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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1917-7-5, Page 3ENEMY HOLDS DESPERATELY TO F'y AVION, LAST DEFENCE OF LEI Gaye Up His Trenches Leading to Village Only Tinder Strong ,Compulsion --Canadian Heavy Artillery Pounding at Final Teuton Stand. A despatch from the Canadian Headquarters in France, says;—The enemy clings tenaciously to Avoin. He gave up this trenches, which were on a slope leading up to the village, a little over a quarter of a mile from the first houses, only under strong com- pulsion. They were dug in chalk, and our artillery observers had no dif- ficulty in if-ficultyin seeing the effect of every shell dropped in them. His new line is immediatelyin front of the most westerly row of houses in Avoin. It is connected with cellars and dugouts in the village, to which the occupants •can retire when heavily shelled. Strong Canadian patrols were sent •out during last night along most of the front to learn something of the conditions in this trench line. They found it strongly held by the enemy, and -were unable to enter his defenc Our heavy artillery has once mor taken }ip'the work of destruction. •• When the Avion line is rendered un- tenable the defenders— of Lens will have but one shot in their locker. Be- tween Axion and Lens there is a con- siderable stretch of marsh land along the Souchez. This has been flooded and wire entanglements have been constructed on the eastern side of the flooded area. North of the river, during the night; •enemy posts were raided by the Eng- lish Midland troops and a number of the enemy were killed and taken pris- oners'. There, as it is to the south, the German ,new line is strongly held. U.S. S. TROOPS REACH , FRANCE Advance Guard of Powerful Army to be Sent to War Against Germany. A despatch from Washington says: 'The advance guard of the mighty army the United States is preparing to send against Germany reached France on Wednesday night. In de- fiance of the German submarines, thousands of seasoned regulars and marines, trained fighting men with the tan of long service on the Mexi- can border, or in Hayti or Santo Do- mingo ,still on their faces, have been hastened overseas to fight beside the French, the British, the Belgian, the Russian, the PortuSuese and the Ital- ian .troops- on the western front.,, The American forces will be a net gain to the allies. 'It will throw no single burden of supply or equipment on them. The troops will be fed, clothed, armed and' equipped by the United. States.; Around them at the camp on French soil on Wednesday night were being stored supplies that will keep them going for months, and more will follow. NEW LOANS TO ALLIES. American Credits Now Pass the Bil- lion Mark. A despatch from Washington says: —American loans to the allies passed the billion -dollar :hark an Tuesday, when the Treasury placed $15,000,000 to the credit of Great Britain and $10,- 000,000 to France's account. Credits to all, the allies to meet their expendi- tures in this country now total $1,- 008,000,000, of which Great Britain has received $550,000,000, and France $210,000,000. U. S. RED CROSS TOTALS $114,000,000. A despatch from Washington says:. Henry P. Davison of. the Red Cross War Council, who has been in charge of its seven -day -campaign for $100,- 000,000 for war relief work, on Tues- day announced the.success of the pro- ject; The subscriptions received ag- gregated at least; $114,000,000. SERB TRAITORS WERE EXECUTED Army Officers Hatched a Plot to Overthrow the Present Regime of Serbia. A despatch from Salonica says:— Several executions took place in the outskirts of Salonica on Wednesday. Col. Dimitrievich, Major Vulovich and an Austro-Hungarian volunteer, Maio - baba* concerned with many others in a conspiracy of a Serbian secret society to overthrow' the present regime of Serbia and substitute an oligarchic form of government, were shot. Many others implicated received long terms of imprisonment. NEW GREEK CABINET TAKES OATH OF OFFICE. Enthusiastic iPopulace at Athens Hail the Venizelos Ministry. A despatch from Athens says:—The new Greek Ministry, headed by, N. Venizelos, took the oath at the Palace on Wednesday, and was acclaimed by an enthusiastic crowd on returning to the Government building, where M. Venizelos delivered a speech from "a balcony warmly thanking the people for; their plaudits. Strong military precautions had been taken to prevent possible disorders, but they proved un- necessary, as the 'malcontents show- ing themselves were in a small minor- ity. HUN ARMY WEARS SUITS OF PAPER. Evidence of Growing Straits of the German Forces. A despatch from London says:— Striking evidence of the growing straits of the German, army, was ob- tained recently, from captured prison- ers. Their clothing excited curiosity from its appearance, so it was analyz- ed. It was discovered that the offi cers are now wearing woven cloth of leather fibre, and enlisted men uni- forms of paper fibre. It is evident such clothing is entirely unsuited to the rigors of a winter campaign if the war lasts that long. r HUN ZEPPELIN FELL TO EARTH T . THE CREW ESCAPED Airship Plunged From Height of 13,000 Feet and Was in Flames When It. Reached the Ground. A despatch, from I• London says: When the -British recently brought down a Zeppelin on the East Anglian coast, they captured two members of the crew, who, in a miraculous man- ner, escaped death as the .airship plunged to earth. This fact was made known to the newspapers on Wednes- day by the Admiralty. One of the prisoners is an officer and the other a private. The private sustained broken legs in the fall of the airship, but is recovering. His companion escaped virtually unscath- ed. The Zeppelin fell froin a height of 13,000 feet, and was in flames when it reached the ground. How the two Germans escaped death cannot be accounted for. The above undoubtedly refers to the air raid on the east and south-east coast of England early Sunday morn- ing, June 17, when one Zeppelin was brought down in flames. • RI6)47' THIS wM — ILt GUESS''ouR WEIGHT, WITHIN THREe POUNDS -- 1'41-.DET l'HL LADY WEIGl4 MoRP. ^� "THAN T E Lr 6 th BoY_ Hon. W. J,. Hanna, Canada's Food Controller From The le e BETWEEN ONTARIO AND TISK COLUMBIA. BRI - Items From' Provinces Where Many Ontario Boys and Girls Are Living. Rural districts ill Alberta rave placed a tax for patriotic funds. -Winnipeg men in casualties ncethe war began number 13,565. The Edmonton Library loaned17,- 622 books during the month of My,Lieut. H. N, Walker, a well-kwn Edmonton man, has been killed iac- tion. A new club house at the Birds' Hill, golf course, Winnipeg, was opened re- cently. The women of Lenore, Man., raised $525 for patriotic purposes at a recent bazaar. In northern Alberta 2,473 families are receiving assistance from the Pat- riotic Fund. - Winnipeg Patriotic'League plans to add $2.00 per month to the allowance of each child. Manitoba has ten thousand more gardens since the: War Production Campaign started. A number -of new: buildings are be- ing erected in the exhibition grounds at Moose Jaw. Lieut. S. J.'D'avies, formerly an Ed- monton school teacher, has been awarded the' Military Cross. The Manitoba Military Convales- cent Home at Tuxedo Park will ac- commodate one' thousand soldiers. Five hundred Boy Scouts of the Province of Manitoba, will camp' at 'Lake Winnipeg this: summer. Immigrants entering the West dur- ing one week total 105 for Manitoba, 247 for Saskatchewan and 2Q9 in Al- berta. FROM OLD SCOTLAND NOTE; OF INTEREST FROM HER BANKS 'AND BRAES. What is Going On In the Highlands and Lowlands of Auld Scotia. There is a motor service noW be- tween Stromness and Kirkwall, con- necting with the steamer sailings. Markets of the World BBreaclstuffs, Toronto,July 3 --Manitoba wheat—No, 1' Northern, $2.511; No. 2 Northern, $2.551, track f3Fpy ports. Manitoba oats--�No, 2 C,;jl. 78c, treed Hal ports. American corn -No, 3 yellow: nominal, tzack Toronto. Ontario oats—No official quotations, Ontario wheat—No, 2 Winter, per car lot, $2,50 to 32,65; dc., No. 3, 62,48 to $2;53, according to freights outside. Peas—No 2, nominal, according to freights outside. Bailey --Malting, nominal, according to freights > outside, Ryn—No: 2, $2.05, noanlnal, according to .freights outside, ' Manitoba, flour—yirst patents, in jute Holland to Pay Germany Total bags, 313,40; second patents, in jute bags, $12.90, strong bakers', in jute Compensation Value of Ships. bags, $12.50 Toronto, Ontario dour --winter, acc6iding to A despatch from London says: Ae Toronto, prompt shipment. g Hague Oirieiai se:nly muni - A Great Remedy TAR. 71ENDERSON'S Herb Treat rnent (ts,blets), the great blood purifier, will cure rheumatism, ' cpn�' stip ation, eczema, kidney, liver,stom- pch and female troubles Price 1; with uarantec, or 6 , boxes fer 65, Postpa'id,. Ilenderson Herb Co, Dept. W„ 173; Spadina' Ave„ Toronto, HUNS TO REPLACE DUTCH VESSELS sample, $11.00 to $11.10, in bags, track Cordin to a • Mtllfeed-Car lots, delivered Montreal cation, forwarded by the Amsterdam correspondent of Reuter's, Limited, an agreement has, been reached between the Dutch and. German Governments concerning the seven Dutch merchant- men which were torpedoed off the Eng- lish coast last February. Germany undertakes to replace the lost vessels by the cession of a number of German ships, now in Dutch East Indies, of equivalent value, but Holland is to pay Germany a. sum equivalent' to the total compensation value of the lost ships. Germany will compensate.the crews of the lost ships for moral and material damages. The ceded vessels may only be used for transocean traffic during the war and not until the belligerent powers recognize the transfer of the flag and the right of these vessels to under- take voyages. U.S. SENATE PASSED' D AYLIGHT-SAVING BILL. freights, bags included—Bran, per tong $31; shorts, per ton, 339; middlings, per. ton, $42; good feed flour, per bag, $2,80 to $2,90. Hay—Extra No, 2, per ton, $12.50 to" $13.50; mixed, .per ton, $9 to $11, track Toronto. Straw—Car lots, per ton, $9, track Toronto. Country Produce --Wholesale: Butter -Creamery solids', per lb., 35 to 3510; prints, per lb., 35; to 360; dairy, per lb., 28 to 29c. Eggs—Per doz,, 28 to 29c. Wholesalers are selling to the retail trade at the following prices:— Cheese—New, 1fIrge, 221 to 23c; twins, 221, to 2330; triplets, 23 to 235o; old, large, 30c; twins, 301c; triplets, 30/c, Butter—yresh dairy, choice, 35 to 36c; creamery prints, 38 to 39c; solids, 38c. Eggs—New-laid, in cartons, 37 to 38c; out of cartons, 35c. Dressed poultry—Spring chickens, The Laird of Fresnick has been 4oe; fowl, 24 to 25c; squabs, per doz., created a rear admiral of the British, $4LI to $4.60; turkeys, 2h to• 250, Live poultry—Spring chickens, lb., 25 fleet. to 35c; hens, lb., 18 to 20e. Honey--Comb--Extra fine and heavy; weight, per doz., $2.75; select, $2.50 to $2:75; No.' 2, $2 to .$2,25. Potatoes -On track Ontario, per bag, 34.50; Albertas, per bag,$4.00; P.E.I. Mr. Kirkland, county road surveyor, reds, bag, "$4 00'' Red Star, new, bbl.,` Wick,has beengranted an increase in $12.50 to $12.75; ,North Carolinas, new, bbl., $11.50 to $12.00. The Royal Red Cross Badge salary of £20 per annum. I. maple Syrup-Imperialgallon, 61.75,, Beans—Imported, hand-pcked, '$9.00 1 19 Dufftown and district have pur- chased over £3,000 of war certificates since the beginning' of April. been presented to Sister Laura Gor- don, daughter of John Gordon, Grange, Detective -Inspector Smith, one of Paisley's most;popular police offi- cers, has resigned after 39 years of service. A free • gift sale at Carnoustie realized the sum of £350 for Forfar - shire soldiers' and `sailors injured in the war. to $9.50 per bush., Limas, per b, to 20c, Provisions—Wholesale Smoked' meats—Hams, medium, '30 to 31c; do:, heavy, 26 to 27e; cooked, 41 to 420; rolls, 27 to 28c; breakfast bacon, 33 to 360; backs, plain, 36 to 37c; bone- less, 39 to 40c, Cured meats Long' clear bacon, 25 to 261c per Ib; clear bellies, 24 to 25c. Lard—Pure lard, tierces, 27 to 2730; tubs, 273 to 279c;pails, 271 to 271c; compound, tierces, 211; tubs, '2110;. pails, 22c. Montreal Markets A well-equipped rest and recrea- tion hut at Oldmill Military Hospital Montreal, July : 3 --pats - Canadian western, No. 2, 791c; do„ No. 3,•'784c, do„ extra No, 1 feed,. 781c. Barley— Malting, $1,18. Flour—Manitoba spring wheat. patents, firsts, $13.50; rlo., seconds, $13; do„ strong bakers',' $12.80; do., straight rollers, $12:50 to $12.80; do., bags, $6 to $6.155. Rolled oats—Bar- rels, $9 to $9:10; do., bags, 90 lbs., $4,35 to $4.40. Bran --$30 to $32. ShortsLance-Corporal John Kelly — has been opened by Lord Guthrie at Aberdeen, The Admiralty have nearly, 'com- pleted fifty cottages, at Larkfield Road, Gourock, and it is their inten- tion to construct as many more. Gam- $38. ,'Middlings—$40 to $42, 1Zouillie= eron Highlanders, '-Motherwell, has to $49: Hay—No. 2, per ton, car lots, been awarded the Military Medal for gallantry during a raid on the enemy. General Sir H. Sinclair Horn, com- manding the First Army.on the Western Front, is a Caithness man, and was born at 'Stirkoke, near Wick: 13 to $13.50; cheese—Finest westerns, 2190; do., finest easterris, 216c. - Butter —Choicest creamery, 35c; do., seconds, 34c. Eggs—Selected, 37' to 3ic; No. 1 stock,' 34 to 35c;' No. 2 stock, 31 to 32c. Winnipeg Grain Winnipeg, July 3 -Cash prices:— Daily train service has been inau- Wheat—No. 1 northern, $2.38; No. 2 The Dundee health authorities northern, $2,25; No. 3 northern, $2.31; gurated between a number of rural ;hve approved of a scheme for' the No 4, $2,].9,;. No, 5, $1.05; No, 5,.,$1.75, districts and the cities of Regina and ioBast's contract : Jude, $2.37, July, utilization of certain classes of in $2 3 August (first help), $2.27. oats: Moose Jaw. ferioi meat for the benefit of the extra NoC1 feed, 70c;NNo. o. 31 feed,. 690;: Winnipeg has'an elector's'registra-p ri°1- No. 2 feed, 6630. Barley—No. 3, $1 2s, tion of 56,000, which is .seventy per The grounds of J. T. Brown, Nb. 4, $1.21; i•ejected,2272 �' Noe 2 Cw, cent, over last year's list. Number of Palmerston, have been obtained by $2•631; No 3 C.W.,, ;$2.511,' „ women voters equal men. -the Maxwellton Council and are be- Judge Callaway,, who is Manitoba's United States Markets ing staked out for garden allot - oldest justice, recently celebrated his Minneapolis, Minn„ July 3—Wheat— fiftieth July, $2,30; September,. $1.711; cash, fiftieth anniversary as a Justice '• of Ill -health has compelled Patrick No. 1 hard, $2.50 to $2,55; No. 1 North - Peace. He is 87 years old. •Keith to resign his position as clerk ern, $2.40 to $2.50; No. 2 Northern, Cardiff Mines, Alberta, have been $1.67 to $2.40. Corn—No.. 3 yellow. and treasurer of the Hamilton School $1,673 to $1,651. Oats—No. 3 white, 651 making nightly shipments during the ,Board,, a position he has held for 44 to 661c. Flour unchanged. Shipments, past few weeks..This is larger busi- .. 0,632 ban •els, Bran—$27:50 to $28,50. ne55 than' usual i Yearns Duluth, 'Minn„ July 3—Wheat—No. 1 n summer. ! The remains of the late James hard, $23S, nominal; No. 91 ,Northern, $2.37; \o. 2 orthern, $,.3.. July, Brown, a Crimean and Indian Mutiny $2.37, nominal, Linseed—$2.9b. July, War's Lumber. V veteran, of Coatbridge, were buried $2.96; September, $2:95; October, 62.80. When the war ends what will be with military honors at Old Monk come of the lumber of war.. 7 What of the guns, the shells, the tens of Lellan of hutments, the miles of khaki, and the thousand,and one other war appliances which will be "left over." Our practice in the past,was to store these things until they be- came obsolete, and then to destroy them or sell them to contractors for a. mere song. There are very wel- come signs that after this war its lumber will be used differently. Guns will be:melted down, and the metal used for commercial purposes. The new ,munition -making machines and tools have been deliberately designed for an after -the -war commercial career. Surplus khaki will be sent tithe mills to be "shoddied" into civilian clothing. Bayonet -steel will be used; as commercial "munitions." Hutments will be adapted to house land workers until permanent houses are . built. Even the "tanks" will be used -as, in fact, some already have been—as plough -tractors. Confide in your wife; you can have no better counsellor. Live Stock Markets - land Cemetery. Toronto, July 3 -Extra choice• heavy A' cafe chantant held in the Mc- steers, $12.25 to :$12,50; choice heavy Wilt e Galleries, Glasgow' under the seers; $11 40 etola6o; butche s' enttie auspices of the City Business Club, choice, $11.40 to $12.; do„ good, $11.00 on behalf of the hospitals, realized to _$11.25; do„ medium, $10.25 to $10:75; l? the 'slim. of £730 • do common $9 50 to $9.55; butchers' . $ $ Last Sunday of April Until Last Sun- day of September in Each Year. A despatch from Washington says: The daylight saving law sponsored by Senator Calder of New York was passed; by the ,Senate on Wednesday without roll call. It will not go into effect until next year. The measure provides that time be moved forward.one hour on the last Sunday of April in each year and set back to the original time on the last Sunday in Sept ember. All clocks in the nation, under the act passed, would be advanced from, 2 o'clock to 3 o'clock on the date fixed in April, and remain one hour in advance until the end of September, when they would return to'normal time. The 'bill also fixed standard: time. which heretofore- has only been done by general agreement, and by act of various ' State Legislatures. Five standard zones are provided—East- ern, Central, Mountain, Pacific and Alaskan: with an hour's difference in time between each'one. U.S. FORESTRY UNITS ARRIVE IN ENGLAND A despatch from London says :— Ten units of American woodmen sent over by New England states and organizations to turn various forests of the United Kingdom into •lumber have arrived in England. The woodmen' brought with them not only the necessary machinery, but were fully equipped in every way, even to lubricating oils. Their arrival found them ready to establish their sawmills and began work at once. r To Escaper Lightning. It has been proved that, as a rule, the safest place for protection in a thunder storm is inside a building pro- vided with a perfect lightning conduct- or. In an ordinary dwelling -house, unguarded as it usually is against bulls, choice, to to 10,25;' do., good lightning, a safe place is the middle James Cessford, the new nfana er bulls, $9.25 to $9.50; do., medium bulls, of the largest room, where one is away g 1 to $5.50 do., rough bulls, $6 to ? l' of St. Cwthbert's Co-operative As -'butchers' cows, choice, $9:50 to $10; 1:19., from the walls; or a still 'safer pre- sociation's estate, Ratho, was pre -'go 00' $stocker$ 9: do., medium, d 50 ' $7. 0 to caution is to lie on a bedstead drawn I rented with a gold watch; and Mrs, $9.25' to $9,75; canners and cutters; out from contact with the wall. The --.;, $40 to $60; springers. $85 to $110; light are near the bell wires or an open -win - ewes, $3.50 to $9.50; sheep, heavy, $6.50 dow or the fireplace. Outside the 50• yearlings, • 11 .to $12,50; calves Cessford with a gold chain. $5.40 to $6.4.0`; milkers, good to choice, most dangerous places in the house $80 to $11Q.; do., 'com, and med.,each, It is reported that almost every to $7. , y g , $ da an unusual scene maybe wit I good to choice, $13 to $15, spring lambs; house the places of danger are prox Y lb., 150 to 150, yearlings, emit to wall" and buildings and iron nese- • lambs earlin s, $10 ed onLoch Duich Rosshire Scotland . to $11; hogs, fed and watered, $16; do., y where quite a number of cows swim we52igh5,ed off. cars, $16.25; do„ f,o.b„ $1 over to an island in the loch, about I Montreal, July 3 -Choice steers, $11.60 200 yards from the mainland, feed'to $12,00; good, $11.00 o" $1125; fair, $10.00 to $10:75;' common, $9:00 8o 33.50; In the open country one of the most there and return in the evening. They cows, 35.00 to 31:bis to 5.5o 15 dangerous places is the bank of a are never but take their bath $10.30; choice milkers, 611 $ g iroery good milkers, $90.00; calves, 57 ri• ver. Avenues of trees, lakes, and entirely -driven, their own free will. -- to $12; sheep, $7 .5o to -elect spring hedges are'likewise dangerous. If lambs; $0.00 to $8.00; selected hogs, gg anyone doubts the danger of a haw - to $15.25. thorn hedge let him take his stand at a safe distance during 'a respectable • storm . and watch the lightning dart along the hedge like streaks. of fire. In forty years the sugar per capita of the United States has increased from eighteen to eighty-nine pounds. fences. Another danger is a crowd. The vapor which arises from a crowd tends to lead a flash toward the crowd. the wind is against them on their re- turn journey, and the semis rough, it sometimes is necessary for a man to put out in a boat and help them over in turn by holding out his; hand under each cow's chin, since they be- come dazed if the sea dashes in their faces, and swim in circles instead of going straight ahead. trmausexaortmercoran 37C11. (72"►I ' ,. $16.00 to $16.25; heavyweights; $15.00 Whatever else is neglected there should be no neglect of corn. Hay will give a light yield this year, but if there is plenty of ensilage, the short- age in hay will not be felt. 5AY MELEN, You L RAD aET-r�R GO AHFAVAND Go NOME: I'M 601,46 OVER rpDD A PAIR OF W ELL, DOre-r B y, LONG roil 11. n II 1111 Now NELEN, LET's 1 MEASURE Q-- 1 WANT -To SEE l•4o4V MUCH 314oR'r'I .. I AMS fh N W14"1 T0r4 • I' guALL.y 'EU.UEVE You ARe 0E1'06 GUESS 1R. ARE SHoRTEIZ- GUYS THAN IIJ -f HIS W0RL39.