The Seaforth News, 1918-08-29, Page 71CANADIANS TAKE VILLAGES
TO THE NORTH-WEST OF ROVE
Germans Give ifp Towns of Beaumont -Hamel, Serie, Buequoy
and Puisieux-Alt-Mont, and Have Crossed Anere
River at Several Points.
A despatch from London says:-
The Canadians have taken the villages
of Damery and Parvillers, a short
distance north-west of Roye, The
British line aouth-east of Proyart, just,
south of the Somme, has been'advanc-
ed a short distance. There have been
no further `striking developments in
the situation on the new S�ienme 'bat-
tle front, or immediately north of it
where the Germans have been evacuat-
ing advanced posts in a manner some-
what similar to that preceding their
withdrawal last year to the Hinden-
burg line. •
The enemy seems to be in some
Force along the new front south of
the
Somme, where he has been driven by
the allied armies. His principal
force seems to be between Chaulnes
and Roye.
The Germans have given up the
towns of Beaumont -Hamel, Serre,
Bucquoy and Puisieux-au•14ont, and at
several points have crossed the Anero
River, 'with the British following
closely on their trail. The enemy
seems desirous of establishing himself
on new ground eastward, with the
Anore River a barrier between him
and his foes.
In 'the week of fighting on the Pi-
cardy front 30,244 prisoners have fall-
en into the hands of the British fourth
army and French first army, accord-
ing to the official announcement, Of
this number the British•eaptared 21,-
ive the
g
Unofficial reports 814. P
number of prisoners in allied hands
since August 8 as 84,000, and say also
that 670 captured guns 'thus far have
been counted.
ENEMY INSTALLED
IN OLD TRENCHES
Will Require Help of Artillery
to Dislodge Them.
On' the French Front, -The advance
by Gen. Humbert's army on the Mas-
sif of Thieseourt gives the
French a line which makes it practical-
ly impossible for the enemy to at-
tempt any counter-attacks with his
.forces this side of the Diivette River
below Lassigny.
The Germans have lost the advant-
age which they held before the French
began to climb up into the Massif, of
numerous shelters for men and depots
for ammunition with which it provid-
ed them/- Either they have already
found themselves obliged to move the
bulk of their force back across the
Divette or they will be forced to short-
ly. They will probably leave a screen
of machine-guns with which to oppose
any French advance and before long it
is more than likely this, too, will be
withdrawn even if they are not driv-
en out by the force of arms.
At every stag •the Germans have
put up a, violent resistance, principal-
ly with machine guns, as in all re-
cent operations, and with guns in posi-
tion behind their lines. The French
naturally have been able to make very
little use of their artillery as it takes
time to bring up guns and they have
been deluged with gas during the
whole advance.
PANIC AMONG PEOPLE
IN GERMAN TOWNS
A despatch from Geneva says: -An
official despatch received here from
Frankfort, Germany, says that that
city was attacked by twelve enemy
aviators, who dropped twenty-six
bombs, killing twelve persons and in-
juring five others.
Reports from Basel, however, as-
sert that the casualties were far
more numerous. These say that a
bomb fell in .she crowded Kaiser
etrasse, killing many persons and
stopping the street cars; that anoth-
er fell in the middle of the large sta-
tion and several in its vicinity, Alio
two more fell in the barracks and still
another near Goethe's house, which
was undamaged.
The Basel despatch says the aerial
attack has increased the panic reign-
ing in the Rhine towns.
AMERICANS AT VLADIVOSTOK
Will Immediately Join International
Force to Aid Czechs.
A despatch from Washington says:
-American troops last week disem-
barked: at Vladivostok and immediate-
ly joined the international force to aid
the Czecho-Slovak army in its cam-
paign in Siberia. The Americans
compose the 27th regular infantry re-
giment from Manila, and will be fol-
lowed by another regiment from the
Philippines and additional troops from
the United States.
A3ULGA1UAN.MONARCR IS
IN CRITICAL STATE
A despatch from Geneva says: -
The health of King Ferdinand of Bul-
garia, who is at Nauheim, suddenly
has bacome worse, according to a de -
spate): received here from Munich.
condition now is considered criti-
caI.
ALLIES 100 MILES
BELOW '' CHANCEL
Encountering Resistance --Have
Force Ready to Cut, Off
Enemy's Retreat.
A despatch from London says: -
The Allied Archangel expeditionary
force has reached Pabereshskain, 100
miles south of Archangel, on the rail-
road toward-Vologda, it is announced
here. Bolshevik forces, on retiring,
are declared to have committed every
form of atrocity upon civilian popula-
tion.
Fairly determined resistance to the
allied advance was offered by the Bol-
sheviki and the progress of the ex-
peditionary forces was delayed.
Allied forces have been landed
along the shore of Onega Bay, 100
miles south-west of Archangel, for
the purpose of intercepting Bolshevik
forces retiring from Archangel, it is
learned here.
Another allied detachment is push-
ing toward Kotlass, 260 miles south
of Archangel, on the Diving River.
South of the Vologda River Gener-
als Alexieff and Denikine apparently
are endeavoring to amalgamate their
anti-Bolsheviki forces with the army
of the Czecho-Slovaks.
GERMANS ARE CONSCRIPTING
RUSSIANS ON A SMALL SCALE
A despatch from London says: -
The Germans already are conscripting
Russians on a small scale. "Accord-
ing to stories of prisoners taken by
the Czectio-Slovaks," says the de-
spatch, "German flying columns are
impressing males from 18 to 45 years
of ago and are bringing those who
disobey the mobilization oredr before
Germanized revolutionary tribunals,
which condemn them to death, These
conscripted units have German com-
pany and platoon commanders and are
stiffened by 20 Germans or Magyars
to every 60 Russians."
ITALIANS CAPTURE
MOUNTAIN SPiJRS
A despatch from Rome says: -
Italian forces have occupied Monte
Mantello, Punta di Matteo and the
spur southeast of Cima Zigolon, north
of the Adarnello region, according to
an official statement issued by the,
War Office. They have taken 100
prisoners.
The Human Touch,
A gentleman visited a jeweller's
store to inspect certain precious
stones. Among other gems he was
shown an opal. As it lay there, it ap.
peared dull and lustreless. The jewel-
ler took it in his hand, and field it for
some moments; then he showed it
again to his visitor. It gleaned and
flashed with all the colors of the rain-
bow.
ainbow. It only needed the touch and
warmth of a human hand to bring out
its irridesencs. There' are human
lives everywhere about us that are
darkly stained with sin. Yet they only
need the touch of the hand of Jesus
to bring out the radiance of the di-
vine image hidden within. We have
to be the hand of Jesus to these mar-
red and lustreless lives: "As My
Father hath sent Me, even so send I
you."
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Markets . of the World
Breadstuffs
Toronto, Aug. 20. -Manitoba wheat
-No. 1 Northern, $2.23%• No. 2
Northern, $2.20%; No. 3 Northern,
$2,17%; No. 4 wheat, $2.10%, in store
Fort William, including 21c tax.
Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 913/se;
No. 8 C.W.86%c; extra No. 1 feed,
87%c; No. 1, feed, 84%c, in store Fort
William.
American corn -No. 3 yellow, kiln
drled, nominal; No. 4 yellow, kiln
dried nominal.
Ontario oats -No, 1 white, 85 to 86c,
nominal; No. 3 white, 84 td'85c, nom-
inal, according to freights outside.
Ontario wheat -No. 2, Winter, per
car lot, $2.22, basis in store Montreal,
Peas -No. 2, nominal, according to
freights outside.
Barley -Malting, new crop, $1.20 to
$1.22,
Buckwheat -Nominal.
Rye -No. 2, nominal.
Peas -Nominal.
Manitoba flour - War quality,
$10.95, Toronto.
Ontario flour - War quality,
$10.85, in bags, Montreal and Tor-
onto, prompt shipment.
Millfeed-Car lots,. delivered Mon-
treal freights, bags included: Bran
$36 per ton; shorts, $40 per ton.
Hay -No. 1, $17 to $18 per ton,
track Toronto; mixed, $15 to $16 per
ton track, Toronto.
Straw -Car lots, .$8 to $8.50 per
ton, track, Toronto
Country Produce -Wholesale
Butter -Creamery, solids, per Ib,,
42 to 42%c; prints, per lb,, 42% to
43c; dairy, per lb., 36 to 37e,
ggs-New laid, 41 to 42c.
Dressed poultry -Spring chickens,
88 to 40c; roosters, 22c; fowl, 25 to
30e. ducklings, 830; turkeys, 32 to 35c.
Live poultry -Roosters, 16c; fowl,
21 to 26c; ducklings, UL, 25c; turkeys,
27 to 30c; Spring chickens, 32 to 36.
Cheese -Now, large, 28% to 24c;
twins, 23% to 24r/4c• old, large, 253,5
to 2ip; twin 26 to 26%c. .,
Batcr-Fresh, dairy, choice, 40 to
42c; creamery prints fresh made, 45
to 47c; solids, 44 to 45c,
Margarine -28 to 32c.
Eggs -No. l's, 48 to 49c; in cartons,
52 to 54c.
Dressed poultry -Spring chickens,
50c; roosters, 25c; fowl, 33 to 34c;
turkeys, 40e.
Beans -Canadian, hand-picked, bus„
$7,50; imp, hand-picked, Burma or
Indian, $6.50; ,Japan, $8.00 to $8.75;
Lamas, 18 to 190.
Honey, new crop -Strained,' -60 -Ib,
tins, 22c; 10 -ib, tins, 22%c; 5 -ib. tins,
23c. . Combs-Doz.,-$3.00 .to $3.60.
Maple syrup -8%. -lb tins, 10 to a
case, $14.60; imperial gallon tins, per
tin, $2.25; imperial five -gallon cans,
per can, $15,511; 15 -gallon kegs, per
gal., $2.00; maple sugar, 1-11). box,
pure, per lb., 24 to 25c,
Provisions -Wholesale
Smoked meats -Hams, medium, 36
to 38c; do., heavy, 30 to 32c; cooked,
51 to 58c; rolls, 32 to 38c• breakfast
bacon, 41 to 45c; backs, plain, 44 to
45c' boneless, 48 to 49c.
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 30
to 81c' clear bellies, 29 to 30c,
Lard -Pure, tierces, 30 to 30%c;
tubs, 30% to 31c• pails, 303',1 to 313/.so;
prints, 33 to 33%c. Compound tierces,
26 to 26%c; tubs, 26% to 26%e; pails,
204.'; to 27c; prints, 28 to 28%c.
Montreal Markets
Montreal, Aug. 20.-0abs-Cana-
dian Western, $1.01; extra No. 1 feed,
98c Flour -New standard grade,
$10.95 to $11.05. Rolled oats -Bags,
90 lbs, $5.20 to $5.30. Bran, $37.00.
Shorts, $40. Mouillie, $67. Hay --
No. 2 per ton, car lots, $14.50 to
$15.00.
Cheese, finest easterns, 22% to 23c.
Butter, choicest creamery, 43911 to
43%c. Eggs, selected, 45 to 46c; No.
1 stock, 47 to 48c; No. 2 stock, 5 to
46c. Potatoes, per bag, car lots,
$2.10 to $2.15. Dressed hogs, abat-
toir killed $29.50. Lard, pure, wood
pails, 20 lbs net, 32 to 33c.
United States Markets
Minneapolis, Minn . , Aug. 20.-
Wheat,
0.-
Wheat, cash, No. 1 Northern, old,
$2.30. Corn, No. 3 yellow, $1.75 to
$1,80. Oats, No. 3 white, 64% to
65%c. Flax, $4.36 to $4.39. Flour
unchanged. Bran, $29.81.
Duluth, Minn , , Aug. 20.-Linseel
on track and to arrive, $4.27; Septem-
ber, $4.31 bid; October, $4.28; Nov-
ember, $4.26 bill, and December,
$4.26.
Live Stock Markets
Toronto, Aug. 20. -Choice heavy
steers, $14.00 to $16.35; butchers'
cattle, choice, $13,25 to $13.75• do.
good, $12.00 to $12.50; do. medium,
$10.75 to $11.00• do. common,. $9.00
to $10.00; butchers' bulls, choice,
811.00 to 911.25; do. medium bulls,
510.25 to $10.60; do. rough bulls,
57.50 to $8.60; butchers' cows, choice,
$10.75 to $11.00; do. good, $10.25
to $10.50; do. medium, $8.25 to $8.75;
do. common, $7.00 to ,$8.25; stockers,
$8.00 to $10.50; feeders, $10.60 to
$11.00; canners and cutters, $5.50 to
$6.50; milkers, good to choice, $90.00
to $125.00; do. con. and mod., $66.00
to $75.00; springers, $50.00 to
$126.00; light ewes, $13.00 to $15.00;
yearlings, $15.00 to $16.00; spring
lambs, 18 to 18%c; calves, good to
choice, $13.50 to $16.50; hogs, fed
and watered, $20.00 to $20.25; do.
weighted off cars, $20.25 to $20.60;
do, f.o.b., $19.25,
Montreal, Aug. 20. -Choice steers,
$11.00 to $12.00; good, $9.00 to
$10.504 cows, $8,00 to $10.00; can-
ners, $5.50; bulls $8,00 to $0.00•
lambs, $16.00 to $17.50; milk fed.
calves, $12.00 to $14.00.
FRENCH CAPTURE KIBECOUKT
ON THE ROAD TO NOYON.
Preparations for German Counter-attack 13rolcen Up by Allied
Infantry Elenient.i and Battalion Commanders Captured,
A despatch from Paris says:- -The the strategic standpoint it ranks with
town of RD:acourt, on the road lead- the taking by the French of the forest
ing to Noyon and 6r/ mtlea south- and hill positions between the Matz
west of that town, has been captured and the Oise, which has brought the
by the French. French almost to .the gates of Las -
The capture of Ribecourt by the eigny, Through Rlbecourt lies an
French marks an important epoch in open route up the Oise alley to Noyon
the oi'fensIve, which has for its im• a route by rail and the big• national
mediate purpose the freeing of the thoroughfare, not to mention the canal
region between the Somme and the which parallels the roadways for the
Oise of the enemy, As a gain from greater part of the way,
EVE -INVENTOR.
Women Inventors Are Proving Their
Ingenuity.
T
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ra d-tl a r female
t]
The feminine wl
Edison -has yet to arrive but her
birth seems not far distant, says an
linglish writer.
Rapid strides have been made in the
more technical fields of invention by
women since 1914.
The year following the outbreak of
hostilities saw 400 applications lodged
with one London patent agent alone -
all the applicants being women. The
head of this firm then expressed the
opinion that women had failed to
come to the fore as inventors hitherto,
not because of their lack of mental
ability, but merely because their tech-
nical knowledge was too scanty to al-
low them to put their ideas into prac-
tice.
Not so, however.
A perfect torrent of inventions has
followed upon more frivolous ideas of
pre-war days. Safety hooks, muff sus-
penders, patent ironers, hole -proof
hosiery, millinery adjustments, etc.,
have been superseded by weighing -
room indicators, illuminated signs for
advertisements, electrical tramway ad-
ditions, oxygen warmers, spirit in-
halers, safety razor strops, cranes, and
spring -forks for motor -cycles.
One ingenious lady recently invent-
ed a capital beer -cooler: another, a
room ventilator; but the greatest suc-
cess up to now has beau achieved by
those women who have specialized in
surgical aids and appliances.
In view of the numberless women
who work under the Red Cross, it is
not astonishing, perhaps, that ideas
should centre round this theme.
Here a Miss Gasette, American artist
and sculptor in Paris, stands supreme.
Her inventions include a wonderful
leg hammock -a system of suspen-
sion which arranges the splint above
the leg and soft rubber underneath -
the contrivance being in use in over
a thousand hospitals to -day. Many
other iugenious aids for the wounded
have emanated from this clever lady's
brain, and she is• probably the biggest
"find" among women inventors.
Then there is Miss Elinor Hale, also
a sculptor, who has a special London
centre now at work where women car-
penters copy her designs and models.
She concentrates mainly on splints
and similar apparatus for broken and
wounded limbs,
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Hard to Explain.
Field Marshal Lord Methuen, the
Governor of Malta, told an amusing
story recently of a wounded Austra-
lian in a hospital there who fell in love
with his Maltese nurse, and eventually
married her. Presently letters of con.
gratulation began to pour in upon the
bride from her husband's friends and
relatives, and most of them used the
same adjective in referring to him,
calling him a model man. Curious to
learn the exact meaning of the word,
she consulted an English dictionary,
and discovered that model was a
"small imitation of the real article,"
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FOR WAR BONDS
Bonar Law Announces That
British People Have Sub-
scribed This Amount.
A despatch from London says: -
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, the
Right Honorable Boner Law, an-
nounced that the subscriptions for na-
tional war bonds had reached the
stupendous figure of one thousand
million pounds sterling. Hitherto the
world's record was held by the great
war loan of 1917, yielding £948,469,-
000. Most remarkable is the fact
that the great result was achieved by
regular, continuous, week -by -week in-
vestment, consequently wo avoided the
dislocation of the money market and
the upheaval of credit which after a
great loan render it impossiblefor the
Government to issue another loan for
many months. It may therefore
fairly 'be stated that the success of the
national war bond issue is a unique
achievement. Undoubtedly the ex-
cellent result obtained will serve as a
stimulus to fresh endeavors. We need
£25,000,000 weekly, and rely, there-
fore, on the patriotism and sense of
duty of our people. We know now
that the financial efforts •of the coun-
try will not only be sustained, but
surpassed, and that we shall be able
to finance the war through to victory.
A MAID OF FRANCE.
One of the Heroines of the War of
Whom There Are Many.
When the work in your war garden
seems tedious and you straighten your
aching back and look longingly toward
the inviting shade of the trees or to-
ward the armchair on the awning -
covered porch; when you mutter to
yourself that it will not matter much
whether the weeds do choke the beet
patch -it may help you to finish your
task if you call to mind a story told in
My War Diary by Mrs. Mary King
Waddington.
In a village near ours, says the auth-
or, a girl of thirteen is running the
farm. At the beginning of the war
it was a thriving Lara with a man and
his wife, six sons and one daughter.
Then the blow fell, and all the men in
r
1 rause were mobilized; the father
and bis two eldest boys went off at
once --four hours after the decree of
mobilization was received in the vil-
lage. The farmer had no time to put
his house in order, but left the farm
in the hands et his wife and the two
big boys, aged fifteen and sixteen. The
man and his two eldest sons are now
dead, the two next are in .the army,
and the poor mother; a wreck physical-
ly and mentally, cries all day. The
girl and the two little boys do the
whole work of the farm. The young-
est, who is only ten years old, cannot
accomplish much, but he does man-
age to watch the cows and to carry
cans of milk or baskets of butter.
I see the girl sometimes: she is
perfectly well, never complains and
never asks for anything -except oc-
casionally for a warm petticoat, or a
hood to keep her head and neck warm
and dry when she is working in the
fields. There are hmidreds of girls
doing that work all over France.
Saving Daylight.
At present standard time in New
Zealand differs from Greenwich time
by 11% hours. This time was adopted
in 1868, before the present world-wide
system of zone time was introduced.
The Wellington Philosophical Society
is now agitating the question of mak-
ingNew Zealand time exactly 12 hours
in advance of Greenwich time, thus
conforming to the regular hour zones,
and also securing, throughout the
year, the advantages of a half-hour of„
"daylight saving,"
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SIDELIGHT ON
PIE MONS RETREAT
AN ARMY THAT MARCHgP IN ITO
SLEEP,.
Story of the Famous Retreat of the '
British and Froneh Forges From
Mons to the Marne.
An American physician, Dr, George.
W. Crile, in a recently published •boot['
throws a remarkable side light on the
famous retreat of the British and the
Frrench front Mons to the Niarue. In
nixie days and nights they marched
one hundred and eighty axile*, often
actually asleep, and every now and
then fighting desperate rear+guard ac.
I tions against overwhelming hordes of
Germane. Rarely were the halts long
enough for the men to snatch a few
moments of rest. Food and water
were scarce and irregularly supplied.
One of the most remarkable things •'
about that retreat was the sleep phen-
omena that the soldiers experienced.
It is known that animals subjected to
the most favorable conditions, kept
from exertion, supplied with plenty of
food, and in good hygienic surround-
ings, do not survive longer than from
five to eight days without sleep, In
the .retreat from Mons to the Marne
we have an extraordinary human ex-
periment, in which several hundred
thousand men obtained almost no
sleep during nine days, and, in adds
tion, made long, forced marches and
fought one of the greatest battles in
history,
How did those men survive nine
days apparently without opportunity
to sleep? They did au extraordinary
thing -they slept while they marched.
Sheer fatigue slowed down their pace
to a rate that permitted them to sleep
while walking,
The invaded testimony of the sol-
diers was that everyone at times
slept on the march. They passed
through villages asleep. 'When sleep
deepened and they began to reel they
were wakened by their comrades. No
man was safe who fell out of the
ranks, for sleep conquered him -and
asleep many were captured. That the
artillerymen slept on horseback was
proved by the fact that every man
lost his cap.
Oblivion of Sleep.
The complete exhaustion of the men
is vividly told by Dr. Gros of the
American Ambulance, who, with
others, went to the battlefield of the
Marne to collect the wounded. When
the ambulances arrived at Meaux at
midnight they found the town in ut-
ter darkness. At last they succeeded
in awakening the mayor.'
"Can you tell in what village we
shall find the wounded?" they asked.
"We were told there were many here."
"My town is full of wounded. I will
show you," the mayor replied.
They threaded their way through
dark streets to a dilapidated school
building. Not a sound! There was
the stillness of death. They rapped
louder; there was no response.
Pushing open the door, they found
the building packed with wounded-
more than five hundred. Some were
dying; everyone was in a deep sleep.
Bleeding, yet asleep; legs shattered,
yet asleep! Not a groan, not a mo-
tion, not a complaint -only sleep!
Surgical aid, the prospect of boing
taken to a good hospital, the thought'
of food and drink, of being removed
from the range of the enemy's guns,
awakened no interest. They desired
only to be left alone. They slept on
while their wounds were being
dressed.
After deep sleep for two or three
days, during which they wanted
neither food nor drink, they began to
be conscious of their surroundings;
they asked questions, they experien-
ced pain, they had discomforts and
wants -they had returned frOm the
abysmal oblivion of sleep.
THE EMPiRE'S BIGGEST BARN.
Located on a 10,000 -Acre Saskatche-
wan Farm.
'What is termed the largest barn in
the British Empire is situated not far
from Swift Current, Saskatchewan. Its
exact location is eight miles from a
town called Prussia. (This was named
before the war began). This barn
was built by a Mr. Smith in order that
he might put his cattle inside during
the severe winters of the prairie pro-
vinces.
The barn is built of lumber and ce-
ment, and contains the following ma-
terial:
876,000 square feet of lumber, 30,=
000 sacks of cement, 60,437 square feet
of corrugated iron roof.
It has 126 windows, 16 doors, and 7
ventilators, each 36 in. square (in the
roof).
The barn is 100 feet long, 128 feet
wide, and 62 feet high.
The painting of it would take 50
men one week to do it once over.
The farm on which this barn is Io-
eated contains 10,000 acres, of which
2,000 are irrigated,
Between 2,000 and 8,000 cattle can
be kept in the barn at one time. The
cost of labor and material would be in
the neighborhood of 9125,000, as all the
materials, such as lumber, iron, es-
Ment and gravel, had to be hauled bY.
waggon and horses eight miles. •r
The Flower Fair, which was hold the
last of June in London, tools iia oveai
£10,000 in six doge.
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