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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1914-11-5, Page 7CRUISER SUNK IN CIIA\E: H.M.S. Hermes Torpedoed by Submarine in Straits of Dover A despabc(h front London says: `The Secretary of the Admiralty states tthaab the old cruiser Hermes,. Captain C. R. Lambe, was ,sunk ,by torpedo fired by a German ,sub- marine hi the Straits of Dover as ,she was returning from Dunkirk. "Nearly all -tele officers; and crew were saved, but ;the exact loss oar- not be •aseeetaaned until : the men are mustered.. ' °The loss• of the vessel is of small military a significance." An official retort, issued in Do- ver ,states that the victims inolnde. two men killed ,and nine, injured by the explosion of the torpedo. The officers of the Hearers inelud•ed. Capt. Charles R. Lambe, Lieurte, William A, Ooapke-l=litele and Valen- tine R. Hirst and L.•eut.-Cann+mnan- der Arthur E. Ra.rbard, R.N.R. Two htin+dred -survivors were land ed ,at Dover by torpedo :boats, and though the cruiser's full compose znent was over 450, it is -behoved that not 300 menwere on board .et the time of the aew:lent., Floated Forty • Minutes. . The +subnaa,rine aatteck took place 12 miles east -by -south-east 'ort the Goodwin Sands. The Hermes was Iborb•edoed by the submarine about 8.15 o';olock Baur- day morning. Afterremainia afloat; for about : 40 minutes slice keeled over and went to the bot- tom. Several torpedo boats rsearcb,,cl unsuccessfully for hours, trying :to locate the. German 'sub - ma -rine. ALG ED ENVOYS LEAVE TURKEY Ambassadors Get Passports Though Porte Refuses to De- clare War. London, Nov, 1. Turkey is bent on war, but inten+ds oto force .a cle- alasaaior& frontthe Triple. Entente powers, Coached by Berlin, the Porte is obviously intent on assum- ing the ..attitude of a threatened, mistreatred naation, and d,eeires, >ap- parently, to avoid diplomatic blun- ders similar to those •w+hioh placed Germany in the light of an aggres- sor. These are, the new :ddevelop- menbs in the situation : Tihe .Anbn ssadors ' of Russia, Great Britain and Fram+ce in Con- stantinople have received their passports. The Tihe Turkish. Amibaassa.-: dos in Petrograd received his pees - ports. Turkish warships within the last three days have bona:barded the Russian Black Sea strong -hold of Seebantopol, according to. 'a, state - meat by the Turkish Minister of the Interior ' o the American Ainbassa- dor; who also has be -en snfermied. th+ait Russian Consuls in the Otto- man Empire will be hotel by Turkey as hostages' for the safe conduct of Turkish Consuls in Russia. .i, 60 KILLED AND WOUNDED. - Missile .Alighted Among Group of Women in Market Place. A despatch ; from London says : German aeroplanes recently sailed over Dunkirk, dropping two bombs. A woman and child were killed: Two. bombs were also dropped • at Beth- unte,.:west: of La Bassee. The first failed to explode, but the second fell in a group of women in the m:ar- 'ket place, killing nineteen and wounding forty others. MUST MOVE LIGHTING PLANTS One Lesson Drawn From the Em- press of Ireland Disaster. Detroit, Oct. 28.—All boats on the lakes must move interior light- ing plants to a point above the load line before January let. The new regulation is the outcome of the enquiry into the lighting system on the i i -fated Empress of Ireland, where dynamos were iooated at the bottom of the ship. Ti3liU1A13L`G, EFFECTIVE WORK. Dragoon Kills Thirty Germans in Five Minutes. A despatch from Northern France says: At •a town near Lille a Dra- goon marksman was stationed at a swing bridge with two comrades to load for him. It was ' important that the enemy should be held back without the bridge being blown up. The marksman hid behind a fence sixty yards, from the bridge. When two Lancers appeared he shot them, then thre+e, and he shot them, also five Uhlans came up together. He brottght down every one. Alto- gether, he killed thirty Germans in less than five minutes and retired with his o.c mrades.. A great pile: of dead men and horses in the narrow roadway on the opposite' side of the bridge protected it from the ap- proach of the enemy during the. day almost as well as a mitrailleuse would have done. ACCEPTS MONEY GIFT. Britain Takes $100,000 in Cash From Nova; Scotia. i A despatch from London says: The War Office has informed the Governor-General of Canada that as it has -been found impracticable. for the Government of Nova Scotia to make a proposed gift to the Home Government of 100,000 tons of coal, his Majesty's Government has accepted the offer of $100,000, which will go to the Prince of Wales Fund for the relief of distress. OFFERED METZ TO. FRENCH. Gerncany Said - to Have Tried" to Conclude Individual' Peace. A despatch from London says The Daily Chronicle's Paris corres- pondent asserts that, with a view of detaching France. from the ,allies, Germany made an offer to conclude peace on the basis of th-e cession of Metz and possibly a. portion of Al- sace to France. The offer, accord- ing to the correspondent, was re- jected, German Wireless in Halifax. A despatch from Halifax, N.S; says:_ Three Germans were arrest- ed in a house in Hollis Street, where they were operating a wire- less installation. • The wireless an- teniae was not operated from a pole or mast as usual, but to escape lob-: servation was tr-ailed out of • a third storey window and concealed amid some vines. • - TURKEY AND RUSSIA AT WAR Pr•,te's Cruiser Bombards a Pori of Crimea on the Black Sea A despatch from Tiheoaosia, Cri mea, says: A Turkish cruiser with three funnels 'bombarded the eta - tics! and city, damaging the cathe- dral, the Greek church, a pier and tome sheds. One soldier was wounded. A branch of the Rassian Bank of Foreign Commerce caught fire. At the conolueion 'of the bombardment the cruiser left in a south-westerly direction. The Turkish cruiser Hamidiyeh, which arrived. at Novorossysk, de- manded the ;surrender of the city and the Government properties, threatening in case of refusal to b.oabard the town. The Turkish Consul and officials were arrested.. The :Cruiser withdrew, NOW USING HORSE :lqfJJS The Germans Have Exhausted the Gasoline Sup - piles of Belgium A desp.atcih from Bruasele .sesta: The German troops in:bentra„l Bel- gium have virtually exhausted their '+ petrol supply. . Oil is issued now ' drily to high e icers and then. in mal• -1 quantities..7.t!he Germans 04ized large quantnteeS of oil fuel Utter,, but whipped it back to; er- a ny. Apparently they ,a>te Ow u n- sobde se;buro return of•tifr oil. The Gerinanns '�. aro requi sitionin' fly second -JAW lionses,whi :. they fo.rmonly had ignored, and ,also horse velri� les, I;ette:,s . received here indicate that M. Max, the former Bur;gainas- ter of. Brussels is still being held in Leipzig by lie German officials. His refusal. to, turn over to the in- vaders the fire department tower' and ladders led to: his arrest, He said the, ladders were needed to protect Brussels. . When later the Germans took the ladders by force they found that the Belgians had rendered them unfit for service. German. ,mechanics, ; however, re- paired them rxrid took thein to Artt- werp for use in :directing fire of the gunners. A. Duet to the Death in lipid-Air—A Modern War Thriller. Thewar has decided once for all the usefulness of aircraft, and our men have shown that England still possesses Hien of the Drake type— men willing to adventure in the unknown, for war in the air is an un- known element—and like Drake, men willing to .attack anything: We possess-a.nunrber of fastseorut machines, and these have proved im- mensely useful in destroying the heavily arined machines of Germany, 14 is all a question of getting the "windward berth," or, in other words, getting above the enemy, and after that it has been: a revolver duel acs rube. •-The Times ,c o,rresip,ondent describes how two aeroplanes m:aanoeuvred like great birds in,00mba.t; wheeling and turning: for p.osi- tion to strike. Suddenly the British swings :above. A puff of eneeke. The German reeks and e,eeans to stagger, and then calls. When the full story of what our men in the Royal Flying Corps have dao+ne is read; it is beyond all queetnon that the. world will thrill at rsonne of the most daring ,and heroic deed's ever performed by men in any age.' Drawn by O. Fleming Williains in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. THE GO GBN ALSO BUSY. Torpedoed and. Sank Two Russian Vessels. "A despatch from Ke•rtch, a sea- port' in the. Crimea, reports that near Talcol Lighthouse the Russian steamer Yalta; from the 'Oausasus, was sunk by a torpedo launched by the Turkish cruiser Goeben. The crew and passengers were moved. The steamer Kazbek, which went to the -rescue, was struck by two torpedoes and sank: Many persons aboard were drowned. Inamediate•- ly after it be+aame; known here that Turkey had opened hostilities against Russia a demonstration was made in front of the British and French Embassies and -before the legations of their allies. The re- presentatives of these countries ap- peared on the balconies ' and made speeches. Brig. -Oen. Helms M. Wilson, sub -chief on Sir .john French's staff. SANK-A'UYILIARY CRUISERS. Exploit of British Flotilla in the Adriatic. A despatch from Paris says : t1 squadron of British torpedo-boat destroyers has sunk in the Adriatic a German steamer which has been converted in -to ,a cruiser, .according' to: a despatch from :Barcelona to the Haavas Agency, The Barcelona cor- respondent explains that this news appeared in Publicidades, a Spanish newspaper puplished at Gibraltar. The ' British destroyers rescued 86 members of the crew of the German vessel. FOOD AND MOUTH DISEASE Fresh Bleat Importation Prom States Proliibitetl. es to Windsor A d a h fro m Wa ds az sas: $+,cause of the spread of foot and mouth disease in the Sta.bes of Michigan and Indiana, an order has been issued by the Canadian Department of Agriculture prohi- biting impartation of all fresh meats .front the United States, The use of hay and straw for packing purposes is area prohibited. - RECRUIT; FROM B.C. DEAD Pte. Ridley Thomson. Went With: Princess Patricia's Infantry. A despatcah' from. London . says: Private Ridley Thomson, of th-e Princess Patricia Infantry, died- of typhoid Saturday in the Plymouth Ilospitarl+. He was a young : Eng- lishman -who had emigrated to 'Bri- tish .Columbia. On learning sof his ;serious co+nditio,n his parents came from- Buck n-i,ngtliamishire and were with . him when he died. Private Thonason wasone of forty from the Canadian expeditionary force who were sent to the South Devon and East Cornwall hospitals, the siok troopers including three cases of typhoid and one of appendicitis, and one man with a bullet wound received on board :ship as the re- sult of an accident. • The others were ehieliy men with :severe °olds. ROUTES ACROSS CHANNEL. Britain Trying to Protect Shipping Against Mines. A despatch from Flushing, Hol- land says : The water routes from. Folkestone •bo Flushing and from the English coast to Dieppe, Boulogne and Calais are being guarded with the greatest care`: in order to protect shipping against inine,s and subvear- ines. British cruisers are eseort- ing all trawlers and mine sweepers, torpedo boat destroyers and ether small nasal craft are all along the routes. British aeroplanes also, are scouting constantly; Four Bel- gian - fishermen' have been killed near Nieuport in handling a mine that had washed ashore. GERMANS ARE LEARNING. Use . Bayonets 1Iore Freely, and Their Shooting is Improving. A despatch from Northern France says: The Belgian Soldiers tell a correspondent that the German in- fantry no Longer appear to fear the bayonet , charges, and . make far more use of the bayonet themselves than formerly. Their rifle shooting also has improved. These are indi- cations that they are learning from the allies as the war advances. At Ostend the Germans have .forced and looted freely all the large houses that have remained uneccn- pied. They compeile most of the shops to open as usual.. If. - SW1a1D1S1.L STEAMER SUIV"K. Five Drowned lVlien She Hit Mine. off Cuxhaven. A -despatch from Stockholm says The Swedish steamer' Omen, from Portugal for Gothenburg, Sweden, hitt a mine in; the North Sea and sank off Ouxhaven• Five Members of her crew were- drowned, • Gets Ar nistice to Argdt'lneaee.. A despateh from London says : The Durban corrrespoiident of the Daily 1vIail Says_ the Government ;at Prefer -1.e; has granted General 011r.is- tian DeWet, the rebel leader, a five- days' -armistice, presumably in trr, der to arrange puttee, ELGIAIS DRJYE OUT EXEIY lie Gorman Trenches Are node Uninhabitable) by Inundation A despateh from Havre (save: The 'S+e=lgia+n War O•ffiee isisatred the fol lowing official ,eoaaranunication : "The enemy,who isrtrilll occupied a part of liamsea,prlle (two miles south of. Ivieupor,be) was repulsed beyond'tthe railway line betweren Nieuport and Dixmpcle They toss a 'great Baum ber of prisoners and left ' many woun•dc:d -on the field. "On the other party of one front the enemy ro?,, ,de no, f urrtiher infantry attacks. The bornbar,drnent was ra- ther violent, act Nieuport, and inter- mittent on ether points of -our Peal - tion, 'The inunclatio-n rbetweee+n the. Yasear and. the railway line ,between Nieuport and Dixniude has tirade. the gnr_ound rnaarshy and the, trenches:, of the enemy uninhabitable. "To the leouth of Diacntude, be-, riwe+en Lingle+m and P+a,saacbendraele' (north-east pf 'Zprets), the French troops have omrtrnued their offen- sive movement. Pelkappelle ; was xomplebrilly surz,ound-d. "At the south of Pase.chendaale the English >troops were sessesntly attacked by German reinf rrca- nmen•ts., but. had retaken ,at the end of the day the round they ;had been forced' to cede gin the ne+ighb orthood of Oh-elucell:(west of Menin). On. several other parts; of their fighting . line the English have repulsed at- tacks by the. Germaine, and inflicted upon them important losses." SILENCED T!IEENEMY'S GUNS Three of the Warships Mit, With Total Casualties: of Jo 'Killed and 39 Wounded A:despartch from London says: The . Secretary of the Admiralty makes the fol1oti`ving announcement: The British naval flotilla continues to support the ` allies' lett, and the fire of 2-inoh guns -has been brought to bear upon the German positions and batteries. Reports received from share testify to the effect and accuracyof the fire and to its gall -1 g in eha•a,cater. The- flank is .. thus thoroughly maintained. The enemy brought up heavy guns r and replied vigorously to the fire of Admiral Hood's ships. The ves-. sets received only trifling structural damage, The opposition .from the shore has practically, -ceased and the preponderance of the naval gunnery seems to be established) The casualties have been very slight throughout, but one shell, ex- ploding on the destroyer Falcon, killed one officer and eight men and wounded ane offices' and fifteen men.: Gus killed `acrid seven wounded on the Rinaldo. The ene3ny's submarineshave also; been reported seeking, an oppor-+ tunity to attack the' bombarding ships, which .are covered by British destroyers, The oa,sualti.es : an- nounced by the Admiralty include Lieut: Hubert 0. F. Wanton, of the' Falcon, killed; Sub -Lieut. Theodore: Robson, severely wounded; Lieut.l Robert Crossman .and '.Paymaster, Joseph Shepherd, of the Rinaldo,'. slightly wounded. FOUGHT EiE1V 1� . ILL TO .� D British and French Advance `!'heir Line Further Into Belgium. A despatch from Paris says : There is only one conclusion to be drawn from the very definite and complete reports - issued , by- : the French Government that the Ger- mans are being fought to, a stand- still in B.eigiuni, and are losing ground everywhere in France. It is now entirely probable that there will be news soon of a: decisive vic- tory by the allies, and a general re- treat by the Germans, Their tremendous efforts to break through in Belgium have cost them terribly. Punished by the long- range guns of the allied fleet, they aband•oued the coast and tried to hew through in bh,elower valley of the Yeer. • The Belgians out the dykes and the Germans fled to es- cape drowning. From the North Sea to Ypres, therefore, they have actually lost ground. Seeking to obey the Kaiser's mandate to crush the British mar- ines, the Germans made desperate efforts ,againnet the British in the re- gion of Yp-res and near La Bassee. They outnumbered the British and supporting corps of French, and they struck with what was proba.- b1y-their maximum power. The .at- tempt failed as previous attempts have failed. The British stood fast, inflicted great losses upon the Ger- m.ans, took the offensive ehemselve:s and drove the Bavarians and Prussians from ground they had taken days -:before. Not only on the west flank, but in the - old centre north of the Aisne and across -the plains of Chalons, the Germans .appear to be losing their grip, surrendering entrench- ments end giving way to a steady northward advance of the French. They were beaten out of positions north and east cf Soissons, where they had been rooted for six weeks. CANADIAN KILLED IN F:ItANCE Went With the Mechanical Trans- port Service. A despateh from Montreal says: Willia•nt C'ocichill, of Montreal, was killed at Lille, in France, while in active service: Messages to that effect wete :received here,; Cock - hill had been a chauffeur in the era - ploy of Sir Frederick Williams - Taylor, and went with :the Cana- dian Overseaas Exp,edittionary Force,' having joined the mechanical trans- port section of the Army Service Codas as a driver. The 'majority of this part of the .contingent atonce proceeded to the Continent, and joined the allied armies to serve in the transport ,seoti,on. At Lille a, shell 'struck the car Cocktil•1 was h iadl±ng and the gas tank: exploded, the driver being instantly killed. A sister -received official notifxeation'of the death of Mr. Cockrill: ' - Mr. Coclthill was married two days pre- vious to his departure from Ment real. EXIUBITION, CANCELLED. Was to Be Held in Terouto Novem- ben 10th to 14th. Owing to the military authorities, taking over the Exhibition Grounds for a training camp for coin.tingemts: of Toronto district, it has been! made necessary to cancel the Ontario Ho:rtioultural Exhibition, . which was to have .been held in the Tdorti-eultural Building, Exhibition' Park, Toronto, November 10th to` 14th. It was the intention to de- vote the entire proceeds . of this year's exhibition to the Red Cross work, :.and the. City of Toronto had granted free use of the Ho-rtienl-. ,tural Building and to have it heat- ed and lighted free of cost. OLYMPIC ALTERS COURSE. Big Boat. Puts in at Irish Port, to Avoid 11l fines„' A despatch from London says : The steainer Olympic, which left' New York Oct;. 21 for Glasgow, warned by wireless telegraphy that there were German trines off Tory Island, on the north coast of Ire land, put into Lough Swilly. Here her passengers were landed and stent by special train to London- derry. Lough Swilly is in County Donegal: SEIZED) AT BORDEAUX. Vessel Flying British Flag Used to Be German. A despatch from. Bordeaux says: The port a,uthiorities seized the steamer Colonia on suspicion that she was a German vessel. The Co- Ionia emitted at Bordeaux flying the British flag, but when in port afew months ago she gave her national- ity as German. A Pyize Court will decide whether her transfer from German to ,'British oo'ners++hip is valid: A . r r.- r.ee.-e.. .wa.u...sr..rvr • NS despatch from. London says : A strong ar�cabel.. oa,inm fdo kith white A do 1 n S g despatch to fertter'.s Telegram flags at-ta.shed to l,1ieir riliess, De i V flier s a.pproaclied thc band, Ootn . a,rry 1ronn Caps Tbtivn says : , . , , e , , s o ss h,P.i•F up.aar the rebels ,ittzi,,.l.a.:cl him "CYol. Alberts has defeated the ,re-. ;: anti °a,latitz i,d 110 of his :rn;eii. The bels ir1 the I i-chtenburg elit:riot of rebels then advanced agai ist Col,' the .Tran illiig ,wow -Oleg Alberts' force 1rci bwo directions,„ 30, and ,cepteeeng 240.:. Anmig trho but ; .Alberts clefe,attel them m and nd captured is Commandant Clattssenar -ascc1 them 20 miles acroisthe bee Commandant Do Vall.ez., was out der.In theirtilight. the rebels die, recornoit'riag,when he met a oard.cd their carte end tboss le ,, 4 4 1 4 4 4 1 4 4 a 1 1 4 1 1 tJ 4 1 4 1