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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1918-6-6, Page 7• 33, ,17 GER AIDS MAKE DESPERATE STRUGGLE TQ REACH THE MARNE Great Battle Still Pages With Undiminished Fury.,, -Crown Prince's' Armies Being Slowly Malted. A despatch from the French Armies in 'France. says: The Germans in the Champagne pushed farther towards the River Marne on Thursday. The. intention of the Teutons probably is to secure 'a position enabling thein to turn to the westward with the bulk Of their attacking armies. The ef- Arts of the Germans since their first rapid advance appear to take a fan- like movement. The principal col- umn of the Teuton divisions seems to be thrusting in the direction of'Free- en-Tardezois which now -is under a heavy fire, On both flanks also strong forces are engaged. The first of these cap- tured Soissons, On the eastern flank, however, they are meeting with the' sternest defence from the,Fr:anco- B.ritish forces, which, nevertheless, have been obliged to realign in order to keep the front straight. Allied reserves are now taking up positions in the battle -liner They are being thrown in to, strengthen the defending forces where they are weakest in preparation for the plac- ing of a barrier to a further German advance. A despatch from London says; On the fourth day of the fighting the. German Crown Prince's ' ar'iny failed to gain any considerable ground, On both flanks of the 30 -mile fighting front, the allied troops refused to give up further territory, despite persist- ent enemy attacks, while in the cen- tre, between Fere-en-Tardenois and Verily, about seven miles north of the Marne, the French reserves have checked the German thrust in the di- rection of Chateau Thierry. It would appear that the allied reserves have come into action as planned and have made their power felt. Soissons is regarded as mare vital to the ;allies because of its impoetarice to the Montdidier-Amiens line than the other end of the front. The French are holding the high, ground on the fortified plateau of Belau and Men:- tagne, commanding the southern and south-western exit from the city, from whence the main roads run to Villers Cotterets: The possession of Chateau Thierry and absolute com- mand of . Soissons and its arteries would not only hold out a : distinct threat to Paris, but would enable the enemy to link/ up his battle fronts on the Aisne and Somme, widening out his original salient so that for the purposes of a counter-attack it would cease to be a salient at all. The danger is by no rneans past, and hot fighting continues along the whale' front,especially to the. southward, the German official state- ment claiming that they are fighting their way toward the Marne from Fere-en-Tardenois, According to the statement the enemy claims to have taken 35,000 prisoners and a tre- mendous amount of booty in cannon and materia?. FROM SUNSET COAST -._.i WHAT THE WESTERN PEOPLE ARE DOING. Progress of the Great West Told in a Few Pointer Paragraphs. Forest fire troubles are again in • evidence in British Columbia owing to the recent dry weather. w ether, A detachment of twenty-six North- west Mounted Police, drawn from all parts of the Yukon, arrived at Prince Rupert en route to France. Vancouver civic employees who struck for an increase of twenty-five cents per day have returned to duty' after winning a complete victory. The Distinguished Conduct Medal, posthumously awarded to Company Sergt.-Major James Watchman, was presented by the Lieutenant -Governor to his brother at Victoria. On their return from Alaska the members of the International Fisher- ies'Commission were met at the dock and tendered another cordial welcome to Canadian soil at Prince Rupert. The British Columbia Government meeting at Victoria, altered the 1917 Taxation Act to relieve miners who paid a double tax, two per cent. on output and ten per cent. on income. Shipyard workers do not like the stipulation for a forty-eight hour week by the Murphy Commission at Vancouver, to accompany their ten per cent. increase. His Honor the Lieutenant -Governor presented to Major F. D. Edwards the Russian Order of St. Stanislaus, and to Lieut. Charles S. Griffin the Mili- tary Cross at Victoria. Word has been received at Victoria by post from relatives of Flight Sub - Lieut. Wilfrid Richards, in England, that he was killed while flying near Salisbury, England. At the concluding session of the Great War Veterans at New West- ' rLMinster a resolution asked for the conscription of all Canadian wheat by the Government, which is requested to fix a price allowing a fair profit to. the grower. J. B. Tyrrell, the well-known Can- adian mineralogist., and geologist, has completed arrangements to visit,the Cariboo district this' coming summer, Robert A. Bryce, M.E., of Porcupine and Cobalt, and Gordon Taylor, of To- ronto, will accompany him. Operation of the curfew by-law; abolition of billiards; open-air swim- ming pools for the children; Sunday closing of fruit stands operating un- der the .guise of restaurants are some of the things the Local Council of Women want at New Westminster. Captain George E. Chaffey, M.O. late of the 48th, and previously of the 72nd (Seaforth Highlanders of Can- ada) battalion, who has been twice wounded at the front, has been ap- pointed O.C., Details Company, No. 11 District Depot, 'with headquarters at the Central Building, Victoria. Some of the big fishing interests at Ketchikan made a vigorous fight be- fore the International Fisheries Com- mission to prevent fishermen going to Prince, Rupert with their catches of fish. A. M. Bacon, of 52 Thirteenth ave- nue west, Vancouver, has received word that his son, Pte. A. A. Bacon, of the Seventh Battalion, will shortly receive the Military Medal for excep- tional gallantry under fire. CONCEEZE ROADS. -, Tests Show the Saving of Power Ef- fected on Smooth Surfaces: The surprising differences in. .the amount of power needed to haul loads new bags, Toronto and Montreal' Ener hts' turn a One of the big guns which; helped the Canadians to check the German advance in Flanders, Markets of the World Breadstuffs Toronto, June 4. -Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern, $2.23%; No. ' 2 do., $2.20' ; No. 3 do., $2.171/; No. 1 wheat, $2.10%; in store Fort Wil- liam, including. 21/2c. tax. Manitoba oats -No. 2 ` C.W., .811/4c;. No. 3 C.W,, 781/ec; extra No. 1 feed, 78%c; No. 1 feed, 751/4:c., in store Font William. American corn -No. • 3 yellow, kiln dried, nominal; No. 4 yellow, kiln dried, nominal. Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 80 ,,to 81c; No. 3 white, 79 to 80c, according tofri� freights outside. Ontario wheat -No. 2, Winter, per car lot, $2.22; basis in store Mont- real. Peas ---Nominal. Barley -Malting, $;1.40 to $1.42, according to freights outside. Rye -No. 2, $2,10, according to freights outside. Manitoba flour -War quality, $10.95; new bags, Toronto. Ontario flour -War quality, $10.65, on different kinds of roads were g e A pt shipment. shown in tests made recently.The Miilfeed-Car lots--Delivered:ran, real freights, bags: included: Bran resistance to a truck's power offered per ton, $35; shortsorith- , per ton,. $40, ' by a dirt -road was 99 lb. per ton, by j Hay -No. 1, per ton, $15`.50 to. a gravel road, 82 lb. per ton, and by $16.50; mixed, $13.00 to $14.00, track concrete to which has been added Toronto, some other surfacing material, 50 lb., 1 Straw -Car lots, per. ton, $8.00 to while the best showing of all, name ly 30 lbs. per tong was made on smooth concrete highway to which n other surface material had been add ed. Using as a standard a three -to truck with a capacity load and speed of 12 miles per hour on a unsurfaced concrete road, the 'truck it is said, will snake 7.2 miles p hour on surfaced concrete, 4.8` mile on gravel roads, and 3.6 miles on dir roads. It is estimated that if all th highways travelled by the 400,000 motor trucks in America were con crete, the annual saving in their oper ation would be over $237,000,000 per. year, as compared with the cost of operating them on dirt roads. a 0 $8.50, track Toronto, Country Produce -Wholesale Butter -Creamery, solids, per lb. - 42 to 421/2 c; prints, per lb„ 43 to 431%c; dairy, per Ib., 36 to 37c. n Eggs -New -laid, 33 to 34c. a Poultry -Roosters, 23 to 25c; fowl, 28 to 30c;'ducks, 25 to 30c; turkeys, n 27. to 30c. Wholesalers are selling to the ne- er tail trade at the following, prices: s Cheese -New, large, 23%'to.24c; t twins, 23% to 241/4c; old, large,: 251/2 e to 26c; twin 26 to 261/2c. Butter, Fresh, dairy, choice, 40 to 42c; creamery prints, fresh made, 45 - to 47c; solids, 44 to 45c.. Margarine-32'•to 34c. lb. r Eggs -New laid, 40 to 41c; new laid, in cartons, 43 to 45c. Dressed poultry -Spring chickens, 70c;, roasters, 28c; fowl, 38 to 40c; turkeys, 40 to 45e. Live. poultry -Spring -chickens, 60e; • roosters, 26c; turkeys, 30c; hens, 33 to Germans Preparing Public For Slowing Down in Drive A despatch from London says: Telegrams from Amsterdam indicate that the enemy is preparing the Ger- man public in advance for,the slowing down which seems to have occurred on Thursday. Military writers, gen- erally supposed to be in direct touch with the German high command, suggest thatcounter-measures which Foch will 'undertake will, in the next few days, slow down, if not bring to a standstill, the German advance. They suggest that anew offensive must be looked for on another part of the front. Keep the hoe and cultivator going to keep down the weeds that will be very troublesome if allowed to get the startof the,gardener. Loosening the soil aerates it andconserves.the mois- ture. 37c. Beans - Canadian, hand-picked, bushel, $8.75 imp., - hand-picked, Burma or Indian, $6.75 to $7.25; Ilia IX 43 Japan, $8.25 to $8.50; Limas- 19 to 20c. Maple syrup 7 31/ -lb, tins, 10 to a case, $14.50; imperial gallon tins, per tin, $2,25; imperial five -gallon cans, per can, $10.50; 15 -gallon kegs, per gal., $2.00; maple sugar, 1 -ib, box, pure, per lb., 24 to 25c. Provisions -Wholesale Smoked meats Hams, medium, 36 to 38e; do., heavy, 30 to 32c; cooked, 49 to 50c; rolls, 32 to 33c; breakfast bacon, 41 to 44c; backs, plain, 44 to 45c; boneless 48 to 49e. Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 30 to '31c • clear bellies, 29 to 30c. Lard -Pure, tierces, 311/ to 32c; tubs, 31% to 321/ c; pails, •32 to 321,E c; prints, 33 • to 3314 c. Compound tierces, 26 to 261/2c; tubs, 261/1 to 26%c; pails, 26% to 27c; prints, 271/2 to 28c. Montreal Markets Montreal, June >- Oats Canadian Western, No. 2, 93c; do., No. 3, 891c; extra No. 1 feed, 86%c. Flour, new standard Spring wheat grade, $10.95 to $11.05. Rolled oats, bags,1 90 lbs., $4,85 to $5.00. Bran, $35.1 Shorts, $40. Mouillie, $72. Hay; No. 2. per ton, car lots, $15.50. Live Stock Markets Toronto, June' 4. -Extra choice heavy steers, $15.00' to $16.00; choice' heavy steers, $14.00 to $14.25; but- chers' cattle, choice, $14.00 to $14.25; do., good, $13.25 to $13.50; do., medium, $12.00 to $12.50; do. com- mon, $11.00 to $11.25; butchers' bulls, choice, '$12.00 to $13.00; do., good' bulls, $11.00 to $11.50; do., medium bulls, $10.25 to $10.50; do., rough bulls,' $7.50 to $8.50; butchers' cows, choice, $12.00 to $13.00; do., good, $11.00 to $11.50;; do., medium, $10.25 to $10.50; stockers, $9.50 to $11.25; feeders, ?11.25 to $12.00; canners and cutters, $6.00,to $7.25; milkers, good to choice, $90.00 to $140.00; light ewes, $15.00 to $18.50; lambs, $20.00 to $21.00; calves, good to choice, $14.00 to $15.50; hogs, fed and wa- tered, $20.00; do., weighed off cars, $20.25; do., f.o.b., $19.00. Montreal, June 4. -Choice steers, $14.75' to $15.25; good 'steers, $12.00 $14.50 Choice butcher cows, $11.00 to $11.50• poorer•grades, $9.50 to $12.00. Butchers' bulls. were, $9.00. to $13.00; sheep, $13.00 to $15.00; Spring lambs,` $8.00 to $12.00 each. Choice: hogs, $20.50; sows, $18.00 to: $19.00. To bake patties successfullyh A the oven should have a strong under heat. AMERICA ALONE, rs REPLACING TONNAGE SUNK BY U-BOATS. A despatch from Boston says: "As much deadweight ship tonnage has been launched from the shipyards of the United States in the last three weeks as was sunk by German sub- marines during the entire month of April," said Dr. Charles A. Eaton, chairman of the National Service Sec- tion of the United States Shipping Board, addressing the American So- ciety of Mechanical Engineers here. Last week alone, Dr. Eaton said, 18 ships, representing 106,000 tons dead- weight, went v e nt dotivn the ways. CROPS IN GERMANY UNIFORMLY GOOD. A despatch from Amsterdam says: The official German agricultural re- port for Western and North-western Germany states that the crops in this district are from three to four weeks earlier than in 1917. The growth of rye is described as luxuriant and the condition of Summer _ grain as satis- factory. Grass in general is of good growth, but. clover is not uniformly so, the report states. ONTARIO SOLDIERS ARE SAFE IN ENGLAND. A despatch from Ottawa says: It is officially announced through the chief press censor's office that the fal- lowing troops have arrived safely in England: Infantry from - Central On- tario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and British Columbia. Composite battalion from Halifax. Railway construction battalion. Siege artillery. Details. ANOTHER AIR RAID ON PARIS FAILED. A despatch from Paris says: Some airplanes crossed the line in the di- rection of Paris on Thursday night. The alarm was sounded at 11 o'clock, and the "all clear" signal was given at midnight. The enemy machines were under a heavy fire from the de- fences of Paris, and some bombs were dropped on the region about the city. There were no casualties. The High Art of Camouflage. Wooden dreadnaughts, exact du" g duplicates of British battleships, lay at anchor in the North Sea while the real warships were convoying troopships across the Atlantic. These dummies finally decoyed ed several German ships into the harbor at Kethalo, where British destroyers' were lying in wait. In the fight which followed the,. German flotilla suffered severely. One of the wooden ships was beached, ' 33 CI,' -axe THE QuIasTloN fs, 140W AM I GOING TO GET .RID OF THAT CAT O 9 TIE QUI E`r GerLan3'. Calls On Mein of Baltic Provinces to Torn Her Colors. A despatch from Paris says:', Germs manr has: "begun her campaign to. utilise the vast resources of human material ..in the Baltic provinces to aliment decimated ranks in the army, according to a .despatch from Switzerland, which declares that the Dorpater .Zeitung, the German pro- paganda organ for the Baltic, pub. lishes au appealto young men in Courland and Livonia, inviting them, to join, under the German flag., "Ger- many," :says the appeal, "has now more than ever the need of soldiers; it is natural that the children of the provinces delivered from Maximalist tyranny should give themselves up to enable Germany to intensify her ef- fectives and perform their duty like all children of the Empire," Would Trust to the River To Protect' Their Right. Flank, A despatch from French. Headquar- ters says: Held on the flanks at Soissons and Rheims, the Germans are throwing their entire strength southwards, obviously with the' Mara for their goal. It is probable that the Germans hope to establish them< selves on. the Marne, with a view tq turning the direction of theirmai!( effort westward, trusting to the rives to protect their right flank. The hot. test fighting is proceeding along th( whole southern front of the advance, 1,000 PARIS CHILDREN REMOVED TO COUNTRY, A despatch from Paris says The removal of children from Paris was begun on Thursday morning when 1,000 children from the Montmartre district of the city were placed oil board a special train, bound for a vacation colony', in the Department at Allier, in Central France. This is the first action taken under a plan for removing Paris children from the possibility of harm from a long-range gun shell striking a school filled with pupils, as a church where worship was in progress wasstruck ' on. Good Friday last. GERMANS ARE USING NEW LONG-RANGE GUN, ' A despatch from. Paris says: Exam. ination of the shells discharged by the 'Germans in the long-range bom- bardment of Paris, which began again on Monday, indicates that new gune are being used. Larger shells ' are being employed than formerly, the calibre of the guns being 24-centi. metre (9% inches) instead of 21, The powder charge is greater, and the detonation louder, but the force of the explosion does not seem to have increased. A shell exploded only a dozen yards from a man seated on a bench, and did not injure him, 300 SOLDIERS KILLED BY BRITISH AIRMAN. A despatch from London says: As an instance of the great effectiveness of the continuous air raids which the British are making day and night at different points behind the German lines where there are dense concen- tration of troops, .a German prisoner stated that in the recent air raid of the British -Flying Squadron on Douai, there were 300 soldiers killed 'and wounded in addition to great damage clone. RAISED 67,800 MEN UNDER SERVICE ACT. A despatch from Toronto says: It was announced unofficially that since the Military Service Act was put into operation last October it has. pro- duced 67,800 of the 100,000 required under its provisions. This takes in all men who have reported from all points in the Dominion under all drafts. AERIAL POSTAL SERVICE BETWEEN PARIS AND LONDON. A despatch from Paris says: Avia- tors De Vienne and Lorgnat flew from Paris. to London and back in a hydro - airplane in three hours and ten min- utes,` carrying mail. It was the first trip in connection with an aerialA ost- .` al service between England 'and France which is being organized. I11- DO1 THAT Mouse'. A Poohm of THE FINEST CHEese THAI. MAoE!