HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1917-6-28, Page 3GERMAN FORCES HAVE NOT BEEN
WITHDRAWN FROM EAST FRONT
Th
Teuton Armies Confronting the Russian Troops Are as
Large as Ever.
A'.despatch from London says: -1 (about 80 miles) long, and we are in
With the recent .captures in the Mes- the German trenches for this entire
sines region the British now hold all
the vantage points along their line on
the Franco-Belgian front, as a result
of which there has been an enormous
decrease in the number of British
casualties.
So sad Major-General FB Maur-
ice, chief director of military opera-
tions at the War Office, in his weekly
talk on Thursday.
When the Germans were stopped
in their' drive' on Calais early in the
war they "established themselves on
such dominating heights as those of
the Somme and of Messines.
"All these positions have now been
wrested from the Germans," continued
Gen. Maurice. "Our western front
is approximately 130 kilometres
length with the exception of a few
sections which total about 25 kilo-
metres."
ilo metres."
He contradicted reports that have
been current that the Germans have
drawn large forces from the eastern
front to take part in the fighting in
France.
"That fact is," he added, "that
there has been no considerable'move-
ment of German troops from the east
to the west. The Germans have sent
fresh units to . the western front, but
these were made up largely of men
called to the colors recently. The
Germans have been using the people
in the occupied territories.. to replace
laborers at home, who are thus re-
leased for the ..rmy."
75 MILI.,IONS
'FOR WAR SUPPLIES
IES
Canada Makes Further Advance
to Imperial Government to
Finance Muni tions Vere.
A despatch from Ottawa says: Sir
Thomas White has arranged to make
a further advance of seventy-five mil-
lion dollars to the Imperial Govern-
ment to be used for the purchase of
munitions and supplies in Canada.
The advance's will be made at the
rate of twenty-five millions a, month
during June, July and August. The
Imperial authorities regard the con-
tinued production of munitions in
Canada as of the highest importance
in connection with the great offensive
now being carried on in France and
Flanders. For a certain type of shell
the British military authorities prin-
cipally depend upon Canada's indus-
trial establishments whose output has
contributed in no small measure to
the recent success at the front. These
munitions can be purchased in Can-
ada only if Canada provides the
money --byway of loan to the Imperial
Treasury. Up to date the Dominion
Government has found''- $250,000,000
and the banks $100,000,000 for the
purpose. The credits now established
by the Government ensure continued
munition orders for months to come.
SUML" _RY OF SUBMARINE TOLL.
Weekly Total Given Since the Middle
of April.
A despatch from London says:.
Since the middle of April, when the
undersea boat activity recorded its
highest toll, 303 British vessels, of
which 220 measured more than 1,000
tons, were sunk, the weekly total be-
ing as follows:
Over Under
Week ended 1,600 tons 1,600 tons
April 21 .. 40 15
April 28 . , ...... 38 13
May 5 24 22
._May 12 ... , 18 5
May 19 .. 18 ,9
May 26 18 1
June 3 15 3
June 10 ., '22 10
June 20 27 5
BATTLE RAGES ON "-
THE TRENT FRONT.
Extends Along Entire Italian Line
From Sugana Valley to
Asiago.
A despatch from Amsterdam says:
The Cologne Gazette's correspondent
on the Tyrolean front says that the
new battle on the Sette Communi
Plateau has assumed extraordinary
dimensions. Drumfire continued dur-
ing the whole night, reaching ' such
violence in the morning that the
mountains in all southern Tyrol re-
echoed. The battle, says the corre-
spondent, extends along the entire
front from the Sugana Valley' to
Astago,
FRENCH GAINS
d V
CSA_a ICAC E
Score Successes on the Aisne
and Regain Lost Ground.
A despatch from Paris says: -The
big German offensive against the
French line east of Vauxaillon Mon-
day, in which trenches were' stormed
and captured, has gone for naught, for
tLe French forces in a violent counter-
offensive had regained nearly all their
lost ground Tuesday night.
Although the German Crown Prince
had launched his attack with huge ef-
fectives, ,composed' of picked troops,
and' covered it by a heavy artillery
fire and by bombldropping aircraft,
his tenure of the captured positions
was short-lived and only a salient, 400
metres north-east of the Moisy Farm,
now remains in his hands. In addi
tion, heavy casualties were inflicted` on
the Germans, who left many dead on
the field of battle..
Likewise, in Champagne, the Crown
Prince -has been badly battered be-
tween Mont Carnillet and Mont Blond.
In an attempt to recapture positions
previously taken. from them, the Ger-
-mans first were repulsed by the
French -who then assumed the offen-
sive and advanced their line on a front
of more than 600 yards and to a depth
in excess of 300 yards. Herealso, the
Germans lost heavily in men killed or
wounded.
PRES. WILSON AIDS RECRUITING
Sets Apart Week of June 23 to 30 to
Secure 70,000 Soldiers.
A despatch from Washington says:
President Wilson has put his.• shoulder
behind the wheel of army recruiting
in an effort to have the regular army
brought to full war strength of 293,-
000 men by July 1 next. Secretary
Baker on Wednesday announced that
the President had by proclamation de-
signated the week of June 23, cover-
ing the period from June 23 to June.
80, as recruiting week for the regu-
lar army, and that Brigadier -General
William P. McCain, the Adjutant $9 so510.10;
mon, $8.25 to $5.35; butchers' ,bulls,
General of the army, will use the choice, $10 to $`10.50; do„ 'good bulls,
President's recruiting proclamation in $9.26 to ' 59,50; -do., medium. bulls, 58
Markets of the World
iirepdstiiffa
'J.'oron,o, June 26. Manitoba wheat -
NO. 't NorlheI n • $2.58 No, 2 1�ortitern,
52,55, track 13ay Pots•
Manitoba oats -4;0, 2 0, W., 76yc,
tt acic Bay ports,
American' corn -No, 3 yellow, 51.76,
nominal, track loro,ito.
Ontario wheat -:-No, 2 'inter, per car
105. `52.65 to 52.60; do., No. 3, 22.53 to
52FeaS No, 2, ng utjiFal, ahts ccpidt ng to
freights outside.
13Lriey-Malting, nominal, according
to freights outside.
Ilye-No,. 2, 52,00, nominal, according
to freights outside,
Manitoba, flour -First patent$, in jute
bags, $73.40; second patents, In lute
bags 512.90; strong bakers', in jute
bags,512.50, Toronto.
p7};tario flour -Winter, according to
sample, 5.11.25 to 511.35, in bags, track
Toronto, prompt shipment.
Millfeed-Car lets, delivered Montreal
freights, bags inclucieci-Bran, per ton,
531; shorts, per ton, 538; middlings, per
ton, 542; gpod feed Hour, per bag, $2.80
to 52 00,
Hay -Extra No. 2, per ton, 512.50 to
$13.50; mixed, per ton, 59 to $11.50,
track Toronto.
Straw -Car lots, per ton, $9,' track
Toronto.
Country Produce -wholesale
Butter -Creamery, solids, per lb., 36
to 37e; prints, per lb., 363 to 3730;
dairy, per lb„ 31 to 32c.
Eggs -Per doz., 29 to 30e.
Wholesalers are selling to the retail
trade at the following prices •
Cheese -New, large 23 to 231c; twins,
23li to 2330; triplets 23; io 24c; old,
large, 300; twins, 30.ic; triplets, 303c.
putter -Fresh dairy, choice, 38 -to
MERCHANTS BANK
NOW A HUNDRED MILLION.
DOLLAR INSTITUTION.
Assets Increased by nearly $25,000,000
in the Past Year, while Current
"Loans and Discounts In-
creased $;t3,902,393
The 54th Annual Statement df the'
Merchants Bank of Canada,:just Pre-
sented to the Shareholders,> shows
most gratifying progress during the
year ending' April 30th last.' Not
only have Deposits and Assets grown
p
very substantially, but current Loans'
and Discounts, the measure of the
Batik's participation in' the' commercial
development of the Dominion, have in-
creased over 28%, reaching a total of
$62,737,958. This indicates something
of the revival of business which has
been so marked throughout Canada.
The increase in assets for the year
amounted to $24,769,195, ora over 25%.
39c; creamery prints, 10 to 41c; solids, bringing the total' assets up to $121,-
40c, 130 558 and enrollingthe Merchants
Eggs -New -laid, int cartons, 37 to r
3Sc; out of cartons, 35 to 36c. Bank among Canada's Hundred Mil -
Dressed poultry -Spring chickens,
40c; fowl, 24 to.2oc; squabs, per doz.,
54;00 to 54.50; turkeys, 20 to 250.
Live poultry -Spring chickens, lb„ 25
to 35c; hens,ib., '20 to 22c.
Honey -Comb -Extra fine and _heavy,.
weight, per doz., 52.75;.select, $2,50 to
$2:75;, No. 2, $2 to $2.25.
Maple syrup -Imperial 'gallon, $1.76.
Potatoes -On track Ontario, per' bal.,
54,25 to 54.50; Albertas, per bag, 54;
P.E.I. reds, bag,` 51.
Beans -Imported, hand-picked, 59.00
to 52.50 per bush; Limas, per 15., 19 to
20c.
Provisions -Wholesale
Smoked meats -Hams, medium, 30 to
,310; do., heavy, 26 to 270; cooked, 41
to, 42c; rolls, 27 to -28e; breakfast
bacon, 33 to 36c; backs, plain, 36 to 37e;
boneless, ,39 to 4.0e.
Cured: meats -,--,..Long clear bacon, 25
to 253c per lb; :clear bellies, 24- to 25e.
Lard -Pure lard,' tierces, 273c; tubs,
273c; pails, 28e; compound, tierces,
214e; tubs,, 213c; pails, 22c.
Montreal Markets
Montreal; June 26 -Oats -Canadian
Western, No, 2, 79?3c; No. 3,• 78o; extra
No, 1 feed, 7Sc, Barley-_11Ianitoba feed,
51.18. Flour -Manitoba Spring wheat
patents, firsts, 513:50; seconds, 513.00;
strong bakers', 512,50; Winter patents,.
choice, $1.3.25; straight rollers, 512.50
to 512.80: ' do., bags,. 56,00 to $6.15.
Rolled oats-Bbls 29.00;' do,, bags, 90
lbs., $4.35 to 54.40. Bran, $32.00. Shorts,
538.00. Middlings, 540.00 to $42.00.
Mouillie,. $44.00 to 549.00. Hay -No. 2,
per ton, car lots, 513.00.to $13.50.
Cheese -Finest .westerns, 214c, Butter
Choicest creamery, 37 to 373c; sec-
onds, 36 to 363c. -Eggs-Select 38c; No,
1 stock, 35e; No. 2 stock, 92 to'33c.
Potatoes -Per bag, car lots, $4.25 to
$ 4.50.
Winnipeg. Grain
Winnipeg, June 26-Cash'prices:----
Wheat-No.
1 Northern, 52.41; No. 2,
do:, $2.38; No. 8, do., $2.33; No. 4, $2.21;,
No. 6, $1.95; No. 6, 51.89. Basis con-
tract-June,
on-
tract June, $2.40; July, 22.35; August,
(first half), $2.30. Oats -No. "2 C.W,
693c; No. 3, do., 673c; extra No. 1 feed,
673e; No. 1 feed, 66c• No. 2, do., 640.
Barley -Rejected, 51..68; feed, 21.08.
Flax -No. 1 N.=tiV.C., 52.78; No. 2 C.W.,
$2.73; No. 3, do., 52.58 .
United States' Markets
Minneapolis, June 26 -Wheat -July,
$2.17; 'September, $1.71; cash, No. 1
hard, $2.5.7 to $2,62; No. 1 Nor.. 52.52
to $2.57; No. 2 Nor., 22.37 to 22.47.
Corn -No, 3 yellow, 51.603 to 21.6233.
Flour -Fancy patents, 513,75; first
clears, 512. Bran -$27 to $28.
Duluth, June 26 -Wheat -No. 1 hard,
$2.34; No. 1. Northern, 52.33; No. 2
Northern, $2,28; July, 22.33. Linseed -
53.06; July, 53.07; September, 53.01.
Live Stock Markets
Toronto, June 26 -Choice heavy steers,
$11.60 to $12,10; good heavy steers, $1.1
to $11.35; butchers' cattle, choice, 511'
to 511.40; do., good, $10.75 to 510.50;
do., medium, to do., com-
instructing his recruiting officers to
emphasize especially their work in
the week designated to fill up ` the
regular army... with its added incre-
ments and the National; Guard to war
strength.
TOOLS OF GERMANY
EXPELLED FROM GREECE.
A despatch from Athens says
Steps are being taken to rid the
country of German propagandists'.
Thirty-one of them, including former
Premiers and other Ministers and of-
ficers of the Greek general staff and
the reservists have been ordered ex-
pelled from th country, whil others
will be placed under surveillance.
A chain that can be adjusted to
to, $8.50; ` do., rough bulls,' $6" to 56.10;,
butchers' cows, choice, x$9.50 to 510.00;
do:, good, $8.50 to 59; do., medium, 57.50
to 58; stockers, 577 50 to 58.50; feeders,
$9.25 to 59.75; canners and cutters, $5.25
to 56.40;' milkers, good to choice, $80.00
to 5110; do., con -L, and mecl., each, $40
to $80; springers, -$85 to $110; light
ewes. $8.60 -•to 59.50; sheep, heavy. $7.00
to 58.00; yearlings, 511 to 12.50;
calves, good to choice. 513.00 to $15.00;
spring lambs, each, 16c to 1730; lambs,
choice, $15 to 516; do., medium, 511,00;
hogs, fed and watered, 515; do., weighed
off cars, 515.25; do„ f.o.b., $14.26.
Montreal, June 26 -Sheep.. $7.50 to $9:
yearling lambs,' $10.50 to 511; spring
lambs, $6 to $8; calves, 57.00 to; $12.00;
selected hogs, 515.50"to $16; heavy-
weights. 514.50 to 515.00.
•
"Doctor," asked. the mother of a
year old baby, "When should'I begin
to train my baby?" "Madam," re-
plied the doctor; "you have already
lost much valuable time. His train-
ing should have commenced twenty -
lion Dollar Institutions. This is all
the more creditable since it has been
accomplished- without amalgamation
with or absorption of. any other bank.
Notable among the assets are over
Ten Million Dollars inDominion and
Imperial war obligations, indicating
that the Bank is doing its share to-
ward carrying the financial burdens of;
the nation. The assets do , not in-
clude any mortgages, while real estate
other than Bank premises, and over-
due debts, amountto only $443,236, or
less than 2-5 of one per cent. of the
total assets.
The confidence of the public in the
Merchants Bank of Canada was strik-
ingly shown by the 27% increase in
deposits, which have now reached a
total of $92,102,071. Such t.,, increase
isalso an evidence of a healthy state of
business, and of a general practice of
'thrift.
This marked increase in the funds
and the gradual clearing of the fin-
ancial horizon, put the Bank in posi-
tion to extend its loaning and discount-
ing business by many` millions, auto-
matically placing the earning power
of the Bank upon a much improved
plane. The profits for the year car-
ried forward consequently showed an
increase from $250,984 to .5421,292,
after providing for the usual divi
dends, the Government Wer Tax on
note circulation, donations to Patriotic
and Red Cross Elands, contributions to
Officers' Pension Fund, and writing off
5100,000 from Bank Premises account.
During,,,. the year the General
Manager, Mr. E. F. Hebden, was ad-
vanced to'the position of Managing
Director, while the Montreal Manager,
Mr. D. C. Macarow, was appointed
General Manager. In speaking of the
annual statement, the latter referred
with pardonable pride, to the fact that
of 874 male members of the staff of
military' age at the beginning of the
war, 520, or 59%, had enlisted and
gone overseas.
NEW KING OF GREECE
WILLING' TO CO-OPERATE.
A despatch from -Athens says: The
Official Gazette prints the following
letter sent by King Alexander to
Premier Zaimis: "I am following with
the utmost interest the Gov rnment's
effort to the restoration of the unity
of the country. As for myself, re-
maining the faithful guardian of the
constitutional charter, and convinced
of the good intentions of the powers,
I am willing to co-operate sincerely
with them in maintaining tranquil-
ity, thus: -bringing, about a reconcilia-
tion of the different elements of the
nation."
ALL RUSSIAN FRONTS
AWAKING INTO ACTION.
fractions of an inch has been invented „ A despatch from, Petrograd says:
for holding automobile top arms to five years ago, and this is undeniably •The official statement says that fusil-
the use of projecting brackets
true The child's education must lades and aerial activities have oc-
save
and straps. , begin in the training of the parents. carred on all fronts.
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CANADIAN HEAVY BATTERIES
SILENCE GERMAN GUNS
While the Aix' Scouts Keep' Close Watch and Check on the Move-
ments of the Enemy :Batteries.
A despatch from Canadian Head-
quarters in France' says: -The enemy
Y Y
is still very nervous along the western
front. The slightest sign of an ab-
normal movement on the part of the.
British or Canadian troops brings
down what the official report charact-
erizes as "hurricane barrage/' the
enemy depending ' chiefly upon his
guns for the holding of the line. To
counteract this, our heavy artillery
is taking on daily for destruction set*-
eral of the enemy's more aggressive
batteries. Enemy guns, large arid
small, are ranged along the Canadian
front and in the rear. Some are
over six miles behind the enemy
trenches, and the dut;- of the aviators
sent out to check up the condition of
the German batteries is no sinecure.
Its peril seems to be an added attrac-
tion, for there is no lack of candidates ,
fox• admission to the ranks of eaglets.
TWELVE -LEGGED MAN-EATER.
•
Iternarkable Animal With Three Sets.
of Legs and Reversible Head.
An important contribution to our
knowledge of natural history has been
made by the discovery of a'remarkable
animal with three sets of legs. Found
exclusively in the wildest and least
accessible parts of the Coast Range, in
California, and. reputed a man-eater,
it is known as the "whintosser -a
name the derivation of which is uncer-
tain.
Though rare, the'lumbermen of that.
region have long been acquainted with
it, but the first scientific 'description
of this strange creature is given by
Mr. William T, Cox, State Forester of
Minnesota.
The whintosser's head is fastened to
its body not in the ordinary way, -but
by a neck that operates in the fashion
of a swivel. So likewise it is with
short, tapering tail -and both head
and tail can be spun around at a rate
estimated at 100 revolutions a min-
ute. The body is long and triangular
in section,>with three complete setsof
legs.
"This last," says Mr. Cox, "is a
great convenience in an earthquake
country, If 'the floor suddenly be-
ccmes a ceiling, it does not, matter, for
the whintosser is always there with
the legs.
"A cat's nine lives are few compared
with those of the whintosser. The
beast may be shot, clubbed, or strung
on a pike -Poe, without stopping; its
wriggling, 'whirling motions or • its
screams of rage. The only successful
way of killing it is to poke it into a
flume -pipe so that all its feet strike
the surface. Then it immediately
starts off to walk in three different
directions at once, and tears itself to
pieces."
NO MISTAKE MADE.
Characteristic Incident in Life of
Noted Author.
Sydney Porter, who is better known
to the multitude of his admiring read-
ers as 0. Henry, possessed an innate
nobleness of nature that prevented
him from becoming bitter even after
three years in prison on a charge. of
alleged embezzlement, of which he
would have been acquitted had he not
fled to South America to escape trial.
His charity was boundless and his
sympathy with suffering, especially
when the sufferer was "down and
out," as prompt and as instinctive as.
the glet ice of the eye, says Prof, C. A.
Smith in his biography of 0. Henry.
He was talking to a friend on the
streets of New York one day when a
beggar approached and asked for
help. 0. Henry took a coin from his
pocket, shielded it from the view of
his friend, and slipped it into the beg-
gar's hand, saying:
"Here's a dollar. Don't bother us
any more."
The man walked a fewsteps away,
examined' the coin, and seemed uncer-
tain what to do. Then he came slow-
ly back.
"Mister," he said, "you were good to
me and I don't want to take advantage
of you. You said this was a dollar.
It's' a twenty dollar gold piece."
0. Henry turned upon him indig-
nantly, "Don't you think I know what
a dollar is? I told you not to come
back. Get along!"
He then continued' his conversation,.
but was plainly mortified for fear
that his friend had detected his ruse.
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RUSSIA WILL STAY.
INTSE ..FIGHT
Will Resume Offensive and Re-
- organize the Army.
A Canadian Press Despatch from
London says: Despatches from
Petrograd to the Exchange Tele-
graph
grapf Company say that the
Congress of Soldiers' and Work-
men's Delegates from the whole of
Russia on Thursday voted confidence
in the Provisional Government and un-
animously passed a resolution de-
manding an immediate resumption of
the offensive and the reorganization
of the army. A War Cabinet was
formed, including the lea leis of the
Russian army and navy and technical
representatives.
A despatch from 'Washington says:
-Ambassador Boris Bakhmeteff, head
of the Russian War Mission to the
United States, on Thursday formally
outlined the political and military pro-
gram of "New Russia." Speaking for
the Russian people and their new
Provisional Government, the Russian
special plenipotentiary asserted that
the new Government in Russia is seek-
ing to achieve the same ends as the
United States Government -universal
peace and 'the preservation of demo-
cracy -and gave most emphatic 'as-
surance that Russia will stay in the
fight against German autocracy until
.that aim is won. Ambassador Bak-
hmeteff's speech was interpreted as
convincing proof of the determina-
tion of New Russia. to spurn all ef-
forts at separate peace and to stay in
the war until its objects have been
won. He made plain the distinction
between "separate" peace and'univer-
sal"peace.
ORDERS OF CHIVALRY
NOW OPEN TO WOMEN.
Two New Distinctions Announced By
King George.
A despatch from London says:
Orders of -chivalry open to women
will be one of the outcomes of the
war. It is announced that in recogni-
tion of the manifold services render-
ed in connection with the war, both
by British subjects and their allies, -
the King has4.been pleased to institute
two new orders. The first is an order
of Knighthood styled "Order of the •
British Empire." It will follow the
precedents of other similar orders and
consist of five classes or grades and
will be awarded both to women and
men for services rendered to the Em-
pire at home and abroad. The first
two classes will in the case of men
carry the honor of Knighthood, and
in the case of women the privilege of
prefixing the title "Dame" to their
names. The second order, which will
be closely restricted as to numbers,
will be entitled "Order of Companions
of. Honor." It will consist of one class
only, to which women will be eligible
equally with men. ,It,will carry no
title.
Friend (to professor, whose, lecture,
"Holy to Stop the War," has ,just con-
cluded) -Congratulate. you,' old man
--went splendidly. At one time dur-
ing the afternoon I. was rather anxi-
ous for you. Professor -Thanks.
But I don't' know; why you should have
been so concerned on my behalf.
Friend -Well, a rumor did go around
the room that the war wpuld be over,
before your lecture.
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