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Port Perry Star, 21 Nov 1918, p. 2

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A despa ram ui : ye: Gor began to _troo| pus Belg . The ove forward, the | in the direction ett an a diet & Ts the allied armies, 'make solemn itry into those German fortresses on 'Sunday 'in the presence of President 'and Premier Cleménceau. | + his favorite 'charger. "It is "probable that the departments 1 tHe re-won territory will resume 'their old names, namely, Bas Rhin, * prefecturé of Strassburg; Haut Rhin, prefecture of Colmar, and Moselle "prefecture vf Metz. Government already is 'congidéring the establish- mént of provisional inigtrative ar- rangements. The occupation of the territory on the left bank of the Rhine and the bridgeheads will not be . undertaken | by the allied forces until later. The liberation of Belgium promiass to be rapidly accomplighed. = On the occasion of the ve-entry of the Bel- glan 'sovereigns into- Brussels, the French Government has decided ' to present to the Queen the Grand Cor- don of the Legion of Honor, .and to the heir apparent The Chévalier's Cross andthe Cross of Wat. In conformity with the agreement reached between Marsha! Foch and the German delegates, a 'period of five days has been allowed to | the enemy | Markets of the World Breadstufts cf Toronto, Nov. 19 rea Manitoba wheat | ««No. 1 Northern $2.24%; Northern 2.21%; No. 8 $2.17 0. 4 'wheat, $2.11%, store Port William, er includin Manitoba oats--No, 2 C.W.., bites | No. 8.CW,, T9%c; extra No. "1 feed, 813%c; No. 1 feed, 8%e, in store Fort William. American $1.58; No. - corn--No, = yellow, 3 yellow '12505 No. 4 yellow, $1. mple corn, $1.30 to $ ih -- Toronto. Ontario oats, new crop--~No. white, 76 to 8c; No. 8 wi 5 77e, according to freights he. Ontario wheat--No. 1. Winter, car' lot, $2.14 to $2.22; No. 2 $2.11 tos $2.19; No. 3 do., $2.07 to $2.15; No. 1 Spring, § $2.09 10 82. in No. 2" Spring, 4 0 ; No. g g ring, $2.02 to '$2. oy Bu ship- ping points Sscorains to freights. eas--No. 2, Se al new crop, $1.02 to $1.07, according to freights outside, Budiwientaf). Bb. Rye----No, Z, $1. 70, Manitoba flour--Old war quality, $11,650, Toronto. Ontario flour--War quality, old erbp, $10.76, in bags, Montreal and Toronto," prompt shipment. Millfeed--Car lots, delivered Mont- real freights, bags inéluded: Bran, 38% 25 per ton; shorts, $42.25 per ton: Hay--No. 1, $23 fo $24 pef ton; $23.00 'per ton, mixed; $21. 50 track, Toronto w---Car lots, $10.50 to $11. 90, track Toronto. crop, Counfr y Produce--Wholesale goButter--Dairy, abe and rolls, 38 to ie; prin ¢ Ofeatiiery, fresh made: solids, ble; Pri: : bo oe; store, i Fon ew laid, Dressed poultey--<8; Hing chickens, 2 to Soc; 83: fowl, 21 to Shes by fo 30¢; mikeys,' 31 3] 3, squa 3 gost: Live iters, 18 to Bs fowl,' Yo 250 ducklings, ib., 2c; 2 to 80c; Spring chickens, : geese, 20c. are selin to 'the re the follow ng priges:-- Cheese--New, 1 anrEe: 26 to 27¢; twins, 26% to' 2 T4c; old, large, 28 to poke; twin, 28% a ERrech Ag choice, a8 4o a 'crea prints, "52 to greamery "solide, Bl. to 62¢; prints, ow A ions. 51 bo 52 & 0. 24 a selected stora; age 51 So i n 'cartons, Te 24 to 28¢; Po, EA 28c; turkeys, 38; ncilinge, th. 305; : squabs, Z., Yand-micked, bul: 6.00 to $6.50; im . 35.00 50 6.50 ed Lima, 17 to Tse Honey -- -- Extracted 2187.7 aL bulls, choice, Kormern:| i cng icon : wiih to hind over all thera ment material stipulated in the armi.| § sce. Germans for information as to where The French command, asked the| | mines had been laid, and was inform-{ ed that some hg been. Blaced in the i Ostend station and timed to on Wednesday. The. German command 'accordingly was asked to send officers to locate the explosives. An additional day, making 156 days in all from the date of the armistice, has been granted to the enemy to evacuate Belgium, Luxemburg, Al- sace-Lorraine, : Marshal Foch has directed the Ger- mans to send officers to the King of 'the Belglans at Bruges to give infor- 'mation regarding the German and Luxemburg railroad~and canal sys- tems and the navigation of the Rhine. | The Germans on Thursday sent an | officer to Chimay to arrange with French officers for the handing over of the arms and material which Ger- many has to surrender: The greatest enthusiasm prevails in Alsace-Lorraine, mans are leaving the provinces. The German atthorities are being hooted by the crowds. French and American troops are expected daily. Receptions on a huge scale are be ing prépared for the allied troops, un- der the noses of the German officials. Theré is also joy in the Rhine towns because of .the cessation 'of allied air | raids. \ Live Stock Markets. | sJozonte, Nor, 10 ,~Choice Heavy teers, to $13.50; butchers' ote. dol, $11. ta fut. 75; do, 50 to $10.75; do medium, good, %00 1 9.00; do, common, $7.50 0 to b do. medium bulls, 8 do. rough bulls, $7. 26 to 3 00; Sorcha cows, choice, $9.60 to $10 do. good, $8.25 to $8.60; | do. medium, $7.60 to $8. 00; do, com. i mols $6.50 to $7.00; stockers, $7.60 to $10.25; feeders; $10.00 to $11. 00; cannérs and cutters, $4.50 to $6.00; milkers, good to choice, 390: 00 to od, | $160. 00; do. com. and med., $65.00 in $75. 60; springers, $90. oe "to $160; j Rent owes, 10.00 to $11.00; yearl- Fig $13.00 to $13.50; Spring lambs, 00 to $18.75; calves, a "aa $14.00 to $17.50% Hog , fed and "watered, $18.25 to $18,560; do, weighed off cars, $18.50 to $18. 76. ontreal, Nov, '19.--Choice rks $11.00 to $12. 003 good storm, $ ob to $10.50; edipm, 33.50 to 5 50; common, 5700 cows, $8.50 to $9. uw; fond #0 to $8.00; medium, J5.00 $7.0 choied hulls, ss. 00 to Boop nL i 50 ; medium, y Sanpers, '$4.00 to $5.00; Tambs, $5. 00 to $14.00; sheep, $9.00 to $10. '00; hogs, ot cars, selects, $17.50; grass calves, $6.00 to $7.00; milk-fed $15.00 to $16.00. rant BRITISH ELECTION DATE FIXED FOR DECEMBER 14 -- A despatch from Yondon says: A proclamation will be issued on Nov- ember 26 summoning a new Parlia- ment, Andrew Bonar Law announced in the House of Commons on Thurs- day. Nominations will be made on December 4, and polling will take place on December 14. The counting | of the ballots may be postponed until December 28. Prorogation of Parlia- ment will take place on Wednesday or Thursday of next week, at the latest. se fermen: - NORWEGIAN LOSSES . AS RESULT OF THE WAR A despatch from: London" says:i- Norway lost during the war 831 ves- sels, aggregating close on to 1,260, 000 tons, according to official statis- tics. ~ In addition 33 vessels of ap- proximately 69,000 tons were dam- aged by German submarines. One thousand one hundred and twenty lives were lost in these dis- | -- RE SIL GERMAN FOOD PROFITEERS POUR GOODS DS, INTO MARKET A despatch from an Dosis says: Ger- man food profiteers who for nearly four years had been hoarding neces- sities are now flooding the markets with hidden 'goods. consequence, prices 'of food commodities in Ger- re Zalien nearly 50 pex_cent., 8.80 | sudski, of 'the Polish legion, for pro- Toousapds of -Ger-| : did they would have been blown. to - parents. in the destruction of their hon OF POLISH TROOPS, GRAN OFFICERS, German Civil Cocerion Has Fled French Authorities Have Insti- For Protection. ' tuted Criminal Proceedings. +A'despatch from Berne says:Vienna advices say that Polish soldiers have |a result. of investigations made in | deeupied the Royal Palace andi Bel-| Lille and the region of the Depart videre at Warsaw, and also the mili- | ment of the Nord very precise charges) | tary commander's quarters, have been made 'out against German They also have taken POSSESSION | opicasig guilty of having ordered or "of 'the- German military automobiles | of javing themselves committed and arms and munitions, Polish offi- | shocking crimes | cers are directing the German de-i y= 4 presence of 'evidence that mobilization. has been revealed by a sopiisdiin Poles hold the post and telephone of enquiry, the Under Secretary | stations connecting with Viennd. | State at the Ministry of Justice' has The. German police have been dis | ieroq that criminal proceadings be arm Count Lerchenfeld-Moefering, the | Justituied. at {Tee again ihe Se German civil administrator, has fl Ibe tried by a martial in Ber ab- to Brigadier-General- (Joseph Pil sonoe if the alies™ are. Hnable bo tection. rb nen BRITISH CASUALTIES gl LAST WEEK OF WA¥| "IT HAD ONLY-TOCOME OUT," SAID MONOCLED ADMIRAL valid, ug * A despatch from. London' | Casualties in the British Ah 3 ported in the week ending on Thurs- [ miral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, 'who day total 380,585 officers and men, | appointed to notify the Gerfan en divided as 'follows: Officers--Killed| voys of the naval ocnditions of the A despatch from Paris sags: Ad- or died, of wounds, 387; wounded or! armistice; isi credited by Figaro with | Men--| a phrase Which admirably reflects the 6,287; respective positions of the two fleets: + total,! "It is inadmissible," . the Germans! + protested, "that our fleet should be given up without having been beaten." Facing the envoys Admiral Wemyss retorted: only to come out." ~ Nn fee {wis MAINTAIN DISCIPLINE IN NAVY, SAYS GOVERNMENT missing, 1,049; total, 1,436. Killed or died of wounds, wounded or misging, 22,862; 29,099. Feed 4 500 CANADIAN CASUALTIES It Tad YET TO BE CA LED OVER A despatch from Ottawa says: With the advent of peace it will re- lieve the suspense of many people in' Canada to know that the casualty lists, often weeks behind, are tapering | . off to the end. There are numerous| A despatch from Copenhagen says: tragic cases where, since the celebra- | --The British Government has issued tion of peace, hews has come of 'en | orders 'in which it 'says it will sup- previously killed inaction. Gwe, are | port. the officers in: maintaining dis.' not exactly certain, but our advices cipline in the navy. The order calls indicate that about 500 more are: to for all ranks to co-operate in Carry- be cabled," said the Acting Director. |ing out the terms of the armistice. mmm 'A despatch from Paris saysi=-As 2 was | Were killed and many wo th his 'monocle, | * Germans Assembled | Civilians "Under White Flag and . 'Opened Fire. A despateh from the 'British: erican Armies in the Field gays: | stances of German mistreatment the civil population of villages in | France which were recently taken by the British-Ameriean armies are nums- ity but perhaps none shows the cold' and alan heartlessness: of the enemy than the following stor { which was related to the correspond- of | ent by one of the inhabitants of the little town of St. Souplet, near St. Quentin, An attack by the British American forces was impending Germans expected it, .and i the population that if they ro and The spared by the Alvancing. 'allied troops. th They did so. The Germans Germans soon w driven out 'by the British er- icans. When. they reached a point of vantage, however, they turned their guns 'on the chirch, Several persons unded, 'When the allied troops entered the | i village they found the church shatter- ed, the occupants terrified, and many of their number lying prostrate on the flgor, dgad or 'wounded. mia ae ein i | GRAND FLEET CELEBRA' SIGNING OF THE ARMISTICE A despatch from om London says: A. marvellous night scene was witnessed off the Scottish coast when the Grand Fleet celebrated the armistice, O 80-mile line warships of siiption were simultafieously illumin- impossible to Send Relief 1 Joepate h from Washington ; lief for the fering se yet been ugable to solve. one official says, that not even thod: of Solio "had been' determ upon. It is now regarded. 28 Dr certain that it wilt be' get food. to the 40,000,0( INOW. 8CATCe" and anarchy rampant; ficials here fear that famine is inevi ble, and that the toll of death y astounding | 4 'Officials _eaid conditions - secure their arrest, But whatever sén-| in the local church and. put up a | 'Biberia--and Northern R tertce may. be passed. will' remain| white sheet as a flag, they Mould be a mpro said to have virtually ) country of Germans, while bia, by a plebiscite, has dete to become a part of Rumania, PRICE oF VICTOR AID. a a NADA 5, sons; ~ 56, 000 'Canadian a down their lives in the ing to official figures just issued Total casualtiés received here to 13th are given as 213,268, an a gate which will likely bo every des- |. Myriads of sirens blew off, ere-|. aid. an of search his played Fireworks and'star shells were" Tight: ed. The celebrations, after lasting began. | STAR FoR al WAR wesore sound. _ Hit Hundreds : an hour, vented 5 suddenly as they {a ul re A despatch fyom om Totidon 'says In ix 5 ou a turday, the House of 'Commons, on, J. I. MacPherson had been agreed that a star s to the 1014 star, but dated 1914-15, | sould be given to all naval mem and | marines who had, served on shi at sea - prior to Peromber 81, 81/1 and to all soldiers and members of the air forces who had served in the war theatres Pcs 4 AE ar Ne- | the body will receive a well as #1914 star. 2 ; Alm

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