HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1916-9-21, Page 2THIRD GERMAN LINE IS
SMASHED BY THE BRITISH
Haig's Troops Pierce, Shatter and Occupy the Enormous Thiep-
val-Combles Barrier.
Markets Of The World
1�*..o. 1 Northern, $1,653t. No. 2 Northern,wheat-
No. ; 1' o. 3 Northern, 31,601 ; No.
wheat, toba5oats aoNo. Bay ports.
'03c ; No.
3 C.W.. 65Io ; extra No, 1 feed, 66�re ;
No. 1 feed, 65c, tracic Bay ports,
American corn -No, 3 yellow, 9230,
track Toronto.
Ontario oats --•New, No. 2 white, 51 to
53c; No. 3 white, 60 to 62c, according to
freights outside.
London, Sept, 15.. The British tore closer. The French War Office an- $e 93itot $i.36i;eaito, i° coxume[ota1N,°ii;
wide open the enormous Thiepval- nounces that General Foeh's troops to $1.28_,_. No, 2 commercial, $1.21 to.
Combles salient. In a twelve-hour took a system of German trenches $1. 24 : 1\'0. 3 eommerctal, $1.x1 to $1.20,
aecordin t'o fr.efe•lits outsido,
battle on the eight -mile front from 500 metres deep north of Le Prieze Peas -No. 2, $2.00 to 89.1o, according
Thiepval to Ginchy, in the face of farm, which fell into their hands yes- to13L i tetivlaleinKe' SO to 87o nominal
twelve hundred of the Kaiser's most terday. The British took by storm a feed, 80 to sec, nominal; according to
powerful guns• --1.50,• to a mile -they group of German trenches south of freights outside.
Buckwheat -Nominal, according to
stormed, pierced, shattered and 'then Rancourt, two miles from Peronne. freights outside.
occupied that stretch of the German South of the Somme they captured • 1 R ommoo. • 2 n w. 1 is to $1.15
; No.
front north of the Somme which three Teuton trenches near the vil-1 Breis pts outstae,
hitherto had acted as a block to their lage of Berny-on-Santerre, taking 200' bags, Manitoba ; (second piatents tin utenbag
advance on Combles and. Bapaume.' prisoners. 1 $8.10 ; strong baker's', in jute bags,
The barrier broken down, Sir Douglas . Apart from the results scored, the $7.30, Toronto.
Haig's troops pushed considerably be-' resumption of the British part in the , to sninpie, 3c 25,hT 1 ags 1 tiere'k,aTOronto
yond it to the north-east, carrying the Somme drive was remarkable for i)rOnhle s$� 9snenrtt 'til new,b according to
menace of the Somme drive almost as 1 two features. Never before has an shipment. " ' bulk pard, prompt
ominously close to Bapaume as it is to attack been. marked by such close and ttillteect-ear lots, de1iverea Montreal
Combles and Peronne. successful co-operation bythe "eyes , fi eights• bags included -';ran, per ton,
p $-S shorts, pec ton, $30 ; middlings,
The end of the fighting saw the , of the army,"the aviators. The clash ' pe" ton, $30 ; good feed flour, per bag,
British in possession of practically : of the infantry legions on the blood- ; $2In:v-New, per on, $10 to Kis : No. 2.
all andthetehigh Albert-Pozieiround cesnl'a sones battlesoaked
ro alnd inwas
the air. accompanied
Brit sh j peStra[w $C'[ii' lots, pe cit n, $7o to $s,
p y track Toronlo.
highway. Three villages-Flers, Mar- I fliers were met by a cordon of Teuton
tinpuich and Courcellette-and High aviators, and two air fleets vieing I country Produce -wholesale.
Wood, were completely captured, as : with one another in daring, tenacity ; Rutter -Fresh dairy, choice, 30 to 32c ;
was the greater part of Bouleaux ! and skill. The British, according to : inferior, 24 to 25c ; creamery prints, 35
Wood. The powerful German redoubt • the night report from headquarters, i t°Egg-ivew.laid.t343 to 36c ; do., car -
called "Wunderwerk" (Wonder work), proved their superiority. Thirteen: tODressed poultry -Chickens, 25 to 27c :
because of its supposed impregnabil- ; German machines were destroyed; fowl, 1S to 20c ; ducks, 18 to 2.0c.
Sty, was taken by storm in the turning ' nine others were brought down in a ; fowl, 14 to lLive ac ; disci s, 13 'to 16c o 18C ;
of the salient's tip near Thiepval. ; damaged condition. The British lost ; Cheese-New,large, 213 to 22o ;
More than 2,300 prisoners were talc- ;four. : twins, 218 to 215e ; triplets, 213 to 22c.
en, includin • 65 officers. i 1 12.1Honey-Extra3c 6 lb. tins,e ,l12lto�i2j o : 10-lb.tins,
g Cheered as They Charged.
The day was the most successful ; tins, 113 to 12c ; 60-1b., 11 to 11#c.
The second spectacular feature of Comb honoy, select, $2.40.to $2.75 ; No.
for the British since the initial phase the battle was the introduction by the i 2• $2 to $2.25.
of the Somme battle. For three days ' potatoes-Ontarlos, $2,25 ; British
British for the first time of a new Columbia Rose, per bag, 32 : New Bruns -
their infantry had enjoyed compare- ;type of armored motor car, whose wick, coblers, per bag, $2.35.
Live rest, while the artillery paved the Deans -Hand-picked, 35.30 ; primes,
way for the new crush. powerful traction enables it to cross: $5.
trenches and shell craters as if going
French Co-operated. over smooth ground. A number of Provisions -Wholesale.
smoked meats -Rams, medium. 24 to
The French, though not launching : these new "wonder machines" whir -26c : do., heal y, 22 to .28c ; cooked. ss
an attack on a large front, worked `red into the battle with the infantry to 37c ; ti•reakrast bacon, 25 to 27c ;
hand-in-hand with the British in ` and in the midst of the hail of shell ;2cks, Wain, 26 to 27e ; boneless, 23 to
drawing the ring around Combles still; the men cheered as they charged.
TAKE NO PRISONERS
ORDER TO GERMANS
Soldiers Instructed to Despatch
Them With Bayonet.
A despatch to New York says:
From official British sources The New
York Times received on Tuesday the
translation of a letter found on a
German prisoner captured in the bat-
tle of the Somme. The prisoner,
writing to his family in Stuttgart, said
that the Germans had received or-
ders "to take no prisoners, but to
despatch them with the bayonet."
With the translation came a photo-
graph of the original letter, which
was addressed to "Karl Koch and
family, Kaltenal, near Stuttgart."
A part of the letter, as officially
translated, follows:
"And now we had three days' rest,
and I could get nothing at all to drink
except costly wine. It is very dis-
agreeable to us that we are obliged
to go through it once again; you can-
not conceive it. So many of our com-
rades are missing, who have fallen or
were wounded during the week, and
now we are obliged to go through it
once more. Oh dear! Here we have
proper Englishmen against us, and
have orders to take no prisoners, but
to despatch them all with the bayon-
et, which I would not be sorry to do.
But they are always getting more
prisoners from us, and what do they
do with them?"
SIX MONTHS GIVEN
TO U. S. DISTURBER.
A despatch from Montreal says:
For interfering with recruiting on
Craig Street, Arthur holland, of Os-
wego, N.Y., was sentenced by Judge
Lanctot on Wednesday to six months
in jail or a fine of $50, this being the
first case here under the new Order -
in -Council.
MINNESOTA GETS $1,250,000
FROM J. J. HILL ESTATE.
A despatch from St. Paul, Minn.,
says: Minnesota will receive approxi-
mately $1,250,000 as an inheritance
tax from the estate of James J. Hill.
It will be the largest in the history of
the State. Probate Court officials of
Ramsey county so declared on Tues-
day.
POINCARE'S THANKS
Pickled or dried cured meats, 1 cent
less than cured.
Smoked meats -Long clear bacon, 18
to 188a per lb.
Lard -Pure Lard, tierces, 17 to 1710 ;
tubs, 178 to 1.73e : pails, 173 to 174c.
TO BRITISH KING. Compound. 138 to 139c.
A despatch from London says:
President Pointers telegraphed Ring Montreal. Sept. 19. -Oats -Canadian
Western, No. 2, 603c ; do., No. 3, 60c ;
George in reference to his award of extra No. feed, 60c ; No. 3 local white,;
the Military Cross to the town of 5430. Flour-1Vlanitoba Spring wheat
patents, firsts, $5.70; Co., seconds, $8.20;:
Verdun: +strong bakers', $s ; Winter patents, I
"The French army has received' choice. $7.75 ; straight rollers, 37.10 to'
$7 30 do.; in bags, $3.40 to $3.50. Rolled
with pride this high testimony of oats-Earrels, $4.55 to $5.05 ; bag of 90;
esteem given by the august sovereign lbs., $2.80 to $2.90. Millfeed-Bran, $26 ;
of a great friendly allied country."
The King in reply, said:
"It was a real pleasure for me to
award the Military Cross to the 36c. Eggs -Fresh, 45 to 80c ; selected,
heroic town of Verdun, whose name •38c ; No. 1 stock, 34c ; No. 2, do., 30a.
Potatoes -per bag, car lots, 31.50 to
ever shall evoke ineffaceable recollec- 31.55.
tions of victory in her glorious re-
t sistance against the stubborn and re-
iterated attacks of the common en-
emy"
Montreal Markets.
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WHEAT CROP
16S, 811000S BUS.
Preliminary
of the
WITHDRAWAL TO INNER LINE
OF DOUAI, CAMBRAI AND LAO
Estimate of Yield German "Straightening of the Front" in Western Theatre Ex -
Wheat Crop.
A despatch from Ottawa says: In
a bulletin issued the Census and
Statistics Office publishes the first
or preliminary estimate of the yield
of the wheat crop. After a reference
to the reduced yield in the western
Provinces, the bulletin says:
In Ontario and Quebec grain yields
have been greatly reduced by drought
in August; but in the Maritime Pro-
vinces and in British Columbia the
condition of the grain crops has con
tinued to be quite favorable.
It is estimated from the reports of
correspondents that, of the areas
sown about 13.7 per cent. of spring
wheat, eight' per centof oats, five
per cent. of barley and 1.8 per cent.
of flax will fail to produce any crop
of grain. These percentages repre-
sent deductions from the areas sown
of 1,432,300 acres of spring wheat,
849,000 acres of oats and 69,100 acres
of barley. It is consequently esti-
mated that the total yield of wheat
this year will be 168,811,000 bushels
from a harvested area. of 10,085,300
acres, as compared with 376,303,600
bushels from 12,986,400 acres last
year, and 161,280,000 bushels from
10,293,900 acres in 1914. The aver-
' age yield per acre is 16314 bushels, as
compared with twenty-nine bushels
last year, and 15.67 bushels in 1914.
FRENCH MERCHANT MARINE
. GROWS DESPITE THE WAR.
A despatch from New York says:
The annual report of the Compagnie
Generale Transatlantic, better known
as the French Line, made public here
on Wednesday night, shows that
France's merchant marine has grown
instead of diminished since the war
began, in spite of Germany's sub-
marine warfare. Among other ves-
sels, the company has built and
placed in commission a modern pas-
senger steamship of 14,800 tons,. and
it has maintained an uninterrupted
passenger and freight service between
France and the western hemisphere.
Despite an almost total absence of
tourist travel, a reduction of west-
ward emigration traffic, and losses in-
curred through . submarine activity,
the report shows a substantial pro-
fit, due to large freight traffic.
BIG RAID FOR SHIRKERS
AT FAMOUS RACE -COURSE.
shorts, 328 ; middling^ 530 ; rnouillie,
$32 to 34. Hay -No. 2, per ton, car lots,
313 to 314. Cheese -Finest westerns. 21
to 21.1c., do., eastern , 203 to 203c. But-
ter -Choicest creamery, 36c ; seconds,
Winnipeg Grain.
Winnipeg, Sept. 19. -Cash prices
Wheat, No. 1 Northern, 31.588 ; No. 2
Northern, $1.56 ; No. 3 Northern, 31.538 •
No. 4, 31.473 ; No. 5, $1.333 ; No. 6,:
31.163 ; feed, 31.033. Oats, No. 2 C.W.,
CANADIAN CHAPLAINS;j
geed;,
N. : 3 NCO..
.48a Hra2, N4o88
WERE BADLY W:DED.
76cr; feed 76c. Flax, No. 'New, C.::
31.85 ; No. 2 C. W., $1.85.
I A despatch from London says: In -
United States sar> ets.
formation received by the Canadian
1 Red Cross show the injuries received temjbern,e3i 623'; Not'1 hard, 31.709'; No,,
on the battlefield by Father O'Gor- 1 Northern, $1.633 to 31.662 ; No. 2
man, of Ottawa, to be serious. His
Northern,231.593 o $1.645. TCorn, No. 8
injuries consist of a fractured femur 4291 to' 43c. to Flour unchauged.3 Bran,
and wounds in his left arm and hip. $20.00 10, 8Sept0 19.-�T heat. No. 1 hard,
The chaplain is in the hospital at Ca- 31.66' ; No. 1 Northern, 31.643 to 31.653;
Miers, Col. Steacy has no information No. 2 ,Northern. 31.611 to $1.623 ; Sep -
as to how the chaplain received his teniber, $1.643 bid. Linseed on track
P and to arrive, $2.06 ; September, $2.06
wounds. Major G. W. Wood, the asked ; October, $2.053 bid ; November,
other Canadian chaplain, who was $2.063 asked December, 32.053 ; May,
$2.09 asked.
wounded last week, is an inmate of I
the hospital at Boulogne with a gun- Live Stock Markets.
Toronto, Sept: 19 -Choice heavy steers,
to 33810 $9,10butchers'' cattle steers,o38.00
to $8.00 • do medium good, $ 7.60
$710 to $7.35 •
shot wound in the leg.
NO RICE FOR KAISER boils oc oic , $9.26 to *7 50' dote good
bulls,36.40 to $8.50 do., rough bulls,
• FROM SWITZERLAND. 34.50 to 35.00 ; butchers' cows, choice,
$6.50 to $6.85 ; do., good. 36.00 to $6.26
A deli etch from Paris says: The 70ti to me850nlbs.,5 $6.00 to 536.50 ;st choice j
Swiss export commission has refused feeders, dehorned, $6.30 to 37.00 Can-
a personal request of the Kaiser to choice, ea h t $ 0.00' to $ o 00; 'coo., eom:
furnish his table with rice. Baron and med., each, 340.00 to 360.00 ;
von Romberg, the German Minister at springers, $50.00 to $90.00 ; light ewes, 1
$r.60 to $8.00 ; sh€ep, heavy, $4.50 to
Berne, asked the Swiss Government $5.35 ; spring lamb" choice, $10.50 to
to authorize the shipment of 200 $10.85 ; calves, good to choice, 310.50 to
pounds of rice for the consumption of hog's, fed and wate ed: 3$ 2, 5 to 312.35 j'
the Emperor and his family, but the do., weighed off cars, $12.50 to $12.60 ;
$11.
export commission, being tied by an Montreal, Sep40.t. 19. -Choice steers, .
A despatch from London says:
Military police carried out an exten-
sive raid for shirkers from military
service on Wednesday at the New-
market race course just before the
race for the classic St. Leger was
started. Racing has been in abeyance
for over a month, and thousands of
men attended. Everyone apparently
of military age including reporters,
ockeys l -" makers, bettors, race-
course off', s and grooms was com-
pelled to give an account of himself
as he entered, and the soldier -police-
man demanded the production of
either an attestation or registration
card, or, in the absence of this, a birth
or exemption certificate. In the prin-
cipal enclosure the first hour's pro-
ceedings were almost fruitless, pro-
ucing only two slackers, who both
eclared themselves Irishmen and not
iable to registration,
agreement with the allies was unable $7.75 to $8 ; fair at $6 75
to comply with the request.
DICKENS' GRANDSON IS KILLED
IN ACTION.
A despatch from London says :
Major Cedric Charles Dickens, grand -
San of Charles Dickens, was killed in
action in France, Mond -ay.
Painless dentistry is the art of
drawing it mild.
GIANT RUSSIAN AEROPLANES
DESTROY 8 GERMAN MACHINES
An Enemy Seaplane Station Was Successfully Bombed on Lake
Angern, in the Gulf of Riga.
A Reuter despatch from Petrograd
to London says that four giant Rus-
sian aeroplanes of the Murometz
type bombarded a German seaplane
station on Lake Angern, in the Gulf
of Riga, where seventeen seaplanes of
various sires and models were dis-
cerned. The Russians dropped 73
}bombs, with resultant fire and smoke,
which soon concealed the seaplane
oheds.
German machines attaeked the Rus -
sign machines, but were soon put to
flight with machine guns. During the
bombing and air fight not less than
eight German' machines were destroy-
ed or put put of action, The Rus-
sian aeroplanes returned safely, not-
withstanding they were shelled by
anti-aircraft guns.
On a previous occasion, the corre-
spondent ent says, one Murornetz ma-
chine, with a crew of five, routed sev-
en German Seaplanes which attacked
it,
a,.,,,,
common at 35.75 to 56.25 while choice
butchers' cows brought 36.50 to $6.76, d
good, 36 to $6.25, common $5 to 35.75 and
bulls from 55,25 to 37 per cwt., canning
cattle, 34.50 to. 34.90, and cows at 33.75
to $4.25. Ontario lambs at 510.60 to 511,
and Quebec stock at $9.75 to 310, while
sheep brought from $6.75 to 37.50 per
cwt. Choice calves, 9 to 10c., and the
lower grades at from 4 to Sc per lb.,
live weight. S.lected hogs, 312.25 to
$12.40 and the lower grades at $10.25 to
312 per cwt., weighed off cars,
TWO BRITISH GENERALS
KILLED AT THE FRONT.
A despatch from London says: Two
brigadier -generals have been killed in
action, according to the latest casu-
alty lists printed here -Henry Fred-
erick Hugh Clifford and Louis Mur-
ray Phillpotts.
o,
ALL BELGIAN MALES
TO GO TO GERMANY.
A despatch from Havre says: Gen-
eral von Bissing, Military Governor'
of Belgium, Is sending to Germany all
Belgian males between the ages of 18
and 35. Recently 1,200 were taken
from Liege.
WORLD'S HEIGHT RECORD
IS AGAIN EXCEEDED.
A despatch. from Turin, Italy, says:
Aviator Repini, with two passengers
on Thursday beat the world's height
record, rising 6,300 metres (more
than. 20,000 ,feet).
HONORS ARE AWARDED TO
NAVAL HEROES.
Recognition of Service Performed in
Battle of Jutland.
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A despatch from London says :
Honors awarded as a result of the
Jutland battle are enumerated by the.
Official Gazette on Friday as follows
Admiral Sir John TelMcoe, Order of
Merit ; Vice -Admiral Sir David Beat-
ty, Knight of the Grand Cross of the
Bath ; Rear Admiral Sir 'F. C. D.
Sturdee, Companion of St. Michael and
St. George, The boy, John Travers, of
Cornwall, who remained on his post
during the actione aleh yugh mortally
wounded, was awarded the. Victoria
Crass. .Sub -Lieut. Prince Albert, R.N.,
has been recommended for service,
BRITISH NAVAL' AIR RAID WITH-
IN BULGARIAN LINES,
Damage Done to Railways, Depots and
Troop Concentrations,
A despatch front London says :
'British navalaircraft rodded railways
and troop concentrations within the
Bulgarian, lines of communication be-
yond Kavala between August 25 and
August 31, according to a report !Need
by the Admiralty on Friday night.
Considerable darnago, the report states,
was d01io to the railways, rolling stock,
petrol and other depots and troop
Con centratlans at Drama, Ckjikar,
Berk, Kavala, Portia and. Angiata.
pected to be Forced at Once.
A despatch from Paris says: By
its victories last week the French of
fensive has achieved what the Ger
mans asserted was impossible. It has
driven a wedge right through the or-
, iginal German front, has definitely
"broken the line" of boasted impreg-
nable fortifications stretching across
France from beyond the north -west -
effects are even more important still.
- Highroad No. 37 of the great arteries
- feeding the German front has been
cut between Bapaume and Peronne,
and by their advance beyond Hill 76
the French now menace directly and
already sweep with their artillery the
main road from Paris to Lille via
Cambrai, the loss of which is expected
to force the German high command
to consider seriously the necessity of
a withdrawal to the inner line, Douai,
Cambrai, Laon, that famous "short-
ening of the front" that is expected
here to nark the beginning of the
end.
Of more immediate value is that
Peronne is now under French fire
from the north, west, and south,
which cuts it from all communica-
tions except along communication
trenches or by dangerous night trans-.
port.
Now instead of being "before Per-
onne," the French are at its very
gates.
ern frontier to the limits of Switzer-
land.
The village of Bouchavesnes and
l'Abbe Wood farm beyond it were
clearly behind the rowsof trenches
which aerial observation showed to be
barring the French advance when the
Somme offensive began. That under
the menace of the onrushing French
tide the Germans have hastily con-
structed other lines still further in the
rear of the lost positions does not de-
tract from the moral value of the
achievement that filled the battle -
weary troops with enthusiasm.
Tremendous as is the moral value
of the latest success, its strategic
NEW SILVER MEDAL
`OR ARMY SERVICE.' BRITISH "WILLIES"
Badge Being Awarded to Nurses andCLILED
WONDERS
Voluntary Aid Members.
A despatch from Ottawa says: It
is learned unofficially that Canadian New Type of Armored Car in
soldiers, in common with those of the Use on the Somme
other dominions, the colonies, and
India, are to receive a new silver me-
dal on leaving the' army. The new
medal, which has the approval of his
Majesty the King, will be given to
officers and men serving at home or
abroad since the outbreak of war, and
who leave the army through age or
physical infirmity -wounds or sick-
ness -arising from such service. A
badge. is being awarded to members
of Queen Alexandra's Military Ser-
vice, to members of the voluntary
Nursing Service, to members of the
voluntary aid detachment, and to civ-
ilians attached to the Royal Army
Medical Corps.
BEST GERMAN AIRMAN
KILLED IN ACTION.
A despatch from Amsterdam says:
The German lieutenant, Fahlbusch,
whose successful exploits in the air
have been mentioned recently in of-
ficial despatches, has been killed in
action, according to the Vossische
Zeitung.
Front.
.A. despatch from London says
The reference in the official statement
issued by the War Office on Friday to
a new type of armored car, is the first
official mention of a development
which has been much whispered about
recently in army circles.. Those who
have seen the new vehicles refer to
them as "tanks," while the soldiers
who have been handling them have
given thein the nick -name of "Willies."
The object which the designers sought
to obtain was to render a heavily
armored motor car capable of being
operated in the shell -torn and roadless
wilderness of trenches, where it is evi-
dent a vehicle mounted on ordinary
wheels could not' be used. Although
no details of the ear's construction
have been published, the Times says :
"Our inventors have not hesitated
boldly to tread unbeaten paths. We
may imagine the feelings of German
infantry in shell battered trenches
when in 'the uncertain light of dawn
they .saw advancing upon them an ar-
ray of unearthly monsters cased in
steel, spitting fire and crawling labor-
iously, but ceaselessly over trenches,
barbed wire and shell craters.
RUSSIAN GENERAL ESCAPES
FROM AUSTRIAN PRISON CAMP
Great Rejoicing Throughout Czar's Kingdom Over Return of
One of Bravest Officers in Army.
A despatch from Petrograd says:
Gen, Korniloff, who was captured at
Dukla Pass in April, 1915, has reach-
ed Kieff after escaping from an Aus-
trian prison camp at Essek.
Gen. Korniloff was kept prisoner
for 17 months. He finally managed
to procure a private's uniform, and
in these clothes, with the aid of a
Czech soldier, contrived to be sent
out with a working party. Taking
advantage of the momentary inatten-
tion of the guard they slipped away,
boarded a train and travelled unhin-
dered 'to Karashevish. Here they.
obtained civilian clothing and contin-
ued their journey afoot, helped by a
perfect knowledge of German.
The General's flight was soon dis-
covered, and a large reward was of-
fered for his recapture. It was too
dangerous to travel except by night.
In the day time they hid in the woods
and suffered extreme hunger for days
together, subsisting on berries. One
day the soldier ventured into a village
in quest of food. He was surrounded
by gendarmes and shot in attempting
to escape.
Korniloff, who was rapidly ap-
proaching complete exhaustion, con-
tinued his journey alone. On the 26th
day after his escape he met a party
of Roumanian shepherds, who guided
him across the Russian frontier.
There is great rejoicing throughout
Russia over Korniloff's return. His
reputation for bravery is unexcelled
by that of any other officer in the
Russian army.
FOOD RIOTS IN HAMBURG,
ANGRY WOMEN RAID SHOPS
"Down With the .Tankers i" "Down With People's Torturers 1?'
Cried the Mob.
An Amsterdam despatch to the Ex-
change Telegraph C.nmpany, London,
says:
"Serious food riots occurred at
Hamburg Saturday evening. Accord-
ing to Berlin reports, a mob of angry
women raided shops which had been
closed owing to a shortage of meat
and vegetables, while another crowd
demonstrated before the Town Hall
shouting: 'Down with the Junkers!'
'Down with the people's torturers!'
"Thirty-seven women were arrest-
ed. Two policemen were badly in-
jured by stones thrown from Win-
dows."
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r(DL,a the Middle West
BETWEEN EEN ONTARIO .&ND BRI..
TISII COLUMBIA..
Items From Provinces Where Marty
Ontario Boys and Girls. Ars
Living.
Eight horses have been chosen
from Olds, Alta., for service in the
French army.
Ex -Alderman Robert Collins, of
Medicine Hat, was killed last week
in a motor accident, near Shaunavon.
John McArthur, for many years a
well known carriage builder, of Win-
nipeg, died last week at the age
63.
The Winnipeg Free Press places
the average wheat yield of Manitoba
at not more than 11 or 12 bushels an
acre.
Two eases of swamp fever among
horses have been reported to the
University of Saskatchewan at Sas-
katoon.
L, Main, of Maplebush, near Elbow,
Sask., was instantly killed last week
'when a binder fell on his neck and
broke it.
The high pressure plant at Winni-
peg will be • electrified and in work-
, ing order by November, says the
' City Engineer.
J. Baker, of Winnipeg, claims that
his young pullets, hatched in March
this year, have now started to lay
eggs regularly.
1 Geo. A. Walton, general passenger
agent of the C.P.R., left Winnipeg
last week for a trip of inspection
through the west.
The regimental colors of the 82nd
Calgary Battalion were deposited
with due ceremony at a little church
in Selinge, England.
The Indians of Kenoi'a and Say -
mine districts have contributed
$344.15 to the Dominion Patriotic
Fund, Winnipeg branch.
Capt. George and Lieut. Chas.
Jameson, sons of R. W. Jameson,
former mayor of Winnipeg, have
both been killed in action.
Josiah Scott, a highly respected
and well-to-do farmer of 1VIacGregor,
Man., expired suddenly last week
while sitting with his family.
The Provincial Department of
Health declares that Manitoba has
the least harmless acid most sani-
tary mosquitoes in the world.
After being under the doctor's
care for some time, Edward Mc-
Grath; secretary of the Winnipeg
Bureau of Labor, has returned to
his duties.
I1. W. White, of Winnipeg, has
won the gold medal for being the
first man to make the trip from Win-
nipeg to the coast by automobile.
Eight thousand nine hundred and
fifty-eight pounds of foodstuffs were
condemned during July for the Pro-
vince of Alberta by Edmonton's chief
food inspector.
While Rev. J. Edwinson, of Bran-
don, and his family were away from
home one evening last week, a
burglar broke in, ransacked the house
and ate a good meal besides.
Pte. A. Frye, of Calgary, who has
been invalided home, was a Boer
war veteran before enlisting in the
First Contingent. He describes the
Boer war as a "picnic" compared with
this war.
TRAINS BLOWN AWAY.
Ballast Used on Narrow Gauge Rail-
way Trains During Gales.
The danger of trains being blown
off the rails, not uncommon on light,
narrow-gauge railways, has been vir-
tually eliminated on a stretch of
thirty-six miles along the Atlantic
coast of Ireland, forming part of the
West Clare Railway, says London
Tit -Bits. Probably there is no other
line in the British Isles exposed to
such violent gales, and during a few
years prior to 1909 as . many as five
"blow -offs" occurred, in which the
carriages were completely smashed,
though there was fortunately no loss
of life. In that year Mr. R. H. Cur-
tis, an inventor devised for the rail-
way a pressure -tube anemometer,
with electrical apparatus for giving
two warnings by ringing a bell in the
station -master's house at Quilty;
the first when the velocity of the wind
reached sixty-five miles an hour, and
the second when it reached eighty-
five miles an hour. When the first
warning is given, 2,400 lbs. of mov-
able ballast, kept for the purpose at
every station, is placed on each
vehicle of any train on the line at the
first station it reaches. When the
second signal is given, trains are
stopped until the storm abates, Since
the apparatus was installed, in De-
cember, 1909, there has heen only
one storm derailment, and this was
due to deliberate disregard of the
signals.
ROUMANIAN GENERAL
DROWNED IN DANUBE.
A despatch from Berlin says: Ac-
cording to reports from Sofia, says an.
Overseas News Agency announce-
ment on Wednesday, General Bessara-,
besku, commander of the recently
captured Roumanian fortress of Tur-
tukai, attemptedo escape in a boat
after the fall of the last fortification.
The boat carrying him was sunk by
Bulgarian artillery, the advices state,
and the General was drowned in the
Danube.
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An opportunity is frequently run to
earth by a hustler, while a lazy mss
is sitting on the fence waiting for it
to come along,