HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1918-5-23, Page 7ITALIANS TORPEDO LARGE
AUSTRIAN DREA»N U ET AT POLA
One of Au:stria's Four Big Battleships Sunk by, Italian `Torpedo
y Air Fight.
Boat -Seaplanes Also Destroyed in ailgatalt� »ev�as
A clespateli from Washington says; and forced several others down out
-The Italian Embassy late on Times o.f control, The Italian machines all
day afternoon received from' Rome anreturned safely to•their bases."
There are four Austrian battleAlips
official communication confirming 'the of the Viribus lei -etas class, tee*hieh
press report of the destruction of an comprised the largest and most mod-
Austrian Dreadnought of,the Viribue ern fighting vessels completed for the
Unitas type at the Austrian ,naval Austrian navy up to the time the
base at Pole. on Wednesday morning European war broke out. The•.other
by Italian officers who were able to ships of the class are the Tegetthof,
penetrate the harbor successfully in the Prinz Eugen and the Lzent Ist'h>
a small` Italian torpedo boat. The van. The narneship was completed
message to the Embassy read: in October, 1912, and the others at
"In the early hours of May 14 Gap- intervals between then and the be -
tail) Mario da Vignola of Medina, ginning of the •war, with the exception
.Antpnto Milani of Lodi, • Francesco. -of the Szent Isthvan, which was not
Anselnri of Syracuse and •Giuseppe `finished until 1915.
Conies of Cagliari; in a small tor- Each battleship ofthe class' lis
pedo boat, with <admirable individual places 20,000 'tons, is 525 feet long
spirit of sacrifice and extraordinary over all, 89 feet beam and 28 feet
military and naval skill eluding the dr tught. Their armament comprises
sentinels and searelailghts constantly twelve 12 inch and. twelve 5,9 -inch
s3earching the water, `'succeeded in guns in the main battery, with eigh
penetrating the well protected and teen 11 -pounders and various smaller
fortified military ort of Pole andguns,and from two .to six` torpedo
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successfully torpedoed a large Acus- tubes, The complement of the bat-
rian 'Dreadnought of the Viribus tleships ranges ''Crom- 962 to 988 men.
Unitas type. All are heavily armored, and are
"Simultaneously, Italian seaplane classed as Dreadnoughts. The Viri-
sgaadrons attacked Austrian "battle- bus Unita developed a speed of 20.9
deep planes over Pola, brought. do; two knots on her trial trip.
FIRST AIRPLANE
MAIL SERVICE
Inaugurated :Between Washing-
ton, Philadelphia and
New York.
A despatch from Washington says;
'he first regular air mail service in
the world has been successfully
launched between Washington, the
nation's Capital; Philadelphia, the
cradle of American independence, and
rew York, the metropolis' of the na-
on.
Three of the ,•,.four airplanes util-
ized in the inauguration of the ser
}'ice delivered safely, and on time,
the mail entrusted to their care. One
of three -that which left the Polo
grounds in Washington in the pres-
Pnce ,'of President and Mrs. Wilson,
ostmaster -General Burleson and
other high officials -failed only be -
Cause of a broken propeller, which
lforced the machine to land in Mary-
and after it had made' a brilliant fly-
ing -start from Washington,
PLANT TO R. FINE
NICKEL' ANIS COPPER.
A despatchfrem
Ottawa says: The
contract for the construction of a
{�iekel and copper refining plant at
t eschenes, •Que., for the British -
American Nickel Corporation, calls
for completion of the job before the
snow flies.
The buildings and machinery will
east over: $1,000,000. -It is understood
that both British and. Norwegian in-
terests are 'back of the scheme.
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The .above map shows the reasons why both mouths of the Rhine are in Holland and the southern
of holland flims a barrier between Germany and I3elgiuni.
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tyl�*�r t� Cheese -New, large, 231/2 to 24c; do., good, $12.00 to,. $12.25; do.,
a ketth VVor��: twins 23% to 24%c; spring made medium,. $11,65 to $11.85; do., com-
s of lll� / , P g ,
large, 251/2 to 26c; twins! 26 to 261/2c.
Beans -Canadian, prime, bushel,
$7.50 to $8.00. Foreign, hand-picked,
bushel, $6.75 to $7.00. •
Comb Honey -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 tins, $2.10' per gallon.
Maple sugar, per pound, 24 to 25c.
mon, ;$11.00 to $11.25;.butchers' balls,
choice, $12.00 to $13.00; do., good
bulls, $11.00 to $11.50;do., medium
Breadstuffs
Toronto, •11Zay 21. -Manitoba wheat
-Nc. 1 Northern $2.231/2; No. 2 do.,
$2.201/2; No. 3 co., $2,171/2; No. 4
wheat, $2,101/2; instore Fort William,
inoluding 21c. tax.
Manitoba ,oats --No. 2 C.W., 801/4c:
No. 3 C.W., 771,%; extra No, 1 feed,
771/4c; No. 1 feed, 74eee, ire store
PAPER FROM SALT Fort arn.
Anierilcan corn -No. 3llo y ekiln
w,
Cc dried, nominal; No. 4 yellow, kiln
MARSGRASS Ontario oats -No, 2 white 80 to
81c; No. 3"white, 79 to 80c, according
- to freights outside. .
If Britain's.. Experiments Prove Ontario wheat -No: 2. Winter, per
Successful Good Supply"Will capeas, lot$Nomin lsrs in store Nlontrea1.
Be Available. Barley -Malting, • $1.50 to $1.51, -Cottage, rolls 35 to 36e
'• Provisions Wholesale
Barrelled Meats -Pickled pork,
$49; mess pork, $47.
Green Meats -Out of pickle, lc less
than smoked.
Smoked Meats -Rolls, 32 to 33c'
hams, medium, 87 to 38c; heavy, '3d
to 31c; cooked hams, 49 to 50c; backs,
plain, 43 to 44c; backs, boneless, 46
to 48c. Breakfast bacon, 40 to 44c.
aST G `TII G
FOTO RAINFALL
General Showers Relieve Anxie-
ty Regarding Crops.
A despatch from Winnipeg says:
Rains have beerefairly'general over
northern Alberta, northern and cen-
tral Saskatchewan and western Mani-
toba, while heavy rains . in southern
and central Alberta have been follow-
ed by a snowstorm. There are indi-
cations that the . knecipitation area
will cover southern Manitoba, where
it is badly needed. With all the wheat
in and a good start on seeding of
coarse grains, nothing could be more
propitious than a general heavy rain-
fall. Owing to the very early spring
and the dry March the land needed
moisture' to an extent unusual at this
time, for although there is plenty in
the ground, the top soil was very dry
and on light land there had been con-
siderable drifting, Any anxiety or
that score is now relieved-
Brandon, Man., May 16. -.-"Thi
rainfall last night was very beneficial
for the crops," ; declared Superintend-
ent McKillican of the Experimental
Farm to -day. "It came at a- time
bulls, $10.25 to $10.50; do., rough when it would do the maximum
bulls, $7.50 to r$8.50; butchers' cows, amount of good."
choice, $12,00 to $13.00; do., good, An electrical storm ''of about an
$11.00 to $11.50;. do., medium, $10.25 hour's , duration raged over this
to $10.50; stockers, $9..50 to $11, 25; city and district just before rnid-
feedere, $11.25 -to 12,00; canners and night. The rainfall was about three -
tenths of an inch and the moisture
was heartily welcomed.
cutters, $6.25 to $7.50; milkers, good
to choice, $90.00 :m $140.00; do., coin.
and med., $65.00 to $80,00; springers,
$90.00 to $140:00; light ewes, $15.00
to $18.00; lambs, $17.00 to $22.00;
calves, good to choice, $14.00 to
$16.00; hogs, fed and watered, $•21.00;
do., weighed off ears, $21.25; do., f.o.
b., $20.00.
Montreal, May 21. -Choice. steers,
$13 to $14; good, do., $12 to $12.50;
medium, do., $10 to $12; choice butch-
ers' bulls, $11 to $12; good, do., $10 to
according to freights outside, Dry Salted 'Meats -Long clears, in $10,50; medium,' do,, $9 to $10; choice
A despatch from London says:- Buckwheat -$1.84 to $1.86, accord tons, 30e; in cases, 30%c; clear bellies, butchers' cows, $11 to $11.50; good,
The new regulations limiting the sup- ing to 'freights outside. 28 to 28/c; fat backs, 25c. do., $10 to $11; medium, do., $9 to
ply of news -print paper and forbid- Rye -No. 2, $2.30, according to Lard -Pure, tierces, 31 to 32c; tubs, $9.50. Calves -Milk -fed, $12 to $14;
ding returns by 'newsdeal:ers after freights outside. 311/x to 321/ c; pails, 311/2 to 321c; good, $8,50 to $11. Sheep -$10 -to
June ` 15th, has caused renewed in- Manitoba flour -War quality, 1 -lb. prints, 33 to 331/2c. Shortening, $13; iambs, $16. to $17. Hogs-
terest in the problem ..of substitutes. $10.95; new bags, Toronto. tierces, 26 to 262c; tubs, 26% to Choice selects, off cars, $22; sows, $20
The Controller of Paper Supplies has Ontario flour -War quality, $10.65, 26%c; pails, 261/ to 27c; 1-1b. prints, to $20.50.
T and Montreal 1 o71,cZ 28
decided to allow the 'newspapers of new bags, Toronto on res to c -
Middlesex, Kent and Surrey to collect
waste paper from subscribers for the
purpose of tapping a new source of
supply., •
The ' Controller also is interested in
experiments which are being , made
With -sawdust with the design of re-
making old paper with a large per-
centage of .sawdust, Experiments
are also being made in the 'Manufac-
ture of paper from salt -marsh grass,
whic''h is abundant in the estuaries of
the south coast. If these expert
ments are successful a plentiful -sup-
ply of material will be available.
37 PLANES DOWNED
BY BRITISH IN ONE DAY.
A despatch from London s:-
sa y
Thirty-seven German airplanes, 25 of
which were destraseed, were accounted
for by British airmen on Wednesday.
The official statement on aerial oper-
ations on Thursday night reports a
marked increase in the activities of
both aerial forces on the western
front. The British continue to bom-
bard railway stations and billets be-
hind the. German lines.
ITALIANS LAUNCH STRONG OFFENSIVE
u` t THE ASIAGO P •. ;, TEAU,
Take Initiative With View To Break, Up Arrangements For Teu-
tonic Assault ---British Troops Also Defeat Austrians.
A despatch .from London says;
Among the rugged peaks of the Asi-
ago Plateau, east of the Brenta River,
the Italian front has again flamed up
into violent action. The aggressive
Ilas heen taken by the Italians, how-
eyer, and the Austro -German forces,
testead of launching their long-ex-
hected assault on the Italian lines,
ave been. compelled to fight hard to
hhaintain,the positions where they.,
ave stood since last November.
The fighting seems to have centred
qn the comparatively short section of
jie •battle line •between Monte Asa••
Pee and Monte pertica. These two
heights, about three miles apart, rise
io an altitude of about 5,000 feet,
While ,between them •:there, is a sort
is "sill,$" on ,which ..:the: Teuton
gorces,have taken up strong positions,
otli tho. Vienna ,and Rome officials'
this particular front, the latter stat-'
ing that the Italian., soldiers have en-
tered Austrian trenches on Monte
Asalone In two places.
The fact that• the Italian armies
have taken the initiative in ' the
fighting would seem to indicate that
they have sought to carry the fight-
ing ,to the. enemy in such a way as
to break up any arrangements for
the launching of a strong Teutonic
assault.
While the fighting'has been fierce
east of the Brenta, the• whole Italian
line from Lake Garda to the Piave
and thence to the sea has been mark-
ed by patrol engagements, in which
the British participated, and which
appear to be ;isolated actions, but
which may be component parts of a
plan of campaign itethat theatre of
the wary Nowhere have the Italian
-lines been reached by attacking
eiaternents IAof bitter fighting on parties of Austrians.
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YIR OAsca:feIC This
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freights, prompt shipment. HERO OF THE CLOUDS.
Miilfeed-Gar lots -Delivered Mon- .
treat freights, bags included: Bran,
per ton, $35; shoats, per ton, $40."
Hay --No. 1. per ton, $16.00 to 90c' extra No. 1 feed, 90c No. 3
$17.00; mixed, $14,00 to $15.00, track local white, 841/2c. Flour -New stand -
Toronto. and ~Spring wheat grade, $10,95 to
Straw -Car lots, per ton, $8.50 to $11.05. Rolled oats -Bags, 90 lbs,
$9.00, track Toronto. $5.25 to $5.35. Bran, $35.00. Shorts,
$40.00. Middlings, $48.00 to $50.00.
Country Produce ---Wholesale Mouillie, $60.00 to $62,00. Hay -No.
Eggs, new -laid, 41 to 42c; selected, 2, per ton, car lots, $17.00.
new laid, 44 to 45c; cartons, 45 to 46c.
Montreal Markets
Montreal, - May 21.-Oats-Gana-
dian Western, No. 2, 92/c; No. 3,
Butter -Creamery, solids, 44 to 45c; Live Stock Markets
do., prints 45 to 46c; do., fresh made, Toronto, May 21. -Extra choice
46 to..47c; choice dairy prints, 41 to heavy steers, $14.50 to $16.00; choice
42c; ordinary dairy prints,'38 to 40c; heavy steers, $13.50 to $14.00; good
bakers', 36 to 380; oleamargarine heavy steers, $13.00 to $13.25. hut-
(best grade), 32 to 34c.
chers' cattle, choice, $13,25 to $13.75;1
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A British anti-aircraft gun which is playing havoc with German air-
ships in France. Many of these are also in position' in England and have
been of great valise in air, raid's.
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OUT NOW.
Lieut. Fonck is a Remarkably Cool
and Daring Fighter.
Lieut. Fonck, who in one day
brought down 6 Hun airplanes and who
recently took a leading place among
the French aces, was credited unoffi-
cially nearly a month ago with hav-
ing •shot down 34 German machines.
He is described as a remarkably cool
and daring fighter. Recently he
fought two German machines in a
squadron of eight, felled one of them
and put the other to flight.
A year ago Lieut. Fonck was un-
known as a fighting aviator. He' en-
tered -the aerial service as pilot of an
airplane regulating artillery fire.
After more than 500 hours of flight
over the line and two victories •over
German planes which had interfered
with his work,, he was sent into a
squadron of pursuit planes. Eight
days later, on -May 13, 1917, he be-
came an ace, being cited officially as
having destroyed his fifth airplane.
He is 23 years old.
ARMY OF 1,500,000
BEFORE END OF 1918.
A despatch from Paris says:-The
-Uniited States has promised to have
1,500,000 fighting men in France by
the end of 1918, says L'HommeLibre,
Premier Clemenceau'•s newspaper.
These troops, ib adds, must have their
own organization and services, which the whole the general trend of the
OVER
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FOR THE RED CROSS
1,917 Subscriptions More. Than
Doubled Those of 1916.
A despatch from London says: Ac-
cording to Reuter's, Limited, the re-
port of the British Red Cross fund
for 1917, just issued, shows that the
response to the appeal from overseas
and at home resulted in a gross
amount of £2,577,888, as compared
with £1,210,037 in 1916. With the
exception of enemy countries, - vir-
tually every country in the world fig-
ures in the list.
The collection throughout the In-
dian Empire realized £280,000.
The home return shows an increase
over 1916, being more than 8700,000,
as against £400,000.. The result in
Ireland was particularly good, ' the
total, £111,307, being nearly five
times the amount collected ilz J.9i f
KAISER TOOK DECORATION'
BACK WITH HIM,
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A despatch, from British Headquar-
ters in France says: A German non-
commissioned officer captured lately
throws light on the disappointment
the Germans sustained in their unsuc-
cessful attack oh the Belgian front on
April 17th, He says the operation
was designed to develop into a great -
flank -turning movement. So certain'
was the high command of success that
the Kaiser came to the Yser to eyit-
ness the battle, having in his pocket
the "Eicheulaus," the • next highest
German decoration to the Ordre Pour
Merite, which he designed to °"bestow
upon the general directing the attack,
But when the Kaiser left the Yser the
Eicheulaus still tinkled in his pocket,
172 BRITISH SHIPS
ELUDED U-BOAT ATTACKS.
A despatch from London says: "On
will mean at least 2,000,000 specialists,
workers, men in the quartermaster's
department and others.
TO JOIN PALESTINE
AND .CAIRO )3Y RAIL.
A. despatch from Cairo says: The
swing bridge over the Suez Canal at
Kantara has been completed, afford-
ing direct railway communication
from Cairo toward Palestine,
Half of Russia tdi" Remain Untitled -
A despatch from Samara, Russia,
says: Less than half the tillable land
of European Russia remaining• in
control of the Bolshevik Government
will be cultivated this year. General
unrest among the peasants, the un-
settled conditions of land distribution,
and shortage of seed; horses and ageis
cultural implements are ' responsible
ALI-RIGHT- ALLRIGHT-
THE CONCERT STA8JS
RIGHT NOVA'
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TOM, WHAT
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YIetems
COING FL
warfare against submarines has pro-
gressed quite satisfactorily ' since
January 1.st," Doctor Macnamara, fin-
ancial secretary of the Admiralty- has
announced in the House of Commons,
MacNamara said that 172 steamers
were unsuccessfully attacked by- Ger-
man submarines between January
11th and April 30th.
QUEBEC CITY NOg��
HAS NO DRUNKS,
A despatch from Quebec says: Re-
corder Dery still finds time hanging
heavily on his hands since the bars
went out of existence. Yesterday not
a single case of drunkenness was up ,
for disposal before him and the old
court -room seems kind of lonesome.
In ,fact, drunks have been conspicuous
by the absence there since May 1,
only one offender having made his.
bow before the tribunal within 14
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