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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1915-3-11, Page 3CANADA'S SECOND AIIM Were Givena Cxreat Reception ,:at Liverpool --Sev- eral Sev-eral Patricias 'lave Arrived at Hospital A de.pritch from London says: The four thousand men'.of the see •ond Canadian 'expeditionary force who have .reached England -will' be quartered at Shorneliffe camp, wbieh is a, big improvement' over Salisbury Plain, and the men will be Mare oomfcrtably quartered than the Canadians «lho -came atruw in October. The camp at Shorneliffe is within a mile of the railway station, and is located .on dry s.eil. There are paved roads met sidewalks, ai;d there are brick iaEat:: to quarter the tr ops. The {all to ie also within easy reat'h of °duce:+i(+ne, _ :;ne of the most plea- eant and •pieturesgne seaside re- sorts in England. :Although the arrival of the eon- tinent was quietly effected, the t lit l;liane werta given an enthusi- astie r2 ;('ptitan, when they reached Liverpool, the welcome being all the more hearty- because the op- peara we of the tedopshi as dis- pellet" the l umers from hostile• soures, The healthof the men on the voyage is • reported 'to have been ascellent. On one `.;of the ehip&'• a; grand military athletic tourna- ment was held during the voyage. Some of the.men seem to fear that they -will not get at chance to go to the front 'like the first Canadian contingent, This is eausea by the belief that the war will be over be- fore their period of training sero England is completed. Major Hamilton Gault, of the Princess Patricias, is now .a pa- tient at the Queen's Canadian Hos- pital at Shorneliffe. The Major is suffering from a bullet wound in the right forearm, and is being treated by Cui.-S lr"geou Armour, who expects that the officer's wish to soon return to active service will be gratified. Several Patricia; mere who were wounded in a recent ehar'ge on a Germuu trench were also admitted to the Shorneliffe hospital on Sat- urday, BPiTISg TROOPS HEALTII Neither Typhus Nor Cholera Has Appeared Since the Beginning of the War A despatch. from London says Tile first six months of the • war passed without a single ease of ty pilus or of cholera, in the British army. including both the expedi- tionary forces and the troops be the British training 'camps. Smallpox claimed.only one victim in the rnited Kingdom, but returns in this respect have not been given out by the armies in Frtinee and Egypt. Of 184 eases "of diphtheria, only six ended fatally. So far the greatest cause of mortality among the troops has heee pneumonia, w1hich resulted in :357 deaths, out of 1,508 cases, As regards other diseases, 625 eases of typhoid fever and 49 deaths are reported in the expeditionary. force. 'and 962 eases and 47 'deaths in the campe in the United King- <kiin, Scarlet fever had only 196 rases .and 4 deaths in the expedi- ti»nary force, ,as against 1,379 cases :and 22 deaths in Great Britain. Measles," a disease as,ociated with children, sent 1,045 recruits to the English training camp hospitals, with 65 deaths, while the seasoned men on the Continent had only 175 sick front this cause, with two deaths. Considering that the British army, regular and territorial, be- gan the war with as half million men, and ihas since expanded to about 9,500,000, the low death rate is said to have probably established a record. The report of the Canadians be- ing snowed down by camp sicknesses proved to be unfounded, and the :'admiralty now says in regard to a similar rumor affecting the naval division in training at the Crystal Palace that only two per cent. of the 8,000 men are now on the sick report. THE : EM'S LOSSES NOW TOTAL 5,000,000 .l:litualed German Casualties as Calculated by the French Press Damao. 1 despatch from. Paris say -ss: An official note .issued by the French. Press Bureau declares that the German losses sines the beginning of hostilities in killed, wounded, sick, and prisoners, reaches the enormous total of 3,000,000 men. This calculation is based on the known casualties in ten German regiments. "Analysis of the German losses during five months, in ten regiments taken from army corps on both the eastern and,„western German fronts, sihows a total of 36,281 offi- cers and soldiers; that is, an aver- age per regiment of 725 monthly, says the Note, ".Applying this per ;ventage .of losses to. the entire Ger- man .army, including the landwehr•,. landsturm, new formations and marines, the deduction is made that. the total German'leas+es during the seven months sof :the war must ex- ceed 3,000,000. The note continrnes,"Even ad- mitting that dmillingthat certain regiments suf- fered less tlian those 'mentioned pe all r. e, i� is . e atedl on above, g m2�n l p y 'one or the other of the two frrnts Sometimes. on both, and it is im- possible to .arrive at a Ima1i1er fig- ure for the total Germanloges, in- cluding thesick, than 3,000,000. People who believe that rock and rye will cure a. cclld. us•i:al1y- have one. 1 y- IIIIAI 1R1�1'� IPD�.f a' fl i dU8'Ul1 1� 1tllii 1 FILLED THE HOUSES Dismal Scenes Greeted Itussiaus on Regaining Town Alter Three Days in Enemy's Bands. A despatch from Petrograd says: The Russians on re-entering Przasnysz after its occupation for three days by the Germans are de- ported to have found nearly every house filled with wounded or sick German soldiers. In addition there were Russians who had been pri- soners for four days. Except for the small service rendered them by the inhabitants, these men had vir- tually irtually been without care. Hundreds of men had died from lack of medical. services, and their bodies lay unburied. The streets were barricaded with agricultural implements and household ,furniture and there was a great scarcity of provisions. Scores of houses had been giddied by shells, and the municipal*building was party desk trayed. ' • Many prisoners. are being brought back to Przasnysz, having been cap:- tared. ap-tuned from -the German rearguard by the Russian cavalry. Along the roads there .are - evidences of a hasty retreat. At St. John, N.B., a. detachment from. H.M.S. Charybdis were enter- tained by the Mayor and leading citizen. &EB.1YIkN SUBnARIN� The U.8 Sent to the Bottom by Destroyers of the reDover Flotilla Fiteh v i 4 despatch 'from Parisi says.:; e Zirere? anubn�ia>ii?e U s b _bleu ,nn* b des iwyyerr b�l9Xp gg'•tQ the er , .iic?111a,�, ae GQ1�444? t, ;fl'>l`. : by „ R: ar- ' srl•cem,ent hp bI rete l� Vii. yQ,M. s Crews 'ea'�4_. ell r • Th •cl ti The , e �. �,a p al, " le •.S•ilb'7.4aA'1 e : 11 and :was a vessel �n,f- 3�0 0 ;�f}O8,ns She had '�s of 'displacement. a p ti� lknots. above- water and £3. knots .submergecl.- Her n1nx:imuni aadiuie A operations was 1,200 suites. The vessel carried three torpedo tubes. Ilex comple in ent was 12 men. The U -8 -was a a sisterof e - T., w s the f. am off' "T-9, which early in the war A Ole the British cruisers: Hogue, Jou5 kir and Ceess • ;in the North Sea, and in October set t he lii - 8Cruiser Hawke to the Ott0l Wrecks �e picked u i late -iri Febru- � p 1? a. Febru- ary off C4ml..tens�and belonged `„leo yg. the U-9, and it was stated in Nor- way that the submarine had been logit. 'a : ... ,,.a k -. QUEEN ELIZABETH WillCH BOMBARDED DARDANELLES. POUNDI\G AT THE FORTS Progress of Combined Meets Against the danelles Forts A despatch from Constantinople by way or Berlin and Amsterdam contains the first admission from that source that the Anglo-French fleet bas had any success. It says: "The British battleships com- pletely outranged the forts, the guns of which were unable to reply effectively, so that the battleships gained part of the desired effect. Moreover the fleet has received re- inforcements and now more than forty big battleships are lying off the Dardanelles, besides a. great number of small eruieers, torpedo boats, destroyers and other craft. "The further advance of the fleet seems to bempossible owing to the chain of mines and the forts. An Dar. attack from land would be welcomed' by the Turks, who have gathered a strong army composed of their best troops." A despatch from ,Munich says that Field Marshal Baron von Dor Goltz, who was sent to Constantinople from Germany to act as the adviser of the Turkish Government in mill - tare affairs, has telegraphed to the German military headquarters ask- ing for fifty German .artillery offi- cers, on the ground tbat,they were needed urgently far the defence of the Dardanelles, The field marshal received a laconic reply, the des- patch says, stating that the Ger- mans needed their artillery officers and adding: "Do your beat." German Crown Prince Said to be in Disgrace. A despatch from London says: Speculation as to the long absence of Crown Prince Frederick William from the German" reports has re- sulted in numerous rumors. The DailyExpress, E pr s, which a, year ago told a, story' of„a quarrel between the Kaiser and his son, prints a Geneva despatch ascribing to'an Innsbruck source the definite statement that the Prince is in dis- grace and is living in Berlin in se - elusion by order of the Kaiser. Biggest Proportion Of Irish in the Arnky. A despatch from London says: There are 450.000 wren of Irish birth or descent in Great Britain who are of military age and 1;25,000 of them have already joined the army, ac- cording to figures prepared by the secretary of the Irish National League. This proportion, he as- serts, is much larger than can be shown by any other nationality. If a man didn't make an occa- sional mistake his friends would have no kicks coaling. 00 0 Grain, Cattle and Cheese Prices of These Products in the' Leading Markets are tfere Recorded Breadstuffs, Toronto, March 9. -Flour --Manitoba. first patents 98in jute hags; second patbats, 997.50; strong bakers', $7.20. Ontario wheat flour, 90 per cent. patents, 96 to 96.10, seaboard, and at 96.15 to 96.20, -To- ronto freight. Wheat -Manitoba No. 1Nortuiern, 91.57; No. 2 at 91.55, and No. 3 at 91.51 1.2. On- tario wheat, No. 2, nominal, at $1.40 at outside points. Oats -Ontario, 60 to 68e, outside, and at 63 to 64`1-2c, on track, Toronto. Western Canada, No, 2, at 691.2c and No, 3 at 67 1-2c. • Baxley -Good Malting grades, 85 to 87c, outside, Rye -$1.25,` oixtedie. Peas No, 2 quoted at 91.90 to 92,05, out- side. Corn -No. 3 new American, 791-2 to 80c, all rail, Toronto freight. Buckwheat -No. 2 at 85 to 87e, outside Bran and shorts --Bran, 927 to 928 a ton, and shorts at 930, Rolled ,oaite-Car lots, per bag of 90 lbs., 93.55. 'Country Produce. Butter Choice dairy. 27 to 28c; .nferior, 21 to 23c; creamery prints,. 33 1.2 to 35o; do., solids, 31 to 32c; farmer' separator, 27 to 28e. Eggs Ne,v-laid, in cartons, 31 to 32c; storage, 25 to 27e. Beans -$3 to 53.10 for prime, and 93.15 to $3.20 for ]hand-picked. , Honey -60444 tins sell at 12-1-2c, and 10- 1b tins at 13c. 34o 1 combs $3 per dozen and No 2, 92.40 Poultry Chiokens .dressed, 13 to 15c ducks, dreesed 13 to 15c fowl 10 to 11x,. geese, 12 to 13e;. turkeys; dressed, 19 to. 20o. Oheese-18 to 18 .14c for large, and'. at 18=4 to 18 1.2c for twins., ottaatoee-•Ontar:o, 70 to 75< per bag. out' •�. oi�store 60., in car lots. New eaks •Brno w c car lots, 65o per bag. Previsions. • Bacon, long clear, 13 1-2 to 14o per 11, in case ;eta. Hams-•lfediuni, 17 to 17 1-2e; lteavy 14.1-2, {q• 16e; rolls,, 14 to 14 1-40; breakfast bacon, 18 to o 18 1.2e; backs, 20 to 11oo banedessbacks, 23e, Lard -Markotquiet.; pure,tub, 113-4 to 12c; comnound, 9'3.4 to 10c in Cuts and 10 to 101.4c in pails."' - • Baled Hay'and Straw. Dealers are axe paying as follo�e for ear- lot deliveries' on track here: Straw is qucvted, at $8 to 98...50 a ton `u car lots on,track here. iia.'. Na. 1. new ha is quoted at 917.50 yY e p _. r o, 18 No. 2 .50 and N f 5 at9a.5. to $16, c d_ o. 3 at 912.50 to $13.50. • 1 Winnipeg Urain, Winnipeg, March 9••-Cash:•-Whea.t--No. 1 Northern, $1,43 1.2; No. 2 itsiorthern, $1,411-2; No. 3 Northern, $1.38 1-2; No. 4, 91.34; Nb. 6, 91.29 3.4; No. 6 91,25 3-4; feed, $1.20 3-4. Oats No. 2 O,W., 61 3-4c; No. 3 O;W. 681-20; extra No. 1 feed, 58 1-2c. Flax No. 1 :v": w,0., $1.61 3.4; No. 2 0,W., $1,58 3-4 Montreal Markets. Montreal, March 9. -Corn -American No. 2 yellow, 80 to 81c. Oats -Canadian West- ern, No. , 70 1-2c; No. 3, 67 1-2o; extra No. 1 .feed, 671.2c; No. 2 local white, 65 1-2c; No. 3 local -vhite, 641.2c; No. 4 loofa white, 63'1-2c. Barley, Man. feed, 79 to 80e;" do., malting, 980 to $1. Flour, Mau. Spring wheat patents, firsts 98.10; sec- onds, 97.60; strong bakers', $7.40; Winter patents, choice, $8.30; straight rollers, 97,80 to 98; -do . bags. 93.70 to 93.80. Rolled oats, barrels, $7.25; do, bags, 90 lbs:, 93.50. Bran 927. Shorts, 929. >Iaddlings 933. Me-lillie, 934 to $38. Ray No. 2, per ton cox lots, '918 to 919. Cheese, finest west- erns 17 1-4 to 17 1-2c finest' easterns, 17 to 171-4, Ratter, choicest creamery, 35c; seconds . 34e. Eggs, fresh.. 32 to 33c; se, lected, 27 to 28c; No. 1 stock, 24 to 25c; 14o. 2, 22 to 23c. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, 50 to 50 1-2c. United States Markets. Minneapolis. 'March 9. -Wheat -No. .1 bard, 91.45'7-8; No...1 Northern, $L39 3.8 to 91.45 3-8; No. 2 Northern, 91.35 3-8 to 91.40 7.8;. May, 91,38 1-4 to 91,38 3-8. Corn -- •No. 3 yellow, 69 to 691.2e. Oats -No. -3 white, 531.4 to 531.2c Flour and bran uncahanged. Duluth, March 9,-\43aeat,--No. 1 hard, , $1.45; No. i Northern, 91.44; No. 2 North; ern.. 91.39 to 91.41; May, $1 42.' Linseed, cash close, $L84 34; May, 91,853.4;; 3uly, ar Live Stock Markets. Toronto 3farclt 9.-A few fine .bu11oc:ls sold at 98, larger lots brought 97.85, while still other load lots changed hands at 97.65 and 57.50. Choice butcher be -assts changed hands at $7.40 to 97.75, with good cif• 7 to 97.50. Medium, 86.50 to 97, fair from .96 to 96,50, and common from 95.50 to 96. For better Gasses of•.bulls from $5.75 to 96.50 was paid, and for caws of the same qu,tlit« from 95.60 to 96.40.' Med,. 95.50. Milk r ficin calve 'brought 95to Milkers e s anis epringgere changed:li:a,uda freely at steady prides. Good stockers, 95.75 to, $6,25, with lower grafts • at 95to '95.75. Calves, 98 „11 for good and 94 to 98 for inferior. to Iambs, 99 7 to 10 exceptt forro stuff. Sheep, 96 to 57 for light and 95 to 96 for heavy. $;vine, $8,15' off care' being paid in ,anoet oases. "Montreal. ;arca ). Pax ne beeves, 71.4 to 71-<,c;'medium '6 to 71-4c; coalmen, 4 3-4 to 5 3.4e. Caws, $40 to $80 acth; spring. era, 930 to 970 each. Calves, 4 3-4 to 8 1-2e. Sheep. 5 to 5 i -2c. Lambs, 8 to 8 1.2e. Flogs, 81.4..10 8 1.2.c. 1FEAR MASSACRES THE TIRKISII CAPITAL ity is Crowded lritlt Fugitives front Gallipoli Peninsula and Sea, ('oast of Marmtora, Late- 4jes]»•,atches, from Nes r-East=t : ern points to London xildieate Oat, the Situation in Constantinople g. beeoring increasingly eeeious ae aa.. result of the •.suneeee of the" aittack on the Dardnnelie, wiieh has dra;- von hundreds of fugitives from the Gallil cli Peniesulit and the Asiatic sic?,e of the strait in terror to the eaPitale F areigners,. not even ex- cluding Germat'i •, .a•re in a preoari-' naris p.zsitirin and rnafisaeres of. 4'hrhtinns are feared. ec 8..x) . :1 message • t r the Daily Mail from Sofia 'Mays; "A trtlstevert ly messenger from -Ciseetetttineele wae has, 'lived '.'.t Dedeeetath tetys feet Ca te-atauaaftle. 25 it:.ac'; , aR' -r _a at a t''tp •attt' ipt t., E r t'.a l i v! --,t t F,'�, n a fiat $ 14 `i G '?;.:.,. by t9„ a3:?6her beta^. ',aid ties l(n, that tl.i is lit) da:i-- -,i- '•Mt' s its lc. eS'eite `el , with fu i- crS`e:'< freni the G rinelr Peniasula :l t•he e.etet ':f the alett of Mar - mom. The authorities are daily be- coming PP •coming friar(' : tlspicions of f.,re ga- Na iWRECKED t1 S E f th rsi l CI -rn:.a.ns in thetas pita1 is U [ TOR ' precarious. :lit hear Was Badly Damaged ing a Recent Gale at Cologne. A despatch from Geneva says: Count Zeppelin. arrived at Fried- richshafen Saturday to hasten the completion of two Zeppelin 'dirigi- ble' balloons which are now build- ing. One of them will be ready in a few days, it is s'.tat•ed. It is confirmed that one Zepp.•lin was destroyed and another badly damaged recently at Cologne clur ing a wind storm which blew dealt the balloon sleds. A number of soldiers were injured in the crash. It is stated here that Francs and Germany hereafter will exchange captured array officers who have been injured so severely as to be incapacitated for further military service. Heretofore only privates have been exchanged. The inelu- sion of officers in this ,arrangenlem. is believed to be due to the 'blithe tive of Prince Maximilian von Ba- den, who interceded mit], l.mpen,r William on behalf of :the ollieer , Arrests, searches and robberies are of daily occurrence, and all gold In the possession of private indivi- ditals and banke ie being seized in- diseriminat':ly-. "There ie great fear of ma°;:•acres. panic is pending. The vicinity of Constantinaple, ina:la*ding the Bos- phorus, Phanarki, Princes Island and Chatalia, is being constantly ftn'tified and heavy guns are being placed in position. Enver 'Paella, leader of the Young Turks and vote - mender in the Caucasus, has *T- ied t11 Constantinople.'' FOI'R PI.RISIHI.D IN FIRE. 11otitea' and 'Three Children Were Trapped. :1 despatch from. Quebeo says: Four persons perished early on • Wednesdays when fire broke out in a dwelling -house in Saint SaUveur Ward, partly destroying a two- story building and burning to death Mrs. Arthur Talbot, 35, and three of her •children. A11 the victims were trapped by the flames and burned beyond recognition. The farmer who eopser%l' i iris beet stock iur breeding will profit: ax'eatls in the future. PRO&RESS OF THE FIIENCII General Joffre Can Do What Fie Likes With the Germans in the Argonne A despatch from Paris says: Progress by the Freneh troops in the Champagne district, between Rheims and the Argonne forest, which has been noted every day for more than two weeks, has resulted, according to the official commu- nique issued on Wednesday night, in the occupation o .a large section of the ground which has been strongly held by the Germans since their retreat to the Aisne. It is believed here that the Ger- mans are concentrating forces in Flanders for a new drive at the Channel ports, notably Calais. This belief is based on •a despatch front London saying that the Gefntan commanders have received orders to step all traffic on roads leading from the interior to Belgium to West Flanders in order to prevent the leaking out of news regarding the movement of troops. The following supplementary b 1- cial statement was issued irate on 1C'ednesday night by the French' War Office: "It can be stated that in the, Are gonne, where we had been eonstant- ly attacked since December, the roles in the last three weeks have been reversed. To -day we have gained the undisputable ascenden- cy. These local actions, of which the Argonne is the theatre, show that more and more the enemy is at our mercy and that our moral su- periority is aesured. "We have obtained this result by, a series of limited operations ene.r getically carried out, and although the German forces • whiCh eanfroizt us are extremely courageous, woe feel that at a, given point and mmo-i anent we are masters and can do, what we wish." The statement gives the details of one of these engagements, which,' it says, occur daily and slow the splendid ardor of the troops, - Incendiary Bombs. Aimed at Parade Ground While She Was Reviewing Troop3 A despatch from Paris says: The 11 1 � Germans, y warned 1 b � spies who still succeed in operating in Flanders, sent five aeroplanes laden with ;in- eeddio.i'y bombs .over La Planne while Queen Elizabeth of the Bel- gians was reviewing the Grenadier Regiment and the Tenth infantry' on Wednesday, As soon as the Tubes came abreast of the ,the they began to drop their bomb's, ap- parently p-p rently- aiming for the parade grounds. Solna. of the bombs fell near the Red Cross Hospital, while ethers droppedclose to the Royal villa, but none clad any damage, While , the 1•e_el ce o < the e10 r planes, which were so high as to'}le alnlo t invisible, • created excite- ment, they weee,nof .allowed to in- ter Fere' with 'the` revieW. 'Unmind- ful nnrind-ful of the fact that the preeeedings struok up a, lively mareb, and. the sevent -- - v i t . • o t; o coni anies n he t`+,v y p regiments marched past between the Queen and the The. Queen, unmindful of t} is 'also., sat her horse like a, veteran. And her atti- tude strengthened the nerae of the crowd of cieseen who were massed on the dunes. .T -hey divided their '. gaze between t:he 1'e; sew ,and tlp ri,eroplanes, which only could .be r�e tected'w'hen thk snulightg1int;s. from their armore4 s=des or ir'ni' their rapid-fire t s' The taitra 1. leases of the Beagsiula ;erre. ,biouglit into action and s1r�y ed' be-cdeeidS," but writhe rte •.,a;li resi_lt, and .tib4i, Gerinans af.eyerr c1vrapptsg t juts die bombs - <t C;ir . 1 v ti ,tie ,;� m i N c l ci the lines of the ie eiieasa 5 The young Duke of Brabant, 'S a�l•eiltl�frrle i dieir,ar�p . i . the Belgian vI torte, had ;smother review tendered to' a, a. .were ii-lctuat�ee occaslona�blla Monday, :a,nd•receive it wit3 =' p l . � v : by st c1 iwit y the explosion of a bomb,. the band out the accompaniment of iitlb' s, p� p 4