e) Lotion) -•George, are you sure you wit always and always love me? George (fervently) --While life lasts, my own. Clara isuPPressing a tear) -:George. If terrible trials and tribulations should come— George (amazed)-1iiy heart is yours atone, my love, and always will be. Clara (sobbing) -George, are yon sure, perfectly re, that nothing— nothing at alt—e !d cool your affec- tion? ai', George (now sgl• ,Dusty alarmed) -My gracious!, ,What happened? Has your father f 'i aid Clara shyster. ) — Worse, oh, far worsei (r g George nuc!d e vedY— Tell me all, my angel. I rt ar it. Clara (with, a heroic effort)—George. Ive—I've got a—a boll coming m- ing on my nose.—London Tit -Bits. Might Across Germany. From the top of the Eiffel t wer, Paris can speak to Warsaw by means of wireless telegraph. And the I3er- tiaan waves travel clean across. Ger- LEADING A SUSPECT THOUGiH CAMP. loped full speed with his battery into the lake, in which every man and beast was drowned. Smirnoff's father, learning of his son's action, expressed joy at his choice of death before surrender. During as assault on the fortress of Ossowltz a German column got in- to a bog, The Russians shelled the bog and the single road. crossing it. The Germans In trying to extricate themselves sank deeper and deeper into the mire, and hundreds were killed or wounded. Of the whole column there were only about forty survivors. HAD TO CALL GUNNER OFF. • An incident of the courage of the British Royal Field Artillery Is re- lated by a soldier of the Twentieth Hussars. A half battery in rather exposed position was galling the Germans by the accuracy of its aim. Finally the Germans concentrated several of their batteries on it. The result could DIGGING ZIG-ZAG TRENCHES. only be one thing, as it was a David against a half dozen Goliathe, Fin- ally all th guns were silenced but one. The en who had been man- ning thea were lying dead 'and wounded around the ground, One man was left. He went about his work with a doggedness that be- ep.oke determinationto sttek there to the end. And the end would have come soon, as the Germans, who, had stopped tiring for a minute, were about to recommence to silence the lone gun. But an officer interfered, calling the lone gunner away. And he went away regretfully, HAS NINI;CY S1;VDN WOUNDS. A French, surgeon -major now in a a ittStooi000 000to►ooa ntitttittt0obi 4!voo.oww.a.o.o.o.000w000000,00a�oo Modish Mourning Hat. ERO o There's mush chic about the mourn. OC FIER0181 oo ing hat here pictured. The shape' is attractive and along the tines featured io RECONUS Uf WAR Graphic Side Lights on the 23 Great Armed Conflict of Ei the Nations.D.' ' 0. +trisosos osmsooasasasosoossunosandi Paris hospital has ninety-seven of- ficially counted wounds. He tells this story: "After a hard day's fighting on. Aug, 30 I bandaged my last case and was remounting my horse when I heard a sound like thunder, and a shell burat over my bead, The horse was killed, and I was thrown vio- lently to the ground. An orderly carried me a toile and a quarter, when he, found a stretcher, on whleh he carried me three miles farther. "No essential organ was touched. I lost an ear and the sense of hear- ing; the right side of my head was scarred;' my left arm was ripped to the bone; my back was riddled like a colander; my loins were torn and my legs tattooed in highly inartistic designs, but I still live." HISS FLAG, BUSH TO DII7. The London' News prints the fol- lowing dispatch from Petrograd: "It was necessary to take Oriau (in .Austrian Silesian at all costs," said a wounded Russian colonel. "1 was in the centre vanguard, advanc- ing under a hail of shrapnel; whole lines crumpled like corn before a hailstorm; still we advanced... Of my regiment few remained; the officers were nearly all killed or wounded, and the colors passed from hand to hand. Soon they were near me. The next moment I snatched them from a falling soldier. "Soldiers near me kissed the blood stained and tattered colors and then rushed forward with their faces set to die for their country. FRENCH ''HUSSAR AT FOURTEEN. Paris Excelsior prints a photo- graph of France's youngest soldier. Albert Scbuffrenkes, aged fourteen, attached to the Third Hussars, but for the present taking a course of training at the French cavalry school after playing a man's part in the fighting around Muelhausen. The son of a forester near BeIfort, he first acted as guide for French troops through the forests. Then he attached himself to the artillery, who gave him their smallest uniform and made him a regimental pet. When' the force was reorganized Albert managed to Join the Forty -Second infantry, doing odd jobs for the soI- diers, but he did not think this branch of the service 'suifiolentiy ac - 11 NAP IN TWI .REN a� Live. One olds neo emacs Prue% aimed. told an interviewer. • ++ He won the favor of the color ser- geant of the Third Hussars. at Noatl- les, who allowed him to take a -place in the ranks on a horse whose rider had been killed. He went through the battle of the Marne unhurt, cap- turing four Prussian horses and kill- ing the uhlan 'who was leading them. .As soon as his training is completed he will rejoin bis regiment. "ANYWHERE, BUT MUST FIGHT!" A British sergeant of the Third Dragoon GRtards at the British con- sulate was tailing out the names of reservists who were applying for enlistment. "Any one else to enlist?" he. shout- ed. "Here!" said e. voice in the corner, and a sbort man stepped forward. "What's' your name?" said the ser- geant, "Heinrich Heine," came the prompt reply. The sergeant's monocle dropped suddenly. 'And you want to fight the Germans?" he said, with sur-' prise. Sure an thin good ego g's enough for 8 me. I was born is Canada of Ger.' man parentage, but both my rather and mother are dead, so I won't be fighting against them. I don't care who I fight with as long as I fight," GIVE THEM "BII+F, ROT!" hesinES Private Barman of the King's .Royal Rifles; wounded at Mona, gtvea a. graphic description of his expert- ences, • one of which was to see a fight between aeroplanes, "We did hot like the order to re- tire at 11 ions. We kaw we were doing better than the Germans and inflicting heavy lasses on them. "The officers knew we were die appointed because on tiro fifth day of retiring—we had three days at Mons before we began to retreat our commanding officer came round and spoke to us saying: "'Stick it, boys; stick it! To -mor- row we shall go the other way and advance. Biff, hill!' "The way he said Tiff, hitt!' de- lighted he the men and after that you could. frequently 'hear the houting ^Blit, bili !' " men • God ericis 'Por selling milk without a license Bissett Bros. Salford . [fleighrts Dairy, were fined ' Dai J and COSI] by y+ 14Saei';t-ate i<;I'y Tuesday main Last year the Town "nun i p sect a by- l cw taxing -milk pec'.d'.ers cent a head, but d:d not enforce 11 until March 1. Bisset Bros. are the only ones refusing to take out the license, and as it result over 500 customers were without milk. Wednerd Iv. It is unrlcrstocd he';* •,', i11 slip the mint to Toronrtlo. } eras& =APE EAT. for spring. It is fashioned of crape and adorned with ornaments of jet. A short veli fails over the face. Regrets For Afternoon Tea, If unable to accept an invitation for afternoon tea your visiting card, mail- ed to arrive on the day of the tea, or sent by a messenger or some friend" who attends, is aii the regrets required for an afternoon tea. If the hostess happens to be a very dear friend who would be expecting you, you could send a personal note explaining why you could not be present, and you could tell ber how sorry you were to miss the tea. spring Imprints In the Blood A To.tie Medicine is a Necessity at This Season, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People are an all year round tonic Mood budder and nerve restorer, But i hey are especially valuable in the spring when the system is'loaded with 'mem hies as a result of the indoor rife of the hinter months. There is but one season when the blood is so conch in need of purifying and enrich ing end every dose of these P,lis helps t,, make new rich red blood. Iu the o wring the appetite is often poor—Dr. Williams' Pink Pills develop the appe tire lone the speech and aid weak di gestion. It is in the spring that pots ons in the blood find an outlet in the ,o,,ud. In the spring anaemia; rheu ulatism. neurlagia; indigestion, erysi pelas and many other trembles ate most persistent because of poor weak blood and it is at this time when all nature takes new life that the blood most seriously needs attention, Some people dose themselves with purgative +t this season but these only further weaken themselves. A purgative near ly gallops through the system empty ing the bowels but if does not care anything. On the other handDr. Wit nails .Mink Pills actually make new .food, which reaches every nerve and organ in the body, bringing new strength, new health and vigor to weak, easily tired men, women and children. Try Dr Williams' Pink Pills this spring—tney will not disappoint t , r m, mignagremnswim vim, :f) II i _ u 5I� I@ VUVIIi !I ItePropricial r(3teritleilkice.Act. AVes'ctable l'r-pmsl no ernes similatinS [hosed andieaula+ J'ir,9 iheSinmachsand liotreisof i',tst.1r117' Promotes DigesllNteeetful ;; mess and Rest,Coitlalits eeiltttr , Opiuni.Morpliine mol lliner,7) PTo'T NARCOTIC. • Ropkin.: Sled` iI ' ALnSrnnn+ Retheffekln- AeIeSerd+ Rpvennid- Difai t rale.eacrs Knzared- egad Pp.. elr�reenl/alrn Atperfact Remedy lorConstipa• lion, SourStomaeh,Diarrliocn, Worm ,Convulsions reverisie ness and LOSS Or Signe. reeSimile Si,nalsreal C/ece1/"l:iv. . itle.OePITAaa JMPA9y.. MO11TOi ill&NEW Wall( For Infants alit' Child es ,' Pothers Know That Genuine Castoria Always Bears the Signature of i. Use For Over Ity Years Exact Copy of Wrapper. aP eila'lzllii'iS el' ipenligi 'rt .., Dying Soldier Song. by A, CANTELON, Clinton, Ont. Match, 1915, When the cruel war is over firmly we will stand, For desolation and death has visited the land, And there's none for to mourn less be me and you Richly adorned in our khaki and hue. Old Teuton he warred on the the Bear the Lion turd the Lily, Came tailing clown the river Rhine In the good old summer time And marching towards the sea. But be didn't reckon with the hose, For their carnage was appalling nu the way to the coast. Out, soldiers fought bravely until the day was done, Crowned with success of glory, with the enemy on the ruts, But our conu'ades in thousands kissed the deist. 'tis true, .And there's none for to mourn less be me and you, Richly adorned in our khaki and hue. God bless our chaplains anis our Bed Cross curses too, For they fought the battles bravely, Administering comforts to the dying, brave and true, They tramped around the trenches iu slush, rain and hail, IHouored and adored like Florence Nightingale. There is none for to mourn less be me and you, Richly adorned in our kuaki and hue. Our Monarch, Lords and Nobles, they are mourning too, With nus Mother Queen and lady workers brave and time, Gorgously attired in their khaki and blue. Our sailors and soldiers hearty, hale and hue, Marching, homeward coming, too With their ranks badly thinned of their comrades brave and true Still singing the red, white and blue. There is none for to mourn less be me and you, Richly adorned in our shaki and hue. • Our orpphaus and widows they are all forlorn, Robbed of their loved ones, they had adored. We will aid and comfort, and take them by the hand, For misery and earthly is surely in the land, We'll filmy our Heavenly Father, He will shield them young and old, Leading through the Heavenly portals, And on thee streets of gold. For there's none for to mourn less be me and you, Richly adorned in our khaki and. blucl ry Yon ran get these ►tealth•reeoWlnb aiinor'nal Fire conditions sho rhino $ an medicine $ y dealer or old hot be., Flo'lttinn' by mail post paid at SO cents a box er policy could bele all six Loxes for $2,50 from The Dr. Will. y g y issued. lams, Medicine Co., Brockville, that, Moes attentionshouldct also be paid to the interior construction and heat. ing of residential buildings. During insisted upon before a fire insurance '+ n I014 no less than 150 dwellings were Canada s Fire losses destroyed through Biu, and of these a large proportion forcing of the heat ing equipment. During January, 1015, no less than (*tires were r defective heating apparatus, 1I by them defective wiring, and 10 from care'ess• lines. ness with matches. The ]Best Medicine For Little Ones Baby's U n Tablets are the best medicine in the world fur little ones They are absolutely safe and neva fail to regulate the stomach and bow- els, break up colds and simple fevers expel worms and make teething easy Concerning them Mrs, D, 9. Bean hardt Port Dalhousie Ont •, writes "I ab have been usingBaby's Own.Tablets for my bahy and would not be with out them." The Tablets are sold by all medicine dealers or by mail at 2.'i cents a box from The Dr, Williams' Medicine (bo, Brockville Ont, ' More Stringent.Building Laws And Closer Inspection Required OlooMmilmo During', 1014 Canada's total of fire losses showed a considerable relation over 1013; yet it was in excess of that. of 1012. From an analysis of the causes of flees far 1914 some encouragement may he obtained in the belief that progess being made in education along fire prevention lines. Carelessness has always been a: prolific cause of fire loss 'fires attributable oft to ana a reduction this dense from 183 in 1913 to 127 in 1914 is appreciation. Attention must still be, directed, however, to the 30 losses caused by cigarette smoking and cigar and cigarette stubs 'eareleselt' thrown away. One feature of the year's fire record which requires immediate attention is the large increase in the number of apsrtnient house fires, No doubt part of this increase may be attributed to the proportionate growth in the: num- ber of apartment blocks being erected, but there is a serious danger arising in our cities from the number of one• family, houses or old buildings which are being converted into apartment Mocks, withoutcorresponding protect ion from fire or of the lives of the in- mates from fire danger. Stringent building laws should be provided coy ering this transformation process, and through inspection should be insisted upon both during the progress of reconstruction and at least annually and the in- by both the municipality eurance companies interested. i is aid to the mat Ton little attention t p ter of building inspection,with the result that overheated pipes and heat ing apparatus is a common cause of fires. With propel' inspection this could not be, as legal power is given to prosecute for maintaining danger- ous fire conditions and all insurance' policies are based upon the safe eondit ion of heating and 'failing equipment, It is.a question whether fire insurance companies are not making it too easy fax applicants to obtain insurance, and whether, as to the ease of ifs insurance =companies, thorough', x,unitnution of the risk Involved and: f 11 r s �n1ving of any dangerous or Man befor Chase kiting ways sported as caused by lers ar is one to the deer' ing in Coterie, in the wheat prod Northwest n , and the r, a flour containing a large p age sof Manitoba wheat, As On- tario people will not east floe. made entirely from their owr wheat," said C. B. iWtts, Seere- tery of the Dominion QI'Iillera' Association, 150 of 33rd Men Apply for Transfer To 18th Battalion Last Wedneedty's Londe') Ativcr- tiser.-One hundred and fifty men of the 33rd Battalion and a large number form the C. M. R. have applied, up to last night for trans- fer to the 18th Battalion in the. `hope of getting into the firing line quicker than they would other. wise. There are not nearly this number of vacancies in the 18th, r s ietUt - ol. Wigle tviil bea oL ,i histo t take his pick of the men to' fill. any vacancies 'h a haf.% Thin will be 'done shortly. "Westill live room ,for about 150' good' men in the 33rd Battalion', said Lieut. Col, Wilson yesterday. "The ,work is going steadily, ar d the men are taking keen interest in the training, 'Captain Sloan, of the 33vd Huron Regiment, Blyth;, was taken on the strength of ,the 33rd Battalion. Arthur. IL 0 ainpbelll Prgsider, of the Ltimbernle&8 .Association said the members df tthat hcd Were unequit'OoallY optldsetl the advanee hie Vail -Ways wane. Lumber is a low-grade commodit . and should move at low rates, it moves in large quantities, he argued. Aarecently as April, 1910, the Board granted a • ver substantial. increase in thsedomes.. tic lumber rates. At the present time the industries which use "um- ber the most were suffering fen want of business, If the lumber freight rates were advanced the building 'trades, etc., would be further hamper,sd. J. E Walsh, 'tariff expert for the Canadian Matutac s Awe citation laid stress on the fact the 1t was not the desire of an - ufacturers to. appear ear unr ason ab' toil h railways, v towards the t ai ays, Bxclttsi a of the new Provincial tax on business men of one 1m111, the manufact- urers of Ontario this year carrying an added burden of taxation of over 83,000,000 of which :amount Workmen's !Compensation Act en- tailed an increased , taxation 'o over $2,500,000 and new customs duty on 'bituminous coal an extra $500,000.' The hearing was adjourned,; tri be resumed in 'Montreal at a .data to be fixed whieh will bo sometime this week,