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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1915-3-18, Page 3PIRATES ATTACK NINE SHIPS Only Four Of The. m Known to Have Sunk , and Three- Remain Afloat Merchant Steamers Attacked. Invergyle, British, 1,794 tons; tor- pedoed off Seillys March 13. Ship sunk, all crew reported eafe, Indian City, British,2,921 tons; torpedoed ,off Scillys Marek 12. Ship reported sunk, crew of 37 landed at St. Mary';a Island. Auguste Conseil, French, 1,852 tons; torpedoed i.- English Chan- nel March 11. Ship sunk, crew of 28 landed at Falmouth. Hanna, Swedish. -125 tons; torpe- doed in North Sea Mardi 13. Ship Sunk. Six of Brew drowned, Other fourteen landed at /NIL Florazan, British, 4,653 gins.; tor- pedoed in British Channel March 11. Fate of ship unknown.; one of crew drowned, others landed at Milford Haven, Andalusian, British; torpedoed off Seillys March 12, Fate of clip unknown; Brew reported safe. Adenwen, British, 3,990 tone; tor- pedoed in English Channel March 11. Ship towed to Cherbourg; all crew landed at Brixham, Headlands,' British, 2,998 tons; Torpedoed off SetiIys March 12, Ship not sunk, crew of 23 sanded at St, Mary's Island. Hartdale, British, 3,939 tons; tor- pedoed in Irish Channel March 13, Ship not sunk; two of crew drowned, other 29 landed .at Ban- ger. A despatch from London says Seven British merchant steamers, one French and one Norwegian steamer were torpedoed by German submarines in the waters around the British. Isles during Thursday,. Friday and Saturday, The French and Norwegian and at least two of the British ships were sunk, of two others it is said by the Admiralty that "the sinking is not eonftrm- ed," and the other three remained afloat, The known loss of life is nine. Fonrteeu survivors of the crew of the Swedish steamer Hanna, which was torpedoed by a submar- ine off Scarborough, on the east coast of England, early Saturday morning, were landed at Hull Sun- day night by a steamer which pick- ed them up. Six, of the crew were either drowned er killed by the ex- plosion, . The Hanna was bound from the Tyne for Las Nimes, Canary Islands,. When she was torpedoed she was displaying her national colors, according to the. survivors, and had her name and. nationality painted on her sides in letters reaching from the bulwarks to the waterline, TORN BATTERIES REDUCED Russian Black Sea Fleet Within Striking Distance of the Bosphorus ,1. despatch from Adieus says: It i- reported from Tenedos that, the batteries at Dardanus have been entirely destroyed. Fort Hamidieh. has been badly damaged. The allied fleet directed a well -sustained fire from a distance of 18,000 yards against Ghana Kalessi. The town was damaged and inhabitants took refuge in several of the villages on the Asiatic littoral. Fort Ohimikli alone continues to hold out. Drag- ging for mines continues, but two mine fields remain intact. Information was received here in diplomatic quarters that the Rus- sian .Black Sea fleet has arrived within striking distance of the Bos- phorus and that an attack will be made within a very short time on the Turkish fortifications. The operations will be carried on in consonance with those of the An- glo-French fleet at the Dardanelles. RUSSIA DRINKING TEA. Both. German and Russian Troops Are Using It. Elimination of the vodka from Russia has evidently started that immense nation tea -drinking. At- om -ding to The New York Journal of Commerce, heavy buying by Russia of India and Ceylon teas has caused abnormal prices for these teas, the quotations being from 8 to 10 cents .a pound higher than a year ago. From reports in the trade the Russians .are buying all the India-Ceylons, available, and there is a likelihood of prices going still higher. Not only is the Russian' army using tea in enormous quantities now, but the Kaiser long ago or- dered it for his troops. Unusually large buying by'these two nations and their entrance. -into new 'mar- kets as eom:petitoes: have placed the tea market in a tight position. It has been previously pointed out in these columns that Britain is turning ,more to tea -drinking. United States . drinks 90,000,000 pounds' .a year. To these, factors the Canadian tea trade is sensitive, and 'advances in. market values otre not- unlikely. . Brpelling Civilians Front Occupied; France. A despatch from Geneva says Thirty thousand civilian inhabi- tants of French territory occupied by the:. Germans are beingexpelled through Switzerland in lots of 500, The first thousand passed through Geneva, on Tuesday. They were chiefly from Lille and Maubeuge, and consisted of very oldpeople and children ander ten years: Some of the French children sand that they hael often gone. near the• fighting' line to get,' food.- The ex- iles : were. sent ,across theFrench frontier by the Swiss authorities Russia Will Issue New Polish. Decree. A despatch from London R says;. Reuter's Petrograd,; correspondent says it is understood. in the Rus- slam u -sian capital that ,an important de- cree relating to the autonomy of Poland and the recognition of the Polnsh lamguage ";will be issued shortly, The Pirate Chiefs Threaten Reprisals. A despatch from Berlin says: In naval circles it is declared that a searching investigation would be instituted into the report that the British Admiralty intends to with- hold the customary honorable im- prisonment conditions from Ger- man submarine crews made: cap- tives, and that if Great • Britain places such Germans under .spe- cia'1 restrictions retaliatory mea- sures may be adopted. The _navy officials say the roves- tigation will not be Made through diplomatic channels, but deoline to specify how their. information will be gleaned. They claim that should Great Britain take the action she contemplates this will not affect the submarine war plans in• the slightest particular, nor have any influence on the spirit of the crews. Copper From Italy Seized by the Swiss. A despatch from Geneva says: large gtantities• of copper from Italy destined for Germany .were seized by the Swiss authorities at Chiasso on 'Wednesday. The meth- od employed for, some time, accord- ing to Swiss officials, has been to send contraband from Genoa in sealed; cars • labeled. Amsterdam. These oars have passed through Switzerland, and on crossing the German frontier., have been taken in charge by the Germans, who re- moved ;the freight and returned the cars to Italy. The newspapers have published articles exposing this traffic. Save Germany's Oil By Rising Earlier. The London Standard says in a despatch from Copenhagen : ``From April 1 the' hands of every ,clock in Germany will . be advanced"' one hour. It is estimated that fine' hour of earlier rieing .during the . six summer months :will amount to a -savin g in the consumption of pe-• brokers. equivalent to the value of five million dollars. The real rea- son for : this new regulation, of course, is the fact that petro1eu-iii stock is decreasing'' at a rate ealeu tater to alanes the authorities." Aeroplanes Brought Down A despatch from -Parissay s: The destruction of a Zeppelin airship in • . the vicinity of Ti�rl'emont on March 4, says the Ma in's Hevre oo•r••res:- pendent, was ass t�e 'Work of -::two r . i ren. � h n a d two.]s • ng'l Ish' ae,rop l a,ne s , Zeppelin The,statement that it fell during a storm, is denied, ' Nine members ;of the crew of 41 aboard the aircraft .are reported to have been found dead wh 1e 29 were so badly Y in- jured - 1 red they died the next day; FOE'S LOSS 3,90,000, Calculation as to Gema.0 Caettal- tiei is Surprising. An official' note issued by the French. Press Bureau declares that the German losses since the begin- ning of hostilities in Killed,, wound ed, sick and prisoners, reaches ,the• enormous total of 3,000,090 men. This calculation is based on the known casualties in ten German regiments, "Analysis of the -German losses during five months, in ten regi- ments taken from army corps on both the eastern and western Ger- man fronts, shows a total of 36, 281 officers and soldiers; that is, an average per regiment of 725 month- ly, says the note. Applying' this. percentage of losses to the entire German army, including the land- wehr, 'moistures, new formations and marines, the •deduction is. made that the total German losses during the seven months of the war must exceed 3,000,009, The note continues: "Even ad- mitting that certain regiments suf- fered less than those mentioned above, all regiments have been vio- lently engaged repeatedly on one or the other of the two fronts, sometimes on both, and it Is im- possible to arrive at a smaller fig- ure for the total German losses, including the sick, than ,000,000.- •1. 12 SC`IIMARIli'',S :ll. SSING„ Eight of Thetis Are Among Ettetny's Newest Boats. A despatch from London says: A report has been sent from C'ux- haven to the Admiralty at Berlin that twelve submarines have failed to report at their base, eight' of them being among Germany's new- est boats. DEPBAtED DEPRESSION. Newspaper Advertising Campaign Swelled Firm's Orders.. The results of .a $200,000 cam- palgn • of newspaper advertising that brought, in the midst of the busiliess paralysis following the outbreak of the. European war, a max muum gain in business of y0 per cent. aver the flonrisihing trader of the same period a year before were announced by George M. Brown, president of a roofing company, with its parent manufacturing cen- tre. in East St. Louis, Missouri. While other manufacturers were bemoaning the depression, Mr. Brown's concern broadened its scope until, completely outstrip. ping even the record of its most prosperous era, it is exhibiting for January and February last a series of eolossal gains. For these two months, Mr. Brown says, the maxi- m -urn gain in business was 70 per cent. in some departments, and the minimum gain in any department was 19 per cent. over the corres- ponding period in 1914, when con- ditions generally were at er above normal. Not one of the concern's 1,600 employes has been laid off a min- ute since the new -paper advertis- ing eampaign was started, and all have received their regular sala- ries or wages. Three shiftswere kept at work daily all fall and win- ter. Rambling Waggles ---I was robbed last night, and I reckon that about fifty-three articles were stolenfrom me. Everything I lied in the world. Policeman - Fifty-three articles ? Rambling Waggles Xes ; a peek of eards and a corkscrew. -. VICTIM OF A SOB: [ARI\E Steamer Searching for Survivor,, of the' Auxiliary Warship Driven Off by Enemy Submarine S despatch from London says: The Admiralty announces the loss of the auxiliary cruiser Bayano while the vessel was engaged in patrol duty. In its statement of the disaster the Admiralty says: "On the llth'of March wreckage of the Bayano and bodies were dis- covered, and circumstances point to her having been sunk by an enemy torpedo." The statement gives the names of Lieut. -Commander Guy and three other officers and four of the crew who were rescued and landed by the auxiliary patrol vessel Tarn. Eighteen more of the crew, of whom two are now in a hospital at Ayr, were landed by the steamship. Balmeriino. "It is probable that all others aboard the Dayano were lost. "Captain MoGarrick, of the steamship Castlereagh, which land- ed at Belfast, reports ;that his ship passed on Thursday morning a. quantity of wreckage and dead bodies floating in lifebelts. He attempted to search the spot in the hope of saving any who might still be alive, but was prevented by the appearance of an enemy submarine, which chased him for about 20 min- utes." C'ommandler Carr and 13 other officers are named among the miss- ing:,' and it is presumed they were lost. The Belfast correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says the Bayano was torpedoed Thursday morning at 9 o'clock off Corsewell Point, Wigtonshire, Scotland, and that nearly 200 lives 'ere lost, as the cruiser sank almost immediately. The vessel had a crew of :about 216 men on board. Wigtonshire is the sleuth -western- most county in Scotland. It lies on the North Channel, which leads into the Irish Sea from the Atlan- tic. Grain, Cattle and Cheese Prices of These Products in the Leading Markets are dere Recorded ' Breadstuffs. Toronto, March 16: Flour -Manitoba first patents, $7.70, in jute bags; second 'Patents, '$7.20; strong ;bakers', V7. On- tario wheat flour, 90 per - cent. patents, quoted at $6 to $6.25, seaboard, and at $6:15 to $6.40, 'Toronto freight. Wheat -Manitoba No. 1 Northern, $1.59; No. 2 at $1.57, and No. 3 at'- $1.64. Ontario wheat, No, 2, nominal at $1.40.' at outside points. Oats -Ontario, 60 to 62c, outside, and at 63 to 65c, on track, Toronto. Weetgrn Can- ada, No. 2, quoted •at 70 1.2c, and No. 3 at 66 1.20. Bar1ey-Good malting grades, 84 to 860,. outside, Rye -$1.23 :to $1.26. outside. Peas -No. 2 quoted al $1.90 to $2,05, out- side. Corn -No. 3 now American; 80 1-2 to 81c, all rail, Toronto freight. Buckwheat -No, 2 at 82 to 85c, outside. Bran and shortal--Brae, $25 a ton,. and shorts at $28. Rolled oats -Cur lots, per bag of 90 lbs., $3.55. Country • Produce, Butter -Choice ,dairy, 27 to 29e; inferior, 21 to 23c; creamery prints, 33 1.2 to 350; do., to ealids, 31 to 32e; Farmers' separator; 280. Eggs -New -laid.- 06 to 27c; storage, 22 to 24e. '• to B53eans20' f-or$3 to hand53pic,10, for prime, and $3.15 . ked, Roney-60db, tine sell. at 12 1.2c, and 10- lib:..'tine at `130, , No, 1 combs, $3 per dozen, and.: No. 2, $2.40. Poultry -Chickens, dressed, 14 to 16c; ducks, dressed, 13 to 15e;, •fowl; 11 to 13c; geese, 13 to 140; turkeys, dreeeed, 19 to 200. Cheese -18 to 18 1.4c for large, and at 18 to 18 1-2c .for• twins. Potatoes -Ontario, 70 to 75cer bag out of store, 60c in par lots: New Bruns- wJolm, car lots, 65c per bag, Provisions. Wholesalers' are selling to the trade on the fallowlng; price basted- Smoked and dry salteansate-Rolls oked, 14 to 1,41.2c; hams, medium, 17. 0 171-2o; heavy, 141.2 to 15c; breakfast bacon, 18 .to 22e; lofig clear' bacon, tons, 13 1-2c oases, 13 3-4 to 14e backs, plain, 20 to 21c; 'special, 22e; boneless backs, 23 to 24o Green meats -Out of pickle, ie lees than smoke;;, Lard -Pure, tube, 11 3.4 to 12,e: Pails. ails 12 to. 12 •1.4c; compound,' :tubs -9 3-4 to -i0o; pails, 10 to 10 1-40. , Winnipeg Grain, Winnipeg, March. 16, -Cash. quotations: -Wheat-No, 1 Northern, $1.47 3-4; No. 2 Nortthorn, 51,46,1.2;' No, 3 Northern, $1.43 3-4; No. 4, $1,38 1-4; No. 5, $1.33 3-4; No. 6, $.29 3-4; feed, $1.24 3-4.• Oats, No. 2 C.W., 61 3.8c; No. 3 C.W., 58 3.8c; extra No. 1 feed, 58 3-8o; 'No. 1 feed, 67 3-8c; No. 2 Meed. 66 7-8c. Barley -No. 3 75c; No. 4, 70o; feed; 67c. Flax -No. 1 Nene., $1,631.2; No, 2 C.W., $1.60 1-2. Montreal Markets. ' Montreal, March 16. --Corn, Amerioan No. 2 yellow, 80 to 810: Oats, Canadian West- ern, No. 2, 71c; No. 3, 67 1-2e; extra No, 1 feed, 67 1-2; No. 2 local white, 65 1-2c; No. 3 local ;white, 64 1-2c; No. 4 local `" white, 63 1-20. Barley, Man. ;feed, 78 to 79c; aualt- ing,.94 to 96c, Buckwheat, No. 2, 98c. Flour, Man. Spring` •wheat patents. firsts, $7.80; eeoonde, $7.30; strong bakers', $7.10; Winter patents, choice, $7.90; straight -;rollers, $7.40 to $7,50; straight rollers, bags; 53.50 to $3.60. Rolled oats, barrele, $7 to ,$7.25; bags, 90 lbs., $3.40 to $3.50. Bran, $26. Shorts, $28. Middlings,, $33-• to $34. Mouillie $35 to :538, Ray,No. 2, per ton, car lots $18 to $19. Ceese, finest 'westerns' 17 1-4 •to 17 1.2c; finest ea.sterne, 17 to 17 1-4c. Butter, aboioeet creamery, 35c:' seconds, 34c. Eggs, fresh, 29c. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, ,50 ,to 50 1-2c. . United States Markets.. Mini -1.6 Mte •Murch' 16. -Wheat -No, '1 hard, $1.48 3.4 , No. • 1 Northern, $1:44 3.4, to $1.48'1-4; No. 2 Northern, $1.40 3-4 to $1.45 3-4; May, ';$1.42 3-4; July, .51,37.3-8. Corn -No: 3 yellow, 57 3-4 to 68 1-4e. Oat€ -No. 3 white, 54 to 54 1-4c, Flour and bran unchanged. Duluth, March 16. -Wheat --No. 1 hard, $1.61 1-8; No. 1 Northern,' $1.50 1.8 No:. 2 Northern, $1.45 1-8 to $1.47 1,8; May, $1.47 i-8;" July,' $1.42, " Linseed-Oaeh, $1.86 1-2; May, $1.87 1F-2; July, $1.89. Live Stock Markets. • Toronto, March 16. -Choice rteere.7.75' to .$780. Good ranged between $7 and 57.40, with •choice at 57.50 to $7.80; medi. um at 46.50 to $7, and for common, to fair $5.50 to $6.60. Cows brought' $6 to • $6.60. for best, and good 45.76 ,oto 56, anedium, $5.25 to $5.75, and common, $4.75 to Bulls of fine' • quality brought between $66.50 and $6,85; good to choice, $5.75 to .50. Canners, $4 to $4.25 aiud cutters were wanted at $4.35 to x$4.75. Stickers, 85.60 to $6.25 for good, and at $9.60 to,; 5.25 for light. Milkers and springers 1' weretend ave 8 € Calves, to 11fo . y . 5 $ r _ good. $5 to. 8 for co and �$ roman Ifirnd • medium, Sheep, 56 to $7.50 for light ewes.' Lambs, $9,50 to $10.50 for wee 'non lets. Swine eSld' at $8.25 off cans. Montreal, March 16. --Triune beeves, .7 1.2 to 8c; medium, 6 to 7 1.4o; common, 4 3.4 to 5 3.4e oowe, $40 • to $80 each; springers, $30 to $70 each; calves, 5, to 9c; sheep, about -6c; lambs, 9 to 9 1-2o; hogs, 8 3.4c. BRITISH VICTORY COIPLET Three Successive Lines of German Trenches Have` _ Been Captured and Retained A des aitch fro Pais sass The them l p from Paris Y t ?ii a large number of boats foci victory won by tee British troops north of La, Bassee, where they Cap- tured the village of Neave Cha- pelle 'appears from additional de- tails of the .affair received to have been the greatest single advance which the British have made since the fighting entered upon its pre- sent stage. In addition to the capture of Neuve Chapelle itself, the British offensive resulted in the occupa- tion of German; trenches over a front of 2,500 metres, the attack reaching' its furthest point one end a quarter miles beyond the village. Thus the British troops advanced nearly two miles on a line about that distanee wide,. The British .are holding their gains, despite a number of counter- attacks. It isbelieved that the improve- ment in the British position brought about by the victory is of great importaece .and, if pressed further, might compel the Ger- mans to evacuate La Bassee and perhaps other points which make their line so strong at present. Equally important was the success achieved by British airmen in de- stroying the railway junctions at Menin and Courtrai. These are on one of the German main lines of In Champagne the French re - communication, and their destruc- pulsed two counter-attacks ,and re - tion will delay the arrival of new contingents of troops, which are reported to be again concentrating in Belgium' for another attempt to break through to Calais and Bon logne. According to Dutch reports these troops have brougbt with the passa$e of the canals and rivers, and for the first time in months they include cavalry units. The success gained yby the British' armies at Neuve Chapelle proves to' have been .absolutely complete,; They advanced on a front of two miles with a depth of fifteen hun- dred kilometres, capturing succes- sively three lines of the enemy's trenches. The British li"a"r Office in refer- ring to the Neuve Chapelle fight- ing declares that judging by obser- vations on various positions of the field of battle .and by statements by prisoners, of whom there are now, 1,720, the enemy's losses must have been ten thousand men within three days. it also states that a train was blown up by airei°aft at the Don Station, 10 miles south -•west of Lille. Another event of importance en- pounced by the French War Ofiiee was the advance of the Belgian troops ial they bend of the Yser to such an extent that Dix.mude is now threatened, and the Belgian and French artillery was able to destroy a defensive position organ- ized by the enemy in the cemetery of that town. taliated by .driving the Germans fromseveral of their trenches., in one of which 100 bodieswere found. The capture of Enberni.enil, in Lorraine, by the French was alae, reported. UEllk: DEFEAT IN POLAB Russians, by Flank Attack in Carpathians, Take 4,0oo Prisoners A despatch from London says: While the Germans are launching a new offensive movement :against the Russian front in North Poland, the Russians have initiated a series of crushing counter -blows against the Austro -German forces in the Car- pathians and East Galicia, with disastrous results for the enemy, according to ;Russian official state- ments from Petrograd. Four thousand prisoners 'have been taken by means of a flank at tack upon the Austrian forces in the Carpathians, which resulted in the capture by the Russians of the towns of Lupkow and Smolnik, with the surrounding heights. The booty included two howitzers, two field guns, seven machine guns and a field hospital. The 4,000 Austrians taken prisoners include 70 officers, This brilliant operation was in . the Lupkow Pass. At the same time the Austrians met with a ser- ies of disasters in the region of the Gorliee Pass, A party of the en- emy, crossing the Senkouka River, were surprised and annihilated while endeavoring to fortify them- selves. Austrian detachments at three other points in the region were surrounded by Russian scouts and compelled to surrender, In Eastern Galicia, on the Dnies- ter River, three squadronsof Prus- sian Hussars -450 horsemen were attacked by Cossacks. and "nearly annihilated," in the words of the. Russien official report. • Ten of their officers and 25 men, who sur- vived, were taken prisoner LLOYD -GEORGE'S STATEMENT. Life and Dearth Hinges on Muni- tions c f War. A despatch from London says: Speaking of the compensation to be made to persons whose factories the Government might commandeer under the amendment "to the de- fence of the realm act, introduced in the House of Commons en Tues- day by Chancellor of the Exche- quer Lloyd -George, the Chancellor on Wednesday promised that every- thing possible would be done to re - entice inconvenience'and loss. Con- tinuing, he said : "It is, however, a matter, of life and death with .this country that we increase enormous- ly our supplies of munitions of war,in spite of the passible loss to individuals. The national. needs are so overwhelming that 'I hope those who are inconvenienced in the matter of contract. will put up with it." Must Not Simulate Dutch Nationality A despatch from London nays; The Official Gazette publishes a notification that . foreign ships in _Netherlands ports hoisting the Dutch flag or baying painted any- where en them distinctive marks indicative of Dutch nationality will be prevented from leaving Dutch ports or passing -through Dutch ter- ritorial waters. • 3. British Government Forestalls Speculators A despatch from London says: The British Government -has bought the greater part ,of the crop. of natural indigo now »coming for- ward, for due users in the United Kingdom. This•step, was taken. in order; to mitigate the effects of a shortage of indigo for dyeing pur- poses and to prevent any specula- tive holding up of natural indigo. SIX' NV 'SHIPS To be Ready Before the Year's End and to be the Last Word in Naval Construction A. despatch from, London says : England now is building •six, battle .cruisers of 32 -knot speed, which willbe mounted with a°nerw 16 inch gun, Such is the ,assumed perfec- tion of the building: ,arrangements under the special speeding plans prepared by the Admiralty that these ships, it is expected, will be launched within five .or six months from 'the date of laying down; and they will therefore be in nondition well within the present year. ''Iflese ships :are supposed to be the "last word,".. in naval construction. They will, •.of course, ,all have their pro- per , complement of light cruisers and destroyers, 20 00 4,000 Pigs o be Killed Ofd A deapatoh from. Berne says : It killed ` at the rate of 400,0010 dell y is estimated that there are twenty Million pigs in- Germany, and the cry now .raised is death to the' pigs,'. because of the quantity of potatoes they consume. Calculated gat only' sixteen millions the pigs' must be • • and their meat purchased by the purchased reserved. p l . _nch.... pigkilled' between 1 e 1 r10 sv 1 and raid - April, it is estimated will ensure s the ,c is-benee • of ten Germans until October,