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Exeter Advocate, 1914-8-6, Page 7PALL OF HSERVIANi CAPITAL Barracks of Servian Capital Were the Target, Though Public Buildings Also Under Fire', ry A Vienna des patcsh, to the Eie- �.. d4an e Telegraph h CompanY a t Lon - on, says,: -"After a heavy bom- bardment by the Danube gunboats, R, e1g1 ode was occupied by the Aus- trian troops Wednesday." A despatch from Athens, says : The Servian Legation has received the following telegram • from Nish : "During the night Belgrade was bombarded. Shells fell in ' i ous quarters of the town, especially the barracks, causing great damage. Several fell on the Franco-Servian and Andreviteh banks. M. Andre viteh of the banking firm was wounded. Both banks have lodged a protest at the Germnan Legation," Servians Retreated. A despatch' from Vienna, says: The Servians at 1.40 Wednesday Afternoon blew up the bridge span- ning the ` River Sava, between the 'Austrian town of Semlin and Bel- grade. The Austrian infantry and artillery stationed at Semlin, in conjunction with monitors on the Danube, fired` on the Servian pose - tions beyond the bridge. The Ser.. vians retreated after a short" en- gagement with: trifling losses; Ships Were Captured. A small detachment of pioneers in co-operation with • the customs officers, on Wednesday. captured two Servian ,steamers laden with ammunition and mines. The pion- eers aed revenue guards, after a short, .sherp encounter, overcame the Servian crew and took posses- sion of the vessel and their danger- ous cargoes. The captured ships were towed away by one of the Danube steamers. Ali -Day Fight. The invasion of ,S•ervie via Semen- dria is reported to have been much more difficult. The Austrians land- ed on an island in the Danube, 200 yards :from the 'Servian shore, They crossed on pontoons over the swift. current. This 'was a difficult mat- ter, as they were under .a severe fire. They orossed under cover of an artillery and infantry fire. The Servians maintained their resist Bance. .01 Comment on Events Progress of the Aeroplane. What a eight that must have been at the eelebration, In Paris of the .anniderearY of the fall of the Bastile when .twenty mill• furs flew pat fullrsped past ct alignment the rev ewing stand! It indicated a new element in warfare that is certain to change the methods of wax Cliot only In respect to the movement's. of troops, bu the direct application of its destruct forces. What might not those twee+ eroplanes" do in dropping bombs and peer deadly missies upon an army, or a °ane. or a fleet, or a fort! There woe. eiThe no end to the devastation that audie fleet would inflict. Ned of Ready Money. Nerewi k boasts -no new thing, per- hape-that many college men ,are members of its police force. There are lawyers, dootors. dentists,•. teachers, and even for- mer ner clergymen -ztimong the bluecoats of Obthaum-men elbowed out, for one reason or another, from the professions for which they were educated' and trained, and driv- en •,to .wieldi to the policeman's billy for financial reasops. Tn a 'city on the Pa - elite Coaet::scores of men, formerly in the. learned profeesione, - are "now• acting as motdrmen,. street "railway' conductors and chauffeurs teethe same. reason -need of ready money, They find, not that their education ie a handicap but than it is a nogitiver'help to them iii ddeelrarging their, more exclusively mechanical ,duties. And do .Boston a policeman recently took a degree in law, se he said, to make of him- self a better, wiser officer. These incidents areworth the thought andpatient con- sideration of the young party thinking of leaviue school over early in life . for the allurements of a small job. Think of the Whole. Bir N}illiam Willcocks; the Ilritieh en- gineer who built "the Assuan Dam aeressr the Nile and -who :is at work upon the control of the Euphrates' •and Tigris riv- ers en Mesopotamia. recently made a trip along the Mississippi River and its tributaries. Hie comments upon what is being done with that great river were exceedingly frank and apply to other twinge besides damming the Mississippi. His advice, which was given when ask- ed for to a large audience at Pittsburg, Was illuminating. He first suggested that it Vete as well to begin at the bottom and Work up: that the levees on the lower gaches of the. river should be built so ong tbat they could &band any pos- sible strain. He then 'proceeded to be very 'frank with tsaaudience. 'Here are you, all of you onorable men, but looking on Uncle Sam as lawful prey;' he said. "You would not rob one another, you 'would not permit robbery of yourselves if you could help It, but in :a sense you, are all willing. to i rel u your hands into the national pork bar- rel ' unfairly for the. beliefs, of your indi- e/dual, locality You are very careful that each locality gets its share, and cereiese of the total result. "You must think of the -whole, not of every iiidividuivl, .if you -teeth to succeed. en the Mississippi. Nature's rule is; • Careless of the single life, careful of the '.Yue, If you are careful of the single I and careless of 'the type you will fail ' where Nature eueceede. ' Tho Pitteburgere are not the only ones who might benefit by Sir William's •a.d- vice, Efficiency Has a New Aid. One of the thinge in medioine.that have taken long steps within the last decade is the testing of blood preesure as •a moans . of determining a person's health. It is now one of the most important teeth employed by the life insurance companies in discov- ering whether a "preseeot is a desirable risk, Now comes a French physician, Pro- le:seer Lalraye, who announces that his experlmente with blood pressure have con- vinced him that brain workers are more fatigued than pereons engaged in physic's toil. But that is not all. The most im- portant feature of his discovery is a motle od by which an employer of brain workers may know whether he is getting the worth pf' his money" Seize the clerk, bookkeeper, librarian, advertising". man, novelist, play-it/right, •eailroad director or (awful!) city official at the close of his day's work, wrap the ' Witte rubber. tribe :aroun.d his arm, watch the preseare gtauge and then, with Pro- fessor 7sabayo s figures, you find either the ant or the sluggard. The brain -work- or who hal not worked his brain is ex - :gond and warned or. fixed. The man whose blood pressure ,shows at five o'clock that he has 'worn 'his brain to a frazzleis patted on the bank and promoted. It is assumed that the. Lahaye method differentiates! between real work and mere worry. The professor itdsiste that he has made the system so accurate that it will show the inan's occupation. The Tiger. The real political contest in France is a duel of porsonanittes. For years' f. Ole- menoeau has been the guiding spirit of French polities. He bus made and unmade ministers with great rapidity. Whenever one man seemed to him to becoming strong M. Olemenceau would intrigue with, various groups to upset him. It is ,said that, he, has upset forty 'ministries; It 1s certain that he has been responsible for the election of four of the last six prey dents. Of the two elected in defiance of his authority one. M. Oasimir•Perier, -was driven into resignation' atter six 'Months. The other is Id. Poincare himself, and if he is still at the nlysee that is not the fault of M. Olemenceau,who is known as the Tiger. At fleet sight it would seam that M. Poincare he's the advantage. He is presi- dent of the Republic. The .pomp and cir- cumstance of office is about him; kings have been his hosts and his guests, and in hie tours :through Prance he has known how to make hie own" personality 'felt through the trappings of his position: Awainst this M. Olemenceau has only his .•position asa senator and the glamor of having once been president of the coon; 'oil. Yet, for all this apparent weakness, M. Olemenceau is the greater power of the two. He has: been the dominant figure in French. politics since Glambedta died. Until Ids authority was challenged two years ago, M. Olemeneeau 'was the sovereign of Frans, whose 'power had only once been' d`e`fied in twenty years. dna then' -without success. The kernel of the political :situ- ation in P,raence is the problem of whether M. Poinoare can witbetand'M. Olemenceau.. Paris Is Quite Safe. Inferences that the Bail on which Paris is built i8 unstable, based on the tele- graphed reports of the oinking of the street eurfaces during, a. heavy rainfall, are not substantiated by the facte as- certained through engineering inbestiga- trions. The depressions, in which several Persons lost their lives, were caused by the overflow of storm water from the. sewers into the subway excavations. Thus there is -nothing to indicate that, the land is net amply capable of oar/Ting tale buildings and the traffic loads of the greatest city in France. Tlie storm came so suddenly that the valves which divert excess -water to the. river could not be controlled and the Sewers broke under the pressure and flooded the.partially built subways. The Pavement was undermined and cabs and. people dropped into the underground tor- rent. This explanation is simple and reassur- ing. Visitors to Paris .need hays no Fear of losing their Jives in subterranean wa- ters if they keep off the pavemente over unfinished tunnels during heavy rain- etorms. CENTENARY OF PEACE. United States Will Issue New Two and Fire Cent Stamps. A despatch from Washington, July 29. -As its contribution to the celebration • this year of the centen- ary of peace between Great Britain and the United • States, the Pest - office Department was preparing to issue two special stamps, this de- signs for which have been approved by Postmaster -General Burleson. The stamps of two and five,cent de- nominations will be ready for issue early in the fall. The, words "Peace: 1814-1914" will be on each. The two - cent stamp will, have on it a hemis- phere with a female figure on the left holding an American flag, and on the right a, figure bearing a. Brit- ish flag, the two clasping hands across the •hemisphere. 'On• the five- cent stamp will be a winged figure typifying the spirit of peace, and with ,a dove of peace flying before it. WILL WAR EFFECT CANADA Officials of Finance Department' at Ottawa Are Optimistic of the Future A despatch from Ottawa, ways; Officials of the Department of Fi- nance are ineli .d to the view that tisee .awill have e 1 � efslAustro-Sergi war ..serious effect .p'ti economic con- 'tions in Canada, hey admit that t 1l r Lulu can war, 'Mote artict a ly p p o. r drawn into powers ere Kl aw n 4 1 the aw 1 d al p i .' fro,, will:make it practically t<�e yy,p ,,. ible: for thepresent to go to /Impossible Tondos looney market. In this con- 1(leotion it is claimed, however, that' • 'most of the loans sought for the present year have either been float- ed or loat-ed'or are 1n the hands of the wider - Write Ts, Wheat prices are certain to be affected by the war more particu- larly if Russia ceases to be a source of supply for; the British market, In that event the Western farmers whose crop promises to he short, will have compensation in the form ofi • r h She prices, It is not believed that the manufacturing industries will be affeot,by the war, but that better latices are likely to prevail for manufactured goods, War, of course, is never it good thing for the salaried consumers, who' are likely to pay even hiiher.prices than they do to -day: for meet, flours ` and other rtecessaress of life. KING PETER OF SERVIA, (whom • one rumor reports as having abdicated,. THE NEWS Ili A PARAGSAP 1 RAPP.NING3 FROM ALL OV EE ERE GLOBE .1`t 7C.UTSU;Ect.. Canada, W the Empire and the tVorli General Refers Your Eyes.: Canada. His Honor Mr. .Justice Teetzel will retire from the Bench. Stratford assessment commission- er puts the population at 17,028. Austro-Hungarian reservists in western Canada, have been ordered by the War Department -to mobil- ize. The army worm has trade its ap- pearance in Poitneu,f county, Que- bec.' The artillery of the garrison- at H'alifax was mobilized and manned the fonts in the heribor. Major-General Macdonald, Quar- termaster -General, on Saturday for a tours of inspection through the west. The Coroner's jury found Dr...0. K. Robinson of Tamworth respon- sible ,for the: death of Mies Blanche L. Yorke on. July 8, Sohn Christie; a London Electric Co., lineman, fell -forty feet and was almost instantly killed, when :a badly rotted pole broke off. Mr. C. J. Atkinson, since its in- ception Superintendent of the To - Dente Boys' Dominion,' has been ap- pointed Gener&l Field Secretary for the United States, with headquar- ters=at -New''York. Lieut. -Col. F. D, Farquhar; D.S.O., military secretary to 11.11.H. the Duke of Connaught, will continue in the same capacity to his Serene Highness Prince Alex- ander of Teck. Canada is perfecting the plans for its part in the ice patrol of the North Atlantic, which was propos- ed after"•the Titanic disaster, as a means of securing greater safety. to ocean travel. The .mines of 'Quebec Province have yielded a production of $13,- 119,811 in 1913.. These figures show ail increase of nearly two million dollars. ..As . usual, asbestos leads FROM PONNJE SCOTLAND tiU i It;S OIr INTERESTFR'IIM IIFD • U,aNbs ANI! i11lAr.• Wtt.'tt le (loing on to the Highland sed Lowlands of iuIJ. Scotia, After being . on strike for four weeks the journeymen ,plumbers of Galashiels have now resumed work. Kilmalcolni has been visited ,by an epidemic of scarlet fever, For- tunately the disease isonly of a mild •ty,,pe, .: As a precautionary measure ,to prevent the further spread of scar, lehas.t fevbeen er. clinosedNewhaven, a dairy there. , A proposal has been made for the improvement of the River Nath as for as Kingholm. Quay, at a cost of about $10,000. !ram Allem Town Council have issued a public notice warning house holders .of a shortage of water in some districts. While he was posting some letters John M'Kenzie, Glenalmond, an old man of 77 years of age, sudden- ly collapsed and expired. The new sewage purification works of the Govan District Board of Con- trol at Hawlehead :Asylum have now been formally{ opened. A case of suspected anthrax oc- curi;e•d at Newtonlees,"resulting in the death, of a bullock; the -carcase of which was cremated. About one hundred employes of Messrs. Higginbotham and Co., cal- ico printers, Glasgow, have gone on strike for increased wages. The death of Mr. Franklin Peter- son has caused profound regret in Edinburgh musical circles, and to a host of friends and former pupils. Scotston Farm, Auchterhouee, Forfa.rshire, was the scene of a dis- astrous conflagration which caused damage estimated at about $15,000,; The site chosen- for the erection of a public hall for the Bridgeton district of Glasgow is at the corner of London road and Sumer street Mile End. Sir Francis Powell, Dunoon, pres- ident resident of the Royal Scottish Water Colors Society, and who is 81, has married his gardener's, daughter, aged 24 years. Much damage was done by a fire at Saughton in a'building, the pro- perty of prison commissioners, and thirty-one pigs and a horse perished in the flames. Winnifred Slessor, aged, 2, of Backgreens, Tarves, fell into a pot of boiling rice and was so terribly burned that she died in the Chil- dren's Hospital, Aberdeen. James McKinney, aed fourteen, emp iyed in- the United: Collieries, Cleland, was instantly killed when. he was buried under three tons of debris which fell from the roof. The continued dry weather has been very seriously felt in some eastern Dumbartonshire villages.. At Condorrat water has been eold to the inhabitants at 8 cents per barrel: The scheme proposed by ro osed Glasgow corporation for the construction of abridge over the Clyde, between Oswald and Commerce street, has been sanctioned by the Souse' of Lords. Scotland has given proof of her interest in the Imperial Jeans - all mineral products, the. quantities Antarctic Expedition in the shape extracted reaching the value of of a donation of '$120,000 from Sir $3,839,504. James Key Caird, Bart., of Dun - Running short of. 'gasoline 1,200 'dee, feet in the air, seven miles frown the south shore of Lake Ontario, R. Brussell and a colored aviation stu- dent voyaging from Toronto, were obliged to make hurried descent in their hydro -aeroplane into the lake and were rescued, after they had been in the water 22 minutes, by the steamer Garden City, from Port Dalhousie: Great Britain. Militants again attempted to en- ter Buckingham Palace. The Prince of Teck will, arrive earlier than was expected in the Dominion. A great lockout in •the building trades of Great Britain is 'impend- ing. It is reported that a settlement agreeableto the Ulsterites has been reached over home rule. Earl and LadyGrey acted as hosts at a reception given to the visiting Canadian teachers in the Royal Colonial Institute, London. An impressive Beene was witness- ed in Dublin when the bodies of the rioters who were killed on Sun- day were conveyed through the streets, United. States. A motor lifeboat started on a trip from New York to England.. General, Several Americans have been mar- ooned in Austrian towns. Mme. Caiilaux was acquitted of the charge of murder. President Poineare received a great reception on his return to Paris. 1 She Why Smiles. "Why does that lady grin so every time she sees you V' "She knows I'm gettin .'only $10 �' y a week, `13nt why the grin V' rt ,a e ' , "I wee engaged to her once e and brake it off, and she afterward meta ried a millionaire,;'' .1. CREATO1t S BAND, Coining to the Canadian National Exhibition .,at Toronto. Guiseppe Creatore, who with his band comes to the Canadian Nation- al Exhibition for two concerts daily during, the entire Exhibition, is un- questionably the 'most interesting personality before the musical world to -day. He has set Boston and New York music mad. • He is not only the most picturesque of conductors, but is, besides, a masterly leader of men who has his musicians under perfect control. To the spectators the irresistable' impression is that they are performing involuntarily entirely et the will of their' fiery, volatile eonductor, TWO 'WEEKS AT BANFF. nuauglit 'Wishes . Tlle'Dnitc' of•Go ,, lo. Do Much Fishing. A despatch from Calgary,, says: The Vice -Regal party, including the Duce of Connaught, the e D tthess and the Princess Patricia, left Cal- gary late -Tuesday night for Banff, where the party will stay for two weeks. Itis understood . that the Duke wishes to do e good of fishing while in the mountains; and a tamp will be pitched at one of the moun- tain lakes. After the stay in Banff the party will proceed to the coast. .j. y Boy 11OltIUBI;Y 11AIM11). Ten -year-old Lad Ran in Ea'ollt of Ills: Father's Mower. A despatch from Kingston, says: a son � of 1 i,, The ten -year-old til ll •lin Sehernerhorn, who lives near New, - burgh, was horribly injured on Wed- nesday. While his father was driv- ing a mower in a fieldthe boy .ran in front of the machine and was knocked down, One foot, one toe off the other foot, a finger and a thumb 'were cut off The doctors eirpect him. to recover. IMPERIAL PARTIES UNITED 13!'4ain iia' Not Seen the Like Since the Time of Napoleon A despatch from London says: Regarding the :united front shown by both parties in Parliament to Burope, the Tines paints out :that such a step is unprecedented, since the Nepoieonio wars a century 'ago. It also observes "There is reason to fear that the Irish question has net been Without, influence cm the devel'opment of events on the Con- tinent. 'Statements made in the House of Con inions might make it elear to the world that domestie differences will not prevent the country presenting a united front, Mr, Asquith called with Mr. Bonar Law in the latter's =bier on Sir Edward Grey before Parliament met. The incident prepared die House for tite agreement postpon* ing the Iris!' controversy nominal- ly till Monday; but in reality till the .crisis is past, The Li'?erais eheered:Bonar Law when 11e declar- ed that he spoke for Sir Edward Carson's party as well as for the whole of the Unionist . party. The Radical:. papers anticipate that the original Home Rule Pill will be- come law automatically under the Parliaanent Act when the session is prorogued. The Times disposes of this statement by announcing that the session is only adjourned. If the crisis continues or develops, •iu"that case the bill is deferred indefinitely, NO OCCASION To INTERVENE. Steamship President Says Britain Aiay Not Mix in War. A despatch from Berlin, says: The Hamburg Correspondent pub- lishes an interview with Herr Bailin President of the North German Lloyd Line, in which he states that England: may be eliminated from the powers which may eventually take place either with Austria or Servia. Britain has no occasion whatever to intervene in the conflict, no mat- ter' what turn it takes, "The high- est authorities in: London," he says, "are positively determined to take no steps based on participation in the war." Herr Bailin also says that France's disinclination to go to war is even a stronger asset in favor of peace than Britain's amic- able disposition. "Painful uncer- tainty" -will continue for eome time, he concludes, but can be borne by Germans with assurance and con- fidence. ' NEW KING OF SERVIA, i'Prince Alexander reigns if report of King Peter's abdication is true.' +The eldest son renounced the secceS-; {cion. .14 GOD OF WAR TEAS LONG ARM. • How Conflict Will Affect This Con- tinent in Direct Fashion. A despatch from Pittsburg, Pen.,. says: Heads of manufacturing and mining companies fear a shortage of labor if the: Austro-Servian war be prolonged. While there are pro- bably less than 500 Serviens in the Pittsburg district, it is estimated. that there are fully 500,000 Austro - Hungarians in western Pennsylvan- ia and northern West Virginia, one fifth of whom are liable for military duty: The withdrawal of any con- siderable proportion of this num- ber from mills and mines' would be seriously felt in times of industrial activity while the curtailment of lin-. xnigrat en would add to the short- age, say the employers. NATIONS BUYING COAL American Exporters Are Doing a Rushing Business. A despatch 'from New York, says: A rumor current on Tuesday that the principal European powers like- ly to be involved in the Austro- Servian War had placed orders in this country for large quantities of coal for their navies, was ,confirm- ed by leading coal exporters on Wednesday, The possibility of Ger- many, Austria, Italy and. France being shut off from' the Welsh coal supply by England being drawn in- to the controversy is held here to be responsible, for the orders placed with American coal exporters. .p Solve other Day. "tiever give up." "I don't; ltel them to around next week, ome • C.'rit'teistn, Mr. Peewee -4 selected this suit myself. • What do you think of it'? c T r roti and io u n a. nd n let His W i � nee see it so I can tell von what': wrong with ib. Mrs. GGoodsole '(feeding tramp) - "Yon 'seem to have 41 good appe- tite ?" Hungry Higgins -- "Ah, min, dat's all I have left in de world dat I kin righly gall Me own 1" PRICES OF FARM PRODUCTS RrlPOBTS Tanta R' l L13ADIWO graLDE CE,V wxcEs • oz AilaE &3C &. Breadstuffs. Toronto, Aug. 4. -Flour-Ontario Wheat flours, 90 per cent., $3,60•to$3.65, seaboard. New flour for August delivery quoted at $3.25. bianitobas-Firstpatents, in jute bans. $5.50; do., eeconde, 55; strong bak- ers', in jute bags, 54.80.' Manitoba wheat -Bay ports -No. 1 Nor - them, $1 to 51.03. and No. 2, 99e to 51.01. Ontario wheat -No. 2 new, 85 to 870, outs side, August and September delivery. oats --No. 2 Ontario oats at 39 1-2 to 4Qc, outside, and at 42 to 42 1-2c. on track, To. Tonto. western Canada oats, 431-2c for. No, 2, and 42 1.20 for 110. 3. Peas -Nominal. .Barley -Nominal. Rye -Nominal. Buckwheat -Nominal. Corn -Dull; No. -2 American at 81. to 82*, on track, Toronto. Bran -Manitoba. bran, 523, in bags; To• ronto freight. Shorts, 825 to $26. Country Produce. Butter--Ohoice dairy, 17 to 19c; •inferior, 15 to 16e; farmers' separator prints, 19 tip 20*; creamery prints, fresh, 23 12 to 250r do., solids, 22 to 23 12c. Bags -case lots of strictly new -laid, 26* ner dozen.. and rood stock, 20 to 23c per dozen. Honey -Strained, 10 1.2 to 11 1-2e per lb. Oombs, $2.25 to 82.50 per dozen for No. 1; and $2 for No. 2. Cheese --New cheese, 14 to 14 1.4c for large and 141.4 to 14 1.2e for twins. Beans -Hand-picked, $2.30 to 52.35 per bushel: No: 1 primes, $2.20 to $225. Poultry -Fowl, 15 to 16e• per thi chick• ens. broilers, 20 to 22e; turkeys, 20 to 210, otatoes-New Ontario, 51.26 to $1:30 per bushel, and Americans, 54 00T barrel. Baled Hay and Straw. Hay --Quotations on No. 1 ase practical ly nominal. No. 2 brings $16 to 515.35, on track here. Clover: 512.50. Baled straw --Oar tote 59; on track, mn•. Tonto. Provisions. Bacon -Long clear, 14 to1412c per lb., in case lots. Esme-Mecliutn. 18 1-2 to 19e: do., heavy, 17 to 1.7 1-2c; rolls, 141-2 to 150; breakfast bacon. 19c, backs, 22 to 23*; bone less backs,' 24e Lard -Tierces, 11 34 to 12c; tube. 121.4*; paile. 12 1-2c; comuotind, 10 to 10 1-4e. Montreal Markets. Montreal, Aug. 4. -Corn, American No: S yellow, 77 to 78*. Oats, Canadian Western, No. 2, 45e; No. 3, 43 3.4c; extra No. 1 feed, 44 1-2c. Barley, Man. feed, 55 to 56*. Flour Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts; .$5.5t to $5.60:, seconds. $5 to 55.10; strong bak ere'. $4.80 to 54.90- Winter patents, choice, 55 to $6.25; straight rollers, 74.50 to 74.75; do.. bags, 52.15 to $2.20. Rolled oats, barrels, 54.45 to $4.65 :do., ISage, 90 'lbs., 52.05 to 52.15. Bran; 23: Shorts $25. Middlings $28. Mouillie, 521 to "523. Tray, No. 2 per ton, ear lots; 515 to 516.50. Cheese, finest weeterns, 13 to 13 1.8*; fin- est •eaeterns: