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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1914-10-22, Page 7• Four German Destroyer.s Sunk by British Mosquito Fleet • A despatch from London says ; A Beitish mosquito fleet sank our German •deetroyers eff the ectaat, of Holland, awittly avengin'g the loss • of the light cruise r Hawke. ' The Admiralty ,announees that 'the Bri- +deli ea,sualties were deie officer -aad four men wounded. The damage 'to the British destroyers was elight. There are 31 'survivors tfrom the German destroyers,' all Kat whom are prisoners el war, The fast, new lieht -cruiser Undanated, with the deseroyers Loyal, Legion, Leenex •and Lanoe, the fleet ,00mmanded by Lieutatearranancler George Sey- eiour, were ,attacked by the Ger- man .deshroyer fleet while on patr.ol • duty off the estua,ry of ithe River Ems, The battle. which . followed was short and fierce. The six-inch and, tour -inch guns of the Unclasent- ed eieldted the German destroyers+, and the Brsh desteoyere COM- • plated the destruction. Apparent- ly the engagement lasted only a few minutes. Lieut -Commander Sey- mour is the hero of the day: Enor- • mous crowds gathered at the bulle- tin b.e.aaals. and 'cheered his naane, • demendiag details of the -victory. • What most thrills and pleases the people is the intimation that the forces engaged were nearly equal, sinoe it is' -assumed that more than the our German destroyers which were sunk attacked the Undaanted and her torpedo cleetroye,rse It re- mains. tanie, as fox geneeatione that -when the fight•ing is ion 'top a tale water the Britis.h carry off the viabery. Every important German success hes been "an underwater thrust, For several weeks German de,stroyers frana Kiel and from the •Heligoland base 'have been active in the Jestuary is! Itihe Bens, protect- ed ;in their operation by numereas submarines wad +mines. The sup- position is that LieutaCoramander Seymour received orders to venture darengly in the hope ot eutting eff a fleet of such destroyers. The Undaunted, LieataCommara der Seysnona's flagship, • was built at Fairfield in 191, and went into commission early this year. She is 10 feet long, has a dieplaeement 3,600 tons and has a epeecl oi 30 kriots 'developed froan engines of 37,000 horsepower. She oarries two 6 -inch gates, four 4 -inch guns on broadside mountings, and a battery of quick -firers. With -cruisere • of her class, 'the Aurora type, she has been asigned to patrol duty, for which she was ehpecially fitted on account of her great speed. The victory does much to even the score between Germany and England, The Admiralty 'asserts that the Genmans have lost four cruisees, nine destroyers, one tor- pedo boat, three submarines and •eight fast merchant 'ships armed as commeree destroyers, a total of 25 useful war vessels. The Britisth losses have been three armored cruisers, three light cruisers and a torpedo gunboat destroyed and a light cruiser disabled. The British have lost more in tonnage +awl in officers and men, but the prepon- deranoe of 'strength has been main- tained. The news ot the Britisth cruiser UndatenteePe victory was neceived with great rejoicing art Harwich. She did not leave that port until Saburele.y morning, a.nd at six o'elook the same evening came the news that four Gelman destroyers had been sunk. • POISONED BY FATIGUE. Freneh Physician Tells Why so • Many German 'Wounded Die. Bordeaux, Oct. 14 --The powers of re,sistatace, of fatigue 'of the French soldiers is six per cent. greater • than that of the German soldiers, declares Dr, Philip Tisele, an emin- • ent physician, who made observe -- tisane of 151 Freneh axid 256 German wounded in the Pin Hospital. The observations. Were made with Pa- ohon' s oscillometer, whicth Shows the effect of fatigue on the blood circulation. Aocoading to Dr. 'Pis- sie, th,e immense efforts whiCh are demanded of sthe Germans 'gresal-y reduce their reouperative power. Their blood, he 'says, is poisoned by fatigue to suclh an extent, that when they die their bodies immed- iately decompose. MONTREAL PRIVATE KILLED. Alexamler Carle Lost His Life on His 25th Birthday in France. • A despatch from Montreal says: Mr. William Carle, of 198 Bernard Avenue Montreal, received word from' riga British Government that his son Private Wm.. Alexander Of the first battalion Scots Guards, had been killed in action France. An additional touch a tragedy was given by the fact that Private Carle had been killed on September 14, his twenty-fifth birthday. The official notice of his son's death was received by Mr. Carle with the follo-wing mourning • card from Lord Kitchener :—"The King commancl-s me to assure you of the true sympathy of his Majesty and the Queen in your +sorrow. Kitchener. • TANKER'S REGISTER DUBIOUS She Th- Now American, but Lately Was German. A despatch from. Halifax saas : The , Am.erican oil thank steamer Brintlitlia was brought into Halifaa. • harbor bY the. Cunard liner Car- • onia. The 131i/1611a, which had 'geared for Alexandria ,with oil, was temerity the Washington,regie- tered ie Germany, le is said her registry was changed +siace the war. Tho Admiralty Court- evillmeet to consiklier the .casa land if -everything is fonnd regular she d11 be allowed to proceed. ' SHEEP LossES HEAVY. • , Iteeent'Snowstorms in Alberta Did Much Damage. A despatch horn Lethbridge, Al- berti, says : 'Communication re- " .stored with outlying districts after the recent snowstorna tells of loss of sheep. Bands of 2,000 east of Stirling and at Chin are reported' lost. Small sheep men managed to • ibring their, flocks through. Cattle looses' were not he,eyy, Sentenced to Dea,th. A despatch from Chalons Says : German farmer named Weber 'tett his wife were tried here by part -martial on .a charge of hoz- pring an. enemy. They were found Ilty and oonderaned to death, mai was eXv.07S6a, but–a re - ,Spite was granted the wonian and.ib Is possible that her sentence will be commuted, Took German Gunboat. A despatch from London says A despatch to the Central News from "Melbourne says that adviees of the capture of a German gun- boat have been received by the Government from New Guinea. A• GEitMAN 1:'401101tY 'RAIDED. t(10111.14)0d, with Concrete ,Founda- tions--Ilad 'Nem:Beim Used. A itevxbell from" l'iltllahtirt41 A 'large factory lier,e' ;earned by a German was eaidedhy the 'nellitar authorities-. 'woe Built. ten. years., 'ago and, allthipirghfb areeacapable cif eattotamodating ' '594 hands, there' were n ernro1iar,eix W0110:10P, 'ho be Seen antr.theiwkee. all Gees mane, The" builderestsfathe leieboaf :iptrzt folniatoonpeurtepOon$117,ra,IIV000's,, 'Nvi!ha+..$ Prearietoreexpleaoing that 'eater - measly heavy maehitiery" would be - required for the factory, The ma- ehinery4never 'early -ea wed theefaa- tory. was neyersatarteel. ,The polite received a wireless'receiving appari., atas and a quantifes et wire at the residence of Prof, Arthur Schustier- near Weileingbarat ijn erkshire,, Prof. SchuSiter"; Who is a brother of Sir FeliX Shbuster, goVernor of the Union of London and Smith's Bank, admitted to th epolice that he could receive messages from Berlin OT the, Tower in Paris with this ap, Perratas• Prof' Sehuster is a fel- lciw of the Royal Society; and aleo secretary otf the orgarazation.Ile is a son of Francis Joseph .Sehnster and was born -at Frankfort -Am - Hain. THE COST OF LIVING. Five Per Cent, Increase in Canada Since War Began. A despatch from Ottawa says: The cost of living in Canada has jumped by nearly 5 per cent. ,since the outbreak of the war. The Labor Depamement's index number showing the general level of prioes at the end of September is 140.7,, as coanpare,d with 135.5, at the end of July. Most of the rise took place during the.first three weeks of the war, and during the past three weeks there has been a general st-eadineas in prices. Retail prices are reported to have been, on ale whole, steady in September, after the first upward movement follow- ing the war. In flour and sugar further advances occurred last month in most of the cities. Rents were reported downwards in» some fifteen localities throughout the Do- . . AIRMEN'S FINE EXPLOIT Details of Brilliant Work in Routing Division of German Cavalry A despatch from Paris saye S The most dashing exploit of he French airmen since the beginning o± the war was the complete rout of a division of German cavalry whom they -shelled from' the air, -as briefly announced in offieial earnmunica- 'tione on Wednesday.. The avia- rbors pursued the, cavalrymen all day, ceaselessly pouring bombs on them and inflicting heavy losses, Additional details, from the north show Ithe Germans had crossed the frontier and were .adva.noing to- ward the Ilazebrbuok.region,in the early morning when 'they were met - by a stronger French force. The preliminary ,s Irma es were in fa - for of the French. The Gerrna,ns, seeing the road absolutely barred, began an orderly retreat. The French general, while harrying their rear with his own -cavalry, or - de -red an air squadron to give chase and -convert the retreat into a rout with bombs. The effect on the enemy was devastating. The Frenchmen 'showered the deadly missiles upon the dense mese ef cavalry. and as ugly gaps appeared where thedragoons. and cuiras- siers beoaane strewn across the road in .a horrible m,a,ss, panic +spread among the Germain's. They gal- loped furiously toward the frontier, vainly attempting to escapethe bombs. The compact division was soon dispersed,. Isquadrons dashing off across country in different direc- tion's in order to baffle the aerial foe. This had the effect of reduc- ing the losses, though the aviators maintained the pursuit till 'night- fall, ennibilaiting several squad- rons. • Numerous horses were killed, While some riders 'miraculously es- caped. Many other's were strewn 'along the countryside in ghastly heaps,. some killed instantly, some wounded and some kicked to death by the horses as they strag- gled on the roadside in agony. The Unexpected air attack abso- lutely demoralized the Germans, and horseless skragglers captured the, next day mere in a pitiable state of horror. ANY SUCCESSES FOR THE ALLIES Scrie tt:ferlissyaotyIstoluicettillikv).04:11.1.ei:ikl. aingdeins , a 4 • despatch freak. Paris says: The ,allies have' reeaaturedeAvanentieres alter seizing the approaeltee thereto and in Belgian), the Gel -- 111041S have ben prevented 'from crossing the 'River Mar, and their advance toward Dualtirk stopped - :The Gertaang, aro $11 'gre ath force, 400 guns, 40,000 infantry and some cavalry 'lame beien rushed from. Ostend to thec'YSer. ,Ttlasee troops had been drawn Were, .all..quarters, from. Luneville, -Nancy „and Brue- eel) s and were wedx+Y. from fixes - sant marching and fightieg While .King 'Albert's AxibS, with support from -a riew British armY and from French marines and de- tachmente Kroft' General' Joffee's line in, France, ,checked the Ger- man, advance along the seacoast, the left wing of the allies, in Northeria, France made uotable progress, de- livering a series -of blows ,Against von Bocihm and von: Kink which forced the Geratains to surrender Armentieres and villages to the south. Arnientie.res is, an impor- 'tent railway junction on the Bel- gian frontier north.--weeit of Lille. General Joffre, ac 'Cording to offi- eial reports-, has driven the German right wing about 19 miles to the north-east. in recent fighting, In some points the allTes have gamed • . 30 miles. These successes, slowly gained, hay& so .straightened the allied line that it now rune practi- cally north and south from Nieu- port and Ypres, in Belgium, to Ar- mentieres, Arras, Albert Roye and Lassigny. . The information strengthens the impression formed on prervions days that the Ge,rma,ns are subondinating 'all operationsi elsewhere to their plan of advanc- ing toward Paris through Northern France ; weakening their lines in the oentre and in, the east to give power to tile new offensive in Bel- gium, and that General Jaffee is meeting the 'situation by heavily re- inforcing his left wing and I -sever surrendering the initiative. OUR mruis NEED WOOL. British Prohibition Against Export- ing May Be Relaxed. A despatch from Ottawa, says: There is a steong possibilitathat the new British regulation, prohibiting the export of wool will he relaxed to some extent to enable Cat:adieu mills to obtain -needed supplies. Ti e, prohibition as announced was absolute, and its operation threat- ened -to affect serioualy the Cana- dian mills, whidh have been largely dependent upon wool from Great Britain. Negotiations have been in progressbebween Ottawa and Lon- don with a view to such pm arrange- ment as would permit the release of a shppliot wool sufficient t,o en- able Canadian mills to continue in operation, especially having ,regard to the placing of orders with these mills for articles of woollen eloth;ne for the equipment ot troops in the field. It is understood that .such an arrangement is being made. • • BUYS 50,000 STRETCHERS. Britain Contracts to Receive 1,000 a Week for a Year. A despatch from Reading, Penn,, says: A. local firm on Wednesday received a contract from the 13ritish Government for 50,000 stretchers to be u.sed irt carrying wounded from the field. They are to be furnished at the rate of 1,000a week. ' Belgians 'Being Marched te ExCeattioe for Defending Their Ilontes. Here s 0118 'Of the 'most tragic ,pietures `relc'eived trom the war zone, 1.t, stitowe a grottp of Belgian 'civi- lians—many of them tea odd fee, the Belgian. merelied -out by, the Germans to be Shot'r down in cold ,blood because they haden gaged in guerilla warfare agaitat the .KaiSer's, soldiers —in ' other words, 'they were to be murdered for tile sin olE cleferasing "their own homeegaf-nst he. rivraders. Tho fut :thark:bh6 ,.Geirarts.taa allowed an Am.erican ipitobograitter to take this pjleture for publication in the United States shows that this slaughter of •civilians, instead ef imprisoning them, is in accord with the most approved Garritat methods, of warfare, During the Preece -Prussian war thousands of Franc -Tile - ears, as the reassch vohinteers. who were unable to se.cure uniforms 'weirs' called, were shot, when taken prisoners, To the German the uftiforni is the thing, 10,000 CANADIANS AT A» ri New Contingents Will Leave for lar Intervals A despatch from Ottawa *aye net se force of 80,000 men will be kept C'ontinueusl,y in teal/ling in Canada, and {hot curatingents lef 10,000 -ea,c1h will be despatched to the trent +att regular intervals, is the gist of -an announcement' made by the Goverrinnent. This eutlines, the whale plan aev- erhing ithe rendering of aid by Canada to the Mother Country in the present 'oriels, and will not be, changed unlees the War Office, so adviees. The first 10,000 men will likely be 'sent isa December, and further instalments of the same number will be respaec-hed M ease - lax intervals until the War Office advises discontinuance.- The pl,aee of each oentingent of 10,000 sent to the front, vvill be taken. by aneehea similar body ot men enrolled for training, 'so that 1th:ea° will always be 30,000 men under arms in the Dominion. Durioe the past week the Gov - examen; havecontintiousay had under oonsideration the organize,- tion of a Isecond oontingent. The Prime Minister, the Acting- ,Mirvig- ter of Militia) and the 'sub -commit - Europe at Reguo ite of the Privy Counell had a lengthy conferee:lee an Saturday - with Col. Gwaticin, chief of the general staff, and Col, Deuison, adjutaaagene ral, re &pectin g the following qaesbioes i. ---The defence • 'of -Canada baygatendor+o eas,aaya:u17. amble raid or attack training, organizatione :xqptitiepartieonnta,,rayo nalidr+celea. epateli ef further No question of Men. There is no question about the, offioers and men available- Many' thousands throughout Canada are eager foe an opportunity to go to the frontt. The response to the eat of duty itihrougibeet the country has been meet inspiring. Two consideaations have to be taken into account ice eannectioni witih the despatching-6ot further ex- peditionary forces: (a) elle provi- sion of rifles, guns, amrnualtion end other equipment (b) the abil- ity of the British Government to receive farther contingents and give theta the necessary final train- ing baying 'regard to the ienarimous force whith is being organized and trained in the British Islands, BOERS RATIN UNDER BOTHA, Dutch Commandos Flocking t9 the Call of SoUth African Premier. A despatch from Cape Town says: As a result of Ool. Maritz's rebel- lion in the north-west of the Cape provinces, Gen. Louis Botha, the Premier of the Union of South Afri- ca and commander of the troops of the Union, is taking the fieldsea,rlier than he originally intended to do. General Botha is placing himself at the head af =several strong Dutch commandos, organized on the, old burgher line, which are affiliated with regiments trained by the Union defence force. Col. Britz, the offi- cer appointed by General Botha to take over theeconstraa•ad of the rebel 3Laritz, reports that one of his patrols has engaged a past of Marites force at Raledra.al and taken 80 prisoners.' Commandants, field cornets and burghers who served under General Botha, in the South Afritan War are rallying to his call, irrespective af their politi- cal_ feeling, to „fight alongside the British in defence, of the Empire against which -bereave years ago they were in armee` This fact baa had a marked effe.ot on waverer's. TRIED TO KILL POINCARE." Spy Told' of French ' President's Visit to Battle Front. A despatch from London says: The Paris .correspondent of the Ex- change Telegraph. Company in a despatch dated Wednesday sa.ys: "Now that the headquarters a the Frenoh staff has been changed it has become possible to announce that when President Potineare visith- ted Gen. Joffee last week at Ram - illy -sur -Seine, a German aviator dropped a bomb into:the toeva, do- ing no damage. The news- of the approaching- visit, of President Pain - Care had been communicated to the enemy by a spy. One ot their best pilots waAs sent out with a bomb which he was ordered to drop on the qua,rters occupied by the Presi- dent and Gen. joffre. A Preach aviator named Frananz immediately pursued and brought down the raider. Framanz was rewarded by M. Poincare, who pinned the cross of the Legion of Honor on the avia- tor's tunic:" • WAR ,OFFICE CONTRACTS. Magnesia in Crude State .Required From Quebec. A despatch from London says That the Imperial Government is placing important War Office con- tracts for dried vegetables -with Comedian firms was, the statement made by W. L. Griffith, ,seorata,ry to the Canadian High Commission- er, Dr. Pelletier, Agent -General for Quebec, continues to receive en- quiries indicating. growing interest in trade opportunities iu Quebec Province. The latest enquiry from a firm requiring- magnesia, which has hitherto been obtained from Asia Minor. This is x:equired in the crude abate. The boot trade here is too aceive for the, home man- ufacturers "to fill all demands, hence the merchants are looking abroad for their supply. WORK DONE BY DOGS., Belgian Canines Search for Wound, ed and Drag Guns. .A despatch ham Paris says: A Belgian soldier ',speaking of the operations at the front makes espe- cial mention of the useful work be-» ing done by the Belgian dogs. He says they are used not only in searching for the -wounded but that they play an important role, in drag- ging carts on which are mounted quick -firers. Ile assures the COT - respondent that the greatest din of the cannon never seemed to affect these animals in the slightest de- gree. Italy's Navy Ready for Service. A despatch from » Rome says : During the period of mobilizing el the army and naval force the /neve- meats of the fleetahas been withheld from the public, but the Duke of the Abruzzi, the eoramander-in-chief 1:4 the Italian Navy, now announces that six divisions have been formed, etseli commanded by -a reareadmiral, and each oonsisting et dreadnoughts or other battleships, fireb-claes or V:eooncl-class cruisers, training ships and old type war ves-seds, besides torpedo boats, submarines and scout ships, and a destroyer flotilla, attached to each division. C UISER Only 73, 4kr. INK Y ENEMY including But One Officer, Saved From the North Sea A despatch from London says: :ed shoulders with death. He was The British eruiser Hawke, launch- I a boatswain of the Hogueie crew ed isa 1894 was s,ank by a terve& when. that cruiser was toresedoed on , Sept. 22. jumped into the sea from a German submarine in the that day and kept afloat until his northern waters of the North Seve good luck took him into a trawler - 01 he crew, which numbered as His grim experience was repeated many as 544, only 73 survivors have as nearly as could be possible. Se been reported, including a lienten- that within three weeks virtually, ant-commande.r and three warrant he has twice escaped with remnants officers. , The Theseus, a aister of crews destroyed by the Germans. cruiser of the Hawke, also was at- It is presumed that the Gentian tacked by the submarine, but escap- ed undamaged, the torpedo, in this ease, going wide of its mark. The StIr VIVO'S reported by the Admiralty are Liente-CoramanderRobert 14, Itosoman, Boatswain Sy. dney Aus- tin, Gunner James Dennis, Acting Gun-ner Harry EVitt a,nd 69 mem- bers of the crew. Commander Ba- gmen and teverity men were saved ley a rah, the others being pleated Dip by a trawler and landed ,ab Aberdeen, Among .the missing are Captain AL, P. Williams, Coen- maatlee 73, A, Pratt _Barlow and eight naval ,cadets. One of the resealed nen-commis- sioned bffice.rs, Boatswain Sydney Austin, of the Hawke, bears a charmed life. Twiee he has toush- submarine, with 'the boldness eshich; has -characterized the operations of the TInter See Rotes, took advent-. age of an early morning fog and at- tacked the .scaut ships somewhere; off the ooscsb of Scotland» cess of the German eabmarine, 0070- i ing so quiokly after the achieve-, menb of the 119 in destroying the 'Cressy, Hogue and Aboukir on Sept. 22, is pertieularly reste- worthy, because the blow appears te have been delivered far from the German navel base, and in spite of the inereased vigilance ef British conmanders. It is probable that the ar 111. am, submarine veatured Intly 250 -miles from the meatli al the River Elbe end. sank .the Hawks in the rop;isen of the Deg -ger Ilank-e