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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1919-06-05, Page 6AFGHAN MAIN OFFENSIVE IS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING Alii qks Against Thal Successfully Repulsed by British -50O o ' a Enemy Killed or Prisoners in One Engagement. London, Julie 1. -The Afghan main played at the assault and capture. The offensive against Thal, under Gen. Na- guns made breaches in the walls, and dir Khan, the Amir's commander -in.' the fort was finally reduced by a flank- chief, is developing. • The latest ofd- nig assault. The 'garrison fought cial information from Simla, received bravely, but for the most part, was on Many 29 and 10, shows that all at- killed or captured. It was the strong tacks on Fort Thal have been re- est fort in Afghanstan, having thick pulsed. The fort was bombarded outer walls and bombproof shelters, throughout Wednesday last, and the Its fall has had a good effect in Kanda- Afglians occupied the, looted base out- har and along the Chemin frontier, side the fort. Air r•econnaisance dis- as showing the effect of high explo- closed about 3,500 of the enemy near. sive shells. Their camps were effectively bombed. Three British airplanes have chop At the capture of the Afghan port pod bombs on Kabul, capital of Af- Dalkop, opposite Chemin Baluchivan, ghanistan, and Jelalabad, the Indian the British took 169 premien and office announces. The airplanes also killed 320 of the enemy.' The British have attacked formations of Afghan occupy the fort. Smart work was dis- troops. HOLDS BIG FIVE BEARS BURDEN President Wilson Answers the Protests of the Small Powers. 'Paris, June 1. -President Wilson Saturday at a secret plenary session of the Peace Conference declared that ,in the final analysis the five great powers, America, Great Bri- tain, Frar.I;s, Italy and Japan, be responsible for ending war's, and that they are compelled to deny to the smaller minorities certain rights which, if carried to extremes, would precipitate future conflicts, The President spoke in reply to bitter protests of smaller nations against clauses in the peace treaty with Austria designed to safeguard the minorities in the newly -created republics. Roumania's representatives char- acterized these clauses as "violation of sovereignty designed to keep awake the spirt of rebellion." Serbia and Czecho-Slovakia agreed with Roumania, Poland being the only supporter of the Big Five's policy. The Big Five finally agreed to endeavor to meet the views of the smaller powers. GOVERNOR-GENERAL WILL OPEN CANADIAN EXHIBIT A despatch from New York says: - The Duke of Devonshire, Governor- General of Canada. will open an ex- hibition here on June 10 of war paint- ings, conducted by the Canadian War Memorial Fond. The paintings are largely those of Canadian artists sent to the fishing front during the war, and embrace representations of every sphere of Canadian war pre- paration and activity, together with portraits of generals, statesmen, Canadian V.C.'s and pictures typify- ing Canadian history. The exhibi- tion is under the management of P. G. Konody, English art critic, and Capt. Percy F. Godenrath, attached to the Canadian War Records Office. TUNE 20 IS PROBABLE DATE FOR SIGNING OF PEACE A despatch from Paris says: - June 15 is the earliest possible date on which the German treaty can be signed if no obstructions are en- countered, but June 20 is the more probable date for its signature, The German counter -proposals have been received with the greatest interest by the members of the Peace Con- gress, especially the claims for im- mediate membership in the League' of Nations, for a plebiscite to decide the disposition of Galicia and for the fixing of a definite sum for indemni- ties. 198 U -Boats, 3,000 Sailors Lost by Germany During War A despatch from Basle says: - ,Germany lost 198 submarines during the war, according to statistics on this branch of the German naval service published in the Berlin Vos- sische Zeitung. This number includ- ed seven submarines interned in for- eign ports and fourteen destroyed by their own crews. More than 3,000 sailors lost their lives in the submarine sinkings, the statistics show, while several thou- sand others Iost their reason and had to be committed to lunatic asylums. SEAPLANE LANDS AT PILGRIM'S PIER Crew of NC -4 Given Great Re- ception on Arriving in England. Plymouth, England, June 1. -The American seaplane NC -4 completed her long flight from the United States. yesterday. She arrived here from Ferrol, Spain, on the last jump of her journey at 2.26 p.m. local time (1.26 p.m. Greenwich time.) The NC -4, making a dashing finish, swept quickly landward and settled down on the waters of the harbor to the accompaniment of cheers from the crowds and salvos from all the steam craft within sight -her mem- orable transatlantic trip ended. The seaplane left Ferrol at 2.27 o'clock, Washington time, and made the distance of approximately 500 miles to this port in six hours, 59 minutes, or at the rate of nearly 72 miles an hour. Lieutenant -Commander Read, who brought the seaplane across the At- lantic from `Trepassey to the Azores and thence to Lisbon, had intended • making the trip from Lisbon to Ply- ' mouth in one jump yesterday, He was compelled to alight yesterday morn- ing in the Mondego River, about 100 miles up the Portugese coast, how- ever, because of engine trouble, but soon proceeded as far as Ferrol, on the northwestern tip of the Spanish mainland, where the plane was moor- ed for the night, proceeding early this morning for this port. -;, -_ TURKS TO HAND i OVER TWO PASHAS Provision Requiring the Surren- der of Enver and Talaat Included in Treaty. London, June 1. -The whereabouts of Enver Pasha and Talaat Pasha, the leaders sef the Turkish Govern- ment during the war, ,is not known, but the British 'Government is taking steps to bring them to account, Cecil Harmsworth, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, announced lin the House Saturday. Mr. Harms- worth said he understood a provision requiring the surrender of Enver and i ralaat would be included in the peace treaty with Turkey. SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAYS GET £500,000 FOR SERVICE Cape Town, South Africa, June 1. - Hon. Mr. Burton, Minister of Rail- ways, communicated a cable from Premier Botha to the Assembly, stat- ing that the Imperial Government has given the value of half a million pounds sterling free for services rendered by the South African rail- ways to the Imperial authorities. Mr, Burton said he believed the House and the country would deeply appre- ciate the spirit in which the gift was made and which was only another mark of the cordial relations between Great Britain and the Union of South Africa. The net national debt is about $1,- 500,000,000, The Can. Trade Com. seeks to awaken a realization of this fact in every man and woman in the Dominion. .1 THINK' IT 15 JUST A SHAME THE WAY THEY IIMMSR PRESENT THE rRG THINS " `WHY iT i k,vr ': ,ANY THi'NGLill .THIS PICTURE '1 IN THE CATALOGUE THE WOMAN'S WORK. You, madam, are only one of a -thousand women to -day who are deluded by the long-distance bargain. Don't be carried away by a beautiful picture in a catalog. You can get better bargains from your own home merchant, where you see the goods before you pay for them, where you can be assured of a fit and satisfaction in every re- spect. In trading at home you are doing your share in building up your community. This is your work. LEADING MARKETS Breadstuffs. Toronto, June 8. -Manitoba wheat -No. 1 northern, $2.2435; No. 2 northern, $2.213/.; No. 3 northern, $2.1735; No. 4 wheat, $2.111, in store Fort William. American corn -Nominal. Ontario oats -No. 3 white, 79c, ac- cording to freights outside. Ontario wheat -No. 1 winter, per ear lot, $2,14 to $2.20: No, 2 do, $2.11 to $2.19; No. 3 do, $2.07 to $2.15 f.o. 'b., shipping points, according to freights. Peas -No, 2, nominal. Barley -Malting, $121 to $1.26, nominal. Buckwheat -No. 2, nominal. Rye -No, 2, nominal. Manitoba flour -Government stan- dard, $11 Toronto. Ontario flour -Government stan- dard, $11, in, jute bags, Toronto and Montreal, prompt shipment. • Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mon- treal freight, bags included. Bran, $42 per ton; shorts, $44 per ton; good feed flour, P.75 to $2.80 per bag. Hay -No. 1, $32 to $35 per ton; mixed $20 to $24 per ton, track, To- ronto. Straw -Car lots, $10 to $11 per ton. Eggs, new laid, 53 to 54c. Butter - Creamery prints, 56 to 57e; choice dairy prints, 48 to 50c; ordinary dairy prints, 42 to 43c; bakers', 30 to 33c; oleomargarine (best gr.), 35 to 37c. Cheese, new, large, 33 to 331/2c. Maple Syrup -Per 5 -gal. tin, $2.40 per gal.; do, in one -gal tins, $2.50. Beans -Canadian, per bus., $3 to $4.25; Burmas, $3.50; Limas, per lb., 12 to 13e. Provisions --Wholesale. Smoked Meats -Rolls, 34 to 350; hams, medium, 40 to 42c; heavy, 33 to 35c; cooked hams, 54 to 560; backs, plain, 48 to 49c; backs, boneless, 55 to 570; breakfast bacon, 45 to 48c, Cottage rolls, 36 to 37c. Barrelled Meats -Pickled pork, $48; mess pork, $47. Green Meats -Out of pickle, lc less than smoked. Dry Salted Meats -Long clears, in tubs, 2815c; in cases, 29c; clear bel- lies, 28c to 281/2c; fat backs, 25c. Lard Tierces, 3435c to 35c; tubs, 35 to 351/2c; pails, 3535, to 361/2; prints, 86 to 361/2c; compound lard, tierces, 281/2c; tubs, 2814c; pails, 29c; prints, 30c. Montreal Markets. Montreal, June 3, -Oats, extra No. t feed, 89c; flour, Man. Spring, new standard grade, $11. to $11.10; rolled oats, bag 90 lbs., $4,10 to $4.25; bran, $42.50 to $43; shorts, $44.50 to $45; hay, No, 2, per ton, car lots, $38 to $40. Cheese, finest eastern/, 3114c,; butter, choicest creamery, 5535 to 56c; eggs, fresh, S2 to 58c; selected, 54 to 55c; No. 2 stock, 50c: potatoes, per bag, car lots, $2 to '$2.10; dressed hogs, abattoir killed, $30.50 to $31. lard, pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 37c. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, June 3. -Heavy steers, $14 to $15; choice butchers' steers, $13.25 to $14; butchers' cattle, choice, $13.25 to $13.75; do, ood, $12.25 to $12.50; do, medium, $11.50 to $12; do, common, $10 to $10.50; bulls, choice, $11.50 to $12; do, medium, $10.50 to $11; do, rough, $8 to $8,50; butchers' cows, choice, $12 to $13; do, good, $10.50 to $11.50; do, midium, $9.25 to $10; do, common, $8 to $8.50; stockers, $8.75 to $11.75; feeders, $12.50 to $14; canners and cutters, $4.50 to $6.50• milkers, good to choice, $90 to $160; do,coin, and med. $65 to $75; springers, $90 to $160; light ewes, $1.3 to $15; yearlings, $12 to $14; choice lambs, $18 to $19.50; spring lambs, $12 to $15; calves, good to choice, $15 to $17; hogs, fed and watered, $22.25; do, weighed off cars, $22.50; do, f.o.b., $21.25. Montreal, June 3. -Choice steers, $15; poor, $9 to $10. Butchers' cattle, good, $10 to $12; inferior, $7.50 to $8.50. Calves, milk -fed, $8 to $12. Choice select hogs, $22 to $22.50, NAVAL BATTLE IT THE BALTIC British Warships Engaged Bol- shevik Fleet for an Hour. Helsingfors, June 1.-A fifty -min- ute battle occurred yesterday morn- ing between a Bolshevik fleet com- prising the battleship Petropavlovsk • (23,307 tons) and three other war- ships which had been bombarding the coast west of Krasniagorka (15 miles west of Kronstadt) and seven British warships. The Russians eventually fled to Kronstadt. Saturday's encounter, which took place in the Gulf of Finland, was the second the British have had re- cently with Bolshevik naval forces, which are trying to harry the Esth- onian army approaching Petrograd from the west. On May 18 a 35 -min- ute naval fight occurred not far from the locality of the one now reported. It had a similar result, the Bolshevik fleet retiring to Kronstadt. Some of their vessels were reported to have been hit, The British Admiralty stated later that there had been no casualties to the British forces. :DING RECEIVES ATLANTIC FLYERS Hawker and Grieve First Re- cipients of the Air Force Cross. A despatch from London says: - Harry t;, Hawker and Lieut. -Com- mander Mackenzie Grieve, who reach- ed here from Thurso, Scotland, after being rescued in midocean when the airplane in which they were attempt- ing to cross the Atlantic alighted near the Danish steamer Mary, were received by King George at Bucking- ham Palace. His Majesty bestowed on' IIawlcer and Grieve the insignia' of the Air Force Cross. They are the first ac- tual recipients of this order. An immense crowd gathered in front of Buckingham Palace to wit- ness the arrival of Hawker and Grieve, who were loudly cheered when they made their appearance. The crowd also gave them an ovation when they left the palace, Paint, no matter how hard and dry, can be out of woolen cloth- ing by using a solution of equal parts of ammonia and turpentine. Saturate the spot two or three times, then wash out with soap suds. Badly Damaged But Mails Intact -Records Will be Valuable. A despetcit• AenaiLd'aidon says: The steamer Tralce Glsarl'c?tteatlle ar- rived at Falmouth o1i ' Wechsesday with Hawkerts machine on board: It was badly damaged. The Piano was found on May' 23, tail up, 1,2Q0,miles from Newfoundland. It will be land- ed aded by naval authorities, who will take charge of it until the Sopwith repre- sentatives arrive. Hawker's mails are intact, The airplane is to be sent to London and will be on view on the roof., of Selfridge's establishment in Oxford Street: Hawker expressed his delight at the finding of the sun- shine. "It's recovery," he said. "will be of the_greatest value. On it are many records which will be of great assistance. Some appliances of most delicate construction and adjustment are attached to the machine, and these we hope will, give, first class informa- tion for future flights." CANNOT COMPLY . IT'D REQUEST Answer 'of Switzerland Regard- ing Blockade -of Germany. Berne, June 1. -The federal council has handed to the French Ambas- sador, for transmission to the allied Government, a note stating that the entente request thatSwitzerland pro- hibit all exports to Germany if the Germans refuse to sign the peace treaty, would require the complete breaking off of economical relations with Germany. The note says that the action requested by the entente would go beyond all the restrictions imposed during the war. The federal council again asserts the neutrality of Switzerland and says it does not consider itself able to comply with • the allied request. The -allied Governments, the Council declares, will understand its atti- tude. RECALLED FROM NOR T, PLASIA Canadian Force Will Return Via the Pacific Coast. A despatch from London says:- The ays:The Canadian force in North Russia has been recalled. It is about six hundred strong and consists chiefly of an artillery brigade, commanded by Cola Sharman. The Canadians, who have done splendid work against the Bolsheviki, will return to Canada via the Pacific coast. Their morale during the fighting has beets very good, but of late there has been considerable dissatisfaction because of their retention after the return of their comrades from France. Considering it is the Cana- dian policy to demobilize all soldiers as soon as possible, the London au- thorities have now issued orders for their recall. • All of the prominent universities in the United Kingdom, save Oxford and Cambridge, now confer legal de- grees on women who duly qualify. SCIENTIFIC STUDIES 'ARE BEING MADE OF THISPROBLEId. ,lotion That Abstaining From Food Promotes Bodily Health is Nei Endorsed by Medloel Men. Of recent years mere has been a fasting fad. Some people have as- serted that bodily health was; pro- moted,by_going without food for con-' sidgi:agile lengths oif time, It ciinnot'be said that the medical faculty has over indorsed this remark- able notion. The, view held by pity. siciane and physiologists generally is that such..performances are dead against nature and `iiupose a danger• nue straits upon•tlie human system. Per contra, Doctor Tanner, most famous of all fasters, died last Pobr• nary In San Diego, Cal,, at' the fairly' ripe age of ninety-one. lie had a theory that health and long life could be improved and lengthened by ex- tended periods of food -deprivation. Famous Dr. Tanner Fasts. The most famous, of his fasts ex- tended more than forty days. He was carefully watched during the perform• ante to make sure that he ate nothing. Barring the rucking of casual oranges, it could not be discovered that in that period he touched anytiliug that could be called food. More recently there have been sci• entitle studios made of this problem. Dogs and other animals have been the subjects of most of them. But the Carniegie. Institute,. not long ago, em- ployed for the purpose an Italian named.Sueci, who was .a professional faster, He did it for a living, the pay being high. Succi's best record was thinty clays of a fast, at the end of which there set in certain "ante-mortem" mite toms which persuaded the scientists in charge to quit the experiment festly he was a weakling; for a Paris faster 'named -Meriatti kept t up for fifty.days. How long would ib-take to death if unsupplicd with any any food? The. answer, so far as mental observations would tuft that it depends mainly upon you are. If you are a skinny yen would not last long. • s Mani. he thine You to v expel•i icate, is how fat person, How Human Body is Affected. You see, the human body is an en- gine and food is its fuel. When the food supply is cut off the engine must for fuel draw upon the tissues of the body and burn them. The fat stored in the body is under such circumstances the fuel most available. Therefore, as one observes, a starved person becomes rapidly thin- ner, losing weight. Suppose the starvation Is to con- tinue. Then, when the tat has been used up. the muscular and other tis- sues are drawn upon for fuel to fur- nish the energy required to support the mechanism of the body and keep it In operation. But this is vastly more expensive, physiologically speak- ing, because it takes about twelve pounds of muscular or glandular- tis- sue to make an equivalent (as fuel) for one pound of fat. Experiments have shown that in a twenty-six day fast the muscles lose 42 per cent, of their weight, the skin 28 per cent,, the brain and spinal' cord 22 per cent„ the blood 48 per cent., the liver 50 per cent., the kidneys 55 per cent., the stomach and intestines 30 per cent., the lungs 29 per cent., the kidneys 55 per cent and the heart 16 pcent. The human body in starvation pro- euroser its supply of energy by the de- struction of its stored and "protein" - the stuff that, when eaten in food, makes muscle and blood, If the de- privation be kept up long enough, it succumbs. Death ensues. What is the immediate cause of death in such cases? This is a point that has not been fully settled. BELGIUM HONORS HER EDITH CAVELL A despatch from Brussels says: - The transfer of the body of Gabrielle Petit, it young Belgian woman, whom the Germans executed on a charge of treason, was carried out on Thursday with impressive ceremonies. The streets were lined with thou - ands of spectators, and the city had to appearance of national mourning. iles of flowers covered the coffin, and troops, patriotic societies and school children followed the cortege to the communal cemetery, where military honors were paid. Premier De La Croix and other officials delivered eulogies before the coffin left the Town Halk of Scheer - beak, a suburb, Mlls. Petit was put to death in 1916. ONTARIO SOON TO HAVE AN OCEAN PORT. s. "On to the Bay," survey party leaving Cochrane for the North May tl P 13, 1919, showing a car load of provisions being freighted by teams fif- teen miles to tire Abitibi River. -Photo by J. Stewart, Industrial Com- missioner, Cochrane. Il DY -401 -LY • LOOK A� -THAT' REEK DRESS ON THAT WOMArt- -' lfaolry er 4 e,, THAT WASN'T A GREEN CRESy' IT WAS LIGHT �-� BLUE - N ? -- I Ld 1. 01-i! STOP ARGUIN4: -----t- 1.04.... 15- MAMA' E5 LATER -1- • BNS .2791111m„rn Left in the Lurch. "What's the matter with your als- ter.?" "The war was over before she got her sock knitted." In many respects the women of Finland possess greater social and political rights than the women of any other country in Europe. The many antidotes for poisono which were recommended pointed to the fact that poisoning, or attempts at poisoning, were common, or, at least, that great fear of such villainy exist- ed.