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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1915-10-28, Page 1E CLMTO Established 1865, Vol. 50, No. 18 CLINTON ONTARIO THURSDAY OCTOBER 28 1915 Clinton's school Children Expect You at their WVV WW%'VWVVVWWWVwVW WAnWPAAAAAAAAAAAMAAA Prepare Yourself • You are face to face with the most trying time of the year- ifs fact many are already suffering from coughs and colds. {{awitoles Tasteless Cod Liver Extract will build you up and fortify your system so that you cvtll not be so susceptible to taking cold, It is an excellent preparation for building up a run- down system. We have just received a fresh supply at RestQY Drugnalit Moro The Rexall Store S. lir. 0 LAME Phm, B. 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Clothing 1.. 1TwoofOur Popular 'Styles • .a. 0 The Morrish Clothing ( Agent for C. P. R. Telegraph Co. A Square Deal for Every Man 2••0•••••A•oo+••••••••••••o4 ':a•o•••0•••MA•NA••••••N1M The New Era to the end of 1915 for 25c fiettr of Thanks From Canada's War Minister Minister's Office Ottawa, 18th October, 1915. J. W. Shaw, 'Esq., M. D„ Secretary Machine Gun Committee ' Clinton, Ont. 1VIydear Sir.- Permit me to acknowledge and thank you for your letter on the I5th instant, enclosing draft for 8;1,000.00. being a donation from the citizens of Clinton and neighbpring fanners for the purchase of a machine gun, for use by, the Canadian soldiers, to be assigned to the 33rd Bat- talion, C. E. F. A number of these machine guns have been ordered by the Canadian Govern- ment, and upon delivery one will be alloted for the. purpose desired by you, that is, as a gift to the 33rd Battelion, E, E. F. Your draft has been endorsed by me and forwarded to the . Receiver General for Canada. On behalf of the Government of the Dominion of Canada, I desire to thank you, and through you the contributors forltheir generous gift. Faiththfully Sam Ilughes, Major-General Minister of Militia and Defence of Canada --o-=— London, Oct. 26th, 1915 From Lieut. -Col.' A. Wilson O. C. 33rd Regt. Overseas Batt. To Major 3. W. Shaw, M. D. 33rd hIuron Regi. Clinton. Dear Sir On behalf of the Officers, N. C. O's, and men of the Overseas Batta- lion under my command, I beg through you to convey to the citizens of Clinton our heart -felt appreciation of their gen- erosity and patriotism in donating the sum of One Thousand Dollars for the purchase of a Machine Gun to be used by the 33rd Overseas Batt, in the defence of our beloved Empire, her cause of National integrety and human freedom. It is, I understand to be named "The Clinton" and I trust that the men des- tined 'to handle it in the fight will never bring dishonor to her name. I have the honor to be, Sir, Alex'. Wilson, Lt, -Col. 0. C. 33rd Overseas Battl. . �\lQf f itiilB�9ig•��B��O� A Local News iza NkmmmoneRMia WILL IT BE QUIET?, Hallowe'en falls on Sunday this year. That will surely assure quiet and good order. (FIRST RECEPTION. Mrs. .J K. •Fairfull will receive at the new Baptist Parsonage next Wednesday afternoon( and will 1'c at home to her friends hereafter on the first Wednesday of each month. 1N BUTCHER BUSINESS AGAIN NIr, Sam, Castle, who has been out of the butchering business for the past year or so has decidad to start up again and is fitting up the storcl next to Plunlsteel Bros , where he used to have his shop. A 'HANDKERCHID,F' SIHOWER, Tuesday eveninsr Mrs, (Rev.) Rut- ledge entertained her Sunday Sclhoolo f NIr. dass, and also that o Wes, Moore's at her home. Dur- ing the evening a handlierchief shower was made• to Miss Kathleen East, whq is soon to leave aor Toronto where( she has secured a good position, Saturday Oct, 30th— (Household (Furniture by public auction at :1.30 o'clock. Terms cash, Mrs Pott's, proprietress. G. N. Elliott, auc-, tioneer, Friday November. 5th --Cows and young cattle at Lot 33, Goderich Township, J. W. Elliot, Proprietor T. Gundry, auctioneer, Sec advt. on page 2, Flallowe' en Specials Popcorn Pumpkins Celery Sweet Potatoes Grapes Bananas Brazil Nuts The Store of 4 nolity W. T. O'NEIL` 'THE' HUB GROCEk Phone 48 W. H. Kerr i& Son, Editors and. Publishers Big Concert Friday King George Makes p'pai For M.o °e Men and Yet More London, Oct,, 23,—Ring /George has issued ,an 'appeal to his sub- jects to come, forward voluntarily and aid Great ,Britain in her fight against the Germanic( allies. "More men and yet more," the monarch says "are wanted to keep my arm ies in the! field andt hrough them to secure victory, and an endurin; peace," ,The message( of the King follows ;- "To my People ; ;—At this grave moment in the struggle between my people and a highly -organized enemy who has transgressed the laws • it of nations and changed he ordinance that binds civilized Eur- ope together, I appeal to you, '1relnice in my Empire's efforts, 1 and I fell pride in the volrn'itlary response from my subjects ail os er the world who have saerifi- fic•ed home and fortune 'and life itself in order, that another may not inherit; the 'free Empire which. their ancestors,;'• and mine have built. I asic you to make good these sacrifices "The end is not in sighq. More men, and, yet more, aro, wanted to keep ;my armies! in the field and through themi to secure victoity and an enduring peace, In kn- cient days the darkest moment has ever producedd, in men of our race the sternest resolve., I ask you, men of all classes to colme for ward voluntarily! ,and take your share in these fights "In freely responding to my ap- peal you will be giving your sup- port to Dui brothers who for long months have nobly upheld Great Britain's past traditions and the glory of her arms." A Free Trp to the A Splendid Address Given last' al'. �+ the life of the soldier in the Thursday Evening by Lieut -Col. Sutherland. Lieut -Col, 4SutlherViid, now Commander of the 71s' Battl., at London, paid Clinton a visit on Thursday evening last and held an audience fol( over an hour and a half, while he gave a description of the campaign of the' Canadian soldiers from the time' they left Valeartier until the battle at 'the Yser Canal and then how the wounded soldiers. are taken care of a( the hospitals and con- valescent homee in England. The Calomel, in a clear manner explained many ,interesting facts, ar Zone trenches, -nd his hearers could have list ened for another hour to his talk. One thing than was lacking in his ad- dress was the reference ltio "I" ',me" etc. The Colonel was wounded with the ist Brigade and sent back to Canada, an'd is now lheadinlg the 71s0 Battl, to go once more to the front. All honor to this soldier. 'Hall Taxed to Capacity. Long before eight o'clock the hall wag, filled and standing room was at a premium, and many ra- ther than; stand for 'a couple of hours returned home. At 7.30 p.m. the Kiltiq Band gave ;a few selec- tions in front of the hall and at Dight the Orchestra gave a selec- tion and upon the entry of Colonel Sutherland, struck up the Uri ish C'irenediers," Mayor Jackson presided over the meeting and ant(ounced that $842 had been collected for the Red Cross Fund that day ,and more was coming. He also remarked that out of that sum $20.08 had been raised by public school ,pupils by self-denial of coppers. In( intro'- ducing Lieut. -Col Sutherland the Mayor stated that the speaker had gone to the front as Captain of the Grey'Horse,:but while encamped at Valcartier had been appointed Major, and under him was Limit, Hodgson, formerly of the Wet- son's Bank staff and also all the had en- c boyswho tae Huron County, listed int that time were in the same Company. The Major bad been wounded and returned home, but was again at the head of the 715t Batt!, at London, and in a few .months would be going. to the front again. .At Valcartier,; In his opening( remarks Col. Sutherland. paid a fine tribute to Lieut. Hodgson, and stated that the young soldier was doing honor d to himself, Ring and to Clinton., Lieut-Cbt. Sutherland, Command At 'the beginning of the war the er of the 71st. Batt!, who spoke on soldiers who had enlisted were the war as he saw it with tate first Brigade. Continued (dn page '0. The Public chool Patriotic Concert will be held in the TOWN HALL (instead of in the Skating Arena) on Friday and Saturday Evenings of this Week Oct. 29thand 3 Keep These Two Nights Open and Show your lnterest in the Efforts of the Boys , and Girls by Presenting Them with a Packed House both . Nights ' Clinton Orchestra in, Attendance An Lnteresting Program is Being Prepared. Lorne one -Come all' ADMISS-ION' 25c. British Bed Cross Appeal At the Geneva convention in 1881 fifteen European' nations agreed that neutrals and "civilians could help the sink and ;wounded through Redt. Cross societies with- out being classed as bellligere,nts, This convention, therefore, under lies the; organization and work of Red Cross societies. Apart from any other considerations, this con- ention itself is sufficient answer to the nuestion which is frequent- ly asked "Why does not the gov- ernment look after the sick and wounded?'', The emblem ,of the Red Cross was adopted and fs rec- ognized the world :over as indica- tive of the humanitarian work which is done under it, It is also recognized as a safeguard( in that no enemy is supposed) to attack or destroy persons, places ,or proper- ty so marked. The demands( made upon the Red Cross agencies by the pre(s'- ent war are of such magnitude and the co-operation with the move- ments of the army (and navy so of supplies and service, medical and of supplies service, medical and otherwise has been placed under the directlorrgeneral of the army medical corps, In this way the government has co-ordisated all these agencies and gac11 is able therefore, to work with the maxi- mum of efficiency. 'and with the least possible. loss due to overlap- ping. Absolutely so discrimination is made among the men who need help. The British Red Cross So- ciety cares, for all alike, whether from the motherland, from any of her colonies, or from, any other of the British possessions, Thus, the British Red Cross co-operates with every medical auxiliary in use by the British army They extend al so to the allied forces, and it has met calls made upon it by all the allies for doctors, nurses, ambu- lances and medical supplies. In Serbia, in particular, it has been much in evidence( in dealing with the typhuel epidemic. The appeal of the British Red Cross ' Society thus gave us an op portunity to show' in a 'particular way the value which we put upon British citizenship and institutions; while other appeals may perhaps give us an equal, opportunity Hur- on County and Ontario( 'as, well gave liberally to the cause. Fol- lowing are come veports from Huron County— CLINTON RAISES $1000. Owing to so much overlapping in the collection; 'of the ,various Wards we have been unable to get the rigures paid in by the Wards, but the total collected i.y the Canvassers was $9.12.72. D. L. MacPherson, town Clerk has for- warded to LieutFGoverpor He•r-1 drie at Toronto, a cheque for $1000, the council snaking up teh the balance. This fund was raised with very, 'ittle time for the Com- mittees to dd anything and con- sidering_thet other calla that 'leave been made( and are still made on, the citizens' it is indeed a crcd.1- al:le arhount, COLBORNE COt'NCIL VOTES $500 ' The Colbeerne township 001511111 voted $500, to the British Red Cross Socielyf BUTTE COLLECTS $971. The collectors: appointed by the Blyth Council to canvass the town, for the British Bed Cross fund did exceptionally well coinsiclerin'g that there was a small area to col- lect from, A total or $f,71. • GODERICH A GOOD'. GIVIOR, Goderich has given to, patrio- tic causes as follows; 917,887.15 to the Canadian Patriotic Fund; over $3,500 to the Briti•h Red Cross; the local Red Cro(8s Society has sent articles to the Toronto office valued at $3,183,25, AIM 1500, 'COLLECTION $3,900. Huron Deputation Meets ?roe. License Board Last Thursday morning a deputa tion met the Provincial License" Board at Stratford. The Strattord Beacon made the:'following re- port ; eport; On behalf of the Huron branch of theDominion Alliance Mr. A. T. Cooper, of Clinton; addressed the Commissipn, The people of that sw county, he said are glad to be ` in the position they are as 1 egards tem perance. Although 'an old haw, the Canada Temperance Act, with the amendments of 1908, he co'nsid- ed' stronger in some respects than local option. The peoples be said, were indebted to the ,Government for the measure and its 'enforce- ments. Now that the License Com mision has assumed charge of this the people of Huron would look to them for assistance in the en- forcement of the law, Their organ ization exists to strengthen the inspectors. "With the present or- ganization, I believe 'Huron county wi11 be dry for ever," he concluded. Rev. E. G. Powell of Clinton field - secretary, of the •Huron organize tion, gave the Commission some pointed instances which affect the situation in Huron. With a few changes, he felt" sure the C. T. A. in' Huron could be made total pro- hibition in the fullest measure poss- ble for this prsoince to give. Their chieQ' trouble is with men who hold licenses outside the county. The brewers,,, the ware- houses and shops outside the co- unty have been driving a foreign, horse thiiough the act every time they can. In one village a Berlin, brewery shipped(' to individuals 600 cases of liquor. These were later, delivered to an hotel. The propri- etor paid $550 fine and got out of the business. "Hi these men are, shown that they cannot do this it will aid ue." exist Mr, Po±t'ell. The brewer's warehouse, he says, ships liquor into Huron labelled lo cal option' goals. One consign- ment of six ken's was seized, but the company goaded guilty and so shut off further investigation of their books,; iFro'in the shops he claims liquor is being sent into 'Huron indiscriminately, "If you are prep ared to sayt o the shops if you break the law' you will hay's y oto' license cancelled, can el ed we are prepared to get the facts for you," said Mr, Powell; As a test• case, hcf said they had,this morning, summonsed a Straford shop for this offence, From, a liquor shop i❑ London another ho'lel-keeper gets half -ken' of vinegar and eases marked glassware continually. This„he took to be susplcioui. All these conditions, Mr. Powell said, exist because( the men feel they are perfectly safe in doing so. "If ycu establish anything of that kind, I have no hesitancy in saying the shop licenses in ques- tion wilt not exist long,” assured Mr. novelle, The lack of co-operation of in- spectors in adjoining counties was also brought to the attention of the board. Mr. Powell maintains the Perth or Middlesex inspector should have as much power and interest in thiA situation as the 'Huron inspector. Mr..Powell said. the could furnish the local inspec- tors at any time with information concerning minors who come home from Perth( drunk. The inspec- tors have, wanted him in the past to produce the. evidence, but ho believed this was entirely with the inspectors. He cited an instance of where a 10 -year -odd lad had se- cured liquor in every bar in Lis- towel ands his age was never ques- tioned. • "lf the Commi'(sion could see tit to have aSided in 1,110 brewers li- cense x'cense the 0. T. A. te. -Ty so os to put us o,n a level wit. Joel op- tion, it mould give us practically, total prohibition," Board Behind Them Mr. lFlavelle expressed deep plea sure at the information given and requested that Mr. Powell prepare The total amount collected 'in a written statement for them, 'He town of Seaforth in aid of the Bri- assured the deputation 'that the tish Red( Cross Society was board was behind them in their $3,000. The adjoining village of 'efforts and any amendments to Egmondville gavl $120, the law( deemed advisable, they BRUSSELS TOTALS $1,?00 would exert every effort: to' Brusgsels with O nihation of ( secure. I As regards the brewers, he said 1000, ave through collectors to they had' power to punish only if p the Red Cross ,bund about $750. tbe ihey breaknserted the law. A clauing se more may To this was added upwards of $50 next year giv ty the public school, about $30 control over the wholesale and drs Continued loin page 2. tillers' licenses. Science Conquers the. "Sub" Science is one, of the (greatest factors in :the, world war, accord- ing to the observations of Profes- sor of Physics, J, C. McLennan, at the Universitly( of Toronto, and 'a former Clinton boy, who has joist returned from a summer in the British Isles. Hie summer's ex- perience has broughtti he con- clusion that "science and men" will win the( war, At the outbreak of the war England seemed outrclis- tanced in (war science; but, ac- cording to the professor, all that advantage is being(rapidly. wiped out. , One example of this is the prac- itcal elimination( of the submarine menace. "The submarine was as real men- ace at first!,"' the stated, "but now even though you hear of the, oc- casional Iss1, of ,a British ship, the submarine situation is completely in hand, The British! can destroy German submarines faster than the Germans can make (them there is no doubt of , that. The' greatest asset .off the submarine, its invisibility, has been overcome by science. With th'pt asset gone the submarine is no matchfor its surface eneniriiei5, and once one is, sighted by t11el British navigat- ors it is, only a question of time until it is, run • to the bottom of tree sear Science' and the Zeppelin. "Science is now turning its atter tion to the Zeppelin. There is only one thing that makes 'a Zep- ,peiinsraid on England safe for thg Continued oSi (,page fo,ur.r