The Seaforth News, 1918-11-07, Page 7!NCDNDITIONAI
SURRENDER OF TURKEY
OPENS DARDANELLES TO ALLIES
Te *twig of Arn)istice Include Release of All Allied Prisoners-
Entire Turkish Army Captured by British in Mesopotamia
- f3ritisilr L'leet En Route to ]slack Sea to Engage
• German Naval 'Forces.
A despatch Pruni London says: -
Turkey ou Thursday unconditionally
surrendered to the aides. The arm}e-
e4ice was signed by Admiral Culthorp
on behalf of the Entente at Mddros,
on the Island of Lemnos•
"Gen, Towns head, the British eom-
mander, captured at Kut -et -•Amara,
was li'berated several days ago by the
Turks," Sir George Cave, the home
' Secretary, announced in the House of
Commons on Thursday, "In order to
inform' bhe British admiral in eom•
mond in the Aegean that lie Turkish
Government asked that negotiations
be opened immediately for an ethos-
Lice, •
"A reply was sent bind if the Turk-
ish Government sent fully accredited
plenipotentiaries, Vice -Admiral Cal-
therp, the British commander, was
empowered to inform them of the con-
ditions upon which the allies would
agree to stop hostilities, and cold
sign an armistice on these conditions
in •their behalf,
"Tho Turkish plenipotentiaries ar-
rived at Mudros, Island of Lentos,
early this week and an armistice was
signed by Admiral Calthorp on behalf
of the allied Government on Wednes-
day night, It came into operation at
noon on Thursday.
"It is impossible as yet to publish
the full terms of the armistice, but
they include (1) The free passage of
the ailed -fleets through the Bosphorus
to the Black Sea; (2) The occupation
of forts on the Dardanelles and in the
Bosphorus necessary to secure the pas-
sage of the ships, and (3) Immediate
repatriation of allied
wet',"
The anaouneemettt that an armistice
wk10i Turkey which permits passage
of allied warships . through the Dar-
danelles already is in operation led
naval officers to believe that an alljed
fleet if it hes not already started,
soon will pass through to the Black
Sea to attack the German navel forces
there. These. forces include ships of
the Russian Black Sea fleet taken over
by the Teutons after the collapse of
the Provisional Government in Rus-
sia. The Germans obtained one sup-
er -dreadnought, several battleships of
the pre -dreadnought type and u
score of fast tlesbr•oyees.
The German battle cruiser Goeben
al•eo is in the Black Sea. Thi•3 Vass
Bel was in the Mediterranean when the
war began and escaped to the Bos-
phorus, where it was reported to have
been "sold" to Turkey before that
country entered the war, The cruiser
was badly damaged several tines, but
recent reports said it has been re-
paired again, taken over by the Ger-
mane and withdrawn to the Black
Sea.
The entire Turkish force which bus
been opposing the British on the Tigris
has been captured, it was officially
announced on Thursday. The text of
the statement reads: "The hard fight-
ing on the Tigris, which began on
October 24, ended on the SOth with the
capture of the. entire Turkish force
opposed toms on that river. The pris-
oners are estimated at about 7,000,
with much material."
prisoners of
Markets of the WorldLive Stock Markets
Toronto, Nov. 5. -Choice heavy
steers, $13.00 to $18.50; butchers'.
nettle choice $11.00 to $11.'75; da
seem datufls
Toronto, No. 5, -Manitoba wheat -
No, 1 Northern $2.24%; No. 2 North-
ern, 32.21i/E; No. 3 Northern,
$2,'171/x; No, 4 -wheat, $2.11x/ , in
store Fort William, not including tax.
Manitoba oats -No. 2 CW., 86r/xc;
No, 2 C, W., 821 c; extra No. 1 feed,
82?sc; No. 1 feed, 80%c.
American corn -No. 2 yellow, $1.79;
No, 3 yellow, $1.65; No. 4 yellow,
x`1,55; sample corn, feed, $1.32, track
Toronto:
Ontario oats, new crop -No. 2 white,
75 to 78c; No. 3 white, '74 to 77c, ac-
cording to freights outside.
Ontario wheat -No. 1 Winter, per
car lot, $2.14 to $2.22; No. 2, do.
$2.11 to $2.19; No. 3 do., $2.07 bo
$2.15; -No, 1 Spring, $2.00 to $2.17;
No, 2 Spring, $2.06 to $2.11• No. 8
Spring, $2.02 to $2.10, f.o.b., shipping
points, according to freight.s
Peas -No. 2, nominal.
Barley -Malting• new ct'op, $1.02 to
$1.07.
Buckwheat -Nominal.
Rye -No. 2, nominal.
Manitoba flour -Old crop, war
quality, 11.50, Toronto.
crop, $10.75, in bags, Montreal and
Ontario flour -War gaulity, old
Toronto, prompt shipment.
Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mont-
real freights, bags included; Bran,
7.25, per ton; shorts, $42.25 per
t n.
Hay -No. 1, $22 to $23 per ton;
mixed, $20.00 to $21.60 per ton, track
Toronto.
Straw -Car lots, $10.00 to $10.50
track Toronto.
Country Produce -Wholesale,
Bubter-Dalry, •tubs end rolls, 38 to
88e; prints, 40 to 41c,
Eggs -New laid, 55 to 57c; store,
50 to 52c.
Dressed poultry -Spring chickens,
80 to 32c; roosters, 25c; fowl, 27 to
30c• ducklings, 27 to 3ae• turkeys, 81
to 84c; squaks, doz $4.50; geese, 25c.
Live poultry -Roosters, 18 to 20c;
.fowl, 20 to 23e; ducklings, lb., 22c;
turkeys, 27 to 800; Spring chickens,
26 to 28c; geese, 20e.
Wholesalers are selling to the re-
tail trade at the following prices:-
Oheese-New, large, 26% to 27c;
twins, 26% .to 271/%c; old, large, 28
to 28'4c; twin 28% to 29c.
Batter -Fresh dairy, choice, 46 to
48c; cre mery, prints, 53 to 55c;
''creamer§solids, 52 to 53c.
Margarine -34 to 35c.
Egg's -No. 1 storage, 51 to 52e;
selected storage, 53 to 54e; new laid,
in cartons, 65 to 67c.
Dressed poultry -Spring chickens,
88 to 40c; roosters, 25e; fowl, 38 to3dc;
turkeys, 40e; ducltlings, lb., 35c.
Spuabs, doz., $5.50; geese, 30e.
Beans -Canadian, hand-picked, bus.,
$7; imp., hand-picked, Burma or In-
dian, $6; Japan, $7; Lima, 18 to 181':c,
Honey, nen/ crop -Strained, 60.ib.
tine, 26e; 10 -Ib. tins, 27c; 5-11. tins,
2'3e. Combs-Doz., $3.75 to $1.00,
Prow isions-Wholesale:
Smoked meate-Hams, medium, 37,
to 39e; do., heavy, 30 to -82e; cooked,
51 to 5i4e; rolls, 32 to 88c; breakfast
heves, 41 to 15e; backs, plain, 16 to
47e; boneless, 50 to 52e.
Cured •anents--Long clear bacon, 30
to 31e.• clear bellies, 29 to 80e.
Lara --.Pure tierces, 81 to 31rsc;
tube, 311% to 32c; pails, 31% to 3211e;
prints, 33 to 331/ac. Compound, tierces,
253a to 26e; tubs, 26 to 26%.e; pails,
2611 to '26lec; prinbs, 2741 to 28c.
Montreal Markets
Montreal, Nov. 5. -Oats -Extra No.
1 feed, 98e. Flour -Now standard
grade, $11.60'to $11,65. Rolled oats
---Bags, 00 lint, $5.10 to $5.25. Bran,
$37.26. Shorts, $42.25. Mouillte,
8,00 to $70.00, Hay -No. 2, Per
ton, ear lots, $25,00 ,� $26.00, Cheese
-Finest eastorns, 25% to 26. Bub-
ter --.choicest creamery, 49 to 50C,
Eggs--Sel.eobed' 54e; No. 1, etook, 490.
Potatoe8-Por drag, car lobs, $1.60,
Dressed hogs ---Abattoir killed, $25,50
to $26,00, Lard,- are, Wood pane,
2A. Olin ng& 8:1,4,12
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"The Prints of Peace" -Wilhelm puts his foot in it again,
ENGLISH AND CANADIAN TROOPS
ADVANCE ON 10 -MICE FLANDERS FRONT
Valenciennes Surrounded in Attach Engineered ---by Lontinion
Forces. -Between `2,000 and 3,000 Prisoners Taken -
Splendid Success of Belgians.
ood,'$10.25 to $10.76; do. medium A despatch team London says: Fri- • Ube main attack at Valenciennes
$8.85 to $9.501 do. common, $7.75 bo
$3,25; butchers' bulls, choice, $10.00
to $10.50; do, medium bulls, • 39.50 to
39.75; do, rough bulls, 37.25 Lo 38.25;
butchers' cows, choice, 310.00 to
310.25; do,•good, $9.00 to $9.50; do,
drum $7 60 to $8.00
3(1.50 to 37.00; stockers, $8.00tci
310.50; feeders, $10.00 to $11.0D;
canners and cutters, 35.50 to 35.75;
milkers, good to choice, 390.00 to
$145.00; do, cont, and med., 3(15.00
to $75.00; springers, 390.00 to 3145.00;
light ewes, 313.00 to 314.00; yearl-
Ings, $15.00 to $15.50; spring lambs,
315.25 to. 315.60; -calves, good to
choice, 314.00 to 317.75; 'hogs, fed
end watered, 317.75 to $18.00; do.,
weighed off cars, 318.00 to $18.25.
Montreal Nov. 5. -Choice steers,
$11.00 to $12.00; good steers, 39.50
to 310.50; medium, 38.00 to 39.00;
common, down to $7.00; choice butch-
er cows, $9.00 to $10.00; good oows,
37.50 to $8.50; medium, down to 36.00,
and common, 35.50. Canner cows,
$4,50 to $5.00; canner bulls, 35.50 to
37.00. Sheep, $9.50 to $11.00; good
lambs, 315.25. Other lambs, $13.00 to
315.00. Choice select hogs, $17.00
to 317.50. Milk -fed calves, $15.00;
grass-fed, $6.00 to $8.00.
BRITISH TAKE
1,000 GERMANS
Waste of Waters Confronts Bri-
tish North of Valenciennes.
A despatch from London says: -In
bhe region east of Courtrai the British
delivered an attack on Thursday
against .bhe Germans, gained all their-
objectives
heirobjectives and took a thousand Get-
man prisoners, according to Field
Marshal Halg's communication issued
on Thursday night, and which indi-
cates that the British are fighting
right on the Scheldt, and are probably
across it at an important point.
A despatch from the British Armies
in France says: -A waste of waters
cotfronbs the British First Army
north of Valenciennes. The Huns
have breached the banks of the
Scheldt Canal and ;blown up sluices to
give their rear guard additional pro-
tection and n great artificial lake, in
plane thl'ee miles bread, now covers
the level ground llefo•e outpots.
The largest inundation is between
Valenciennes and Conde, where the
Scheldt guts are practically in a
straight line for nearly seven miles,
It joins the Mons Canal at Conde, and
the latter has practically disappeared
in the flood which stretches beyond
Fresnos toward Thivencellcs and other
villages north-east of Valenciennes.
There are lesser floods mid patches
of water varying in arae between the
ere the Scheldt
Conde and llMatilde,w where
passes from France into Del,;ium.
Thus the 22 -smile front linking
Tuurna' and Valenciennes lies against
a water barrier for two-thirds of the
way. The floods are not deep, in
some places hardly more than a foot,
but: obviously they cannot casilr be
forded by infantry for any distance,
German patrols held the upper floors
of buildings, which rise oi.tt of these
lakesand cover the western bank of
the Scheldt Canal with machine gems,
Release of the waterways enables
rho enemy to economize men and bolls
the lake dtstriot lightly, There are
apparently no more than three divi-
sions thinly strung along the inundat-
ed area north of Valenciennes.
Potato salads will be much more
tasty if a little minced celery and
Aienkr i,.0x . Wilde _ .•
day's attack in 1'!anders was reward-
ed by an advance of more than five
miles on a ten -mile front. It brought
the Allies to. the Scheldt from Ber-
chem to Guvere, 10 miles smith of
Ghent, This advance probably • will
enable the Belgians to push the enemy
over the Derivation Canal to the Ter-
nenze Canal.
South of Valenciennes (ire which
area the Canadians are operating)
the attack resulted in an advance of
two miles on a four -mile front and
the capture of Aulnoy and Preseau,
thus reaching tine southern edge of
Valenciennes, which is flooded. In
tate fighting the British and Cana-
dians took between two and three
thousand prisoners.
The French and Americans on the
southern part of tiro battleline, at-
tacking through Attigny, have ad-
vanced between three and font miles,
and are soaring Buzancy.
The Belgian official report says
that the Second British Army on
the first clay of the new advance
(Thursday) had captured 9,000
prisoners and the Franco -Americans
1,000.
An Associated Press despatch
from a correspondent with -'the Bri-
tish army in France and Belgium
says: Valenciennes on Fridays was
bottled up as a result of a, light-
ning-like•blow by the British on both
sides of the city.. Only immediate
retirement from the place or some-
thing in the nature of a miracle can
save the German troops, who at noon
had only a narrow gateway open to
them for retreat toward the east,
Meantime the French and British
and Americans from the Pacific
coast and Ohio, along the Deynze-
Avelgheen front in Belgium continu-
0d successfully the advance begun
yesterday morning.. The heavy en-
emy resistance encountered on this
sector yesterday died out during the
night,
was south of the city, just above
Feelers. The Canadians, who en-
gineered the drive, • were. supported
by one of the heaviest artillery bom-
b l,ardments of the war. The gunfire
was terrific, and this made the go-
, mg easy for the overseas infantry
which followed.
The idea of the Canadians in us-
,ing this great barrage was to crush
the resistance as quickly as possible,
i so as to save allied lives. The tom - ABDICATION
bardment had the desired effect, for
the opposition offered by the enemy
was not strong, and the Canadians
pushed rapidly through to their ob- -_
h 1 11
AUSTRMN .�R ` SUFE T
CD1 fP tTh ROUT. 50,000 CAPTURED.
'Vanquished Envoy:s Offer White Flag to Italian Commander -
RIO Will ;Dictate Terms on the Meld. •
1 dospateh from Rome says; "The
succes4 of our stint in 08 -mining great
nroportions, The routed enemy is re-
treating east of the Piave, and can
hardly withstand the elme pressure
of our troops on the mountain front,"
says tate official report on 'Thursday
night. .
Italian troops have reached Pante
Dello AIL northeast of the city of
Bollu,to, thus definitely dividing' the
Austrian armies, said an official
wirelees message received here on
Thureday night from Rome. Over
50,000 prisoners and more than 300
guns have been counted, and thous-
ands of additional captimes are eum-
ing in. "The success of our urrnies
is hemming more and more etupen-
docs," says the despatch. The fight-
ing le on a front of 100 to 120 utiles
now.
Got. Diaz, Italian Commander-in-
chief, has issued the following bulle-
tin to his troops:
"Soldiers, forward! In Italy's name
we will place the wreath of victory
on the tomb of our glorious dead.
Forward! Our beloved country calls!"
In answer to Austria's amiounce-
ment that she was ready to evacuate
Italian territory, Italy has officially
replied that the offer has come too
late. It is assumed the Italians will
endeavor' to drive the Austro -Hun-
garians from Italian soil before an
armistice can be signed.
The Austrians in the north are
tnenaeed` by the movement northeast
above Belluno and an Italian army
marching from the south toward that
city.
The other Austrian army is menac-
ed by an Italian drive moving south-
east. In this case one fork of the
pincers is the Adriatic 'Sea.
The Austrians' have been complete-
ly routed east of the Piave, an earlier
despatch said, and are with great
difficulty sustaining the incessant
pressure of the Italian troops in the
mountain region, in the plain and in
the Alpine foothills of Venetia. En-
emy masses are declared as "stream-
ing in confusion" down the mountain
valley in an attempt to reach passes
on the Tagliatnento River.
A despatch from Vienna says: The
War 011ie+e issued this announeetttent
to -night --."The high command of the
armies, early Tuesday, by means of
a Parlementaire, cstahliehed eam-
ntunleatiun with the Italian army
command. Every effort is to be made
for the avoidance of further useless
:earn ifite of blood, for the cessation
of hoetilities and the eonelusion of, an
ar'mistaes. Towards this stop, which
was animaters by the beet intentions,
-the Italian high command at first ee.
sunned an attitude of untniatakable
refusal, and it was only 'on the even-
ing cf Wednesday that, in accord with
the Italian high command, Gen, Web-
er, accompanied by a deputation, was
permitted to cross the fighting line
for preliminary pourparlers, If,
therefore, the errteities of warfare
must continue in the Italian theatre
of war, the guilt and responsibility
will have to be ascribed to the en-
emy."
A despatch from Washington :lays:
-Rout of the Austrian armies on the
Italian front eontlnues, ,said au ofl'icial
despatch on Friday night from Rome,
The number of prisoners is increasing
rapidly and continuously, while more
than 700 captured guns have been
counted The booty captured already
le of enormous quantity.
After annihilating the resistance of
the A.ustriaits at the Tenseness, Italian
cavalry divisions have pushed ford'ard
and now are nearing the Tagllenlento
River. Great numbers of airplanes
preceding the Italian troops are using
their rraa«hine guns on the retreating
enemy columns.
The Italians also are fast advenc-
ing in the direction of Udine, and
Pordrone already has been taken.
The Third Army, reinforced by ma-
rines, has occupied the whole intri-
cate zone along the Adriatic. Batt-
elle has been occupied by the Twelfth
Arany, while at the extreme eastern
sector of the front Italian marines.
have occupied Caerole.
From the Stellvlo to the Astico the
Austrians age strongly resisting, the
said,but the are wavering
despatch t y r g
beyond the Asiego plateau and are in
utter rout all along the rest of the
front.
KAISER REPORTED
jeetives, which gave t em t ne w w e
of tin railway line terming south
Isom \ alenciennes,
The enemy's casualties were
heavy, and the little. Rhonelle River
was lined with German dead. About
noon the enemy massed for oounter-
eetacks from Saultain. According to
they latest reports, the Canadian artil-
lery was dealing with the projected
assault,
At the sane time the Canadians
attacked with other British troops
and drove forward north of the city
and crowed a forcing of the Scheldt.
Audenarde was gravely threatened:
Friday. The fighting on Thursday
wn.s of a different nature. The Ger-1
man artiller;' maintained a heavy fire
'throughout bhe day, and German
machine gil.ucrs, scattered in great
numbers throughout the sector,
fought stubbornly, until they . were
killed or compelled to surrender.
The main resistance came from these
sources.
The battle raged more or less over•,
mien ground, among hamlets and
farm houses which still are inhabited
by Belgian civilians. Enemy machine
gunners were stationed in practical-
ly every house, and the civilians, who
had no protection but their hones,
cowered indoors while the fierce
fighting swirled about them.
BRITISH ,TAKi: 172,659
PR1S014IIRS IN THREE MONTHS
A despatch from Louden Bays: -In
the •past three months the British
farces in France have taken 172,059
;wisonere and 2,378 guns from the
Germans, according to an official com-
munication received from Feld Mar-
shal Haig on Friday night.
During the month of October the
British forces fighting in France cap-
tured 9-1,000 p200115rs, including 1,200
•offices; 925 guile, including many(
heavy cannon; 7,000 machine guns and;
071) trench mortal's,
KINGDOM OF GREATER
SERBIA IS PROCLAIMED
A despatch from Basel, Switzer-
land, says: A Vienna despatch re-
t'eivod here says that according to
the Austrian newspapers the King-
dom of Greater Serbia has been pro-
claimed at Sarajevo, Bosnia, and that
tho assassins of Archduke Franz
Ferdinand have been releasec"by sol- FRENCH
D AMERICAN
MRt IN TROOPS
dies,
The assassination of Franz Ferdi-
nand and his consort at Sarajevo; in
June, 1014, afforded Germany the
excuse she was looking for tocoln-
mence the -world war. After
Uprising of Population in Rhine
District.
A despatch from London says:
High -placed German officials at Cop-
enhagen Thursday afternoon received
information that the German Emper-
or had abdicated, according to the
Copenhagen 'correspondent of the
Exchange Telegraph Company, who
adds: .
"Nothing is said about the Crown
Prince." -
GERMANY IS DEVASTATING
OCCUPIED RUSS. TERRITORY
A despatch from London says: Con-
ditions in Russian territory occupied
by the Germans are described in an
official Russian wireless message,
which says:
"From all regions now in German
occupation it is reported that the
German military authorities are car-
rying off everything that it is pos-
sible to take to Germany. They are
devastating the country.
"In White Russia there are no
horse: and no cattle because the
Germans have taken them all. In
the regions whore evacuation is
pending the fields remain unsown
because the Germans have left no
seed. Children are dying of starva-
tion. Milk cannot be obtained.
"Househol'd furniture, telegraphic
and telephonic instruments and ap-
pliances from many towns have been
suit to Germany. The railway lines
have been stripped, only wrecked
and useless cars being left behind."
BRMS1-1 CLEARING
THE D .RD NE LES
50-I41ile Passage is a Veritable
Sea of Mines.
A despatch -from London says: -A.
large fleet of the latest type of British
mine sweepers on Friday began the
tedious task of clearing the Darda-
nelles of mines and other obstructions,
This work, together with other safe-
guards which the allies consider to
be ,necessary before the allied fleet
enters rho tortuous. waterway leading
past Constantinople and through the
Bosphorus to the Black Sea, will take
several days in the opinion of the
British Admiralty.
A fortnight ago the allied fleet test-
ed the efficiency of the forts inside
the Dardanelles by dropping a few
shells on them, The reply of the
Turks was quick and fairly accurate,
showing that the fortifications are still
probably In good shape. The 50 -mile
passage through the waterway is a
veritable sea of mines and other ob-
structions, which it will require sone
little time to remove. In addition
the mine -sweepers will be hindered
by the swi£t currents, which are
stronger at this season of the year
than at any other.
SOLE REMAINING TURK ARMY
CONCENTRATED AT GALLIPOLI
A despatch from Paris says: A
despatch from Athens to Le Matte
says the "sole remaining Turkish
army has been concentrated at Bulair,
a town at the neck of the Gallipoli
Peninsula, The Tchatalje positions
are being prepared as the second line
of defence for Constantinople.
Stolen But Not Taken -Heti is a pile of books stolen from the li4ra,les
of Montdidier and billed ":Cor Bertin "• But they never couched the `Land
of Thieves." The German getaway was too rapid to allow of the carriage
of. mere books, valuable though biooy may be. Buy a Victory Bond ie
gratitude that Canadian fibra 'es Lavo been epesed such pillage
CAPTURE NU EROUS VI
LACES
Artillery Preparation Ales smashed l'oa•vru'd Taking
3,000 Prisoiere and Several .i Wray Pee:i ows.
A despatch Prom the American'
Array Northwest of Verdnn says: -
The 1st American army smashed fors!
ward for material gam; alone' the en-;
tire front on Friday. In et -injunction'
with the French army on its Left the;
the Llois-,leenLoges and eoutinued for
some time, but before noon all the
objectives eleicg the Mire 'front had
been gained.
Tho ndven.'e of the Americane hn•.
crease:; materially the fetstb}it y 2?`
A•merieans resu:nned-fn force thy. op- firing at the Me:ilex-ma Sedan, diont-
onatiots hegira September 3e, medy nand Lon.,uyott r:ailreed lot:
Pveceded by the heavies+t artillery mn,dintion,• and now that they are zo
preparation yet used by the Anmeri-i mucin ,tearer direct hits cart he ex -
cans, the infantry went over else top pecked with regularity,
at 5.30 o'clock Friday morning alll the Asneriatns sever before had 'n
along the litre, By 9 o'clock the' much artillery in net1on a;r to tiny.
troops had taken Champigneul!e, 1St. Although the artillery preparation wise
Georges, L:ualros-et-St. Georges, and
the Lan D'Iluy Farm and between
2,500 and 3,000 prisoners.
There vitas ne opposition at the out-
set. This was carried out by brick
machine gun fire for from 20 to 30
minubes, when ft eased off, and ens,
abied the troops to advance without
eevlous fighting,
Later stiff opposition developed in
of only two hours' duration, the -con-
centrated rain of miesiies fairly
smothered the Germans
The enemy bad in line We morning
between the Meuse end tho Bourgogne
Wood nine elivlaions, including some of
his best mon. Against him the
Amorleans threw in a superior number
of fresh troops, all rusted men in good
spirits and ready for a fight.
FROM o SCOTLAND
NOTES ON' INTEREST FROM HER
BANKS ANi) BIRAEi3.
What is Going On in the Ifigidanda
and Lowlands o? Auld
Scotia.
One hundred pigs from Lord Itoso-
bery'a herd realized over 15,470.
The united ages of 015 east coast
fishing boat crew is 298 years, the
cabin boy heing a matt of seventy..
i'ha Military Medal and D,0.51,
have been awarded to Sergeant, D.
Hogg, Esledalermuir,
The Countess of Mar and Kellie
opened a Women's War Service Ex-
hibition in Stirling.
Capt. John Todd, R.A.F., Ferndene,
aged nineteen, has seventeen :aero-
planes to his credit,
Major Victor Fortune, Black Watch,
B'lengairn, has beetn:promoted to Bri-
gadier -General,
The D.S.O. and Croix de Guerra
have been awarded to Lieut. Harold
G. Campbell, of Coigrain.
Broekbach Farm, Kirkpatrick -Dur-
ham, has been purchased by John
Briggs, Sheffield, for 26,800.
Capt. Robt. Halley, son of ex -
Bailie Halley, Perth, has been award-
ed the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Coekburnapath, Berwickshire, has
twenty-two inhabitants, whose ages
vary from seventy to ninety years,
Tho presence of a white crow in a
householder's garden in Pitlochnyham
attracted s good deal of attention,
Buchlyvie district, with a papula-
tion of 800, subscribed over 118,000
to the local War Savings' Associa-
tion.
By the death of Lieut. Odo L. D.
Simpson, Sherwood Foresters, there
is now no living heir to the baronetcy,
The oldest of the farmers in the
Kirkintilloch district passed away in
the person of William Laird, The
Dyke.
210,315,600
TOTAL WHEAT CROP
Estimate for Year's Yield of
Various Grains and
Legumes.
A despatch from Ottawa says: The
Dominion Bureau of Statistics an-
nounces the result of the collection
of the areas under crop and the num-
bers of farm live stock throughout
under arrangements made jointly by
the Dominion Bureau and the Provin-
cial governments. They are mil -diall-
ed, subject to revision, in the form of
a press bulletin as follows:
The total areas sown to the princi-
pal cereal crops are as follows, cent-
parative figures for last year being
given within parenthisis:
Wheat, 17,353,902 acres (14,755,850
acres); oats, 11,790,336 acres (13,313,-
400 acres); barley, 3,1553,811 acres
(2,392 200 acres); rye, 555,294 acme
(211,880 acres); peas, 235,976 acres
(198,881 acres); beans, 228,677 acres
(92,457 acres); buckwheat, 548,097
acres (396,977 acres); flax, 921,826
acres (919,500 acres) ; mixed grains,
1,068,120 acres (497,236 acres); and
corn for husking, 250,000 acres (234,
339 acres).
The estimated total yields of these
crops are, in bushels, as, follows:
Wheat, 210,315,000 (288,742,850);
oats, 456,733,900 (408,009,800); bar-
ley, 83,262,500 (55,057,750); rye, 10,-
875,500 (3,857,200); peas, 4,384,700
(3,026,840); beans, 4,588,200 (1,274,-
000);
1,271,000); buckwheat, 11,469,600 (7,149,-
400); flax, '7,696,000 (5,934,900); mix-
ed grains, 32,303,000 (16,157,080);
and corn for husking, 6,915,600 (7,-
762,700).
7;762,700).
The estimated numbers of farm
live stock, based upon the returns re-
ceived, are for the whole of Canada as •
follows:
Horses, 3,608,315; milch cows, 8,-
542,429e other cattle. 6,607,267; sheep,
8,037,489; swine, 6,289,682; fowls, 31,-
524,498; turkeys, 1.053,981; geese,
879,177; and ducks, 884,084.
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FOUR WHEAT FLOUR
SUBSTITUTES ALLOWED
A despatch from Ottawa says::An
order on wheat flour just passed by
the Canada Food Board defines the
only four wheat flour substitutes es
eat, barley, corn and rye flours, All
consumers must now take one pound
of substitutes to four pounds wheat
Clout.
The order allows anyone to have on
hand 100 pounds of flour, or sufficient
for present daily ordinary requirc-
monts, while any farmer whose home-
grown v.heat has been ground by or
esi'hanged directly with a minor, and
•1st person living more than five 811108
from a shill, or licensed dealer, may
keep 011 hand 290 pounds of flour, cm
what is sue -loot for 20(1 dame
reeding milling wheat or its mix-
tures to live stock or poultry is for-
bidden, except where grown together,
containing not more than 25 per cent.
of milling wheat. Orders Nos. 31
and 40 are repealed.
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GERMANS IIA'VE LOST
2,500,000 THIS YRAIt
A despatch from London says: Ger-
man losses since Jan, 1 were semi•.
officially estimated on Thursday nt;
2,500,000, of which ono million were
permal1501.
Of the 10,000 German guts operat-'
Ing July 16, the allies have captured
a third.