HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1917-11-22, Page 7ITALIANS HOLD
LINE AT PIAVE
Teuton Forces Which Crossed
River Have Macle No
Progress.
A despatch frpzn London says:
Everywhere along the battle -front,
from Lake Garda eastward, and thence
southward along the Piave River to
the Adriatic Sea,' the Italians ate hold-
ing the enemy in cheek, except in the
hilly regions in the vicinity of the
CO•T,4TT ACK
•
' FOE FL5
Could Not Dislodge .Canadians
From Pao';schenciclele 1idge.
With the British Army in Belgium.
_—The forces of Crown Prince Rup-
precht of Bavaria have made their
first pretentious effort to regain Pass-
ehendeele village in accordance with
the edict of Field Marshal von :Elinden-
burg that the _ place' should be recap-
i tared, and have failed.
The enemy'sattacic made late
Aslago Plateau, where additional l nesclay afternoon, against positions on
• gains have been made by the invaders. the crest of the ridge north of the,
The new advances by the Teutonie' al-; hamlet, was essayed with arge forces
lies, as observed on the war maps, do (I and was a most determined attempt
not indicate that points Of extremely l to retake this gens of their defences;
great strategic value have been, won, I but the assaulting troops were hurled
but rather that the Italians on vari- bath again after a grim stru gle
ous sectors have given ground before leaving the British line before Paas-
. -.superior. /'lumbers and at the same, chendaele intact. -
time have straightened out and les- The greater part of the enemy in
sened the length of their: front, fa3ltyy was stopped by the tremen-
In the hills north of the Venetian dons British artillery barrage, which
Plains General Diaz, the new cons- - ploughed through their ranks as they
manger -in -chief of the Italians, has began the advance;' but some of
withdrawn his advanced posts south them, answering to that famous d'is
of Montctolntico. On the Asiago cipline ingritined by Pssussian mill-
-Plateau, and "thence eastward to tory rule, pushed through this rain of
where the' battle -front meets the up- death and reached the British front
per reaches of the Piave River the 'line.
German and Austro-Hungarian forces
are adding strength to their attacks,
doubtless hoping to drive through the
highland country to the plains of
'Venetia before the expected arrival of
British and French reinforcements
becomes a fact.`
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WASTAGE EXCEEDS
NUMBER OF RECRIJITS.
A despatchfromOttawa says: The
total wastage of infantry in the Can-
adian Expeditionary Force last month'
exceeded the total number of recruits
enlisted by 1,$98, according to figures
given out by the Militia Department,
The total wastage was 3,648, being
made up of 1,017 men discharged in
Canada; 1,565 'returned to Canada
from overseas for discharge, and 1,066
casualties overseas. The total number
of recruits secured 'for overseas ser-
vice in the Canadian infantry- during l cost about fifteen times more a pound
October was 1,750. Of these 1,045 than the vegetable.
men were recruited in the United The situation both. Germany and
States, 693 in Canada, and the re- Austria in regard to tires is deplor
maining'12 in England.
KAISER'S PNEUMATIC TIRES.
All Others in Germany Are Using
Very Poor Substitutes.
The Kaiser is the only person in
Germany using pneumatic tires, . ac-
cording to Victor Van der Linde, of
the B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company,
who has just returned from a tour of
Europe. No tires are obtainable, in
Germany and Austria. "Ill Holland
they cost $350, in Spain $125, 111 Rus-
sia and; Italy $100, and in England and
France $90.
German' scientists have tried to im-
provise for
m-provisefor the scarcity of rubber by
compounding what they call synthetic
rubber, said : iVIr. Van. der Linde. But
in this they have been unsuccessful.
There is not an ounce of crude rubber
in Germany, and therefore it is devoid
of fibre. This synthetic rubber has
k s .off the World
>�xeadstnSs
Pvronlo Nc,t 20---i1lanitoiro, �tia,etit--
No, 1 Northern, , 32 233;' No.2 do $2.20;
store�o. 3 l'crt3`Wil i am, including 20c1t x,1ri
Manitoba, oats--Nh,. 2 C \V.,' 728e; 'No'
3 Q.W. 0990; No, 1 extra teed, 6030;,
No. ]..feed 6830 in sto1e Fort William..
American corn—No. 3 yellow, nominal."
Qn(atio oats --,Nu, 2 white, 70 to 710,
nominal No 3,do,, 09 to 70c, nominal,'
. t:Cordi:» g to ;trciahte outside,
91140'io wkioo.t Nest, No, 2. Winter„
33 22; 'basis, in store,, Ivlgntrcal.
:foie. -r -No, 2, 33 20 to 13.90, accordin4
to freights outside,
i3a.rley—Malting, 31.21'to 31.22, ae-
eording to freights outside.,
•.eilYe o— No 2 . 01.75, aeeorcling to
£Freights outside.
-Manitoba flour-3711'st patents, in: jute'
bags 31150;_ 2nd' do„ 311,00; strong
baker4', do 320 50 Toronto.
O'nta;io flour--^S1%intOr, according to.
sample, 39,90, in bags, Montreal; 39.70,
Torontp; 39,70, bulk, seaboard, prompt
$hk1n71Qr1t.
14tiili'eeci---Cal lots, delta erect montreal
fr eights, bags included Fran, per tonrr
35shorts, do„ $42; anrddlings, alp., 346
to 340 good Feed hour', per hag, 33,25,
Ilay- No, 1; new, pet ton • 516 to 510;
mixed, do., 812 too314, track Loronto.
Straw—Car lots,: per ton, 33 to 35.50,
tracic a'orento,•'
Country Produce—Wholesale
Butter Creamery, 'solids per lb., 423
to 400; pFints,Aper lb., 40 to i0'3e; dairy,
per Ib', 36 to 38e,
L,ggo-1! resit gathered eggs, 44. to 45c,
1'otatoex-=Firth; wholesalers are pay -
in growers and countr } shippers 31.75
for first-class stock, 1.o.b. Toronto,
-Wholesalers are .selling to the retail
trade at the £'Gtowlng prices
Cheese.—New, Iarge, 23 to 233o; twins,
234 to.283c; early kcheese, 253to 26c;
large twin, 26 to 264c..
Butter—Fresh dairy, choice, 40 to 41c;
creamery prints, 45 to 46e; solids, 44
to 45c.> :`
Eggs—New laid, in cartons, 58 tr1 60c;
r\o. 1 storage,..43 to 44c; select storage,
17 to 4$C.
Dressed poultry—Spring chickens,. 24
to 26c; fowl, 20 to 220; squabs, per doz.,
34 to' 34.50; turkeys, 2S to 32e; ducks,
Spring, 20 to 23c; geese, 16 to 20x.
Live' poultry—Turkeys, 25c; Spring
ch.icltens, lb., 16 to 18c: hens, 17 to lSc;
ducks, Spring, 18 to 190; geese, 12 to
14e. •
Hone} Comb Ilxtr'a fine, 10 oz.,
33.50; 12 oz„ 33 No. 2,'32.40 to 3250.
Strained—Tins, 23's and .5's, 30 to 193c
per lb;' 10's, 181to 1-9c; 00's, 18 to183c-.
Beans—Canadian, nominal; imported
hand-picked, 36.60 to 36.75. rev bush;
Limas, per lb., 17 to 1730.
Potatoes, on track-Ont;u•io, bag, 32.10.1
to 32.15.
able. Countries bordering on the
BRITISH HAVE p• -
166,000 PRISONERS.
Central Empires, with the "exception
of those that are at war with them,
are in just as bad plight.
Most casings are stuffed with corn
-
A despatch from London says: In pressed champagne corks, paper, rags
the House of Commons recently,dur and sausages made- of ground cork.
]ng a speech, Henry William Forster, Some have been filled with sand and
Financial Secretary of War, said that i dirt. This only refers to those - cars
since July 1, 1916,.the British, had that have ragged casings left. , Most
captured from the Turks 30,197 ris- automobiles have, ground a�,sytieeir
Duets and 186 runs and ' from ptlie •
shoes and move:abou`t on` rims. bound
Germans on the western front 101,534 with rope. There is not one bicycle
prisoners and 519 guns. tire left -in Germany outside.. of those
The^ approximate square milage in on military bicycles. Raids by the
territory conquered or raeonquered by wholesale were conducted on shops
the British in the same time, said Mr. and residences, and all bicycle tires
Forster, was 128,000. The total num seized. In fact, everything in rubber
ber of prisoners captured on all fronts has been reclaimed for tire construe }
since the: beginning of the war was tion and, submarine battery' cells.
b gGasoline is as 11i a
166,000, while the captured guns num- g problem as
ber 800. tires, according to Mr. Van der Linde. 1
In no country can it•be had :without
Provisions -V 11olesale
Smokedmeats—I•lams, medium, 30 to
31c; 11o., heavy, 26 to 27e; cooked, 41 to
43c; ' rolls, 27 to 28c; ' br esj:fast bacon,
35' to 42c.
Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 273
to 28e lb; clear bellies, 261 to 27c.
Lard—Pure•'lard, tierces, 27 to 273c:
tubs, 274 to 278c; pails, 273'to,28er tom
pound, tierces, 23 to 233c;, ,tubs, 233 to
238c; pails, 233 to 24e.
Montreal Markets
Al on tree!, Nov, 2.0 — Oats—Canadian
western, No, \820; do., No, 3,, SOc;. ex
tra No. 1 feed,80c; No. 2 local white,
763c. Flour.—Man, Spring wheat patents,
firsts, 311.60; seconds, 311.10; strong
bakers', 310.90; straight rollers, bags,
35.20 to $5,35.' Bran, $35. Shorts, 340
to $42. Middlings, 3.8 to. 350. Mouiilie,
055 to 056. Hay -No. 2 per ton, car
lots ,. 313 to ` 330.10. Cheese—Fines
westerns, 2180; do., easterns, 2133x. But-
ter -Choicest' creamery, .45 to 453e;.
seconds, 433 to 44e, Eggs --Fresh, 53 to
65c;, selected„ 46 to 47c; No. 1 stock, 42
to 43c; No 2 stock,39 to 4Qc.,; Potatoes
—Per bag, car lots, 32,24 to 32;25.
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THE MILK COMMITTEE -5.3--(0//in...:,ova.
In theabovepicture are shown the members b of the'milk committee, appointed by the food controller, which
has made a careful study of the milk situation in this country, considering such questions as supply, costs of pro-
duction, utilization, etc.
P. B. Tustin of Winnipeg, the chairman of the committee, is one of the foremost experts' on dairyand farm
matters' in Canad . Ile is hong
a honorary secretary for Western Canada of the Royal Sanitary Institute: He is also,:a
member .:of the Institute's examining board for Western Canada. Mr. Tustin is chief of the food and dairy divi-
sion of the cily of Winnipeg, and manager of the child .welfare bureau of that city - W. A. Wilson, of Regina, is dairy" commissioner of Saskatchewan, and has done much for the dairyindustry
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in the prairie provinces. Dr, Boucher and'Dr. MacKay are medical health officers; of Montreal and Halifax, re-
t spectively. Commissioner Wigmore of St. John,, N.B., and A1d: Hamilton,
of Vancouver, have both given much
time to a •study of the milk, problem. E. H. Stonehouse, of Toronto, and John Bingham, manager of the Ottawa
Dairy, represent the 'rink producers and the milk distributors respectively.
Winnipeg Grain
Winnipeg, Nov. 20—Cash price
Oats—No. 2 C.W 72gc; No 3 do., 0986;
extra No. l feed, 693e; No. 1 feed, 883c;
No. 2, do„ 684e, Barley—No. 3, 31.21$;
No. 4, 31.15; rejected and feed, .81.08,
Flax—No. 1 N.-WC.,' 33.18; No. 2 0.-W ,
33.13; No. 3, -GGo., 33.02,
United States Markets
Minneapolis, Nov., 20—Corn--No. 3
tenon-, 32.20 to $2.25, Oats—N'o.: ,3
white, 02.§ to: 63 ,c. Flour—Unchanged.
Bran -332,50 to 333,50.
Duluth, Nov. 20—Linseed'--$3,27 to
3.34:'arrive, 33.148; arrive in Noveni-
rer, 33.27 to 33,28; November. 33.27
asi.ed; :December; 33.14 bid; May, 33.10.
NO JAPANESE TROOPS
government permit, and in ,Germany.
prices are practically prohibitive.
TO GO TO EUROPE. An automobile trip of 200'iniles in-
--- Germaieny would cost the average
Ger
-
A
despatch from Tokio says: Lieu- man $200 Cil
ingasoline' alone. - Ga oline
tenant -General Oshima,the Japanese costs the German and Austrian $6 a
ministerof War, a1 'ilform Japanese informs J ane
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1 l the Hollander.
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newspapers that the despatch of FrenchmanL25 the S
$ , aniaed 1. p $ 10;'
troops to Europe is an absolute im- the Italian $1 and the Englishman
possibility owing to the tremendous ninety-five Cents.
cost and the lack of tonnage. eBaron Spain Spa n has.ta7ten-advantage of its
Takahashi, former Minister of Fin- neutrality.to build upa bigautomo-
ance, and one of the leaders of the bile industry, and has built truck
Soi ukaiparty,in a lengthy th article
haulage systems equal to our rail='
in the newspapers, declares the Jap- roads. Shortage of railroad equip-
anese
anese arm is' deficient` in ordnance q c
Yanent forced Spain to adopt the truck
and airplane equipment, as the chief means of travel.
DENMARK TO EXPEL A Baby Elephant.
ALL FOREIGN SPIES.
A babyelephant when he stands up
for the first time s n is so clumsy in all
A despatch from Copenhagen sa s:
PY his movements that to watch him is a
The Government has submitted a bill circus in itself. He cannot seem to
to the Danish Parliament authorizing
the expulsion from Denmark of any
undesirable foreigner, even those re-
siding in the country for.more than
two years.
The law is aimed at spies and other
objectionable persons, but may also
be invoked, following the Norwegian
precedent, to reduce alien consumers
of Denmark's food supplies.
understand what his legs are made
for, he stumbles over thein, steps on
his trunk, falls'down, it takes quite a
few hours before he begins to realize
that his trunk is made to pith things
up and that his feet are to stand on
and to walk around with. He is, when
very young, as pink' as a little mouse,
but after a few'. weeks: he starts to
grow dark gray.
Live Stock Markets
Toronto. Nov. 20—Extra choice heavy
steers,' 311.60 to 312; do.,' good heavy,
31.8.75 to 311.25; butchers' cattle, choice,
310 °to 610.25; do.: good 39.35 to. 30.65;
do„ rriediam,' $S.50 to 3817.5; clo., com-
mon, .67.5'0 to 38; butchers' bulls, choice,
38.30 to $5.75; . do., good bulls, 37.40 to
37 85' clo meth,,,,, hulls 60 55 to 87'10•
do., roubit buns, 35' to 36; butdhers'
cows, choice, 1,8.2/51
8.25 to 38.70{; do„ good,
37.60 to 35.; do., medium,,$8.60 t0 58.;75;
stockers 31 to -38.25; readers 39 to
69.75;' canners and eutters, 35 tcr 35:85;
milkers, good to choice, 3955 to 3150;
do., cord: and riled., 375 to. 585; spritg-
e1,50$9; 5 tbouc3150andligcut a13510:5t0o;
sheep, beat y, $5.75 to 37,50; ' yearlings,
312 'to :313; calves, good, to choice'6. 314.
to 316; Sprin'. 7anrbs, 315.50 `to 3r 35
hogs, led and watered, 317.50 to 317.75';
do„bw�eighed Oft oars, 317:05 to 315; do„
Poi' 31650 to 316.75,
ni'oJltre ll Nov,20---Choice steers, 310
to 310.25; - good•' 39.50 to 30.75;fair,
35.50 to 89; common, 37.50 to - 33;
butchers' cows, $6.25 to 381 bully 56.60
to 38.25 per 100 lbs; Banner bulls 36,25
to $8.60; cows, 35.25 per 100 lbs, On-
tario lambs, $7.5 to 315.50; Quebec,, 314
td 314.50 per 3.00 1bs;- sheep,' 39.50 to
311; choice milk fed calves, $13 to 314:;i•
good, 311 to 312 grass -ted calves 38,'00
to 310.00 per 100 lbs; Bogs, 317 to 317.50.'
The Japanese have three forms of
salutation -one for ,saluting an in-
ferior, .one for saluting an equal, and
another for saluting a superior.
After baking out ,the fat from the
tallow of . beef the cracklings can be
ground fine, mixed with rice and fried
in cakes.
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FROM,' COAST
WHAT THE WESTERN PEOPI;H
ARE DOING.
Progress of the Great West •Told
in a Few Pointed
Paragrapha.
Many new birds .and animals have
recently been . donated to the zoo at
Stanley Park, Vancouver..
' Only two of the eleven hotels be-
tween Shawinigan Lake and Chemain-
us have closed down as 'theresult of
prohibition.
Indians and traders at the Yukon
'are looking` with dread to the winter,
'Owing to fear of starvation for the In-
dians `and, a ;small fur catch for 'the
'i'i+�rlpra
titularly fine one being as large as "�
a }walnut. Cooley reports that a good SEC JUNCTI
many' men are preparing to work Mil _
Kirkman this winter.
Word has reached the city of the
death of a former old-timer of Vic-
toria, Mr. Thomas Bar7ow, who drop-
ped dead at Portland, near' which point
he had been residing on a ranh. gress in Palestine Campaign.
Pte. G. McLean, D.C.M., has arrived A despatch from London, says:--
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in . Vancouver, wounded, after killing The junction of the Beersheba -Darras-
19 Germans single-handed and captor- cus Railway, with the ;line to Jerusa-
ing 47 more, whom he triumphantly lem, is now in the possession of the
marched to the rear as his prisoners.
OF JERUSALEM
British Make Important Pro
Between forty and fifty Girl .Guides.
were entertained at . Government
House, Victoria, ..and were presented
with badges, awarded for proficiency
in their work.
STORING. COAL UNDER WATER.
f To Prevent Deterioration Caused by
The total assessed values of pro
'•erty in'the. 35 city and 28 rural Exposure to Air.
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municipalities of 'the' province of Coal when exposed to the air under-
British
nder-
e
B • i r Columbiathisl
lot sl b ..a. is • $579,- �t-
5 Des „ome defiri;ioration. It loses pea
626,112.10,` not including exempted n value. Under such conditions it is.
nr. .l2 .. g Ul
values aggregating $8 7,612 ,256.04. • really undergoing a process of slow
On account of the unexpired por- combustion, i.e,, oxidation.
tion of the license year the Provincial To prevent this, the United States
Government has to pay to former navy yards within recent years have
licensed premises in the unorganized resorted to the expedient of storing
districts of the province with the ad -thousands of 1021S 'of coal under water.
vent of prohibition a sum of $10,- It was thought that salt water was
911.50. better for the purpose than fresh -wa
Work on the neer plant of, the Pa- ter,
cific Wlotte Lead Co. on Industrial Is-. An elaborate series of experiments
land. 11a`s started and it is expected p
1: recently by the. U, S. 'Gov-
tlrat the industry, which is the first ernment, Bureau of Mines hasproved
of its kind in this province, will be that' the deterioration can be almost
fully established in three months' entirely prevented by this means,
time at the outside, though salt water is 110 better than
William Cooley,
Kirkman crl: fresh, lifile loss inthe
operator, brought to Dawson severaleeDilly abouBtt 1 percent, fa year,aopenndAir sois
fine specimens of nuggets, one spar- ' the water cure floes not pay,
British army.
The following official statement of
operations in Palestine was issued
on Thursday.
"Our infantry and mounted troops
continued their advance, Gen. Allenby
reported yesterday, and we now hold
the railway line in the vicinit,, of El-
Mansurah and Na'Aneh, including the
junction of the Damascus -Beersheba •
railway with the lisle to Jerusalem.
"The Losses inflicted on the Turks
on Tuesday were heavy, including 400
buried at Katrah alone. Our captures
on Tuesday amounted to more than
1,500 prisoners, 20 machine guns, and
four guns." ,
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GREAT BRITAIN'S TRADE
SHOWS AN INCREASE.
A despatch from London says: The
Board of Trade returns , for October
show the following: Imports, £94,
260,964, an increase of £13,1.01,090
over the previous, month, and exports;
250,757,054, an increase. of £6,041,806,
The chief increases* were in, imports 'of
cotton;` amounting to £5,020,948, and in
exports of cotton of £2,931,323.
All steel passanger cars axe being,
adopted on Egypt's state railways,
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