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The Exeter Times, 1920-8-26, Page 2RED ARMIES DRIVEN BACK AND WARSAW SAVED Victorious Poles Recapture Several Towns and Annihilate Four Bolshevik Divisions on Warsaw Front, Taking 10,000 Prisoners and Large Quantities of War Material. t'. A despatch from Warsaw says:- 1 he Polish offensive is now in full swing.. More than 10,000 prisoners, 30 cannon, 300 machine gas and. thousands of supply carts have been captured from the Bolshevists. The' Pole have occupied Plonsk, Pultusk and Wyskow, through which the, Reds drove in their sweep to- ward the Capital. Owing to the Polish pressure from the northeast it is reported that the Bolshevists are withdrawing their forces which reached the Vistula, south of the Prussian border and to the northwest of Warsaw. The Warsaw sector is rapidly be- ing cleared of the Bolshevists. North and northeast of the Capital the Reds are being shoved back by the Poles who are following them up all along the front. using artillery in such quan- tities as to cause great confusion among the invaders, who are now on the run, To the east the Bolshevists are re- ported to be making their way across the Btu at various points. Sle.i:or was taken by the Poles ear,; "efln, .clay. Th Fifth, Seventh, Fifty -Eighth and Eaghth Ilal-havik Divisions, on the Wer.:a\v freer, have been anni- hile erd :hieue nr'.e of Soviet sol- diere i.'ade nri;ener, Wednesday night'; official statement says. The Russians lost their bearings. in trying to meet attacks on all sides from the Polish columns on their flanks, the statement adds. The Poles, continuing their advance, have occupied Kalussyn, 35 miles east of Warsaw; Siedloe, 57 miles east of the Capital; Milzyrzec, 20 miles south- east of Siedlee; Wlodawa, on the Bug River, 125 miles southeast of Warsaw. The Poles are reported to be re- grouping before Lemberg for a coun- terstroke against the Bolshevists, who are less than 30 kilometres from the city, In the region of Thorn, about 1.05 miles northwest of Warsaw, the cora munique says, the Poles have launch- ed a counter-aotion in the direction of Brodnica, which still is occupied by the Bolshevik forces. In the region of Lipno, about 25 miles southeast of Thorn, and at Siedloe the Bolshe- vists have started an eastward move- ment, aviators report. North of the fortress Novogeorge- evsk the Red forces were dislodged after stubborn resistance, a Polish cavalry charge smashing a Bolshevik brigade. The Bolshevists leaving Pul- tusk, thirty miles north of Warsaw, took with them the town Mayor, and all of the clergy as hostages, the com- munique states, adding that 1;500 prisoners were gathered in this en- gagement alone, MENNONITES SEEK ANOTHER HOME Delegation Interviews the Pre- mier of Quebec and In- spects District. A despatch from Quebec, Que., says: --Severs representatives of the Mennonite Church in Manitoba and Saskatchewan waited on Honorable L. A. Taschereau, Prune Minister of the Province of Quebec, here on Wednes- day afternoon and subnnitted a lengthy document setting forth their beliefs and customs, as well as the privileges they desire, should they de- cide to come and settle in the Province of Quebec. The document states that the Men- nonites, fearing that their language and religion may be taken from them in the provinces where they row re- side, see themselves compelled by their conscience to look for another home, where they maty live up to their con- fession without being molested or re- stricted. The delegation, including two bish- ops of the Mennonite Church, was re- ceived by the Prime Minister, accom- panied by Hon. J. E. Perreault, Min- ister of Colonization, Mines and Fish- eries, and Mr. J. N. Miller, secretary of the Catholic Committee of the Council of Public Instruction• Jellicoe to New Zealand as Governor-General ait'nc, ,:sh •:at Advance. qt ‘, .,, i who wee r:ats- taut tit I ..,:l I .e i in the World Vzr has taken over -tt= ct, a:nand of all t"c i;'.h troops and nicety his work is he felt in the se.batit given to the Rel Armies.. The Cen rai took up the afiee ms con l't on •h. r he be al- lowc; t to sun the campaign in his awn VB a5 He has transferred Polish • tree fi'onn Galicia to the Warsaw fret ilenerai [Weygand :pert. to Petelet .,* the head of S00 Freielz of- fir,-. 26,800,000 Women Can Now Vote in I.J.S. de .patch from Washington say -.:•--Ratification of the Suffrage, arneaiment: by the Tennessee Legis- late wee hailed with great jay in the capital. 'Secretary- of State Colby, upon whom rests the final net of proclania- t:tin. ali that is needed to confer the voting privilege upon 26,800,000 wo- men citizens, announced that he would art it i,e earliest possible moment. Under State laws 19,000,000 women already hold the Presidential fran- chise, but only 7,000,000 were entitled to vote for members of Congress. The ratification of the amendment there- fore gives Presidential' suffrage to an additional 8,000,000, and the right to vote for ('angreee to 20,000,000. 1,000,000 Serbs in U.S. Wish to Return Home A despatch from Paris says: --- More than 1.000,000 immigrants in the United State.' want to return to Eur- ope, according to a Serbian official in Paris, who is arranging a coinnai,sion to go to America to arrange for the repatriation of 800,000 Jugo-Slays, who are said to have signified their wish to return to their native land. 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A despatch from Regina, Sask., says: -Of 27,000 harvesters arriving from the East in Winnipeg, approxi- mately 10,000 have been absorbed in Saskatchewan, The supply to date is about equal to the demand, though there are some districts which have not yet commenced cutting, notably Yorkton, where a yield of 35 bushels to the acre is expected. Harvesters are asking $8 and $9 a day, but most of thein have signed up at the prevailing rate of '$6 per day. Many of them are exercised as to the amount of work they are ex- pected to do. "Will we work eight hours a day?" is the most frequent question with which officials of the Bureau of Labor have been plied. "You certainly will; ' is the invar- iable reply. ktg MAKE CANADA TH•E1.R HOME This picture gives a good idea of the class of emigrants coming from Britain to settle 'in Western Canada.. They have just arrived from the Old, Land. :da From Coast to Coast Kelowna, B.C.-A new industry. which will employ about 35 hands is being started for the manufacturing of a product known as flaked fruit, which is claimed to be superior to the evaporated article. The promoters of the new industry are Case and Brad- ford of the 'Shepherd Fruit Products Co., Wonatchee, Wa,%hington. Edmonton, Alta. -Concrete evidence of the keenness of the search for oil in Alberta is furnished by a govern- ment report covering the . amounts spent by lease holders. From May, 1914, to May, 1920, the Federal Gov- ernment derived revenue from oil leases in the province to the amount of $1,854,539. The estimated oil lease rentals this year is $280,000. Two pro- perties in Southern Alberta, the Ding- man and the Southern Alberta Wells, are actually producing. The Hon. F. C, Biggs, Ontario Min- ister of Highways, is securing ship- ments of Alberta tar sands through the Provincial Government, which will be used for road tests in Ontanio. Brandon, Man. -A pen of ten An- cones, owned by a Winnipeg fancier, led all the Canadian pens in the Ex- perimental Farm egg -laying contest here. At the end of the 34th week of the test the birds had laid 1,329 eggs.s. Port. Arthur, Ont. -The newly form- ed company of Nipigon Fibre and Pa- per Mills, Ltd., will locate a forty -ton - per -day pulp mill one mile west of the village , of Nipigon. Local end eastern capital is interested and the head offices will be located here. Toronto, Ont.: More than ane thou - Eminent Jurist Gomes to Canada. Right Hon. Viscount Cave, Lord of Appeal of the British Courts since January, 1919, and former British Home Secretary, who will be the chief speaker at the annual meeting of the Canadian Bar Association which opens Sept. lst at the Chateau Laurier, Ot- tawa. CORK'S LORD MAYOR GIVEN TWO YEARS • Guilty of Making a Seditios Utterance-ls Now Hunger - Striking. A despatch from London says: - Terrence McSweeney, Lord Mayor of Cork, Ireland, who was .arrested, tried. and found guilty of making a sedi- tious utterance, was sentenced to two years in prison, the Government an- nounced on Thursday. He is hunger striking. His wife, in Cork,' has •been warned .cf his condition; she is hold- ing herself in readiness to- go to him should he grow weaker. Duke of Connaught • to Act for Prince 1. despatch from Londo:. says: - The Royal Proclamation to India states that the Prince of Wales will not visit India next winter to inaugur- ate reform legislation. The Duke of Connaught will undertake these duties. sand immigrants have been placed on farms in the province of. Ontario dur- ing the four months ending June 30th, by the Department of Immigration and Colonization. Quebec, P.Q,-The Bth erut et Sta- tistics of the province estimates ,the population of the province of Quebec at 2,500,000. City representatives have decided that in future new industries will be 29xit to 30c; twins, 30 to 301/ac; old, exempted from real estate tax for a :period of ten years. Where conditions warrant, extensions to factories will be exempted from taxation until the sixth year. Fredericton, N.B.-Fredericton will be one of the Canadian Air Board's stations in the Halifax -Montreal air route according to announcement, The city affords ideal conditions for land- ing hydroplanes. It is expected that a machine with a crew of twelve will be located here. The Southampton Lumber Company has been formed here with a capital of $48,000, and will engage in a general same back, boneless, $56 to $57 lumbering business. pickled rolls, $60 to $66; mess pork,I be good roads all the way between Kentville, N.S.-A total of 236 re- $47 - I these points, and also between Nia- turned soldiers have settled on farms Green meats -Out of pickle, 1c less: gaga Falls and St. John, N.B. There throughout Nova Scotia, of whom all' than sinolted, will renttfin, however, the necessity Dry Salted Meats -Long clears, in of ferrying across the Ottawa River tons, 26 to 28c; in cases, 261/a to 281/20; on the highway between Ottawa and clear bellies, 29ea. to 30%c; fat backs, Montreal. 24 to 26c. American motorists who took part ,tLard-'1'iei•ces, 261/i to 27c; tubs, �• 271/ to 281 c; pails, 28 to 29.14c; in the recent Michigan pike tee ex - prints, 29 to 30c. Shortening, tierces,. 221/2 to 23c per lb. Montreal Markets. Montreal, Aug. 24. -Oats, No. 2 C. tiWd., $1.16 to $1.17; No. 3 CW, $1.14 to of the World il`liaile,ale Grain. Termite, Aug;24.--Manitoba wheat --nfu 1 Northern, $3,15, No. 2 North- ozn, $x3.08, an store Fort William. Manitoba oats No. 2 CW,, 909%; 1No, 3 CW, 94kjc; extra No. 1 feed, 94%e; No. 1 feed 90% No, 2 feed, '87%e, itt store Fort William. 1VIuoo. barley -No. 3 C s'. 1. 144' ; Dyseuttiry is r•,r 01 the tral';sl l'ot'Iti5 of No. 4 STI, $:1.351,x; reiocted, $1 171/, bowel complain t. 'fife pa4ts in the ,feed, $1.17,4, in stare Port t4 tli:int, bowtis art angio t,tlu diePluireee01eer Ateeintem lnorn nal, track,ITotonto, prompt ship-' acc:0nlJ'tnttt<.1 lbvtthlc title nIf docaUnot meet need to lx,r st for any length of :Vim DIARRHOEA TURNED �! TO@� D S N T Com] R V .tai t aide Oita to oats -No. 3. white, 30 to 85e. until the whole r,.,t• in is weakened anal Ontario wheat ---No. 2 Winter, per debilitated, and hardly any other &s- ear lot, $2.30 to $1.40, 'shipping points, ease so.quickly underm;n.$ the strength acr•ord,'ng to. freights outside, and. brings about a condition of pro - Peas -No. 2, nominal. titration .arid utter collapse that often Barley -$1.315 to $1,40, acc:ordin, to 1 inune,tes fatallee freights outside. To. cheek the • unnatural diteharge, Buckwheat -No. 2, nom:nal. without bringing 00 constipation, thereRye-No. 3, $1.75, nominal, accord- is only one remedy to use and th's is ing to freights outside. Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry. Manitoba flour -Government stand- Mr. G. W. McVagh, Mawer, Sask., ard, $14.85, Toronto. writes: -"About eight years ago 1 had Ontario flour -Government stand- a severe attack of diarrhoea which ard, $12, nominal. . turned to dysentery before I got better. New Flour -$10.40 to 110.50, bulk I might say I was sick for three weeks. seaboard. d I weighed 154 lbs when I tool. sick „Millfeed=Car lots, delivered, 1Vlont- and weighed 125 lbs; when I got it real freights, bags included: Bran, stopped. I thunk Ihacltricd every zncdi- per ton, $52; shorts, per ton, $61 ; good eine that was on the market and did feed 13our, $3.75 to $4.00. not find reliefuntilI tried Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry, and one Country Produce -Wholesale. Extract relieved me. I think fliers is nothing like ib for diarrhoea or dysentery, Eggs, selects, 63 to 64c; No, 1� 9 I always keep some on hand as a person to 600. Butter, creamery plants, 5 59 does not, know when he will need it." to 61c; choice dairy prints, 49 to 51e; ,,. , „ ordinary dairy prints, 45 to 4lc; bak- Dr.. Fowler's" has been on the maexperi- ment era , 35 to 40c; onews, best for the past 75 years. -ion t e}peri- ment with some no -name -no -reputation grade, 34 to 38e; Cheese, new, large, compounds. They play be dangerous ,,%'""- to youc health. Price 50e. a bottle. Manufactured only by The T. Milburn Co,, Limited, Toronto Ont. large, 33 to 34e; twins, 34 to 35c; Stil- ton, old, 35% to 36aec, Maple syrup, 1, gal. tin, $3.40; 5 gal. tine per gal,, $3.25; maple sugar, lb., 27 to 30c. Churning cream -Toronto creameries - - are paying for churning' cream, 58 to G��l Roa iF S EBa a 60c per pound fat f.o.b. shipping points, nominal. . P ro v i si ous-Wholesale. Smoked meats -Robs, 33 to 36e; hams, hied., 48 to 51c; heavy, 41 to 43c; cooked hams, 65 to 68c; backs, plain, 54 to 57c; backs, -boneless, 60 to 65c; breakfast bacon, 49 to 59e; cot- tage rolls, 39 to 43e, Barrelled Meats -Bean pork, $43; short cut or family back at $56; for Windsor to St. John A despatch from Ottawa says: - That it will be possible by next sum- mer to travel over unproved highways from Windsor, Ont., to St. John, N.B., is the hope of officials of the )federal Highways Aid Department.. If present indications are borne out by subsequent construction there will but 48 are located along the Dominion Atlantic Railway. There remain 161. to be settled. Charlottetown, P•E.I.-The present acreage of potatoes in the province -is about the sane as last -rear, 36,234 acres, while growing cone :ons prom cse full crop. Last year's •potato yield of 4,529,250 bushels should be exceed- ed this year according to present sta- tistics. - CANADA'S SNARE OF LEAGUE'S UPKEEP Will be Considerably Reduced . at Geneva Meeting. A despatch from London says:- A. revision of the financial scheme of the League of Nations under which Canada is required to pay the same contribution towards the upkeep of the League as Greet Britain, France, or any other first-class power will be effected by the Execut've Assembly of that body at a meeting which has been called for November 15 next at Geneva. - The rating of - nations under the universal Postal Union, which classi- fies the Dominions as first-class pow- ers, has hitherto been followed, but in view of the growing expenses of the League more equitable arrangements. are to be made. - British newspapers have recently been making a strong point of the fact that the British contribution is one-third of the total of the original signatory states, but as a matter of fact the -Mother Country pays only the same share of this one-third as Canada and the sister Dominions. As far as Canada is concerned one of the most important subjects which will come before'the Geneva meeting for consideration will be the question of Oriental immigration. This ques- tion will be introduced in a report to be submitted by the ,International Labor Commission which has been ere- ated under the League's aegis. It also will be a factor yin the matter of the renewal of the Anglo -Japanese Treaty pressed surprise at finding the ''tin- adian roads as good as they w e e. Some of them who had done extensive travelling over the famed Lincoln. Highway declared that the roe 1,, they ,4 $1.15. Flour, Man. Spring wheat pa- had encountered in Northern ntario ...- tents,, firsts, new stand. grade, $14.85 during their recent journey were bet - to $15.05. Rolled oats, 90 -Ib. bag, ter in their present state thin were $5.60 to $5.75.' Bran, $54.25. Shorts, $61.25. Hay, No. e, per non, car lots, some parts of the Lincoln Highway. $31. Cheese, finest easterns, 24Yc. Butter, choicest creamery, 59 to 60c. Eggs, fresh, 58c. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, $2.10 to $2.15. Live Stock Markets. . Toronto, Aug. 24. -Choice heavy steers, $14 to $14.50; good heavy steers. $13.50 to $13.75; butchers' cat- tle, choice, $13 to $13.50; do, good, $12 i Lord Milinclude recogni- cern., $12.60; do, med., $10 to $11; do, Milner, ncue formalg cern., $7.50 to $9; bulls, choice, $10 to tion of Egyptian independence and $11; do, good, $9 to $9.50; do, rough, then surrender by Egypt to Britain of $6.to-88; butchers' cows, choice, $10.50 the control of foreign affairs, and car - to $11.50; do, good, $9 to $10; do, corn., tain financial measures. This will $6.50" to $7.50; stockers, $9 to $11 mean a substantial degree of self - feeders, $11 to $12.50; canners ant government for Egypt .in her domestic Britain Will Confer Independence on Egypt A despatch from London says: -It is understood that the terms of the peace treaty between Zaghloul Pasha, the Egyptian Nationalist leader, and which is to be siihzi'titted to the atter.- cutters $4 50 to $6 50 milkers good tion of the League. to choice, $100 to $166; do, com; and affairs. med., $65 to $75; lambs, yearlings, _;►_ $10.50 to $12; do, spr:ng, $12 to Poland Insists That Both Countries Shall.Pisa.rni The Dog Show at the Canadian Na -1,8183 p, $ $ , , g , d years and is second largest on the I cars, $20; do, f.o.b., $1.75; do, do, A despatch from London says: - continent. country points, $18.50. The Polish delegates at. the Minsk Montreal, $13.50; calves, good to choice, $16 to rhes 6.50 to , 9.50• hos fe tional Exhibition has been run for 25 and watered $19.75; do,weighed off • WITH THE' IMPERIAL PRESS DELEGATES The University of Toronto has fallen' in line with McGill (Montreal) in paying recognition to the work of the Press of the British Empire in the late war. The four men seen above, who have received the degree of LL.D.. are, from left to right: Mr. Geoffrey Fairiiax; Sir Robert Bruce, Mr, Robert Donald and Sir Gilbert Parker. It's a Great Life if You Don't Weaken Aug. 24. -Butch -r steers, Conference have refused to accept a good, ;9,50 to $10.50; sued., $8 to $9.50; peace condition advanced by the Soviet com., $6 to $8; butcher heifers, choice, for the disarmament of the Polish $9 to $10.60; heed., $7.50 to $8.60; army unless the Russians themselves come to $9; to ed. butcher cows choice _d_e $8.50 to rned., $5.50 to $0; canners, disarm, says a wireless despatch frau .• $3 to $4; cutters, $4 to 5; butcher Berlin, quoting a report received from hulls, com., $4.75 to $5,76; good veal, t Minsk - Berlin, $12 to $13; med., $0 to $11; grass; $5 to $6; good lambs, $12; sheep, up to $7. Select hogs, $20, off cars; sows, $16 to $16- 12,000,000 Children Orphaned uring War A despatch from Paris says: German- War Losses Twelve million children in Europe lost TotalledatLast one or both parents; during the war, it is shown by compilations gathered A despatch from Berlin says:- by representatives of the American The total Iosses in killed and missing. Red Cross fn 18 countries. Russia . suffered by the German army and leads with four million, and France navy in the great war were set for has one million. Albania is last on tly t'he first the at 2,243,864, in an 'an- the list wlt.nzs 0evenn thousand 's nouneement of a semi-official nature Of this number 500,000 men were r t 9 termed "missing g and most likely dead." .4 thweak. Near tm k9' rouble i3y Jack Rah,blt ALL of 141'( 6coof5 DiS'rl'ES ARE• 'p1SAPPEARAN to A'SJD tiAV( MDSE S Es1Elt tSP. AK $14 -a, AN`( 5144.5 A FAKtn I IVE .SE kN tvtoaa of Ou? 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