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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1915-4-22, Page 6ROBBED OF THE Fllidi FRUITS a Heavy Losses at Neuve Chaplle Accounted for in Sir John French's Report A deapateh from Londou says: The report of Field Marshal Sir John Frew- la reviewing the Neuve Chapelle battle. has been eagerly awaited. . For some days rumors ascribing the heavy British- losses (12.811) to some extent to British artillery and to a mistake of a Brie. ash commander have found their way into -prixit. In his introductory remarks the British commanderspecific-ally states that "eonsiderable"delay oe- curred -after the capture of Neuve Chapelle. The infantry was dis- organized by the violent nature vf the attacks." Further in the despatch he says: "I am of the "'pillion that this de- lay would not have occurred had the clearly expressed order or th,,..t commander of the first array been more carefully observed." Field Marshal Frendx faile to re- veal the .name of the officer whom he so Sharply blames for the delay 'which I. -ebbed the British of the full fruits of their victory at Neuve Field Marshal French reports the British' losses in the three days fighting at Neuve Chapelle as fol - Iowa: Other Officers. Ranks, Total. Killed . 190 2,337 2,527 Wounded a 359 8.174 8.543 Missing • 23 1,72S 1,751 . • Total . 572 12.239 12,811 Field Marshal French's report continuee : -The enemy left several' thousand dead on the field, and we have positive information that up- wards of 12.000 wounded were re- moved by train, Thirty A.:dicers and t 1.057 of other ranks were captur- ed." BABIES ARE MOIRES Hundreds of Infants Sent Back to Switzerland, Cannot be Identified A despatch from Paris says : of age are being sent back. Wiliam T. P. Hhllingswerth has The most extraordinary point in returned from Schaffhausen and Mr. Hollingsworth 's report is that Zurich, where he investigated thethe trains bring 100 babies, a week VOrlditions )4 returning viviliau!elti and upwards, daily. These re prisoners en behalf of the American unelothed, but are wrapped in Clearing House for Relief. efragments of skirts and shawls. Germany has already sent baek1 There is no means of tracing their 20,000 of these civilian priseners. tidetitity. Mothers returning with - stating that between 15(1.00 and their children say they reeeived no ee0.000 are e'et to he returned. Two medical attention 'at childbirth..1 traies are arriving in Switzerland I Swiss women are supplying babies' f from Germany daily, eaeh earryiug elathing at the railway stations for! 500 of the returning prieeners. the unfortunates. Many of the Three-fourths 4:.4 these are women elder children who have arrived alai girls. No boys over 13 years, i aIo cannot be identified. FRENCH VICTORY IN THE VOSGES Chasseura Heroes of One Of the Host Brilliant Charges of the War. A despatale from Paris says: In one ).)f the most brilliant bayonet charges ef the entire war, French chasseurs on Saturday carried the summit of Schnepfenreith Kopf in. Alsace, overlooking the Rhine val- ley. The victory was won. after a week of desperate fighting. In a series of short dashes the French carried one after another of rows of German trenches on the moun- tain side. They fought their way through wire entanglements and (o'er heavily mined areas in the face of a, galling fire .from the enemy'e machine guns. I3efore a, solid line ef cold .steeL the Germane on the erest finally broke and fled down the eastern slopes. The capture of Schnepfenreith Kopf, according to French military experts, is one of the most important victories won by the Vosges armies in their ad- vance ±o -ward the Rhine. Early in the week the French fought their way to the summit of the moun- `Ain, -gaining nearly a anile in a, 24- hour battle. They of the hill lies above. the Rhine valley, and from their position French artil- lerymen an -command the roads leading to Colmar, the capital of Upper Alsace, fifteen anilea away. The Rhine itself now' lies but 22 miles ,aveay from. the Fren,ch armies advancing over the mountains. Orn the northern • bank of the River fenreith, the French have made fur- ther progrees. according to the offi- cial aim:I:unique. At the same time the attacks. against the Ger- man positions near Hartmanns- Weiler, 18 miles to the south, are carrying the French closer to the Rhine. UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SUP- PLIES. The various committees in charge of supplies report satisfactory pro- gress. A sheet shower was held on Wed- nesday last in the Physics Building, s hick resulted in an .addition to our store, amounting to about seven- teen hundred sheets. In addition to this, the necessary quota of the following articles has been reach- ed -Surgeons' gowns and -masks, nurses' caps, covers for hot water bottles and pneumonia jackets. In spite of efforts, however, the number of articles required is still great. In the first place - ten thousand sheets are still needed, and this is an urgent necessity not to be denied. Next to sheets the most pressing needs Are pajamas, ef which nearly two thousand suits are required, and surgical night- shirts. Also let us not forget the need for 'socks. Each letter from the front emphasizes the urgency of the demand for them. The writer will be glad of contri- butions to the wool fund, of offers from women- who are willing to knit if wool is sent to them, as well as -of eontributions of socks. (Mrs. A.) JEAN MePHEDRAN, Convenor of the Ontario Red Cross SokFund. ' ' MRS. F. Ne-G..STARR, Treasurer. University •Hospital Supply .Asso- Feeht, a, few miles north .of Schnep- eiation. DOCKYARDS WERE SET AFIRE Fact Only Made Plidlic bythe Announcement of.a Reward for the Discover); of the Incendiaries A despatch from London says : There was a. rumor in London that a serious fire had broken out in the big goyernment dockyards at Ports- mouth; • but the censor eliminated all mention of the matter from press depatehes. It now 'appears that the fire was of a very serious eharacter, and came near wiping out the does and other valuable- pe-operties at Ports- mouth. The zeal extent of the dam- age is WE unknown. It is the com mon belief in efficial circles that the fire was the work of incendiar- ies, presumably German spies. A -carefully worded nitme was is- sued by the dockyard a.utherities, offering a reward of $500 'forth discovery of the incendiaries re- sponsible, for the fire at the •bnikl- ing elip sheds the night of January 31. fiEMOYEll TO DAIIIIAIELLES A despatch from Athens says: The Turks are dailymaesing troops fn the Gallipoli Peninsula, espe- cially at ThM Baler, and all the heavy guns which were formerly round Constantinople and the principal Marrncra Sea ports are being removed to the Dardanelles. A great member of German aero- planes have arrived. A Germa,re aeroplane hueled 'three bomh an allied transport. 'The damage caused is unknown. IN FULL FLIGHT Tilli011Gil DESERT Handful of Biltish Utterly Defeat the Tnrks in lileso !Manila. A despatch from London says: .0.ermany's dream of coneaest in the Far East- has been eompletely erushed. In one of the remotest earners of the earth a ;handful of British Indian troop e has won, the most important, victory for British anus emee the war began. The Indian offies officially an- nounced that a Turkish folie that attempted to drive the British from the Tigris and Euphrates valleys in Mesopotamia has been disastrously routed. The Turks are in full flight and have abandoned their campaign to drive the British from the Persian gulf region. In their hasty retreat through the desert they left behind a, large part of their munitions of war. The British apparently are new in undisputed possession of the south- ern part of the ancient. kingdom of Nebuchadnezzar. The Kaiser's plans for a. new route to the Last over a Bagdad-to-the-Galf Railway have been shattered. Spurred en by German influences at Constantinople, the Turks as- inbled a force estimated at from 10,000 to 20,000 to drive out the British. They marched southward. over a caravan road leading to Zo- beir. Their object was to drive the British southward from Basra, 60 miles north-west of the Gulf, cut- ting off the British at Kumla, 40 miles to the north, and forcing their surrender. Friendly natives at. Zobeir brought word of the Turkish ad- vance. Instead of waiting to be at- tacked, the British, by forced marches; made their way in a south- westerly direction and threw them- eelvea on the Turkish outposts near Shaba Fort, in a. -surprise night attack. The battle continued all the next day in the date groves of the Zobeir region. At dawn oit, Friday the Turks retreated in the. direction of Nalthailah, 20 miles north-west of Zobeir. A despatch to the Indian Office said that the enemy had evacuated Kakhaiiah and is retreating in dis- order in the direetion of Helua. The British have captured nearly 1,000,000 rounds of ammunition. A second Turkish threat from the re- gion of Ahwaz, 80 miles north-west of Busra, was' easily repulsed by British artillery fire. Trieste, Austria, Is Without Bread A despatch from Rome says : An uneensored despatch from Trieste says the stipple' of flour has been exhausted. There will be no work for the bakers and the city will be without bread. The price for rice paste is prohibitive. The barracks .at Trieste were prepared for 20,000 Germans who were expected to arrive on Friday. They have not yet appeared. To Arrange Exchange Of Army Doctors A despatch from Paris says: De- puty Leon P.asqtal, who is a cap- tain ef the Cha,sseurs, has arrived in Paris after seven months, cap- tivity in the German fortress of Targau, where he was taken after the fall of Maubeuge. The German. authorities have charged him to dis- cuss with the French Govermnent the exchange of ,army doctors and French..and Belgian civil prisoners. British Prisoner Gets Another Trial A Copenhagen despatch to the London Daily Mail says it is an- nounced in Berlin that the British prisoner, William Lonedale, has been granted ,another 'appeal. The ease will come before the supreme military court on April 27. Lonsdale, who made an attack on a Germa,n non-comenissioded officer at the military prison at Doeberitz, was once sentenced to death, but his sentence was commuted to '20 years/ impeisonneent, after the American Ambassador at •, Ber3jin and the American Minister at The Higu,i had interested themselves in the case at the reuest of the Lord Mayor elIeeds. French Aeroplane Victor in Long Chase A despatch from. Bordeaux says: The tale/ of an exciting chase In the air and a battle at an altitude of over 8,000 .feet beteveen a French aeroplane AO a German adatross. machine, in whish the French avia- tor was victorious, was related by Lieut. °hombre the observer on' the F,renoh madhine. Thepuesuit began aPRhelins, ae- cording to Lieut. Chambre, and lasted until the air oraft reached Ohalon:s; aa,.approxiraate distance of 25 milese. The, Gernian:;Used over 100 quick -firer cartridges without doing further damage :there to pierce the wings of the French ina- cflnne The eleventhshot fired by the Feenah aviators caused • the German aeroplane to fall, and on reaching ehe ground- it caught fire,. The' German cfficeti-'esedaPed injury and .Were.-11-aken prisgiiele ' ' • trannimin*ivareunaprommourarri 14P,acKV.?..4010*. ..• German Socialist Who is Demand - big Peace. Reports emanating from Ger- many to the effect that all of Ger- many is not war -mad is strength- ened by the stand of the German Socialists. In the German Reich- stag, where the Socialists are a iarge factor, they have, it is re- ported, risen in all their eloqueuee to demand an immediate and last- ing pea.ee. One of the most active of these peace seeking Socialists is said to be Philip Sehmdemann, the subject of this photograph. With the aid of Liebkneeht, the recog- nized leader, Seheidemann .and score of other aggressive members recently eaused a storm in the • chamber of the Lower House by demanding that the Government take steps to end the war. Seheide- mann protested bitterly against the Government's action in plaeing the ban on Socialist writings and I speeehes. Immediately- after this Liebkneeht, .arose, and in scathing terms, despite the hisses of the Ooneervatives, arraigned the pollee - of the Government in Poland. It it reported that the military au- thorities, angered by Liebkneeht's critieism, have -sent him to the front. AIFIMEN SHELL GERMAN STAFF Bombs Dropped. on Buildings) Haus- ing Kaiser's Leading Generals. A despatch from Paris says: French troops have made notable advances at widely -separated points of the battle line, one in the region of Arras after a hotly -con- tested fightt and another in Alsace, where a gain of nearly a mile was made. In the fighting on the nor- thern part ofothe line the French drove the Germans at the bayonet's point from the hill east of Notre Dame de Lorette, continuing the drive toward Lens and Bouai un - taken last month. A notable feature of the opera- tions was the bombardineat by French aviators of several towns occupied by the Germans. One aviator flew over the Gerinoen lines at the eentre of the line and hurled five bombs on the buildings occu- pied by the Imperial general staff at Charleville and Mezieres. These towns where for the first time the headquarters of the German great general staff has been definitely lo- cated; are adjoining fortified towns on the Meuse, in the Depart- ment of Ardennes, about 15 miles below Sedan. This position is someten miles south of the Franco- Belgian frontier and 35 miles north of the German battle line in the Argonne. All the projectiles hit the buildings housing the general staff, according to the official re- port, which states that the aircraft visit was in the nature of a repris- al• for the bombardment of Nancy • by a Zeppelin. It is also announced that a, squad- • ron. of 15 aeroplanes threw bombs successfully on the military build- ings of the Germans at Ostend. The machines were subjected to a violent eannonading, but all re- ttrned intECct. At Les Eparges the Germans de- livered • three counterattacks in an atiemPt to retake the eastern salient. • He • was • repulsed with heavy losses. • German artillery stationed near Bethune, France, is rep.orted 10 have shelled a Belgian ambulance, killing three wounded Belgians and six wounded Gerratin prisoners. • • Anxious to Join in the Fray, A . despot& from Athens says : Prince' George •of 'Greece will re- ettern to Feria Saturday. His depar- ture is thought to have a .bearing on 'the pollitieal 'situation. The Journal Hestia indieakes that the Goverertnent is making overtures to relinquish neutrality, and these overtures are underStOed to be well aduance di • Opposed to Secreey. ,A despatch from London says 3. A.usten Chamberlain, member of Parliament for West Birrainghann, hes appealed to the Government to take the people more into its eon- ftdence, and let theeneknow a little more: of what ie happening. H ' Gays the secrecy of the Governmen is being carried to an extent that is el Arbil enta 1 to the eountry' s best intereSts, Grain, Cattle and Cheese Prices of These Products in the Leading Markets are Here Recorded streadetutts. • Toronto, April 19.--11anitoba first, pat- euts quoted at $7.70 in jute bags; second ,Irsptail.it8e,e0sanntttt!..058xur76re,.,21.0; strong bakers', 87. Ontario gs9e0hatFora tr. de t nada eantt ss.,5sus0 tteod. 646! Wheat -Manitoba No. 1 Northern quoted salt.,66,11..65axatNaorwta .i: ae5lt.!N310.2. ii:nani doNsona .32, 111 51.40 to 51.42, at outside poutte. Oats -Ontario quoted at 58 to 620, out- side, and at 62 to 63c, on track. Toronto. Western Canada, No. 2, quoted at 70 1-2s. and No. 3 at 68 1-2e. Barley -The market remains quiet. Good malting grades. 75 to 80e, outside. ltye-The market is dull at 51.10 to 51.12. Q:uPtoeetaiele-a'a'ht e51maa5.rkoeutt4irderiet. with No. 2 Corn -No. 3 new American quoted. at no, all roil. Toronto freight. Buckwheat -No. 2 quoted at 80 to au. "13.43raale. uand shorts -Bran is quoted at $26 to 527 a ton, and shorts at 525 to 529. Rolled oats -Car lots, per bar. of 90 lbs., 53.40. •,•••••••••••,, Country Produce, Butter -CLoice. dairy, 27 to 28e; inferior. 21 to 23c; creamery prints. 55 to 36c; 40., solids, 32 to 33c. Eggs -Receipts are large, and prices un- changed at 20 to 21e per dozen, iu case lots. Beans -At 53.20 to 53.30 for prime. and $3.25 to 53.40 for handvicked. Poultry -Chickens. dressed, 17 to 18c; ducks, dressed, 14 to 16e; fowl, 11 to 130; turkeys. dressed, 20 to 21c. Clieeso-The market is quiet, with new Quoted at 18 1.2o for Is.rge, and at 18 3-4o for Mina. Potatoes -Ontario, 55 to 60e per bag, out of store, and 45 to 50e in oar lots. New Brunswicks, car lots, 55 to 6tic per bAg. • Provisions. Bacon -Long clear. 133-4 to 14e per Ib. in case lots. II.4331e---Nteditina, 17 to 17 1-2c; do., heavy, 14 1-2 to 16c; rolls, 14 to 14 14e; breakfast bacon. 18 to 19c; backs, 20 to 21c; boneless backs, 23e. Lard -The market is quiet, with tirleee steady; pure lard, tube, 11 3.4 to 12c; do.. pails, 12 to 12 1-2e. CeMpound. tubs, 9 3-4 to 10e; do., pails, 10 to 10 1-4e. •1•1•11,1••••••••• naiea Hay and Straw. Straw is quoted at 58 to 58.50 n ton in car lots on track here. Hay -No. 1 new hay is quoted at 817 to $18; No. 2 at 515.50 to 856, and No. 3 at $12.50 to $13.50. Business In Montreal. • Montreal, April 19. -Corn -American No. 2 yellow, 82 to 621.20. Oats -Canadian Western,. dn No. 3, 67 1-2;, extra, No. 1 feed. 67 14I\e; o, 2 local hit, 66 14e; No. 3 lo- cal white, 65 1-2c; No. 4 local white, 64 1720. Barley -Manitoba feed, 80c; malting,90c. lluokwheat-No. 2, 920. Flour -Manitoba Spring wheat patents, Bone. 57.0; see. onds. 57,30; strong bakers'. $7.10; Winter Patents, choice. 57.80; straight rollers. 57.30 to 57.40; do, bags, $$.45 to 53.55. Rolled oats -1114s., 56.75 to 57; do., bags. 90 lbs.. 33.26 to $3.35, Bran, 526. Shorts. 528. Middlings, 533 to 534, Metallic>. 535 to $38. Bay --No. 2 per ton, car lots, 516 to 519. Cheese -Finest westerns. 17 14 to 17 3-4e; finest easterns. 17 to 17 1-4c, But - tor -Choicest creamery. 34 to 35c; seconds, 33 to 34e. Eggs -Fresh, 21 to 22e. Boo, toes -Per. bag, car lots, 42 1-2 to 45c. Dress- ed hogs -Abattoir killed, 12 3-4 to 13 1-4c; country, 9 1-2 to 11 3-4e. Pork -Heavy Cam ada short mese, hbls.. 35 to 45 pieces, 528,,.. Canada, short-cut back. bbts., 45 to 5i pieces, 527. Lard -Compound, tierces, 371 lbs., 9 1-2c; wood Pails, 20 lbs. not, 10e; pure. tierces, 375 lbs., 11 1-2; pure, w004 paile, 20 lbs. net, 12c. United States Markets. Minneapolis. April19,--Wheat -No. 1 hard, 51.58 5.8; No. 1 Northern. $1.54 1-8 to $1.58 1-8; No. 2 Northern, 51.49 5-8 to $1.55 1-6; May, $1.52 5-8. Corn -No. 3 yel- low, 69 3.4 to 70 1.4e. Oats -Co. 3 white, 54 1-2 io 55c. Plour-Paacy 1Mtcalf3. 87.70; first, clears. $6.40; second clears. 54.90. Bran, 522.50. Duluth, April 19. -Linseed cash, 51.95 34! May. $1.96 3-4; July, 52. Wheat- No. 1 bard, $1.58 4-4; No. 1 Northern. 51,57 3.4; No. 2 Northern, 51.50 3-4 to 51.53 3-4; Mow taxa, No. 2 bard. 51.58 3.4; Hay, 51,56 3.4; July, 51.52. Live Stack Market, Toronto, 'April 19,-,Butchms' cattle. choice, 57.35 to 57.60; do., good, $7 to 57.25; do„ medium, 56 to 56.25; do., common. $4.75 to 55.50; butchers' bulls. choice. $6 to $6,75; do., good hulls, 56.25 to 56,30; (10., rough bulls. 54.50 to $4.75; butchers' cows, choice. $5.50 to 56.75: do,. medium, 55.25 to 55.40; do., common, $4.50 to $4.75; feeder, good. 56.40 to 56.85; do.. rough bulls. 35 to 55.50; stockers. 700 to 1,000 lbs.. 56 ta 56.65; canners and cutters, 33.75 to 54,69; milkers, choice, each. 560 to 585; do • com- mon and medium, each. 535 to 545; spring- ers, $50 to $75; light ewes, 56.50 to 38; do., heavy. 55 to 86.50; do., bucks. 53.60 to 54.50; lambs. 55 to 511; calves. $6.50 to 51Q; hogs, fed and watered. 58.99; do., cif cars, $9.25 to $9.35. Montreal. A.pril 19.--A few good steer, sold at 57.25 to $7.59. and the lower grades at Irom"55.50 to $6.50, while hatchets' cows brought from 55 to 56.50, and bulls from 55 to 56.50 per cwt. Owing to the large supplies of calves coming forward a weak. er feeling developed m the market. -and salts were made freely at from 31.50 to 51 each, as to size and quality. Spring lambs brought from 56 to $9 each. and old sheep sold at from 4 to 6e pet:pound, There was no important change in the market foe live hogs, pr'ccs being firm, with sup, plies ample to fill all requirements, and sales of selected lots were made at 57.16 to 59.60 per cwt., weighed off care. NEUTRAL *VESSEL SINK A.T ANCHOR Pirates Submarine Steamer Char- tered by the Dutch Government. A despatch from London says: The Netherlands steamer Katmai:, from Baltimore to Rotterdam, was torpedoed while anchored seven miles to the west of the North Hin- der Lightship in the North Sea. The crew of 23 men were saved and taken aboard the lightship. A despatch to Reuter's from Flushing reperte the arrival there of the crew of the Katwyk. The men ,say that while the night watch *vas being changed a severe shoek was felt and the ship began to take in water. As the steamer was sink- ing the crew took to the boats, and iNhile rowing away saw the peri- scope of a, submarine, which quick- ly disappeared, The Katwyk sank fifteen. minutes after the explosion. She was a freight steamer. Built in 1903, she was 1,28"/ net tone, and 218 feet long. She sailed from Baltimore March 26 for Rotterdam, and pass- ed Dover April 14. .3' $9,500,000 Insurance On Officers Killed A despatch from London says: Life insurance -claims paid in re- spect to British offieers killed in the war amount to nine and one-half million dollars. B.S,O. WON BY CANADIAN Officers of Princess Patricias Decorated for Recent Conspicuous Gallantry at St. Eioi • A despatch from London says: The Official Gazette announces that Major A. H. Gault, of Princess Pa, irides Canadian Light Infantry, has been decorated with the Distin- guished Servioe Order, and that -.Lieut. W. G. Colquhoun and Lieut.• Papineau, of the same infantry, have been decorated with the Mili- tary Cross. The decorations are • for conspicuous bravery. • Lieut. Papineaa was. in charge of the first party of the detachment led by Lieut. Csrabbe at St. Eloi, which exploit was mentioned in Sir John French's despatch published recently. The two other parties were led by Sergeant Patterson and • Company Sergeant - Lloyd. . •• • • According to the offieial record, Major Gault is honored "for con- spicuous •gallantry at St. Eloi on February 27 in reconnoitring quite close to the enemy's position and obtaining in,formation of great value for the attack carried out the next day. On February 28 Major Gault assisted in the reseue of wounded under most difficult cir- cumstances while exposed ao heavy fire." Lieut. Codquhoun is decorated "for conspicuous gallantry and re- source on numerous oCeasions, spe- cially at St. Eloi on January 26, when he rescued with dee assistance of one man a mortally wounded officer after three others had failed in the attempt e being under very heavy close range fire the whole time. Again on February 27 at St. Eloi rendered valuable assistance • on reconnoitring duty under very difficult • and dangerous cireuna staaoes." • Lieut. P,a.pineau is rewarded "for conspicuous gallantry .at St. Eloi - on February 28, when in a. charge • of bomb throwers during our attack on the enemy's treadles he shot -Iwo •of the, enemy himself and then ran. along' a, German sap, throwing bombs therein." TOLL OF GERMAN • SJBMARINnS Over 1,000,000 Men Transported 'by Water- 4ff,000 Ships liave Arrived or Sailed, With Loss of 40 • A despatch from London says: Great pride is taken in the record during the eleven weeks since the German submarine terrorist cam- paign started. The Admiralty transported more than one million men by water. • Five men represent the total losses in transport work of the Admiralty •since, the begin ning of the war. Another • record has been 'established in the trans- port ,of horses from Indaa with the loss of only two. In the methehant • marine more than .11,000 Beitish merchant ships have arrived at or sailed from British ports in the last eleven weeks, while less than forty British merchant .ehips (have been victims of Germaneubmarines and ijn fhe same time the nurahee of new ships !launched for the British merchant marine makes the total number of ships and the total bon - nage of Beitieh merchant marine g,reiater than before the "reign of terror.''