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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1916-1-13, Page 12y ^which the building re- sources of this country ' can best be used. Speaking broadly, it may he said that every dockyard, public or private, at home or in the Meditter- ranean, is being used either for new constructions or for repairing require- ments of ourselves and our allies. This being so, it is impossible to add to the magnitude of our preparations. The most we can do is to alter the character of the type of ship under construction, but nothing has yet oc- curred which would justify us in thinking that any serious error of judgment has been made in connec- tion with the type of ship under con- struction." NO WORK ON SUNDAY, SAYS LLOYD GEORGE "It Is Better to Work Overtime Dur- ing the Week," Ile Says, A despatch from London says: In a circular addressed to the Munition Manufacturers, David Lloyd George makes the suggestion, which is vir- tually acommand, that all Sunday la- bor should be abolished in all con- trolled establishments. "It is better," writes Mr. Lloyd George, "to work overtime during the week than to have Sunday work. The aim should be not to work over twelve shifts per fortnight, or twenty-four where dou- ble shifts are worked." This is the outcome of an investigation into the effects on production of munitions of continuous labor involving Sunday work, which resulted in the conclusion that the method tended to diminish rather than to increase the output, iNdeW 'rtWrn'1r1- ,, el • eight -column head an Friday morgjng prints the " following despatch from Washington: - "President Wilson has given Ger- many until Feb. 5 to state frankly to this Government whether it intends to disavow the attack upon the Lusitania with the resulting loss of 115 Ameri- can Iives. "It is impossible to state what, the President will do if the Kaiser fails to meet the demands within the pre- scribed time. The World has been ad- vised that he has decided upon a course that will be final, but it is unknown to any except himself and Secretary -Lansing, and neither will disclose the next move." FORM "RAT SQUADS." Britain Closes a Contract for Eight Hundred Ferrets. A despatch from London says: Fer- rets are the latest to be enlisted on the side of the Entente powers, The Bri- tish Government has just closed a contract for 800 ferrets to be sent to Flanders to kill the enormous number of rats infesting the British trenches: "Rat squads" are being organized. The demand for ferrets is becoming so great the price has risen from 25 cents to $1.25. BRITAIN DENIES STORY OF YARNS AS TO ADEN A despatch from London says: The Official Press Bureau on Thursday evening gave out a statement denying the truth of the reports contained in the Kolnische. Volks Zeitung's de. spatch from Cairo concerning the situ- ation at Aden. BRITISH SUCCESS IN EGYPT OVER THE SENHSS TRIBESMEN 4,5oo Arabs Were Engaged and They Were Driven Back Three Miles -Enemy Losses Nearly 700 A despatch from London says: Reu- ter's correspondent at Cairo, in a de.. spateh dealing with Gen. Wallace's victory over the Senussi tribesmen in WesterntEgypt last Sunday, says: "Four thousand five hundred west- ern Arabs were engaged and driven back three miles. The British casual- ties were 26 seen killed and 74 wound- ed. The enemy has about .150 men killed and 500 wounded.. "The Britishers marched out of Ma- truh Saturday to engage ;the enemy, who had been located by tttlators. The weather was .most unfav"rable, the storms rendering the ground very difficult to traverse. The Britishers bivouacked Saturday night at Brishola and marched out the following morn- ing. The two columns encountered the enemy, who then extended his right and left wings, endeavoring to envelop the British column. The Bri- tish drove off the attack after two hours, forcing the enemy back three miles from his camp at. Flazalin, which the British occupied at noon, the enemy then retiring rapidly westward, The British bivouacked three .milers west " of Brishola, after burning the,:. camp and stores." sprouted, smutty and tough, $1.01 o $1.06, according to sample; feed wheat, 90 to 95c. Peas -No. 2, nominal, per car lots, $1.80; peas, according to sample, $1.25 to $1.75. Barley -Malting barley, 63 to 65c; feed barley, 57 to 60c, according to freights outside. Buckwheat -Car lots, '78 to 79c, ac- cording to freights outside. Rye -No. 1 commercial, 92 to 93c; rye, rejected, 80 to 82c, according to sample. Manitoba flour -First patents, in jute bags, $7`.20; second patents, in jute bags, $6.70; strong bakers', in jute bags, $6.50,; Toronto. Ontario flour -Winter, $4.90 to $5.10, according to sample, seaboard or Toronto freights in bags, prompt shipment. Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mont- real freights -Bran, per ton, .$24; shorts, per ton, $25; middlings, per ton, $26;good feed flour, per bag, $1.75. Country Produce. Butter -Fresh dairy, 28 to 31c;. in- ferior, 24 to 25c; creamery prints, 33 to 36c; solids, 33 to 35c. Eggs -Storage, 29 to SOe per doz.; selects, 32 to 33c; new -laid, 40c, case lots. Honey Prices, in 10 to 60-1b. tins, 12 to 121/4e; combs, No: 1, $3; No. 2, $2.40. Poultry -Spring chickens, 17 to 18c; fowls, 13 to 14c; ducks, 17 to 18c; geese, 15 to 19c; turkeys, 23 to 26c. Cheese -Large, 19e; twins, 191/4c. Potatoes -Car lots of Ontarios quoted at $1.70 to $1.75, and New Brunswicks at $1.90 to $1.95 per bag, on track. Provisions. Bacon, long clear, 1611 to 16%c per lb. in case lots. Hams -Medium, 17% to 18%c; do., heavy, 1454 to 15e; rolls, 16 to 16%e; breakfast ba- con, 21 to 23c; backs, plain, 24 to 25c; boneless backs, 27e. Lard -The market is unchanged; pure lard, 14 to 14%c; compound, 12 to 121/4e. ° Montreal Markets. Montreal, Feb. 1. -Corn -American No. 2 yellow, 85 to 86e. Oats --Can- adian Western, No. 2, 56c; No. 3,55e; No. 2 local white, 511/ac; No. 3 loca white, 50%c; No. 4 local white, 491/4c. Barley -Manitoba feed, 62 to 68e; malting, 70 to 72e, Euekwheat, No. 2, 80 to 82e, Flour -Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $7.30; seconds, $6,80; strong bakers', $6.60; Winter patents choice, $6.50; straight rollers, $5.80 to $5.90; do., bags, $2.75 to $2.85. Rolled oats-o.- 13bls., $5.25;. do., bags, 90 lbs. $2.50. Bran, $24. Shorts, $26, Middlings, $28 to $30. Monilhe, $81 to $88. Flay --No. 2, per ton, ear lots, $20 to $20.50. Cheese -Finest i est westerns, 18% to 1810; finest easterns, 18 to 181e. Butter -Choicest creamery, 34 to 36e; seconds, 82% to 3$e, Eggs - Fresh, 40e; selected, 38ct No. 1 stock, 30c; No. 2 stock, 28e,,, P tatoes-Per bag, ear lots, $1,85 to $1,00. 1r $1.3314. L' , "£day, $1.d ; July, Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Feb. 1 -Handy .. choice steers, $7.49 to $7.85; butchers', good, $6.85 to $7.40; do., medium, $6.40 to $6.85; do., common, $5.'75 to $6.40; heifers, choice, $7.10 to $7.50; do., good, $6.60 to $7; do., medium, $5.75 to $6.60;, butchers' cows, choice, $6 to $6.60; do., good, $5.60 to $6; do., medium, $5.10 to $5.60; do., bologna, $4 to $4.75; feed- ers, 900 to 1,100 lbs., $6 to $6.75; do., bulls, $5 to $5.25; stockers, choice, 750 to 900 pounds, $6 to $6.50; do., medium, 650 to 760 lbs., $5.50 to $6; do., light, $4.75 to $5.50; cutters, $4 to $4.75; canners, $3 to $3.75; milkers, choice, each, $80 to $100; do., medium, $55 to $80; Springers, $60 to $100; calves; veal, good, $9 to $10.75; do., medium, $6 to $9; do.,. common, $5.50 to $6; do., grass, $4.50 to $5.50; Spring lambs, cwt., $10.50 to $12; cull lambs, $8 to $8.50; yearling sheep, $8.50 to $9.50;. sheep, ewes, light, $7 to'$8.25; do., heavy, and bucks, $6 to $7; do., culls, $3 to $4.50; hogs, fed and watered, $9,75 to $9.80; do., light and heavy, $9.25 to $9.35; do., f.o.b., country points, $9.40 to $9.45; sows, fed and water- ed, $7.25 to $9.30. Montreal, Feb. 1. -Cattle were half a cent higher per 100 pounds, at from $5.50 to $7.50. Hogs were quoted at $10.35, sheep at 5 to 7c a pound, and calves, milkfed, at 8 to 9c and grass- fed at 41/4 to 5%c. e;. "THESE HANDS CLEAN," ASSERTS THE KAISER The Kaiser Sepds Characteristic Mes- sage to Bavarian King. A despatch from Berlin says: Re- plying to a message of birthday con- gratulations from King Ludwig of Bavaria, Emperor William sent the following' telegram: "Receive my heartiest thanks for your friendly congratulations on my, birthday. Trusting in God, in the will of our heroic troops to win the vie - tory, and the spirit of self-sacrifice of the entire German people, we can look forward with confidenee to a victori- ous end of the bloodiest struggle of all times. All hostile assaults will break to pieces upon the power of a clean conscience, with which Germany, to gether with her faithful allies, is wag- ing war for the existence of honor and liberty." .,1. 800,000 FRENCIEI SOLDIERS IlAVE BEEN KILLED A despatch from Bristol says: M. Longuet, a 'tench Socialist deputy, who addressed the Labor Conference on Thursday, nn being questioned re- garding the 1 tench losses, said that soldier had 800,000 ., a been killed, that 1,400,000 had,been wounded, and that 800,000 had ba,n taken prisoner. 111 1,11 1 - . een real( u 11 time the women rose in the galleries and sang "0 Canada" with great heartiness. Then they sang "For They Aro Jolly Good Fellows," refering to the members of the House. Not to be outdone, the members rose and re- plied in the like manner. PREVENTS . DESTRUCTION' OF SHIPS FROM MINES New Invention Offered. to the British Admiralty. A despatch from Copenhagen says: An apparatus which, it is claimed, will prevent the destruction of ships by torpedoes or mines has been invented by Frantz Poulsen, engineer. The de- tails are withheld, but the principal featureis said to be a device for di- verting the pressure on ships' sides of the air masses formed by the ex- plosion. The invention has been offered to the British Admiralty, which has promised to test it at the earliest possible time. : I BRITAIN CALLS SINGLE MEN UNDER THE DERBY SCHEME A despatch from London says: Sin- gle men of .the ages from 27 to 80 years, enrolled under Lord Derby's enlistment scheme,will be called out February 1 German temporary field railvq been washed away. The Germ.; working waist -deep in the wate ing to extricate their guns, ken( up a heavy and protective rifle meanwhile. "It is said that the washing of a bridge at Lida, governmeS- Vilna, caused the wreck of a ,u.; train, in which 100 persons were or injured. "Where are many cases of :L among the prisoners taken o _ front." Fort William Street and Steam. - way Schedules Are Sugerin;--1I A. despatch from Fort W7 --s says: Not for seventeen year Fort William been snowbound t..4 extent it is now. Over four feet snow ~have fallen since Christmas the big storm of Thursday 'has moralized all street railway ad sti road 'schedules. The streets of city . are like canyons, huge pile snow as , (high as the head of a man being piled on each side. C. train No. 2 from Winnipeg for ronto arrived at 10 o'clock Fr morning, twelve hours late, and 1 ed by five engines A REAL SNOWSTORM. GERMANS AD IT THE LOSS 4 , F THEIR GREATEST RAT AT Was Killed in .Recent Expedition, in VVhicii Town of Nancy Was Bombed A despatch from Berlin says: The two German air squadrons which shelled Nancy on Monday, as reported by the German headquarters staff, says the Overseas News Agency, dropped over 150 bombs on the town and the fortress. The news agency adds: "The German aviation corps •1 in this connection the loss of Boehme, who was several tiro in the headquarters report. Boehme fell to the ground at helm, in Alsace. The aviator stantly killed." DRAFT FRENCF WOMEN FOR REAL ARMY WOR A despatch from Varis says: "Wo, men must replace auxiliary soldiers in the army clothing stores, uniform repair shops, hospitals and, so far as possible, in the . shell -making fee- tories," says Gen. Gallieni in a state- ment made public. Thursday evening. Rigid instructions to this effect, havo been sent to the military authorities throughout France, "An initial experiment in tentativ$, ly replacing men with women," Gen, Gallheni says, "has proved completely I successful, especially in office work, in the 1Vlinistries. The time has come to draft the women for real army work."