New Britain herald., 1917-09-13
Nx3AA8 V RA1~ %V~ w - JOHNSON CHOSEN
 STANDARD BEARER
Republicans Tender Him Unani-
 nous Vote Of Confidence LITTLE INTEREST SHOWN

l -1O4 Accepted for National Army | Local Cases in Superior Court Making Voters Today. 1 Endorsing the administration of First Selectman Johnson, the repub-
 licans at their caucus last evening gave him unanimous renomination,
 the faithful few who gathered to 1 participate in the business of the ses- sion extending to him the compliment 1 of placing his name as the party's ] standard bearer by exclamation. Running with him are the other of nee holders, all of whom were given | a vote of confidence at the meeting. Not in years has the caucus at tracted such little attention. This ] was partly caused by the absolute 1 lack of contest. The willingness of 1 the republicans in general to con- t1nue the representatives of the peo- pie in their respective positions kept ] the number of those present down to the quarter century mark, only 25 being present.
 The ticket which the republicans 1 will offer at the election in October 1 follows:
 selectmen-William J. Johnson and 1 C. H. Calor.
 Town clerk-R. c. Usher. Town treasurer-C. W. Hird Assessor-Charles Newton. Constable-Philip Marine, Henry David, Carl Anderson and Alfred An derson.
 Grand jurors-G. S. Gwillim and s.
 P. Williams.
 Board of relief-J. N. McKernan
 and James Simpson.
 Auditor-F. l.. Benzon. Collector of taxes-Willis J. Hem l ingway
 1 Registrar of voters-J. N McKer- nan.
 | \School committee-A. L. Rogers. Library ommittee-Ralph Sey- mour.
 With the exception of Charles New
 ton, Ralph Seymour and J. N. Me- i Herman, the ticket this year Is 1 identically the same as was elected 1 last year Newton was nominated
 this year to fill the assessors posi- | tion as Frank Wheeler refused to ac- i cept the nomination. McKernan was 1 the republicans choice for registrar of voters while Seymour was nomin- ated to fill the vacancy caused by the removal from town of 1aev. MT. Grant.
 i This years session was devoid of | many interesting incidents which i were the rule in the good old days" 1 Starting at 8 o'clock the meeting was
 adjourned an hour later In the l sixty minutes spent within the con- 1 fines of the town hall there was not nf 1 those present.
 l G. s. Gwfllim presided as chairman of the meeting and John Lamb served | as clerk.
 Many Accepted for Army. That the examinations at Plainville yesterday of proposed members of the new National Army were more than successful is evidenced by the fact that nearly one-third of those who passed through the physicians
 hands will be ushered shortly into the service. These are the men who
 were found physically fit and waived all claims for exemption. Out of 345 who took the physical examinations 1O4 were marked with the stamp of approval. A large number of these
 were Plainville men but on account of the list not being checked up the ex- act number is not known. Yesterdays session was pure con- trast with the first examinations held a short time ago and at which not
 a single alien waived exemption. Yes terday IS aliens were found physical ly o. K. and expressed a desire to serve under the colors of this coun- try. IA were found physically fit but filed claims for exemption on various 6S w
 charged because of physical disab bill ities. The number called for exemption from the three towns of Plainville, Berlin and Southington was 521 but it is a known fact that a number of those to whom notices were sent failed to put in an appearance. At l the Plainville post office alone there 1 are six letters of notification that 1 have not been, called for and the whereabouts of the men cannot be l ascertained After a final checking | up by the local board the names oe 1 all who were summoned and failed to | appear will probably be placed in the hands of the federal authorities. With a working force that was greatly augmented and composed of { 35 clerks and 20 doctors the examin- l ations began at 12 o'clock. The To- 1 cal board were present at eleven ar l ranging the men in the order in ] which they were to be sent before the physicians. At o'clock the working | force had finished their last man and 1 the huge task was completed. Not a 1 moment was lost in the work and the | medical men as well as the clerks 1 who volunteered their services re-
 mained in the hall until the last man