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The Seaforth News, 1918-08-01, Page 7"GREAT COUNTER -OFFENSIVE Y FRET AND AMERICAN TROOPS 'Advance to Gates of Soissons, Capturing Thousands of Prisoners and Scores of Cannon -One of the l6'llost dl3rilllant Pieces of Work in the War. A despatch from I;ondeti %eye:- !With wond.nfu! vitality :u'tI with ephets Still high, notwithsl.•utdin(r the frig battle of the last two days, Franco -American troops drt.;he:'1 for. Wand at clawu on 'Ili, eelev along the western side of ilio sulierri. formed by the German advance in 'Clay, and drove etek the enemy poll -moll every - 'where or enade them prisonor•i. The depth of the advance certainly is several (2111Pa on the average. Many thousand Pr'isaaerli were taken, 20 vil- lages occupied and severed eeore game ealrlu red , Tlte> allied commander-in-chief 'hail permitted the enemy to exhaust a large portion of Ids forces in striking the blows on both side.e of Rheims which were intended to be heavy en- ough to weaken the French army. The Now was sueecs;;fully parried, and be - ;fere the Gerrnns recovered sufficient- • ly 10 till the great seer' in their ranks and nraltc• auolhcr :Elect, the allow bounded back met eragberecl theta with a lightuing•lit.e diversion from the Marne to the Aisne. "Monsnnde of prieonere, eeeres of cowrie, hundreds of mellow guns and nitwit other material fell into the hand of the allied troops. I;eeidee gaining pot [,halon of the heir httt done- Mating Soiesons from the 3eu1h a cou- ple dozen villages were reeuncluerad by the allies, who on Thursday were engaged in wvcre fighting which die- eonrerl;ed .the enemy along the whole line from Chateau Thlerry to Solesone, The Fr+melt counter-attack is re- garded here as one of the most bril- luant pieces of work in the war, and it is honeyed that the results will Provo extremely valuable, as the French have obtained most important .straL•e- gdc positions. EXPECT A STRONG ENS, Y TAKEN COUNTER-ATTACK BY SURPRISE London Critics 'Think That Ger- eit mans Are Not Yet Beaten Nor Ready to Give Up. A despatch from London says:- 1'I`here is a strong note of relief and of gratitude in the newspaper comment len Friday morning on Gen. Foch's successful counter -stroke between Soissons and Chateau Thierry, which is hailed as the most cheering news for a 12 -month --news which it Is ad- mitted seemed at first too good to be true, Hearty tributes are paid to Gen. Foch's .fine strategy and leadership, while in several of the newspapers emphasis is laid on the view that his success has been due to the reorgani- zation whidh placedthe allied com- mand under one head. The courage and dash of the Franco - American troops also ere warmly praised. The rejoicings over Thursday's events, however, are tempered by the belief expressed by the newspapers that the Germans have not yet been beaten, and that they by no means have exhausted 'their forces. The opinion is put forward that the Ger- mane thus far have engaged only 30 of their total strategic reserves of be- tween 70 and 80 divisions. What will happen when these are brought into action is awaited with keen interest by the military writers. It is clear from the despatches front the front that there is no illusion of a victory already achieved, and that a fierce German effort is expected to follow as a counter to General Foch's initial success. Seemingly nobody on •the front or in well informed quar- ters here expects the German high command to abandon the game until the last card is played. WA I PRISONERS iEXCHANGE ACT Covers Civilians Interned as ell as Military Captives. A despatch from The Hague says: - The text of the exchange of prisoners agreement between the British and German delegations, which was signed on July 14, contains provisions for the exchange of officers, non-commis- sioned officers and men -British and German prisoners of war -and those interned in Holland, as well as civi- lians interned in Holland and Switzer- land. The latter will leave the coun- try where they are interned. The new arrangement provides that non-commissioned officers wilt' be ex- changed direct, instead of being in- terned. German and British prison- ers of war and civilians interned in Holland will .leave that country, while their places will be taken by officers who have been prisoners for more than eighteen months, and other pris- oners in poor health. The number of persone to be intern- ed, in accordance with the agreement o:f 1917, amounts to 7,600 sick or wounded British offdcens and about 2,600 German officers. Officers Captured While Asleep and Men Engaged itt Rice Barvesting, A despatch from the French front in France says: -The French -American attack along the broad front north of the Marne was en absolute surprise. Many German officers were captured white asleep and numbers of the men were taken while harvesting rice. The greatest stupefaction was created among all the enemy troops holding the lines at the suddenness of the at- tack, Some of the prisoners declare they had been told that it was impos- sible for the allies to carry out any operation in the way of an offensive for some time. Many tanks partici- pated in the attack, having been able to take up their posh:ions during the terrific storm which prevailed. The American troops, co-operating with their French comrades in the assault - did brilliant work. Around Courchamp, north-west of Chateau Theirry, the German resist- ance was more obstinate than on any other part of the Paris line. ANZACS DELIVER SURPRISE ATTACK Made Easy Capture of Trench- es and 33 Prisoners. A despatch from the British Armies in the Field says: -Further advances have been made by the Australian forces east of Amiens. On Wednes- day night they quietly annexed a strip of German defences a third of a mile deep on a front of more than a mile south-east of Villers-Brettonmeaux, south of the Somme. Two field guns were captured by them, inesaddition to 33 prisoners, one of whom was an of- ficer. -The guns apparently had been abandoned by the enemy when they were left exposed near the front line by the last Australian attack, and the Germans were unable to remove them. This has been the only movement on the British front in the last 24 hours. _- 50 PER CENT. CARRIED IN BRITISH SHIPS A despatch from London says: -Of the.637,929 American troops brought to Europe in the months of April, May and June, 350,956 were carried in British ships, according to a statement made in the House of Commons by Sir Leo Money, parliamentary secretary to the Ministry of Shipping. He add- ed: "Arrangements are being made whereby we hope to carry larger num- bers in the future." NEW YORK BELL RINGS VICTORY A despatch from New York says: - 'rhe bell in the City Hall 'tower was ordered rung by Mayor Hylan for fifteen minutes on Thursday afternoon in celebration of the victorious Ameri- can advance on the French front. 'NSI-L:N, !tle sucH A Mica bA`(, WW1 DO "1101) ,sA11 Wt_ so OUT t=oil A iIrti-E cANDin RIDE 0 ass:„ .................... ,...,... Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, has found that women make good street ear conducbeors. Here is one of the conductorettes snapped on duty, 1 S. CRUISER R SUNK BY SUB. Fifty Miles Ott New York Hur- bor-Loss of Life Not Yet Ascertained. A despatch from New York says; - German submarines appear to have renewed operations off the American coast The United States armored cruiser San Diego was sunk not far from the entrance 0f New York har- bor on Friday. Circumstantial re- ports reaching here indicate that she was torpedoed. There were also reports on Friday night, though not confirmed, that. other ships had been attacked, one be- ing described as a coastwise pas- senger ship. Whether there had been a toll of lives taTien on the San Diego was not known at midnight. Two steamships which are proceeding to an unnamed port have aboard 1,156 officers and men. These are in addition to the one officer and 30 men previously re- ported landed. This leaves 257 of the 1,444 men aboard unaccounted for. The men are said to be in good condition and so far as known none was injured. The San Diego was sunk at 11.30 a.m., about ten miles south-east of Fire Island light, which is off the Long Island shore, about 50 miles east of the entrance to New York harbor and on the marthe highway of trans-Atlantic ships bound.'in and out of the port. METEREN TAKEN BY RI ISH 300 Prisoners Captured -Anzacs Again Advance, Taking the Enemy By Surprise. A despatch from the British Army in France says: -The German high command will not be pleased with the news that the British 'captured a valu- able piece of ground-Meteren---on Friday morning. It is but a trifle compared with the big events on the French front, but in war trifles count, and Prince Rupprecht at least will not under -estimate the loss of a posi- tion which now gives the British an observation ground where he might wish to keep his doings eecret. Scottish troops; among; other's, made the assault which extended south of Meteren and in front of Morris. They formed without the Germans getting a hint of impending trouble and mov- ed forward in full daylight. ;SES HO - SQJSSQS PLATEAU IN BILLIANT COUNTER-ATTACK fictus o-Arrner'i1'Etnivoap t Capture 17,000 German Prisoners and 310 [i'uauuuu--lleveral Villages Occupied and Heavy d.'a..sriliic.a Inflicted on ii:;ntemy,. • A (10 -.;lei. i. et few, P.ti don ',aye f•ld.a;�tirvi.:andin�, 1h; foo' that tltt 1lc"[riot.; huvre tlr, i t ; tr 1' iarf, r•rs tnent:i into the nc w tante 11 :• between u ;:ou ami alta i gion of Chateau Thierry, they nuiv.h:+,e Otos fir have _beet, able to [Seim the tide or theon, slaughtit the Free h :net Anier•ieaa troops are makrii, eg.einet ch •na, Friday saw the Americans :rod I''raunh batter their way further east. ward Into the deep tri,urgular Salient widieh has i t so r , Rheims and• Chateau Thierry .t, its points gird suc- cesefully i iihatarrl a terrible counter-_ attack by the Gelmeter on the plateau south»West of Soiceoee where the al- lied guns donunet.e- this important strategic town. The grins of friday tier, erarried. to their greatest depth in the centre of the 266 -mile• line and on the south- ern flunk northwest of Chateau' Thierry, where the Ateeicen4 are holding forth. The fighting was particularly vie - lent throughout Friday aruund Sois- sons and in the region of Chaudun„ where the Germane sent in large forces of reserves in an endeavor to push heel: the tablet! t:roopa. !fere the ar: llery did no[[[ble • work, killing or v.•ee:Whiy m'ioy of the enemy and aid- ing gt•eetly siavieg viii the (!roc• Olt the ;tic -ter where the Americans are lighting north-west of C.hu1.e-tu Thierry; the Cerme is line was driven in upon the plateau north-west of Memres and to the height to the north of Courch- mps, the former position r•,.jareeeriting aretln of 31- miles from the poir:t of original departure et Torry. 'tVhile it is not ;tos:4ible 11141 yet 1. r ographiralty, to delimit with exectitide the gains made in the two clays fighting along the front by the i r'n h -,.n.1 Americans, it is known that at ata ;h •Peet point the penetrae- titin has reached apnrci:imately :;even mile, and that over the entire 27 miles it ranges downward to about two miles. In addition to infliction of extreme- ly heavy casualties on the- enemy the French and American forces up to the present 'have tadksa more Than 17,000 prisoners, including two colonels with their chiefs of staff, and in excess of 360 cannon. Markets of the World prints, 329a to 33iie. Compound 66®® tierces, 26 to 2614c; tube,26411 to 26%e; pails. 2.6% to 27c; prints, 28 to 28%c. Breadstul'fs Toronto, July 20. -Manitoba wheat No, 1 Northern, $2.221/e; No. 2 North- ern, $2.201/x; No. 3 Northern, $2.17%; No. 4 wheat, $2.101/x, in store Fort William, including 21c. tax, Manitoba oats -No. 2 C,W., 924bc; No. 8 C,W., 89c; extra No. 1 feed, 89c; No. 1 feed, 86c, bra store Fort Wil- liam. American corn -No. 3 yellow, kiln dried, nominal; No. 4 yellow, kiln dried, nolninal. Ontario oats -No. 1 white, 86 to 87e, nominal; No. 3 white, 85 to 86c, nom- inal, according to freig'h'ts outside. Ontario wheat -No. 2, Winter, per car lot, $2.25, basis in store Montreal. Peas -No, 2, nominal, according to freights outside. Barley -Malting, $1,35 to $1.37, Buckwheat -$1.80, nominal. Rye -No. $1.90, nominal. Manitoba flour - War quality, $10.95, Toronto. Ontario flour - War quality, $10.65, in bags, Montreal and Toronto, prompt shipment. Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mon - $85 per ton; shorts, 1140 per bon. Hay -No. 1, $13 to $14 per ton, track Toronto; mixed, $11 to $12 per ton, track Toronto. I Straw-Car lots, $8 to $8.50 per ton, track Toronto. It was nearly 8 o'clock in the morn- ing and the Germans were down in cellars, with a false sense of security after the dawn lookout, The Scots were on them so rapidly after the barrage that they were unable to-cr- ganize a machine-gun defence and most of them seemed to have surrend- ered easily. The Australians with artillery help, which opened ahead of them, pounced upon .blre German outposts, and itt a very slrort time sent in 80 prisoners1 to add to the 220 taken in the ruins of Meteren. The Prince of Wales en the Italian Front. His Royal Highness won high praise by his easy democratic manners with all ranks. Incidentally It may be stated that the Prince told a French aviator, that he had no intention of marrying anybody but a girl within the limits of. the British Empire. 91.1. Go AND agr, dAeloE IN GRAPE AND "10u CoNIe. i>oNN As .s0014 As YOU'RE. R�AD`l 0. ILL NORRV tame) Country Produce -Wholesale Butter -Creamery, solids, per lb., 42 to 42%c; prints, per lb., 42%jx to 43c; dairy, per lb., 36 to to 37c. Eggs -New laid, 42 to 44c. Dressed poultry -Spring chickens, 48c• roosters, 22c; fowls, 23 to 28c; ducklings, 33c; turkeys, 29 to 32c. Live poultry -Roosters, 1.8e; fowl, 21 to 26c; ducklings, Ib., 30c; turkeys, 27 to 80c. Spring chickens 40 to 42e. Wholesalers are selling to the re- tail trade at the following prices:- Cheese -New, large, 23% to 24c; twins, 23% to 24%c; old, large, 95% to 26c; twin, 26 to 26'1%. Butter -Fresh, dairy, choice, 40 to 42c; creamery prints, fresh made. 45 to 47c; solids, 44 to 45c. Margarine -28 to 32c. Eggs -No. Vs, 48 to 49c; in cartons, 52 to 540. Dressed poultry -Spring chickens, 55c; roosters, 25c; fowl, 34 to 35c; tur- keys, 40 to 460. Live poultry -Spring chickens, 50e; roosters, 22 to 25c; turkeys, 30e; hens, 30 to 32c. Beans - Canadian, hand-picked, bushel, $8.00; imp., hand-picked, Burma or Indian, $6.76; Japan, $8.50 to 38.75; Limas, 18 to 19c. Honey -comb -Choice. 16 oz., $3.50 per dozen,• 12 dark comb, topr dozen; sec- onds and com 32.75. Maple syrup -8% -lb. tins, 10 to a case, 314.50; imperial gallon tins, per tin, $2.25x• imperial five -gallon cans, per can, $10.50; 15 -gallon kegs, per gal., 32.00; maple sugar, 1 -lb. box, pure, per lb., 24 to 25c. Provisions -Wholesale Smoked meats -Hams, medium 36 to 38c; do, heavy, 30 to 32c; cooked, 50 to 510; rolls, 32 to 33c; breakfast bacon, 41 to 44c; backs, plain, 44 to 45c; boneless, 48 to 490. Cured meats -Long clear becan, 30 to 31c• clear bellies, 29 to 300. Lard -Pure, tierces, 30 to 301c; tubs, 80114 to 31c; pails, 30% to 81Vsc; Montreal MVdarkets Montreal, July 23. -Oats -Canadian Western, No. 2, 31.02; extra No. 1 feed, 96c. Flour -New standard grade, 310.95 to 311,05. Rolled oats -Bags, 90 lbs., 35.25 to 915.80. Bran, $35.00. Shorts, 340.00. Mouillie, 307.00. Hay -No. 2, per ton, car lots, 314.50 to $15.00. Live Stock Markets Toronto, July 23. -Choice heavy steers, 313.75 to $14.50; butchers' eat - Ile, choice, 313.25 to 313.50; do, good, $12,75 to $13.00; do, medium, 311.75 to 312.25; do, common, 39.25 to $10.00; butchers' bulls, choice, $11.25 to $11.50; do, good bulls, $10,75 to 1311,00; do, medium bulls, 9110,25 to 310.50; do, rough bulls, $7.50 to 38.50; do, good, 310.75 to 311.00; do, medium, $8.50 to 39.25; do, common, $7.00 to $8,50; stockers, $8$.110.01 b $10.60; feeders, $10.50 to 0 canners and cutters, $6.50 to 36.50; , milkers, good to choice, 390.00 to $$126.00; do, con. and mod., $66.00 to $75.00; springers, $90.00 t0 $126,00; Ilight ;T.56034108 .00 to $16.00; year- lings, $17,001 spring Lambe, 201 to 211/x0; calves, 318,50 to $16.75; Hop, fed and watered, $18.00; do, weighed off cars, 318.75. c P.ATIIIA SUNK BY FOE SUB. Linter Was En Route to New York When She Was Torpedoed. A despatch from London says: - The British steamer Carpathia was torpedoed in the Atlantic on Wednes- day, it was announced here on Friday. The Carpa'thin was sunk off the Irish coast as she was bound out. Very few persons were on board her. Those who were saved from the Car- pathia after she was sunk were land- ed sa0rly. Three torpedoes were fired at the Carpathia and all hit the vessel. Splendid discipline was maintained. The survivors were in the water two hours, the Exchange Telegraph Co. says, when picked up the steamer Which brought them into port, The Carpathia disappeared very guiekly.. Five persons were killed on the Cunard Liner through a torpedo en- tering the engine room. The remain- der of those on board took to the life- boats. All the passengers on board the Carpathia were saved. They include 86 saloon passengers and 21 from the steerage. "Miss -Rule" in Russia. That hor- rible female, "Ann R. Kay," still reigns supreme. Many excellent judges believe that Russia would be better governed under that stern, no- nonsense-about-him o- nonsense-about him fellow, known as "Dick Tater." TH13 15 70153. V1N83'C TIMla bF THa`IEAR. 8A'-l4TOM,I ASKeva MRRsMITA `TO ro AI-oNs vM TH US 161T "-i Mite IGHT': as: ee- nzak'..:,,� "kiwi VAST SHIPYARDS OPPOSITE QUEBEC Big Concern Begins Work on New Plant at Point Levis. A despatch from Quebec saysr-a With afeapitai of dive million dollars, a new shipbuilding coneern has beth formed, and will operate one of the largest shipyards in America on the t,ho,•es of the St. Lawrence, opposite Quebec city. The new concerti will take in a number of actually existing faints, among which are ennui Ontario companies. The new syndicate will cotuprise the Federal Shipbuilding Co. of Sarnia, the Dominion Shipbuilding Co, of Clolling'wood, and Dassault Hutchison of Levis and a number of old country Frone'h capitalists, The firm will build steel vessels for the French (:;nvernnteat, and the building of the docks and yards htis been start., ori The Fecl, r,tl and Dominion Ship - budding f:ompariie.:i will ..ease building ships in Ontario. COST OS'' LIVIN04 CONTINUES LIP WAIU) TENDENCY A despatch from Ottawa says: -A continuous of the upward tendency in the cost of living is shown in the La- tter Departments report on food prices for the month of June. The average cost of a family budget of staple foods In some sixty cities at the middle of June was $12,77, as com- pared with 312.00 for iVfay, $11.89 for June, 1917, and $7.35 for June, 1914.. In retail prices the advance in meate, coal, wood, coal oil and eggs continu- ed, but there were declines in butter, milk 'and potatoes. In wholesale prices the departmental index number was up to 280.0, as com- pared with 275.8 in May. The chief increases for the month were in fruits and vegetables, and in fuel, the last due to a rise of freight rates, it is noted. FRENCH REGAIN TERRITORY ON THE BANKS OF THE MARNE A despatch from Landon says: - News from the other sections of the front was good on Thursday. The Germans have nowherre made any pro- gress, and several of their attacks have been broken tip with heavy losses West of Rheims the French have re- gained an important bit of territory on the bank of the Marne River. Thio gives them an observation point down the Marne Valley, and enabled their artillery to enfilade a long stretch of the German lines. Pront of Gen. Mangin Attack Measures About 28 !Miles A despatch from Paris says: -"Tire front upon which Gen: Mangin abtaelc- ed on Thursday morning mea?ures about 28 miles," says the Temps. "The enemy was totally surprised. The at- tack was made virtually without artil- lery preparation. Our infantry, sup- ported by many tanks, advanced rapid- ly under the protection of a barrage fire, which was extended before the advancing infantry," CONSERVE OR PERISH. Whether we have a high tariff or no tariff, an income tax or a head tax, direct or indirect taxation,,bimetallista or a single standard. national banks or state banks, are matters which con- cern, to be sure, the temporary con- venience of the members of society, but their prejudicial adjustment is easily remediable; when 111 effects become apparent, the inconveniences may bo removed with but little harm to the community and none to man- kind at large, or to the future. But whether fertile lands are turned into deserts, forests into waste planes, brooks into torrents, rivers changed from means of power and intercourse into means of destruction and desola-. tiou--these are questions which con- cern the material existence itself of society, and Shine such changes be- come often irreversible`, the damage irremediable, and at the seine time the extent of available resources becomes smaller in proportion to population, their censldoration is finally much. more important than those other ques- tions of the day. Only those nations who develop their national re- sources economically, and avoid the waste of that which they produce, can maintain their power or even secure the continuance of their separate exletencer-4r. B. 10. Fernow. Memorial Gateway. When the King and Queen visited India, in 1912, to attend the Delhi Dur - bar and be Browned Emperor and Ent- press 7ntpress of India, they were received at the Apollo Bandar, which is an ea- planade extending into Bombay har- bor arbor and affording a leading place for „ exalted persona est To ooinmemor ate tt.b8 p /If:diar visit of royalty ea :. �atet^ay is being beetle 'Vagi on@r•,o the sides of the Ajib'llo tender. The foundations are being laid by divers, Wise wives will no waste i' 1.2 Produetlon and self -dental are the gens that will get the Huns. "Vision is the art of seeing thing's tnvi:'sible,"---Jonathan swift, Raise a freight -saving, year -around,; r..ellareand-pit garden. "Necessity, my friend, is the moths, or of courage, as of 'invention;" -Sly Walter Scott.