The Exeter Advocate, 1916-7-6, Page 6SMASH THE GERMANS
Total Nmu.her of Prisoners. Tanen by His Troops to Date 3,5O
-Germans Admit a Retirement
British' and French smash the Gerans' and east of Albert by the British.
London, July 2., -The " big push " . centre.
of the allies continues with unabated ; On the northern end of the British
energy and increasing gains, Through-, front, around and below Gomrneeourt,
out the day the Germans have been' the Germans are offering the strong -
pushed steadily back until to -night i est resistance. Berlin's first official
the French are within six miles of ward on the fighting, received -here to-
Peronne, a vital point on the main' day, announces heavy losses for the
feediri' railway f the Germans and British from Gommecourt to Lo
the centre of a system of radiating Boiselle and"no advantages worthy of
highroads. They have recaptured the mention.."
villages of Curlu and Frise; and have British Take Fricourt.
broken into the German second line :
of defences at a number of points.1 In front of Albertahowever, des
The British, operating on a fifteen-' pite strong German resistance, the
mile frost to the north, have captur- British to -day -completed their cape
ed. the village taf Fricourt and pushed ture of Frieourt, which had been pro-
farther eastward toward the Ba ctically surrounded in the first rush of
paume-Peronne highroad, *bleb 110W' the offensive, by the capture of La
is less than seven miles away. ; Boiselle and .1,iametz. The town was
In the first thirty-six hours of their :'strongly defended, being in reality a
Picardy drive the French and Brit -'small field fortress, defended by an
ih have captured more than 9,500 elaborate system of redoubts and en
Gtr aaan prisoners, cleared fifty trenchments. Pressing through the
square miles of French territory of village the British matte an advance smj�AsHING BL�r
o M1
viifages and a complicated series of advance is not made clear by des COV.-CENERAL
CHATSWORTH HALL, DERI3YSIIIRE OWNEDBY DUKE OF DEVONSH1I :.
BRITISII AND FRENCH•
MAGNIFICENT COUNT
Y RESIDENCE OF CANADA'S NEW GOVERNOR-GENERAL,
the invaders, and have carried eleven toward the east. The extent of this
CANADA'S NEW
entrenchments and redoubts which patches so far at hand.
the Germans have been more than Germans Admit Reverse.
meaty months constructing. The Berlin statement, admitting
Situation is Favorable," that the Teutons were forced to
The situation at the end of the sec -I abandon their entire system of first
end day is summed up in a sentence line trenches on both banks of the
by the British Headquarters. "The Somme for some distance north and
general situation may be regarded as , south, states that the troops wibh-
flv{erahle," says the report received; drawn took up specialy prepared posi-
in London to -night from Gen. Haig in tions some distance to the rear.
France. I It is likely that it is this series of
The day was one of consolidation I trenches into which the French report
rather than of the surging rushes; having penetrated during to -day.
which ye terday carried the allies! Over the twenty -five -mile battle
more than two miles deep into German ;line the air fleets of the opposing
fine- at same points, The greatest armies are unusually active. The
pr ogre ee during the day was record- French have carried out a seriesof
d : h of the Somme, between that raids on important points held by the
.ver and As eviilers, by the French „ Germans behind the front,
ITALIyNS GAIN
a QUEEN VICTORIA OF SWEDEN
HAD A NARROW ESCAPE
ERE SUCCESSEl despatchA from Berlin says ;-
S QaeonVitoria of Sweden, sister of
Grand Duke Friedrich II. of Baden,
was at the Castle in Karlsruhe during
the recent. French air raid on that
German city, when 110 persons were
killed by bombs, says an Overseas
News Agency despatch from Karis-
f rube, She escaped harm, however, as
Ion the occasion of the previous raid,
when she also was in the city.
KITCHEN REFUSE
FOR GERMAN COWS
A despatch from Amsterdam says :
-German newspapers received here
contain an order of the Federal Coun-
' cid compelling towns and communities
exceeding 40,000 inhabitants to collect
kitchen refuse from all households.
The refuse is to be sent to a Govern-
ment factory, there to be converted
into condensed food -for milch cows.
Three Lofty Heights Taken by
Cadorna's Troops
A despatch from London says :--
Further successes are claimed by
Rome. The lofty heights of Monte
Giamondo, north of Fusin, and Monte
Caviojo, have been seized by General
Cadorna's troops. Lying between the
Posing and Astico, these positions give
:he Italians command of a wide
stretch of territory. A further gain
in their sweep across the Mingo Pla-
teau also is claimed by the Italians..
They have occupied the southern side
of the Assa Valley and now are storm-
ing the slopes of Monte Rasca, Monte
Interrotto and Monte Mosciagh. In
addition they have reached the Gal-
tamara Valley, having carried the de-
fensive position of Monte Colombara
INTENSITY OF BRITISH FIRE
FRIGHTFUL AT CERTAIN POINTS
First Line Enemy Trenches Straightened Out and Munition De-
pots Five Miles in the Rear Blown Up.
A despatch from Paris says :-The
correspondent of La Liberte at the
British front says : The intensity
of the British artillery at certain
points is frightful. Shell follows
shell at only a few seconds interval.
The efficacy of the fire has been noted
by reconnoitring parties. Not only
first line trenches have been wrecked
over a considerable area and some of
them entirely straighened out, but the
second line and third line defences
have come under the British fire. Two
munition depots five miles in the rear
have been blown up. The prisoners
brought back by the British appear
to be stunned."
The correspondent after highly
praising the . B"ritish trench raiders
and the general spirit of the army,
adds :
" The British flying corps lately has
been very successful. Time and again
ON TEUTON LINE
Austrians Hurled Back on the
E olorea Front and South-
ward.
A despatch from London says
The Russians again are hammering
their way toward Kolomea, With
slow but sure strokes, before which
the Austrian lines, weak without the
support of German troops, are crumb-
ling, the Czar's forces are closing up-
on the Galician stroreehold, the key to
Lemberg.
" On Thursday General Letebitzkyy,
after artillery preparation," says Pet-
rograd's official statement, " inflicted
upon the enemy, despite his desperate
resistance, a great defeat in the re-
gion between the Rivers Dneister and
Pruth, and took possession of three
lines of trenches." •
Over a front of 25 miles the Rus-
sian masses were hurled at the oppos-
ing lines. Fierce battling followed, in
which artillery combat gave way to
hand-to-hand fighting. Austrian re-
serves were hastily rushed to the
threatened sector. With these new
forces the Russian onslaught was
halted, but in the evening the Czar's
troops renewed the assault with.
fresh vigor, and drove their wedge
through the Austrian line. Vienna
1 admits that the Teuton forces were
compelled to retire "from part of
their front at Kolomea and south-
ward."
HALIFAX GOES DRY
AFTER 169 YEARS
Forty-six Bars Were Used Last Night
-Liquor Men May Fight.
A despatch from Halifax says: -
The 46 liquor saloons in this city dos-
ed up on Thursday night to remain
closed, in consequence of the prohibi-
tion law passed at the last session of
the Legislature making Halifax "dry"
as well as the rest of the province. It
is 169 years since Halifax was found-
ed, and for the first time it will be
impossible legally to obtain a drink
in any public house.
German aircraft have attempted to
cross the allies' lines to spy out pre-
parations, and each time has had to
retreat, pursued by British airmen.
Since the beginning of the week Bri-
tish aircraft have destroyed five
German aeroplanes."
Major Moraht, the German military
critic, commenting in a recent issue
of the Berlin Tageblatt on the Bri-
tish activity in Flanders and Northern
France, says : " We believe that when
the English really make up their
minds to undertake a great stategical
offensive the end of the British army
will certainly be in sight. We do not
wish to underrate the seriousness of
such a fight. Neither, on the other
hand, do we want to allow the British
to frighten us. The British army has
not, and never will, have the opera-
tive strength to drive us out of
Northern France and Belgium."
BERLIN EXPECTS CLIMAX
' WAR R ON BRITISH FRONT
Impressed by Great Activity of Ilaig's Forces, Which Includes
Several Attacks With Gas.
A despatch from Berlin says
intensified artillery activity on the
British front is believed here to her-
ald the long -expected great British
offensive. If the British mean busi-
ness at this time they should find
the Germans in a state of prepared-
ness. The correspondent is in a;posi-
tion to know that the German line in
the far west has not been weakened as
the result of having to rush help to
the Austrians, and that operations at
Verdun are being continued systema-
tically in . the face of the possibility
of •a British offensive.
Military circles here are minify
confident that Great Britain's great-
est effort will meet the fate of the
previous offensives, but there is keen
interest to see Kitchener's new armies
in action. The general opinion is that
a supreme test of strength, between
the British and German armies dur-
ing the. coming summer will marl: the
climax of the war. .
In the expectation ectati
p on ` of perhaps de-
cisive military events on all fronts,
Jsit
peace talk has never been so dead as
i.
stoday..
THREE PEOPLE DROWNED.
Canoeing Tragedy on the ,Jacques
Near St. Catherine, Quebec.
A ;despatch from Quebec says: -
Three persons were drowned on
Thursday morning while canoeing, on
the River Jacques Cartier near Saint
Cabherine, They. are Mrs. Guillot,
whose husband is manager for Nar-
ceau and Company, dry goods dealers,
of this city; M. Jobin, formerly a
farmer of L'Evenement, and his son,
aged sixteen. It is thought that the
canoe capsized in rough water.
ROUMANIAN • FOOD RIOTS ..
Four Killed in Fight With Police at
Galatz.
A despatch from Amsterdam says
-According to Bucharest despatches
in German newspapers received here,I
four persons were killed and five
wounded by the police at Galatz-
Roumall�ia, Monday, while represent-
ing an demonstration of workingmen.
i foodstuffs.
against the high prices off d
The despatches add that the working-
men of Galatz declared a general
strike,., Sunday owing to the authori-
ties having p ohibited meetings and
demonstrations in protest against the
high cost of living.
DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE.
DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE.
LOST STRIPES,
NOT HIS LIFE
German Socialist Dismissed.
From Army and Given
Thirty Months.
A despatch from Berlin says ;-Dr.
Karl Liebknecht, the Socialist leader,
was sentenced on Wednesday tet thirty
months penal servitude and dismissal
from the army for attempted high
treason, gross insubordination and re-
sistance to the authorities. The court
adopted the view that Dr. Liebknecht
was guided by fanaticism and not by
unpatriotic feeling, and therefore im-
posed the lowest penalty on him.
Dr. Liebknecht is entitled to appeal
from the sentence.
KEEP POOR KITCHENS
OPEN INDEFINITELY
A despatch. from The Hague, via
London, says: --The municipality of
Berlin has decided to keep open inde-
finitely the municipal poor kitchens,
which in previous years were open
only during the winter months, dos-
ing at the end of March. This year
the closing bas been postponed, month
after month, under pressure of the
needs of the poor people, and it has
no'w been filially' decided to keep, the
kitchens open for an indefinite period.
The Vor'waerts says the kitchens are
crowded as in mid -winter and that
there are many complaints regarding
the insufficiency of the rations served.
THOMAS KELLY
FOUND GUILTY
SPLENDID BRITISH GIFT
TO CANADIAN, SOLDIERS
� J
A despatch from London says :-
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll,
presented a silk Union Jack and a sil-
ver shield to the General Officer Com-
manding' the Canadian forces on Sat-
urday. The colors and shield are the
gift of women and children in the
United- Kingdom and will remain at
Shorncliffe until the close of the war.
when they will be taken to Canada:
A souvenir, in commemoration of Lord
Kitchener, was also given to each dis-"
abled soldier.
BRITISH WOUNDED
IN LONDON ALREADY
Of Theft, Receiving and Obtain -
in by I'. -]se Pretences.
A despatch from Winnipeg says:-
Thoman Kelly has been found guilty of
theft, receiving, and obtaining money
by false pretences. A verdict- of
guilty on four out of the five counts in ,
the indictment on the charges arising
out of the contracts for the erection
of the Manitoba Parliament Buildings,
was found by the jury in the Assize ;
Court on Thursday afternoon at 5
o'clock, after it had deliberabed for
three hours.
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The first batch of wounded from the
British front in France arrived at
Charing Cross station this evening.
Aft enormous crowd assembled at the
station and the police had consider-
able difficulty in securing passage for
the Red. Cross vehicles through the
cheering, flag-waving people.
TURKS DRIVEN BACK
IN BAGDAD DIRECTION
A despatch from Petrograd says
The Russians continue to niiike pro-
gress in the Caucasus, "South of
Lake Urumiah we pushed back the
Turks from the region of Bann toward
the Turco -Persian frontier. In the
direction of Bagdad we have defeated
the Turks, driving them toward the
fortified region of Kalaystrahine."
IRISii OUTLOOK
IS MORE
A' despatch from London says :
" The Irish outlook generally' is more
hopeful. The Daily Mail predicts an
amicable settlement. The Daily
Chronicle, on the other hand, says that
Lord Lansdowne, Minister without
portfolio, and Walter Long, president
of the local Government Board, have
resigned. Some other papers say that
no one has resigned from the Cabinet
except Lord Selborne.
Fish Changes Color.
ONLY MUNITIONS FACTORY
IN ROUMANIA DESTROYED
A despatch from`Bucharest'`to Lon-
don says that the only munitoins fac-
tory in Roumania has'been destroyed.
,The 'destruction is laid' to a plot of
G4erman awl Bulgarian agents. All .
the machinery .in the plant and mil-
lions of shells were destroyed.
Markets of the World
Sreadstnifs.
Toronto. Jul 4: ---Manitoba nbga
No. 1 Northern 51.18 'N0 2, do $1.163;
No. 3, do., 51.123. trach, $a3 ports.
Manitoba oats -;No. 2. C. W. ;,233:
No. 3, do.. 6-'c+; extra No- 1 teed. 510;
No, 1 feed. 60c; No. 2. do.. 4ae. troch.
lids• ports.
American corn -Nn. 3 Venow. Slit.
track, tial: ports; 35c, track. Toronto.
Ontario hats ---No. 3 white. 48 to 49e.
accordiqa to freights outside.
Ontario wheat -No. 1 commercial, 93
to 99c: No. d, tin.. 94 to 9Gc: 9;o. 3, do.,
b8 to 90e; feed, 83 to 86e, nominal. ac-
cording to freights outside.
1'eas-No. 2 nominal. $1.75 to 51.80 ae•
cording to F ample, $1.25 to 51.50, Ac-
cording to freights outside.
Barley --'salting. :65 to Ede feed GO to
62e. •tte0rlling to dretdlits uut.i.li
lsttckwheat Nominal, 70 to 73c. ae•
cording til Sreighti+ outside.
et.mtnct•eia1. 94 to 95e. ae.
cording to freights outside.
\lanttoba flour -First patents. in joie
bags, 56.60; second patents, in jute bags.
56: strong bakers'. In jute bags. $3•'i0,
Taranto.
Ontario flour-'t'4lnter• according to
sample. 54.05,40 $1.15. in hags, track.
Toronto, prompt shiptnont: 54 to 54.11.
bulls seaboard. prompt rhlpntcnt.
'HUfcetl-^lair lots, delivered Montreal
freights. beg:. included -Bran. i...u. per ton..
520 to 321: shorts. per ton, 524 to 145:
middlings. per ion. 526 to 3.6: ,good acrd
13uum.
per Lag. $1.55 to SI Ai".
HOPEFUL
country V r'0ducO
Rutter-- I•'resh ti afire-. riitice.:35to 370;
interior. 2; to 34e. ere alter)' prints. 29
to 31t inferior. 3S to 21'c.
�,
s S fti 'h ..fit.
1• , lc d •, to mgr n t ]a 1, 4
29e tdo in cartons, ao 10 ate.
It inti -.-54.25 to 54.50, the latter far
h;tnd lit+' ed,
Gheere---Now, large, Ise: twins. 1F3e.
:tiepin syrupr-l'riee:; are steady at
$IAU to $1.G+1 per lntpriial gallon.
Dressed tuullra'=•t'hlel :cn:t, 23 to 37c:
fowl 23 to 23
Potatoes:-lln :trios quoted in ear 1o10
at $1.K., and New iirur,swicics at $2.15,
per hal*: '4t`ecterns, 51,15,
Montreal Markets.
Montreal. .July 4.---CornAmerican
No. 2 yellow, !'3 to 84e. Oats --.Can-
adian vvc;t' n. Nu. 2, 643e do No. 3.
63e; extra No. 1 feed, 63e Nit. 2 meal
white, 623t'; ',o, 3 do.. 51st:.. No. 4 it t,.
51' a Barley- Mt.2ling, i5 to rhe.
Flour Man. Spring' wheat patents.
lirsts 55.50: semi-ids$6.10; stron;, bhtlt-
ers'. 56.90; hinter patents, etiowe. $G.
to $6.26: straight rollers, $6.19 to 6.63t;
da. bags. 52.40 to 53.6Rolled olled oats,
barrels, $4.e 6 to 56.55; do.. bags. 90lbs,
52.26 to $2.60, Bran. 511 to $20,
Shorts. $22 to $24 Middlings, $35 to $27.
'1ou1111e. 527 to 532. lily No 2 per
ton, oar lots, 520.50 to $2150. Cheese
--Finest westerns. 16; to 17e; uta., east -
erns, 165 to 163e, Butter. choicest
creamery.. 30c; seconds, 25c. Eggs,
aeiected.. 33e: No. 1 stork, 25e; No, 2
stock'. 2Ge. Potatoes per bag, car Iota.
51.26.
In siam there are small fresh-
water fish so pugnacious that when
two of them are, placed near each oth-
er they begin to fight. When the fish
is : quiet its colors are dull, but when
excited it is of a metallic brilliance.
Winnipeg Grain.
Winnipeg, July 4. -Cash quotations:--
Whcat--No. 1 Northern. 51.1(+3; No. 2
Northern, 51,05• No. 3 Northern., $1.053;
iso. 4, 51.00; No, ', 5.1 e; No, 6, 903c;
reed -Ile. Oats -No. 2 tJ;\V:, i6 c;
Nil. 3 i„ W„ 46c; extra No. 1 .feed. 4530;
No. 1 ft:, 1, 445e No 2 feed 423e. ley -No. 3, 693c; lvo. 4, 641c; rejected,
603c: feed, 6030. Flax -No. 1 N. W. C..
$1.573; No. 2 C. 't v.. 51,543.
muted. States Markets..
'Minneapolis, July 4. Wheat--J'u1y,
$1.06:1; September. 51.073; No. 1 bard,
$1.133; No. 1 Northern .51,0799 to 51.093;
No. 2 Northern, $1.0"0 to $1.073. Corn
-No. 3 yellow, 76 to 77c. Oats -No. 3
white, 373 to 373e. Flour unchanged;
shipments, 66,608 bbls. Bran. 517.00 to
518.00.
Duluth, July 4. -Wheat -On . track,
No. 1 hard. $1.103; No. 1 Northern,
$1.093; No. 2 Northern, 51.013 to 51.063;
No. 1 Northern, to arrive, 51.093 • No. 3
Northern, on track, 963c to 51.023.
seed -On track, 51.731; to arrive, 51.751:
July, 51.783 asked; September, $1.531
asked; October, 51.803 bid; November,
51.803 bid.
Idve 'Stook Markets.
Toronto, July 4. -Choice heavy steers,
510.00 to 510.50; good heavy steers, 59.44
to 59.90; butchers' cattle, choice, $9.50
to 59.75; do.. good, 59.10 to 59.35; do.,
medium, 58.35 to 50.00; do.. common,
58.00 to 53.25; butchers' bulls, ohoice,
$8.35 to 58.50; do., good bulks, $7.45 to
57.65; do., rough bulls, 54.75 to 55.25;
butchers' cows, choice, 58.00 to $8.25;
do., medium, 56.25 to 56.75, stockers,
700 to 850 lbs -.56,755 to $7.75; choice
feeders, dehorned, 950 to 1.000 lbs, $8.25
to 58,85; canners, choice, each, 575.00
to $100.00; do., coin. and med., each,
$40.00 to 560.00; springers, $60.00 to
5100.00; lis'ht ewes. 59,00 to $10.00;
sheep, heavy, $6.00 to 53.00; spring
lambs, per lb,. 123c to 14c; calves, good
to choice 59.50 to $12.00; do., medium,
$7,25 to 58.50; hogs, fed and watered,
$11.40 to 511.50; do., weighed off cars,
511.66 to 511.75: do., t. o.. b., 510.90.
Montreal, J(i1y 4. -Butchers' steers,
choice, 59.75 to $10; medium, 58.70 to
$9.25; common to fair $7.70 to 58.28;
rough, 56 to . 57; bulls, choice, $7.50 to
$8.25;. fair to good, 56.75 to 57.16; med-
ium, $5.75 to 6.50;. cows, choice, 57 to
53; fair to good, 55.90 to 56.66; canners
and cutters, 53.85 to 4.86. Sheet), 7c to
7'3c; spring lambs, 55 to $8 each. Calves
choice, 93c to 10c; -medium, 83 to 90,
Hogs, selects, 511.35 to 511.60; roughs
and mixed lots, 511 to.511.26.
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GERMAN PAPER PAYS . TRIBUTE
TO CANADIAN GALLANTRY
PRUSSIAN LOSSES - -
APPROACH 3,000,000
A despatch f-roln Amsterdam says
-"'The latest Prussian casualitylists
covering the period from June 8 to 20
bring the total of Prussian losses :to
2,740,196. This figure -is not believed
to include the losses at Verdun."
A woman's work is never finished if
she is tryirig to reform some man.
One General and Several Officers, It Says, Preferred Death to
Surrender.
A despatch from London says
The Cologne Volkzeitung, describing
the gallant stand made by the Cana-
dians at Ypres at the ,beginning of
the month, says many of them made
an, obstinate resistance, preferring to
be killed rather, than surrender. One
general and several officers who re-
fused to give ie were killed.- The
general drew his sword, and when a
sergeant demanded his surrender he
cut hiri through the face, whereupon;
an infantryman bayoneted him: Many
such groups who resisted desperately
and refused all mercy had to be
cleared out with boniba;.
r.