The Exeter Advocate, 1917-3-8, Page 7;l.
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WHO SIG}I'fS U-BOAT AT SQA
Glasgow $hi builder Willing to Pay Out £10,000 to Encourage
Watching for Submarines.
A • despatch from London •Says,•
Americans and • others crossing the
Atlantic can• make a hundred dollars
by aighting a submarine. a. Sir A. F.
Yarrow, the famous Glasgow ship-
builder, writers to the Times that in
order,. to encourage everyone to keep a
sharp lookout:ale has offered :a reward
of X20 up toan expenditure of 210,000
to azi.yone on board a commercial ves-
sel who first draws the captain's at-
tention to an enemy submarine. The
reward will be paid on the certificate
of the captain giving the name of the
person who first draws his attention
to the submarine. The statement is to
be signed by the captain, saying the
submarine was actually sighted. Ap-
plication should be forwarded through
the owners to Sir Thomas L. Devitt,
chairman of Lloyd's Register ,Ship-
ping, 71 Fenchurch Street, London,
who has consented to make the
awards.
NEW PTTSION
FOR BRITISH
PLAN
M
Totally Disabled Men Will
ceive Minimum of 27 Shil-
lings 6 Pence Weekly.
A despatch from, London says:
Re -
An
FOE FOOD' SHORTAGE
KNOWN TO BRITAIN
Other Important Materials Also Lack-
ing—Less Trade With Neutrals.
A despatch from London says :—
The Government has reason to believe,
said Lord Robert Cecil, Minister of
Blockade, in the House of Commons
on Thursday, that there is a serious
shortage of foodstuffs and of certain
very important materials in enemy
Orden -in -Council establishing a new countries. For some months past
pension plan for the British army was no substantial quantities of goods im-
issued on Wednesday, Under itp ri
Yates totally disabled will receive a
minimum of 27 shillings 6 pence week
ly. If' this sum is insufficient to en
able the soldier to live approximately
up to his before -the -war standard he
will be given an alternative pension
based on hisearnings previous to the
war. No single pension, however,
shall be in excess of 75 ' shillings
weekly.
The allowance for children is 5 shil-
lings for the first child and a sum
slightly less for each subsequent child.
A soldier not totally disabled will
receive a pension based on the degree
to which his disablement affects his
earning powers. Widows will receive
half the sum to which their husbands
were entitled if totally disabled. A
disabled. soldier requiring the services
of an attendant is allowed fees up to
£1 a week for such services. Widows
will be granted special l funds for the
expenses of training to enable them
toearn their own living.
The. Actuary's report- accompanying
the plan estimates the expense for the
first year at g25,000,000, which there-
after will decrease annually.
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PLOWS FOR ENGLAND.
Large Number Being Made in Brant-
ford Plant.
A despatch from Brantford says:
Cable enquiries have been sent to
England to ' ascertain if the prohibi-
tion of imports of agricultural im-
plements recently put into force by
Great Britain to save tonnage will
work against local manufacturers,
who have been shipping large quanti-
ties. To meet the demand in Great
Britain for greater production with
less need of men the>Cockshutt Plow
Company here has for some time past
been making tractor plows. To date
over 500`have ;been shipped to the Old
Land, and there are orders on hand
at the present time for 400 more, Of-
ficials of the company cannot see how
on one hand the British Government
will bar agricultural implements and
yet order 2,000 tractors, as.announced'
on Wednesday, to increase production.
CONTRACTS FOR SIX
OCEAN-GOING BOATS
A despatch from New. York says:
Plans to replace with the products of
American shipyards part of the ton-
nage lost by the Cunard Line, an
English "company, in the •German sub-
marine campaign, were revealed here
on Thursday by the official announce-
ment that the company had placed.
contracts for the construction of six
ocean-going ships, ranging from 7,500
to 12,000 tons, with subsidiaries of the
Bethlehem Steel Corporation. Two
of the ships are to be built at the Fore
River shipyards, near Boston, one
at
Sparrow's Point, near Baltirnore, and
three at the Union Iron Works in Sari
Francisco. ness.,
ported overseas into Holland and
Scandinavia had, he believed, gone
throii •h n •4
g t o Germany, ty, and there had
been no material overseas exports
from Germany. Recently, as a result
of negotiations with the Scandinavian
countries and Holland, Lord Robert
added, the exports of their produce to
Germany have been "considerably
diminished.
LEADING AMERICANS
URGE WAR AT ONCE
A despatch from New York says: -
111.a half -page advertisement in New
York newspapers, the American
Rights League on Thursday urges that
Americans telegraph their Congress-
men "urging that. America shall do'
her part in subduing the German
menance to civilization." The state-
ment, preceding appeal, a eat, which de-
clares. that "Germany is daily com-
mitting acts of war against the
American people," is signed by Dr.
Lyman Abbott, Talcott Williams, Dr.
Richard C. Cabot, Boston; Prof. Wil-
liam Gardner Hale, Chicago; Rev.
Randolph H. McKim, Washington, D.
C.; President John Grier Hibben,
Princton :University; Prof. Franklin
H. Giddings, Columbia University; Dr.
Theodore Janeway, Baltimore; Wil-
liam Roscoe Thayer, Boston; Dr, Mor-
ton Prince, Boston; Agnes Repplier,
Philadelphia, and Judge Frank Dos -
ter, Los Angeles.
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+ GERMAN "HOME ARMY"
BEING MOBILIZED.
A despatch from Copenhagen says:
According to the German papers; the
compulsory mobilisation of Germany's
"home army" is imminent. The ap-
peal for volunteers, though answered
by large numbers, has not produced
enough workers to satisfy the actual
requirements. Large numbers- of
men are needed at once to replace
those employed behind the front, to
work in munition factories which are
now being completed and for the all-
important farm work. The papers say
that the Government is prepared for
the compulsory enrollment in the ear-
ly days of March of, all persons be-
tween 17 anad 60, so that the recruits
can be put to work from April 1.
ALBERTA NO LONGER
HAS N.W.M.P. FORCE
A despatch from; Edmonton says:
The Royal North-west Mounted Police
after a continuous service in this
country for' 48 years, ceased on first
of March to do; police duty in' the Pro-
vince of Alberta, and the newly -form-
ed provincial police took up the work.
Four divisions' of the provincial police
have been organized at',Edmonton,
Red Deer,rCalgary and Lethbridge,
and, although not recruited up to full
strength, they ,are, according to Supt.
A. E. C. McDonnell, ready, for busi
AD1NG KED
freadstafs.
Toronto, lrfar, 6 ---Manitoba wb o,t--•flew
No, 1 Northern, $2.00; No. 2, do., $1,363;
No. 3, do., $1,913, track Bay ports, all.
rail wheat' delivered Montreal freights
4c under above fluotations.
111anlhobo, oats --No 2 C.W., 72 to 730';
No, 3 C,W,, '70 to 71c, extra No, 1 feed,
70 to 71c; ;No, 1 feed, 69 to 703, rzoxnizctil',
all rail delivered on route C,I',ft and.
C.N,R. pcorn—Nit), not embargoed,
American corn, 3 yellow, $i.16,
st'rbjeet to embargo,
Ontario oats --No, 2 white, 63 to 6$o,`
nominal; No. 3 white, 62 to 64c, noprinal,
according to freights ,sn side,
Ontario tii,lreat--^•llo 2 ']linter, per oiler
lot, 31.70 to 31.78; No 3,' clog 31.74 to
31 t76 according; to .freights outside.
• Peas.—No. 2, 32.45, according to
freights outside.
13ar'1ea �•Malting, $1,21 to 31.28, accord-
ing to freights outside.
1lucicwheat $7,25, nominal, according,
to, freights outside.'
according
to freights ',outside._ 4 to $'1.42, ace
Manitoba flour—irst patents, in juts ---
. bags, `t i fix, .a 4(—' Cl"+ end-iri-1 z 1' �"
bags, $9,60;' second Patents, rn jute E �rs.8"'r.
$9:00, strong bakers, in Jule bags, $8,50,
Ontario flour—Winter, according to 4a tis
sample, $7:35 to 37,45, in bags, track 11i t1
1 oronto, prompt shipment; $7.00, bulk � i
seaboard, export grade
Mllifeed—Car lots, delivered Montreal c r -iyq
freights, bags incuded—Bran, per ton, 9
3„8;; shorts, par ton, 342; good feed: 1 .3
.flour, per bag, 22.70 to 32.80.
Hay—Rxtra No, 2, per ton, $12; mixed,
per fon, 39 to 311, track Toronto.
Straw—Car lots, per ton, 30, track To -
Country Procluoe---Wholesale,
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Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 30 to 38c;
Creamery prints, 42 to 45c; solids, °42 to
430.
Eggs—New-late], in cartons, 56 to 56c;
out of cartons, 52 to 54e.
Dressed .poultry—Chickens, 23 to 26c;
owl, 20 to 22c; 'ducks, 22 to 25c; squabs,
Per doz., 34.00 to 34,60; turkeys, 28 to
'33c; geese, 18 to 20c.
Live poultry—Fowl, lb., 18 to 223;
chickens, lb„ 18 to 20c.
Cheese -New, large, 251E to 20c; twins,
20 to 267c; triplets, 263.. to 263c; old,
large, 270; twins, 273 to 273e.
Honey—White clover, 23 -Ib. tins, 14 to
143e; 5-1b. tins, 133 to 14c; 10-1b., 19 to
133c; 60 -ib., 123 to .13c; buckwheat, 80-
ib. tins, 9 to 930, Comb honey—extra
line and heavy weight, per doz., 32.75;
select, $2.50 to 32;76; No, 2, 32 to $2.26..
Potatoes—Ontario, per. bag, $3.90 to
34.00; New Brunswick Delawares, per
bag, $4.75; Albertas, per bag, .,$4.25.
Beans—Imported, hand-piblced, per
bush., $6.26; Canadian, hand-picked, per
bush„ 37.00; Canadian princes, 36.50 to
$7.00; Limas, per Ib., 12 to 12333c,
Provisions—Wholesale.
Smoked meats -Hams, medium, 26 to
27c; do., heavy, 23 to 24c; cooked, 87 to
38c; rolls, 21 to 22c; breakfast bacon,
27 to 29c; backs, plain, 30 to 31c; bone-
less, 34 to 35c.
Lard—Pure lard, tierces, 213 to 213c;
tubs, 213 to 22c; pails, 22 to 233c; com-
pound, 162 to 17c.
Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 18 to.
1870 per ib.; clear bellies, 18 to 183c.
Montreal Markets
Montreal, Mar. 6.—CornAmerie n
No. 2 yellow, 31.30 to.$1.32. Oats—Cana-
dian 1Vester•n No. 2, 75 to 76c; No. 3, 73
to 74c; extra No. 1 feed, 73 to '74c.
Barley—Malting, 31.35, Flour—Mani-
toba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $9.60;
seconds, 39.10; strong bakers', 33.90
Winter patents, choice, 39.25; straight
rollers, 33,50 to $3.80; do., hags, $4,10 to does not wish to ally itself with any'
34.25. Rolled oats—Bbls. 37.00 to 37.15;
do„ bags, 90 lbs„ 33.35 to $3.45. Bran, Eln'opean nation in a war against Ger
$38.00. Shorts, 340.00. Middlings, 642,00. many why does she not ally hersel
:Mountie, 345.00 to 360.00. Hay—No. 2,
per ton, car lots 313.50 to 314.00. Cheese with Canada, a country'as much
—Finest westerns, 26 to- 263c; finest American as she is? Here is little
easterns, 26 to 253c. Butter—Choicest Canada(in population), bigin coun-
creancery, 43 to 44c; saeonds, 39 to 41c. P P ),
Eggs—Fresh, 60 to 54c. Potatoes :Ter try, large in manliness and courage,
bag, car lots, 33.00 to 33.50. void of yellow streaks, who, with a
Winnipeg Grain. population of about as much as the
Winnipeg, Mar, 6,—Cash prices— State of. New York, at the first in
Wheat—No, 1 Northern, 31.783; No, 2 suit from Germany took a bulldog
Northern, 31.745; No. 8 Northern, $1.693; hold on her and has been worrying her
ever since."
LONG
Can Carry Twenty Torpedoes
and Crew of Thirty-
two -Men.
A despatch frolic Amsterdam says:
The Telegraaf publishes an: account
of an interview with a German sol-
dier who has been for some time serv-
ing as a clerk at the Vulcan dock-
yard in Hamburg. • To avoid punish-
ment for some trivial offence he
escaped across the frontier. ' The man
left Hamburg in February. There
were then in the, Vulcan dock -yard
eight large submarines on the stocks.
These latest submarines are nearly
350 feet long, and are armed like a
small cruiser. They can take 20 tor-
pedoes and a crew of 32. Gangs of
120 men are at work day and night on
each submarine. The completion of a
submarine requires three months. Be-
sides the submarines small cruisers
are now building at the Vulcan dock-
yard of a new class, so-called the
Stadt class. These are 430 feet long.
LET U. S. AID CANADA,
SUGGESTS N. Y. HERALD
A despatch c
h from New York
p
Says:—
Suggesting a way to overcome the ob-
jection of those who argue against
"entangling alliances" with European
nations, a writer in The New York
Herald says: "If the United States
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Enemy Has Requisitioned Everything, Leavin
Hardly Enough to Eat.
A despatch ::from Rumanian Head-
quarters says;,A Rumanian officer
left behind at Wallachia succeeded in
passing the German line, and brought
g
interesting information. The whole
GRUESOME GIFTS.
A Coffin Is a Very Acceptable Present
In China.
A Chinese custom that seems parti-
cularly strange to Occidental readers
is described by Sir Alexander Hosie in
his account of a. journey through the
interior of China, "On the Trail of
the Opium Poppy."
At the hamlet of Fen-shi-ling,.
thirteen miles from Ch'i-chiang Hsien,
he says, we passed into Pa Hsien dis-
trict in which the port of Chungking
is situated. No one ever sees a cof-
fin without impressed by the sight, and
here_we saw them in the piece as well
as made up. Every house had a cof-
fin or two. lying under its eaves, some
new, some old, and one's first surmise
was that mortality in these parts must
be great.
The cause was, of course, the abun-
dance of cypress, a wood that is much
prized for coffin making, and it must
be remembered that in China a coffin
is a very acceptable present, especial -
f -ly if made by your own family. Hun-
dreds of pounds are often spent on a
single coffin, and it is highly treasured
by the person for whom it has been
designed. To Western ideas, the
present of a coffin by a son to a par-
ent would be somewhat suggestive,
- l a.nd the daily sight of it at the house
door would be decidedly annoying. In
China it is otherwise; a coffin is one
of the most valued of gifts..
ITALY SPARES SOLDIERS.
eed; 8S'. Oats—�To. 2 C,�r„ 57g4g�c,. No.
3 C.1V , r,7@c; extra No, 1 feed, 572c; No.
1 feed, 563c; No, 2 feed, 5630. Barley—
No. 3, 98c; No. 4, 93c; rejected, .81c;
feed, 81e. F1a`r—No, 1 N.W.C., 32,633;
No. 2 C.W., 32,50.3; No. 3 C.W.,32,313.
United States Markets.
Minneapolis, Mar, 6.—Wheat—May,
31.83; July, 31.7733. Cash—No. 1 hard,
$1.97 to $1.99; No. 1 Northern, $1.83 to
1,03; No. 2 Northern, $1,85 to $1.93..
orn—No. 3 yellow, 993c to $1,01', Oats—
No. 3 white, 663 to 573c.. Flour—Fancy was' made on Thursday in an official.
patents advanced 20c, quoted at 39.65; communication issued by Edouard
first clears advanced 10c, quoted at 38,35; Herriot,Minister of Provisions. The
other grades unchanged. Bran un-
changed. announcement says: "To avoid wast -
Duluth, Mar, 6,—Wheat—No, 1 hard,
31,883; No, 1 Northern, 31.877; No. 2' age,. the Minister of Provisions has
Northern. 31.813 to $1,833; May, $1.833, decided to regulate the consumption of
Linseed, on track, 32.793 to 32.803; ar-
rive,bread b inatittttin cards. Instruc-
32.793; May, 32.813 asked; July, y g
32.32 bid; tions, will' be given to the prefects of
the different departments to put the
BREAD CARDS IN FRANCE
TO PREVENT WASTE.
A despatch from Paris says: An-
nouncement that bread cards would be
instituted in France to prevent waste
Live Stock Markets. new regulations into effect." The
Toronto, Mar. 6.-1-Ieavy steers, 310.50
to 311,25; choice butcher, 310 to 310.60; Minister:also is studying measures to
do„ good, 39 to 39.50; do., medium, $8. be enforced in the large centres of
to $8.60; do., common, $6.50' to 37.50;
heifers, good to choice, 39.50 to $9.75; population to'assure that preference
do.,, medium, 37 to ,$7,60; butcher cows,-!population
be given to the wounded, ill,
chotce, $8 to $9,26; do„ iiceditrnt. $7 to
37.50;" butcher bulls, choice, 38.25 to children and the aged in the distri-
$9.50;.do„good, 37 to 37.25; do., medium. bution of milk.
36.00 to 36:50; feeders, 900 to 1,000 lbs.,
38.60 to 39.00; do., bulls, $6.25 to: 36.50; •.•
stockers, 700 to 800 lbs., 38.60 to $8,75;
do., med., 650,to 750 lbs., 36.25 to $6.75;
do., light, 600 to 650 lbs„ $6.60; canners,
35.00 to $5,25; cutters, $6.50 to 35,75;
sheep, light, $9.75 to 310,50; do., heavy,
$7.50 to 38.50; spring Iambs,' $10.75 to'
$14.75; calves,, 38.00 to 314.50; hogs, fed
and watered, 315.00 to $15.10; db.,.
weighed off cars, . 316.25; do., f.o.b.,
314.25,
Montreal, Mar, 6.—Good steers, $10.25
to $10,50; -do., fair, 39,26 to 39,76; do,,
common, $8.25 to $9.00; butchers' cows,
$7.25 to 38,60; bulls, $8.26 to 39,50 per
cwt.' A few lambs; brought 313.25 to
314.00 and sheep 39.25 to 31.0.00, while
milk -fed calves sold at $11.00: to"$12.50
and common stock at 36.00 to 38.00 vier
cwt' Selected: lots of hogs were sold at
316.50 and good at 315.26 per cwt„
weighed of3 cars.
AUSTRALIA PROHIBITS
IMPORT OF U.S. APPLES.
A despatch from London says: P Y
Wil-
liam Morris Hughes, the Australian
Premier, says Reuter's Melbourne
correspondent, intimated to a delega-
tion which called on him that the im-
portation of American apples would
probably be prohibited. The deputa-
tion visited the Premier with'regard
to the restrictions' on the export of
apples, and,the Premier promised to
do; his utmost to assist cnops.
Ready to Release 130,000 to Start the
1917 Crops.
A despatch from Rome says: Proof
of Italy's large military resources is
afforded by the War Office's recent
concession of 100,000 territorial sec-
ond line troops for agricultural labor
in March and April, with 30,000 more
between the ages of 36 and 44 if ne-
cessary. The fact that 130,000 sol-
diers,' mainly agriculturiests, can be
spared thus when an offensive is ex-
pected in the Spring is especially sig-
nificant, since besides these men the'
are also employed as farm laborers.
BETHLEHEM STEEL CO.
TO BUILD` CUNARDERS.
A despatch from Baltimore, Md,,
says: The Bethlehem Steel Company,
'at Sparrows' Point, announced on
Wednesday that it had received con-
tracts for two cargo ships of 10,000
tons each from. the Cunard Company.
It was announced that these ships are
the first to be built in this country for
the Cunard Company in fifty years. •
Electric Sp.rinklir3g Wagons.
The streets of one English city are
watered entirely by electric sprinkling
wagons.
Austrian prisoners of war in Italy
GERMANS
the Rumanians
civil population between the ages of
18 and 421 he;says, is compelled 'ix
work for the enemy. The Germans'
have requisitioned everything, leaving
the population hardly enough to eat.'
TURK LOSSES
EXCEER..25,,c)0T'..
Remnant of Kut Garrison Flee
in Disorder Toward
Bagdad.
A despatch from London says: ,The
remnants of the Turkish force retreat-
ing from Kut -el -Amara have been
shattered completely, according to in-
formation given out in the House of
Commons on Thursday. The Turks, it
is said, would reach Bagdad only as a
disorderly mob. This information was
received from General Maude, a
com-
mander of the British expedition on.
the Tigris front, and was announced
by Henry W. Forster, the Financial'
, Se`cretary to the War Office.
My. Forster said that more than
12,500 prisoners had been taken by the
!British since February 24, and that
since the commencement of the offen-
sive on December 30, some 5,000
Turkish prisoners had been taken. The
total Turkish casualties in Trilled and
wounded was estimated by General
Maude at more than 25,000.
$40,000,000 INCREASE IN
THE CUSTOMS REVENUE.
A despatch from. Ottawa says: The
Customs revenue of Canada for the
fiscal year which ends on March 31st,
will probably exceed that of the last
fiscal year by more than forty million
dollars. The revenue from customs
duties for February the Minister of
Customs announces, amounted to
$11,190,000, or $1,062;000 more than
those of the corresponding month in
1916. For the eleven months of the
fiscal year which have now passed
Canada's customs revenue amounted
to $130,739,000, as compared with
$91,946,000 in the same period of the
last fiscal year, or an increase of
$38,793,000.
BRITISH CASUALTIES
LIGHTER IN FEBRUARY.
A despatch from ` London says:
British casualties during February
reached a total of 1,243 officers and
17,185 men, The February figures for
British casualties show a' total but
little more than half` that for Janu-
ary, despite the fact that there has
been considerable fighting on the
Somme front during the month. The
February total of 18,428 compares
with a total of 32,354 officers and
men for January. Officer casualties
for February, however, were consider-
ably greater than for the month pre-
ceding, when they were 960, as corn-
pared
ompared with the past month's 1,243.
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