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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1915-5-20, Page 2BATTLESHIP GOLL.TU SUNK British Submarine E; -i4 Avenges By inking Two Turkish Gunboats A despatch froze London .gays: The13ritish battlesthip• Goliath has been torpedoed in the Dardanelles, it is fetared 500 lives have been .bast. • Announcement •of the loss of the Goliath was made in the Rouse of Commons by Winston Spencer C'hurehil1, Fst Lord of the Ad- miealty. Mr. Churchill also announced that the British submarine E-14 had penetrated through the Darda- nelles and into the Sea of Mar - mora,. sinking two Turkish gun- boats and a Turkish transport, The Goliath was torpedoed. and sunk by Turkish destroyers last night. The Goliath was .attacked and sunk while protecting the flank of the French. troops in their .Band operations. Despatches to the :Admiralty from Vice -Admiral Michael De Ro- ._.._..> beck, commander of the British fleet in the Dardanelles sphere of operations, said that tweedy offi- cers and t60 men of the Goliath's crew had been saved. The battle- ship normally carried a complement Of 750 Wren. The Goliath was a sister ship of the Canopus, Ocean, Glory, Albion and Vengeanee. She was oommand- ed by Captain Thomas L. Shelford. The Goliath was one of the older British battleships of the pre- dreadnought type. She was built in 1898. Her complement w.tls 750 men. The Goliath Was 450 feet long on the water line and 74 feet beaux. Her displacement was 12,950 tans. She was armed with four 12-indtlt and twelve 0 -inch guns; twelve 12- pounders, six 3 -pounders and two machine guns. She had Boor torpe- do tubes. TW EM TY CANNON, 6,000 PIIISONERS French Oflfeihtl Report on the Booty (.a pt uied 1) uri ng the Past Week. A despatch from Paris says: The offensive of the allies was contin- ued to the south-west t f .'Ingres, where two lines of trenches were captured and a strongly fortified wood, iu which the btdies. of 400 Germans were found after the bat- tle. Fighting in the village of 1\euvile St. Valet continues. ]i:ore houses held by the enemy were captured, and the lasses inflicted by the artil- lery were extremely heavy, •accord- ing to captured soldiers. A German attack in the .silly weed resulted in the enemy tempor- arily gaining •a footing in the first line of French trenches, but they were repulsed in a counter-attack, and lee taken prisoner. With a forced lull in the fighting north ,,f Arras on account of the contrition of the ground as a re- sult yr a heavy rainfall the French arny had an opportunity of •esti- matieg the extent of the victories of the past week. About 100 offi- cers have been captured since Sun- day, and .the French have also taken 20 cannon, including eight heavy guns, together with 100 mi- trai'Ituses and bomb -throwers. The total prisoners taken exceeded 6,000. A conservative estimate places tris total German loss at be - two en 50.0::0 and 60,000. A fleet of British and French aeroplanes delivered another aerial attack upon the German positions along the Belgian coast, destroy- ing a number of bridges. 0 d ft t'd. igh-' Cen.sent to you martving my daughter? No, sir! You have no prospects, have you f" Impecunious Suitor -"Well, sir, if that'e the way you feel about it, T can't say that I have." RUSSIAN DRIVE MOVES QLICKLY New Offensive is Forcing Austrians In. Rout to the Pruth River. A despatch from London says: The Russian offensive in far East- ern Galicia towards Bukowina is meeting with continued success, according to the official report re- ceived from Petrograd. Counter- attacks by the Austrians have fail- ed entirely to check the advance of the Russians, and the enemy's forces were in disorderly retreat, his formations becoaning demoral- ized when the Czar's troops pene- trated as far as Horodenka, a town some 20 miles north of the Pruth River. Two Austrian battalions were an- nihilated by the Russian artillery, and several thousand men were taken prisoner. A number of guns and 50 ammunition caissons also fell into the Russians' hands. There is no official news from Petrograd concerning the Austro- German attack in West Galicia and the Carpathians, except for the statement that the fighting de- creased in intensity on agreat part of the front. An earlier official note, referring to the enemy's suc- cess during the last fortnight, says : "The Germans have gained no tactical success, Our reserves, by a flank blow, enabled our army to rearrange a line of advantage- ous positions eliminating all fear of final retreat. Our army has re- ceived strong reinforcements, and is ready to exact hearty revenge." Don't believe all you hear, or say all you believe. Military Examiner What must a man be to be buried with mili- tary honors f Recruit -Dead. Many a man is able to lead the simple life because his wife takes in boarders EATH OLL IS APPALLING Enemy Sacrifices lien By Thousands in Effort to Reach Ypres A despatch from London says: Officers writing from France tell that the British troops, infuriated over the Lusitania disaster, are fighting with greater vigor and 'more fiercely than ever before. The newssPread quickly through the army, arousing the intensest indignation. The Morning Post correspondent in :lrirthern France says: "At no time have the Germans displayed greater determination to break through at all costs, sacrificing large numbers of men, violating every rule of God and man, in a desperate. almost despairing ef- fort. The fighting between Ypres and Hill 60, which we still hold, has been of the most desperate de- scription. Despite losses, we have held our own. Last Obstat'fe to Lille. "On the next sector, that of the Aubers ridge, the action has been of a quite different nature. Fol- lowing up our quiet, but steady, progress around Armentieres and Hotuplines, both of which places are now under heavy bombardment, We. were enabled to launch• an at- tack upon ethe ridge, the last ob- eta•cle between us and the plains which lead to Lille, some five or six miles away. "Swinging around at I'romelles to the left of our old Neuve Cha- pelle battle ground, the horse shoe ridge here rums in a, north-easterly direction and before Fronxelles there lies a small wood, similar to Pierre wood, which proved a tatumbling block at Neuve Chapelle,. This was quietly captured by our Indian troops -Pa -thane and Gurk- has. "We opened then upon the ridge se a bombardment whioh, if it could not exceed in intensity that of Neuve Chapelle, continued for a much longer period. It was -found that, profiting by previous experi- ence, the Germans had greatly strengthened their defences with dugouts and shelters niaade of eon - mete and steel. Thus, it feJil out that, after having carried the ridge and the first lines of the Geriman trenches, apparently obliterated by our artillery fire, we were caught by concealed macihine guns cunning- ly placed, so that they should es- cape the general devastation. "When these opened on us art short range our position was made untenable, and we had to content ourselves with the footing of the lower slopes of the ridge in the meantime. To meet our onslaught at Aubers the Germans have brought up great masses of men, and they had appareartly been can - celebrating at Lille, "Preoeded by a terrible bom- bardment, our troops dedivezed an attack upon the famous railway triangle west of La Bassee, where embankments had been converted into .a. strong, effioieatt fortress. So strong have they made their trench- es with conorete and iron plates that it was found our 'artillery had really made very little imp,ress&on upon them, Even wire entangle - meats were pretty nearly intact. "The enemy also resorbed to stra;tagetm. Re left ;his two first lines empty of men and materials to undergo b•om'bardsnen:b, which was therefore harinleass, but he was waiting for our infantry in phis third line, ,At. the same time the now fatuous brick fields of this part of the country:we're veritable quests of nlaehine gurus." German Hussars Searching a Russian Peasant's. Shop for Ifiddeu Russians. WILL LOCK HP MALE PRISONERS Those Not of Military Age and Women Are to Be Re- patriated.. A despatch from London says: Premier asquit'h announced in the House of Commons that "all male enemies over military age will be repatriated." He also said that women and children in suitable cases will be repatriated, though some night remain. The Govern- ment proposes to segregate all adult male enemies for their own safety and for the safety of the country, Premier Asquith told the House of Commons. Im announc- ing the alien policy of the Govern- ment the Premier said "At this moment some 40,000 un - naturalized aliens, of whom 24,000 are men, are M large in this coun- try. The Government proposes that all adult males of this class should, for their own safety and that of the country, be segregated and interned. If over the military age they should be repatriated. The Government recognizes there may be cases calling for exceptional treatment. Women and 'children in suitable cases should be rep,atria.t- ed, but there no doubt will be many cases in which justioe and humanity will require' that they be allowed to remain. "It would be difficult to find a parallel for the feeling of righteous indignation aroused in all classes in this country," the Premier said. "One result of this, unhappily, is that innocent and unoffending per- sons are in danger of being made to pay the penalty for the crimes of others. Anti -German riots in the East End of London were renewed with even greater violence. Wherever a German showed himself he was at- tacked. The pollee force has been ;so thinned by drafts sent to the army that it had difficulty in deal- ing with ;the angry crowds. Special constables had to be called out. A number of German establish- -mentis were raided ;and sacked and their contents scattered over the streets. The Germans themselves were forced to go into hiding. The police in some eases were defied by the angry crowds, and some officers were injured during their endea- vors to protect the Teutons. The furniture and fittings of German houses and stores were hurled through windows to the streets. When the proprietors were caught they were severely mauled. In some cases their clothes were torn from their backs. One German was thrown into a horse trough with the reminder that his eompatriots had been spending their time drowning women, and children. He was only saved from a ,similar fate by the intervention of the police. There were several instances of German butclhers tryitng to escape in their cants. They went racing down the streets teat a mad gallop, but in most cases they ultimately were run down and their vehicles smashed. A number of Russian Jewesses were flocking this morning to the police stations in. the. East End and pleading for protection, explaining that they were being mistaken foe Germans. Reports acre reaching the police that private houses belonging to wealthy Germans in the fashnon:- able West End are liable to be burned. Large placards in the windows of almost all busimests houses and.mar- kets bear the words: "No business tra;nnnacted with Ge•nm'ans." Anti -German outbreaks of par- ticular severity ocourred in the neighborhood of the East India docks. Sixty or seventy Germain shops were wrecked. Germans in the vicinity :are uniting for self-. defence and police reinfaroemtents are being rushed to the scene. Feeling in Johannesburg. "Anti-Germiaan feeling is running high as•. the result of the Lusitansa tragedy. Eatraordin;aly scenes are being enacted in front of the town hall, wthe,re crowds of citizens wait patiently for an opportunity to sign petitions to the Mayor re- questing him to call a mass meeting to voice protests agafnat; Germany's action.. "A large German flag is spread on the ground, where the peti- tioners stand while writing their names. Another German flag was publicly burned in front of the town hall. Placards have been, dis- played urging aboycott of Ger- mans, and a Stock Exchange com- mittee has adopted a resolution asking members of Teutonic birth to avoid the exchange during the war. "The Mayoe has consented to comply with the request that he call amass meeting." BOTH_1. OCCUPIES CAPITAL. Chief City of German South-West Africa Has. Been Captured. ' A despatch from London says: An official statement made public at Cape Town and received by the Reuter Telegram Company says that Windhoek, capital of German South-west Afrioa, was' captured without resistance by Union of South Africa farces under Gen. Botha. The population of the town consists of 3,000 Europeans and 12,000 natives. Gen B•otha's troops took a considerable quan- tity of railway rolling stock. Mar- tial law has been proolaimed throughout the conquered terri- tory. Gen. Botha, addressing his vic- torious troops, declared that the capture of the capital of German South-west Africa was of the "ut- most importance to the Empire and the Union of South Africa, as it means practically. complete posses- sion of German South-west Afri- ca." Continuing, the Genenal dwelt upon the resportaibiliity of 'the army of occupation to sore for German' women and children in Windihoek, saying in. this connection: "I rely on your honor to perform this responsible work well and faithfully." Kept from Calais. A despatch from London says: Donald MatcMaster, S.C., informs us that a friend of his who has just returned from Gerrniany says the feeling of 'hatred auanong the Ger- mans is now stronger against the Canadians than the rest of the British forcers. They say: "If it had not been for the Oanadian rats, we should have been through to Calais." GERMANS TERRIBLY EXHAUSTED Will Abandon Offensive Before Ypres Attack Against Dixmude A despatch from London says€ The Daily Mail's correspondent at Rotterdam forwards to eeport from Bruges that tbhe German t offensive before Ypres is weakening, because of the vigorous couuter-rattaeks of the aWes farther south of the city. "The British," he guys, `reit- Eor,eeel and encouraged by the sue - and Begin cessful defence, have attacked vig- orously and advanced against the Germans east of the city. 'Ilhe Germans are tct ibly exhausted by tihe,ir feroci sus efforts to win their way to Canals, I .Warn," be con - etudes, "that the next ambitious attack e f the Germans will ' be agaains& Dixon:ude." To the end of his days Lord Rob- erts' always slept in .a camp bed. No correct rhyme has even been found for the word "month." It takes 2,309 silkworms to pro- duce one pound of silk, CLEANS AND DISINFECTS THIS LYE IS ABSOLUTELY PURE, THEREFORE TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM THE IMPURE,AND HIGHLY ADULT- ERATED DULTERATED LYES NOW SOLD. Make Your Writing Easier. Two, recent inventions -one by a native of Texas and the other by a Chicagoan --bid fair to make writ- ing an easier task and far less tir- ing. One is a device for use with any pen or pencil, A grip is provided for the fingers of the writer, and the islhape of the device, with a weight placed in the lower portion of it, makes the m,ovenuent of the writing instrument an easy matter. The other invention is a pen and pencil holder. Slipped over the end of a pen or pencil, this device which is provided with a sleeve through which the index finger is passed, also makes writing athing to be enjoyed. MUST ABANDON PIRATE POLICY Wilson Expects Germany to End Submarine War on Merchantmen A despatcrh from Washington says: Gcrnlany must abandon her entire submarine prograanme against merchant vessels if the is fully to satisfy the stand taken by President Wilson in the note sent to Berlin. She must disavow the Lusitania and other outrages upon American life and property of which the United States complains. She must make reparation "so far as reparation is possible for injur- ies which are without measure," and she must take "immediate steps" to prevent a recurrence of the attacks on the American flag and on American lives and. Ameri- can vessels. • No doubt exists here of the diffi- culty of the position in whioh this note places Germany. Nothing less than a repudiation of all she has done and abandonment of practi- cally all she hopes to do with sub- marines against m;erehantnten and an admission that she has violated the laws of nations and humanity will enable Germaaiy entirely to meet the views so earnestly coan- munioated to her by the United State s. Stripped of its diplomatic dress, the President's note carries not only the demands, but a threat. Stre•sais laid upon the expectation of the United States for prompt action, and as regards the most imr portaalt demand, that of guaran- tees for the future, "immediate steps" are required. Finally, the plaiir intimation is conveyed that the note itself is not all Germany must expect if any action is not forthcoming. ybolyr•. EATS City Dairy Ice Cream, (when they can get it). Hundreds of Discriminating Druggists and Shopkeepers all over Ontario appreciate its universal popularity and have secured an agency for it. CITY DAIRY ICE CREAM is the one uni- versal summer confection -it delights the entire human family from infancy to old age -and best of all, City Dairy Ice Cream is a highly digestible food, Por Salo by discriminating shopkeepers everywhere MARKETS 0f THE WORLD'° REPORTS FROM THE LEADING i.RADI CENTRES OF AMERICA, Breadstuffs. Toronto, May. 18.-•-•]',lour--iManitdba first patents quoted at $8.10, in Juts (bags; 000+ oad. patents, $7.60; strong (bakers', $7,4Q, Ontario wheat flour, 90, per cent. Patents.11 quoted at $6.10 to 56.16, seaboard, and at $6.15 to $6.20, Toronto freight. Wheat -Manitoba Clio, 1 Northern quo's.( ed apt 51,67; No. 2 nt $1.641-2, and No, at $1.62 1.2. Ontario wheat 1s nominal. art. 51.48 for No, 2 at outside points.. Onbs-ontaado quoted at 60 to 61o, out. skip, and at 63e, 'Toronto. Western Canada. No. 2 quoted at 67e, and No. 3 at 651-8o, aid., Bay ports. Barley --The 'market is nominal. Good malting grades, 73 to 750, outside, Ityo-The market is dull cut 51 to $1.06, outside. lens -Prices are nominal. ,,yy, Corn -No. 2 new American cilcuQtred. nt 810, o.i:f., Bay ports; and No, 3 •et 801.2o, Bay ports. Buckwheat -No. 2 quoted .at 80 to 850. outside. Bran and shorts -Bran is quoted ab $26 a tot,, and shoots at $28. .tolled oats• ---Car lots, per bag of 90 Lbs., $3.25. Country Produce. Butter -offerings are fairly large, and prices steady. Choice dairy, 24 to 26o; inferior, 21 to 230; creamery prints, 32 to 34c do., solids, 29 to 30o, Beggs --The market is steady, ;with salee at 220 per dozen, in case lots. Beans -Tho market is quiet alt 53.10 to 53.15 for prime, and $3.20 to 53.25 for handpicked. Poultry -Chickens, dressed, 18 to 20o; ducks, dressed, 16 to 170; ;fowl, 13 to 15e; turkeys, dressed, 20 to 21c. Cheese --The market is steady, being quoted fat at twr ine, for largo, and at 19 to 19 1-40Potatoes-Ontario, 60 Ito 65c per bang out of stole, and 50e 3u oar lots. New Bruns - wicks, car lots, 60o ;per bag. Provisions. Cured meats are quoted as follows: - Bacon, long clear, 13 3.4 to 14c per lib. in case lots. Hanes -Medium, 17 to 17 1-20; do., heavy, 14 1-2 to 150; rolls, 14 to 14 1-20; breakfast ,bacon, 18 to 20e; backs, 21 to 22o; ;boneless broke, 230. Lard -'Phe market is quiet, with Prtoiatf. Steady; ;pure lard, tubs, 11 3-4 ;to 12o; do.,. pails, o 10c do12 ., walla. 12 10 to 14Compound, bulbs, 9 3-4 Baled Hay and Straw. Dealers are paying as follows for car lot deliveries on track here Straw is quoted at $7.50 to 58.50 a ton in car lot deliveries on track here. liar -No. 1 hay is quoted. at $17 to $17.50; No. 2 sit 514.60 to $15.50, and No. 3 art 512 to $13. . Business In Montreal. Montreal, May 18 -Corn -.American No. 2 yellow, 82 .to 83c. Cate -Canadian West- ern, No. 3, 661.20; do.. extra No. 1 feed. 66 1-20; do., No. 2 local white, 660; do.. No. 3, 65c; do., No, 4, 64c, Baxley --Malt- ing, 880. Flour -Man. Spring wheat pat- ents, firsts, $8.20; do., seconds, 57.70; do.. strong bakers', 57.50; do„ Winter patonta, choice, $7.90; do., straight rollers, 57.40 to $7.50; do., bags, 53.50 ;to 53.60. Rolled oats -Barrels 57 to 57.15; do., bags, 90 lbs., 53.35. Bran, $26. Shorts, $28. Mid- dlings, $33 to 534. Mountie, 535 to $38. Hay No. 2, per ton, oar lots, 519 to $20.60. Cheese-tFinest westerns, 18 1-2 to 190; do., finest eastern., 18 to 181-4o. Butter-' Choicest creamery, 31 to 31 1.20; do„ sec- onds, 30 1-2 to 30 3-4c. .Eggs Fresh, 82 to 23c; do., selected, 24 to 25e; do,, No. 2 stock, 20c. Potatoes Per bag, car lots, 42 1-2o. Dressed hogs-Aibattoir killed 513 to 513.60. Pork-• envy Canada short mese, bbls., 35 to 45 pieces, 528; do„ Can ada short cut book, rb'bls., 45 to 65 ,pieces, $27.50. Lard -Compound, tierces, 375 be, 91-2c; do., wood pails, 20 lbs., 100; do., pure, tierces, 375 lbs., 111-2o; do., pure, wood pails, 20 0.bs., net, 1.7.o.�s- Winnipeg Wheat. Winnip-eg, May 18. -Cash quotations --- Wheat No. 1 Northern, 51.61; No. 2 North- ern, 51.58; No. 3 Northern, $1.54 1-2; No. 4 51.50; No. 5, 51.45; No, 6, 51.40. Oats -14 2 C.W„ 63 3-80; No. 3 C.W., 60 3-00; extra, No. 1 feed, 60 3-4c; No. 1 feed, 59 7.8c; No. 2 feed, 58 7-8c. Barley -No, 3, 700; No. 4, 650; feed, 63c. Flax -No. 1 N.W.C., $1.82; No. 2 C.W., 51.79. United States Markets. Minreapolis, May 18. -Wheat -No, 1 hard 51.61 3.4; No, 1 Northern, $1.56 3.4 to $1.591.4; No. 2 Northern, 51,521-4 to $1.58 1-4; July, 51.49 1-8. Corn -No, 3 yet. Iow, 711-4 to 71 3.4e. Oats -No. 3 white, 61 3-4 to 52 1-4c. Flour and ;bran unchanged. Duluth, Minn., May 18. -Wheat --No. 1 hard, 51.501.4; No. 1 Northern, 51,591.4; No. 2 Northern, 51.52 1-4 to 51.55 1-4; JuIY, $1.54 6.8. Linseed, $2.01 1-2; July, $2.04. Nene York, May 18. -,Flour steady. Rye flour steady. Bay (barely steady. hope quiet. Leetler firm. • Live Stook Markets. Toronto, May 18. -.Butchers' cattle, choice, 58.25 to $8.65; do„ good, $7.60 to um,$8; do., medium, $7.10 to $7.50; do.. common, 56.50 to $7; Ibwtchena' bulls, choice, $6.75 to 57.50; do., good balls, $6.25 to $6.60; do., rough bulls, 55.20 to 56; but- chers' cows, choice, 56.75 to 57.50; do., good, do c6.25 ommon. $5 itom55.50; feeders, good, 56.50 to $7.25; stockers, 700 to 1,000 lbs., $6 to $7.25; canners and cutters, 54 to 55; milkers, choice, each, 560 to $90; do., common and medium, each, $35 to $45; springers, $50 to 575; light ewes, $7 to 58; do., heavy, 55 to $6.30 .do., bucks, 53.50 to 54.50; yearling lambs, 56 to 510; spring lambs, 58 to 511; calves, 55 to 59; hogs, fed and watered, 59.15 to 59,20; do., off cars, 59.40 to 59.50. Montreal, May 18.-'SUie ;been steers offer- edd at $ from rides 1the laver o '8, and g s that clown to 56 ;per owt., whit e butchers' cows brought $= to 57, and bulls from 54.50 to 37 per cwt., as to quality. The trade in cheep and lambs was quieton account of the continued small offerings. and sales of both were made at. from $4 to 58 owl, as to size and quality. The tone of the 'market for calves was easier, but the demand was good at pri0es rang- ing from 52 to 59 ea0h, as to size and quality. Tho market for dressed hogs was firm, with a good demand for all •ot.y, ferings. and sales of selected lots were, made at 59.50 to 59,75 ,per cwt„ weighed off oars. and in one or two -instances as high as $10 was paid for a small lot. Why Adapt and Eve Were Happy. The teacher in one of the Lon- don .shim schools was talking about the delights of the Garden of Eden, its fruit trees and bright flowers; and the placid life our first par- ents led init. She then asked the question :--"And, children, why was it that .Adam and Eve ware 146 happy, so perfectly happy thei'l" "Please, madaan," answered the child promptly and - eagerly, "'cause theywas always in the country." Stating the question. "Bobby, you must go to church wird me this morning." "Mamma, why don't you say, 'lobby, wouldn't you like to go to Church with me 4, , i. "Well, Bobby, wouldn't you like to go to choral with use this smarm- ing ' orm-ing5' `Nape." You too ears poi of Whits fob' nothingitht't. 1c o ty nooma. 4,