The Exeter Advocate, 1918-9-26, Page 3BULGARIAl FORGES i N UL
FLIGHT, PURSUED S
• Burning Villages and Supplies in Retreat -Serbs, French, Greeks
and British in Strong Attacks Carry Important Positions.
A despatch from London says:
New from 'the Macedonian front
shows that the allied successes are
extending beyond all expectations.
British and G ' ek troops are now
Officially repor'.ed to have gained en-
emy - first positionson a wide front,
while the Serbian and French opera- have carried forward an attack and,
tions continue to develop amazingly. gained a foothold in the enemy first
A Reuter'., despatch says that the positions, notwithstanding stubborn,
Serbians have completely- broken 'resistance. A great number of .psis
the Bulgarian front. Othe-r Serbian eners have already fallen into
cavalry are advancing upon the 'im- our hands. The attack continues."
portant junction of Prileli. The The Bulgarians are in flight in i'
/rent is now twenty-five miles wide, Macedonia, and are burning stores
and is regarded as as most important and villages, according to a Serbian
success. Itlooks likely that the official statement received here.
allies will clear the whole of this The allied troops now have ad -
area, vanoed more than 12 miles, end' their
The late French official report, progress is so rapid that they have
under date of September 18, -reads not been able ton count the prisoners
as 'follows: and war material' taken. New regi-
"On September 17 and 18 the al- merits thrown in by the Bulgarians
lied armies in the East greatly ex- have been forced to retreat with the
tended the successes of the two pre- others. •
ceding days. The Bulgarian divisions The Bulgarians have been defeated
engaged
0
z the
d fronttheattacki
of completely,and the Seth a troops
s _, a op
retreated in disorder on the Cerna, are pursuing them clay and night.
Our. troopspin their ur •uit however, The Serbian and French' trop s
1 sp�,.
had the Cerna on one part of its course have , taken the towns of. Topolets,
and have occupied inthe mountainous Potshishta, Reshishta, Melynit s,' Vit
acne Guyrov,• Kamen artdeChazerna; olishta and Rasimbey..They. have also
have crossed the Belashnitso River, taken the height of Kuchkov Kamem,
and gone beyond the region of Iloj
den, as well as the Blatets massif.
"The :enemy left behind prisoners
and . considerable material, which
have not yet been .enumerated.
"In the region of Lake, Doiran
British and Greek troops ' likewise
Markets,iextraNo. 1 teed, 97c. of the World standard :grade, $11.35 to $11.45s
, Rolled nate.--Bags, 90 lbs, $5.25 to
$5.30. 'Bran 837.00. Shorts, $42.00.
lreadstnffs MS'uillie, $67.00 to $68.00.. Hay—No.
�Tor'ont:o, Sept, 24. -Manitoba wheat, 2, per ton, car lots, $16.00. ' Cheese
—No. 1 Northern, $2.246; No. 21, --Finest eastcrns, 221/ to; 23c., But -
Northern, $2.21'/2 ; No.' 3 Northern, ter Choicest creamery, 455ye 19 46b.
82.171,e; No. 4 wheat, $1.11%, in Eggs --Selected, 53 to 54e; No. 1
store Fort William, not. including
tax.i stock, 490;No. 2
stock, 45 to
46c
Manitoba oa s—NO. 2 C.V,87c; Potatoes—Per Lacar lets $1.90 to
extra No. 1 feed, 88e, No, l;:feed, $2.00;, Dressed hogs—Abattoir kill-
ed, $28.50, Lard—Pure, wood pails,
20 lbs net, 311 to 33c.
83c; No. 1 feed, 81Yee, in store Fort
William. •
American corn--No.---3 yellow, kiln
dried, : nominal; No. 4 yellow, kiiny
dried, nominal.
Ontario 'oats,neti� '_ci o = No. 2
r p heavy steers, .,°,'9.5:00 to $16:00; choice
Lite Stock Markets
Toronto, Sept. 24. -Extra choice
white,,. 70 to 78e Nos- - white, 75 to heavy steer's; $14.50 to -..,',16.00; but:
77e, according to freights outside. chers' cattle, choice $12.7to $3.50;
Ontario wheat— 1p. 2, Winter, per do., good, 811.50 to 4$12.25; do., me -
car lot,. $2.31; No. 3 Winter, `$2.27; dium, $10.35 to $10.75; do., common,
No. 2 Spring, $2.20; No. 3 bprrng, $8.759 2ti butchers'
$%122, basis in store' Montreal. to $ . , zees bulls, choice,
Peas—No. 2, nominal $11.00 to $1t.25; "clo.,:medium 'bulls,
Barley -Malting, ;,titw crop, , $1.04
to. $1.06.
'Buolcwherrt--Nominal,
Rye -No. 2, nominal.
Pei --:Nominal.
Manitoba flour—Old crop, war
aaul.ity, $11.35, Toronto.
Ontario flour -• 'War quality to 150:00• do., corn. and med. 65:00
old crop, $10.85, in. bags, Moutreai to '$ 5.00. , j r T r 90'p0 ;
and Toronto, prompt shipment. $7ti p inbe.s, $ , to
T �? $7,50.00; light ewes, $13,00 to .$14.00;
.til-.feed—Car lots, dehverea Mont- yearlings,' $15.00 to $16.00; spring
real freights, bags' included: Bran,cagiest- Iambs,,• 17 to 17�;c; good to
836.40 per ton.; shorts, $41.40 per ton. choice, $14.00 to $17,75; hogs, fed
IIay --No.; 1, ,$19 to $20 per tor., and watered, 819.50 to ,$19.75; do.,
track Toronto; mixed, $1? to $18 per we heal 'off r•.ars •19.7 to: 820.00.
ton track. $ 5.
� .:�1�ontreal Sept, 24.—Choice "steers,
Straw—Car lots, $9 to $9.50. 11.75 to .12.50'; good steers, $9.00
to $11.80; common steers,- $8,00 to
$9.00; good cows, $8.00 to 89.75;
canners and cutters, $5.00 to $5.70;
bulls,$6.50 to $7.25; sheep, $11.00
to $3.00; milk " calves, 810,00 to
$14.00; grass calves, 87.00 to $8.50.
$10,25 to $10.60; do., rough bulls,
$7.50 to $8.50 butchers' cows, choice,
$r 10"::25 to' $1.1.00; dor, good, $9.,25 to
9.50; do., medium, $7.75 to $8.50;
do., common, $7.25 to $8.00; stockers,
$8.00 to ,$i0.50; feeders,. $10.50, to
$11.00 "canners and cutters, $5:50 to
$6.75- milkers; good to choice, 890.00
Country . Produce -Wholesale
Eggs, No. 1, candled, 48 to 49c;
selected, new' laid, 52 to 54c; cartons,
• 54- to .55e.
Butter --Creamery, solids, 454i to
46c; clo fresh made, 47 to 48c; choice
g dairy prints, 41 to 42c; ordinary dairy CANADA BEATS i91�" �'
prints, 38 to 40c; baker's. 6 to 38c. ,
Oleomargarine (best Oracle), 82 to SHIPBUILDING RECORD
24e.
Cheese—New, Iarge, 2314 to 24c; ' -1 tiespatcli from Ottawa, says:—
twins, 23§;, to 241/c; spring -made, .Canada has again smashed all records
large, 25',2 to 26c; twins, 26 to 26*,c. :for speed in wooden shipbuilding... The
Beans—Canadian, prime, bushel, latest feat has lowered this country's
$0.50 to $7.50. Foreign, hand-picked, ownmark by about 60 per cent,
bus'liel, $6.75 to 57. The "War Camchin.,": a wooden
Comb Bones---Cholecr 1.0 az. , 5 to i
$5.50 pCr doien; 12oc., $3,50 to •4 ship of 3,100 tons; built for the -Tm-
,pe d n seconds and dark coni, perial Munitions Board, was launched
o,,,[ t,, ;,2.75. bulk, 25 to :2ectr per
Maple Syrup—Imperial gallons,
2.25; 5 -gallon tins, $2.10 per gallon.
;tlaple sugar, per pound, 24 to 25c.'
Provisions—Wholesale
13ar•relled Meats --Pickled pork, $18;
mess pork. $47.
Green Meats—Out i of pickle, ' lc.
less than $ poked.
'Smoked meats -Rolls, 82, to 83e;
hams, medium, 38 to 39c; heavy, 80
to $lc; cooked hams, 53 to 64c; banks, held in Quebec,
lain,. 44 -to _45c; backs, boneless, 48 ----see-- .
4r 50e. Breakfast bacon, 42 to 41c,
-
ottage rails,„ 35 to 36e.
Dry Salted Meats -Lo ig' clears, in
• tons,- 30c; in eases, Se%e,, clear bellies --
28 to 281/2e; fat backe,'25e.: A. despateh From the British Front
Lard --Pure, tierces, 303u • to 31c; in 1Pranre cays•----A new' messenger.
tubs S0% to•31 ,qac; pairs, Si to 81%c; shell which is being aged by the Ger-
mans to -convey messages to isolated
units or from forward to rear lines
was shown to the writer on Wednes-
day. It has a bcad!•which can be un -
Montreal, ;&,pt. 24,--Oats.-Cana- screvved, into which ithe messsgc-is
+fan 'Western, ., lo. 2, $1.01 to 81.02; sestet.
by the Foundation Company Ship
Yards .at Victoria on August 31. In-
stallation of machinery commenced at
the Imperial Munitions Board's in-
stallation plant at Vietoria On Septem-
ber 3. The installation work was
completed in 121,f; working clays. On
September 1.7 a successful sea -going
trip was held. ' This vessel will com-
mence loading
om-mence.loading cargo within seven
days of the trief'lrip
The previous rcricrcl in Canada was
MESSAGES SENT BY CANNON
TO THE GERMAN BEAR LINES
rims, 32 to 821,ec. Shortening, tierces
ii1/to26c; .teils, 26 to 20i c; pans,
is to 63. e; 1.Ib. prints, 97 to 271,e c.
Montreal lbi ar•lte ie,
b
Changed Owners -This German ,freight car will not be of any further.
use to the, enemy. The soldier in the foreground pis a Canadian who is
cleaning his rifle,.
POISON WELLS -.
DURING RETREAT
DIABOLICAL, ORDERS ISSUED BY
GERMAN COMMAND
Dashing French Advance
to Wipe .Out Whole
District.
LOSSF;SH:REAVY..N.:,.
ST�1� G F� ST p�N�'�•
Allies Take 10,00() E mery and More Than fi0 Guns enc
Counter -Attack Everywhere Repulsed,
A `despatch from. 'sondem ,'Says: -'
'The prisoners taken by the .British in
the ' operations begun Wednesday
northwest of St. Quentin now -exceed
Flaig's
report on Thursday night.
More than sixty big guns were taken,
and further ground was captured,
Most of the fiighting was 'around
Gouzencourt..and to the east of Epely.
After a violent bombardment Wed-
ne'sday:. afternoon the Germans launch-
ed a series of desperate attacks to re-
gain their lost; positions, They were
everywhere beaten off. "Great num-
bers of
um-bers.;of German dead are lying before
our positions qn the whole front of
the enemy attack," says Gen. Haig. ly-drained resources of his command,
The important town of Conteseourt, for the next move undoubtedly belong -
southwest of St. Quentin, and .Castres;
near it, are both in the hand's of the
French, operating on the right of the
IBritish. Our allies have also reach
ed Benay,
A. despatch from the British Ameyextremely heavy, both in the early
in France says:—Despite the serious' fighting and in the numerous counter-
menace which the British established' atteeka which were thrown in toward
...'e-
over the Hindenburg line bytheir cap- night, in a'des rate 'attempt to Tee
P g` ,pe
ture of'ridges northwest of St. Quen- gain part of the lost ground. Ths.
tin, the Germans Thursday morning., whoa zone of the long battlefront to -
continued to nurse. their. grievances I day was strewn with dead, field-
,in.without renewing on a large scale; grey uniforms.
their costly counter-attacks of Wed
nesday evening.
Fighting still proceeded, partieular
ly on the extreme flank of the battle
front," where the British were cleanint
out strong points a,3zd strengthenini
their line, but the initiative reznaine(
entirely with them.
That the situation created by th,
British seizure of the long Iiinden
burg outpost line and. the clominatins
heights in front of it could not retriair
stationary for long seemed a fore-
gone conclusion, Wliether the enemy
would, essay further Heavy oounter••'
-attacks depended entirely on the bad
ed to the Germans, since they must
push the British back or 'continue to
live with the naked +swo°rd hanging,
over them ia this vital sector.
The enemy losses Thursday vete
of the well. This. shell contained toxic 'CANADIAN TROOPS --- '
gases. The German method is to make A.RRIV IN ENGLANI) I RAIU. PT •
such a shell explode directly they
evacuate a district, causing gasses A despatch: ;from Ottasays:.11
from the shell to drop to the bottom is officially 'announced thwarough the'' '
if a deep 'well. Chief Press Censor's Ofi'zce that the
The allied leaders would have stop E -
following troops have arrrved in t na
ped to drink, refugees would have re land: Infantry draft No. 111, Niagara, i
turned and -taken water from the wellOnt.; Infantry draft No, 120, 1st De-• i
for their own use and that of their pot Battalion, Eastern.Ontario Regi -1
cattle, so, the Germans planned, that mart, Kingston; Infantry draft No. i
packs Plot iii a very short time the people of die o
the whole district would slowly f 123, :1st Depot Battalion, 1st Quebec i
French Regiment, Montreal Infantry draft-
,• g
poisoning. Such are the methods of ii Re No '124 2nd 'Depot Battalion, 2nd
•i
nation which it t '
says means o im Quebec Regiment; Montreal; Infantry
If proof was ever wanting of the pose its alter on the world. - draft 'No. I3.1, 1st' Battalion, Mani
diabolical methods practiced by our toga Ree'biient, Winnipeg; Canadian
enemies in destroying villages and German Airmen Using Bombs. Railway Troops, Niagara; draft No.
towns by mines, poisoning; rivers and. More Than 13 Feet in Length 122, Engineering Training Depot,;I
end
: t - ,
falls .,i,r. generally m;:Eking life im- Brockville, Ont.; draft No. 125, En- ,
possible for returning refugees it is_,•; A despatch from the British Army gineer Training Depot St.. Johns,
surelyfound in a document w1 ieh has in France says:—Last gGerman ue draft No. 138,R.M.C. ofzcers;
Y nightQ ,.
just :faller. into the hands or a French airplanes were busy homking the eS;t. draft No. 127, Laval Canadian. Cal-
cines -en -al headquarters. i Quentin sector, and the enemy utilized cess' Training Corps; nursing sisters;
The- document colceip.s.-•the 108th a new type of planes, of huge size. Canadian .Army Dental.. Corps; de -
Battalion of German infantry and Three of these were shot down east
bears the date of September 5, 1918. of Peronne. They were capable of
The first part deals evith'toe systema-> seating eight hien. The` most as- LOSSES OF ITALIANS
tie destruction of all , barracks, gun- tounding'thing about them, however, ARE- OYER MILLION
pits,' and dugouts abandoned_ in re- was that they carried bombs thirteen
treating, further on it ostlers the 27th feet long,, which contained 2,000 A despatch from Rome, says: The
and 90 the German regiments to de- pounds of explosives. - This is by far losses in the Italian armies since
stroy the villages of Villeuquier, :Aut- the biggest bomb the Germans have Italy entered the war amount to 1,-
r
1
tails..
meet, Lequenot and others. Then it yet produced. 850,000 in killed anti perniafieiitiy dig-'
1 aUled according to a statc.mr.nt
beedeals wit i poisoning wells.
«the
All wells should be"poison^ d. Care , Fate of a Hungry Halibut. Treasury.rancesco Nitti, Minister of
should he taken that the bombs do not b Y u
,, I, A large halibut was captured under,
explode too soon; says the order. 'However," he declared, "after the
i peculiar circumstances by the crew
So that everyone might, no doubt, of a.' Scottish steam fishing boat. As war. Italy will be stronger than ever
be - held responsible, the docttnmentthe lines' were Using hauled a codfish ' in men, due to the cessation of emi-
ends: It* is the duty of everyone to on one of the hooks was followedto Oration. Our foltiesto-day are
pazticzpate -in the destruction of F in the labor field, for no fewer than
lie "snr:face by the Halibut, which
avails. 5 000 000 men have been called to
made several attenip the
• Devilish Plot Frustrated. cod. Then the halibut went' down out- arms since the begin/neg. of the
is to swallow
At, Merin -Court is a well which the of sight, but soon reappeared, com- tw'al'
Germans had preparaed to poison, but,, ing 'to the surface as the cod was be -1
the dashing French 'advance balked' ing hauled aboard.
when it ayes '.4 300,000 U. S. TROOPS
those who plotted this act of treach-;[within reach of the fishermen it was BY JULi� NEXT YEAR
ery. Around the top. of the well is a'[ caught by the clips that are used to '---'
small brick wall above ,which 'is a haul fish aboard, and after a struggle A despatch from Washington says:
sign in .German, "Do not driek this it was'safely landed on the fleck An briny of 1,800,000 by next July;
water.": While' at the foot•of the. well It weighed over 170 lbs.
is anotherinscri ztion readin • "Muni-
t g
tions to be blown up: The mine not to Food Production In Great Britain,
betaken away.". A cross -shaped shell More than 300,000 women are now
was obese to a;hole`smashed in a wall engaged on. the land in. Great Britai z.
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after all deductions have been made
for casualties and rejectiofis_is what
the .enlarged American military pro-
gram 'calls for, General March Meld to
the House Appropriations Committee.
;There are now about 3,200,000 men
under arms, General March said, and
the plan is to` call 2,700,000 of the
new draft registrants to ,the colors
between now,and July.
AMERICAN .SOCIETIES
WILL CELEBRATE YI'RES
A despatch from New York says:
A resolution to organizea commit -I
tee to co-operate with patriotic so
cieties throughout the country in the
celebration on November ' 9 of "Bri
tish Day" in commemoration' of the'
British defence 'of Ypres, which has
taken its place in history as one of
the 11 decisive battles of the world.
was unanimously adopted.
Musk is one product of world com-
merce in which China practically en-
joys a. monopoly. ?
Photographs of the graves of .Brit—
ish soldiers in France are only taken
on request of the relatives. over
60,000 of these requests„have been
'receivc+.d and complied With..
` . ,
.rti,o1G r' lNll,4! KIND Cl,'.:: n y 6• It;+, j, i led 11- 1 ) 1N1y - 1'hi
'i_LI.UNJ.�,E<IL ,I�jl it w,h'�a CIiAVdH1E� To Pai=�Y
estStee
BY TURKS
British EvaCuate Town and Re-
tire to North Persia.
A despatch -from London says:
Baku, in Trans-Ctzucasia, has been
evacuated liy the British, who have.
withdrawn their forces to r North
Persia.
The evacuation was made neces
sary, i i. is stated, because of the lack
of steadiness on the part of the Ar-
menian troops when they were at-
tacked by the Turks during August.
By " the end of that month itwasrealized that\ the co-operation of the
local Government and its forcesuffl
would, not be scienly effective to
justify the retention of the small
-British detachment in the face of
the numbers which the enemy could
collect.
On September 1 the evacuation
was : definitely decided upon, but on
the ..same day the Turks again at-
tacked and the allies .of the. British. ,
the reports state, again flailed to co-
, operate. The result was that l the
Royal Warwickshire .Regiment had
ter a It A i re,ire-
ment, and it feared that this force
lostheavily.
A small force of Russians arrived
at Baku on, September 9 to rein-
force the British. This, with the in-
activity of the enemy, tended to im-
prove the morale of the forces al-'
lied with the British, strengthening
their wish to hold the town. They
induced the fleet in the Caspian,
which was still in Russian hands, ,to
refuse permission for the British
evacuation, according to the adeices,
Meanwhile, it is added, the Armen-
ians were negotiating to hand the
town over to the enemy.
On September 14 the enemy
made a determined attack, and
after fighting that lasted '16 hours,
the brunt of which was borne by
the British, the account continues,
the latter evacuated the town.
SOME OF THE "CONTEMP T IBLES"
STILL FIGHING THE GERMANS
A. despatch from Paris say's:—The"
special correspondent of the Matin
on the ,British front, after referring
to the obstinacy and dash of the Brit-
ish soldiers, adds: "There might have
been noted -a unit of thissld regular
army which has known no rest during
the war and the story of whose epic
deeds well deserves telling.
3,000 LBS. . -.OF FLOUR
1.5 CONFISCATED)
A despatch from Regina says;
Chris. Alger, believed to be a German,
is, minus 3,000 lbs. of flour, which he
was found to be hoarding' in his house
south of Morse. The flour was con-
fisdated. Alger was fined $200, and.
thee Canada Food Board enriched
by -the proceeds of the sale of the
flour.
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