HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1917-11-15, Page 7TFIE WEEKLY WAR PICTURE
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DFT 4F TUIS F ,LAZA ANNOUNCED
Al D CAPTUI F DHOLY LAND
Gen. Allenby's Forces Take Famous City -.-Gen. 'MY%aude's Treops
Occupy Strongly -Entrenched Position. on Tigris.
A despatch from' London, says:—
The British Have captared the city of
Gaza, in Palestine, the War Office an-
nounces.
The British have made an advance
o: nine miles, carrying the 'whale
Turkish system of defences in this
region and capturing two towns in
addition to Gaza,
A later despatch says:—There are
era, guns, ammunition and stores, but
no details are yet available.
A despatch from 'London "says
Tekrit, on the Tigris River, in Mese
potarnia, 90 miles north-west of Bag-
dad, teas occupied by the British on
November 6, the War Office an-
nounced on Thursday,
The text of the "statement reads:
"Following the successful action
fought near Dap on November 2, our
troops advanced further up the Tigris
indications of a general retirement and on November 5th attacked the
northward by the Turkish forces in Turks, who were holding a strongly -
Palestine. entrenched position coverin ; Tekrit.
Under the fire of our artillery our
The British pushed beyonc. Gaza, ,on
the "right and left, the advance pene-
trating as far as the mouth of the
Wadi-Hesi, eight miles north of the
original British line. The British cap-
tures of prisoners, guns and stores
are consicleable in volume.
General Allenby reports that there
were considerable captures of prison- unsuccessful.
troops with great' gallanty crossed
1,200 yards of open country and the
Indian Sikh and rifle regiments,
pressing home the attack, captured
the first two hilts- of the enemy
trenches, inflicting heavy casualties.
These trenches, were consolidated,
-and a Turkish counter-attack proved
and Soldiers'' lDelegates Are in Control o:t Petr agrad
Peace -With Teutons Demanded.
A despatch from Petrograd says:
Another revolution has broken out.
Extremists, led by Menthe, have wrest-
ed the reins of power from Premier
Kerensky and, the latteris reported
to be fleeing to Moscow.
A Congress of the Workmen's and
Soldiers' Delegates of all Russia has
convened in Petrograd and" will dis-
cuss the' questions of organization of
power, peace hnd• tear, and the for-
mation of aeConstituent Assembly. ' A
delegation has been named by the
Congress to confer with other revolu-
tionary and 'democratic organizations
with' a view to initiating peace nego-
tiations for the purpose of "taking
steps to stop the bloodshed."
Government forces holding the
Winter Palace were compelled' :to
Capitulate early Thursday morning
under "the' fire of the cruiser Aurora
and the cannon of the St. Peter and
St. Paul; Fortress across the Neva. At
2 o'clock Thursday morning, the Wo-
man's Battalion", 'which had beende-
fending the Winter Palace,' surren-
dered.
ur'ren
dered.
The Workmen's and Soldiers' Delo-
gate are in complete control of the
city.
Premie} Kerensky was reported
Wednesday night at Luga, 85 miles
southwest of Petrograd.
Late Wednesday evening, after the
Government forces had been driven
into the Winter Palace, the palace
Breadetnffs
Toronto, Nov 03—Manitoba, wheat -
1°0 1 Not therm `' 231; No 2 do $2'0'1`
No: 3, cio 32.;17 No•. 4 wheat, :•3,105.,
store Fort William, including 25c tax.
Manitoba oats—No. 2 C.W„ 699c; No
3 0.'W., 66ac; extra No. 1 feed, 003c; No:
1 feed, 645c, in store Fort 'CC-illiam,a
American corn—No. 3 yellow, nominal.
Ontario oats—No. 2 white, 65 to 66c,
nominal; `2 o: 3, do., 64 to 65c, nominal,
according. to freights outside.
Ontario wheat—New, No. 2 Winter,
52.22; basis, in store, Montreal
Peas—No. 3, 33.60 to $3.70, according
to freights outside.,c
Barley—Malting, `31.2to $1.21, ac-
cording to freights outside.
Rye—No. •' 2, 31.75, according to
freights outside.
Manitoba flour—First patents in Dile'
bags, 311.50;. '2nd. do:, 311.00; strong
was bealeged and a -hvely fire of ma- bakers', clo., 310.60, Toronto, •
chine guizs and rifles began. Thee Ontario iloui Winter, according to
sample, $9,50, in bags, Montreal; $9:00,
cruiser Aurora, „Which was moored at ; Toronto; $9.60, bull., •seaboard, prompt
11lillfeed—Car lots, delivered Montreal:
steers 311.50 to 312; do, good heavy,
310,75 to $11.25; butchers cattle, choice,'
31.0 to 31025; do., good; $9.35 to 39.05;,
do„ medium, 33.50 to 33.75; do., c`om
mnon,' 37.59 to $S; . butchers' .bulls choice,
35.30 to 38.75do., good bulls, 37,40 to
37.56;,, do., medium bulls 36.55 to 37.10;
do., ,rough bulls, 35 to 36; butchers'
cows, choice, 33.25 to 33.75; do,; good,
$7.00 to 33; do.. medium, 36.60 to $6.75;
stockers, ,$7 to 38.25; '.feeders, $9 to
39.75; canners and cutters,. 35.25 to 36;
milkers, good to choice, 395 to $150;
do., coni, and med., $75 to 355; springers,
395 to 3150; light ewes, 311,50 to 313.50;
buicks and culls, 39 ,to 310.50; sheep,
heavy, $5.75 to $7.50; yearlings, 312 to
313; calves, good to choice, 314 to $15;
Spring lambs, 315.75 to $16.35; hogs,
feel and watered, $16.75 to $17; do.,
weighed 'oft- ears, 317 to 317,25; do.,
f,o,b., 315 to 316.25.
BRAZIL WILL CONTROL
ALL GERI'IAN BANKS. 44!
A despatch from Rio Janeiro says: I pr
THE
TEST CARTOON` :OF TIIE WEEK
The Chamber of Deputies has adopted
i Bridge, moved u within shipruent all the pleasures recommended to the
the Nicola Bll g m p
range, firing shrapnel. Meanwhile
the guns of the St. Peter and St. Paul
Fortress opened fire. The palace stood
out under the glare of the search-
lights of the cruiser and offered a
good target for the guns. The de,
fenders held, out "'for four hours, re-
plying- as best they could with ma-
chine guns and rifles.'
ITALIAN TROOPS
STILL LKETREAT
Considerable Fighting in Trills
Fighting
of Vittorio and at
Northern Points.
A despatch from New York says:
The Associated Press issued the fol-
lowing on Thursday night:
There- has keen no cessation';in the
retreat of the Italians across the'
Venetian towards the new line
of defense, on which it is purposed to
stand and face the invading Germans
and Austro -Hungarians. The larger
units of the Italians are falling back
without molestation, according to the
'Rome official communication, but
considerable fighting has taken place
in the hills of Vittorio and at other
points in the' north,
The'Berlin War Office sa s that on
Y
the middle Tagii'amento Rarer Italian
troops who were'' still , standing' out
against tht'invaders were captured.
AGeneral and 17,000 additional Ital-
ian troops are reported to Have been
captured, bringing the total -prisoners
since the retreat from the Isonzo be-
gan to more than 25.0,000, according
to Berlin. 'It is also said that in ex-
cess of 2,300 .guns have fallen into
the hands of the Teutonic allies.
Along'.the line in._France' and Bel-
gium only artillery duels and raiding
operations. by the French and British
forces are taking place.
EXEMPTION CLAIMS
AGGREGATE 206,167,
A despatch from Ottawa says:
Claims for. exemption filed through-
out the Dominion' totalled 200,167
and 16,433 reports for service.
Taking the whole period since the
issue of the proclamation, Vancouver
has the highest percentage` of reports
for service. The Vancouver percent-
age is 22.71; Kenora is second with
11.95,. and Calgary third with 11.49.
NOVELTIES IN' FIREWORKS.
Play an Important Part in Modern
Warfare.
In a battle, under , modern condi-
tions, fireworks play a very important
part, .inasmuch' as the fighting . goes
on at night as well as by day, and the
combatants must.see what the enemy
Most of the pyrotechnic contrivances chickens, db.. 16 to 13c; hens, 17 to 1Se;
used' take the form of bombs and y decks, Spring, 1S to 19c; geese, 15 to
rockets -mere modifications of fire- l lsa
Honey--comb—Cxtra• fine, 15 oz„
Congress by' President Baez as re
"Allis unsettled; the Government is provisional, laws provisional, all
ovisional,"
"Yes, only the war is permanent."—Novy Satirikan Petrograd.
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$35; shorts, do., $42; middlings, do.. $45 pr,isals against German agents, as -NEWS .
FROM Fd
1-lay—No. 1 new, per ton $14,50 to (
Straw—Car lots, per ton: Si to $7:50, 1 d theannulment of con -
freights bags lnoluded—Bran, per :ton:
to 546.; good feed 9.oitr, per bag $3,25.
!well as supplerrlentary measures, in- La.e3
S15.50, track Toronto. eluding a: state of siege. These meas -
track Totiwrto.
Country Produce—Wholesale •
Butter -,-Creamery, solids. 'per Ib 425
to 480 prints, per lb., 4 to 439c; dairy,
per Ib,, 30 to bSc.
Eggs—Per doz., 42 to '12c.
Potatoes—Firm; wholesalers are pay-
ing growers and country shippers 31,75
for first class stock,f.o b Toronto. '
,r• 'Wholesalers are selling to.: the retail
trade` at the following prices';—
Cheese—New, large, 23 to 230c; twins,
23/ to*231 old, large, 30c; twins 30c.
Butter Fresh dairy, choice, 40'to Ile;
creamery prints, 45 to 460; solids, 44�
to' 450. •
lDggs—New laid. in cartons. 50 to 52c;
No, 1 storage, 44c select storage, '17
Dressed houlty - Sp •in ohi,cicens, 2
to 25c; 'fowl, 20 to 22c; scivabs, per a73`z„
34 to $4.50; turkeys, 2S to 32c; ducks,
Spring, 23 to 250; geese, 21 to 22c.
Live poultry—Turkeys. 25c; Spring
works of the kind long familiar at
Victoria Day celebrations.
One of the newest: devices in this"
line is a bomb which when it bursts
high in the air° throws 'out a number
of "candles": that light up the -stir -
rounding country :with a vivid glare,
revealing the Movements of the en-
elny..
Each -candle is provided with a para-
chute, by which it ig upheld. in the
air, falling` irery slowly toward the
33.50; 12 oz., 33; No, 2, 32.40 to 32, 50.
Strained.—Tins, 25's and 5's, 19. to 195c
per. lb;' 10's, 185 to 19c; GO's, 1S to 155c.
Beans—Canadian, nominal; imported
hand-picked. $6.00 'to $6.75-. per hush;
Limas, per 1b 170. '
Potatoes, on ,track—Ontario; bag. 32.
Provisions—Wholesale
Smoked meats—Hams, medium, 30 to
31c; do., hea:vS, 26 to 27c; cooked, 41. to
42c; rolls,' 27 to 25c;' breakfast bacon
88 to 42cbacks, plain, 40 to 410; bone-
less, .13 to 44c:.
,Cured meals—Long clear bacon; 27.5.
Lo'28c lb; clear bellies, 285 to 27c.
Lard—Pur lard, tierces, 27 to '2750;
earth and burning for a long •''time tubs, 271 to 27 c pails. 275 to 26c;
comliound tierces, 321 to 23c; tubs, I
before it reaches the ground, ,,, ,,.
g (to -..�, to .3c.
Another contrivance is a so-called
"parachute rocket," fired' from•a. short
' 1Kontreal Markets
rifle. It has .a range of 1500 yards. 7.rontreal: ploy, 13—Oats Cint`l'aii
'N
17 !C!, cr
ti 5terar, Ivo. -, 800, do., o,
When it bursts in the sky it 'liberates extra N 1 :feed, 773.c; No, 2' local white;
a parachute that carries a cartridge 76 to 765.c. Barley—Malting, 41,33.
p Flour—flan, Spring. wheat patents,
filled with a cheiiiicll 1 -ch burns
bahegs', �]0 90; straig•itiC rollers atigs,
$5.20 to $5.25. oiled oats-74ags, 90
lbs., 34.10 to 34.25. Bran -335. Shorts
—$40 to $42. Middlings—$4S to 450.
Mouillie—$5S to $60. Hay—No. 2, per
ton, car lots, $12 to 312.50. Cheese—
finest westerns, 2111c; do.,easterns, 213c.
Butter—Choicest creamers, 431 , to 440;
seconds, 425 to 43c. Eggs ---Fresh, 53 :te
55c•; selected, 46 to 470; No. 1' ock, 42
to 43c;' NO. -2 -stock, 39 to 400. Potatoes
—Per bag, car lots, 31.50 to 32,25.
ec - a which.
j nrgts, ' $11 60,; Seconds. $11,10; strgng'
slowly but with great brilliancy. ( b
The cartridge, which burns for forty
seconds, is suspended close beneath
the parachute, the latter serving as a
reflector to throw the light downward
in the form of a cone. By this means
the intensity of the light is much aug-
mented, so that moving objects on the.
,ground are made plainly visible.
It was at one time stated that there.
were in Holland, at least 9,900 large
windmills, of which the sails ranged
from 80 .to 100 -feet long, At that
time their yearly cost teas reported
to, be nearly $10,000,0.00. The mills
are used for many purposes= --for "saw-
ing timber, beating hemp,�''grinding,,
but their principal use has always
been to pump water from the lowlands
into the canals, to protect the little
country from being inundated.
Winnipeg tram
'Winnipeg, Nov. 7.3—Cash prices
Oats --No. 2. C."WP , 0910; Na, 3, do., 61,a;
extra No. 1 feed, 603c; 240. 1 feed, 6450: -
No. 2 do 523c Barley -unchanged.
Flax No 1. N.-W.C. 33.203; No. 2 C.W.,
salsa; No. 3, do., $3,02 .
United States Markets
Minneapolis, Nov:. ' 13—Dorn—No. 3'
yellow, 12.05 to 32.10. Oats—No . 3
white, 57:1 to 59;0. Flax $2.41 to 33,43':.
:Flour—tlnchansed. Bran 431.50 to 532;;
Duluth Nov, 13—Linseed—On track,
33,40 to $3.47; arrive, 33.40; November,
49,37; December;, $3,19 bid; bray, $3.17'!1
Live Stock Markets
Tort lite, .Nov, 13—extra choice heavy'
uses nlc u e
tracts for .public works - entered into
with Germans; ` prohibition of new
land concessions to German subjects
and of the transfer of ownership of
German properties; control of Ger-
man banks and German commercial
firms and the internment of German
suspects.
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SHOUL BE NO RISE
IN PRICES OF SUGAR.
A despatch, from Ottawa says:
Dealers who ,have aid -Yana -ad the -pr ce
of sugar to their ctistoiners during
`the past„month are' taking an impro-
per advantage of the present tempor-
ary shortage and exacting an unfair
profit. Such is the effect of atstate-
ment: issued by the Food Controller.
Mr. Hanna added that there was no
excuse for retail prices to -day being-
higher
einghigher than they 'were a ,urolith or
six weeks ago. ' He pointed out that
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NEWS BY MAIL 'ABOUT JOHN
BULL AND HIS PEOPLE
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Occurrences in the Lantl That Reigns
Supreme in the Commer-
cial World.
The Essex Standing Joint Commit-
tee have granted additional -war bon-
uses to all the county constabulary.
Trout' weighing` froth "five to five
and a -half •pounds' -have been caught„
recently in Blagdon Lake, Somerset. -
Two German war prisoners who es-
caped from Handforth internment
camp• three weeks ; ago, are still at
large.
The importation of grapes from
Spain has been authorized this year,
up to one-half the amount imported
in 1916.
TWO. Geaanan prisoners -of -war who'
for the month of September the •
prices
escaped from Knackaloe Detention
of sugar in all parts of Canada were Camp, Isle of lY1an, haves been r
between 10 and ll cents per pound.
anniversary of the independence of
Brazil.
Notwithstanding increases in sal-
aries and war bonuses, the Rich-
mond Gas Company, have been able
to declare the usual dividend of five
per cent.
THE PALACE HOUSEKEEPING.
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Staff of Buckingham Palace Consists.
Largely of Maid -Servants.
An important, though little heard
of, person at Buckingham Palace is
Mrs. Clerk, the housekeeper, who has
been for over fifteen years in the royal
employ and stands high in the regard
of Queen Mary-
Mrs. Cleric has now a very large
staff of maid -servants under her, ad
the places of several of the royal
men -servants who have gone into th,.
army have been temporarily filled bye
woinen, Mrs. Clerk engages all the,
maid -servants but none can be dis-
missed without the consent - of the
Queen. As a mattes of fact, a servanai,
is rarely or never dismissed from the'
royal serdice. Ali the maids in royal~
employ are the daughters or near re-
latives of people who have been i -c
the royal employ for many years.
rA colliery worker 'named Readman There have been Churches, Leggets;
ICELAND DECIDES ON:RLQ REVOLT was sentenced to oii