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The Exeter Advocate, 1915-11-11, Page 6TRE RUSSIANS CAPT URED 10,000 IN GALICI A AND NEAR DVINSK Surprise Attack Demoralizes Gera. von Linsingen's Austrian. Forces on the Stripa A despatch from London says: The weather, which has turned wintry, has not interfered with the Russian offen- sive along thee eastern front. The Russians have extended their attacks to the district west of Riga and thence to the south of Dvinsk. They are keeping the Germans on the move, and the latter admit that in the re- gion of . Lake Swenton the Russians penetrated their lines. The capture of 8,500 Germans in the south-western theatre, on the River Stripa, as the result of a sur- prise attack, is reported in an official statement issued by the Russian War Office. The statement tells of violent, :but futile efforts on the part of the ;Germans to wrest the prisoners from 1thecaptors. Another Russian success is claimed by Petrograd in the fight ing around Rafalovka, on the Kovno- ` Szarny, Here the Czar's forces took R >2 officers and 712 men. "In the region of Czartorysk bodies of Russian cavalry from 500 to 1,000 strong have been very active in at- ! tacking German infantry detachments in various localities east of Kovel. It nt- r rete Tues operations h ave e resulted These ly in the capture of 2,000 prisoners." The Austro -German forces on the Stripa River, in Galicia, have lost 28,000 men and, 14 guns. OFIaCIAL GERMANY WAR SICK AND ANXIOUS FOR EARLY PEACE Secret Ne otiations Set on Foot in. Holland Have Fallen Flat A despateh from Amsterdam says: Germany's secret negotiations for peace have fallen fiat in Holland, even the most pro -German Dutchmen con- sidering the terms preposterous. It is believed that the man behind the plot is Dr. Solf, German Colonial Secretary. Dr. Solf recently visited Bollard, preserving great secrecy about hie identity, but his presence in the country became known to the Dutch newspapers. It was officially announced in Germany that he was merely travelling to Brussels and had :topsed in Holland to visit the picture galleries. Dr. Solf stayed three days Iat The Hague and paid visits to the Duteh Foreign Secretary and Dutch politicians who are known to be friendly to Germany. Other Germans lof note were in Holland at the same time, including it is said Count von Radowitz. of the German Foreign !thee. Before Dr. Solf left Berlin he !had interviews with the Kaiser and; Chancellor von Bethmann-Uollweg. Those who saw him at The Hague gathered the impression that even in official circles the Germans are war :sick and in a hurry to finish the con- flict before Christmas. NG LONGER JEER E R around our bodies that the mere act of breathing becomes a trouble and weariness. Our hatred will enable us yr BI,OcADE to show the world of what tenacity and endurance Germany is capable when once they are sure of their cause." Maximilian Harden, editor of Die Zukunft, says on the same subject: "Let us frankly admit that the German people are in distress." SERB WOMEN BOMBERS CONSTERNATE THE FOE Food Crisis in Germany Growing to Alarmi:ree Proportions Admitted by German Press. A despatch from London says: Al- though it is not true that Germany is starving, it is certain the food crisis is growing to alarming proportions. The high prices of provisions through- out the empire furnish a problem of the gravest nature. One necessity of life after another is engaging the an- gry attention of the nation. An en- tire page of the Frankfurter Zeitung is devoted to the new Imperial food laws. The decree consists of 12 para_ graphs. One explains the special po- tato regulations. Another gives the lag's concerning fish and game prices, another the restrictions on the con- sumption of meat and fat. The entire German press is arming against the scarcity in the necessities of life. The printing of startlingly frank admissions is permitted. The Frankfurter Zeitung says: `While our troops are fighting like the heroes of the classic ages, want is growing acute at home, where the people are beginning to interpret the miserable existing conditions as the defeat of the empire. We jeered at the blockade, but to -day we Iaugh no longer. The sinister aspect of things certainly provides no food for laugh- ter. But as our worries increase, so day by day grows our hatred against the enemy who is responsible for this misery. This hatred is so potent that it will nourish and sustain us and in- spire us to hold on until finally we hack our way through, even though we have drawn the belt so tight A despatch from London says:. "There are nearly 2,000 women in Serbia's army when I left and more women soldiers were being organ- ized," said Dr. Gruitch, a Serbian army doctor now in London. "The women are not in special battalions 1 Some of them wear the complete uni- 1 form of a soldier for the sake of comfort, while others wear skirts with' a blue tunic. The younger women go with their brothers or their husbands. The women are of every class of the population, and we cannot prevent: them from serving. They inspire the men, with whom they march side by: side, and with whom they eat and serve shoulder to shoulder in the trenches. "These women are not afraid. No- body in Serbia is afraid, and the wo- men in the ranks do not lose their nerve under fire." FOUR AVIATORS KILLED IN AERIAL COLLISION A despatch from Paris says: Two .military aeroplanes collided while making a landing at Le Bourget. They caught fire and the four aviators manning the machines were burned to death. GERMANSLEAVE 1,000 DEAD AFTER ATTACK NEAR DHINSI Teutons Also Fail in Counter -stroke on the Styr Leaving Two Guns in Russians' ii.ands A despatch from London says: German efforts to recover lost ground near Lake Swenton, in the Dvinskr,e- gion, have continued with great en- ergy, hut with little success, accord- ing to the Russian official communica- tion issued in Petrograd. Over a thousand bodies were counted on the field by the Russians after one futile German attack. Near the Baltic coast also the Rus- sians report progress in the land fighting, and it is stated that a naval !squadron is bombarding the German positions west of Riga on the gulf. j In Volhynia the conflict between tilea-Russieee and General von ,Lin f singen's mixed"A:ustro-.German forces lis proceeding with great "Darya-. night fighting at one point on the Styr River ended in the driving off of l Austrian troops and the capture of. Itwo, cannon, 250 prisoners and a. quantity of ammunition: In East Galicia, on the Stripa, the combat has resolved itself into an artillery :duel. German Super -Submarine Cay t on First Trip A despatch from Liverpool says: The Daily Post publishes a report of the"'' capture : of one of Germany's latest super -submarines, 250 feet long and carrying, in addition to torpedo o tubes, four guns of fairly large cali- bre. The submarine was launched at Stettin a fortnight: ago.. ; The Post states that within a few. hours after leaving her base she was caught "in one of those traps we have so skilfully laid for these craft some - :here in the German ocean." • ' l;.Retala sufER-SteNARIRE cAs TUREfl- so<s .. it',.- .: 0flflE4t`•+' 'orew. PARIS ,It o sraisse *I . ocoe+vuewnuc .venni E Ole 5Rrn ,i SUB Pr aL S Active, KIEL C#t.AL STEM* int.la art./ vj V? la ,� s dee> s i,- saga �'p�pCK seeSISA inaz RUM t tFN.i ii %S • '. rte F 4N30, *.StifySik 0z/A • do/4,1 aR1tlSti TORPEDO'130 SUNK IR COC1510H- OFF GtARAL.TAFZVIZarrERRANZAff c5` - The Week's Developments ire the War Areas, Outside of the Balkans there have been no notable developments in the various war areas during the past week. On the Western front the Germans have resumed their attacks in the Champagne district, and have been prodigal of men in their attempts to break the French lines. They have been checked at almost every point, and the Western battle -line is absolutely unchanged. On other parts of the Western front there has been little - activity, infantry attaeks being almost completely suspended, and the fighting restricted solely to local artillery* duels, On the Isonzo front the Italians have won difficult positions from the Austrians, and their offensive con- tinues successfully. • Aso result of statements made in the British House of Commons and the French Chamber of Deputies, the situation in the Balkans has been made somewhat more plain, Both Great Britain and France are deter- mined to do their utmost to save Serbia,and the landing of troops continues steadily at Saloniki, Allied troops are also reported to have been landed at Kavala. On the Southern front m Serbia, the French and British troops have met and defeated the Balgarians, and driven them across the frontier. Further north, however, the I3ulgars have made considerable progress, and are now bombarding 1''isb, the capture of which is imminent. The Serbs are of Bring heroic resistance, even the women joining in the fight against the invader. Austro -German forces on the northern front are making slow progress, and: are waging a war of extermi- nation. A Serbian force has been despatched to deal with the Albanians, who are also attacking. If the Serbian army can hold out for• a short time yet, the Anglo-French forces are likely to join hands with them, and check the invading armies, before Serbia is entirely overrun, The new political crisis in. Greece complicates the situation in the Balkans, and the actions of both. Greece and Rumania are still problematic. A strong British force is now approaching Bagdad, while a Turkish aruny is reported on its way to defend that ancient city, and it will be a race between the two columns. On the Russian front, the enemy has made no progress, while the Russians report several local success- es of some importance. The Austro -German troops are being withdrawn from this front to assist in the cam- paign against Serbia. It is expected that the Russians will have their opportunity against the weakened line of the enemy, and that important results may be looked for on this front in the near future. The LCaU' $18.60. Cheese -Finest westerns, 16 $3,50 to $1.50; yearling lambs, $7 to 10 vis to 1611c, finest easterns, 151/4 to x7,50; Spring lambs, cwt,, $8.65 to 15%a Buttes -Choicest creamery, $9; calves, medium to choice, $7.255 to 32 to 321;rc• seconds 311/4 to 31 BULGAR1 Z T. Bosom Breadstufis. Toronto, Nov. 9. -Manitoba wheat -New crop, No, 1 Northern, $1.111/4; No. 2, $1.081/4, track lake ports, im- mediate shipment. Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., tough,. 43e, track lake ports. American corn -No. 2 yellow, 73c, track Toronto. Canadian corn -No. 2 yellow, 72e, track Toronto. Ontario oats -New crop, No. 3 white, 38 to 39c; commercial oats, 37 to 38c, according to freights out- side. Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per car lot, 94 to 96c; wheat, slightly sprouted and tough, 90 to 94c, accord- ing to sample. Peas -No. 2, nominal, per car lots, 51.90; sample peas, $1.25 to $1.75, according to sample. Barley -Good malting barley, 56 to 60c; feed •barley, 47 to 54c, accord- ing to freights outside. Buckwheat -Nominal, car lots, 77. to 78c, according to freights outside. Rye -No. 1. commercial, 85 to 86c; rye, tough, 72 to 77c, according to sample. Manitbba flour -First patents, in jute bags, $5.75; second patents, in jute bags, $5.255; strong bakers', in jute bags, $5.05, Toronto. Ontario flour -New Winter, 54.10 to $4.40, according to sample, sea- board or Toronto freights in bags,. prompt shipment. Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mont- real freights -Bran, per ton, $21; shorts, per ton, 523; middlings, per ton, $25; good feed flour, per bag,_ Country Produce. Butter -Fresh dairy, 27 to 28c; in- ferior, 22 to 23c; creamery prints, 32 to 33c; do., solids, 30 to 311/4e. Eggs -Prices are firm; storage, 30 to.31c per dozen; selects, 32 to 33c; new laid, 38 to 40e; case lots. Honey -No. 1 light (wholesale) , 10 to 111/,X• do retail 121/2 to 15c• mac,' $10.50; hogs, fed and watered, $8.85 Eggs -Fresh, 42c; selected, 83e; No.' to $9.10; do., f.o.b., $8.50. 1 stock, 30e; No. 2 stock, 26e, Feta- Montreal, Nov 9. --Butchers'' cattle, toes -Per bag, car lots, 90e to $1.10, , $7.25 to $7,50; do., medium, $6.25 Dressed hogs -Abattoir killed, $13 to to -$6,75; do., common, $1,50 to $5.50; $13.50. Pork -`Heavy Canada short ¢ canners, $3.25 to $4.25; butchers' mess, bbls., 35 to 45 pieces, $28 to cattle, choice cows, $6 to $6.25; do., $28.50; Canada short-cut back, bbls., ' medium, $5 to $5.50; do,, bulls, $4,50 45 to 55 pieces, 527 to $27,50. Lard- ; to $6; milkers, choice, each, $85 to Compound, tierces, 375 lbs., 10i,c; $90; do., common and medium, each, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 10%e; pure, ; $75 to $80; springers, $65 to $70; tierces, 375 lbs., 12 to 1211 c; pure,' • sheep, ewes, $5.50 to $5.75; bucks wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 13 to 13;c. and culls, $5 to $5.25; lambs, $8 to $8,75;; hogs, off cars, $9.25 to 59.40. • United States Markets. Minneapolis, Nov. 9. -Wheat -De- , camber, ac; May, $1.01%; cash, INVITED KITCHENER No. 1 hard, $1.01%; No. 1 Northern, TO FIGHT FOR EMPIRE 98%c to $1.00%; No. 2 Northern, 94% to 97%c. Corn -No. 3 yellow, A despatch from London says: 631.'2 to 64c. Oats -No. 3 white, 34 Field -Marshal Earl Kitchener, the to 34i/2c. Flour reduced; fancy pat- Secretary of War, has received one of ents, $6; first clears, $4.75,; second Lord Derby's invitations which have; clears, $3. been largely circulated to men of mill-' New York, Nov. 9. -Flour firmer; Spring patents .$5.30 to $5.65; Win- tart' age to join the army. This ter straights, 55.15 to • $5.35. Rye amazing blunder was disclosed by flour firm; fair to good, $5.60 to Lord Derby himself, who, while ad - a5.75; choice to fancy, 55.80 to $5.95. dressing a meeting of mi.idle-aged Hay firm. Hops quiet. Hides steady. recruiters, said nobody should be sur - Leather firm. prised if they received an invitation, as one had been actually sent to the Minister of War. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Nov. 9. -Best heavy steers; $8.25 to' $8.60; • good heavy steers, $8 to $8.15: butchers' cattle, CANADIAN NURS▪ E choice, $7.60 to $7.75; do., good, ATTENDED THE KING $7.25- to $7.50; do„ medium, $6.75 to $7; do., common, $5 to $5.40; A despatch from Montreal says: butchers' bulls, choice, $6.25 to Miss Vivienne Tremaine, the Canadian $6.75 do., good bulls, .$5.75 to $6; do., nurse reported in despatches from rough bulls, $4.75 to $5.25; butchers' London to have attended King George cows, choice, $6.45 to $6.75; do., after his accident in France, was born good, $6 to "6.75 do., medium, $5 in Montmorency, and received her to $5.50; do:, common, $4,25 to $4.75; feeders, good,$6.50 to $6.75• training at. Quebec- Military Hospital. stockers, 700 to 900 lbs.,' $6.25 to Her parents now reside in West $6.50; canners and cutters, $3 to mount. She went to the front with $4.50; milkers, choice, each, $65 to.the first Canadian contingent. $110; do., common and medium, each, ' $35 to $50; Springers, $50 to $100; "How -did you begin life?" "I lightrewes, $5.50 to $6.50; sheep, didn't begin it. It was here when I heavy, $4.25 to $4.75; do., bucks, f arrived." combs (wholesale), per dozen, No. 1 ;r'-"-` $2.40; No. 2, $1.50 to, $2. Poultry -Chickens, 1e4 to 16c,• fowls, USED PRISONERS . AS SjIELDS 12 to 13c; ducklings; 15 to 16c; geese; a . 14 to 16e; turkeys, 20 to 22c. Cheese -The market is firm; large, IN AD ITANCE ON RUSSIANS ;151/2 c; twins; 16.% c. Potatoes -The market is firm, with car' lots of Ontario quoted at x$1.10, and New Brunswicks at $1.15 to $1.20 per bag, on track: Business in Montreal. Montreal, Nov. 9. -Corn ---American No. 2 "yellow, " 77 to 78c. Oats-- Canadian Western, No. 2, 50c; No. 3, 49c; No. 2 'local white, 451/20; No. 3 local white, 44%c; No.,4 local white, 43%c. Barley -Malting, 66% to 67c. Flour -Manitoba' Spring wheat pat- ents, firsts, $5.95; seconds, $5.45; strong bakers, $5.25; Winter pat- ents, choice, $5.60; straight rollers, $4.90 to $5; do., bags, $2.30 to $3.40. Rolled oats-Bbls., $5.15 to$5.20; do., bags, 90 lbs., $2.45 to $2:50. Bran, $21. . Shorts, $23. Middlings, $29" to 530. Mouillie, 530 to $32. Hay -No. 2, per ton, car lots, " $17.50 to • "They •at Least in Some Measure Diminish Our Losses" Reads Note Found on German Body A'; despatch from Petrograd says:_ What purport to be extracts from two letters found on the bodies of German soldiers on the field of battle have been published by the Imperial com- mission of inquiry into the conduct of • the war. The first reads: "In this case, when the advance be- comes too hard, .we take Russian pri- loners and :drive' them bePore tis -c men against their fellowuntr. o y Thus they at least in some'measure dimin- ish our losses." The second reputed quotation fol- lows "We don't know what to do with prisoners. Henceforth we shall drive every Russian who surrenders before the line of our fortifications to be shot.". The commission announces that the letters will be photographed and translated into the leading languages of the ;world to be sent broadcast. BULGARS ROUTED IN SOUTH SERBIA Serbs, French and British Troops Took Part in the Engage- meat, A despatch from London says: South el .Strumitsa on the Bulgarian border there has been sharp fighting between the French and the I3ulgars. The latter attacked the French posi- tions, but were repulsed with heavy' losses, According to reports the Bri- tish are co-operating there with the French, but, as heretofore, these re- ports are unofficial. and fragmentary, and it cannot be said authoritatively whether the British were in touch with their new enemy. "Ofiicial telegrams confirmed at the Serbian and Russian Legations here announce a great Serbian victory at the Babuna Pass.The Bulgarians were completely routed at Isevore, suffering enormous losses. "Detachments of British and French troops hastened to defeat the enemy, who was shattered, and fled. in disorder towards Supili (Veles). "The right bank of the Vardar is now cleared at the enemy. The .French also completely defeated the Bulgarians at Strumitsa, inflicting heavy losses on thein and driving them beyond Kotsarion." A Bulgarian army has reached the line of Nish forts, Recording to Sofia official despatches. It; is not believed here that any great effort will be put forth to prevent the occupation .al the war capital by the invaders. The Teuton army under Gen. von Gallwita, invading Serbia on the east- ern bank of the Morava, captured Paraein, on the Oriental railway. This town, taken along with two others in the immediate vicinity. lies approxi- mately 35 miles from Nish, the Ser- bian war capital -the direct line is a little more than 29 miles. It is this stretch of the Orient railway between Nish and Parac'in that still remains in Serbian hands. With the fall of Nish this railroad sector, essential. to definitely clear the road to the Turkish capital, will be- come untenable for the Serbs, mili- tary observers here agree. Meanwhile the battle line in South.. ern Serbia and in the strip of Bul- garian territory invaded by the Drench, has taken definite shape. On this battle line there are four princi- pal salients, and at each fighting is now in progress. They are the Ba- buna pass, with the City of Prilep to the south, on the Monastir-Krupili ('(,Teles), railway; Krivolak, due west of the pass on the 'Saloniea-Nish line; Valanovi, about 18 miles south of Krivolak, in immediate reach -of the same line, and Robova, eight miles south of the Bulgarian stronghold Strumitsa. FRENCH TAKE ENEMY POSTS Important Success Reported South - East of Amiens for the French Troops. A despatch from Paris says: The sector between the Somme and the Oise south-east of Amiens figures in recent official reports as the scene of a French success. German posts be- fore Andechy, north-west of Roye, were taken by the French troops, while to the south-east, at Beau- vraignes, the Germans attempted a sortie from their trenches, but were driven back by the fire of the French artillery. Heavy artillery duels fol- lowed in this region. The Germans attempted a hand grenade attack against the French positions east of the Butte-le-Mesnil, but were easily driven off, and in a continuation of the fighting at La Chapelotte, in the Vosges, the French field guns silenced the German mine - throwers. Heavy fighting in. the Champagne and Bois Le Pretre districts was re- ported in Saturday's official commun- iques. The Germans made a new 'at- tempt to retake - their :old positions at La Courtine, but the attempt •"result- ed in a complete failure." " In the Bois Le Pretre, north-west of Ponta- ( Mousson, the trench -to -trench fighting was unusually severe, hand grenades and bombs `being used, Frenchmines in the region between the Argonne and the Meuse caused serious damage to certain German detachments, in the sector of Malancourt. RUSSIANS TO USE THE DANUBE ROUTE NOV A despatch from Rome says: The German :Minister at Bucharest has: formally demanded that two Russian torpedo boats moored in the Danubian port of Turnu shall" be 'disarmed and the crews interned. The Government has refused, and notified the Minister that since the navigation:` of the Dan- ,ube' was free Roumania's neutrality- wasnot violated: The reply is con- sidered significant as implicitly -recoil ;. nixing Russia's 'right to send an ex- peditionary force to Bu.lgauia along the Danube. Probably troops will be embarked at Rein and landed near. Silasti•a. .