HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1918-10-3, Page 6BULGARIA INVADED BY BRITISH
CAVALRY IN MARCH ON USKKUB
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Bulgarians Doomed if Allies Reach Usitub First, •
A despatgh event London London anys: Th) Brent allied advance, British cavalry
reports.reeeived' on Thursday em-
phasized the demoralization of the
Bulgarians who are retreating in
confusion, leaving behind an enor-
mous amount of material, and prob-
ably litany thousands of prisoners, as
`the allied troops strain every energy.
to get tq• Usk ih and thereby make
the victory. complete.
It le pointed out that the "Bulgar-
Jan army, estimated to, aggregate
300,000 men, is in a dangerous po-
sition, but the victory will not be de-
cisive, in the opinion of the military
. experts, until I)akub, the centre of',
all the enemy's communication lines,
is captured. If that is accomplished
it is believed the victory will be num-
bered among the few decisive ones,
of the war.
The renewed resistance of the Bul-
garian rearguards and the arrival of
German reinforcements in Macedonia
have not succeeded in stemming the
on Thursday entered Bulgaria, oppo-
.site ICosturino, thus "avpldfng the
)3elachista mountains, which it ;was
feared might bar its progress, while
'the Serbian&, French, Greek, and Bri-
t eh troops routed the Bulgarians
from either ;tilde of the great salient,
which now stretches far into Serbia,
Tho Serbians, who are taking the
leading part in the liberation of their
country, arc's at the gates of Ishtib
'(one report says they. have captured
the town), and their cavalry, entering.
the town of 'ever; has eat the only
remaining road northward—that reli-
ning from ',rile'!"to Veles, and 'along
which a large body of Bnlgariene are
reported to be attempting to maim,
Unofficial reports • also state that
Veles has been occupied, This pro-
bably will lead to an abandonment
by the enemy of the Babuna moun-
tains, -which are considered virtually
impregnable.
�i�� to $11.00 canners , and cutters, $5,50
ar et ®f the. 'World to 35.75; milkers, good to choice,
+ ,;$90.00 to $150,00; do cont • and mel
Breadstuffs
Toronto, Oct. 1.-1VIanitoba wheat—
No, 1 Northern, $2.24%; No. 2 North-
ern, $2.21%• No, 3 Northern, 32.17%;
No. 4 wheat, $2.111%, in store Fort
William, not including tax.
Manitoba, oats—No. 2 CAV., 87%c;
extra No,.1 feed, 84eac; No. 1 feed,
84%c; No. feed, 827/ac, in store Fort
William.
American corm—No, 3 yellow, kiln
dried nominal; Nb. 4 yellow, kiln
dried, nominal.
Ontario oats, new crop—No. 2,
White, 7G' to' 78c; No. 3 white, 75 to
77c, according to freights outside:
Ontario wheat—No. 2, Winter, per
car lot, 32.31; No. 3 Winter, $2.27;
No. 2 Spring, 32.26; No. 3 Spring,
$2.22, basis in store Montreal.
Peas—No, 2 nominal, at 32 to 32.50.
Barley—Malting, new crop, $1.05
to 21.10.
Buckwheat—Nominal.
Rye --No. 2, nominal.
Manitoba flour—Old crop, war gaul-
ity, 311.25, Toronto.
Ontaria flour—War quality, old
crop, 310.75, in bags, Montreal and
Toronto, prompt shipment.
Millfeed—Car lots, delivered Mont-
real freights, bags included: Bran,
$36.40 per ton; shorts, 341.40 per
Hay—No. 1, 319 :to $20 per ton;
mixed 317 to 318 per tont track, _Tor-
onto.
Straw—Car lots, 39, to 39, 50, track
Toronto,
Country Produce—Wholesole
65.00 to $75:00Springers, 300.00
to 3150.00; light ewes, $13,00 to
$14.00; yearlings, $15.00 to $15.50;
spring lambs, 31.7,00 to 317.00;.
cal es, good to choice, 314.00 to
$17 75;;,,llmgs, fed and watered, $19,50
;to 319.75; do, weighed off'. cars,
119,75' to 320.00,
1 Montreal, Oct. 1,—Choice steers,
$11,00 L•o $12;00: butchers bulls,
$7.50 to 38.00; butchers cows, 37.00;
i sheep, 312.50; lambs, . 316.50 to
,$17.00. ,
!TRAIN PERRY
I ACROSS CHANNEL
1 A despatch from London says: A
, train ferry from England to France
has been in operation for some time.
Coaches and wagons for use on the
French railways have been, going
over regularly for months, but re-
cently the first passenger train 'was
ferried across.
The ferry is a broad boat with rails
laid on deck, which receive the train
direct from the dock of departure.
The. train is broken into sections and
made fast on the ferry's rails. On
reaching its destination it is assem-
bled and proceeds on its journey.
BRITISH COMM.ISIONS
FOR ,3,835 CANADIANS
A. despatch from Ottawa says:
Canadian military headquarters' in
London state that up to August 1,
1918, 3,833 non-commissioned officers
and men of the overseas military
forces of Canada had been given com-
missions as officers in the- Imperial
army. This substantial number of
recognitions to the rank and file of
the Canadian overseas army does not
include any individual Canadians who
came on their own responsibility to
England and joined the Imperial
forces without being taken on the
strength of the overseas military
forces of Canada.,
Butter—Creamery solids, per lb.,
4236 to 441%e; - prints -'per lb, 44 to
45c; dairy, per lb 39 to 40c.
Eggs—New laid, 46 to 47c.
Dressed poultry—Spring chickens,
83 to 35e; roosters, 28e; fowl, 28 to
30c; ducklings, 33c; turkeys, 32 to 1150.
Live poultry—Roosters, 20c; fowl,
23 to 26c; ducklings, lb., 22c; turkeys,
27 to 80c; Spring chickens, 28c.
Wholesalera are selling to the retail
trade at the following prices:
Cheese—New, large, 23% to 24c;
twins, 2831 to 241/,c;. old, large, 26%
to 26c; twin, 26 to 261%c.
'Butter—Fresh dairy, choice, 42 to
43e' creamery prints, fresh grade, 48
to 49c; solids, 46 to 470,
Margarine -81 to 33c.,
Eggs—No. 1 starage, 50 to 51c;
selected storage, 52 to 53c; new -laid,
in cartons, 57 to 59c.
Dressed poultry—Spring Chickens,
88 to 40c; roosters, 25c; fowl, 30 to
84c; turkeys, 40c; ducklings, lb.; .36c.
Beans — Canadian, hand-picked,
bushels 37; imp., hand-picked, Burma
or Indian, $6; Japan, 37; Lima, 10c,
Honey new crop—Strained, GO -lb.
tins, 260; 10 -lb, tins, 27c; 5-1b, tins,
28c. Combs—Dozen, 33.75 to 34.50.
Provisions—W holesale
Smoked meats—Hams; medium, 37
to 39c• do, heavy; 30 to 82c; cooked,
51 to �3a; rolls, 82 to 33c; breakfast
bacon, 41 to .45c; backs, plain, 45 to
46c; boneless, 48 to 500.
Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 30
to 31c; clear bellies, 29 to 80c.
Lard -=Pure, tierces, 30 to 80%c;
tubs, 301%. to 310; pails, 80%; to' 21laic;
prints, 33 to 331/2c. Compound, tierces,
25i to 26c; tubs, 26 to 2614.c; pails,
26% to 26%e; prints, 27% to 28c.
Montreal Markets
Montreal Oct, 1.—Oats, Canadian
Western, Ifo. 3, 98c; extra No, 1 feed,
971%c. Flour, new standard grade,
$11.86 to 311.45, Rolled oats, bag,
90 lbs,, $5.20 to 35.30. .1?ran; 337.25;
Shorts, $44.25. Mouillie, $68. Hay,
No. 2, per ton, car lots, 217; Cheese;
finest easterns, • 241c, Butter,
choicest creamery, 47 to 4Sc Eggs,
selected, 58 to GOc; No. 1 stocic, 54e;
No, 2 stock, 49c. Potatoes, per i?ag,
ca: lots, $2.40 to 32.50, Dressed
hogs, abattoir killed, 328.50. Lard,
pure, wood pairs, 20 lbs, net, 31 Li to
88c.
Live Sank Markets
Toronto, Oct. 1.—Extra choice
heavy steers, 316.50 to $16.00; choice
heavy steers, 314.50 to $15.00; but-
cher's cattle, choice, 312.75 to 313.50;
-do. good, $11.75 to $12:50; do, rne-
alum, $10.50 to 311.25; do,ecomnion,
$8,50 to 39,00; butchers' bulls, ehoice,
310.50 to 311.00; 'do, medium bulls,
$7.25 to 38.25; butchers' cows, choice,
$10.25 to 311.00; do, good, $9,35 to
39.50; do, medium, 37.76 to $$.25;
11o, common, $7.25 to 37.75; stock-
ers, 38.00 to 310.50; .feede1's, 310.50
CANADA'S NET LOSS
TO DATE 115,806 MEND
A despatch from Ottawa says: To
Aug. 14, 1918, the net losses in the
overseas military forces of Canada
in England and France were 115,806
officers, non-commissioned officers and
men. This includes those ]cflled in
action or died of wounds, died, miss-
ing, 'prisoners of war, discharged as
medically unfit, discharged to take up
other lines of war work and those
non-commissioned officers and- men
given commissions in the Imperial
army.
It does not take into account offi-
cers and other ranks wounded in ac-
tion who have rejoined their units or
are still fit for service overseas.
REIGN OF TERROR IN RUSSIA
DISCONTINUED BY BOLSHEVIKI
A despatch from Amsterdam -says:
The Russian Bolshevilci Government
has issued a decree rescinding its
reign..of terror, according to the Mirr.
of Moscow. The question was dis-
cussed at a meeting of the Central
Committees of the Soviet, the news-
paper says, and when Premier Len-
ine expressed an earnest desire to re-
turn to orderly methods of govern-
ment, a majority of those present
supported him.
BRITISH SHIPPING
DIRECTOR FOR CANADA
A despatch from Ottawa says: It is
officially announced by Hon. C. C.
Ballantyne, Minister of the Naval
Service, that Sir Arthur Harris, who
has been acting since 1916 for the
Canadian Government as director of
overseas transpo't, has now been
made •director-general, British Min-
istry of Shipping, for Canada. Sir
Arthur has, however, consented to
keep in touch with the Minister of the
Naval Service and officials, and to
co-operate in every possible way.
A good salad is made with cold
tongue, potato and creamed horse-
radish ,
FROM SUNSET COAST
"MAT TUE WESTERN PROM.*
ARE DOING.
'ragpeeis of -Oho Great Went TPl
to a Pew Pointed
Paragraphic.
IChaki-glad women are in charge
of the Imperial Oil service'stations,
Yates street, Victoria.
The fourth anniversary of •IIea-
ther Day, the•• day of the first de-
parture of troops for overseas, was
a Tag Day at Victoria for patriotic
BRIT'S! TROOPS CONTINUE TO
SURROUND THE SEA, OF GALILEE
Qeeupy m.o. and Annlnan—Vourth lurk Armley Faces A.nnihi.
iution in Region lisnst of the Jordan,
fact that Arab cavalry and infantry
aro north of it, Arab and British
forces oast of it, and Britialh troops
to the south, All these or grossing
inward on the enemy, 'while the Jor-
dan, with the crossings, la in the
hands of the allies,
The full Turkish strength. in Pales-
tine is not definitely known, as hard-
ly two Turkish divisions are of the
sante size or organization. It is
known, however, that the allies had
to deal with 18,000 fighting men west
of the Jordan, with about 1,000 men
on communications, as well as many
thousands east 'of the Jordon,.
A despatch from Lausanne, Switz-
erland, says: Public irritation in Con-
stantinople has become so great, as
cording to a despatch from the Turk-
ish capital Lo the Lausanne Gazette,
that rumors are again spreading that
the Ottoman Government will seek a
separate peace. "The Sultan himself,
the message says, would favor a
,separate peace if he could obtain fav-
orable conditions from the Entente
powers:
A. despatch from Landau eaYel1 1riy
fish troops` operating in Palestine
are extending their occupation about
the Sea of Galilee. They have oc-
cupied Tiberias and. Sernakh, on the
borders of that sea, and )Os-Samra, it
was of#leially announced.
Pushing on the east of the Jors
clan,, the British have occupied thn
Work. • -. strategic town of Amman, on the
A total attendance daring the six Fledise Rulix'ay,
days of the exhibition of over 100,000 The British orlsualties .daring the
and receipts emountitlg to 327,890 offensive were lees than -'one-fifth of
were revealed when the figures for the number of prisoners taken from
Mao week were totalled up by Man- the Turks, the atinauncement states,
ager Rolston at Vancouver, The Fourth Turkish Arnie;on the
Victoria's second community ging Palestine front is virtually surround -
at Beacon Hill Pak was attended by ed in the region Hast of the Jordan,
over three thousand. and faces annihilation by General Al-
'Tbe first rein of spring salmon in' lenby's forees, *
4
tho Alberni canal is excellent, and^tin e now
jlhaperlifor�f would complete
the Fourth
Salmon is selling at eigHt cents e the clear* up,ef the Turkish forces
Bound: in Palestiuc, aeconnting for about 80,-
Dr, R: L, Miller, Deputy, Assistant 000 mera -
Director of Medical Services, No. 11, The
, at Victoria, has jut been promoted Preearrous position of the
from the rank of cm' to major. Fourth Army may tae seen from the
' On her next trip to lrient the - .-.......,�,� .
Overaet
es
. steamer
Canadian
Moit Pacific gelee will ts agailn v1 be 10 jIS,IH` f NC BOATS
under the command of Capt. F.
Davison, Capt. A. `J. Halley having
relinquished the command of the lig
vessej. to her former master en the ,
ship at Vancouver,
Flight Lieut. Charles Flome4vood, Canadian Shipping.Suffered bur-
Might
BY SUB
Routed The Turks—General Allenby, who reports a smashing defeat Royal Air Force; formerly o£ Uclue- ing August.
of the Turkish army in Palest}nee "Many thousands of prisoners were let, and brother of Mr, E, Homewood, Ades despatch from Ottawa says:—
taken as well as many guns. The British have captured Haifa (shown of Port Al5erni, was accidentally Canadian fisheries suffered a material
on the neap) which is the terminus of tate railway to Damascus, killed in England on July 8th, when loss through the activities of a Ger-
RUMANIA RESISTS NEW SIBERIAN
CENTRAL POWERS
Victories of the' Entente Have
Made the Peasants Restless
• Under Teutonic Rule.
A'despatch from Rome says:—The
situation in Rumania, according to
information received here, has be-
come alarming for the Central Pow-
ers, The Rur andan Peasants made
enthusiastic by. tlao victories of the
Entente countries, are beginning to
resist openly the German and Austra-
Hungarian military.
Local revolts have occurred at a
number of places and the Rumanian
Government has sent agents to Ber-
lin and Vienna to obtain a mitigation
of the Austro-Flungarian rule. The
Rumanian Government is reported to
hears pointed out that if its request
is rejected it will be unable to guar-
antee the titaintenance of order or
avoid the 'eventualities of a sanguin-
ary crisis. -
WORLD'S BIGGEST LOCK
NEARING COMPLETION
-A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie
says: Work on the new Government
lock here, which will - be the largest
in the world and will connect the up-
per and lower levels of Lalco Superior
and Huron, Will soon be finished.
Only the instalfation of the' 1,100 -ton
steel gates remain to be done.
The foundations of the lock are
built into the solid rock floor of St.
Mary's Falls. The work .of excava-
tion was commeaaced in 391'L. 'Phe
total cost of the lock will be 33,000,-
000.
There were five .degrees of frost;
at Saskatoon on the third and potato
tops were -blackened, but this will not
materially affect the Yield as the
crop was near maturity.
1 one of the wings on his aeroplane
collapsed. lanae coast daring the month of on -Trent, consisting of 5,100 acres,
John 'Campbell, n full-blooded August. The monthly statement ,of will lie sold by auction
A4ackenzie River Vallay Indian,
NEWS FROM ENGLAND
NEWS SY MAIL ARGOT JOHN
- BULL AND 1315 PEOPLE
Occurrences In the Land That Reigns
Supreme in the Commor.
• cine Wo:td,
man submarine. operating off the At. Lord Anglesea's estates at Burton -
luta i sett-fishingresults issued from the'
The pay offered to harvesters by
ARMY OF 200 ooa.
arrived from Fort Yukon, travelling Department of Naval Service slaws the Holderness Agricultural Club is
93,000 miles by trail, canoe, river that nice vessels from Lunenburg
arta steamship to Vancouver, k $10.80 a week with beer and tea.
County, N.S., valued at $264,000 and; Six of the Vindictive heroes were
30,000 Officers Available to Lead
Conscripts--Arnay Under
Strict Discipline.
A. despatch from Washington Says:
A despatch to the Russian Embassy
on Thursday from M. Golovatcheff,
Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs
of the Omsk Government, said that
an army of more than 200,000 Hien
had been formed in Siberia by con-
scription, and that there were 80,000
officers available there in train and
lead it. The army is being organized
on the basis of strict military discip-
line, it is eaid, and will constitute 1111
increasingly powerful force to co-op-
erate with the allied_ and Czecho-
Stovak forces in Siberia.
Out of the chaos which bus existed
in Russia since the overt/mole of
the Kerensky Government by the Bol-
sheviki there is emerging a central
authority which officials and diplo-
mats here hope will be able to re-
establish order and renew the fight
against the common enemy.
CANADA'S .1917 FIRE
LOSS AN .INCREASE
A despatch from Ottawa says: The
report of the Saperintendent of In-
surance on fire insurance companies,
just issued, states, that during the
year 1917 the amount psi I out for
, fire losses in Canada was 316,379,102, .
which is en increase over the amnbnt
' paid in the previous year of 31,265,-
089. Cash received for premiums by I
the 69. fire insurance companies doing
1)ushac;w in Canada amounted to 381,-
24G,580, rot increase of $3,402,67(i over
Ithe previous year.
Hairpins, the points of Which in-,
ter -lock to prevent them slipping
i have been invented by an Jlrglislr-
1 man,
•
Itlist in the Canadian army at
0 ort laden with fish worth 3136.000, were, decorated at the King's open-air In-
Dawson, sunk. One Yarmouth vessel with a vestiture• at Buckingham Palace,
Major the Hon. Leonard V. Drum- g
mond-Hayc, M.C., in the direct line good catch of rash un board- also fell' During Tank Week the cmi-
m d-Haye, to the e thrum of
a prey to the Gernjan raider. Not; valescent soldiers of Eastbourne in-
c,f sued. Perthshire, Scotland, • has
withstanding its great loss, the vested £3,000 in war bonds.
been killed in action. He was the 'quantity of cod landed by the Lunen- The London County Council is ex -
eldest son of Mrs. J. M. Sourness, of, burg fleet during August was only, perimenting on the conversion of
4,800 cwt. less than during the same tramway cars into goods trucks.
Vancouver, month Iaet year. Miss Marjorie Dickinson, of Wind -
Fear families }n Victoria have ex The statement shows that the total sot, plunged into a swimming bath
lterlenced inure of the agony(of war value of sea fish, in first lia.nds, in the Thames and saved a little girl
than that of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Steve -
caught in Canada during August, was from drowning.
art, et Onk Cottage, ]richmond road,
for out of a tamil of five sons three 34,260,388, an increase of $139,177 Major Bahisfather's colored draw -
have }leen killed at the front, while over August, 11117. 'The quantity of ing of "Old Bill" realized one, hen -
one has r •t.urnecl suffering from cod, haddock and hake landed on the dyed and twenty guineas in aid of the
Atlantic coast was 06,063 cwt. less Red Gross fund at Guilford.
wounds.Ser t,- vIa,ior James Rubinson, Van- titan last year, but herring and mack-'' Colonel Kirkpatrick, of the British
g erel were caught in gloater. quantities. Army Medical Corps, has opened an
cuuver, the first Canadian to win the the former by 52,16(; cwt. and the lot-' annex to the American Red Cross
1?•C.M. in the present war, has art' Co -;r In 12,496 cwt. ; Hospital, London, to be used by both
rolled fur service in the British a'
I British and American officers.landau.contingent of the • Canadian- I' Six ,
Siberian Force. Robinson is a for- FRANKFORT BOMBED girl pupils e St. w m acro s
mer first vice-president of the G. W. , BY the M; Bangor, recently swam across
13121'T.[S1I AVIATORS the Menai Straits.
V. A. of Canada. a
P, Rockliff, president of the Lon -
Eight thousand people attended the. ,+1 despatch from London sons:—de,i Faculty of Insurance, has been
international swimming gala held British airplanes on Wednesday drop-' elected chairman of the London in-
•
at the Gorge Park, Vancouver, the ped bombs on the German city of 1 surance Committee.
presence of American1 Vancou-
ver competitors proving a great statement issued on Thursday, even -
drawing card, ' lug by the War Office. Five enemy
A request made by the Alberni machines were shot clown. four Brit -
Lumber Company, Ltd., to the Pro- lab airplanes are missing.
;inial Secretary fol• •permission to :
and
Frankfort according to an oflicial A man aged 45, with a family of
thirteen, was granted six months'
exemption at Stokes -on -Trent Tri-
bunal on the ground that lie had
already clone good service for the
dation, •
Charles A. McCurdy has been ap-
pointed chairman of the Reconstruc-
tion Committee on Trusts.
A pearl from eacli of her five chil-
dren was contributed by Lady Mad-
den to the Red Cross Necklace.
The sudden death has been an-
nounced of Cuthbert Williamson,
member of the London County Coen -
ell for Dulwich.
The American flag for the United
States hospital for soldiers at Ports-
mouth was unfurled by Sir William
Osler, of Oxford University.
More than one thousand two hun-
dred past and present atudenie of
the London Hospital are serving or
have served in the foxes. -
Sir Donald Maclean has stated
chat the London Appeal Tribunal hoe
dealt with 62,926 cases.
Large crowds attended the .funeral
at All Saints' Church, Ascot, of the
two airmen who were accidentally
killed while flying in East Birks.
The death occurred recently at
Luton road, Chatham, of Mrs. Eliza-
beth Wood, at the age of one hundred
Years.
;'lie Sant er £17,090 has been 1.lai.s-
ed Inc the Clifton College War tic m-
crial Fund for the education of the
sons of 'fallen soldiers.
All nierebo•s of Food Control Com-
mittees are to go out of office on
November 91.1, and new committees
are to be appointed at the sante t'mc.
Me Veterans' Club have bought
the Ibuyai 1?orest Hotel, Chiug,;fard.
as a .•onvelescent hone for soldiers.
The King had appointed llear-,1,1_
ml•al l,ienci Hulsey a Knight C.nt-
mamba. of St.:1i ic:hai 1 and St Gc•'••1-"c.
The t:sr of n rept nes in Enghonl
for v:0111.4411) mu ro,.c or for dr; ta
ping leaflets has 1,0en sa•a ly
prahibited.
$,'1Samaicit Las It, en ;,;cen for the
l: illieg cel doer 1, p O3.,.the parks. etre,
ultdc.r the cuntrel of the 1.ellen
County Council.
The frceder, or t;idlil,9h,ru1, i' • „t,
was presented to haat. 51,1'inlam,.
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.0 is recognition u1his irnvni oc,•i:
tluat. honor.
i rd Hood. Royal Ahem, in
specter, was fined 5121) for hat in:1 in
his peesessi,n meratives of niii'er^,
l lilvi ,1.
works an r
St,inual Rhomor,ui assi.,1,5151
cook, 5010;1 son( c n eri,eon for
moith:: for 11 ' oving six hot„ t ,. d' e,,.
pounds of fish 04anboa rd,
as`a result eP unfavm•nble u•calhe1'
in J11110 Now York's hay crop is a
fiPllt !cad than expected.
I3:nnbcta lee been Towel very ser-
viceable in the coestruetiol of light-
houses on the Japanese coast, The
lvooil iris ,Treat power in reeisti i;; the
a,di:o of • n3' water.
Il Is r•;•r.reel 1isae the milk rows
of .',,,r ,••1a' •.id, temens0 of ilotln'ove.,l
a,,a ?c ••d1111", nroduccd 4111
Iq it rn ul more batter-faf
, t,,in 1DM, netting the
teralsed ,,venue of In, -
geed a nnvder house within two
miles of the city of. Port Alberni is In removing fruit or wine stain
from a tablecloth by stretching it out
over a bowl it is important that the
water poured over it be truly boiling,
as merely loot writer very often sets
the stain.
to ,bc granted.
3 llctiter of '.Paste.
`Can any little boy," asked the tea- Acid phosphate must be depended on
cher, "tell ine the difference between as the fall fertilizer for grain crops.
a lake and an ocean?" Use not less than 200 pounds Lo the
"I can,' replied `Edward, whose was- acre; 300 to 400 ptiands is better; J1G
dent had been learned from expert- per cent. acid phosphate. Raw rock
once. "Lakes are much more pleasant phosphate is the next best fertilizer,
10 swallow when you tall in. 600 to 1,000 pounds per acre.
FRANCO-AMERICAN TROOPS IN.
SUCCESSFUL ATTACK IN CHAMPAGNE
PAGNE
8,000 Prisoners and 14 Towns Captured on 40 -Mile Front--Ad-
vanee of From Four to Seven Miles—Menaces the
German Line in That Vast Territory.
A despatch from Paris says:-
-ala Poch delivered 0, neer attack)
on Thuredaay morning against tlss!
Germans in the Champagne en ti
front of 40 miles, Prom the Suippe
River, east of Rheims, to the River
Meuse, just. north 01. Verdun. The
i offensive was launched in a donee _tog
after six hours' artillery preparation,
The Ameriei ns advanced to an aver-
age depth of eovon utiles, penetrating
the defences to a depth of nine miles
at the maximum point. They captur-
ed 5,000 prisoner:: and 12 towns. The
French made 'a gain ,to an average
depth of four miles and 31,000 prison-
ers have ah'oady reached tate cages.
'The enemy, anticipating the attack,'
had voluntarily •ahandoted their for
ward positions. The Americans
..,.,..,< ...•,a1.a..••.•. ..s�c at-
,sstacked nn the right wing the'
French made their assault on the lat.!
Taken in conjunction with the al-;
Canadian Brigadier -General and His State, in front of a captured lied offensive . which hcas 5115torially;
German camouflaged shelter, examining a new ehor't German automatic )sept hack the German trona in Flat
rine., capable of forty shots, which its owner in headlong flight loft behind, dere, Artois and Piea•dy and along
the Aisne, the new drive of Mar:ehall
Foch in the south will bear important
fruit if it meets with success. Drive-
ing northward the entire western bat-
tlefront would be shaken and of ne-
cessity be compelled to readjust it-
self. Lateral railway linea of great
importance, to the German positions
between Leon and Verdun lie direct-
ly in ethe path of the ado:te ing
Franco -Am eriLein l'o'ess, Vuciziers.
1111 iluportant railway ,iu.uctdun on (hs'
main line iron Lame to Metz. is but
12 miles north of Servos. which al -
acedy is in the hands lit' the French..
The Americans through the aiil1ure
of Ge•court, .north-west of Verdun,
are in the Memo Valley, which leads
northward to Sedan, and tt Iatric t'ar-
they west at \fermatas, have won the
Aire Valley, width wigds in e north-
westerly direction to Vuuziers. A
successful advance along chase two
valleys for any aptn'eeiable distance
would be disastrous to the German
line's tame the North Sea to the Swiss
frontier.
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