The Exeter Advocate, 1918-4-11, Page 3FIGHTING RESUMED IN.. PICARDY
THE ATTEMPT TU CAPTURE AMIENS:.
Germans Launch Fresh Attack .Along- Nine Miles of the French
Front But Make Only Small Gains.
A despatch from Paris says: Ger-
man troops numbering over 100,000
delivered a terrific attack on Thurs-
day against the French along a front
of nearly nine ;riles from Grivesnes.
to north of the Amiens-Roye Road.
They were met with a storm of fire
from the French guns, and although
the assaults were repeated time, after
time, they succeeded in gaining only a
small section of ground. The French.
retained Grivesnes, but the Germans
occupied the villages of Mailly, Raine-
val and Moriseh
German troops, who have been espe-
cially trained all Winterin shock tac-
tics, are reported ;to be going forward
for the incorporation in the regroup-
ing process now actively proceeding
In preparation t; or• a general renewal
of the German offensive,
A. despatch from London says
After several days of comparative in-
activity alongthe battle front, in Pi-
cardy, bitter fighting has been resum-
ed along the western sector of tho sa-
lient in the lines of the Entente allies.
Attacks by the Germans against the
British. and French are admitted to
have yielded some gains to the invad-
ers in the critical sectors just to the
east of the city of Amiens. In the
neighborhood of Hamel, the British
were forged back slightly.
A despatch from Canadian ' Bead -
quarters in France says: For 40 min-
utes on Wednesday night our light
and heavy guns poured shells` into the
enemy front communication lines, as-
sembly arms,
s-sembly'areas, etc., but no hostile at-
tack developed. The situation con-
tinues quiet along the Vimy-Arras
front. Numerous daring day and
night reconnaissances have been ,car-
ried out by our patrols, with repeat-
ed clashes with hostile parties.
A despatch from the :American,'
Ariiiy in France says: American
forces are now occupying a sector of
the Meuse Heights, south of Verdun.
Markets of the World
nreallst, ffe
Toronto, April 9-ManitoU wheat-
No. 1 Northern $2.233 No. 2, do., 92 .303;
f No. 8, do., 92.173; No. 4 wheat, $2,103;
!n store Port William, including 23c tax.
Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.lir., 9943e; No.
3 U.W., 903c; extra No. 1 feed, ,893e;
No. 1 feed, 873e, in store Port William.
American corn -The War Board in the
United States prohibit importations.
Ontario, oats -No, 2.white, 92 to 93c;
No. 8 white, 91 to 92c, according to
freights outside.
Ontario wheat -No, 2, Winter, per car
lot' 32.22; basis In store Montreal.
lot, 2, 93.60 to 93.70, according
to freightsl,i
outside.
de.
u
.Barley --Malting, $1.72 to 91,74, ac-
cording to .freights outside,
13uckwheat-$1,83 to 91.85, according
to freights outside.
Rye -No. 2, 32.60; according to freights
outside.,,.
Manitoba flour -War quality, 910.10,
new bags, Toronto.Ontario flour-SVar quality, $10.70,
new bags, Toronto and Montreal freights
prompt shipment.
1liillf.eed-Ca•r lots -Delivered- Mont-
real freights, bags included: Bran, per
ton, 935.40; shorts, per ton, 940.40.
I3a5-No. 1, per ton, 917 to 918;
Mixed, 914 to 916, track Toronto.
Straw -Car lots, per ton, $8.50 to 99,
traok Toronto.
Country, Produce -Wholesale
Butter -Creamery, solids, per ib., 48
to 49e: prints, per ib., 49 to 493e; dairy,
Per ib 39 to 40c...
Eggs -New Iaid, 38 to 89c.
Poultry -Dressed, chickens, 26 to 280;
fowl, 27 to 'LSc; ducks, 23 to 24c; geese,
21 to 22c; turkeys, 30 to '35o.
Wholesalers are selling to the retail
trade at the following prices:
Cheese -New, large, 23 to 233o; twins.
231" to 233e; early cheese, 258 to 26c;
large twin. 26 to 263c.
Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 41 to 420;
Creamery prints; 60 to 52c; solids,. 49
to 50c. ,
Margarine -32 to 35c ib,
Eggs -New laid, 44 to .45c; new Iaid,
In Cartons, 47' to 49c,
Dressd poultry -Milk -fed chickens,
36 to 37c; fowl, 30 to 330; turkeys, 40
to 45c.
Live poultry -Turkeys, 8Oc; chickens;
ib., 26 to 28e; : hens, 30 to 33c.
Beans -Canadian, hand -pecked, bush.,
$8,50; imp. hand-picked, Burma or
Indian, 96.50 to 97; japan, $& to 38.25;
Limas, 19 to 20c.
Maple syrup -$1.75 to $2,
Provisions -Wholesale
Smoked meats -beams, medium, 36 to
88c; do., heavy, 30 to 32o; cooked«:46,.4o,
48c; rolls, 31 to 32c; breakfast bacon,
42 to 43e;: backs, plain, 12 to 43c; bons. -
less, 46 to 47c. •
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 28 to
29e; clear bellies, 27 to 28e.
LLard-Pure lard, tierces, 303 to 81c;
tubs, 308 to 318c; pails, 81 to 313e;
prints, 3233' to 33c. Compound tierces,
26' to 283c; tubs, 263 to 262c; pails, 263
to 270; prints, 273 to 28c.
Montreal Markets
Montreal, April 9 -Oats -Canadian
Western, No. 3, 21.053; extra No. 1
feed, 31.053; No, 2 local white, 91.053;
No. 3 local white, 91.033. Flour -New
Standard Spring wheat grade, 911.10 to
11.20 Rolled oats -Bags, 90'lbs., 95.60.
Bran, 835.40. Shorts, $40.40. Middlings,
948 to 350, Mouillie $60 to $62. Hay-
1. per ton, car lots, 917.
Winnipeg Grain
lirlmripeg, April 9 -Cash prices: -
Oats -No. 2 C.W., 943o ' No. 3. C.W,,
903c; extra No. 1 feed•r.,89:3c; No. 1
:__geged, 073e; No. 2' feed,838c,• Barley
No, 2, 91.66 No. 3, $1.60; rejected,
1,45; feed, $i..40. Flax -No. 1 N.W.O„
90.898; No. 2 C.W., 33.833; No, 3 C.W„
ss.643,
'0"nited States Markets
Minneapolis April 9 -Corn -No, 3 yel-
low, $J.60 to 91.65, Oats -No. 8 -white,
39 3.14. to 90o. Flour -Unchanged, "Bran -
Duluth, April 9-Llnseed--$4,113 to
94.203; to arrive, $4.113; May, 94,153
asked' ,.iuly, 34,12 bid; October, 93.59
:Give Stock Markets
Toronto, April O -Choice heavy steers,
812.60 to 313; good heavy steers; 911,75
to $12.26"; yearlings, 312.50 to $13;
btitchers' cattle, choice, 411.60 to 911.75
do., good, $11.35 to 9.11.40 do., medium,
310.75 to 911; do., common 99.50 to
99.75; butchers' bulls, choice, 910.25 to
$11; do., good bulls, 99.25 to 99.50; do.,
medium, bulls, 97,85 to 98.50; do., rough
bulls, 96,50 to 97; butchers' cows,
choice, 910.26 to $11.; do, good, 39,25 to
99.50; do., medium, $8 to 98.50; stock-
ers, 98 to $9.25; feeders,, 99.50 to 910.50;
canners and cutters, 96 to 97; milkers,,
good 'to choice, $90 to 9125; do., corn.
and Med„ 966 to $80; springers, $90 to
3125; light ewes, $13.50 to $10; year-
lings, $11.75 to 912.76; lambs, $18 to
$20.50; calves, good to choice;' 916 ,to
917.50; hogs, fed and watered, 920.50 to
921; do., weighed off cars, '320,75 to
$21.25; do., f.o.b., $20.25.
Montreal, April 9 -Prices per 100 lbs:
Choice' steers, $11 to 313; good steers,
310 to $10,60; medium, 39 to $10;
choice cows, 910 to $11' good cows,
$9
to $9.50;' medium, 99.50; butchers' bulls,
99 to 911; canners' cattle, 35.50 to 96;
sheep, $11. to •812; lambs, 315.50 to
316.60; milk -fed calves, 97 to 311;
select hogs, off cars, 321 to 322.
CONIES TO DISTRIBUTE
FIBRE FLAX SEED.
A despatch from Ottawa says:
Word has been received at " Ottawa
that Col. Wayland, of the Canadian
Expeditionary Force, has been re-
quested by the War Office to imme
diately proceed to Canada to super-
vise the distribution of fibre flax seed,
which it is .anticipated, will be urg-
ently required in order to supply the
manufacturing needs for airplanes in
the near. future. .
An official memorandum issued here.
in regard to the matter-, states that as
the importance of these supplies can-
not be exaggerated, it is exceedingly
desirable that there shall be cordial
co-operation between the farmers, who
will sow this special flax seed, and
Col. Wayland, who will distribute the
seed to be sown.
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FIRST YEAR OF WAR
COST $9,000,000,000.
More Than Half of U.S. Expenditure
Was in, Loan to Allies.
A despatch from Washington says:
Nine billion dollars is the approximate
cost to the United States of one year
of war.
More than one-half has gone in
loans to allies and will be repaid
eventually. Over one-third has been
spent for the army and military es
tablishnients, one-tenth for shipbuild-
ing.
Just one-sixthof this big war cost
has been raised by taxation and other'
ordinary sources of revenue, and the
balance has come from sale of Liberty
Bonds and certificates of indebtedness.
CANADIAN REDCROSS
WILL GET $500,000
A despatch from Washington says:
The American Red Cross on Thurs-
day authorized a gift of $50Q000 to
the Canadian Red Cross for war re-
lief work.
The gift was made without restric-
tion, but the American Red Cross ex-
pressed the hope that it would be pos-
sible to use the fund for the relief of
the Canadian soldiers at the front.
The letter accompanying the contri-
bution expressed the feeling of symp-
athy and admiration of, the American
people for the part taken by the
Canadian Red Cross and the 'Canadian
people in the war.
�r Youthful Turkish Captive.
Turks rob the cradle for the Palestine campaign.
brought in by the British, north of Jerusalem.
This captive
was
SUCCESSFUL RAID
ON COBLENZ
Troop Train Struck and Many
Soldier's Killed -Damage
at Treves.
A despatch from Amsterdam says;
-Despatches to 'Les. Nouvelles state
that on the occasion of the last allied
air raid on Coblenz, 26 persons were
killed and 100 wounded. Great dam-
age was done, the railroad station be-
ing demolished. In the last raid on
Treves, 60 were killed and hundreds
_were wounded, the railroad station
was damaged and streets in the neigh-
borhood were heaped with -ruins.
In the raid last week the Cologne
station was hit and many buildings
we a demolished. A troop train,
standing in the station, was. struck
and many occupants were killed or
wounded. The Emperor visited the
spot the following: day.
CANADA FOOD BOARD
TO END SPECULATION
A despatch from Ottawa say.:-
New
ay,-New regulations of far-reaching im-
portance prepared by the Canada
Food Board and now ` effective,
will eliminate the speculative element
from the Canadian produce business.
The Food Board's order' definitely
limits the quantities of produce which
a dealer may own, or have in storage
for 'his. account, to his reasonable re-
quirements and also makes it impos-
sible for him to ,carry larger quant-
ities of food than are required to pro-
vide for his Canadian trade' require-
ments during the season of scant pro-
duction 'or supply. The holding of
excessive quantities of produce in
storage after the expiration of the
period of scant production is thus
made illegal and subject to heavy
penalties.
The most extensive deposit of an-
thracite coal ever found on the train
island of Japan recently was discover-
ed extending for eighteen miles along
mountain ranges.
That I7nique American Army.
Harryjust "out") -"Listen .Bill! Sounds like ole Fritz comin' over
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the mud -Squish, squash, squish squash.,,
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Bill- That s ore right ---that's the Arnericarls further up a,
chewin' their gum -rations." -London Opinion.
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ERZERUNI TAKEN
BY ARMENIANS
Turks ,Also Beaten in Trans-
caucasus -Odessa Reid
by Russians.
A despatch from London sasy; tee -
serum, the principal city of Turkish
Armenia, tis reported in an.•,laxchange
Telegraph despatch from Moscow to
have been recaptured from the 'Turks
by an Armenian corps, aided by a de-
tachmelit of Armenian volunteers: The
Armenians also are reported ' to be
holding other territories in the Erre-
rum; district.
A despatch from Petrograd) says:
Turko-Getman forces have been.
thrown back sixty versus (39.6 miles)
from Batum, it was announced here
on Wednesday. Likewise, they have
been driven back from the Erzeru7n-
Kars line.
Ukrainian and German forces seek-
ing to recapture Odessa and Nicolaieff
were repulsed, it was announced on
Wednesday. The Turko-German fleet,
headed toward Odessa, was drivel:
back by the Russian Black Sea fleet:
Batum is iih Transcaucasia, on the
Black Sea, twenty miles east of the
Turkish boundary. Erzerum is 110
miles south of Batum, and was re-
cently recaptured by the Turks. Kars
is 100 miles east of Erzerum, and
about the same distance south and
east of Batum.
Packing and Shipping' Apples.
When labor is as scarce as it is ,at
present, the employment of the in-
experienced". is unavoidable. Hence
"Notes to Beginners," given in Bullet
BRITAIN �"Q. RAISE
AGE"I,IMff TO 50
Plan By Which Men Can Be
Raised Rapidly to Meet
Any Emergency.
A despat'js :Evora London. says; The
new Military Serving 13i11 will be sub-
jest to alterations up to the lass, mo-
ment before Parliament reassembles,
as the Prime Minister znay 'take the
view that requirements in France call ,
for even more drastic steps, but the
proposals as et present drafted, may
now. be indicated from an authorita-
tive source.
'l'he present proposal is that men
of 4;1 to 50 should be 'subject to mili-
tary service, but the military age will
not be lowered. below 18. It is under-
stood that the Government in draft-
ing a scheme has sought to make it
one by which ashen can be raised with
great rapidity so as to be able to
cope with an even greater emergency
than the present.
It is not intended to take all men
between 41 and 50 for the army
who are not doing national work,
though it is the intention to take a
good many. The power to take all is
wanted in case of a vital emergency.
INCREASED OUTPUT
OF BRITISH SHIPS
Admiralty Says March Figures
Constitute a 'Record.
A despatch from London says;
:Merchant tonnage built in shipyards
in No. 2 of the Fruit Commissioners of the United Kingdom during the
Series entitled "Modern Methods of year ending March 31, was double
Packing Apples,"become of prime im
_that built in the year ending March
O
portance. These notes run: tel, 1917. In the last year, according
1. Learn to sizeY our fruit accurate to a table issued by British Admiralty,
ly and the placing in the box is a sim; 1,237,515 tons were constructed.
pie matter. The monthly figures for the last
2. All apples are placed in the box three months are:
January ....... . 58,568
February , 100,038
March . 161,674
Me Shipping Controller makes this
comment on the table:
"The figures for March constitute a
record and demonstrate that the
workers have taken to heart the anx-
iety caused by the comparatively low
output of January and February. The
men in the shipyards are 'working
loyally to maintain this increased
output."
SOUNDS ONE CANNOT HEAR.
in the same relative position. It can-
not be impressed too strongly upon
beginners that all sizes and shapes of
apples can be properly and conveni-
ently packed itt the standard Canadian.
apple •box.
3. Successful packing can only be
done with apples of a uniform size in
each box. There is no possibility of
using an apple larger than the size.
being packed,and then attempting to
straighten the row by using a small
apple next to it.
4. Cleanliness cannot be too •strong-.
ly insisted upon in every feature of
boxpacking. Fingermarks upon boxes,
or careless rubbing in of moisture and
dust, are all too common. The most
scrupulous attention should be given
to the fruit and all specimens reject-
ed that are not absolutely free from
contamination ofany sort.
5. Should there be any dust or
spray material upon the apples when
picked, it is much easier to take it off
at that time. If the apples are allow-
ed to stand, they acquire a certain
gumminess that renders it difficult to
make them look clean,
6. Packers should keep their nails
well trimmed, otherwise injury is fre-
quently caused by puncturing the.
Human Ear Can Detect Sounds Only
Within Limited Range.
In the sense of hearing numerous
problems have interested the experi-
mental psychologist, Among these
may be mentioned the range of sounds.
that can be heard by an individual,
that is, the limit both below and above
which no sound can be heard.
The solution of these problems, the
determination of the upper and lower
limit of Sound, has occasioned a great
deal of careful work and the con-
restruetion of many forms of apparatus.
For determining the upper limit of
fruit'handled, resulting in decay. In sound for any individual, and individ-
the Western States packers are re-
quired to wear .white canvas gloves.
7, Fruit should be uniform in color
as in size.
These notes are a small part of a
bulletin comprising 62 pages, with
many illustrations, that is designed to
profit the packer and shipper, help the
dealer and please the consumer, and
that can be had free for the mere act
of writing to the Publications Branch,
Department of Agriculture, Ottawa.
BLEW UP RUSSIAN WARSHIPS
TO AVOID CAPTURE BY ENEMY
A despatch from Petrograd, says:
-Several Russian warships, including
four submarines, in the harbor of
Hango, were blown up by their com-
manders, who feared capture by the
Germans. The Mayor of Sukhum-
Kale reports that the Black Sea fleet
torpedo boats are bombarding and.
looting towns along the coast.
To renovate black kid` gloves mix a
few drops of goose black ink in a
teaspoonful of olive oil, Apply this,
with a leather, and dry them in the.
sun if possible.
uals differ considerably, the Galton
whistle is genaraily used.
It consists of a tiny pipe, which is
lengthened or shortened by a piston
adjusted by a micrometer screw. This
little instrument can be regulated to
make a tone which is too high for any
human ear to: hear and which .will fin-
ally produce only a painful sensation.
The. Galton whistle was devised by
Francis Galton for his study of indi-
vidual differences. He had one of the
whistles built into the end of his cane
and as he walked through.. the Zoologi-
cal Gardens in London, lie would blow
it near the ears of the various animals.
He adjusted the whistle too high for
his own ear to hear, and if the vari-
ous animals responded to the sound he
knew that their upper limit was great-
er than that of the human car.
The ordinary human ear can detect
a' tone whose vibration rate is at least
25,000 vibrations a second, while the
whistle will produce 50,000 a second.
This upper limit varies with the age
of the individual to such an extent
that, if the upper limit at 16 years of
age were 50,000 vibrations, at 60 years
of age it would be about 25,000 'a
second.
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