The Clinton New Era, 1918-10-31, Page 3LINT4JN
ES 1865) Vol; 53, No, 16 CLINTON, O N T A T 10, THURSDAY O C T O B l R, 31ST, 1(x1(3 W; II. Keir ' Sanf editors Gild Publishers,
ickthe Butchering.Roche to Berlin—Buy' Victory. Bonds incl Help the Canadian Boys
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Fold in 0i01103
of the Soldiers
HUN-' ATROCITIES DISCLOSED BY
PARTICIPANTS—REVELATIONS' OF
DOCUMENTS OF THE ENEMY—
CIVILIANS. SHOT IN HUNDREDS
FOR SHEER BLOOD LUST
Whenthosewho prepared the field
service rules: of the German army ad-
vised each soldier to keep a diary •they
overlooked the possibility of `these hu -
num document's falling into the hands
of the enemy thereby convicting them,
as if by their own lips, of the.atro-
cities that have followed in the wake
of the invading Hun.
The United States government is
in possession of many of these
diaries, taken from German prisoners,
and they have been published in a
pamphlet in which the war practices
of the Germans areset forth, here
are some extracts which reveal the
varying sentiments of the writers as
they complied the record of each
day's horrors
A horrible bath of blood. The whole
village burned, the French thrown in -
.to the blazing houses, civilians with
' the rest. (From the diary of Private
B ssemer of the Eight Army corps.)
In the night of August 18-19 the
village
.of Saint -Maurice was pun-
ished for having fired on German sol-
diers by being burned to the ground
by German troops (two regiments, the
Twelfth Landwehr and the Seven-
teenth). The village was surrounded,'
Hien posted about a yard from one
another, so that no one could get out,
Then the Uhlans set fire to it, house
by house. Neither roan, woman nor
child could escape. . Anyone
who ventured to come out was shot
down. All the inhabitants left in the'
villages were burned with the houses,
(Frau( the diary of Private ' Karl
;cheufele, of the Third Bsxarian reg-
iment of Landwehr infantry,)
A TERRIBLE SPIi'CTACLE
At 't0 o'clock le •the evening the
first battalion of the One Hundred
and Seventy-eighth marched down
the steep incline into the burning vil-
lage to the north of Dinant—a terrific
spectacle of ghastly beauty, At the
entrance of the village lay about fifty
dead civilians, sltot for having fired
upon our troops from ambush. le
the course of the night many others
were also shot, so that we counted
over two hundred. Women and chil-
dren, On
in hand,' were forced to
look on at the horrible scene. We
ate our rice later in the midst of the
corpses, for we had llaci nothing since
morning. \'then we searched the
houses we found plenty of wine aril
spirits, - but no eatables. Captain
Hamann was drunk, (This latter
phrase in shorthand.' (From the
diary of Private Philipp, of the One
Hundred and Seventy -Eighth regiment'
of infantry, Twelfth Army corps.)
August 23. Sunday (between Birnal;
and Dinant, tillage of Dison), At
11 o'clock the order comes to advance
after the artillery has th-iroughly
prepared the ground ahead. The
Pioneer and. Infantry regiment, One
Hundred and Seventy-eighth, were
nnarchieg in front of us. Near a small 1
Village the latter was tired on • by the '
inhabitants. .About 220 inhabitants
Wel•e shot and the village was burned.
Artillery Is continuously shooting.
The village lies in a large ravine. Just
now, 6 o'clock in the afternoon, the
Meant. . , All village, chateaux,
crossing of the Maas begins near
and houses ane burned down during
this night. It was a beautiful sight to
,see the fires all around us in the dis-
4e-eec, (Prom the diary of Matbern,
Fourth co,iipany, Eleventh Jager bat-
talion, Marburg,) .
STILL FREE PhOM BLOOD LUST
But here are three entries that show
the hearts of the writers to have been
stall free from the taint of blood lust.
At 5 o'cliick We were ordered by the
officer in conlntand of the reglinlent.to
shoot all tine male inhabitants of
Nomeny, because .the population was
foolishly attempting to stay the ad-
vance of the German troops by force
of arms, We broke into the houses
and seized all who resisted 10 order
to execute then according to matnial
law.
The houses wlllah had not been al-
ready destroyed by the French :while
-dry alid tier own were set on fire by et,
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ANOTHER POEM 13`i (kat McCRAE.
BefOre the (whir LD1, McCrae was un-
known Ss i1 i1$et, Now his memory is
revered Wiaefever the English language
it rea'bt TES' Poem,"lis Flanders'
1' eltkh is generally well known, but
h aity of our readers have net read' the
baler, "The Anxious Dead." It is ap-
tellded
The Anxious Dead
O guns, fall silent till the dead hien
hear
Above their heads the legions pressing
on
(These fought their fight in time of
bitter fear
And died' now knowing how ,the day
had gone.)
O flashing muzzel's, pauseand let them
see
The coming dawn that streaks the sky
afari
Then let your might chorus witness
be
To tlieny and Caesar, that we still
make war, •••
Tell them; 0 gun( that we have head
their call;
trt
That we have sworn aid Will not turn
aside; •
•i
That we will onward till We win air
fall;
That we will keep 'faith for whie's
they died,
Bid them be patient, and st
anon,
They th.,t r:1' .a l'. + ilea r,•l
y t.
Shall greet i.. t ine).,r,eii1 fl • I,
dsvrn,
And 1111 ,e,i :: t., l' rl: ll'1•an Rr tf;.
$leep,
Your Thousand Dollar
Victory Bond Will;
Buy 200. gas masks, or
200 Pears .of soldiers' boots, or
CO bushels of wheat, or
500 steel helmets, or
1,000 pairs of soldiers' socks, 01'
2,000 lbs. of lilgh explosives, or
4,200 lbm of cheese, Or
28,000 rifles cartridge, or
5'f 000 revolvo'r'.cartridges.
Everything Cautuda hits depends on
the success of the Victory taaii, The
10500,000,000 wanted must he sub-
scribed. (rhe responsibility rests up-
on all to see that the motley Is raised.
QWCK GLANCE AT
THE LOCAL NEWS
Items of Interest Picked Up Here
ar 'I There About the Town.
A Deplete,;; :Stuff
Last week Mr. Case at the hvaporator
had six commence on Monday, when
20 quit the Saturday before. The pre-
vailing grippe made most of theist take
an enforced holiday,
Some Got -Nervous;
Monday morning at nine o'clock
when the bells and whistles got going,
Many people wondered if it was anoth-
er Victory, It. was—another Victory
Loan starting to lick the Kaiser. ;
New Lssue Of Stamps
There has been a •new issue of
three cent stamps by the Dominion
government. The former hawk 1 T C,
which meant one cent war tax, has
been eliminated en the new stamps,
and the postage is now straight post-
al rate without any extra ivar tax in -
eluded
Died For The Empire
Pte, Elmer McGuire, soli• of JIM.
McGuire, of Belgrave, :yielded up his
life for the Empire's cause in France. 1
Ile was 36 years of age and unmarried. 1
Deceased is a nephew of Alex, Mc-
Guire of Clinton, 2 other nephews,
sons of Arthur McGuire, Brussels, also
died inside of the past few months.
Leave Extended
SCIENCE AND • INDUSTRY AID
VICTORY LOAN
As an instance or hots science and industry have co-operated in helping to win
the tear, it is interesting, to note that Sir Thomas White, I .C.hi.C„ Minister of
Pittance, .has made a special " Isis Master's Voice "Record for the purpose of
actually informing the Canadian Public in his own voice concerning the need of
the second Victory Loan.
Science has thus made.it possible for the voice of the Finance Minister to he
heard in thousands of places in every part of the Country at the sante time. ' •)
The illustration shows Sir Thomas "caught in the act " as he node his special
recording at the laboratories of the Berliner Grant -o -phone Company, Limited,
Montreal.
militia headquarters at
Ottawa tt
awa toa
11
When
R
Shoe W. S
Orders have been sent out from
depot commanding i 'ce s, instruct-
ing
them to extend to Nov. 15 the
haryert leave granted to soldiers.
T r.„
The order a iia•
11 to all men note on •
leave in Canada for Agricultural
work, The total number affected is
14,900
Robbery In Ripley
Last week in the London Free Press '
there Was an account of a -robbery
con -minted by two tramps in Ripley, 1
The Post Office was entered and also
one of the stores. Detectives have
been searching for then( in Goderich
Township but we do not know if they
han•e leen captu•
ed yet Or not, They
were seen on the Maitland bridge •a
week ago and it. was thought they
were hiding in Forster's bush. It is
reported that they went to a farm -
house near Porter's Hill and demanded
)Honey showing •revolvers. They have
also been seen :bunt ;1 1)tiie out of
town.
Hymeneal eir•,
Wednesday of last week Edward L.
)ilittell, of Toronto, and piss Annie
Edna Rozell, both of Clinton, were
united in marriage, the ceremony be-
ing performed at St, Enoch's manse in •
Toronto, by Bey, Mr, Freeman. They
spent part of their honeymoon at the
hone of 1-1,'M. and Mrs. Manning, Sth
Line, Morris Township, the ladies be- ,
ing sisters and daughters of the late
Charles and Mrs. Rozell, well knowtl „
residents of Brussels locality, Air: and
Mrs. Mittel( will continue t0: i'eside at.
Clinto,i and bare the ",ea•ty good
wishes of a wide cirr.e of friends for
a happy and t l'QsVerous life.,
High Conga. 'Fees Increased
Thi judges of the Supreme Court
of Ontario have formality recognised
the existence of the bogey known as
"the high cost of living" and to pre-
vent it being too severe; an affitction
upon the legal fraternity they have
passed, a rule permitting a 20 per cent
increase in fees. The 'new rule declares
that owing to the increased cost of
living and office expenses due to the
Lt s t
present war e'
' i -ordered that until
further notice the total in any bill of ..
costs in respect of business done in
the Supreme Court or any county
shall be increased by 20 per cent, The
increase is to be allowed upon any I
taxation of costs as well as.between
party and party and between party and
client, The rule does not interfere 1
with the power to allow a fixed sunt '
for costs, nor does it apply to counsel
II
Wednesday afternoon of last week a �
ns
bright young lady was called away from
the earthly home in the person of Cela
A., daughter of Wm. and Mrs. Rath -
welt of Cranbrook, after a brief ill-
ness of influenza followed by pneu-
monia. She was born in Goderich
township and was 27 years and 5
months old. Deceashd was a• clever,
affable young person, a general fav-
Orite and always ready • to teed a help-
ing hand toevery good cause, She
excelled as an elocutionist and often
assisted at en tents!nnlents in this ant
and was interested in church and Stin-.
day School, Miss Ratltwelll is sur-
tiVed by her parents, 3 brothers,
Isaac and Curtis, of this locality and
''rl of Hamilton) and 4 tistent, Mrs.
• Weir, 'Clinton; Mrs, Coghlin, Lis-
towel; Mre, Beattie, Alberta; and Miss
r'1..ra, at hone,) who share largely in
re nitthy of the people,. Iva, en-
-
is de ,ased Fultz :el acr-
e w,s conducted by Revds; Messrs,
,
:ore and Johnson and interment
rn,utc its Mount Pleasant iieimetery
would be too great ashame to lei
Entered Into Rest
t
lie OtherFot
th
Germany Dictating the Terms of an Arm-
istice to the French in 1871 ----Sang a
Different Tune Than Now
Speaking - of armistice. it de -
depends after all upon whose ox is
gored, how far the goring process
has proceeded, and the psyeh'logical
attitudes of the respective owners of
the animals engaged, says the Kan-
sas City Star. Germany to -day is
asking for an armistice, with what
good grace, international miction
and diplomatic finesse, the world
outside of Germany itaking due
note of and settling down its obser-
vations, In 1871,. France, or at least
Its '"lpiuuj, tjlfp a very much gored
0x, really bled white, 'Vie asking.
an armistice and Gernla11t4 With 1
armies at her g'tes,'"tis the power
in whose (hand, lay the granting of
it Let ins look back a moment, in
n°..ssIng, at the history of those days
Bund see what views Germany
through her military and diplomatic.
experts, Bismark, Roos and Von
Moltke, then held ' on the subject
of armistices. ' Precedents, while not
arbitrary guides, are always valuable
from the standpoint of suggestion,
September t, 1870, Sedan, with its
army and the Emperor of France,
surrendered to the Germans. Octo-
ber 27 Bazine gave 'up another
inimese French army at Metz. Glad-
ly would France have made peace
but for the avowed intentions of the
German Goveenment to demand its-
demnities and the cession of its ter-
ritories, September 4th the Assembly
had declared the deposition of Na-
poleon and a proclanmation was is-
sued announcing the Republic. Jules
Faroe asked the German Emperor if
he meant to . furnish the nineteenth
century with the spectacle of two
nations destroying one .another and
heaping the dead upon the dead and
ruin upon ruin. "Yet, if it is a chat-
lenge," he said, "we accept—not an
inch of our territory, not a stone of
our fortresses, will we cede."
-BEGANSEIGE' OF PARiS
But the German armies moved re-'
lentlessly forward and began the
seige of Paris, and France made up
her mind to fight to the bitter end.
Outside of Paris 'she had sc atteaed
'and demoralized army of half •il-
lion men. Inside , of Faris she 'std
the National Guard and newly r--
cruited civilana, amounting to rbc of
four hundred' thousand men: - With
the armies released from Sedan ' and
Metz, Germany encircled Paris and
began the memorable siege, At first
there was no bombardment—there
were some among the German lead-
ers who wanted to save the "beau-
tiful city:" Bistttarrk and Roots
chafed against this sentimental re-
striction, •
"The Parisians have too ain't
eat and too little to digest,"
Roos in November, when the
Hoe in Paris . was fast .,appr
'the starvation stage, •ir:.i
esely, of which too few ha,. 1
er'nployed, 'I'ltouglt cel tg+in . i•
sided in our way here, 1 Ito,..' tll
they --(lie pills—will take 01,1.. to
the glory of the war go to the devil
in this way." '
Meanwhile from court to court,
Thiers traveled vainly seeking to ef-
fect 'a.
ffect'a truce—"the French Govern-
ment was as yet too unstable to deal
with," was all the assurance he could
get. By the middle of November the
situation of the besieged of Paris
had grown appalling. Horse meat
soared in price beyond 1111 reach.
Rats, selling at sixty centimes
apiece, were being eagerly deyoured,
Infants were dying by the thousands
!Or, -nut ti milk, and the whole
death rate had trebled in a few
months. A bitter, unusual winter
was setting in. And just about this
time the Germans, having settled
their aesthetical differences in the
matter of the bombardment, began,
throwing over Roon'S iron pills;"
Some sixty -Six thousand shots 'were
fired into the city, and at Hist, after
132 days of starvation and appal-
ling 'scenes of misery and death,'
Jules Farve was sent north from
Paries to ask an armistice. •
BISMARK WROTE . PROPOSALS
Farve met Bismark at Versailles.
After the first salutations, .111 'eye-
witness of the negotiations -records,
Faroe said he had come to renew
the negotiations for it truce, Bis-
marck interrupted him to say "The
situation Inas changed. If you are
still going to say 'not an inch, not
off once.
may breakat
a stone," we n a
o \
My time is valuable and y®urs also."
'then after a little more talk, he
added: "After all, why should 1 treat
with you? Why should 1 give your
irregular republic an appearance of
legality by signing an armistice
with its representatives3 What are
you but rebels? Your Emperor, if
he cati),e back, would have the right
to shoot every one if you,' After
a few outbursts of :els kind, •Bis-
marck settled down ;0 business. He
asked Farve to write down such
conditions of peace as seemed' to hint,:
reasonable, and they Would discuss
them the next day,
The next day, Bisniark having
had interviews with the Emperor
William and Vol Moltke, had another
interview with Farve and totally ig-
1 nosing Farve's -propositions, submit-
' anarreis-
1 wn
tirefed, which wass as follows:
I dais1. An a'u'stice for tWpnty-one
day;
niament of the 2. Disarmament French
army, the latter to remain' in Parts
as prisoners of war,
3, The soldiers to give .up arms
ansi t annersl officers to keep their
or Is.
I: 'fhece, armistice to extend till
s 10 patty indemnity, and
'is forts to the Prussians.
, !.ernans not t0 'titter
.:i,,,K he armistice,
fceions to be held throughout'
o t 's..:• for a. nalanal assembly to
Con limed on Page 2.
Local News
Gets Appointment
On Tuesday of this week Mr, J, l'1,
Paxman received word that he had
been appointed Chituf'1'eur Examiner,
This will sate ail 'auto drivers from
going up to Winghant to ;secure the
necessary license, before tieing able to
drive it car: •
Will Run the Milk Route
Next week Mr, Luke Lawson will
take charge of the milk route of Mr.
13, Rorell, as the latter will be busy
with his 'creamery. Mi. Lawson has
helped mit before in this business, so
knows now how to attend to the wants
of the customers,
Former Modelite Dead
,This week Miss. Sadie Wood, who at,
tended the Model School ,'last session,
died from an attack of influenza and
pneumonia, The 'body was brought
here Monday night for burial 'at.Bay-
field, Miss Woods was a• popular
young lady white, in town,'
Agent For. the Briscoe
Mr, Bert Langford who has been
the local agent for the Ford car has
taken over the Agency for the Bris-
coe Car and has been given, the whole
of Huron County. Mr, Langford will
have cubeagents at the principal parts
of the County before next Spring,
William. Carter Dead _
• Monday evening William 'Carter. son
of Mr, and Mrs, Isaac Carter passed
away after an attack of influenza, De-
ceased was about 26 year's old, He
had had an attack and was up when he
took a relapse, A sister and small
brother also are in c1 serious condition.
The funeral took place on Tuesday af-
ternoon, Rev. E. 0, Forde conducting
the services.
Brother-in-law Dead
Sunday Mr. R. Marshall received
•word from\Kingston that his brother-
in-law, Mr, W. .1, Baker, had died on
Saturday evening. The deeelased was
le good health the Sunday before when
Mr. and Mrs, Marshall were in Kiing-
ston. • Mr. Marshall is awaiting parti-
culars le regards to the death of 11r.
Baker. Mrs, Baker and fancily have
visited in Clinton and many occasions.
Death Of J. McAuliffe, Jun.
The death of John McAuliffe son
of John McAuliffe; Seti., a well-kinown
conductor on the G, T. R„ died at Vic-
toria Hospital, .London, nn 1'riday night
from pneumonnia developed from Span-
ish influenza. The funeral was held
on Tuesday from the family residence
to St, Peter's Cemetery at 9 o'clock.
!Conductor A•icAuliffe used to run up
on the noon) train from Toronto and
return on the old 5 p, 111, and was well
known -to the travelling public,
Died In Winnipeg
Mr. ,Thomas White, Rattenhury
Street west, received word a few days
since of the death of his sister-in-law, 1
Mrs, Will White, which occurred in
Winnipeg after a lingering illness. De-
-ceased was .for some tine a resident
of Clinton when her husband was em-
ployed in the store of Davis & Row-
land; she was member of the Metho-
dist Church, and leaves two daughters
and sons, besides her husband to
mourn her loss,
Honor To Huron Teachers
One of the inspectors of the. Tor-
onto Public Schools recently remarked
on the large number of teachers from
the 'County of Huron who are employ-
ed in the various Toronto schools, and
then made this statement: "1 do not
knOw,, how to afeount for At, but my
experience is that the very best teach-
ers we have are those who cause -from
Huron. Whether it is their particular
training, or natural al;;liip i ant iniil
prgppred Ic2 say, but 1 ant stating what
I believe to be a fact." This is Matte
a complinment to -former teachers from
Huron.
Killed By Accident At
Camp Custer, U, S. A.
Corp. Merlin Mason, a well-known
London boy, has met death as a re-
sult of an accident at Camp Custer,
Michigan, where he was in training
with the United States Army, An of-
ficial investigation starting on Satur-
day into the death of Corp. Melin
C. Mason, Machine Gun Company
78th Infantry; who on Wednesday
last was shot in the head by a rifle
bullett and killed, The Machine Gun-
ners linable to drill out of doors were
stuffing the array rifle in the Barracks
using dummy "ammunition. Through
an accident a live cartridge had slipp-
ed in among the dummies and when
n soldier pulled the trigger the bullett
crumpled Mason who was working on
the opposite side of the room, fixIf re-
sponsibility can be definitely ed a
court-martial will be conducted, Corp.
Merlin Mason, a well-known London
boy, has met death as :a result of an
accident at Camp Luster, Michigan,
where lie was in training with the .Un-
ited States Army. His parents, Mr,
and Mrs. Charles Mason. 7.23 Queen's
Avenue, were •notifted by telegram
Thursdaythat be had been killed ac-
cidentally by gun -shoat. 17e was 22
years •of age, and after trying to enlist
here only to meet with refusal, he.
went to Detroit to enter the American
,army, and there was found fit. He had
been in training four months, taking
up wireless telegraphy. He left Lon-
don about one year and, a half ago,
having been employed by the 'Sher-
lock -Manning - began Company and
later by the hydro -electric depart-
angent, A 'pathetic feature of his.
death is that his two sisters are crit-
ically ill with .influenza and have not'
been informed .of :his death for fear
that it would- .seriously affect their
condttfoit. For .that 'reason the . re-
mains will be bro irht ;home, but the
funeral will be strict'ly private, and
will take place from the home of his
uncle, Tite, 'Richird rGreensides; 831
Queen's Avenue .London, A 'couslit
of the deed soldier, Coarl' f o't ere
Sales was :recently ncpor ' x v.•
in France, ''fhe doceant;,V tF
son of Mn, .,laint,s S t nelnira i, r ,„
and neltllew of We, -Mn.
Mrs, ,Alek, .Morris, of 0letori,
INSPIRING WORDS 1
FROM -GREAT ORATORS
MESSAGES TQ CITIZENS OF THE
DOMINION ON OPENING OF
$500,000,000 LOAN
SIR ROBERT BORDEN, .
"The end is not yet but the encs
may not be far distant,"
"Four months ago our fortunes.
in this war seemed never at lover
ebb; to -day our (tapes are at the
summit of highest confidence."
We ' eennot maintain our
armies at the front without the,
necessary provision of financial
means to sustain' then."
HON, N. W, 'ROWELL
"Canada is this year maintain-
ing a larger and more efficient
army in France than at any pre-
vious period."
Great Britain still 'requires
great quantities of food to main-
tain her armies and population,
"This is the hour for our great-
est effort, the effort that should
mels victory." - '
SIR' THOMAS WHITE
"Through the Victory Loan the
opportunity is given to Canada to
show her appreciation of the hero-
ism and sacrifice of the Canadian
forces in the field and to again
announce to the world Canada's
unflinching determination ',to per-
severe till final and conclusive
victory is attained."
"Our country has been inviolate
from 'attack, what ,has sayed
this country from the' horrors of
war, from tine 'devastation of Bed-
giuiis and France? The British
fleet " •
HON. T. W. MOGARRY
"Canada's resources are so great
that, if the war continued for 50
years, she could still `pay the shot'
as she has been doing.'
"I would rather look back on
duty done than have a billion dol -
tors in our pockets to -day."
"Our Canadian boys have earner
the. name of 'l'och's pets', Surely
they are Canada's pride."
SIR WILLIAM HEARST
'glow small is the part we are
called upon to . play; compared
with the gallant men at the front?"
'"It is not a case of a tax -col-
lector levying tribute us it wot•,ld
have, been if Germany had won,
but to lend our surplus money to
the Government..
"1t is profitable patriotism to
buy bonds bemuse it will enable
Canada to .maintain in the future
the glorious record of the past."
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KILLED IN ACTION
Pte. F., McGuire, Beleraye.
Pte, le. Cook, Seartirih.
Pte. F, R. Steele, Sheppa rdton,
Pte, T, H. Wilkinson, 11ensall,
Pte, E. Penrice, Exeter,
Corp. J. Y. Good, M.hi,, 'formerly
an Alma old boy.
DIED OF WOUNDS
' Pte. Roy Adams, Goderich.
Pte. J, 13. Bullard; Winthrop,
'Corp. A, D, McGillicuddy, formerly
of Goderich,
MISSING
Pte. R, F. Woods, Auburn.
Pte J, Kirkconnell, Brussels.
ILL'
Pte,H'
Wath
le S
eaforth.
' Pte, J. 11, Bell, Goderich,
Pte. W. V, Hall, Goderich,
WOUNDED
Pte. W. Powe, Centralia.
Pte. R. F. Clink, Goderich.
Pte, A, ,McNevin, Goderich.
Pte, E. Youngblut, Goderich,
Pte, F. W. Jones, Hensen.
Corp, J, E. Holmes, Wingham.
Pte, A. Il, Schnell, Zurich,
Pte. Riggin, Blyth,
Pte, A, Oakley, Brussels
Pte, F. Hunter, Brussels.
Pte, J, A. Smith, Zurich.
Victory
Lou Off
To 1�1
0 M
With a blowing of whietles and a
clanging of bells that was a forecast
of what will be when the day of joyous
victory crowns the efforts of our brave
armies, the 1918 Victory Loan cam-
paign was ushered in at 9 o'clock Mon-
dy morning when Clinton started out
to raise $60,000,
Business went off with a 1;aiig, end
quite fittingly the 'first bond was sold
toa woman, Mrs. Arthtav 1'orbes and
among the others who quickly followed
were Master Jaek H•eliytaw; Mrs, (Rev.)
Stewart and Mr, Stielissg !Dempsey. By
Wednesday night anesstly 025,000 .was
collected,
The people 6viil :tOrifer a great fav-
or 011 11' eauvtasssrs by being ready to
transact business.:prom tI when the
al p Y
canvasser calls, .His time is limited
,and he has .a great many calls to snake
and many people to See,
Much assistance would be given -can-
vassers if those who ' have made up
inrir ,•• the amount to be
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Victory olid
fh' 4,Oo0,
Ail Closed Yet:
Tke Churches, Collegiate and
Public Schools will remain closed
and no public meetings will be
held in Clinton- until on or after
Sunday,' Nov. 10th.
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Engagement Announeed
Mrs, Edward Walters announces the
engagement of her daughter, Sadie '
Helen, to Mn John A: Hortol, of Sea -
forth, the marriage to take place in
Novem
Tray Thber,unk the Citizens
Capt. Scott and Lieut, 'fucker of the
S. A. wish to thank the citizens of
Clinton for the way In which they have
helped in the S. A. work• while station-
ed' here, The officers leave jnext week,
Got a Bad Cut
Tuesday morning while Master '''Cllf"
Kennedy, son of Mr and Mrs, Will
Kennedy, was playing with his play-
mate received a bad cut over the left
eye at the corner post at Morrish 8c.
Co.'s block.
Winner in Scotch Doubles
Mr, J. 13. Hoover, a former well-
known Clintonian, was one of the first
winners In the scotch doubles of the
Guelph Bowling Club, It's a pretty
hard proposition to keep Jack Hoover
from being inside the money.
Former Clinton Woman Dead.
Word was received on Wednesday
of the death of Mrs. Cooper, (nee
Mabel Callander) of Woodstock. De-
ceased was a daughter of the late John
'Callender, She is survived by two sis-
ters and her mother, The body is be-
ing brought here for burial on Friday
morning On the 11 a,nm, train,
Miss McTaggart Dead
After an illness that has extended
over
the
last two
no
n
th
a, Miss Kate
t1c t¢gatE daughter of the lateMal-
colm
tcolm PocTa• art died home of
her` mother, on
Saturday afternoon.
Deceased was born in Clinnrton and for
manly years was a direetur of the Horti-
cultural Society and was .a prominent
worker in the women's work of the
Willis Presbyterian Church, Besides
her wither she is survived by two
brothers, Mr, G. D, aleTaggart and
Major hl, D, McTaggart, The funeral
was held on Monday afternoon, and
services at the house and graveside
were conducted L
v
the deceased d c
id
pastor, Rev, Dr. Stewart, Pallbearers
were Messrs. e
sis. 1V. D. lair J. Mci\1urchie
J Scott, T Cottle, W. )grydaue, and W,
Coats, of Goderich,
Pt Den e .-McCaughey Suffers Wound •
Pte, Daniel Joseph McCaughey, son
of Francis McCaughey, 1098 Francis
street, London, is iu No, 22 General
Hospital at Ca nieres, France, suffering
from a gunshot wound 111 the left
shoulder, A telegram to this effect
was received by his fethr. Dau Mc-
Caughey, who•is a brother of Patrol-
man Louis McCaughey of the London
police department, had just gone up to
the front line after coming; out of
the hospital, where he was taken for
treatment as a result of an accident ip
which he hail his nose broken, He
went overseas with a draft of the Army
Service Corps in January of this year,
and transferred to the infantry branch
of the service on crossing to England.
The young soldier is a cousin of Mn, J.
J. McCaughey, of town, •
Ready to Aid
A meeting was held in the Council
'Chamber on Monday night to discuss
the best method to help those sick and
in distress in town owing 'to the "flu."
Many families were all in bed while
others had only one up. The W. P. S.
and the Y. L. P. A. formed three com-
mittees:—Nursing, Food, and 'Clothing.
and Mrs. Andrews is the Convenor,
who will try and see that every call is
attended to. Tuesday morning saw the
women busily engaged about town tak-
ing care of the sick, seeing that food
was supplied whereat (vas necessary.
This Is a noble stand the women of
Clinton have taken. -
SYMPATHY
"Thine is a grief the depth of whictn
another
May nevesi know;
Yet, o'er the waters, oh, my stricken
brother
To thee 1 go
1 leaning my heart tanto thee, sadly fold -
Thy hand is aline;
Witheven the weakness of my soul
uphbldin
Theg strength of thine"
Whittier, to a Friend.
Death Of Mrs, Thomas Churchill
After a brief illness, extending a
little more thafi a week, there passed
away from our midst on Friday evening
last another bright young life, in the
person of Edina Pearl Beacons, beloved
wife of Thomas Churchill, of Clintons,
at the early age of 30 years. Deceased'
was the eldest• daughter of Mr,
Mrs. Christopher Beaton, now If'
Int Susi nerhill Besides, herb vnggc;
ed husband site leaves to iso' .t eg Iter
loss, two little daughters, fir rut Iter
•
9 years and Pearl aged 7 ,ye , 'tract aged'"
the bereaved parents s' "�� Insides
talourn lien ions four '. t6r leM rs, . •
Hoitzhauer, Of Presto :Ab$rsa hili, et
rof Sunimtcrhill; Nc" •'`t" yrs• W Bigger
ant( two brotfi'i/0e
and Fern at home
Witfiaui, of .r •.ars, i, ,t at home andy..
enjoyed 1, . d snag h She had always
ger ostia] health until a week
previau; to her death when she'' was
t'akert iH w1th influenza and
whtcli af-
ter�iards developed into neunnont
beceasecl was a bright younga,
S woman
and had won the esteem and respect .
by all who had known tier and her
death carne as sad news to tine man •
residents of Clinton who had known :
her .Deceased was a member of St, •
Cha. ;11, 0111100, anti the funeral !
ivhtcli ..vas 1lige,; attended took place •
On Strada • i
t aft,
ten, } afternoon to Chn,on Centre- •
IV, services al the haute and grave'
being conducted by Rev, ,,, A, Etelsio,--
sots,
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