The Exeter Advocate, 1915-11-25, Page 2ALL ELIGIBLE UNMARRIED MEN
WILL BE ENROLLED IN BRITAIN
If They DD Not Volunteer by January ist They
W iAl be Brought in by Coen pulsion
A despatch fren.. London says; If
eligible single men do not volunteer
they will be brought in by compulsion;
Lord Derby states this in a letter to
Premier Asquith, he reply to which
the Premier says the statement "cor-
rectly expresses the intentions of the
Government." This pledge removes
all doubt of the uncertainty of the
last few days, and absolutely cog
units the Government to conscription
unless all the eligible men, that is„.
exclusive of the munition workers and"
others engaged in work necessary for
the country, have not enlisted by
December 31.
STUDIED MATE
IN PRISON CAMP
British Soldiers Confined at Witten-
berg, Germany, Suffer
Keenly.
A despatch from London says: The
British press bureau has published
the reports of James W. Gerard, the
American Ambassador to Germany,
and members of the Embassy Stasi' in
Berlin, relative to the condition of
British prisoners of war in the camp
at Wittenberg, Prussia.
Lithstow Osborne reported that his
whole impression of the camp authori-
ties was utterly unlike that which he
had received in every ocher camp he
visited. Instead of regarding their
charges ss honorable prisoners of
war, he st ted, they apparently re-
garded thou a s criminals whom are
gime d' :•ear alone sufficed to keep in
obedience.
•-1.; t idenee of kindly human feel-
ing between the authorities and the
prisoners was lacking," said Mr, Os-
borne, "and in :;o other camp have I
found signs of fear on the part of
the prisoners that what they might
say to ane would result in suffering
for them afterwards."
The following extracts are taken
from Ambassador Gerard's report:
"I regret to state that after a care-
ful examination of the camp and long
corvtrsaticnis with the prisoners my;
impression is even more unfavorable
than I had been led to expect.
"Upon my arrival at the camp I
was not received by the general who
acts as commandant, 'but by a major.
"There are over 4,000 prisoners in
the camp, of whom 278 are British,
Among these I found only sixteen
overcoats. The men, on the whole,
are insufficiently clothed.
`.The men told inc that one of the
British medical officers in the camp
recently was struck by a German
non-commissioned officer and this
proved to be true.
"Many prisoners complain that
dogs were brought in by German sol-
diers at night, and that in certain
cases prisoners had had their clothes
torn by these dogs. I asked the au-
thorities whether they .considered dogs
necessary for the preservation of or-
der, saying that at no other camps
had I seen dogs used for this purpose,
and they informed me that they con-
sidered it absolutely necessary, that
dogs were needed to protect the Ger-
man soldiers en duty. I was shown
half a dozen of these dogs, which were
of the usual police type.
"Two prisoners informed me that
the conditions in the camp had un-
questionably improved greatly in the
last few months; that last year when
an epidemic of spotted typhus exist-
ed the camp conditions had been in-
describably bad.
"They said that they then implored
the German authorities to put the Bri-
tish soldiers in barracks by them-
selves, as this was the only way to
prevent an outbreak of the epidemic,
which had been brought to the camp
by Russians. This request was re-
fused on the ground that the British
should Iearn to know their allies bet-
ter. Largely because of this 50 Bri-
tish military prisoners and 9 civilians
died of the disease."
NEW INDICTMENTS
POR PASSPORT FRAUDS
A despatch from Washington says:
Further investigations of the activi-
ties of Austrian Consul -General von
Nuber and his associates will be made
by the Department of Justice as a re-
sult of a conference in New York be-
tween
etween A. Bruce Bielaski, Chief of the
Bureau of Austrian
and Dr. Jo-
seph' Goricar, formers Con-
sul. A department statement an-
nouncing this also said, that informa-
tion had been obtained which probably
would lead to further indictments for.
passport frauds.
IGERMAN LINES
GROWING TITIN
Reports from the Russian Fighting
Fronts Show the Wastage
of Enemy.
A despatch from Petrograd says:
"We have mastered the situation, and
the action will develop according to
our initiative," is the report sent by
Gen. Ruszky, the Russian commander
who leads the army on the Dvinsk
front against Field Marshal von Iain-
denburg. "The enemy is demoralized,
and its backbone broken," Gen, °Rus
zky adds.
These words apparently are con-
firmed by the German casualty lists
published recently, which show that
the enemy has lost 85,000 men in the
last few weeks on the Russian front,
Russian military observers are find-
ing frequent indications that the Ger-
man lines on this front are growing
increasingly thin. These are furnish,
ed by reports from the fighting lines,
notably from the sector north-east of
Riga. As an instance, it is stated
that in capturing the passage between
two marshes, -the Russians found the`
sole defenders of the positions to be
two Germans with machine guns.
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The Week's Development in the War.
The week's fighting apparently has been very desperate on four frontiers, but news over the principal cable
has been a succession of unofficial despatches, one contradicting another. .It is obvious that Von Hindenburg
is somewhat of a fallen idol; his desperate drives for Riga and Dvinsk have been made with his customary
disregard of human life. The Russian counter -drives in other sectors of the eastern front have been in keep-
ing
v. ith their plan of campaign, to wear down the enemy and keep him from detachingmen for other rat,
In Flanders` and France there has been little outside of artillery and bomb fighting. he Italians, she f n
I ns, recently
offered a separate place, have been wiping out that insult from Austria by strenuous work. In Gallipoli we
have resumed the offensive, the British 52nd Division occupying Turkish trenches on bath sidestheKrithia
•
Nulla, of Rr th;a
It was principally in Serbia that the most desperate, and at the same time the most vaguely reported fight-
ing of the week. The French and British have shown increased strength, but the resistance of the Serbs is
about done.
e Leading Markets BRITISH HOSPITAL SHIP SUNK
Breadstuff's,
Toronto, Nov. 23. -Manitoba wheat
new crop -No, 1 Northern, $1,11'f•;:
No. 2 Northern, '$1.09, on track, lake
ports, immediate shipment.
Manitoba oats -No. 2 C:W., 47c;
o. 3 C.W,, tough, 43%e, on track,
Pursued British Steamer Into Swe-
dish Waters Where Her Designs
Were Frustrated.
A. despatch from Copenhagen says:
The British steamer Thelma's depar-
ture from Trelleborg, Sweden, where
she had been lying since the begin-
ning of the war, was marked by an
exciting naval adventure, in which the
vessel escaped capture by a German
destroyer through assistance rendered
by the S•cvedi
s torpedo boat Yollux.
When south of Landskrona, 16 miles'
north-east of Copenhagen, the Thelma
was pursued by the German destroyer
W132 into Swedish territorial waters.
While the Germans were in the act
of boarding the steamer, the Polux
forced them to return to their boat,
and, running between the two vessels,
informed the Germans" that every
means would be employed to prevent
the Thelma from being taken.
After an interval of silence in
which both warships cleared for ac -
9 tion, the German destroyer steamed
away.
GIFTS FOR SOLDIERS
ADMITTED DUTY FREE
Col. Iiodgetts, the Canadian Red
Cross Commissioner in London, in a
cable to the Dominion headquarters,
states that the treasury have given
directions that all gift parcels of
dutiable goods sent to members of the
.Canadian contingents on duty in
Great Britain are 'to be admitted duty
free. The contents of the parcels
should be declared. Further, no duty
is charged by the French Government
on any goods sent to the British
forces in France.
NORWEGIAN STEAMER
IS SUNK BY A MINE
A despatch from London. says: Re-
ports have reached here that the Nor-
wegian steamship Ulriken. struck a
mine and was sunk near Galloper
Light.
Twenty members of the crew of the
Ulriken have landed on the east coast,
They say their vessel was sunk in the
North Sea and that four of the crew
are missing.
The survivors assert that a Greek
steamer also met with disaster.
The first time a girl is engaged
she imagines herself as Important as
a heroine in a novel.
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Russia s�
a to
Suspend All lfl EnemyEnterprises
rises ...
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A despatch from Petrograd- says: The Council of Ministers has decided
to suspend all the remaining commercial and industrial enterprises in
Russia belongitig to subjects of enemy countries. r .
y countries. These ..number over one
thousand and employ thirty thousand persons.
French
Warships
Capture Austrian
Submarines
A despatch; from Rome says: French warships have captured two Ger-
man submarinesp p G r
m" hying Austrian flags off the African coast.:, One.was Cap-
tured
of Tunis,
m s, the other off. Cyrenaica.
lake ports.
American corn -No. 2 yellow, 74e,
on track Toronto.
Canadian corn -No. 2 yellow,733£4c,
on track Toronto.
Ontario oats, new crop -No. 3
white, 38 to 39c; commercial oats, 37
to 38e, according to freights outside.
Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per
car lot, 96 to 98e; slightly sprouted
and tough, according to sample, 92
to 95c; sprouted, smutty and tough,
according to sample, 75 to 88c.
Peas -No. 2 nominal, per car lots,
$2.10; sample peas, according to
sample, $1.25 to $1.75.
Barley -Malting barley, 56 to 60c;
feed barley, 49 to 52; according to
freights outside.
Buckwheat -Nominal, car lots, 78
to 80x, according to freights out-
side.
Rye -No. 1 commercial, 88 to 90c;
tough, 80 to 85c, according to sample.
Manitoba flour First patents, in
jute bags, $G; second patents, in jute
bags, $5.50; strong bakers', in jute
bags, $5.30, Toronto.
Ontario flour -Winter, 90 per cent.
patents, $4.10 to $4.50, according to
s to eada short-cut back,.BRITISH TAKE
bbls., 45 to 55 pieces, 327 to 827.50. 1 BR
MSH tierces, 375 lbs.,
.1014c; wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 10�Ic:
ton, $25; good feed flour, per bag
sample, seaboard, or Toronto freight
in bags, prompt shipment.
Millfeed, car lots, delivered Mont
real freights -Bran, per ton, 322
shorts, per ton, 323; middlings,per
BY A FLOATING MINE IN CHANNEL
300 Were Saved Out of a .Total of 385 -.Verse
Recently Conveyed King Across
A despatch from London says: The mine and foundered. All her crew
hospital ship Anglia, with .;about 300 were saved.
wounded men aboard, in addition to ' . A patrol vessel succeeded in rescu-
the crew, nurses and attendants, ane 300 of the Anglia's passengers
and crew, includingsome nurses. A
bound from France for Dover, struck number of bodies were recovered,
a mine in mid -Channel and sank in a The mine is supposed to have broke
very short time. About 85 men, most from its moorings in the recent storm,.
of them seriously wounded, and, ; An official communication says:
therefore, in their cots, lost their "King George was shocked to hear
rvcs, that the Anglia, which so recently
The collier Lusitania, which was conveyed him across the Channel, had
nearby at the time of the accident, been sunk. His Majesty is grieved nt
immediately went to the assistance of the loss incurred, but trusts that the
the Anglia, and, her boats had just survivors have not unduly suffered
been lowered when she also struck a from their terrible exposure."
116%c. Butter -Choicest creamery,
31% to 32c; seconds, 31 to 31?/sc.
Eggs -Fresh, 42c; selected, 33c; No.
1 stock, 30c; Na. 2 stock, 27 to 28c.
Potatoes -Per bag, car lots, $1.10 to
$1.20. Dressed hogs -Abattoir kill-
ed, $13 to $13.50. Pork -Heavy Can-
ada short mess, bbls., 35 to 45 pieces,
$9.25; Quebec stock, 38.50 to $8.75;
' sheep, 35.25 to 36 per cwt. Calves,
fair-sized lots of grass-fed stock, 3
to 6c per Ib.; milk -fed stock, 7 to 8c
per lb. Hogs, selected lots, $9.25 to
$9.50 per cwt., weighed off cars.
pure, tierces, 375 lbs., 12 to 12%c;
pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 13 to
133ic.
Country Produce.
Butter -Fresh dairy, 28 to 30c; in-
ferior, 22 to 24e; creamery prints, 32
to 33c; do., solids, 31 to 32c.
Eggs -Storage, 30 to 32e per dozen
selects, 35 to 36c; new laid, 42 to
45c, case lots.
Honey -Prices in tins, lb., 10 to
lac; combs, No. 1, $2.40; No. 2, $2.
Beans -$3.25 to $3.50.
Poultry -Chickens, 14 to 16c;fowls
11 to 13c; ducks, 15 to 16c; geese,14
to41i c; turkeys, 20 to 22c.
Cheese -Large, 173%c; twins, 17%c
Potatoes -Car lots of Ontario quot-
ed at $1.10 to $1.15, and New Bruns
wicks at $1.15 to $1.20 per bag, on
track.
United States Markets,
Minneapolis, Nov. 23. -Wheat -
December, $1.00'%.; May, $1.03% to
31.03%. Cash -No. 1 hard, $1.071/.;
; No. 1 Northern, $1.02% to $1.05%;
No. 2 Northern, 981/4 to $1.02%.
Corn -No. 3 yellow, 68% to 691/4c.
Oats -No. 3 white, 34% tb 35%c.
Flour -unchanged. Bran, 317.75 to
$18.
, : Duluth, Nov. 23. -Wheat --No. 1
hard, $1.05% ; No. 1 Northern,
1$1.04%; No. 2 Northern, 99% to
$1.00%; Montana, No. 2, $1.03%;
Dedember, $1.00% to $1.00%; May,
' $1.04%. Linseed, cash, $2.08 to
82.08'/2; December, $2.0414; May,
$2.071/4.
Wholesale Hay Market.
Baled hay, new -No. 1, per ton,
$16to 817.50; No. 2, per ton,$13
to $14; baled straw, ton, $6.50 to $7.
Provisions.
Bacon, long clear, 15 to 151/ per
Ib. in case lots. 'Hams -Medium, 18%
to 19c; do., heavy, 141/2 to 15c; rolls,
15% to 16c; breakfast bacon, 21 to
23c; backs, plain, 24 to 25c; boneless
backs, 26 to 28c,_ '_
Lard -The market is firm; pure
lard, tubs, 14c; compound,' pails, 12c.
Business in Montreal.
Montreal, Nov. - 23.-Corn--Ameri-
can
3: Corn -Ameri-
can No. 2 yellow, 77% to 78c.' Oats
-Canadian Western, No.2, 51c; No.
3, 50c; No..2 local' white, 46%c; . No.
3 local white, 45?/2c; No..4 local white,
44%c. Barley -Manitoba feed, 65%c;
malting, 66x/2 c. Buckwheat -No. ' 2,
75 to 80c. 'Flour -Ma itoba Spring
wheat patents, firsts, 6.10; seconds,
$5.60; strong bakers', $5.40; Winter
patents, choice, $6; ` straight rollers,
$5.30` to $5.40; do., bags, $2.50 to
$2.60. Rolled oats"tBbls., $5.20 to
35.25; do., bags, 90 lbs.,; $2.45. to
$2.55. Bran, $22. ` Shorts, $23. Mid-
dlings, $30. Mouillie, $30 to $32. Flay
--No.' 2, per ton, car lots, $17e50 50 to
$18.50. Cheese -Finest westerns,
4
16%` to 17c; finest, easterns, 16 to
Live Stock Markets.
Montreal, Nov. 23. -The quotations
were: Best heavy steers, $8.25 to
38.50; good heavy steers, $7.75 to
$8; butchers' cattle, choice, 37.35 .to
$7,50; do., good, $7 to 37.25; do.,
medium, $6.25` to $6.60; de., common,
$4.85 to $5.15; butchers' bulls, choice,
36.25 to $6.75; do., good bulls, $5.75
to $6; do., rough bulls, $4.75 to 35.25;
butchers' cows, choice, $6.30 to $6.50;
do., good, 35.75. to -$6;. do., medium,
$5 . to $5.50; do., common, $4.25 to
$4,75;•feeders, good, $6:50 to'37;
stockers, 700' to 900 lbs., $6.25' to
36.75; cannery '` and . cutters, , $3 to.
$4.50; milkers, choice, each, 365• tie
10
0 do. common $ and medium m drum, each,
$35. to 350; "Springers, ` 350 to $100;•
.light ewes, $6 to $0.5a; Sheep, heavy,
$5 to $5.50; do., bucks, $3.50 to $4.50;
yearling lambs, $7 to $7.50; Spring
lambs, cwt., $8.75 to $9.25; calves,
medium to choice, $7.25 to $10 hogs,
fey . and watered, $9.25.
Montreal, Nov. 23. --Choice steers
sold at $7 to $7:25, but the bulk" of
,the trading was done in stock rang-
ing from $.5. to $6.50, and the com-
mon and inferior grades brought
from $4.50 to $:5.50, while .butchers'.
cows sold at 84.50 to $6, and bulls at'
$4.75 to 36.25 per cwt. There was a
good demand for canning stock at
stead prices,`th
y ^via sales of cows at
$3.15 to ;$3.35, bulls at 34 to $4.50'
per, cwt. Lambs, Ontario stock, $9 to
TURK TRENCHES
Well-prepared Attack in the Darda-
nelles Was an Unqualified
Success.
A despatch from London says:
Simultaneously with the arrival of
Lord Kitchener at the Dardanelles
conies an official report of the resump-
tion of the offensive on Gallipoli by
the allies, nearly 300 yards of the
enemy's trenches being captured. .
The text of the statement follows:
"In the Dardanelles the 52nd divi-
sion carried out a very successful at-
tack on the Turkish trenches on the
15th instant, for which careful pre-
paration had been in progress for a
considerable time.
"Three mines were exploded suc-
cessfully under the enemy's trenches
in the neighborhood of the Krithia
Nullah, and the infantry pushing for-
ward immediately afterward cap-
tured about 160 yards of trenches on
the east of the nulla1l and 120 yards
on its west. The captured trenches
were at once consolidated and bomb-
ing "parties pushed on up to the com-
niunication trenches and erected bar-
ricades.
"Simultaneously with the 'assault_.
our artillery opened on the enemy'e
reserve support trenches, two 14. -inch
monitors and H.M.S. Edgar (cruiser)
co-operating, and maintained their fire
until the position was reported con-
solidated.
a l"lyT,h e enemy's batteries replied hes-
ibut very erratically, ,and did
little damage: The Turks in the neigh-
boring trenches, who fired heavily;
were ,caught by machine gun and rifle
fire and bombs, and suffered consid-
erably,. their fire becoming very will
"A counter-attack was made, but it
was easily repulsed Our casualties
were 'under 50 killed and wounded.
Over 70 dead were seen in the cap-
tured position . and "a wounded ti uaded pi•i- ;c
loner reports that over 30. were buried
'by the explosion of one mine "'-
BRITISH TROOPS
.HOLD MONASTIR
Reinforcements Are Being Rushed to
the City From Salonica by
British.
A despatch #rom London says; The
Serbian Legation at Rome reports an
important Serbian yr tory at Lesko -
vats, in the Nish district, after a bat-
tle lasting several days. The Bulgur
ion losses, the Legation adds, were
enormous.
A Daily News despatch from.
Athens says: Bulgarian troops have
ceased their attack from Prilip to-
wards Monastir because they fear
Serbian troops at If itehanik will ad-
vance and encircle them.
Despatches from Bucharest to the
Italian press say that British forces
have arrived at the Serbian city of
Monastir, and are being reinforced,
Road conditions delayed the advance
of the Bulgarians against Monastir.
Whether the Serb -British force can
hold out long is doubtful, but an
optimistic note is sounded in a Reuter
Agency despatch from Athens, Ae-
cording to the correspondent, persons.
arriving from the front describe the
situation as less sombre than report-
ed. Re adds;
The Serbians are retreating in per -
feet order, and have lost no prisoners.
The guns captured by the Bulgarians
are old pieces of little value, and a
thousand pieces of artillery remain in
the possession of the Serbs, whose
morale 3s still good. The ultimate
issue depends upon the timely arrival
of the allies' forces.
The German army commanded by
Gen. von Ifoevess, which was reported
recently as having advanced from.
RasIca, on the Ivan, where the river
crosses the southern boundary of Old
Serbia, to Banjo, north-east of Novi
Bazar, has taken the latter town,
aeeording to the German official state-
ment.
Meanwhile the Serbian army which
was operating in the north-western
corner of the oldsanjak of Novi -
Bazar has effected a junction with the
Montenegrins, and apparently has
withdrawn with the hlontenegrins
across the Lim to Montenegrin soil.
An
official Montenegrin statement an-
nounces that the Montenegrin and
Serbian forces are holding against,
heavy attacks on the Lim, and that
the Montenegrins in the sa njak have
been compelled to retire to their prin-
cipal positions of defence,presumably
in their .awn mountains on the left
bank of the river.
THE GUELPH W'ER FAIR,
The Largest Live Stock Show Held
In the Dominion.
From a small start in 188,1 an a fat
stock show for Guelrh and vicinity
there has developed the biggest pure-
ly agricultural exhibition in the Do-
minion.
-At first only fat cattle were pro-
vided for. The claesificatiou has been
enlarged from year to year, including
first sheep then swine, later a dairy
test and poultry were added. In 1009,
a horse show was added, and this year
a start is being made with breeding i
sections for cattle, sheep and swine,
The judging of poultry will be corn•
aided by Monday morning, Dec. Gth, -
and prizes placed on the coops, so
that visitors will be able to note the
prize winners. The dairy test will be
completed and cards showing the re-
sult posted on Monday. As each
class of horses, hecf cattle, sheep and
swine is judged, cards showing the
catalogue number and the prize
awarded will be put up on the stall
or pen so that the ideals of the judges
can be followed by the :visitors. All
beef cattle and dairy cattle will be
stabled according to classes, and
sheep and swine according to breeds.
The comfort of visitors has received
considerable attention at the hands of
the Fair Board, seating accommoda-
tion having been provided for seven
hundred more people than in any
former year.
There will be judging of horses
every night from Saturday to Thurs-
day.. In addition, on Tuesday andThursday evenings, there will be a
competition for officers' chargers and
a riding exhibition by the 29th Bat-
tery, which is stationed in Guelph.
A series of lectures will be deliver-
ed each day of ° the show upon live
stock, poultry or seeds, and will be so
arranged that the visitors will be able
to hear the lecture .and see all of the
judging.
A new feature this year is a judg-
ing competition between talo different
counties of the province, each -county
being represented by three• men pick-
ed by the District Representiative.
AT'I'EMPT TO BURN
STRINGS OF CARS
A despatch from New Yoe* says:
The authorities are investigating
three separate fires which were start-
ed- in two strings -of freight cars in.
the Erie Railroad yards at Weehaw-
ken, N.J., about 100 feet away from -a
corral containing 500 horses ,waiting,
shipment to Europe. Watchmen saw
three _men. flee` from - the yards and
tired several revolver shots, but the
fugitives escaped. The firemen who
extinguished the flames discovered J
that waste from the journals of the
ars had been soaked in04, placed in
he cori}ci oi';empty cans and ignited.
The damage was slight.