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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1920-09-09, Page 7�>t SON IT CON MUFFS FS IN POLISH CITIES COURIMARTIALED AND SHOT co...waists Who Formed Or :ganizations in Cities Taken by Bolshevists. and Recaptured by Poles Obliged. -to Face Firing Squad—Warsaw Becoming Nor- mai—Expects Renewed Attack. A despatch from Warsaw says:— who fled are returning by the thou - 'The' Soviet committees formed in Pol- ish :cities that had been taken by the Reds, and have since been recaptured by the Poles, will be dealt with threngh field court-martials. Several members of 'these committees have already been shot by firing squads following convictions. General Haller, commanding the Northern Polish army, .said he believ- ed Russia would take the offensive again as quickly as she can re -group ler armies. "The Reds are bringing up re- serves," he said, "chiefly from the border of Finland, where a substan- tial guard was left ' following the estalishrnent of peace. Further real Zggeion by the Reds will be impossible d 'months, but indications are that th Soviet is regrouping its armies in ;he interior of Russia for an offen- The munitions factories in the Russian cities are working clay night under the direction of Ger- man foremen. Several German muni - bions experts arrived in Moscow re- xently to speed up production. I be- keve the Red losses in the recent ce n- paign are about 100,000. Advices from the South indicate that the Reds may try to take Lemberg. The efforts to eapture that city might be considered mores as an attempt to restore a shat- tered morale than as part of a real aggressive movement against the ?olish armies." Warsaw is becoming normal. Those ti sands, Food .is more and more plant - fel. Fresh milk is again on sale. Passenger trains are running to places east of the city which only a few days ago were in Russian hands, A despatch from ` London says: The Russian forces at Bialystok and Graclno are resisting the advance of the Polish army, according to, official advices received here by the Polish Legation. The outcome of the clash, it Wee said, cannot yet be determined. The Polish news of the fighting is confirmed by a Russian communique Which says: "Important rear guard actions are in progress toward Bialy- stok•and Lomza. In the neighborhood of Lemberg our forces reached Stryz. On the Crimean front the forces of General Wrangel are being pushed southward." A news agency despatch declares that a portion of the Red troops -that had been fighting the Polish at Mlawa have been broken through and are retreating eastward 'rapidly. Ossowetz, the fortress northeast of Bialystok, was taken by the Poles Tuesday afternoon, according to a communication just issued. There are no details. The communication adds that the Centre army is continuing its progress beyond Ostrolenka. The Polish cavalry •on the southern front, after a short hand-to-hand figlit, evepecl out the 72nd Bolshevik brigade and made prisoners of many of the men, including the brigade chief of staff. FRENCH WHEAT CROP FAR BELOW NORMAL Will Have to Import 80,000,- 000 Bushels. A despatch from Paris says:—Pre- dictons of experts on the French grain erop this year, based on the first aesults of the harvest in all parts of France and information from other ementee . show leaf- arlall; i'zut'ed Sta '-s renettTzr the •ons Iva - ton of .France and Europe. 'lelie French wheat crop will be one fourth' less than previously estimated and 78;000,000 bushels, approximately, less than the 1913 crop. The quality of the grain is below normal, the weight being 3 per cent. less than usual. The yield per acre is slightly greater' than 1913, but the total aver- age is one-third less. To meet the normal demand of consumption France Mrs, Lloyd George Honored, will have to import 80,000,000 bushels of wheat. Wife of Britain's Premier, who The Italian harvest is also disap- has been awarded the Order of the pointing and Italy will have to import Dante Grand Cross of the British Em - virtually the same amount as France. pire. She will now be ofilcially de - England is hoping to make up the bad signated as Dame Lloyd George, G.B,E. craps of Australia and India by the Russian negotiations and purchases.GERMANS BURN ..the United States. There is little hope ewheat from. Argentine, as, due to Tite local shortage its export is pro - COCK -FIGHTING IN SCOT1,.AND REVIVED Since the close of the world war cock -Lighting has been resumed on a large scale in Scotland. It had almost died, out during the war. Fighting cocks are being bred in large numbers and constantly increasing throngs attend the fights between the genie bird. Some of the contests are held openly, the police conveniently turning• their backs, while others are held in barns and out of the way places. Photo shows two nue game cocks in action in a pit in Scotland. SIR AUCKLAND GEDDES OPENED EXHIBITION. Victoria Cross Winners and War Veterans Attracted 57,500 People. Toronto, Aug. 30.—Sir. . Auckland Geddes, British Ambassador to Wash- ington, sounded a neve keynote in the reconstruction era for Canada in open- ing the Canadian National Exhibition. Saturday. He said: "Not yet, and not for a long time; will the spirit of peace bere-establish- ed in the hearts of men. We as an Empire cannot hope to remain in splendid isolation. We cannot insulate ourselves from the thought currents of humanity. Whether we will it or no, w'het'her we like it or no, we must be prepared to meet every jar and to endure every shock and every blow which angry men, disappointed men, madmen, can deliver to the framewpek of society. That there will be jars''.and shocks and blows is as certain as cit Is that winter will follow summer, and spring winter. To meet them, to orie dare them without flinching, is an affair of the spirit made strong lin faith in some great idealsestesid€al of ordered freedom; But to meet • snd1 not only spiritual fortitude but .aua- terial preparation. - "With confidence made absolute. by knowledge of you and yours, eI look forward to the future of your land which, when my service to the Empire. is finished, will, I hope, again be mine. "But remember that material pros- perity alone can never make a nation great. Greateess is not in outward things. No marble palace as an habi- tation is required to make a man great. His greatness resides in the inward recesses of his being, and in his soul made strong by struggle and schooled to humility by disappoint- ment, perhaps by pain and suffering. "Remember the children, that they must be educated to understand the nobility of work, and not permitted to believe that luxury bought by wealth for which their forefathers labored is theirs by some divine dispensation, It is easier to be great in the midst of hardship than in the midst of wealth, and so I would amend slight- ly the motto of your Exhibition and say, `Work that you stay prosper spiritually and grow great,' for 1 know that if you do so material'pros- pestity will be yours also and your orop will overflow." The 1920 Canadian National Exhi bitten started with a record on its first day. The V.C's and the veterans were a wonderful attraction, and dur- ing the day 57,500 people went through the gates. The big show on Saturday was the great gathering place for the men of the bronze button. Seven thousand former soldiers marched into • the grounds. Mrs. Lloyd George Made Dame of British Empire A despatch from London says:-- Mrs. Lloyd George has been awarded the Order of the Dame Grand erose of the British Empire, and will now be officially designated as Dame Lloyd George, G.B.E. Taber Rye Produces ail Bush. Per Acre A despatch from Calgary says:— As an instance of the rapid lnantter in which the 1920 .crop its Alberta is being handled, the first ear of rye arrived in Calgary Wednesday morn- ing from Taber. According to George Hell, Dominion Government inspector, alto a ether admirable e pounds to at the Taber hat bushels to ALLIED MUNITIONS hibited, though if the December crop $2,000,000 Worth of Confns- is good the prohibition may be can- cated Property Destroyed. eeled. The French wheat crop figures are: A despatch from London says: - 193, a yield of 309,000,000 bushels; Munitions and hydro -airplanes valued 1911„ 109;000,000; 1920 estimate ;231,- at nearly $2,000,000, which recently 000,000 bushels. • were confiscated by the Entente Com - For rye the 'figures are: 1913, 56,- mission ,in the Pintsche works on the 000,000 bushels; 1919, 30,000,000 Spree River, were destroyed Thursday bushels; 1920, estimated, 35,000.000. evening by the 3,000 employes of the :u Raw plant, many of whom are communists, says a Berlin despatch to the London SINN FEINERS CCT- Mmes, TINUE HUNGER STRIKE The Reiehswehr was summoned out, Two Prisoners Are at Point of Death in Cork Jail. Dublin, Aug. 29.—One of eleven hunger strikers in the Cork Jail is expected to die before Lord Mayor MacSwiney. He is Sean Hennessy, a young volunteer from Limerick, who, on the eighteenth day of his �hungee strike, !began to spit blood. Another boy, e/lichnel. Bourke, a vol- unteer from Muriel, is reported by the -chaplain :almost dead. Each had completed his twentieth day without food. Crowds about •the Cork Jail are danstant, except during the curfew hours. The Rosary is sung, tele- gisa1ns from Brixton Prison are read and 'tragedy hangs thick in the air. Almost everyone now. in the Sinn Pin believes MneSweney will be re- leased. They cin give no reason ex- cept the belief that the Government ,4s finding means somehow to keep him iteive instil it can gracefully release sem. If released, the military auth- or,ies here believe it useless to try furnisher to enforce the Coercion Act, he does, redoubled resistance, as- of the a a teat t, a+Sii' ssm t ' ,r. t anaed b 1 y t vernment's picked' agents, is re- solved. but proved powerless to act. The Government is sending representa- tives to the scene. Canadian Cattle ' ._ Shipped to Belgium A despatch from Ottawa says:— About 2,000 head of Canadian cattle arrived at Antwerp a few days ago, according to word received here. The city of Paris, which is expected to complete a contract for the purchase. of cattle in Canada, had two repre- sentatives on hand to examine the quality of the animals sent to Bel- gium, their condition on'arrival, and the requirements for receiving such cargo. It is also understood by the Trade and Commerce Department here that within the past few days retail prices of meat have fallen consider- ably in Belgium. Prince Arrived at Honolulu on Homeward Trip lIonolu'Iu, Aug. 29.—The Prince of Wales, ,aboard the British 'cruiser Re - sloven, will arrive here Monday morns trig from Samoa, according to vire- ,less adrvices received to -day by naval otff ee ils here. this was an It sample and weigh the bushel. It is sa rye would run abo. the acre. C NADA'S FAMOUS ARMY IS NO MORE Final Work in Connection With Our Expeditionary • Force. • CIVIL WAR :NAR IN NORTH IRELAND Belfast Suffers for Sinn Fein Assassinations. Belfast, Aug, 29--Oivil war has broken out here. This is no pietur- esque exaggeration. The near ap preach to a cris'le' in the south and west has sato engrossed public atten- tion that the tensible conflict raging in: the northeast• has escaped the notice it deserves, Already there is homeless and des- titute a number more than 4,000 of whore one-half belong to Belfast, and one-half' to neighboring towns. Ma- terial damage to the. value of over $3,750,000 has been done, of which at least $2,500,000 is in Belfast. Five thousand engineers and ship- wrights have been driven from the Belfast shipyards, and thousands of other workers are standing idle. These figures are being added to daily ex- cept in case of the shipyard Workers. No further increase is possible in that. direction, because not a single Roman Catholic remains to be driven out, The Sinn Feiners started the trouble and they are reaping the harvest. On Queen's Island the purge is complete, and there es peace for the moment. The entire Catholic populations of Lisburn and Banbridge, about 1,000 in each.case, have been successfully "evacuated" (that is the military term universally employed here). Two thousand men, women and children A despatch from Ottawa says:—The have been evacuated from Ballyrna,c- Canadian Expeditionary Force is no arrett ctistriet. more. Within the last four days over a • The fourteen N.C.O.'s who were em- hundred houses have been burned to ployed to conclude the statistical work the ground in this city, and the des - of the army have just written "80" traction of property at Lisburn, Ban - records covering every unit and every gor and Banbridge has been prodigi- records covering everyu nit and every ous. Refugees are pouring into Bel- fast by road and rail, though Belfast has its own problems to face. man who. ever donned the Canadian uniform. Just the number of records kept of every individual man would come as a surprise to even the soldiers whose records they are, The Militia Depart- ment has originals and duplicates of about twenty-one army fortis relating to everyone who served. Asked what was going to be done with the thousands of apparently use- less books and army forms, a Militia Department official stated that they would he carefully preserved and lock- ed ock ed away, Marshal Foch -- --'true Paxhis, Aug. 29.—The French Gov- ernment has decided to allot Marshal Foch an official home worthy of his position. The magnificent building of gray stone at 138 Rue de Grenelle, formerly part of the French War Office, is being trade ready for Fra'nce's greatest soldier, and he will take up his residence, rent free, some time in Septinber. The decision has saved the Marshal from an uncomfortable predicament, caused by his lease on his present flat running out and his difficulty in find- ing one elsewhere. Fails in Attempt to Swim English Channel LONDON BIDS FOR CANADIAN GRAIN Prices Expected to be as Good as Last Year. A despatch from London says:—* Canadian grain is beginning to make its appearance on the London open market for the first time after sev- eral years during which its sale has been controlled. It is not bhe actual grain itself—for • that is being harv- ested—but the necessary financial preliminaries to its disposal, known as the buying of "forward exchange." According to Charles Gamble, man- ager of the London branch of the Sank of Commerce, there is a very brisk demand for Canadian dollars en the part of Landon brokers, Vilach. marks the resumption of open= trad- ing following adoption by the Can- adian Wheat Board As a result a steady rise in the value of the dollar its sterling may be expected. While the pound is being quoted in London to -day at $4.03, exchange for futures isalready as bow here as $3,96. This demand for dollars comes from the London grain brokers. The Royal Commission on wheat supplies, which in past years has. made its arrangements with the Can- adian Wheat Board, will now buy'' through the brokers here who in turn; will deal with brokers in Canada. Canadian bankers here expect the Dominion crop will be disposed of at prices at least as good as last year's when wheat was quoted to the Greek Government at over three dollars, To Ship Western Canada Goal to Ontario A despatch from Toronto says: -- It is expected that substantial effort will be mads to arrange for the im- portation of large quantities of West- ern Canadian coal for use in rni11•a.. and pI•ants of Ontario and Quebec firms. Already the Ontario Mining Association has investigated the feas- ibility of using western coal for min- ing and milling operations; and it has been found quite suitable. The next step will be its importation tin suffi- eient quantities to ensure an adequate supply for eastern industries. The high cost of American steam coal due to freights, exchange and other things is one of the factors mili- tating ilitating against its continuous import for use in Ontario mills. A despatch from Dover, Eng., says:—Another attempt by Henry Sullivan of Lowell, Mass., vo ,swim the English Channel from Dover to Calais, France, has ended in failure. Sullivan started on the swim last night at 8.40 o'clock, and was in the water for 18 hours. Owing to the rough sea he was, forced then to abandon his attempt, When only three miles off the French coast. Irl: 1913 •Suleivaxr Swam to within six • miles of France, darting' from Dover. The direct route between Dover and Calais is 20 miles. Took 500 Prisoners And Many Machine Guns A despatch from. Teheran says:— The Persian forces which recaptured Resht, on the Caspian Sea, from the Bolsheviki, took five hundred prison- ers and a number of machine guns, and freed the Province of Milian from the Bolsheviki. eekly Market Report Wholesale Grain. Toronto, Ang, 31. --Manitoba wheat —No. 1 Northern, $2.74; No, 2 North- ern, $2.71; No. 8 Northern, $2.67; No. 4 Northern, $2.52; No. 5 Northern, $2.42; No. 6 Northern, $2.22, in store. Man. barley—No, 3 CW, $1,81%; No. 4 CW, $1.26% rejected, $1.11%; feed, 1,11%, in store Fort William. American corn—No. 3 yellow, $2; nominal, track, Toronto, prompt ship- ment. Ontario 'oats—No. 3 white, 80 to 85c, Ontario wheat—No. 2 Winter, per ear lot, $2.30 to $2.45, shipping points, according to freights. Peas= No. 2, nominal. Barley—$1.35 to $1.40, according to freights outside. Buckwheat—No. 2, nominal. stye ---No, 3, $1.75, nominal, accord- ing to freights outside. Manitoba flour—Government stand- ard, $14.85, Toronto. Ontario flour—Government stand- ard, $12, nominal, New floor—$10.40 to $10.50, bulk seaboard. Millfeed—Car lots,. delivered, Mont- real freights•, bags ,included: Bran, per ton, $52; shorts, per ton, $61; good feed flour, $3,75 to $4. Country Produce—Wholesale. Eggs, selects, 63 to 65c; No, 1, 59 to 60c, Butter, creamery prints, 59 to 61c; choice dairy prints, 49 to 51c; ordinary • dairy prints, 45 to 47c; bak- ers', 85 to 40c; oleomargarine, best grade, 84 to 38c. Cheese, new, large, 281e to 29i/e c; twins, 291/2 to 301/c; Stilton, old 851/2, to 361sec. Maple syrup, 1 gal. tin, :$3.40; 5 gal, tin, per gal., $3,25; maple sugar, lb., 27 to 30c. Churning cream—Toronto creameries aro paying for churning create, 58 to 60c per pound fat, f.o.b. shipping points, nominal. Provisions—Who Tale. Smoked meats---leolls, 38 to 34e; hams, mod., 48 to 510; heavy, 41 to 48c; cooked hates, 65 to 68c; backs, plain, 54. to 57c; backs, boneless, 60 to 65e; breakfast bacon, 49 to 59c; cottage roll 89 to 41e. Barrelled. meats—Bean pork, $41; short cut er family back, $54; for same back, boneless, $55; pickled rolls, $G1 to $66; mess pork, $40. Green meats—Out of pickle, lc less than smoked. Dry salted meats—Long clears, in tons, 27 to 29c; in cases, 271/4 to 291fec; clear bellies, 80% to 311%o; fat backs, 25 to 27c. Lard—Tierces, 261A to 27c; tubs, 271/2 to 281, c; pails, 28 to 291/4c; prints, 29 to 30c. Shortening, tierces, 221.2 to 23a per lb. Montreal Markets, Montreal Aug. 31,—Oats, Canadian 'Western, , No. 2, $1.18 to $1.19: Can- adian Western, o. 3, $1.1G to $1.17. Flour, new standard grade, $14.85 to $15.05. Rolled oats bag 90 lbs., $5.60 to $5.75. Bran, $54.25, Shorts, $61.25. Hay, No 2, per ton, car lots, $31. Cheese, finest easterns, 241c. Butter, choicest creamery, 60 to 61e. Eggs, fresh, 68e. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Aug. 3L—Choice heavy steers, $14 to $14.50; good heavy steers, $13.50 to $13.75; butchers' cat- tle, choice, $13 to $13.50; do, good, $12 to $12.50; do, med., $10 to $11; do, corn., $7.50 to $9; bulls, choice, $10 to $11; do, good, eD to $9.60; do, rough, $G to $8« butchers' cows, choice, $10,50 to $11,50; do, good, $9 to $10; do, cam., $6.50 to $7.50; stockers, $9 to $11' feeders, $11 -to $12.50; canners and cutters, $4.50 to $5.50; milkers, good to choice, $100 to $165; do, coin. and med,, $65 to $75; lambs, yearlings, $9 to $10; do, spring, $14 to $16.25; calves, good to choice, $18 to $20; sheep, $8 to $8; hogs, fed and watered, $20,25; do, weighed off cars, $20.50; do f.o:b., do, do, country points, $19. Montreal, Aug, 31•—Butcher steers, good, $10 to $11; med., $8.50 to $10; tom., $6,50 to $8.50; butcher heifers, Hied., $8 to $9.25; coin„ $5 to $7.75; butcher cows, teed„ $5.50 to $8; can- ners, $3 to $4; cutters, $4 to $5' but- cher bulls, corn,, $4.50 to $6; good veal, 813 to $14; med., $$ to $13; gross, $6.50 to $8; ewes, $5;50 to $7; lambs, good, $18; corn., $3 to $12; hogs, off car weights, selects, $20.50; sows, $15 to $16.50. t osbe-Encircling Fares Are Double Pre -War Rate A despatch from Vancouver says:— Steamship companies on the Pacific Coast have raised the first class fame from San Francisco, Seattle and Van- couver to Yokohoma to $300, and no reduction on round-trip tickets. Pre vious to the war, in 1914, a first-class round -the -world ticket, via Suez and return by the Pacific, or vice verso, could be purchased for $625. At pres- ent it could not be obtained for less than $1,200. Food Ratioiding in Royal Palace A despatch from London says:— Owing to the continued rises in the price of foodstuffs the King is putting the Royal establishment at Balmoral on rations. Even for guests the al- lowance includes a quarter of a pound of sugar and of butter to each and ' half a pound of jail per week, a quarter of a pound of boot or mutton and an ounce of cheese a day. British to Establish .Arab Gov't. in Mesopotamia A despatch from London says:—in the announcement that Gir Percy Cos; is going to Mesopotamia inunedia:tely, to establish a native Arab Govern- merit, there is evidence that Great Britain, perhaps somewhat belatedly, is now carrying out the promiise made in 1918 to set up Arabian indepen- dence under a ruler of their own choo sing. Cox is going out with an open nig .141 and is not committed to any form o4 government or to any man as ruler. The Science of Roads. At a road conference in Paris it was decided that the•proper spread- ing of tar on macadamized roads is an ei'fective means of preventing dust. The method is largely used in France. About one-third of a gallon of tar is used for each square yard of surface. The roads last longer and the cost of maintenance is reduced. In Canada oil is employed to a con- siderable extent to prevent dust and preserve the surface of roads. The oil is spread from carts during the making of the road to the amount et one or two gallons a square yard. The French road engineers recom- mend the planting of trees along roadsides as a means of preventing dust. In France all roads not less than thirty-three feet wide are re. quired to have a single line of trees atvary. on each side, at distances a t p 'y - Ing from sixteen to thirty-two feet 4