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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1915-9-2, Page 3ri TURKISH DEAD IN HEAPS IN BATTLE ON G ALLIPOLI PENINSULA Correspondent Describes the Desperate Barth Possession of Sail Bair Hill A despatch from London says: The battle for Sari Bair hill, which the Australian and New Zealanders cap- tured, but were compelled to evacuate because the troops on their left did not advance far enough, was a most desperate one, according to the corres- pondent, who sus: "The dead lie thick everywhere. The Turks came down in great num- hers from the ridge above and tried to sweep our men off the hill entirely. They themselves were driven back, however, with frightful losses. Being unable to bury their dead, the Turks for throw their bodies down the gully un- til they are stopped by the nature of the ground, while others :thrown after them are stopped by the first, Con- sequently the whole gully Is choked with Turkish dead. "-The Australians and New Zealand- ers have gained another addition to their newly -occupied territory, In their narrow position they now have elbow room and are in touch with our posts across the plain to Suvla Bay. And what is not their least important advantage, they have a supply of fresh water within their own -posi- tion," ALLIES SHELL THE ENTIRE BATTLE LINE And Use Aircraft in Large Numbers to Bombard the German Barracks, A despatch from Paris says; The artillery has been the chief mode of warfare on the western line for the past few days. The most activity has been displayed by the guns of the allies, which have been shelling vir- tually the entire German line. In ad- dition the allies have been using their aircraft in large squadrons to bom- bard German barracks and positions. It is being vaguely hinted here that mid-October has been chosen as the time for the long postponed "big push" of the allies, but the point at which an attack is to take place is not being mentioned. The general public does not expect a strong Offen- sive movement as yet, but In some circles there would be no surprise should Gen, Joffrethe French Com- mander -in -Chief, find it possible to attempt some kind of a forward movement before mid-October. The French launched violent artil- lery attacks upon the German trench- es in Flanders and the Arras region, and silenced German batteries at four points in the Argonne. From the ad- missions of the German official report It is apparent that the french were successful in an attack with grenades near Linopkopk, in the Vosges. Fierce hand-to-hand fighting for the possession of excavations left by mine explosions occurred at -Marie Therese and west of the forest of Malincourt. The French troops, having first- gain- ed a footing in these excavations, re- tained possession of them in spite of the numerous German attacks. That there is little danget of any more German aircraft dropping bombs on Paris was evidenced recently when six German military aeroplanes were put to flight, one of them being de- stroyed,, on their way to attack the city. • SURVIVORS AWARD HONOR BY BALLOT A despatch from London says: The Victoria Cross has been awarded to Capt. Willis, Sergt. Richards and Pte. Keneally, of the Lancashire Fusiliers, by an interesting, though not unpre- cedented, method of suffrage. The comrades of the 1st battalion of the Fusiliers displayed extreme valor during the landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula last April. The King itwarded three crosses. The survivors elected Willis, Richards and Keneally as having performed the most signal acts of bravery and devotion. $200,000,000 ANNUALLY FOR SOLDIERS' FAMILIES A despatch from London says: In sentencing a soldier for fraud in con- nection with separation allowances, Magistrate Sir William Treloar re- marked that he understood the nation was now paying something like 140,- 000,000 ($200,000,000) a year in these allowances to families of sol- diers absent at the' front. .14i , GERMANY CALLS OUT LANDSTURM RESERVES A despatch from Amsterdam says: As a result of the serious situation facing the Teutonic. allies in the Bal- kans, Germany is preparing to mobi- lize more troops. Advices from Ber- lin state that the Landsturm reserves have been notified to be ready to re- spond to a call to, the colors. ZEPPELIN RAIDS AN UTTER FAILURE Although Berlin Is Told That London Has Been Partly Destroyed by Them. A despatch from London says; A, very decided campaign in favor of more air nide on England is being carried on in the latest copies of the German newspapers just arrived. The leading Berlin journals urge the Gov- ernment to turn all attention possible to attacks on the British people in their homes, and openly declare that nothing less than the destruction of London will satisfy Germany. The leaders of this propaganda call Upon the Government to send the en- tire fleet of Zeppelins to the heart of England to create havoc and ruin that cannot soon be forgotten. Perhaps the most fiery demand upon the Gov- ernment is printed in the Taglische Rundschau. "Justice, every element of human justice," says this paper, "demands the „destruction of London. There is in the whole world no better target for aerial attack than the City of London, that gigantic, complex as- semblage of lofty ancient warehouses with their enormous stores of all de- scriptions and their inviting situation in narrow streets. If only such raids can be repeated again and again the result will be assured." The Neuste Nachrichten encourages its readers by asserting that London already has been partially destroyed by the Zeppelin raiders and declaring that the remainder is soon to go. "Our brave air heroes," says the paper, "are not inspired by blind hatred or raging anger, but by a solemn and religious awe at being the chosen instruments of a Divine wrath. When they see London breaking up in smoke and fire they will live through a thousand lives of immeasurable joy which all at home must envy. At last the long -yearned -for punishment will fall on England and its people." - Carelessness in Firing Clearings. Prosecutions of settlers for care- lessness in farm clearing and setting fire to adjacent• forests have been undertaken with great vigor through- out Quebec Province. No less than seventeen such prosecutions have been ordered by the • St. Maurice Valley Forest Protective Association alone. One was brought to trial at Three Rivers on August 20, and the settler was forced to pay a fine of $10 and costs of more than than $90. The charge was setting out fires without a permit, such as is required by law. Other cases awaiting trial have to do with deliberate firing of the forests, done in some cases to ,provide work as fire fighters. The Quebec Govern- ment, aided by the lumbermen's pro- tective associations and others, have determined to stamp out the enormous waste of forest from these causes, and magistrates have supported the fire rangers and inspectors to the full extent of the law. 58 UNDERSEA CRAFT - IN THE GERMAN FLEET A despatch from Copenhagen says: The German undersea fleet at present comprises fifty-eight submarines, ac- cording to a neutral authority who has just returned to Denmark from Germany. Germany's Baltic fleet, ac- cording to the same authority, ,col;- sists of 38 warships. Six thousand marines from Kiel have been sent to the eastern fighting front be reinforce the pioneer service of the army, it is stated. ATTACK ON BRITISH CONSUL IN PERSIA Armed ,Band Was Led by German Consular Agent at Tabriz--Britishers Suffered Some Losses A "despatch from London says: "A telegram received here from Teheran, Persia, reports that: the Russian and British Consuls and their : _ military Y escort have been attacked at Keng- hever by an'armed band led. by M: O._ Schunemann the German , Consular Agent at .Cabriz. The Britishers de- fended themselves ` with rifles, but Suffered 'some losses. "A Cabinet meeting•he was ld, � with the result that a request was sent,to`.c the commander of a Persian brigade heat Cossacks, who were encamped four $ days' march from Kenghever, to send p a detachment there immediately." Pr DAUGHTERS OF THE KING OF BULGARIA IN ROYAL GARDEN 5Qb,00, ,w a--JRM'oea i •v.'.ar.Rxoo, Above is a new photograph of the Princess Euxodia on the left and,her sister the Princess Nadelda on the right as they appeared in the garden of their father's palace at Sophia, Bulgaria. The reiiicess Eudoxia was born in 1808 and her sister was born the year fol- lowing. They have two brothers, Crown Prince Boris, now twenty- one years old and Prince Cyril born in 1899. Their ntoti!er, now dead, was lairie Louise, danger of Duke Robert of Parma. ;i.'iieir stepmother was the Princess Eleanore, of Reuss-Rostritz, who dis- tinguished herself with her Red Cross work in the Russo-Japanese war. It is expected that Bulgaria will enter the war on the side of the Allies. Markets Of The World Breadstuff:. Toronto, Aug. 31. -Manitoba wheat No. 1. Northern, $1.23%; No. 2 Northern, $1.21%, on track lake Ports; No. 3 Northern, $1.13%, Port McNicoll. These quotations are on a "prompt settlement" basis. Manitoba oats -No. 2 C. W., 55c,, on track lake ports, "prompt settle- ment." American corn -No. 2 yellow, 85; on track lake ports. Canadian corn -No. 2 yellow, nom - Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 51 to 52c; No. 3 white, 50 to 51c, according to freights outside; new oats, 40 to U. S. Markets. $5.60; do., bags, $2.50 to $2.60. Roll- ed oats, barrels, $6.25; do., bags, 90 lbs., $2.90 to $3. Bran, $26 to $26.50. Shorts, $28. Middlings, $33 to $34. Mouillie, $35 to $40. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $17.50 to $18.50. Cheese finest westerns, 12% to 12%c; finest easterns, 11% to 12%. Butter, choic- est creamery, 28% to 28%c; seconds, 27% to 27%c. Eggs, fresh, 27 to 28e; selected, 26c; No. 1 stock, 23c; No. 2 stock, 20c. Dressed hogs, abattoir killed, $13.50 to $14. Pork, heavy Canada short mess, bbls., 35 to 45 pieces, $29; Canada short cut back, bbls., 45 to 55 pieces, $28.50. Lard compound, tierces, 375 lbs., 10c; wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 10%c; pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 12% to 13c, 2c. Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per car lot, nominal, $1.15; new, $1 to $1.02, according to freights outside.1 Cereal wheat $1.05. Sprouted or. smutty wheat 75 to 85c, according to sample. Peas -No. 2, nominal. Barley -Good malting barley, No. 3 feed or better, 52c, nominal. Buckwheat -Nominal. Rare=No. 2, nominal. Manitoba flour -First patents, ,. jute .bags,' $7;" second patents, in ju bags, $6.50; strong bakers', in'jute bags, $6.30, Toronto; in cotton bags, 10e more. Ontario flour -Winter, 90 per cent. patents, $4.60; do., new, $4, seaboard or Toronto freights, in bags, for prompt shipment. Milifeed-Car lots, 'delivered Mont - Minneapolis, Aug 31. -Wheat -Sep- tember, 96c; December, 95%c; cash, No. 1 hard, $1.16%; No. 1 Northern, $1.06 to $1.16; No. 2 Northern, $1.03 to $1.13. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 74% to 75c. Oats -No. 3 white, 45 to 45%c. Flour unchanged. Bran, $20. Duluth, Aug. 31. -Wheat -No. 1 hard, $1.10%; No. 1 Northern, $1.09; No. 2 Northern, $1.04 to $1.07; Mon- tana, No. 2 hard, 9 7 Vac; September, 97%c bid; December, 96c bid. Lin- in seed cash, .$1.61%; September,'$1.61 to asked; December, $1.61 bid. real freights. Bran, $27 per ton shorts, $29 per ton; middlings, $30 per ton; good feed flour, $1.90 per bag. Country Produce. Butter -Fresh dairy, 25 to'26c;1 inferior, 20 to 22c; creamery prints, 28 to 29%c; do., solids, 26 to 27c. Eggs -No. 1, 22 to 23c per doz., in' case lots; extra at 24 to 25c. Honey -No. 1 light (wholesale), 10 to 111/ c; do., retail, 12% to 15c. Combs (wholesale), per doz., No. 1 $1.50 to $2; No. 2, $1 to $2. Poultry -Chickens, yearlings/ dress ed, 16 to 18c; Spring chickens, 20 t 21c; fowl, 14 - to 15c; ducklings, 17 t 18c. Cheese -Large, 15 to 15%c; 153/ to 15%c for twins. Old cheese, 21%c Live Stock Market. Toronto, Aug. 31. - Best hen steers, $8.50 to $8.65; butchers' ea tle, choice,'$7.60 to $7.75; do., goo $7.30 to $7.45; do., medium, $6.40 t $7.40; do., common, $5 to $6.6 butchers' bulls, choice, $6.50 to $6.2 do., good bulls, $5.90 to $6.25; do vy t- d, MUNITIONS MOVING 5; A despatch from London says: 5; Telegraphing from Bucharest the • Balkan correspondent of the Times ITALIANS Tik1cAsIA MINOR AND SYRIAN COASTS Two More Hours of Darkness and Turks Would Have Been Cut Off on Gallipoli A despatch from Paris says: The Official Journal ,publishes the declara- tion of a blockade of the coasts of Asia Minor and Syria from the island of Samos to the Egyptian frontier, to date from August 25. This conveys the first hint of the proposed landing place of the Italian, expeditionary force against Turkey. Stories of wounded men who have arrived at Alexandria tell of how nearly the allies came to gaining a great success in one of their attacks. An Austrian officer declared that if the allied forces had had two more hours of darkness they could have covered six hundred yards of ground which separated them from the Sari Bahr hill, . generally known as Hill, 971;. Once this hill was in the allies' hands, the officer declared, the Turk- ish communications would have been cut and it was for the possession of this hill that the • dominion.troops fought so bravely but futilely. SHELL CRISIS OYER,. DECLARES RUSSIA I Necessary Supplies Are Now Going Forward With Prompt- ness. A despatch from London says: The shell crisis in Russia is over, accord- ing to an announcement made by Chairman Shingraff, of the Daily Chronicle's Petrograd correspondent, The quantity of munitions, the statement continues, has been more than doubled, and all necessary sup- plies are going forward promptly. The Russian army now is in splendid fighting condition, it is stated, and the machinery of the international administration is gradually being adapted to the new conditions. "The word 'evacuation,'" says the correspondent of the Daily Chronicle, "is losing its terrors in the minds of the people, who are beginning to re- gard the idea of somewhat protracted mobility as a reeasible military scheme." The Daily Mail's Petrograd corres- ponden1 also telegraphs in an optimis- tic vein. he says a new phase of the Russian operations is now beginning, in which the Russians will have two useful allies, namely, autumn mist and autumn mud. "Already," says the correspondent, "seven Teutonic, armies in many places are floundering through marshy districts, where there is a thick fog in the morning. and even- ing, and where the rains are turning. the roads into deep mud. Amid the lakes and bogs, where the operations must now take place, the Germans will often be obliged to move in nar- row causeways under the concentrat- ed fire of the Russian 'artillery, which thus will be able to inflict terrible Iosses at small cost. The foggy wea- ther will prevent the German airmen feeling out the Russian positions. "An indication of what the Russians will do next is given in a official announcement that the. time has come for the Russian armies to select a suitable position upon which to re- main until it can be made to serve as a point of departure fee a decisive ad- vance. In other words the Russians now plan to dig themselves into a fortified defensive front such as exists in the west." GERMANY'S THREAT TO THE BULGARIANS Fate of Belgium Promised If Coun- try Sides With the Allies. BRITISH AIRMAN SANK ' SUBMARINE Single Handed, lie Dropped Bombs on Undersea Craft Near Ostend. A despatch from London says; . From out of the sky carne a weapon- that eapon that destroyed an undersea boat last week, recording in the annals of his tory the first time that an aircraft sent a submarine to the bottom, Lieut, -Commander Bigsworth won for himself the distinction of having accomplished this feat. Single -kande, ed, while on an 'air patrol" near Os- tend, Belgium, he tackled a German U boat and within a few minutes his victim, completely wrecked, sub- merged for the last time, "It is not the practice of the Ad- miralty to publish statements regard;` ing the losses of German submarines, important though they have been, in cases where the enemy has not other source of information as to the time and place at which these losses have occurred, In the case referred to above, how: ever, the brilliant feat of Squadron Commander Bigsworth was performed in the immediate neighborhood of the coast in occupation of the enemy, and the position of the sunken submarine has been located by a German de., strayer." Concerning the recent bombard:; meat of Zeebrugge, Belgium, by a British fleet, the Amsterdam Tidj say it has learned that a large number of, soldiers were killed by the fire of the fleet, and that 90 severely wounded men were brought to Ghent. The, material damage done, it adds, was' apparently very great, as a shed built for submarines was completely destroyed and with it some sub- marines. The significant announcement in the Admiralty report that it is not the practice of the Admiralty to pub- lish accounts 'regarding the Iosses of German submarines, together with the statement of the Earl of Selborne, President of the Board of Agriculture, in the course of an address to a depu- tation of agricultural landowners that the navy now has the submarine men- ace well in hand, lends color to recent unofficial reports to the effect that the British have of late months captured a very large number of these sub- mersible vessels, and that many others have been sunk. The number sunk has been variously stated at from 20 to 40, but this statement is the only official admission that there were others than those previously an- nounced by the Admiralty as having been destroyed. rough bulls, $4.75 to $5.35; butcher cows, choice, $6.50 to $6.75; d $5 to $5.25; do., common, $4.50 to $5; feeders, good, $6.50 to $7.50; stock- ers,'700 to 900 lbs., $6.25 to $7.25 canners and cutters, $3.75 to $5; milk ers, choice, each, $65 to $95; do., corn mon and medium, each, $35 to $50 Springers, $50 to $95; light ewes, $C to $6.75; do., bucks, $3.50 to $4.50; yearling lambs, $7 to $8; spring lambs, cwt., $9 to $9.30; calves, $8.75 Ito $11; hogs, off cars; $9.15 to $9.40; - do., fed and watered, ;9 to $9.10; do., o f.o.b., $8.65 to $$.70. y o Montreal, Aug. 31. -There' was a air demand for steers' and sales of 4 fair sized lots of good quality were • made at $8 to $8.25, while fair stock brought from $7 to $7.75 and common from $5.50 to $6.25 per cwt., Butch c er's cows from $5.25 to $7.25 per cwt; canning stock, $3.50 to $4.50 per cwt. The demand for lambs was 0 good and sales were made at .$7.50 to $8.50, while sheep brought from I $4.50 to $5.50 per cwt. Calves from e $5 to $20 each,. as to size and quality. s (fogs firm, choice selected lots at $9' to $9.40 per cwt.,, weighed off cars. good, $5.25 to $6; do., medium, s' says reports have been received there TO EUROPE RAPIDLY °'' from many quarters to the effect that the Austro -German forces which are being concentrated along the northern bank of the Danube for the projected - invasion of Serbia will enter that - `country through Bulgarian territory via Widin, Belogradchik and Sofia. The Times correspondent, who usually is well informed, declares he has reason to believe the Bulgarian Government has been notified of this intended aggression with the admoni- tion that opposition would' be futile' and the suggestion that it co-operate with the central powers. The fate of Belgium, he says he has heard, has been cited as an object lesson of what might happen if'r�sistance were offer- ed, while Bulgaria has been told that if she acquiesces in the plan she will be given a free hand in dealing with Serbia. Much will depend, the correspon- dent asserts, upon the attitude of Roumania, whose intentions are un- known, but who is believed to be averse to another Balkan conflict, and to. disapprove 'an attack upon Serbia. TO FORCE BELGIANS TO Provisions. Bacon -Long clear, 14 to 14% per. lb. in case lots. Hams -Medium 18 to 18%c; do., heavy, 14% to 15c rolls, 15 to 16c; breakfast bacon, 2 to 23c; backs, plain, 22 to 23c; bone less backs, 25 to -'26c. Lard -The market is quiet; pur lard, tubs, 11% to 121/2c;; do., pail 12 to 121/ c; compound, tubs, 10 to 101/4c; do., pails, 104 to 10%c. ' Baled Hay and Straw. Baled hay,, new No. 1, ton, $17 to $19; No. 2, ton, $15 to $16; baled straw, ton, $7.50. Business in.IVIontreal. Montreal, Aug. 31. -Coin, Ameri can, No. 2 yellow, "90 to i91c. Oats, Canadian Western, No. 3, 59c; ex- tra'No. 1 feed, 59c; No. 2 local white • 58c- No. 3 local white, 57c; No. 4 to al white, 56c. Flour, Man. Spring w patents, firsts, .$7.10; sec.°nds, 6.60; strong bakers, $6,'40; Winter atents, choice, $61.25; straight roll- s, $6.40; Winter patents, choice, 6.25; 'straight rollers, $5.40 to - -,� GARIBALDI'S GRANDSON. WOUNDED AT THE FRONT A despatch from Udine, Italy, says: Ezio Garibaldi, son of Gen. Ricciotti Garibaldi, and grandson of the great Garibaldi, has been severely wound- . eel in the face during the fighting with the Austrians. HOLY WAR DECLARED. A despatch from Athens says: Ad- vices d vices frons Turkey state that the Sheik-Ul-Islam priest chief . of- the Mohammedans, has declared 'a holy war against Italy, OBEY GERMAN ORDERS A despatch from Brussels says:' General' von Bissing, military gover- nor of Belgium, has issued anorder providing for the punishment of every person who wit -bout adequate reason refuses 'to undertake or carryon work of public interest which is demanded by the German authorities and which is suited to his calling. Punishment also'i threatened s to any person who hinders work ordered' by the Germans or induces other per- sons to decline to work. June Figures Were About a Quarter of the Entire Year's Business. A despatch from Washington says: That a great part of Europe's enor- mous orders . for arms and ammuni tion did not begin to move from the United States until comparatively re- cently was indicated by export figures issued by the Department of Com- merce. The statistics, covering the 21 months ending with June, showed that, while exports of war supplies increased tremendously over the pre- ceding year, the greater part of the increase -in some cases from one- fifth to one-third of the entire year's ' exports -left the United States in June. The twelvemonth period showed ex. ports of explosives valued at $41,476,- 188, as against $6,272,197 in the pre- ceding year. More than one-fourth of that total -$11,689,744 -was ship- ped during June. Gunpowdershowed exports of $3,234,549 in June, com- pared with $5,091,542 for the year. Sixty-twoaeroplanes were exported in June. In the preceding year only, 34 were shipped. Nearly eight times as many automobile trucks were ex- ported in June as in the entire year ended June 30,`1914. Julie exports of both passenger ' antem o'biles and trucks were valued at $13,364,800, and In for the year at:$60,254,635. n. the preceding year they were $26,574,574.' Figures for barbed wire, harness and '. saddles showed similar export condi- tions.