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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1915-10-28, Page 2KING CALLS UPON HIS PEOPLE TO COME FORWARD FOR BRITAIN Royal Manifesto Asks for More and Yet More lien to Volunteer to Secure Victory for Empire A despatch from London says: King George has issued an appeal to his subjects to come forward volun- tarily and aid Great Britain in her fight against the Germanic allies. The message follows: "To my people: At this grave mo- ment in the struggle between my peo- pie and a highly organized eneesea who has transgressed the laws of na- tions and changed the ordinance that binds civilized. Europe together, I ap- peal to you. "I rejoice in my Empire's effort, fortstlhe-ss fffrsea zflro shrdludluu and I feel pride in the voluntary re- sponse from my subjects all over the world who have sacrificed home and fortune and life itself in order that another may not inherit the free Em- pire which their ancestors and. mine have built. I ask you to make good these sacrifices. "The end is not in sight. More men, and yet more, are wanted to keep my i armies in the field, and through them to secure victory and an enduring peace. In ancient days the darkest moment has ever produced in men of our race the sternest resolve. Iask you, men of all classes, to come for- ward voluntarily and take your share in these fights. "In freely responding to my appeal you will be giving your support to our brothers who for long months have nobly upheld Great Britain's past traditions and the glory of her arms." ALLIED ARMIES ARE STRIKING ON FIVE FRONTS TO AID SERBIA Sen. ng Forces on Land and Sea Into axion to Lighten. Burden of Little Balkan, State A despatch from London says: The spirit of co-operation that animates the allied. War Offices and is co-ordi- nating the common campaign against the Central Empires, was never better exemplified than by a series of recent developments, North, east, south and west the allied powers have moved simultaneously by land and by sea. From Russia to Italy, from Belgium to the Aegean the forces of the En- tente unified their adieus, all with one purpose -to relieve the strain that threatens to break Serbia.. Italy, which for weeks has clone nothing in a military way, has launch- ed the greatest offensive she has yet undertaken against the Austrian fron- tier. Russia, taking advantage of the control she has retained over the Gulf of Riga, has landed a force on the Courland coast and is threatening the rear of the German army in front of Riga. France is increasing slowly but in- exorably her pressure in Alsace-Lor- raine and in Champagne. A powerful allied fleet, including the Russian cruiser Askold, is batter- ing the Bulgarian coast defences in the Dardanelles. Russia, fortified by greater supplies of ammunition and larger trains of artillery than . she has had at her command since last January, is driv- ing back the Austro -Germans in Gall- ; cis and Volhynia, Grand Duke Nicholas, at his Cau- casian headquarters, is directing a "sharp offensive against the Turks which is making appreciable progress. As military observers here view the situation all these operations have for their first purpose the weakening of the Teutonic blow in the Balkans. Concerning the need of quick action !to restore favorable conditions in Ser- i bis there is no division of opinion. RUSSIANS GAIN NEW SUCCESSES They Deliver Fierce Strokes on Ger- man Centre and in ' Galicia. A despatch from London says: The; Russians, taking advantage of the re- moval of German troops from other points on the front to reinforce Field Marshal von Hindenburg for his drive at Riga, which seems to have been checked, have been delivering some fierce strokes at the German centre on the Styr and in Galicia. In all these they have had at least initial successes. The latest offensive by the Russians was assumed north of Tarnopol., where the carrying of Austro -German positions gave the Russian soldiers nearly 8,000 prisoners, two howitzers, and a number of machine guns. These prisoners, added to those taken near Baranovichi the day before, make a total of over 14,000 Austrians and Germans captured in two days. �i. I Don't worry if you are dead in love; you will come to life again. Speakers of the British Rouse of Commons generally receive a pension r of $20,000, and a peerage on retire- ment. FRENCH ARTILLERY PREVENTS ASSEMBLING OF THE ENEMY Germans Planned an Attack in Force in Belgium But Were Stopped by Allied Guns A despatch from Paris says: The Germans attempted an attack against the French lines east and south-west of Givenchy, but were repulsed. An- other attempt was made by them with no more success in the valley of . the Souchez stream. Friday they pre- pared for an onslaught in the envi- eons of Lombaertzyde, Belgium, with the usual preliminary artillery fire. On this occasion the French artillery dispersedthe enemy before he had ,completed the assembling of his troops for the attack. In a protracted artillery duel in Champagne the French guns succeed- ed in silencing a very violent cannon- ade directed against the French lines in the vicinity of Tahure, Massiges, La Harazee and Le Four de Paris. Efficient work of the French guns also is noted in repressing German artillery attacks to the east of the Butte de Mesnil and in the vicinity of Ville-sur-Tourbe. The German aviation grounds at Ounal, between the Argonne and the Meuse, have been bombarded by a French aeroplane squadron. PBeettee "1/40,47.Pf/ i::;,yc: t„,„ MAR3NES ,�„wsaE e+ltl'lE 1St CNIr eAlrt1'- o ete,nf' :!t!) o:le ee tee 501Seo 'et!" \r; PACrRHEtP S , �nErx i5- V� �sie►same ,. NANO' .,,, ecoi ee a te taloa l emote, , 6aFo '111/ •.,r..,..;.- •/ ii, p oP f-. vlftitiN YENI ./RIESTE • *ROME At '74 44f4 o Bulk?' '5oVrtP on$TMt tf tvA TUE WEEK'S HAPPENINGS IN THE WAR AREAS. The above map shows the war developments of the past week. Determined German attacks against the French lines near Rheims have been sorry and costly failures. Elsewhere on the Western front there has been little aetivity. It is reported that the Italian armies have begun a general advance with a view to relieving the pressure against the Serbians by drawing Austrian troops to the Italian front. The Serbs are heroically contesting every foot of territory against the Austro -German advance. The Bulgarians have met with some success, and the Serbian army appears to be practically cut off from reinforcements and supplies. The French expeditionary force in the Balkans is operating against the Bulgarian armies. The British have effected a landing at Enos and may invade Bulgaria from this point, Cyprus has been offered to Greece as an inducement to join the Entente Allies, Lind pressure is otherwise being brought to bear, as it is hazar- dous for the Allies' expeditionary forces to run the risk of being cut off from their base at Saloniki by a possible enemy. Greece must declare herself. The Germans aro close to Riga, the Russian Baltic port, but this gain is offset by Russian successes at several points on the Eastern front, notably in the centre of the line. The Leading Markets BLANKE ED THE FRENCH LINES WITH THEIR SUFFOCATING GASES Breadstuffs. Toronto, Oct. 2G, --Manitoba wheat -New crop -No. 1. Northern, $1.09%; No. 2 Northern, $1.07%, on track lake ports, immediate shipment. Submarine Cam pain is Evidently on a Very Ex - rail, delivered Ontario points. tensive Scale German Hypocrisy American corn -No. 2 yellow, 72c, on track lake ports. C d' N 2 ellow 72e GORIZIA FALLS TO THE ITALIANS It Was the Key to the Entire Cam. paign on the Isonzo Front. A despatch from Rome says: Gor- izia, the key to the entire campaign on the Isonzo, has fallen before the combined artillery and infantry at- tacks of the Italians, according to news brought to Rome by staff offi- cers who have just returned from field headquarters. These officers further report that. the results of the Italian offensive, begun several days ago on the entire front of the Alps to the sea, are much more important than has been an- nounced in the official reports from Gen.. Cadorna, chief of staff, which have been given out by the War Office here. Official information on the extent of the Italian gains in Tyrol and on the Isonzo are, they say, withheld un- til the positions conquered by the Italian troops are consolidated and their advance is made a permanent victory. The official statement issued bI the Italian War Office makes no men., tion of the fall of Gorizia, but speaks of heavy fighting in this vicinity, in which the Italians were victorious. The Italians took enemy entrench - meats on Monte Sabetine. and the Podgora Hill, in the Gorizia zone, and under fire of the Austrian artillery captured by infantry attacks posi- tions on the Carso plateau which the Italian artil'i't:ry had bombarded. The Austrians made a counter-attack and the positions were taken and retaken, the Italians at nightfall retaining their advantage on the left wing, east of Petcano, and in the centre in the direction of Parcottini, The Italians. claim the capture of 1,003 prisoners in the day's fighting on the Isonzo. For Ave months the Italian big guns have been hammering the strong forts on the steep hills around THIRTY GERMAN SUNK formed which, situated in a pocket STEAMERS formed Uy i bend in the Isonzo, its �} %� '( natural protection on the west, and BY BRITISH IN .THE BALTIC IC circle north, east ant so But Enemy Was Driven, With Frightful Losses, Back to his Trenches, Completely Unsuccessful A despatch from Paris says: The" German infantry attack on.the French lines between the Butte -de-. Tir and Prunay, east of Rheims, for which preparation was'made with a very. violent bombardment, was made Friday. Suffocating gases were used in great quantities, so that they fairly blanketed. the French lines. ' Three at- tacks of remarkable violence were made by the enemy, but all were com- pletely stopped in front of the barbed wire entanglements protecting the French trenches by the French artil- lery and machine 'guns. aha tan corn- o. ye o , , on track Toronto. Ontario oats -New crop -No. 2 white, 39 to 40c; No. 3 white, 37 to 39c; commercial oats, 35 to 37c, ac- cording to freights outside. Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per car lot, 93 to 95e; wheat slightly tough, 87 to 91e; sprouted or smutty, 70 to 85c, according to samples and freights outside. Peas -No. 2, nominal, per car lots, $1.60 to $1.80, according to freights outside over 30 German ships have been at - Barley -Goad malting barley, 53 to tacked by British submarines since The front attacked has a length of i't'oughlyfive mi es and was the scene 1 of a previous failure of the Germans in their attempt to cut through the new French lines in Champagne. The artillery preparations were unusually thorough and the gas blanket was ex- ceptionally dense, but the French guns and machine guns concentrated their fire on the advancing Germans so effectively that one after another each of the attacks spent itself before wire cutting could be carried out, and the Germans, with frightful losses c theirtrenchest fell back ,� t o completely unsuccessful: A. despatch from London says: The daily report shows that the submarine campaign undertaken by the British navy in the Baltic is on a very exten- sive scale, although complete details are lacking owing to the fact that the submarines are acting under the or- ders of the Russian Admiralty. The sole facts published here are from Petrograd. It is known that 56c; feed barley, 40 to 48c, according to freights outside. Buckwheat -Nominal, car lots, 78c, according to freights outside. Rye -No. 1 commercial rye, 80e; No. 2, nominal, 87c; tough rye, 70 to 75c, according to samples and freights outside. 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, for prompt shipment. Milifeed--Car lots -delivered Mont- real freights. Bran, $22 per ton; shorts, $24 per ton; middlings, $25 per ton; good feed flour, $1.50 per bag. Country Produce. Butter -Fresh dairy, 27 to 28c; in- ferior, 22 to 23c; creamery prints, 32 to 33e; do., solids, 30 to 311/2e. Eggs -Storage, 30. to 31c per doz- en; selects, 32 to 33c; new -laid, 36 to 37c, case lots. Honey -No. 1 light (wholesale) , 10 to 111/ac; do., retail, 121/s to 15c; combs (wholesale), per dozen, No. '1, $2.40; No. 2, $1.50 to $2. Poultry -Chickens, 15 to 17c; fowls, 13 to 14c; ducklings, 15 to 17c; geese, 16 to 18e; turkeys, 20 to 22c. Cheese -Large, 16e; twins, 161/4c. Potatoes -The market is strong, with car lots quoted - at $1.10 to $1.15 per bag, on track. Provisions. Bacon -Long clear, 14 to 14%c per lb. in case lots. Hams -Medium, 18% to 19e; do., heavy, 14% to 15c; rolls, 15 to 15%c; breakfast bacon, 20 to 23e; backs-, plain, 23 to 24c; boneless backs, 25. to 25%c. Lard -The -market is easier; pure lard, tubs, 121,E to 13c; do., pails, 14 to 14%c; compound, tubs, 11c; do., pails, 111/%c. Business in ,Montreal.. Montreal, Oct. 26. -Oats -No. 2 local white, 47c; No. 3 local white, 46c; No. 4 local white, 45c., Barley Malting, '66% to 67c. Flour= -Mani- toba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.85; seconds, $5.35; strong bakers', $5.15; Winter patents, choice, $5.60; straight rollers, $4.90 to $5; do., bags, $2.30 to :$2.40. Rolled oats-Bbls., 5.5 to $5.20; do., bags, 90 lbs., $2.45 to $2.50. Bran, $22. Shorts, 5. Middlings, $30 to $31.6Mouillie, $30 to $33. Hay No. 2, per ton, $17 to $18. Cheese -Finest westerns, 15% to 16e; finest easterns, 15 to 151%. Butter -Choicest creamery, , 82% to 33c; seconds, 32 to . 32ir4c. I Eggs -Fresh, 40c;' selected, 32e; No. 1 stock, 28c;. No. 2 stock, 25c. Pota- toes -Per bag, ear lots, 95c to $1.10. Dressed hogs -Abattoir killed, $13.75 to ' $14.00. Fork --Heavy Canada the operations began and the number is increasing daily. The work, which is being carried out by only a few submarines, has had remarkable re- sults, comparing favorably, according to naval experts, with the work of the entire German flotilla in the same space of time. The campaign is causing intense anger in Germany. A peculiar fea- ture of the outburst in the press is the complaint that it is a violation of rules of international law. 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, 37 lbs., 101/4c; wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 10%0; pure, tierces, 875 lbs., 12 to 12%c; pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 13 to 131%. United States Markets. Minneapolis, Oct. 26. -Wheat -No. 1 hard, $1.04%; No. 1 Northern, $1.00% to $1.08%; No. 2 Northern, 97% to $1.00%; December, 97.c; May, $1.011/4. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 69 to 70c, Oats. -No. 3 white, 33% to 34c. Flour declined; fancy patents, $6.45; first clears, $4.85; second clears, $3. Bran $19. Duluth, Oct. 26. -Wheat -No. 1 hard, $1.03%; No. 1 Northern, $1.02%; No. 2 Northern, 98%c; Mon- tana, No. 2 hard, 99%c; December, 98%c; May, $1.01'%. Linseed - Cash, $1.88% to $1.891/4; December, $1.82%; May, $1.87%. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Oct. 26. -Best heavy steers, $8.25 to 48.60; good heavy steers, $8 to $8.15; 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 - b ll choice $6.25 to $6.75; da g in a semi- uth, has been regarded by the Austrians and the military experts of other countries as an impregnable fortress. SCORES PERISHED IN FACTORY WRECK Accidental Dropping of a Grenade Caused. Great Explosion in Paris. A despatch from Paris says: Fifty- two persons are reported to have been killed in an explosion in a factory in the Rue De Tolbiac, while one hun- dred or more were injured. Many of the victims were women workers in the factory which was good bulls, $5.75 ens bulls, c cite, . ; , to $6; do., rough wrecked, as were buildings in the bulls, $4.x75 to $5.25; butchers vicinity. cows, president Poineare and Minister of to choice,o o., medium,to $6.75 $5.25do., good, 5;$6 the Interior Maly who were imme- do.,to $6.25; do., to $5:75; � common, $4.50 to $5; feeders, diately informed of the disaster, visit - good, $6.50 to $6.75 stockers, '700 to ed the scene and gave directions to 900 lbs., $6.25 to $6.50; canners and the rescuing forces. cutters, $3 to $4.50; milkers, choice,! An auto truck was being loaded each, $65 to $100; M do., common and when workmen accidentally dropped medium, each, $35 es $5Q; springers, one grenade,causing an explosion, $he to $95; ea light Owes, to. $4 to ; do.: whicwas followed by two others in sheep, heavy, $4.25 to $4.75; do:, bucks, $3.50 to $4.50; yearling lambs, . quick succession. $7 to $7.50; spring lambs, cwt., $8.60 The explosion destroyed not only to $8.90; calves, medium to choice, the main factory and other buildings $7.25 to $10.75; hogs, off cars, $9.65 to $9.90; do., fed and watered, $9.50; do., f.o.b., $9.15. Montreal, Oct. 26. -Sales of choicesteerThe explosion was followed by fire, good were made at and to $7.6 r but the flames were soon extinguish- gradesgood at $6.75 to $7, and the lower from that down to $4.50 to ed. 5, while butchers' cows brought from Of the 41 bodies recovered 31 are those of women. Forty injured per- sons were treated at the emergency hospital which was quickly installed at the scene. Twenty others were removed to another hospital. It was said that the injured would exceed 10,0 in number. A report that the explosion was the result of the work of- spies was abso- lutely denied. connected with it, but everything within a radius of 100 yards, and damaged buildings 500 yards distant, 4.50 to $6.50, and bulls from '$4.50 to $6.25 per cwt. The trade in can- ning stock was active at prices rang- ing from $3 to $4.25 per cwt. Lambs, Ontario stock, sold at $8 to $8.25 and Quebec at $7.50 to $7.75, while sheep brought from $4.25 to $5.25 per cwt. Milk -fed stock, 8 to 9c and grass-fed, 4 to 7c per lb. Hogs, selected lots, $9.25 to $9.75 per cwt. weighed off cars. GERMAN ARMORED CRUISER . SUBMARINE IN THE BALTIC The Prinz kialbert, 9000 Torr, Sunk Near Libau by a British Undersea Boat A despatch from Petrograd says: The following official statement was issued here: "A British submarine has sunk a German cruiser of the Prince Adalbert type near Libau." There originally were two German armored cruisers of this type, the Prinz Adalbert and the Friedrich Karl. The latter struck a mine in the • Baltic last November and was lost with all hands. The Prinz. Adalbert was completed at Kiel in October, 1903, and ranked as an armored cruiser. She was of. 9,050 tons dis- placement, 894 feet long. She carried four 8-2>inch and ten 6 -inch guns and had a speed of 21 knots. Her cdmple- meat was 557 men. Allies Place Time Limit on Greece A despatch from Rome says: The Entente allies are threatening to take. reprisals against Greece unless for- mal assurances .are given by Greece before the expiration of a short time limit that ' she will ' not intervene in favor of Austro-Hungary, Germany and Turkey in any case. If these as- surances are satisfactory, then Greece, and Roumania as well,are toConsiderable damage t ro pp property. and 4 0 1J1 p Y be allowed to choose ;their own timewitzerland demands 'compensation . 'com > S for intervention. and, the ptinisliment of the aviator. WIFE OF FORMER M.P., A GERMAN, ARRESTED A despatch from London says: A sensation has been caused in " the North Country, says the Evening News, by the arrest of the wife of William J. D. Burnyeat, who was a Member of Parliament for White - haven from 1905 to 1910: Mrs, Burn- yeat is a German, the daughter of Col. Retzlaff, of Berlin, The couple own a fine house on the Irish Sea coast near Whitehaven, which recent- ly was raided by a German submar- ine. It was alleged at the time that the submarine was guided by signals from the coast. PROTEST. FROM SWL S IS LODGED IN BERLIN A despatch from Berne says:. The Swiss Government has instructed its Embassy at Berlin to lodge an crier% getic protest against the new viola- tion of Swiss tettory by ;Gernian aviators. ; The protest is occasioned by t' the act, of an aviator in dropping eight bombs over Chau_ x de Fonds, causing the injury of four persons