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Port Perry Star, 26 Jun 1919, p. 7

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gutter, ANE shoo ex- Park, {actly teen 1 the first ing and with great difficulty, . the trolley several times being pulled off the line. Kyidently regarding the whole thing as a circus, a great stream of citizens in their automobiles passed at this critical moment up -and down 'Main Street, by no means adding to ~ the good fecling of what was fast de- veloping into an angry mob. Sharp at ~. half-past two the word passed along "the crowd gathered in the wide thor- oughfare of Main Street on each side of the car tracks--"fall in." At that _ very moment Portage Avenue car No. 598 approached. from the north, about half-full of passengers, mostly 'women and children. As it reached ~ Market Street it was greeted by a roll ing roar of booing, its trolley was pulled 'off the line, and some stones were thrown. Wonien~and children . got out of the cor and dispersed among e crowd, so far as it is known, up- hurt; The conductor and motorman * remained in their car; the trolley cord :_ having been cut, it remained a fix- what immediately was to be- iy ture abv A of battle. | Mounted Police Charge. Almost simultaneously with this, cry went out from the crowd: tier comes the bloody soldiers," and round the corner of Main Street from @ south, 'opposite the Union Bank, swept a single line of red-coated Royal North West Mounted Police. * They WV the whole street from gutter to gutter, dividing as they passed the derelict car. Immediately an angry cry was heard from the mob and an ' occasional missile was thrown at the passing soldiers. A hundred 'yards behind this first rank came a second rank of khaki-clad horsemen, said by the crowd to be members of the Strathcona Horse, and the Fort Garry Horse, but afterwards stated by Alder- man Gray to be Royal North-West Mounted policemen returned from the front, to whom had not been issued the well-known scarlet tunic. The mob | surged In on the flanks of th& horse- samen and . a free throwing of bricks; 'bottles and any other available miss: iles began, many of the horses and. men being struck. They rode on, how- ever, north several blocks and then af- ter a short interval returned again | with drawn trunecheons, and, dividing up. into columns of four on edch side' of the street, sought to drive the mob pleonto the sidewalks. \ : - alleyways nearby brieks had 5 m torn up and hurled at the backs . of the - horsemen. As - 'they ~ divided to pass the street car the. in- 'evitable happened. One of the horses came down, and the soldier, on get- ting his feet, headed for the 'east side, 'where he dived into J. Thompson's undertaking parlors; 559 'Main Street, with the crowd yelling at his heels. The doors were slammed to, bt in 8 few minutes the plate glass front was smashod to atoms and a part of the G | east on Market Street ott comparatively.empty | dashed out again and n-|panse of Main Street was deserted. him off 1# 'tried to get through |. Main t, and buried themselves in lanes and alley-ways, forcing their way into the small hotels that abound thereabouts. ~~ : Men whorno doubt had war exper- ience threw themselves flat into the clock. - And two or hy minutes lat- er. City Hall square, and the wide ex- Across this waste "of asphalt were brought the bodies of the 'casualties, by men who had been 'with them when they fell. Thomson's Undertaking Parlor. By three o'clock in the afternoon several! hundred policemen = with drawn truncheons were 'marching over the now empty scene of the battle where yet the street ear burned. At half past three commissioned These, were placed in| and a THE "TOWN KNOCKER." "Town Knocker" is to kick him out. Tolerate him for a minute, and he community. He is the original "Calamity Howler" and "Bird-of-Ill-Omen." ersuade other people to think the same way as he does. If allowed to "get the floor," he will knock the pins from under the best ] hy C proposition on earth. He is against every form of im- Droyement and if he converts enough peoplé to HIS way of thinking, the town will come to a dead stop. After aving KILLED everything, he glories in the fact that nothing can be Jone for the town. It is doomed. Phe only thing to do with the "Town Knocker" is to head him for the cemetery. that it has been known to spread amon officers attached to Military District No. 10 addressed the crowd at the corner. of Portage Avenue and Main Street, advising that the Riot Act had been read and that the city is now under martial law, and therefore every one should go home. : Nevertheless Main Street was still badly congestéd and the fire brigade was turning on their hose to clear the crowds from the tops of the sur- rounding buildings. Armored cars with machine giins and troops at the "stand-to" were being held in reserve at the princi- pal strategic points of the city. : "Thirty-six hours ago the returned soldiers favoring the strikers' cause held a mass meeting just back of the City Hall. Some four or five thous. and persons were present, of whom a good proportion had. the right to wear the returned' soldiers' button. Then it was that the idea of the "Massed, silent parade" was sug- gested. It was stated by Comrade Martin, that such' a demonstration i had been very successful in North Britain. The proposal was favorab- ly received: 3 ------il en MANY FRENCH SOLDIERS MISSING IN ACTION A despatch from Paris spysi--Ger- man figures on the number of French prisoners held in Germany were found to be incorrect, Leon Abrami, Under- Secretary in the Ministry of War, "announced in the Chamber on Thurs- day. More than 60,000 French pris- PERSONS TO BE SURRENDERED Will Be Handed to Germany Af- ter Signing of Peace. Six Points Are Explained: Paris, June 22.--A protocol to be 'added to the peace treaty, explana- tory of the six points raised by the Germans, reads: ' 4 "Firstly--A * commission will be named by the allied and associated Government fo supervise the demoli- tion of the fortifications of Heligo- land in conformity with the treaty. This commission will be empowered to decide what part of the construé- tions protecting the coast from ero- sion should be preserved, and what part demolished. ¢ . "Secondly--The sums which Ger- many will have to refund to its citi- zens to indemnify them for interests they may be found to have in the railroads and mines, referred to in paragraph two, article 156, shall be placed to the credit of Germany on account of the sums due for repara- tion." The protocal refers to German pri- vate interests in railroads and mines in Shantung as distinct from German state interests. "Thirdly--A list of the persons whom Germany must surrender to were found in Germany. Berlin, June 22.--The German Na- tional Assembly, by a vote of 237 to 138, has decided to sign the: Peace Treaty. = Bn 'The 'Assembly to-day' gave a vote of confidence in the new Government | of Herr Bauer, 236 to 89. { This means that the treaty will be signed. : ok . Sixty-eight members of the Assem- bly refrained from voting. Paris, mmu from the Germans to the Council of oners in excess of the German figures | th man Government during the. month NEW GERMAN GOVERNMENT VOTES TO SIGN PEACE TREATY Weimar Assembly Decides by Vote of 237 to 138 to Sign Treaty With pier t Which Inciude a Declination to Give Up Ex-Kaiser for Trial. Four, relating to the vote of the As- sembly at Weimar, reached here at 7.46 o'clock this evening, and are now being considered by the Council. One of the communications is un- derstood to announce that the Assem- bly voted in favor of signing the treaty with certain reservations, It is not known that the reserva- tions are beyond a declination to ad- mit the guilt of Germany in starting; June 22. Communications | the war and to give up the former upon to surrender. Emperor for trial, following the putting into force of the treaty. "Fourthly--The commission on rep- arations, provided for by Article 240 and paragraphs two, three and four of annex four, cannot exact divulgence of secrets of manufacture or confi- dential information. "Fifthly--From the signature of peace, and in the four months follow- ing, Germany will have an opportun- ity of presenting for the examination of powers documents and propositions with a view to hastening the work relating to reparations, thus shorten- ing the investigation and hastening decisions. : "Sixthly--Prosecutions will be ex- ercised against those committing criminal acts in connection with the liquidation of German property, and the powers will receive any informa- GERMANS SINK THEIR His habit of knocking is so infectious & some of the BEST PEOPLE. KICK THE KNOCKER OUT. fion and proofs that the German Gov- ernment, shall be in a position to supply on this subject. ----s ITALIAN CABINET RESIGNS FOLLOWING ADVERSE VOTE A despatch from Rome says: --The Italian Government resigned on Thursday following an adverse vote against it in the Chamber of De- puties. Premier Orlando, in annguncing his resignation and that of the Cab- | inet, said King Victor Emmanuel had reserved decision as to acceptance. The Chamber of Deputies had, by a vote of 59 to 78, rejected Premier Orlando's' motion in favor of dis- cussing the question of confidence, which related to the foreign policy of the Government, in secret session. FLEET SURRENDEREDRED AT SCAPA FLOW Opened Seacocks and All Big Ships, the Battleships and Battle- Cruisers, Excepting the Baden, Went to Bottom Flying German Flag at Masthead. London, June 22.--The German of- ficets and sailors forming the com- plements of the German ships interned at Scapa Flow sank most of their fleet to-day. All the big ships, e powers will be sent to the Ger. the Batsleships ud battle eruisers, ex and numerous smaller craft were sunk, while others went ashore in a half-sunken condi- tion, Eighteen destroyers were beached by tugs, four still are afloat, while the remainder went under. The wholesale sinking of the Ger- man ships, which came to Scapa Flow to surrender under tle terms of the armistice, was carefully arranged by the officers and crews. All explosives had been removed, and therefore the only means of destroying the fleet was by opening the seacocks.' The ships' went slowly down, with the German flag, which the crews had hoisted, showing at the mastheads. The crews, composed entirely of Germans, under the terms of the armistice, which did not permit of British guards aboard, took to the boats when the vessels began to set- tle. ~-While making for the shore the boats were challenged and called Some of them ignored the summons and were fired upon, a few casualties resulting. This stroke apparently was an en- tire surprise, and the first mews reached London through a correspon- dent who was informed by farmers in the neighborhood that they had seen the German ships sinking, with their flags aloft. Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge, re- tired, former director of the Intelli- gence Department, interviewed by the Weekly Dispatch with regard to! the sinking, said: "It is a breach of the armistice, and therefore, almost tantamount to a new act of war, but at this junc- ture it appears to mean that the Germans intend to sign the peace treaty. It looks like a plan concert- ed in Berlin. Commander Kenworthy, M.P., told the Despatch he did not think the sinkings were carried out by order of the German Government, but were engineered by 8 few hot- heads sick of existence at Scapa Flow. * "The Admiralty or the Admiral in charge," he said, "cannot be blamed. Rather, the Armistice Commission is to be censured for not putting British crews aboard. But we are well rid of the ships, which were obsolete." - { No.. $0 1 ; No. 8 Nort J oat, 0.11%, a A 9% Ni hs See 1 [71%e¢, in a oba_ bai 3 ¢ 4 CW, $1.30%c i ~ Ontario osts--No. 3: white, 17 t 80c,, according to ts outside. vig Ont . wheat--N Winter, bes car lot, $2.14 to $2.20, No. 2 do, $2.11 to $2.19; No. 3 do, $2 jo 3x15 a b Shipping poin 8, according ©] e - el Ontario wheat--No, 1 Spring, $2.01 to $2.17; No. 2 do, $2.06 to $2.14) No, 8 do, $2.02 to $2.10, f.o.b. ships ping "points according to freights. Pens--No. 2 nominal. = o Barley--Malting," $1.28 fo $1.32 nominal. ; Buckwheat--No. 2 ;.ominal, Rye--No. 2 nominal, anitoba flour---Govermment stan dard, $11, Toronto. Ontario flour--Government stan dard, $10.75, in jute bags, Toronto and 'Montreal, prompt shipment. Millfeed--Car lots, delivered Mon- treal freights, bags included. Bran, $42 per ton; shorts, $44 per ton: good feed flour, '$2.80 to $2.90 per bag. Hay--No. 1, $32 to $35 per ton; | mixed, $22 to $24 per ton, track, Toe ronto, Straw--Car lots, $10 to $11 per ton; track, Toronto. ; Country Produce--Wholesale. 35 to~36c. Butter--Creamery, solids, 49 to 50c; do, prints, 49% to 50%e. Live Poultry--Buying price delivered, Toronto: Hens, 4% Ibs, live weight, 80¢ to 00c; dressed, 30c to 00c; hens, 4% lbs. and over, live weight, 33 to 00c; dressed 33 to 00c; spring' chick. ens, live weight 45 to 00c; dressed 56 to 00c; roosters, live weight 28 to 00e, dressed 25 to 00c; ducklings, live weight 86 to 00c, dressed 38 to 00c; turkeys, live weight 30 to 00c; dress-! ed 36 to 00c. Honey--Bulk, clover, 26 to 26c per pound; do, buckwheat, 20 to 2lc. Provisions--Wholesale, Smoked Meats--Rolls, 34 to 35e; hams, med., 43 to 45c; heavy, 33 to !8bc; cooked hams, 60 to 63c; backs, ! plain, 48 to 49¢; backs, boneless, 55 Ito 57¢; breakfast bacon, 47 to 50c/ Cottage rolls, 36 to 37c. J Barrelled Meats--Pickled $48; mess pork, $47. i Green Meats--Out of pickle, 1c less than smoked. ! | Dry Salted Meats--Long clears, in tons, 28%c; in cases, 29¢; clear bel 'lies, #28 to 28%c; fat backs, 25c. | Lard--Tierces, 34%c to 35¢; tubs, [85 to 85%c; pails, 35% to 36%c; prints, 36 to 86%c. Compound lard, tierces, 81%c; tubs, 3g%e; pails, 82%c; prints, 33c. pork, Montreal Markets. Montreal, June 24.--Oats--Extra No. 1 feed, 91c. Flour--New standard grade, $11 to $11.10. Rolled oats-- Bags, 90 lbs.,, $4.10 to $4.25. Bran, $42. Shorts, $44. Hay--No. 2, per ton, car lots, $40 to $41. Cheese-- Finest easterns, 20%ec. Butter-- Choicest creamery, 52 to 53c. Eggs-- Selected, 52c; No. 1 stock, 48¢; No, 2 stock; 44 to 45¢. Potatoes--Per bag, car lots, $1.50. Dressed hogs---Abat« toir killed, 30 to $30.50, Lard-- Pure, wood pails, 20 Ibs. net, 38c. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, June '24.--Heavy steers, $13.75 to $14; choiee butchers' steers, $13.25 to $13.50; butchers' cattle, choice, $13 to $13.50; do, good, $12 ta $12.50; do, med., $11.25 to $11.50; do, | com., $9.50 to $10; bulls, choice, $11 to $11.60; do, med., $10.25 to $10.75; do, rough, $8 to $8.25; butchers! cows, choice, $11.25 to $11.75; do, good, $10.50 to $10.75; do, med., $9 ta | $9.50; do, com., $7.50 to $8; stockers, $8.76 to $11.75; feeders, $12.50 to $13; { canners and cutters, $4.60 to $6.25; milkers, good to choice, $90 to $150; ; do, com. and 'med., $65 to $75; spring« ers, $90 to $160; light ewes, $10 ta $11; yearlings, $12.50 to $14; spring lambs, per ewt., $18.50 to $23; spring lambs, each, $12 to $15; calves, good | to choice, $17 to $19; hogs, fed and | watered, $28.50; do. weighed off ears, $23.75; do, f.0.b., $22.50, re "1 Montreal, June 24.--Hogs, choicq selected, $21 per 100 lbs.; culls, $153 steers, $11 to $13.50; cows. $9 to $11.60; butcher bulls, best, $10; iu< ferior quality, $7; lambs, $16; mitf< fed calves §8 to $11; sheep, 3 to $12 ware satan Milk and leafy vegetables are mors necessary for health than even a pers fectly varied diet. 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