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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1918-5-9, Page 3•BMTISH SUCCESS SOU•TU OF A CRE ALLIES WELDED IN STRONG EINE No Weak Point in Allied Chain-Foch's Reserves ` Egual Those of the Enemy ---•P epar4tlons, I. or Fresh Attack. A despatch from British Head- quarters in France says: Early a Thursday rnorning the Germans heav- ily bombarded with gas shells sand high explosives west of Morris and the area around Villers-Bretonneux. There was no infantry action. Pos- sibly the purpose of these practice barrages; is with a view to an early resumption of the offensive. During Wednesday we carried out a successful local enterprise south of the Ancre, advancing our front over .wlclth of nearly half a mile to a depth of 400 yards, The weather has improved and the airmen are doing deadly work over enemy positions. A despatch from French Army Headquarters says: Under the Ger- man blows the allied armies seem to be welded together as never before. There is iiow no point of junction at which the Germans can thrust. The process of welding together the two armies is complete, but it will not stop there, Franco -British divisions will be moved about on a solidly -knitted front at the wish of our high com- nand as freely as German divisions. Against the enemy's territorial gains must be set the facia that he greater than those under General Foch. We have been profiting by the lull to,preparc to meet any fresh enemy. effort. •arnces together there is a total of 186 engagements of 'divisions, equivalent to a mass of two and one-half million men whom the enemy has already put into battle. As a German division is never »withdrawn until it has sustain- ed severe losses, on an average ,oL 2,500, it is reasonable to reckon the' enemy's loss since the beginning of the battle at not less "than 350,000. The Germans began the offensive with a reserve of 650;000 in depots in France and at home; Behind these there is only the 1919 -20 -class, con- sisting of youths, half of whom are under 18, The enemy's genuine fight- ing reserve is thus half exhausted be- fore helms covered anything like half the distance to his goal: His reckless employment of divisions has left him with a total of 66'out of. 206 in France`. which have not yet been engaged. Of these 12 are Landsttum divisions, which cannot be used for the propose of an offensive. The Germans thus can have little hope that the•remain- ing 00 divisions can accomplish what the first 140 failed to achieve. Already the German staff is most anxiously realizing, that their re-` serves of fresh troops are not had to throw 140 divisionsinto battle in five weeks. A considerable number of these have been twice engaged and some thrice. Adding these reappear - AUSTRALIANS STRALIANS ESTER ES -SAT 350 Prisoners. Taken in Palestine Advance. A despatch from London says;- The official statement dealing with military operations in Palestine, issu- ed on Thursday bllr the War Office, reads: "On Wednesday morning while our infantry moved to .attack the enemy in the foothills south and south-east of Es -Salt, Australian mounted troops entered Es -Snit, capturing 33 German and 317 Turkish prisoners. "In the Bourse of these operations a mounted . brigade debouched to watch the Jordan crossings was at- tacked by a . superior force of the enemy, which had crossed the river during the night, and was compelled to fall back Horse artillery batter- ies supporting this brigade, in the most difficult and broken country, were obliged to abandon nine guns which :could not be saved, although the itebaohment and horses were safely withdrawn. 1 Necessary support for this detached brigade was immediate- ly forthcoming; acrd the operations are continuing. "West of the Jaixlan.Iocal enemy at- tacks at several points were repulsed during Tuesday night." SEEDING WWHEAT SiG IN ALBERTA ABOUT DONE. A despatch from. Calgary says: Crop reports received from the vari- ous districts of the Province show ,wheat seeding to be practically finish- ed under generally favorable condi- tions. The season is about two weeks ahead of last year. The report in de- tail from the four divisions is as fol- k ows: North of Red Deer -Wheat seeding, 70 per cent. finished; oats, 20 per cent.; barley, 20 per cent. Between Red Deer and Calgary -- Wheat, 90 per cent finished; oats, 30 per cent.; barley, 20 per cent. South of Calgary -Wheat, 95 per bent, finished,•• oats, 60 per cent.; bar- ley, -50 per cent. Medicine Hat district -Wheat, 90 per cent. finished; oats, 50 per cent.; barley, 50 per cent: UNITED STATES TROOPS MOVING TO FRONT. A despatch from the American Army in France says: America's khaki tide now flows into France in a vol tune not heretofore approximated, The United States is literally "dumping an rmy into France," to use the words Premier Lloydd George recently Y used in the Hauge of Commons, fit are replaced by fresh recruits: car lots, $1.7. ZEEBRUGGE CANAL r. 1 ILL BLOCKED German Efforts to Free It Are Without Avail. A despatch from London says: -It is established, according to a high naval authority, that the entrance to the Zeebrugge Canal is still effective- ly blocked. Although the Germans are trying hard to free it, they have made no progress in the work as yet. Mean- time, eantime, the anti -U-boat warfare has pro- duced satisfactory results during the past week, although the weatherr con- ditions onditions in the North Sea have been unfavorable for such operations. DRAFT IN IRELAND IS POSTPONED. A despatch from London says: An or- der -in -Council has been issued further postponing the operation of the Na- tional Service Act, or conscription, as respects Ireland, beyond May 1, to. which it had been postponed previ- ously. Some of the morning news- papers spay the postponement ,is due to the Government's wish to intro- duce a Home Rule bill, and to see what measure of success it gets be- fore proceeding to enforce conscrip- tion in Ireland, which, it is said in some quarters, is not likely to be at- tempted in the next few weeks: AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN FRANCE ADOPT THE NAME OF "BUDDIES" A despatch from the American Army in France, 'says: -"Buddies" is the new sobriquet for the members of the American National . Army in France. While the entire allied world has been hunting around for a suit- able name for Uncle Sam's forces, the men fresh from America took the task upon themselves, and `Buddies" is the result. From east to west, from north to south, "Buddies" is the ac- cepted brand of comradeship. It means "pal," "comrade." It is safe to say iihe American forces will take to it with alacrity. "Amexes" and "Sammies" -were distasteful to the men. TOIL UNDER LASHES OF. GERMAN SENTRIES. A despatch from London says: Reu ter's learns that 25,000 Belgian men and boys have been compelled to work on military operations behind the Ger- man lines in the region of Valencien- nes and Maubeuge alone, under the whip of German sentries. The mor- tality in the deportees' camps is ter- rible. The numbers sent back as un - 15 sfikrwr i 4 I-IELPWfN E (WART GR Fi]TR. PRODVCT(QN Marliets of the World Toronto, May: 1VIanitoba Wheat- No. 1 Northern, $2.23'%; No. 2 do.,. $2.20%; No. 3 do., $2.17%; No. 4 `wheat, $2.10%; in store Fort Wil- liam including 2%c. tax. Manitoba Oats. -No. 2 C.W., 86c; No. 3 C. W., 83%c; extra No. 1 feed, 83%c; No. 1 feed, 80%c, in store Fort William . American corn -No. 3 yellow, kiln dried, $1.90 nominal; No. 4 yellow, kiln dried, $1.85 nominal. Ontario oats. -No. 2 white, 89 to 90c; No. 3 white, 88 to 89c, according. to freights outside. Ontario wheat -No. 2, Winter, per car lot, $2.22; basis in store Montreal. Barley. -Malting, $1,54, to $1.55, according to freights outside. Buckwheat. -$1.84 to $1.86, ac- cording to freights outside. Rye. -No. 2, $2.50, according to frieghts outside. Manitoba flour. War quality, $10.95, new bags, Toronto. Ontario flour. -`War quality, $10.80, new, bags, Toronto and Mont- real ;freights, prompt shipment. 1Vlullfeed:. - Oar lots- Delivered Montreal freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, $35.40; shorts, per. ton, $40.40. Hay -No.' 1, per ton, $17 to $18; mixed, $14 to $16, track Toronto. Straw. -Car bats, per ton, $8.50 to $9.00, track Toronto. Country Produces -Wholesale Eggs, new -laid, 40e; selected, new - laid, 42 to 43c; cantons, 43 to 44c. Butter. -Creamery, solids, 48 to 49c• do., prints, 50 to 51c; do., fresh macre, 51 to 52c; choice dairy prints, 42 to 43c; ordinary dairy prints, 38 to 40c;bakers', 36 to 38c; oleomargarine„ (best grade), 32 to 33c. Cheese. -New, large, 23 to 23%c; twins, 23.14. to 23%c ; •spring made, large, 25 to 26e; twins, 25% to 26%c. ears. -Canadians prime, bushel, $7.50 to $8. Foreign, hand-picked, bushel, $6.75. to $7. Comb Homey. -Choice, 16 oz., $3.50 per dozen; 12 oz., $3 per dozen; sec- onds and dark comb, $2.50 to $2.75. Maple Syrup. Imperial gallons, $2.25; 5 -gallon tints, $2.10 per gal - on. Maple sugar, per pound, 24 to 25c. Provisions -Wholesale Barrelled Meats -Pickled pork, $49; mess pork, $47. Green Meats. -Out of pickle, lc less than smoked. Smoked Meats. -Roils, 32 to 33c• hams, medium, 36 to 37c; heavy, 3d to 31e; cooked. hams, 47 to 48c; backs, plain, 43 to 41c; backs, boneless, 46 to 48c. Breakfast bacon, 40 to 44c. Cottage rolls, 35 to,36c. Dry Salted Meats. -Long clears, in tons, 29c; in cases, 29%c; clear bellies, 26 to 26a/zc; fat backs, 25c. Lard. -Pure„ tierces, 31 to 32c; tubs, 3114 to 3214c; pails, 312 to 32%c; 1 -lb prints, 33 to 331/2c, Shortening, tierces, 26 to 26i/zc; tubs, 26a4 to 26,c; pails, 26% to 27c; 1 -ib. prints, 27X/ to 28c. Montreal Markets Montreal, May 7: -Oats, Canadian Western, No. 3, 96e extra No, 1 feed, 86c. Flour, new standard Govern - mens; Spring wheat grade, $10.95 to $11..05. Rolled eats, bags, 90 lbs, $5.35. Bran, 935.40. Shorts, .940:40. Mouillie, $75. Hay, No. 2, per Con, _ep'UIMAGL'. iP..^yNY.Ch9J:tAY3?s^'FI YnTtL:.: Y'^':.eV•'1.tmC.-:R..4YaC.`<,,eslCII9]CdIL'Otf2[9.]R.4i26ZS ipL]1@fl. ToN, THAT' COLLAR Does No'r Loolt Coop oN you•:. 1 DON'T • E5 114144 you WeAR 1-r tI've smER yOv WEAt2 Woi?.sta, JUST: ToeniW sriL j tO :Tta in IL ata it (31cou.rrt TTot4hi11, fUU 1-001 11Y A MOLL\ CoDDLa .IN THAI CoisnAR I DO . 1: ? WELL lou ,1UST'TENDTO YOUR oWN BI).%lessl L1 SliouLD WORR`i ABo'J'r;" µA -f •1 "t TNIe 11(. IF My ciogs -OR A -r ANSBoo`l E1-5EN114K3, FoR THAT ,mss) MATTER. OR41.5* n•COWN,4.. •Winnipeg. Grain Winnipeg, May 7: -Gaal. prices: - Oats -No. 2 C.W., 86%c; No, 3 C.W., 834o; extra 'No. 1 feed, 8314c; No. 1 feed, 80.443c; No. 2 feed, 7.7'1/se. Bar- Iey-No. 3 C.W., $1.50; No. 4 C.W.; $1.45; rejected, $1.20; feed, $1.18. Flax -No. 1 N.W.C., $3.80; No. 2 C.W., $3.77; No. 3 C.W.,•$3.55. United States Markets Mineapolis, May 7: -Corn No. 3 yellow, $1.55 to $1.65. Oats -No. 3 white, 78 to 79c. Flour unchanged. Bran -$33.14. Duluth, May 7: -Linseed, $4.01 to $4.07; arrive, $4.01; May, $4,01 bid; July, $4.04% bid; October, $3.55 ask- ed. Live Stock. Markets Toronto, May 7. -Extra choice, heavy steers, $14.50 to $15,75; choice heavy steers, $13.50 to $14.00; good heaver steers, $13.00 to $13.25; butch.- ers' cattle, choice, $13.25 to $13.75; do., good, $12.00 to, $12.25; do., med- ium, $11.65 to $11.85; do., common, $11.00 to $11.25; butchers' bulls, choice, $11.00 to $12.00; do., good bulls, $10.25 to $10.75; do., medium bulls, $9.25 to $9.75; do., rough bulls, $'7.25 to $7.50; butchers' cows, choice, $11.25 to $12.25; do. good, $10.50 to 11.00; do., medium, $9.50 to $10.00; stockers, $9.50 to $11.00; feeders, $11.00 to11.75; canners and cut- ters, $6.50 tot $7.50; milkers, good ;to choice, $90.00 to $140.00; do., cam. and fined., $65.00 to $80.00;; spring- ers, $90.00 to $140.00; light ewes, $13.50 to $15.00; lambs, $18.00 to $20.50; calves, good to choice, 13.00 to $15.00;' .hogs, fed and watered, $20.25 to 20,50; do., weighed off cars, $20.50 to $20.75; do., f.o.b., $19.25 to $19.50. • Montreal,' May 7. -Choice steers, $12.00 to $13.50; good:steers, $11.00 to $12,00; medium steers, $10.00 to $10.50; choice batches s' caws, $11..00 to $11.50; good cows, $10.00 to $1100; medium. .50; caancrs' cows, $5.50 to $6.00; hoice but- chers' bulls, ,$12.00 to $13 00; good bulls, $11.00 to $12.t'0: medium, $10.00 to $10 50; conn oner stuff, $8.00 to $9.50; milk •lea , calves, $3 00 to $13.00; Sprite • lambs, $8.00 to $13.00; Spring lambs, $12.00 to $15.00; choice selects, hogs, $21.50 to $22.00; good selects, $20.00 to $21.00. GERMANS WILL MELT BRONZE STATUES. A despatch, from Amsterdam says:. The German Minister of War has or- dered' an inventory of all bronze stat- ues throughout Germany, directing that the list indicate those which' "can best be spared" with a view to their requisition for military use. Ile has also ordered an inventory of church bells, which have hitherto es- caped military confiscation. RUSSIAN FORTRESS IN CRIMEA IN POSSESSION OF GERMANS. A despatch from Berlin says: -Ger- man forces have occupied Sebastopol, the great Russian fortress in the Crimea. The official communication from headquarters reads: "In Ukraine we have broken the enemy's resistance before Sebastopol and occupied the town Wednesday without fghting." )T ANIYBoD1 PoN1` 'NNAT" 1 wrAtze-ri4eN *OW WHAT ME'! C.AN 15,000 BRITISH SEAMEN MURDERED DURING WAR BY GERMAN PIRATES Enemy is Determined That Sailors in Wrecked Ships Shall Not Survive -Seaman's League Advocates Boycot of Germany. A despatch from London says; Havelock Wilson, president of the British Seamen's and Firemen's Union, in a statement as regards the sacrifices of the mercantile marine, says that 15,000 British seamen have. been murdered b'y German pirates during the wer. Sea murders are growing because the Boehe is more determined than ever, that sailors in sunken ships should not live to tell the tale. British sailors were in deadly earn- est in their determination to apply a punitive bpycot to Germany after the war. All were in hearty unanimity in their determination not to handle stuff in any way connected with Germany after the wax. 'A year ago the limit of the boycot was for two years. Now, owing to the increase of such crimes, it had been extended to 5s/a years. He added that the Seamen's League was growing daily. Already it had 100,000 members. LOST BY A PAIR OF GLOVES. Story of Gen. Pershing, Commander of the United States Forces. Laclede, Missouri, was the birth- place and home of Gen. Pershing, and in the Prairie Mound district school, south of Laclede, he began his career as ` a teacher. Here is the amusing story of how he got the school: Dr. W. P. Spurgeon lived just across the street from the Pershing hone, and the two families were on terms of intimate friendship. When young Pershing became- an applicant for " the teacher's position' at the Prairie Mound district school, he asked Dr, Spurgeon to write a letter of recommendation to Capt. Henly, the chairman of the school board_ Dr. `Spurgeon, who was well acquaint-. ed with the captain, wrote the letter, and the next day gave it to. Pershing, who was starting out to see the pow- erful man of the board. The future general was driving a good horse and buggy, and, in accordance with the custom of many young men of the day; wore kid gloves. "I advise you to take those things off, John, before you go into Capt. I enly's} house," said Dr. Spurgeon. Pershing smiled and remembered the caution. The president of the board scrutinized the letter of recom- mendation and then asked Pershing some searching questions. "Your letter is allright," admitted Capt. Henly, "and I guess you're all right, or Doc Spurgeon wouldn't have recommended you. So the job is yours. But you had a close call, young man! A fellow from Brook- field came over to see me the other day, and he had good letters and an- swered every question I asked him well; but the dude wore kid gloves in June! What do you thing of that?" ROBBED OF CLOTHING IN BERLLN STREET'S A despatch from London says: -So • acute is the scarcity of clothing in Gerrn!any that men and women are being attacked daily by ruffians in the streets of Berlin and stripped of their garments, according to German news- papers received here. It is said that one insurance office alone in Berlin is notified of an average of 200 thefts daily. Thread for mending clothing is said to be virtually unobtainable. Commenting onthe food situation in Germany, the papers intimate that the hope entertained of speedy relief from the Ukraine has been dispelled. About To Tested. A moment after the sewing -ma- chine agent had rung the bell, a parti- cularly noisy and vioious-looking bull- dog assisted in opening the door. The dog stood his ground. ` The agent re- treated slightly. "Will that dog bite?" he asked. "We don't quite know yet," the lady said. "We have only just got hien. But we are trying him with strang- ers, Wont you. come -"in?" ROMS SET ' COAST WHAT THE WESTERN PLOPLEI ARE DOING, Progress of the .:Great West l'o1J in a Few Pointed Paragraphs. Lieut. 0. R. Matthews, oho won his commission and the Military Cross overseas, has returned wounded and rias been appointed postmaster at Greenwood, B:C. The steamer Harold Dollar has deft Vancouver, bound for Shanghai, Bong Kong and lelanila, and she has taken 1,500,000 feet of British Columbia lumber to those ;ports. Mrs. Ralph Smith's bill to provide a minimum wage for women was fa- vorably received by the B. C. Legisla- ture. The total enrolment of soldiers of the soil in British Columbia, according to a statement issued by E. Scott Eaton, was 1,140, with prospects bright that the 1;500 mark would surely be passed and the probability of an enrolment of 2,000. There are 2,282 women on the vot- ers' list for the provincial riding of. New Westminster, out of a total of 5,558; iii Dewdney, the number is 1,093 out of 3,503; and in Delta, 1,001 out of 3,766. These figures are from the lists as passed at the last Court of Revision held by Mr. F. 0. Camp- bell, Government agent. Cabled information has been re- ceived by his mother who resides in Victoria, that Flight -Lieut. Albert A. Gerow, R.F.C., a native son of Vic- . toria, has been killed while flying at Andover, England. Paying a visit to Hamilton Hall, the headquarters` of the Bible Students, detectives at Vancouver took posses- sion of 228 volumes of works of. Pas- tor Russell, which are banned by the order -in -Council dealing with such publications. The Cowichan Utility Poultry Asso- ciation at its last meeting at Cowichan resolved to urge on the Provincial Government that a factory be started to manufacture fish meal and fertil- izer from the waste products of the B. C. Canneries. Government control of factories and output and concurrently therewith conscription and allotment of labor is advocated in a report of special com- mittee of the B. C. Manufacturers' As- sociation. Bringing news of the rescue of a shipwrecked crew'"of Siamese seamen from a barren island in Oriental wa- ters, a Pacific liner reached Victoria with over 200 saloon passengers from. Hongkong and Yokohama. Just on the eve of the departure of two companies of infantry overseas, the Willows Camp: Victoria, has, been quarantined owing to an out- break of measles. One of the Liverpool Ferry Boats, which played such a gallant part in the British naval raid at Zeebrugge. loaaets Foie. Tea taelaK' comae