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The Exeter Times, 1919-4-3, Page 2off cars, $19,25 to $x9.50; do, f.o.b., 111 r t tY�� flrd country pint, $18. Montreal, April 1• -Choice steers, M $14,50 per 100 pound's; other grades, 13readstuf[sT1$9. Butchers' cattle, $C7. to 311,50. Toronto, April 1,.=N. of 1. North- ging lambs/ $15 and $10 apiece. ern, $2.24Na, 2 Northern, Sheep, $12 to. $13,. Calves, choice, $2.214; No. 3 Northern, $2.174; No: milk -fed, 312 to $15; poorer quality, $2,21 4 wheat, $2.1.1'x, in store Fort Wil- as law as $6, Hogs, 31`$.50 per 100 pounds, liaise -a.-- Manitoba Manitoba oats -No, 2 C.W,, 71%c; NEW AIRSHIP WILL FLOAT No. 3 C,W,, 67%c; extra No. 1, feed, 67x%; No; 1 feed, 65%e; No. 2 feed, _ 11%as. One of elle Surprises Being62%c, in store Fort William, Manitoba barley -No, 3 C.W., Prepared for the Germans, 9940; No. 4 C.W„ 040; rejected 90c; feed 890 in stars Fort Wiliam, An airship with engines and cabins Arneriean corn -No. 3 yellow, inclosed in' aa outer envelope so that $1,73; No, 4 yellow, $1.70; track the craft can float on the sea, may be Toronto, prompt shipment, a competitor for the Atlantic flight, Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 64 to The Admiralty was engaged in build - 69c; No. 3 whte, 65 to 67e, accord- ing two such .vessels before the war ing to freights outside.ended and it was expected that they Ontario wheat -No, 1 winter,, per; , car lot, $2.14 to $2,22; No, 2, do., would be superior to Zeppelins for $2.11 to $2.19; No. 3 do, $2.07 to scouting for fleets, $2.15 f,o.b,, shipping points, accord-, The feature of this craft, which ing to freights. i was one of the several surprises be- • The 6th Canadian Engineers Czmpany Cycle, Squad, -which carried the "cease fire", message into Mons on Armistice Day. They were led by Sergeant Gordon McMillan, of Toronto, the well-known cyole-racing champion. McMillan is time rider on the right end:. Ontario wheat -No. 1 spri,ig, $2.09 inn' :prepared for the Germans, is the to $2.17, No 2, tio, $2 0€' to $014 use of a non -i aflammable • gas The No. 3, do, $2.0`2 to $2,10 f,o.b., ship- late Professor Ramsay was the die- o s THE ping points according to freights. q coverer of the gas, which permits of AUE PEACE I Peas -No. 2, $1,80, according to freights outside. the construction of engines so that BarleyMalting, 93 to 98c, nomin- they can •be placed on an airship which can float in the water if dis Buc'icwlheat--N'o, 2, 90c, nominal. stied. Shots through the envelope, al. Rye -No. 2, $1.59 to $1.62, nomin- it is said, will only damage the gas al. compartment struck. The airship is Manitoba flour -Government stars- not expected to be ready for trial deed, $10.7$ to $11.00, Toronto. before June. Ontario flour -Government stan- dard, $9.55 to $9.75 in bags, Toronto and Msntreal, prompt shipment in CANALS COST $104,073,439 jute bags. SINCE CONFEDERATION Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mon- - tre'al freights, bags included. Bran, Ades etch from Ottawa says:- $40.25 per ton; shorts, 342.25 per p y :- ton; good feed flour, 33.25 to $3.50 A return tabled in the Commons gives per bag. the total expense on the canals of the Hay -No. 1, 320 to $21 per ton; Dominion since Confederation at mixed, 318 to 319 per ton, track, 3104,073,f.$9. The revenue during Toronto. the period amounted to $17,080,139. Straw -Car lots, 310 per ton.The W5Iland canal has been the greatest revenue producer. The Country Produce -Wholesale. earnings credited 'to it being 35,212,- Butter-Dairy, 55,212;Butter-Dairy, tubs and rolls, 36 308, while the Lachine canal holds to 38e; prints, 40 to 41e. Creamery, second place with a total revenue fresh made solids, 50 to 51e; prints, since Confederation of $2,345,4055. In 55 to 57c. recentears no revenue has been col - Eggs -New laid, 37 to 38c. Dressed poultry -Chickens, 26 to leetsd from canals because of the 340; roosters, 25e; fowl, 28 to 33e; abolition of the toils. ducklings, 32e; turkeys, 45c; squabs, - - - - r+- doz., 35.00; geese, 25c. PEOPLE OF CANADA GIVE Live poultry Roosters, 22c; fowl, 28 to 33c; ducklings, lb., 35c; tur- $6,842.80 TO PRINCESS keys 30e; chickens 27c• geese, 18e. -- Cheese New, large, 28 to 284e; A despatch from Montreal says: - twins,+ 284 to 29c; triplets, 29 to Lady Fitzpatrick has been 'advised 294c; Stilton, 293 to 30c; old, large, that the amount collected in Canada 294 to 30c; twins, 30 to 304.c. for a wedding present to Her Royal Potatoes-Ontarios, f.o.b. track Highness Princess Patricia was 36, - Toronto, car lots, $1.10 to 31.15. 842.80. Of this the contributions in Beans -Canadian, hand -pinked, bushel, 33.25 to 33.75; primes, 32.50 the Province of Quebec amounted to to 33; imported hand-picked, Burma 32,549.88. Lady Borden cabled the or Indian, $3.25; Limas, 14c. Princess that this wedding gift from Honey -Extracted clover, 5 lb. tins the people of Canada would be in - 25 to 26e lb. 10 lb.. tins, 24% to 250; vested in Victory Loan Bonds, which 60 ib. tins, 24 to 25c; buckwheat, 60 will be forwarded to her in the near fitture enclosed in a silver box. BRITISH UNREST SATISFACTORILY ENDED lb. tins, 19 to 20e. Comb: 16 oz., 34.50 to $5, doz.; 12 oz., 33.50 to $4. Maple products-Syrup,per gal., $1.85 to 32.50; sugar, lb., 27 to 28e. Provisions - Wholesale. Smoked meats -Hams, medium, A despatch from London says:- 36 ays:36 to 38c; do, heavy, 30 to 32c; cook- The delegates to the conference of ed, 49 to 51c;. rolls, 31 to 320; break- the National Union of Railwaymen fast bacon, 41 to 45c; backs, plain, ' decided to accept the offer of the 44 to 45e; boneless, 50 to 52e. Government for the settlement of Cured meats -Long clear bacon,. 28 to 29c; clear bellies, 27 to 28c, their demands. Lard -Pure, tierces, 28 to 284c; J. H. Thomas, general secretary of tubs, 283 to 29c; pails, 283. to 29%; the union, said that the settlement prints, 29 to 30e. Compound, • was made subject to satisfaction be - tierces, 254 to 25%c; tubs, 25% to , ing obtained on some points yet out - 26%c; pails, 26 to 264c; prints 27 I standing. The strike resolution -vas to 27%c. rescinded by the conference. Montreal Markets, 300 ALIENS DECLINED Montreal, April 1. -Oats, extra OFFER . OF LOYALTY CARDS No. 1 feed, 81e; flour, new standard grade, $11.10 to 311.20; rolled oats, Ades - bag, 90 lbs., 33.90 to $4; bran, $40.25; pate from Winnipeg says: - shorts, $42.25; Mouillie, $64; hay No. Since the Alien Enemy Investigation 2, per ton, car lots, $24. Cheese, Board started proceedings in Janu- finest Easterns, 24 to 25c; butter, ary, 1,200 aliens have been granted choicest creamery, 59 to 61c; eggs, loyalty cards and 300 refused them. selected, 36c; No. 1 stock, 35c; po- J. Mansfield, secretary, reports. Ths sedtatoa hogs, baabattoir car to killts, ed, 1.60 $27 00; : dres- 300 have been 'classed as "undesir- lard, pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, able citizens." Government employ- 29 to 314c. ment agencies have been instructed Live Stock Markets- Toronto, April 1. -Choice; heavy export steers, 314 to $15.50; do, good, 313 to $13.50; choice butcher steers, 313.25 to 313.50; butcher's cattle, choice, $13.25 to 313.75; do, good, $12.25 to 312.50; do, common, $10.25 to 310.75; bulls, choice, $10.75 to $11.75; do, medium bulls, 39 to 39.25; do, rough bulls, $7.75 to $8.25; 'butchers' cows, choice, $11 to 312; do, good $10 to 310.75; do, medium, 39 to 39.25; do, common, $7.50 to 38; stockers, $8.75 to $11.50; feeders, $11 to 312.50; canners and cutters, $5.25 to $7; milkees, good to ch'oice, $90 to $150; do, corn. and med., $65 to $75; springers, 390 to $150; light ewes, $12 to $18; yearlings, $12 to $14; spring lambs, $15 to 319; calves, good to choice, 314 to $17; hogs, fed and watered, 319 to 319,25; do, to prevent them from securing jobs, Mr. 1VIansfield said. SOME HINTS AT TIIE WONDERS OF THE NEAR FUTURE Senator Marconi, the famous In- ventor, Describes Its Possibilities in These Days of Reconstruction So far as wireless is concerted,' the period of reconstruction is go- ing to reap an immense benefit from the devastating war now mercifully at an •end. Not only can we send messagea more clearly, more accur- ately; not only have we gained :splen- did experience in the art of wireless communication by airship and 'plane, as a result of the war, but by auto- matic apparatus we can now des- patch some three hundred words a minute, where prior to hostilities the • most that could be sent was half that number. That the peace of the world will be furthered by wireless I have no doubt whatever; improved methods of communication always make fon the advance of civilization. There can be little doubt, for -instance, that it has been the transatlantic cables which for years have played the lead- ing part in cementing the friendship between the people in Britain and the people in the United States. Simpler Apparatus. Among the mprovements in wire- less, which, during reconstruction, we hope to see playing a mighty part, is that of receiving messages without the high mastis at one. time indispensable; but the statement re- cently published in the Press that never system of .land; litre, while in hot climates altso violent, storms :some- times devastate whole stretches of line -additional obstacles which in the days of reconstruction wireless may safely be trusted to .surmount. In the days -to -be an, interesting de- velopment of wireless will be notice- able in transmissions sent from the vessels of the great trade routes of the world to the pilots :af the various airservices and vice versa. For ins stance, the 'planes of the future will be able to warn ocean-going vessels of on -conning storms, and so afford them ample time to save their awn- ings, for instance; which might other- wise be readily destroyed; or to close their hatches, which, during lengthy voyages, are sometimes opened in order to let fresh -air into the holds. A/Life-Saver. The suddenness of tropical storms being proverbial, it seems to me wireless will have here a distinct op- portunity of rn'anifesting its ever- increasing powersl. On the other hand, the liner will be equally cap- able 'of befriending the fog -wrapped 'plane by letting it know the weather conditions at definite hours, so that the airmen would know at what alti- tude • to fly in order to be least af- fected by the predicted climatic con- ditioInns. conclusion, it need only be said that the verbal message sent by wire- less telephony early in the war from America to France heralded a new era in that phase of the science. The days of reconstruction affording in- finitely better opportunity than was possible ,in war time, here, too, many new developments may be looked for, each and all of them calculated, by linking up the ocean -severed contin- ents •of the world, to establish, as it has been, the sacred doctrine FERESTORED IN HUNGARY How Germany Will Defray The Cost of Food Supplies A despatch from Copenhagen says: -In order to defray the cost of food supplies, the German Minister of Finance is about to issue a decree requiring delivery to the State of all foreign securities -with a fixed rate of interest, except Russian and loans to Germany's former allies, accord- ing to advices from Berlin. ' They will be purchased at their Iiiarket value at the end of 1918. Many a man's failure in small things is due to his being troubled with great ambitions. t#/HA'V 00 `YOU, MEAN e arr.-i•1hlL, THERE'•READINa, • DIDN'T i TELL Y00 TO 4 40 TO THE 'oTORE•' , AN HOUR A a 1KNOW - h1A4415 • e,uT Bloodless Revolution. Complete According to Wirelea From Budapest. A despatch from London says:-. A Hungarian wireless communica- tion, dealing with the situation in Hungary, was received here on Thursday. It is addressed "to all." The message says that complete peace and order reign in Budapest and throughout'the country, and that the revolution was carried out en- tii•ely without bloodshed. Neither in Budapest nor the provinces was a single person wounded, let alone be- ing killed. The food. supply of th.e capital and the country is declared to be ade- quate. Provision shops and • markets are open, and the population can ob- tain adequate supplies of food. Se- curity for life and property has been guaranteed by Government decree and the proclamation of martial law'.. It is added that enactments have been made giving illegitimate chil- dren equal rights with those of legi- timate birth and making marriage .a simple civil ceremony. Also decrees have been issued regulating the cir- culation of money at banks, allowing holders of current accounts up to 2,000 kronen to retain control of their money. „Directors of banks are to retain their posts and fees, but only toe maximum of 3,a0) kronen monthly. The banking besines5 is proceeding in an orderly mariner. The comhaunicatioi acids that Gov- ernment decrees give complete guar- antees of security of life and proper- ty to all foreign subjects in Hungary. It declares untrue the report that Count Michael Karolyi has been suc- ceeded as Provisional President. the method of receiving messages inof the Brotherhood of Man. the ground, or even of sending them through the ground is entirely new, is utterly'faliarious. The method is twenty years old if it is a clay, and in the Tripoli campaign of 1911 was actually put into practice. During the war, wireless never had much of a chance from the purely commercial standpoint, it is the per- iod of reconstruction which is to wit- ness this particular phare of its de- velopment. The wireless stations un- til recently in the hands of the Gov- ernment will presntly be in the hands of -private companies. War inventions will have the effect of appreciably reducing the cost of the iserv,ice, while owing to another recent in- vention, the great aerial routes it is proposed presently to inaugurate will not be handicapped as would have' been- the case in earlier days by the dense fogs. What the lighthouse is to the stean-„hip, the land wireless stat`on has now become to the 'plane, with. this exception -that the wireless eta - tion is distinctly more reliable. The lighthouse flash was surely consid- erably dimmed during fogs, the sound of • the foghorn also appreciably deadened by fog; whereas, on wire- less, fog has no effect whatever. Few Obstacles. In the days that lie ahead, wireless will play a greater part than ever in getting in touch with remote and little -explored territories. World re- construction in the general means of communication is inevitable. One difficulty which wireless will dispose of is the immense sums of money until recently laid out in the con- struction of telegraph systems, es- pecially when these lay through vast swamps or mighty forests. In trop- ical climates excessive plant growths often cause tremendous havoc to a Unique Photograph of a Torpedoed Ship This photo taken liy a British air- inan, who was hunting German sub- marines, 'shows the S. S. Andex on fire .and sinking after she had been torpedoed by the Huns. :rL i k i7' 01-X ' Cs sIj ' aa„ dal l B1igtop TO TOE L C FOt1I ENTRIES MADE FOR TRANS -OCEAN TRIP UnfavorahleWeather May Delay Crossing -Australian Will Make Attempt he Falvey • Biplane, Great 'Britain's biggest airship, the R-34, which in the • near future will attempt a trans-Atlantic flight; had its first severe test roeently when it set forth from the Clyde for' a circuit of theIrish coast,• says a Lon- don despatch. The airship returned to her base after remaining aloft nearly twenty hours,' encountering the -severest weather. While the first of the three trials which are expected to precede the trap;; -Atlantic attempt is regarded in expert quarters here as highly successful, there is nevertheless dis- appointment that the airship was un- able to complete the 24-hour test planned. High ; wiinds and extreme, •colcl prev'aiied • for two days- .in the waters around the British Isles, and' the big airship • was heavily buffeted by the gales and siiowstorrms, and the cold was so intense the water in -the ballast tanks froze. She was forced to ascend. to a.high altitude to free herself from, the blizzardly condi- tione•. • Weather Uefe oiable for Trip. Opinion is expressed here among air experts that the unusually severe weather conditions may postpone any attempts at a trans-Atlantic flight until better weather is mare certain. The extreme cold and the heavy hailstorms severely taxed the strength of those airmen who have participated in the recent cruises around the Danish coast, and last night's flight over the Irish coast. The British airship.., it is declared, have behaved splendidly under the moat trying conditions, and there is every belief that the R-34 and sister ships will be able to surpass the Zep- pelin achievement of 100 hours in flight. The fourth entry in the trans- Atlantic flight has registered with the Royal Aero Club. He is Sidney Pickles, an Australian, who will make the attempt in a F'airey biplane with a .Rolls-Royce engine of 360 horse- power, claimed to have a top speed of 130 miles an hour. He plans to start from Newfoundland. • Asparagus and Onion Culture. That luscious vegetable, asparagus, available only in the spring and early summer months, might readily be grown much more extensively than it is. If properly prepared, that is, well drained, a bed may remain for twelve or fifteen years and will im- prove during most of this period if properly looked after. One has to wait a couple of years for a crop after the bed is set out, but the re- lief -from planting, which is neces- sary with mast crops, during suc- ceeding years more than offsets this disadvantage. Asparagus culture is dealt with in a practical way in Pamphlet No. 24 of the Central Ex- perimental Farrn, which is available at the Publications Branch of the Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. In this pamphlet celery culture is also taken up. The soil, growing the plants, planting, cultivation, blanch- ing and storing are dealt with. That appetizing vegetable, the en - ion, also occupies a place in this pamphlet which points out that the seed should be sown about one-half an inch deep in rows from twelve to fourteen inches apart at the rate of from four to six pounds of 'seed per acre. The Large Red Wethersfield, Yellow Globe Danvers, and South- port Yellow Globe are recommended as suitable for the warmer sections of Canada. Early White Barletta' and White Queen are suitable sorts for pickling, while in the Prairie Provinces Extra Early Red or Early Flat Red give best results. Alien Labor Leaders. A striking feature of the extreme revolutionary movement which is at the back of the uglier aspects of the present labor troubles is that is is largely led' by men : of alien origin One of the most notorious of the Clyde firebrands is. by extraction a Polish Jew. In South Wales a Rus- sian Jew, ,who swells his audiences by excellent violin performances, is the fountain of propaganda of the most extreme form, and in Belfast an American Jew is the motive power of the inachinery of disaffection. A zoo Tortoise Dead. The Ldnd'on Zoo has suffered a heavy loss by thedeath of Georgina Lord Rothschild's well known giant tortoi$e, that was born on Indefatigable Island, Galapagos, about 250 years ago. Children used to have rides on Georgina's back. Georgina was the first tortoise that learnt to carry people, and it took several months before the animal was trained to the work. ANTISEPTICS IN WEST INDIrES Allies Found Them Superior to Those Made by Germans. Before the war nearly all antisep- tics were made by German chemical firms. Scientists in the -allied coun- tries, however, began experimenting and investigating, and soon produced many antiseptics that were superior to the old types. Early in their investigations they found that the old slave drivers of the West Indies knew even more about antiseptics than did the mod- ern German chemists. Slaves caught trying to escape were severly thrash- ed, to discourage such attempts on the part of the others. But it was not to the owner's benefit to be long deprived of the services of such er- rant slaves, -and to promote rapid recovery the slave drivers used to wash the wounds with a mixture of sea water and lemon juice. Scientists studied the effect of a mixture of common salt and lemon juice on the blood, and found that, whereas ordi- nary antiseptics tended to destroy not only the germs but. also the tis- sues of the body and actually retard the healing of the wound, the old slave drivers' remedy rromoted the flow of the healing fluids from all parts of the body to the injured part. UNTOUCHED RICHES OF THE URALS THIS REGION IS A STOREUOUSE OF INCALCULABLE WEALTH Ekaterinburg Is 'Site of Greatest In- dustry in the World for Bevel- opment of Precious Gems, A feature of the development of R'wauia's natural resources (when Brtti'sh enterprise gets starteel in that country) will be the opening up of the wealth of the Uralsous: - ' 'I`h,at region is a storehe of calculable riches as yet almost un- toache.cl. Its mines of various metals, offer a most tempting promise-p'iati nuni, for 'instance, be,•ng found no where else in real quantity. As a producer of the. tie -calked "semiprecious" stones, the region of the Urals is unappro:ached and, where gem atones are concerned, it will in future -days yield a wonderful con- tribution to the world's supply. Consider, for example, the green garnets of the Urals, which are mined an the neighborhood of Syesersk. You and I .have never seen any, et all events, to recognize them • far what they are. Yet the finest small ones are worth more than emeralds of squcil size, foe they are very b ll- liant, with/ a play of calor like that of a diamond. For the jewelry trade, frogs, fishes, grasshoppers, and katy- dids are made of them for brooches and pins, that is to say. • We think of topaz as a yellow stone, but the mines of the Urals yield it in white, blue and green. They produce most beautiful agate and rock crystal in masses excep- tionally large and clear; but these latter, of course, are merely "semi- precious" and not gem material. Founded by Catherine II. That remarkably unmoral, ruthless and intellectually superior monarch Catherine II. was first to ecognize the value of the resources of the I Urals for the production of gems and ' semi-precious stones. ,She founded the great works at Ekaterinburg (named after her), which, though their operation i,s-, now presumabl suspendod, have made most mmp oT p ant contributions to the lapidary art in Europe. Ekaterinburg was chosen for the site of the original factory (since vastly expanded) hecause it offered unlimited .water power. The work within recent years has been conduc- ted on such a scale that huge masses 1 of jasper or other semi-ipresiou•s stones (fetched sometimes hundreds of miles 'en sledges in vrinter) could be sawed, shaped, polished and otherwise manipulated as marble or granite is treated in our own coun- try. The work (in respect of physical magnitude) has extended all the way down from palace columns and monu- ments to the cutting of tiny gems. It has been developed far beyond any similar industry anywhere else in the world. Scattered all over Eur- ope, in royal dwellings and else- where, the pradncts of Ekaterinburg may be found ---representing gifts from the recent and other Czars of Russia, by whom they were used for the ctcltivation of international good will. Czar Alexander I. was so inter- ested in the business that he took a: tern at the trade yin Ekaterinburg, ,and became (so it is said) a fairly expert lapidary. Within recent years all the big -job designs used at the factory hive been made at Peterhof (near Petrograd), being furnished in the shape of wax models, Marlirellous Works of Art. The output has .assumed forms whch may be classified as• follows: First -,Cut gens. Second -Caskets, seals and charms. Also cameos engraved: with busts of the reigning Czar, other ,important personages, animals, etc. Third -Vases, dishes and paper- weights of-"t'apas lazuli, jasper, etc. Where objects were large, mantel, pieces for 'example, the netivad, rias been to make the body of ,slatd.id cover it with a veneer of lapi:5 anuli or other semi precious stone. Fourth -Fruits and flowers im,ita: ted in semi-precious stcnes and c:en- tained in vases and dishes of jasper. Never in the world before .were such clever counterfeits made, Grapes o purple ,amethyst .or black onyx, rasp- berries of rhodonite, mulberries of yellow ,cliallceclony and green leaves of the "moble serpsn icte," Whit currants or rock cryo al cut Nolle w, with the insides engraved to repre- sent seeds. In a word, there never has been such art work iii this line as that .' produced at Elcatrin:burg. And this without really up-to-date toms, for the Russian artisan in the line d e - gibed has' been rather{ primitive ism a»ethods, It was in its way a iparvel to °.e frim turn otmt,with no bettor: linear - meat that a tiny .evolving dick of soft iron charged with diamond ci:16t, a reduced and perfect copy in rod: eryctal of the delicate shell of an argonaut. What is happening now at Mestere inburg nobody e dy knows, Very likely the busii es5 is "busted up," But evhe- thea this be true. or not, the basis of the industry romaine, and before long be reeonstructai and ex - Asparagus to the advantage of the world'sit welfarecan, 15,000 Canadians CIeared From Kimmel Camp in 26 Days • A despatch from London says: - Upwards of 100,000 Canadian sol- diers have left the British Isles for home since the armistice. The 3rd Division is entirely cleared, and the, major portion of the lst Division is now here. Only 56,000 Canadians remain in France. Sines March 1, 15,000 Canadians have been cleared from Kinmel Camp. 8 DON'T TALK BACK - GO DO , 5 •`•YQU ARE 'TOLD', I (,GUESS THE ON4Y WAY TO FIND OUT 15 TO PHONE HER• Gr M. 4411;- WOULD `You MIND YELLIN' ME WHAT `eTORE, TO GO 'CO AND 1 V/HA"i' `YOU t 'en t-. V IAlek l P ! ' ' of lit r a ��r