HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1918-5-2, Page 3ZEEBRUGGE CANAL BLOCKED AND ..
OSTEND FAIRWAY NARROWED
British Navy's laid on Flanders Coast is Big Blow tp Operations
of German Submarines—Obsolete Cruisers Laden
With Concrete Sunk to Block Entrance.
A despatch from London says: The
net result of the British navy's raid
lb on the Flanders coast, according to a
high naval authority, is that the Zee-
brugge Canal entf'<ince is effectually
blocked, a breach 120 feet long has
been made.;in the viaduct connecting
the Mole with theJland and the ()s-
tead fairway has been inconveniently
narrowed, but not wholly blocked.
The Zeebrugge Canal is much more
)mportant to the German 'navy's oper-
ations in the channel than Ostend, as
it was through Zeebrugge that U-
boats constructed at Antwerp were
brought to the coast, also munitions
and general supplies for coast defence.
Zeebrugge harbor has been daily
dredged by'two dredges owing to the
perpetual shifting of the sand. The
$ritish sunk one of these dredges. The
other was damaged, so that with a
breach in the viaduct and a south-
west or westerly wind the sand shift-
ing has proceeded rapidly, and Wit will
take the Germans some time to, over-.
come it.
The removal of the blockships
across the canal's mouth also is a
slow and delicate job, because the use
of heavy charges would still further
injure the entrance walls of the can
als, and the blockships were construct
ed'in a peculiar manner so as to give
themhigh resisting power. For a
time& the Germans must use Ostend'
instead of Zeebrugge as their chief
refuge, thus bringing thein further
down the channel than; they like.
The raid was a splendid enter-
prise, ably, and ingeniously planned,
magnificently executed and showing
the dauntless pluck of the British
navy with its inspiring moral effect.
GERMAN LOSSES
EXCEED 5,000,000
'600,000� £died and Wounded in.
Recent Great Offensive.
A despatch from London says: Ger-
man losses in killed and ;wounded in
the great offensive amounted to no
less than 000,000 men, according to
reliable information received from
Scandinavian sources. These figures,
which are, of course, unofficial, come
from trustworthy sources. ' There has
been much discussion as to the mo-
tive behind the disclosure of Karl
Bleibtren, `irl Neuve Europa, that the
AUSTRIANS LOSE
IN MACEDONIA
Successful—Operations by British
and Serbian Troops.
A despatch from Paris says:—The
War Office report, referring to
operations in Macedonia, said:
"Late reports confirm the hill.
success of the reconnoitring opera-
tion carried out on Wednesday on the
north °bank: of the Deval River. In
the course of their advance our troops
established that 'the enemy had ;sof-
fered very serious losses before aban
doning the ground. They brought
German losses up, to the end of back about 10 Austrian prisoners. On
January this year amounted to"' April 24, British troops carried out a
'4,456,000 men killed, wounded, and successful raid near Baraki'li, east of
prisoners, excluding the navy and Struma, and the Vetrenik Heights..
colonial troops, auxiliary forces, ; and The Serbian troops have maintained
their occupation of the work taken
April 21, repulsing new enemy coun-
ter-attacks."
deaths due to sickness. Combined
ith the figures of the recent battles
Germany'slosses total now exceed
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65,000,000. The total given by Bleib-
treu far exceed anything Germany had
previously admitted. There is a sug-
gestion that Bleibtreu's article was
intended to minimize proportionately
the recent losses on the western front,
which are causing serious disturbances
in Germany. When the enormous cas-
ualties •of the battlefield are added to
the increased rate of mortality of the
civilian population, it is clear Ger-
many's losses cannot be recovered in
a generation.
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PUBLISH- U-BOAT SINKINGS
ONCE A MONTH IN FUTURE.
A. despatch from Londonsays: The
Admiralty has announced tfre cessa-
tion of the weekly return of shipping
losses and the substitution of a month
CONSCRIPTION PASSES
IN NEWFOUNDLAND.
A, despatch from St. John's, Nfld.,
says: The conscription bill passed its
second reading without opposition on
Thursday after Premier ^ Lloyd had
made a statement regarding the war
situation, at a secret session of the
Legislature. Similar teflon was tak-
en on 'a 'bill to extend the life of the
Colonial Parliament until the close of
the year 1919.
Kaiser Hurries To Zeebrugge
But Not To Give Iron "Crosses
A despatch .from London eays:--
The "Kaiser visited. Zeebrugge per-
sonally . on Tuesday, it, is officially
admitted from Berlin; and inspected.
arh ish
of the World
Breadstuff"
Toronto,. .April 30 ----Manitoba wheat—
No. 1 Northern. $2,239; No. 2,, co.,
.$.2.2033 No, 3, iso,. 32.171; No. 4. wheat,
32.101 In stole o'ort '1viiiiani, including
200 tai:,*.v.
lil'anitol.aa oats—No, 2 C;4 . 91lc;'
3 C W„ 884e 1;i store 11'ort William.
.Auoerica,n Corn—No. 3 yellow, itllu
dried, $1,90, nominal; No, 4 ye•l1ow,' kiln
dr:,Gd, 31,85, nominal.
(Ontarlo oats --No. 2 white, 91 to 02c;
No, 3 white, 90 to 91.c, according to
freights outside.
Ontario wheat ---No, 2 Winter, per car
lot; $2,23; 'basis, in swore Montreal,
i?r,<ts No, 2, 33.00 to 33.70, according
to freights outside,
:Bail ey—Mtilting, 31.52 to 31.53, ac-
cording to freights outside.,
Buckwheat -31,34 to $1.80, accordirrg
to freights outside.
Rye—No. 2, $2.55, according to :freights.
00 Isla°.
Manitoba flour --War quality, 311.10,
new hags, Toronto.
Onta.rlbflour—War quality,' 310.80,
new bages, Toronto and 14rontreal
freights, prompt shipment.
2,4il'll'eed'-Crr,r lots --'Delivered Mont-
real freights, bags included: Bran. per
ton, 335.40; shorts, per ton, 340,40.
1;15.3'—N0 1 per torr -317 to $18; mixed.,
$14 to 310, track Toronto.
Straw ---Car lot:, per ton, $8,50 to 39,
track Toronto.
ly report on the Thursday morning the damage occasioned by theBritish
following the 21st of each month. ;;�
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ENEMY U TRE
,US DRIVE FOR SNS
British Line Restored South of Somme River—Slight Retirement
Before Furious Attacks of Foe on Meteren-Wytschaete Line.
A despatch from London says: The
great double German 'drive in the.
aomme and Armentieres sectors,
'which began on Wednesday morning,
has developed into a terrific struggle.
The British, having been forced back
Out of Villers-Bretonneux,' launched a
counter-attack, re -took ' the village
and swept the Germans back almost to
the lines which were held before the
resent fighting began: The Austra-
ians' assisted in the victory, The
rench have been driven back out of
)Eangard-en-Santerre, but are holding
their posjtions close by, while on the
Fine south-west of Ypres, the British.
have been compelled to withdraw
lelightly before furious attacks along
the MVieteren-Bailleul-Wytschaete line.
Wounded Americans are arriving at
1i hospital behind the French line in
the' Somme sector, showing that Gen.
'ershing's men are bearing their
share ' of the burden of the great
battle.
Notwithstanding the frantic pre-
parations made by the Germans for a
continuance of their " drive toward
Amiens and the extreme violence of,
the fighting, the gains thus far in that
region have been trifling. Along the
wine from Albert south to Castel ex-
cept at Hangard-en-Santerre, the Ger-
man assaults have been hurled back
by the allidd forces, which are strong-
ly posted on the higher ground to
which they retired during the last
days of the German drive in Picardy.
It is unofficially reported that from
four to six German -divisions, or fon
48,000 to 72,000 men, have been hurled
at the British and French lines near
Ypres. The retirement of the British
in this sector must have been small,
for there are no gains reported by
Berlin so far,_
TNIS is PANSY$ DAY
Oso
AND,01.41A Is
art -TING THE DIN?! O=RS
Country a'rodiroe—Wholesale
Eggs -New Brier, 39 to 40c; -ablected,'
new -laid, 42 to 430; cartons 43 to 44c.
Putter—Creaarnery, solids, 49 to 600
do. prints, 51 to 52, clo.fresh made 52
to +3c, ` choice dairy prints, 42 to 430;
ordinal.- dairy prints 38 to 400; bakers',
83 to 3Sc.
Oleomaritarine (best gr.)—32, to 33c.
Cheese= -New, large, 23 to 239c; twins,
235 to 2;1c; spring made, large, 25 to
205 twins, 251 to 2610.
Beans—Canadian, prime, bushel, 37.50
to $8; Foreign, hand-picked, bushel,
36.70 to $7.
pomb honey—Choice, 16 or, 33.60 per
eh3zen; 12 or.,. 33 per dozen; seconds
and dark cornb, 32.00 to 32.75.
Maple syrup—imperial gallons, 32.25;
5 -gallon tins, 32:10 per gallon; rnaple
sugar, per pound, 24 to 25c.
;Provisions—'Wholesale
Smoked meats—Hams, Medium, 36 to
380; do., heavy, 30 to 32e; cooked, 47
to 49c; rolls, 31 to 32c; breakfaat bacon,
41 to 44c; backs, plain, 44 to 45c; bone-
less, 48 to 49c. r
Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 29 to
80c; Blear bellies, 29 ter -30e.
Lard—Pure, tierces, 311 to 32c tube,
318 to 32§c; pails,' 32 to 321c; prints,
33 to 33111. C;ornpound tierces, 26 to
260c; tubs, 261 to '269,c; pails, 261 to
27,g; prints, 271 to 28c.
Montreal Markets
Montreal, April 30--Oats--Canadian
western. No. 8, 31.02; extra No. 1 teed,
31.02; No. •3 "local white, 31. Flour--
New
lour-New standard. Spring wheat grade;
310.95 to 311.05. Rolled oats—Bags, 90
lbs., 36.50 to 36.60. Fran, 335.40.
Shorts, 340.40. Middlings, 348.50. :Mou1i-
lie, 360 to 362. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car
lots, 3.17.
"Winnipeg Grain'
c'V'innipeg, April 30—Cash prices:--
Oats—No. 2 C.W., 91.00c;- No. 3, do., 38/0;
extra No. 1 feed, 880; No. 1 feed, 0510;
No. 2, 110., 8130. Parley—No. 3, $1.51;'
Flax—No.
0. 1 rejecN-Wred, .C., 33.871;20; feN $2 i7.
C..
Fla 1�
W., $3.83.
United States Markets
Minneapolis, April 30—Corn—No. 3
yellow,. 31.55 to $1.66. Oats
white, 86 to 87c. Flour—Unchanged.
Bran—$33.14.
Duluth, Minn,, April 30—Linseed-
34.079 to 34.189 arrive and May and
Tuly, 34.079; October, 33.57 bid:
Live Stook &iarkets
Toronto, April 30—Enxtra choiceheavy
steers, $13.75 to 315; choice heavy
steers, 312.75 to 313.50; good heavy
steers. 312.26 to 312.50; . butchers'. cat-
tle, choice. $12.50 to $12:76; do., good,
311.75 to 312; do., medium, $11 to 311.50;
do., common, 310 to 310.50; butchers'
bulls, choioe, $10.76 to 511.26; do., good
bulls, $10 to 310.50; do., medium bulls,
$9 to 39.26; do., Tough bulls, 36.75 to
37.50; butchers' cows, choice, 310.75 to
311.50; do., good, $1Q.25 to $10.601 � o.,
medium, $9.26 to $9.75; stockers,
0
to $11; feeders, $10.50 to $11.50; can-
ners and nutters, 36.50 to 57.60; milk-
ers, .-good to choice, $90 to 3140; do.,
com. and med., 366 to 380; springers. $90'
to 3140; light ewes, 313.60 to 316.00;
lambs, 318 to $20.50; ,calves, good to'
choice, $19.60 to $15.50; hogs, fed and
watered, 320; do , weighed off cars,
320.25; iso., f.o.b.. 314.00.
Montreal, April- 30 --Choice steers, 312
to 313 good steers, 311 to $12; medium,
$10.50 ` choice butcher bulls, 310.00 to
$11.50 medium, $9 to $9.50; .choice
butcher cows., 310.50; -good cows, 39.60
to $10; ,canners'; cattle, $5 to 35; milk -
ted calves, $8 to $14; choice, select hogs,
off cars; 321 to ;$21:50; sows, 519 to
510.50. �.
CROP CONDITIONS IN WEST
V►YERE NEVER BETTER.
A despatch from Calgary, ' Alta.,
says: Crop reports being received
from all,; parts of the province indicate
that conditions were never better, and.
it is estimated that the average In-
crease in, acreage seeded will be in
the neighborhood of 20 per cent. Cpol.
nights have retarded germination
somewhat, but in many parts of the
South wheat is above the ground.
There are a few complaints of lack of
moisture and drying winds blowing
off the top soil, but this happens every'
year, in Southern' Alberta to a greater,
or less' extent.
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New Italian Dirigible.
The Porlenini holds the world's altitude record for dirigibles of 1? 000 feet,against 1,
3 000 feet made by the
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Zeppelin. This airship has a carrying capacity of 6,000 pounds.
WHEN SEAPLANE
"SPOTS"
IA IN
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ONE METHOD EMPLOYED TO
COMBAT U-BOAT MENACE.
Trawlers and Destroyers Come at
Wireless Signal and Blow Up
Underwater Craft.
One of the methods by which, as
the First Sea Lord, Sir Eric Geddes
said recently, the submarine menace
is being "held" is vividly • described by
a writer in the Liverpool Journal of stroyer theport foremost trawler and
Commerce. Y m war industries the railway service
'h d "spotted" a submar- the starboard after one clipped a was utterly. paralyzed. As fast trains
A seaplanea p small3ed tin of high explosive to -tile
i the seabed.Instantly the could not be' run by burning wood in -
observer's
lying ony bar -taut wire and allowed it to slide stead of coal itwas decidedto stop
observers finger commenced to tap a down till it touched the U-boat's hull. t p
keyand ten miles away a long lean them.
It was the seaplane's turn to vave the Fortunately, England and France
destroyers and four squat trawlers de- g
cried themselves 'from a pack of flag and immediately thele followed came to Italy's rescue and the latter
tat red the crashing of two fists upon two fir- placed `240,000 tons of coal at Italy's
hounds working a covert and hasa ingkeys; the. uprising of two re
to the kill. Meanwhile the seaplane Y ' d l disposal, while the former nth i -
mounds of water, and a rumbling, teed to send 690,000 tons a. month. in
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answer, "but her eggs can wait for a
minute."
The trawlers now crossed their de-
pendent cables rtai thus held, the 'U-
boat in a kind of wire cat's cradle.
She seemed to suddenly wake to her
danger, for with a bound she tried to
disentangle herself from the meshes
COAL FAMINE IN ITALY.
May Halt Armies Unless Problem Can
Be Solved.
The coal problem in Italy is equally
as serious as that` relating: to food
shortage, but its solution is even
which held her, But was no 'use'
more difficult, says a Rome corre-
the trawlers bad been too long at the
game to leave any ''loopholes and the
submarine was doomed.
*"Got him," signalled the seaplane.
"Thanks," > replied ' the destroyer.
W'e'll give him five minutes to come
up and breathe, but no longer." That
time passed, but Fritz made no fur-
ther move.
Underwater Explosion.
At a flagged signal from the de-
spondent. Before the war Italy Pm
-
ported 950,000 tons of coal every
month. Despite the fact that the re-
quirements for coal have considerably
increased since the war, its importa-
tion continued to fall off until last
year, when on an average only 524,000
tons were imported every month, The
coal shortage became so acute that
ail available stocks were exhausted,
and in order not to diminish the out-
put of munition factories and other
circled around, but when the surface
ships arrived her instructions, deliver-
ed by wireless, were curt and precise.
Acting upon them the trawlers sta-
muffled explosion.
"The, seaplane circled twice above
the patch of rising oil, ascertained
that Fritz had been destroyed and no -
toned themselves at the four corners
f a wet quadrangle, while the.tined the destroyer of the fact. Then
o q g ,
de-
stroyer kept herguns ready to talk to
Fritz should he appear above the sur-
face.
Submarine is Doomed.
with her observer slipping' a drum of
cartridges into his'machine gun, she
sped on after those objects bobbing
down tide. A burst of rapid firing—
end the first of the devil's eggs; its
The trawlers at the corners of the buoyancy chamber punctured, sank
wet quadrangle got out their sweeps., with a gurgle; the second gave a bet-
--long wire hawsers of an incredible g g '
nes with a.'"kite" in the ter show, for it exploded grandly —
stout s, wi heavyand harmlessly—as the bullets reach -
centre to keep their bights down on ed it."
the seabed -and commenced to steam
toward each other. As the pairs of
vessels met, their wires simultaneous-' ONTARIO LED CANADA
ly engaged themselves under the U
IN ENLISTMENTS
boat's, bow and stern and commenced ---- .
to work their sinuous way between her A despatch from Ottawa says: ---The
hull and the sea bottom. following figures of voluntary enlist-
Then
it istThen the strange thing happened. ments up to 31st October, 1917, were
Two round, black objects seemed to given in the House. of Commons: On -
detach themselves from her hull and tarso, 191,632; Quebec, 48,934; Nova
float surfaceward,to hover a second Scotia and Prince Edward Island, 23,-
and their commene bobbing down the 436; New Brunswick, 18,022; Mani-
tide—bobbing tide btuba 52,784;Saskatchewan, down a' lane much fre- , 26111 '
quented by those ships that brought Alberta; 36,279; British Columbia and
food, munitions of war', and hundreds 'Yukon, 42,609. Total, 439,806. The
of other things to England's shore. nationalities were given as; Canadian -
"Minelayer, ell?" called the sea born, 197,4'73; British -born, 215,769;
plane's observer. other nationalities, 25,564. Total,
"That's it, lata," came the telephoned 439,806.
future. Three-fourths of all the .coal
used. in Italy is consumed by munition
factories and war industries, while the
remaining fourth is consumed by the
railroads. Efforts are now being made
to increase the quantity of coal- as-
signed to Italy by the Allies and a
conference for this purpose will be
held shortly in London,
"From/its results Italy's 'life and
the conduct of the war will depend,"
said the Food Commissioner recently,
implying that the coal problem, un-
less it is satisfactorily solved with-
out further delay, is apt to prevent
Italy from continuing the war.
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BULGARIANS FIGHTING WITH
GERMANS AROUND AMIENS,
A despatch from Paris says: The
presence of Bulgarian troops on the
western front is now confirmed. It
is not known here how large a force
is there or what troops are represent-
ed, but among the officers is the son
of the Bulgarian Minister in Vienna,.
Toscheff.
In addition to; the large force of
German troops now attacking the al-
lied line east of Amiens, concentra-
tions are reported further north, op-
posite Arras, as far as Ypres.
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