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The Seaforth News, 1918-10-31, Page 2KING. ALBERT ENTERS, OSTEND AT HEMI OF CONQUERING BELGIANS yice,Admiral Keyes Had Previously Landed and Found Port Cleared of the Enemy--ldruges Entered by Advance Guards. ,', A despatch Brom LondonKing Altana of Belgium and Queen Eliza. 'beta an Thursday afternoon entered ()Sterid, ono of the principal German otibncarino bases on the Belgian coast. ' archer in the day a lacga squadron of 'the Royal Air Force, followed by Admiral Keyes, of the British navy, landed in the port. and Froneh cavalry sweeping up to. The British Admiralty atatement ward the coast at last reports were reads: '' rapidly .nearing the city and probably "Members of the Royal Air Force will be in it before daylight. Ostend landed at Ostend Thuz'day morning, is reported entirely free naw of Ger- and erand reported it clear of the enemy. mans, those 'left in the city as rear- V6eerAdmir'al Keyes, icotnmam itg guards having been aceausted for. Dover patrol, landed at Ostend on The Germans seen to be full Thursday afternoon at 12.55 cadmic," flight everywhere. especially fro)1fi A force of Belgians, assisted by Belgium, for the gap through which Freneh cavalty and infantry, is drive they must escape between the ad- ing northward bo strike the bridges vaneing allied troops and the frontier on the east and also out the Ghent of Hollan,l is co.s'ban•tly being nal, Canal. Wide poesil>ilitiee exist in rowed, and unless the enemy moves this movement. rapidly large numbers may be caught, It is reported that patrols "hare at- A despatch from the Allied Armies ready entered Bruges, the second in Belgium says: --Belgian patrols submarine base, but there are large have entered Bruges and cavalry is German forces stilt defending the city, °iterating on both sides. Belgian The emelt' was driven back rapid- guns are now firing from south of ly everywhere on Thursday and the the city. entire front :from the -Sea southward is in motion. The British have en- tered Lille. The Germans fled pre• cipitaeely from O;tsud and. that ;sea don of the Belgian coast. Shortly before tha seliegiian aviators landed in the eeutre of the city amici the cheers of the inhabitants. Meanwhile the Belgian infantry Markets of the World Breadetuffs Toronto, Oct. 22, -Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern $2.241/2; No, 2 Northern, 82.21%; No, 3 Northety, 32.I714; No. 4 wheat, $1.111/2, in &tore Fort William, not including tax. Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 815,e; No C.W„ 781.,e; extra No. 1 feed, 1 781/2e; No. 1. feed, 7634e. American corn -No. 3 yellow kiln dried. nominal, No. 4 yelloy, kiln' dried, nominal. 1 Ontario oats, new crop -No. 2 white, 74 to 775, according to freights! outside. Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per! car lot, 42.31; No. 3 Spring: 32.'22, basis in :tore Montreal. Peas -No. 2, nominal. j Bariey-Malting, new crop, 31 to $1,05. Buckwheat -Nominal. Rye -No. 2, nominal, Manitoba flour --Old crop, tear quality, 311,05, Toronto Ontario flour -War quality, old area, $10.75, in bags, Montreal and, Toronto, prompt shipment. Mi3':feed-Car lots, delivered Mont - real freights, bags included; Bran,! $07.25 per ton; shorts, $42.25 per ton. Bay -No. 1, $22 to 323 per ton; mixed. e2.0.00 to 321.50 per ton, track Toronto. I Straw ---Car lots, $9 to $9.50, track Toronto. Country Produce - -Wholesale Futter -Dairy, tubs and roles, 38 to 80. poinuls. 40 to 41c. aid, 52 to 555. Dressed poultry -Spring chickens, Pg s -Not 30 to 12e; roosters, 23c; fowl, 27 to 80'; dus'kling.s, 27 to 28c; turkeys, 31 to 4e; squabs, doz., $4.50; geese, 25c. Live poultry -Roosters, 18 to 20c; fowl 20 to 24c; ducklings. lb., 2225•, turkey, 27 to 30e; Spring chickens, 26,t to 28e; geese, 20e. Wholesalers are selling to the re-, tail trade at the following prices: Cheese -New, large 2614 to 227c;, twins, 2551 to 27'45; old, large, 29 to 281e; twin 281/2 to 29c, Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 45 to 46c; creamery, prints, 51 to 52c; ' creamery, solids, 49 to 505. Margarine --30 to 34e. Eggs -No, 1 storage, 50 to 51e; selected storage, 52 to 53e; new -laid, in cartons, 60 to 62e. Dressed poultry -Spring chickens, 38 to 40e; roosters, 25c; fowl, 33 to 38e; turkeys, 38 to 40e; ducklings, ib., 35e. Squabs, doz., 55.50; geese, 28 I to L. Beans -Canadian, hand-picked. bus., 37; imp., hand-picked, Burma or In- dian, 36; Japan, $7; Lima, 18 to 181c. Honey, new crop-Strahred 604b. lane, 26e; 10 -ib. tins, 2'7e; 5-I.J . tins, 28e. Combs-Doz., 33.75 to 34.50. Provisions -Wholesale Smoked nneabs-IIams, medium, 37 to 39e; do., heavy 30 to 32c; cooked, 52 to 54c; rolls, 82 to 3$c; breakfast Mace, 41 to 45e; backs, plain, 46 to 47,.; boneless, 50 to 52c. Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 30 to 01e; clear bellies, 29 so 30c. Leal -Pete, tierces, 31 to 311/2c; tabs, 311/2 to 32e; pane, 3151 to 32lec; Mints. ;13 to 3^,'•., Compound, tierces 251/2 to 26c; tubs, 26 to 126141e; pails, °till to 2113,,5;. prints, 271: to 28c. Montreal Markets Montreal, Oct, 2 --Oats, extra No. 1 feed, 93c. Flour, new standard grade, $11.50 to 511.65. Rolled oats, hag 90 lbs. 35.21) to 35.30. Bran, 387.26, Shorts, $42.25. Mouillie, 368 to 370. Hay. No. 2. per ton, car lots, $24 to 825. Cheese, finest eaeterns, 251 to 25e. Butter, choicest creamery, 49 to 50e. Eggs, No. 1 stock 54e. Po- tatoes, per hag, ear lots. $1.100. Dress- ed hogs, abattoir killed, 525.50 to 52e.u0. Lard, pure, wood pails, 20 !b'. ret, 311/2 to 33c. Live Stock Markets Toronto, Oct. 2'2, -Extra choice heavy steers, $14.25 to $15.00; choice heavy steers, 813.50 to $14.00; beee'hers' cattle, choice, 311.50 to $12,00; do. good, 310.25 to 10,50; do. medium, 59.00 to 39.50; do, com- mon. $8.00 to 88.50; butchers' bulls, choice, $10,00 to 510.50; do. medium bulls, 39.50 to 9.85' do, rough bulls, $7.25 to $8,255: butchers' cows, choice 310.25 to 310.50; do. good, 39.00 to 59.50; do, medium, $7,50 to 38.00; do. common, 56.50 to 37.00; stockers, 58.00 to 310.50; feeders, 310.00 to 311.00; canners and cutters, $6.50 to BRITISH DRIVING EAS TWARD ASTRIDE THE LE CATEAU-CATILLON ROAD Germans Fight Desperately to Protect Retreat Northward- l4aig's Troops Take Several Villages by Assault. A despatch from British Army Head•quar;ers in France says: -Onto snore the Germans have been forced 'out of wide strips of land all the way from the North Sea to the region east of St. Quentin in France. The greatest allied gains of Friday seem to have been made east of Deeni, where the British have sliced off a tsubeta.ntial corner on the east of the disappearing Line salient, The last reporbs received from here indicate that the British in their forward rush have reached positions close to the junction of the Sensee River and the L'E'scaut Canal. north of Cambria,- and; gained ground about five miles east of Douai. Steadily and not without some ra ladity, the battle line is being traight- eyed, and the Lille salient shortly should be obliterated. Ego of Le Cateau and the Sensee River the British and Amricans con• rinue attacking. They fought all day Friday against stubborn resist• arse: which in all cases was overcome. The British are driving east astride the Le Cateau-Catillon road and have taken Bazeuei, 3,000 yards east of Le Cateau, by assault. The Germans are fighting with the greatest desperation -here and along, the tattlefront southward to protect the retreat that is going on north- ward. Wassigny, south of Le Coteau, is being neared, anal an sdditiona'a large section of the west bank of the' Oise Canal undoubtedly soon will be in allied hands. Trophies el War -Canadian soldiers returning from battle with ma- ohine guns and other booty taken front the enemy, CITY OF LILLE HAS S SURRENDERED TO THE FIFTH BRITISH ARMY Douai Also Occupied by Haig's Troops -Wonderful Scenes Wit- nessed in the Liberated Towns. - A despatch from London sive:- Lille is 111 possession of the allies. The 5th British army encircled and captured the great French manu- facturing town on Thursday. Describing the surrender of the city the correspondent of the Associ- ated Press at Britlais headquarters wires; "At 4 o'clock on Thursday morning the German command at Lille order ed toll the inhabitants to assemble as promptly as possible. As they hur- ried 'through the gloom of the sbreets they observed the garrison marching out. They were told to go out to the British lines and meet their friends. Then came the rhythmic tramp of infantry, which gradually died away. The Germans had de- parted from Lille. At dawn a British airman flying over the city beheld a most amazing sight. The streets were thronged with civilians who were franbically waving handkerchiefs and shawls. Not a soldier could be seem, 'The aviator quickly turned and carried the news baulk to the British linos, Patrols advanced innnerlvately and entered the city. British drums were beating through the streets of Lille on Thurs- day morning, while the British patrols advanced east of .the city in contact with the retreating Germans. The evacuation of Lille and the British en- try into the city was one of the most 1, dramebic events of the war. British troops entered the town of Dollar on Thursday, after overcom- ing :the enemy resistance on the line of the Hanle Deule Canal, according to the official statement from the War Office on Thursday night. $0.75; mincers, good to choice, 590.00 to 5160.00; do. com. and need„ 565.00 to 375.00; springers, $90.00 to 5160.00; light ewes, 518.00 to 514.00; yearlings, $15.00 to 515.50; spring Iambs, 15.50 to 316.25; calves, good to choice, 314.00 to 517.75; hogs, fed and 'watered, 518.25; do, weighed off ears, 518.50. Montreal, Oct. 22, -Choice steere, 511.50 to 512.50; good steers, $10.00 to 311.00; poorer quality 59 to 59.50; butchers' bulls, $9 to $10; poorer gaulity, $7.50 to $8.00; choice but- chers' sows, 59.50 to $10.25; canners, 35.50 to $5.00; lambs, 515 per 100 lbs.; sheep from $10 to 511; choice select hogs, 318 to 519; roughs and heavies, $15. • Well \Matched. A farmer, when asked is his horses were well matched replied: "Yes, they are matched first-rate. One of them is willing to do all the work and the other is willing he should." SPANISH INFLUENZA Some Interesting Facts About Its History, Prevention and TI'eatnle at, ._.------ Iniluenzn, whhmImam - • is new sweeeitlg ( oil of eueelyptus, thymol, oil of - over Canada from one end to the taltt pine and the like are glee valet known in tulcieft times, and asearly When a person is struck by influ- ,rthoe, is a' very old disease, It was able as preventive, as 1510 it over -ran the whole eivi- enzu, only one course .lies open. That lined world. Far centuries it has is to take to bed with the least pos- peri4'611y swept over various parts siblo delay, and call a doctor, Rost, of the works. The last great wot'ld warmth and quiet are three sovereign epidemic was in 1889-1890 when it remedies o1' tale primary disease, and was generally known by the Prench the best preventive of its more deadly name of la grippe. Tho disease has complications, of which pneemonie is always travelled from east to west, the most frequent, While there is no The symptoms are similar to thane epecitic for influenza, yet there are of a heavy cold: more or less severe many drugs which play a useful part headache, cold in the head and throat, in relieving it, such as quinine, aspirin tits of sneezing, flushed face, chills, and various tonics, anti -neuralgic, aches and paints in the bask and limbs, antiseptic and heart medicines, to be pates in the eye -balls and behind the prescribed by the physician in charge. eyes, general physical depression and The dietetic rules which apply to temperature rising to between 101 any fever apply, equally to influenza. and 104 degrees, Liquid foods nt first, solids a little later on in a gradually ascending scale from lightly boiled fresh eggs to chicken, roast joints, etc. Water, The first principle of prevention is cold or hot, may be sipped or "egg to keep away from those infected, and wafer" may be given, Thle exoeltent the second, to build up the germ -re- dish is prepared by blending with a sisting parte of- the body by eating pint of Bold water, the whipped nourishing foods, dressing comfort- ably, getting lots of sleep, anti by liv- ing in the open air and in bright, well -ventilated rooms as much as possible.. The mouth, throat and nose should be systematically and fre- quently disinfected by antiseptic in- halations, sprays and washes. Such. preparations as chloretone and lister- ine are well adapted for this purpose. In fighting previous epidemics, doc- tors found quinine a useful preven- tive. One grain of sulphate of qui - As it is such an old disease, doctor's have naturally learned a great deal about its prevention and treatznetnt•, whites of from 2 to 4 eggs, flavored with salt or cinnamon. Then the ani- mal brothe may be given. There are nihny cases in which even the lightest foods are spurned with loathing, and common sense must be used in adapt- ing diet to the portimilar ease in hand. , Precautions Against Influenza. (1.) The sick should be separated from the healthy. This is especially important in the case of first attacks in the household. nine mixed with (but not dissolved (2.) Discharges from the nose and in) a wineglassful of cold water mouth should not be allowed to get makes an excellent antiseptic gargle, dry on a pocket handkerchief or in- The anti -microbic properties of quin- side the house, office or factory. They ine are well known and its use as des- should at once be collected in paper' cribed above at once relieves the cr clean rags and burned. If this symptoms of sore throat, which re- sult from the strain of the fight be- tween the white blood corpuscles and the invading germs in the tonsils - the body's first line of , defence. Quinine is also given internally with success as a preventive. In one of the more recent outbreaks in Europe, an experiment was tried in which the men of one squadron of a regiment of cavalry were each given 715 grains CZECHS HAVE of quinine in 311 ounce of whiskey daily for 22 dayo, whilst those of the other squadron were given none. The ENTERED PRAGUE latter squadrons had from 22 to 44 cases each of influenza, whilst the squadron treated with quinine de- veloped only 4 cases. Inhalations of Capital of Bohemia Now in the Hands of Rightful Inhabitants. A despatch from Copenhagen says: -The Czechs are masters of Prague, according to a Berlin despatch to The Berlingslco Tidende. Czech money is in circulation and the Czech flag waves over Haadschin Castle. Prague is the Capital of Bohemia, which recently was reported to have declared its independence of they Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, and where a general strike was said to have developed.into a great •revolution. FOUR MORE TOWNS LIBERATED IN BELGIUM AND N. FRANCE BRITISH, FRENCH AND AMERICANS ADVANCE SOUTH OF LE CATEAU cannot be done, they should be drop- ped into a vessel containing water. (3.) Infected articles and rooms should be cleansed and disinfected. Use disinfectants everywhere. Wash the hands frequently, (4.) Those attacked should not, on any account, mingle with other peo- ple for at least a period of ten days from the commencement of the at- tack. In severe eases, they should remain away from work for a longer period. (5.) Special attention should be given to clealt'._nees and ventilation, Warm clothing should be worn, the feet should be kept dry and all un- necessary exposure avoided. NO OPPOSITION TO BRITISH ADVANCE ON ALEPPO A despatch from London says: In Syria the Turks are not offering any opposition to the British advancing towards Aleppo. It is repotted that a force,of 12,000 Turkish soldiers is being concentrated at Aleppo under Gen. Limon von Sanders. British forces already are north of Homs, 100 miles south of Aleppo. The British are making good progress in repairing the railways in the country they have overrun. CANADIANS JOIN IN PURSUIT OF THE FLEEING INVADERS A despatch from the British Army in France says: North of the Sensee River the British formations, in which are included Canadians, are advanc- ing with a speed which seems to in- crease constantly. For !natty miles north of the river it is only with the greatest of difficulty that the British manage to gain contact now and then with the fleeing enemy, so fast is the enemy going east. ONE-FOURTH OF GERMAN GUNS TAKEN BY .ALLIES A despatch from Pails says: The guns raptured from the Germans by the Rtitish, French and Americans ie tine last three months number 4,- 500. This represents one-fourth of all then' artillery, British Occupy Turcoing and Roubaix, Belgians Enter Zeebrugge and French Capture Thielt-King Albert in Possession of Bruges. Gen. Plumer's army in the Lille sec- tor has occupied Tureoing and Rou- baix to the north-east of the manu- facturing city. Berlin officially admits the evacua- tion of Turcoing, Roubaix, Ostend, Lille and Douai, In Belgium the day has been oc- cupied principally in the line -straight- ening. The lines now pivot on. Bruges, one running generally to the coast near Ostend and the second sloping off to the south-east. Heavy fighting was reported at only one place on Friday. This was at Oostre- osebeke, south of Thielt. The Bel - glans and French wanted the town and .the ground nearby, as the Ger- mans were holding it as a sort of salient. So the Belgians went out and fought for it, and after a furious battle the bullet -riddled enemy took to his heels, Now the Belgians have the salient. North of Turcoing and Roubaix the British also are moving rapidly. A despatch from London saes: The French have captured the town of Thielt, in Belgian FIanders, west of Ghent, and have passed on 2,000 yards east of the town. King Albert and Queen..,Elizabeth of Belgium entered Bruges at 10 o'- clock Friday morning, Belgian infan- try forces taking possession of the city. Zeebrugge, Germany's second submarine base on the North Sea, has also been captured by the allies. Out of the sack between the Belgian coast and the Lys River the remnant of von Arnim's army is fleeing in an endeavor to reach his new line extend- ing from Antwerp to Sedan, through Namur and stabilize it for the time being to the Swiss frontier. The Germans are preparing to in- undate the low-lying lands south of the River Scheldt in Eastern Belgium, a Central News despatch from Am- sterdam reports, The inhabitants have been ordered to abandon their homes immediately. - Many Villages Captured and 3,000 Prisoners Taken bj Anglo- Americans -French Take Village of Taloa. A despatch from London says: This was a black day for the German arms. While from Lille to the sea a wond- erful crop of brilliant successes eves being garnered, the British 4th army, with an American division, attacked oil a front of nine miles north -cast of Bohain and south-east of Cerebral, where heavy fighting has taken place all day. The British carried the line of the Selle River on the whole front south of Le Gateau, establishing themselves on the railway beyond the town. Seven German divisions were hurled back after determined counter- attacks and 3,000 prisoners captured. The new thrust was made at a point where the enemy was trying to effect his main retreat. A despatch from the French Forces in France says: Progress continued to be made by the allied forces or Thursday on the eastern wing of the battlefront in the face of stout oppo- sition. The German resistance was especially determined west of Grand Pre, in the Argonne, where the Ger- mans still hold Taints. Farm in a small salient. Gen. Gouraud's men have taken Hill 222 and the village of Telma, 1,000 yards to the north, and Little Telma, about the same distance south of the hill from where the line bends around the American positions north of Grand Pre. The 5th French army, under -Gen. Guillaumat, former Mili- tary Governor of Paris, met with serious opposition on Wednesday, but gained a footing at one point in the enemy'e positions. Along the Oise River the Germane continue to resist stubbornly, counter- attacking fiercely at the village of Choigmy. Wiz la 33 iii i . , c)2' tame) I4E1.E14S pRrrie.i2 CECIL yMA4 BE, AeLRIGFIT , BUT H a'5 NOT conga To Rom Isis inks PAPER OlieralLLDAle #IN SIf D W TNIY 2 HELLO ,TOMMI OLD 1304 -- $A`1 TOMMY, I PUT ONE oF_ *UR NecKTIES ON `-" 1!)4 MISTAKE -: t ILIA) Dox'Y MIND, L oo 00 010 1304 1'GOING OUT FOR A-6TROLL, Totai'iY .TEkt HELEN To HAVel E, • Di1N°Eta- AT sok PLf_Asa M ''"' i' OH,GEC IL 3- PLUNK' •A Ail`• BELGIAN REFUGEES FLEE BEFORE HUN Hundreds of Thousands of In- habitants Pour Into Eastern Sections. A despatch from Washington sees; Refugees from northern France and Belgium, who are fleeing before the r'etr'eating German armies with the hope of malting their way into Hol- land, may be taken care of in eastern sections of Belgium, "Several hundreds of thousands of French and Belgians have arrived in the Belgian territory administered by the German General Government," said the manage. "Other bands of. refugeas are reported to be on rho way, and the National Commission for assistance and revictualieg is tak- ing measures to feed the refugees during their journey and also tie dis- tribUte thorn throughout the country. The newspapers report that they are traveling towarde the Dutch frontier, but they have not yet reached Hol- land. It Is not curtain that they will be obliged to leave Belgium, where pre- parations have been made to care for them, a' "I,n ease their exodus from Belgium is necessary, the Holland Government gives assurance that they will be re- ceived on its terriltory. In this case their feeding will be soured by the Commission for Belgian Relief." INDIA'S ANSWER TO CALL TO ARMS Over Million Men Supplied as Well as Money and Material. A despatch from London says: Oen. Allenby'a great victories lei Pui.estitte and Syria, in which India hat{ played a prominent part, make the time op- portune to place on record the answer • of India to the call to arms iseued by lthe British Empire. Indian, troops have borne their share of the war in France, Mesopo- tamia, Egypt, the Dardanelles, tlt Salanica, East Africa and in Central Asia. Up to Tuly 31, 1918, India had contributed no fewer than 1,115,- 189 men to the British army. The first Indian war loan reached Itho sum of 840,000,000 sterling, and tiro second loan has reached even a greater amount. India has sent to the various thea - ties of war more than 1,500 miles of railroad track, 250 engines and 4,500 cars. HAND MIRROR SAVED LIVES OF 50 PERSONS A despatch from - London seys:- A woman's hand -mirror was the means of saving 50 lives from the torpedoed liner Galway Castle. Among the survivors on a raft was a woman who took from her handbag a small mirror and suggested one of the the sailors use it for making heliographic signals. The attempt was made, ansl the signals brought up a destroyer at fulfl speed, which tack off the survivors from the raft as well as a number of sailors clinging to wreckage. .00,000 CASUALTIES WITHIN 39 WEEKS A despatch from New York says: British casualties during the first 89 weeks of 1918 aggregate 700,000, ac- cording to a cablegram received by the British Bureau of Information. This does not include losses in the heavy fighting of the past two weeks. The message stated that during the Period between January 1 and October 1 the lowest casualty list for any single week was 4,126, and the high- est over 40,000. HUNGARY BECOMES AN INDEPENDENT S'T'ATE A despatch from London says: At a meeting of the Hungarian Parlia- ment a proclamation was read de- , Glaring Hungary to be an independent state, says a despatch from Berlin, forwarded front Copenhagen to the Central News Agency here. Hence- forth, the message adds, there is to be < illy a personal a - union between Ans- tria and Hungary. Habit of Saving. The habit of saving can easily be made of positive irritant, in .fact, a danger; by overdoing it. There are people -and we all know thein -upon whom the habit of saving has become so fixed that it has become a positive disease, The man who saves his money to the detriment of his fama ily's actual and highest and best needs is just as much of a danger to his...; family and a nuisance to his frienc and community as the man who is profligate and doesn't save at all. rola the hebit oi, pving.becotnes a settee 11: is eltually as bad as its J entire absence, Tho prince purpose of life is net to save money or to acquire this world's goods, but to let money make it pos- sible for ins to live a 1u11 life. This late}tns the development of character` veld the .progress of the individual. Tho 9szying o> army cannot possibly take the place of cirtr ter, and it by no means spells happimesi 89' e;"'" contentment, Of all things that 181tk like really 'worth while, health is thi least, and not the greatolt,