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Zurich Herald, 1919-07-18, Page 2R-34 MADE RETURN FLIGHT WITHIN SEVENTY-FIVE /I URS Giant British Dirigible Landed Safely at Pulham, England, on Sunday 1Vlorning,the Trans•Atlantic Voyage Being Practically Without Incident. Pulham, Norfolk, England, July 13. -Great Britain's mammoth trans- Atlantic air pioneer, the dirigible R-34, arrived at the air station here at 6.56 o'clock, Greenwich mean time, to -day, completing her round trip from the British Isles to the United States and return. The R-34 poked her nose out of the clouds northeast of this village and, after circling the ilyirk field three times, glided gentler to the ground, and ten •minutes later was housed in the dirigible shed. The voyage from Long Island was with- out particular incident, and was com- pleted in approximately 75 hours. Shouts from those on the field greet- ed the first sight of the long, gray body low on the horizon. As the R-34 approached the field she dropped from a height of 5,000 feet to 2,000 feet. The men who were to aid the airship in landing were ordered to their positions and waited silently as the ship circled the field, dropping lower and lower. "The voyage home has been with- out incident," M'Wjor Scott said in telling the story of the return flight. "We estimated we would make it in from 70 to 80 hours," he said. "We made it in 75. When we left we had a strong wind behind us, and we covered the first 800 miles in about eight hours. When we circled over New York we could plainly •see the crowds on Broadway waving to us as we passed, but we could not hear them because of the noise of the engines. "South of Newfoundland we en- countered head winds, and our pro- gress from then en was slower.. We travelled at an average height of from 3,000 to 5,000 feet, and found much low clouds of fog. Once we saw no- thing but fog for 24 hours. "We struck Ireland at Clifden, and made good progress from there, al- though our steering engine broke. down Saturday'morning. We started with 4,900 gallons of gasoline and have 1,000 left." LEADING MARKETS Breadstuffs. Toronto, July 15. -Man. Wheat - No. 1 Northern, -.$2.24%; No. 2 North- ern, $2:211,;- No. 3 Northern, $2.171/2; No. 4 wheat,' $2,111i2, in store Fort William, American corn• -Nominal. Manitoba oats -No. 2 CW, 83%c; No. 3 CW, 80%c; Ex. No. 1 feed, 80%c; No. 1 feed, 791,'se; No. 2 feed, 75 , Ontario oats -No. 3 white, 77 to 78c, according to freights outside. O: tario 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, 32.09 to 32.17; No. 2 do, 32.06 to 32.14; No. 3 do, $2.02 to 32.10 f.o.b., shipping points according to freights Manitoba barley -No. 3 CW, $1.27; No. 4 CW, 31.23; rejected, 31.18; feed, 31.18. Peas -No. 2 nominal, Barley -Malting, 31.18 to 31.22, nominaL Buckwheat -No. 2, nominal. Rye -No. 2, nominal. Manitoba flour -Government stan- dard, 311, Toronto. Ontario flour -Government stan- dard, $10 50 to $10 75, in 'jute bags Toronto and Montreal, prompt ship- ment. Millfeed-Car lots delivered Mon- treal freights, bags included. Bran; 339 to 342 per ton; shorts, 342 to 344 per ton; good feed flour, $2.90 per bag, Hay -No. 1, $21 to 323 per ton; mixed, 318 to 319 per ton, track, To- Leaders. ronto. Straw -Car lots, 310 to 311 per ton, track, Toronto. Country Produce -Wholesale. Butter -Dairy, tubs and roils, 36 to 38c; prints, 38 to 400; Creamery, fresh made solids, 49 to 491, c; prints, 49 to 50e. Eggs -New laid, 40 to 11c. creamery, 54c, Eggs, selected, 54e; No. 1 stock, 4Sc; No. 2 stock, 42 to 44c. Dressed hogs, abattoir killed, $31.50 to 332. Lard, pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 38%c. Live Stock Markets. . Toronto, July 15. -Choice heavy steers, 314 to 314.75; good heavy steers, $13.50 to $13.75; butchers' cat- tle, choice. 313.25 to $13.50; do, good, 312.25 to 313; do, med.. $11.50 to 312;• da, com,, 39.75 to 310.25; bulls, choice, 311.25 to 311.75; do, med., $10.25 to $10.75; do, rough, 38 to 38.25; butch- ers' cows, choice, $11 to 311.75; do, good, 310.25 to 310.50; do, •mea., 39 to 39.25; do, com., 37.50 to 38; stock- ers, $8.75 to 311.75; feeders, 312.50 to 313; canners and cutters, 34.50 to $6.25; milkers, good to choice, $90 to 3140; do., com. and med., 365 to $75; springers, $90 to $160; light ewes, 310 to 311; yearlings, 313.50 to $15; spring lambs, per cwt., .319.50 to $21.50; calves, good to choice, 318 to 321.50; hogs, fed and watered, $23.75; do, weighed off cars, $24; do, f.o.b.; $22.75. Montreal, July 15. -Choice lambs, 318 per cwt; sheep, 38 to $10; milk - fed calves, $8 to $15; choice steers, 312; others, 39 to $11; butchers' cat- tle, $6 to $10 per cwt. for both bulls and cows; canners, 34.50. SENTENCE OF DEATH ON EVER PASHA New Turkish Government to Promptly Punish Military Constantinople, July 13. -Three members of ' the Turkish military clique were sentenced to death on Saturday for war crimes, and two others were given 15 years' imprison- ment, by a court-martial appointed by the new Turkish Government. Those receiving the death penalty Lire poultry --Spring chickens, were: Enver Pasha, former Minister broilers, 30 to 40c; heavy fowl, 28c; of War; Talent Bey, former Minister light fowl, 26c; old roosters, 19c; old of the Interior, and Menial .Pasha, ducks, 20c; young ducks, 28c; old former Minister of Marine; Djavid turkeys, 30e, delivered: Toronto. Bey , tail at the following prices: former Minister of Finance, and Wholesalers are selling to the re- Ala Cakiazim, former Sheik-ul-Islam, trade Cheese -New, large, 32 to 3212c; escaped with prison sentences. twins, 321e to 33c; triplets, 33 to The new Turkish Government, 331,c; Stilton, 33 to 34c. avowedly pro -ally, apparently has Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 44 to made good its promise of several 46e; creamery prints, 52 to 54c. weeks ago that it would spare the Margarine -36 to 38c. Peace Conference the trouble of pun - Eggs --New laid, 44 to 45c; new ishing those who were responsible for laid in cartons, 48c. Dressed poultry -Spring chickens,, the Armenian massacres and other 60c; roosters. 25 to 30c; fowl, 45 to' international crimes. Kemal Bey, one 50c; turkeys, 40c; ducklings, lb., 40c; of the Enver's associates, was recent - squabs, doz., 37; geese, 28 to 30c. ly tried and hung for complicity: in Live poultry -Spring chickens, 40 these outrages. Several other former to 45c; fowl, 33 to 35c. Government officials, army and navy Potatoes -Ontario, f.o.b., track, To- officersare still to be tried. Tonto, car lots, 31.75; on track out-• , side, 31.65. -----es.-- -- Beans-Canadian, hand-pick., bus., INVITE EK -KAISER TO $4150 to 34.75; primes, 33.75 to 34; RETURN TO GERMANY Imported hand-picked, Burma or In- dian, $3; Limas, 131,12 to 14c. -- Honey-Extracted clover: 5-1b. tins, A despatch from Berlin says: -The 25 to 26c lb.; 10-1b. tins, 24x/2 to 25c; central office of the "League of Ger- 60-Ib. tins, 24 to 25c; buckwheat, •60- man men and women for the protec- Ib. tins, 19 to 20c. Comb: 16 -oz., $4,50 tion of the personal life and freedom to 35, doz.; 10 -oz., 33.50 to $4 dozen. of Wilhelm the Second" at Gorlitz has Maple products -Syrup, per imper- addressed an open letter to the ex- ia1 gallon, $2.45 to 32.50; per 5 impar- Kaiser inviting him to return to Ger- many. sal gallons, 32.35 to $2.40; sugar, lb., 27c. Provisions. -.-Wholesale. Smoked meats -Hams, med., 47 to 48c; do, heavy, 40 to 42c; cooked, 65e; rolls, 37c; breakfast bacon, 48 to 56c; backs, plain, 50 to 51c; boneless, 60e; clear bellies, 41c. Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 32 Ratified the Peace Treaty to Save Germany from Anarchy A despatch from Weimar says: -In the debate on the ratification of the treaty in the German National Assem- to $3c; clear bellies, 31 to 32e. bly, br. Peter Spahn, .leader of the Lard -Pure, tierces, 36c; tubs, Catholic Centre party, said: "We 371/2c; pails, 37%e; prints, 89c. Com- agreed to the treaty under hard com- pound tierces. 311/2 to 32c; tubs, 32 to pulsion, to save ourselves from an - 32%c; pails, 321/ to 32%c; prints, 33 archy and to preserve the Fatherland to 331/2c, from internal ruin." Montreal Markets. herr Kreizig, Socialist; Prof. Scliu- Montreal, July 15. --Oats, extra No. caking, Democrat; Dr. Traub, Nation - 1 feed, 91c. ]!lour, new standard al Party, and Herr Kahl, People's grade, 11 to $11.10. Rolled oats, Party, all spoke. violently protesting bag 90 I s., $4.25 to $4.40. Bran $43 the injustice of the treaty, the impos- to $48.50. Shorts, $45.50 to 346, I3ay, sibility of its folhlment, and declar- No, 2, per ton, car lots, $30. Cheese, ing that the day of Germany's libera- finest easterns, 29e. Butter, choicest tion would conic. AND THOUGHT IT WOULD 1-O0W i.IkE THAT! BUNCOED AGAIN:. Here is a man who had paid out his good money in ADVANCE for .a slit df''oiothes he never saw. • If he had only been wise in the FIRST place, he would have bought that suit of clothes at home. Then he would have been assured of a good fit, the same quality of goods and at a lower price. Yes, the hone merchant can beat the catalog man on prices every time. That ha, been proved time and again. But people are only very slowly beginning to know, it. The catalog business is so huge, its arguments are so impudent and overbearing that many 'a man is persuaded AGAINST his own judgment. HIo is caa'i~idd Off his feet'. and literally STAM- PEDED into doing things he would not dream of doing if left alone to think it out by himself. Neighbor, don't be stampeded by that picture. Tear it out and bring 'it iii to your home dealer. Figure it out with your home mer- chant. Get together' with 'HIM, He WANTS to give you a square deal. Keep your money in your pocket till you are SURE. 1 4114Z OCEAN LINER STRIKES ICF ,y32,110Q CANADIANS S'TIL'L OVARSEA S ERG Grampain Saved By Prompt Ac- tion of Her Captain. A despatch from St. John's, Nfld., says: -Two men were killed and two injured when the Allan liner Gram- pian, Montreal for Liverpool, collided with an iceberg off Cape Race on Wed- nesday night. The killed and injured were mem- bers of the crew, who were asleep in the bow of the ship when she struck. Virtually all the passengers were awake, but although there were more than 500 women and children aboard, there was little excitement and no panic. That the Grampian did not suffer the fate of the Titanic, with consider - Able loss of life, is believed to have been due to the decision of the Captain to strike the ,iceberg bow on instead of taking a glancing blow on the side. The 'berg, which was very large, was encountered 45 Hiles off Cape Race, in the early ,evening. When it was sighted through the fog it was too late to clear it, although the ship was proceeding slowly. The Captain said that he realized that a glancing blow which would tear through the ship's side would sink her. The course was changed and the Grampian struck the ice mountain squarely head on. The en- tire forepart of the ship was smash- ed in above the water line, the stem being driven back nearly 40 feet. The vessel was undamaged below the water line, however, as the portion of the 'berg which she struck proved to be an overhanging shelf. The two men killed were stewards. Their bodies were caught in the mass of wreckage of the bow and had not been recovered when the Grampian came here. The steward and stoker who were injured by pieces of wood torn loose in the col- lision were not seriously hurt. MONSTER PEACE PROCESSION IN THE EMPI'RE'S CAPITAL A despatch from London says: -- The peaee procession on. July 19 will be the greatest in London's history. It will be seven miles long, and, from the route arranged for it to pass, two million people will be enabled to see it from the buildings and the streets, as against seven hundred thousand who saw King George's coronation parade. A despatch from London:, says: - With the sailing of the Germania on Saturday with 2,495 troops and the sailing of the Tunisian on the same day with 268 troops, 255,413 Cana- dians have been repatriated since the date of the armistice. The number of Canadians overseas, both in the British Isles and France, is now approximately 32,000. This, of course, ,includes hospital staffs, pa- tients, working parties in France and permanent cadres and headquarters here. Shipping has been secured for the return of the remaining Canadian troops as fast as they are available. Oxford Circus House, a supplement- ary office to Argyll House, was closed Saturday. • PRINCE HENRY OF PRUSSIA PLEADS FOR EX -KAISER A despatch from Berlin says: - Prince Henry of Prussia, brother of the former German Emperor, has now come to the, aid of the dethroned war lord, and adds his plea to that of the others for abandonment by the allies of their project to bring the former Kaiser to trial for his crimes against mankind. Prince Henry, in a telegram to King George begging him to desist in the effort to extradite the former Monarch, pledges himself tz assist the King in bringing to light "the truth regarding the war and its conse- quences. WON WAR, MARSHAL HAIG SAYS A despatch from London says: - Field Marshal Haig, receiving the freedom of Newcastle, deprecated the tendency to minimize the British army's achievements in the war. "It is right to speak of our allies," he declared, "but it was the British army that won the war; it was Bri- tain that bore the brunt of the fight- ing in the last two years. "I hope everyone will realize that fact and stick by the fellows who fought and suffered and their depend- ents." BRITISH WOULD LEAVE KAISER TO WORLD'S CONTEMPT A despatch from London says: -In the long list of prominent Britishers opposed to the trial of the ex -Kaiser is Lord Beresford, who says: "It would revive support for him in his own country. At the present moment the whole world regards him as 'a discredited and contemptible cow- ard who deserted his troops in the en face of the enemy whthe critical moment arrived. The trial would land, us in countless difficulties, with the chance that the ex -Kaiser might spfa Ler no adequate punishment." OW BRITISH ARMY DISTRBUTED Rhine Forces Total 206,000 - France and Flanders 214,000 - Large Units in India and Egypt. A despatch from London says: - Reuter learns, in regard to British forces overseas, that the army on the Rhine numbers 206,000, and the army in France and .Flanders 214,000, the latter mainly for salvage work and also to supply the line of communica- tion ftj the Rhine army, of which it is to act as reserve in the event of further hostilities. There are 11,000 British troops in Italy, including troops for clearing -up purposes, and also a battalion forming part of the international garrison of Fiume. There are in India 44,000 British troops, besides Indian troops,includ- ing 22,000 in the Caucasus, with the object of keeping order pending the establishment of peace conditions. The recent troubles in Egypt and the unsettlement in Asia Minor necessi- tate the presence of 96,000 men, in- cluding 10,000 Anzacs in Egypt and Palestine. .i► ENGLISIIMEN TO DEVELOP BRITISH COLUMBIA LANDS A despatch from London says: - Lord Cowdray and others have ob- tained control of the Cold Stream estate of 18,000 acres and the White Valley Irrigation System near Vernon, B.C„ with the intention of selling or developing the estate. PEACE CELEBRATION DAY IS SATURDAY, JULY 19 A despatch from Ottawa says: - Saturday, July 19 has been officially fixed as a public holiday for the cele bration of peace. The date coincides with Peace Day throughout the Em- pire. King Sends Congratulations To Commander of the R-34 London, July 13. -Ring George has sent the following telegram. to Major Scott, commander of the R-84: "I heartily congratulate you all on your safe return home after the com- pletion of your memorable and, in - h.34 WO DE FU WAR MACHINE RIVALS IN SIZE ALL BUT VERY LARGEST OCEAN LINERS. Giant Britiah Dirigible Recently Com- pleted Trans -Atlantic Flight From Scotland to Long Island. The R-34, which recently made a trans-Atlantic flight from Scotland to Long Island, U.S,A,, and her sister air- ship, the R-83, are the world's greatest dirigibles, The war brought them in- to being, for they originally ,were de- signed to out -Zeppelin Germany's Zeppelins, and bring death and des- truction to German cities. When they were building it was reported that they would be the flagships of a gi- gantic fleet of air -craft that Would be launched on a tremendous air raid on Berlin. For this prpose they were equipped with openings through which four S00 -pound bombs and sixteen of 120 pounds could be dropped, while on the upper structure emplacements were built for batteries of eight guns. The sudden end of the world's war put a stop to the plena for a raid on • Berlin, and the architects of the dirig- ible turned their atteution to remodel- ing their craft for peaceful purposes. But their plans were again inter- rupted in June when the war clouds gathered again as reports gained strength that Germany would refuse to accept the Allied peace terms. Tho R-34 was swiftly put on a war basis and started on a cruise of 2,000 miles over the Baltic and the German coast region, She carried nj bombs, but equipped with rapid -firing guns, swept over the enemy's territory at a low al- titude, her enormous shadow giving a grim promise of the possibilities of the future. Rivals Ocean Liners. The R -34's birthplace was Inchin- nan, a little village near Glasgow. In size she rivals all but the very largest ocean liners. Her length is 040 feet, her beam 79 feet, and from the bot- tom of the lowest gondola to the top of the gas bag, measures 79 feet. Her measurements are very closely those of the liner Adriatic, and if she was stood on end she would overtop the famous Singer building. in New York by 27 feet. Two Million cubic feet of gas are imprisoned in the balloon;. whose resemblance to a monstrous fish is heightened by the fact thth it is painted silver colored, proved by experiment to be the most successful for resisting the action of the sun in expanding the gas bag. The driving power of the airship is supplied by five Sunbeam motors with a total of 1,000 horsepower, sufficient to give a speed of close to 70 miles in favorable weather. To feed these mo- tors the airship carries between 7,500 and 3,000 gallons of gasoline, weigh- ing sixteen tons, and giving her a cruising. radius of 4,900 nautical nines or considerably more than the dis- tance between Europe and America and return. Her lilting Capacity is 59 tons, of which 21% tons is dis- chargeable weight, or weight which can be disposed of from the ship. Five gondolas are swung from the gasbag, connected by a 600 -foot plat- form. In these cars there are com- fortable accommodations for .the crew of thirty, with sleeping quarters for half that number. Radiators on top of the motors supply them with hot water and electric stoves assure them of hot meals. Communication with mother earth is provided for by a wireless equipment 'with a radius of 1,500 miles. The Art of Talking. The art of talking is rare, but if one has the least spark of talent it may be impfbved. Time, thought, and con- stant practice are necessary to de- velop any faculty. We cannot hope to learn music, painting or tennis with -e out practice, and so it is With conver- sation. ' We cannot expect to talk well in society if we are dull, silent tactl- turn at home. We must read the best books to learn the fluent use of lang- uage; we must learn to think and to remember, to observe carefully; we must keep in touch with the events of the day, not merely within a narrow circle, but in the wide world. General knowledge' is necessary, Books, news- papers and magazines are within the reach of everyone, An ideal Conver- sationalist is a conscientious listener, the first to see merit, the last to cen- sure faults. CRUISERS TO ESCORT PRINCE ON VISIT A despatch from London says: - Reuter learns that the warship Re- nown, escorted by two cruisers, will probably take the Prince of Wales to Canada. Capt. Alfred Carpenter, V.C., deed, unique, trans-Atlantic air voy- presented 3375 to the Chidron's Aid age." j Society of Victoria. :4,