Zurich Herald, 1919-03-14, Page 7MIN O' 'BEAK AMONG
CANADIAN SOLDERS IN WALES
Several Persons Killed or Wounded -Disturbance Due to Delay
in Sending Men flack Overseas ---Many .Arresth Made -
Great Property Damage Done by Rioters.
A despatch from London says:- promises given the men, the state -
From. eight to twenty-seven persons
are.estimated to have been killed and
ee from twenty-five to' seventy -threw
wounded in rioting during the past
three clava nt the Kimmel Military
Camp at Rhyl, Wales, according to
a Liverpool despatch received here on
Friday night. Great property dam-
age was caused, the despatch wide.
According to the latest report's
from Liverpool the riot was started
by about00, malcontents. There were rioters and two sentries were killed
25,000 Car.n ions in the camp await- and twenty-one pereene were insured,
ing dcmol,iiinntion and emb't k ,;ion. ini:luding two officere, according to
The mca \vhe iamsed the trouble were the statement.
war cosmic. ?.. who had serve:? for London, .March 9: --Gen. C1olquohoun,
three years or more in 1'r:i:ica. They who was in command of the camp, in
complalne,l. that their embarkation the course of a stateitaint on the riot -
had been i..,tpaned while other men ing of Qanadian soldiers at Kimiuel
who had eeea lese service were sent said that no attack waw Tilade on the
home. - officers; . who . were treated with
After the deeitruction of stores of courtesy.
all kinds ce Tresriny by the' discon- "I myself went in and out among
tented men, the situation took a more the men. freely," he added, "and some
serious turn en 1Vedneedey when the of them actually put down loot in or -
cavalry was called out but forbidden der to salute pie -then they picked up
to use its ar1112% the loot again. ' '
Troops from Chester intercepted "The reports of the damage to the
the rioters in their march upon Aber- ,camp. are. greatly exaggerated. Some
gele, near Rhyl, and also prevented a 50 or 60 men got out of hand and at -
threatened raid on the latter place. tacked some canteens. The men in
Five men were. I:illed and 40 injured one camp, anticipating danger, armed
in the course of this fighting, it is themselves •and, contrary to express
reported. orders, fired. That was on Wednes-
There was further promiscuous day, when the fatalities occurred.
shooting early Thursday morning, "The girls' camp was not attacked.
but at no time was there organized As a matter of fact the girls were
firing by any armed party. Most of treated with the utmost chivalry. No
the deaths were -due to crushing, it man entered the girls' rooms while
is. said. An unnamed major holding they were occupied.
the Victoria Cross and believed to be "One man raised the red flag in an
from New Brunswick, is reported to attempt to introduce Bolshevism. He
have been virtually trampled to death was shot."
The Ahergele correspondent of the
Manchester Guardian wires that many
who participated in the disturbances
at Kimmel Camp it is not believed
have had any serious intention of re-
ment adds, owing to the shortage of
vessels to convey them home.
The authorities, however, do not re-
gard the rioting as jr tified, and the
offenders, many of whom already are
under arrest, will be vigorously dealt
with.
A number c' civilians took part in
the disturban::?; and twelve of these
also have becz arrested and handed
over to the ' ivil eel lior,ti :s.
In the course of the trouble three:
while attempting to defend the offi-
cers' quarters against great odds.
The Daily Mail says that the Cana-
dian authorities restored order with-
out the assistance of British troops
and declares that the matter is solely volt. Some regarded the proceedings
one for Canadian disciplinary action. as rough -horse play.
The Canadian officials have in- Writing -of the most serious part of
formed the War Office that they do the outbreak on Wednesday after -
not desire any increase in shipping noon, the Llandudno, correspondent
facilities as a consequence of the out- of the Associated Press, says: -"It
break, as they do not intend to be was at this stage that the casualties
occurred. A detachment with loaded
'rifles grimly stood their ground; an.
officer warning the rebellious mob of
the gravity of the situation. This did
not appear to be fully grasped by a
number of the men. Still there was
no room for misapprehension as the
mob still came onward. The order
was given to fire and the ranks of the
mischief makers were forthwith
broken. Besides an officer, four of
the rank and file lost their lives, and
about 20 others were more or less
seriously wounded. Many arrests fol-
lowed. This was practically the last
incident of the outbreak."
coerced by the action of the voters.
It is stated that 20 or 80.of the ring-
leaders, most of foreign extraction,
have been arrested by the Canadian
authorities, co-operating with the
civilian police. It is understood that
these men will be brought to London
and lodged in the Bow Street station.
The Official Report:- Canadian
military headquarters in London on
Friday issued a statement with refer-
ence to the riot by soldiers at Kinmel
Park. The statement says the dis-
turbance was entirely due to the de-
lay in getting the men back to Can-
ada. It was impossible to keep the
CANADIAN DOGS
TRANSPORT SICK
Wounded on Murzntan Coast
Placed on Sledges and Wrapped
in Sheepskin Bags.
A despatch from London says:-
Reuter's has received some interest-
ing details regarding the manner in
which the wounded are dealt with on
the Murman coast frontier. Two hos-
pital trains run periodically on the
railway between 14lurmansk and Kern,
while Canadian dog teams and rein-
deer are being used with great suc-
cess for the transporting of wounded
from outlying posts. The sick are
placed in sledges and are wrapped in
sheepskin bags with hot-water bot -
ties. The bags are so designed that
the patient can be treated without
exposure to the severe temperature.
Despite the extreme difficulties of the
country, medical aid posts have been
established every ten miles in farms
and tents. Thanks to the excellent
clothing selected by Sir Ernest
Shackleton very few cases of frost
bite have occurred. The only preval-
ent complaint is insomnia.
Kill the Incurable Cases,
Hoping to estop the Contagion
A despatch from Stockholm says: -
In certain Russian provinces the
mortality from typhus is so great
that the Bolsheviki have issued a
secret order to kill the incurable
cases, hoping thus to counteract the
contagion which is almost impossible
to stop by any other means. Hardly
any medicine is available.
CANADIAN GOVERNMENT TAKES OVER
GRAF) TRU I( PACIFIC RAILAY
Minister of Railways Appointed Receiver for the Dominion Under
The War Measures Act To Ensure Continued
Operation of the System.
Ottawa, March 9. -When the Gra,nd
Trunk Pacific Railway System goes
after midnight to -night into the hands
of Hon. Dr. J. D. Reid, Minister of
Railways, who is appointed Receiver
by an order in Council passed Thitrs-
day, the first definite step of thg Gov-
ernment is taken in a process which
is bound to go on until all Canadian
railways, with the temporary exoep;
tion of the Canadian Pacific Railway
.Company, will be owned by the Gov-
ernment.
This is the direct result of the Gov-
ernment's stand taken in February,
when it informed the officials of the.
Grand Trunk and Grand Trunk Pacific
Lvallways that "it is ,;rot the Goverh-
rent's intention to ask Parliament to
provide a further vote for the Grand
Trunk Pacific Railway while the nego-
tiations with the Grand Trunk Rail-
way Company remain in their present
unsatisfactory condition."
The acquisition of the Grand Trunk
Pacific Railway Company adds 1,964
miles of main road and about 1,000 of
branch line to the Government sys-
tem after the receivership days are
over, and. as a result of the action, it
is almost certain that the 3,556 miles
of the Grand Trunk Railway System
will, in a reasonable time, come also
into the Government's hands, and on
more reasonable -terms than hitherto
seemed peebable.
ger
se,;fi,w-m=-,gig:
Blind Man Making Brooms at Toronto.
This is a power machine installed to sew brooms in the factory of
the Canadian National Institute for the BIind. The operator is a ,Toxo.n
to
man, aged 49, who has a wife and three children. He•lost his:sight three
years ago. Formerly he was employed as a laborer and moulder.•: He is
able with the machine to tura out as many brims as three hand -sewers.
Another machine of this same type is on order and when it arrives, all tile,
brooms, excepting the heavy rattan lines, will be machine sewn
arkets of the World
Breadstuifs.
Toronto, March 11. -Manitoba
wheat -No. 1 Northern $2.241/ ; No.
2 Northern, $2.214; No. 3 Northern,
$2.174; No. 4 wheat, $2.114, in store
Fort William.
Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 716/sc;
No. 3 C.W., 641/8c; ertra No. 1 feed,
65%c; No. 1 feed, 6240; No. 1 feed,
58%c, in store Fort William.
Manitoba barley -No. 3 C.W.,
87%c; No. 4 C.W., 82%c; rejected,
754c; feed, 74%c, in store Fort Wil-
liam. '
American corn -No. 3 yellow,
$1.55; No. 4 yellow, $1.52 track To-
ronto, prompt shipment.
Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 58 to
61c; No. 3 white, 57 to 60c, according
to freights outside.
Ontario wheat -No. 1 winter, per
car lot, $2.14 to $2.22; No. 2, do.,
$2.11 to $2.19; No. 3, do., $2.07 to
$2.15 f.o.b., shipping points, accord-
ing to freights.
Ontario wheat -No. 1 Spring, $2.09
to $2.17; No. 2, do., $2.06 to $2.14;
No. 3 do., $2.02 to $2.10 f.o.b., ship-
ping points, according to freights.
Peas -No. 2, $1.80, according to
freights outside.
Barley -Malting, 81 to 86e, nomin-
al.
Buckwheat -No. 2, 85c, nominal.
Rye -No. 2, $1.35, nominal.
Manitoba flour -Government stan-
dard, $10.75 to $11.00, Toronto.
Ontario flour -Government stan- choice, $90 to $150; do, com. and med.
dard, $9.55 to $9.75 in bags, Toronto $65 to $75; springers, $90 to $150;
BIG BATTLE IN
BERLIN STREETS
Government Troops Begin At-
tack on Spartacan Strong-
holds.
A despatch from Berlin says:-^
Government troops began an attack
on Friday from all sides on the centre
of the city and made brilliant pro-
gress. The attack was for the pur-
pose or relieving police headquarters,
which was. besieged by sailors and
Republican guards who had gone over
to the Spartacan.s from the Govern.
meat side, and had cut off the head-
quarters from all eommnnication with
other Government forces. A>i column
fromthe west progressed to within a
block of police, headquarters in twc
hours.•
It is believed that the errivann'sue,
ceedecl in relieving the besieged gar-
rison et police headquarters; although
military headquarters at 0.30 o'clock
on Friday night had net yet received
t.ny information on that point.
Between 200 and 300 persons wore
killed or wounded. ' The ca'aities
were largely among spectators who,
despite all warning, persisted in stay,
ing to see the fighting. The eaeual-
ties among the Government troops
were comparatively light.
There was very little organized co-
herent • opposition by the Republican
guards and Spartacan marines. • They
Were caught by surprise without ef-
ficient leadership and were unable to
check the attack of the well disci-.
;Pined Government forces.
F"i
49 to 51c; rolls, 31 to 32c; breakfast
SHIPS
bacon, 41 to 45c; back, plain, 44 to
45 boneless, 50 to 52e.
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 28
to 29e • clear bellies; 27 to 28c.
Lards -Pure, tierces, 27 to 2714;
tubs, 274 to 28c; pails, 27s/a to 28%e;
prints 281 to 29c. Compound, tierces,
254, to 26%c; tubs, 25% to 26%;
pails, 26 to 264; prints, 271/4 to 27%.
Montreal Markets.
Montreal, March 11. -Oats -Extra
No. 1 feed, 78%c. Flour -New stan-
dard grade, $11.10 to $11.20. Rolled
oats -Bags, 90 lbs., $3.90 to $4.00.
Bran, $4025. Shorts, $42.25. Mouillie,
$64.01. Hay -No. 2, per ton, car lots,
$24.00. Cheese, finest easterns, 24 to
25c. Butter, choicest creamery, 524
to 53c. Eggs, selected, 43c; No. 1
stock, 38c. Potatoes, per bag, car
lots, $1.75. Dressed hogs, abattoir
killed, $24.50 to $25.00. Lard, pure,
wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 28 to 29%c.
Live Stock Markets.
Toronto, March 11. -Choice heavy
export steers, $16 to $17.50; do., good,
$14.50 to $15.50; choice butcher steers,
$13 to $13.25; butchers' cattle, choice,
$12.50 to $13.25; do., good, $11 to $12;
do, common, $9.25 to $9.75; bulls,
choice, $10.50 to $11.50; do, medium,
$8.75 to $9; do, rough bulls, $7.50 to
$8; butchers' cows, choice, $10.75 to
$12; do, good, $9.75 to $10,25;; do,
medium, $8.50 to $8.75; do, common,
$7.50 to $8.75; stockers, $8 to $10.50;
feeders, $10.50 to $12.25; canners and
cutters, $5.75 to $7; Milkers, good to
and Montreal, prompt shipment.
Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mon-
treal freights, bags included. Bran,
$40.25. per ton, shorts, $42.25 per ton;
good feed flour, $3.25 to $3.50 per
bag.
Hay -No. 1, $20 to $.21 per ton;
mixed, $18 to $19 per ton, track To-
ronto.
Straw -Car lots, $10 per ton.
Country Produce -Wholesale.
Butter -Dairy, tubs and rolls, 26
to 38c; prints, 40 to 41c. Creamery,
fresh made solids, 49 to 50e; prints,
50 to 52c.
Eggs -New laid, 36 to 37c.
Dressed poultry -Chickens, 26 to
34c• roosters, 25c; fowl, 27 to 30c;
ducklings, 32c; turkeys, 40c; squabs,
doz., $1.50; geese, 25c.
Live poultry -Roosters, 20c; fowl
24 to 30c; ducklings, lb., 85c; turkeys,
35c; chickens, 28c; geese, 18e.
Chcese-New, large, 28 to 284c;
twins, 2811 to 20c; triplets, 29 to
2914c; Stilton, 29% to 30c; old, large,
29 to 294c; twin, 294 to 30c.
Wholesalers are selling to the retail
trade at the following prices:
Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 46 to
48c; creamery, solids, 51 to 53c;
prints, 52 to 54e.
Margarine -32 to 340.
Eggs --New laid, 45 to 46c; new
laid in cartons, 47 to 48c.
Dressed poultry -Chickens, 35 to
40c; roosters, 28 to 30e• fowi, 32 to
35c; turkeys, 45 to 50e; ducklings, ib.,
35 to 38c; squabs, doz., $5.50; geese,
27 to 29c.
Potatoes-Ontarios, f.o.b. track
Toronto, car lots, 90 to 05c.
Beans -- Canadian, hand-picked,
bushel, $3.50 to $4.00; primes, $2.75
to $3.25. Imported hand-picked, Bur-
ma or Indian, $8.25; Limas, 15c.
Honey -Extracted clover: 5 lb, tins
26 to 27c ib.; 10 lb. tins, 25 to 26c;
60 lb, tins, 24 to 25c; buckwheat, 6th
ib. tin, 19 to 20c. Comb: 18 oz., $4.50
to $5.00 dor.; 12 oz., $3.50 -to $4.00
doz.
Maple products -Syrup, per gallon,
$2.25 to $2.35; sugar, lb., 27 to 28e.
Provisions -Wholesale.
Smoked meats --Rams, medium, 36
to 38c; dor, heavy, 80 to 82e; cooked,
light ewes, $10.50 to $12; yearlings,
$12 to $13; spring lambs, $16 to $18;
calves, good to choice, $16.50 to
$18.50; hogs, fed and watered, $17.50;
do, oc cars, $17.75; do, f.o.b., $16.75.
Montreal, March 11. -Choice select
hogs, $18 per 100 pounds off cars.
Choice steers, $12 to $14 per 100 pds;
poorer quality, $7.50 to $8 per 100
pounds. Butchers' bulls and cows,
$10 to $11.50; canners, $5 to $5.50.
Sheep, $8 to $10.50. Lambs, $15.50
per 100 pounds.
E GIVEN P
GERMANS GUILTY
BUT MAY. ESCAPE
Officials of Central Powers Un-
likely to Suffer . Physical
Punishment.
Paris, March 9, ---The findings of the
Commission on Responsibility for the
War are still incomplete. It is under-
stood. the Commission will oonclude
that the officials of the Central Powers
were morally guilty of the most hein-
ous crimes, but that physical punish-
ment would of necessity be retroac-
tive.
The Americans have announced
themselves as unwilling to adopt any
expedients the constittticnality of
which might be questioned in the .
'United States, and in that event the
Europeans would have to act alone if
they were determined to punish the
officials involved. A possible solution
suggested is the formal denunciation,
in the preliminary peace treat`,' of the
officials of the Central Empires.
76,799 HOME
A' despatch from Ottawa says -e-A
total of 30,356 Canadian so11 ere and
dependents sailed from England for -
' ' Canada 'during the month of Febru-
ary, acdording to figures- is'sired
through :the Militia Department.' 'A.
small pe 'eentage of -this• total num
ber is still on the ocean. The Febeu.
ary figures show that 27,428 soldiers.
sailed from England during the..
month and 2,928 soldiers' dependents.
Ever since the work of bringing
home the men started, subsequent -to
the signing of the armistice, the -
monthly totals have been growing.
The grand total of soldiers and de-
pendents sailing from England tip
to the end of February is 76,799. By
months it is made up as follows:
November, 4,921; December, 18,925;
January, 23,227; February 30,356..
The smallness of the November
total is accounted for by the fact that
transport work slid not begin until
the latter part of the month.
55,000 HOMES IN BELGIUM
DEuTROYED BY THE GERMANS
,.Allies Agree to Revitual Foe Un-
til Next Harvest ---Payment
in Kind.
A despatch from Paris says: -The
Council of the Great Powers took ac-
tion
ction on Friday toward relieving the
rather acute situation created by the
interruption of the negotiations at Spa
concerning the taking over of Ger-
man ships and supplying Germany
with food.
Final action went over until Satur-
day, but meantime, at a conference
between David Lloyd George, the
British Premier, M. Cleinenceau, the
French Prime Minister, and Col. Ed -
A despatch from London says: --
Ernest Smith, correspondent of the
London. Daily News at Brussels,
ward M. House, of the American telegraphs: "In a message sent on
Peace Delegation, a resolution, drawn 'February 21 I gave the figure of the
by Lord Robert Cecil, member of the I dwelling houses destroyed in Belgium
British Peace Commission, was ten-
tatively approved for adjusting the
affair. This resolution provides that
on the delivery of the - ships the Allies
shall undertake to revictual the Ger-
mans until the next harvest; payment
being made in coal, potatoes, nitrates
and other products wnieli Germany
has and the Allies want. -
The agreement reached between
the British, French and American
members of the Council leads to the
expectation that the Council will ac-
cept the settlement on Saturday, and
that the negotiations at Spa will be
resumed.
332,000 ROUMANIANS -
KILLED IN THE WAR
A despatch from Paris says: -The
Roumanian Press Bureau announces
that 332,000 Roumanians, combatants
in the war, were killed or died from
wounds.
MOT Y9 NAVAL AND AERIAL
TERMS OF GERMAN DISARMAMENT
Some of the German Warships to Go to France and Italy and
Army to' be Reduced to 200,000 Men -Aerial
Force Will be Disbanded.
A despatch from Paris says: -The
military, naval and aerial terms of
German disarmament were before the
Council of the Great Powers on
Thursday, with Premier Lloyd George
back at the head of the British dele-
gation, Marshal Foch and the full
membership of the War Council
present.
Most of the time was given to the
naval terms, which were largely set-
tled, with several features still re-
served, including the destruction of
the large German ships.
Premier Lloyd George was disposed
to have England take part of these
ships, but he yielded this view when
shown that it would involve an in-
creased naval building program ,in
the United States.
As a result of the British and Am-
erican view in agreement, and as a
means of harmonizing the French and
Italian views, it is possible that some
of these ships will be apportioned to
France and Italy, instead of being
destroyed.
though not yet made public, are
summarized as follows:
Disarmament down to 200,000 men,
consisting of 15 divisions of infantry
and five of cavalry, divided ,into five
army corps. The men are to be
chosen by lot fdr one year's service,
and no class is to exceed 180,000 men.
Arms and ammunition are restrict-
ed to a force of 200,000 men, and
the balance to be delivered or de-
stroyed.
The naval terms provide similar
disarmament by a reduction of the
German fleet down to a limited basis
sufficient for police defence, but it
will not figure among the navies of
the first or second class. This sys-
tem is to be for an indeterminate
period, with ultimate continuance or
modification, probably under the
League of Nations.
The aerial terms of disarmament
are definite ,in period, as a liinited
number of hydroplanes with an
aerial force of a thibusand mien are
to gather mines until October 1 next,
The actual terms of German •dis- when the entire establishment is to
armanient as finally considered, end.
during the early stages of the inva-
sion at 25,000 completely destroyed
and about 2,000 partially destroyed.
Although the figures from the dis-
tricts where the last fighting occur-
red are not definite, Senator Emile
Vincent, Director of the Towns and
Communes Union, which is collecting
the figures, tells me the total number
of dwelling houses completely dere
troyed is at least 55,000."
BRITAIN'S LARGEST AIRSHIP
IS ALL READY FOR FLYING
A despatch from London says:--'
Great Britain's largest airship is
waiting to fly. Everything is ready'
to launch her at Selby, Yorkshire.
Whether or not the airship will. at-
tempt a transatlantic flight is for
the Air Ministry to decide, but ex-
perts say .she is capable of the flight,
Although she weighs 30 tons she has
a lifting capacity of an additional 30
tons. Speed of possibly 80 miles per
hour is expected and, in that event;
New York could be reached in less
than two days,
Peace Conference Will Award
Slice of Germany to Belgium
*44
Paris,, March 9. -The Peace Confer-
ence Commission on Belgian claims,
it is reported, has agreed in principle
to the 'Belgian demand for Malmedy
and the surrounding district. in 'Bel-
gian circles it is expected that this
will result in the Peace Congress ap-
proving the handing over of tufa re-
gion to Belgium. The Melmedy dis-
trict is just east of the Belgian fron-
tier and has been under German do-
mination for a number of years.
LAKE ERIE OPEN
TWO W :EKS EAltLIEls
Iminsuxuai
A despatch from Moreland says: --4
Passenger navigation on Lake Erie
opened two weeks earlier this season.
Boats to Detroit; made the first trip
March 10, and between Cleveland and
Bucalo will commenee April 15.
AUSTRIA-GERMANi
ELECTS A PRESIDENT‘
A despatch from Vienna says:---.'
The National Constituent Assembly
has elected Karl Seitz, leader of the
German Social Democracy in Austria,
President and Herr Hauser, Social
Democrat, Vice -President,