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The Exeter Advocate, 1916-3-30, Page 6BRITANAL RAID ON FOE AERIAL SHEDS Warships ps Carry Seaplanes vo Bomb Scheswig -tot- stein Base—Two German Patrol Ships Sunk. A despatch from London says: , Great Britain gave her first effective' answer on S;iturday morning to Ger-; man air raids. A squadron of five seaplane:a convoyed by light cruisers. and destroyers, crossed the North Sea and trent straight to the Monte of the German planes which have frequent lc visited the English coast of late They attacked the German ahold p shod. in Schleswig, east- of the Island of Sy1L Thee• were met, however, by an efeetive anii-aircraft defence,' while the convoys, were engaged by German petrel beats. A. battle royal,° both in the air and sea, o. teide the harbor cof Sy:t, eneaetl, Only two of the British planes returned, the three others, including a battleplane, were I brought down, according to the ofd-# tial statements, Stormy weather pre- vailed, and in the course of an exeit- ing naval engagement, the British de- stroyer Medusa collided with the destroyer Laverock, The Medu a is believed to have been lost, but heel crew are safe, The Germans, on their! part, lost two armed trawlers, the 4 Braunschweig and the Otto Rudolph.: During the engagement four Ger-1 man torpedo boats were cut off by a number of British destroyers, but! eventually succeeded in making theiri escape, says a despatch to the Central News from Copenhagen. !BRITISH PROGRESS CONTINUES IN GERMAN EAST AlticA Arusha Has Been Occupied and the Enemy Driven From tis Line on the Ruwu A despatch from London say=: Tele- grams to the War Office font Gen- eral Smuts, commander of the British farces in German East Africa, indi- cate that the German forces were die- loged from defensive positions on the Lumi River and the Iiitovo hills by operations from March 7 to 12, They retreated to positions in the thick forest along the Ruwu River. On March 19 there was bush fight- ing in the vicinity of Blithe, the enemy stubbornly resisting, On the 20th a e-e--...------eseae-iesiesas British force occupied Arusha, dis- lodging the enemy, DEFENDERS OF VERDUN.. Leading Markets OT TO DRIVE I S BRITISH BLOW TO INTERVENTIONENEMY• DIiGOI T s neBreadstuffs. Torott•cranto, Mar, 28:--1Sanitoba tvlteat,. S p- -'0 1 1Corthertt $1 0$La Pree. Wilson .tpee;i1 to Country to • :lid in Thwarting This Move. A despite!): from Weehingtcn sale's: Pre•iee•nt Wilson appealed to the country or, - •rtur•iay night for aid in thwarting' a eeesr.iracy which he de- , c?:tree has been organized to plunge the L'r:it•:,i Spat: into war with Mexi�•o. Ina foetal Ammon issued :Lt the , White Heeet. the Prc•iidert charges that t e arnpeign if falsehood is be - hg ea:'rie e az thsrtugh the m ac - p,•ir,ei•9 4,1 tile° tq:irtie "tor the pur- lec�: e of bringing grout ireeervention in the fete rest of eert .in American owrit•r c -f M:xiee:n property." Thi:-• i Seree�,-v the Pr. sent pledges himself t defeat, but he warns the people t:,. teen ta•y that if the cam- paign is 1 rnrittc•;i to continue "very serious , o: lit e:1 may be created, unneees• ire 1,1i -w i -11..,i may result, and th • ie.lation' int-tween the two rel c.Llalic ntaw be vey much em- barrav ed." Presiner t Wil-e,;s expresses the hope tl at the people of the United States ,ll be on their guard agaiust credits f acre ;tory coating from the border, anti he entreats the editors of newspapers that they "make it a mat- ter of patriotism and conscience to test the souree ant l authority of every report they receive from that quarter." BR��ED INFIRE AT HALIFAX IFAX _ , No. 2, $1.06%; No, :i, $1.0344., in tFort Successful Raids Against German ;sore, �'iiam il. $7.25; t o common , I Manitoba oats—No, " C.W., 4?l.kc; heifer., good to choice, $7.25 to $7,85; At Dussing the enemy attacked .•.-.- --__„ during the night, but was driven off Stene to $1.13%; No. 2 Northern, with severe lasses, In the meantime $1,95vs to $1,493'x. strong mounted force traversing t?:e Live Stock Markets. Toronto, :tial 28'—Choke heavy VILLA, DEFEATED ATED BY DRIVE steers, $8 to $8 ;35; butcher steers,+y "� (� !RUSSIAN(� t , $7.3ce, $7.75 it to $7.90e medo., +good, CARRANZA'S MEN GAINS IN FORCE $ t Jtl to .2,1.x0; do., medium, $7 to 1 „ , $6,25 to $6.755; bush country seized the Mahe rail- way station and many hotises. force then oecupied a hill to the south-east of Kehe. This threat against our retreat deeided the enemy . to hold au throughout March 21 with a view to further retirement under corer of darkness. Further reinforcements reached him during operations. The Brit- E ish inflicted heavy losses, but the Ger- =ails resisted obstinately, At night the entire Renee line was evacuated by the enemy, who retired south- tzards, leaving aL four -.inch sibs bc- longing to the cruiser Koenig;c,er :The operations are continuing. Earl Kitchener telegraphed con- ''. gratulations to General Smuts for hi ;brilliant success,. Treuches in La Bassee \To. 3k C.W., 40'i e; extra Na, 1 feed, {lo„ tnediant, $6,50 to $6.75; butcher r Region. ,40 ec, No. 1 feed, $9tec, in store, Ford cows, choice, $G.:50 to $7; do„ good, Se oral Dead and Wounded Bandits Desperate Battle is Raging in the U f William, $5.75 to $6.50; butcher bulls, choice, A 1,atch £ram Lgndvn sys: Sir'I American corn ---:;o. i yellow, 7188, ee.50 to $7,25; do„ good bulls, $5.50 Were Left on the Minsk Region -•-Meng Prisoners h British , 1 � Ainericait. corn•---No.:3 yc]loty, 78, to S6• do medium medium, $5 to $5.50; do. , F�e1d, Taken John IAaLg reports that the t itis t o:t track Toronto] a rough liolagna $1 40 to $4 50• feed- fiaYkl it iiut two successful raids; Canadian Born --Feed, 68 to 70e, an SgyQQ to l OQ0 lbs, $0,40 0 6,SQ A despatch from El Paso, Texas, A despatch from London says: The against the Getman trenches about track Toronto. do,, bulls, $1,50 to'$S,50; stockers, says; Villa was attacked and defeat- Russian offensive m the Dvinsl region Gommeeourt and the Bethune -La Bas-; Ontario oats --No. 3 white, 42 to 700 to 800 lbs;, $6 to $6,50; do., med- ium, ed on Thursday' night at Santa Ger- is rabidly developing, aL desperaLte see reads. Three dugouts filled with 43c, commercial, 41 to 42c, according ium, 650 to 750 lbs., $5,75 to $6; do., trudes by Carranza troops, according battle is raging to the southward of the enemy were bombed and blown to freights outside. 2 light, 500 to 650 lbs„ $5 to $5.50; to a despatch received by General Dvinsk, According to the Perograd in. The G=ermans sprang a mine to, Ontario wheat--No.winter, Per canners, $4 to $4.25; cutters, $4.50 to Gavira in Juarez. Get:eral Gavira' official rcnort, while north-west of the north of Arras and twci mines car lot. 1 to $1�0 , No, 1 commercial, 75, . ; 90 to 9$c; No, _ do.'t4 to JGc; ;`Ta. 3 $'1•,v, milkers, choice, each, $GO to said he had received authentic infer- bake �Targunelt General ]{uropaLl:iit', north-east of Neuve Ghapel)e, cause' da. 91 to 92c• teed* wheat sere° 8 c $8S, springers, $(i0 to $85, cadres, oration that after the skirmish M forces, after having repulsed several ing slight damage. to the British ; according to freights outside. a s , veal, choice, $11 to $12.50; do,,. need- Santa Clara. earlier in the day where counter-attacks, are advanefng, \`erg trri;ches. A grenade attack to the ,, Peas \o, `2, $1,50; according t ium, $7 to $8; do„ common,. $5.50 to Col. Cane's command hada defeated violent hand-to-hand fighting took a $6; lambs, yearlings, $10 to $13,50; e The German forces which game ' freight' outside, • succi and again attacked late Thur,;- -.region north of the town of iui-w and a foothold on the small hill of Han-Barley—Malting barley, 02 to 04e lambs, each, $r sheen $10; elves, light, day night at Santa Gertrudes and -.region of Lake Sekl De - court a little over half a mile south- feed barley, 59 to 02e, according to $G, 50 to $ g, rho s fed r' dn atered, again was defeated, Villa left sever- l, spite the heavy German Etre, the Rue- west u - v.c t of Malaneourt, on the west side freights outside. $14.$5; do , �f,a.b ,x$9,90; da„ weigh- al dead and wounded bandits on. the °sign troops by a strong feutvarcl of the Meuse en Wednesday, have not Buckwheat -68 to 69e, according to ed off cars, $10.35, a field, and Gen, Gav ra says one hon-' drive forced all the adversary's linea tet attempted to increase their gains,' freigh#c outside.Montreal, bide, 28.—Butcher steers, deed horses were captured from hire 'and Larraeades in the sector of Olilm and the 1" eneh still hold part of the • tootled �aceordin commercial, 8 t 83 70; choice, $S to $$.25; good, $7.50 to by the Carranz)stas, From Santa l and repulsed counter-attacks.., Raiding hili. 85c, according to freight moutside, to $7.75; fairly good, $7 to $7,25; fair,; Gertrudes Villa fled to El Oso, where; parties which ad passed the Ovine There: was no infantry action on . Manitoba flour—First patents, in $6, 50 toy $6.75; medium, $6 to $6,25; he was reported to be reorganizing, captured an enemy machine gun in the Verdun front Wednesday night or jute hags, $6.50, second patents, in butchers steers, common, $5.50 to his forces. Santa Gertrudes is a' the Jaeogstadt section. m, ,,,,_., -. t�• a -a ,.... night ., ,._ 'Jute. ..; strong cK '75, • canners. $4.25 to $5;b oat to ranch settlement in the Guerrero dis- Although strongly defended and g $• o - north of Arras was repulsed, !sample, $1 to $1..r.,0, according to d lamb 7 to 7 25 s x in Z Ma, the bandit chieftain was pun- place all of lV ednesday eight in the d cul a �" $ P >* ratans decreased the intensity of their 1 bags, ,$5.80, Toronto, bombardment to the west of the river,', Ontario flour—Winter, according to which had been of especial violence • sample, $4.05 to $4.20, on track, To - as a support to their infantry attack, ronto; $4.15 to $4.20, built seaboard, but continued without lessening of in- prompt shipment. tensity the bombardment on the east- ° Millfeed, ear lots, delivered Mont- real freights --Bran, per ton, $24; shorts, per ton, $26; middlings, per tot, $27; good feed flour, per bag, $1,60 to $1,70, ern bank of the river. In the Woevre the cannonade was intermittent. On Thursday heavy artillery fire was resumed on the western bank of the Meuse, in the Malancourt region, Country Produce, and on the front between Bethineourt- Le Morte Homme-Cumieres while to Butter—Fresh dairy, 28 to 31c; in- t feriae, 23 to 25e; creamery prints, 34; the east of the river and in the to 36c; solids 32 to 34c. T Fail Woevre the firing increased in vio- Eggs—New-laid, 28 -to 29c; do., in fence. cartons, 30 to 31e. Honey—In 10 to 60 -ib. tins, 13 to FARMERS WILL CROP - 14c. Combs—No. 1, $2.75 to $3; No. _. REDUCED ACREAGE 2, $2.25 to $2.40. s Beans—$4,10 to $4, 40, the labter Wild Scramble of Sixty inmates of Wages Are High and TheyExpect for hand-picked, g g p Poultry—Chickens , 19 to 20c; fowls, House as Flames 1 Trouble in Securing Help. 15 to 16e; ducks, 17 to .20c; geese, 18 Spread. A despatch from Winnipeg says: to 20c, turkeys, 23 to 25c. of the farmers of Manitoba,who Cheese—Large, 19c; twins, 19 Jae, 'ManyPotatoes—Car lots of Ontarios, A despatch from Halifax, N.S., cannot secure sufficient help, have de $1.65 to $1.70, and New Brunswicks says: Four Italians and two Russians tided to put in a smaller acreage. ab $1.75 per bag, on track. were burned to death, and an Italian Wages will be beyond the reach of - woman and a Russian were badly in- a large percentage of the farmers. Provisions. jured in a fire early Sunday morning The help to be expected from the sol- Bacon, long clear, 16% to 16Y c per that completely destroyed the build- diers will not be as extensive as an- Ib., in case lots. Hams—Medium, 20 ing on Pleasant Street formerly own- ticipated. Quite a number of men to 21c; do., heavy, 15 to 17c; rolls, 17 ed by the Canadian Bioscope Company have been drifting into the city from to 171/zc; breakfast bacon, 21 to 24e; and for the past year rented by an woods, camp and other places, but the backs, plain, 25 to 26c; boneless backs, $6.50, e•'co ro r, , • „ tract not far from Namiquspa,, 'thickly surrounded by wire entagle- $6,60; medium, $5,75 to $6; common,; , $5.25 to $5,50; bulls, choice, $7 to to' 'menti, the Germans were dislodged $7.25; good, $6.50 to $6.75; medium, l LATEST PEACE TERMS 'from the woods in the vicinity c.f , $6 to $6.25; much cows, choice, each,; CREDITED TO KAISER Bliznik and Mokritz. $80 to $85; medium, each, $70 to $75.1 In four days' fighting the Raasniane Hogs, selects,:$11 to $11,50; roughs, 1 A despatch from Paris says: It is took . over 1,400 prisoners and cap - and mixed, $10,25 to 310.75; com reported here that the Berlin banker, tured 18 machine guns, 26 field mote mon, $10; sows, $7.75 to 38. Sheep, Herr von Bleischroeder, has informed tars, 10 trench mortars, two mine - 6 to 8c; lambs, '9 to 12e, Calves, milk- German -American bankers that the throwers, a howitzer, and carloads of fed, 0 to 9e. Kaiser is prepared to discuss peace, t grenades, bombs and shells. el on the basis of the cession of Alsace -I Recapture of the important railway Lorraine to France in exchange for. city of Vilna from the Germanys is one DISABLED one of her colonies, such as Made...! of the chief objective: of the great gascar; Russia to have Constaninople,' drive which has been commenced by WILL BE TRAINED with a protectorate over Turkey in the Russians, Vilna lies in the centxe exchange for Poland, whish Germany of .a network of railroads, incl its )ass iand Austria would divide, No war would Le a serious blow to Tient Mar- i indemnity is mentioned in the al- shal von Hindenburg, A Start Has Already Been Made in, leged proposals. -. . _ . Quebec With -Toy - ITALIAN e. BIG GERMAN STEAMER ITALIAN COMMANDER DESTROYED BY RUSSIANS Making. ARRIVES IN .LONDON A despatch from London says: The sinking by a Russian warship of the steamship Esperanza of? Kali Akre, in the Black Sea, off the Roumanian coast is reported in a Reuter despatch Med at Bucharest on Sunday. The Esperailza, a 7,000 -ton vessel flying the -German flag is said to have been loaded with foodstuffs for Constan- tinople. The crew was captured by the Russians. The despatch also re- ports the sinking of a score of email alesce t Home This home is sit- British Wax Secretary. An immense sailing ships with cargoes of food. A despatch from Ottawa says: The, -- Military Hospitals Commission an-, Receives Great Reception from Pub-! nounces there are now 1,300 men, in- { lie of British Capital. mates and out-patients in the various , A despatch froth London says: Gen - convalescent homes. Steps are be- I eral Count Cadorna, chief of the Rat- ing taken to provide training in these' fan general staff, who left Italy to homes, and Mr. T. B. Kidner, the attend the military and political con- vocational secretary, has just return- ference of the Entente nations at ed from Quebec, where he made ar- Paris arrived in London on Wednes- rangements for the installation of an day from the French capital. Gen. equipment for elementary vocational Cadorna was met at the station by trainin in the Savard Parks Con- Field Marshal Earl Kitchener , the Armenian, A. Dombalagian, as a farmers, not knowing when the seed= 28 to 29c. g Lard—Pure lard, tierces, 13% to 14c, and pails, 141,6 c; compound, 12%, to 131%. Montreal Markets. Montreal, Mar. 28.--Oats—Cana- dian Western, No. 2, 52 to 52%e; do., No. 3, 50 to 50%c; extra No. 1 feed, 50 to 501 c; No. 2 local white, 48 to 481/ze; No. 3 do., 47 to 47%e;; No. 4 do., 46 to 463 c. Barley—Manitoba feed, 66 to 67c; malting, 75 to 77e. Flour—Manitoba spring wheat pat- ents, firsts, 36.60; do., seconds, 36.10• strong bakers', $5.90; winter wheat patents, choice, -$6.10; straight roll - boarding house. The place went up ing will start, have been -unwilling to like a torch. The cause wilt probably secure these men at once and the re - never be known. ; sult is that they are being snapped up • by contractors, SOME WAR ODDITIES. 1 Soldier Asks For Increase of Allow-' ROUMAI�IAN GRAIN ance When Triplets Arrive. BOUGHT BY GERMANY. London—Private William Tunks,of! A despatch from Berlin says It is the Leicestershire Regiment, now in semi -officially announced that con - France, has asked for an increased tracts have been executed. between war allowance due to the arrival of the official grain -buying associations triplets in his home. i of Germany and Austro-Hungary and Folkestone, England — Miss Ruth the Roumanian grain export commis - Roberts, 103 years of age, remembers sion for 100,000 car loads of corn. and ors, $5.50 to $5.60; do, in bags, when her father and three brothers all the wheat, barley and legumes $2.55 to $2,65, Rolled oats—Barrels, made for the establishment of classes vide for prohibition upon the sale of don from Berne says that two Turkish fought at Waterloo. She is one of available for export, estimated at $5.05; bag of 90 lbs., .$2.35. Mill- in general subjects in the home. This all kinds of meat in markets, restaur- and two Bulgarian agents have erriv- v n bated in the city of Quebec, where a throng of people, English and Italian,! number of local ladies have taken greeted Gen. Cadorna enthusiastically. great interest in toy -making as . an ( occupation for convalescent soldiers. f RUSSIA CONSERVING These ladies have procured from the HER MEAT SUPPLIES A despatch from London says: The Lord Roberts Memorial Workshops tin London a large and valuable col- lection of models of toys, etc., pro- i Russian Minister of Agriculture will near. '10 he Silesia, says a des - ducts of this well-known institution shortly introduce a bill in the Duma, patch to the. Central News from Am - for disabled soldiers and sailors. These prohibiting throughout Russia the f sterdam, __^ t models will be placed at the disposal killing of live stock on Tuesdays and , of the men in the home who will re- Thursdays and fixing the number of TURCO-BULGARIAN PEACE produce them and it is hoped will also cattle that may be slaughtered on design typical Canadian toys on rim- other days, says a Reuter despatch ilar lines. Preparations were also from Petrograd. The bill will pro - EXPLOSION KILLS 12 IN GERMAN COLLIERY' A despatch from London says: Twenty persons have been killed in an explosion in the Preussen colliery, MISSION,REACHEi ROME A Central News Despatch to Lon- a famify of twenty-two and never forty thousand carloads. An agree- feed --Bran, $23 to $24; shorts, $25 has married, smoked, drank or used ment has also been reached, accord- to $26; middlings, $27 to $30; moon - snuff. - 1 ing to the announcement, whereby London—Lieut. -Edward P. Melodic,' Roumania is to receive certain goods who died at Neuve Chapelle, made from the central powers. An effort his will on a sheet of note -book paper,. will be made to make commerce mu - leaving 375,000 to a chorus girl whose • tually as nearly normal as possible, weekly earnings totalled $7.50. lit is added. FRENCH TO USE LIQUID FIRE int DEDDK AI lie, $30 to $33. Hay—No. 2, per ton, car lots, $20 to $20.50: Cheese—Fin- est westerns, 18% to 19c; do., east - erns, 18% to 181/se. Butter—Choicest creamery, 33 to 34c; seconds, 30 to 82c. -Eggs--Fresh, 28- to 29c. Pota- toes—Per bag, car lots, $1.70. Winnipeg Grain. Winnipeg, Mar. 28.—Cash wheat:— No. 1 Northern, $1.08; No. 2 North- ern, $1.051/x; No. 3 Northern, $1.02%; No. 4, 99%e; No. 5, 901/2 c;. No. 6, 82%c; feed, 77%c. Oats—No. 2 C.W., 42c; No, 3 C.W., 40c; exbra ;' 40c;No: 1 feed, 381 : /2c Superiority of This Terrible Arm Over the Bayonet No. 1 feed No. 2 feed, 38c. Barley—No. 3, 59c; Ilas Been Exemplified at Verdun. A despatch from Paris. says: Liquid, are has been the meaw by which the Germans gained .the 'portions of trenches mentioned hi recent official communications, says the Journal Des., Debate, and the Military Committee' of the : Chamber of Deputies is en- quiring into methods for,ehe protec- tion of the French troops against such. tire, attacks and the use of a similar v:apon in - reprisal. - "One can easily . understand," says the newspaper, "the superiority of this terrible arm over bhe bayonet. Even though it may expose the man. who carries it to the danger of death in case a fragment of shell should strike it, on the other `hand, it gives to an attack the power and cruelty to which our communications are bearing .witness." The newspaper adds than France has -every, nteans at her disposal for paying the, Germans in their own coin and therefore should employ them. No. 4, 54c; rejected, 51%c; feed, 511/•c, Flax -No. 1 N.W':C., $1.94; No. 2 C,W., $1.91. United States Markets. Minneapolis, Mar. 28.—Wheat-- May, 8.—Wheat-May,. $1.1.0%; July, ,$1.10%; No. 1 hard, $1.16%; No,. 1 Northern, $1.11 to 31.13%. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 75 to 76c, Oats -No. 3 white, 39% to 401/2c. - Flour—Ten cents higher; fancy patents, $6.20; first clears, $4.50; other grades unchanged; ship- ments, 50,103 barrels. Bran—$17.50 to $18.60.., Duluth, Mar. 28.—Wheat—No. o. i hard, $1.12?,; , No. 1 Northern, policy will be followed throughout the Dominion. TURK POST ON THE TIGRIS CAPTURED A despatch from London says: "One forces on the right bank of the Tigris seized a :small Turkish post at Fala- hiyen by a surprise attack on the night of March 15=16, Our casual- ties were four. On March 28 Gen. Townshend reported his camp at Kut- el -Amara bombarded by enemy air- craft and guns at intervals on March 21-23. His casualties 'were slight. The general situation is unchanged. • MAKING. GOOD .PROGRESS IN THE CAUCASUS A despatch from Petrograd says: In the region of the Upper Tchorulc Riv- er, in the Caucasus region, Russian detachments are making good pro- gress, dislodging the Turks from heights which were defended by se- veral super -imposed lines of. trenches. Russian troops also have advanced considerably in the region south-east- ward of Billie, in the take Van re- gion of Asiatic Tui•ke3 , ants and hotels on Wednesdays and ed there to start peace negotiations. Fridays and for the closing of butcher The Bulgarians requested safe con- shops on those days. - duct, and will proceed to Rome. ONTARIO GOVERNMENT •,-- PROHIBITION MEASURE Bill Effective. Without Vote. of Electors, But Provis- ion Made for Referendum at End of War. Main Features of the Rill: - Prohibition will go into effect in September -probably on September 15 -by direct legislation. All, licenses, with a few exceptions, will be extended after May 1st until date fixed, upon payment of nominal fee of $5' or $10 Referendum will be taken after war and a considerable time after return of soldiers. New Ontario: Temperance Act. fol- lows Manitoba Act, except for incor- poration of improvements taken from Ontario License Act. Wholesale druggfists will be licensed to sell in wholesale quantities for scientific and mechanical purposes, up - oil production of affidavit as to use to which liquor will be devoted. Retail licenses will be issued per- mitting sale to individuals upon a doctor's prescription,• and to a doctor not more than a pint at a time or a veterinary not more than two gallons ata time. Ontario License Board will be re- constituted with membership of three,' and charged with administration of new laws. Bi11 not to interfere with importa- tion of liquors' for private use or keep-' ing it in the home. I4eavy fines ranging up to $1,000 and sentences up to eight mouths are I povided for infractions of the, law.