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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1915-4-8, Page 3RUSSIAN COLONEL IS gANGE Found to Have Been Kaiser's Friend and to Have Caused Mazurian Lakes Defeat A despatch from Petrograd says: It is officially announced. that Col- onel Miassoyedoff, who was attach- ed as an interpreter to the staff of the tenth army, proved to be a German spy, and was, tried by court-martial, and hanged. It is also announced that several persons not connected with the array were arrested at the same time as ' accomplices, and are awaiting trial. Col. Miassoyedoff, who was hanged as a traitor, used to be the Raiser's guest at shooting parties every time the German court visit- ed East Prussia. He possessed sev- eral personal gifts from the Kai- ser, it is understood. Miassoye- dotrs treachery enabled Hinden- burg to ,circumvent Gen. Gulg,- koff's cc;rps. in the operations in the southern Mazurian Lakes re- gion, in February. Col; Miasssoyedoff was an inter- preter attached to the staff of Ba- ron Sievers, eommanding the tenth. His duties became increasingly im- portant after the Russiqns crossed the frontier into East Prussia, but the utmost confidence was placed in bim. It has now been Learned that the interpreter not only misled Baron Sievers in indicating the course the Russians were taking into Ger- many, but also furnished inform,- tion to Marshal von Hindenburg. With this information at band the Gerrnan commander knew at just what time to strike. When he struck he caught the tenth army in a trap, several regiments being e.laughtered., SEEK 10 MEM RRSSIAN MABCR The Austrians Are Sending Many Troops Northward in Hungary. A despatch from. Petrograd says On the new Russian base along the line of Uszok, Lupkow and Bartfeld ,substantial beginnings of the spring campaign are visible. A Russian column moving into Hun- j. gary along the Ondava River cap- tured two full regiments and a field battery. The Austrians are now bringing large reinforcements from the south. The first stages of the battle, which is engaging great uumbers, are now developing. The Germans in the north are Lovering the period until a fresh corps arrives from the west by restless and futile raids. The enemy's exasperation at the steady crushing of his Niemen campaign is unmeasured. General von .Buelow's artillery has been evacuating its positions to the north-west of Osso- wetz for several cal da s. Once twenty batteries were shelling the outer sector of the fortress, but now only four remain, and even they are quiescent. All the heavy mortars have been withdrawn slowly along the Lyck Road. The field troops re- main in a eorner of East Prussia. The Austrian cavalry, in moderate numbers, crossed from Czernowitz into Bessarabia, a Russian province which formerly belonged to Rou- mania. In the direction of Khotin they moved from a point where Austria, Russia and Roumania meet, a region where the Russians did not consider it expedient to place any force, but the raid is now being countered. Apart from the obvious political purposes of im- pressing Roumania, it is possible that the Austrians thought it might in fluence the movement of Russian troops. WAR TAX ON LET'T'ERS. Will. Go Into Effect On and, Afte] April 1 War ,i„ A r' tax of one cent has been imposed on eaeh letter and post- card mailed in Canada for ;delivery in Canada, the tinited. States or Mexico, and on eaeh letter nailed in Canada for delivery in the United Kingdom and British Pos- sessions generally, and wherever the two cent rate applies, to be. come effective on and from the l5th April, 1915. This war tax is to be prepaid by the senders by means of a war stamp, for sale by postmasters and other postage stamp vendors. Wherever possible, stamps on which the words "War Tax''' have been printed should be used for prepayment of the war tax, but should ordinary postage stamps be used for this purpose they will be accepted, This war stamp or additional stamp for war purposes should be affixed to the upper right hand por- tion of the address side of the en- velope or post card, close to the regular postage so that it may be readily cancelled at the same time as the postage. In the event of failure on the part of the sender through over- sight or negligence tooprepay the war tax en each letter or postcard above specified, such a letter or postcard will be sent immediately to the nearest branch dead letter office. It is essential that postage on all classes of mail matter should be prepaid by means, of ordinary post- age stamps, The war tax stamp will not be accepted in any case for the prepayment of postage. ARRESTED Al AMERICA\ Police Think He Caused an Explosion in Baggage on Steamer A despatch from. New York says: 1aymond Rolle Swoboda, arrested in Paris, charged with setting fire to the steamer La Touraine, is an American citizen, and represented, in this country a French syndicate engaged in purchasing .supplies for the French Government and the civilian population. This was at- tested to by R. K. Maclean, 'of- this city, formerly textiile expert of the Federal Tariff Board; by -Thomas Hooper, of Victoria, B,C., a Cana- dian, and by Eugene Davis -and W. V. Mohr, both. Americans, of this city, all of whom said they were associated with Swoboda in the purchase of supplies. All four men were unanimous in asserting that a grawe error had been made in arresting 'him, and have made :representations to the State 'Department, accompanied by affidavits to prove that 'Swobodaa's mission at Paris was solely for t'he purpose of .submitting - samples of American goods to the • French syndicate. According to' the Paris despatch- es Swoboda has been arrested there as a result of evidence brought out at the official inquiry into the fire on the Touraine, which broke out March G- while the steamer was en route from. New York to Havre. The fire is said to have been traced to an explosion among the first- elass baggage in the hold, and Swo- boda was declared .by fellow -pas- sengers to have made peculiar statements before the time of the accident, - Swoboda was.traced to Paris and arrested by a French secret ,service official, and it is said that letters in .German found in his room at hotel will furnish important evi- dence. The despatches state that lis; was well known in Paris finan- cial circles, where he had served as .. foreignrepresentative for 'a broker named Morrison. He was supposed tobe a Russian; and -of- ten spoke in Paris, of family con- nections in Petrograd and Moscow- Atri T Austrian Troops �Are`� p Penniless A despatch from " Venice says : Reports, received from Trieste say. that the Austrian troops in Tren- tino are in a miserable condition, being penniless, hungry ' and ill- -) triad. Their pay has been out from fourpenoe per day to twopence, and their' rations, from five loaves of bread a week to two loaves, it is said. Men consider-abl o forty over v ears of age, the reports say, . are bein. seat .into tlhe trenches, ill- equipped ll- la e� s g , e qui a and their uniforms old q PSP and torn, after only a month of practice diellng. The condition of t; -he civil population : is said to be e ti•all `wreeehed, Private • letters � y /ram Trieete eaythat numbers of the people: are literally starving. Palatable wheat bread, is •unobtain- able at anyprice, and the .supply of War bread is quite inadequate. The bakers' shops are besieged earlyy in the morning, but only the strong and ;aggressive, the Tetters say, succeed in getting a few loaves. The .shops then close for the .day. Disorders are said to be frequent, d e am the police are ,compelled to make many arrests. . According • to the 'letter the prices of most of the necessary foodstuffs have doubled or trebled. The misery of the poorer ;classes issaid to be indes- cribable. Persons daring to pro- test are arrested. A Freak of the War. A strange Iittle incident of the war is shown in our photograph. While in action, one of our troopers had a clip of cartridges which he was carrying in his bandolier trans- fixed by a German bullet. How narrowly the soldier escaped death' can be judged by the course taken by the enemy bullet. British Indian Force Rout zo,00a Tribesmen A despatch from. Simla, India, says: Ten thousand tribesmen, composed mainly of Zadraus, ool- leetecl with a view to attacking Tochi, near the Miran. shah Post. Government troops, under Briga- dier -General Vane, engaged the natives, repulsing them completely, killing 200 and, wounding 300. A subsequent reconnaissance showed no trace of the band. a Austria- Surround Montene{rius, A despatch from Rome says; De- spatches received here from C'et- tinje, the capital of Montenegro. indicate that Austria-Hungary is erideavoring to cut: off Montenegro' from all communications with the outside world, and thus starve her. The Dual Monarchy is described as eurratutding this small state with overwhelming forces of Croats on the mountains.. in addition to a garrison of 40,000 men at Cattaro, which prevents any eomniunication with Herzegovina and the Adriatic. Against about 100,000 Austrians Montenegro can dispose only 15, - 0 0 men, with limited artillery, Something Iike70,000 people from villages in Bosnia burned by Aus- trian troops have taken refuge in montenegro. Russians Lost 149 In Memel Retreat A despatch from Petrograd says: An offcial'eonrmunication concern- ing the recent Russian retreat from the Memel district of East Prussia was issued Sunday night. It says: "During the retirement of our troops from Memel our casualties were only 149 men, including kill- ed, wounded and missing." _d• ._, VIEWED C BAVELY BY WASHINGTON Murder of an Anterfean Citizen by (lemma Pirates. Stirs Uncle Saar. A .despatch froze Washington says: The reported death of Leon C. Thrasher, an American- citizen, as the result of the destruction of the British ship k alaba by a Ger- man torpedo, are viewed gravely in official quarters here because of the serious possibilities involved, Ambassador Page is giving his attention to the ..case and will for- ward all the facts. Because of the gravity of the issue raised by this first American death resulting from the German submarine programme, offieials refused to make any com- ment on the ease for publication. VERSION OF GER1IkN AIMS Punisht-ment for Emperor Joseph Not I-lavidg ' Kept His End Up In the Conflict A despatch from London says: permanently. The belief is; that e would not have crossed the. Meuse if -England had remained neutral, but would have advanced through South Belgium and Luxem burg, thinking Great Britain would take it in the right way, as long as Germany maintained that she de- sired no territory in Europa not already ooeu pied by Germ.an- speaking people, It is admitted The Press Bureau's official eye -wit- ness at the British front sends a new version of German aims, gleaned from captured German offi- cers, who say that the Austrian Empire is to be dismembered, part of it going to Italy and part of it to Germany. This is the price, ac- cording to: these ofecers Austria must pay for the failure of her arras. It is said in addition, by that Germany's strategic frontier these men that Germany will insist) in the Vosges must be improved. upon the annexation of Belgium to "The most important point in the a new German confederation, to in- views now held is a frank admission that sinee the Austrians have 'failed so badly in the present war and have had to be bolstered up by the armed strength of Germany she will have to pay for it and must bleed. "The German prisoners hold that the Austrian Empire will cease toexist. The Germans will give away some of its territory to Italy, and will include the German-speaking portion 4)1 Austria in the German Empire, and also Luxemburg. "The Germans will welcome the Duchy of Poland as a buffer be- tween themselves and Russia, and will insist on Belgium joining the German zollverein, Antwerp: be, coming an international port." It hits been realized ever since t elude all Germanic peoples and the isle despatch of the communication Scandinavians. Antwerp, accord- #o the German Government notify - ting to these views, which are pro- Oa it that the United States would pounced with great assurance, is to hold u to a strict aStatesa;bilit • be made an international port, and for the acts of its naval authorities the whole of this', scheme is to' be that this Government was praeti- brought about throughthe offices f the Pope, eelly committed to serious action "Conversation with captured ofl - aathe event of such a case arising i cers and the better educated pri- s was indicated in the American goners has thrown considerable Hutt,. It is now believed that a else light un the 'ti ipws of the general has occurred thed falling within the pur- view situation now held by the German view of the American .note, army: It was made plain, however, that "It is freely acknowledged that the State Department will move Germany started the war, but opint with extreme deliberation and care ion seems to be divided regarding in the Thrasher case, Noveffort her intention to occupy Belgium, will be spared to obtain every fact having a bearing on the case, par t 1 • ice ar1 y with i referenee to the cir- cumstances under which the Falaba HHEE VESSELS was sent to the bottom and more than one hundred persons, includ- ing Thrasher, Lost their lives, The first question about which it was thought there right be acime doubt, Thrasher's citizenship, has tour More Civilian Drowned en a been answered. Investigation at the State Department showed that Dublin Steamer Sank in the Thrasher obtained a passport June Channel., r 7, 1911, riving his residence as ` Hardwick, Worcester County, A despateli from London sags: y r?is Iacentent of 3.43 tons, She Massadiusette, where his mothers lour more •civilian lives have been w•ap armed with #wu G -inch tins, resides. Carl Barnes, also of sacrificed in the German submarine ei ht 4.7-inclx ens, six 3- lunders. !>; g p ARE SUBMARINER Medjidieh has been sunk in the Black Sea, near Odessa, by strik- bee a mine. The Mehjidielt formed part of the Sultan's squadron which has been attaeking Russian coast towns sinee December. She a was an An -writ -an -built boat, hav- ing been laid down in Philadelphia in 1903. She was not a large ves- el, and lier armament was eam- paratively light. She was 331 feet long and 42 feet beam, and had. a Hardwuk, endorsed its appliea• campaign, only twelve having sur- tiop. This passport has since been vived of the crew of 10 of the Dub - renewed in London. It is not lin steamer City of Bremen. sunk doubted in the face of this evidence by ,a hostile undersea boat in the that Thrasher's •citizenship can be English Channel. A French 'fiehing established beyond question, Therefore it is regarded as ex- tremely prubable that the ease will eventually have to be taken up with the German Government. Officials here are of the opinion that a strong case -can be presented, so far as the law in the matter is •eon- cerned. • six 1 -pounders. and two, torpedo tubes. Her complement was, 302 men. schooner and a Russian barque also 1 Found German Officer have been sunk by submarines, but In. Foreign Legion their crews are reported to be safe. Usines were responsible fur the A despatch from Paris says: A sinking of a German steamer in 4 -inert -martial Sunday sentenced to n a, the Baltic Sea, with a loss of .,a foGttr tear-," irnprisriirinent :and a lives, and the American steamer fine of w300 Si ilhelui Schonberg, Greenbrier, whieh went to the bot- who.at tike outbreak of the war en- tim of the North Sea, all her crew listed in the foreign legion as an being rescued. Alsatian, giving the name of Willy A Reuter despatch friun. Stork- Sehoberg. It is said that the iae't Scotch Motor Plants 3 balm says the. German steamer was established that Schonberg was Greta Hemsoth has struck a mine born in Darmstadt. instead of Al- -i l- Run by Government in the Baltic and sunk, and that sace, and that he is an officer in -1 25 members of her erew were the German army. A despatch from Glasgow sass:I drowned. The Grete Hemsoth was a vessel of 1,554 tons. Site was en- gaged in traffic between Sweden and Germany. The steamer City of Bremen, of Dublin, has been sunk by a Ger- man submarine off Waif Rock, in the English. Channel, about 15 miles south of Land's End, Cornwall. Four members of the crew of the 111 motor manufacturing plants in Scotland have been placed under Government control, in pursuance of the Government's plans to accel- rate the supplying of war mater - al. These plants will in the fu - tire be run night and day in the roduction of motor lorries for the ransport department. e t A friend is one who doesn't wait p for you to call for help. t Grain, Cattle and Cheese Prices of These Products In the Leading Markets are Here Recorded Breadstuffs. • Toronto, -April 6. Flour -Manitoba first patents quoted at $7.70. in jute bags; second patents, $7.20; strong bakers', $7. Ontario wheat Hour, 90 per cent. patents. quoted at 55.90 to $6, seaboard, and at $5.95 to $6, Toronto freight, - Wheat -Manitoba No. 1 Northern quot- ed at $1.60; No. 2 at 51.58 1-2, and No. 3 at $1.55. Ontario wheat, No. 2 nominal, at 51.40 to $1.42, at outeide points. Oate-Ontario quoted at 60e, outs'do, and at 62 to 63c on traok, Toronto. 'West- ern Canada, No. 2, quoted at 691-2c, and No. 3 at 671.20. Barley -Good malting grades, 80 to 83c. outeide. Rye -$1.15 to 51.17. outside. Peas -No. 1 quoted at' $1.85 to $1.90, out- side. Corn -No. 3 new American 'quoted at 90 1-2e, all rail. Toronto freight, Buckwheat-No:'2 quoted at 82 to 830, outside. , , Brats' and 'Worts Brea is quoted at $26 a ton. and . shoots at $28. Rolled oats -Car lots,per bag of 90 lbs.. $3.40. Country Produce. Butter -Choice •dairy, 27 to 280; inferior. 21 to 23e •� creamery prints, 35 to 35 1-2c; do., solids, 32 to 33e; farmers' separator, 27 to 280. - Eggs -20c per dozen, in oases lots. Beane -$3.15 to $3.20 for prime, and 53.25 to 53.30 for hand-picked; Poultry -Chickens, dressed; 14 s•to 18c; ducks, dressed, 13 to 15c; fowl, 11 to 13e; turkeye, dressed, 19 to 21•e. Cheese -18 1.2e for large, and of 19 to 19 1.4o for twine. Potatoes -Ontario, 55 to 60e per bag, out Of store. and 45 to 50o in car 1ote. New Brunswieks, car 1ote, 55 'to 60o' per bag. euslness in Montreal, Montreal April 6. -corn -American No. 2 yellow, 82 to 82 1-2e. Oats -Canadian Western. No. 3, 67 12c; extra No, 1 feed, 67 1.2c; No. 2 local' white, • 66 1-20; No. 3 local white, .651.-Zo; No. 4locai white, 64 1-2o. Barley -Manitoba feed,•80c; malt- ing; , 90 to 92o. Buok•wheat-No. 2, 92e. Flour•-,3anitoba Spring 'wheat patents, flrets, 57.80; seeonde'7.30; Iron bak e 7.10 Winterpatents,'-ah i , 90; Weight rollers, $7.40 to 57.50; do., bags, $3,50 to $3.60, Rolled bates bbls., $6.75 to $7; bags. 90 lbs„ $3.25 to $3.35. Bran, $26. Shorts, 528. Middlin to •34. Moult - lie, $35 to $38. Ray -No. 2 per ton, oar lots, 518 to 519. Cheese -Finest, westerns, 17 1.4 to 17 1.-2,c; finest . eastern, 16 3-4 to 17e. Butter-Choioest` creamery, 31 1-2 to "$9 per owt., weighed off cars. The pro - 32e. Forge -Fresh; 21 1-2 to. 230. Potatoes- spoon; are that Prices will be higher neat Abattoir killed, 512.25 to $12.50; country, 59 to $11.25. Pork -Heavy Canada short mess, bble., 35 to 45 pieces, 528; Canada short-cut back, bbis„ 45 to 55 pieces, 527,50. Lard -Compound, tierces, 375 lbs., 91-2c.; wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 100; pure, tierces, 375 .lbs..• 11 1.2c,• pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 12c, United States Markets, • trnneapole, April 6 -Wheat -No. 1 bard, $1.51 3.8;. No. 1 Northern, 51.46 7-8 to $1.50 7-8; Ne. . 2 Northern, 51.41 7-8 to $1.47 7-8; May, 51,44 58; July, '31.38 1.4 to 51.38 3-8. - Corn -No: 3 yellow, 68 1-2 to 68 3.4c; No. 3.;white, 541-4 to 54 3-4. Flour, fancy patents, $7.50; firet clears, 56.20; seconds clears, $4.70. Bran unchanged. Duluth, April 6.-Lineeed,. cash, 51.92 3-4; May, 51.93 3-4; July, $1.96. Wheat, No. 1 hard, 51.52 3-4e. No, 1 Northern, :51.51 3.4;,- No. 2 Northern. 51.44 3-4 to 51.47 3.4; Mon- tana No. 2 'hard, 51.51 3:4;' May, 5.1.48 3-4; July, $1,43 3-8. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, April 6. - Butchers' cattle, choice, $7.40. to $7.60; do., good, $6.50 to 57.25; do., medium, $5.60 to 56.50; do., tom- mon, 54.75 to 55.15; Butches .bulls, choice, $6 to 56.75; do., good ibul.le, $5.30 Id 55.76: do., rough ,bulls, $4,50' to $4.75; butchers' cows, choice $5.75 to 56.75; do., medium, 55.25 to 55.50; do., common, $4.50 to $5; feeders, good, $6 to 56.80; do., rough 'bulls, $5.25 to 56; stockers, 700 to 1,000 lbs $6 to 56.75; canners and cutters, 53.75 to $4.40; milkers, choice, each, 560 to $90; do„ oom mon and medium, each, $35 to $45; spring ers, $50 to $90; light ewes, 56.50 to $8.25; do., heavy, $5 to $6.60; do., bucks, $3.76 to to 511.25; .25; hogs, fed and watered, $8.50; do., off care, $9, to $9.10; do., Lab., $8.25. Montreal April 6,-,Salee of ehoiee steers were made at $8 to 58.25; good steers at $7.50 to 57.75, and the lower grades at rem 55 to 56.50; butchere' cows, $4.75' to $6.75, and, bulla from $5.50 to $7 per cwt. One bull weighing 2,460 pounds, eold for $180. 'The supply of Spring lambs • offered wee probably the smallest for many years past, for which the demand was good and 'sales of a few choice head were made at $8 to $10 each, and the smaller ones et from $2.50 to $5.The trade in' catve6 was active owing to the steady'in crease in ,eupp,r,.e9 and sales were made' freely at from 82.50 to 510 each, ae to eine and quality. One calf weighing 425,pounde cold Out 8e per pound. The tone of the market for yearling ]ambo was firm at 58,50 to 59 and cheep' at $5.25 to $6 per cwt. The market for hogs was uncnang- ed, Salesof selected lots .,were "made at Per bag,, car late,.. 42 ide, Dressed hogs -week. • steamer were drowned. Twelve survivors have arrived in Pen- zance. A Russian barque was torpedoed in the Channel. The crew was saved. The Turkish protected cruiser Son of Ex -President Is Killed in France A despatch from Paris says: The family of Claude Casimir-Perier, sun of the former President,. of France. has been informed that'he was killed in battle and was buried near :Rheims. He was a lieutenant in the 108th Infantry Regiment and was reported missing on January 99. Previously his •relatives had been informed, -that -he had been severely wounded and taken pri- soner. • SUBMARINE SINKS TWO VESSELS Crews of Each Were Given Barely Time to Get Into Boats A despatch from London says: Ta=o German submarines, the U-98 and another, the number of which has not been ascertained, which have. been operating off the west coast of England during the past two days, have added two more British steamers, the Flaminian and • C'rown of Castile, to their list of victims. Mere was no loss of life. on ; the Flaminian and Grown ,of Castile,.the crews of each being given bare:ly time in wlhich to get into their' boats. In . the .case of the latter vessel, however, the sub- marine fired before the crew :left the steamer and •shells passed along the bridge, on which the captain and an apprentice were standing, The Crown of Castile was sunk by shell -fire, but this did not prove sufficient to send the Flaminian to the bottom,and is torpedo had to be used. As an offset to this, a French destroyer rammed and, it is bel-ieved, sank a German submarine off Dieppe. The members of the submarine's erew, it was ,asserted by the men from the Crown of Cas- tile, boasted that during the four days previous to the sending of the Crown of Castile to the bottom they had sunk seven British vessels, "in - eluding the steamer. I+alaba. "We thought at first,'.' ._one of the Ger- Juan officers is quoted as having said, "that we would sins: you with all 'hands but it was decided ulti- mately that we would give you a chance," As the 'boats were leaving the Crown of Castile the -members' o1 the crew say that some of the Ger- mans jeered at the men from. the steamer and sneeringly shouted, "Biieann.ia ru'l'es the waves, does she?„ CHARGED WITH HIGH TREASON Municipal Councilor of Prague Among a Score o Citizens Convicted of Hi High Treason A despatch from London says: A` corr^easpondent. "A Vienna court mar the the ooireepondent con- tinues, ",oanderined fifty-two per- sons to death 'for high'treason,- among them the Countess Harraeh. Eight of these persons have been executed, but the sentences of the remainder were commuted to terms of from four to ten years' impri-' sonment. Municipal Cauneelor Matejouvusky and twenty municipal employes of Prague, Bohemia, have been found guilty of high treason and sen - tented to terms of imprisonment ranging from tlh.ree to fourteen years. The men were charged with. ciroulating :mews unfavorable to Austria-Hungary, according to the