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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1916-6-29, Page 3GERMAN FLEET TOO LAME ` ,.:-‘1 7',., AND BLIND TO MOVE Enemy Losses itr'Skagerraek Fight Are Found to Very Seriously Reduce Passibility -of Any More Naval Battles, Markets of : the World GERMANS MN RUSHING HUGE GERM AN FORCES FRENCH TRENCHES FROM FRANCE TO EAST FRONT Breadstuf fe. Toronto. Juue 27. -Manitoba wheat ti ATQ. 1 Northern, $1,17$; No. 2 Northern $1.168; No. 3 Northern; $1:121, track Bay ports. Manitoba oats -No. 3 CW., 52c;' No. 3 51c; No. 1 feed, 431c, track Bay ports. American corn -No, 8 yellow, 800, thrack Bay ports; 834c, track Toronto. Ontario oats -No. 3 white, 49 to 49e, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat -No. 1 commercial. 98 A despatch from London says: rich Karl, and the Prince Adalbert, s cagn xcial °8r' c o 91ceuodint; Ngo Four weeks have passed since the The t+wo remaining` vessels are the freights outside: feed, 23 to 85c. nom - battle of Skagerrack, and it is pos..' R°on (launched in 190.3, therefore iaaeas-No, 2, nominal, 31,70: peas, au - thirteen in the light of an immense mass Heinr ch years ld)Theand FuerstPrince Bis- eordicording toof eoigjtts olitside o $1.50, ao (1900). Bazley Jtalting, G6 to 660, Peed, 60 to of information from British and neu- marek (1898) is of no military value. '620, according to Frei his outside. proveand can be ignored, owing to her slow acct vi,:at--1''o'inina 70to 71c, ac- tial sources, to form what willg , cording to freights outsido. a verdict of the historians on one of speed and weak guns. She is believed R e -No .1 commercial, 94 to 960, ac - 'the most splendid incidents in our ria- now to be serving as a training ship, co,"ttanitotu°a feauZ'trstspatents, 1n Jute �' vol annals. Light cruisers -Original number bags, $6.50; second patents, in jute bags. The German High Seas fleet, weak -$s,00; strong bakers', in Jute baps, $6.30,. thirty, wince lost 'twenty, comprising' T°ionto er by five capital ships, is so lame the 11arlshuhe, Madgeburg, Koln, Ontario flour -Winter, according to that it cannot mane and so blind that Mainz, Edmen, Dresden, Nurnburg, Toiorito; $gromPt shinmerit; nier track . it could nob move if it dared to do Koenigsberg, Leipsig, Bremen, Un- cording to sample, $4.00 to $4.10. bulk i so. That is a matter on which there seaboard. prompt shipment, dins, $ostbck, Wiesbaden, $reslau, : 1litlzfeed-Car lots. delivered Montreal can be no doubt, Frauenleb, Elbing, Ariadne, and three freights.�bags Included: -Bran. per ton, $.,0 to $..1 shorts, per ton, $24 to eea $i:: Battle Cruisers Lost others, the names Of which have not . middlings, per ton, $25 to 5L6: good feed When the war opezxed, Germany yet been revealed. , ticur, per bag. 31.55 to 31,60. possessed the following ships of the Fourteen Effective Cruisers Left, • country produce. cruiser class (built and building) less i Out of the forty-five effective cruise Butter fresh dairy, choice, 2$ to 27c: than fifteenyears aid those lost 3n inferinr, 23 to 24c; creamerx prints, 29 # ers of all classes which Germany had to 310; inferior, 28 to 29c, the come of the war being given: built and was building when the war Iliggs_New-laid. 26 to 27e; ao., in car- , Battle cruisers -Original number opened she therefore possesses to -day tOz>3eaMns 3 °5 to $4.50 the latter rot eight, since, lost six, comprising the only fourteen, and of these a large' h n e dehecl,eew, large. iso twins, isle. Lutzow, Gocben, Seydlitz (a complete proportion was so seriously injured 1n Aiaple syrup--�1,�f0 to ii.iao per lna- wre:7e.), Blueeher, Hindenburg and another of a similar type, which, it is believed, is the Von Der Tann. Large cruisers -Original number seven, since lost five, comprising the Yorck, £ieharnhorst, Gneirteneu, Fried - the battle of Skagerrack as to be at pelja �s cal A•tatty--chickens, 25 to 270; present ineffective. Those fourteen fowl, 23 to 25e. cruisers have to suffice for duty as Bruns icy; at 3pl aper barNista rn41 scouts for battle squadrons, parent . sl,ss. ships for torpedo flotillas, and for ---^--- patrol work in the Baltic. lezovisi°ns. Bacon. long clear, 18 to 19e. per lb, hams -Medium 23b to 24Ie; do.. heavy,. 201 to 211c; rolls, 19 to 19/et breakfast bacon. 241 to 261c; backs, plain. 263 to" 271c; boneless backs, 291 to 30,c. and pails. 171 to 173e; compound, 14 to, 14,e,Lard--Pure lard, tierces, 17 to 17Ic, AIT°ICIAL LIPS JANE CITIES • WILL DE .PROVIDED ARE SHELLED Montreal Markets. Montreal. dune 27,--Carn--American No, 2 yellnw, 33 to 34e. Gats --Canadian Western. No. 2. 56c; No. 3. 631e; extra No' Arrangements Made by the Gov- French Air Squadrons Drop e;o.2lalWhite.53c3o.s feed.iNo. Harley-.-1'fatttng, 76 t° 7Gc, l iour-- trit��lt`nt for Needs of Bombs on Mulheitn, Treves Manitoba Sprinfi wheat patonts. firsts. $0.60; seconds, $0.10; strong bakers,. Soldiers. and Carlsruhe. $5.90; Winter patents. choice. $6.00 to $0.25' straight rollers. 55.10 to $6.60: A tiesputcil from Ottawa says: The A despatch from Paris says: On du.. b $4• 5 -=Q0 55,66;2. do., bags. 90' lbs, attention of the Military Hospitals Thursday a very marked aerial active 32.40 to $2.60. Bran. $20.00 to 321.00. Commission has been dra vn to the icy by the French squadrons followed Shorts. 24.00. e, $z iddli.00 tnog x2$25.0 00. Hay fact that certain persons are going ' a raid .on Wednesday night on the • -No. 2 per tare car lots. $20.60 to :,hoot the country soliciting subserip- town of Treves, when 18 shells were 421.5a. lne to east Finest weto sterns, 171 t But - Noes to funds for the provision of dropped, resulting in a fire of large ter• --Choicest creamery. 29) to 300• artificial limbs for soldiers of the dimensions. Thursday's operations sec2n;lsseiecteto age. Eggs-Fresh, 5t, eia Canadian Expeditionary Force, "It were extensive, and were attended by 27 to 28c: bio, 2 stock, 24 to 25c. Pota- cannot be too widely known," says much success, One flotilla of nine toes --Per bag. car lots $1.96. the Secretary of � the Military Hospit- aeroplanes dropped shells on Carls- als Commission, that the most ample ruberain. , about 120 miles from Nancy, 'Winnipeg, Winnipeg eg, Juno 27.GG t cash prices provision is being made by the Gov- while another flotilla of ten planes Wheat --No. 1 Northern, $1.111; No. 3, eminent for the latest and best types reached Mulheim, on the right bank • 3%enii'iv�: c °odic; di°vo $c05o:'No. 4, of artificial limbs, both in Canada and of the Rhine, in whose military estab- sale, oats -No. 2 C. ., 461c; No, 3, in England, for all the members of lishments 60 shells were dropped. A p .c 4 as c o.i1a a °ao , fag , 151Eiaii y-1 the C.E.F. who may have suffered am- squadron of Fokkers pursued this No, 3, G$e No, 4,. 63c; rejected, 59c: feed, putation. Special study has been last expedition on their return, and rc,w, $169No. 1 N•-W,C„ $1,5510; No. made of the matter by the Military the French machines gave battle. One Hospitals Commission, in conjunction Fokker was brought down and a United Stater) markets. with the medical authoritiesof the French machine was forced by motor Minneapolis, June 27. -Wheat -Jul', Militia Department and in conse- quence, a special factory is being es- tablished by the Hospitals Commis- sion in connection with the new Con- valescent Hospital in Toronto, for the manufacture and fitting of artificial limbs for all who require them." "75" IIAS FIRED 18,830 SHOTS. Gun on Champagne Front Has Served Since Beginning. A despatch from London. says: There is a "soix-ante-quinze" in ser- vice still on the Champagne front which has been in action ever since the opening of the war. It is believ- ed this gun is about the "sole sur- vivor" of the early days of the strug- gle and that its record to date of 18,- 830 shots fired is far away ahead of any other gun. Naturally the piece has not come through all this unscar- red. More than once it has looked like a case of "knockout," but each time its lucky star has saved it, and although the gun carriage is all bat- tered and bruised the cannon itself is as good as it was and its men firm- ly believe it will outlive the war. COLOGNE THREATENED WITH POTATO• FAMINE. A despatch from Amsterdam says: According to bhe Vorwaerts, a potato famine is threatening Cologne. The quantity available at the present time is two and one-half pounds per head per week, but, the paper declares, the sale of potatoes is to be completely stopped in, the next few days. trouble to make a landing. 31.163; No. September, Northern, 831.093 to 3i 123; No. 2 Northern, 31.053 to 31.093, Corn - No. 3 yellow, 74 to 75e. Oats -No. 3, white. 33 to 3811c. Flour unchanged; shipments, 52,168 bbls. Bran, 317.50 to $15,50. Duluth, June 27. -Wheat -No. 2 hard, $1,12k; No. 1 Northern, $1,111; No. 2 Northern, $1.053 to 31.084; No. 1 Nor- thern to arrive, 31.111; No, 3 Northern on track, 988 to $1.043c. MONUMENT ERECTED TO GERMAN VICTIMS Canadian Wounded Subscribe Fund for Graves of Children. A despatch from London says: The patients at Ramsgate Canadian Hos- pital, which was struck by a bomb in the air raid of March 19, subscribed for a monument bo be erected to the memory of the Sunday School children who lost their lives in the raid. The necessary sum having been secured, the Canadians have placed the monu- ment in position by the children's graves in Ramsgate Cemetery. It takes the shape of a maple leaf. BRITISH SUCCESSES IN GERMAN AFRICA. A despatch from London says: Allied forces which are invading Ger- man Erst Africa are continuing the advance successfully. It was " an- nounced officially on Wednesday that the column moving from British East Africa into the north-eastern section of the German colony has occupied Handeni. Another column advancing from the south, has taken Alt Langen- burg, near the head of Lake Nyassa, RUNCIMAN'S HEALTH REVISED PENSIONS SCALE COMES INTO EFFECT Higher Rates for Men Up to Rank of Lieutenant Adopted and Are Retroactive -Over 5,000 Names in Now -- Annual Bill Will be. Heavy. A despatch from Oetawa says: The .will apply the new regulations. The ciovernment has adopted the reco3n- new, scale, is 'considerably higher in endstions of the special committee the Case of privates and obher ranks Parliament which last session con- up to Lieutenant than the scale tiered the revision of the war pen- adopted a yearor so ago, Ons regulations. The present Pen- Already there are some 5,500 Mens Board of the Militia Depart names in the' pension het, and when inent has been authorized to adopt all the casualties so far incurred have. the new scale : and to mako it retro- been dealt with bythe Pensions , active, applying bo all pensions al Board,' it is estimated the total num- ready granted since the outbreak of ber of pension awards will be up to the war, the ten thousand mark. Thesaggre- A permanent Pensions Board, ap gate oi� the annual pension bill ie now pointed for a long period of years, over two million dollars. By the time and removed from, all political influ- the war ends it is estimated that bhe encs, will be named later on, but .yearly 'bill for pensions will be fully mean;) -514 tlic present Military Board $20,000,000. Live Stook Markets. Toronto, June 27. -Choice heavy steers 9.90 to $10.50; butchers' cattle, choice, $9.40 to 39.75; do., good. $9.10 to 39.25; do., medium, 38.65 to 38.85; do., common, $8.00 to $8.25; butchers' bulls, choice, $8.35 to $8.80; do., good bulls, 37.50 to $7.75; do., rough bulls, 34.75 to 35.25; butchers' cows, choice, $8.25 to 35.50; do.. good 37.50 to 37.75; do., common, 35.25 to $5,75; stockers, 700 to 850 lbs. 6.75 to 37.75; choice feeders. dehorned, 950 to 1,000 lbs., $8.25 to 38.86; canners and cutters, $4.00 to $6.00; milkers, choice, each, 376.00 to $100.00; do., corn. and med., each 340.00 to 160.00; spring- ers, $50.00 to $100.00: light ewes, 39.00 to $10.00; sheep, heavy, 36.00 to $8.00; spring/lambs, per ib, 143c. to 1530.; calves, good to choice, 39.50 to 312.50; do., medium, 37.25 to $8.50; hogs, fed and watered, 311.20 to $11.25; do., weigh- ed off cars, $11.50 to 311.60; do., f.o.b., $1075. Montreal. June 27. -Butchers' steers, choice„ 39 to 39.50; medium, 37.76 to 38.75; common to fair, 37.25 to 37.50; bulls, choice, $7.25 to 38.25; fair to good, $6.50 to $7; medium, $5.25 to $6.25; common, 35; cows, choice. 37 to 38,25• fair to good, 35.75 to 36.75; canners and cutters, $4 to 34.75. Sheep, 7c to 8o; lambs, spring, 12c per pound. Calves, 9c to 101c; medium, The to Sc. Hogs, selects, 311.25 to $11.50; heavies and sows, 39.25 to 39.50. GREECE CONCEDES ALLIES' DEMANDS King Suddenly Agrees to an Un- conditional Surrender. A despatch from . Athens says: Greece has accepted unconditionally the demands made bed the Entente Powers. This decision was communi- cated to the French Legation by M. Zaimis, the former Premier, to whom the formation of a new Cabinet is re- ported to have been entrusted. It in- cludes the dissolution of the Chamber of Deputies, the reconstruction of the gendarmerie, and bhe holding of new elections. The sudden decision ..of King Constantine wa'sg''brought about by the issuance of orders that the: alliedfleet, under command of Vice - Admiral Moreau, cruise before Piraeus, the port of Athens. A land- ing party was to accompany bite fleet, its ' action _to "depend upon results." SLOWLY IMPROVES. A despatch from London says: Walter Runcim.an, president of the Board of Trade, is slowly recovering from his recent indisposition, but will not be able to resume his official duties until the end of. July. When Mr. Runciman's health broke down, he offered to. resign, but Mr. Asquith refused to consider ` his withdrawal from the Cabinet. Fierce Assault Also Results itt the Capture of the Thiau- mont Work. A despatch from Paris says: After nearly two weeks of quiet, when even the artillery was subdued, the. Ger- mars have resumed their attacks on Verdun with ` a violence exceeded but few times since their offensive began on Feb. 21. The lull along the Meuse had lasted so long and had been so pronounced in all arms that the People of France were coming to believe that the ex- haustion of the Crown Prince's organ- ization, combined with the Russian Tornado of Artillery Fire on the Verdun Sector Intended to Mask the Transfer. A despatch from Paris says: Huge movements of German troops from the western to the eastern theatre of war are under way. Within the past two days more than 100 troop trains have passed through Aix la Chapelle, bound from the western front to the eastern front. The information that the Germans and Austrians are bringing up rein- forcements from the French and Bel- ! ian tal'ian fronts is also given in the cont- munication from Petrograd. Accord- ing to speculations in Paris, the tor- nado of artillery fire on the Verdun sector and the attacks in Champagne are supposed to mask the transfer of troops from this front to the Russian front in view of the necessity of stem- ming the Russian advance towards - Kovel. drive in the east, spelt abandonment of active operations against the city, , . • C. JArvIES DIES GzRAAS BOLD The attacks on Thursday, however, are evidence that the German corn - is not yet willing to admit the failure of the three months' effort. Friday's French official report ad- mits that the Germans have gained. another step in their progress toward Verdun by capturing French positions north-east of that fortress, Fighting along a front of over three miles on the right bank of the Meuse, the Ger- man forces, fallowing the usual artil- lery bombardment, and in the face of violent fire from French guns, carried French first-line trenches between Mills 321 and 320,and also the Thiene mont fort. Fierce fighting marked the advance toward Verdun, Paris declares in ad- mitting the loss of the trenches and the Thiaumont work. Further along the fighting line the Germans reached Verdun, but they were repulsed there by a violent counter-attack. The at- tacks on the woods of Vauxz Chapitre, Fumin and Cbenois, andon the Dam- loup battery, were broken and re- pulsed. Fleury, about 31(3 miles North-east of "C , i Agriculture Stricken at St. Catharines. ON TROLLEY CAR GRIP ON FLEURY Dominion Commissioner of Despite the Furious Counter. A despatch from St. Catharines says: Charles Canniff James, Com- French have not been able to dislodge died suddenly in a trolley car here the Germans from the village of Fleury or the Thiaumont fort, cap- , about 5 o'clock on Friday afternoon, tared in Friday night's assault. They Mr. James had just arrived on a Grand still occupy "some houses," as the Trunk train and had taken the trolley , French war office bulletin puts it, at the N., St. C. and T. station at 5 Attacks They Still Occupy Some Houses. Landon, June 25. -Despite the most furious counter-attaeks the missioner of Agriculture for Canada, o'clock. The trolley had only proceed- As in the desperate struggle in the out two blocks when Mr., James R streets of Vaux, so Saturday's battle ed abseen to be in a atcollapse raged from house to house in Fleury.. was Far bloodiness it equalled the hand - in his seat, The car was stopped im- i, to -hand conflict in Fort Douaumont, Be - was quicklycalled, , death h beenwhere for two days French and Ra- 1varians locked in a death grip, mediately, and Dr, F. S. Greenwood a al d but zd instantaneous and the bodywas : fought until all were annihilated. quickly removed to Grobb Brothers' . Counter-attacks by the French Sat - undertaking rooms. Prof, James ,had ' urday night also resulted in their re- taken the car for Niagara -on -the -Lake gaining some lost ground,. Portions of to join his wife,- who has been stop - trenches west of the Thiaumont re - ping .at the Queen's Royal, and to doubt were taken and hand -grenade meet his son, who is an officer at Nix. fighting resulted in some progress be - PRICEOF TEC gara camp. The body was identified ing made in the village of Fleury, by documents in his possession, and During Sunday there were no infantry EXCUSEDBY KING t members of the family notified. engagements, Cannot Relinquish Iris Military Duties to Come to Canada. A despatch from London says: King George has given his sanction for the Duke of Connaught, whose term as Governor-General of Canada expires next October, to return to England, says an .announcement issued by the Colonial Office. The King also ex- cused Prince Alexander of Teck, whose appointment was made before the war, from being the successor to the Duke of Connaught, as the Prince feels he cannot relinquish his military duties. Nothing is known officially concerning the reports that Earl Cur- zon of Kedleston, former Viceroy of India, will become Governor-General of Canada. The Times states that the rumor that Earl Curzon is to succeed the Duke of Connaught, is incorrect. PANIC REACHES ENEMY CAPITALS Feeling That Lemberg Will Fall Into Russian Hands. A despatch from Milan says: In- formation from Vienna and Budapest reports that panic reigns in Lemberg, and that the exodus of the population from Bukowina and Galicia is extend- ing the feeling of panic to bhe Aus- trian and Hungarian capitals. In or- der to prevent further alarming news from reaching Vienna from the front- ier Provinces; all telegraphic and telephonic communication has been stopped. Railway traffic also has been reduced, and refugees prevented from pouring into Vienna and Buda- pest. In one week more than 100,000 refugees reached Lemberg. The feel- ing there that the town will again fall into Russian hands is general. GERMAN FORCES FLEE IN EAST AFRICA. A despatch from Havre says: Fur- ther zuccesses urther=successes for the Belgian columns invading German East. Africa are claimed in an official statement issued by the Belgian War Office on Thurs- day. hursday. Tho statement follows: "Gen- eral Tombeur telegraphs that, after beating bhe enemy on June 6 at Kiwi- tawe, our advance guard again caught up with the Germans on June 12, and fierced an engagement with them. on the road from Kiwitawe to Kitega, east of the River Ngokoma. The enemy was routed and retreated, abandoning the killed on the field. The •pursuit continues." BARON WIMBO'itNE NO LONGER VICEROY. A despatip from London says: Premier, Asquith announced in the - House of ,Comznons on Thursday, that the resignation. -of Baron Wimborne as lord lieutenant of Iielancl, tendered shortly after the suppression of the recent Irish rebellion, has been ac- cepted: BOMBS FE KILLING 120 5 PEOPLE, IN FOOTHILLS London, June 25.: More than 120 persons were killed in the French air raid on Karlsruhe last week, accord- ing to advices reaching here by way re uSSianS of Switzerland. Several bombs in- tended for the railway station, these despatches say, fell among a crowd of spectators in Hagenbeck's circus. Not less than 115 dead were carried out and more than 200 were injured. Austrian Crown land of Bukowina, GREECE HAS ACCEPTED rendered inevitable early last Friday ALL ALLIES' DEMANDS. by the capture of three vital railway _ intersections in the north-west, cen- Paris, June 25. -The Entente pow- tre and south of the province, became ers have been formally notified by the actually complete the same night Greek Government of its compliance with the fall of Kimpolung, in the with their demands. Premier Zaimis, hilly region of the south west of the says a Havas despatch from Athens Crown lands, not officially announced to -day, has delivered a note to repre- however, until to -night. With the city sentatives of the Entente, reciting the and railway station the victors cap - terms of the ultimatum and conclud- tared 60 officers and 2,000 men, the OF CARPATHIANS Win Possession. of Entire Crownland of Bukowina. London, June 25. -The occupation by the Russians of the whole of the ing: "The Greek Government taking largest number of prisoners taken by account of their final declaration,1 Gen. Brussiloff for some days. BRITISH CASUALTIES LAST WEEK 8,070. hereby agrees to execute integrally the foregoing demands." PRISONERS TAKEN DURING IRISH REBELLION. Dublin, June 25. -An official state- ment has been issued by the military Government regarding the prisoners taken in connection with the recent rebellion in Ireland. The number at present interned• in England is 1,614 men, five women; convicted under the Defence of the Realm Act, 160 men, qne woman; released from the Rich- mond barracks, Dublin, and England, 1,100 men, 71 women. Britain Seizes • Cpffee Cargoes. A despatch from Copenhagen says: The Berlingske Tidende says that five large Swedish steamers with coffee from South America have been seized by the British and that the steamer Kronprinzessin Margareta, also coffee laden, has been taken to Kirkwall. The action is believed to have been the result .of allegations that German agents were gathering large quanti- ties of coffee in Sweden for export to Germany as soon as the war is ended. • Lady (to applicant for cooks's sit- uation) -"Why did you leave your place?" Applicant -"Surely, that's very inquisitive malnn; I didn't ask you what your last cook left you for." Of These 115 Officers and 1,487 Men Are Reported Killed. London, June 25. -An official casu, alte- list issued to -night, covering the week's casualtieson all British fronts, gives the number of officers at $38, of whom 115 were killed, and that of men at 7,732, of whom 1,487 were kill- ed. This makes a total number of casualties for the past week of 8,070, of whom 1,602 were killed. OFFICERS' RELATIVES BARRED FROM FRANCE. A despatch from London says: After Monday next no relatives of sick or wounded officers will be per- mitted to visit France unless the of- • ficers' condition is dangerous and spe- cial permission has been granted, it was announced on Wednesday. This restriction has been imposed, owing to the recessities of the military situa- tion. Fish-hooks Don't Change. The fish-hooks used to -day are of 'precisely the same form a5 those. of two thousand years ago. The only difference is in the material; then they were made of bronze, now they are of steel. STARVATION CF P S DECIDED ON BY CERA Scarcity of Food to be Made the Excuse for eating 'Dtlwn Necessary Supplies. London, June 25. -That Germany is determined imrnediaty',.to institute the systematic starvation' of British prisoners' in reprisal for the British blockade is the alarming inforrnation of unimpeachable authority. The correspondent brought the in- formation to Lord Robert .Cecil,. Min- ister of. Blockade, this afternoon. Lord Robert said that he had been greatly impressed by the: continued reports of thescarcity of food in Ger- : - Inany and that he trusted, :that this would not bo made the cN.c se for serious attenlnts to cut' clown the ne• cessery supply of food for prisonei:•s of war. 'If that should happen,' he said, "it would arouse such a. storm of indiguti. tion as to acid terrifically to the bit- terness 'of this, the bitterest struggle the World has ever seen."