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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1915-10-21, Page 3CRNA Al Y Y OF THE LA$ 1rS L.E2PTII RAID red at Dominion A.1Cilirr t'rObabi y AlA •coir - Reported liar Casualties l Occur- red Camp in Kent A despatch from Ottawa says; The 1 Zeppelin raids on England have iiow come home to Canada. From the cas- ualty lists received and from informa- tion obtained from local militia sources it would appear that eleven Canadian artillerymen were among those who lost their lives in the last raid, that on the 13th. The total min- ' tart' casualties rem orted in the offi- cial statement by the British authori- ties were 14 killed and 13 wounded, so that it would appear that it was largely Canadians who suffered. Be- side the 11 men who lost their lives three are rel urted as missing and three wounded, All these casualties took place at Otterpool camp, Kent, England, The casualties took, place among the 5th brigade of the Canadian sec- ond division artillery; As far as is known, these are the first Canadians to meet death as a result of a Zeppe- lin raid. The casualties of this type are all Western men, except Sergt, E. C. Harris, a well-known lacrosse player, whose next-of-kin is given as , residing in St. Catharines, Ont,, and l was a member of the 29th battery UNDERSEA WARFARE IN BALTIC EVOKES PROTEST FROM SWEDEN Two Out o' Ten German' Ore 8teamers Alleged to Have Been Sunk in Territorial Waters A despatch from London says; Bri- tish submarines in the Bettie thus far have sunk ten German ore -carrying steamers and have completely para- lyzed the ore trade between Sweden and. Germany. This has caused some dissatisfaction in Sweden, and it is charged that two steamers were sunk within Swedish territorial waters. But the British assert that they have been studiously observing interna- tional laws and have been sinking only German steamers. The Swedish Government has in- structed its Minister at London to protest against the violation of Swe- dish neutrality by British submarines, according to a Stockholm despatch to Reuter's. The Aftonbladet says that the Ger- man steamer Germania -one of those attacked -made straight for shore, where she grounded in a position un- doubtedly protected by the territorial limit. Nevertheless, a British sub- marine continued the pursuit. Men, from the submarine boarded the Ger- mania and took away her papers, This statement is based on the report of the German captain of the vessel. ENEMY VESSELS ships, Every German ship which was southbound from Sweden when SUNK IN BALTIC the submarines started their cam- paign has either bean sunk or run ashore. Of 50 German ore carriers, 37 arc virtually interned in Swedish ports. o Destroyers Sent to the Bottom of the Ocean by a British Submarine. A despatch from Copenhagen says: Two German torpedo-boat destroyers have bccn sunk in Baltic waters by a British submarine, according to re- ports reaching Copenhagen. One of .he German warships was torpedoed at the southern • entrance to The Sound, a narrow strait between Den- mark and Sweden which connects the Baltic with the North Sea. A great explosion followed the striking of the torpedo,°and the destroyer foundered immediately. A message from Falsterbo, Sweden, which brought news of this incident, adds that other German destroyers and a cruiser which were accompany- ing the destroyer that was sunk speeded to the southward. The infor- mation received here indicated that all the members of the destroyer's crew were lost. Additional details were given in a subseque:it despatch. According to this version, a German cruiser and three destroyers were engaged with the British submarine. The German craft moved in circles to avoid the attack of the submarine, which was bombarded heavily. This 'continued for some time until the submarine lodged a torpedo on the destroyer, which sank with a terrific explosion. The other German warships are said to have retreated. The submarine rose to the surface and remained on the scene some time before it disap- peared. A sharp look -out from the, Danish coast is being kept, but no survivors have been found. Despatches to the evening news-' papers here say that a second Ger- mann'torpedo boat was sunk by the British submarine E-19 near'Faxe. British submarines have now clear- ed the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia entirely of German merchant SLOW PROGRESS MADE IN SERBIA Furious and Effective Resistance Put Up Against Teutons in Their Advance. A despatch from London says: Both the German and Austrian War Offices claim that progress was made in Serbia, but the facts as detailed in the respective statements do not re- veal a rapid advance. In fact, they indicate just the opposite, a very slow forward movement being made in the face of furious and effective resistance by the courageous Serbs. From Berlin it is learned" that Pozarevac is practically enveloped. This town is ten miles south of the Austrian frontier, and is a little east of the branch railway which runs south from Semendria to Plana, 25 miles away, where it connects with the main line of the Orient railway, The Vienna statement says that progress has been made south of Bel- grade, and that on the lower Drina, on the western side of Serbia, the Serbians have been driven from some of their trenches. The extent of the Bulgarian inva- sion up to the present, according to a despatch from Nish, consists of an advance over the frontier at one point of a mile. With this exception the fighting line remains intact and the railways have not yet been reached. The Serbians have assumed the of- fensive against the Bulgarians, and have entered Bulgarian territory at several points. An unofficial despatch from Sofia contains this news. It says that on October 12 the Serbians crossed the frontier and attempted to occupy the heights of Koritzka. ENGLISH SCHOOL MISTRESS PUT TO DEATH IN BRUSSELS Germans Execute Woman Charged, Not With Espionage, ,But With Harboring .Ally Soldiers A despatch from London says: The Foreign Office has been notified . by the American , Embassy that Miss Edith Cavell, lately the head of :a large training • school in Brussels, who was arrested Aug. 5 by the German authorities in. Brussels, was executed Oct. 13 after sentence of death had been. passed upon her. It is under- stood that the charge against Miss Cavell' was,that she harbored fugitive British and French soldiers and Bel- gians of military age, and 'had as- sisted them to escape from Belgium in order to join their colors. Kaiser r Bay i ' YSpam andSweden A despatch from London says: The Morning Post's Rome.'correspondent says: "I am informed that Germany is makingtwo more diplomatic moves` against us, one of these in Spain, whore she is tempting the Conserva- tive g Cabinet with the offer of Gibral- tar and Morocco and the other in Swe- den, where the bait is Finland. :Ger- many's condition is that ' the two countries enter into the European, war ata moment convenient to herself, and; Spain give her that part of Mor- occo which she had marked, as Ger- man at the time of the Agadir affair." zeppeuN HAIR O$ 1.011001i . s • .e" fat 1$0.50501, Mtn ENI°saWelNa• 4/1/114' /` �Jf, AM5TEROA / l i . I 5 Solssoie JiHEIM§. iyARIS. •Ri6A y' .ti �KOHwseEso �+[ttiA eFizuH poses ,WA4t5t�W E et • N. • 'WjENBURG. Y - \ Ce. HETI � y^� STRA9WcI-R(. NAN OCOLP MULMµ,5 N MW Cn , ,, A„ ///' VIENNA AU rC1.1. 0RIEsTE ° ROME The Weeps Developments in the War. The map shows the points of grea test activity on the several war zone raid on London, which took a toll of 56 killed and 114 others injured, is there has been the British attack -on the German lines, with severe fi h front. Bulgaria is "White" this week, having left the ranks of the neu making an invasion of Serbia. The manner in which Serbia is surroun shown. The Montenegrin army is now fighting on Austrian. territory. I nianian border, the Russians have won a. notable victory, y s during the week. The Zeppelin indicated, Between Ypres and Loos ting in other parts of the western trals and joined the Central Powers, ded by enemies an three sides is n Eastern Galicia, north of the Ru - Markets Of The World' BELGRADE WAS A SHAMBLES WHEN BOMBARDMENT CEASED Breadstufis. Toronto, Oct. 19. -Manitoba wheat -New crop, No, 1 Northern, $1.09%; No. 2, $1.08, track lake ports, imme- diate shipment. Manitoba oats -No, 2 C.W., 511/.;e, track lake ports, American corn -No. 2 yellow, 70e, track lake ports. Canadian corn -No. 2 yellow, &9c, track, Toronto. Ontario oats -New crop, No. 2 white, 38 to 39c;• No. 3 white, 36 to 38e• commercial ants, 33 to 35c, ac- cording to freights outside, Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per car lot, 92 to 94c; wheat slightly tough, 86 to 90c; sprouted or smutty, 70 to 85c, according to sample. Peas -No, 2 nominal, $1.50 to $1.60, according to freights outside. Barley -Good malting barley, 53 to 55c; feed barley, 40 to 48c, according to freights outside. Buckwheat -Nominal, car lots, 75; according to freights outside. Rye -No. 2 nominal, 87; according to freights outside; tough rye, 65 to 75c, according to sample. Manitoba flour -First patents, in jute bags, $5.75; second patents, in jute bags, $5.25; strong bakers', in jute bags, $5.05, Toronto. Ontario flour -New Winter, $3.60 to $4, according to sample, seaboard or Toronto freights in bags, prompt shipment. Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mont- real freights -Bran, per ton, $22; shorts, per ton, $24; middlings, per ton, $25; good feed flour, per bag, Country Produce. Butter -Fresh dairy, 27 to 28c; inferior, 22 to 23c; creamery prints, 32 to" 33c; do., solids, 29 to 31c. Eggs -Prices are higher; storage, 28c per dozen; selects, 30 to 32c; new - laid, 34 to 36c, case lots. Honey -No. 1 light (wholesale), 10 to 11%c; do., retail, 121 to 15c. Combs (wholesale), per dozen, No. 1, $2.40; No. 2, $1.50 to $2. Poultry -Chickens, 17 to 18c; fowls, 14 to 15c; ducklings, 16 to 18c; geese, 16 to 18c; turkeys; 22 to 24c. Cheese -Large, 14% to 15c; twins, 15 to 15%c. Potatoes -The market is firmer with car lots quoted at $1 to $1.10 per bag, on track. Wholesale Hay Market. Baled hay, new -No. 1, ton, $16 to $17.50; No. 2, ton, $13 to $14; baled straw, ton, $6.50. Business in Montreal Montreal, Oct. 19, °Corn -Ameri- can No. 2 yellow, 78c. Oats -Cana- dian Western, No. 2, 51c; No. 3, 50c; No. 2 local white, 45 to 451/4e; No. 3 local white, 44 to 4414c; No. 4 local white, 43 to 431/i c. Barley -Malting, 66% to 67c. Flour -Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.85; seconds, $5.35; strong bakers', $5:15; .Winter patents, choice, $5.40; straight roll- ers, $4.70 to $4.80; do., bags, $2.20 to $2.30. Rolled oate-Bbls., $4.55 to $4.95; do., bags, -90 lbs., $2.25 to $2.30. Bran, $23. Shorts,.$25. Mid- dlings, $30 to $31. Mountie, $30 to $33. Hay -No. 2, per ton, car lots, $17 to $18. Cheese -Finest westerns, 15 to 15%c; finest easterns, 141h. to 14%c. Butter -Choicest creamery, 32x/ to, 32%c; seconds, 31% to 31%c. Eggs -Fresh, 40c; selected, 32c; No. 1 stock, 28cnNo; 2 stock, 25c. Pota- toes, per bag, car lots, 90c. Dressed hogs, abattoir killed, $14.25. Pork - Heavy Canada short mess, bbls., 35 to 45 pieces, $28 to, $28.50; Canada short-cut back, bbls., 45 to 55 pieces, $27"' to $27.50. Lard -Compound, tierces, 375 lbs., 10c; wood • pails, 20 lbs. net, 90%c; pure, tierces, 375 lbs., 11% to 12c; pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 12% to 13c. United States Markets. Minneapolis, Oct. 19. -Wheat -No. hard, .1,101 1 $ /s , No. 1 Northern, $1.05% to $1.09%. No. 2: Northern. Section Where Civilians Sought Safety Razed, But Refugees Were Shelled as They Fled A despatch from Nish, Serbia, says: The official story. of the bombardment of Belgrade shows that the Germans are pursuing the same plan of exter- mination adopted in Belgium. Begun on the fifth, in the afternoon, the bom- bardment continued until the eighth without ceasing. Tens of thousands of shells of all calibres were thrown methodically, with the object of mak- ing as many victims as possible and creating a panic. Before the born- bardment the enemy opened a barrier of fire on the roads leading out of the city, killing many persons who were peeing. During the bombardment enemy aeroplanes flew over groups of refugees, signalling the range to the batteries. The southern part of the city, where the inhabitants bad taken refuge, was bombarded all the night of the sixth. The number of victims was great. From a military stand- point the bombardment has had no effect on the plan of operations drawn up for the Serbian troops. $1.02% to $1.061/s;; December, $1.02; May, $1.05. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 65%2 to 66%c. Oats -No. 3 white, 341/..c to 35c. Flour and bran, un- changed. Duluth, Oct. 19. -Wheat -No. 1 hard, $1.09; No. 1 Northern, $1.08; No. 2 Northern, $1.04; Montana; No. 2 hard, $1.06; December, $1.02; May, $1.05%. New York, Oct. 19. -Flour , firm. Rye flour firm. Hay • firm. Hops steady. Hides steady. Leather firm, Live Stock Market. Toronto, Oct. 19. -Best heavy steers, $7.75 to $8; butchers' cattle, choice, $7.60 to $7.75; do., good, $7.10 to $7.50; do., medium, $6.50 to $7; do., common, $5 to $5.40; butch- ers' bulls, choice, $6.25 to $7; do., good bulls, $5.75 to $6 do., rough bulls, $4.75 to $5.25; butchers' cows, choice, $6.45 to $6.75; do,, good, $6 to $6.25; do., medium, 5.25 to $5.75 do., common, $4.50 to $5; feed- ers, good, $6.50 to $7; stockers, 700 to 900 lbs., $6.25 to $6.75; canners and cutters, $3 to $4.50; milkers, choice, each, $65 to $100; de., com- mon and medium, each, $35 to $50; springers, $50 to $95; light ewes, $5.25 to $6.25; sheep, heavy, $4.25 to $4.75; do., bucks, $3.50 to $4.50; yearling lambs, $7 to $7.50; spring lambs, cwt,, $8.35 to $8.85; calves, medium to choice, $7.30 to $11; hogs, off cars, $10 to $10.05; do., fed and watered, $9.75 to $9.85; do., f.o.b., $9.40, • Montreal, Oct. 19. -There were no good to choice steers on the market. Fairly good steers sold at $6.25 to $6.50, and fair at $5.50 to $6, while common sold at $4.50 to $5 per cwt. Butcher cows and bulls brought $4.50 to $6, and canning bulls $3.75 to $4.25, and cows $3 to $3.25 per cwt. Lambs, Ontario stock, at $8 to $8.25, and Quebec at $7.50 to $7.75, while sheep brought from $4 to $5.25 per cwt. The trade in calves was active at prices ranging from $3 to $15 each, as to size and quality. Hogs, selected lots, at $10 to $10.25 per cwt,, weigh- ed off cars. 20 TRAINS OF SHELLS IN A DAY FROM JAPAN A despatch from New York says: Cyrus Robinson, an English mining engineer, who arrived here recently from Petrograd, via Liverpool, on the Anchor liner California, said that Russia had been receiving ammuni- tion from Japan over the Trans- Siberian Railway for three months as fast as the locomotives could haul it. He said that as many as 20 train- loads had reached Moscow from Vladivostock in 24 hours, which had helped Russia to check the advance of the German army. PLANT MAPLE SEEDS WHERE CANADIANS FELL A despatch from Montreal says: A large supply of maple seed is being despatched to London this week from the organization offices of the Over- seas Club Tobacco Fund. The Over- seas Club headquarters in London, England, are arranging to have the seeds planted round the graves and in the cemeteries where Canadian son diers''bre buried in Flanders. Later it is hoped to plant an avenue at. Langemarck as a memorial to the -Canadian heroes whose glorious deeds immortalized that place. Originally the floors of churches were of clay, beaten hard. ENEMY U-BOATS LA PING - MINES INPEACEFUL PATHWAY OF SHIPS Submarine Piracy HavingProven a Failure, lste, von Tirpi€z 1 -las Inaugurated a Fresh Policy A despatch from London says: Archibald Hurd, writing in the Daily Telegraph of the•submarine blockade,.' says: "Every one is by this time aware that the submarine piracy, though it has deprived' us of many merchant ships and cargoes, has been a military` failure:` "Now the Germans have inaugurat- ed a fresh policy with a new type uf submarine. " Ships of this class are now busily engaged in trying to de- stroy our own and neutral ships, for there can be no discrimination. The new policy of mine laying in the path- ways of peaceful ships is peculiarly despicable. The mine -laying submar- ine creeps along on, or under, the. water, as circumstances suggest. Her progress, at night in particular, can- not be easily detected. Before the war d, inon Lake ail Ameri can builder ofSisubmarines, invented>a vessel of the under -water type which could lay these deadly explosive agents. The Germans - have merely proved that the method is practic able.' ALLIES INVADE BULGARIAN SOIL Defeat a Force of 40,000 Attempting to Cut • the Nish -Danube ` * Railway. A despatch from London says. The allied forces from Salonica have be- gun operations against the Bulgarians with unexpected zeal., and already the Serbo-Anglo-French forces have pen- etrated into :Bulgarian territory just north of the Greek boundary, and are attacking the Bulgarian stronghold of Stramnitza, according to advices re- ceived from Salonica by the Reuter's Telegram Company, The advices declare that "the fall of Strumnitza is imminent" The despatch continues: "The Serbs, aided by the allies, repulsed the Bul- garians, who retreated on Strumnitza. "It is learned from diplomatic sources that Field Marshal von Mac- kensen, the German commander, has , demanded reinforcements," A special despatch to the Rome Idea Nazionale from Athens says;: "One-third of the Serbian army has been sent against Field Marshal von Mackensen on the Drina, Save and Danube Rivers, while the other two- thirds have been placed along the eastern front against the Bulgarian forces, The latter at many points have taken the offensive, "Serbo-French troops initiated of ter their success at Vilandovo a rapid counter -offensive action, and pene- trated into the enemy's territory and are marching victoriously on Strum- nitza, the occupation of which is prob- able owing to the feeble resistance of the enemy," Earlier despatches told of the de- parture of the troops from Salonica and of the opening of the engagement of which the above despatch is prob- ably the sequel. The earlier despatch, which was dated Athens, read: "The French troops in Macedonia have received their baptism of fire near the railway bridge at Hadove (Gievgdi), where they were attacked by 40,000 Bulgarians. "The scene of the fighting is a few miles north of the Greek boundary. The Bulgarians were attempting to cut the Salonica-Nish railway between Kalandovo and Dovdove, a few miles. north of the Greek boundary, to pre- vent the transportation of reinforce- ments and supplies to the Serbians." The Germans and Austrians claim to have gained complete possession of the strongly fortified heights -south of Belgrade, and have occupied Avala, a town on the Orient railway eight miles south of the Austrian frontier. South-west of Semendria the troops under Gen. von Gallwitz have thrown the Serbians across the Ralja River, thus breaking through one of their strongest lines of defence in this re- gion. 56 WERE KILLED IN LONDON RAID 170 Casualties, Including 28 Soldiers, In the Last Zeppelin Attack. A despatch from London says: Fifty-six persons were killed and 11.4 injured in the recent Zeppelin raid over London. Fifteen of the 56 per- sons killed and 13 of the 114 wound- ed were military casualties, accord- ing to an announcement made later by the Official Press Bureau. The text of the announcement follows: "The Press Bureau of the War Office announces that a fleet of hos- tile airships visited Eastern Counties and a portion of the London area and dropped bombs. "Anti-aircraft guns of the Royal Field Artillery, attached to the cen- tral force, were in action, and an air- ship was seen to heel over on its side and to drop to a lower altitude. Five aeroplanes of the Royal Flying Corps went up, but owing to atmos- , pheric conditions only one aeroplane succeeded in locating an airship. This aeroplane, however, was unable to 'overhaul the airship before it was lost in the fog. ' "Some houses were damaged and several fires were started, but no ser- ious .damage was caused to military material. All fires were soon got un- der control by the fire brigade. The military casualties were. 14 killed and 13 wounded. ` • ' "The Home Office announces the following casualties other . than the military casualties reported above; Wo- Chil- men. dren. Total, 9 30 7` 101 89 1:2 142, Men. Killed .... 27 Injured 64 Totals .. `- 91 "Of these casualties, 32 killed and 95 injured were in the London area, and these figures include those an, nounced'last night." How Ie Mixed the Medicine. "Now," said the nervous old lady the druggist, "are you sure you have that medicine mixed right?" "No, ma'am," said the conscientious apothecary. "I wouldn'to"as far a g as that, but I've got it mixed- the way the doctor ordered it."