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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1919-05-01, Page 6il feeders, $r11S0 to, $11:50;" canners •anti: arketS cutters, .$5.5a to -'S'7, milkers, good, to. a. -choice, $90 to $150; do, cori'. and med., -- ,. :$6b to 475spriagies, WO to $$150; Breadstuffs. • ' light ewes, .513 t0'1i0yearling's, $12 ., oroate Ap. 29,—ManitobatWheat to $14; 'choice lambs,$18 to $19;, 'jo. 1 Northern, $22414' No. 2 - spring lirmbs,5$12 to $16;calves, good rthem, $2.21a4; No.3 Northern, to choice, $`,l to $16hogs, fed and, 17% No. 4 w1:at,. 2 Ilea,' ins siege ;rahkte0;dyu 0 0.,ell" 1 5 ghed oft' cars, alit William. 0. Manitoba oats—Ne. 2' C,W.i 'la_3'ac;,- Mesa' s"""`•Memo-`" riot4 3 G.W„ 72%e; 110, 1 feed, 70v/4e; THUMB, ORE. cfiTo: 2 feet), 67%c, in store Fort Wil- . am. illanitobl barley—No. 3 'CM., •, The Mere ,,47111 You Have the Longer $1.06%,q; :No. 4 CM., $1.0'1144 rear- Will rat Your Thumb, ted, 94Vgc; feed, 94%c; in 'store Fort 'William. Your t0{;tnb is a very intere;;ing American corn -No 3 yellow $1.85; , subject to all utetiical students of No.. 4 yellow, $1.;82, nominal, track i nerve troubles. Tlin,e are points Which 'Toronto,prompt.shipolent. li could lie given by the hundred to Dntgrio oats -No. 2 White, 73 to prove the impoita+sae of this member; 75c; No. 3 white, '71 to 73c, according 1 b,tl rho most e.;tragrdivary is. that to freights outside. which is termed in medical work as the e Ontario wheat=-Net1 o Winter,per 1 "thumb centre" of the brain. tar 2.1, $2.14oto $2.20;, No. 2 $2,1 f6.11' It is a well-known fact amongst to `ppi g poi 3 do, $2.07rs to.to freights.f.ol [shipping points, according ?nerve specialists that by an e-samina• Ontario .wheat—No. 1'Spring, $" 09 tion of the thumb they can tell It the to . 2,17,,.Ne. 2 do, $2.Q6 to $2.14, No-; patient is affected, or likely to be aft 3'do, $2.02 to $2.10 f,o,b. shipping ; tooted, by paralysis or not, as the points, according to freights. 1 thumb will indicate this 'a long time Peas --'No. 2, $2.00, nominal, etc- before there is any trace of the disease 'carding to freights outside. lin any other part of the system. If Barley—Maltmg, .97c to $1.02, I there is any trees, of such affection is indicated, an operation Is at once per- formed on the thumecentre of the brain, and if the operation is success. ful—which Is proved by au examina- tion of the thumb—then the patient is saved. Another very interesting point is the old theory of midwives—which is easily seen to contain a great deal of truth. They held that if an infant was inclined to keep the thumb inside the fingers for some days after birth, it foreshadowed some great physical de- licacy. If, seven days after birth, the thumb was still covered, then there was good reason to suspect that the child was mentally delicate. When visiting the asylums of the country, you cannot fail to notice that all congenital idiots have very poor, weak thumbs; in fact, some are so weak as not to be properly developed, even in shape. These facts are remarkable, taken in conjunction with Sir Charles Bell's discovery that in the hand of the chim- panzee—which is the nearest ap- proach r u to the human—the thumb. Cheese—New, large, 28 to 28tec; though well formed in every way, If twins, 28Se to 29e; triplets. 29 to measured, does not reach the base of 293 c; Stilton,29,ra to 30c; old, large, the first finger. The deduction is, 29x4 to ,"•0c; twin. 20 to 3014e. `therefore, that the higher and better- Puttex—Fre h dairy, choice. 50 to proportioned the thumb, the more the 52e; c:eamerr sold., 63 to Ole; intellectual faculties rule, or vice ver - prints, 65 to 6:c. ea. Margarine -3 -tat to 35c. We dud in the war history of the Children of Israel instances of their cutting off the thumbs of their ene- mies. It is a well-known fact that in many Oriental nations, if the prisoner, when brought before his captors, covers his thumb with his fingers, he is, in dumb and eloquent Mahlon, glv- og up his will and independence, and begging for mercy. Gipsies, in their judgment of character, snake the thumb the foundation for all their re- marks. — _a ---- May 1 the Earliest Date Germans Can Reach Versailles A despatch from Paris says;—The German Government has officially ad- vised the allied and associated Gov- ernments that the German plenipo- tentiaries would not leave Berlin be- fore April 28, and that they would reach Versailles May 1, at the earliest. Seven newspapermen will accom- pany the plenipotentiaries, the des - nominal. Buclewheet-No. 2, $1.'1O, nominal.' Rye—No. 2, $1.60, nominal, Manitoba flour -Government sten- lard, $10.75 to $11, Toronto. Ontario flour—Government stand- ard, $9,65 to $9.75 in bags Toronto and Montreal, prompt shipment in jute bags. Millfeed—Car lots, delivered Mon- treal freights, bags included. Bran, 5 per to42 tontgo45 odf ed er flour, $2.65 to $ . to 75 pet bag: Hay—No. 1, a 6 tot $28 tper rlc ton; mixed, $20 to $24 per, To- ronto. Straw—Car lots, $10 to $11 per ton.. Country Produce—Wholesale. Butter—Dairy, tubs and rolls, 83 to 40c;' prints: 40 to 42c. Creamery, fresh made prints, 63 to 64e. Eggs—New laid, 42 to 4$c. Dressed poultry—Chickens, 30 to 34e; roosters, 25c; fowl, 30 to 33c; ducltliogs, 82e; turkeys, 45c; squabs, doz., $6.00. Live poultry—Roosters, 22c; fowl, 28 to 330; ducklings, lb„ 85c; turkeys, 35e: chickens, 27e. Wholesalers are selling to the re- - tail trade at the following prices: Eggs -New laid), 47 to 48c; new laid in cartons, 40 to 5Oc. Dressed poultry—Chickens, 10 to • 42e,; rooster., 28 to 30c; fowl, 97 to 38c; turkeys. 45 to 50e; ducklings, lb., • 35 t, Sic sgaabee doz, $7.00; geese, 28 to a0c Putatoe- Oatarios, f.o.b. track To ron',o, cur tote, $1.40; on track out- side, $1.25 to $'1.30. t ire -t: anadian, hand-pick., bus., $a to fi 1 `:u;• primes, $3 to $3.25; imps:vte.,i t-:ue,l ticked, Burma or In- dian. 11.:;0; L tnas, 13s. Emmy-- 'v- 1 tracted clover; 5-1b. tin, 25 tr 26c lb.; l,) lb. tins, 24ae to 25e; 60-I!,. tans 24 to 25c. Buckwheat, 60111. tins, 19 to "0n. Comb: 16 -oz., $4 :5 to $5 doz.; 10 -oz., $3.60 to $4 dee. Maul, pr o I . ta—Syrup. per imper- ial gallon, $2.15 to $2.50: per 5 um - pe gal rt , $2.85 to $2.10; sugar, Da 77c - Provisions—Wholesale. Smoked meats—Hams, medium, 37 to 3oc; do, heavy. 38 to 34c; cooked, 52 to 54e; rolls. 32 to 33c; breakfast bacon, 43 to 47c: backs, plain, 46 to patch added. 47e; boneless, 52 to 55c. Cred meats—Long clear bacon, 29 CANADA STEAMSHIPS START to 30c; clear bellies, 28 to 29c. ATLANTIC SERVICE MAY 24 Lard—Pure tierces, 301$ to 31c; ._ talus; 31 to 3lbcir; pails, 31uv to 81c/a; A despatch from Montreal says: prints, 32 to 321•'x. Compound tierces, 25ae to 25° c; tubs, '2544, to 2614c; Canada Steamship Lines, Limited, pails, ail to 201-ic; prints, 271,4 to announce to -day that arrangements 2731c, have been completed for the inaug- Mortreai, April 20.—Quotations:— uration of their new Atlantic service Oats, extra No. I fed, 84?;,c. Flour, and that freight steamer "Bilbster," Man. Spring. new standard grade, $11 g 500 tons, will sail front Montreal ole to $11.10. Relied oats, bag 90 lbs., May 24 for French ports. 53.78 to $•l. Bran, $44 to $45.60. After this first sailing it is intend- ed that a regular ten-day service shall be established. Shorts, $4v to 345.50. Hay, no. 2, per ton, car lots, 329. Cheese—Finest easterns, 24 to 25c. Butter—Choice creamery, $8 to 04e. Eggs—Fresh, 48 to 49c. Potatoes—Per bag, car lots, $1.90 to $2.25. Dressed hogs—Abat- toir killed, $50.50 to $31. Lard—Pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 31llic. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, April 29.—Good heavy steers, $14,2.5 to $15.50; choice but- cher steers, $13.50 to $14; butchers' cattle, choice, $13.25 to 314; do, good, , $12.50 to $12.75; do, medium, $11.50 to $12; do, common, $9.75 to $10.25; bulls, choice, $11.25 to $12; do, need - num, $9.25 to $10; do, common, $7.60 to $8.25; stockers, $8.75 to $11.50; The Real Heroes. "The real heroes of this war," said a recently returned officer, "are the nursing sisters. Nothing too much can be said about their courage, their untiring patience, and their ability. What the men had to endure in the front line trenches was child's play to the work of the nurses after an en- gagement, when the badly shattered men were brought in and left to their kindness, which never failed. Their only reward in many cases being the intense worshipful love of the men." A Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Hear Ye! This is a snminons in which every man, woman andchild in this commu- nity should be interested. It is a Call for Co-operation—an appeal to our community Spirit—a plea for us "to get together." Each week we will show In cartoon and tell in story the needs of our community—what is hold- ing it back—the things we must over- come to progress and how this can be aecompllished by co-operation. We will "Knock the Knocker" and • "Boost the Booster." We may hit some of you pretty Bard—the truth al- ways hurts—but it's our most powerful ally for advancement. If you are in- terested in the progress and future of our home town you can help by read. ing these editorials each week—and co-operating with us In making this a bigger—better--happier— more pros- perous community, aes tw Part of ''onus) nig! Army' .Bur - renders South of Budapest, A despatch front - Bevy o ;rayls: Part of the Hungarian • anartun st army facing the 'Rohmattiahs' sdutb- east of. Budapest has eurrenilera f) and the rest is in flight, according to a Roumanian official statement re- ceived here. . West of Budspest the. Czecho- Slovaks have occupied Komorn, on the penube,`and Raab ('Gyor). Caeeho-Slovak fgrces have also attached the city of •Waitzen, which. ,is expected to fall soon. French troops are said to be aiding the Rou- manians in their advance -in Eastern Hungary, according to advice!; re- ceived here from 'Vienna. Thousands of people are leaving Budapest on foot and are carrying` their baggage, as there are no trains or vehicles. The Czecho-Slovak forces continue to advance in the direction of Buda- pest, according to advices from Innsbruck. The advices say it is reported that Bela Kan, head of the Soviet Govern- ment, is preparing for flight into Switzerland. TO BE AT ONOMOUS REPUBLIC City of Dantzig to be Represent- ed by Polish Diplomats. A. despatch from Paris says:—Re- consideration of Polish aspirations and claims relative to Dantzig has resulted in 'a decision concerning the future status of that city, which goes considerably - farther toward satisfying Polish demands than was contemplated some time ago. The "free city of Dantzig" will be created, not as a neutralized State, but virtually as an autonomous Re- public within the Polish State, con- tained within the Polish customs union and represented in internation- al relations by Polish diplomats. Its citizens will be entitled to diplomat- ic privileges held by the citizens of Poland, and Poland will be guaran- teed free use of the Dantzig wharves and docks and other transportation facilities. Poland 'will be given con- trol and administration of the Vis- tula water route and freedom to cross, not only through the Polish corridor, but also through German territory, if necessary. Polish control, however, will not extend to the internal affairs of the city, over which the residents will enjoy complete local autonomy. TIM independence of Dantzig under the conditions will be guaranteed by the League of Nations, which will ap- point a High Comr,e,ssioner to ar- range the necessary treaties with Germany and Poland, and assist the municipal representatives in drafting a constitution. Germany will be guaranteed freedom of passage across the Polish corridor to East Prussia. $343,836,801 COST OF LAST YEAR OF WAR A despatch from Ottawa says: --A blue hook tabled in Parliament gives details of expenditures under the War Appropriations Act during the fiscal year 1918, the last full twelve months' period of the war. Total expenditure for the year was $343,- 836,801. The expenditure in Canada by the Militia Department was $201,- 288,628, while overseas expenditures amounted to $115,381,243. Naval de- fence cost $9,666,229 during the twelve months' period, while the In- valided Soldiers' Commission requir- ed $11,393,654. The remainder of the total was spent by the various other Government departments, Mine Left by Germans Explodes on French Railway A despatch from Amiens says:—A :low mine Ieft by the Germans ex- ploded on Friday on the railroad be- tween Mira-Umont and the Achiet. The explosion cut the main line of the road running between Paris and Belgium for a distance of 100 yards. Nobody was hurt by the explosion. 11 590,000 CONGO NATIVES HAVE DIED FROM INFLUENZA A despatch from Brussels says:— Great ays:Great loss of life among the natives of the Belgian Congo as a result of an influenza epidemic is reported in despatches received here, Some esti- mates place the number of deaths at 500,000. FIRST OF HUN DELEGATES ARRIVE Advance Contingent of Telegra- phers and Correspondents Reach Versailles. A despatch from Paris says:—The, first of the Germans who are to par- ticipate in the Versailles congress arrived in Versailles on Friday in two parties. The first group, consist- ing of three official couriers, arrived early in the day, and the second, headed by Herr Lersner, canto later. They were escorted to the Hotel Des Reservoirs. The Germans were met at the sta- tion by Colonel Henry, of the Minis- try of War Conunissary, and M. Oudaille, of the Ministry of the In- terior, who were delegated by the Foreign Office to take charge of the German representatives. The augmentation in numbers of the delegation above those anticipat- ed made it necessary to seek for ad- ditional quarters, anti a second host - etre, the Hotel Vatel, probably will be requisitioned for the telegraphers, newspaper correspondents and other attaches of the Teuton mission. The arrival of Lersner and his party was so quietly arranged that few, if any, persons in Versailles out- side the carefully selected force of hotel servants assigned to their rooms and to the serving of meals, were aware of their presence. The wheat crop of South Africa is now worth about $20,000,000 a year. DIG LUMBER DEAL IN BRITISH COLUMBIA SOME IN WAR -TIME FACTORIES. Operation of New B. C. Company To Be Conducted on World - Wide Scale. A despatch from Victoria, B,.C., says:—What is undoubtedly the most gigantic lumber enterprise ever con- ceived, and a scheme that is fraught with tremendous possibilities in 'the development ea', the British Columbia lumber .industry; is about to be launched by a syndicate headed by Percy Furber, president of the 'Maxie can Oil Field Co. of New York, and John Arbuthnot, financier, well known in this city. This syndicate will be known as the Furber Lumber Com- pany, and the operations of the syndi- cate will be conducted on a colossal and world-wide scale Orders have already been placed with the syndicate by 'British inter- ests to deliver 30.000,0!!0 feet of lumber, which, in th•''event or ent- isfactory age-eet'nent being re. th .t on purchase price with the sawmills aril lumber manufacturers, will be sup- plied by British Columbia mill:. LL. DAY'S -WORK?. i'h7pa?�} ACH svEd,M,F€,NT$ British -Hold Wobi'drs Record in Ship- yard Riveting—London Rifle Dri- gadets Wo.nderful,March. The most difficult task of the BrM- tish Coal Couunlspion,seems to 'be to discover how mug$ 'coal cutting is a fair 'darg " or day's work for a coir liar, -It otppea s diet in a•g4od `,lace" a,,Fgan;wllfput',fpur tons of cpa4 in a shii't,,yet,..for 0.1.1 e eat,the yearly out- put of coal per map was only 220 tone last year. It is rather interesting togiauce,at other forms of work, and • to see Just how much other toilers do in a day. Take,pleughing, for, instance. This man who, with a single horse plough, turns an acre in a day, is well earning his nippy...ales In completing iiia task; ale will ,have walked and guided the plough about'fourteen Writes. I-larvestiug in the old days used to be slow worst, mad the man who cut by hand half an acre of wheat was do- ing well. With tite modern horse -Cut- ter and binder there is a,great speed- ing -up, and one man, with the assist. ance of two "shockers," has been known. to cut and bind twenty acres of wheat in one dee. Some wonderful records were put up in munition factories. during the war. In November, 1910, a workman belong- ing to Woolwich Arsenal told the Lon- don Munitions Tribunal that he had made 'seventy-eight shells during a six -hour shift—eemothing that had never been done before. The teats achieved by riveters In the British shipyards were startling. In May, 1918, Robert T'arr'ant, of Brom- loy-by-Bow, set up a record of 4,2275 rivets in a day, to be beaten a week later by Daniel Devinoy, who, working at e Clyde shipyard, drove as many as 4,429 rivets in a day. 1 Records ill Riveting, Two Americana -Cher -tee Knight and Tom Moore—successively. boat this amazing achievement; but in the end the record remained in British hands, for on May 23rd William Moues, of Banrow-iii-Furness. drove 5,894 riv- ets in the course of a single working day. 'These wore high tensile eteel rivets, much more diftleolt to beat than the mild -steel rivets used in rho previous competition. At one time the setting of three hundred bricks was considered a day's or a brielrlayer. But at piece - 0- GERMAN LOSSES DUE TO BLOCKADE work f work; and using a special soft mortar, a man has been known to lay 1,100 bricks during an eight hours' day, and to continue title average for days ea end. Packing fruit is no easy task, Take oranges, for lnetance. These average one hundred and fifty to the box, and Over 56,300,000,000Marks is i each fruit has to be separately wrap• stimaie of Imperial Health ped in paper. Seventy boxes is con- sidered a very fair day's work, but a • I man has been known to pack ono bun- twont boxes in a ten-hoar Health Ministry has issued) day. He had to handle and wrap eiglt A despatch from Berlin says:—The fired and Y a memorandum on the results of the blockade. It says from 1915 to 1918, as a. result of under -nourishment, 763,000 persons died in Germany, and a further 150,000 died from influenza, owing to the loss of their power of resistance, The fall in the number of births during the 'war exceeded 4,000,000 for the Empire, and over 2,500,000 for Prussia. The memorandum calcu- lates at 56,300,000,000 marks the damage inflicted by the hunger block- ade, in which it includes such curious items as unborn people and the loss of wages due to reduced working cap- acity. a-----+ _ 5,000.000 HAVE DIED IN INDIA InIlOM INFLUENZA, A despatch from London says:— Almost five million persons have died in British India from Spanish influ- enza, and fully a million others are believed to have died' in the native states from the same cause, accord- ing to a report of the Indian Gov- ernment made public here. The area affected contained a population of 238,026,240, and the number of deaths was 4,899,725, or 20.6 deaths per thousand. In a few months, it is ob- served, influenza claimed half as many victims as did the dreaded plague in a period of 20 years. teen thousand oranges to accomplish this task. The work ons' men did in France when marclting in full kit is far beyond that of an ordinary laborer. The world's marching record is held by a detachment of the London Rifle Brigade. In April, 1914, these men -- sixty-two in number—marcltetl from London to Brighton, a distance of fifty-two miles, in fourteen hours twenty-three minutes. They were in full kit, and carried rifles, a total weight of forty-two pounds, yet not a man fell out. The next best achieve- ment is that of the French Foreign Legion, of which a battalion covered fifty miles in fifteen hours thirty-threo minutes, —.--_-4--Memo WONDERFUL WORK OF ROYAL AIR FORCE A despatch from London says:— The Air Miuiztry has published an astonishing record of the work of the air force during the war, It states that before the war the air forces consisted of 272 machines, 197 officers and 1,647 men, while in Oe totter, 1918, there were 22,171 ma- chines, 274406 officers and 263,842 men. From July, 1910, to the armistice the air force on the wsatern front brought down 7,054 enemy aircraft, dropped 6,043 tons of bombs and fired over ten and a half million rounds at ground targets. ^- -e Great Honors to be Paid r., The Body of Edith Cavell A despatch from lianden says:— The body of Edith Cavell, the English nurse who was executed by the Ger- mans in 1915 at Brussels, will be brought to England from Belgium on May 15 and taken to Westminster Abbey, where cermonies will be held. The body will be brought to Dover on a warship and will be transported on 'ie run carriage with military escort to Vicie:?talion and thence to Westminster' -Abbey.. n+.g mmfinl' will be at Norwich, the home town of the Cavell'. The First Food Monopolist. "This ought to make life easy frorn now on," remarked Noah as the ark handed "To what do you refer?" inquired Japhet. `Our monopoly of eggs, butter, milk, beef, etc., with not a soul on earth to start an investigation." 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The next best achieve- ment is that of the French Foreign Legion, of which a battalion covered fifty miles in fifteen hours thirty-threo minutes, —.--_-4--Memo WONDERFUL WORK OF ROYAL AIR FORCE A despatch from London says:— The Air Miuiztry has published an astonishing record of the work of the air force during the war, It states that before the war the air forces consisted of 272 machines, 197 officers and 1,647 men, while in Oe totter, 1918, there were 22,171 ma- chines, 274406 officers and 263,842 men. From July, 1910, to the armistice the air force on the wsatern front brought down 7,054 enemy aircraft, dropped 6,043 tons of bombs and fired over ten and a half million rounds at ground targets. ^- -e Great Honors to be Paid r., The Body of Edith Cavell A despatch from lianden says:— The body of Edith Cavell, the English nurse who was executed by the Ger- mans in 1915 at Brussels, will be brought to England from Belgium on May 15 and taken to Westminster Abbey, where cermonies will be held. The body will be brought to Dover on a warship and will be transported on 'ie run carriage with military escort to Vicie:?talion and thence to Westminster' -Abbey.. n+.g mmfinl' will be at Norwich, the home town of the Cavell'. The First Food Monopolist. "This ought to make life easy frorn now on," remarked Noah as the ark handed "To what do you refer?" inquired Japhet. `Our monopoly of eggs, butter, milk, beef, etc., with not a soul on earth to start an investigation."