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The Exeter Advocate, 1916-8-24, Page 3FRENCH OFFENSIVE ON SOMME SHOWS MASTERLY PRECISION Steady Gains Being Made While Losses in Operations Have Been Reduced to Minimum. i., A despatch from Paris Says; -"The operations on the Somme on Wednes- day were merely a detail of the offen- sive and of only local bearing," a high military officer explained to the Associated Press, "but signifieance is derived from the fact that the Ger mans did not counter-attack as usual. Never before have they failed to re- act when successfully attacked, and their failure to do so in this case is either a sign of weakness, or, more likely, because of confusion of orders. ,tow "The precision with which the French offensive has been carried out is shown by the fact that every ob- jective designated in advance of an action has been reached, At Maure- pas a certain number of houses were selected, and every one of them was captured and occupied; it never was intended to attempt the occupation of the entire village. "One eonsequenee of this precision in the French operations is the redue- tion of losses to a minimum. The operations in Artois and in Cham- pagne cost five times more than all the ground gained on the Somme. The purpose is to destroy the German forces, and the Franco -British defen- sive also has accomplished the feat of holding on the western front the greater possible portion of the Ger- man forces. "It is fallacious to figure out the probable duration of hostilities on French soil by computing the average surface of ground gained per day. Every time an action takes place, even though the gain may be no more than a hundred yards or so, the opposition is beaten. Ho loses heavily and the weakening moral ef- fect cannot be measured in yards, It is a cumulative effect which sooner or later will wear the enemy down so that he will be unable to hold the French gains to a few hundred yards." RUSSIANS READY FOR NEW DRIVE Troops on Central Portion of Front Are Splendidly Equipped. A despatch from the Russian Armies on the Central Russian front, says; The continued success of Gen- eral Brussiloff's two powerful move- ments, which gradually are envelop- ing Revel and Lemberg, have begun to have a marked effect on the situa- tion in the central portion of the front which, except for small Russian gains in the lake region of Dvinsk, has remained virtually unaltered since the Russians fell back last Au- gust to the line from Dvinsk u, the Pinsk marshes. The Austrian line now has receded so far before the re- peated thrusts of the south-western Russian forces in Southern Poland and Galicia that the Germans are in danger of a flanking movement from the south and the automatic retire- ment of the forces opposed to the Russian centre. Despite the desultory bursts of ac- tivity at various points Russian offi- cers say there are many indications that the Germans are prepared to abandon their present line on this part of the front at any moment. WANT MAXIMUM FIXED. Quebec Labor Council Petitions Sir Robert Borden. A despatch from Quebec says: The Quebec District Council of Federated Trades and Labor at a meeting on Tuesday night decided to petition the Right Hon. Premier Borden, asking his Government to fix a maximum price for the sale of neat, potatoes, bread and all everyday life neces- sities. The prices lately have been on a constant soar in the district, while the wages have not kept pace with the cost of living. The Government building at the Canadian National Exhibition has 48,400 square feet of exhibit space. GERMANS FLED IN FACE OF FIRE Losses in Counter -Attacks on the Somme Described as Enormous. A despatch from London .says; The nightly despatch from British head- quarters on the Somme front de- scribes the sanguinary defeat of pow- erful German counter-attacks on Thursday. In one of these attacks the. Germans advanced six deep, but' were taken under so heavy a fire that they tied in retreat before even reach- ing the British lines. Their losses are described as enormous, General Haig also announces the seizure of a 100 -yard trench north- west of 13azentin-le-Petit at the prow of the British advance toward the Martinpuich heights. Counter-attacks delivered from the latter region, he asserts, were unsuccessful. The French announce that they spent the day in consolidating the captured ground, while General Haig reports the further penetration for 800 yards of the German front west of the High. Wood. POISONING HORSES INTENDED FOR BRITAIN A despatch from New York says; -A plot to poison the big shipments of horses from Kansas City for the use of the British Government, is be- ing investigated by secret service operators of the Santa Fe Railroad and other roads which transport the horses to Newport News, where they embark for England. For more than a month a great number of horses, although leaving Kansas City in per- fect condition, have been arriving at Covington, Ky., the first stopping place, either ill or dead. Autopsies by British veterinaries disclose ars- enic poisoning. More than 10,000 horses a month are leaving the 'La- throp, Missouri, concentration camp over the Santa Fe Railway and the work of the mysterious poisoner al- ready has cost the British Govern- ment more than $100,000. SUBMARINE WAR' E RESUMED AGAINST MERCHANT SHIPS Campaign Follows German Note to the United States Respecting Boats Carrying Guns. A despatch from Paris says:-Ger- many's•,submarine warfare against merchant ships is again in full swing, according to thenaval expert of the Paris Temps. The temps declares. that this new submarine campaign follows the German note to the United States of Feb. 10, in which it was said: "Merchant ships carrying guns cannot be considered as peaceful ships." According to the Temps, the Germans are now acting under this notice, and ib says that three days ago the Italian ship Plata repulsed with gunfire. attacks of an enemy sub- marine. The article concludes with an emphatic declaration that a simil- iar course will be followed by other commanders of allied merchant ships, undismayed by "the murder of Capt. Fryatt." VERY EXTENSIVE FOOD FRAUDS ARE UNEARTHED IN GERMANY- Traffickers, ERMANY Traffickers, Several of Whom. Were Government Officials, Sold at Profit of 300 Per Cent. A despatch from The Hague says: She new German "War. Usury Bu- reau" has justified its existence by revealing surprising details of wide- ly ramified food frauds, according to reports received here. The frauds are said to involve a half-dozen ..leaders and a hundred accomplices. These men are said to have smuggled 'hun- dreds of tons of wheat, rye, and bar- ley flour from the province of West Prussia to Berlin, where it was gold at a profit of 800 per cent. i The existence of the flour, reports say, was concealed from Government stock -takers by all manner of arti- fices, and was shipped on night trains as potatoes or machinery. Among the accomplices and ringleaders were several Government officials and several station masters, who are charged with connivance in the fraud by consigning flour under false' de-' seriptions. German newspapers are demanding exemplary punishment for the men arrested. Markets of the World. Breadstuffs4 Toronto, Aug. 22 Mairitoba wheat No. 1 Norther.i, 51.044 , No. Z do, $1.52i; No. 3 do.; 51.473, on track Bay ports, Manitoba oats -No. s C.W., 55o ; No - 3 C.W., 54c ; extra No. 1 feed, 64c ; , No, 1 feed, 53e, on track bay ports. track AmericanToronto, corn -No. 3 yellow, 954c, On Ontario oats -No. 3 white, 51 to 52c, nominal, according to freights outside, whN2 ommercial, $1.18 toOntario $1.20 ; eat - No. 2 do„1 $1.14coto $1.15 ; No. 3 do., 51.10 to $1.12 ; feed, 98e. to 51.00, according to freights outside; new crop. No. 2, 51.22 to $1.25. Peas -No. 2 nominal, 51.85 to 51.95, according to freights outside. fBarley-Malting barley, nominal ; eed barley, nominal, according to freights outside. Buckwheat -Nominal. according to freights outside. Rye --No. 2, neiv, DSc to 51.00 ; No. 1 commercial, nominal, according to freights outside. Manitoba flour -First patents, in Jute bags, 58.10 ; second patents, in ute $7bags,40, , Toron$1.60 ; to.strong bakers', in lute bags,. Ontario flour -New Winter, according to sample, 35.50 to 55.60, nominal, in bags, track Toronto, prompt shipment ; new, oard,p55.40rompt to 5s51h50ipm, ent. nominal, bulk sea - b Millfeed--Car lots, delivered Montreal freights, bags included --Bran, per ton, 524 ; shorts, per ton. 526 to $27 ' dlings, per ton, 527 to $28; good feed flour, per bag. 51.80 to 51.86. 1 -18.Y -New, No, 1. per ton, 510 to $12: No. 2, per ton, 59 to 59.50. on track To- ronto. Straw -Car lots, per ton, $6 to $7, on. track Toronto. Cotuttry 8rodnoe-Wholesale, Wholesalers were yesterday making the following quotations : Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 27 to 28o inferior, 24 to 25c ; creamery prints, 33 to 34e ; solids. 31 to 32e. Eggs -New-laid, 25 to 300 ; do., in cartons, 33 to 360. Beans -54.50 to 55, the latter for hand- picked. Cheese --New, large. 183 to 1880 ; twins, 188 to 1S3o ; triplets, 188 to 19c. Dressed poultry -Chickens, 27 to 25o ; fowl, 21 to 22o. Live poultry ---Chickens, 20 to 220 ; fowl, 18 to 19c. Potatoes -Virginia, new, barrel, 54.75 to $6.00. Honey -Five -pound tins, 123 to 13c ; do., 10-1b.. 12 to 123e. Maple Syrup -$1.60 per Imperial gal- lon. Provisions -Wholesale. Cured meats and, lard were quoted as follows ;- Bacon-Lonclear, 18 to 183o per lb. Hams-Mediuum, 24 to 260 ; do., heavy, 203 to 210 ; rolls, 19 to 193c ; breakfast bacon, 25 'to 27o; backs, plain, 25c ; boneless backs, 27 to 28c, Cooked ham, 35 to 36c. Lard -Pure lard, tierces, 162 to 170 ; tubs, 17 to 173o ; pails, 173 to 1730. Compound, 14 to 143c. Montreal Markets. Montreal, August 22, -Corn -Ameri- can No, 2 yellow, 96 to 97e, oats - Canadian Western No. 2, 67o ; Canadian Western No. 3, 563o ; No. 2 local white, 663c. Flour -Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, 58.20 ; seconds. $7.70 strong bakers', 57.50 ; Winter patents, choice, 57.00 ; straight rollers, $6.20 to 56.40 ; straight rollers, bags, 52.90 to 53.00. Rolled oats -Barrels, $5.66 to 55.75; bags, 90 lbs., 52,70 to 52.75. Bran Mouillie, 531 to 534. Hay, No. 2F4per$ton, car lots, 517. Cheese -Finest Westerns, 183 to 1S2c ; finest easterns, 18 to 185c. Butter -Choicest creamery, West 34o seconds, 323 to 33e. Eggs -Fresh, 36o selected, 33c ; No, 1 stock, 300 ; No. 2 stock. 27c. Winnipeg Grain. Winnipeg, Aug.' 22. -Cash quotations : -No. 1 Northern, 51.461 ; No. 2 North- ern, 51.443 ; No. 3 Northern, 51.353 ; No. 4, 51.348 ; No. 5 51.278 ; No. 6, 51.161 ; feed, 51.113. Oats -No. 2 C.W., 48e ; No. 3 C.W., 473c ; extra No. 1 feed, 473 ; No. 1 feed, 463c ; No. 2 feed, 453c. Barley -No. 3, 78e ; No. 4, 74c ; rejected, GSc ; feed, 68c. Flax -No, 1 N,W.C., 51.93 ; No, 3 C.W., 51.943. United States Markets. Minneapolis Aug, 22; Wheat -Sep- tember, 51.493 ; December, 51.473 to 51,473 ; No, 1 hard, 51.653 ; No. 1 Northern, 51.603 to $1.553 ; No. 2 North- ern, 51.473 to 51.613. Corn -No. 3 yel- low, 82 to 83e. Oats -No. 3 white, 423 to 423. Flour -unchanged, 13ran- 519.25 to 520.60. Duluth, Aug. 22. -Linseed, on track, 52.163 to 52.16 ; to arrive, 52.153 ; Sep- tember. 52.153 asked ; October, 2.163 bid ; November, 52.168 bid ; December, $1.543 ; No,e1 NortheWheat-No. n, $ 523 to 51.533; No. 2 Northern, $1.483 to 51.5503 ; Sep- tember, 51.503. Live Stook Markets. Toronto, Aug. 22 -Choice heavy steers, 58.15 to 58.85 ; good heavy steers, 57.76 to 58.00 ; butchers' cattle, good, 57.90 to 58.16 ; do, medium, 57.25 to 57.50 do., common, 56.36 to 56.60 ; butchers' bulls, choice, $7.26 to 57.60• do., good bulls, $6.65 to $6.75 • do., rough bulls, 5.1.50 to $5.00 ; butchers' cows, choice, 56.85 to 57.00; do., good, 56.60. to $6.65 ; do., medium, $5.75 to $6.10 ; stockers, 700 to 850 lbs., 56.00 to 56.36 ; choice feeders, dehorned, 56.30 to $7.00 ; can- ners and cutters, 53.60 to $4.50; Milkers choice, each, $70.00 to 590.00 ; do., coni. and med., each, $40.00 to 560.00 ; Spring- ers, 550.00 to 590.00 ; light ewes, 57.65 to $8.50 ; sheep, heavy 54.60 to 55.35 ; spring lambs, per lb., 123 to 13c ; calves, good to choice, $10.50 to 512.00 ; do., medium, 59.00 to $10.00 ; hogs fed and watered, $13.00; do., weighed off cars; 313.26 ; do., f.o.b., 512.35 to $12.40. Montreal, Aug. 22. -First class steers, cows, 55 7.50 to $t 56.75• medium utchers bulls, $4.50 to $6.75 ; canning bulls, $4.50 to 56 ; canning cows, 54.60 to $5 ; milk calves, 8c to 10e ; hogs, $10 to $12.75 ; lambs, 9c, to 100 ; sheep, 6e. to 73e. BRITISH ZEPPELINS ATTAIN GREAT SPEED. New Airships Are Superior to the German Dirigible. A despatch from London says: The A despatch from Washington says: Daily Express features an article by -President Wilson has taken the first its naval expert on "our new Zeppe- steps towards withdrawing General lins," which says; "During the past Pershing's expeditionary force from week I have watched the great Brit- Mexico. High army officials predict- ish . airships at work, and, although ed on Saturday that all American I am unable to make practical com- troops wouldbe out of Mexico by parisons with the German Zeppelins, September 15th. our new airships certainly seem mar- vellously rigid and beautifully de- signed. Mariners who have made close observations of German dirig- ibles consider our new airships cap- able of being handled more readily, of finer model and altogether less cumbersome than the German type, The British airships, moreover, at- tain an amazingly high speed. TO FIX CENTRE SPAN OF QUEBEC BRIDGE: Brig. General Bird, C.B. Photographed at a recent vestiture by the King at Buckingham Palace. Picture shows Brigadier -General Bird, C.B., wearing the gold upright stripe on his left arm to show he has been wounded, GERMAN SHIPS -RAN TO COVER High Seas Fleet Put Back t Port on Sighting ... British Boats. A despatch from London says: - Two British light cruisers, the Not tingham and Falmouth, were sunk o Saturday in the North Sea by Germa submarines while the vessels ever searching for the German high sea fleet, said to comprise fifteen war ships, including large cruisers, On German submarine was destroyed b the British, while another was ram med and possibly sunk, according t the. Armiralty statement, which fol lows: "Reports from our lookout squad rons and others units showed tha there was considerable activity on th part of the enemy in the North Se Saturday, the 19th. "The German high seas fleet cam out, but learning from their scout that the British forces were in con siderable strength, the enemy avoid ed an engagement and returned to port. "In searching for the enemy we los two cruisers by submarine attacks- H.M.S. Nottingham, Captain C. B Miller, and H.M.S. Falmouth, Captain John Edwards. "All the officers of the former were saved, but 38 of the crew are missing. All the officers and men of the Falmouth were saved, but one leading stoker, Norman Fry, died of injuries. "An enemy submarine was restroy- ed and another was rammed and pos- sibly sunk. "There is no truth in the German statement that a British destroyer was sunk and a British battleship damaged." GERMAN LABORING CLASSES ARE ON THE VERGE OF REVOLT. Authorities Endeavoring to Trace Some of Pamphlets Advocating Peace at Any Price. A despatch from Rotterdam says: Throughout Germany the authorities have their hands full confiscating and trying to trace the source of pain- phlets advocating peace at any price. This symptom of revolt among a large section of the people recently assumed alarming proportions, A few days ago there was a house-to- house search in Berlin, resulting in the arrests of an editor and printer associated with the Socialist organiz- ation. Strongest measures, however,. failed to suppress this form of agita- tion against war, which is so wide- spread as to baffle the efforts of the military and police. It is proof of the existence of a great undercurrent of discontent which approaches re - hellion among the working classes of Germany. , The well informed Cologne corre- spondent of the Tyd writes: "Complete removal of the censor- ship may be expected shortly, as the authorities can no longer oppose the increasing stream of protests and the bitter agitation among the people. The only result of the Government's measures of suppression is the ap- pearance in succession of secretly produced pamphlets distributed from hand to hand, which are increasing the prevailing unrest and the general feeling of collapse, Removing the censorship would be a safety valve, for the feeling is now increasing in bitterness among the laboring classes," FIVE MEN KILLED BIG OFFENSIVE IN FACTORY FIRE IN THE BALKANS Powder Company's Blending House at Drummondville Destroyed; Loss $20,000, A despatch from Montreal says: - Five men are dead, six are in a criti- cal condition, eight are in Montreal hospitals more or less seriously in- jured, and several others are suffering from, minor burns as the result of a flue at the plant of the Aetna Chemi- cal Company's powder factory at k Drummondville, Que., about 1,80 Sun- 1' day morning. The fire, which is said to have been caused by an electric spark from the conveyer belt igniting 0 the powder in one of the bins in the blending house, completely destroyed the blending house, the material loss being estimated at $20,000. The fire will not affect the output of the fac- tory, as all the other buildings at the plant escaped the flames. n n e s 0 y 0 FARMER IS OWNER OF GRAIN IN STORAGE. Question Which Has Arisen in Inter- pretation of Grain Act. A despatch from Ottawa says; - Prof. A. Magill, chairman of the Grain Commission, and. Mr. Staples, - of the same body, are in the capital t conferring with the Government rela- e tive to an important question which a has arisen in connection with the in- terpretation of the Grain Act. The e issue is whether grain dealers are ern- s powered to treat grain in storage - with them as their own. Hitherto - they have been doing this, selling the grain and replacing it with other grain of the same grade. The farm - t ers cleaim that they have no right to do this, that they can move the grain, but not sell it without authority. The matter has been taken up with Hon. Arthur Meighen, who, it is under- stood, has given his opinion in favor of the farmers' contention, and has been referred to the Justice Depart- ment. ROUMANIA FRIENDLY TOWARD BULGARIA A despatch from London says :- Bulgarian and Roumanian relations have become more friendly, according to a telegram from Sofia, transmitted by Reuter's Amsterdam correspond- ent. The readiness of the Rouman- ian Government to agree bo the ex- change of goods between the two countries is very favorably comment- ed upon in the Budgarian capital, says the despatch. WILSON WILL WITHDRAW TROOPS FROM MEXICO A despatch from Ottawa says: It BRITISH DECORATION FOR BELGIAN QUEEN. A despatch from London says:. King George, during his recent visit to Belgian headquarters, decorated Queen Elizabeth of Belgium with the Royal Red Cross of the First Class, says a Government_ press bureau statement on Wednesday, Belgian Troops Capture Karema A despatch from Havre says: A brigade of Belgian troops has cap is expected that between Sept„14 and tured and occupied the Port of,,Kare- 16 the great centre span of the Que-ulna on the eastern bank of Lake Tan- bec bridge will be floated into ,posy- ganyika, German East Africa, says tion, This will pave the way for the an official Belgian announcement, opening of the structureearly next Karema is about 125 miles' south of. year. Ujiji. O Smallest day's attendance at the Canadian National Exhibition in 1915, 28,000 on Opening Day; largest, 141,- 000 41;000 on Labor Day. Allies From Salonica Engage Enemy on 150 -Mile Front. A despatch from Paris says: -Re- ports received here from Salonica show that the general engagement which began on Friday is continuing with intensity ever an extended front, running from Florina, near Monastir, to the River Struma. This repres- ents an irregular line measuring up- wards of 150 miles. Gen. Serrail is directing the united operations of the allies, with. Gen. Cordonnier commanding the French troops, The operations have been long expected as a part of the co- ordinated offensive of the allies on all fronts. Its opening follows the ar- rival of Gen. Cordonnier after ex- tended conferences with officials here. The advices received in Paris indi- cate that the Germans and Bulgar- ians are seeking to anticipate the movement by taking the offensive on. the left, where the Serbians had mov- ed rip to within 25 miles of Monastir, holding Florina as an observation post. Their orders were not to at- tempt to retain Florina if they were attacked. The Serbian War Office says the : and thrown ubackaon their old pons were - tions, but that later the Serbians, fol- lowing their instructions, evacuated Florina. Thereupon the town and the station of Florina were occupied by the Bulgarians. The Serbians retired slowly, and later delivered a heavy counter-at- tack against a large Bulgarian force which was debouching from Florina toward Benita, Fighting continues in this region. In the centre French and British forces near Lake Doiran followed an intense bombardment with infantry attcks, in which the British contin- gent occupied the strategic point of Doldzeli. Further east the French right rushed a series of small villages in much the same manner as the French right carried the villages on the Somme front. Reports in general show a condi- tion of affairs along the whole line which is regarded here as satisfac- tory for the allies. There is every indication that the preliminary 'opera- tions are extending rapidly. BRITISH AND FRENCH GUNS UNITED IN THEIR THUNDER German First Line Was Broken Everywhere and, the Second at Many Points A despatch from the British Army in France says; -With the skies clear for arbillery observations, following the heavy rains, the English and French attacked the German lines on Friday afternoon along the entire front from the Anvre to the Somme, where their blows during the past two weeks have broken the German first line everywhere and the second line at many points. From the ridge above Pozieres, where the battered stone ruins of a windmill stand, to the highest point on the horizon, along the edges of bloody High Wood, and thence along Delville or Devil's Wood to the lower, levels of the river valley, where there has been no cessation in the fighting, or the pounding of the guns, day after, day, there was a continuous cloud off smoke from the bursting shells as the, British and French guns united in their thunders. The British made gains on either side of Guillemont, where the Ger- mans still hold the fortifications of their pld second line and have their. heaviest concentration of guns. TRANSFER SMELTING INDUSTRY FROM GERMANY TO BRITAIN England Enters Into Agreement With Australia for Supply of. Zinc Concentrates and Spelter. A despatch from London says: An agreement has been reached Between Great Britain and Australia, under which Great Britain contracts to pur chase 100,000 tons of zinc concen- trates and 45,000 tons of spelter an- nually from Australia during the period of the war,' and for ten years afterward. The effect of the agreement will be. to ensure the transfer of the smelting industry from Germany' to ,British • hands. The amount involved in the agreement exceeds £25,000000,'cover- ing more than half of Australia's an- nual output. Tia remainder of the output is expected to be taken .over by France and Belgium.