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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1916-6-1, Page 3PET GROVES OF PALESTINE SEARCHED BY SALVO OF SHELLS Water Tanks and Drilling Plant of the Germans in Egypt Destroyed by British.. A despatch from London says: A British official communication issued Thursday night concerning the oper- ations in Egypb says: "Since the enemy air attack on Port Said, the Royal Flying Corps in Egypt has given the enemy little rest, Four British machines have heavily bombarded the enemy advance posts. Forty bombs were dropped, resulting in buildings and a plant at El Ham - ma being seriously damaged and the water tanks at Rodhsalem being smashed. This will upset the whole plan of the enemy, as, since the des- truction of his drilling plant at Jif- jaffa by our patrols, he had set great store on the Rohdsalenl water works. i "It has now been learned that the !column of troops which suffered by Iour bombing attack on El Arish on the 18th were Germans. This prob- ably explains their hasty retaliation by dropping bombs ori Port Said civil - lens. Further details show that two British monitors and a sloop fired 34 heavy projectiles in the attack on El Arish, causing the enemy to scatter in all directions among the palm ; groves near shore, which afterwards were thoroughly searched by salvos of !medium shells. The bombardment !lasted two hours, and the strong fort in the town was reduced to ruins. The enemy, completely demoralized, made no reply to our fire." , FRENCH DRIVE GERMANS BACK WOUNDED DED BLOC TOADS TO FRONT Retake Part of Cumieres and Dead Man Hill Trenches. A despatchfrom Paris says: In a ferocious battle in which the French took the initiative Friday evening, and which lasted far into the night, the defenders of Verdun succeeded in wresting from the Germans the east- ern part of Cumieres, the tactically important village on the west bauk of the Meuse. In addition to regain- ing this portion of the village the French captured several trenches to the north-west of it. All subsequent German eounter-attacks, violent as they were, broke down under the French defence fire. In this attack the French took about 100 prisoners. The French also made same progress to the east of Hill 304 and repulsed a second German attack near Fort Douaumont. The capture of several trench elements south -wast of Le Mort Homme netted the French about fifty prisoners. A renewal by the Germans of their t oft -repeated efforts to break through the French lines in Champagne, near s Tahure and the Navarin farm, proved y futile. While succeeding in the first onslaught in gaining a foothold in " a number of small French trench ele- ments, the Teutons were completely • ejected by French counter -drives. VERDUN LAST EFFORT, LAST ROPE OF GERMANS. A despatch from Paris says: Georges. Clemenceau, in an editorial headed "Errors in Optics," argues in connection with the Gelman peace verbosity and the violent attacks on Verdun, in which he says the cost of life is out of proportion to any pos- sible result obtainable, that "it is eas- ily seen that Verdun is the enemy's last effort." Ho continues: "If a tri- umphal entry by some impossibility could be made in the battered rem= nants of Verdun, the. Wolff Agency would announce it as the 'final vic- tory,' and Chancellor von Bethmann- Hollweg would proclaim that mag- nanimous humanity inclined him to peace protocols." Losses So Great That Com- munication With Interior Delayed. A despatch from Rome says; Re- ports from the Trentino fronb says the Alpine troops and Bersaglieri are decimating the Austrian infantry whenever they try . to attack outside the range of their guns. The Aus- trian Iosses are so numerous, it is de- clared, that they are causing delay in the Austrian action, Communication with the interior of Austria is blacked by the transport of wounded from the front, DEVELOPMENTS OF THE WEEK IN THE WAR. What criticl W at maypxovetabethec11ia_ period of the whole war is the strug- gle far Verdun which seems to have reached d its cliznax this wee in a bat- tle which, in point of sustained fere- eity and carnage, has not its equal in the history of the world. After three months of fruitless initiative, and when it seemed that the attack must die of sheer weariness, the Germans began this week to press forward in a series of assaults beside which those of the early part of the struggle fade into comparative insignificance. Dead Man's Hill has been the scene of perhaps the greater part of the on the Italian front. Here, a series slaughter. Brigade after brigade was , of advances which began last week hurled at the French positions to east have now pressed the Italians back and west, only to melt away before the i until the enemy is eleven miles into murderous machine gun, rifle, and Venetia. It is now reported that the shell fire, At last the French, avoid- :Italians have stopped the Austrian ing needless slaughter of their own rush, and have retaken a few of the troops, have abandoned the hill, which `lost positions. The battle is proceed- has become a sort of No -Man's -Land, !ing with a fury second only to that with neither combatant anxious to ex- r of Verdun, pose troops to the whirlwind of death ! Two other events of the week are of which sweeps its summit. outstanding importance. Meanwhile the French, taking mat.. Voluntary service in England is now ters into their own hands, made an a thing of the past. From now until unexpected advance against Fort `the end of the war Great Britain will Douaumont, across the Meuse. They i call upon her citizens as they are succeeded in taking practically the needed for service. whole position, and.permitted the Ger- j, Sinister, indeed, for Turkey is the mans to retake it only at horrible cost? function which was reported this week of men and ammunition. Cumieres i between a force of Russian cavalry also has fallen to the Germans, but ! and the British troops on the Tigris. as the French have withdrawn from !Whence came the Russians, and by the more dangerous positions at Dead what route, is not known, but .they Man's Hill, it is doubtful if this corn- I are there, and without doubt more are mending position is worth to the en- to come. Contemporaneously with envy what it cost them. !this came the report that the Turks But while the slaughter has been I had abandoned some of their advanced proceeding at Verdun, the ascendancy !positions, and had Iost a portion of of the heavy artillery of the Central ane of the rear positions in a British Powers has been making itself known assault. NOTED GENERAL'S SON ° BULVlll\S SEIZESENT TO PRISON, Capt. Janes R. White Gets Three Months' Imprisonment. A despatch from. Loudon says; Capt. dames R. White, formerly of the First Gordon Highlanders, and a son of the late Field Marshal Sir George White, the defender of Ladysmith, was sen- tenced on Thursday to three months' imprisonment at Aberdare, Wales. He was convicted under the Defence of the Realm Act of having attempt- ed to induce coal miners to strike in order to compel the Government to show leniency toward the leaders of the rebellion in Ireland. After leav- ing the army, in which he won the Distinguished Service Order for his service during the Boer War, Capt. White became a Socialist. He went to Ireland to live and took part in the riotous strike in Dublin in 1914. Later he joined the Simi Fein Society. LABOR ASKS VOICE IN WAR'S SETTLEMENT. A despatch from London says: The Dockers' Union has given its enthusi- astic endorsement to the proposal of the American Federation of Labor that at the same time and place of the negotiations for peace, there shall be a worlds labor congress "so that labor shall have a voice in the terms of settlement, with the object of putting forth efforts to make war impossible in the future." The Dockers' Union will urge the proposal on all other British labor bodies. ATTEMPT TO REACH PETROGRAD TO BE MADE BY THE GERMANS Combined Land and Sea Attack From the Gulf of Riga and Across the Dvina. A despatch from London says: Ac- cording to advices reaching Basel, the Germans are preparing for a strong naval and military offensive in the Riga region of Russia. - The ports of Danzig and Koenigsberg are said to have been closed to eoniineree ships are being used solely for trans- porting artillery . and ammunition un- der the protection of a large German fleet off Libau. The Berne Bund says it learns that the Germans have recently completed anew railway running from Libau through Muravievo to Mitau, and that reinforcements are passing over ib. The newspaper says it is thought the German navy will attempt to force the Gulf of Riga. The naval correspondent .of the_ Times asserts that the next; .g.'*at, German offensive probably will 'lee be- gun in northern Russia, taking form- of a._eombined land and.:"is'ea a tack from the Gulf 'of Riga aind" across the-Dvina, heralded an en- deavor to -advance toward Petrograd. In concert with bhis campaign some observers anticipate a ; simultaneous blow at the British front in France and Flanders, and here also, it is be- lieved, an effort may be made by sea as well as by land. ST. ELOI AND YPRES SALIENTS ARE AGAIN HEAVILY SHELLED Recent German Attacks on the British Lines Marked ' by Unusual Violence. A despatch from London says: The Germans have been. more active than usual against the British lines the pasb few days, and their expenditure of ammunition has been lavish, ac"-" cording to Sir ;Douglas Haig's report from headquarters- in the -field. The po7icionis around Loop, St: loi and i r:res have been shelled with -particu- lar violence. Many mines have been exploded, the crater caused by those of the enemy being occupied by the British in every instance. The -Germans attempted to raid the British trenches east of Calonne on Saturday night, but ` failed. Mines and cantouflets south of -Loosand east of Souchez damaged British trenches, but there were no casualties, nit GREEK FORTS Gave the Garrisons Two Hours in Which to Surrender. A despatch from London says: A Bulgarian invasion of Greece, which it has often been stated would so inflame the Hellenic nation that the tatter's entry into the war would become in- evitable, has taken place with the con- sent of the Greek Government. In giving this consent and explaining it to the diplomats at Athens, King Con- stantine's government stated that no other course was left open to Greece after she had made similar concessions to the Entente powers in the past. "Greece possesses no option to act otherwise," a Greek statesman is quoted as saying, explaining the con- sent to the Bulgarian invasion. The actual crossing of the frontier occur- red on May 25 near Demir-Hissar, via Rupeli pass. The invaders, about 25,- 000 strong, occupied Demir-Hissar station and bridge, and also forts Rupeli and Dragotina, Spatovo. It is stated that they are marching towards Kavalla. LLOYD GEORGE GERMAN CASUALTIES NOT UP TO DATE. A despatch from British headquar- ters in France says: Confirmation of reports that the German casualty lists' are so far in arrears that their total as issued from time to time is in no way representative, is declared now to have been supplied. It is now known that the names of Germans taken prisoner and left dead in the trenches at the battles of Loos in September last have only just been published as among the German miss- ing. - PLAN REBUILDING OF RUINED DISTRICT. A despatch from Paris says: Presi- dent Poincare on Thursday inaugu- rated an exposition in the Tuileries Gardens at which methods of recon- structing the devastated villages of France are being demonstrated. Types of reconstructed houses, with modern sanitary equipment, and plans for laying out cities and towns are on ex- hibition. LIEUT.-GEN. BYNG TAKES COMMAND OF CANADIANS. A despabch from London says: The Daily Express announces that Lieut. - Gen. Hon. Sir Julian Byng has taken TO UNIFY IRISH command of the Canadian army in Task Committed to Minister of Munitions by Unanimous Cabinet. A despatch from London says: One of the most impressive scenes in the House of Commons since the begin- ning of the war took piece on Thurs- day afternoon, when Premier Asquith made his eagerly -awaited statement on Ireland. Many epeculations and hopes were built on the words which were expected from the Premier, but those who believed that the situation 'yvould be completely,., clarified: wow deemed to .disappointment: Never.- theless, the .Premier's:few wor•.ds:were delivered amid the most • profound !silence, the,::sole interruption ,conning when the sensational . lannouncemeiit was made - that Mr. Lloyd George would negotiate the- settlement. This announcement was greeted with warm approval from all sides. FOUR LIVESLOST IN FIRE. Indian's Wife, Two Children and Adopted Child Burned. A despatch from Fort William says: Four lives were lost in a fire early on Thursday morning which destroyed the home of Joseph Charley, an .In- dian on the Mission Reserve.. The dead are: Mrs. Joseph Charley; An- drew Charley, aged thirteen;; Joseph, aged six, and Agnes McCoy, .anadopt- ed daughter, aged thirteen. The. youngest child, a boy of three, was badly burned.. It is thought the fire started from an overheated stdve. ;_ PRINCE OF WALES O• N WESTERN FRONT. A despatch from London says: The Prince of Wales has returned from Egypt to the British fighting line in the west. ' He recently visited the Italian front. 800,000 TONS OF SHIPPING BUILDING FOR GERMANY. A despatch from London says: Ger- many is building merchant vessels with a total tonnage of 800,000 tons for use after peace has been declared, according to information received here. BRITAIN RAISES Marketsof the World lsreaastn#a; Toronto, Irfa.y 30. -Manitoba, wheat- No. 1 Northern, 31.21; No. 2, 31.192; O. 3 $1.161, on trach Bay ports, .$1anitoba oats -No. 2. O W. 611x; No. 2 do., 501c; extra No. 1 feed, 501c; No. 1 feel, 491e., on track, Pay ports. American corn --No. 2 yellow, 81.0, on track, Toronto. Canadian corn Feed, 73 to 74e, nomi- nal, on track, Toronto. Ontario oats -No. 3 white. 48 to 49o, outside. Ontario wheat -No. 1 commercial, 21.02 to 31.03; No. 2 do., $1.00 to 31.01; No. 3 do,. 97 to 98c; feed wheat, 92 to 93c, nominall, according to freights outside. Peas -No. 2. 21,70; according to sam- ple, $1.25 to 31.00, accordipg to freights outside. Barley -Malting. 66 to 67c; feed. 63 to 64caccording to freights outside. Buckwheat -70 to 71c. according to freights outside. Rye -No. 1 commercial nominally 92 to 93c, ae.ording to freights outside. Manitoba Hour -First patents, in jute bags, 36.70; second patents, in jute bags„ 36.20; strong bakers', in jute bags, 34. Toronto. Ontario flour -Winter, according to sample. 34.30 to 34,40. in bags, on track.. Toronto; 34.35 to $4.45, in bulk. sea- ba prompt shipment, DTilifeed-ear lots, de' ere(' Montreal freights -Bran, per ton, 523; shorts, per ton. 326; middlings, per ton 525 to 326; good feed flour, per bag, 31.70 10 31.76. Country Produce. Butter -Fresh dairy, choice. 26 to 27c; inferior, 23 to 24e; creamery prints, 29 to 31c, inferior, 28 to 29c. Eggs -New -laid. 24 to 26e; do.. in cartons. 20 to 27e. Beans --$4 to 34.60. the latter for handpicked. Cheese ---Large. 30c; twins. 204e. Maple syrup ---$1..40 to 31.50 per Ira• Aerial gallon. Iiouey-Prices In 10 to GO -Ib tins, 131 to 14c. Combs -.No. 1, 32,73 to 33; No. 2, 32.36 to 32.40. Dressed poultry --Chickens. 26 to 270; fowls, 20 to 22e. Potatoes---Ontarlos 31.76 to 31,80. and New Brunswicks at 31.90 to 31.93 per bag, in car lots. Provisions, Bacon long clear. 181c. per Ib. llama -Medium. 334 to 241e; do., heavy. 20i to 214e: rolls. 19 to 191c; breakfast bacon 241 to 264c: backs. plain, 264 to 274c; bonless backs, 291 to 304e. Lard -Pure lard tierces. 171e. and pails. 174e; compound. 132 to 144c - Montreal 71$arkets. Montreal. May 30. -Corn --American. No. 2 yellow. 83 to 84e. Oats -Canadian. Western. No.041o; No. 3. 5330; extra No. 1 feed. 534e; No. 2 local white. 521c: No. 3 local white. 613e; No. 4 local white. 501c. Baxley -Manitoba. feed. 62 to 72c; malting. 74 to 75c. Flour -- Manitoba. Spring wheat patents. firsts. $6.80; seconds. 36.30; strong bakers'. 5,041,000 MEN 36.20; straight patents, choice, o6.0035 to 0; 610; straight rapers, 35.10choice. to 35.60; do.. bags. $2.40 to $2.65. Rolled oats - Rids, 34,75 to $5.45; d0.. bags. 90 1b% 25 to 32.60. Bran 524. Shorts. $26. Middlings, $28 to $30. Mouilite, 330 to 334. iiay--No. 2, per ton. ear iota, $20.60 to $21.50. Cheese --Finest west- erns, 191 to 195c• finest easterns, 181 to 1S3c. Butter -Choicest creamery, 30 to 301; seconds, 29 to 291e. 1 ggs-- Freslr, 26c; selected. 27c; No. 1 stock. 24c; No, 2 stock. 23c. Potatoes -Per Not One of Those Fighting for Empire a Conscript. A despatch from London says: The signature of King George was on Thursday affixed to the military ser- vice bill recently passed by Parlia- ment. In giving the Royal sancbion to the bill, King George issued the fol- lowing message to the nation: "To enable our country to organize more effectively its military resources in the present great struggle for the cause of civilization I have, acting on the advice of my Ministers, deemed it necessary to enroll every able-bodied man between the ages of eighteen and forty-one. "I desire to take this opportunity of expressing to my people my recog- nition and appreciation of the splen- did patriotism and self-sacrifice; they displayed in raising by voluntary en- listment since the commencement of the war war no less than 5,041,000 men -an effect far surpassing that of any other nation in similar circum- stances recorded in history, and one which will be a lasting source of pride to future generations. "I am confident the magnificent spirit,which has hitherto •sustained my people through the trials of this terrible war will inspire them to en- dure the addibional sacrifice now im- posed upon them, and that it will, with God's help, lead us and our allies to a victory which' shall achieve the liberation of Europe." Bad Habit. Buzz --How old is that lamp ? • Fuzz -Three years. Buzz -Well, turn it out; it's too young to smoke. BRITAIN'S GUNS AND MUNITIONS 4:1 EQUAL . TO ANY EMERGENCY Ta noJlt :at ; resent .Such`as :to. Equip Every Branch of All "' the Allied,.:Ar>nies: A despatch from London says: Whatever may have been Britain's de- ficiencies with regard to the supply of munitions in the earlier stages of the war there is every reason for assur- ance that at present the turnout is such as to equip the nation and its allies. against all emergencies. A news- paper correspondent learns from an authoritative source that immense progress has been made as regards the manufacture of powerful guns and high 'explosives. Figures as to this progress in the equipment of the British and allied armies, given to the correspondent in an authoritative quarter are such as to dispel the pes- simistic statements which have been made recently in some circles. BRITISH LOSS S 9 ENEMY'S 1,000 IN A BATTLE IN THE SUDAN a despatch from Ottawasays; The bag. car lots, $1.70 to 31.76. Winnipeg Grain. S1'inntpe May $0.-Cash:--Wheat- No• 1 Northern, $1.183; No, 2 31.123; No. 3. do•, $1,083; No. 4. 31.0341 No. 6, 974c: No. 6,913c; feed, 858c. Oats -No. 2 C,W„ 46c• No. 3, do., 451e: ex- tra No. 1 feed, 451c; No. 1 feed, 448c; No. 2, do., 433c. Barley -No. 3, 673e; No. 4, 62e; rejected, 65e; No. 1 feed, 66c. Flax -No. 1 N.-W.C., $1.604: No. 2 C. "%.. $1.57. United states Markets. :Minneapolis. May 30. -Wheat --May $1.133' Jul}•, 31.143 to 31.148; No, i bard, '$1.207' No. 1 Northern. $1,141 to $1.178; No. 2 Northern, 31,111 to $1.151. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 74 to 751c. Oats - No. 3 white, 39 to 391c. Flour unchang- ed. Bran. $19,00 to 319.60. Duluth, May 30. -Wheat -No. 1 bard, 31.16$; No. 1 Northern, 31.158 to 31.168; No. 2 Northern, $1,09-a to 31.121. Lin- seed, cash, 31.57; May, 31.58; July, 31.88. T,fve Stock Markets. Toronto, May 30. -Choice heavy steers, $9.60 to $9.85; butchers' cattle. choice, $0.10 1.0 $9.40; do., good, $3.30 to $9.00: do., inediurn, 55.40 to 35,50: do., common, $7.60 to $7.85; butchers' bulls, choice, 38.00 to 35.60; do,. rough bulls. $4.75 to $5.25; butchers' cows, choice, 38.00 to 38.40; do., good. 37.60 to 37.75: do.. common, $5.25 to $6.76; stock- ers. 700 to 850 lbs, $6.76 to 3 7.75; choice feeders, dehorned, 950 to 1,000 lbs, $8.25 to 8.85; canners and cutters, $4.00 to 35.00; milkers, choice, each 375.00 to $100,00; do., com. and med.. each $40.00 to 360.00; springers. $50,00 to $100.00; light ewes, $8.50 to $11.60; sheep, heavy; $6.00 to 37.60; yearlings. $11.00 to $13.50 Iambs, choice, $11.00 to $13.50; spring lambs, $9.00 to $12.00: calves, good to choice $9.50 to 312.00; do.. medium $7.25 to S.60; hogs, fed and watered, 510.90; do„ weighed off cars 311.15 to 311.26; do.. f.o.b. 510.40. HINDENBURG'S ORDER TO HEARTEN TROOPS. Tells His Soldiers to Seek Peace on "Other Side of the Dvina." A despatch from London says: An order of the day said to have been is- sued recently by Field Marshal von Hindenburg to his men on the Russian front is quoted as follows in a Cen- tral News despatch from Basel, Swit- zerland: "For some time a rumor has been spreading among the troops that peace negotiations are about to . begin, and this fact, coupled with the instinct of self-preservation which is constantly growing is having a bad effect on the morale of the men. In the name: of. the Emperor, I declare that there can- not be any question of peace until we have crossed the. Dvina. Soldiers, if you wish peace, go and seek it on the other side of the Dvina.".. EMBARGO IS RAISED ON CANNED IMPORTS... Restrictions Imposed by Britain Not to Affect Dominions. Even With World Conflict Raging, Britaui Can Attend to Her Little Wars. A despatch from London says: The War- Office on Friday night issued a report concerning fighting on May 23 in,the Sudan, which resulted in the defeat of some 3,000 troops of Ali Dinar, . Sultan' of Darfur, by Col. Kelley's force. The fight took place at El Fasher. The British losses are given as five men:. killed. and' ?3 wound- ed, while :the losses AO:the Sultan'; force ale''estim:'ited at 1;000: 'rhe Sultan, whose attitude to war d Government has; been informed that the embargo placed by. the ]mperial Government on imports of canned fruits; vegetables, etc'., has been raised, in so far as it affects these imports .ft'or'_l British dominions. The question is of considerable importance both to the producers and canners in this country and has been the sub- ject' of numerous f ItCC ni'ies Since the 7riginal order was promulgated. the SiulaneSe Government fora long time has been truculent is reported ! ' ., h� a son i.;.,, li:..y ton p.pe u -,.1.\ had ,�psv.• to have fled •with a small number of I n,rtlanp Ir,.fii; yoga." said Brown. "Yes," his followers. • • r 1 replied. Smith, "it left Me long age."