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The Clinton New Era, 1917-05-24, Page 1r Established 1565, Vol, 51, No, 48 The New Era CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MAY 24th, 1917. ' 1, H, Kerr & Son, Editors and Publishers. Wants the News From Every ry ideBn Each e b''4NsWeiseWVYsese s..00WseYstssoNWestiV WWhAMese1AANNAessesA ARAAA,c, a53 Gstir. It rn s After Measles and Scarlet Fever use $suer & Blacks Formaldehyde Fumigation handy to use and thoroughly effective, House cleaning is never complete unless the house is thoroughly Fumigated, we have them in 3 sizes, small ones for single rooms, the med- ium size for Douses, and the large sizes for Schools, Churches and Public Buildings, , , , BEST, QUALITY, DRUG, STORE W. S. . ]-'EE LIVI31116 Phm.ii, ,0.0.ovvvvvR vvvvvw'b°wvdvt4Vv'.4t v,,WeavevvvvV\vvvvvvvvvvvvvvW Tie Royal. OF CANADA Incorporated .1869. ark. Capital Authorized $25,000,000 Capital Paid-up 12,900,000 Reserve and Undivided Profits 14,300,000 Total Assets 270,000,000 400 B R A N C H E S --With World-wide Connection Interest Allowed on Savings Deposits. General Banking Business Transacted. R. E. MANNING, Manager . Clinton Branch r..»...r,..Y' INCORPORATE) 1855 Ili CAFITAL AND RESERVE $8,800 000 96 Branches in Canada A General Banking Business Transacted CIRCULAR LETTERS OF CREDIT BANK MONEY ORDERS SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT Interest Allowed at Flighest Current Rate C. E. DOWDING, Manager: Clinton Branch Beady-Cn-Wear IB Clothing Suitins for.. . Ladles Never in the history of our business have we sold so many Suitings for Ladies as this season. They are beginning to appreciate the fact that it pays to buy Men's Suitings instead of the light weights usually shown for Ladies Wear. We are showing a large range of Blue, Black and Gray Serges•—colors guaranteed. All goods shrunk free of charge. Now is the time to make your selections —for the price will go much higher. The Moors Clothing C9, Agent for C. P. It. 'A`eiegr tph Co. A Square .6":C1).1 tor Every Man Try ° 'the Nt.iv for Job Work in Selective Conscriptilil Am wand for Cana Premier Stated that Details of the Plans Will be Worked Out by the Militia Cotmcil; Single Men, Without Dependents, will be Called on First; Local Boards to deal with all Cases and Determine those in Class Order which are to be Conscripted; Classes are Stated. OTTAWA, May 18.—Selective con- scription—the momentous pronounce- ment by Sir Robert Borden at the close of his speech this afternoon, had stirred Parliament as it has- not been stirred by any development of policy sbtce•the war began. It is conceded on all sides to be a bold and courageous stand, induced by the stern recognition of the real situation, Sir Robert Borden, when asked to- night by- the Free Press for details stated that he was not yet in a position to announce them, 1 -le said they are yet to be worked out. That will be left to the militia council. The com- pulsion, however, is to be on the select- ive principle—that is to say, sten up to the physical standard will be chosen witk regard to their age, the chaster of their present activities and their dependents. SINGLE MEN WITHOUT DEPENDENTS. It is certain that the young men will be called first, the husky, single fellows who have no dependents, no particular home handicaps and nothing to prevent , their enlistment. The next class probably will be the single tnen who have some responsi bility, in the line of dependents, but not such as would particularly interfere with their enlistment. A third class would be married men without families and e fourth married Wren with families or dependents. The national service registration, re- turns of which are admittedly incom- plete, show 150,000 men who have no dependents and who are not engaged[ in occupations really vital to the state. This is materially in excess of the num- ber required in the present pian, PAY ATTENTION TO AGRICULTURAL NEEDS. In the selections there will be con- sideration to the class of work now being done. Men who are engaged in. vital industries chile not. exempt as a class, wild be considered with reference to the value to the state of their existing occupations. Attention will be paid to the needs of agriculture, transportation of Milli - tion factories and similiar activies but there will be no sweeping exemption of any one class, In England they started that way and the slackersprolnpt ly drafted themselves to safety first jobs a.... a FIRST CLASS, 18 TO 25, UNMARRIED, Possibly each divisional area play ��C._ 4.� Spopild 0 have to furnish its quota, but having ,regard to its past performances, Those whose resources are already heavily drained would doubtless be relieved somewlsat from the onus which ptber- wise would attach to them. Very probably there will be Iocat hoards to deal with all cases and to determine those which in the class order above indicated or on similar lines, should 1e conscripted. . 'The first class called will be 18 to25, untnarried; the second class 13 to 30, unmarried, and the third class 18 to 30, married, without dependents, • Sir rtobert do announccing ttte seiec-. tine principal said: "1 think that no true Canadian, reat- bepri Vt ftee,A 235 NAMES 3N HURON 'COUNTY. raeetttaesep,Be•ssr;ypeyr�rrtagraairameitherimk, rive T cipi 0 904740ale3m®000r 8900,20 0021 00 Mr. Thomas Jackson is in Toronca this week, Miss Violet Argent has returned fronsher millinery position, Mr. J. F . Wise made a business trip to Toronto last week, Mr. N. Curring, of Blyth, viascaller in town last week. Mrs. W, R, Counter was visiting ia:Brantford for a few days. A/r. Chas, Grusby, of Blyth, spent aro few (tours in town last Thursday. idis:es Elsie turd Mary (irielis, nl Toronto, are visiting relatives anti friends in town Mr. and Mrs, 1 -tarry Twitchell lately residents of 'Toronto heyu removed tryDetroit, Sergt, (teorge Webber was up frost.London over the week end. Ile is a welcome visitor. Mr. Vert McEwen, of Medicine IIat, Alberta, and a former grocer in town. ryas calling on old friends in town last Mr. George Cook, of New York, who is head huyer for the Simpson Co., Tor- onto there, was a visitor at the parentat' Tonle this week. ilirs. W, T. (J'Neil, F,ank Ralson„J. A. Satter and J. L. herr attenddivine at•rvice with the liru•.�c:field U'dci- fellows on Sunday •evening Mr. Oliver Johnston and Air. n;lrea Porter, of Godert�at,' wine visitors it: town Saturday. Clinton still has a warmspot in their hearts yet, Doctor Thompson teas eallrd to St.. Mary's owin; to the death of d i Further reference to the fate Alr. Thi ptgson n:av he read c,n ,m,H,ee.?dr,11eletrope, teeer of the :%:,iron's 11:u,ft an s ns. 1 oronto this we. b and hasenti.ted wil'n the 1'uicerei't• 11. t!• - and will juin a anon as he can ' e reliaveti. 1Brussels i'os: j—James and Airs 1 so.. - ford and 1\{Isr Cle;u, ;tied \t'llAltdfatt motored ovrr front 1'lin:otSunday ;toil spent the day at Allan antiMrs, Lan:ont's I'te. J. Yuuogsor, of Gotierich. veteran of the gnat wtr sec a vioizortown over Sunday, The young soldier,'had the rni',forttte to lose his right leg in the big light Itcv, .1. E. and Airs. Hogg woretors at 1.nvl;roar ovrr f un.lay, while liev. Mr. Hogg was preaching A ncivet• sary sermons in the Presbyterian Churoe in the Sepoys town. Airs. I -Harriet Aliddlettt of "\,iaite, Hall" Clinton, Ontario atnlounce the en- gagentent of her daughter, 1matti,, to Mr. George Stewart, Ooderirh, the marriage to take place early in Tune. The many old friends of Mrs ,l, Hod gens, now .,f Toronto will be glad to learn that after confinement to her room with somewhat severe illness, she is now on a fair way to rcccvery. I\Vingltant Advancel—Friend; of Hal McLean will be pleased to learn that ise was recently gazetted as .Major. He is an instructor in bayonet work and as a private writing home puts it, "HHe ie one of Huron's most popular officers. Continued on Page 5. urnished Chief Recruiting Officer in Various Classes for Recruiting, Although complete lists of names of uten eligible 1'or military service, ac- cording to' information furnished on national service cards. have not yet been received at tale districtheadquarters statistics have been com- piled at the office- of Capt. tlincison, chief recruiting .officer of London dis- trict, showing the number of names of the various classes that have been re- ceived front Ottawa for recruiting wo1•xin various cities, towns and counties in Western Ontario, Huron County ds given as having 95 in 1A class; 25 in 2A class; 33 in 3A class; and 62 ie 3B class; a total of 215. Oxford hats a total of 212; Welling- ton 139; Bruce 229;. Perch 194; Water_loo 301; Woodstock city has 528 in altclasses; Windsor .1861; Guelph 783; Sarnia 928; Chatham 601; Kitchener 1321; Galt 676; London 3512. In order that the lists may be un- derstood it must be remembered that, to put it briefly, Class 1.A., means men between 17 and 30 years of age, with- out dependents; Class 2. A., ages front31 to 45 without dependants; Class 3. A., ages 17• to 45, single, but claiming to have dependants, probably not sole support, told Class 3,B., ages 17 to 45, but married, and not more than three dependants. Farmers are excluded froththe list, as well as those with store than three dependants. The totals for the entire district are given as 2730; Class 1A; 1533, in 2A; 3040 in 3A; 5993 in 313; a total of 12002 in No. 1 Military district, Births, Marriages cc'c.Deaths Deaths CO(iPER—In Stanley T'ow nship. on Mond ty, Aiav :'1st, itlary •1nn Ili;gins beloved wife of Atr, Job Cooper, aged 71 years and 7 mouths. IIOYCE—In T.n•nnto on May °0th Elizel:,eth tiwan, tries td 11.,mas Royce, of 0, de,i,.h eldeet lau},hter of the late Andrew Swann , of llrurefit d. IIEAVY STORM SATURDAY. 'This section got store rain than was necessary to start vegetation on Sat- urday, A terrific dust stoma passed through the main street about 11 o'- clock Saturday morning, but about 4,15 a severe rain and lighting storm passed over the section for half an hour or so. Cellars were flooded and low lands got a bad drenching. The lighting was sharp but no damage was done. We hada dreary day on Monday, dreary cold and wet and .many a household started a coal lire to take the chill from the roosts, {zing all that is at stakein this war,can bring hitisself to consider withtoleration or seriousness any sugges.tion for the relaxation of our efforts. I ;The months itttntediately before us nmay I be decisive, event it the war should not l end this ye:tr. Germany •is bringinginto play during the present season the , Inst ounce of her tamanlsood, What have iwe dune in this war. We have sent326,000 -uten overseas in the Canadianexpeditionary force. Including reserv- fists in British and allied armies the . men enlisted for naval defense, 360,000 sten at least have left the shores of , Canada. It is a great effort, but greater ' still is needed." "lsitherto we have depended upon voluntary enlistment. I nmyself statedto Parliament, that notlring but volun- tary enlistment was proposed by the Government, but I returned to Canada `impressecd ;d once with the extreme gravity of the situation, and .•with asense of responsibility for our ful'ther efforts at the most critical period of , voluntary system will nut yield further substantial results, I loped that it would. The Government has tnade every effort within its power so far as 1 can judge, If arty effort to. stint-; Continued ou Page 6. SITUATION GRAVE. ()ULD you be uo- to-date? Then we will call on you �nith our • new Mates "Druck (just see liow quickly. we can do it) with I flllAlzt'%@ N'1sREe- t hat (t hey are nowat their be,3t) ar IJak'a o,1 Vs i,gl', Calkt's. SPECIALS ECR THE 24TH hltwnwberries, '.TUlnlatoes, a,nd f.etttim ti''�. T. `NE r ettr.it.I •,t. � �,UT3 tai . ,Phone 48 �n � �tbI3ita i ktrhiced o`s Ago Local Men Heartily Approve of Enforced Enlistment, regretting Only that the Move was So Long Delayed—Hope Expressed that Draft Will Include all the Slackers. Unanimously Ieaders of thought and act- ion in Clinton express their hearty approval cif the n]easure to enforce enlistment.to raise { oo, two men, to reinforce the gallant Cana- dians now in the firing lines, Coupled with the pleasure they felt that at last the "slack- ers" were t9 be called on to do their duty, with a power behind the call, was coupled regret that it had taken so long for the need of the measure to be. brought home to the ,overnment. It was emphasized that the step proposed, while giving the needed men to the fighting forces, there should also be a caliscriptiOn on war -profits and fopd sup - opinions secured by The New Era folio ;vs :• Dr. C. W. Thompson, Mayor of Clinton: "Mv opinion of conscription is now as it was at the beginning '' of present war and even be- fore that:—When our Cou;ttry declares war, conscription should follow naturally. This war is not being waged for the sake of the hied lighting; nor yet for those. who have fought told died. It is for principle, that prin- ciple is namely freedom, 'Tie method Can- ada took to raise an artily was extravagant to say the least. The plucky young men of our generation, those who should hlfve been future fathers for the country were taken and in many cases lives lost. Cowards remain at 'home to perpetuate their specie, and so pop- ulate the country forfuture, 1 don't say that all who remained hone were cowards, but I do say urany who have gone and given their lives would- not have been required with honest conscription. Every man and woman should be conscripted and made do the work for best advantage for the country. The pre- sent seletcive ages I believe, are wrong. It should be 21 to 30 years, single men. This lighting is a man's job, and boys should not he forced while stalwarts 25 to 30 years re- main in peace, Fond supplies should also be conscripted and men not going to fight and of proper age, should be p.ersonaliy taxed. There should be no war-profits—blood. money," Lt,.Col. Hy. Torr. Rance: "The failure of the volunteer system, which is fundamentally wrong, to produce an adequate army for, Canada, justifies Parliament in deciding for conscription. The former hits been a failure both in ]ease and war, as much in one as the other, tot' it is an unfair, haphazard, un- scientific, costly. system, 1t seemed tit the past to suit our loose ideas of protection, and our Britishtradition,--That to - tt i one volunteer v l Wits worth a dozen pressed -(nen," and so it might still be, if enough men had volunteered for the present conflict, but the magnitude of the war in which 1ve are now engaged, has shattered forever the stupid delusion that volunteering had ever .been anything but an idiotic chapter in our history. 1 an] mightily in favour of universal physical anis military drill for all boys between the ages of sixteen and nineteen, at their formative period, and when their time is not very valuable, 1f every man in Canada was physically and menially perfect, we could afford to laugh at Barnhardi's boast that the Prussian is the superman of the present century, and also his remarks about the survival of the fittest. if we had adopted the above years ago, there would now be no trouble in introducing the selective draft system. The only objectors will be the slackers and insurgents, who will be forced to do what their small-soula'd patri- otism failed to teach then]." , Mr. A. T. Cooper, Secretary of Huron Co. War Auxiliary: "My opinion of conscription is, that it is the fairest method of raising an army, and while Canada has done remark- ably well in securing three hundred and sixty thousand volunteers it has been don,; at a tremendous cost, and this money could have been used to better advantage. Many of those who have gone, would not have been selected if conscription had been in force, especially the men with large families, Who should say that the life of one mint's son is any better than another? and for that reason all should be considered as equal, and no 'one should be allowed to hide behind any parti- cular occupation." - Rev. J. A. Agnew: "1 an] in favor of selective conscription and I believe that the Government is taking a wise step. 1 think that they should go farther and have con- scription of wealth." H. Wiltse, President of Board of '('rade: "1 -lad that question been asked of me two years ago I should have said we want none of it. 'Today 1 an convinced of the absolute need of the measure if we are going to do our share to win tate war. If the proposed system takes those best fitted for the task, and who can best be spared from the different spheres of activity it will have achieved sore than can otherwise be done." Rev. W. L. Rutledge, D, D.: "No"patriot- ic Canadian, f believe, is likely to find fault with the decision of the Government, re- garding conscription, It certainly hooks like the most feaaable method, and at the same S time, the too.justa Most and worthy wO 1 method in y securing adequate otces to meet the Conn - try's obligations at this time, Those who have complete confidence in the wisdom and Continued on Page 5. - Father Dead. The St. Marys Journal seat the fon-, owing obituary of the late 'Air. 'I'honap- sou, father of Mayor Thompson, to The, New Era.— tie of the oldest, if not the oldest m: in St. Marys, died at his home la the Wes& Ward 011 Wednesday tast when Joshua Thompson passed away in the 940 year of his age. The de- ceased was .born in Hraestown, near Napanee in 1523, and carne to London in 1845, living for a- short time witlS; his uncle, Joseph Langford. On Octo- ber 28, 1 S 5 3 he was married to Miss: Elizabeth Walden and rived some 12 years in the Township of Biddulph, after which he leased his farm and went to Luean to reside. This was in February 1866, While in Lucas, Mrs. 'lis'ssmson died, Two dears after her death he returned to his farm in B€d- dulph and two years after this again. in 1876, he married Miss Margaret Stewart, sister of the late William Stewart of the 16th Con. of London:. who survives hits. In 1802 he sold hit: farts and Inas lived retired in St. M;u•ys ever nce. Air, Thompson was a well and widely 1:1; wn throughout all this section -a! country, He was a man of greet ph;•-, steal and intellectual strength and was one of the: hest posted then on Teal religious said general matters in the district in which he lived. throughout his day, Socially he stood high and had many. fart friends among the gen- eration lust passed. in later years as weakness and deafness crept upon hitt[ he lost touch to a great extetrt with the growing generation but he retain- ed his mental faculties in a high de- gree until tine last and knew uothin ; of illness until the past few tnon1110. i'nr long. years he has been almost daily caller at The St. Marys Journal ()thee and his great delight was to h,; given a free hand wills the exchanges. Itis chem; word of weleosall w'iticlr never tailed Atmwhether the d:nv was bright or dull, will long be remember- ed, Up until late years Isis advice. and counsel on business matters was sought by many and few who ct,nsulied lsiur were not benefited by his advice, 14e was a mans of fearless €nteririty and sier ting qualities, his word being his bor•,3 with every nliui, rte did at 'll tinsel what he believed to be his duty, re- gardless of any other man's opinion and throughout his entire life he was never known to waver of any question, His home life lits been a most happy one. No man was more fortunate in the Selection of his life companions. And Ise esteem and affection that ex- ists between the widow and the step- children reflects nal only the loving disposition of the stepmother but the home training of the entire family, Besides the widow the following elsilnl- rcn survive: ---James 'Thompson, pen.. tictcn 13. 0.; Or. 0, A, Thompson, Principal sir Hamilton Collegiate la- stitute; Mrs. ,1. E. Murray, Toroptets Dr, C, W. -f hompson of Clinton; Cleo. A. Thompson, 13,A., Regina Sask. and Bars. 11. S. Prduglc, Vicoria, B. C. The remains were h,terrcd in St. Marys Conetery on Priday a fternoon the talltcarers being ussr s. Lca Stewart, mos Stewart 0,Walden. and Chas. Walden of London 'Powis-, s€tip and the twa sons, Dr. Mien 'Thottt9 son and Dr. Chas, Thompson. ,