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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1916-8-3, Page 3FIRE WIPES OUT TOWNS IN NORTHERN ONTARIO Matheson Completely 'Wiped Out, Two -Thirds of Cochrane Gone, aid Numerous Sinall. Places Obliterated. Cobalt, Ont., July 30. The bush as a relief train to bring down re- fixes which have been raging through- : fugees. One hundred and sixteen, out Northern Ontario in the vicinity mostly women and children,. were of Matheson and Cochrane have claim- ed 149 known victims up to 10 o'clock to -night, as follows: MATHESON .... .,60 gye- Nx. 1 comm fat, 9c to 97c, ax RAMORE . 14 The entire North Country from a cording 177 o freights outside NUSHIKA , , , b7 Matheson to Timmins is ablaze to- . Manitoba d ur-sire# yatants, in jute "' ... night, and apall of smoke has hung bags, $6 50 ; second patents, in iu#o SCATTERED ............ . . 18 g bars, 36: strum= bakers`, in iota bags, Nushka is a little village ten miles over the district down as far south as $6.30. Torun#o. north of Matheson. The town .of Cobalt all afternoon. All telegraph ' sa"°$4outo 54.25. erin bags m trac • M theson is completely destroyed, and and telephone communication beyond LOronto. prompt ship•nent ^ 34.25, bulk: 50 bodies have already been found Swastika has been cut off since early . biiufe d --Car lots; deliv red Montreal brought down to Englehart last night. Rescue train made >ap of boxcars caught are several times coining through Markets: of_the World WILL . BE .NO REST -TRE GERMAN FRO WEST OF LUTSX BROKEN l�To orontooithe g� - t niton a2. $126 • TIIE GERMANS No. 3, $1.221, on track Bay ports. Manitoba oats -No. 2 0.W., 51�ic ;541 o: 3 !✓.W, 01..; extra No. 1 feed, , 3 C.W., 51c. ; extra No. 1 fee- 503,0 ; track B ports. 923,x., .Arnerin corn -No. 3 yellow, on track Toronto. Ontario Oats -No. 2 white. 47 to 48e., according to freights outside. Ontario wheat -No. 1 commercial, $1.01 to 51.03' ; No. 2 do.. 08e. to 81.00 ; No. 3 do.. 92 to 94e; feed wheat. ii9 to Peas -No. 2 nominal. $1.7$ to 51.85: according to sample, $1.26 to 31.50, ac- cording to freights outsrde. • Barley -Malting barley. nominal. 65 to 66o ; feed barley. nominal, 60 to 62c. accordng to freights outside. Buckwheat -Nominal. 7Q toac- cording to freights out;:id Spirit of Men at Front is Per- Czar's victorious Armies Within 58 Miles of Lemberg, With feet, Says Under-Secretary of War. A despatch from London says, Lord Derby, 'Under-Secretary of War, who recently visited the British front, on Wednesday gave the International News Service his impression of the work being done there by the British army: "1 never saw such absolute confi- dence, not only among the officers, but all the grades from the generals down. The spirit is absolutely mag- nificent. Men who, fifteen months ago, were in counting houses, are to- day the finest soldiers imaginable. „After all, you cannot beat a velure- teer army,, where such spirit and con. Railroad Connection., A despatch from, Petrograd says: The Russians have occupied the im- portant railroad junction of Brody, 58 miles north-east of Lemberg, in Ga- licia. They have also by another drive 60 miles away broken through the entire first line of the Teutonic allies west of Lutsk and driven. the Austro -German forces from the line of the River Slonevka and Boldu- rovka, Southern Volhynia, according to the official communication issued on Friday night by the War Office. Heavy casualties were inflicted on the sea ear. nramn s pmen , Austro=Germans; over 9,000 men were Saturday afternoon. The operator at freights. base inelued---reran. per tor►. made prisoner, two generals, and a Cochrane also suffered severely from Matheson was obliged to leave his $20 to s2: ; Shorts, p'r ton, $22 to 500x, fidence exists, for remember, I should large number of guns were captured. the townfio, and practicaesty two-thirds Ke so post in the middle of a message, ac - 'teed flour v r bag "&1866 to slap. a say at least 93 per cent. of the army Brody is a great railway junction Ilio has been destroyed. Kelso and Homer villages have also been cording to a report brought down are volunteers, while the remainder .. Country Praclac+ really only wanted their minds made and it had been expected the Austrians destroyed. here and since then the rorth bas gwould retain, it at all coat* The swift. Y N ' ,e, Butter -Fresh dairy. choice, 26 to 27c: tip for item" e o his new Russian stroke was Practically all day to -day there has :been cut off. The last accounts a inferior, z4 to $5x creamery prints. 29 Lord Derby was asked whether the I n ss f this acted, The occupation of the been no 'Aire communication between , to the effect that the town of Tnnmiris toNgiges inferior i 1 Ms_9 to ea . do . In gxaund gamed in the recent British ' unezcp Cobalt and the gold camp, but late was surrounded by Are, and that the xartons, 21 to 33x. advance gained worth the losses of this afternoon it was learn that 17 , i+tekcd. d entire town was threatened despite . kle•ans-54•50 to $5. the latter Tor hand mem houses have been burned at Timmins, clearing toaehthe )south and west o the tr n P c`v large. a�7o ; t�vins tzto 1 Lord Derby said: "There is no At Iroquois Palls fall stores but one town. The village of Pearson's Land- sl oto $ so n r' „a are stead ° at question about it.." have "been burned and practically alld r1 27 aes� ew runs c s quoted aria) Ilan. He paid tribute to the Prussians,. camps in the vicinity have fallen vie- ing is reported to be burning, an foies i 2otry chicbens; 25 to o; who, tie said, were fighting like til to file threes. It was reported that place, teas is cut off' from outside Potatoes -New 2. T3 wt k at d at "tigers," but their confident spirit was incomparable with the British. Regarding the length of the war, Lord Derby said that any ane who named a specific time could only be described as a fool, but that the next two weeks ought to see great things achieved. A despatch from Berlin says; The "'What will you da with the Kaiser Vossische Zeitung prints the follow if you get him?" Lord Derby was "ing despatch from its correspondent, Montreal Marketsasked, Montreal. Aug.1.-Oats-CanadianWestern. No. 2, 33 to 54e : do, No. 3,. I cannot say, but I promise he, Max Osborne, from Gambrels France: "The fearful battle which has now that 15 people at Iroquois Falls were communication. injured and several aro dead, Two Great fear is expressed for a num- are dead at 'a ma. . ber of prospector:; in th bush at vert- 8aegn. IonR clear. 18 to&1e TAIT,. When news was received in Cobalt ons places thro7aghout the district, ramN.--:uedium. 24 to zee : lc?. leas ire of the catastrophe a meeting of the as well as for a number of settlers. glom 2 to trolls rolls. Fl bee; b a cast town council was held, and several Everything in the woods now is as dry bonels backs, 29 tce 20c, prominent citizens organized a relief as tinder. Small fires confined to nar- a Lad -Pure atto d. tierces, 10t o1 k 0to . campaign bathe toren. The town vote row areas have been smouldering for 143x. ed $500 for provisions, and the towns- weeks, and with the stiff breeze Sat - people and stores were thoroughly ard2y these were fanned into a fury canvassed this morning for food and of fi:- `•'. At many paints ' south of lathing Tho tow. was practically. de- Timmins settlers moved their families $2. per bag; Western, $1.85. Provisions. • town may have the effect of causing the entire Austrian line southward to- ward Tarnopol and Buczeez, which has been held tenaciously in face of Russian attacks, to fall back. The fall of Brody is a serious threat to Lemberg, and to rapid and sue.' cessful advance of Gen. Sakharoffs forces menace the whole Austro -Gere man line of communications from the north to the south. For the present Kovel yields in importance to Lem- berg, The position of this portion of the Russian front seems to be that General Kaledines, having driven Gene von Linsingen's left wing behind the Stokhod River, has suspended his ad- vance towards Novel and is holding up the great Teutonic forces there while Gen. Sakbaroff is pressing on toward , Lemberg, which is defended by the forces of Gen. Boelun-Ernnolli, NS OF THOUSANDS LIVES OF TE ARE BEING SWALLOWED DAILY Real Significance of the Battle of the Somme as Viewed by Ger- man Correspondents. 523 to Mae ; extra, No. 1 teed, 62 to 623x: Ica. a lee i ant G2 won't be able to do any mare harm.,'"raged three weeks signifies more than plated of the Dread supply, and but- a out to the railway over a. weal: ago. j 611e :�,0 4 do e504e.lc .Flour•• -'•-ire % replied the Under-Secretary. adding: the fact that it is the greatest at - ter, biscuits and various provisions tthb;t Spring cheat patents. brats. 16.60;'"But we've got to ,get him first." tempt yet undertaken by the western p tub seconds, Sheat patents. bakers' 6:90; pP y a :10 Lives Lost at Cochrane. 'Men Too l enemies, with unprecedented force, to were accumulated and hi eel b spa:- ^ Winter patents. choice. $6 to s6.2a ; y get to Iia aurae wsll eial train leaving; here sat 3.30 seelock ; Ottawa, July 130. -The Department ; yea an ;tar ler ._ $1ouea 310 =narscla you rest there before beginning a new for the north Four doctors and four' of R•aineans is enaniny every effort Saes to s +•ee • bag ee oo Ins st 4o to offensive?" he was asked. nurses boarded the special, and were to ascertain the extent* of the disaster $rncigaii r net tQi n; $muni) iert .Ako' "We won't rest until we get to Bele, accompanied by a relief committee of at Cochrane and listheson reported sena xiav--No. :, ncr ton, cur lots,' li 2u Cobalt citizens. At Ilaileybury and to have been set by forest fres and ori ria to 8i�3el'uaecona ho39 sitcream- :Accompanied r a New Liskeard the Cobalt contingent to relieve the sufferers along the line r -i s-- �res1i. 2e Releetea, 3 o ; Zio. 1 was joined by ether relief commit- of the National Tran€continental Rail. sto , 3°0 : • o. „• do.. 26 to 27c. tees, together with supplies collected way. Superintendent Brady has Mt Winrtp a Grain. in these towns. Local undertakers Winnipeg in charge of a fully -equip. Winnipeg, Aug. 1. cash nriees--Wheat were asked to supply as many ease ped relief train and will reach the No. 1 Northern. $1.211 ; :No. 2. do., kets as the • had an hand, and two$1.iS3 Frei 3. da„ 31 tax : \o, 4, $1.tol,. yfire area as fast as the distance can. oats --No.: r.�v..94pc; 10.3 do 44 c; baggage trains attached to the special be covered. The T. Eaton Company, train conveyed a large number of ; of Winnipeg, have donated three coffins and boxes north. I thousand dollars worth of food sup At Fnglehart 62 children have are plies and they are on their way east. rived with scarcely a stitch of cloth- , The Mayor of Cochrane telegraph- ing, having been taken out of their; ed the department this afternoon beds itt Matheson and Nushka at' that although the business section of night. A large number of refugees Cochrane has been destroyed, the aro being brought down to Cobalt, ° residential section has escaped and flaileybury and New Liskeard, where: there has been no loss of life. The they will be cared for. 1 buildings of the National Transcontin- To-day's National train was held at ental and of the T. and N. 0. have Englehart, returning later to New I not been burned. A. railway trestle Liskeard, where she left passengers. just outside Cochrane has been de- • The train then proceeded north to act:stroyed. push back the German army from the occupied provinces of Northern France. n," came the reply. "In a historical sense it embodies Lord Derbymade an earnest plea the measuring by the army leaders of for America's help in ending what he the countries of all their farces in a termed "German kultur." decisive land battle. "We want America in with us," he "For the first time at the end of added. "Not necessarily In the war itself, but after it is over to help to # put an end to this thing called Ger- extra No. 1 feed, 434c , No. 2'teed. 421x; man kultur. I realize, and always Farley-- \o. a, ;sc No. 4, 6s3o, re- have done so, that the United States acted. Coe ; feed, 60c. Flax --No. 1 N. W.c•, $1.74; ; No. 2 c.w.. $1.711. is overwhelmingly pro -ally, I can also understand that there must be a BRITAIN IS MAKING • HER OWN MUNITIONS. Factories to Make One Class of Ex- plosives in Vast Quantities. A despatch from London says: During a discursive debate on the questions of the war in the House of Commons on Wednesday night, Dr. Christopher Addison, Parliamentary Secretary of Munitions, in replying to • a question said that the Department of Munitions was endeavoring to re- duce the contracts for munitions in the United States by increasing the output here. In one particular class of explosives, he said the department had undertaken the construction and equipment of factories to provide these explosives on an unheard of scale. GERMAN WORKMEN URGED NOT TO STRIKE A. despatch from Berlin says: -The Socialist Executive Committee and the General Commission of Labor Unions in Germany have unibed in ajoint appeal to the working classes not to participate in strikes ad demonstra- tions which the Radical leaders of the Liebkneehb group of Socialists are endeavoring to organize. The peo- ple are warned against giving ear to what is termed the shady propaganda of "the apostles of protest and the general strike," it being declared that such efforts are roomed in advance to failure and can only injure the partici- pants and discourage their brothers fighting at the front. . KEY TO IMPORTANT PASSES CAPTURED BY THE ITALIANS Nearly Entire Austrian Garrison Surrendered, It Having Been Demoralized by the Suddenness of the Attack. A despatch from Milan, Italy, says: Since July 20 operations have been conducted by. the Italians in the upper San Pellegrino valley with consider- able success. One detachment captur- ed the strong position of Cavaltazze, a key to the two passes of Rollo and Col Bricon. The Austrians, though they held well defended positions, were completely demoralized by the sudden atteek, and after a short re- sistance nearly the entire garrison surrendered. Four hundred prisoners, two guns, several machine guns and considerable material were captured. The Italians have since pushed their advantage still further, and have oc- cupied Cima Stradone, thus forming a serious menace to the Austrian posi- tion on the Dolomites road. The points of advantage gained by the Italians give them command of the San Pelle- grino and Travignolo valleys. ROBIANWS,, ENTRY ADMITTED BOTH IN BERLIN AND VIENNA Deepest Anxiety, Prevails in German Capital, According to Des- patches From That City. . A despatch from Rotterdam . says: Both Berlin. and Vienna. seem to have made up their minds that a -new enemy --Roumania-is about .to; enter the field. According to information from Berlin, the deePest,;iu anety: prevails there: • While' the Roti avian jdu'rnals are speaking of Bulgaria and Austria as probable enemies, German news- papers threaten Roumania. Germany, will support -her allies by probable military measures against. Roumania, which already. are in hand: Dr. Lederer,' of the Berliner Tag e - Blatt, writing •from Bucharest, says: ."You cannot trust the Roumanian policy. The only thing we can trust is our arms." Visited States markets. certain amount of friction between the Minneapolis.21•ept aura 1231 t 41.fury two countries during a war such as $1._23 • September, 51 233 to $1.22} No. o2° 'Mine ni _$ $1.2943 No. 2 moi he Northern. . this, but our aims are the same.,, to 1.233. corn- o. 3 vaporer. s: to 82e, Lord Derby looked towards Ameri- Oats-No. 3 white. 33 to 39e. Flour ea joining England and her Allies et unehanged • shipments, 70,994 bbls. );ran. 317.5.0 to $18.00. all events after the war in order to Duluth, Aug. 1. -Wheat -No. 1 hard. prevent a repetition of wars like the $3.261 : No. 1 Northern, $1.211 10 $1.253; iesent. No. 2 l�'orthern. $1.193 to $1.213: July, p 51.243. nominal ; September. 51.23}; -„__ December. $1.231 bid. Linseed, On track 3198 to $1.99 ; to arrive, $1.983 ; July, BRITISH CAPTAIN MURDERED. $1.33 asked • September, $1.953 asked; October. 51.93 asked • November, 31.97 - bid ; December, 51.953 bid. Germans Take Commander's Life I ive Stook licnrkota. Without Giving a Fair Trial. Toronto. Aug, 1. Ohoice heavy steers. to 8.35 • butchers' cattle.goad $7.30 to News of the execution of Captain 55 00 � d di 57.25 yet faced in any theatre. With their $5.50 to $8.75 • good heavy steers, $8.10 A despatch from London says: , ' a. medium. to $7.50 ; do., Fryatt of the British steamer Brussels common, $6.25 to $6.60 ; butchers' bulls, full weight of guns and with thous - choice, 57.25 to $7.76 ; do, good bulls, caused a painful impression at the ands of trained reinforcements the 6.76 to utc do. rough bulls, $4.50 to Forel n Office. Under the instruc- 5;00 ; buteiters' rows choice, $7.10 to g Germans are contesting every inch of 57,25: do. good, 36.'15 to $7.00 ; du., tions of Viscount Grey, the Foreign the blood-soaked territory. din $� 00 to $6.25 stockers, 700 ars, deborned, 36.40 to $9.25 ; canners mediately to the American Embassy two years of the war appears the real significance of the great world strug- " gle---namely, England and Germany 'engaged in a tremendous duel. Every- thing that bas token place hitherto 'between the two peoples appear now a mere prologue. The duel has begun, and day by day it swallows the lives of tens of thousands. • "I saw here a number of English prisoners, and these men understand what it means for our regiments to bold out against a storm of attacks by such, They are strong, tough, 4wildly courageous, and stern fellows, certainly able to stand up to their op- ; ponents." BRITISH WIN have been the scene of some of the heaviest fighting of the whole cam- paign. The possession of this wood and of Longueval is expected to fa- cilitate greatly the further progress of the Franco -British forces. - Wood Is Also Firmly ALL LONGUEVAL Delville Woo in the Possession KING PLANS VISIT TO CANADA. • of Haig's Forces. A despatch from London says: One of tie most furious battles of the war is being waged an the five -mile Pozieres-Longueval. front, where the British and Germans have been grip- ped in a bloody struggle for more than a week. The British troops are con- tinuing to gain important ground against the most desperate resistance medium, lbs 56 25 to 5s 75 • schoicee'feed- Secretary, a note was despatched im- The Germans have been completely and cutters, $3.75 to 54.50 ; milkers,driven from the Delville wood, a for - choice, each, 570.00 to 530.00 ; do., com. requesting that James W. Gerard, the est fortress behind the German third and med., each $40.00 to $60.00 • American Ambassador at Berlin, pro-, line of defence. The British won the springers 500.00 each, $90 00 light e els of the affair. 57.50 to '$8.50 ; sheep, heavy, $4.50 to cure complete data 55.35 ; spring Iambs, per 1b., 133c. to The first intimation of the trial of 14c • calves, good to choice, 59.50 to Captain Fryatt was called to the at - 312.1 a0 ; do, medium , 37.25 to 38.50 ; p, hogs, fed and watered, 512.00 to $12.10 ; tention of the Foreign Office by press do., weighed off cars, $12.25 to 512.35 ; Montreal, Aug. 1. -Butcher steers, reports on July 18 to the effect that do.. f.o.b., 511.25 to $11.30. p be was to be tried as the result of good, 58.25 to 58.50 ; medium, 57.50 to finding on him a watch containing an 53.50 ;* common to fair, 57 to 58 ; fair, to good. 56.50 to $7. Butcher cows, inscription reciting his efforts to ram good, 56 to 57 ;• fair, 55.50 to •. 55.75 ; best, 56 to 57 ; good, 56 to 56.50 ; fair, a German submarine. common, $5 to 55.25. Butcher nulls,. 55.50 to ,$6 ; canners. 54.50 to 55. DUTCH FISHING BOATS Sheep, 7c ; lambs, 11c. Calves, milk fed, Sc to 9c; grass fed. 5e. libgs. selects, 511.75 to 512.25 ; roughs and mixed lots, 510.50 to 511.50 ; sows. 59.75 to $10.25. --• Ship Owners of Holland Enter -Pro- test, Against English Action. SEIZED BY BRITISH BRITISH STEAMERS SAIL FROM THE BALTIC. Leave Russian Ports and Are Navi- gated Around Sweden. A despatch from Stockholm says: Almost every day British steamers ly- ing at Russianports manage : to get out of the Baltic and escape the Ger- man cruisers. The ships generally cross the Gulf of . Bothnia and are piloted around Sweden inside the ter. ritorial limit. This 'traffic during the last few weeks has been considerably developed. The ships as a rule take on board an entire Swedish crew and Swedish officers. The pro -German pa- pers here are urging that this traffic be stopped, contending that it is not in accord with, absolute neutrality. But the Government has taken no ac- tion so far against it. GOVERNMENT TO SINK ARTESIAN WELLS A despatch from Ottawa says :- The Government is going into the artesian-wellbusiness in Southern Alberta. The ordinary water sup- ply there in many localities is poor, but the geological survey, in.'boring for oil deposits,' discovered abundance. of splendid water at low depths. An order -in -Council has been passed mak- ing, an. appropriation for an extensive artesian -well system in these .districts it will supply the ordinary deficiency. Heed not a blusterer, but, beware of a silent man. A despatch , from Berlin says :- The Dutch Christian Seamen's Union, says the. Overseas News Agency, has endorsed bhe protest of the Dutch ship owners and sailors' union against the action of the British authorities in seizing 'Dutch fishing boats, virtual- ly all of which have been taken pos- session of, according bo news agency. GERMAN GOVERNMENT SEIZES FIELD CROPS A despatch from Amsterdam says : -The Handelsbald says the Minister of Agriculture has informed the Bur- gomasters that in the interest of the feeding of man and beast the seizure of all wheat, oats and barley is neces- sary. The Minister, according to bhe newspaper, has directed the officials to buy up all corn in the fields • at fixed,: prices. GERMAN SUBMARINE RAIDS FISHING FLEET. A despatch from London says :-A German submarine- has raided a 13tic- ish fleet of fishing boats. Eight, of the vessels; was 'sunk. The crews were 'landed on. Friday at the North Sea port of Tynemouth. ---• • Previous to 1885 ales and beers were sold on the Canadian National Exhibi- tion grounds. The sale was abolished at an annual loss in booth rentals of $2,000, quite a sum in the early days of the big Fair to pay for a principle. last inch of ground in this vital posi- tion by a night attack. The wood was held by the famous Brandenburg corps, which has distinguished itself on every field from Warsaw to Ver- dun, and it 'irks against these trained veterans that "Kitchener's army of clerks" scored its victory. Under cover of an artillery fire so terrible that the German general staff make special comment upon it in their official report, the British on. Fri- day continued their onward swing, at- tacking the Teutons at Longueval, the fortified village which has seen some of the heaviest fighting of the war. With the Germans already driven in from most of their outlying positions the British troops attacked the main defence works of the village, carrying several of the strongest, and obtaining complete control of the entire place. At the same time, on the opposite tip of the day's battle -front, the Brit-. ish engaged the Germans in hand-to- hand fighting in the neighborhood of Pozieres. The final capture of Delville wood is very gratifying to the British peo- ple. It was first taken July 17, but was afterwards abandoned. For many days the wood and the village of Longueval Expects to Make Trip With Queen as Soon as War Permits. The appointment of the Duke of De- vonshire as Governor-General of Can- ada may be regarded as a forerunner of the King's determination to make a tour of Canada with the Queen as soon .after the war as possible, accord- ing to the London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian. Reference is made to plans by the King to visit Canada during the Duke of Connaught's tenure of office, the assertion being made that they were cut short by the outbreak of the war. The Duchess of Devonshire is not' only Mistress of the Robes of the Queen but is one of her closest friends. She was, before her marriage, Lady Evelyn Mary Fitzmaurice, daughter of Lord Lansdowne. She is a great social favorite aand one of London's most popular hostesses. Both she and the Duke have visited more than once. TURKISH SUEZ STORY A PURE FABRICATION A despatch from London says :- Claims of a Turkish victory east of the Suez Canal over the British Egyp- tian forces were denied in the follow- ing official statement given out by the War Office on Thursday: "It was stated in a German wireless mes- sage -that our cavalry was driven back from Romani (El Rumen) and Katia • (El Katie), on Sinai Peninsula. Our cavalry has completed the occupation of Katie and nowhere has been driven back. Complete superiority over the enemy has been established." Butter -making competitions were in. troduced at the Canadian National Ex- hibition in 1899 for the first tim in America. They are similar to those given at the Dairy Shows in Great Britain. BRITISH ADVANCES CONTINUE IN GERMAN EAST AFRICA Enemy Driven. From Strongly -Organized Positions Astride Rail- road -German Governor Killed. A despatch from London says: The following official statement on the progress of the British campaign in German East Africa was given out on Thursday night: "Brig. :Gen. Northey reports that on July 24 he drove: the main German southern.: detachment of the enemy from strongly organized positions astride the Neu Langenburg-Irangi road at Malangali. After counter- attacks the enemy retired hurriedly in the direction of Irangi, abandoning a 4.1 -inch howitzer and tvvo machine guns. "Among a Number of Germu.t'Euro peens captured previously was Dr. Styr, late governor of the Neu . Lan- genburg district. Dr. Styr has died of wounds. A majority of the sur- viving members of the crew of the German cruiser Koenigsburg form .'.. part of the. German forces in this district."