The Exeter Advocate, 1919-10-16, Page 7BRITAIN'S NET WL:. S IN
TONNAGE TOTALS 3,443,012.
Building, Buying and Seizing of Ships Cut Down the Gross
Amount of 9,031,828-1 4,000 of Heroic Marine
Service Were ..Killed; 1 519 Are on: the.
Honor List For Bravery;
The twenty-sixtt a annual report of The mercantile marine not only fed
to linnex°ial Merchant Service Guild, people of the allied nations during the
ntlY tssueci• in Liverliaool, sows war, but supplied the armies and the
14,000 effleets and men of the navies with guns and ammunition. In
x'itish Mercatlle Pdaxine gave up addition the big liners like the Ol
jr ives fortheir country in the evat �, g p
re are 1,519 names en the honor ie, Baltic, Germania, and Carania ear -
list for bravery'coolness and intrepid Tied thousands. o1 tons of oil fuel for
silt in time of danger ass sea and on the British Navy.
isliore, M the head of the lies of
decorated offceers in the Royal Naval
Reserve list stand the name of Lieut.
fletrold Auten, D. S, b., who won the
"Victoria. Cress, and tie head oi' the
long bravery list le Captain Frank 13..
blaret, commander of the Atlantic
4iansport liner Minnehaha, whose ship
ileitis hit by two torpedoes and went
down in leas than four minutes in Sep-
tember, 1917, oft the southwest coast
Of Ireland. In this disaster fifty-six
irf the officers and crew were drowned.
The citation reads: "For extiaodin-
ftry heroism and ,presence of mind
When his ship was sunk by the efaemy.i"
Captain Claret saved eleven of his
firemen and eailora whowere helpless.
in the water by swimming with them
to a life raft. The survivore presented
to him a marble clock as a token of
slid r appreciation of his gallant con -
The 1,519 decorations awarded to Bayes, D,S,O,, of the White Star liner
the merchant service leclucle 0 Vic- Olympic, who ,sank two submariners
toric Crosse«, 80 Dlstingaiishecl. Ser- off Portsmouth on May 12, 1918, and
-Vice Orders, 87 Orders of the British carried nearly 800,000 ti oops across
E3npire; 410 Di'stinguis'hed Service the Atlantic and to Muros, In the
Crosses,' 18 bars to the D,S.C,, 38 Mediterranean without losing a man,
Awards from the Freud' Government, although that line had some marvel -
853 mentioned in dispatches, 270 corn ously narrow escapes, as the German
-Mended for services, and. 257 other submarine commanders were making
decoratiions. special efforts to sink her.
CMArlailngS FL Ittg BELGIAN' INDUSTRY
RAPIDLY REVIVING
Transport 600 Men to °demi
Liner in Spite of Railway
A. despatch frons Loudon sayer she
recent railway stzilke brought out
smart piece of Canadian resource and
organization at Buxton depot.
On Sunday 400 men were to join the
Belgie at Liverpool and a special train.
had been arranged for Saturday morn-
ing, but on Friday evening it was can=
celled. Col. Hanson, commander, and
Count Ittaii PlAt to he the
First in gur'ope ti .R@e3.0Vell
Frain Waes Ravages,
Belgium, the first ceuixtlf ovettirrtt
by the Germans, bids fah' to hd fitd
first to rehabilitate herself. Her basic
indw,triee are rapidly g!etting back to
normal and Beni erno is
el •eemrnod,'•,,
ilea giii 'Ilse lignin' of the armistice
herre been eb E eenn rate, which'
his staff, not to be beaten, however, ineieetee that within a reeeenaele time
Stony Indian Chiefs, oldest of their tribes, smoking the Pipe of Peace began to organize a road transport, Belgium 'will he stan�''ng en her own
Thirteen officers of the merchant inehPo fine of
the youthful. Morning Star, otherwise known as and, with the assistance of Capf, feet In the ,commercial world.
service were serving during the war new chief, i Smythe, of a local voeinteer detach- "The feel mines ei• Belgium were
.in the navy taken from the Royal p ment, it was all flied up in four hours not damaged? the report says, "as the
Naval Reserve, and there were 78,000 from Manolie:,ter end London. By invader meant to keep them, but they
firemen and sailors 20,000 men in the kly Market Report �� Saturday rimming the lorries were all
suffered a
s" on hand. Saturday bowing brought ti7eaF and tear, Irrar'-
Government transports, and 36,000 ticuIarly upon their hoisting cables/
coastwise sailors and firemen in the par -
news that the last :non wee ,^ aboard the p-hi„h have to be =egla{e:l. The output
teawlers which were doing duty as Brea lstuffs. to 31c; turkeys, 40 to 45e ducklings, Belgic. ' at the g r<rr nF; of 1919 vas 60 per
Toronto, Oct,. 14, --Manitoba wheat 84 t , 35e; squabs, doz., $6.00. At chic farewell ceremony at Bus -
minesweepers -
minesweepers and submarine chasers. —No. 1 Northern, 82.80; No. 2 North-� Live poultry -.-Spring chickens, 22 ton on Thursday last, Col. Hanson cant. tri' „nee.,
pr -./a.. #t=, '•. li is rlo�s!
The report states that the official ern, $2,27; No. 3 Northern, 1;2,23, in. to 2t1; fowl, 23 to 25c; ducks, 22 to 25e..1 planted a melee tree commemorating 84 itr'cent, -
figures' show that the total British store Port William, Banns --Canadian hand-picked, bus., the Canadians' leng and intit<2atr as "The two etal,fieg wags delayed the
gross tonnage sunk by the enemy Manitoba onto—No, 2 CW, 80%e;, .15.25 to *5,75; primes. $t.25 to 84.75; - „town.comelete restoretton o£ this ineustr�'
amounted to 9,031,828, and the gain No. 3 CW, 77a3e; extra No. 1 feed,' «pans, $•1.75 to $5; Importe<#, hand- socia�xan with ---re-----
the�viz,, leeuffle er.ey of transport and
in the way of new construction, ton- 78%e; No.. 1 feed, 76?ec;;.Ne. 2 feed, Pit'; ed, Burma, 34; Ia:mas,�15 to I6e. , diminution of the productive carnet,
74 /sc, in store Port Wi..1am. T_ oz,ey--1✓xtraeted clover, 5 -ib. tins, ➢reet , `tri ship ,�ery ce tf the wvt siert, are grFdeially disap,
nage purchased abroad, and enemy 24 to 2�ic"' a
tonnage captured was 35,588,816, leave Manitoha barley—No. 8 CIY,: , 10 -Ib. tins, to e; SO -Ib
Canada , I cc may pcarir: ;, , n<# we feel that we can say
ing the net loss of British tonnage at $1'83 ; Ne. 4' CW, 81.25%i; rejected, tins, ,�•� to.24e; huekivheat, 00 -Ib. tins, __. we .hail soon math the pre-war fig
9,443,012, Yvlliclx 1e nearly double the
$1.14%; feed, 31.14%, in store Fort 1n to title, 8orr5b, 16 -oz., 44,50 to $5 A despatch from zlantxeal says: -- tree, es far as total Dili tis eon
iVilliam, d z., 1 oz., ti..,.,,0 to $4, dozen, py
tet loss of the other world tonnage. American coin►_ .No. 3 yellow, nom-=1;cipie products—Syrup, per imper- With the arrival of the steamer Ranen. cerne:i. Belgium ,is atrru:ly Bale to
$o far on tho ]fist of honors, only one final. No. 4 yellow, nominal, sal gallon, $5.1.5; per 5 imperial tial- fjord in this port the estabii hm.•nt of deport coal to her neighbors to the
knighthood has been awarded to the. Ontario eats—No, 3 white, 84 to bus, 33; Sugar, ib., 27 to 28e, direct steamship serti ace hz t�veen following amatint� t Throe hundred
British Mercantile Marina, and the 86c, according to freights outside. Provisions—Wholesale. ('µnada and Norwegian lone weenies tl il3,eoi4 tins nza;xr h1y to Frar.;•e, 50,a
recipient was Captain Bertam Fox Ontario evheat-'- No. 1 Winter, per Smoked meats -Tums, med. 43 to an accomplished fact. Hill verge has Octri to Itsryly, 10,r+(i0 to f1cs11ar.,I anti
oar lot .Ito 32.06• No. 2 do, $1.97 to 44c; do, heavy, 36 to 38e; coo.kecl, 56 Bean hoal.o�l, consisting at cereals, . 50=ni,(i to Switzerlan.l, = eine, a total
$2.03; `Na, 8 da, $x.93 to $1.99, f.o,b. to 59c; rolls, 33 to 35e; breakfast rovisions, radiators, canned •ooe.of 410,0(30 tons rnrnt ly, or 4,9201;00
slipping points, according to freights, bacon, 46 to a0c' baclts 35c; breakfast
48 to a les etc:. h ��s .^°c,� 11 }'early. Thhi a ores to Be:elm a
Ontario wheat—No. 1 Spring,$2.02 p pP e 1 rt, oils izi :�c,i • ye,arI; #rraina me -a then 2f u,04iU,-
tolitJe • iionele�s, 53 to 55c. way will he Trondlijem, Bergen, St:" -
No 23 8S 2 Spring, 31.99 to 32,05; &red meats --Long clear bacon, 32 "ranger and f'hrietiania, the P..r=t- 0(i1t francs, a rather imperrtart actor
Spring, 3190 to 32.01, f.o.b. to 23e; clear bellies 31 to 32e. toward the re;ttsl 3lit!ition of ha ex -
shipping points, according to freights.
Lard—Pure tierces 30 to 30ri•c; named port Acing the he .clquarterr of ' twinge.
Barley—Malting, $L29 to 31.82, ac-
cording
tubs, 3111 to "1e; pails, "00/ to 31?; e• the, Norwegian Food Controller. "Our iron :von c^ suffered .li :n= ri1-
cording to freight's outside. prints, 3114 to 32c. Compound tierces; �' 1
Buckwheat --Nominal. 2 air . , , .r. ,, . it „anal destruction. Several .;r, n-
3 7 to .7 a, tuns, :,i sto .8r; pails flay �3s1-ie Eight Years be neee:easy for comelete r,eer, ,.1-
Rye—Nominal. 27 to .28aic; prints, 29 to 291c.
Manitoba flour—Government stand- t0ieEtii� F'iY til M1I1@:n though work is a:reuaiy en -le: ^ :p
ard, 311, Toronto, lioxxtreal llarket�. _-. everywhere, er.., r� ;{t is beInr; coons -.l en
Ontario flour—Government stand- Montreal, Oct. 1 k.- (13tsp-I:�:tri a 11 deap.zteh frim P, ri i r a3 i s P,3 w1.h gie :t energy. In ?.:1A 1. the,.
ard, Montreal and Toronto, 39.40 to Na 1 fee'i, ,03?he, "'we—New .441111- i cornnilssion t;f German i :posts whiz veru fifty-two Mast ft rnaees in Bel-
ard Q
39.60, in jute bags, prompt shipment. ard gi ic3e, $11 to 811,10. Rolled oars; have rsuitel the rxires of northern; (titsm, ph -hieing 2,:i11.f 00 t oo tf< ;it;
1lixllfeed--Car lots,delivered Mont- 134,45 to ,.5. Than, ,, v; o
Sr:r-rt, iia• Hay, No. 2, per ton, car- Prance. which were devastated during , iror, twenty-three of these were to•
real freights, bags included: Bran, peg lote. $ i to 3,,3y Cheese, finest east-' the war, believe that it will take Iron. to Iy destroyed and sen ,v%ra se.io;�sly
ton, 345; shorts, per ton, $55; good
feed flour, per bag, 53.50, o erns, 25e; butter, choicest creamery, two to eight years to restore them to ; damrg 1. Rapaere axe, of ceur c, very
Hay --No, 1, per ton, 324 to $25•. 58 to 59e; eg;a, fresh, 6e.e; selertwl, their former eouditiont aecordiuq to difilcalt. Nine f rnacea ere now ;vorlc-
mixed, per ton, 318 to 321, track, To(33e; No. 1 stock, Z6 to 57c; No. 2 ':' Tl:e Gaulols. ing.
ronto. stock, 53 to 54c; potatoes, per bag, car _ ,- - ' Agn'culture neyer safl'ered durir.
Straw—Car lots, per ton, 310 to $11, lokilled, 31.40.
5.:50 Dressed
326. hogs—Abattoir ard ure, His Job. the war, except in the war issue. The
track, Toronto, wood ails, 20 lbs. net, 30 to 301/2c. yield of this years deep will he aisnoti
Country Produce --Wholesale, FA politician, who is a great walker, equal to that of normal pre-war years.
Live Stock Markets. was out enjoying his favorite recrea- Lands lying in the war zone and de-
Butter—Dairy, tubs and rolls, 38 to Toronto, Oct. 14.—Choice heavy tion. After going a few miles he sat vastated by shell fire will be taken
40c; prints, 40 to 42c, Creamery, steer,, $13 to 313.50; good heavy down to rest.
fresh made solids, 52 to 521,4c; prints, steers, 312.50 to 312,75; butchers' cat- "Want a lift, mister?" asked a good- by the Government, which will take
53 to 53' c. tla, choice, $12 to $1 ,50; da, good, natured farmer driving that way over the farms, work them, and finally
Egg --53 to 56c, 311.25 to 311.50; do, med., $10 to ., „ turn them back to their original owDressedn-
311.2o
$ Thank you, responded the polio- ars in good condition.
25 to 30c; poultry—Spring
2�5c;. for 1 i 20e to ehaice, 310 to 31'0.50; do,$mel. $9150 elan. "1 will avail myself` of your of- `:;Stan of therailways,
the
25c; ducklings, 25 to 30e; turkeys, 35 to 39.75; do, rough, 37.50 o $8; butch- ter." Germans were forced tioretreat,n era
to 40e; squabs, dor., 34.50. er cows, choice, $10.25 to 310.75; do, The two rode on in silence for a destro'ed, but rapid progress has been
Live poultry—Spring chickens, 22 good, 39 to 39.25; do, med., $8,50 to while. Presently the farmer asked: made in restoring the roads to work.
to 25c; roosters, 20e; fowl, 18 to 25e; $9; do, come 37 to 7.50; stockers, 37,50 "Professional man.?"
ducklings, 20c; turkeys, 35e. to $10; feeders, 310 to 311.23; canners "Yes," answered the politician who ing condition. Germany has replaced,
Cheese—New, large, 28 to 29e; and cutters, 35 to 36.255; milkers, good was thinking of a bill he had pending to a great extent, the rolling stack
twins, 28ee to 293 e; triplets, 29 to to choice, 3110 to $150= do, com. and before the I•Iouse, After another long ;tnic}t the sari taken away, and pine"
30e; Stilton, 31 to 82e. med., 365 to 375; springers, $90 to tzeally all the stationary equipment
Butter—Fresh dairy, choice, 47 to $150; light ewes, 38 to 39; yearlings, pause life farmer observed: has been so far restored as to provide
49e; creamery prints, 56 to 58c. 39 to 310; spring lambs, per cwt,, `lou cin t a lawyer, or you'd be slow transportation of freight, about
Margarine -33 to 38c. $13,755 to $14.25; calves, good to tallin'; you ain't a doctor, 'cause you as in normal t • ri•
mes. On the main Iine..
Eggs—No. l's, 57 to 58c; selects, choice, 317.50 to 321.50; hogs, fed and ain't got a bag, and you airet a preach- passenger traffic is already quite as
61 to 52c. watered, 318; do, weighed off cars, er, from the looks of you. What is
Dressed poultry—Spring chickens, 318.25; do, f,o,b., 317; do, do,. to farm- your profession?" intrusive and as rapid as before the
80 to.35c; roosters, 23 to 25e; fowl, 30 ers, $16.75._
"I am a politician,,' was the reply. ware' _, _,—�
The farmer gave a snort of disgust. „... e--
T'ho Value of the Bee's Sting,
' _ Politics ain't no profession; politics
` �� is a business," said he: Mr. W. T. Reid, the late president
� f, of the British Bee-KeepingAssocia-
°
v0i>,oa tion, Iiresidiiig at a lecture in connec.
,....."1%�1 Good Roads the Concern of AIT, tion with the scientific exhibitor in
Road improvement is fundamentally London, said he had recently made a
an economic problem and affects discovery about the sting of the bee
either directly or indirectly our en- which was very facial as a cure for
tire citizenship, regardless of whether certain forms of rheumatism. Re
its nienibers live in the country, the found that the poison of the bee was
town or the crowded city; regardless an almost infallible test as to whether
of whether they drive a pleasure car, a person was likely to succumb under
a lumber wagon, or walk the streets an anesthetic. If a person suffered
��x e �� of the tenement district. The great- from a certain form of nervous weak-
est direct benefits will carie to the nese a bee sting on the hand would
users of the road; but in each in- cauee a large swelling and affect the
stance there are indirect benefits glands of the body. That person
reaching a greater number of people, ehotild not be operated upon.
and hence of greater importance final-
ly than the direct benefits. A Job Well Done.
LEP FAIR .NF1 �, . �.�.;PARING FOR
VA UA LE INDEX NEW VICTORY LOAN
Exhibition • Afforded Idea of Many Active Workers Volun-
Conditions in Germany. teer Services For the Big
A despatch from London say:si—A Campaign.
Valuable index of industrial and con-,
Reports from chairmen of the Pro-
mercial conditions in Germany after vincial Committees all through the
the war ie afforded by a report com- country indicate that the Victory
munic.lted to ve Daily News by a
a Loan organization is getting warmed
tralified observer who attended the
up for the campaign. A notable
recent great fair at Leipzig. The feature is that voluntary effort is
whole fair showed the desire of the
German nation to work and recover proving available to an extent which
(itself, but everywhere one was struck compares favorably with the previous
with he hopeless dependency of Ger- campaigns. In the Province of Ont-
Many on foreign raw materials and an arid, for instance, it .is reported that
increased cost output, in fact, with already, out of the 62 county chairmen
for last years campaign, acceptances
german glass, pottery, textile, leather, foto acting in the same capacity this
toy and many other industries closed year have been received from 43 of
tlowxx or operating at five per cent, or them, while others are not yet heard
ten per cent. of Choir normal output, from finall • while a few of course find
due to the inability to buy raw mater- 3
tale tit the present value of the mark, that special circumstances this year
the fair gave direct evidence of Ger- do not leave them as free to act as
many', very difficult position, they were in previous campaigns.
Frons conversation with the ex British Columbia reports that volun-
hibitors the impression was gathered tory workers are available in large
that nearly all branches of German ttumbexs, while the campaign in that
Industry are on the verge of bank- provinee has a strong military flavor,
xett due,t with Bri Gen. Odium as vice -chaff
ptcy� o the short- g r-
age of, coal, and secondly, to the loss man for the province and Brig. -Gen.
of export trade, which carries with it Clark, chairman for the ctity of Vic -
inability to purchase the much-needed toria and the island district, It is
foreign raw materials.
reported that there is a growing ap-
To assist in forcing a wedge into predation throughout the country of
foreign markets German manufactur the necessity for making the loan an
cis have concentrated en new mechan- abundant success in order that there
ical devices and novelties, which were may be no setlback to the prosperity
much sin evidence at the fair, of the country.
Most of the German representatives 0
nos inclined to the opinion that they King of the Belgians Ran
would recover their export trade Engine, on Royal Train
through American and neutral buy-
ers. Much as they would prefer to A despatch from Chicago says:—
re-establish their pre-war trading con- The King of the Belgians ran the en -
election with England, they feel that gine of his train for ten miles. The
at present, because of English hostil- train on which the King and his party
Ity towards them, they had better con are travelling westward was stopped
eeutrate on American and the neutral at Wauseon, Ohio, while his Majesty
nations surrounding Germany. Prices climbed into the cab of the engine and
*re approximately from 200 to 300 pea took over the throttle from the grimy
tent above' their pre-war level. " pilot. '
The King, who has a thorough
knowledge of locomotive engineering,
Peace Treaty Awaiting ran the heavy train for ten miles with -
The King's proclamation out a jolt. Then he stopped the en-
gine and returned to his car..
Rustproof Steel.
A despatch from London says:—
Great Britain's ratification . of the
Peace Treaty, the Foreign Office says,
awaits only the King's • proclamation.
Ali. the Dominions have ratified the
treaty, the .Australian House on Sep-
tember 19 and the Senate. ,
By adding about 12 per, cent. of
chromium to mild carbon steel an Eng-
lish inventor has brought out a metal
foe tableware that is said to be rust
and tarnish proof.
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The patient is having trouble with his
that doesn't seem to be recuperating.
convalescence. One want hero
Boost Cheerily,
The clouds hang dark o'er land and
sea,
The day is drear—Ah, fine! Ah, me!
But why despair when shadows come,
And sit around so dour and glum?
Go to your work and make it hum --
Don't be a grouch ---Boost cheerily!
All Arranged,
"But are you sure your wife don't
mind you bringing me home to take
pot -luck?"
r"Quite sure, old chap. Why, we were
arguing it out for nearly half an hour
this morning."
An old sailor approached a ia`: ter
for a meal one day, saying he was
willing* to work.
"I will give you a meal," said the
farmer, "if you will round up those
sheep on the common there and drive
them into the fold."
In three hours time the sailor came
back looking hot, but happy.
Glancing over the gate in tho field,
the farmer saw the sheep safely in the
fold. "There's a hare sitting ap
among 'em," he exclaimed,
-Do yau mean that little fello-
there?" asked the sailor, "Why, that's
the littIe beggar who gave me all the
trouble. I thought it was a lamb,"
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