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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1915-2-11, Page 3HARD FIG11TI1G IN POLAND 'Germans in Masses Rush to Death in Effort to Break Russian Front A despatch from Petrograd says The bulletins transmitted by th commanding the region of most violent fighting contain news more pleasing to the. Russian people than has been received sine the Gerinanic allies threw the weight of their strength to the bat tle fronts of Eastern Europe. The Russians halve seize :1 both banks of the head waters (�`. the River Inster, in East Prussia, a success which en- ables them to deliver a flank attaek on Insterburb from the north, while the forces that have passed the Angerapp to the south advance straight west; the army which drove the Austrians from the Dukla Pass in the Carpathians has reached the River Laboreza, in Northern Hun- gary; while the Germans west of Warsaw have been repulsed .after the most savage fighting. The :Russian armies took the of- fensive directly west'of Warsaw, et the junction of the Vistula and the Rzura, crowing the latter river and disludi;ing Germans from a bridge- head at I)akhowa. It seems appar- ent that the Russians have assumed the initiative in this quarter as a direct result -of the severe reverse they inflicted on the Germans in. the Bolimow region, when a three- day battle readied its climax. Upon a front of seven miles, with Borjiniow and GollInlne as centres of attack, the Germans concentrat- ed seven divisions and burled more than 10,,,0,1© of their finest infantry against the Ruseian line. They de- liiered attack after• attack, revert- ing 1I1 tomethods eth ods w-. a+111e1 1 char " acteri• ed their earlier operations in Belgium and France. anee. and deploying great mac c s of men over open ground, care^9css apparently of the terrible �•i= r in killed and wounded if the wa, to Warsaw ec,uld he opened. A detail which illustrates the violence t•f the e'ffor't i4 the official statement that eeme +,f the German divisions of 10.00n men charged the Russian line on a front only a verst (two- -thirds of a mile) wide. In these sec- tions the German infantry advanced in cl4.se-pre; sect masses, attacking at the double-quick shoulder to shoulder. t of the imminence of a general on he slaught, . the Russians reinforced s their short front, ,following thei usual method of keeping fresh corp in reserve and ready to seize th e opportunity for counter-attack From early morning until .late ai. - night the German divisions thre themselves against the Russian corps; the attacks rolling up an. breaking like waves against a rocky coast. The field of battle betwee Goumine and Borjiuiow was very largely fiat and treeless, marked by occasional farmhouses. As the Ger- mans swept forward whole file were destroyed by Russian machine guns and rifle fire. But gaps were rapidly closed, and the Germans struggled onward with bulldog de- termination, Every attack ended at the Russian trenches, where the Germans, unable by sheer courage and determination to break through solid hedges of bayonets, broke, and .fled back to their lines. The Germans maintained a con- centrated fire from 100 batteries, The shells fell thickly, The earth seemed to tremble. Seven or eight projectiles dropped simultaneously in almost the same spot. The Ger- mans attempted to turn the Russian flank and failed. Near Borjimow the Russians attacked furiously. They carried three lines of trenches. The Germans fell in such numbers that their bodies were piled breast - high. They had fifty machine guns playing upon the Russian line. Of these the Russians captured four- teen, The Germans were Using shells filled with poisonous gases. When these exploded near the Rus sians fumes were thrown off that. irritated the eyes." When night came on the Germans were broken and exhausted, Some detachments maintained themselves . short distance east of Borjimow and in the time.. of Goumine. The Russians struck immediately, deliv- ering fierce couutet-attacks with fresh corps held in reserve, Gtm- mine was wrested from the Ger- mans. At Wolaszyd Lowieeka the Germans fought with the fury of de- spair. Battalions were annihilated. AN companies were wiped out of existence, The net result of the three days of battle at Goumine-Borjimow was the recapture by the Russians of all positions lost in the past week of renewed German effort. It is esti- mated that the Germans lost at least 25,000 in, killed and wounded, and that the Russian easualties m were not much less. Russian mili- tary observers, with. the meagre de- tailsbefore thein, are likening this fight to the Battle of Borodino, where Napoleon lost his Russian -campaign. s e t w d n Y S The attacks were preceded by ter- rific artillery fire, in which the Germans employed 100 batteries of mortars and field guns, probably hundred cannon in all. There seems to be no doubt that Marshal aeon Hindenburg had ordered Gen- eral Maekenzen to hew through the Russian line at any cost. Such fighting had never before been wit- nessed on the eastern front, Complete preparedness and the steadiness of the Russian infantry balked the German plans. Warned Another Boer Rebel Gives Up the Fight .A despatch from Pretoria says: The rebel leader Bezuidenhout and the so-called- "Prophet" Vankens- burg have surrendered to the Bri- tish forces with Lieut. -Col. Kemp. The commando which gave up its arms also included 48 officers and 500 burghers. The rebels capitu- lated at Upington. Vankensburg's influence is credited with being largely responsible •for the rebel- lion. The announcement states that additional surrenders are ex- pected .and that Lieut, -Col. S. G. Maritz and his men probably will give taltemselve,,s up before the end of the week. Zeppelin Victims Cost $5oo,000 Per Head A despatch from Paris says : Ex- perts in aeronautics here insist that the Zeppelins have been a, bad in- vestment for Germany. The Zeppe- lin war fleet cost $32,000,000 to build, and so far they have only killed about 60 persons in the coun- tries of Germany's enemies, a rate of about $500,000 per head. A huge new biplane capable of re- maining in the .air for ten hours and carrying a ton of explosives, besides four passengers, is being used by the Germans. The engines develop 225 horsepower. The new flying ma- chine has already attempted sev- eral raids. • Will Be No Blockade of German Ports ..4 despatch from London says: Although the Morning „ Post and other London daily newspapers re- peatedly have urged a blockade of German ports, thus cutting off all foodstuffs, the . British Foreign Office repeatedly -has madeit clear that such a step is not contemplat- ed, and announces that its policy is the same to -day as in the 'past. It is added that the British Gov- ernment has no thought of antago- nizing neutral countries, whose shipping wouldbe stopped by the closing, of the Baltic Sea. ' SINK ALL SHIPS S IN Col .xNNEL PRICES OF FARM PRODUCT Germany Announces Reckless Z4'ai ��i ?S9e11'�*er;iillll, Freight' REPORTS FROM. THE L.EADINQ TRADE `rra.ffl .• ' Be dt if 7 oranto, Feb. 9,-Flour--Mauitoba fo first patents,. $7,80 to $8, in'jute bags; second patents, $7, 30 to $7.50; strong bal*ers', $7 to 57.20; Ontario wheatfiour, 90 per cent patents, $6,66 to $6.85, sea-. i- board.. • Wheat -Manitoba No, 1 Northern. he $1,63; No, 2 at $1.60, and No 3 at $1.57 A despatch from Berlin says T German Admiralty, issued the f' lowing'cornimuriication "The waters. around Great Br taip and Ireland, including t whole English Channel, are deola ed a war zone• from and .after Fe 18, 1915; Every enemy mercha ship found, in this war zone will destroyed, even if it is intipossib to avert dangers which threaten th' crew and her passengers, "Also, neutral ships in the wa zone are in danger, as in cense quenee of the naisuse of neutral flag ordered by the British Government on Jan, 31, and in view of the haz- ards of naval warfare, it cannot al- ways be avoided that attacks, meant for enemy ships endanger neutra ships. Shipping northward, aroun the Shetland Islands, in the easter basin of the North Sea, and in strip of at least 30 nautical miles i breadth along the Dutch coast 1S endangered in the same way." SHIP PURCHASE ('ONl:)E1tNED CENTRES OF AMERICA. Ontario wheat, No. 2, $1,55 to $1.60, at r- outside points, Oats -Ontario, 62 to. 63e, outside. and b' at O5 to 67c on track, Toronto. Western Canada, No 2, at 743c and No, 3t at n 715 e. bo Barley --Good malting grades. 75 to 19 M. outside. Peas-No.$72t a 1 85o to ma- nia t- F$ $ , u e, side, Corn --No. 2 American, .855e. .all rail, Toronto Buckwheat._ No, 2 at 85 to SSc, out- -,Bran and shorts -Bran, 526 to $27 a at a. ton, and shorts 528 to 529. Jjj Rol 1bs, $3.45 ted o 58 50• lots, icer bag of 90 Country Produce. Butter -Choice dairy, 24 to 26e; in- erior, 20 to 21e: creamery prints, 31 to 20• de., solids, 29 to 30c; farmers' sen- d artttor. 26 to 27e. ' Nggs-New-i i 11 35e; selects, 25 o in storage, 34 to a,• 27c. Honey -12 to 13c per lb, for strained; 11. No. 1 honeyeoinb, $2.76 per dozen; O. d2,ucks$2,,26dressed, 14 to 16c; fowl, 10 to P9uliry-Chickens, dressed, 13 to 16e: 191c to geelac,. 14 to 1Sc; turkeys, dressed, 1se ha• Coisscekpdm52t,o 9 b6 o fe$o,3r. 5l2a.rge toan$d2.8a5t;18i1r twins. Sic l'o e Potatoes--On.taros, 65 to 76e per bag out of store, 55 to 60e in ear lots. New Brunswreks, oar tots, 60 to 05e per bag. The U. S. Chamber of C'ointnere Denounces the Bill as U.n- Ameriean. A despatch from Washington says: The annual convention of the Chambers of Commerce of the United States overwhelmingly op- posed President Wilson's Ship Pur- chase Bill, This vote is regarded here as the most impressive evi- dence that has yet appeared as to the attitude of the business leen of the eountry toward the proposed Government -ownership legislation. The vote eame on a report by a special committee on the upbuilding of the merchant marine. The ma- jority of this eommittee, headed by William Harris Douglas, reported that "Government operation is un- Ameriean, is likely to be more ex- travagant and exhaustive than pri- vate control, and will seriously in- terfere with. individual initiative as regards the enterprise of our citi- zens." • This, of course, amounted to a condemnation of the President's t plan. The eommittee itself pro- posed a plan for the development of the United States merchant marine. The vote on adopting the report was 163 for and 90 against. Italian Peasants Provisions, Bacon -Long clear. 133 to 14e per lb. in ease lots. Hams --Medium. 16 to 17e: do., heavy, 145 to 15c, rolls. 14 to 115o; breakfast bacon, 175 to 180; backs, 20 to 21c; boneless backs, 22 to 23e. Lard --Market aulet• pure, tub, 115 to 12c• compound, 92 to 10c in tubs and 10 to 105c in pails. 'Baled Ray and Straw. Dealers are paying as follows for car" lot deliveries on track here: --- Straw, SS to $S.50 a ton, in ear lots on traek here. Hay -No. 1 newS17.50 No. 2 at $15.50 to 516, No, 3Siat 51'.60 to 513.50. Winnipeg Grain, Winnipeg, Feb. 9. -Cash: -Wheat - No. 1 Northern. 51.505; No, 2 Northern, 51.495;No, 3 Northern, $1.455. Flax - No, 1 N,W.C., $1.62; No. 2 C.W., 51.59. No oats or barley quoted. Montreal Markets, :Montreal. Feb. S,-•-Corn-.-.lmeriean No. 2 yellow, 86 to 87c. Oats--t'anaclian Western, No. 2, 73c; do., No. 3. 71c; ex- tra No. 1 feed, 71e; No. 2 local white, 64e• No. 3 local white, 63e; No. 4 local white. 62e. Barley, Manitoba feed, 85c, Buckwheat, No. 2 875e Flour -Mani - obs Spring wheat patents. firsts, $8.10; seconds, $7.60; strong bakers', 57.40: Winter patents, ohotee, $3; straight roll- ers, o its a l3blsag$7.2$ ; do„ bag$ , 90 lbs., $3.60. Bran 526. Shorts 328, Mid- dlings, $31. Mouillie, $34 to $9,7. HaY, No, 2, per ton, car lots, $18 to 519. Cheese --Finest westerns, 165 to 17o: dnest ecsterns, 105e. Butter -Choicest creamery, 30 to 303e; seconds, 23n to 295e, Eggs -Fresh, 41 to 42c; selected, 34e; No. 1 stock, 30c; No. 2 stock, 26c. Potatoes. per bag, car lots, 525e. Going to Germany A despatch from Venice, Italy, says: Many Italian peasants, both men and women, are going to Ger- many to engage in farm and factory work, in response to offers of un- usually high wages. For the men 6% marks ($1.62) a day is promised, and for the women three marks (75 cents.), Italian newspapers are warning the peasants against ac- cepting this employment, in view of the uncertainty in regard to Italy's foreign policy, but,, appar- ently many unemployed persons are willing to assume the risk involved, Canadian Officer Commits Suicide. A despatch from London nays : At an inquest on the body of Captain Henry Cook, of the 10th battalion of the. first Canadian contingent, who was found dead in his bedroom, the jury returned & verdict of sui- cide while temporarily insane. A Canadian headquarters 'officer said that. Cook did his duties remarkably well, but became ill. He wa.S anx- ious to go to the front, but was told he could not for some eimne, and that might shave 'disappointed him. Buelow's }louse Contraband Depot. A despatch sp l i f ' coal• Rome .says, The Idea Nazionale says the house of Prince von ,B,uelow, the German Ambassador, is Heed. as a headquar- ters for espionage and contraband. 'Phe paper gives the ;names of 'al- leged German 'epies and agents and urges the Goner:•ment to expel them lest the seculity- of the State be un- dermined. T1ie•Princess Royal in I1.t1ifax Harbor. This splendid battle cruiser was one of those which .p.articlpated In the greatnaval victory. the photo - , was taken at the time of her !secret visit to'Ha1ifax last November. United States Markets. bard, Feb, 1 Northern. 51.485 to 51.53; No, 2 Northern, 51.46 to 072 May, $1.50 Otis --No. 1't hite, yel- low,5 to Duluth Flour rb and -�� ]e -- unchanged. hard, 51.525 2Ni$o $1,52; 51.53.a$1.6Northern, cash 51,885 to 91.005; May, $1.895. live Stock Markets. Toronto, ,esoldfrom57 40while butchers' sold 6 andto $,6 25.6' with Medium grade between lkers sold round $66. The best lambs sold for $8.50. Sheep were steady. Calves sold from 54.50 to $6, and choice from $1Q to $11. Hogs, fed and watered, 58. Montreal, Feb. 9. -Prime beeves 75 to 8c; medium, 6 to 75c; common, 42 to. 5.55p; cows, 540 to $80 each; calves, 6 to 84e; sheep, 42 to 65c; Iambs, 75 to 8e; hogs, 85c. Shoot All French: Order to Brigade A despatch from London says: The Times publishes extracts from the diary of aGerman soldier, Rein- hard Brenneissem, of the 4th ..com- pany of the 112th Regiment, which" describes his experiences, first in. the neighborhood of Muebhausen and afterwards in Flanders, One passage, which The Times repro - dltees in the German fac simile, reads : "There also; came,. a brigade. order that all French, whether wounded or not, who .fell into our hands, should be .shot. No prison- ers were to be taken." ;F BRITAIN'S RETALIATION. May Take More Stringent Measures Against German • Trade. A despatch from London says: Great Britain has deeided that if the American steamer Wilhelmina, now on her way with a, cargo of foodstuffs for Germany, is intercept- ed, ' her cargo will be .submitted to a prize court; so that the new situ- ation arising out of the action of Germany in ordering that all grain and flour shall be placed under con- trol ' of the Government may be regularized. LIVET) 25 DAYS IN RUINS. Had Nothing to Sustain Him l)nr- iisg that Time. A•despatch from Rome says: Red Cross workers in the earthquake ruins at : Paterno on Sunday heard. faint 'moans, ' and, on delving into the debris, excavated a man Cairolo,'"'who had been iniprisoned' thele for 25 days. The man, who is :33' years' old, had had nothing but some water during this time. He was uninjured,. and when taken in an automobile to the .'n?arest.town teas able to alight from ;th,a machine w=ithout assistance, 60ISTED UERIIkN FLA. Lusitania Crossed the Irish S . Flying the Stars and Stripes A despatch from London says The Cunard liner Lusitania, which sailed from New York, arrived' Liverpool on Saturday morning fly- ing the American flag. On 'Friday Captain Dow, of the Lnsitania, re.. eeiveel a wireless from the Baltic, of the White. Star Line, saying that two subrnarines had been sighted by that vessel in the Irish Sea, whereupon the captain of the Lusi- tania hauled down the British flag and hoisted Mee Stars and Stripes. The Lusitania stopped off Queens- town and was busy for two hours .sending wireless messages. Captain Dow's, explanation of his action in hoisting the American flag was that he did so in order to save his passengers and the mails owing to the German' threat to sink Bri- tish ships, The eaptain declared that he had a right to fly the flag of a neutral country for the protec- tion of neutral passengers and mails, The Press Association has issued the following under .a. l3irminghani elate ; "Passengers from the Lusitania who arrived here Sunday state that when off the coast of Ireland the Lusitania, reeeived .a wireless mes- sage from the Admiralty that it was to hoist the American flag. It did so, and sailed under that flag to Liverpool." The use of the American flag was immediately ealled to the attention of the Foreign OMioe by Anxerioan newspaper eorresponde:nts. Neil at ; Pritarese, the new Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, exemplifying • the friendliness felt for America, i had previously arra egad with the eensor is tra'zsmit anything by cable that the correespondents might desire. He sa'.c1: "England desires r either sup- pressive nor compromise. The For- eign Office is igeorant of the Lusi- tania incident,- but the Merchant Shipping Act of 189i says that if a • person uses the Britis`1 #lag and assumes the British national char- ' aeter aboard a ship wholly or part- ly owned by persons unqualified 'to own a British ship, for the purpose of making the ship appear to be British, the ship shall be subjeot to forfeiture unless the not was done for the purpose of escaping. capture by an enemy, or by a foreign war- ship in the exercise of its belliger- ent rights. Therefore, if Bngland. acknowledged and grants the right of nun-Feigl]sll ,ships to escape cap- ture England holds that she is en- titled to the same privilege. "Undoubtedly Captain Dow, ,as well as ether English .captains and ship owners, Is familiar with the .'tet of 1694, which is a perfect an- swer to the German e barge that England is notifying her ships to use neutral flags. No such orders were ever issued by the British Governs ment." IMPORTANT EVENTS AT SEA Kaiser's Visit to Wilhelmshaven Revives Talk of Invasion of England A despatch from Londonsays: the landing of troops in England. The Exchange Company has re- ceived the following despatch from its Copenhagen correspondent "Emperor William's visit to Wil- helmshaven is believed to be in connection with the warning of the German Admiralty to neutral ship- ping that great,activiity may be ex- pected off the north and west Boasts as a result of German attempts to stop England's tran.portation 'of troops and munitions. "This is interpreted here as a prologue to important events at sea.. It is rumored that Germany will try to engage the British fleet in •southern waters, while another squadron goes northward at full speed with the object of -covering 'Large contingents of troops 'are reported to have 'been mobilized at Wilhelmshaven at the time of the Scarborough raid," A wireless message from Berlin, in referring to the Emperor's visit to Wilhelmshaven, makes the ad- , mission that the battle cruiser Seyel- litz was "squarely hit by one shell" in the North Sea battle, while the light cruiser Kosberg was "struck by two," The Berlin message adds : "The Emperor, who already has `visited the west incl east fronts, will eompiete his inspection, of the empire's armed forces by visiting the units of the newlyy organized armies stili garrisoned in Ger- many." TURKS EFFORT TO CROSS CANAL Invaders of Egypt Left Many Dead and About 350. Prisoners After Skirmishes North of Suez A despatch from London says: The Turks made a, definite attack on the Suez Canal, but after a shorp fight they were driven off with heavy losses. After afruitless attempt made to bridge the canal near Toussoum, they returned 'to the attack with a force estimated at 12,000 strong and six batteries of artillery and essay- ed to get across the waterway on rafts. The British force, however, was waiting and the invaders were forced back, leaving about 300 pri- soners in the hands of the defend- ers. A considerable number of the Turks were killed and wounded. The British lost 15 killed and 58 wounded. The attack was also ,renewedby the Lurks at El Kantara, but' this met with no greater success than the other attempt, the Turkish casualties in killed, wounded •and prisoners, numbering upwards of a hundred. BllPIG AT FIIL.L CAPACITY Value to Mitis of Canada in War Orders Approxi - mate Sixteen Million. Dollars A despatch from Ottawa says: Sixteen million dollars is the ap- proximate monetary valueof the present war to the textile and wool- len industries of Canada so far,' How much more will come in the fu-. ture is a matter for, conjecture, but it is stated that the Canadian -made articles have generally met with the approval of Canada's customers, and . there is . every indication of continued coders. From a position approaching idleness Canadian mills hcapaavecity.mcoe. to be now running at. To date it is estimated trhat there have been placed, on account of the British Government alone, through its ' Canadian buying agents, orders: for khaki clothingto. the extent of $1,250000, with an- other ,order in, contemplation va12 red at four millions, °a rni]lion-clot ' lar order placed by the War Office direct, and .clothing ordered by the' Canadian, 1V1ilitia , Department ap- proximating-$250,000. ' These orders for khaki goods alone total $6,500, 000. War orders :for knitted goods to the value of .iibout six millions have. kept the mills busy, while • ceitain lanes, .to the value of ,,$1,250,000, formerly imported from Germany and Austria, will hereafter be man- ufactiir•ed in'Canada. Canadian blanket manufacturers have benefited to the,tune of some- thing like $1,500,000 from the war. Recently an order was offered Can- adian mills for $1,650,000 north o$ blankets for the French 'Govern- ment. Of tihat amount • ,they were able to take only $1,250,000, and the remainder bad to "be placed in the United States. Twenty. -eight mills have been engaged on the big order. Shirt -makers have been busily en- gaged on good-sized contracts for` the British and Canadian Govern ments; while orders for the British. ,service cap to the value -of $60,000. have been placed with other firms. Orders for kit -bags, ha era bents,' etc., have kept other factories busy,, while the tremendous export of bread and foodstuffs has created a heavy demand for cotton and jute bags, 'there'beingan increased ol5t-. put of these amounting to 25 ,per cent, inr the past three ;months,