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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1911-11-16, Page 7BRITAIN TRBSTS CAN.11),1 Foreign Secretary Leaves to Dominion Ques- tion of Rus).-13agot Treaty. desPateh from London says; Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Secre- tary, replied in, the negative to Rowland Hunt, M.P,ie, question in the COMMen$ on 'Wednesday as to whether he was aware the Uoited States were making a, DaValt station on Lake Michigan, and whether this was a breach of the Rueh-Bag,eti treaty, and whether any communi- cation had been receive(' f r0111 tae Canadian Government concerning the United States still eontinuing ta break in threefold the Begot treaty, Sir Edward Grey added e--",1 cannot make any promise about thie matter without an opportunity kr communication with the Cana- dian Government. Their interests - re mainly affected by any question eonnected with the Rueh-Bagot treaty, I would depreeato bong preseed for AUSWerS ts) thiS .11011Se Witieh 1 Wellid have to give without consultation with the, Canadian Govetnment, with whom I ane keep- ing in the closest touch." Mr. Runt -Will the Right Iloo gentleman -inquire of the Canadian Government whether the etatemen is a fact/ Sir Edward Grey -The oadion Government will keep us iully in- formed of their 'wishes. Mr, Hunt -Will or will not the Right Hongentleman call the at- tention f tlie Canadian Govern-, merit te the matter and aek whe tiler they are willing thet.the treaty bou1 a be broken / Sir Edward Grey -No sir prorgese leave to the Camedirin Government the i-..Cattive in mat- ters which eoncern cereetry it owu intereet, and to show our regard for our desire to in harnionon sympathy and c: -operation with them by not making statements about, what they may or may SHOltTAGE IN BRITAIN. WortenitY ter Camolian Expert er5 to EXtend Counce.tion, A deePeteli from Ottawa eaye The Department of Trade and Cam - melee has reeeived a cable from the Canadian High Commiesi000r con- taining the information that the Board of Agriculture will ehertly issne returns indieetbot that the hay and root crops iGreat Bvi tain were Linty. 76 per eent. of the usual total. Consequently feed will be very searce this winter, Cana- diatt hay was selling for 00s to 04 per ton with prospects of a further rise. ("anada and the United States aro practically the only (outside sources of supply, as the imports fron all European countries are prohibited owing to foot and mouth disease. Belgium has made inquir- ies in the United Kingdom for sup- plies, and it is quite pr'obable that other European oauntries are also short in their expected supply. pTor...11.1wrS.:41.1EAT Brothers Demonstrate the Relative Value of Foods. de,spateh from Denver, Col,, eays: That vegetables aro more nourishing than meat is being made evident by Jesse Buffum .and War- ren H. Buffum, brothers, who are walking across the continent as an experiment under the direction of Harvard University. They proceede. ed from here on their journey to- ward the Pacific Coast on Wednes- day. One is eating meat and the other vegetables. They arrived in Doneer on Tuesday night and slept en the roof of a local hotel. They have not slept in a bed since they started from Boston, they say. When they started west there was only three pounds difference in their weights. Warren Buffum, the vege- table eater-, is now fifteen pours heavier than his brother. MONUMENT TO RING EDWARD — Stint of $60,000 Already Collected. in 3Iontrea1, A despatch from Montreal, says: At a, meeting of the Board on Con- trol on Thursday afternoon, a let- ter was rea,d from Sir Thomas . Shaughnessy, chairman of the com- mittee, which is collecting funds for the erection of a monument t -o King Edward XII., stating that $60,000. had already been collected and suggestine°a civic grant of $0,000. The board ,recommended :such a 'grant. ONTAlt Payment by FM -level Governinei Will Invrease Next Car. A despatch from Toronto Ontario'n eeleeely from the het Government will be increased by $270,000 as a result, of the growth of population shown by the recent con - sus. As the population now exceede 2,500,000, however, the rate of Pay. lima will be reduced frem 20 emits to 00 eents a head, Until 1007 the subsidy was paid at the rate of tin eellt5, a, head on the beeie of the po- pulation in Pf01. At Ow Brovin. ciai Conference of 1901', however, on Ure Itaban law-, at TrIpull it was arranged that the subsidy ,should always be ealculated upen the population UN indicated by th last previous eensus, Until t present it has been paid on nutnizer of people in Ontario m le The increased subsidy will be paid for the first time next year. ea, WOLVES 'NBA lt 00 CUBA NE. Section Boss on Transcontinental Was Visited. A despatch from Cochrane The work of the section bos on the Transcontinental is not merely a matter of Watehing the track. The section boss at eighty-four, about fourteen miles east of Cecil- rane,, was visited in his shack by a pack of aboot twenty timber wolves, who killed his two dogs and devour- ed to the lastoounec an old cache of meat left by the railroad con- tractors. He shot one with his The next day he had to eliirib a telegraph pole to escape the attentions of the same peek, The fact that there are no red deer in the tonntry may account for the ferocity of the wolves. STATE 4i1EII3LIN_AL ELEVATORS. Government Will Shortly Dismiss Demands of the West. A despatch from Ottawa says: The Government win shortly take into consideration the demand of th& west for state ownership of the terminal elevators at the head of the lakes. The cost of taking over the elevators is variously estimated at from eight to fourteen millions. SMORTAGE OF MILK. There is :1140re Honey In It Than in Wheat. A despatch from Winnipeg says: A serious shortage of milk exists about the city. The Health and Food Department is advising farm- ers that they can make more money out of milk than they ean oet of wheat. THE NEWS IN A PARAIIRAPH PRICES OF FARM PRODUCTS IIAPPENINGS FII031 ALL OvES TIIE GLOBE IN A NUTSIIELL- Ce ada, thz, Empire and the Wee') La General Ilefere liour gym CANADA, It was 62 degrees above zero in Toronto and 20 below in CalgarY on Fridayi Fred Graham was sentenced at St. Thomas to ten years in the mnitentiary for pieking poekets. A 17;i'Veter named Lougheed was zeverely injured At Beileville by the barrel of an air gun hiewing off, Rey. Dr, WOVICIllan Was awarded by Mr. Justice Weir 83,560 ria-magee against the Board of Governors of the Wesleyan Theologieal College for disnr'h,}3a1 from his profouorf7:bP on alleged grounds a heterodoxy. GRE 11 .:TAE steainer the Priocese ohi has bean haunehad at .144iSIV3 The 1'ii1 an Quern ei rig11 hirbar at _Delhi, The Right lion- A, J. Belfour reeigued the leadrshiP ef T.Sonit. party in the B1Ush R(1717 Britiijj Premi ex, A Aequith, prennt at the aline. Lord Meyer 6 hanquet and 111Ad nu impart:4a prontaineement foreign affairs. ENER Afi.orco street fgtbtwe Arabs and Italians in Tun CU ed in many deaths, The Tu rlif.;- and Ai', hs made'u.e rfnin v0 Itil'z'lleCe$51111 4."3$41.11 LEPORTS PROM TILE LEA.,,DINti, TRADE CENTRES Or 4,31ERICA. 9.1.0ot, Prices of Cattle. Grain, Cheese and Other Produce 01$ 110BIS and Abroad, nnEAnsrutoPs. Toronto, Nor, 14.---FIOUr-Winter wheat .90 per cent patente, 53.5e, ;seaboard. Ma- nitoba, fletize-First tietents, $5-501 seeond patents. 35, and Strong bakers', 34.M, on track, TorentO. Itigalteiha theat-No. 1 Northern, .$1, I6, ,wny ports; 41,0, ZSk‘, or thern„ 3,040, anti 3, '4'441, By Dens, erie wneet-eie. 2 white, red and 2204,-d, new, 87 to 33. ontside„ Peas -00n4 vU1i pea, 31-10, eUtsido Oats -Ontario, No. 2 at 44 to 44 1-2e, out, side, awl No, 3 A t 43; ear /ets of No. 2, on trach. Toronto, 4'1-2 to 43e. Western Canada oats, 45o for NO, 2. and at eet r 'Co a extra -.Ng,. 2 ald tg. ell euteid 1)RAGO1 •FIAG .18 LOWEIIE F-401).oV.7: • FoTbj4dezi Oity A despatch from HOng Koeg. Manchu district- The' f°reign set' says;. Canton, the capital ee tlemeuts have not been disturbed} Kivangtang province, and the 1arg but fires have breicen °Ll't in everal est eity in chin4, formally de_ "sections of the riaitive city, threat glared its independence at noon ma t[ olliaiengofittshedneisetsytueit7ortatuecihtc)ievis iLns Thursday, when the Dragon Aug iihe south, having a population a was lowered and a salute in 'honor I 700,000, It is a great commercial of the new Government weee firedi i centre, and the seat of a naval; Canton is a manufacturing centrearsenal, Government shipyards, a espeeially for silks, firework e and mint, a sellool of navigation and a. weed and iron wares. The city's„ large dredock, trade in 1202 exceeded $55,000,000; A despa,teh from Pekin, saysi;' It has a good waterwOrkS SySten1,1The excitement is growing. Tho which was constructed by British ' residents a the Forbidden City aro engineers et a cost of over $1,500,-1 taking in great quantities of rice 000, and ALSO au electric lighting and other stores, Fifteen Innadred 'stem, Tho eity bas now apopula- infantry and 500 ealialry of the Of 1,200,000 and dates back Manchu First Division, whe lied ,,100,`""eansn fredn Shiltia, after the aesassination A despatch from Amoy, China, a General Wu La Chang, arrived says: The city of Fuchow, capitol here on Thursdayand entered the f rolcien province, is in the hands city, The Legations consider that f the revolutionists, After tale- all Itoptt for the Yanchn dynasty 't they wiped out the entire has vauzsbed. '4e tor uta, --1a1(1, 31to 32, awl Zfl, in case tote. twins at 15 1-4e per SIIWAY SIIIIIO cO1NT11 PlIODUCB. Apoes-iviawr sto. e4 to $1 jr barroa, ns -'Small !ot Q harid,pie1/4ed, per buil:lel, --Extraeted, in as, 01 to Ile Per (etn.b. 324:5 to 52,75. •• --No,t at $14 to •$!, 071 trika, Toroato *at'ses Car bet. iibage, $t t.0 ITTE ATTACK llITAI- Inflammatony References to Mr. Lloyd George's Morocco Speech, A despatch from Berlin, says: , During the Oourse of elle, debate in the Reichstag on Thursday Herr .ia,S8ernaan. 1.110 ',Neational-Liheral , • leader, insisted upon , the Reich - tag' s con sti tu tio nal rights and traised .tbe question, of amending the conStitution in the direction of Ministerial, responsibility. The de- bate called out many sharp attacks Upon Britain, where were greeted with applause by the, house and galleries. The chief attack was made by Herr Von Heydebrand ad was astouishingly bellicose, Referring to Chancellor Lloyd George's well -remembered speech he said that Germany now knows 1,--,fuffP, to find the enemy. "Ger-, ,tus," he cnntinucd, "are not- ,,11 ) g ,c.tc Del b it 1 I thin s. "Ite, German people will give a German answer to this English question. The Government will know what answer to give when the hour comes. When it comes is for the Governnient to say, but its duty is to decide for • the honor of the Gerroan Dation. We Germans will be ready to make whatever &Teri} fices are necessary:" (Long 'con- tinued applause). , The Persident of the Chamber had to beg the members to retain from their de- monstrations. The speaker went on "I can declare in behalf ,of all my political friends that NV 0 are ready when honor requires to make sacrifices not only of blood, but of treasure. We are ready to, meld; sitch saceifice,s whenever demand- ed!' ` A great commotion ensued at the conclusion of Herr Von Heyde- hrand's speech, P" TEL. nd inn Pavilie Railway Take 0 vet, Government Lan 4. despatch ,' from Ottawa says:: he Canadian Paeifie Railway Cern- any has opened negotiations with Minesthe Branch of the Govern- rehase itsentire peat plant at Alfred, Ontario. ,Tho com patty desires te continue:the Indus- try on cothmereisl lines, and .supply e City of Montreal in particular with peaVfuel, It regards the sue - cess of the Government experiments as incontrovertible proof that peat prodnetion in Canada has now be- come .1i commercial. enterprise of much importance. TRADE WITII SOUTH AMERICA: Direct Steamship Line, and Trade Agents Promised. A despateh from Montreal says: George F. jelmston, who has 'been working to arouse the Canadian manufacturers to go after the trade. of South America, is back .from Ot- tawa with the assurance from the Minister of Trade and COMIDeree that, if the merchants show that they are after the trade, he Will provide a, direct South American steamship service, and will appoint a trade commissioner in eaoh of the South American countries. - STEAMERS IN COLLISION. — . The Empress of .Britain Cellides With a Steamer.. & despatch from Liverpool says: The Canadian Pacific Steamship Company's steamer Empress of Britain arrived here on Friday af- ternoon after boing in colhsion with a local steamer off Calf of Man a small island in the Irish Sea near the southwest extremity of the Isle of Man, on Friday morning.. The liner sustained very little damage, but the other vessel was less fortu- nate and put into, harbor in the Lslo of Man in a waterlogged condition.. E1T1OtT4 LESSON,/ NOVEMBII 19. t ey sought e need no help of rc'iz4e ll sthey and fOr the Omnipotent hand .euld be upon them for good. The t leader had already intimated to the king: If now they Werg uucqual to their foes, it would ban et 'z jou ey to xerw4oden, EZ evidence of the wrath of God d against theca for forsaking 24. Twelve •priests' -Jt is (lit - it to decide whieh is neaut, r that priests meanitex „in), and that of them, mentioned a r here were twenty.feur is 1. eiie group consisting of twelv4 "ests, besides (inarg.in) whielt o were the two Levaes named ten others. Weighed-Ireney Was recironc Tzely• by weight. The offering o Ivor and gold and vessels, made king and others, has already ribed in Ezra 7. 10-19. Thtt been estimated at about ve tillion dollars. 22, Holy unto Jehovah -The and Levites were by this act ted unto the ettored service, he Lord's house. Tho solemn- ity of this votivo offering was in-, tensified by an appeal to their here - he at the hends who went up wi zEito wiarrnyin IN D.A.KOTA. Mack Wheat and Max in Fields Yet UnthreShed. ' A' despatch from Minot, N.D., says: Threshinegoin North-western North Dakota, where thousands of acres of fax and wheat lie in the fields unthreshede is at a Standstill as theresult of the .heavy fall of snow. The thermometer on Friday morning registered 9 degrees below zero, which issaid to be a now record -for this time of the year in the State...' CLOSE SEASON ABOLISHED. Whitellel May be Caught in Lake , Erie During November., A despatch from Ottawa says: An order -in -Council has been pees, ed 'abolishing the -close season fer whitefish during the month of No- vember in the waters of Lake Erie off the counties of Norfolk and El- . le Michigan Central special train van 211 miles from Welland to "Windsor, in 1.72X minutes. te make I« to 12 1-2o Per it., $?2,50; medium 1' to 14 1-2ft; 16 to Imes& rolbk, do„, ; bre, fast 1705 to Ue. Tioreee, lot tlAbS, 5 AT MONT Montreal, Nov, 14. -Oat - Canadian Western, No, 2, 48 to 48 I -2o, var lots, eX• Storo; extra No. 1 feed. 471-2 to 48c; No. 3 0, W„ 47 to 471-2o; No, 2 local. white, 461-2 to 470; No. 3 local White. 46 to 461.2e; No. 4 laeal white, 451.2 to 46. Flour - Manitoba Sprint; wheat patents, Brate, .60; seconds, 55.10; Winter Wheat Pat- ents, $4.76 to $5; strong bakers', $4.50; straight rollers, $4.25 to 34.40; In bags, $1,95 to $2.05. Rolled Oats -Per barrel, 55 25; bag DI 90 lbs., 52.50, Feed barley - Car lots, ex -store. 82e. Corn -American No. 3 yellow, 313.4 to 82e, llillteed-Dran, Ontario, 523 to VA; Manitoba, 325;,mid- d1ings, Ontario, 327 to 828; N ho r Mani- toba, 325; metallic, 526 to 532. Eggs -Se- lected, 261.2 to 2.2c; freah. 32 to 34e; No, 1, stock, 2214 to 24c, Cheese--Weaterne, 14 to 14 1-4o; Easterns, 135-8 to 13 7-8e. Mutter -Choicest. 27 to 271-4c; seconds. 261-4 to 263 -le. 1 Pella, UNITED STATES MARKETS, Minneapolis, Nov. 14.--Closo-Wheat--De- cembe2, 51.03 1-8; May, 31,08 3-4; artily. 51.09; cash. No, 1 hard. 51.04 5-8; No. 1 Northern, $1.041.8; No. 2 Northern, 31.- 01 1-8 to 51.021-8; No. 3wheat, 961-8 to 991-8. Corn—No, 3 yellow, 730. Oats - No. 3 white, 45 to 46c. Rye -No. 2, 136c. Bran -$22 to 522.25. Flour -First patents, 55 to $5.30; secom.l.„patpzits, 34,60 to 54.90; first, clehrs, 53.50 to 53.85; -second clears. 52.40 to 32.80. Buffalo, Nov, 14. -Spring wheat -No. 1 Northern, carloads, store, 51.08 3-4; Win- ter, No. 2 red, 98c; No, 3 red, 96e; No. 2 white, 99e. Corn -No. 5 yellow, 74e; No. 4 yellow, 72c, all on track, through billed. Oats -No. 2 white, 503-40; No. 3 ivhite, 50 1-2cl No. 4 white, 49 1-4c. Barley -Malt- ing, 31.16 to $1.25. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Montreal, Nov. 14. -Choice steers sold at 5 3-4e per lb., good at 35.50 to 35.60, fairly good at 55.25 to 35.40, fair at 34 90 to 55.- 10, and the lower grades at from 54 to' 54.75 per cwt. Cowd brought from 53.25 to 55, and bulls from 53 to 35 per cwt. Lambs at 55 to $5.35 per cwt. There was no change in sheep, the ,offerings being small, and sales were made at 53 to 53.75 per oWt. The" market for calves was also weaker, with sales at from 53 to 510 each, as to size and quality; The mar- ket for hogs was weaker, and prices ruled 35 to 40c Der cwt. lower. Toronto, Nov. 14. --Choice heavy cattle for botcher or export purposes sold from $6 to 36.25, while good medium cattle brought from 55.35 to $6.90. Common to medium mixed cattle ranges' from 34.50 to 55.25, Export bulls were firm. at' 33 to $5.50, with butcher bulls equally strong from 32.80 to 35.50. Fat coWs brought from 54.75 to 55.50, and lighter JONYB from $3 to 54.50. Canners wore -,, hotter talc at 32 to $2.75. There was also a g. ol do - mend for heavy feeders, whie sold fititrg at 53.50 to 55.25. Choice stockers were a good sale at 54.25 to 54.75. Lambs and sheep were practically unchanged, ilegs were 15 to 25e higher at 56.25 to 56 75, f.o.b. thro days, Iastthg from to the two ve him timo to ;secure the sites. ns of Levi---Zerubbabol brought back with him 4,250 priests, of whom only 74 wore Levites. Ezra as difficulty in obtaining even tow - r. The reason seems to have boon their absorption in the service of service The the high phtees, and other fornis mere idolatrous worship. In the later '''' ditary connections. The Men- plaee. They wore chosen men of of the God f their fathera refortrie We n prominent would o elatook aro patriotic irnvnico and rnligions bwationkidupeaouns: tplalibrima e.Nsmhoicriitesthteohtaunr4n f spirit, who were willing to sacrifice e29G,ekivawta,esk °;04,d'3annta keep them - their position in erdor to serve They peculiar eei to be vigilantly and jealously guard. e 16, Then sent 1 for Eliezer -- The are precious treasure; con, Goa. ecreted proposition here has a sto a high purpose, and are value, the meaning being, appar- ently. not that Ezra summons these Chambers -Storerooms (1 KingS, leading men into his premence be- 0. 6) connected with the outer build, ings of the temple, for sending thern upon a definite 31Departed . , on the twelfth mission, although the English .says diiyeeppee , , so much; but, that he actually cent- actual marth did not, missioned them, en the spot, the therek're' begin until this day', following verse giving the detaf ils of '411ilainale'aof was 4 i ss e m till lnPglYanda t.alcililn'egnpre-. their mission, The marginal read- ing of verse 17, "I gave them corn- liminary steps for the long journeyet mandment," is in that case prefer- The first month was Nisan, and cor-i able to I sent them forth, responds to our March -April, 17. Iddo-He held some position 32. We came to Jerusalem-Tbis, was on the of authority, perhaps over the first day of the fifth: young Levites, and Nethinim (a month, or about the middle of July. body ef temple servants who wore In all about 108 days were consumed detailed to do the more menial in going a distance of not less than; tasks, such as drawing water and 900 miles. It was in the midst ofl hewing weed). At Casiphia, the heated term, the cOmpany was; small settlement in the vicinity lel large and the caravan was heaveoi Babylon, there may have b n 33. Weighed , • _ into the hand kzi, kind of college of these yoeem-a• Meremoth-He and his three como young en We need not supp-ose, hoeeier, panions were doubtless chosen by, that. Iddo belonged to this class of mere drudgers. The text is the leaders to receive the offeringe, difficult at this point. But the corresponded with the written lists, after earefully determining if theee meaning must be that Iddo presid- saunelto convey them to the tree, rv. ed over all these young men, the There were two priests and brethren mentioned being the Le- two Levites, correspoeding to the two groups commissioned by Ezra. vites. 18. The good hand of our God up- Thclimber (34) of the vessels and on us -This is a frequently occur- gifts, and the 'weight of the silv- ring phrase in the chronicles of and gold were exactly inventirrie andfile hist PrcseTved' these times. It signifies the merei- eau i, - fill favor of God, In times .of ad- They furthered the people -, versity, the hand of God is repre- This was a new turn in event. It' sentecl as turned against leis pot)._ was a great thing to have officials like the satraps, and governors ,be-: ple. It is looked upon as a provi- cleotial occurrence that a man of yond the River Euphrates, helping; discretion (which, as the margin instead of hindering. The royal de -1 suggests, may be the name, Ish- eree determined everything. The, king's commissious are set forth in sephel, of this otherwise unnamed . E descendant of Levi), together with zr.a 7' 21-')4" thirty-eight Levites and two hun- dred and twenty Netliinim (te ancl 20), are found to accompany the Jews on their journey. Although these were all mentioned by name on the list befere the writer, he does not think it worth while to take op space with their names, 21-36. Events oi the journey, in- cluding preparation; and a descrip- tion of the journey itself,' and the arrival at Jerusalem. 21. A fast -That it was a strictly spiritual exorcize is evident in the language used to. describe its pur- pose. It was a eyrobol of. humble submission before God, a season of prayer for a course free from dan- gers and hindrances. 22. A band. of soldiers --Such as Nehemiah had (Nell. 2. 9). The' en- emy in the way was not any speci- fic foe like the Samarita.ris but bands of robbers in the desert. Ezra Lt )1 Mil 1311) ETA ON S. Ruling of customs Boara Aimed ati 'Alleged Rrasi A despatch frOnl Ottawa says : Analleged evasion of the Customs act is aimed at in a ruling of the Dominion Customs Board on , day in regard to lumberimhioria- tions. Lumber dresseci on one sIde only conies in free, 'hut when also dressed on the edge it is subject to a, ditty of twenty-five per cent. ,Tho ,Canadian 1,,umbermen's Assotiationl claims that the Americans after dressing the lumber 011 5111 and t edge afterwards roughen the lat.:-.,ter, slightly to qualify 'andel' the free? classification. Colleetors are in strueted to closely inspect all shij. ment,s, and apply the duty to lumber edged in any way in addilion to b-eing dressed on oue side.