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JUNE 31915
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Comments on Men and Things
From the Stratford Beacon we
tale the following written by T.
H:. Race form '17 Editor of the 1VIit
chell Recorder Which dcals pith
two lively subjeats that are ooW
before) the public. ri
I want to give tinlely warning to 1,
Stratford and Ito by all the good
people Of the city that :.‘Ire Pre g oinet
to send the next 24th of 'Ray on
to. them, I' dothis that they may
be prepared. I do not say what
for:, they will find thadl out when
the; storm strikes therm, \Tiro have
(many storms fr'o-in the'vestiwithin
my recol1ectio:r,` but nothing be-
fore. just like that ion .the - 241:1:
Storms from the west have gener-
ally, been 'Wet storms,' butt this
end 'on the 24th mm.i( have start-
ed very. dry, The soaking that it
get after reaching here left its
wrecks anumerous and deplorable,
testimony to its destructive nature
Nothing arouses to protectioln and
to safety( like a big storm anti the
sight of its 'victims. The 24th was
a great argument for the coming
Scott Act campaign, The voices
of all ithe temperance !ol dors
rolled into one could not .have done
DO nnich. Let Stratford .be prepar-
ed for we are going to send ' the
eeti't 24th with its drift of drys On
to it. The Classic City 'will reel
ceive formal notice to that effect
on 'the 24th of June next. It
will of eoers'e mean heaps Of busi-
acs's to the cite. But itis wel',
come to it all if it is satisfied to
mike the incidentals brawls batter
heads( and bloods r noses. Ard the
human. wrecks far past eventhese
next'e glorioui ht with allits. s(busthe
nessi and its glorious train of in-
cidentals we are going to pass on
to Strafford. That. was settled for
certianly by the iy s oim
the west here me Monday.
t'On .'f)da going down of the, Lusi-"
tania 'Ipredieted the going down
also Or 'going out of iLi;rd
Churchill. Some !wellsInformed
men here thought' I was htong way
out in my expecatti'oms. 1 listened
to Churchill on the platform )rnd in
the, 'House and my admi;ration of
hiJ brillancy was unbounded. 'Bat
Ire tvae,; a novice at military ant!
r -val. affairs and despite this great
ability just alit(de tool birch and
posed to'run things himself and ac-
cording' to his own way of think-
ing. One evening at a ,smoker
given by a military friend 'at
Wandsworth Common, London.
Eng., I liateeed'to a very ;talkative
Socialist discussing 'England's
chances with Germany in the event
of war. 'He disagreed] with eveiy-
body else, but his predictions were
'rtangely destined to turn nut true.
And most strange of all the picked
ouli among all the distinguished
list of naval commanders the very
pian wh'oswas yesterday hnnoar ced
as, the new Sea Lord,' Si Henry
Jackson. "That's the man,' he
"who tubo has irrtiative, 'and if he
cannot match the Germans we will
have to get some ingenious Yankee
or little Jap to do it," Though a
very clever and versatile (talker, no
'one stook our Socialistic friend ;ser-
iously. Of all the sea fords: includ-
ing Battenburg, .Tellieoe, Fisher and
others unheard only me before
,
e
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not 'one of them, e said, Ar h
sailors and fighters as they were,
could know what to do if ..'ruck
.Gelow the'belt, And he seemed
to have, a clear presentiment that
that was' the way !that • Germany
would strike.
first Graft of
Walpole Island P. Myers.
RIDGETOWN DISTRICT.
' Bothwell -E. Sutca:fe,
T'lorencn-G. ?fIcKnlv3".
London Conference Dtiltan_A i,IeKibb'nn.
ST. THOMAS DISTRICT.
No Changes at Clinton. l.st St. Thomas -M. 'Harvey.
Grace, St, Thomas -W, E. Willi-
son.
Si, Marys, June p. -The following is Brown , St.1Thomas-S. lla ii'', Toll,
g � Brownsville -T. W. Blatchford.
the first draft of the stationing cone. Corrinih-L, 0 McRoberts,
mittee's report for the London Metho-
dist Conference.
GODLRICH DISTRICT.
Seaforth-A. C. Tiffin.
Dungannon -J, A. McKelvey.
Nile -I. Hedlev
Walton -F W Haik,
Bayfield -J E Jones
WINGHAM 01iTRICT.
Lucknow-ei W Barker
Ethel -H. Williams,
Belgrave 13 Parnaby
EXETER DISTRICT.
Centralia -W A Fi'idlay
Henstrll-J 13 Knight
Sylvany-O P Wells
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LONDON ON
DISTRICT.
04404'0004.04, Askin St London -II S Dougall
7oloolne St. Landon
Ordered
Clothing
IReady.to-Wear
Clothing
Clothing
ielWed Raincoat
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A Raincoat is "Jack -of -all Trades." If it looks
cloudy, you slip into your Raincoat. If it turns cool—
well and good, and if it cl=.ars up—all right.
Your =coat is as
dressy as any light-
weight top coat you
could wear,
A perfectly balanced
Overcoat
Cravenetted to turn
water.
"QUALITY"
The Raincoat of to-
day is a much different
proposition from the
coat of a few years ago
Our Raincoats
are
made by a maker with
a reputation for making
the best of coats, -and
we 'guarantee them - to
do their duty.
$5, $7.510, $8,50
$10 to $20
Agents for the
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o - P L Barber
4 Hyatt -HD Mover
• Memorial -RS Garbutt. ••0..o•SI®•..fi••••oosseess•
•Hill St -J Kennedy
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® Birr-J L Foster •
Lamheth-S Anderson
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A St Marys• -C M. Marshall
Avon—W. H Taylor. .
Shedden -T. W. J,Kilpa.trick.
Rev. S. J. Alli.), Clinton, has been
appointed secretary 'of the station-
ing .committee to succeed P. E.
Malott, 'of St. Meryl.
The above draft is the' first made
Beford the corferenee ends two
drafts trill conic and in all probe-
lilit�+, rereral of those named 1n
the first hist as successors to other'
ministers in th, London co,.f;1' e
may no sand as now, 'However it
is no'; likely there will be another
draft; until. Thursday.
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• Pulierton-W Sterling
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Kintore -J - Johnston
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STRATHROY DISTRICT
Si Thomas -R W Knowles
Petrolia-HD Myers
SARNIA DISTRIU'T
St Clare -Jos Elford
Uolmachie-J R Peters
Wilkesport-W Brook
WINDSOR DISTRICT
Windsor, Howard ave -L White
Windsor, London St-RIi Hicks
Cottom-T 11 Fothergill
Woodslee-R J Currie
Mardstone-"W Bann
Tilbury -Jas Nell
CHATHAM DISTRICT,
Charing Cross -J, E 'Hunter.
Local News
tlICACIORIAROGAIWORAIRROGROCCOGVA
ISEP BUSY.
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Many
& Train lUod S
Wrecked Monday
Injured' When Train Goes '
Into Ditch.
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The Lit of Injured.
Pte; lames Crich, .ifi Clinton,
training in London in A Company.
33rclr Battalion, slight injuries.
James Miller, 304 Oxford street,
London, it on head and back.
Mrs, M. Potter, 732 Maitland
street„ slightly hurt in back and
ichaken; up.
Percy Wiggi.'rs, 'Hensall, shaken
an'"( bruised.
'Hear r Either, M. P. P :for South
Huron, possible fracttire,of rib, '
Tone Hughes, nail clerk, Wing -
ham, hip fractured. '
Tont Egan, Denfield, leg bruised.
Joseph H. Baker, Parkhill, -leg
hurt
Hairy Rapp, Stratford, traveller
for Peppier Bice."' Company, of
Hanover, ,scalp wounds, jaw and
collarb'onef and arm broken.
W. W. Revington Lucan hurt in
body; and s'hake'n up:
Miss Clara Schrekenberg. 453
Lonsdelcf' avenue, Detrtot, Mich.,
Slight injitries.
J. J. Tilley, Exeter, head bruised.
Miss' Esther Moore, Hensall shak-
eei up back hurt.
W. Jark Mallett, proprietor' of
Central Hotel, Hensall, internal in-
juries.
Miisri Bryan, of Stratford, shalt -
el( up.
W. H. Bender, proprietor Com"
me�icial 'hotel at I3ensall, gash in
head and leg,
M' FI ' E,Whit nb r
Mr.t to a er
g
general superintenden tof the mid-
dle division of the Grand' Trunk,
opened an investigation into the
wreck of the London, Huron and
train at Ilderton. Monday morning.
when sixteen people were injured:
He was accompanied- to London
frorn Toronto by W. Blakelocke,
I superintendent of maintenance Of
ways tor the company.
Mr; Whittenberger 'vent to the
scene of •the derailment early in
the afternoon, 'bath a yard' engine
and crew from the 1'oczl yards.
Trainmaster Durkin accompanied
him,
In his private car. at night Mr.
Whittenberger declared that as
yet nothing definite had been
learned regarding the cause Of the
accident, "Wel havens found but
anything yet and I don't believe
we will," hd Stated to a reporter
for The Advertiser.
The lineewas opened late Monday
evening(
Mr, 'Phos. Grealis, ,has secured
severalcontracts fo • ) i e
i painting. lI
has the home of 'Mrs, Powell, and
Miesf Mcllween and also Mr. Stan-
bury's house The painters are
busy -this year.
METEOROLOGICAL' REPORT
S'ORl MAY 1915.
The highest maximum tempera-
ture was 74° on the 12th. Tho 'ow-
esit maximum temperature was 20°
on the 27th, The highest range
was 29° on 13th and 31st Thelow-
est range 7' on 5th and 1.7th. The
meant( for the Month mere, niaxi-
mum 55,9' the minimum 39.03°
and the range 19.57° , The total
rainfall was 1,99 inches, Thunder
and '21st. 'cool
month, fr'os't on 15Th, 15th, ;0th'
Thrown (Prom Rails',
The train', duet nn, London at 10
a. 01., struck a broken rail 'near
Ilderton. Thd entire tram of five
cora was throw;t 11'nu the starck,
four of then' ditched in a ravine
at the side of the tract The front
baggage car was thrown across the
track, the engine at night angles
the 'the track, Three of the injur-
edf are Londoners.
'Harry y Rapp was the most seri-
ousiy' injured. He was riding in
the,smoker in the front passenger
nn g
coach, He was thrown with ter-
rific -re int a corner.
force a c i
whom
Passengers, about half at h
were; women, showed the greatest'
• s�t of mind when h.. coach-
escite l h t c c
es ground over the 'ties and left
track Most 'of the women refused
to leaf',/ the train without 'their
baggage.
Sisters Help Injured.
Two' Sisters of Ms'rcy on the
Mall 'of St. Joseph's Hospital, who
d 't'ai'l
v ' riding in the wrecked 1
were
,
gave first aid to many of the in-
jured, before doctors from London
and surrounding places were taken
to the 'wreck.
Most of the passengers were
the first two Coaches, 'which fole
lowed.,the two baggage cars: The
train ran along the ties bn the
right-lor-Sway, for nearly 'half a
block before the second baggage
car. finally toppled over tom ire
side in the ditch, The 'passenger
cars all remained ri t t 'd p
the kin
,George Frederick Err tct Albert.
King of Great Britain, and limper_ 1
or of the' British Empire, celcbra" e:a.
his 50th birthday today. The King
wad horn at Marlborough 'House,
London, and is the second son of
the late Ring Edward VII. He be-
came' heir apparent to the throne
on the depth of his brother', the
Duke of Clarence and Avondale,
who died of January 11, 1102. Tie
began, hiscareer as a cadet of the
royal(' navy on the training chip
Britannia, when t wclve yenrs o:
age. In 1577 he and his brother
g7 s: e u ,
although the pull 'el the .baggage
car in front wrenched them, from
the 'tract: into the (Bleb.
Jumped on Tracks.
Blenheim -D. N' thews. et 7th) 5th, 12th a 1 21 t, A c 1 Passenggers said' that the ear's,;
Dreedeille-H, cKiele tvs. first bushed and jumped as they
Dresden -G, McKinley, and 27th, Swallows returned 0,1
Rutherford -W, D. Pomeroy. 2nd, 'Humming birds, seen on 1ran over the ties, The jolts Hung
many, many, from their seats. When( the
started upon a two year's' cruise
rcundt be world lea Bac•cbantc,a0
experien''c• which the present
Ping renewed a quarter of'1 eon-
tury later in 1001 when as the Duke
of Cornwall' and York.he niacin' a
tour ,to the colot.ice and oversee
possessions of liriatin on board the
Ophir. 11 w is tiering this tour' he
visite i• Cutadi shortly after ,the
cies a -of the Baech,lnte crn=e he
wee gazetted midshipman to the
Coda,'on the Nei th Auxeti:_an sta-
tion; he was promoted to
ant in 1StO and in 1901 'was made
commander. God Save The King
Blyth toy Ordbied Sathrday
Saturday morning last witnessed
the most important ordination •ce r
. a
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salons that Sir Peter's Sen ).
London has sat had Six young
men were ' nt hunecd to the prig'
d thetone
six others 15 ]'CL ]t C
hood
u e
sauce and one minor orders. The
six priests ordained l y Bidhep' l l
on were Rev. J. L. Pell of Myth,
Rev, A, R. Costello and R. H i r -
man of London, Re'. J. R. Finn crit
Rev. W, J. Langlers of '0 ci' G a"d
Rev. F. McCarty of Kink ora They
celebrated° their fir. moss ,tn then
I ,
respective' parishes tun Sundae'
morning.
The FAX candidates who le c' . � ec.
tonsure were; Messrs. M, Briseo•n,
Stratford: I 'Ducharme01 Drystiale
IT 1. ieher I of London ; N. O'Con-
1 or of Sr Colu.nl.ian, J.Mcln yre,
0 Dcitche.' r and J, Gel a it of
Windear. Mt 1. CO,ristal, o Len-
doe.
'"o O tCIE
clo , received. aux t t
The ceremony- t mit nl ice at, t1111
e Cat'1 irtil
c cl lett' at b .f c ere
Rev. ! ,ther O'Connor, rector of
St Peers Seminary and Ilea,
,` er _llc e t tech 01 ith ca-
thedr .l a iP'i Iho) iu.ol:o, . 111:0
afetrwcuds prere'.lec:i.
There were a g'r'eet many from
Clinton and v'e , t y t',.'• . went
to Myth 'on Sunday to attend the
uVice at the Blyth R. C. Chantel,
Rev. 'Fr, Bell is a son of Mr, and
:Mrs, Bell, of Blyth.
Ontario People- Gives Hospital
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card left the track [they ,hesitated
■ on the brink of .the ditch, and
this slight pause gave(those 6n the
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coaches films. nq prepare them-
Frill B owl i u •
Association
ogee; for a sh'oclt, Had the cars
been thrown into': the ditch with -
W. Jackson is President for 1915
The annual meeting of the, 'Eaill
Bowling Association was held in
Stratford and the ctc being following 'repro -
'
present.
sntn i'••s deing
Stratford -A. McIihardy and A.
.IVaill.,
Mitchell -W. R. Cole, T. S. ,iFord
SUGAR!
One ear of P
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Sugar
100-1b. Sack for25
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for one week •
commencing May 31 -for CASH[
Buy now before it advances
and save money
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St. Marys -L. Harstone.
Clinton -F.
T. Jackson and W.
Jackson. i i
The officers for the Ifollotving
year are. -
A. 'Frill, Stratford, 'Ilan. Pres.
W. Jackson, Clinton, President.
W. R. Cole;' Mitchell. Secy,7Trees,
• It was decided that ,the Anmuai
Tournamentt will Blake place tat
Mitchell on. Tuesday, June 22nd at against every side (of the .,leading
,
9.30' a. m. in the nierning 'Earls' baggage car but niiraeulousiy es -
Club t
s-Clubs i -i the Association can send . capec4 injury.
two Rinks' and 11000 besides the Trophy
in- Doctors at Wreck,
prizes will be offered for the win-
rer and. the runners;.�up. Wreckers arrived on the scene an
an hour after the accident, carry-
ing Dr 'F, P, Drake. Drs. W, J. Stev
enson and'Hugh Stevenson, were
u.•••• •0.1•e•. `hurried tothe'wreck roan atrtomo
• • bile. Then had "t to lift the ; in -
LAST juredi from the' titled (cars, All.
• f • were brought to Londo(n.
O LOOK R LABEL 0 Misr, .Annie Bryan, of Stratford
out warning, many might have
been killed, it is believed.
William Sneath, b.aggatgeman on
the 'wrecked 'train, escaped unhurt.,
He,crawled' from the car, listing
at a dangerous slant across ;the
track, and ran across the fields to
the nearesit telephone, summoning
assistance from London. •
Train Crew Safe.
c c unhurt
el. bur
' crew le c
a u
train e P
All the tt
\vith the exception 'p1 the ;brake,:;
even, ,Tohn. Rogers, a Wingham
man, tvho' was slightly injured in
the back. The engineer was H.
Fixter ; fireman, E. Stevenson both
of Wingham When, the engine
struck the broken rail they lyoth
lumped,. from'the,gangway 'of their
engmAandlande (safe. W. J.
wasthe conduct ]
r' on
Weamds,. London
or.
T. V, 'Hughes and H. W. Yates
were the two mail clerks loan the
jsruc•e' train. Hughes was- slightly
hurt, Both 'or therm were thrown
into a Leap of baggage and ,cid to
climb( from the car. Harold Bins
cliffe,t' he netvsboy, was 'bouncect,.
®..eeooeO.••
1SAST CALL
AT YOTJ
• ( • Continued ;on Page 5
To establish' and mairtain in
England a'hospital of 1,000 beds for
the treatment of Canadians who
have been wounded 'or otherwise
incaPac toted is the main fcature`of
the Ontario Governmen't's +latest
war con'tributi'on, It iS understood
that the idea isle, have ten Cot-
tages, with 100 beds in each, and
that the cost of construction will
reach somewhere in 'the region' of
1100,009. To thi9 is to be added
thn outlay 'on marntansu cct. Al-.
the -ugh; the hospital pr.ovisoia 'well
Lot be Confined to 'troops iron ,On-
tario, the c'o'ttages, it is ,believed,
Will bear 'the name of the Province
from 'which the gift Cornus.
In addition t'd this offer to the
Warn Of fire the Government 5s ar-
ranging
r-
ran, ing t0 provide i•mmediatoiY sir
moors ambulances, which will be
sent to'France.
Tion. Dr. Pyne. acting Prime Min-
iwter, last night gavd Out the follow
ing' istatoment
Why,Deciniol Wes Retched.
"The Government has had under
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t'a
'time the
considers i xq for some I
question of giving assistance on
behalf of the people of Ontario' to
the Canadians, and es ecially those
from this Province, who leave tbeen'
serving the Empire so valiantly at
the( front, It has sent the AgenlA
General of Or'tario, Mr. Richard
Riad, to the field of action in or-
der toobserve and give advice,
and it has also been lin dommuni-'
cation; with Lieut. -Col. G. S. Ryer`_
Son, President sof the of the Can-
adian Red Cross • Ass'ociition, Who
for Some time been at the front,
and whose communications on the
subject are new before the Govern-'
meat, The recommendations from
these sources coincide, tvitll t11e'
vidwq of many Canadians, includ-
ing Sir Adam and 'Lady Teck, who
have lately had an'opportunity of
personally) 'observing the situation
in England. and 'France The
de.,
cislon Of the Government is to
offer e'tOnce to the War Office to
Ito establish and maintain in Eng -
England a hospital of 1,000 beds for
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the treatment of Canadians who
have been wounded or otherwise
incapacitated, The Ottawa Gov-
ca'nmemt has been advised of this
proposal and the .Ag'e'nt -!General 'al
(Mitt -mid in England has been tin-
structed to take steps to prepare
1or+the est ablishmsnt'of t']lehospit-
a9 without delay. .
"Irl additioe to the offer the
Government is arranging to pro-
vide at once six Motor ambulances
which will be sent to Prance, and
will be added to the life-saving
appliances the army employs f'00
removing wounded from tau, field.
Lie'tu,-Coli Ross, Id, P.P., of King�-
Ston,'• who is at the, front, has ad-
eiseci the Government. that these.
ambulances are urgently required.
Other Plans Under Consideration.
"Other plans for giving assistance
toner men atthe front are under
consideration and will be in'vestia
gastert and dretermined upon in the
earfuture,
i
"The; design of the Government
in developing its plans is to ,make
as efficient and thorough as poss-
ible, 'the means of saving life and
rcducinggt he hardships and suffer-
ings
ir•g's of those who have gone • from
the b
attic
s
fight i
this country' to ig
of the Empire. At the present
time the utmost efforts' of the Brit
ish anthoriites to provide medical
and surgical treatrnemt are enorm-
ously 'overtaxed, and it is believed,
'that the people of Ontario
through' the Government can do a
go'oci work for the Ltnpil'n Ole well
as for 'our own men a't the front
along( these' line.sl"
THRESHERMEN TO ORGANIZE.
A meeting of threshermen of the
district will be held' at the Queen's- .
hotel, Wingham,'on !Friday, of this
week, at 1 o'clock p. csn„ for the
purpose of organizing a branch of
the OntaxioB:'oaherhoodof Thresh-•
ermen; Representatives of the
manufacturers of threshing machin
' erp and others interested in the
trade 'will be ,present.