The Exeter Times, 1919-6-19, Page 6GERMANS TO :END FIRST LEAGUE
MEETING O CERAM CONDrflONS
Conclusions of the Peace Conference in Final Answer to Germany
Show Modifications in Minor Details—Huns Withdraw 'War
Material From Probable Line of Allied Advance.
A despatch from Paris says:—
The reply of the Allies to the Ger-
man counter -proposals will be incor-
porated in the treaty itself.
No time has been fixed for Ger-
many's entrance into the League of
Nations, but if she cooker= to the
eonditions, it is expected that she
will be represented at the first meet-
ing of the rissenably. These condi-
tions are: lst, the establa.lunerit of
a stable Government; 2nel. the sign-
ing of the Treaty of Pettee; 3rd, the
loyal execution of the Peace Treaty,
A proposed fourth condition, relative
to Germany's abolishing compulsory
anilitary service, was finally omitted,
as it was considered that the treaty
sufficiently provided for Germany's
diroxmameut.
'at a serious differences in the
Council of Four over modification of
the German treaty have yielded to
the spirit of 'compromise. The treaty
will be unmodified except in minor
-details, but the German Venipotenti-
aries in the final communication from
the powers will get certain assur-
ances designed to remove their ob-
jeetions to IN hat they termed impos-
siblo conditions.
The amount of reparation is not
fixed. but the Germans will be told
that the allied Reparations Commis-
sion. will consider representations
from the German Commission as to
the amount Germany is able to pay,
mai will fix that amount within
three or fear -months instead of two
years from the time of signing,
The Germans will be informed also
that the Army of Occupation,will be
reduced to something more than 100r
000, with a comparatively moderate
annual amount payable by Germany
for its maintenance,
A despatch from Coblenz says:—
The movement of war material by the
Germans from territory beyond the
occupied territories continues, ac-
eording to German newspapers. The
beginning of this withdrawal was
made several weeks ago when there
was a hitch in peace negotiations.
The withdrawal of troops from vari-
ous sectors opposite the allies' bridge-
heads is also reported.
Several days ago the removal of
material from the Frankfort area
began. The most of this material
is going in the direction of Cassel,
but there are no indications that it
is being unloaded there, that city
being on a line over which the allies
would advance should they be ord-
ered to move further into Germany.
Beyond the Coblenz bridgehead
much war material has been with-
drawn for a distance of more than
60 miles. In the Ruhr district the
military retirement is virtually come
plete.
Markets of the World
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Breadstuffs.
Toronto, June 17.—Man. Wheat—
No. 1 Northern, $2.24%; No. 2
Northern, sg213A; No. 3 Northern,
$2.173e; No, 4 wheat, ;2,11%, in
store Fort William.
Manitoba Oats—No, 2 CW, 78%c;
No. 3 CW, 76%c; extra No. 1 feed,
76%c; No. 1 feed, 74%-c; No. 2 feed,
69%c, in store Fort William.
Manitoba barley—No. 3 CW, 31.30;
No. 4 CW, 31.25; rejected, 31.15;
feed, 31.15, in store Fort William.
American torn—Nominal.
Ontario oats—No. 3 white, 77 to
79c, according to freights outside.
Ontario 'wheat—No. 1 winter, per
car lot, 32.14 to 32.20; No. 2 do, 32.11
to 32.19; No, 3 do, $2.07 to. 32.15,
f.o.b., shipping points, according to
freights.
Ontario wheat—No. 1 spring, $2.09
to $2.17; No, 2 do, 32.06 to 32.14; No.
3 do, 32.02 to 32.10, f.o.b. shipping
points, according to freights.
Peas—No. 2, nominaL
Barley—Malting, 31.28 to 31.32,
nominal.
Buckwheat—No. 2, nominal.
Rye—No. 2, nomem21.
Manitoba flour—Government stan-
dard, 311, Toronto.
Ontario flour—Government sten-
dead, 310.75 to 311, in jute bags, To-
ronto and Montreal, prompt ship-
ment.
Millfeed—Car lots, edelivered Mon-
treal freights, bags included. Bran,
342 per ton; shorts, 344 per ton; good
feed flour, 32.80 to $2.90 per bag.
Hay—No. 1, 332 to $35 per ton;
mixed, 320 to 324 per ton, track, To-
ronto.
Straw—Car lots, $10 to $11 per
ton, track, Toronto.
Country Produce—Wholesale.
Butter—Dairy, tubs and rolls, 38
to 40c; prints, 40 to 42c. Creamery,
fresh made, solids, 50l to 51c; prints,
51 to 511/2e.
Eggs—New laid, 40c.
Dressed poultry—Spring thickens,
60e; roosters, 25c; fowl, 32 to 35c;
ducklings, 32c; turkeys, 35 to 40e;
squabs, doz., $6.
Live poultry—Spring chickens, 50c;
roosters, 25e; fowl, 32 to 36c; duckl-
ings, lb., 35c; turkeys, 30c.
Wholesalers are selling to the re-
tail trade at the following prices:
Cheese—New. large,28 to 33%c;
twins, 33% to 34c; iplets, 32% to
33c; Stilton, 34 to 35e.
Butter—Frezh dairy, choice'47 to
48c; creamery prints, 54 to 56e.
Margarine-35 to 38c.
Eggs—New laid, 49 to 50e; new
Iaid, in -cartons, 51 to 53e.
Dressed poultry --Spring chiekens,
60 to 70c; roosters, 28 to 30e fowl,
37 to 38e; turkeys, 40 to 45e; duckl-
ings, lb., 35 to 38c; squabs, doz., 37;
geese, 28 to 300.
Potatoes—Ontario,
f.o.b., track
Toronto, car lots, 32; on track out-
side, 31.90.
Beans—Canadian, hand-pick, bus.,
34,25 to 34.50; prdrries 33 to $3.25;
Imported hand-picked; Burma or
Indian, 33; Limas, 12e,
Honey—Extracted clover: 5 lb. tin,
25 to 26c lb; 10 ib. tins, 243/s to 25c;
60 lb. tins, 24 to 25c; buckwheat, 60
lb. tins, 19 to 20c.; comb, 16 oz., 34.50
to $5, doz.; 10 oz., $3.50 to $4 dozen.
Maple products—Syrup, per imper-
ial gallon, 32,45 to 32.50; per 5 im-
perial gallons, 32.35 to 32.40; sugar,
lb., 2'7c.
Provisions—Wholesale.
Smoked meats—Hams, ined., 46 to
4'7c; do, heavy, 39 to 40c; cooked, 60
to 62e; rolls, 35 to 36c; breakfast
baton, 47 to 50c; backs, plain, 50 to
51c; boneless, 55 to 57c; clear bellies,
33 to 35e.
Cured meats—Long clear bacon,
32 to 33e; clear bellies, 31 to 32c.
Lard—Pure tierces, 35 to 354c;
tabs, 36% to 37c; pails, 36% to 37%c•,
prints, 37% to 38e. Compound
tierces, 3034 to 31c; tubs, 31 to 31%c;
pails, 313/4 to 31%c; prints, 32 to
32%e.
Montreal Markets.
Montreal, Tune 17.—Oats, extra
No..1. feed, 8934c. Flour, new stand-
ard grade, 311 to 311.10. Rolled oats,
bags 90 lbs., $4.10 to 34.25. Bran,
341 to $41.50. Shorts, 344 to 344.50.
Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, 340 to
341. Cheese, finest easterns, 2834 1.0
29c. Butter, choicest creamery, 55 to
56c. Eggs, selected, 54 to 55c; No.
1 stock, 51 to 52c; No. 2 stock, 45 to
47c. Potatoes, per bag, car lots,
31.90 to 82. Dressed hogs, abattoir
killed, $30 to 330.50. Lard, pure,
wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 37c.
Live Stock Markets.
Toronto, June 17.—Heavy steers,
313 to 313.25; choice butchers' steers,
$12,50 to 312.75; butchere' cattle,
choice, 312.25 to 312.75; do, good,
311-25 to 311.75; do, Inediura, $10.50
to 310.75; do, common, 38.75 to 39.25;
$9.50 to 39..75; do, rough, $7.50 to
37.75; butcherscows, choice, $10.50;
to 311.25; do, good, 39.75 to ;10.25;
. el
ctc, rn &uv
to 37.50; stockers, $8.75 to 311.75;1
!feeders, 312.50 to $13; tamers and
cutters. 34.25 to $5.75; milkers, good:
to choice, $90 to $150; do, corn. and'
med., 365 to 375; springers, 390 to
3160; light ewes, 310 to 312; yearl-
ings, 312 to $13; choice lambs, 318 to
$19; spring lambs, 311 to 314; calves,'
good to choice, 315 to 317; hogs, fed,
and watered, $22,50; do, weighed off
cars, $22.75; do, f.o.b., 321.50.
Montreal, June 17. --Choice steers,1
311.50 to 314; commoner quality,
39.50; butchers' cattle, 37.00 to 312;
calves, $6 to 312; choice select hogs,
321 to 321.25.
Tho "Big Four" liereafter
To Be Styled "The Big Five"
A despatch from Paris says:—
Baron Makin°, Japanese delegate, to-
day joined Premiers Lloyd George,
Clemeneeau and Orlando, and Presi-
dent Wilson and the Council, known
as the "Big Four," will hereafter be
styled the "Big Five." The decision
adding Baron Makin° to the Council
is explained by the fact that his Gov-
erxmient must be given an opportun-
ity for full concurrence, if full ad-
herence is expected.
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THE WRONG MEDICINE.
A COMMUNITY is no better than the men. and women who I: fel in it. If YOU and I do ILL our Community
SUFFERS. But it is useless to look f ar away for the remedy. The REAL REMEDY is near at hand. It is We
who are able to KILL or CURE. The WRONG MEDICINE kills—the inedi cine that bears the out-of-town label.
But the TONIC that cures is the PRACTICE of "trade -at-home." Let us all—each one of us—frora this day on
practice and preach "TRADE AT HOME."
CANADA AND SHIPPING.
Tansportation is the Vital Question of
the Moment For British Empire.
The "Daily Express," of London,
England, recently. under the heading
of "Inter -Imperial Shipping: Plea for
Building -Under State Aid and Con-
trol," contained a statement from a
"prominent Canadian business man
who just arrived in London." He
stated that in his opinion the vital
question of the moment was tonnage,
and that Canada was unable to send
to Europe all the urgent materials she
can supply for purposes of reconstruc-
tion if shipping is not available. He
added:—
"As a nationalization of shipping
would mean England's doom as a mer-
chant marine power, we must look to
some other method of control such as
subsidy or reduced taxation for ships
trading inter -imperially, but in order
to give effect to our imperial pro-
gramme something more solid than
high-sounding phrases and copy -hook
HOW THE PENSIONS DIFFER.
Those Paid by Britain Not Any Too
Generous.
Compared with the annual pensions
granted by the Overseas Dominions
and other countries to their totally
disabled married soldiers, those paid
by Great Britain cannot be said to err
on the side of generosity, says an Eng-
lish paper.
From the following table, which
gives the respective pensions at a
glance, it will be seen that the United
Kingdom comes fifth on the list,
New Zealand pays each totally dis-
abled married soldier 3780, and 3130
for each child under sixteen.
Canada—$725, and 3100 for each
child under seventeen.
Australia -3585, and $130 for the
first child and 365 for others under
sixteen.
United States—$562.50, and 3125 for
each child up to three under eighteen.
United ICingdom-3357.50 (plus 20
per cent. bonus for period from Nov -
platitudes such as 'Trade follows the ember, 1918, to June, 1919), and $87.50
flag' must be used as the real connect- for the first child to 352.50 for others
ing link. under sixteen.
Practice must follow, and, indeed,
ought to precede phrases. The Em-
pire's resources are bouttclless, and we
ought to harness them by action rather
than eloquence.
"Britain's financial burden has been
the greatest in the war, and. in order
that she shall quickly recuperate the
trade of the Empire must be develop-
ed,
"In developing our land areas in
Canada we have had to link up place
to place with railroads. That was
vital to the development of dominions
overseas. These railroads have had
to be built with Government aid and
under a certain amount of Government
guidance and control. Just as inter-
nal transport was needed and must
increase, so external transports is now
of vital and urgent moment. How this
is to be attained must and should be
the work of legislation without delay."
BRITISH HOLD OESEL ISLAND
A despatch from Paris says:—The
Council of Four has sanctioned the
occupation of Oesel Island, which
commands the entrance to the Gulf
of Riga, by British troops. The
Esthonian Government agreed on the
occupation as a guarantee for the
payment of financial aid to the
Esthonians.
Germany—$80 to 3325, which, from
January, 1919, has been increased
from 50 to 100 per cent., owing to the
higher cost of living.
Italy—$310, and 327.50 for each child
under twelve.
France—$240, and $20 for each
child. This, however, is being in-
creased,
Negro Laborers to be Interned
Until Repatriated
A dspatch from Liverpool says:—
It is announced that as a result of a
conference held between representa-
tives of the Ministry of Labor and
the Lord Mayor of Liverpool and the
chief of police of the city, it has been
decided to intern the negroes from
Africa and other countries, brought
to Europe to serve as labor battalions
in the war, pending their repatriation..
Recently there have been. race riots
in England and Wales due to the
presence of the negroes.
PARLIAMENT TO FINISH
13Y THE 1ST OF JULY
A despatch from Ottawa says:—It
is expected that Parliament will pro-
rogue -by July 1. Morning sittings
commence on Monday next and the
House will sit this Saturday.
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USE CANADIAN FISH.
Proved to Have a Higher Food Value
Than Imported Fish.
A Governmeutal analysis of the food
values of certain Canadian fish has
just been completed at Ottawa, and
the Canadian Trade Commission be-
lieves that if the results were widely
known there would be a much greater
demand for the products of our
waters rather than for the foreign
brands of fish, which have merely a
wider advertisement to recommend
them. For instance, in four classes of
the much "boosted"•Norwegian sprats
and bristlings packed as sardin.es, the
calories given are 1,314, 1,640, 1,663
and 1,174. Canadian little herrings,
our equivalent fish, also packed as sar-
dines, contained 1,832, 1,720, 1,459 and
1,795 calories, respectively.
The same revelation is made in the
case of herring—the Canadian variety
stands out for its better food value.
The best known British brand, packed
in tomato sauce, contains only 775
calories, as compared with four lead-
ing Canadian varieties of 890, 1,061,
1,081 and 1,024 calories.
The "calorie," it may be mentioned,
is the recognized measure of nutri-
ment in foods, just as the pound is for
wheat and the yard for length. The
higher the calorie for the same price,
the better the value of the food.
The Trade Commission is omitting
no occasion to point out the advautage
of consuming Canadian produced food
within the Dominion, both for its ex-
cellence and for its undoubted cheap-
ness compared with imported classes.
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The widow was fair, though faded,
and the mother of a charming (laugh-
ter.
"Do you know," she told the young
man, "my dear girl is greatly impress-
ed with you?"
"Really!" exclaimed the ardent,
middle-aged swain, who loved the
daughter much. "Then you think
there is a chance for me?"
"Oh, yes," murmured the widow
coyly. "Only the other day she said
to me: 'Now, that is just the sort of
man I'd like for a stepfather.' She'll
be so pleased, dear. Kiss me, George,
and then we'll go and tell her!"
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Milk, cheese and eggs are among
the most wholesome forms of pro-
tein.
'GARY STRIKE
ENDS IN FAILURE
Postal Situation Practically the
• Only Unsettled Element.
A despatch from Calgary says:—
With the postal situation practically
the only unsettled element of the
sympathetic strike in Calgary, the
strike here is regarded •as a failure.
Express business in Calgary is now
going forward as usual, the Domin-
ion Express workers being all on the
job with the exception If half a
dozen. The Canadian Northern Ex-
press workers voted to return to
work, were on the job as usual
on Thursday morning.
Press telegraphers have returned,
freight is being handled with dispatch
under normal conditions, and the pos-
tal employes, who were served with
notice of dismissal by the Govern-
ment for going on a sympathetic
strike, are now making a strong ef-
fort to get their positions back.
The postal strikers have set forth
the terms on which they were will-
ing to return to work, and it is said
they represent a big backdown from
their first position.
FINANCES OF MUSICIANS.
Many Great Cornposers Have Fallen
Into Poverty Through Carelessness.
These thrift campaigns of recent
months urging all citizens to save
money, to exercise care M all pur-
chases and to invest in only such un-
doubted securities as government
bonds, have been productive at good
results. But they came a few genera-
tions too late to help some of the
great musicians. Poor judgment in
business matters and lack of manage-
ment in personal finances seems to
have been the undoing of many of the
composers and musicians. True, Han-
del accumulated and conserved a con-
siderable fortune. Others have lived
and died iu comfortable circumstances.
Yet many have spent years in poverty.
Several died poor or dependent upou
their friends.
Mozart had what in his day was
considered a good income. But he
knew little or nothing of economical
management and latterly fell deeper
and deeper into debt. His wife and
two sons, at his death, were left to
struggle in want. Beethoven began
life in humble circumstances. The un-
certainty of ,his income blocked his
Marriage on more than one occasion.
Later he was given an annuity by
some•nobletuan. Owing to the strug-
gle between France and Austria this
annuity shrank very materially, which
together with subsequent prolonged
lawsuits played havoc with his
fmances.
Schubert's meagre effects at his
death have been estimated worth fif-
tgen dollars. He usually lived in mis-
erable quarters. While his continued
poverty was partially due to lack of
definite employment, it was more on
account of a want of business tact and
imprudence. Paganini was an inveter-
ate gambler. After making consider-
able money he suffered a big loss in a
disastrous speculation in Paris.
Prince of Wales' Visit
May Be Put Off a Year
A despatch from Ottawa says:—
According to a report current in the
capital the visit of H.R.H. Prince of
Wales to Canada may be postponed
until next year. No reason is given
for the postponement, but it is be-
lieved that it has been found that his
presence in England is required this
year.
Rounding Up the Aliens
In the Manitoba Capital
A despatch. from Winnipeg says:—
Special police officers arrested Carl
Boisse, a Russian Pole, who is be-
lieved to have been one of the alien
ringleaders responsible for the riot-
ing which took place on Main Street
last week. Tveo well-known aliens
were also arrested at the Swift Can-
adian plant. They are charged with
attempted intimidation.
Trade opportunities offered the
overseas Dominions are varied and
alluring, and the Canadian Trade
Conannission insists again and again
that a far larger share of the Do-
minion's financial burden could be
borne by manufacturers if they would
group themselves to secure this trade.
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LONG ii1STORY
OF ECLIPSES
RUNS INTO CHALDEAN TIMES
AND IS TOLD IN TAULETS.
Interesting Legends and Tales of ,
Eclipses—Objects of Curiosity
For Thousands of Years.
Prom the time of the early astrono-
mers ou the lonely plains Of Chaldea
to Professor David Peck Todd in his
seaplane 14,000 feet above the waters
of the South Atlantle runs the stole*
of man's observation of eclipses. It
is a long, long tale, supplying the
thread, knotted and pierced in many
places, upou which is strung tae frag-
mental history of civilization.
Tho first eclipse of a heavenly body
of which there is any writteu rocgra
is an eclipse of the moon. mentioned
on. tablets dug up in chalaoa au:l as-
sembled for the Britith Museent
the late George Smith. These tel,Oes
give the story of a rebellion of the
Seven Evil Spirits against the Moon
god, which the Chaldeans called Sin.
Sin, with Shamash (the sen) and
Ishtar (Venus), had been commanded
by Marduk (Jupiter) to stick arenoci
and look after the lesser gods. They
stood by each other nobly, making ad•
mirable allies in time of peace, but
when Sin was attacked by the Seven
Evil Spirits, fernier rules of the un-
derworld of waters, both Shamash
and Ishtar discovered that they had
conscientious objections to war, Ac-
cordingly Shamash, with the hasty
explanation that his light must falI
on all alike, decamped to a safe place
in the heavens which he still occupies
while Ishtar, on the pretext that rho
must look after all lovers, removed
herself to a. less perilous position, and
Sin was left to fight the Seven pe.
mons ale -e. It was theu the all see-
ing Marduk despatched Nebo (Mer-
cury) to Ae, god of the sea, who at
once sent his son to Sin's aid. with
these words:—"Go, iny son, Mirra-
Dugga! The light of the sky, my son,
even the Moon god, is grievously
darkened in heaven, and an. eclipse
from heaven is vanishing."
The Longest on Record.
Perhaps the longest eclipse on re-
cord is told of in the Book of Exodus
when the Lord told Moses to stretch
out his hand toward heaven "that
there may be darkness over the land
of Egypt, even darkness which may
be, felt. And Moses stretched forth
his hand toward heaven and there was
a thick darkness in all the land of
Egypt three days. They saw not one
another * * for three days."
This strange, prolonged darkness is
referred to several times in the Bible.
It took place in 1401 B.C.
Herodotus tells of an eclipse which
happened twenty-four hundred years
ago and badly frightened the Persian
army, which, having finished its win-
ter at Sardis, was about to leave for
Abydos. Just after the command to
march had been given "the sun," says
Herodotus, "which before gave his
full light in the bright, unclouded at-
mosphere, withdrew his beams and the
darkest night succeeded. This hap-
pened at nine minutes past six on the
morning of April 19, B.C. 481,
Through all those cerelse of ancient
times and on down to the present men
have been studying the sun through
its eclipses, fOr the sun is the only ob-
ject in the cosmos that can be looked
at only when it is out of sight. It is
during an eclipse that the corona of
the sun, with its fiery streamers 60,-
000 miles long, may be seen. To study;
these eclipses' from the best possible
vantage points men in every age have
endured untold hardships, risking
their lives many times over. Profes-
sor Todd in his airship above the
clouds epitomizes the progress man
has made in his knowledge•of the sun.
Photographing Eclipses.
Photographing an eclipse is an ac-
complishment of the last quarter or
the last century. Before that time
scientists and other observers could
only sketch what they saw. "Be pre-
pared with pencil and paper to make
a sketch. Have a circle drawn on tie,
paper to represent the sun," wrote
Brigadier General Albert J. Myer, in
his instructions to the late Profeasor
Cleveland Abbe, who was to head the
Signal Service expedition to Pike's
Peak to observe the eclipse of July
29, 1878.
Clouds, however, have heretofore
Proved the greatest hindrance to ob-
servers of eclipses. Expeditions have
gone half way around the earth to 00 -
serve an eclipse only to lind it hidden
by clouds when it is due to appeal'.
To get around this difficulty, or rather
above it, Professor Todd last March
suggested building an observatory on
the summit of Mount Chimborazo.
Lacking a permanent obzervatery, he
conceived the idea a having a tem-
porary one in, an airship which could
surmount the clouds.
Ready as astronomers and their as-
sistants are to observe an eclipse as
dehumanized scientists, when it
comes it is an awesome sight.
"There is a hard road ahead of us,
a hard, steep road, and in it we must
aa- a nation travel, although our feet
are heavy and our eyes are dim.
Young woraaa (to libraalan)—I'm
sorry to trouble pu, but I've forgot-
ten the name of the book I want.. If
you'll just mention what books you
have Pll stop you when you corm)
to it.