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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1920-5-20, Page 3FIFTY POLICE BARRACKS -_ DESTROYED BY SINNTEINERS • Twenty Tax Offices and Seve al Court .Houses Raided Dur- ing a Fresh Outbreak of Lawlessness in Ireland. ilk despatch from Dublin says:- '.iiteusive raids of pttblic barracks, Benny of then. disyscd• police stations and public offices in Ireland, took !dace Wednesday aught and in the early hours Thursday morning, The details point to the existence of a widespread campaign to destroy these buildings. In County Dublin alone five bar- raeks were burned down. Barracks in other part's of the country that were attacked were: Nenagh, County Tiper- ary, rifled; Mill „Quarter and Cern- lough, County Antrim, burned down; Carrickberg, County Waterford,! wrecked; Carrigan, County Donegal, ;set on fire; Killeter, County Tyrone, burned down; Bandon Bridge,County Cork, burned tothe ground; Commons Road, near Cork, set on fire and blown up; Kes!hcarrigan, Hillstreet, Leitrim and Grevisk, ,County Leitrim, burned down. The following police stations were also destroyed by the fire: ()''Meath, County Louth, Clough and •Strangford, County Down. Public buildings were also attacked at the following places: The office of the Income Tax. Collector at Bishop street, Derry, raided, and the books carried off; the Customs and Excise Office at Bantry, burned down; the Excise Office, Downpatrick, raided and documents removed; the Old Age Pen- sions Office, Newton Stewart, County Tyrone, raided; the Rural District Offices, Mobil, County Leitrim, rate books carried off. In all 50 police barracks were de- stroyed and 20 income tax offices raided and documents destroyed, Seven Court Houses were raided. The destruction of police barracks yeasalmost onus great and organized a scale as similar attacks last Easter, when more than 60 barracks were at- tacked. Most of the barracks in the present case had been abandoned, and no loss of life was entailed, wa The procedure in all cases was alike; where caretakers were in charge they were first removed;. then inflam- mable mittures or explosives were ap- plied to the huts, and the buildings were partially or wholly destroyed. In the ':revenue offices, if there were any occupants, they were order- .ed out or bound with ropes, and then the documents were abstracted and destroyed. Among the Court Houses attacked were those at Cashel and Ballinamore. These were completely destroyed with all documents. Armed guards were posted while the raids were proceed- ing, but all private property was respected. SEEDING ON BIG SCALE IN SASK. Indians Putting Forth Extra Effort on Reserves. A despatch from Regina says: - Seeding on. the greater production farms in Saskatchewan operated by the. Department of Indian Affairs, is proceeding at the rate of 500 acres a day, according to reports to reach W. M. Graham, head of the depart- ment for the Prairie Provinces, with headquarters in Regina. One-half of the 10,000 acres is to be reached by the end of next week. The Indians on reserves in South- ern Saskatchewan expect to have 20,- 000 acres in wheat. Their operations are entirely separate from theTgreat- er production farms. They are away to 4 fine start, and expect to finish ''.'fit week. Operations on the .big farms have been handicapped to a certain extent owing to the amount of moisture in ]and. Traction engines could not be :sed and all the work up to date has been accomplished by horse- power. Prime MiniG or Returns . - From Holiday A despatch from Ottawa says:- Looking ays:Looking fine and 'fit; with his cheeks bronzed, and a sprightly gait, S;r Robert Borden has returned to Ot- tawa after a sojourn of four months abroad. OH Production in Great Britain A despatch from London says: - Eleven oil wells drilled in Great Bri- tain have produced a hundred thou- sand galions_of oil. MAKE NEWS PRINT FROM BAMBOO British Publishers to Establish Plant in Burmah, India. A despatch from London says: - The use of newsprint made from bamboo is one of the measures con- templated by the British newspaper publishers to meet the world's white paper shortage. W. Raitt, cellulose expert of the Government of, India, who has had 25 years' experience in experimental work with bamboo pulp, states there is sufficient bamboo in sight in Bur- mah, with the ,Savanah grasses of Assam, to produce 14,000,000 tons of dry pulp annually. The total cost of production will not exceed one-half of the present cost of wood pulp. The Indian Government has granted concessions to pioneer companies on favorable terms, and plans are being developed for an annual production of 700,000 tons of bamboo pulp. China Has • Aerial Postal Service A despatch from Pekin says: -An aerial postal service for China was inaugurated when an airplane flew from Tien-Tsin to this city and' back, carrying both mail and passengers. Air service from Tien-Tsin to Shang- hai is to be opened later. Winter Ice.Breaking Up in the Yukon A despatch from Dawson, Y.T., says: -The long Yukon Winter has ended and the ice is rapidly breaking up south of Dawson. Steamers are preparing to sail for the south to bring much-needed supplies for Daw- son and lower river points. Facts About Lane Saskatchewan's sheep 'population is slowly but stead,ly increasing. In 1919 the total head of sheep in Sas- katchewan was 146,911, an increase of over 12,000 over the previous year, but the province should have at least ten times as many. About seventy-five per cent. of, Manitoba's public schools have esta:b- lishecl school gardens, Fifteen Saskatchewan schools have already obtained the special Govern - i ment grant for noon hot lunch equip- ment. ! One hundred and sixty-seven co-op_{ erative credit banks have been estab , lished in the Province of Quebec.! These have a membership exceeding sixty thousand, assets of over ten mil-` lion dollars and an annual cash turn over of fully thirty million dollars. Lady Victoria, a white Wyandotte a pullet bred at Vancouver Island Ex- perimental Station, Sydney, i the first hen of the experimental farm 'that hos laid three hundred eggs in one year. She was h tehed April 28, 1918, and started laying on December. 12, when two hundred and twenty- eight days old. Through the co-operation of the Homs Brrnch of the Soldier Settle- ment Board, the Women's Auxiliary of the Great War Veterans' Associa- tion end the Women Grain Growers' Association, re..t rooms for farmers' wives have beee fitted up at Maple Creek, Alberta,. and Swift Current, Saskatchewan, At Maple Creek et local ban!: provided the necessary rooms, heated and lighted. These have been fitted up as a community centre for the rural women who visit the town. ON THE TRAIL OF 6L PROFITgaR 7 Weekly Market Report Wholesale Grain. Toronto, May 18. -Man. wheat -No. 1 Northern, $2.80; No. 2 Northern, $2.77; No. 8 Northern, $2.73, in store Fort William. Manitoba oats -No. 2 CW, $1,18; No. 3 CW, $1.15; extra No. 1 feed, $1.15; No. 1 feed, $1,13; No. 2 feed, $1.,101/2, in store Fort William. Manitoba barley -No, 3 CW, $1.82; No. 4 CW, $1.67; rejected, $1.63; feed, $1.621/2, in store Fort William. American corn -No. 2 yellow, $2.30; nominal, track, Toronto, prompt ship- ment. Ontario oats -No. 3 white, $1.05 to $1.07, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat -No. 1 Winter, per car lot, $2 to $2,01; No. 2, do, $1.98 to $2.01; No. 3 do, $1.92 to $1.93, f.o.b. shipping points, according to freights. Ontario wheat -No. 1Spring, per car lot, 62.02 to $2.03; No. 2 do, $1.98 to $2.01; No. 3 do, $1.95 to $2.01, f.o.b. shipping points, according to freights. Peas -No. 2, $3.00. Barley Malting, $1.87 to $1.89, ac- cording to freights outside. Buckwheat -No. 2, $1.75 to $1.80, according to freights outside. Rye -No. 3, $2.20 to $2.25, accord- ing to freights outside. Manitoba flour -Government stand- ard, $14.85, Toronto. Ontario flour -Government stand- ard, nominal. Millfeed-Car lots, delivered, Mont- real freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, $54; shorts, per ton, $61; good feed flour, $3.75 to $4.00. Hay -No. 1, per ton, $30 to $31; mixed, per ton, $25, track. Straw -Car lots, per ton, $16 to $17, track, Toronto. Country Produce -Wholesale, Eggs, new laid, 54 to 55c; butter, creamery, prints, 62 to 65c; do, solids, 61 to 64c; choice dairy prints, 54 to 55e; choice dairy prints, 55 to 570; ordinary dairy prints, 48 to 51c; bakers', 35 to 40c; oleomargarine (best grade), 31 to 37c. Cheese, new, large, 311/2 to 32c; twins, 32 to 3212c; old, large, 33 to 331/2c; twins, 331/2 to 34c. Maple syrup, 1 -gal. tin, $3.50; 5 -gal. tin, per gal., $3.35. Provisions -Wholesale. Smoked meats -Rolls, 31 to 32e; hams, med., 42 to 43c; heavy, 35 to 37c; cooked hams, 57 to 60e; backs, plain, 51 to 53c; backs, boneless, 54 to 57c; breakfast bacon, 43 to 49e; cottage rolls, 33 to -36c. Barrelled Meats -Pickled pork, $48; mess pork, $48. Green meats -Out of pickle, lc less than smoked. Dry salted meats -Long clears, in tons, 32c; in cases, 28 to 29c; clear bellies, 27 to 281/2c; fat backs, 281¢2 to Lard :Tierces, 28 to 281/2c; tubs, l to 29c; pails, 28% to 291/,c; „Dints, 30 to 301/2c. C.ompound lard, 27 to 271/2c. Montreal Markets, Montreal, May 1$, -Oats -Canadian Western, : No. 2, $1.291/2; do, No. 2, $1.261/2; flour, new standard grade, $14:85 to $15.05; rolled oats, bag of 90 1'bs., $5.50 to $5.60; bran, $54.25; shorts, $61.25; hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $31 to $32. Cheese, finest easterns, 291 to 30c; butter, choieest creamery, 551 to 56c; eggs, fresh, 55c. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, May 18. -Choice heavy steers, $14.75 to $15.25; good, do, $14 to $14.50; butchers' cattle, choice, $13.50 to $13.75; do, good, $13 to $13.25; do, med., $12 to $12.50; do, carn,, $10.50 to $11; bulls, choice, $11.50 to $12.50; do, good, $10.25 to INW CSC. WANNA MIND Vas. KE.LLYs BABY ALL AFTER -- MOON - 1 WANNA PLAY 'BALL. $10.75; do, rough, $8 to $8.50; butcher cows, choice, $11.50 to $12.50; do, good, $10.50 to $11; do, com,, $7.50 to $8; ' stockers, $9,25 to $11;; feeders, $11 to $12.50; canners and eutters, $4.50 to $5.25; milkers, good to choke, $100 to $165; do, .coni. and med., $65 to $75; springers, $90 to $165; lambs, yearlings; $16 to $19; calves, good to choice, $14 to $16; sheep, $9 to $18; hogs, fed and watered, $20,25 to $20,50; do, weighed off ears, $20.50 to $20.75; do, f.o.b., $19.25 to $19.50; do,. do, country points, $19 to $19.25. - Montreal, May 18. -Butcher steers, choice, $15.50; butcher heifers, med., $10.50 to $11.50; corn., $7,50 to $10.50; butcher cows, med., $7.50 to $10.50; canners, $5 to $5.50; cutters, $6 to $7; butcher bulls, good, $10.50 to $12; com., $8.50 to $10.50; good veal, $9 to $11; reed., $7 to $9; spring lambs, $10 to $14; hogs, off car weights, selects, $20.50 to $21; 'mews, $16.50 to $17. Anonymous Contribution to National Debt A despatch from London says:- Chancellor ays:Chancellor of the Exchequer Chamber- lain announces that he has received an anonymous gift of £130,000 of the war Ioan for cancellation and as a contribution to the reduction of -the national debt. The donor explains, says Mr. Chamberlain, that he was denied the privilege of fighting for his country and that he desires to encourage other persons to similar patriotic acts. Sir Arthur Currie McGill's Principal A despatch from oMntreal says: - Lieutenant -General Sir Arthur Currie, now Inspector -General of the Can- adian Militia, who commanded the Canadian forces in Flanders, and who has been offered the principalship of McGill University, has accepted the post. HON. DUNCAN MARSHALL "It is time we quit endowing col- leges and schools for every other busi- ness in the world but farming and then wonder why there le not more production," declared Hon. Duncan Marshall., 111inister of Agriculture in Alberta, in Toronto, recently, " REG'LAR FFt -LF,R• 5" --By Gene Byrnes IF 1 HAt=7v SPEAK " o '<ou r�C+Att 4 ABouT • talit4DIN6 THAT BABY YOU'LL 65.7- r (NE CE-rF(NE TOR.ASl-UNG' MACHINE GUNS AND. ATTLESIIIPS To RESTORE O ER JN. .01.;itgamp British Army in Ireland to D eal With Lawlessness -----Navy Demonstration Has Patriotic Purpose Besides Act- ing as Wax ni ng. to Rebels. • A. despatch from London says: -.- Accepting at its face value the claim the Sinn . Fein has been trying to prove by speech and acts, that: an actual Irish Republic is at war with the British Empire, the Government will abandon its present plan for handling crime on the island. To this end all arms of the British Army in Ireland are being tremendously strengthened. This applies especially to cavalry and motor machine-gun outfits. As soon as the force there is ade- quate, it will, under the command of Sir Nevil Macready, take aver all police functions. In fact, it was said that Southern Ireland may then be' placed under martial law. This would be nothing more or less than notice to the Irish volunteers that their chal- lenge had been accepted and that the Government troops would meet rifle and revolver fire with machine guns and possibly shrapnel. A despatch from Dublin says: - Two British battleships of the Queen Bl:zabeth class -the Barham and the Malaya -accompanied by destroyers, eruisers. and lighter craft, arrived at Kingstown, on Thursday with several thousand marines aboard. The fleet left Queenstown, but stopped at each of the important ports on the Irish coast from Queenstown to Dublin, where parties of the z :arines were landed, marched through the streets of the city and returned to the ships. It is understood that this demon- stration by the British navy has been arranged for two purposes ---one to impress rebellious parties in Ireland that the British Government may use naval forces in addition to military forces to restore order in Ireland; the other to display marines and big naval units to coast towns where the British navy has always been held Inhigh esteem.. This is the first big demonstration by the British navy along the Trish coast, and indicates that the Govern- ment intends to use all its forces now available in Ireland to support the demoralized police and; constabulary. To Raise the Lusitania. A despatch from London says:- Greate interest in shipping circles centred around the statment that an attempt will be made to raise the Lusitania. A well-known salvage firm is mentioned as likely to under- take the project. Destructive German Raider Surrendered A despatch from Firth of Forth, Scotland, says: -The German raider Moewe, which sank so many Allied. ships during the war, has arrived here. It has been surrendered to the naval authorities. Force of Habit. St. Peter looked with wonder at the two rusty coppers which the passing soul had dropped into his, hand: "Why, my good man," he asked, "what is this for?" . - "War tax," murmured the soul gloomily as it passed through the heavenly gates. Western Farmers Cancel Govt. Hay Orders A despatch from Winnipeg says: - The sudden warm weather has caused rapid growth of the grass of Western prairies, and this, combined with the high price of hay, has led to a number of farmers wiring to the Department of Agricultdre of the various prov- inces cancelling orders already given1 for hay. The situation thus created is one of embarrassment for the Gov- ernments, who are compelled to ac- cept delivery of all hay ordered. There is now a discussion on the policy of 1 near future. Passenger carrying is the first eh - the farmer and his wisdom in such discouragement of aid rendered him' by the Governments at a time of crisis,' sect of these companies, mail carrying when the hay situation looked serious. 4 and distributfon is aspected to follow soon. The real obstacle to this exten- sion of the traffic is • the lack of ground organization: The other obstacle., de- preciation in equipn2ut, will lie found who cannot ma- somere- other German states, only rarely moved with the advent of metal . chines. Adjustment of loads will make can a person be, read and write, while in Serbia, prior the• actual flying easy across the tocon- read the war, 78.9 per cent. of the adult ` uncut, and the development t of ground opuar was illiterate. organization will simplify not only Dominion -wide traitic, but will link Canada with the round • the - world agi L PROGRESS IN WEST CANADA HAMPERED BY LACK OF PARKAGE, Seventeen New Enterprises Projected to Carry Passen- gers and Mail. No fewer than 17 aerial taxicab companies are being foruled in West- ern Canada, and a number of these have already been ilceneed by the .air Board. Lieut. -Col. Scott, who has ac- tive cb.arge of the Certifioa+tes Branch of. the Air Board, has just returned from a tour of inspection oX the West, and reports great activity and• poser bilities for very real development of commercial flying in that part of the Dominion. Air routes for trauscontl- nuts! Sights are establlehed, experi- ment has established the best kinds of machines for different parts or the night, and only ground organization is lacking to make passenger routes from, coast to coast an everyday possibility. The building oe aerodromes is the im- portant detail which has been neglect- ed in Canada, Col. Scott paints out. Four commercial flying companies have been doated in Winnipeg, one will be formed. iv Brandon, an aero- drome is to be built at Virden, Mane there is one commercial flying oam. pany in Regina; one in Moose Jaw, and. in Saskatoon, two in Edmonton, one in Hanna, Alta., dna in Calgary, one in Lethbridge, one in Banff and two in Vancouver. Flying activity on Van- couver Island centres around the Aerial League in Victoria. Reaches High Standard. Commercial flying has been develop- ed to a high standard onthe Pacific coast, interest: is keen and the munici- pality of Vancouver is assisting the work in many ways, planning to es- tablish a municipalaerodrome in the Serbian Race Illiterate. In. Saxony, Bavaria, Wurtenberg and A Letter From London I wonder how many people know how democratic King George really is. in hie -own household: The other day I met the man who used to take the King's breakfast up to him every morning during the latter days of the war; and still does it. There is no pomposity about King George. This servant tells me that owing to the scarcity of servants most of them were away fighting -the King insist- ed that everyone in the Royal house- hold was to spare the labors of those who remained as much as possible. The breakfast, a very light one of coffee and biscuits, was brought to the door of the King's bedroom, laid down on the mat, and a knock was given. The King then came to the door in a dressing -gown and took in his own tray. By the time the aver- age citizen was stirring, the King was well through his private corres- pondence. On an average, Queen Mary receives two hundred begging letters a day. These are, of course, opened by her secretary, who is instructed to bring before Her Majesty any communica- tion which bears the imprint of genu= ineness. Much discussion is -taking place respecting the future of Prince Albert when he concludes his stay"at Cam- bridge. And this discussion is futile, inasmuch as it is possible to state that the King has so far arrived at no decision whatever on this point. In due course his. Royal Highness is to become a Royal Duke -that much, at least, was settled some time ago; but this will not be done • until such time as Parliament makes him a grant sufficient to enable him to main- tain the position with befitting dig- nity. Later, too, it is probable that he will become Governor-General of one of OH MQfr M 0t ot-t MOM 1 THE h3AT3K • -s`a/ALLoWEp A .u-r-CQt-t AN' t Loo t :ED ALL OVER. Tt-tt- Hoose. ANd' 1 C, NT FIND 'ME BurroNtto the principal portions of our Overseas Empire. • King George's children have their own. especial bobbies :and amusements, flights which' may be an ac o•mpik'hed fact before the end of this year. Japanese Journalists. The Osaka Mainache, which is one of the most influential papers in Japan, George, the youngest son, is clever at which, in spite of public duties, they and which is exceedingly enterprising, cultivate quite assiduously. Prince as is shown by the varied activity it exhibits from time to time, has been music, although the rest of the fam- sending abroad fur the, paet. ten yearn ily are not brilliant in this direction.' many promising young Japanese with He plays the piano quite' well, and a view of giving then* i modern ,'our - sticks hard at the task of perfecting • nalistic training. Such young men are himself. Princess Mary, I hear, has recruited at different periods, not lately taken to making a collection of I merely throughout the c(:untry, but al - pictures, choosing more particularly' so abroad, and they must go in for child subjects. Miniatures attract her various examinaticns before they are considerably. f entitled to the promised boon. It is probable that in the course of! Those Japanese already resident. the next few years we shall see an abroad are grantee three months' other Royal owner of a racing yacht' grace in the matter of sending in tbeir in Prince Albert, who has a great application's anti are also exempted fondness for sailing, ancl•possesses no from a verbal examination, which le small skill in designing ships. The' amaug the examinations imposed upon Prince proposes to visit Newcastle-' applicants who ere in Japan. Applie. on -Tyne shortly to see the shipyards' carts must be single, not older- than and to extend his practical knowledge' twenty-seven kLnd have no family re - of shipbuilding. ; spore. ibility durii:^; their ^b: ence; they The library at Windsor Castle comg must :•end in particulars of their past prises 120,000 volumes. There is a' careers tcgetbee wain two diel; s, tine row of Caxtbns, including the only` in J:ipr; need net shatter than. .000' perfect copy still existing et his' words, and the other in any foreign. ". sop's Fables," and two Bibles, both laner.ege net less than 1,000 words. with precious associations, though of Tho. e ,scleeted are trained in the a different order. editorial cicpertrnent et' the paper for One is the Bible which Martin Luth- not less than ten months before they. er used to carry in his pocket, and are sent abroad. and during th:e inter - the other was taken (by Charles I. to` val they will receive a rnanthlie sa'.ary the scaffold. There is a. Koran, too,' ranging from 100 to 130 yen. while inscribed on the fly -leaf: "Fran. the;abroad they will be given n s +r^!cl al - from of the late Tippoo Stamm of lewances ranging froru 150 to 250 yen Mysore." This Karan belonged to the` besides their salary. Their obligatione perngzebe, wast to the paper h which tbey are sent purlatechasEmed by ror thatAuPruince for theand scan are that after their return to Japan of nine thousand guineas. Another they must stay wih the paper for a interesting shelf is that eontaining period twine the number of years spe,re the helograph records of Parliament-' abroad and that in case they leave the ary proceedings furnished by each paper before the expiration of their successive Prime Minister since 1837 obligatory period they roust redeem for the exclusive information of the the allowances. they have received. Sovereign. -Big Ben. a .- • Trees. I think that I shall never sec• A poem lovely as a tree, A tree whose hungry'nicuth Is prest Against the oarth's sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at Godall day, And lifts, its leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in. summer wear A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom meow has lain, Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree, --Joyce Kiime, killed in the Greet War, Nuisances AIL "What we want to do,'" shouted the man who settles every question with ease, "is to get rad of socialism, bol- shevism, anarchism, radicalism and Ma vietisrn." "True," commented Farmer Corii. taseel. "And while you're about It you, might as well throw in rheiinatisfn.