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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1920-07-29, Page 3REELS OCCUPY MEXICO CITY: CARR.ANZA FORCED TO FLEE irwo..*geormakell.mve.M.7... Revolutionary Forces State President Carried Out Whole- sale Slaughter of Political Prisoners Before Abandoning City. aehingtoa, May 9, --Official con- firmetion of the occupation of Mexico City by rebel forces at noon on Fri- d ay, May 7, was receivedto-day by the State Department from the Am - tin Embassy. There was no dis- order ani no foreigners were inter - erred with, the meesage said. El Paeo, Texes, May 0. -General E ranciseo Ceeranza Military Commander at Mexico City, before! leaving the Capital, which now is in complete possession of reaolutionary forces, carried out a wholesale slaughter o:1' political prigonere. at Santiago, she military prison, accord- ing to a bulletin issued at revolution- ary headquarters here to -night. Fifteen Mexican Generals were among those reported slaughtered. "The city was shocked over this bloody epilogue for the Carranza re- gime," the bullet:n said, Nagales, Ariz., May 9.-11eports that President Venustiano Carranza ! of Mexico had been captured. by the forces of Gen, Alvaro Obregon and Gen. Benjamin Hill were received !last night from Hermosillo, Sonora, at Obregon headquarters, Nogales, Sonora, opposite here. Vera Cruz, May 9. -President Car- ranza, who fled from Mexico City at the approach of Gen. Obregon's army, is a fugitive in the eastern part of the State of Tlaxcala, and is believed to be trying to reach this city. The railroad train in which the President left the Capital was stop- ped at the City of Tlaxcala by de- tachments of Gen. Obregon's army, and the President was forced to leave his car and flee on horseback. Gen. Sanchez, anadherent of Obregon, is attempting to intercept the President in the mountains, Instructions that the life of Presi- dent Carranza be spared have been issued by Obregon, who has given guarantees to the residents of cities under control of his forces. RAIDERS DESTROY IRISH BARRACKS Explosives Used in Attacks on Police Depots. Dublin, May 0. -After an attack lasting upwards of two'hours, a party of 200 armed men set fire to the R. I. C. barracks at Cloyne, County Cork, on Saturday night, compelled the gare risen of six men to surrender and burned the building to the ground. Three houses close to the barracks were also burned down. The assail- ants were armed with rifles, shotguns and bonibs, the police replying; with carbines and hand grenades. About 1 raclock in the morning an explosion occurred which blew in a portion of the gable erd of the barracks, and the raiders then inserted explosives which made the opening wlder. They tried to enter the building through the breach, but were prevented b3- the police, who used hand grenades and rifles freely. Finally the attacking party finding .iliwassi* 4o OVereothe the -resist- twee' c,f the georison, set the barracks afire, Whereupon the police 'evacuated the place. In preparation for the attack the roads had been blocked for miles around with trcee, and the telephone wires cut, Another atteek was made by a gang of armed men early Sunday limning on the police baeracks at Newton Hamilton, County Armagh. The garrison, consisting of a ser- geant and four constables, put up a splendid defense. The attackers, after picketing the loyalist houses in the locality, attacked the barracks with rifle fire and. bombs, They captured! the house next door and bound the) occupants. EXPECT NO CHANGE IN IRISH POLICY Sir Hamar Greenwood Swom in as New Chief Secretary. A despatch from Dublin says:. --Sir j Hamar Greenwood, the now Chief I Secretary for Ireland, was sworn in I before the Irish Privy Council with Dublin indifferent and cold toward Sir Baba Kanderrley, K.B.E., Gover- aor of Hudson's Bay Company, -Lon- don, who is visiting Canada at pre- sent in connection Saittethe ceuniany's anniversary. him. The Dublin Papers made no comment upon his arrival, except the Irish Times, which said: "We assume that the new Chief Secretary will take immediate steps for the restoration of law and order." The fact is, however, that Sir Ha - mar is ignorant of the actual state of affairs in Ireland, however good his intentions may be, Dublin generally believes that, even if matters have not gone too far for any new regime to cope with, Sir Hamar cannot move until he has learned what he is up aga.inet, and that tuition, it is evident, will come from the saine permanent officials and soldiers who directed Ian Ma cpb ers o 's course. Despite Sir Hamar's hopes, nobody in Dublin expects any drastic or en- lightened change from the old policies, Price of Bread Soars in Britain --- A despatch from London says: - The price of the quartern loaf of tweed will be raised to 25 cents next Monday, This is the second advance in a month BRUM IS CRUX OF SITUATION NEAR EAST STRUGGLE ----- Red Armies Are Forcing Sway Over Whole Contiguous Territory -Relief Workers Assembled There. 7 A despatch from Datum, via Paries! troops in Crimea, that efforts to make says: -All American women rellefiterms for him with the Bolsheviks are workers in the Caucasus have heat not encouraging They say the Bol- . • 1 ! evi t. oieign Minister is trying toi The bridge at Mobletti, 43 miles; obtain a political concesson they can-lQueen Model Borth of Bate and the, pipe line; not grant. It seems probable they: ,•-- „ _ • .- AND WE WONDER WHAT AILS THE WATER SUPPLY! GERMAN TROOPS MAINTAINED UNDER GENERAL ERHARDT Hanover, May 9. -General Erhardt, who has mysteriously disappeared front Muenster Camp, had, according to estimates of allied ,officers, ap- proximately 10,000 troops under his e commnd here. Of these 5,000 belong to the Marine Brigade, while in spite of his denials there are a considerable number of Baltic troops, together with a majority of the State troops who were driven into the British occupied zone by the workmen's army in the Ruhr fighting and have since been returned to Germany. • Then, too, numbers ef Mendescript. soldiers • of. varions. -regiments Sef the old regular.arny have flocked •to EIGHT HISTORIC FIELDS MARKED Memorials to Canada's Fight- ing Dead in France and Belgium. A despatch from Ottawa. says:- Memorials to Canada's fighting dead will be erected at eight historic battle- field e in France and Flanders if the recommendations of the Special Com- mittee on War Memorials is adopted as submitted to Parliament. Representatives of Canada's re- turned soldiers of Canadian colleges and architects' societies and Govern- ment officials have completed their investigations and submitted their proposals for war memorials. With the proposals are the report of Brig.- Gen. H. T. Hughes on military sites, and of Professor Percy E. Hobbs, pro- fessor of architecture at McGill Una vensity, on. the proposed competition in which designs will be invited, and from which the prize design will be carried out. The total cost of the work is estimated roughly at $1,500,- 000. The committee has selected eight sites for the memorials.. In Belgium sites at St, Julien, Crest Farm, Pas- eehendaele and at Hill 62, Obeerva- try Ridge have been accepted as gifts from the Belgium GoVernment. A site at Bourion Wood has been accepted as a gift from Comte De Francqueville, Mayor of Bourlon, and four other sites, at Hill 145, Viniy, at the cross roads of Dury, at Courcelette. and at Hospital Wood between Caix and La Quesnel have been acquired by the committee at a total cost of $1,roo. • Stricken whieb. carries oil from Baku have; eannot reach an agreement for the j With Influenza been damaged by explosions. I volunteers. They assert a continuation LondonMay 10. -Queen Alexandra, The military 'Governor of Batum of the struggle will have only one it is learned, prostrated with in- ! , has received orders from Constan-i result if „there are no ehipments of fluenza, which swept through her etineple to concentrate his forces in: materiel and supplies. the city. 'The Georgian troops are on, Martial- law has been declared household, 'She has been confined to the border of the province, but have! throughout Georgia, and the rail- bed for several days, but her condi- , tot dtion is not regarded as serious. There roads are operating under the Mili- The s Congress of Labor Unions in tary Council. The situation is crit- atum have passed a resolution that ical in Tiflis, where it is expected the -city be placed under Bolshevik the local Bolshevikwill take over .;.A‘ule. The Massulmens in Batuni are the Government in 0 few days. Work Wax -Wrecked French esigainst goverement by the Georgians, of tho Near East Relief is geeeatly i Coal Mine Opens Again ' '.11iteo thousand British 'troops at reducecl and is .carried on tinder di-' katum probably -will be ordered to 1 ficulties, Col. HailieI, United States 1 A despatch from Paris says:- raeuato if necessary, I of America, Allied High Camp:its-I The first coal mine, wrecked during The British cruiser Atadech is pre -1 eioner lor Armenia, melee that nos the war, to resume operatione was Oared to boinbard Gargari Pam,' further purchases be made in the opened at Ander early this month. It outh ef Sautchie, when the Boishe- United States for relief in Annenia. has been equipped with the most mod- , silcs appear: The Georgian Govermnent refuses to ern electrical machinery, and it is ex - The British have informed General Nrangel, commander of the volunteer is anxiety because of her advanced age. permft oll export to Artnenia, which is doppirig the railroads there. peeted its pre-war production will be eclipsed. camp, and there, in the heart of the pine forest, they are living in con- crete and wooden huts, supplied with good food and money from Berlin, and eplendidly equipped, is an excel- lent fighting force, the most formid- alele and emphatically reactionary in a.ermany to -day. The soldiers I saw at the camp are certainlysthe smartest I have semi this side of the Rhine. They walk with energetic -steps, their appearance is neat and clean, they salute their offi- cera with military. precision. "We are just waiting here for any Orders,". one of these Pretorians told nee ttessrleeae.,geve want to, remain.- mar- rve'do not want to be disbanded." Franchise .for 'South African Women A despatch from Cape Town, Union of South Africa, says: -The House of Assembly passed a resolution favor- ing extension of the Parliamentary th franchise. to, women. RUSSIAN BORDER STATES A E ALLIES League Formed to Oppose Red Armies. Geneva, May 9,--'e-Under the infi mice of the Polish 'victory over ti I3olshevists, the long proposed alliane of the Russian border states again Recl Russia is assuming definite shap The negotiations in Warsaw b tween Poland, Finland, Lithuania an Letvia are progressing favorabl General Roswadowsky has arrived a Bucharest with proposals from th Polish Government to Roumania which are likely to lead to a satis factory agreement. The constitution of a miliary- an economic league, •comprising Poland, Roumania, the Ukraine and the Bal- tic countries, is reported iramneent, WHEAT BOARD ADVANCE PRICES 1.1- 111 e st ed. e - y. t Bence of miners and traneport work - e ers, which is now in sresion bere, al- though it has before it several wage - demands, has embarked upon a deter- mined effort to break the vicious eine° d of high wages a.nd the inn in the cost of living, Another Big Three, the Parnaineu- tary Committee. of the Trades Union Congress, the Labor party and the co-. operative movement, are to be called upon to join the alliance in an ex- haustive inquiry into the reasons for the high cost of living, and to evolve a plan for its reduction. The members of the allianee dis- cussed this questioa, which they re- gard as the "most vital affecting our social life," for the greater part of an afternoon's meetiug. They will meet again at an early date to receive the report of the joint body, and their views will be sub- mitted to. the Governmeut with a view to the latter taking "such aation as will substantially reduce the pre- sent high cost." TO BREAK 1-1.C.L. IN GREAT BRITAIN Labor Leaders to Break Vi- cious Circle of High Wages and Increased Costs. A despatch from London says:- The continuous demands for higher wages in one trade after another are begin- ning to alarm the Labor loaders them- selves, and they are realizing that they (an only lead tu disaster. 0- The Executive of the "Triple Al - Ontario Millers Must Pay In- crease of 40 Cents. W.innipeg, May 9. -The Canadian Wheat Board issued new regulations effective at midnight, May 8, advanc- ing the price to mills of all grades of 'Western wheat 85 cents per bushel, and British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec wheat 40 cents per bushel. Another regulation, effective at the same time, increases the mastimum prices of bran and shorts to the ex- tent of $3 per ton. Canada's Wheat Will Bring $2.55 A de,spateh from Winnipeg says: - James Stewart, Chairman of the Cana- dian Wheat Board, announces that the value of the participation certificates will not be less than 40 cents per bushel. This, with $2,15 already guar- anteed, will bring the price to $2.55. United States wheat averaged $2.14. Many of the farmers believe that the price will indeed be much higher than the most optimistic had hoped for, on account of the abnormal increase in the price of wheat from the time it left the farm until it was sold to Euro- pean buyers. Sir Hamar Greenwood Re-elected A despatch from 'Sunderland, Eng,, says: -Sir Hamar Greenwood, Chief Secretary for Ireland, was re-elected to Parliament on Friday in the by- election necessitated by his recent ap- pointment to the Irish Secretaryship. Sir Haniar received 22,813 votes, as against 14,379 for V. IL Rutherford, e Labor candidate, and 5,065 for W. owe, Independent Liberal. Weekly Market Report Wholesale Grain. Toronto, May 11. -Manitoba whea -No. 1 Northern, $2.80; No. 2 North ern, $2.77; No. 3 Northern, $2.73, h store Fort Williana. Manitoba oats -No. 2 CW., $1.191/4; No. 3 C,W, $1.161/4; extra No. 1 feed $1.141/4; No, -I feed, $1:14%; No. 2 feed, $1.11%, in store Fort William. Manitoba barley -No. 3 CW, $1.811/4; No. 4 CW, $1.661/4; rejected, $1.62; feed, $1.62, in store Port Wil- liam. American -corn-No.orn-No. 3 yellow, $2.20; nominal, track, Toronto, prompt ship- ment. Ontario oats -No. 3 white, $1.05 to $1.07, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat -No. 1 Winter, per car lot, $2 to $2.0-1; No. 2 do, $1,98 to $2.01, No, 3 do, $1.92 to $1.93, f.o.b. shippingpoints, according t freights. Ontario wheat -No. 1 spring, per car lot, $2.02 to $2.08; No. 2 do, $1.98 to $2.01; No. 3 do, $1.95 to $2.01,f.o.b. shipping points, according to freights. Peas -No, 2, $3.00. Barley-lVialting, $L85 to $1,87, ac- cording to freights outside. • Buckwheat -No. 2, $1,75 te $1.80, according to freights outside. Rye -No. 3, $2.15 to $2.20, accord- ing to freights outside. Ontario liour-Government stand- ard, $10.90 to $11, Montreal, $11 to $11.10 Toronto, in jute bags, prompt shipment. Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mont real freight, bags included: Bran, pe ton, $51; shorts; per ton, $58; goo feed 'flour, $3.75 to $4.00. Hay -No. 1 per ton, $30 to $31 mixed, per ton, $25, track. Straw -Car lots, per ton, $16 to $17 track, Toronto. Country Produee-Wholesale. Cheese -New, laige, 801/4 to 31c twins, 31 to 311/40; triplets, 311/4 to 320; Stilton, 84 to 35c; old, large, 32 to 8:30; do, twins, 33 to 331/4c. Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 57 to 59e; creamery paints, 64 to 68c. Margarine --38 to 88e. Eggs -New laid, 55e. Dressed poultry --Spring chickens i, t r d Honey -Extracted clover, 5 -lb tins 27 to 28c; 10-1b. tins, 25 to 26c: 60 -lb. tins, 25c; buckwheat, 60 -Ib. tins, 18 to 20c; comb, 16 -oz., $6 to $6.50 doz.; 10 -oz., $4.25 to $4.50 dozen. Maple products -Syrup, per imper- ial gal., $3.50 to $3,75; per 5 imperial gals., $3.25 to $8.50. Smoked meats --Hams, med.. 40 to 42c; heavy, 32 to 84c; cooked, 56 to 59c; rolls, 31 to 32c; breakfast bacon, 45 to 50e; backs, plain, 50 to 52c; boneless, 54 to 57e. Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 28 to 29c; clear :bellies, 27 to 28c. Lard -Pure, tierces, 28 to 281/4c; tubs, 281/4 to 29e; pails, 28% to 29%c; prints, 291/4 to 30c; Compound. tierces, 271/4 to 28c; tubs! 28 to 28%e; pails, 28% to 28%c; prints, 29 to 291/4c. Montreal Markets. Montreal, May 11. -Oats, Canadian western, No. 2, $1.28; do, No. 8, $1.25. Flour -Man., new standard grade, $18.40 to $13.70. Rolled oats, bag 90 lbs., $5.50 to $5.60. Bran, $51.25. Shorts, $58.25, Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $33 to $34. Cheese, finest easterns, 281/4c. Butter, choicest creamery, 62 to 68c, Eggs, fresh, 55c. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, $5.75, Live Stock Markets, Toronto, May 11. -Choice heavy steers, $14,50 to $14.75; d1, good, $13.50 to $13.75; butchers' cattle, choice, $13,25 to $13.75,• do, good, 812,75 to $13; do, med., $11.75 to 12.25; do, cone, $10 to $10.75; bulls, choice, $11 to $12; do, good, $10.25 to 810.75; do, rough, $8 to $8.50; butcher cows, choice, $11.25 to $12; do, good, $10.50 to $11; do, corn., $7.50 to $8; stockers, $9,25 to $11; feeders, $11 to $12,50; canners and cutters, $4.50 to $6.25; milkers, good to choice, $100 to $165; do, cam, and med., $65 to $75; springers, $90 to $165; lambs, yearl- ings, $16 to $19; .calves, good to choice, $16 to $19; sheep, $9 to $18; hogs, fed and watered, $20,254 do, weighed off cars, $20.50; do, f.o.b.., $19,25; do, do, country points, $10. Montreal, May 11. -Butcher steers, choice, $15; corn., $9 to $11.50; butcher eifers, med., $11 to $12.50; come $8 o $10,50; butcher cows, med., $7.50 to 10: eanners $5 to $5 50' c tt • turkeys, 53 to 60ei ducx;r,:f; 88 to t 88 to ad; s2ba; ,fawl, 35c; I 1 40c; squabs, dolzen, Live poultry -Spring chickens, 30 to 32e; fowls, 35 to 400; ducks, 35 to .40c. Beans -Canadian, hand-picked, bus.; $5; Primes, $4.50; Japans, $6; Mada- gascar Limas, Ib,, 16c; Japan Limas, ALBERTA SEEDING A MONTH LATE Feed Situation Improved With Milder Weather. A despatch from Edmonton, Alta., says: -The first serei-monthly crop and live stock report issued by the Department of Agriculture states that the seeding ia Alberta is from twenty to thirty days later -by the calendar than it was last year, varying with locality. If quick general seeding were poseible, the prospects are the best in a dozen years. There is a depth of from two and a half to four feet of moist soil over the driest parts of the Province, and. the report asserts that -once the seed is in it has a moisture supply for - germination and growth- to carry the crop well into June. Central Alberta has made Scatte'r- ed beginnings on dry spots; Peace River is backward, except along the valley. The late season is going to curtail the 'wheat acreage, especially in the centre and north, but there are much better prospects for a good total acreage than people entertain- ed at one time. The feed situation has greatly improved since the cattle and horses have got on open ground. A despatch from Moose Jaw, Saske says: -Seeding will be general in the Moose Jaw district at the end of the week, according to the Government Bureau Agent, E. M. Hagen, who le receiving many applications 7ro, men from the farmers. Britain Bears Heaviest Direct Burden of War A despatch from London says: - Chancellor of the Exchequer Austen Chamberlain on Friday gave the per capita direct taxation figures for the great powers during 1919: United Kingdom $1a United States $27 Prance •$12 Italy $11 The Chancellor cites these figures in reiterating his assertion that the people of Great Britain aro bearing the heaviest burden of the war 20rit$. All -Red Cable Links British Empire A despatch fro•ni. London says An important new London link with. Canada and the other Dominions has just been (inaugurated. The Imperial cable route is now connected between the General Postoffice in London and Halifax direct, via Penzanne. The cable, at present used ,exclusively for business messages for Australia and New Zealand, will pass over the route via Halifax, Vancouver and Norfolk Denmark Contributes to Rheims Rebuilding A despatch from Copenhagen says: -More than one million francs, collected in Denmark for the rebuild- ing of the Cathedral of Itheines, have been delivered to M. Claude'', French Minister in Copenhagen. The Minister thanked the Danish people, expressing his admiration of the fine result reaeh- ed by Denmark ahead of all other countries. ,....to $7; nurt".:-.7 bulls, "Ing 8 t° 10. • 1 , 1 cent to $14. Hogs, Good veal, $14.0510 (tmor:Teit:Oh;tsin, esclei.ec$1ts0, 1P,riaPe to $14. Clipped sheep, fir/ eo :12,50; spriap; lambs, $10 to $14; meg; $21; lights, $20 to $21; sows, $3.7. ende ne of the few remaining one -cent ers in Canada, La Freese of Mont- , has increased its price to two s daily and three on Saturdays. ilaye of eheap newspapers .are