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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1916-11-23, Page 3t pJ 400 GERM SURRENDERED TO BRITISH CHAPLAIN IN A BODY 'reacher Came Across the 'Small Army While Patrolling the Ancre Battlefield. A despatch from the British Armies in France says: A British chap .ain while searching the battlefield of the Ancre forwounded bidden in the shell craters during the British advance, accompanied by a few soldiers, came upon an isolated trench containing nearly 400 Germans, who promptly surrendered. The chaplain ordered the men to file out upon the open Iground preparatory to passing them back with an escort when the German !officer, seeing the small size of the force to which he was surrendering, tried to rally his men and overpower to c chaplain 1 iii the it, He was about when a British infantryman shot him dead, whereupon the other Germans again held up their hands and shout- ed their eagerness to be made pris- oner. U-BOATS SANK 33 VESSELS WITHOUT WARNING SINCE MAY 5 As a Result of This One Hundred and Forty Lives Were Lost, It is Officially Reported. A despatch from London says: Thirty-three vessels have 'been sunk without warning by submarines from. May '5 to November 8, according to an Admiralty announcement, which adds that as a result of this 140 lives were lost. the heaviest death -roll occurring on the following vessels: Golconda, 19 lost; Euphorbia, 11, Franconia, 12, Marino, 18. The statement says the remainder of the losses were among allies and neutrals, the French losing two ships, with the loss of two lives, and the Of the total 26 were British' ships, Norwegians losing three vessels, with the loss of which claimed 185 lives, the loss of one life. WHY ROUMANIA MUST BE SAVED BRITAIN TO STOP LIQUOR MAKING? Means a Definite Encircling of the Central Powers. A despatch from Paris says: -Jean Cruppi, formerly Minister of Foreign Affairs, speaking at a meeting on Thursday presided aver by Prof. Paul Painleve, Minister of Public Instruc- tion, outlined the importance of the in- tervention of Roumania on the side of the allies in the war. As a result of Rumania's participation the allied armies are now at Orahva, from which point he said they would be able to advance toward Budapest. It is only 60 miles from ICalafat to Nish, through which passes the railway connecting the Central Powers with the East. He pointed out also that it is only 180 miles from the advanced positions on the Salonica front to the Danube, and that the Russo -Rumanian armies have a natural path through Do- brudja towards Sofia and Constanti- nople, Dorna Watra, in Moldavia, 1 where the Entente allies have been fighting successfully, overlooks the plains of Hungary. These considerations, he urged, are sufficient to show the importance of the Rumanian front in the plans of the Entente. HASH FOR THE ALLIES. Three Brant Factories Running Night and Day Drying Vegetables. A. despatch from Brantford says: War orders of an unusual nature are keeping three plants in Brant county running night and day. They are evaporating plants furnishing dried vegetables for use in soups and hashes for the allied armies in the firing line. Markets of the World' Breadstuffe, Toronto, Nov. 21, Manitoba Wheat - No. 1 Northern, :52,083.; No. 2, do.. $2.034; No. 3, do., 31.98; No. 4 wheat, 31.81; track, Bay ports. Old crop trad- ing- 30 above new crop. Manitoba oats -No. 2 C,W., 72$c; No. 8, 0.0., 713c; extra No. 1 feed, 114; No. 2 teed, 7110, track, Bay ports. American corn -- No. 3. yellow. new, 51.14, immediate shipment, track Toron- to. Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 66 to 680. nominal; No. 3 .d do.., 65 to 67c, nominal, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat -New No. 2 Winter, per car lot, 51.38 to 51.39; No. 3 do„ 31.86 to 51,88, according to freight outside. Peas --No. 2. 32.49 to $2.46, according Barley-Malting.to 1 t si eBe Oat $1.15 to $1.20 nom- inal, according to freights outside. Buckwheat -- Nominal, according to freights outside. Rye -No. 2,$1.10 to 31.42, according to freight ouside. Manitoba flour -First patents. in jute bags. do.,319.4$9.070, T; 2ndoronto. , do., 39.70; strung bak- Ontarto flour - Winter. according to sample, 38.50, in bags, track Toronto, prompt shipment. Millfeed-Car lots -Delivered Mont- real freights,; hrts, do. 334 to 535 a mid- dlings,do., 337 to 539; good feed flour, per bag. 32.70 to 53.50. Hay -No. 1, per ton, 313 IX. $14; No. 2, do.. 311 to 512, track Toronto. Straw --Car lots, per ton, 39 to 39.50, track Toronto. Drastic Move Proposed to Con- serve the Supply of Corn and Sugar. A despatch from London says: -A motion that the manufacture of intoxi- cating liquors in Great Britain should be prohibited will be made in the House of Commons, according to notice given by a group of members after the speech of Walter Runciman, President of the Board of Trade, on the food situation. The members of the group, their notice stated, will move that this prohibition should be imposed in view of Mr. Runciman's grave statement respecting the short- age of corn, sugar and other food- stuffs. ECONOMY IN PARIS. Board of Supervisors Are Invested With Powers to Stop Waste. A despatch from Paris says: Under a Government decree which is about to be signed, France is to begin a series of war economies. A national board of supervisors presided over by ex -President Armand Fallieres will be invested with large powers in an effort to stop waste and to compel savings in the use of coal, light and provisions. Shops under the provisions of the decree will begin closing at 6 o'clock in the evening and restaurants and cafes will shut their doors at 9.30 p.m., instead of 10.30 p.m. Theatres will be closed on Mondays. This in- cludes the operas. Moving pictures will be closed. Tuesdays and cafe con- certs and music halls on Wednesdays. Country Produce -Wholesale. Butter -Fresh dairy, choice. 39 to 40e; creamery prints, 44 to 46c; solids, 431 to 44c. Eggs -No. 1 storage. 38 to 39e; stor- age selects, 40 to 41e: new laid. to ear - tons, 62 to 66c; out oe cartons, 50 to ate. to 2320; triplets, 243to 2450 c' twins, 233 Live poultry - Chickens, 15 to 17c: fowl, 13 to 14e; ducks, 13 to 15c; turkeys, 25 to 28c; geese, spring. 14 to 16c. Dressed poultry -Chickens, 21 to 22o; tows, 17 to 19c; ducks, 18 to 20c.; squabs, per dozen,, 34 springto, 3417.60:to 19c. turkeys, 30 to 35 Honey-21 ib. tins, 123c to 13c„ 5 -Ib. tins, 123 to 130; lU-lb., 113 to 1250; 60 - lb., 113 to 120. Comb honey -extra fine and heavy weight. per doz., 33; select, 32.60 to 52.75; No. 2. 52.25 to $2.40. Potatoes --Ontario. per bag. $2.10 to $2.25; British Columbia Rose. 'per bag. $2,10 to $2.25; New Brunswick Dela- wares, per bag. 32.36: Prince Edward Island whites, per bag, $2.10 to $2.25. track Toronto. Cabbages ---Man., per ton, 536 to 340. Beans -- Imported. hand -Picked. per bushel, $33.50 to 56; t'anadian primes, 35. $5. Provletone Wb,olesale. Smoked meats -Hama. medium, 24 to 25e: do.. heavy. 22 to 23c.; cooked, 35 to 36c: rolls, 19 to 20e; breakfast bacon, 26 to 27c; backs. plain. 20 to 27e: bone- less, 28 to 29e. Pickled or dry eured meats. 1 cent less than cured. Cured meats -Lon clear bacon. 18 to 183o per ib.; clear bellies. 18 to 153c. Lard -Pure lard, tierces, 195 to 20e; tubs, 20 to 205c; pails, 201 to 2e3c; com- pound, 163 to 1f. Cooking oils --- White. tierces. 132V: 100 -ib. tins, 103e; yellow, 1-3c below white. Montreal Markets. Montreal, Nov. 21. -Corn-American No. 2 yellow, 31.12 to 51.13. Oats -Can - mile= Western, No. 2, 16c; No. 3. 76c: extra No. 1 teed, 765 Barley -Mani- toba feed, 31.08; malting, 51.30. Flour-- Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, 510.60; seeond,s $10: strong bakers', $9,50; Winter patents, choice, 310; straight rollers, 38.60 to 39,80; de., bags, d$4.55 to 54.70. Rolled oats--13b1s., 37.46; o. bags, 90 lbs., 33.60, Bran, 330. Shorts, 333. Middlings, $36 to 337, Montilla, 340 to 545. Hay -No. 2, per ton, car lots, $13. Cheese - Finest westerns, 235 to 24c; finest eastern, 231c. Butter - choicest creamery, 43e to 433c; seconds, 42 to 423e. Eggs -Fresh, 63 to 65e: selected, 40c; No. 1_ stock, 36e; No. 2 stock, 32c. Potatoes -Per bag, car lots. 32 to $2.25. Winnipeg Grain. ZVinnipeg, Nov, 21.- Cash prices, No, 1 Northern, 31,993; No, 2, do., 31,942• No. 3, do., 51.893: feed, 31.05, Oats -No, 2 C.W., 6 8e: No, 3, do., 653<'; extra No. 1 feed, 603c• No. 1 feed, 64dc; No. 2, de„ 633c, Barley -No. 3, $1.08; No. 4, 99c• rejected, 8Sc; feed, 80e. Flax -No. 1 N.-W.C., $2.69; No. 2 .W., C$2.56. United States Markets. Minneapolis Nov. 21. -Wheat - De- cember, $1.951 to 31.963; May, 31.97$; cash,No. 1 hard, 51.995 to 32.051; No. 1 Nortern, 51.955 to 51.985; No, 2 Nor- fhern, t $10,90596<'. to $1.843• Corn -No. 3 yel- ow, 93 Oats -N0. 3 white, 55 to 553c. Flour unchanged. Bran $26 to 327. .1 Duluth, Nov. 21. -Wheat -No. 1 hard, 52; No. 1 Northern, 31.99; No. 2 North- ern, 31.84 to 31.94. Linseed -Cash, on 1 t, 8' $2.82; a8 ;$No 3ember. 52.80; December, CANADIAN CAVALRY TWICE BROKE THROUGH GERMAN LINES Some Units Have Been in Close Contact With Infantry on Somme All Summer. A despatch from London says: Al- ' though the Canadian cavalry has not been much engaged in active warfare, some have seen more of the Somme fighting „than some of the Canadian divisions. A Western cavalry officer who came across to London from France on Wednesday, told a corr-e 1 spondent that throughout the Sum- mer his unit had been able to break through the Germans' lines with good results. Although largely engaged in passive duty, the cavalry have done much patrol work, and have been fre- quently within range of the enemy's heavy artillery. Thank of It -=- People cut out tea or coffee before retiring when these beverages interfere with sleep. In the morning . they drink freely of them, strangely overlooking the fact that at whiatever time of day the cup is drunk the drug, caffeine, in tea and coffee is irritating to the nerves. More and more people are turning to Instant Postu the drug-free, nourishing, comfortable cereal drink. ` There's a Reason" Canadiaii•oStum Cereal Co., Ltd., Windsor, Ont. 9.. BRffISH WILL PRESS ON DURING WINTER MONTHS Attacks Will Be Made Whenever Weather Permits, Says Major- General F. B. Maurice, Director of Operations. A despatch from London says; Major-General F. B. Maurice, chief director of military operations at the War Office, in an interview with the Associated Press, predicted that the British gains in the Ancre *Valley were only the forerunner of further equally important advances which will be made on the western front during the winter months. "Our success on the Ancre," said Gen. -Maurice; "means that we are not going to give the enemy much rest this winter. It means that whenever weather 'conditions permit we are go- ing to attack and subject the enemy to unceasing pressure during the coming months so as to prevent as far as possible the Germans from es- Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Nov. 21. -Butcher steers, heavy. 58 to 38.76; butchers' cattle, choice, 37.60 to 37.90; do., good, 37.25 to 37.50; do„ medium. 56.75 to 57.15; do., common, 35.50 to 56.15; butchers' bulls, choice, 37.10 to 5,7.36; do., good bulls, 56.40 to $6.50; do., rough bulls, 34.50 to 7; do., good 55.75 t 556; 6o., medium, 36.25 to0 50 to $6.60; stockers, 55 to 56.25; choice feeders, 56.35 to 57.15; canners and cut- ters, 53.85 to $5: milkers, choice, each 570 to 5115; do.. common and medium, each 540 to 360; springers. $50 to $110: light ewes, 58.25 to 50; sheep, heavy, $6 to $7.50; calves, good to choice, 510 to 511.35; lambs, choice, 511 to 511.40; do., medium, $9,25 to $9.60; hogs, fed and watered, 510.65 to 510.76; do., weighed off cars, 510.90 to 511; do., fo.b., 510.15. Montreal, Nov. 21. -Steers , choice, choice. $6.25 to 37.75; good, 55 to $6.76; cow, choice, $6 to 56.75; good, 55.50 to $6; canners, 53.50 to 53.75; bulls, butchers, 35 to 56; canners, 54.25 to 34.75: sheep, 5cal5 es, t54$t 7.535; hogs, 310 0; Iambs, $t 10 511 511.50; PLANT THAT MAKES "ICE." tablishing themselves in new posi- tions. "All the attempts of the enemy to minimize our .success will not explain away the fact that in three days the British troops, by the capture of Beaumont and St. Pierre Divion and the semi -circular ridge they dominat- ed, have gained an important strate- gical advantage. This ridge formed a salient jutting into our lines from the northern bank of the Ancre. Thus the enemy was able to direct the fire of his artillery massed behind it. "Our troops advanced from below through sticky, white chalk and a network of defences. They gained the ridge and forced the enemy back across the valley to the next hill. As a result we dominate the situation in this territory, and are consolidating 'the positions for further activities." FOOD SUPPLIES WAR PROBLEM GILLETT4ftYE "11111111911,10M7, uuug1111{Ill��jlJ1"" . . ) EATS 1111111111r- 1 MATE f N ®IST T1wu, II -";CANADA Ka BRITISH FLEET COPES WITH SUB N1�NACE Col.Churchill Shows That Loss of Ships Has Been Made Good. A despatch from London says, Great Britain's most important en- emy, says Col, (Winston) Churchill, should not get the idea that Great Britain was afraid of the submarines. The Sleet and resources of the coun- try were quite able to cope with the Mr. Runciman said the Government danger. The speaker urged the arm - had taken full advantage of the abun- ing of all merchantmen. Four-fifths dant harvests of Canada and Aus- n of the armed ships attacked, he said, tralia, which had been augmented by had escaped, while four-fifths of those an enormous production in the United' unarmed had been sunk. Col. Church- , States, but that next year the country i11 pointed out that at the beginning would have to depend to a large ex of the war Great Britain had over tent on Australia. Arrangements with eighteen million tons in ships exceed - Australia, he added, were rather a i' ing 1,000 tons. She had almost the question of stimulating, not produe- same to -day, although she had lost 2, - tion, but transport, 1225,000 tons by all risks, and, he be - Dealing with the delay owing to the liesed, had added four-fifths of that A despatch from London says: shortage of labor at French ports andamount by new Construction. In the House of Commons an Wed- consignment congestion, Mr. Runt - Steps to Control Necessaries and Limit Prices to be Taken in Britain. • nesday Walter Runciman, President man suggested bringing labor from ROW TO INVEST YOUR MONEY. of the Board of Trade, stated that the other parts of the world to relieve • time had arrived when the Govern- this congestion. mnt must regard the question of food On the question of the shipping out - supplies as a war problem, declaring put, he explained that the British that the strain the country would yards were not working up to their have to bear next year would be main- , maximum production. Now construe- ly in connection with the food sup-' tion must be increased if Great Brit - ply, Iain was to hold her own, adding: Measures would be taken, Mr. Run- ! "If our yards had remained in full ciman declared, to prevent growers " activity we could have produced two making an undue profit on potatoes. ` million tons yearly, while our total He also foreshadowed drastic Gov- losses during the war have been only ernment action to prevent the use of two and one-quarter million. I sea sugar as a luxury, and added that, no reason why in the next six months steps would be taken to control inn -'we should not turn out nearly half a ported flour, and that orders would million tons." be issued forthwith calling for milk q With respect to the possibility of contracts in order to limit the price. !the Government taking measures to In announcing the intention of the limit food consumption, he said it was Goveriunent to prevent growers from' imperative to cut down the luxurious Habits of the Frost Weed Prove a Puzzle to Botanists. Late in autumn, after producing two sets of blooms, the frost weed becomes a 'miniature ice factory and forms crystals of "ice" about the cracked bark of the root. On each little broken . rootlet there appear l cakes of "ice," exactly right insize for the refrigerator of a fairy queen. I As yet no botanist has been able to discover the secret of the plant's ice leaking. The ice appears often long before ice is formed on the ponds, and can be found by digging up the deeply set rootlets. Two bjloonling seasons is another • peculiarity of the. plant. Early in June it sends out a wealth of golden yellow blossoms, having five petals each and set at intervals upon the thickly leaved stein. These blooms mature and prloduce seeds. Then late in August- the plant flowers again, producing blooms iden- tical with those of the earlier season. 1 No person with any sense disputes the wisdom of depositing money in a savings bank and earning three per cent. per annual, but what a good busi- ness man Gannet understand is, why it should be allowed to remain there and left to accumulate at that rate. Money to -day is certainly worth. more than that, but the difficulty is, the average person does not know how to invest it safely. There is a way open to every healthy person to invest his money without any risk, which may bring him or his family a thousand per cent., and no matter what the result, cannot bring him less than three per cent. interest, and that is by taking out an endowment life insurance policy in the Crown Life making undue profits from the sale of . use of sugar, especially with regard to Insurance Company of Toronto. The potatoes, he said, the question of dis- costly confectionery. imoment you pay your first premium liaising with some articles of food The excessive consumption of po- you create an estate of the full value was under consideration, and in this tutees, he declared, must be stopped; of your policy. Should you die with - connection the mentioned elaborate, potatoes must not be used for feed- in a year your estate will receive a and costly confectionery, concerning 1 ing animals and unless consumption, thousand per cent. on your invest - which a committee of the Royal So -1 was reduced voluntarily recourse to ment; if you live to the maturity of ciety had been advising the Board of i potato tickets might be necessary. your policy you will have returned to Trade. 1 The Government would take steps to you more than principal and three The retail prices of foodstuffs com- !prevent undue profits being made per cent. interest. pared with a year ago have increased on an average of 27 per cent. They have increased 78 per cent. over prices from potatoes. Can there be any comparison be - A Food Controller. tween leaving your money on deposit Foreshadowing the appointment of in a savings bank ? r buying a policy before the war. The prices of sugar, in the Crown Life . Writs the Head eggs, fish and potatoes, however, ars a food controller, who must have Office at Toronto for literature. more than double the pre-war prices. powers greater than the existing de- _...._-.- .-_ partments to co-ordinate all activities, The President of the Board of the Minister announced that wider AIRMEN AGAIN RAID Trade also stated that the Govern- RUMANIAN CAPIT:iL nlent intended to bring about the pool- I of `Coon 1powers ofor the purpbe eose of rred by of engineering resources in order A despatch from London says: - to expedite shipbuilding. He saw no ing against wasters and destroyers of Another aerial attack on Bucharest reason why at the end of this year the food. was made on Tuesday morning by production of shipping for the re- Pure white flour, from which the eight German aeroplanes. Reuter's ceding six months should not ap- best qualities are extracted, would Bucharest ` correspondent reports. preach 500,000 tons. The Govern- not be allowed to be milled in the fu- :Twenty-five bombs were dropped, kill- . ture and steps would be taken for ing four civilians and wounding the control of imported flour and also twenty for the sale and distribution of other articles of food in order to prevent $25,000,000 RAISED FOR RED CROSS USE. ment must "make the plunge"in this matter, for the provision of more merchant ships was most urgent. The Wheat Question. Dealing with the wheat question, n �(,.te name that stands .for m Quiz ,in FarmMachinergU LISTER ENGINES ARE if BRITISH BUILT ti Have the Largest sale in Britishe Empire. 4' 02.3,5,7£.9 H.P. On Skids or Truck. 0 -, High Tension Magneto Ignition. - '!1`t Automatic -Lubrication. ill • Ii• Lister Silos, Ensilage Cutters, 1v Threshers, Sprayers, Milkers, i1 2 Electric Light Plants. Melotte F t Cream Separators. LITHE LISTER it GRINDER 0 riot Y i 11 1'1 Wrr to for price ' � 0, of our famous t O.,: i n ri der Outfrt , r( G r + com risinpyt� 'i `f" IISHP..Listel,,E,, 'ine and a 1s if 93i'Lister N • Grinder. mm '1 1011efor Catalogue to Dept. a 'r 0 RALISTER £s Co. Lilniteel u` ;a TORONTO 16 cornering. If it became necessary food tickets would be introduced. Instancing milk as one of the ar- A despatch from London says: tides the price of which might be The Times announces that its collec- controlled by calling for contracts. tions on behalf of the Red Cross on ' Mr. Runciman reminded the House Wednesday passed £5,000,000. that it was only possible to fix the prices of articles controlled by the Old Marriage Feasts. state and that attempts to control Until 1645 marriage feasts, known other articles might prevent their as "penny weddings," were held in coming into the country. The Govern- Scotland. Each guest paid a penny ment had been driven to ask for these or a. small sum of money to defray powers against its will, but they were the expenses of the feast. If any only a temporary expedient. money was left over it went toward The London niorning papers devote the furnishing of the new home. their leading editorials to Mr. Runci- man's statement in the House of Com- ACHING TEETH mons. They recognize the seriousness of the situation and concur in the necessity of the proposed measures which some of them regret were not adopted earlier. Accurate at Least. Sloan's Liniment Robs Tooth. RELIEVED AT HOME Tom, his mother, an older sister ache of Its Terrors. Pam and baby brother took the train for banishes in a Few Minutes. grandfather's. One seat did not No need to pace the floor all night hold them all and Tom was placed in with the agony of a throbbing tooth. the one in front of his mother. After Sloan's Liniment will quickly relieve they were some way on their journey, the pain and give you rest. a portly geniteman entered from the A single application and the pain smoker and seated himself by *Tom. usnially disappears. Sloan's Liniment He turned and, beaming on the small gets right. to the root of the trouble. 'Well, my little man,• where did bo said: Like warming balm it relieves' cou- Y, sgestta,n, and in a few minutes tooth- ache la's reduced. you get on?" ; To soothe the throb' of a tooth that Tom looked wonderingly ati him pains with neuralgia, apply Sloan's for a moment and Hien slowly and Liniment externally. Aching muscles, carefully answered: rheumatism, gone, bruises, sprains, "Just a little way behind the en- lumbago, chilblains, sprains and stiff neck eau also be most effectively gine." treated with Sloan's Liniment. Clean- ' er than ]hussy plasters or poultives. Birds Save Crops. I Slaan'e Liaainlent at all dru€ stores A remarkable instance of the ser in 6c., 508. as 't:1'.46 � n0 bbtiles i ;5t' cltfl W; r. g to ti's vice of birds to agriculturists is the �';J�'a�a, ,A � elilnination of the thistle and the caterpillar from New Zealand, by the English sparrow, and another is the saving, of Australian agriculture from grasshoppers by the straw -necked. ibis,, which eats thousands of grass- hoppers.