The Exeter Advocate, 1917-4-26, Page 3RATIO OF CANADiA�I
DEAD 'T0 �QONDED 1 TA 5
Oxer 2,000 lit on the First Day of the Battle for Vimy Ridge So
Slightly Injured They Walked to Dressing Stations.
A despatch from Canadian Head-
quarters in France, says:—Now
that
,
the lists of casualties from the actions
of the last week t..re beginning to ap-
pear in the Canadian press, it may
bring solace to the sad hearts to know
how carefully the wounded were
handled, and how reverently tl the deal
were burled. Hospital arrangements
were made to handle far more than
the number actually wounded. Extra.
ambulances wererovided at the
e
front, and many supplementary dress-
ing stations were opened. There was
P e
little congestion anywhere. Over
2,000 who were wounded on the first
clay were so slightly hit that they ivere
able to walk back to 'the stations with-
out aid.
Despite the extraordinary condition
of th:; ground over which the advance
was made, the stretcher-bearers found
and brought out practically all the
wounded before nilghtfall each day. In
only a :few cases, where the wounded
lay in deep shellholes and had not suf-
ficient strength to make their presence
known to the search parties, did they
remain in the field overnight.
It is believed that this prompt
handling has resulted in a material
reduction under the heading, "Died
of Wounds." Similar systematic care
was shown in the disposal of the dead,
Who are now believed to bear the re-
markably low ratio of one to five
wounded,
There are two important military
cemeteries on the Canadian front, at
Carency and Ecoivre. These are con-
nected with the trenches' by light rail-
ways, and the dead customarily -are
brought there for burial For the
Markets of the World
Breaclstutes
',l`orottto, Apr. 24—Manitoba wheat-,
No, 1 Northern, $2.67; No, 2 do,,, ,62.52'7;
No, 3 do., $2,4M No.4 wheat, $2.371,1,
norninal track 2, 3v ports,
• Manitoba oats No.. 2 Q,' f,, 82c: 11oc .3 One
Kills Mali` Goin .Cie4Y and
C, 4S . 8'Ic; extra No. 1 feed, 81u: NO. l
GREAT . DEEDS
O° .A`ADIANS
feed, 793c, 1411 fail delivered. Bayonets Remainder
American corn—No. 3 yellow $154 ,$'
nominal, ubjee* to embargo, trach Po-
rOnto. Canadian Headquarters in 'France
Ontario oats Nb. 2 white, q4 to 760,
nominal; No 3 white 73 to 75c norm- (via London),—Where all the, soldiers
nal, aceer(in to ;t'reights outside. ', have been, heroic it is difficult to single
Ontario wheat—No, 2 \\tinter, per car out actions which stamp the men who
lot, $2.35 to $2,37; .No. 3 do„ $2.33`, to p
12.35, according to freights outside, perform thein as the brave, but from
freights
Peas—No.
, nominal, according, to the records which may result in the
Manitoba (tour --First patents, in jdecoration of someof theheroes of
u n jute
bus's, $11„70; second patents, in Jute the battle of Vim Ridge it is not per
bags, $1120• strong bakers in jute Y
bags, $10,.8'0; Toronto, matted to make mention of examples
Barley—Malting, $1.35 to $1,37, accord- of conspicuous valor a d place honor
g to t'retg•ht� outside. 11
in where . it belongs. Rye --NO. 2, $1.85 to $1.87; according A private, during
to fretg-hts oittstde. the fierce struggle for the hill the
Ontario flour—Winter, according to gg
operations of last week additional sample, 110.10 to $10.20, in bags; track second day of the battle,earned a de -
burying grounds were opened near the -tar iia.. prompt shlpmcnt. coration if ever a man did. The ad-
M eccl Car lots, delivered Montreal
front of the line, so that the work of froights, bags included-13'an, per ton, vance was made in a blinding snow
the burial parties might; be Moro dliii sshort5, per ton; $4,t to $4a; mid- storm which fortunately'carried the
g., per ton, 144 to $46;
quickly done. Each body of our men Hour, per bag, $2.80 to 92.90. good .reed
wind into the faces of the enemy in
is given individual burial, and over 11.81.);1 xtrrJ Na .2, per ton.' $71.50 to their carefully -guarded position on
mixed, Per ton, , 98,30 to ,911, the hill slo e.
each of the dead is placed a simple track Toronto, p
Weeder! 'cross giving his `name, rank Straw—Car lots, Per ton, $7 to $8 Asaour men advanced theyt
track Toronto. were me
and identification number. Even if by a murderous, machine gun fire,
Country Prodnoe—'Who e
Butter—fresh dairy, ^ ch
43c.
g s—N w-
Dressed - poultry -Chickens. 26 to 28c;
. turkeys, to
Cheese—New,
large, 253c; twins, 253c.
a- J, ills c; 10-1b., 133c; 60 -
ib., 13c; • ,buckwheat, 60-1b: tins, -10 to
Per doz., $2, r6; 1 select. $2.50 to'
Maple syrup—Imperial gallon, $1,60 to
$1..75.
Potatoes—On trail: Ontario, per. bag,
$4,50; New Brunsivicle Delawares, per
bag, $4.00; .A1bertas per bag, $3.50 to the situation and the lives of many
$3.75.
13eans —Imported, hand-picked, per
hush,. $C, 25; Canadian, hand-picked, per
bush:, $70' to 97.75- Canadian primes,
$7,00 to $7.25; Limas', per lb,, 13 to 137:e.
permit of this reverence for the dead, lojc Comb 1 kine
Which is one of the marked, character- ones extra fine and heavy d or wounded part of the machine
weight,
istics of the British' and Canadian $2 r5, \0 2, $2 to $2.25.
these crosses should be removed, the i sale guarded and operated by a group of a
records of the' burial are so complete creamer , prints, ry, au e, to to 41c- .dozen of the enemy. Our men were
that the location of every body can be y t r nta, 43 to lac sands 4z to falling fast as the hail of lead from
indicated. The dead are wrapped in ou� of cartons, in car torts 37 to 38c the machine gun swept the hillside..
Then, with
blankets before bean • com _Zitted to Dr 1 , utter disregard for his o I
g gown
the earth by the men's own. units, and � °G1vlii�7 to � op; ducks, , 22 to 25c; squabssafety, this private rushed forward,
the burial service' is read by a clergy- 320 ? $ so t 1 30 tackling alone the barrier to our vic-
man of the dead soldier's own de- 272 to 77tlarge,
ret 27 to 2730; twins tory. Making progresa.. from shell
nomination. The army chaplains are 1 s 272 to 2old hole to shell hole, he reached a point
so distributed as almost invariably to to
Earley—White �Vhrtc clover, 23 -lb tins, 143 within thirty yards of the enemy gun.
11 t 143 He threw a bomb that distance, which
gun crew; then, with a final rush, he
troops. rushed the position and bayoneted the
TO GET AFTER SLACKERS
FROM U. S. AND BRITAIN
Negotiations Reported to' Be in ;Pro-
gress.Between the Two Govern-
ments
A despatch from Ottawa says:—It
is understood in Government circles
here that negotiations are in progresa
between the British and United States
Governments with regard to the re-
cruiting, possibly under some form of
compulsion, of the British subjects'
who have gone to the United States
since the war began, and who thereby
sought to escape war service. While
no definite agreement has yet been
reached between. Washington and Lon
don, it is expected here, according to
a semi-official statement given out on
Wednesday, that some arrangement
will be reached whereby the slackers
who fled either from Canada or Great
Britain will be made subject to vir-
tual conscription by British agents.
They Will 'probably have a choice of
enlisting with the Canadian or British
armies, or of going into some other
form of direct war service. The
Canadian and British authorities have
kept a fairly accurate list of the names
and addresses of the men who have
emigrated ; since the war began.
MUNITIONS ORDERS
RECEIVED BY CANADA
A despatch from Ottawa says:—A
statement to the Minister of Finance
Montreal Markets
by J. W. Flavelle, chairman- of: the AIoritreal. Apr. 21—Oats—Canadian
Imperial Munitions Board, shows the western, No. 2, 81c; do.,No. 3, 78c; do.,
extra No. 1 feed, 79c,` Barley—Manitoba
total value of orders received td be feed,- $1,'1i, Z3uckwheat—No, 2, $1.35.
$850,000,000, munitions shipped to Flour—Manitoba spring wheat patents,
Iiirsts, $12.`20; '.do:,. seconds 911.70; do.,
March 30 were valued at $470,000,000, strong bakers', $11.50;, winter . patents,
and disbursements to' that date total choice, $41..50: do., straight rollers, $10.80
led $543,000,000. Employees direct and
tot$1lB drei bags, $5.25 to $5:35: Rolled
five men remaining with the gun.
This splendid deed of gallantr-y saved
Provisions—W holesare
Smoked and cured rneats and lard are
quoted to the trade by Toronto whole-
salers as follows:—
Smoked do., heavy,
24lto1125c nrcooked, 20 25 to
40e; rolls, 24, to 23c; breakfast bacon,
30 to .330; backs, plain, 33 to 340; bone-
less, 35 to 36c.
Lard—Pure lard, tierces, 25:9 to 253c;
tubs, 257 to 26c; ,palls, 26 to 263c; com-
pound, tierces, 20 to 204c,_
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 21 to
22c per 1b; clear bellies, 20 to 2020.
indirect number over 250,000, and 630 a s— arrels; 8.25 to 95.5o; ao., bags,
90 lbs., $4 to 24.25. Ban—$40 to $4,
7
factories and plants are in operation. Shorts—$43 to .$44. Middlings—$46 to
P $47, Mourne -$4& to $54.- 1417 -No,' 2,•
per ton, car lots, $13.50. Potatoes—per.
bag, car lots, $3.25 to $3.50.
CANADIAN STEAMER STADACONA
Winnipeg Grain
men.
WORKMEN WIN
BERLIN STRIKE
Important Concessions Made by
the Government
A despatch from Copenhagen says:
German papers received here on Fri-
day night,deal` with the Berlin hunger
strike, which is now reported at an
end, giving details which were no, iv -
eluded in the earlier news telegram:.. A despatch from London says; The I went down on his knees when taken to
The Berlin Tageblatt estimates "th;• l London Times correspondent with the - beg for mercy. I saw a French officer
number of men on strike at 300,000. I"'"ench army telegraphs that condi- who, with two men, hafd taken 60 pris-
Vorwaerts says that 210,000 were in ns
overhead and under foot are as oners,.'walking about places ,where he
volved. Work was stoppedI
in 300 bad as possible. In.the course of his was exposed, not only to shell fire, but
munition factories.
As a result of the strike a commis-
sion of laborers was formed, which,
ENEMY VVITEIDRAWAL ON MSE.N
CONTINUES AND VILLAGE CAPT!JRED
British Hold High Ground; Frepelt. (x4flict Heavy, 'Losses on the
Enemy; ` Many Prisoners Captured; Four Villages Tanen,
A despatch from London says:—The
southern part.: of the Hindenburg line
in France continues to crumble or fall
back before the forces of General
Niven°. Thursday witnessed additional
important gains by the French at
numerous points from Soissons east-
ward to the old Champagne, and also
the capture of men and guns. '•
In the latter region north-west of
Auberive the French captured strong-
ly -fortified German trenches on a
front of a mile and a quarter and made
prisoner, 150 Germans. Northeast
of Soissons the village of Aisy, Jouy
and Laffaux and Fort de Conde were
captured by the French, while to the
east, near Hurtebise, another point of
support fell into their hands and with
it 500 prisoners and two cannon.
Violent artillery actions are in pro-
gress between the Somme and the
Oise, in Champagne, near Le Mort
Homme, in the Verdun sector, and in
Belgillin around Dixmude
The French' War Office reports that
Wednesday night the Germans threw
twelve divisions of fresh men into the
fray between Soissons and Auberive in
an attempt to hold General Nivelle's 1'
forces back, but that their efforts were
unavailing.
A despatch from British Head-
quarters in France says: The
great value of the recent ad-
vance lies in ` the fact that we'
have everywhere driven the enemy
from High ground and robbed him of
his observation. Now all az'e in our
hands. From them we can sweep ob
servation over a wide expanse of coun-
try to Douai and, beyond, while they
shut out all the enemy's view of our
movements on this side. Nevertheless
all this ground is a continuous alter-
nation of slopes and dips. It is not as
if the high ground always command-
ed a view of the level plain. Every-
where there are hidden folds and
creases, lesser ridge beyond lesser
ridge. It is not necessarily easy to
continuo a rapid , advance. ` ':Attack
down the forward slopes of the high
ground under the exposed fire of the
lesser slopes beyond is often extreme-
ly difficult now. On the general front,
except north of Lens and south of St.
Quentin there must intervene a la-
borious period in the advancing of our
present positions. The enemy still has
a strong short line running through
Oppy, north-east' of Arras and south-
wards some 3,000 yards. Behind that
again is the stronger famous Droco
quer-Queant line, or what the Ger-
mans know as the Wotan line, which
is a part of the even more notorious
Hindenburg line running south-east-
ward to St. Quentin from a junction
near Queant. These are undoubtedly
formidable, ,but` as above this the
Queant end of the Hindenburg line is
already ours, if it be the plan of the
general staff to break it by a: frontal
attack, there is not the slightest doubt
we shall succeed.
GERMAN OFFICER SANK - ON KNEES
BEGGED CAPTOR FOR MERCY
General Morale of the Kaiser's Artily Typified by Two Significent
Incidents.
1
despatch, which merely' amplifies the to machine gun bullets, ascoolly as if
present detailed French communiques, ..lie' had been in the Place de l'Opera.
he says: "The bombardment that has The difference between` the two men '.
after conference with • Dr. Wermuth, continued incessantly' for days along exactly -typifies the difference between
the President of the Berlin Subsist- I the front to an extent of 100 miles, the general morale of the bombarding
Winnipeg, ,Apr. 24 --Cash prices': ence Commission, obtained a promise added to the formidable length of the force that is attacking and the born-
TORPEDOED
orn-
TOPEDD B SUBMARINE
ARI
Wheat --No. 32 Northern, .erthei•n, $2 20? ' that in •future it. Would be consulted English front north of St. Quentin, is, banding. force that is being attacked.
Northern, $2.32;
!feed, G W 71Ac No
C v '17p extra )\o, 1 feed, r06c; a guarantee
No. 1 feed, 683c; No. 2 feed -67c
..Bar- that `stores of the most
13les—No,t3 � important
$1.TS; No.4P
7; No. 5, $1.98; No, 6, $1:67; in all food questions. The Laborers'
Oats—No. ,,
3c • eet • Commission` also received
No.
��
'" The Master, Captain Allen, of Halifax, Made Prisoner and Taken 967; , feed 96c. claw --$.,4•014;1 r Neap e • foodstuffs would be provided for the
92.083; No. 2 C:W., $2.942. next few months
on Board U -Boat. _
united States Markets
Minneapolis, Apr. 24_31rheat—,lay,
steamer Wanola. Later he was 92.273; July, $2.20; cash—No. 1 hard,
transferred to the Rosedale, and after ; to 92.173; $z No.' 2, do Northern2.t' 92.473: 1
corning home last November and dis- l Corn—No. 32 - yellow, $1.435 to 91.453.
posing of his orchards he was sent to Unchanged. `Blain -_$39 to 699420c, F lour`—
Eng•land to take command of the 1 Duluth, Apr. 24—Wheat—No. 1 hard,
IStada.cona. Since the outbreak of the No4 2 ' do , 92atr,tooe92.203;30Maty $$ .26
war he has been constantl sailing hid July, $2..20
A despatch from Halifax says;—
The steamer Stadacona, of the Can-
adian S. 0. Co., has been torpedoed.
Captain C. 0', Allen, Halifa�c, was
master. The crew landed in Eng-
land. Captain Allen was taken
prisoner on board the submar-
ine. Captain Allen, who is one of the
noted master mariners of the_ sailing
days in Nova Scotia, retired from sea-
faring over fifteen years ago and set-
tled down on a large orchard property
in the Annapolis Valley. When the
war broke out the captain felt that at.
sea he could be of service to his coun-
try, and accepted command of the
p�i1y�{7 gg to $7.25; 'stockers, 97.50' 10 98.35; feemedium, s,
U$• g y� 8 .36; feeders
IS CR'9.52
CRUMPETS TEAt $ o to, $10... u
�Acanners and
7
% �� 95.50 to 96.25; milkers, cuttece,
ARE PROHIBITED ' IN PRgood to choice,
light
i $$,55 to 91.10 do., cam. and med., each,
ITAIN 'ewes, to5$14.50; sheep, hLo eavy, 98.50
Ito $9.50; calves, good to choice, $12.50
to 914.75; spring lambs, each $8 to 912;
lambs, choice $14.25 to $16; do., medium,
910:50 to $12.50; hogs,fed and watered,
$16.40 to $16.50; do., Weighed off cars,
916.65 to M.'ont
Montreal, Apr', 2; do., 4—Choicesteers,steers,
912.25 to $12.50; good steers, 910.50 to
911.50;' common steers, $9.50 to 910;
butchers' cows; $9 to $11; buns. $0,60 t
perhaps, the most appalling thing the
world has ever seen.. . . I heard. to-
day of a captured German officer who
Not in one place or two, but all along
the line the French have. shown this
morale superiority."
HORSES PURCHASED
Accordingly; work was resumed to- FOR CANADIAN ARMY.
night, the laborers' meeting last night A despatch from Ottawa says: In
having declared the food authorities”Y
promises satisfactory. all, 26,015 horses have been purchased
I in Canada for the Canadian army
h began, according to a
since the war
GEN. VON BISSING J return tabled in the Commons on Fri-,
DIES IN BELGIUM; day. The total cost of the animals hHIGH SCHOOL BOYS
was $4,398,850. The return stated j FOR FARM WORK
ports in the war z Y sir mg toarray•$3.4!?111. Linseed—$3:25 tb A despatch from London says :—that the'Canadian Government had no ! The Minister of Education has n
Y, $ 4 bid; SeP otl-
one, and on two oc- tember 3.2 Reut
I of. Guysboro, during the question hour
I in the Commons on Friday. There was
, a net increase during the past year of
19 in the number employed by the for-
mer department and seven in the
I number employedh
y byte latter,
, $ 3. els Amsterdam correspondent:information as to the number of
basions had narrow escapes duri
German air raids on an English port.; Live stock nsarkets I despatch Gen. von Biasing, German Britain and the allied nations.
At Havre on one occasion, through a' Toronto,. Apr. 2<t_Ltra choice heavy Governor- �
ng
says that according to a Brussels - horses bought in Canada for Great '
G 1
steers. $11.75 to $12, choice heavy enela in
Belgium, died i
speak French, he was held misunderstanding ad his inability to steers, $11.25 to $1165; good heavy, Wednesday evening.
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYS
steers, $10.50 to $10.60; butchers' cattle, General: Baron, 141 232 FOOD INSPBC
choice
- """` ozitz Feidmand TORS• ,
- _ $11.21 to $.11.60, do., good. $10.40..
bet of hours on suspicion of being a ' to $10.60; do., medium, $9.65 to $10; do,, von Biasing was appointed Governor- A, despatch from Ottawa says:
German spy. The Stadacona was onlchmmon, $8.75 to $9; butcher: bulls, General
of Bel
a voyage from Dunkirk to Marseilles. $9 26 Bio s:7s X10.75; do:,' gcoa hulls, 1914 glum -e November, There are now 1D food f Agri -1
o., medium bulls 3$118.1.12d in succession to General von der ; employed by the Department of °Agri-
-•— $ do., rough bulls $6 40 to $6 0'
Goltz. to 8.76 n , o z, He was born in 1844. During culture, and 35 employed by the De-
to. cows choice, $10 to $$6.25:
do good $8 75 t 9
New Order of Controller Hits Popular London Tea Shops Very
Severely.
• A. despatch from_ London says :—
The Food Controller,, Lord Devonport,
has issued -an order, effective Tuesday
next, prohibiting thereafter the sale of
tight pastries, muffins, crumpets or
ea cakes. Cakes, buns, scones and
biscuits cann
only bo sold if they con-
form to the drastic, restrictions re -
specting the amount of wheaten flour yeari4 lambs,
spring
were fined heavily for alleged break-
ing of rules laid down by;him, He
had been ill off and on for' more than
a year.
Be careful of your own eyes, your
e own limbs and your own life, as well
as for those 1
$12; choice milk -fed calves $8 to $ll
CO/111110D, $5 to $7: sheep, $10 to $11;
rig am s $14 a0 to $15 r0
and sugar used. Tea shops, which lambs, $8 to 912; hogs, 917 to $.1 50
are so popular in London' and else-
where in England, will suffer severely
by the new order.
The War Office has ordered a return
Pied the Organization of. Resources
Committee that he has sent a. letter- to
the; principals of Higli Schools and
Collegiate Institutes of the province,
in which he urges upon then the
desirability of encouraging as many
as possible of the boys in their schools
to engage in farm work this Spring.
The Minister further suggests that the
matter be also brought to the atten
his rule 1n Belgium, General von Biss- I partrnent of Inland Revenue, accord- 1 tion - of the parents with a view to
acs, notably in connection with •the I ing to an answer given Mr. Sinclair, securing their co-operation.
ing has come into prominence man
execution of Miss Edith Cavell, ,the I BURNING
English nurse, frequent clashes with {
Cardinal' Mercier, Primate of Belgium,
and the deportation of Belgians. It
was reported in 1915 that he had7or-
dered the round -up of spies and per-
sons supsected of working against the
Germans in Belgium, and that scores
of executions followed the carrying
out of this order. Several times by
nis order Belgian cities and towris
„ Willie Wants to Know,
ape!
made by,May 1 of all horses, mules, "Yes; my son."
cattle sheep, and
p, pigs agricultural ' im-
I
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lement '
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WINDOW 51LL IN THE
DATA -ROOM =-
OF RUMANIA TOWNS
FORESADOS A' RETIREMENT:
Signs That Germany is About to Abandon Soiue of the Con-
quered Territory.
A despatch from Petrograd, says:-
A report received here from Jassy, the
seat ' of the Rumanian Government,
says the Germans have burned the
towns of Braila and Fokshani, The
despatch says Rumanian ;military
circles consider that this foreshadows
a German retirement.
Braila and Fokshani ars both im
portant railroad towns in Rumania.
Braila 'lies on'the Danube to the south
of Galatz, while Fokshani is.situated :a
on the railway line about midway be-
tween Bucharest and Jassy.
frac.
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