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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1915-1-21, Page 3MANY TONS ARR IV RAINS RIP Italian Earthquake Took Twenty Thousand Lives in Thirty Seconds • A despatch from Route says Twenty thousand lives lost, thirty thousandpersons injured, a million homeless and in need of relief, 78 towns and villages 'wholly or partly destroyed, a territory 300 miles long and extending front the Adria- tic to the Tyrrhenian Seadevastat- ed, irreplaceable works of art ruin- ed—this is the measure of the eatas- trophe caused by sae earthquake which held Centre' Italy in a merci- less grip kr as eecond:. Thursday morning. As the hours go by and communi cetion with the outl}ing districts is restored, appeals kr aid from every section are pouring into l}kc:xue, and are being answered instantly by the Government. the people and the clergy. The King, the Pope and the Premier Salandra are among the leaders in the great work or relief, and trains are being sent as fast as possible with doctors, nurses and zupplies to every part of the shaken area. The greatest damage done was at Avezzano, a0 mil's east of Rome, which was totally destroyed, with a total loss of life of more than 8,000. In this district the eeenes parallel those of Messina in 1909, when 70,000 persons. perished. The Icing left for ,that `city: by automobile, and will remain there uutil the distress is alleviated, In Rome the damege was relative- ly small, not a single life being lost, At Naples and Florence, which also felt the shock, there were no casual- ties and very little destruction. "The district of Sulmona is bad- ly damaged, and the victims are numerous. Twenty persons, are killed and many injured at Village). Rescue work has been started at Popli and Pentina, where many houses are damaged. "The damage is extensive at Aquila and Isola 1)elliri, and many small towns in the province of Rome. The village of Sora has been razed. "Loss of life has been feared at Cltieti and other towns in the pro - vine of the Abruzzi, but it is be- lieved that disaster will nut be so great as at first apprehended," The opening of partial communi- cation throughout the district from Ferrara, north of Bologna, ,to Na- pies, brings somewhat more reas- suring news, hut also gives the in- formation that the track of the quake was greater than at first be- lieved, NO INSURANCE AOR DACI First Time on Record Where Washington °over: rent Would Not Insure an American Vessel A despateh from Washington says : The sudden turmoil over the Dacia and the request of the State Depart- seent that Great Britain permit the vessel to discharge her cargo at Rotterdam instead of Bremen were due to the refusal of the Govern- ment war risk bureau to insure the Dacia and her cargo. This refusal eompletely upset the plans of the owners of the cotton about to be shipped, for having obtained con- sent of the Department of Com- merce to the admihsion of the Dacia to American registry, they had taken it for granted that consistent action would be obtained from the Government war risk bureau and insurance written as desired. The insurance was refused on the ground that inasmuch as the British Government had indicated objec- tions to the Dacia, eugaging in trade •with Germany, her arrest on the high seae was practically a certain- ty and she was not, therefore, a pod risk. The fact that the de- paytment had seen fit to "OK" the transaction to the extent of grant- ing American registry did not in- fluence the war risk bureau and the Dacia was denied her risk. Members of Congress who were informed of the refusal of the war risk bureau expressed great inter- est. It -vas said to be the first case where the bureau has refused to give insurance to an American ves- sel. OFFICER'S BRAVE. DEED ieut. Lawrence Had Transferred to Regulars From First Contingent a Few Weeks Ago A despatch from London says: Second Lieut. M. E. Lawrence; who appears among the killed in the latest casualty list, was the only surviving son of the late Hon. H. .A. - Lawrence and grandson of Baron Lawrence, of -the Punjab. For the last four years be had been living in British Columbia.. He enlisted in the 88th Victoria Fusiliers on the day war was declared, and came to England with the first Canadian contingent. On landing he heard that his young brother ,• who had a commis sion in the king's Royal Rifle Corps, bad been killed in action on the Aisne. He was ` offered: and accepted a commission sin his bro- . ther'.s regiment, and joined the Sixth Battalion at Sheerness early in November, and was sent to France. After a few weeks he was killed in Flanders while leading a storm- ing -party which was ordered to take an important position. His cern- mending officer or- ma iding-officer writes: "On. reaching the position he found that a brother officer, who had led another storming party, was in`need of assistance, as he had lost more than half of his men: Lawrence dashed over the interven- ing 70 yards with some of his men, and was, no doubt responsible for getting back his brother -officer, who had :been: left alone and would have been cut off.''' Five German ' Vessels, Sunk. • A- despatch from. London says: During the hast fortnight' five ''Ger: man steamers have disappeared in the Baltic Sea. with all their crews. They were lost 'by str^iling, mines. It is repor+ted that leading members of German commercial and shipping circles have eo11eeted $50,000 • tlor ' relatives of Swedish: seameu who have been lost through disasters the. Gulf of Finland due to German mirnles'. WAS SHOT TO : DEA.TH. • Voii Falkenita,yit's Son Killed in an Air Raid: A'deapatah from Paris 'says :.Cap- tain von Falkenhayn, son of the act- ing chief of generalstaff of the, Ger- man army, was shot to death by a French ;aviator ;chile making an aerial 'reconnaissance over Amiens on `Sunday, according to a despatch from that city. The Government is About to Prohibit Baking. in Private Houses A despatch from Paris says The bread famine in ,Germany appears to be growing in interfsity,• accord- ing to . reports reaching here. The ur oma • B g ster of Dortmund, in West- phalia, es • t- phalia, declared at a meeting of the city officials:': • "Extreme economy in the con- sumption on-sum tion of bread, and particelarly he limitation to what ; is only strictly necessary, as regards both bread and all other'bakery wares, is the condition of German victory.." The Cologne Gazette, comment- ing on the situation, calls on the military authorities., to forbid the manufacture >of all bread . except for war purposes Phe C -opezriiagen correspondent of the Tempts says the prohibition On night work by Berlin bakers has proved to have no effect as the housewives are . g buYin enormous stocks of flour and are barring bread themselves. He saythe Govern- ment ' y. is therefore about to prohi- bit baking in private houses. The Raiser Photograf►bed Five Weeks Ago, The latest photo of the Kaiser (showing. bis grey* hair peeking from de 1 befort n i his berme who will ed t?,to leave the front in ordaar to undergo •a throat operation at Berlin 'When the Kaiser was recently reported seriously ill the .pecialis ts decided to c;perate. In spite of strict oilers faun his physician to the contrary the Kaiser left for the western battle front, where he has remained since Christmas. His condition has become so grave of late that it has been decided to operate without further delay. ENEYIY SASSES CANADIAN TROOPS 00 000 TROOPS FMB VALIANTLY Seasoned Fighters Sent to the Aisne to Make Final Effort, Under Kaiser's Direction. A despatch from Amsterdam says : It is reported that the Germ ns have concentrated a, half a million men on their lines between Flan- ders and Rheims for the purpose of breaking through by brute force, no matter what the cost. The scheme has been aided by the fact that floods on the Lys and the Aisne forced the allies to withdraw in two or three important places. In Flan- ders floods hold the Belgians and Ereneb in check, and the Germans believe that second line troops can maintaintheir frontthere while the seasoned fighters are sent to Soissons and along the Aisne. Gen. von Falkenhayn, chief of staff of the German ar.-ny, is at the front with the Kaiser, according to informa- tion received here from Brussels. The harbor at Zeebrugge has been heavily mined and the town has been transformed into :a, fortress, as has also Xnocke and other places on the coast. The German troops on the coast are commanded .by Gen. von Arnim. set German Socialists to Fight War? A despatoh from Havre says: It is generally known that the Social- ist Deputy, Dr. Liebkneeht, who alone in the Reichstag, voted against the military credits, incur" red blame as a result. Already the state of affairs has changed. Dr. Liebknecht has just informed ,the chiefs among the International So- cialists that a serious movement against .war is manifesting itself among German ,socialists, and that almost unanimously the Federations share his point of view and declare themselves against war. • 4 HONEY FOR GERMANY. Swedish Authority • Says She Grows More Formidable. A despatch from Stockholm says: Germany; instead of suffering ex- haustion after months of war, has become more formidable than ever, according. 'to Lieut.Col. Bouveng, Chief of the Swedish Military Aoa- decoy who spent two and a, half months at the theatre of war with the German army. "I deem Ger- many's military resourees to be la - exhaustible," says Lieut. -Col. Bou- veng in The Aftenbladet. "It is im- possible to doubt that. the German army could perform tasks still more difficult than those which 'are Con- fronting it to -day." BRITAIN WANTS. ENGINEERS. Qualified Men for Naval Service Ad- vertised ertised For. A despatch from Ottawa says: The British %"Adm r t y has al not' ed' i&. the Canadian Marine and Naval De- partments that there are -openings in the British • naval service •for a considerable number of qualified marine engineers. They are need- ed as "artificers and for other branches of the service Battalion Charged Enemy with Bay- onets and Won Trenches "For Canada and Old Fngl intl." A despateh from London says: The Canadian regiment at the front has distinguished itself in astirring bayonet charge at a place near Ypres, known as "Dead Man's Al- ley," according to the I)aily Chron- ieie's correspondent in North-east France. "The Germans," the cor- respondent says, "had moved a great mass of men against this spot on the British front. Mud helped the thin British line to hold, but the honors were barely even until the Canadian regiment hurried up from the rear, Suddenly there was heard a roar of voices and a long line of slouch -hatted men with fixed bayonets rushed forward with the battle cry `For Canada and Old England.' Mlle Germans broke be- fore the ehea es, which carried everything before it. Trench after trench fell; and ,the Canadians did not cease until the Germans brought up their artillery. The ground gained extended over a mile in front" The Canadian losses were two killed and fourteen wounded. A later despatch from London says: Information from a private source says that .about two hundred of the. Princess Patricias were in the heroic urge, and that the enemy made a violent onslaught upon them, mith the result. that only eighty-three returned from the charge, ; while Major Hamiilton Gault had a very narrow escape. 4 German. South-west Africa Invaded A• .despatch • from London lays: The' forces of the -Union. of South Africa have occupied• Swakopmund German South-west Africa;, accord ing to tiie Pretoria, correspondent of ,Reuter,'s Telegrarm Company,. Swakopanund is a ;port of oall,, at the. mouth of the, Swakop River.:., It is a trading and mission station, and;is connected by rail with Wind- hoek. ind-hoek.. MAY BE TRANSFERRED: Hindenburg May Go to Western. Theatre of War. A despatch from London says An Amsterdam despatch to 'the Ex- change ` Telegraph Company says that travellers arrivingthere from Germany report :that in response to a popular demand Field Marshal von Hindenburg, commander of the 'German campaign against Russia, is likely 'to be (transferred to the western front in the spring., PRESIDENT SEES PE ACE SOON. Asks Troops to Show Energy "For a Few Months." A despatch from • Paris says! p ays% President Poincare,` . addressing a gathering of marines at a flag prey entation on Wednesday, urged them to show "for a few months pa tience, ` steadiness and energy, the, display of 'which -at this time will 'determine the destiny of ceatur- ies.' Till}:S ORtISIIEII IN BATTI' A Reserve Corgs of 30,000 !` en Annihilated by: Russians in Caucasus A despatch from London Gaya:ish position on Russian soil ex Another sweeping victory over the Turks in the Ceueasus is recorded in official ,advices from Petrograd. Russian general headquarters has received a message from Tiflis which sass: "The army of the Caueasus has covered its flags with• glory by a fresh heraie exploit, having exter.- urinated the .11th Turkish corps, with the except.::•n of several insig- nificant elements, which are fleeing in disc:rtler. We have- captured all the artillery. of this corps. "The Battle cf Kara Urgan, which was fought for three days in ' the ceaseless enowstorzn, has ended in .a cc.np'ete victory for us, thanks to the efforts of ourvaliant, regi- xzi izt,$ of tete' Caucasian. Turkestan and the Siberian Cossacks. The re - stance of the enemy is shuttered, and his rearguard is, coffering the retrea.t: of the annnihilated army, which is harried on the flank and rear by our truups. The fault of the Turkish forve is fres i fig tuwardi: Erzerum. "Our troops slale pursuing the mein), found Turkish guns buried in the snow-covered ravines, xi ieh the enemy, unable to take with him, had thrown from the heights above, The pursuit is being pressed. More than a thousand prisenere and a large quantity of arms were captur— ed on Jan. 15-" This new disaster makes the Turk - tremely carious, :since four of their effectivecorps now have beets see -I verely defeated, while Russian nal val operations .in the, Black Sea,, have frustrated an effort to sends reinforcements by water from Ar -i meni:a, 'Ihe destruction of the eleventh. corps concludes a conflict which has been, in progress foe several days' in the region of Kara L'rgan. Re- cently the Russians successively de- feated the first Turkish corps at Ardahan and the ninth and tenth .ores at Sari Karry. sh. The ninth corps was captured almost , in a body, but the remnants of the tenth made a, desperate stand against the Russianss while the eleventh cures, previously field in reserve over the border in Turkish Armenia, was rushed hearth frim its base at Ernerum to I :4st in the de- fence, It• is this eleventh corps. a fore: of prubably 30,000 fresh troops, whose rout is announced fra/ni Petrograd. It; defeat follows up the a,u nihila.- tic a l revioudy of the various de-' taa:lin.E +its of the tenth corps that had informed at Kara t'rg,an, an E•ffie:al statement on Saturday hav- ing announced the capture of sur- vivors of the eand Turkish regiment, in addition to 5,000 prisoners other parts of the front, with four- teen carmen and enermous stips plies. including ten thousand heard of cattle. BIG GAINS IVIIBE BY ALLIPS Oen, Pau's Armies Have Command of All. Heights on Left Bank of Thur River .A despatch from the Vosges, says: The latest and last operations of the French troops in Alsace have given them command of all the heights on the left bank of the Thur River, from Tliann to Gebweiler and Sulz. Muelbausen, with its factory ehim- neys only eight miles away, is still in the hands of the troops of Gener- al Deimlifig, the famous e,unmander of Strassburg. The ,iermans have been making energetic; efforts to re- pel the French advance in Alsace, and along the foot of the Vosges. there is a growing suspicion that several army corps have been ten p brought li from z other parts is of the fighting line, probably from Rus- sian Poland, to reinforce the Ger- man troops in Alsace. Their num- bers, at any rate, are •constantly on the increase. There is no doubt that the enemy is making a determ- ined effort against the positions of the Vosges ,conquered by the French, but the French are not only holding what they conquered—they are ads easing. A very important action recently took place in which cavalry and heavy and light artil- lery in considerable numbers were engaged, and showed themselves fully equal to the forces opposed to them. The entire action lasted from 9 a.ina to long after dark. The French and German losses were about equal, but the advantage was with the French, as they occupied psed a village, .which was their objective and also the woods for a consider- able distance around, which com- mand the German positions. LUMBER CUT DECREASEJ). 'Revival of Tradee in the Cheaper Grades is Expeeted. A despatch from Ottawa says: Reviewing the lumber trade of the Ottawa Valley, John Aird, assistant general manager of the Canadian Bank of Commeree, says the cut is estimated at 375,000,000 feet, or' 100000,000 feet less than for 1913, owing principally to low water con- ditions. In other sectiona; of the province the decrease is propor- tionately greater. Dealing with the market •conditions, he predicts a revival of trade next spring in the cheaper grades, but foresees even lower prices than in 1914 for higher grade lumber. CANADIANS ARE NOW BIDUTHD Marked Betterment of General Health in Canadian Contiu- gent is Noted. A despatch from London says: The billeting of the Canadians has. resuited in a marked improvement of the general health conditions in the contingent at Salisbury and the extension of the billeting system is proceeding. The outbreak of men- ingitis is believed to have been checked, Major Verret, Col. Cur- rie and Lieut. Murray are arrang- ing the details of aCanadian base post -,office at London. WILL NOT GO TO FRONT FOR MONTH Canadians Were to Have Been Transferred Next Week, But a Change Had Been Made in Plans A despatch from London "says : Although the intention of the au- thorities was to send the Canadian troops s to the front this week a change has been made in the plans, and e, delay of at least a month is now probable. An . exceptional ho- nor has fallen to the : Allan liner Alsation, which appears' in the lat- est navy list as the ,flagship of Rear Admiral Dudley ds Chair. Besides being one of the newest and hand- somest ships on the Mersey, the AI- satian has a cruiser stern, giving her the :appearance of a war vessel, and earning for her the 'nickname of "the cxuiser" \N -hen she first ap- peared. The word uttea•ed in jest now applies in reality. E . IREL SS STATION IN PANAMA Canal Zone Police Got Tip From British, Minister and Acted on It A ,despatch from Panama says, The canal zone police have discov- ered a wireless telegraph plant on the top of a tall building in the heart of Panama. The plant'was . destroyed by the authorities, who declared that it belonged to a Dan- ish West ;Indian negro, who they b believed was a student in wireless telegraphy. ,Complaint was made recently by, theBritish, Minister, Sir Charles Mallett, of the exis- tence of a wirelees station in Pana- ma, and he gave the' police its ap- proximate `'location. ;.,After a search of several 'days it Was `finally locat- ed. For some time it has been sus- pected that there; was another hid-, den wireless plant in the Darien: '. region, but British and Japanese,'; landing parties Have failed to find it.