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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1914-10-15, Page 7N FIRE DESTROYED ZEPPELIN Notable Feat of Plying Squad Which Penetrated the Enemy's Country, Icao Miles, A despatch from London says: The following official statement was ersuc 1, • coved Lg ,an •a.hhack by. as lr 4 British airsquadron on a overman airship shed. at DGuss+eldorf "Ti'e secretary 'of the Admiralty tannounees that Squadron Comman- der Grrey reports that., ,wet autthor. wed, he carried out, witch Lieut. R. L. G. Marla and Lieut. S. V. Sippe, a suceessetel attack on a Dus- seldorf airship ,shed. Lieut, Maxix'>, bombs, dropped from a ,height of 600 feet, hit the s11ed, went rehrough the roof an ( 'deetroyed Zepli,ela'n. "Flames were eb,serye,da 600 feet high, the result .ef .the i mating o£ the gee orf an ai.rehip. ' "Ali three offiotere 'axes s'af'e; but. their a•eroplain,e,s have been lost. "The feat would ,appear to have been in revery resrpre'nt re,rrrtartls'ab1e, 'saving regard to the ,clist+anee of over once ,l uratreed mick's pe,ne,tratld into .country held by .the e'nerny, and to the fact that a previous attack had put the enemy on .their .guard and enabled them to mount anti- tair•ex:aft guns." HAVE LOST GRIP ON FR. NCH SOIL Germans Must Soon Reform Their JLinos in Belgium, it is Thought. A desparbcth from Paris 'says: Even the gravity of chic ,situation at Antwerp does not lesrseu she satis- faction. felt ` ,over the steady pro ,Fears of the allies in Frtarnce. The opinion again 'takes strength theft the Germans are losingiehegrip on Fiien.ch territory and must 'within a few lacy s reform their linear on Bel- gian The 'allies have won a great bated eight milers north cf Lillie t Ger nasea ►re retreating . hurriedly into Belgian territory. Gen. Jtoffre its massing fretsll ttroops and hurling therm ,night. and day ,art we.a-acening .secti'o'ns of the GGernan line. East and west, Gen. Jeffre'n tar - tics are b.eta,ring fruit. Detfeattiftg every tatbteunpt of the Germane to abolish his turning movement and to get between this most northerly force and the coast .cities, he zs steadily and definitely wimnieg ground !along .the Belitgian .border. The ,allies may not be able to force a way past von Klerk .and en- ter' Belgium! in !sucth forces as to oompel 'the Germaine to raise the siege of Antwerp, but Gen. Jioffre. is making such progr=ess that ,every . indication points to his tabi1itty to make tells Germane; rally all their strength to defend' Belgium. The al li cis have ,advanuoed to the north of Lille. They have retaken Arras. iF Their •ctavt;alry- is fighting the Ger- hian horse to a standstttill in every ootrnatcreattack. s . - CLEARED OF TIIE ENEMY. Steatnehil► Lines 11Iay Resume Ser- vice in South Atlantic. A despatch from New York t. Agents in this 'city of Br'+ ship c8mpaeies whose vessels ply between New York and ports in South and Oentral America.. and the West Indies were .notified in oable- gram,s from London on Wednesday that regular sailings might safely be resumed. Agents of the Laanpo•rt and Holt Line said they had been dirveebed 'to resume the sailing sche- dules which were interrupted by the activities of the German cruis- errs Karlsruhe and Dresden and the converted cruiser Kr•onprinz Wil- helm intheSouth Atlantic. It was assuaned by the tagents:tthat the Ger- man war vessels had beenchased away, bottled up in some port, or had 'had disastrous meetings with the British and French cruisers known to be in South American waters. UNDER FLAG DE GREECE. Allies' Warships Capture ,Austrian Steamer Loaded with Arms. A despatch frown' `Cetinje says: English and Breach warships have captured an Awstri,aa steamer, ;which was masquerading under the Greek .flag. The :,steamier had a Came of ,arms and ammunition, which was destined for Albania, .where tbhe Austrians are arming the Malnssori tribesmen against the , ;. Montenegrins. CANADIAN HOSPITAL IN,PARIS Commissioner Writes That the French Admire British. A despatch from Ottawa .says : The following extract from ,a letter from the 0anadian Commissioner at Paris was given out on Wednesday by Hon. L. P, Pelletier : "Tell our countrymen that the French people are wonderful.. The brave and gal- lant Brutish' regiments have been mueth ,admired; and I •ain sure that. our own soldiers will make the 'same impression. I have just been in- formed by Hon. Mr. Perley that the question of having a. Canadian hospital in. Paris has been definite- ly settled. T am very pleased to hear that. It was the right thing do, and you •could not have done 1 in a more galtlanb way." COTTON TRADE III7.' HARD. Lk George Says Other Ithlustries Will Be Busy.. A ,rlesp.atch from London says David Lloyd -George, Chancellor of the Ex'che'quer, in a •speech on Wed- nesday to a deputation of the Work- ers' • National Coanviittee, said it •s was not at allure thattthey were not: a little premature in anticipat- ing e, very considerable remount of unemp1biinenit as the war progress- ed. The demands on the industries in this eountry, the Chanoellar said, would be enormous, but in the oott ton trade the distress undoubtedly would be severe. That was the only trade, he added, -w•htieh had oom plebely broken down t>.ius far.. • SIN AUSTRIAN SHIPS• STINK. Lost Off theDalniation Coast -Most of Crews Lost. A despatch from Paris says : The Messagero. publishes a, despatch from A. zona, in Italy, on the Adri- ilea; r 4 graphs the Rome corres- pondent of the 'Havas Agency, which declares that four Austrian torpedo boats and two Austrian torpedo-boat destroyers have been lostt off the coast of Dalmatia, as a result of coming in contact with mines. The Ancona despatch ,adds that a majority of the members of the crews 'of these six vessels lost their lives. ASQUITJVS SONS IN WAR. Volunteer for Service With British -Army In France. A despatch from London says : Three sons of Premier Asquith have volunteered for ,service with the British array in France. Two of them are now training with their regiments. The third, who has not completely recovered from .a serious illness, failed to pass the doctor. Battle in Balkans. . despatch from. Roane says : The Montenegrin Minister here has re- ceived a despa•teh from Oettinje stating . that the • Montenegrin troops facing the Austrians on the Herzegovina frontier defeated g the Austrians and occupied Bilek, in Herzegovina. AVIATORS BURNE» TO DEATH Frenchman Wounded German Pilot aiid Put a Bullet': Through the Gasoline Tank ' r t despatch from Bordeaux says: Official despatches received by the 'rench- War De'partment on Wed- x%Csday give a graphic account of +n aerial duel which' was watched ,V r y t usand,s of, 'soldiers of rho t F e n, r n n German armieson d ivman a mrL 0c- f:!Iober 5 at Joomcher in the region . yd region 5• h Ittheinnts, Germart aeroplane of the Avis- tie type ascended with two men, and after circling over the French positions, was returning to its own Qines when Sergeant Frantz one of the most 'expert of French aviators, , accompanied by his mechanic, Quin - atilt, sprang to a machine and ggave l "Oilase. Bya •skillful manoeuvre the French ,aeroplane took the German on the flank and wounded the pilot and put a bullet through the gaso. line tank. A sheet' of flame Imvel- oped the Aviatic, and the machine dr'opp'ed rapidly, landing...Close to the French. lines. In the descent the unwounded than continued to Are Ma pistol untilprevented by the. flamtee, Frantz Sesg,e,ant I"La,ntz earns to ,earth in a series of magnificent spirals. Both Germans were found burned to dearth in the :embers of their tna- ohise, Frantz was decorated with the Legion el Honor and Quiriaullb , . was awarded the military medal for their exploit. • y,t is' Jel'n::French. Cowuander of the British Expeditionary Force. 1,6 PRISUERS IN 2 AYS Opposing Bodies of Cavalry Are Still Operating to the North of Lille A despatch '. from Paris gays: "There is nothing urew to report beyond a lively 'engagement, in the region of Roye, where for the last two :days we .have taken 1,600 pri- soners." a The general ,situation has under- gone no .change,. On our telt wing the. two opposing bodies of .cavalry are still operating to the north of Lille . and of La, Besse, and the bat- tle !continues along the line marked by the regions of Lens, Arms, Biray-- sur-S,ominve, Roye and Lassigny. On the centre of the Oise, and ,on the Meuse, only actions of tininoi impor- tance have been repoaafed. r On our right, in the Woenvre district, there has been an artillery contest along the entire front. In Lorraine, in the Vosges, and in Alsace• there, has been no, 'change. BERLIN ABIIITS DEFEAT IS NEAR The Delayed Decision of Battle in France Unfavorable to Germans., A despatch iron Berlin say's : The gravity of the 'situation in France is admitted by the German, general staff, and Major Moratth, the Tage- blatt's 'military expert, says that the delayed decision of the present battle is unfavorable to the Ger- mans. An official announcement says that- the German progress at Antwerp continues and that the German forces already are over the flooded area along the River.Nethe. The war against Great Britain, ,according to the newspapers, will coin:mense at the end o£ October, after Antwerp has fallen. Belgium will then be.com e the .base of •opera tions .against Great Britain, the newspapers say. They . add that Admiral von Tirpitz, the Minister of the Navy, who is now at .general headquarters with Emperor Wil- liam, has announcedvthat he will go aboard the flagship of ;the German fleet and direct the operations of he navy. Berlin correspondents at the front report that the : French at Verdun etre supplying their de- ficiency in heavy artillery by rapid. ly shifting tlhe positions of their field .artillery. Aided by a knowl- edge cif the ground. the German correspondents say, the French sim- ulate retreats, hiding sharpshooters in , trees. When the Germans ad vance they are killed like es. The Germans are fighting with courage and .desperation from eerly morning until late at night. GERMAN WARSHIPS SUNK, ,Tapnaese Bombardment Results Badly for the Enemy. A de'spateh front Tokio says: The belief: was •expressed iivtthe War Office o 1 Wednesday that the Ger- mean cruiser Commtoran and two other German gunboats had been sunk in Ki,ao-Chats Bay, The Japa- nese army has occupied the Shan - Tung Railroad es far west as Chi - Nan, • The Advance. on Berlin. The -Russians have definitely re- occnipied Lyck, East Prussia, are 1 driven the Germans •out of the dis- trict, i about7 whichs j ti trailer from '`Thorn .arid 400 utiles from Berlin, At last reportsthe, Rusiancen- tre was prepering retsck Thorn itselif, 225 miles from Berlinas elle c•rortflies. The advance guard of l:lhe Russian southern army in. Galicia has Occur led Biala, n elan 120 'miles .from ip Breslau, and 315 miles from. Berlin, QUEBEC TO MONCTON. Intends to Operate Freight Over N.T.R. A despatch from Montreal says: That section of the National. Trans- centine'ntal Railway between An- selme, east of Quebec city,. and Moncton, N.B., is now completed, and ib was stated here on Wednes- day night that it is the intention of the Inteercolroni,al Railway to op- erate freight over it this coming winter. The line just . oompleted serves large pulpwood areas. The G.T.R. fright depar,tmenth hens has been notified -of the Intercolonial's decision to operate the new line.: RUSSIA'S' BIG LOAN. Subscriptions for $250,000,000 Will Soon Be Called For. A. despatch—from Petrograd says : The Bourse Gazette learns that ow- ing to favorable news from 'bbs seat of wax subscriptions will be in -cited for an in'ter'nal loan of $500,000,000 rubles ($250,000,000) at five per cent. A writer in The Army Ga- zette estimate's that the war• with Germany will drag on for a year, because the winter campaign oannat have an intensive character. The fighting will, however, break out again in th.e spring with its previous fury, he says. BRITISH TRADE DECREASE. Results of War are Showa in Fig- ures for Last Month. sp A de a tch from London p. sa.ys: The figures of the Board of. Trade for the month of September again show the result of the war. Imports deereas•ed $81;515,000, while ex- ports decreased$78,7,50,000, Tle principald,eclinets in imports w ere : Food, $10,000,000;. wool, $11,250,- 000; : cotton,$7,500,000; manufae- tu.red •astied es, $42,500,000. Inex- ports coal fell off $8,750,.000. The remaining deficit wasin manufac tured articles, of which ooraton tex- tiles figured to the amount of $17,- 500,000. I,i'CI'rEIER. WO MAN NOR C:IULD. What _Wife of German Soulier Wrote to Her Husband. A .deaparttr from. Bordeaux 'says: s; A sub -lieutenant at the • front found aletter in :the pocket o -f .a wounded 'German from the clatter's wife. One seentte,n.ce'read : "I hope you ', ,r , will spare Werther women nor children.'' The letter was returned to the writer with thia note' ''Ma;dtarne,.-••• This letter was found in your bus- ba.nd's pocket, He is 1v:ound,cd ; and is •now being hum anely 'cared for." GERMAN DESTROYER SUNK Btritish Submarine fir} Torpedoed the lEn'emy's Craft Oft th. River Ems Estuary A dte'spatch from •London says: The Adnxireety on Wednesday night ieaued an ofBoial annouasement that t'he British submarine E9 has s le- oes'sfully returned to her base* atter sinking a Germandestroyer off the mouth of bbs Ems River, between the Netherlands and East Fries- land, in the North Sea, Thesub- marine is under command of Lieut. Commander Max K. Horton, It was this same submarine under the same' commander which made a .sim- ilar crash, and ;sank the German cruiser Hela off Heligoland Sep- tember 13. As on the former o(oa;- sion, the E9 has safely returned to her home, port, The,action took place at 1 o'clock and was witnessed by the Dutch coast guards on the Dutch Island Schiermonikoog, in the North Sea, off the province of .Frieslarzid, The weather was clear and the sea ca,lm, and ,the destroyer could plain- ly be seen cruising before the mouth of the Eras. Suddenly the observers saw a high: column, orf, water rise 'rear the bow of the destroyer. ¶Jlhe vessel iinxnediately turned over and sank in three minutes. Shortly afe ter the e*.p:losion the periscope of the submarine cable' t•o: the surfacel of ,the water for a moment, but as; soon as those on board the plunger' saw that their 'torpedo had struck its mark the vessel was again sub- merged, A German cruiser and torpedo boats came quickly to the • rescue of the crew of the ill-fated destroyer,) who could be seen rswimmiug about in the vicinity of the disaster ort elinging to the wreokage of .bbeu sunken ship, As Schieranonikoog is oloee to the island of Borkum, where the Ger- - mans have•. a naval base, and within. sixty miles of Heligoland and the naval 'arsenal of Wilhelmshaven;' the dash of the submarine is con -1 sidered a very daring one. The Dutch naval ,staff'announoes that the sinking of the destroyer oe-I curred seven miles of Sehie.zxo;oni-t koog and well outside Dutch tern-, torial waters. ' AUSTRALIAN VOLUNTEERS. 100,000 People Cheer Proops Parad- ing Streets of Sydney. A despatch from Melbourne says: Another 'remarkable dienionetrati,on took place at Sydney on, Wednes- day, when the New South Wales portion of the .first expeditionary force paraded the •city streets. ,gxisiness was entirely suspended, and all the mainthoroughfares were deco'ra,bed. Private employers allowed their wor'km'en special le+ave to enable them to eheer the troops. It is estimated that over 100,000 people wiitnee sed the march. DID $2,000,000 DAMAGE. A despatch from San Francine says: Two lives Were lost, $2,000,- 000 2,000,- 000 damage was dose, two vessels were sunk and two blocks of busi- ness houses and ,residences were de= stroyed by the German. crui's'ers Soharnhorstt ;and Gaeisenau, in their bombardment last month of the French colony of Papeete, Tahi- ti. Refugees from the island told the story on their ,arrival here en Wednesday, aboard- the .Union Steamship. Company's liner Moana, from Australia, evthioh •touched at Tathiti. Nurses Decorated. A despatch from Bordeaux says Marcel Brindejonc des Moulinais, the noted long-distance.aviator, is again mentioned in an order of the day for marvellous audacity in ac- complishing reconnoissances, de- spite the fire of the enemy, under most unfavorable atmospheric con- ditions. He has been made a. zer- geant. Two nurses are mentiond in eh !same order for valor under fire. These young 'women saved many wounded during the bombardment of .a town. French Aviator Falls and is Failed. A despatch from London says: A despatch to the. Exchange Telegraph Company .from Paris says that through the capsizing of an aero- plane in 'which they were making a; reconnaasanse Lieut. Noel and su passenger named Ernmrer lost their lives. They were flying at an alti- tude of 4,000 feet when the machine for some unknown reason turned turtle and fell. Another aviator named Garitex, holder of tmiany world's .aviation records, has been taken prisoner and is n,ow in. Ber- lin. • RUSSIANS GAIN LY1 E ONCE 011 Germans Driven 'From Scene of Earlier ;Victory in East Prussia. A despatch from Petrograd says Lyck, Beet Prussia, where the Rus- sians .suffered a severe .defeat early in the war at the hands of Gen von Hiedenburg''s 'German .army, was successfully reoccupied by. the 'Czar's forees after a desperate bat-' 61e, ascordinug to .an official state- ment ,£rotor; tth.e general staff here. The eomm.unication says: "On October 8 our troops on the Bast Prussian 'border .continued to press the enemy, who had formed two fighting .groups. 'The first group was operating in the region of VLatdislavoff and Wir- b.allen (both towns in the Govern- ment of 'Suwalki., Russian. Poland). Our troops dislodged_ them from Viadislavoff and surrounded them on the north. However, this group still maintained its position easit by -south of t irballen. All its at-- tempts t—tempts to. take the offensive .at that point failed, and 'the enemy sus- tained heavy losses. Captured All Positions. "The second group of the euery, a very strong one, eommenoed an energetic attack in the vicinity of. Bathka, Lake and ; Baka'larzewo (East Prussia). We assumed a vig- orous offensive .against their front: The enemy, covered ley strong rear guards, tried, it ,seems, to get out of the sphere of the battle. Our: troops -captured by successful as- •sa.ults the positions-whiclh the enemy was trying to ;held. We fin- ally occupied Lyck." GERMAN SPY DOGS. Taught to hear at Sight of Red Trousers of French Soldiers. A despatch from Paris says : The Figaro tells of the capture of some highly trained German spy doge. The animals are wonderfully edu- cated, the Figaro says' and have been taught to rear at the aright • of the red trousers of French soldiers. The dogs are said to have been highly useful in reconnoitring. Attempt to DestroyTroop Train a A despatch from; Paris says : A Tali© aeroplane appeared over Saint Donis, and when the noise of the motor was heard the people rushed out of -their housesto the yr above herailway ile • street.." It t station, where a bomb was dropped, apparently with the intention of ex - *ding on a train loaded with re- servists which' was just about to start. The, bombmissedits mark and no one was injured, bat there was some damage to property.. The aeroplane continued its flight, and, 1passing between t - he Aube rville r s and a Chapelle gates of Paris,. dropped a >`econd bomb, which buret near the •k-ennels where the. police dogs are kept. The keeper of the kennels was wounded by a, • fragment of the bomb. His wile and seven-year-old sIrild were also struele by s+in.alil portions of the bomb, but were not seriously in- jured. • A French aeroplane ap- peared about this ;time, and the Taube ascended to a great height and sped away with the Female machine. in pursuit. No Peace on Basis of "Drawn aW War" A despatch .from Loraton says The ,statement eontiruueti : "Te. thep y. Further hints have been received re London from Washington regarding the possibility of diecussing peace on the bas,ie. of a."drawn war.'' Tihc. WC h ni,nete,r Gazette, rega'r'ded ,as being particularly chose to the Brie tish Gover•nmen,r:,.hits ,a Pito:ke- rnen.t, app•are•:nfly ip•osipired, that, while C Great B3 rit,a,in has no desire bo cruFtor humiliate the e Gearan ps o - ple, She does intend tobake what- ever political iu a.siar'e,s are neo.n- eary- to crush German militaris,ni, sugges'trons that We shall be son - teat vi'itth a draNcn n alr, which leave.* the, German Empire •ire ander the same p, influences end with the 'ea.rne policy and methods ti distn'trb 01:r preane , and to ttktr€.,a«,,' o x, ur sa.fay uaztil eventually w•e fall prey 'tu it, we can bit return Kine anr:w.er, 1t whatever east, we meso; :to pre vast t•ha.t, and Whatever men ne tbo ne-cs•e,sar,v h, prevent it we ;nears the faithful. combination of ear al l r.e s t,o take."