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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1917-8-9, Page 3ALLIED OFFENSIVE CONTINUES ON THE WESTERN FRONT British and French Successes in Yser Canal Sector --Germans Re- Take St. Sullen. A despatch from London says: - A torrential rainfall and the resultant turning of the battlefield -already hard of negotiation at many points- into a veritable quagmire retarded, but failed to halt, during Wednesday the great allied offensive against the Germans in Flanders. The most part of the day was spent by the British and Frenchtroops in consolidating_ positions' won -in Tues- day's spectacular drive or in putting, down strong German counter-attacks, made in endeavors to wrest from their antagonists their former positions, At, two points near Ypres the Ger- mans, using great masses of men, were successfulin their counter-at- tacks against the British, compelling the evacuation of Haig's troops of the village `of St. Julien, but this advant- age was offset in the Zillebeke and Yser Canal sectors, where, respective- ly, the British and French troops ad- vanced their lines. "The oil shells referred to by cor- respondents at the front are the latest new weapon," says an ordnance man in the Evening Standard. "They are the necessary reprisal forced by the diabolical inventions of the German oil drums or canisters.- They are con- structed in the form" of ,shells, the casings of which are so thin that they burst easily after explosion, the 'small charge within scattering the flaming contents. They are fired from trench mortars. They are an effective reply to the flamenwerfer of the Germans, which are merely tanks :carried on soldiers' backs and worked by. a hand pump, with fire nozzle: attachment. The newest, tanks have heavier guns, says the Standard, and the re- coil often tosses the .„huge machines literally about. The crews are now trained to avoid tank sickness, and it is necessary to get "tank legs." . ONTARIO RURAL LIFE MOVEMENT School For Rural Leadership At ®.A.C.Has Successful Session. A despatch from Guelph says:-- The ays:The delegates who are attending the Summer school for rural leadership are so delighted at the progress made that before dispersing they have organized so that the work can be car- ried on between the yearly gatherings. It was felt that only by the efforts of an organization couldthe problems of rural leadership be effectively dealt with and in an, interview with. Com- missioner C. 0. Cre'blman, he gave this every encouragement and promise rof assistance. The object of the associa- tion is the promotion of the highest interests of rural community life, re- ligious, educational, e=ligious,.;educational, 'social, physical and economic: Officers elected were: -President, G. N. Simmons, Springfield; Vice- President, ;i. W. Foley, . Brooklin; Secretary Treasurer, A. MacLaren, Guelph;; Executive Committee, W. F. Carpenter, Horning's Mills; N. S. Campbell, Inwood; Miss ;, Stover, Queenston; Mrs. W. J. Booth, Hornby. Lim, A' pocket lihrary,' for furnishing material and other facts, was urged on the 0.A.C. authorities and the lead- ers went on record as declaring that more permanent linking up of the rural community leaders with the col- lege, as by an annual convention, will still further extend the influence of the college and result in greater good. The Ontario Government were urged to follow the example of the Saskat- chewan Government in the engage- ment of an educational specialist to make a general survey of the province, with a view of increasing the efficiency of the school system. At the afternoon session of the school for rural leadership, Mr. Tom linson gave a practical demonstration of tree planting, after which Mr. A. H. MacLennan, lecturer in vegetable gardening, presented that subject in a most . interesting and informative way, illustrating his remarks by an. 1 excellent series of lantern slides. The committee appointed to inter- view President Creelman in reference to the future of the school, reported that they had been received with the utmost cordiality and sympathy. Dr. Creelman made'. some- helpful sugges- tions as to the' time ';of ' holding the school and other matters. This has encouraged the rural leaders to be- lieve that the future of the school as a permanent institution is well\assured. LOSSES FROM SUBMARINES AGAIN SHOW FALLING OFF A despatch from London says: Some falling off in the loss of British merchantmen by submarines is noted the official sum }ary just issued. Eighteen British vessels of more than 1,600 tons were sunk by submarines or mines last week. Three vessels under 1,600 tons were sunk, while no fishing vessels were lost. NEW. RUSSIA OFF NSIVE Partial Success s of Russ Troops in Galicia. A despatch-froin Petrograd says: - The beginning of a partial offensive by the. Russians in Galicia in the direc- tion of Trembowla is announced by the War Office. A hostile position was carried in this movement. Southwest of Kimpolung, towards• the southern end of the fighting line, the Russians were forced back some- what in the region of Negrey. They were also compelled to retire to some extent to the east of Gerement, be- tween the Dniester and Pruth region. The statement says the Russians suffered great losses when they were forced to retireacross the Zborez. FRENCH BUILD 29 BRIDGES UNDER FIRE 404 despatch from London says: -A Renter despatch from British Head- quarters in France, after describing the victorious advance of the British, 'says that the Yser was crossed in many places. The bridging work was,prodigious. One division alone, in the course of a single day, succeeded underfire in throwing sedenteen bridges on its front. "The accomplishment of the French troops," continues the correspondent, "evoked the greatest admiration. They_ threw twenty-nine bridges across the Yser, pushed on, and repeatedly made deep advances." Credit Extension Now $1,400;000,000. A despatch from Washington says: -A further extension of credit has been made 'to . Great Britain and France by this Government. . The'. amount advanced to Great Britain was $185,000,000, and the allowance to France was $160,000,000, a total of $345,000,000, leaving a. balance yet- to be granted of $55,000,000 of the re- gular program of $400,000,000 a month to be advanced to the ally Govern- ments. The total thus far given to Great Britain is now, including to- day's amount, . $955,000,000, and that to France $530,000,000. Drive Germans From Africa. A despatch from' London 'says:- British troops have°"driven the Ger- mans from their position's on the Lug- ungu River, in German East Africa, apnd also are pushing forward in the Kilwa region, says an official state- ment issued by the British War Of- fice., Italians Build 8,000 Ton Ships. A despatch from Rome says: -The ys :-The construction of merchant ships of a uniform type and measuring 8,000, tons has been commenced in the Italian shipyards. .The first launching will take; place the end of this month, and others will follow without interrup- tion. Markets . of the World areadstuff5 Toronto, Aug. 7 -Manitoba. Wheat -- No. 1 Northern, 32,3.8; No, 2 Northern, 3z 35, nominal, Store r'ort Willtani. BaNl'panorts.itoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 85c, tra'cic American ' corn --.No, 2 yellow, noAni- rial, track Toronto, Ontario oath -No official quotations. Ontario wheat -No, 2 Winter, 3>er oar lot, 32.55 to 32,00; No. 3, 32,53 to 32.58, nominal, according to freights outside, Peas -No, 2, nominal, according to freights outside, Barley -Malting, -nominal, according to freights outside. Rye --No,' 2,nominal, according to freights outsie. Manitoba flour -First patents, in jute bags, 312.90; second patents, in lute bags, 312,40; strong bakers', in jute bags, 312.00. Ontario flour -Winter, according: to sample, $11.20 in bags, track, Toronto, prompt shipment. 2iillfeecl-Car lots, delivered Montreal 0reights, bats included t3,'an, per ton, $35; ,shores, pbr ton, 341; middlings, Per ton, 544 to 545; good feed flour, per bag, $3 25 Hay Extra No. 2, per ton, 311;50 to 312.00, nixed, per ton, $9 to 510, track Toronto. Toronto.Straw-Car lots, per ton, 38.00, track Country Produce -Wholesale 13utter--Creamery, solids, "per• lb., 341 to 35c; prints, per lb., 35 to 8550; dairy, per 1b,, 29 to 30c. Riggs -Per dos,. 37 to 380. Wholesalers are selling- to the retail trade at the following prices': - Cheese -Nein largo, 221 to 23c; twins, 224 to 235c; triplets; 23 'to 235e old, large, 30c; twins, 305:; triplets, 301c. Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 34 to 85o, creamery prints, 38 to 39c solids, 379 to 380, Eggs -New -laid, in 'cartons, 44 to, 45c; out of cartons, 420. Dressed poultry -Spring chickens, 30c; fowl, 30c; squabs, per dos„ $4 to $4.50; turkeys, 25 to 30c; ` ducks, spring, 20e. Live poultry -Spring chickens, 1b., 20e, hens, 1.6 to 1,e; ducks, Spring, 13c. Roney -Comb -Extra fine and heavy weight per dos., 32.75; select, $2.50 to 32,75;' No. 2, $2 to: 32,25, Beans -Prime white, 39.50 per bush.; imported, hand-picked, 310.50 per bush.; Limas, per lb„ 18 to 19c. Potatoes,.' on track -Red Star, new, bbl., 35.00 to $5.25;" North Carolinas, new, bbl„ 35.00 to $5.25; seconds, bbl.,, $3.50. Provisions -Wholesale Smoked meats -Hams, medium, 30 to 31c; do., heavy, 26 to 27c; cooked, 41 to 42c; rolls, 27 to 28c; breakfast bacon, 33 to 36c; backs, plain, 36 to 37c; bone- less, 39 to 40c, Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 26 to 265c per lb clear bellies, 25 to 26e.' Lard -Pure lard, tierces, 26 to 260c; tubs; 265 to 2650; pails, 265 to 264c; compound. tierces, 21c;-.1 2150; pails, 215c. Montreal Markets Montreal. Aug. -• 7 -Oats -Canadian Western, No. 2, SSc; do., No. 3, 84c; ex- tra No. 1 feed, 83 to 84c. Barley-- Malting, arley-1 alting, .31.26. Flour -Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, 313; do„ seconds -- 312.50; strong' bakefs', 312.30; Winter Patents, choice, 313; straight rollers, $12.40 to 312.55; do., in bags, $6 to $6.15. Rolled oats -Barrels, $9.15' to 39,35; bat of 90 lbs.. $4.45 to $4 .55. Nr111feed-Bran, 535; ' shorts,' 340; mid- dlings, 350; mouillie, $60 to 361, Hay - No. 2, per'ton, car lots, $10 to 810.50. Cheese -Finest westerns, 218 c; do., easterns, ,2110. Butter -Choicest cream- ery, 39 to 3950; seconds, 385c. Eggs - Fresh, 46 to 48c; selected, 44c; No, 1 stock, 40c; No. 2, do., 36 to .38c. Pota- toes-Per'bag, car lots, $1 to $2. 'Winnipeg' Grain rIvinnipeg, Aug. 7-Cashpr•ico 2 tiZ heat No. 1 Northern, 32.38; do., 32.35; No, 3, do., $2.30;No. 4, 52.19; No, 5, 31.94; No. 6, 31.68; feed, 51.58. Basis contract -August (first half), $2.30. Oats -No. 2 C.W„ 750; No. 3, do., 74e; extra No. 1 feed, 74c; No: 1 feed, 72c. Batley -No, 3,31.20;, No. 4, $1,•15; rejected 31.09; feed, 31.09. Flax -No. 1 N.-W.C., 53.26; No 2 C.W.W33.21; No. 3, do., 33.09. t itited States Markets Minneapolis, Aug.` 7=Wheat-Septem ber closed 32.18, Cash -No. 1 Northern, 32.96 to 53.00; No. 2, do., 52.90 to 32:95. Coin -No. 3 yellow, 32.24 to 52.25. Oats No. 3 white, '76 to 77c. '.Floury un- changed.: Bran -$35.50 to 536.00. Duluth, Aug. 7:---Linseed-$3.28; Sep- tember, October and November, 33.30. Live Stock. Markets Toronto, Aug. 7 -Extra .choice heavy steers, $11.90 to $12.20; - .choice heavy steers, $10.50 to 317..00; butchers' 'cat- tle, bhoice. $10 to $10.50; do., good. 59.50 to $9.85; do., medium, $8.50 to 39; do., common, 37.10 to $7.25; butchers' bulls, choice, $8.25 to 39.00; do., good bulls, 57.50 to 37.75; do., medium bulls, 36.75 to $7.00; do., rough bulls, 35.00 to 36.00; butchers' cows, choice, $8 to $8.50;, do„ good, ,37,35 to 37.60;, do, niediurn, 36.50 to $6,75; Stockers, 56.40 to $8.25; feed- ers, 37.75 to 58.75; canners and cutters, 35,25' to 36; milkers, "good to choice, $80 to $100; do., corn. and med., 540 to.$50; springers, $S0 to 5120; light ewes, $8.60 to $9.50; sheep, heavy, 36 to $7.25; yearlings, 510 to 511.50; calves, good to choice, $13` to 314.50; spring' lambs, $15.50 to 316.30; hogs, fed and watered, $16.75; do., weighed off cars, $17; do., f.o.b.,`$1,5.50. to 315.75, Montreal, Aug. 7 -Choice steers, 310.50 to 310,75; good, $10 to $10.25; lower grades, 38,50 to $9.50; butchers' cows, $6 to $8; bulls, 36.50 to 58.50; canners, $4.50 to 56; lambs, $13 to $13.50; sheep, $7,50; to 38.50; calves, 37 to 312. as Do not let the season pass without making some blueberry muffins. Beat together one rounded tablespoonful of butter, one-third cupful of sugar, one egg, one-half teaspoonful of salt. Then add one cupful of milk, two and a half cupfuls of 'sifted flour, from which save a spoonful to roll the. berries in, four level teaspoonfuls of baking -pow- der and one cupful of blueberries ad- ded lightly the last thing. Bake in greased gem pans and serve either hot or cold. 1 HEAR lOM COMING -"OU PEOPI"1=( NIDE IN HERE.- AND. I'LL PRt=.°t>=NI) Y4A1- "lou DIDN'T ii'T, Comm --- WEU. $LJ PRISE HIM 'r'otit,WHAT Do Vow -611)4K OUR.- VAINER. GUESTS DII DECL9NE0 $7,500 SALARY TO SERVE PUBLIC FREE MR. JOHN G. KENT, a man of wealth and extensive business in- terests, who has refused to accept any remuneration whatever for his • services as General Manager of the Canadian National Exhibition, pre- ferring to serve the public free of charge. He is ,President of the To- ronto Board of Trade and has been on the Exhibition Board since 1905, always showing a close interest in the work. He was President in 1912- 13, the two best years in the history of the institution. Mr. Kent is head of the Boy Scouts in Toronto and is identified with many philanthropic enterprises. Long and continued ill- ness has compelled Dr. Orr, Manager since 1903, to seek a long rest. From the Ocean Shore BITS OFNEWS � FROM THB MARITIME .P_ROVINCES. Items of Interest From Places Lap- ped By Waves of the Atlantic. The strawberry crop was exception- ally large on Prince Edward Island this year. It has been announced that P. W. Thibeau, B.A., of Thibeauville, River l3ourgeoise, C"B., has been awarded a 'knights' of Columbus scholarship at the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. One of the heaviest shipments of strawberries that ever came down the St. John River arrived on Wednesday and a conservative estimate placed the number of boxes close to 60,000. Upwards of thirty cars of fish were taken on board cars at North Sydney during the past week and shipped to Chicago and other American points. The fishall came from Newfoundland. ".• Mr. and Mrs. John Murray, 401 Agricola Street, Halifax, have receiv- ed a telegram from Ottawa informing them that their son, Private Russell Murray, was killed in action on June 29. Capt. Thos. Meikle, a native of' Pic- torr town, : died recently in Cardiff, Wales. He was the youngest of four brothers, the oldest ,of whom was the late Capt. Richard Meikle, , of New Glasgow. Probably the largest trout catch of the season was made by James Hector of Fredericton, who took in 18 dozen in one day from the Nashwaak river. At Yarmouth the old Gilbert San- derson shipyard, now O'Hanley's wharf, which has been leased by the Yarmouth Shipbuilding Company, Ltd., will soon be a scene of great act- ivity, as building, etc., is now going on. _.y If, you live away from a shoe 'store and, a shoe pinches, stretch it by wringing a cloth from gtiite war water and wrapping it around the shaoe, over the foot. This gives -the needed room and ;doesn't hurt the leather, Or, moisten the' lining of the shoe (or the. stocking) with alcohol, and wear shoes while drying. The lining stretches to fit the foot. No taking cold, with alcohol. GOVERNMENT TO NATIONALIZE, CANADIAN NORTHERN RAILWAY Will Also Make a Cash Advance of $7,5005000 to Grand Trunk Pacific. A despatch' from Ottawa says:- determine the value of the stock ac- quired, subject to an appeal to the Supreme Court by either the Govern- ment or the owners or pledgees of stock ih the e-7ent of failure by the arbitrators to reach an unanimous determination. Canadian Northern to retain its corporate identity with operation and administration under a board of directors named by the. Government. At least five -sixths of She outstand- ing shares to be transferred by agree- ment. Government to take the right to compel the transfer of the remain- ingshares'. Demand loan of $7,500,000 at 6 per cent., secured by mortgage, to be made to the G.T.P. Railway. Govern- ment to take power to constitute a board of directors. The Canadian Northern Railway Sys - ‘tem, including its branch lines, ter- minals; telegraph and express ser- vices, vain elevators, steamship lines on the Lakes and other sub- sidiary undertakings, will be acquir- ed by the Government on behalf of the Canadian people. Further, the Gov- ernment will lend to the G. T, P. Rail- way Company $7,500,000, repayable on demand, with interest 6 per cent., and secured,, a mortgage on the corpor- ation's assets. The ,railway proposals in brief: Purchase of the outstanding $60,- 000,000. stock of the Canadian North- ern Railway, giving the Government complete ownership of the C.N.R. system and all subsidiary enterprises. Appointment of three arbitrators to ALLIED FORCES LEAVE 'GREECE French and British Troops Have All Been Withdrawn. A despatch from Athens say: Withdrawal of the allied forces from Old Greece, Thessaly and Epirus in accordance with the. decision of the Balkan conference at Paris is being rapidly carried out. The withdrawal from Corinth and other occupied points was previously executed. The Italians : are similarly preparing to leave Janina and other sections of Piraeus, ;retaining only a small tri- angle near Avlona, in -Albania. _The _The unanimity of the allied action is a source of satisfaction, as the Italian aspiration desired a wider field, but yielded in the interest of the united action Id" withdraw all and leave Greece to the Greeks. Preparations are under way to call out the classes of 1916 and 1917, ag- gregating 60,000 men. The Greek Government is highly gratified at the. result as showing the allies are recog nixing the territorial integrity of Greece. A ROYAL FURNITURE' THIEF. Prince Eitel, the Kaiser's Son, Blew Up Chateau He Pillaged. Andre Chevalier, special correspond- ent of the Intransigeant at the French front, of Prince Eitel Friedrich. gives a few sidelights on the in E it riedrich 'li During his sojourn at Avricourt, in the Oise, the Kaiser's son resided at the chateau of Comte Balny d'Avri- court. Iii the moments when he was not hiding his ponderous form in a shellproof dugout communicating with the grounds of the chateau by a sub- terranean passage this "fat, red-faced man with a huge paunch : consumed quantities of cabbage." "He lived a quiet life," adds Mr. Chevalier, "and was troubled once only by a visit from his blustering father. "In his solitary walks- across the country the Prince's only companions were melancholy and a dog. "Sometimes he would take a spade and stolidly turn the ground, perhaps in the hope of finding buried treasure to add to the wagon loads of furni- ture he already had sent far from the dangers of bombardment. "It was an atavism no doubht, or mayhap a precautionary measure, for some months after, when the princely furniture mover left the chateau, it blew up, as if by mere chance, with what was allowed to 're main there. "This was the Prince's grateful. method . of paying his bill. Mr. Dubois, the proporietor of a chateau in the neighborhood of Compiegne, which was methodically pillaged 'by the Kaiser's son, has laid a formal charge of theft with the French au- thorities against Prince Eitel." In checki_ng,up the - wastes remember the poultry parasites. Lice, and mites keep many a pound of meat and many an egg out of production. Put crude oil in the'poultry house crevices and around the roosts and whitewash the whole place. Pro The Eddie West BETWEEN ONTARIO AND BRI- TISH COLUMBIA. 'Reins From Provinces Where Many Ontario Boys and Girls Are Living. Saskatchewan whisky , dealers are permitted to keep liquors for export and sale outside of the province. The Edmonton health inspector or- ders that all garbage be destroyed, and not fed to pigs, to check hog cholera. About 13,030 pounds of food was destroyed by the city health authori- ties during the month' of June in Win- nipeg, for the Invalid Soldiers' Welfare for the Invalid Soldiers' Welffare League by "The Trenches," put on at the Edmonton Exhibition by returned soldiers. Logs cut on the Upper Athabasca river, intended for the sawmills at Edmonton, through the heavy spring freshets have been diverted down the river to the Arctic. The"Army and Navy Veterans held a bathing costume contest at their pic- nic at Winnipeg Beach. The co-operative sale of the wool collected from Manitoba farmers by the Department of Agriculture will probably take place about August 1; More than 200,000 pounds of wool 'has been collected to date. Incorporation has been granted to the Canada Coal Company, Ltd., with headquarters at Calgary, and a capital stock of $750,000, and Dominion Farm Holders, Ltd., also of Calgary, with. a capital stock of $1,000,000. Winnipeg butchers announced that local packing houses have had thou- sands upon thousands of chickens in cold storage since last fall, and that they stand to lose heavily on their. They paid 20 cents a pound for them. Germany Loses in Asia. Germany has another enemy. Siam has declared war against her and her' ally Austria. •The military importance of the declaration may not be so great; the peace strength of the Siam- ese army is only 12,000 men. But the utter failure of Germany to promote dissentions in the East favorable to German ambitions is emphasized by it. Siam has had grievances against '.the French. A quarter of a century ago a French fleet at Bangkok brought to terms the Siamese and compelled the cession of Cambodia. More recently territory was ceded to France and to Great Britain. But the territorial in- tegrity of the country has been guar- anteed by both Powers, and their in- fluence has been exerted to promote its development. If German intrigue has been busy there, they have been', able to defeat its purpose. In other words, German ambitions in Asia will. not be realized. The loyalty of India to the British Crown was`$4ie evidence of that. Chang Hsun's failure in China is another. Now comes Sian to say that it is more willing to trust the Allies than Germany. No more than in South America, will there be any Teutonic expansion in Asia. FOR My PART 1M po66oNe GLAD Tle-i DIPt rcor .! •THe`I Re A 'COUPLE oI0 Foc R. M u-rrs l-- ANVWA`J.F VII4o RocifEV' TF►';" 130AT? t 60 •