The Exeter Advocate, 1918-4-25, Page 3NS
BRITISHHOLD GROUND AGAINST
125,000 EN EMY STORM TROOPS
'micros Attacks on
British Defences Between Givenchy and St.
Yenant Hurled Back Laving Thousands. of Read
on the Field.
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A despatch front the British Army
in France says:.Ton divisions of Ger-
alai troops wore driving on Thursday
furiously against thel3ritish defences
between Givenchy-Lez-La Bassee and
St, 'Venant in an attempt to effect a
crossing of La Bassee Canal. The
British were holding well and in-
dieting heavy casualties on the en-
may,
Coincidentally with this pretentious
assault the Germans,. surged forward
:further north, and again began ham-'
mering at the approaches to Keno.
mei and the neighboring high ground,
but met with no better success.
British troops in the neighborhood
or. Wytscliaete on Thursday morning
„wer.e continuing their all-night battle
with the Germans. A German attack
on Wednesday resulted in pushing a
salient out north-west of the place,
but a subsequent British counter-at-
tack again drew the British line close
,about the town, and at one time a
small body of British infantry pene-
trated to the south-eastern section.
The British lost a very small piece
of territory het -Smell Bailleul . and
Di'anoutr'e on Wednesday, but the
German attack here must be t'eeord-.
ed as a failure;
'Just south of this ��lace, near Mer -
P
ria, the British by a counterstroke
slieceede.d in pushing their lines for
ward towards the Western outskirts
of the village.
The Germans have been bringing up
fresh divisions to the Bailleul sector,
but the most promising sign is that
they are beginning, to use a second
time the troops which had such hard
fighting in the early days of the of-
fensive. For the past few days the
high command appears to have de-
parted from its usual careful methods.
Apparently the tanks, armored
cars and cavalry have not been in ac-
tion, on either side,. We are now down
to a sheer contest of man -power -a
swaying, Ceaseless attack and repulse,
with the vital issue carried in the.
anxious problem of whether our pow-
ers of endurance can wear down the
repeatedbull rushes "of vastly super-
ior numbers before a decision is
reached. - At the moment the pro
speet assuredly justifies eonfidence in
this respect.
Markets of the World
Breactstuffs
Toronto, April 23-1vtani.toba wheat -
No. 1 Northern, $2,233; - No. 2, ` do.,
22.20_,; No. 3, do., 92.179; No. I wheat,
92,109; in store Fort William, including
29c tax.
o lasanitoba oats No. 2 CM., 9110; No.
„ (...W., 889c; extra No: 1 feed; 8830;
No. 1 reed, 8590, In store 17ort William:
_Amer can corn -No. 3 yellow, kiln
dried, 91.90, nominal.
Ontario oats -'7o•. 2 white, 91 to 920;
No, 8: white, 90 to 91e, .according to
freights outside.
Ontario wheat -No. 2, Winter, per car,
lot, 92,22; basis in store Montreal.
Peas -No. 2, 93.60 to 93.70, according
to freights outside.
Barley--Malting,$1.64 1.05 a.e
cording to freights outside..
Buckwheat -$1.80 to 91.52, according.
to freights outside. •
Rye --No. 2, 92.65, according to
freights outside. dur:War quality, 911.10,
new bags, Toronto.
Ontarlo flour -War quality, $10.70,
new bags, Toronto and: Montreal
freights, prompt shipment.
Millieed-Car ,lots -Delivered Mont-
real freights, bags included: Bran;- per
ton, 935.40;" shorts, per ton, 940.40.
Hay, -No. 1, per ton. 917 to '913;
-nixed, $34 to 916. track Toronto.
Straw --Car lots, per ton, $8.50 to' $9,
track: Toronto.
Country' Produce -Wholesale
Eggs--New-laid, 39 to 40e; selected,
,yew -laid., 42 to 43c;. cartons, 43 to 44o.
Butter:--Crea mea y. solids, 40 to 60e;"
prints, 51. to 92c; fresh matte; 52 to 530;
choice dairy prints, 40 to 42c; ordinary
dairy prints, 38 to 40o; bakers', 35 to 36.
Oleomargarine -Hest grade, 32 to 33c.
Cheese -New, large, 23 to 239e; twins,
239 to 259c; springrnade, large, 23 to.
26c; twins, 259 to 269e.
Beans -Cana is rim
d n, o bushel
97.60 to 98; foreign, hand-picked, bush.,
$6.75 to 97.
Comb honey -Choice, 16 oz., $3.50 per
dozen; 12 oz., as per dozen; seconds and
dark comb, 52.50 to 92.75.
1vlaple syrup -Imperial gallons, 92 to
92,25:
Provisions -Wholes ale
Barrelled Meats -Pickled pork,, 948;
aness pork, 947.
Green meats --out of pickle, le less
than smoked.
Smoked moats -Rolls, 32 to 88e;
bans,` medium, 36 to 37c; heavy, 30 to
Ole; cooked hams, '47 to 480; backs,
plain, 43� to;.44e; hacks, 'boneless, '46 to
8c; •1,reakfast" bacon,' 40 to 44c; cot-
ge rolls, 35 to 86o.
Dry salted meats -Long clears, in
tons, 29c;-' in cases,' 299e; Clear Bellies,
26 to 262c; fat backs, 25c.
Lard Pure, tierces, 31 to 32c; tubs',
5i$ to 829e; pails, 819 to 229e; 1-1b.
Prints, 33 to 339c. Shortening -Tierces,
95 to 269e; tubs, 269 to 269o; pails,. 269
to 270; 1-1b. prints, 279 to 28c.
Montreal Markets
Montreal, April 23 Oats=Canadian
astern, No. 3, $1.049; extra No. 1
feed, $1.049. Flour New standard
Spring wheat grade, $1:1,10 to ,$11.20.
'Rolled oats---ilag of 90 lbs., 85.60,
M lU2eed-=13ran, 935.40; shorts, 140.40;
middlings, $48 to $50; mouillie, '$60 to
962. FIay--No.' 2, per ton, ear lots, 917.
Winnipeg Grp
Winnipeg,, April 22 -Cash prices:-
Oats -No. 2 C1.��r., 916c; No. 3, do., 8920;
extra No. 1 feed, S84c; 14o. 1 feed, 8530;
No. 2. do 815e Barley Ne. 3, 51.57:
No. 4, 91.52. Flax -No. 1 N: W.C.,
93.789; No. 2 C.W., 93.749; No. 3;' do.,
98.532.
'United States Markets
Minneapolis. April 23 -Corn -No. 3
Yellow' $1.45 .to 91.55. Oats -No. 3
white, 86 to S7c. Flour -Unchanged.
Bran -$33.14.
Duluth,. April 23 -Linseed -$3.979 to
94.059: arrive and May, 93.299; July,
93.96 bid; October, 93.679 asked,
Live Stock Markets
Toronto, April 28 -Choice Heavy
steers, 912.76 to. 918.50; good heavy
steers, 912.25 to 912.50; butchers' cat-
tle. choice, 912 to 912,40; do., good,
911;50 to 511.75; do., medium, 510,50 to
911; do., common, 99.75 to 910.25;
butchers' bulls, choice, 510.50 to ^ 911;
do., good bulls, 910 to ,$10.25; do.. med.
bulls, 99 to $8.20;' do., rough bulls, 96.75
to. $$7.25; butchers' - cows, choice, 910.50
to $11; do., good, 910 to $10:25 do.,
medium, $9 to $9.50; stockers, 98.50 to
$10; feeders, $10 to 911; canners and'
cutters, 96.25 to 97.25; milkers, good to
choice,. 890 to 9125; do., cont. and med.,
eve5 s�93 980;0 to 916; Jaers,mbs,. 9190 to 7 to0913 50i',
calves, good to choice.. $13.50 to $15;
hogs, fed and watered, $20 ,do., weighed
oft cars, 920.25; do., f.o.b.. $19..
Montreal April 23 -Choice steers,
$'.12.25 to 913; good, $11.50 to $12; mad„
89.50 to 911.26; choice butchers' cows,
$9.50 to $10.50; medium cows, 88 to.
99.50; butchers' bulls, $8 to 910,50:;
banners and cutters cows, 95.50 to 98;
choice milic-fed calves from 98 to 9
13
,
sheep, 813 to $15; choice
select hogs,
921 to 921.75; sows $19 to $20.
BRITISH RED,CROSS
FUND REACIIE,S $50;000,000.
A despatch front London says: The
British, Red Cross Fund has reached
£10,000,000. The King has written to
the London,,Times, which raised the
fund, expressing his congratulations.
In the course of the letter he says:
"I am especially proud of the
noble generosity displayed by Britons
overseas. Nor can I forget the muni-
ficence with which the American Red
Cross has supported the work of the
British Red Cross; cementing still
further the ties which unite the two
countries.'
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Prune and tie up all vines and
creepers.
POTATOES MAY BE USED FOR
MAKING OF BREAD IN BRITAIN
AIN
Farmers and Potato Dealers Ordered to Return Full
All Stocks By End of Month.
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A. despatch from Londoil,.says: The
c:teessive consumption of breadstuffs
is causing the Ministry of Food to
consider drastic steps to deal with the
sale of bread and breadstuffs. Its. is
altated that rationing of "bread will
come into effect early next month.
Farmers and potato dealers have been
ordered to return full details of all
°tato stocks- to •the Food Department
y
the end of the month.
Sir Charles Bathurst, speaking at a
Sheeting of " agriculturists, put the
Details of
situation in regard to bread prospects
for the nextt year in the forefront of
his remarks He said if England is to
be fed sufficiently the next 12 months
We must concentrate our attention to
the potato more. I will be surprised,
with my knowledge of the :food posi-
tion, if I do not find in 12 months that;
bread will' he composed largely of po-
tatoes, either in the form of flour or
meal, or if we do Inot have to forego
cereal loaves altogether and substitute
potatoes for thein,
f ,: $ F 4.7*.r.4 n': h. w„ w> s ! <a:xm .salmn e=0.4*.
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,'Women of England Help' Build -'ranks.
British women have been pictured at work in practically every in-
dustry that will help win the war. This photograph is the first one receiv-
ed here showing women engaged in the, construction of the wonderful
British tanks.
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MAKE OF FINLAND
ANOTHER BELGIUM
Ruthless Campaign of Massacre
Carried Out by Germans
and White Guards.
A despatch from New York says:
"Germany is turning; Finland into an-
other Belgianim; ant her Armenia," de-
clared Santeri Nuorteva representa-
tive in this country of the "Reds" or
Provisional Government of the Peo-
ple's Republic of Finland.
Asserting that "in their lust for
world -empire the . German " 'junkers'
have reached a stage where wholesale
murder is a commonplace of their
plans," Nuorteva saidalso that "latest
reports from Finland tell of horrible
butcheries undertaken by the so-called
`White Guard,' in conjunction with
their Prussian allies: y
The White Guards, according to
Nuorteva, comprise the army of that
class in Finland which called upon the
Germans to protect their "feudal
privileges, menaced by the highly or-
ganized working class."
He said that thousands of men .and
women, first of all those of promin-
ence in the. Labor movement, have
been shot. He further stated that,
the Finnish "feudal class" furnishes
the German invaders with lists of its
political opponents, and the proscrib-
ed persons are ruthlessly murdered.
RUSSIAN MPEN.
f t, RIVE IN CANADA
Will Offer. Their Services to the
Royal Flying Corps.
A despatch from a Canadian Pacific
Port says: Five Russian aviators, of-
ficers of the Russian Flying Corps,
have arrived/ here on a trans -Pacific
liner to offer their services to the
British Royal Flying Corps.
They have served on. the Austrian
and Rumanian fronts; and all have
been decorated for bravery.. Col.
Duklan, who heads the party, has
been wounded three times.
When Russia lapsed into anarchy,
the aviators said, they resolved to
come to Canada. They practically
fought their way out of the country,
they asserted, and after weeks of
hardships reached Japan where Brit-
ish Consular officers arranged their
passage overseas.
In addition ,to Col. Duklan the
party is composed of Capt. Rosma-
hof, and Lieuts. Katlarssfski, Pet
renki and Astakof.
"It is not by regretting what is ir-
reparable that true work is clone, but
by making the best of what we are. It
is not by complaining that we have
not the right tools, but by using well
the tools we have." -Ruskin.
Strawberries that have been cover-
ed should be relieved around , the
plants. Leave the straw between
the rows. It will keep the berries
clean and acts as a .mulch to keep the
ground moist.
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FROM SUNSET COAST
WHAT THE WESTERN PEOPLB
ARE DOING.
Progress ot, the Great West Told
in a Few Pointed
Paragraphs.:.
Mrs. A. Mclvor-Campbell McGregor
died' recently at Victoria in her
eightieth year, after living thirty-
three years in the city.
Ex -Councillor Thomas Mayne, .of
Burnaby, died recently at Vancouver
General Hospital. He originated
Burnaby's water system.
A military police force has been
organized in Vancouver. by Registrar
4.ennie to assist in the enforcement
ef`the Military Service Act.
All the Vancouver pelice ratings
up' to and including first class „con-
stables
con -stables are to receive an increase in
wages of $10 per month, dating from
January 1 last.
Leading coal mine operators of Vie-
toria in protesting against the eight-
hour day for miners declare that coal
is going to advance to $10 or $10.50 a
ton, irrespective of the act.
Major-General Leckie, the G.O.C.
has announced that "nothing will be
done, at the present time in regard to
the purported removal of the military
headquarters offices from Victoria to
the mainland.
Samples of ore saf high, milling
grade containing a good percentage
of grey copper have just been dis-
covered' on the Spider claim of the
Multiplex Mining and`Milling Com-
pany's property at Camborne.
The Vancouver and district joint
sewerage ` and drainage board has
prepared the 1918 allotments. Out of
a total allotment of $115,236.93 for
the city and districts, Vancouver's
1918 allotment totals $72,403.55.
A grant this year of $2,000 and an.
annual grant thereafter of $15,000 to
permit of the re-establishment of the
New Westminster exhibition was
asked of the B. C. Government.
Many, cod fishermen near New
Westminster are transferring their
attention to ,,are
varieties, and some
are quitting the fishing industry al-
together; many retailers are refusing
to handle codfish`
Victoria City Council has adopted
the principal of conscripting vacant
unfenced property within the munici-
pality for six months of the yearfor.
production purposes. The legislature
will be asked to give the necessary
powers to municipalities.i
The late Joseph Mayo, who passed
away at North Vancouver in his
101st year, is said to have erected
the first building in Fort Langley
and was himself , born there some
years 'before the Hudson's Bay Com-
pany established a post at that
point.
The wife of R. B. Sparkman, ` sta-
tion agent at Lillooet, fell off the
Fraser railway bridge and was drown-
ed Mrs. Sparkman was assisting her
husband in taking the water measure-
ment, but lost: her balance by tripping
over a'd'og, and fell into the river 90.
feat below.
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FRENCH BEGIN OFFENSIVE IN SEVERAL
SECTOk1S; CAPTIJRfl4G TERRAIN
SUCceSsfilii Attacks Result in Taking of Greaten' Part of Sc Fee
WOnd---F 'ench Masters in.' Air Fighting -
.
despatch frdm Paris says: ---East
of Amiens, along the Avre Itiver, the
French have
madesuccessful attacks
against the Germans on several sec--
tor:s, capturing thegreater part of the
Senecat Wood and also advancing
their line east and west of the stream.
The Germans in the Aisne region at-
tacked the French near Corbeny and
also in the Champagne, but in each in-
stance were repulsed, while the French
in Lorraine carried out a successful
manoeuvre against the enemy in
which prisoners were taken.
If ever anyone doubted the French.
mastery of the air, the recent de-
struction of the Friedrichshafen works
ought to convince these persons that
the French are masters in air fight-
ing. Not only on bombing expeeli-
in lighting air battles.
Ever 13ince the Battle of the Somme
started, french rnaebbies Lava kept
in constant liaiaou with the lal'antry
and artillery units. The c tada"illes
eperating at low altitudes have taus -
ed the Gerinans `frightful leases,
Perhaps the greatest day the
French aviator have hard was April
12, when eight German r.rachines
where shot dawn, damaged, within
the German lines, five captl e balloons
were shirt down in flames a id live oth-
ers were pierced through by French
bullets. During the same clay, an&
the following night. tha French drop-
ped. 48 tons of bombs on endegy depota
and munition dnisirc,. American
aviators attached to the French esca-
drilles participated in thebombingat
ions'•are the French masters, but also air fighting itin
gexp editions.
CAT SAVED SOLDIER'S LIFE, i ,'�
PUT 22 . ° ERNES
Story of a French Private in. the
OUT OF ACTION
Crimean War.
During the Crimean war a French
soldier was leaving his native village
with his corps, when a little cat came
running.after him. It would not go
back, so he put it on his knapsack
and carried it along. Day by day,
writes Arthur Broadley in the Evan-
gelical Messenger, she was perched
up thus, and every night slept by his
side.
One day a great battle was to be
fought, so the soldier left pussy be-
hind with a sick comrade. After he
had gone about a mile on the way the
cat came running up to him, so he
took it on his',back again. Musket and
cannon balls were now flying around.
The soldier fell twice, 'but at last a
dreadful wound laid him bleeding on.
the. field.
The cat, instead of running away,
jumped to the place where the blood
was flowing and • began to lick the
wound. The army doctor Game, and
the lad wascarriedto the hospital
tent.
When he recovered consciousness.
he asked whether he would live or
not,'and the doctor said: "Yes, thanks
to your kind ;pussy; she hasused her
tongue well and has stopped the flow
of blood, otherwise you would have
died."
s Pussy was then much petted and
was allowed to stay with her mas-
ter:
g.
ELEPHANTS REPLACE HORSES
IN THE, BERLIN STREETS.
A despatch from Rome says: -
Zurich reports that Germany is suf-
fering from railway difficulties ow-
ing to a shortage of rolling stock, and
the bad state of the roads, Elephants
replaced horses in Berlin's streets for
the transport of coal during a recent
heavy snowstorm, and, failing these,
thousands of Russian prisoners were
made to deliver coal to the Berlin
homes.
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Canadian Gunners Do Et active
Work Against Enemy
Positions.
A despatch from Canadian Army
Headquarters, says: -All night long
on Wednesday Canadian guns have
been active against the enemy
positions, shelling hostile batteries,
routes, railways and dumps, while
time after time hostile infantry posi-
tions, assembly areas and communica-
tions have been swept with a harass-
ing fire. Indeed, since the last cable,,
artillery activity has been the main
feature on the Canadian front. There
have been constant duels between our
own and enemy batteries. A consid-
erable amount of gas has been used,
Early Thursday morning we carried
out a small projector gas bombardment
against the enemy positions, to which
the Bache replied with gas shelling,
but neither operations alproached'tha
magnitude' of our 'heavy gas shell
bombardment reported ,in cable of
April 8, in which over 9,000 shells
were fixed; on hostile artillery posi-
tions. That gas bombardment was
as successful as it was extensive, 22
out of 32 batteries engaged having
been out of action ever since,
While our guns have been active,
our infantry have had a comparative
ly quiet time, save for constant
clashes between patrols, In one vig-
orous encounter with a hostile raid-
ing party, 20 strong, one of our pa-
trols drove the raiders back in dis-
order, killing six, capturing two ,and.
wounding10 at t.
leas We suffered
only three slight casualties,
The horse is coming back. Men
who have watched the ups and downs
of the horse breeding businessare.
looking for the greatest demand for
heavy draft horses that Canada has
ever known.
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Scene of the Greatest Battle in the War.
Map shows Neuve Eglise, which was taken and retaken several times
the British, Messiness Wytschaete, ;Bailleul and Hazebrouek, which is,
main objective of the enemy.
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