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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1915-2-18, Page 3CllkGES I1 THE TARIFF General All Round Advance of Seven -and -a Per Cent. in Customs A. cdespetch frons Ottawa says: A general tariff increase of seven and 4t half per cent. intermediate and five per cent. preferential, with ser- tail) exceptions, such as tea, sugar, tobacco, wheat, flour and agricul- tural implements. special war taxes including:, One per cent, an bank note circu- lation. One per cent, on the gross income (Canadian) of trust and loan coin- panics, One per cent, on the net prein- iulns of insurance companies except life, fraternal and marine. One cent on telegraph and cable messages. Ten cents for every five dollars on railroad and steamboat tickets. Ten cents on ,sleeping can and five cents on parlor car ti be ts One to three dollars per passen- ger from steamboat 'companies car- rying to ports other than in Can - Half ada, Newfoundland, the United States of America and British West Indies. Two cents on all bank cheques, receipts and bills of exchange, ex- press and post -office orders. One eent on postal notes. One cent (war stamp) on each let- ter and postcard. Two cents on bills of lading. Five cents per pint on 'non -spark- ling wines sold in Canada and twenty-five cents per pint on chain pagnes and sparkling wines. One cent on each ten cents' cost of pro- prietary medicines.. These are the provisions announc- ed by the Minister of Finance on Thursday for restoring the revenues to "the minimum amount regarded as necessary." The special taxes are expected, on a rough estimate, to ate, to produce eight ht 1111an dollars. Thincreased Customs duties will add to the revenue from twenty to twenty-five million dollars. ENEMY'S BASES ARE DESTROYED , : ` r British, ,Ail.r Rail on Bruges, Zee. brugge and Ostend Districts Described. A despatch from London says: Aerial warfare was waged on Fri- day on the largest seale in its his- tory, and under adverse oiroum- stances from the standpoint of the weather. British airmen, buffeting banks of snow in the air, swept over cities of Northern Belgium held by the Germans and dropped bombs on Ostend, Bruges and other places. Thirty-four aeroplanes and sea- planes of the British navy took part in the operations, and all of them. later returned safely to their base without casualties to their drivers, although two of the, machines were damaged. The raid was made in order to prevent the development of submarine bases and establishments which might further endanger Bri- tish warships and merchantmen, Although no submarines were seen, the British Admiralty state- ment indicates that the raid bad satisfaetory results, for consider- able damage is said to have been done to German gun positions, rail- way lines and railway stations. The Ostend station is reported to have been set on fire, and that at Blan- kenberghe to have been badly dam- aged. German mine -sweeping ves- sels at Zeebrugge alsa came in for a hail of bombs, but the damage done to them has not been stated. At various points' the airmen were received by the Germans with fir- ing from anti -aerial guns and rifles. None of the airmen are re- ported by the Admiralty to have been wounded in these attacks. One of the machines, driven by Flight Commander Claude Gra- hame -White, among the mast intre- pid of the British fliers, fell into the sea while returning to its base after the raid was over, and the aviator had .a. narrow escape from drown- ing. Fortunately for him a cruiser was nearby and picked him up, and then towed his aeroplane into port. Marriage isn't a failure if the con- tracting parties have two heads, fotir Vends and one heart { Death List 25,000 in the Earthquake A despatch from Roane says; The. Giornale el'Italia on Wednesday published semi-official statistics of the fatalities in the recent earth- quake, from which it appears that'. about 25,000 persons perished. Of these, 23,407 were in the Province'. of Aquila, 422 in the Province of Caserta, most of them in the town of Aborti, and 34 in the Province of Rome. The town of Avezzano, in the Province of Aquila, had the •heaviest loss of any individuals town, 10,819 of its inhabitants, which is equal to 96 per eent. of the! population, having been killed. Serious Shortage of Skilled Workers A despatch from London says: The shortage of skilled workers in engineering and ship -building es- tablishments, owing to the large numbers of these men who have gone to the front, is so serious that an enquiry was opened by repre- sentatives of the Government and trades unions for the purpose of de- vising methods of assuring the full productivity of these adjuncts to military operations. The trades unions will be asked to waive some of their regulations during the per- iod of the war crisis. Z OIL SHORTAGE IN GERMANY. Prise Charged Is Double What It Is In France. A despatch from Paris says: An ofileial account of the situation at Douai, a French city under German occupation and control, reports that petrol which is brought in from Germany has reached the unprece- dented price of $1.40 a can. This is regarded as most interesting in France, as it shows that Germany already has begun to feel the scarc- ity of illuminating and motor oils upon which so much depends in this war. The price of petrol in Paris to -day is 70 cents a can, one-half the price ;exacted in German territory. This is an increase of only six cents to the can since the war began. TO ENCIRCLE BRITISH ISLES Enemy Intends to Scatter clines From Especially Constructed Submarines A despatch from Christiania says: Reports from Germany printed) in Scandinavian newspapers indicate that the German, naval authorities regard the painting of national col- ors on neutral ships to )be an insuf- Eseient since the greatest i► dangerthreatened is not from tor- pedoes, but from mines. It is in- tended . to scatter these from Ger- man submarines especially con structed for the purpose, and the - plan will be vigorously pursued in all parts of the proclaimed area. BAYONET CHARGE ON SKIS A despatch from London .says: The Daily Chronicle correspondent at Geneva telegraphs folloering : Th first bayonet char eb a e on skis g occurred in the Vosges near Col du sears and two officers who had been cut , off were asked to surrender. Instead they charged down the slopes on ' skis into the German trenches. A terrible struggle ''en- sued. Al the French were killed, Bonhomme. Forty Alpine Chas but the German losses were double. German Bomb -Thrower C a tared A deapatch;from Paris says,: An appended note to the official state- ment of the French War, Office makes an announcement which is received with the.. liveliest .satisfac- tion b . Parisians. It says that in Y y,. addition to destroy a intGerm n destroyinga signal in the vicinity of Cagily, on. Wednesday, at Verdun they brought down .a German aero- plane, the pilot of which: proved to be Lieut. von IIidelin: He will be remembered as the audacious avia- tor who last September' flet over. Paris, dropping bombs which caused the death of several non-combat- ants and added to this a note invit- ing Parisians to surrender to the victorious German armies then marching on Paris." It is not stated whether the lieutenant land- ed :safely or was killed. BATTLE GOES ON IN BGK'OWINA Russians, Reinforced, Piave Re- pulsed a Series of Fred:, .Attacks, A despatch from London says: Fighting continues in Bukowina. The Russians, reinforeed and hold- ing on grimly, have 'repulsed a series of fresh attacks; and the tide of battle sways backwards and for- ,(-ards. The Russians were compel- led at the beginning to give ground before the masses of the enemy, which swept down the Carpathian, passes. The Russians, fighting dog- gedly, withdrew to the north from, Kimpolung, and there on more suit- able ground, where the snow was less deep, they entrenched them- selves and awaited the Austro -Ger- man advance. By a. well-timed' counter-attack the Russians- &hat-. tered the enemy's line at three points, compelling them to retire. Snow impeded the marching, but the Russians are moving forward, The cold is intense, the temperature'. beingn 0 below z._ero with atupiercing ice -laden wind which mites and slays, The terrible weather condi- tions add to the horrors of warfare in the valleys and mountain passes, the driving snow rendering it diff- eult to distinguish friend from foe at 100 yards' distance. The enemy succumbs to cold more speedily than the winter -seasoned Siberian troops. There is great difficulty in rescuing the wounded. Following their collapse,, exposure soon end's their sufferings, and snow envelops them, becoming at once a winding sheet and tomb. Consequently thousands, once stricken down, altogether disap- pear. Revolt Breaks Out In Transylvania A despatch from Rome says: News has been received here to the effect that a revolt has broken out in Transylvania, where provisions have been requisitioned for the army. while the inhabitants •are,' starving. The gendarmes charged the citizens, and many were killed or wounded. An agitation bordering on insur- rection as spreading in. South Huin- gary. Rioting has been repressed only through. bloodshed, • �F ALLIES ARE MASTERS. S'1TE RS. German Offensive Moves Cease in Belgian Dunes. A despatch .from Boulogne, France, says : From a very reliable source I am in a position to state that the allies are now absolute masters of the dunes, says a corres- pondent. Little by little the Ger- man offensive movements changed', and after a short defensive they gave way before the allied troops. With regard to the district about Ostend, the Germans have become greatly alarmed at their position. Large reinforcements arrive daily at Ostend from Bruges. The health of the German troops is becoming extremely grave. At Mons over 50 per cent. of the garrisons are in the 'hospital suffering from typhoid fever. At Antwerp, 12,000 soldiers are in the hospitals suffering from fever. All Arrangers. He (greatly . disappointed) -)it's awful to see a young girl like you. marrying an .old man for his money. She -Never mind, Jack. The palmist told nne that I am to marry twice, and I Om reserving you for the ne ct time. FRES S OF FARM PRODUCE; REPORTS FROM THE I.EAoINC TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA. Breadstuffs� Toronto. Fob. 16.--Flour--Manitoba A1rst Patents, 88. in Tate bags; eecond patents, $7.50; *strong bakers', 57.20. Ontario wheat flour. 90 per cent. patents, quoted at 87 to 87.24, seaboard. Wheat-Dleaatoba No. 1 Northern 51.67 to $1.67 1.2; No. 2 at 51.64 to $1.64 1-2; and No. 3 at $1.61 w 51.61 1.2; Ontario heat, No. 2, 51.60 to $1 65, at outside points. Oats -Ontario, 63 to 65e, outside. and at 67 to 69e on track, Toronto. Western t.'an• ada, leo, 2, quoted at 74e, and No. 3 at. 71 1-2o. Barley -85 to 87o. outside. Rye- 51.18 to 51.22 outside. Pcaa- No. 2 quoted at 51.90 to $1.22. out- side. Cora --No. 2 now American, 840, all rail. Toronto freight. Bite wheat• No. 2 at 53 to Sae, outside, Bra, and short: --Bran at 526 to 52.7 a. ton, and shorts at 828 to 529. Rolled oats -Car lots. per bag of 95 lbs., 52,45 to 53.50. Country Produce. Butter -Chose d, iry, 24 to 25e; inferior, 20 to 21c; er.mmory prints, 311.2 to bac; do., solids. 30 to 3lc; farmers' separator, t 26 to 27e Eggs -sew -tail, in cartons. 34 to 35e; releo:o, 28 to 30e; storage, 26 to 27e. lloaey-12 t. 13e per lb. for ;strained.: to. 1 honeycomb. $2.75 per dozen. No. 2 $2.25. Poultry-Cltiekeae. dressed. 13 to 150; ducks, dressed. 14 to 16e; fowl, 10 to ale; geese, 14 to i5c; turkeys, dres,sod, 19 to 200. Cheese --17 3.4 to 18o for large, and at 18 to 18 1.4e for twine. Potatoes Onteries. 65 4o 754 per bas. out of *store 60o in car Tote. Now Brune- wicks, car Jots, 65o per bag. Baled. HaY and Straw. Dealers are paying as rollo�rd for car Titres Machines Observe) Passing Over Brockville. lot +Ie ivertee on track here:- Straw, 58 to 58.50 a. ton, in car lots on track here. slay -•No. 1 new iiay 6 voted at 51740 to $18; No, 2 at 515.10 to 816, and No. 3 at 512.50 to 513.50. BRITISII SIIRPIIISED T{BKS Entire Force at Entrance to Gulf of Suez Eitl>tei Killed or M de Prisoners A ckepateh. from London says: A force of 200 Turk, and Arabs, under German •officers, who were prepar- ing tai attack the: British stations of Tor, at the entrance to the Gulf of Suez, were attacked and either killed ee. token prisoners Friday by a British force, according to a Br1- tirh official report from Cairo. One hundred soldiers were taken pri- soners. and of the others not one e caped death. The tfileial report- states that fifty Turks and two German officers ap- proached Tor, believing that the pb ce was undefended. Finding Tor was garrimned by 21'10 Egyptia'i sol- diers, they sent five reinforcements. These arrived, and a force new numbering a little over 200 occupied a village to the nert ..ef Tor. On their arrival beculn-..g known, a. shall detaehlnent of British troops landed in their rear, and, advancing over the hills, made a surprise attack upon their position s at dawn Friday. Me c flutial report concludes as follows': "The eneznv'a force Brae annihilated. Over TO prisoners. were taken, amio-eg them a ,.Turkish major. Over sixty caf their dead were found on the field, and it is believed that none get away. Twenty camels were eaptueed. and the enemy's eamp and their stores were destroyed. Our to -...es were one Gurkha killed and one wc,und- ed." OTTAWA?] IEPAREB FOR RAID Provisions. Batton -Lang clear, 13 1.2 to 14e per lb. in case Iota. Mame-5ledium, 16 to 17e; do.. heavy, 141-2 to 15o; villa, 14 to 14 1.2e; breakfast bacon, 17 .2 to 58e; bakke. 20 to 210; bonek s backs, 22 to 23c. Lard-•-ltlarket quiet; pure. tub, 11 3.4 to 12e; compound. 9 3-4 to IDe in tube, and 30 to 10 1-4c in pails. • Winnipeg Crain. wianipeg, Feb. 16. -Cash -No. 1 Northern. 51.54 1-2; No. 2 Northern, 51521.2; No. 3 Northern. 51,49 3-4No. 4, 51,45 1.2- No. o, 51.41, 14; No. 6, 51.37 14; feed. $1.33 1-4. Oats No. 2 C.W,. 661.40. Barley, No. 3, 83e No. 4. 77o, Flax, No. 1. N.W.C,. $1.61 14; No. 2 C.W., 51.58 1.2, Montreal Markets. Montreal, Feb. 16. -Corn, American No. 2 yellow, 86 to 87e. Oats, Canadian West- ern. No. 3 74e; Canadian Wcdtern. No. 3,, 71e; extra. No. 1 feed. 71e; No. 2 loeal white, 651.2 to Oct No. 3 local white. 641.2 to 61e; No. 4 local. white, 631.2 to 640, Bar- ley, Ilan. ford, 78 1.2c: malting, 930. Buck- wheat. No, 2 Si. Flour, Man. Spring wheat patents, An#s, 58.10; seconds. 5740; strong bakers, 57.40; Winter patents, choice. 58.30; straight rollers, 57.80 to 58; straight rakers, bags, $3,70 to $3.80 Ro11- ed oats. barrels, 57.25; bags, 90 lbs., 53.50. Bran, 527. Shorts. 529. Middlings, $32. Mountie, 534 to 837. flay, No. 2, por top Cheese, car lots, 518 to 519. (�hocse, flneut West- erns, 16 3.4 to 17e; fli;e't Easterne, 16 1.2e. Butter cho cast creamery, 31. to 31 1.2e; second$, 00 to ail 1.2e. Egge, fresh, 38c; se- Ieetud. 31e; No. 1 stock. 28e; 1'7o. 2 stock, 25e. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, 50 to 62 1.20. United States Markets. Minneapolis, Feb, 16.--Wheat-No. 1 hard, 51.58; No. t Northern, 51.53 1-4 to 51,57 1-2; No. 2 Northern, 51.50 1.4 to 51.55; May. $1.53 14, Corn -No. 3 yellow, 721.2 to 72 3-4o. Oats -No. 3 -white, 57 1-2 to 57 3.4c. .Flour and bran unchanged. Duluth, Minn.Feb, 16. -Linseed, 51.86 14 to 51.871.2; May. 51.871-2. Close -wheat. No. 1 hard, $1.56; No. 1 Northern, 51.55; No. 2 Northern, 51,52 to 51.53; May. 51.35. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Feb. 16. -Butchers' changed hands at $6.50 to 57.50. Butcher cows and balls, 55.25 to $6,25 for the most part and bulls at 55.50 to $6.75. Milkers sold * t steady prises. Stookere at 55.50 4o 56.25 for fairly good stock. For lambs 57.60 to 59 was paid, and for sheep ewes 55.25 4o $6,25. Swing, 58,15 to 58.20. They brought $7.90, fed and 'watered. Montreal, Feb. 16. -Prime beeves, 71-2c to near 7 3-4e; medium, 6 to 7 1.4e; com- mon, 4 3-4 to 53-4e: cows, $40 to 580 each; sheep, 5 to 5 1-2e; lambs, .7 1-2 to 8e; hogs, 8 1-2o. Many a man who wouldn't take anything else that doesn't belong to him is quick to take offence. A temperance lecture in a prohi- bition- town isn't always .a ease of carrying eoals to Newcastle. ESCAPES Fi101 SOBMARI\E German U=2 Tries in Vain to Destroy the Laertes -Latter Uses Dutch Flag A despatch from .Ymuiden,' Neth- erlands, says:. The German sub- marines U-2 attempted to torpedo the British steamer Laertes, -which arrived from f o Java. The vessel es- caped. by adroit manoeuvres and fast steaming. When attacked the steamer was flying the Dutch flag. Captain Prophet was . in -command. The attack on the Laertes was made while the vessel was steaming between the Meuse lightship and Schouwen Bank. The submarine fired several shells, which damaged the steamer's funnel, compass and upper deck. As this did not induce •" the captain to stop, the. stabmarine made an unsuccessful attempt to torpedo the steamship. The Laertes, when challenged by proceedingwith- out ..the submarine, v.Gas w t out showing her nationality. When Dasuktoedh, flto stop the vessel flew the rag A despateh from Rotterdam says there is reason to believe that the submarine a ne sank. She was last seen. in a cloud.. of steam. The Laertes; is one of the :smaller liners of the Ocean Company, a Bri- tish' corporation, plying between Harwich and Dutch ports. It is supposed that the submarine en- countered the lineroff the Hook .of Holland and prevented her entering Dutch waters. The captain at once headed north, and' finally managed to elude the submarine and reach a safeor• P t The 'Dutch authorities will make an inquiry into the attempt of the German submarine U-2 to torpedo a Britis s e inside h t a'baer: ins de Dutch ter- ritorial waters. Secret t St rehouse •1n Dusseldorf ��re c e o despatch to the London Daily spa Telegraph from Rotterdam reports a..isuccessfu1 air raid, by the allies over Dnsseldorf. "The Germans," according tothe correspondent, "fearing such a raid at Dusseldorf, recently ibuilt, a secret storehouse same distance away froome thee• arse- nal, into which .war material and explosives from the arsenal were moved. The raiders discovered this store and dropped bombs upon it, and set it afire." Headed for Capital A despatch from Ottawa says: It was reported. tv Premier Burden at eleven o'clock Sunday night that three or four aeroplanes had crossed the St. Lawrence River from Mor- ristown, N.Y., one of them drop- ping a. fire ball as they passed over Breekville. I\ hen last seen the aero- planes were headed in what was be- lieved to be the dire' tion of the capital. Immediately on being apprised of this news the Premier notified -. -- Colonel A. P. Sherwood, Commis- sioner of Dominion Police, Who im- mediately ordered the lights around the Parliament Buildings extin- guished, taking the same precau- tions at Rideau Hall, the residence of his Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught. SLARGIITER Ili BAGATELLE FIGHT Ge1'111ttus Lose heavily in Trying to take Frellelt 1^orti ieittions at ;Marie Therese. A despatch from London says : Tremendous slaughter marked the progress of the terrific battle about Bagatelle on Friday. After four days of desperate fighting the .Arg- onne battle reached its climax when the Germans charged down upon the French fortifications at Marie. Therese in solid columns four a- breast, and 'column abreast of col- umn across a front more than 500 yards wide. The guns of the fort poured a deadly shell fire into the solid ranks as soon as they were well within range. The line of columns waver- ed under the withering fire, but still they eame an. When within easy rifle range the quick -firers and mus- ketry of the French sent in a shower of bullets that was a veritable hurri- cane of death. The carnage was more than hu- man courage could withstand, and eolumn after column broke, crumb- led and turned, leaving large n am- bers of dead on the field. Steamer Badly blurt By Torpedo or Mine A despatch from Scarborough, England, says: The new cargo steamer Torquay, of Dartmouth, was towed into Scarborough harbor in "a sinking condition after either striking a mine or having been tor- pedoed eight miles east of this port. The damage sustained by the steam- er was amidships, one boiler having been penetrated. One man was killed and two were injured. 35 Kilted by Bomb In An Antwerp Fort A despatch from London says: The Daily Mail'•s,Rotterdam corres- pondent says he learns that 35 Ger- man soldiers were killed in one of the Antwerp forts last Friday by a bomb dropped by British airmen, GERMANY WARNED BY UNITED STATES Latter Will Not Tolerate the Loss of Life or Property o11 the Illgh Sens. A despatch from Washington says: A very pointed warning to Germany against causing loss of American life or property in her efforts to enforce a blockade of the British Isles, and a friendly note to Great Britain intimating disappro- val of an officially sanctioned gen- eral use . of the American flag by belligerent vessels, were sent by the United States to the German and British Governments, and the full texts of both communications are made public. The note to Germany, which is stiffer in tone than was anticipated, warns her that the destruction of American neutral vessels and lives by Germany would be hard to rg- eoncile with friendly relations, and the United States would hold Ger- many to strict accountability and take any steps necessary to guard American lives and property. Grandfathers Called to Fight for Austria A despatch from Geneva, Switzer- land, says: Austria is experiencing. great difficulty, especially in Hun- gary, it is reported at Innsbruck, in mobilizing the Landsturm of the classes from the years 1878 to 1890, which were recently called to the colors. Women are said to be pre- venting the men, many of whom are grandfathers, from leaving their homes. 32 Spanish Soldiers Lost in a Shipwreck A despatch <from Madrid says: Thirty-one soldiers and one com- missioned officer, a lieutenant, were drowned in the Bay of Arzila, Mor- occo, when a barque with 100 sol- diers on board stranded. BRITAIN'S ARMY OF DEFENCE Ready to Uo Anywhere Any Time in the Event of a German Invasion A despatch from London says After two days of debate,' during which many.matters in conection with the war were discussed, the House of Commons on Wednesday night passed . without division the army estimates for 3,000,000 men, exclusive of India, and eiso by a "token" vote, provided for the pay of the officers and men. By this vote the Government will reoeive a blank cheque for, this purpose. Replying to points raised by mem- bers of the House, Harold J. Ten- nant, Parliamentary Under-Secre- tary for War,said., that in case of a raid on England, Gen. 'Sir Ian Hamilton was in •command of a 'mo- bile force, which was ready to go anywhere at any time.. There • was considerable discus - • ,sign of the question of inoculation against disease, in reply to which Mr. Tennant t lee _ n s, e ar d the in favor of -compulsoryinoculation was increasing, and that the Gov- ernment was considering adopting it. Lord Kitchener, Secretary -for War, felt so strongly about the mat ter, Mr. Tennant said, that he was about to issue an order suspending grants of leave to those persons who deelinedtto be inoculated. Under-Secretary lJnder-Secretary. added, that the suggestion that the War Office should consent to the enlistment•of `'bantam battalions" 'was being con- sidered. In the mining :districts, he. said there were man . 'men under , 3 the regulation heiiht;whodesire to serve in the army, and that some of, them already were in trraning.