HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1916-4-27, Page 2TREMOR GARRISON ABANDONED
GUNS AND OTHER BOOTY
Troops. From Warships Were Landed West ot the.
City. Ottoman Shore Batteries Destroyed.
A despatch from Petrograd ears; a ponied by a steady bombardment frown
--Details. of the surprisingly swift; the sea.
Russian descent upon •Trel,izand :uid As soon as the Turks witnessed the
strategy that forced the Turk Russians preparations to land beyond
of the str
g Trebizond they gave up all resistance
fish defenders precipitately to oboe- I and scattered pelf melt in the two di-
don the city, which, • Nirth Genian: rections open to 'them -one, the
assistance, they had made every effort route along the coast, and the other,
to convert into a stron;;ho'.tl i'niprc>gn- the road south-west toward F,rzingan.
Tre.bizend contained a garrison of
able against Russian attack from the between 60,000 and 00,000. A consid-
sea or lanai. are coming in frown dif- entitle amount of war booty, including
ferent eo,it tee. Aeeort i g th the a large number of the latest type Ger-
latest despatches. a decisive part in man- heavy gains, was left behind, for
the Rasion operations eras played since the fall of Erzerum, Trebizond
by the Bleck Sea fleet, which, after a has been the chief. base and provision -
.severe t oraliaralment of they city and frig centre for the Turks operating •
the ate:'rt,.tiais of the great Turkish in this theitae.
shore batteries, landed acs>iisiderable With the fill of Trebizond the'
i.mmb:a• of troops and further threat-, Ti:z1 s lost -the second of their two'
tiin
ened the sa^ •.<-t:r?.ale•:1 city, ' principal fortified point: Asia'
.Emphiying, 1-e same tactice as they 'Minor. and wail in the future have to'
hath re'pentaily otied with sweetie in depend solely upon improvised dn.',
tI
progress along- the littoral, the fence=s and the natural difficulties Of
a g �
Ru a ar tt ,n^
1 g`e moves fi rwar;l for the e19:.ntry to prevent the westward'.
e. ten ddstaare iotrond thele o a• ective ,wet'p t+f the Russian Caucasian?
aa• ,i,t ttsens
ashore considerably armies..
is ot Trevi»tend, threat- Trebizond never before surrendered"
rt :i:' the Taarkish gal, i,+•::. t'.4 Ruselatia arms, although it was'
e ti�:tied out 6n etin thietatenedl from Baiburt in 1529, and
*i'i• ^*Y C•.•'t'. it the eesiatn the moral- effect of tate victory, it ,.
oirt•t' the e;aptatre considered here, wilt be .enormous.
"iit"s t' ¢? Tt a tae^8.;e;t' Katia Dere, .P,?r ceiltuniee Trebizond bast bet'nthe;
; within striking dig. thief trading. centre for Asia Minor:
v ith.'ut meeting, with the important caravan ortant row
� it , � fes,
, end- woo, ativom- into the interior of Turkey and Persia.
,,t' 1 ,1;:tion t
Rushttd to
v'*• Vtgotern Theatre of
11 or.
3a Piano. osys :-^-Tate
i..
trempetts tanner;
7.7 mops : r"', te join
en the west:rn
; •t +i m in the e i-
inti�r-
iost., ,..os „tee Every pre-
rheir r ,,,e^tion had been
711. to .'_port t tri:: Ito:tile
ti are ::at :: t " t•.,peraatitng vin the
cl t... . a aria a n, het the voyage was
ainolens.i. without `he develo>nnent of
sees o :,.w d ir:,•ident. The protect -
hot ft . illi ! eluded a miler. of
1;. ,.ane • c' tv.,r:4-:lis.
The eaming ata Ruselan •traicrps to
`he ceratern fain has been talked of
hC h r.ta y peepk for two or three
zuoith o The reason, as new ex---
p'..a..t.d... that it is ea. ler for Russia
to :;m acral supplylighting; materia!
t^troops on the western
freet than tat the eastern. Russia
:'.ill has mein; lientired thousand macre
men under z wining than .he can use
stn her fighting lines because the Rus-
sian pr,.tbiem . _;.,tirues to be not hot,
to • et mon, bet munitions. The al-
lies eon o"vi usly provide complete
equipment for Russians more easily
in F•nee than by shipping to Russia.
Po oil ly a quarter of a million Hien
will be sent into France chi.: Suring.
LARGE WAR ORDERS
WILSON'S NOTE
LOW
ss
E. E
DELI � R D
Ambassador Gerard Hands Message.
tan Sabmarine Issue to )ser- •
lin Minister.
A art.•.ttach front Berlin says :-
The Arner.t..an note in retard to sub
riga^fes. warfare is n:ew in the bands
of the German Gatveriamt•nt. It was
id:livered on Thursday evening to
Forein Minister on dagew in the
u mai manner, with no attendant cir-
cumstances to mark the unusual im-
portance of the occasion. Owing to
the length of the note and the ap-
pendix and to the delayed arrival of
one Section of the note, it was not
ready for presentation until 7.30.
ti ole ek. Ambassador Gerard then'
rolled the tltteument in a magazine'
tat protect it from ;Bight rain which'
was falling, and walked across the
quare to the Foreign Office. The
lmbass ;ad,r was received immedi-
,.tely. The Foreign Minister read
he nate. and a short, general tonver-
eati- i followed.
TRADE OF CAX.tDA
FOR FISCAL YEAR.'
A despatch from Ottawa says: A
statement of Canadian trade, prepar-
ed by the; Department of Customs, t
shows a total of $882,872,502 in ex-
ports for the fiscal year just closed,
and $5ei4,•150,998 in imports. The re-
turns by countries have not yet been i
compiled. The statement follows:
Imports into Canada during the
fable $310168016 t
WEEK'S
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The most important piece of news Trebizond le 136 miles from L+rzer-
(biting trip wee). w•as the announce- um, and trio dlffieultlea to be sur-!
taounteti were great, but trio Grand
Itntent en Thursdai of trio arrital at Duke pressed on and with the help;
Marseilles of a strong force of Bus- ..f the Russian Basco Sea fleet cap-
slan feu/jars. ethers. The news canoe es ;t t tured the town in the early part of
dramatic surprise, and the that in- V thio week.
tin Yttlt.n that there had been such. a The tinportance of this capture by
movement canna In the orders of ' the Russians cannot he overesttmat-
Ge „••
Genera?, ft a , • �
J to i. the French trout:," ed. it practically means the loss oil
wherein he expressed his appreet n- Mesopotamia to the Turks, but the,
tion of Russia's action in thus show- immediate result wilt probably be
lug her dtterntitett1 -n t Beep up thee' that the presaare on General Town -
f4:14 along with the Allies for the : shend's force, shut in In Kut -el -:len;
co mmon crowds• Thtry was no an.; aro, will be lessened. Sir I'er.'y
ne>ineenaer:t an to what the strength f..:lee:- relieving force ds having
of the Russian tor:.T wjs. haat time in its ads -a -nee a along the
:i fact s!at! capture of the Turk -Tigris. not only on aveount of the!
se `;pot sat Tradzond oar the ° ,ltpttyit.an of t1i Taints, but bemuse;
l�1 .w,. Se:t wo$ a�tit+thtsr :deco of news ; of tint, flooded state of the river. The
wk.: -b crone quite unexpectedly. Turks are putting up a strong tight 1
SInee the capture et Erzerutn on and In an attack on .April 17-18;
February 1a by the armies of the they forced the retirement of the,
Grand Puke Nicholas but little hid 1 ricislt division on the south bank'
been heiad of any further moves' to a distance of 500-00 yards. 1
neat of this force It was ltnown' A new offensive by the ..Mites 1n;
th^;t the Grand Puke was giving the' the Balkans is looked for as soon as
Tuzks iitt a time to recover from 1Y the armies there are got properly
the.1^ sestaf ,.heir t'uueasitut .. 1ewn. Y together. iesi,ite- Cl,rec•e.tos protest,.
more men 'are being massed: on Sudal
Ray. and last Tuesday a force of
Serbians joined the other' Allies
there.
The fighting arottna Verdun has
Wet all appettrannce of a general as-
eault on the defences of the town.
Scattered attaches here and there by
the Germans show that the warfare
there has now partaken of the na-
ture of trench warfare. Both to the
trust and the west of the Meuse there
has been a series of artillery' duels
with but few infantry attacks. The'
British. forces in the neighborhood
of St. Eloi were attacked at the end
of last week by the Germans, but
they regained what little they lost,
•woad ut addttton went some distanee
through the German lines.
The Italians have begun n new
offensive aginst. the Austrians. and
have been suee7-sstul Iu capturing
Mute Fume Pass and Monte An -
cora, a coninaanding height uu the
Izont. Several other posttitins have
been taken, the Italian artillery
lending great assletanee in breaktnit
down the Austrian defences.
Markets of le World
600,000•- GERMANS
ON.,. ON FRONT
Enemy Has Titus. 'ar 11ade Use- of
Thirty Divisions of Troops.
A despatch from Paris says: In
their attempts to take yerdun the
Germans up to Saturday had made
use of 30 divisions of troops, amount-
ing roughly to 600,000 men, accord-
ing to an official statement issued by
the French War Office on Sunday.
The statement indicates that more
than this total have been used, since
some of the `divisions have been re-
organized, their depleted ranks filled
out, and they have returned to the'
front several times.
"It is worthy of note," the official
statement says, "that the German
command seeks bo conduct the opera-
tions with the smallest number of
troops possible; but to maintain them
and keep them on this front, until
they are completely used up. As losses
are suffered, ib re-forms the units
with reinforcements and sends thein
back to the attack barely reconstitut-
ed. It is thus that certain divisions
have reappeared on the" front as
many as three and even four times."
French surprise attacks were car-
ried out successfully on Saturday
night against Germain listening posts
in the Bois d'Avocourt west of the
Meuse. This is the only infantry act-
ivity reported in the Verdun region on
Sunday. The Germans have not re-
newed their attacks on the Bethin-
court brook., Le Mort }Iomnne front,
where they were twice repulsed with
considerable losses on Saturday. Th®
German artillery was active qn Sun-
day' against Ilial 304, the important
position on the west bank of the
Bethineourt brook, and there also was
fitful bombardment of the French
positions on the east bank of the
Meuse and in the \Voevre.
An attempt by the Germans on Sat-
urday night to capture a mitrailleuse
which was causing them tn•ouble west
of Vauquois, in the Argonne, failed.
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BRITISH
-- .-.-- -P
BR D TAKE
TOWNS
AFRICAN 0
General Smuts Advances Into the
i" BRITISH SUCCESS IN Interior.
(� A despatch from London says:
NORTHERNRANC Amazing progress has been made by
General Smuts in his campaign in
i German East, Africa, and a great bat -
$2d. 1.Iiddlings, $28 to $30. Mouillie,
$30. to $35. Hay -No.. 2, per ton, ea
lots, $20.50 , to $21. Cheese -Finest
i3readstufis, westerns, 1811 to 18%c; finest east-
erns, 17% N to 18e. Butter -Choicest
Toronto, April 25. -Manitoba wheat creamery, 33 to 331iie; seconds, 30 to
1 Northern, $1.137; =�'o. 2:311>ae. Eggs -Fresh, 25 to 26e. Po -
Northern, $1.I2%; No. 3 Northern, tatoes-Per bag, ear lots, $1.75 to
,stns {, in store Fort William. $1.80
Manitoba oats. -No. 2 C.W., 46l'.;c•
No. 3 C.W., 442;c; extra No. 1 feed Winnipeg Grain.
4411e; No. 1 feed, 4312c, in store Fort
William. Winnipeg, April 25. -Cash prices ---
American corn --No. 4 yellow., Sea Wheat-Nc, 1 Northern, $1.15%; No.
track Toronto, 2, do., $1.11%; No. 3, tio., $1.07?s;
Ontario oats -No. 3 white, 44 to No. 4. $1.05%; No. 5, 56%e; No. 6,
45e; commercial, 43 to 44c, according 88xae; feed, 8314c. Oats -No. 2 C.
o freights outside. W., 463'x; No. 3, do., 4411c; extra No.
Ontario wheat -No. 1 commercial 1'feed, 441lo; No. 1 feed, 42x%; No.
51.00 to 81.02; No. 2 commercial, 98c., 2, do., 42e.. Barley -No. 8, 63e; No. 4,
o $1.00; No. 3 commercial, 95 to 97e; 68c; rejected, 55s; feed, 55c. Flax --
feed wheat, 86 to 88e, according to. No. 1 N,-W.C., $1.87%; No. 2, C.W.,
freights outside.
Peas -No. 2, $1.60; pea:-, accord -F
ng to sample, $1.20 to $1.50, accord-: United States Markets.
ng to freights outside. ! Minneapolis, April 25. -Wheat -
Barley -Malting, 62 to 63c; feed, 59')slay, $1.171/x; July, $1.17%; No. 1
o 62c., according to freights outside. hard $1.225 • No. 1 northern $1.161'
1$1,84%
fiscal year ended 31st March, 1916:
COME TO CANADA. Free
Duti
Contracts for Munitions and Supplies
Reach $80,000.006.
A despatch frcni Ottawa says: The
annt,uncement was made on Wednes-
day that since the establishment of
the credit of $75,000,000 for the Brit-
ish Government in Canada by the
chartered hanks, at the instance of
the Government, 280,000,000 worth of
o.. for munitions and supplies
have been placed in the Dominion by
the Imperial authorities. Sir Thomas
White announced on March • 15 last -
that the credit for the British Gov-
ernment had been provided as a re-
sult of an offer made by the Canadian
Bankers' Association, on behalf of the
banks, after conferences between him
self and that body which had extend-
ed over several weeks.
GERMANY IS ENROLLING
BOYS OF SEVENTEEN YEARS.
A despatch from Paris says': -Ger- `,
many has begun the enrollment of herl,
1919 class -boys of seventeen. Notices l
ordering them to inscribe their names
• ....., .. 254is
',312,782 freights Buckwheat-69eto 70e. according to to • $1.191/x. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 77
to 78c Oats -No 3 white 43c to
Total $564;480,998
Entered for consumption;
Dutialde
Free .............
Total .
Exports:
•Domestic
Foreign
1
Rye -No. 1 commercial, 90 to 91c; 43?4c. Flour -Unchanged. Bran-
rejected, according to sample, 86 to $18.75 to.$19.
$289,332,729 88c, according to freights outside t Duluth, April 25. -Wheat -No. 1
, 252,710,834jManitoba flour -First patents, in northern, $1.154 to $1.17%; No, 2
ute bags, $6.50; second patents, in northern, $1.12x$ to $1,14%.
$540,043,563 jute bags, $6.00; strong bakers, in9
jute bags, S5 80 Toronto.
$741,610,953 Ontario flour -Winter, according to
141,261,549 sample, $4.15 to $4.25, track Toronto;
$4.30 to $4.40, bulk seaboard, prompt
Taal $882,872,5502.
SEEDING IN ALBERTA.
Spring Operations Never Faster in
the Province.
A despatch from Calgary says:1
"Seeding is 20 per cent. done in South-
ern AIberta, more than 10 per cent.
complete in Northern Alberta, and go-
ing ahead over all the Province with
breakneck speed," was the statement
made Wednesday meriting by a high
official of the Alberta Farmers' Co-op-
erative Elevator Company, who has
junta returned to Calgary from a trip
through many parts of the Province.
shipment. t
Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mart -
real freights -Bran, per ton, $24;
shorts, per ton, $25; middlings, per
ton, $26; good feed flour, per bag,
$1.60 to $1.70,
Country Produce.
83c; inferior, 25c; creamery prints, 35
to 36c; solids, 33 to 34c.
y
Eggs -New laid, 24c; do., in car -1
tons, 25 to 26e.
Honey -Prices in 10 to 60-1b. tins,'
13% to 14c. Combs -No. 1, $2.75
to $3; No. 2, $2.25 to $2.40.
Beans -$4. to $4.40, the latter for
on the Landsturm register have been;"Never did spring operations go fast- hand-picked.
posted at Aix -1e -Chapelle. ger," he added. Cheese -Large, 19e; twins, 191/e.
Maple syrup -$1.40 per Imperial
Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 29 to
ARMENIANCHAIN OF HILLS Poultry -Chickens 21 to 22c• fowls
ga on.
18 to 20c; ducks, 24 to 25c; -turkeys,
CAPTUREDBY THE RUSSIANS 25Potatoes-Car lots of Ontario $1.65
to $1.70, and New Brunswicks at
$1.80 to $1.85.per bag, on track.
Troops Brought From Gallipoli Annihilated -
HLlla Jr d f Ott D Lef i=
A despatch from rPetrograd says :
-While the northern armies of the
Grand Duke were completing the con-
quest of Trebizond the other Rus-
sian armyadvancing from Erzerum
gained' 'an important victory. In the
region of Aschkala, west ofEreerum,
the Russian troops by a night assault
carried a :chain of high hills which
had been ,:•-trongly organized: They
captured four Turkish officers and
more than 120 men. The enemy deft
hundreds of dead on the field. Some
enemy elements which hadbeen re-
cently brought from Gallipoli were an-
nihilated, while the other Turkish
troops which participated in the fight'
sustained heavy losses through the
Russian fire and bayonet charges. !
In the Black Sea a Russian sub-.
marine, ' although attacked by an en-
cmy airman, succeeded in sinking a
steamer and a . sailing ship near the
entrante of - the Bosphorus under a
ilea,; tiro from the Ttirk batteries.
•
Montreal Markets.
Montreal, April 25.--Corn-Anaeri-
can No. 2 yellow, 86 to 87c. Oats-
Canadian Western, No. 2, 54i,4c; No.
3, 58e; extra No.1 feed, 53c; No. 2
local white, 50% to 51c; No. • 3 local
white, 491 to 500; No. 4 local white,
481/2 to 49c. Barley --Manitoba feed,
68 to 71c; malting, 75 to 77c. Flour
-Manitoba Spring wheat patents,
firsts, $6:60; seconds, $6:10; strong-
bakers',
trongbakers', $5.90; Winter patents, choice,
$6.00; straight rollers, $5.30 to $5.40;
do. bags, $2.45 to -$2.50. Rolled' oats
.-Bbls, $5.10 to $5,20; do. bags, 90 lbs.
$2.40 to $2.45. Bran, $24. Shorts,,
Live Stock Markets.
Toronto, April 25. -Choice heavy
steers, $8.50 to $8.75; butcher steers,
choice, $8.00 to $8.25; do„ good, $7.90
to $8.15; do., medium, $7.35 to $7.50;
do., common, $6.50 to $7.00; heifers,
good to choice, $7.'75 to $8.25; do.,
medium, $7.25 to $7.50; butcher cows,
choice, $6.50 to $7.25; do., good, $5.75
to $6.50; butcher bulls, choice, . $6.50
to $7.25; do., good. $5.50 to $6.00; do.,
medium, $5,00 to $5.50; do., rougb
bologna, $440 to $4.50; feeders, 900 to
1,000 lbs., $7.00 io $7.40; do., bulls,
$5.50 to $6.00; stockers, '700 to 800 lbs.
$7.00 to $7.40; do. reed., -650 to 750
lbs:, $6.75 to $7.04; do., light, 600 to
650 lbs., $5.00 to $5.50; canners,, $4.00
to $4.25; cutters, $4.50 to $4.75; milk-
ers, choice, each, $60.00 to $85.00;
springers, $60.00 to 85.00; calves, veal,
choice, $9.00 to $11.00; do., medium,
$6.00 to $7.50; do., common, $5.00 to
$5.50; lambs, yearlings, $10 to $13.50;
culled lambs, $7.00 to $7.25; spring
Iambs; each, $7.00 to $12.00; ewes,
light, $9.00' to $10,00; sheep, heavy,
and bucks $6.50 to $8;50; hogs fed and
watered, $11.15; do., f.o:1,., $10:75; do.,
weighed off ,cars, $11.50.
Montreal, April 25 -Choice steers
$9 to $9.25; good at $8.50 to $8.75, and
the lower grades from that down to
$7.25, while butchers' eows brought
from $6.25 to $8, and bulls from $6.50
to $8.50 per 100 lbs. Yearling and
spring lambs, $11.70 to $12 per 100
lbs. and the latter at $5 to $12 each,
as to size and quality. Sheep.,: $7.50
to $8.50 per 100 lbs. Calves 8c, to
9c per lb., and the lower grades at
41/ze. to.51I2c. Hogs selected, $12 to
$12.25 per 100 lbs., weighed off cars.
` -'The man who is sure of his overt
Agility never has to brag about it. ,
Considerable Losses Are inflicted on
Enemy.
A despatch from London says: ',i he
following officiait communication was
issued on Sunday night:
"Last night we made a successful
raid against the enemy's trenches
southwest of Thiepval. Thirteen prix-
oners were captured and a number of
casualties were inflicted on the enemy
by our men bombing their dugouts.
Our casualties were very slight:
"Mining activity continues in the
Hohenzollern sector. To -day there
were artillery actions about Hebu-
.erne, Neuville-St. Vast, Souchez and
Carency and about the Ypres -Coniines
Canal.
"Our artillery dispersed an enemy
working party in front of St Eoi this
afternoon,
"Friday night the King's Shropshire
Light Infantry recaptured a trench
on the Ypres-Langemarck road which
was lost the night of April 19. Our
line there is completely re-establish-
ed."
SUSSEX PIRATE
IS DECORATED
•
U Boat. Which He Cominanded Was
Not Sunk, as Reported.
A despatch from Paris says: In-
formation was received from reliable
sources on Wednesday that Emperor
William has decorated the commander
of the submarine which torpedoed
the Sussex. It is understood Wash-
ington has been informed of this de-
velopment. The award of a decora-
tion would make it, perhaps, impos-
sible for Germany to punish him, in
case such a demand were made by
the United States Government.
tie is now in progress at Kondoa
Irangi, over 150 miles across the
frontier from British East Africa. In-
stead of striking along the Tanga
railway General Smuts has pushed in-
, land at a tremendous `rate, penetrat-
ing the Umbugwe and Rondos Irangi
districts. Umbugwe and. Salanga are
in British hands. It is not generally
known that a considerable force of
Abyssinian troops are attached to
Gen, Smuts' forces.
t•
REEKS MASSACRED
IN BIC TURK CITIES
Hundreds Slain in Adrianople, Con-
stantinople and Smyrna.
A despatch from London says:
Wholesale massacres of Greeks at
, Adrianople, Constantinople and Smyr-
na are reported in a Saloniki despatch
to the Morning Post "In Adrianople
and femotica, Turks and Bulgarians
acting together," says the despatch,
"killed 400 and wounded 300 Greeks
after pillaging their houses. In the
Smyrna district several Greek vil-
lages were raided, 200 persons being
killed and many wounded. Constan-
tinople was likewise the scene of
serious massacres, no figures pertain-
ing to which," adds the correspond-
ent, "are available. AU the mas-
sacres occurred on April 11."
GEN. VON DER GOLTZ DEAD.
Organizer of the Dardanelles De-
fences Passes Away.
,A despatch from Amsterdam says.:
-Baron Kalmar von der - Goltz, com-
xnander-in-chief of the Turkish army,
died Wednesday of spotted fever at the
headquarters of his Turkish army.
according to an official announcement
received here from Berlin. He had
been ill ten days.
66 HDL k ia. ND MAY BE AT WA
WITH IN NEXT EIGHT DAYS"
Remaikable Article Published in the Rotterdam
Socialist Newspaper Volk. -
A despatch from London says: The
Rotterdam correspondent of. the Daily
Mail cables that the crisis in Holland
continues to cause great anxiety. It
is understood that. Geimany has in.'
formed Holland that Great Britain in-
tended to attack her and proposed to
send German troops to Holland.
The Socialist newspaper Volk,
'Vtrhizh' first protested against Dutch.
military measures, especially the stop-
page of Easter holidaysto the troops,
now writes in a different strain, say-
ing :
"After an interview between a
Socialist •leader aid -the Premier we
hold that these military precautions
are very necessary. The people must
support the Government and must re-
cognize that
e-cognize-that Holland may be at war in.
sight days."