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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1918-5-16, Page 3A British Telephone Post in Palestine. Typo of the trench phone station in use by the British armies in all the theatres of war. Telephon- ing is a necessity of modern war in order that the officers and men at the front may be always in touch with headquarters. CANADA IS A LAND WITH A GREAT FUTURE Markets of the World Breadstnffs Toronto May 14. -Manitoba Wh• oat •allo 1 Northern, $2,321/1 Na, 2 do lase POpfllation Not Mtleh Mare ' hen That of (treater New'York- $2.291/x, No,, do„ $2,171/cc; No, wl t $2 10'1/ i t P t Seconal in Wheat, Wonderful Rest)ttrliana ea , , ,; n s ore or it iana including 21/xc tax, Manitoba oMs-No. 2 C.W,, 81s%c Canada is a country in its infancy, With a population that Is. No, 3 C.W„ 78%e; extra No. 1 feed not very )nuch larger than that of Gre'it'or Now Verne sea'btered over an area 78%e; No. 1 feed 75%c, in store Fo .of over 3,700,000 square Mlles, it is impossible even to imagine the William, pos- sibilities of this Dominion, Tho• United States has a population per square American corn --No, 3 yellow, kis Mile 14 times as great as that of Canada. • dried, nominal; No, 4 yellow, kis Fortunately for the Allied -cause, the smallness of the population ha$ al- dried nominal 2 white 86 t ways enabled Canada to have a large surplus: of wheat, and she now ranks 87c, No, 3 ivhlite, 85 to 86c, accordin seeond in the great wheat exporting countries of the world; 268,000,000 to fireigbts outside. 131oshels of wheat were shipped to Europe in 1916-16. In the whole of Canada I Ontario wheat -No. 2. Winter, pe and even in the three great wheat growing provinces of Manitoba, Sask- ear lot, $2.22; basis in store Montreal atehewan and Alberta, only slightly more than one-tenth of all the land at 1 Peas -Nominal. present readily adaptable to egricul�ture was under crop last year; Barley -Malting, $1.64' to $1,66 according to freights oubside. I'he forests of Canada are unsurpassed and oonebitute a resource that will Bualcwliea't-$1.84 to $1.,86, accord be called upon to a very great extent in the reconstruction period after 'the Ing to freights outside. war. There are between five and six hundred million acres of forest. Thal Rye -No, 2, $2.45, according t total value of the different classes of forest products for 1916' was $178,000,. freights outside, 000, The exports of forest products to the United Kingdom, United States Manitoba flour - War quality and other countries realized in that year over $43,000,0,00. 110.90; now bags, Toronto. In one of the most essential nii.neral products Canada leads the' world. Ontario flour -War quality, $10.65 In 1917; 84,500,000 pounds of nickel were produced. This represents over new bags, Toronto gird Montrea 80% of. the world's production. The largest asbestos mines in the world are fh•Mill e, prompt shipment. Millfeed - Car lobs - Delivered in the Province of Quebec, and at present supply bhe greater part of the Montreal freights, bags included worlds consumption. The war has stimulated in a very pronounced manner Bran, per ton, $35.4'0; shorts, per ton the production of all those metals which are necessities of war., Some of $40,40, then had never even been developed prior to the outbreak of year. Only a Hay -No. 1. per ton, $16,00 t comparatively small part of the coal resources has been touched; an estimate $17.00; mired, $14.00 to $16.00, track of the exgmined mineral coal areas shows that there are 73,500,000,000 tons Toronto, of bituminous coal and 461,000,000 tons of anthracite. Strew Car ]ars, per ton, $8,60 to In regard to its fisheries, Canada has been richly endowed by nature $9.00, track Torohvto. with an extensive coast line, innumerable rivers and lakes. The Canadian Country Produce -Wholesale rjobstor fisheries of the Atlantic and the Gulf of St. Lawrence are the most Butter -Creamery, . solids, per lb. 'productive in the world. 41 to 42c; pprints, per lb., 42 to 43c Canada holds a position second to ether country in the world in re- dairy, per lb. 37 to 38c. gard to its water -power possibilities, t present 1,800,000 24-hour horse- Eggs -New laid, 38 to 39c. power have been developed. It is estimated that, within areas likely to be Poultry -Dressed chickens, 30 to populated in the near future, there is a aggregate of nearly 18,000,000 24 - turkeys, 32c; fowl, 30 to 58c; ducks, 25 to 30c; hour horsepower, 30 to 35c. Iii its fur-bearinganimals Caned an opportunitythat ispresented to Wholesalers are selling to the retail trade at the following prices: - but few other countries to develop a fur industry. The annual output Cheese -New, large, 231E to 24c• of furs is 16% of the value of the v world's production. twins, 28% to i1414e;; old, large, 2536 Finally, the transportation systems developed at a rapid rate. The to 26c; twin 26 to 261rzc. railroad mileage of Canada for every 00 persons in nearly twice as great Butter -Fresh, dairy, choice, 40 to as that of the United States and m than eight times that of Germany. 42c; creamery prints, cut, 45 to 46c; Consequently, Canada is well prepai o meet the transportation require- fresh made, 46 to 47c; solids, 44 to 46c. menta of those future settlers who willcultivate immense areas. of good agri- Margarine -32 to 34c. Ib, cultural land lying within fifteen mil the railroads. Dggs-New laid, 42 to 43c; new Canada is yet but a very young nation. Only a minute portion of its re- laid, in cartons, 45 to 46c. P Dressed poultry -Milk -fed chickens Pei n kill 0 g NEWS FROM ENGLAND NEWS 18Y MAIL ABOUT JOHN BULL AND 111'8 PEOPLE Occurrences la the Land That Reigns Supreme In the Commer. cial World. Mr, and Mrs, Lovegrove, Sliming Hill, Ascot, have had three sons kill- ed out of eight serving. A fine of 220 was unposed on Rob- ert Fury, of Hornsey, for, exposing light -weight bread for sale.' Five sons of Rev. P. W. Bushy Lane, rector of Freethorpe, have been 1 killed in action since the beginning of -the Wan; During tank week at Manchester, at o which 24,502,386 was raised, Mr. and Mrs. Garner paid in 1500 in gold, their life savings. The death took place at Cowes last 1 week of Thomas Bennet, a Crimean and Indian Mutiny veteran, at the age of 98 years. An act has been passed by the Gov- ' eminent, enabling soldiers under age 0 to will away houlie and land property in the same way as their money. For giving warning of fire and sav- ing the lives of several, people, the National Canine medal has been awarded to "Bess," a fox terrier. Through the influence of the inayor of Ealing, the sum of 2400 was raised at after-dinner collections for the funds of St. Dunstan's Hospital. Sir Alfred Mond has presented 170 members of the Office of Works es- tablishment of Special Constabulary, with long service bronze medals. The wounded soldiers at Acton Hos- pital, presented the matron, Miss Pritchard, with a pair of silver can- dlesticks in appreciation of her kind- ness, The ladies of Bedford have collect- ' ed 34,662 pipers from long-distance passengers at the Midland station and forwarded them to Bedford soldiers. The sum of £4,500 was collected in the Malay Peninsula, to provide `two aeroplanes for the Royal Flying Corps. A Leicester miner's wife died from pneumonia, attributed to standing for four hours in a food queue, Lieuts. H. P. Freeman and C. S. Brooks were killed when their ma- chine nose-dived in Cambridgeshire. Three acres of land at Willesden Municipal Hospital have been set aside for cultivation by disabled ex - soldiers, The death has occurred at Cowpan, Northumberland, of John Air, cousin and last surviving relative of Grace Darling. A letter of Queen Elizabeth, writ- ten to Henry TV, of France, brought 2150 at a sale of autographs at Sotheby's. The Cheshire estates of Loid Shrewsbury, which were recently sold by auction, realized the sum of 4170 000. When a woman fainted from ex- haustion in a queue at Northampton her purse, containing 21 10s., was stolen from her. Mr. and Mrs. J. Collins, of the Pack Horse Farm, atapledurham, have seven sons and three sons-in-law serv- ing in the army. Railway men are complaining of the quantity of luxuries being sent to the German officers' prison camp at Bishop Lydeard, Taunton. David Bucknell, of Bromley -by - Bow, died as a result of injuries re-! ceived by jumping out of bed when an air raid alarm was given. Five hundred and five medical olid -1 cess and doctors serving as combat- ants have been killed or died of • wounds up to the end of 1917. no A m n a has great whole has ore ed t es of abet srouces has been examined; vast areas have never been explored. Now is the 38 to 40c; fowl, 88 to 40c; turkeys, time, in the present great world crisis, for the most careful study and 40 to 45c; economic development of its resources and their industrial derivatives in order Live poultry -Turkeys, 30e; chick - that Canada may be prepared, at the restoration of peace to rebuild the de- ens, lbs„ 28 to 30c; hens, 33 to 37c. vastated regions of Europe and feed, clothe and shelter all these who may Beans - Canadian, hand-picked, come to its hospitable shores. -Reprinted from the Wall Street Journal, New York, one of the world's greatest financial authorities. BRITISH TROOPS WITHIN 80 MILES OF MOSUL. A despatch from London says: British troops on May 7th entered the Turkish town of Kerkuk, 80 miles south•.east of. Mosul, in Mesopotamia, the British War Office announced. The text of the statement reads: "Mesopotamia -A portion of our troops entered Kerkuk on May 7th without opposition. The Turks, who retired towards the Lesser. Zab River, left 600 men in hospital in the rown, They alsoabandonedthree damaged airplanes. A heavy rain has fallen." -Examine the herbaceous plants in ther n ga de and see if any have been raised by the frost. Some cal;, be' put hack in place by pressure of the foot on all sides.of the plant. Others will require replanting. INCREASE IN SINI(TNGS OF U-BOATS. A despatch from London says: The sinking of enemy submarines has in- creased steadily, and the sinking of merchant ships has fallen steadily, declared T. J. Macnamara, M.P. for North Camberwell and Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty, in a re- cent speech at Bristol. Germany has made many mistakes in the course of the war, but never made a greater one than in thinking she could end the war by driving Brit- ish merchantmen from the seas, de- clared Vice -Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, First Sea Lordof the Ad- miralty, miraltY, at the annual meeting of the Mercantile Marine Association. , Don't limit supplies of milk and butter, but don't waste then. BRITISI POSITIONS IN SOMME REGION I PROVED IN LOCAL ENGAGEMENTS Allied Line Completely Re-established in the Voormezeele-La Clytte Sector After Hard Fighting -Enemy Gains Footing Near Albert at Cost of Heavy Losses. A despatch from London says: A vigorous counter-attack on Wednes- day night resulted in the re-establish- ment of the allied line in the Voorme- zeele-La Clytte sector, where the Ger- mans in a local attack yesterday suc- ceeded in making some advance. This operation developed bard fighting throughout most of the day and into the night. Two attacks were attempted against the British lines in the Somme sector. The first, at Bouzincourt, was dis- persed. Near Albert the enemy, after suffering heavy casualties, succeeded in penetrating the defence positions on a front of about 150 yards. The Canadian forces from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia have en- gaged in a successful fecal attack south of Arras. A despatch from the British Army in France, says: -The Germans had intended to make•a, much more preten- tious assault in Flanders on Wednes-I day than they were actually able to carry out, it has been learned, Their i failure Was due to the excellent work, of the allied glmners and to a small. coincident operation by the French; east of Soherpenberg, which came at the right moment to help upset the enemev plans in this sector. The Germans preceded their ad- vance by a terrific all-night bom- bardment against both British and French over a wide front. At 9.80 o'clock the infantry was started by the 62nd Reserve, which was sent against the British in Ridge Wood and the neighboring territory southwest of Voormezeele, and by the.06t1 Division, which attacked the British on the' right and the French on the left. Before the battle started in earnest, however, everal things bad happened which were to have a vital bearing on the day's programme, Along the Ypres-Comines Canal an unusual movement among the enemy had brought down a tremendous barrage from the British guns against a Ger- man division on the right of the 52nd Reserves. Nothing further happened along this sector, but it appeared later j that the enemy had been assembling here to participate in the attack and Ihad been so badly smashed that the idea of their taking part had been abandoned. In the meantime along the French front between Locre and LaClytte the French had their eyes open and be- gan a heavy bombaxd'ment. Also, the French had undertaken a small operation in the early morning for S the capture of a position east of Scherpenberg Hill. The combination of the French attack and the great bombardment undoubtedly completely upset the German plans for additional German divisions, which were as semblieg to assist their comrades on their right, could not be brought in. As a consequence the saault was con- fined to a two -division affair, which was directed mainly against the Brit- ish about Ridge Wood. bushel, $8.75; imp. Band -picked, Burma. or Indian, $6.'}6 to $7.25; Ja- pan, $8.25 to 88.60; Limas, 19 to 20c. Maple syrup -8% -lb. tins, 10 to a case, $14.50• imperial gallon tins, per tin, 82.25; imperial five -gallon cans, per can, $10.60. 15 -gallon kegs, .per gal., $2.00• maple sugar, 1 -Ib. box, pure, per lb., 24 to 25c. Provisions -Wholesale Smoked meats -Hams, medium, 36 to 38c; do., heavy 30 to 32c; cooked, 49 to 50c; rolls, 32 to 33c; brealcfast bacon, 4:1. to 44c; backs, plain, 44 to 45c; boneless, 48 to 49e. Cured pleats -Long clear bacon, 30 to 31c; clear bellies, 29 to 30c. Lard -Pure, tierces, 3134 to 32c; tubs, 3196 to 82?/6c; pails, 32 to 8214c; prints, 33 to 33%c. Compound tierces, 26 to 2634c; tubs, 26%. to 26%c; pails, 261E to 27c; prints, 2731 to 28c. Montreal Markets Montreal, May 14. -Oats -Cana- dian Western, No. 2, 96e; No. 3, 92e' extra No. 1 feed, 92e No. 3 local white, 92c. Flour -New standard Spring wheat grade, $10.95 to $11.05. Rolled oats -Bags, 90 lbs, $5.25. Bran, $35.40. Shorts, $40,40. Middlings, $48.00 to $50.00. Mouillie, $60.00 to $62.00. Hay -No. 2, per ton, car lots, $17.00. _ • Live Stock Markets Toronto, May 14, -Extra choice heavy steers, $14.50 to $15.50 choice heavy steers, $13.50 to $14.00; good heavy steers, $13.00 to $13.25; butchers' cattle, choice, $13,26 to $18.75; do., good, $12.00 to $12.25; do., medium, $11.65 to $11.85; do., common, $11.00 to $11.25; butchers' bulls, choice, $11.25 to $12.25; do., good bulls, $10.50 to $11.00; do., medium bulls, $9.50 to $10.26;do., rough bulls, $7.25 to $7.50; butchers' cows, choice, $11.25 to $12.25; do„ goad, $10.50 to $11.00; do., medium, $9.50 to $10.25; stockers, $9.50 to $11.00; feeders, $11.00 to $11.76; canners and cutters, $6.50 to $7,50; milkers, good to choice, $90.00 to $140.00; do., coin. and med., $66.00 to $80.00; springers ,990,00 to $140.00; light ewes, $18.60 to 918.00; lambs, 1 $18.00 to $20.50; calves, good -to choice, $14.00 to $15.50; hogs, fed, and watered, $20.75 to $21,00; do., weighed off cars, $21,00 to $21.25;1 do., f.o.b., $19.76 to $20.00 Montreal, May 14. -Choice steers, 1 $12,50 to $13.50; do., good, $12 to! $:12.50; do., medium, $10 to $11.50; choice butchers' cows $11. to $11,50; good cows, $10 to '10.75• medium, $8,50 to $9.50• butchers' bulls, $11 to $11.50; good mulls, $10 to $10,50; medium, 99 to $10. Calves -Milk - fed, $8 to $14; common, $6 to $7. Sheep --$16 to $1.7. Hogs -Selects, off carte, $21.75 to $22; sows, $10.50 1o$20, 4. ?aM, T )RN oN T14ts I-16NT! I NEAR A BURGLAR ! P To make fried mush pour cornmeal mush into tun -enameled dish and when colts cut into slices and fry ie hot drippings until well browned, Sevve hot with butter. and syrup. Some potato seed was chilled last winter andthe buds may be injured. Before planting see that the sprouts have started a little or test by placing a potato or two in a warm place, 1 NEAR" Nim DARING AVIATOR SAILED UNDER BRIDGE AT NIAGARA. A despatch ,from Niagara Falls, Ont., says: An unknown aviator from Beamsville Camp circled over the Falls fora few moments on Thurs- day and then dived down at fright- ful velocity and sailed under the steel arch bridge. Evidently he epxeri- enced some difficulty in rising from the gorge as did Beachy some years ago. The Beamsville cadet, however, after being in the gorge about three minutes, managed to rise on the j American side, and after circling' round, made off for camp. BERLIN "SHELLS OUT" D[SCA RDED WARDROBES. • A despatch from Amsterdam says: The eity of Berlin has been ordered to. reduce forthwith 40,000 complete econd-hand suits for war workers, rincipally those engaged in railway and farming work. It is to he a "vol- ntary surrender against a small ayment," but warning is given that f the clothes are -not forthcoming they will be taker' by force, This.ap- lies especially to persons whose so- ial position warrants the assuntp- ion that their wardrobes are well tocked. p s p u p c t s rOM - old Tom - pori'1' Gp DOWN 'THERE EXPECTED GERMAN OFFENSIVE MAY NOT BEGIN FOR A FORTNIGHT Military Authorities of Opinion That the Enemy Has Met With Severe Repulse From Which Recovery Will Take Time. A despatch from Paris says: Con- trary to the belief expressed in de- spatches from correspondents with the French army, military authorities here do not believe that the next Ger- man offensive is as imminent as ex- pected, and agree that the battle may not begin before a fortnight. - Many reasons contribute to this delay, the foremost of which is the fact that so severe has been the repulse of the last week, especially on the days of the 29th and 30th, that sufficient time must elapse before the enemy can be able to fill in and reorganize his divisions. On the other hand, allied aviators are working such havoc in the enemy's lines that he is finding it extremely difficult to carry out concentrations. From high military authority it is understood the allies would be willing to give up Ypres if the enemy was willing to pay to the extent of about 20,000 men for it, and at that would be a good bargain, as tactically Ypres is worth less than 10,000. This author- ity expressed the belief that in the coming offensive aviation may play the most important role in the whole field of war. The allies are now much superior in the air than the enemy. It has been established recently that the German airplane production aver- aged from 1,800 to 2,000 machines. While it is not permitted to give the figures of the French and English output, it is not exaggerating to esti- mate it at more than double, and daily increasing. It is hoped that the allies will be able to give a demon- stration of their superiority in the air before many months. A Word About Shot. Why aro lead shot made by drop- ping the molten metal from the top of a very high tower? The popular supposition is that they acquire the requisite spherical shape by falling from a great height; but it is not so. The leaden globules are as perfectly spherical when they start from the top of the tower as when they strike the water in a well at the bottom. The stuff' is hold at the top of the tower in a large iron pan that has a perfor- ated bottom, and the metal drops that fall through are the shot. In falling they cool, hardening suf- ficiently to suffer no deformation on striking the water, two hundred feet below. This, indeed, is the reason for the tower -to give the leaden globules time to cool while passing through the air. The use of the water in the well is to furnish a soft cushion for the shot to fall on. Later the shot are scooped out of the well I and are put through a series of sieves to sort them into sizes. OVER 500,000 T.J. S. SOLDIERS IN FRANCE. A despatch from Washington says: More than half a million American soldiers have been sent to France. Secretary Baker has authorized the statement that his forecast in Con- gress in January that five hundred thousand troops would be despatched to France early in the present year now had been surpassed. T -- Meat can only be perfectly stew- ed if the water is kept just below the boiling -point. Cal ouflaged streets in. a French town under fire of the German heavy guns, coil~ card 1aOWM' lies oil -air -ROOF! e Vrii FROM OLD SCOTLAND NOTES OF INTEREST PROM HER BANIfS AND BRAES What is Going On in the Highlands and Lowlands of Ailld Scotia. John D. Munro, advocate, Aberdeen, has been appointed clerk of lieuten- ancy for Aberdeen. Miss J, B, Cumming, Edinburgh, has been appointed a member of the Order of the British Empire, Sergeant W. A, C, Laing, Haystoun Place, Peebles, R,A.M,C., has been awarded the Military Medal D, M. Graham, of Scott & Graham, Forfar, has been made a member of the Order of the British Empire. Lady 3, B. Smith, Stirling, has pur- chased the Bonnybridge Nursing Ilome and presented it to the village. The Right Honorable the Earl of Wemyss has been appointed Lord Lieutenant of the county of Hadding- ton. Lord Glenconner has purchased Dryburgh Abbey and estate and has presented them as a gift to the na- tion, The Hawick and District Fresh Egg Collecting Committee collected 7,660 eggs for wounded soldiers last year. Corporal Colin Brown, of the Cana- dians, who has won the V.C., is a native of the Boyndie district, Banff- shire. A sheep which had been entombed in the snow for nineteen days was released alive on a farm near Alton, Moffat. George H. Wilson, councillor and magistrate of Hawick, has been made an. Officer of the Order of the British Empire. Captain Malcolm Graham, formerly on the teaching staff of Markinch School, Fifeshire, is reported killed in action. Lieutenant Anton Gunn, Seaforth Highlanders, son of A. Gunn, V.S., Beauly, has been awarded the Mili- tary Cross. Lord Provost Don, Dundee, has had conferred on him a Knighthood of the Most Excellent Order of the Brit- ish Empire. The Military Cross has been award- ed to Lieut. Archibald Dingwall, son of Rev. George Dingwall, Lifr, Dun- dee. Major Thomson and Lieutenant Hutchison, sons of two Brechin mini- sters, have been awarded the Military Cross. Private George Scougall, Royal Scots, Pitlochry, one of five brothers in active service, has been awarded the Military Medal. Captain R. Tindal, R.A.M.C., who has been awarded the Military Cross, is a son of J. M. Tindall, Polmuir road, Aberdeen. In the official list of those who received the Order of the British Empire appears the name of Dr. John Russell, Burslem. Chief Constable Robert Pyper has sent in his resignation after nearly 38 years' service as a member of the Arbroath Constabulary. THE FRENCH "TANKS." Like the Brutish Land Ships, They Unite the Comic With the Terrible. The curiously mixed characteristics of that amazing novelty of warfare, the "tanks," are indicated in their of- ficial classification in the French and in the British army. The English "tanks" are officially his Majesty's land ships; those of France are ar- tillerie d'assaut-artillery of assault. By whatever name the nondescript monsters are called, however, both Frenchmen and Englishmen recognize their unique blending of the comic with the terrible. The English "tanks" are cheered and laughed at by the commies with equal- heartiness, and oven their crews, who take the great- est pride in them, name them always in a spirit of burlesque; while the English correspondents compare them to "ridiculous and gigantic armadil- los," "giant piglings, rooting genially in mud holes," and "overgrown steel puppies at the staggering and tumb- ling age." The French treat their assaulting ' artillery with equal levity. They com- pare it to "a playful young rhino- ceros," rather than to pigs, puppies or armadillos, and this is natural, for the French "tanks," besides their in- dubitably thick hides, carry in front a projecting bowsprit, or horn. The Frenchmen, too, name their "tanks," and often with studied inappropriate - floss. Mounette and Maleche suggest neither assault nor artillery; Pour- quoi Pas (Why Not?) Is perhaps a challenge, but scarcely sounds belli- gerent; and Patte de Velours (Velvet Paw) is the very antithesis of the Prussian eagle's talon or the lcaiser's mailed fist, Maleche has been photo- graphed, with her smiling crew swarming over the outside, and her mascot, an alert terrier, very mucic In evidence. Ile is reported not to be the only mascot in this new arm of service; there is said to be another "tank," the name of which might per- haps be rendered in English as Pret- ty Pussy, aboard which a small, black kitten, with an unusually loud pur, makes herself very much at house. Only when these ridiculous "tanks" get into action do they show that they are cut out for serious work. Their crews are picked for skill and dar- ing. At the attack on Juvincourt, which they largely helped to capture, fr'olil: 33.03stit was Main vvhilo lgacllnt, dtjtladloih or "tames"; and o e "tallith caught fire and another broke down. The crews had to abandon them, but succeeded in destroying or ' ea crying off all their guns and mond• tions, and getting back to their owh4 lilies, It is No. 10 Hyde Park Place, one of a row of houses on the Bayswater si le overlooking the park, built over a passage six foot wide,between 11os. 0 and 11. Although It bs3 ti street door, guarded by ori iron gate, 1hei'e is only one room in the shouse.