The Exeter Times, 1917-6-14, Page 210.
OFFENSIVE
Y BLOW IN BE Gill
Britons„ Led by Gen. Sir Herbert Plumes, Occupy German Pos
tions a n. the,.Mess ines-1 ytscha to Ridge.
A despatch from LII pressed on eastward 1-1 1 "s is
One of the most ettborafeay pta*n-! chaete ,s
ad occupied, the rkllage
Oosttaverne and trez rices oast of
diiRd daringly executed arzaroeuvres e
tillage on a front of more
of the war,, ougl t„s, ITaig's fo:'ies 1ltaxales.
dealt! < #it, l fii agams` t r'rohab,y .>,4r er inn hrstor°, twaS
': beo tar'; launched ; it , i'eater
ed acvit ° ;tag er i Raration. Fake day s the i'y-tsch te, '
tF,e c,aaaiuTe o ;l t t$ tax 5,c?tlt� lier,t nand' 1i tR the tajective or the
_i50:2u^:"'; and n sou , tains. o , guns, .a, r
�` � r�ksh. �,t,.,s ak_33L,? lad hurled torts.
k e'ti;1s tYi»?J"'8 'i'",,P- _t of ratty; ip. 1 11!x,:te,e;I. up?jt ti..... icher tile t'.nne for'':
filleted Ilea; castga3tie- ,Tn toe. k
e � � c Cer t�e attack' came the British loose
(APS-, �7f9laes cotiia.ir�n *�' 600 tons of hid3:.. ex A`
++Q%'.' :, �;? fa3. `k... 1' .?'m:A X?.32e ,''oo, . i)1 front (if the Get-mana ..
�-
e`tite 'fr� �" dt�k,px '�d��d` �trY�r7iti,, the zie.�vrArTtivlt:;: being' .,.eat';
.ao+-....-� �.r,..:.,� ..
0miles <i way in England.
17i1.-13, consternation reigning among t
:;d der a eurtain of
Zealand and re
;With ',tt11ni_s„
a r rs the nnen,
slight re-'
' erne beaten
Brearlst.ifs
,; 'lt•unitoua,
ani.
's a
NEWS `;.I3?: 11t,,kdir FROM
L%N1)'S SHORES.
;coin
e of.
nutr•k'et
Ire'+raging in
Cloamel ha. cde ,t; oyed
tie:. of heltlter,
Fie has flesh: eta Batlinteaniple
Co,Carlon', he residence of
r $iaR:laaYtl I? tiler...
al ,�l , a 1QYn has been reaehed by the
I' t 11 i 3 :. not t .•. t the
i:ti:3S�`�7}f;,`ii`49� �k :2ya.: �L I..S,-q �,,ay. rut {^
d' . ra;c aintlon Act in • force iEl:iad xtfter.
inc
14
apped in tiie
o £8, per ton.
south ofd;,
r quanti-
:try ,'7 g'
-1, rear
is p
eet „e
ktr doze 40 t
}, hot,se.
Fii r
ttu,e, building Ce
cortany, did damage
series
v,ze W
>il nek-on-Snir Guardians are'
eyno shilling and aixpencela gal-
v,iC:,. nen=ib ,stapplled to the York-,
'ha of
Prince levo e:
A new photo of the Pre.rier a
dia, who is having troubles all h
Ilam Por- trying to hold all elements o
off Ennis- Ra,ssians teg;ether..
£:tiF
ter.
• en3•Gt tate
rpi• icy th a frit-. `'
edo. to Reto
of
i
r.
Liable for Si ice.
CSi:f, 'x,reria Ottawa saiesil
s have been ceM
Brits as 54ihjecis in
join the Can-
rce, Vzarion-
De,-
States
;ta_.
es, stat
b
tl tai meat Cd4'
County _diosp
A new ward ha
encr3 dionpit al, by ti
rde}asbua g., in honor
i
of s.re
f Ri s -
is
own
CANADA'S C:3A CROP'
3( £daeuest Will Probably Yie&d
275iC0O,000 Bushels
D.-NORTHCLIFFEFROM OLD SCOTLAND
SUCCEEDS BALFOUR
Takes Position of Head of Bri
fish Mission to the
United States.
A despatch from London says:
Lora Northcliffe; at the request of.
the War Cabinet, has accepted the
position of head of the 'British v,ar
mission in the United States in sur
cession to Arthur J. Balfour,whe is
to return to his duties at the Foreign
Office.
Lord Northclirse's ta",al- - be to
co-ordinate the various British mis-
sions, and act in eoneert with'the mis-
sio s of the Entente .eines egad of the
American and Canadian Gorern,.
i'inernts. IIe has mat many visits tan
the United States and Canada. Iraq
was, born at Chapelizod, 4county Dub1a
lin, July 155', 1865,;
rd 'Northcliffe ; is well known as
Triter amid newsiaaper proprietor.
controls, anon, other journals,
Tine London Times and London Daily
Mail. ale luta a controlling can Brest
h great Nett -foal -idle -n(1 paper
and the Inlperiat Paper _i
Gravesend near . London. He lxas
5`he,side t�.ie rz;fx' ==R1 's*�.f?k taken anactive part in British
1.1 -ie C,P R. made an inspect o tlt t 41 affairs, and -recently has
a 3r. Jett t, ItO5,° ' 11l god in vi o,cus stilanort et
its for esU tes of
a�`e�„ea n dd
ll air etc
nes nae j a t{t 'wheat y'ie:
rnrrnrnr lno in•ej,., ,{fit Pc cce dcdeyger
net ,: it tdi tract Pls, \i;eth e i}
midis
at
O
rn,ier Lloyd George's Home Mule eo
t year, ti high -1 Ireland,
'0,000,606 ttaflali- i
ed cit
a
at a.: c„t- e pr;res. growing 'wheat s.. eces,.
iliablin
and district. was secretly; amnzecl; ai thn unaasua
f £.100 has been, fecundity" of the $ozd; z:t t1to: high ue.
as r Cour.- ti dcic growth. the ui;ktoran excellenclae
•eine- of the plant and its 3aixuriant appear-
ance- tie said Canada would raise
been ()pegged in 240,005,40 bus?nets of wheat and felt!
orJohn Rosaof gnat it `mould a ase 300,000,000, a .it tg3t ti 1
the date'Earl In June. 1916, a private es,ttia:ato d .i:
placed the Canadian crop saI
000 butrhele, Netwitilstintrdidi
tir2neti a 1, t13,:01010 Of tleff1vok•
portsthi$ Was adhesed to'i,
won •over€nnent tiigurea,
rod) yte;rded, p150,030,009 bushels: .tit
, lban 0 e pubtfie estaanate of Mr, Bury
'iiaiitetd'iand wile /916 crop has prcdueed ap.
soup; J pre( i n10.101a 2''2i 006,0x9 busliets
�)7:1�`+pRi'"' (,ttk ase SPring g res heat area
aaa ."t„:R r 41CQ c etes in 1'fiifl
en
09ia0t31.3' acres to 0,970,0(14 acfenl, it
ta'5 wheat area is .loss 1901
"u 1960,
.1,Rttra;aay
�Yatani.
Flide«ge tot f100.
The p Iitlxae
con
re
Expk€,aa34,ra o%' 'std z
ori !!eai'3 in
n lY' nag Lentian
vitii
n cs. 'tt
.esn tyr,o,e a' to tatty Of 010
litaSS n perelirattiary tried e%ad
..esti gin, and, if $3t, aro sent', en
laoiitdi';unrIGre of the military
x•. d.:.:anadathat is. neareat to
'alatia '.4'23?w19
ery r111ktlt ' tl
IO +V1' 01 dater '
ao
prone t;ri x;2nto
t 1ps to
F`inCi Ilnnkerp i t1
hive, to lie eastern and ,outlterai t elia
inY that n10V' #1si k 9°ii ..c res
iO
f thewilelit d a «t ata s.aisc:i «'1
k
12• Cr, had 15Ginaie saton in, »4f,li.
n ketal: 1,lfer' h ave ben oktLci;al
dd
Ti
;En
NOTES OF INTEREST FROM IIE1
BANKS AND BRAES.
"R4`hat o, Going on in the Fiigh1ands
¢nd Loin'iands ttf A�udcS . a'
Scotia.
The citizens of Kirlseonnel ha Vt3
r iised a5 for the limbless soldier's and,
sailors.
The D.S,C, has been awarded to
Skipper David 'Wallace of 65 Society,
ls
Street, Nairn,
O r er 1;440 ;•
alae I?atdagate
Red Cross Soeiety
Gourock has bee an enztireiy free
fom infectious disease since£ the lee<,
inning of the year,
is; Ilarrison J, Gibbhas been aaapoint-
so?e ' a� °enit oi" tlje Unioin : Baaat,
tide n ; Cat Ike Douglas,
,The 1urcanison Award for �;eologl
z
cad researeb las ° beer, sere=»,°ed by
Mi, Ein, orar.'yhir4,",..
he estackaete olf the�, late linm, Proctor,
formerly:- of the tsortlou Arai- Motet,'
Pechaber. =.s valued at £32,1176.
TheBerwick Magdalene 'Fiends
Golf Club has decide(' to close the
golf a'.ourSe for the {dilr ti£3aa a f the
niv
aa�se:d' Basi
i -tell of t
by
C.`tcati hen awards
tt,N.'`R.R., d.
of Ial:aeduttl', Banffshire.,
he Croeliston Poorl9ou' e Maas
over for a few weeks for
of mentally afi'1 cted s gathers
J. A, lie .Neas'tor,-SLOV.
is been. awaa'rde.l the Boyd
Mehl for •a;iinide Gk'v3cee
George Murray, Castle road C
cart, has been appointed ss"a member Orr
he Cathcart Parish Council.
Red
CANADA'S CATTLE TRIiPi
Ten..fodd 'iner^case in Asiarznt Prodlcts
the Farm is a iaake dqR
animals 111 Canada. were
:tied February' 1, 1.91:i esti
44,199, a.r larger at•kr)I+)tlkit than,
td l*d arst'R gats enuet*.
Olt
who 1
x �aik:i c'
yLBoydi {
±gip �1 he i1' a1 'IF
1 eStiit'nee, Waltrn
r the
isttarek
Rd 1.' .,,i the pre
ac.r
hour
ti,
a
1
5 it. ;` S
4t1t
tittn1Rierd to Baca
a*f'4a td}'ey,.yon�.r41iru
last ated
STRIEES
LiEl iv':
ivt �4?tis
1.
and
it an -
identified
IIran or the
g and al to
Vages
s.' h fron Geneva says: The
the high eost , and the re-
eal of proprietara factories,
mostla- Germans, to inorea . wages as
a result of the insecurity of their fac-
tories from attaaks by allied air craft.
Five thousand weirkmen aa, --a the
wspaper, began a strike at Each,
dless of severe warning--. by the
German commander. The strike
spread to othi_r aim German
avalrg zit once occonied five of the
SLitintieg
kit,a .Nov�l
tong, as Si`e
sr,v's rda�xc,'.
the r
itctrily'i
es, of the
tikil Unitb(i Sia'
despatch from London says; ,
of eighteen German aeroplanes
ook part in Tuesday's( air raid
x and Kent were driven down
ish airmen, Pour of these were
to a certainty comPletely destroyed,
vittile two others are believed to have
leen. plrb totally out of commission.
GI the eIghteen machines that
started in the raid two were brought
down near the Britfsh coast after hav-
ing dropped their bombs, as repelled
in the official British statement. The
remaining sixteen were engaged by
ten naval airmen from Dunkirk, who
in a great battle over the sea destroy-
ed two more of the Germans and
drove down another four, two of
which. it is reasonable to believe, were
completely put out of action.
SI.FTON WINS IN ALBERL
Liberal Government Returned b •
•
/ About Same Majority as at
FOOD STRIKES Last Election.
Many Important 7) Throughou
tl Country Are Idle.
despatch to the Central News from
Christiania says that great demon -
food situation were held throughout
' with a view to preventing rioting, pro-
hibited the sale of alcoholic bever-
ages for three days, and as a result of
The despatch add.-, that all stores ,
in Christiania shut their doors, that ,
are idle. and that nearly all worinnen where Hon. Wilfrid Gariepy is the
A despatch from Edmonton, Alta.,
says: The Liberal Government under
has been returned to power. Albei-ta.1
as a result of the voting in Thursday's,
election. Returns are slow in coming!
in, but the figures tabulated up to 9
o'clock indicated that the Liberals 1
would have about the sarne proportion
of seats as formerly -88 out of a total
in the House of 56. All the Cabinet
Ministers are believed to have been,
returned, although the Attorney -Gen-,
close run in Edson. Only a few polls1
have been heard from at Beaver River,'
hard 5,55, No, 1 Northern, 5,2.55 to
9 whaa, 521 to 13.31,
0140n741'4, Bran -524 t0 325.
52.43, nominal. lanschtl--53,23;
Live Stoat; laarliots
to 511.50; butchers* cattle. /emote, 511.40
medium, 55.15 to 510; do„ common, 55
LO 59.25; butchers° buns; clasice, 510.55
to 511; do., good bulls, 55,75 to 5101
do., medium hulls, 11.55 to 19; rough
S7.50 tO feeders. 59.50 to 510,251.
carmcrs and cutterS.*1;5,50 to 56.50; milk -
and nted., each, 510 le ;$'60; 45Pringeri5.
$55 to 1110; light eSVOS, $12 LO
15c, to 1Sc; lambs, choice, 515 to, 518;
do., medium, 52 I to 512.50; hogs, fedttand
watared, 511; do., v2eigliecl off cars.
Montreal, Sone 1n --Choice steers,
511,50 to 512; good. 511 to 511.25; lower
giades, SS 50 to 510.50; butchers' cows,
25 to 50c. her csvt, lower at 58 to 510•25;
SHIP OF A_ItGENTINA
IS SUNK I3Y U-BOAT.
A despatch from Paris says: The
sunk by a submarine in the Mediter-
ranean on.Wednesday, according to an
announcement made by the Ministry
of Marine Thursday night. rhe crew
was saved by a French ship.
The subinarine first shelled the ship
and then sent men on board who fixed
bombs in her hold and exploded them;
sending the ship to the bottom.
commission
tells how lw one
ard work o get some fatigue(
British stragglers out or St. Quentin
when an overwhelming force of, Ger-
mans was approaching. Finttlly
had the inspiration the' was than a ma-
jor) to proeure a toy drum and a
whi,Ale, and to this music he and a
trumpeter broright the znen mit of
town singing the "British Grenadiers."'
The other d3y. addressing the training
camp at Plattsburg, General Bell said
lie wanted every company to have its
own song. "'A Ilot Time in the Old
Town To -night' has a swing to it that
will put ginger and cold courage in
atid
e 11
iyavoritz
litire of
n" the teem.
'1
louths the eat
of the itrairle pravt
the. animal prodacts
un
inner. ',posed
reeidence
were
reage sown for this year's, crop. It the despatches that theY came 3'001
' of acreage. no interior, or Frtinl L0116011 tO 010 region where
land, farmer helped by moisture, the British mine$ were exploded along
ha00° with the estimates or the German front, the di,tuncc ranges
guess triage for 1016. The settler
0,01ne to the reseae the from 100 to 140 miles.
many miles distant from the railroad, OUR ENEMY, THE ROUSE ELY.
even from the public highway, is still
and will be for many years an element !Department of Public Health Urges
to be reckoned with fa the statistical war on common 'Foe.
life of Canada, IIe is the 211011 11110 has
last year's wheat to sell during this From time to time a good rn"n:;
year's harvest, It is his contribution l'astY bItt true f"ts ha" been given
adds 100 or 200 that about the fly. At the approach of
from a thousand isolated farms
summor timo teowilasaitsote.toldlsay toilde suiruner-we again draw your attention
to this dangerous, filthy insect, and
crop wheat. ask yoll to kill them and spare them
the hearts ef mon. Go to it. Sing Experts franiller with the entloolt not.
land fight; foi corning crop place the probable Tile fl:s a cleat rye. It
Not without reason is part of the yield at 275,000,000 b h 1 breed f 1th V' 1 I
eats filth and carries it around to soil
Ibudget devoted to 200 piana and NO LOVE FOR THE TURK,. clean objects with- The Prodmt of
. a single fly in 40 days would amount
10,000 records. Canadians and Terri- Tribal Group on Lower Tigris Accep 810 Pounds/ Provided eni:v half of
:torials marching through London on British Administration [hem lived' The'lPgicai time !to kill
their way to the front are accustomed!. * a fly is therefore early in'spring. You.
to lift their voices in musieohail olit_t,' one of tile great tribal groups of will find a few adults now in cellars,
ties -not, as a rule, those of the latest the lower Tigtis has now come com- attics, stables and other out of the
'vintage, hat 1„isYally the SOngS that pletely under British control. It is way plaee8.
-t hogs appear within the bounds of near -
have been gaining favor through sev- knotwvn as tile Allitt. Muhammad. As In warm weather the.. fl
eral seasons. That is a striking. fact an Independent entity the Albu Mu- eggs in manure or organic
about the songs the sailors sing. They hamrnad are not of ancient date, but in 6 to 8 hours its -
for the last nine generations they have larvae (maggots), whicli"gr
had a separate existencelon the Tigris and mature in 4 to 5 dal
between .Arnarah and Ezra's Tomb, larva then beconies a pupa
502,
s'aipped large (Ina:1M os
Ito he fatteaed in the Statea, have for
fli.50010 Yearo constituted an Important
element 111 the Canudtall ea We trafie,-,
4,ChicAgo ,and Minneupolis aro
frequently heavy buyers at llatott,
Stook Yards, St. Boniface, t tit
, eblof cattle Market of the western pro-
! Production, especially of hogs, has
fluctuated widely, From .func. 1015, to
June, 1916, horses decreased 6,000,
milch cows 63,000, cattle 80,000-, sheep
73,000 and Imgs 207,000. With 110,,s
arnund $17,50, there has hcon strong
induceinent to 00185 them anti 1;erhaps
greater temptation to the improvident
to- sell brood stock. High feed prices
also have discouraged that indestry.
Roughly estimated there are 8,060,-
000 cattle and 2,800,000. hogs. -in the
Dominion; Canada nas an expanse of
pasture land, will inn -unlovable water- -
courses, on such a 'groat scale as to
make 80,000,020 cattle and 28,600,000
are tenacious of the old and approved
tunes. A modern ballad of a rhythm
sufficiently taking ma3r sweep'tlie regi-
ments like machine-gun fire; but for
rYef alnisi by probability.
OW rapidly DISCOVERIES-A.:N-D--1---NVENTIONS
their headquarters being the little brown.case, and in five days more the
one "Tipperary" there are hundreds townem ,Qa1 at Sahh. adult fly emerges to carry n • a
Iof modern mushroom growths that The Shailchs showed no pertina- tive existence for several Weeks.
, perish. The song a soldier carries in (dons devotion to the Turks, with The great way to controrflies there
ins mental kit muet have a swingIng whom they had spent most o heir ore is to kill the early ones, arid
!simplicity of form and the syhpathetc lives active conflict and made sub- clean up' all places where they Can
appeal of the elemental sentiment that mission to British forces as soon as breed, e.g. out-houg's fe-ma .t- g
makes the whole world kin. they had established themselves at -vegetable and putrieving ammal tnat-
Amarah, For the last eighteen months ter, bedding of Poultry pens garbage,'
they have shown themselves reason.- manure piles, etc. If we allow ti101
ably loyal, willkig enoligh to meet to accumulate we seon have fii TI
German thoroughness should not
tante bars and produce tpusical
sounds. --
A veltiele which. he claims will serve
as an automobile, motor heat or air -
1 plane has been invented by a Detroit
Flour, wi th which bread a made
Is being obtained froni sugar boots in
France as tile result of scientists'
; overlook the fact that one of the many unusual demands for labor hn road and manure Pile in vour yard or " '
!reasons, that France is -popular is that
it is essentially a courteous•nation.
roilway,, writes the British eye -wit- neighbor's rnay.breed3roeunoauleith fli
ness with the army._ a few days to worry
Ca -AMR, Z1
5A1 HELEN Gi/Ess
71415 oklE
THE NEV.! RoLL socK5---
() GARTERS
ascenumg poles lie bas 'ollmbed
more than 8 0 0,,,,railes in the last
twelve years
A new picture molding
from sheet metal is intended to he,
nailed to a wall before the plaster is
applied, the latter helpiog support-'
the weight it carries.
For easy access the draw in a
now kitchen cabinet are mounted
one large drawer that ea), be DniledC
forward wbon• the table top of t,he
cabinot is extended.
Accordlng 16 an 'English scientist's
ti in a te t he world's tota1 annual rain,
fall amounts to 23,847.1 cubic% miles',
-of which less than one-fourth drra1 ns
hrough rivers into rho .47-C:0311.
To enable an automobile to pull ifs
soli out of a naudhole ther0 114.5.,..1.)C7211
When fastened, to a mired whoPi, is
!unsvound by it to form a.. dry pathway.
Patents have been grant od to a Con-
:cioenestiicss.tiitngwoolftialae pfa-o0;r:oa baking board -,
from which, single
moved when sollet
paper, rolling '
it
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