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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1918-6-27, Page 3TEUTON FORCES NO LONGER OUTNUMBER TIIE FRENCH TROOPS • mow. is Regarded as a Local Offensive and the..Gerinart Wee, tiire as Still Paris and the. Channel Ports. A despateh from Paris says: The heavy defeat of the Germans in -the IJohn s salient again shows that every tiale the From have had hi front of them more or less equal forces and have not been overpowered by mune bers the Germans bave been made to feel the superior fighting quality of the poilus, Nevea in the opinion of Ireneh militavy anthorities, will the 1Germens breals through these lines, 'At Rheims, as at Noyan, the enemy fell short of his elemental surpriee. Everything had been carefully prepar- ed. French batteries of field and heavy guns, which bad been placed in position, cpsicklY answered the Ger- man bombardment. French air Pis lots, who had previously reconnoitred the country, picked out the German reserves and bombed them, had sig- nalled their presence to the French guns, which poured forth a murdering fire on the enemy's lines and corn - =libations, thereby greatly impeding !the advance ex his shook reserve Ithoope. Germany's impressions of the su- perior quality of Preach resistance are revealed by letters., fonad on prisoners made in the recent attack. One of these is typical of the morale of the German soldier. This letter sap: Enthusiasm and ardor have disappeared, The German army now begin e to realize that the time of easy victories has passed, and that it will again see its soldiers piled up into walls of corpses. The memory of Verdun is being refreshed, French military circles regard the German attack at Rheims as a local action, They believe their main ef- fort will still be either northward to- ward the channel ports or southward toward Paris. AUSTRIAN ARMY SHORT OF FOOD Prisoners Ate on First Day All Rations Intended to Last Un- til They Reached Italian Stores. A despatch from Italian Army Headquarters, says: -.Ab the begin- ning of the offensive the Austrians in the front line each received three rations of meat, one for each day of the attack until they reached the Italian stores. They were so hungry, however, that they ate all of them the first day. During a tour of the battlefront the correspondent talked with an Austrian prisoner, a member of a manufactur- ing firm with offices in all the great world centres. , "I have been fighting for forty moaths," said the prisoner, "First, on the Russian front, where I had an easy time, and now here, where the Italians are making things too hot for us. There is no food for the people of .A.ustria, and next to none for the army. I had but a few pieces of bread and potatoes before the fight and since the fight began I have had none. "The army cannot last more than a couple of months at the best. There are no good officers left. We have plenty of ammunition, but no one to use it properly." The Italian losses were compara- tively small, while to the known Aus- trian losses will have to be added the ,anpany Austrian dead which still en- cumber the wooded mountain sides, • MILITARY SERVICE ACT HAS SUPPLIED 71,102. A despateh from Ottawa says: The following statement was issued on - Thursday by the Department of Mil- itia and Defence: "In conaection with the recent pub- lished returns, covering the opera- tions of the Military Service Act, it is evident from some of the comment in the press that the form in which the statement was made out has led to misunderstanding as to the total number of men obtained in relation to the 100,000 reinforcements authoriz- ed by the statute. "The total number of men obtain- ed by the machinery of the Military Service Act up to June 19 was 67,295, to which may be added for the pur- pose of determining the number of men available, 16,807 who have re- ported voluntarily," ANOTHER BIG HARVEST OF THE SEA. BRITISH DAILY DEMOLISH ZEEBRUGGE REPAIRS. A despatch from Amsterdam says: The eutranee to the harbor at Zee- brugge is blocked, adecading to Limits. George Coward and John Read, of the British Royal Air Force, who landed in the" Province of Zeeland, Monday, and.. are to be interned at The Hague, In an interview publish- ed in the Telegraaf, they say thmGer- mans are working day and night to clear the passage, but each nigh British aviators demolish the man's progress. The cement ships sunk in the harbor are still there, and the Germans are afraid to blow them up for fear they will also destroy the sluices, The lieutenants assert that no submarines can enter or leave Zee- brugge, 'Pile blockade of Ostend is not so complete, but the Germans are having great trouble there. FOOD BOARD'S REMINDER OF STARVATION IN FRANCE. A despatch from Ottawa says: A bulletin issued by the Canada Food Board reads as follows: The population of France, ou ally in this war, was about 89,000,000 when the war broke out. About 7, 000,000 able-bodied men were con scripted, 1,000,000 have since bee: killed, and over 1,000,000 more were put out of action. Agricultural pro- duction has dropped to nearly one- third. Women, childnen, old men and crippled soldiers are struggling to till the fields of France. Horses were also conscripted for military service, and French women hitched themselves to the plows and harrows in place of draft animals. Frenchmen are fight- ing Germans, French women are fighting starvation. Deaths from starvation among the allies in Europe since the war are estimated at 4,- 790,000. PARIS AIR DEFENCE VASTLY IMPROVED. A despatch from Paris says: The Germans have attempted 14 air raids main Paris since Jan, 31, but only twenty-two of the more than three hundred machines which took part have succeeded in flying over the city, according to a record of the en- emy efforts. Nine of the twenty-two machines were brought down. Thereupon the Whole Party Went Over to the Italian Lines A despalch with the Italian Armies, ay: -The Italian soldiers tell hum- orous stories of captures effected by persuading the Austrians that they vill be well fed. One Italian officer , who had been wounded and picked up y a group of Austrians who intended o make him prisoner explained how oolish they were. He said: "Come vith me, and you will get meat, wine nd real bread," Thereupon the whole arty went over to the Italian lines. Teutons Garbed as Italians Put to Death When Captured. _a_as A despatch from Rome says: Rat- ian military officials learned before the Austrian offensive began that the Austrians had dressed Italian-speak- ing soldiers in Italian uniforms in or- der to throw them at a suitable Mo - 1 ment into the Entente allied lines so as to provoke panic and disorder, Cap -1 tured Austrians so garbed were exes euthd after a drumhead court -ma - tial, 1» accordance with the law a of war. Western Statesman Brands Cattle, Hon, C. R. Mitchell, Provincial Treasurer of Alberta, is more than a politician; he is also somewhat a eatt e - man. Here he is seen aiding in affixing a brand to a calf at Medicine Hat. He is the central figure bending down. The other are from left to right: James Fleming, President of the Medicine Hat Agricultural Society; Mr. Conrad, manager of the Assiniboine Hotel (bending over).;. Walter G. Lynch, manager of the Medicine Hat branch of the Bank of Commerce; Lorne M. Laidlow (bolding the Reeking Chair brand); Walter Huckvalle, Pre. sident of the Western Canada Stock Dealers; J. L. Pearce, owner of the 600 call is branded, Markets of the World Breadstuffs Toronto, June 26-Ma.niteba, wheat -No. 1 Northern, $2.23%; No. 2 do., $2.20%; No. 8 do., $2.17%; No, 4 wheat, $2.10%; in store Fort William, including 21/ae tax. Manitoba oats -No. 2 OM., 8614c; No. 3 C.W., 83%e; extra No. 1 feed, 83%c; No. 1 feed, 804e, in store Fort Williarn. American corn -No. 3 yellow, kiln dried nominal; No. 4 yellow, kiln dried, nominal, Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 79 to 80e. No. 8 white, 78 to 79c, according to reights outside. Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per car lot, $2 . 22; basis in store Montreal. Peas -Nominal. Barley -Malting, $1.18 to $1.20, ac- cording to freights outside. Buckwheat -$1.80, according to freights outside. Rye -No. 22, $1.90, according to freights outside. Manitoba flour -War quality, $10.95; new bags, Toronto and Mont - r real freights, prompt shipment. Ontario flours -War quality, $10.65, in bags, Toronto and Montreal; - prompt shipment, Millfeed-Car lots -Delivered Mont- i b A despatch halm Ottawa says: The f total value in first hands of sea fish landed in Canada during the month of a May was $.2,238,626, as compared with p $2,161,571 for the same month last ,year, according to the monthly state- ment bailed from the Department of the Naval Service. The statement says that the fishing was carried on ander favorable conditions this year, but in the more eagerly parts of Nova Scotia ice, which was slow in leaning the coast, interfered with operations, 21 Destroyers, Many UaBoats 'Peneed Up In Bruges Canal. A despatch from London says Twenty-one German destroyers, a large number of submarines and nu- merous auxiliary craft are penned up In the Bruges Canal clocks as the re- sult of the resent British naval oper- ations at Zeebrugge, the German sub- marine bas ta on the Belgian coast. Thomas J. Macnamara, Financial Sec- retary of the Admiralty, made this announcement in the House of Corns mobs, and said that the operations were more successful than at first had been supposed. He added that the German craft wore now the sub- ject of constant bombing. rfasaallasams"..- as. ITALIAN TRANSPORT TOR- . PEDOED- 640 PERISHED. A despatch from Paris says; The transport Santa Anna, proceeding from Bizeria for Malta, was torpedoed and sunk, 'according to the Havas Agency. There were on board 2,150 1 soldiers and native workmen, of whom 1,512 were zaved. real freights, bags included; Bran,per P ton $35.00; shorts, per ton, $40.00. }fay -No. 1, per ton, $13.50 to $14.50; mixed, $12 , 00 to $13 . 00. track Toronto. Straw -Car lots, per ton, $8.00 to *8.50, track Toronto. Country Produce -Wholesale Butter -Creamery, solids, per Ib., 42% to 43c; prints, per lb., 43 to 43%e; dairy, per lb., 36 to 360. Eggs -New laid, 36 to 37c. Poultry -Roosters, 23 to 23o; fowl, 28 to 30e; ducks, 25 to 80c; turkeys, 27 to . 1 Wholesalers are selling to the retail trade at the following prices: - Cheese --New, large, 23% to 24c; twins, 23% to 24140; old, large, 25% to 26c; twin 26 to 2614e. Butter -Fresh, dairy, choice, 40 to 42c; creamery prints, fresh made, 46 to 47c; solids, 44 to 450. Margarine -28 to 33c lb. Eggs -New laid, 40 to 41c; new laid, in cartons, 44 to 45c. Dressed- poultry -Spring chickens, 66c; rooters, 28c; fowl, 38 to 40c; turkeys, 40 to 45e. Live poultry -Spring chickens, 55e; roosters, 20c; turkeys, He; hers, 33 to 34c. Beans - Canadian, hand-picked, bashel, $8.75; imp., hand-picked, Burma or Indian, $6.76; Japan, $8.50 to $8.75; Limas,18 to 20c, . Maple syrup -314 -bb. tins, 10 to a case, $14.50; imperial gallon tins, per tin, $2.25; imperial five -gallon cans, per can, $10.60; 16 -gallon kegs, per gal., $2,00; maple sugar 1-1b. box, pure, per Ib., 24 to 25c. Provisions -Wholesale Smoked meats -Hams, medium, 36 to 38e., do., heavy, 80 to 32c; cooked, 60 to 51e; rolls, 32 to 33c; breakfast bacon, 41 to 44c; backs, plain 44 to 46e; boneless 48 to 49c. Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 30 to 81c; clear bellies, 29 to 30c. Lard -Pure, tierces, 30% to 31140; tubs, 31 to 31%e; pails, 3114 to Rale; prints, 32%c; to 33Sic. Compound tierces,26 to 26%e; tubs, a„aaa to 26%e; pails, 26% to 27c; prints, 28 to 2896a. ---- Montreal Marketo M011treal, June 25,-0a ts --Ca na- dian Westetn No. 2, 97%e; extra No. 1 feed, 9414e, Flour-aTew sisandatd grade $10,95 to $11.05. Rolled oats -Bags, 90 lbs, $5.10 to 55.15, Bran, 1515:0501.8.508.borts, $40.00. Mouilhie, 570.00. Ilay-No. 2, per ton, car „ - Live Stook Markets Toronto, June 25 -Extra choice heavy steers, $15.50 to $16.00; choice heavy steers, $14.50 to $14.75; buts eller& cattle, choke, 514.60 to 516.00; do., good, $18.75 to 514.00; do, med- urn, $12,00 to $12.50; do, cormnon, $11.00 to SIT .211; butehers' bulb, choice 12.00 to 512.50; do. good bulls, '5f1.00 to 511,50; do., rough Sow beans, peas, lettuce, radishes bulls, 57.60 to $8.50; butcher& cows, and carrote for succesaion, - choice, 512,00 to 512.50; do. good, trorsiteut AUSTRIAN LINE DRIVEN IN BEFORE ITALIAN ONSLAUGHT Further Gains on Piave River and Towns Recaptured by Allies - Enemy is Now Twenty Miles From Venice. A despatch from London says: -To all outward appearances the Austrian offensive in the Italian theatre thus far has met with failure all along the front from the Venetian Alps to the Adriatic Sea. In the Trill region additional ground has been recaptured from the invaders, while along the Piave River, where intensive fighting is in progress, at some points with fluctuating results, the balance toward ultimate, victory seems to sway in favor of the Italian arms. South and east of Asiago the French and Italians, in brilliant 'counter -of- fensives, have retaken Penner, Bertigo and Costalungs, past which the Aus- trians had hoped to push their front and gain the Astico River Valley, which leads to Vicenza on the plains below, Still farther south, between Fos- salta and San Dona di Piave, the Italians have farther pushed back the invaders, and unofficial reports assert that they have recaptured the village of Capo Sile, lying on the edge of the marsh region, some twenty miles oast of historic Venice. It is not outside the range of pos- sibility that a large number of the Austrians are in a fair way to be tak- en prisoner by the Italians, for a large number of the pontoon bridges which they threw acvoss the Piave River over the 14% -mile front between the Conegiano Railway bridge and the Zenson loop have been carried away on the bosom of the swollen stream. At any rate the loss of these bridges will necessarily seriously impede the rein- forcement of the Austrians on the west bank of the stream and the re- plenishment of their supplies. $1.1766- to $11.75; do., medium, $10.00 to 510.50; stockers, 59,25 to $11.00; feeders, 510,00 to 511.50; canners and cutters, Skiff/ to 57.50; milkers, good to choice, 590.00 to $140.00; do., corn, and med. 505.00 to 580.00; springers, $90.00 to 5140.00; light ewes, 516.25 to 517.00; yearlings, $18.60 to 520.00; spring lambs, 23 to 25c; calves, 510.00 to 517.26; hogs, fed and watered, $18.00; do., weighed on' cars, $18.25; do., f.o,b., 517,00. Montreal, June 25 -Choice steers, 513.50 to $15.60; good steers, 511.00 to $13.00' choice butchers' cows 510.00 to 512.56; poorer quality, $7.00 to m 59.60; butchers' bulls, $8.00 to $12.00;ilksfod calves, 59.50 to 515,00; select hogs $19.00 to $19.50. Kidding the Censor. When Stephen Crane was reporting the Greco -Turkish war he had occa- sion to write of a battle in which the Turks turned and fled before the en- emy. Crane watched with disgust the ;Turkish censor toning down his =nu- t script, and finally that worthy came to the word "routed." "This won't do," he said; "we must have a euphemism here. What would ;you suggest?" "If I were you," said Crane sarcas- tically, "I'd simply say that the in- domitable Turks changed front and advanced." 4 A New Use For the Gas Mask. An American soldier in camp "somewhere" who does not intend to weep while he's peeling onions, gie 110,toiariLoss co 2' tara, 3:30 "ILIL I14Gota6 'To 0E1' RID I Haah rf, 1.i. ... oP YHAT OLAMED CAT A DoG, Amp Dodd NOW ag1.1VVg 'Ara To HAVE cleAM OLAdit eolven i L\\traA fA $ TO -4-41Q;10 ° 415U 16 NO SMALL AblouNT To rAsi volt. A Poo mrt ri)4. THAT CAT AWAY AL142100-1 906S' FOR SAL FROM SUNSET COAST WHAT THE WESTEIRN PEQPIA ARE POING. Pregreee of the Great West Toll in a Few Feinted Peragrnelm• The fifth aCnual meeting althe Provincial Chapter, 1.0.D.E, British Columbia was held In Vancouver. Fish packers £4t Prince Rupert pre- viously receiving 60 cents an hoisr struck for 62% 'cents, but flintily set- tled Tor 00 cents, The acreage planted in grain and vegetables this spring in the Okana- gan is about twenty per cent, latger than that of last year. Mr, Richard Cloverdale, of Victoria, :lied recently in bis eighty -AM year, a resident of the city for the past twenty-five yeare. A, public library has recently boen opened in the Alexandra school, Vaa couver, the fire!: one in a British Co - unable city sehorsa, . Proapereese agriculturists in central British Columbia are adopting the "under preasure" system of convey- ing water to the points of use. Red 'Mangle collections in North Okanagan amounted to about 55,800. .Of this amount Vernon gave 52,250, Armstrong $1,800 and Enderby $1,- 200. Pte. Michael J. O'Rourke, winner of the Victoria Cross and other medals for bravery overseas, was run over by an auto at Vancouver and injured. The ice in the Yukon river broke up May llth, eausing much damage to the waterfront by the floes and debris and flooding several small villages. Strawberries will not be more than half last year's crop at Gordon Head and Saanich this year. The system of single tax has been abolished in South Vancouver by Com- missioner Gillespie. Since the destructive fire at Cough- lans' ship yard, North Vancouver, spe- cial supervision is being exercised to prevent a similar occurrence. The assessment on Lulu Island lands actually being used for agricul- tural purposes will be reduced ten per cent. as decided at the Court of Revi- sion. Representing a total investment of between three and four million dol- lars, preliminary work has commenced on the establishment of a large pulp and lumber mill at Beaver Cove, Bk., 165 miles north of Vancouver. Steps have been taken towards the complete motorization of the Victoria Fire Department. Rev, A. J. Hall, who started mis- sionary work among the Matlakatta Indians in 1877, Isas passed away. Thirteen New- Westminster men who have been in German prison camps have been transferred to Swit- zerland, Holland and England. F. R. Stewart ,Sa Company were fined 5100 in the police court at Vic- toria for wasting a large quantity of onions contrary to the Food Regale - tions Act. Fritz Bonn, a German from the Rhine provinces, with seven brothers n the Germany army, was picked up y the New Westminster police and mit to Vancouver. Nursing Sister G. M, Wake, of Victoria, is reported as having died, presumably from injuries sustained In one of the German bombing raids on the allied hospitals. Garden Dusk. Tho cherry branches touch the ground, The robins come so near Almost their little feet 1 hear. The world is round. And sixteen ounces make a pound. Drowsed poppies wish that day were done, The great bees curve and pull The clovers down. How beautiful The changing sun! And nine times nine is eighty-one, The pheasants rise from out the tan- ned Tall grass. A bird song beats. Winds bring their spoils, the gar- den sweets. Ten sixty-six was Hastings, and The Normans compered Engle -lend. Beneath the sundial to the right, I hear, beside the row Of rose trees, where gay branches throw ' Down red and white, My daughter's lessons every night. BRITAIN SPENDS 534,400,000 DAILY. A despatch from London says; Great Britain's daily average expendi- ture during the current financial quar- ter was 16,848,000 (84,400,000), said Andrew Bonar Law, Chancellor of the Exchequer, In introducing a vote of credit for 1600,000,000 (52,500,000,- 000) in the House of Commons. Mr. Boner Law said that the pre- sent vote, which would bring the to- tal war credits to 17,842,000,000, would cover expenditures until the end of August. The debt due Great Britain from hes' allies is £1,370,000,000, Mr, Bonar Law said, while the dominions owe 1206,000,000, -_-.ar'ararrarrorsa""atraattalefaa. •. Sass, $400,11101,4 NEWS FROM ENGLAND NBW8 BY MAN; A1301.3 JOHN PULL AND WS PEOPLE ()mimeos In the Land That tteigne Supreme In the Coupler, noTwhieunLoQunnelt°sritoTaiRn0,73270Ee4 ,871,C"ss Fund TWA Jewish bakers were fined 160 each at Plymouth, for making white bread, In ane month, the British Salortiki force subscribed £3.91,478 in War Savings, Miss Emma ',Norton has been ap- pointed calleetor of rates at Cadeleigh, DeASouthend woman was fined 1 for continuing to use her dead lodger's Sugar eard. Fifty-five thousand Belgians have found eraployment through the labor exchanges since January, 1015, Six German prisoners who escaped from Knockaloe Camp, Tele of Man, have$rnibheuenngerrceapturod, nearly dead Tho death in action is reported of Major Malcolm Wingate, D,S.0,, M.C., missioner for Egypt, No white gloves could be given the magistrate at Birkenhead Police Court when there were no eases for trial, as no white gloves were obtainable. Henry Partridge, a .7.1)., of Polity - seal, was fined 140 for not putting un- der cultivation twenty acres of his land, Lieut. Exley and Sergi:. Beadle, Royal Air Service, were drowned when their machine fell into the sea off the southwest coast, Exemption from school has ' been granted to five hundred boys, to assist to weed the Government flax crops. The Port of London authority has granted the use of the steamer His Majesty to give river trips to wound- ed and convalescent men. Colonel Charles Pinkhain has been elected for the fifth time chairman of Willesden District Council, Asher Harris, an Abertillery trades- man, was fined 110 for being in pos- session of twenty-seven pounds of sugar. The Shoreditch tribunal has a scheme to run oneman businesses by a committee, and so release more young men Rowland Brierly, a farmer of Cad - by, Leicestershire, was fined 110 for failing to plough up nine acres of land as requested. In Green Park, Lord Crewe present- iendelnL iedals of the Order of the British Etnph's, workers, 111011 /111(1 WO - Two escaped German prisoners were arrested in a Portsmouth suburb while trying to make their escape in a ship bound for a neutral port. e Strood Council, Kent, employs two women road -sweepers in the vil- lage of Lucidesdown. The timber on six acres of land at- tached to the Cape Hill Lunatic Asylum has been sold so that the land may be cultivated. Fifty thousand young eels have been purchased by the Thames Angling Preservation Society, for the waters under their control, Tho street lamps will not be light- ed during the summer at Ealing and Hanwell except in main roads and a few other places. Sir F. E. Smith, the Attoanby-Gen- eral for England, has placed his house In Grosvenor Gardens at the disposal of the American Red Cross, A Lewis soldier, writing from a Ger- man prison camp, :lays; "As I can do nothing for my country now, please pub my savings in the War Loan." Military Crosses have been awarded to Rev. William Carroll, temporary chaplain to the forces, and Rev. E. F. Paget, chaplain to the South African Forces, For France. Who, valiant, stood at blood -red dawn Surveyed the fields o'er which the wrong Of centuries had ebbed and flowed Until her soul, indignant, glowed? France! Who bares her breast to naked steel To free her children from the heel Of tyrants who would pierce her heart And break and rend her, part by part? France! ho holds the way for greater truth, ereeives therein immortal youth? ho bleeds and in her mourning sore as strength to fend the broken door? France! ho with her wounds, her blood and tears, as strength of soul to conquer fears? till valor shines within her eyes nd sacred gleam and scorn of lies! France! bugle blows at gates of dawn - ho flings a challenge loud and strong? Awake! Awake! 0 faithless earth y paints are but the pangs of birth!" France! Goitre Investigation. Dr. F.J.Shepherd, late Dean of the acuity of Medicine of McGill Unt- tufty, Montreal, and an authority ett (titre, has juet completed an lnvestil- ation of the prevalance of this Me - se itt Akberta for the Commission of Wateiratition. The, Investigation Wks idertelcean ea asresnit of representair ons made to the Commission 1h4 are was becoming unduly pravaletta that prepvince. Solving the Difficulty. "Throar inc aown a rope, Pat." "There ye% ere. Ceti you roach rt ,_ "Ts too a hart entirely. Pull it up nd throw tne down the other W P w Er W 21 A W M Aa F g e bit tt Igo Ireop Adding ilitgelII4bs, end. *won there will heIra A itoip.-virro. 44vti4o Sk at a foot fr Trepied ' 04.,