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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1915-7-1, Page 710 LIMBER° MELD FOR 293 DAYS; PEREMYSL lieLD FOR 26o DAYS LEMBERG. August 28, 1914-Itussien armies attack Lemberg. September 3 -Russians occupy the city. June 19, 1915--Austro-German forces break through Grodek. June 20 -Austro -German forces capture ridge of hills six miles from, city. June 22 -Austrians re-enter the city. September 16, 1914 -Russian forces before Peremysl. October 1 -Russians invest the thy. March 22, 1915 -Captured by Ruesia. May 16--Austro-German forces reach the city. June 8 -Abandoned by the Ru ssians. ATTACHE AT HADIJE INVITED TO LEAVE German Diplomat Too Active in Espionage to Please the Dutch. A despatch from London says: The Daily Mail's correspafeeent at The Hague telegraphs that he learns from a trustworthy source that Col. Ostertag, the German military at- tache at The Hague, and formerly at- tache at London, *hese sudden de- Parture from the Dutch capital a few days ago occasioned surprise in aiplomatic circles, was practically re- quested to leave by the Netherlands Government. "Col. Ostertag," the correspondent says, "nominally attache here since early in the war, is said to be in real- ity one of the most efficient and use - fel leaders of the German intelligence department, and is said to have kept *tin active watch on all lines of com- munication between Holland and Eng- land, and between Holland and America. He latterly has become much interested in Dutch military 'operations, and in the disposition of the Dutch troops on,the Belgian front - ler. His efforts to Obtain information end the methods he has pursued, it Ss stated, finally attracted the atten- tion of the Dutch Government, which Intimated its strong disapproval to the German Foreign Office. "Col. Ostertag left on 24 hours' no- •••••••••••••• tice, and is now at Ghent. Soon after his arrival there, nine civilians weie summarily courtmartialed and shot on a charge of transmitting military information to the frontier." • 44 NORWAY IS WORRIED BY PIRATE WARFARE - - A despatch from London says: The hope that Germany will take steps to safeguard neutral shipping from sub- marine attacks was expressed by the Norwegian Foreign Minister, M. "Men, at the opening of the Storth- ing, says a Reuter despatch from Christiania. Diseussing the torpedo- ing, of the Norwegian steamships Belridge and Sveinjarl, [hien declared: "Whatever differences of opinion may exist regarding rights under interna- tional law, it is my hope that the German Government, having learned through experience how easily mis- takes are made, will give commanders of German warships'such instructions as will make neutral shipping safe." • BIG RUSSIAN CROP. An Increase of Forty Per Cent. Over Last Year. A despatch from Ottawa .says: A cable from. the International Institute of Agriculture gives the 1915 forecast of the winter wheat crop for Euro- pean Russia- at 301,000,000 bushels; winter rye, 941,000,000 bushels, being for wheat an increase of 40 per cent. and for rye nearly 20 per cent., as compared with the production of the last year. New Style of German Aeroplane Brought Down A despatch from London says: The corespondent of the Daily Mail at Calais telegraphs that a German aero- plane of the newest type has been brought down by anti-aircraft' fire. It is very heavily armored and has suffi- cient lifting power to carry a gun which is almost as big as a cannon. ICE CREAM 15 A FOOD A. VALUABLE food if it's pure. City Dairy Ice Cream is made of the purest ingredients, in a new sanitary building. We ship thousands of gallons to all parts of Ontario. The size of our business enables us to employ experts and the most up-to-date methods and equipment. Keen business men reduce their meat diet dur- ing the summer and consume more foods such as Ice Cream. Everybody can do so with benefit to their health. For sale by discriminating shopkeepers everywhere. Look for the Sign. TORONT9. We want an Agont In every town. • Heir Apparent to Throne of Greece: Exhausted Troops to b3 Rep -placed by Men Drawn From Newly -trained Units of Landsturm. CROWN PRINCE OF GREECE. !200,000 TEUTONS ARE _SENT _RON. RUSSIANS WIN DNIESTER LINE Force the Austro -Germans Out of Their Positions on the River. A despatch from London says: The storm centre of the Galician battle front has shifted from the region of Lemberg to the line of the Dniester, south-east of the capital, and fighting of great intensity is going on along the river between Zurawna and He- im The German army of Gen. von Linsingen has been compelled to re- treat south of the river as the result of fierce Russian attacks. This re- verse is admitted by Berlin, though Vienna claims that the progress of the Austrian troops has not been in- terrupted, and that the forces of Gen. Boehm-Ermolli are working, southward from Lemberg to join those of Gen. von Linsingen. • The Petrograd correspondent of the Daily Chronicle thus summarizes the situation. .- "The first movement of the Ger- mans after occupying Lemberg was to attempt an advance south-eastVeard along the Lemberg-Beregane railway with the object of cutting off the Russian forces operating on the Dniester. This advance so far has been. checked, and on the Dniester itself the Russians are displaying great energy. A large force of Ger- mans who crossed the river near Zur- awna has been jammed on to the bank and on islands. They have suffered enormous losses. Further east, near Halicz, a very mixed force of Aus- trians has been thrown back to the river. In these engagements the Rus- sian light and heavy artillery gave effective support. FRENCH UNEMPLOYED ABOUT 10 PER CENT. A despatch from Paris says: The 'Ministry of Labor has completed an enquiry into the effects of the war upon employment. In 27,610 indus- trial and commercial concerns, with 1,097,000 employes in ordinary times, it was found that 65 per cent. were fully employed in the month of April. The remaining 35 per cent. does not represent the actual unemployment because 24 per cent. of the total num- ber prior to the war is now with the colors; so that actually only 11 per cent., including both sexes, were un- employed during April, as compared with 17 per cent. in January, 32 per cent. in October and 42 per cent. in August. These figures, together with statis- tics issued by,other Ministries, indi- cate continuous improvement in the industrial and commercial situation in France since the opening of • the war. • 44 TO DETECT PRESENCE OF UNDERWATER CRAFT A despatch from London says: The question of whether there exists any scientific method of detecting the pre- sence of a submerged submarine, which was raised during the Lusitania enquiry, is now engaging the atten- tion of the Admiralty. Certain valu- able suggestions have been made by a prominent Canadian to Mr. Donald MacMaster, K.C., wha representd the Dominion Government at the enquiry, and Mr. MacMaster has submitted these to the Admiralty and to Lord Mersey, and the latter has promised to give every encouragement to any experiments in the direction of set- tling the question. 44 GERMAN SPY IS SHOT IN TOWER OF LONDON A despatch from London says: P. Robert Muller, who on June 4 was found guilty at the Old Bailey Police Court of being a German spy, was executed in the Tower of London on Wednesday by shooting. Another alleged German spy, Rob- ert Rosenthal, who is said by the police to have confessed that he was sent to England by the German Ad- miralty to obtain information on na- val matters, is to be court-martialed, e. SHIP WITH DERNBURG RELEASED BY 13RITAIN. --- A despatch from London says: The Norwegian steamer Bergenskjoed, together with ' Dr. Bernhard Dern - burg, has been released by the British authorities. The Bergensfjoed was deteined at Kirkwall, Scotland. Dr, Dornburg carries a British safe conduct. A despatch from London says: Germany will be able to place Accerding to Swise despatches, 200,-750,000 new men in the field by the 000 Pruseiare, Bavarian and Austrianend. of July. These consist of land - troops in Galicia have beea sent backsturra and inland reserves, but it ie to their homes terribly exhausted byfigured that they will not exceed in their long fighting in the burningnumber those Who must bo sent home tem, Army doctors say that twofrom the eastern front to recover months' rest is imperative. Freshfrom the hardships of the Galician troops have gone to replace them. campaign. at from $5.75 to 50, and bulls sold MARKEis or ik tvglio at $6 to $8 per cwt. The deinand for lambs was good and sales were made at $5.50 to $6 each, and old shee_p at REPORTS mom THE Lean:ea TRADE $5.50 to $6.50 per cwt. The trade in eserRES O' AMERICA. calves was active at prices ranging from $1.50 to $10 each. Hogs quiet Breadstuffs. with an easy undertone, but prices Toronto, July 6. -Manitoba wheat show no actual change, sales of se- -No. 1 Northern, $1.3014; No. 2, lected lots being made at $9.50 to $1.273; No. 8, $1.25% on tr al lake ports. Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 58c; GERMAN WOMEN SUFFERING. No. 3 57 to 57%c; extra No. 1 feed, 57 to 57%e, on track, lake ports. American corn -No. 2 yellow, 79%e, on traelt, lake ports. Canadian corn -No. 2 yellow, 77c, on track Toronto. Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 54 to 55e; No. 3 white, 58 to 54e, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per car lot, $1.10 to $1.12, according to freights outside. $9.60 per cwt., weighed off cars. Wives of Interned Aliens in Britain Cannot Get Work. Tho question of the internment of German women is under considera- tion. 1Vleanwhile the German women in London regard the idea with horror, They are asking where will room be found for them -they number many Peas -No. 2 nominal, per car lots, thousands -if the housing problem $1.50 to $1.60, according to freights has proved a difficulty in the case of outside. freights outside. their interned husbands. Nearly all Barley-Gned malting barley, 70 Buckwheat -Nominal, car lots, - 74 the single women have been repatri- to 73e; feed barley, 05e, according to ated or have gone with Home Office permits -obtained with great diffi- to 76c, according to freights outside. $1.10, according to freights outside. culty-to the United States. Many Rye -No. 2 nominal $1 05 to Manitoba flour -First patents, in have having d efileftni the 01 ym ertehf ruosue gd h ra eopma et rfi aa tmi onny, quarrel and lived here for many years. jute bags, $7; second patents, in jute When war broke out there was a large bags, $6.60; strong bakers', in jute bags, $6.30, Toronto; in cotton bags, 10c more. Ontario flour -Winter, 90 per cent. patents, $4.60, seaboard, or Toronto freights in bags. Millfeed, car lots, delivered Mont- real freights -Bran, per ton, $26; shorts, per ton, $28; middlings, per ton, $29; good feed flour, per bag, $1.85. Country Produce. Butter -Choice dairy, 21 to 23c; in- ferior, 18 to 20c; creamery prints, 27 to 29c; do., solids, 26 to 28c. Eggs -Straight new -laid, 21 to 22c per dozen, in case lots, and selects 23 to 24c. Beans -$3.11) to $3.15 for prime, and $3.20 to $3.25 for hand-picked. Poultry -Chickens, yearlings, dress- ed, 16 to 18c; Spring chickens, 35c; fowl, 13 to 15c. Cheese -The market is steady, with new quoted at 17c for large, and at 1714e for twins. Old cheese, 21c. Potatoes -Ontario, 55 to 60c per bag, out of store, and 45 to 60c in car lots. New Brunswicks, car lots, 55 to 60c per bag. Business in Montreal. Montreal, July 6. -Corn, American No. 2 yellow, 80 to 81c. Oats, Cana- dian Western, No. 3, 5714e; extra No. 1 feed, 57%e; No. 2 local white, 59c; No. 3 local white, 58c; No. 4 local white, 57c. Barley, Man. feed, 72c. Buckwheat, No, 2, 79 to 80c. Flour, Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts, $7.10; seconds, $6.60; strong bakers', $6.40; Winter patents, choice, $6.80; straight rollers, $6.40 to $6.50; do., bags, $3 to $3.10. Rolled oats, bar- rels, $6.25; do., bags, 90 lbs., $2.90 to $3. Bran $26. Shorts $28. Mid- dlings, $33 to $34. Mouillie, $35 to $40. Hay, No. 2 per ton, car lots, $20 to $21.50. Cheese, finest westerns, 16% to 17c; finest easterns, 16 to 1614c. Butter, choicest creamery, 28% to 29c; seconds, 2714 to 27%e. Eggs, selected, 24 to 25c; No. 1 stock, 21% to 22c; No. 2 stock, 19 to. 20c. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, 42%e. Dressed hogs, abattoir killed, $18.25 to $13.70. Pork, heavy Canada short mess, bbls., 85 to 45 pieces, $29; Can- ada short cut back, bbls., 45 to 55 pieces, $28.50. Lard, compound, tierces, 375 lbse 10c; wood pails, 20 lbs., net, 10%e; pure, tierces, 375 lbs., 12%c; pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 133/2e. U.S. Markets. Minneapolis, July 6. -Wheat -No. 1 hard, $1.32%; No. 1 Northern, 1.21% to $1.3214; No. 2 Northern, 1.18% to $1.2914; July, $1.19%; September, $1,02%. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 71 to 7114c. Cats -No. 3 white, 45% to 4634c. Flour -Fancy patents,,. $6,50; first clears, $5.50; second clears, $4. Bran unchanged. Duluth, July 6. -Wheat -No. 1 hard, $1.30,• No. 1 Northern, $1.25 to $1.29; No. 2 Northern, $1.22 to $1.25; July, $1.22; September, $1.05e/s. Linseed -Cash, $1.73%; July, $1 . 7314 ; September, $1 . 76%. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, July 6. -Butchers' cattle, choice, $8.20 to $8.65; do., good, $7.50 to $7.80; do., medium, $7.15 to $7.40; do.,common, $6.60 to $7.10; butchers' bulls, choice, $6.75 to $7,50; do., good bulls, $6.25 to $6.50; do., rough bulls, $5.25 to $6; butchers' cows, choice, $6.75 to $7.25; do., good, $6.25 to $6.50; do., medium, $5.10 to $5.75; do., comtnon, $4.50 to $4.75; feeders, good, $6.50 to $7.25; stockers, 700 to 1,000 lbs., $6.25 to $7.60; canners and cutters, $4 to $5.25; milkers, choice, each, $65 to $105; do., common and medium, each, $85 to $45; springers, $50 to $96; light ewes, $6.50 to $7.50; do., heavy, $8.50 to $4.50; do., bucks, $3.50 to 4.60; yearling lambs, $6 to $8; Spring lambs, cwt., $10.75 to $12 calves, $8.50 to $10; hogs, fed a.nd watered, $9 to $9.10; do., off cars, 9.25 to $9,40. Montreal, July 6.--Choiee steers were scarce; small lots of good steers sold at $8.50 to $8.75, while fair stock brought $7.50 to $8.75, and the lower grades from. $6 to $7 per cwt. The trade in butchers' cows was fair number of German women -clerks, typists, commercial travellers, stu- dents, and tourists in London, but these with few exceptions have been repatriated. The women who are here now are mainly the British or German wives of German men who have been interned or middle-aged and elderly German women who have lived here so long that they have lost touch with their own. country. Their sympathies are, however, German and they make no attempt to conceal the fact, though German women of the better classes avoid all allusion to the war when in the company of English people. Work is made absolutely impossible for them with one curious exception - the German cook, whose position has fluctuated since war broke out. In tha largest of the servants' agencies it was stated that German servants had been dismissed almost everywhere, and that the German cook was rare in English families. In one of the Ger- man women's associations, on the con- trary, it was said that though Ger- man servants were dismissed at the beginning of the war, many applica- tions were afterwards received from Englishwomen, overwhelmed by the servant difficulty, for German cooks, and these women, unless they have been dismissed as a result of the pre- sent outcry, are perhaps the only Ger- man women in British employment. There has been a considerable amount of suffering among German women and British women married to Germans since the war. Only 1 per cent. of the German men at large are in employment, and there is much poverty. The German Government through American intermediaries make an allowance, paid through the German BenevolentSociety, of 10s. a week and 3s. a week for each child to the wives of interned Germans, while the English Government make a grant, paid through the relieving offi- cer, of 8s. outside the London radius and 10s. inside, and 1s. 6d. for each child to the English wives of interned Germans. Where 6s, or more a week has to be paid for rent and the chil- dren require much milk, the allowance does not go far. The mental distress of those who have male relatives fight- ing in Germany, and who have been badly frightened by the recent anti - German riots is very great. Feeling is to strong, that anyone with a German name is viewed with suspicion. A distinguished English woman archaeologist, whose family has been resident over 30 years, can obtain work nowhere because she has a German name. The Friends Emer- gency Committee for the assistance of Germans, Austrians, and Hungar- ians in Distress has dealt with over 3,000 cases, trying to find work, gen- erally unavailingly, for German wo- men and men and to relieve necessi- tous cases. Other societies also are helping, including the Y.W.C.A., the Friends of Foreigners in Distress, and the German Benevolent Society. Before she has been married a yeaae every woman discovers that her husfband is a, aerate. ULANss 4, 4 FRE \ OH CAPTURE EPYIY CANNON Great Quantities of War Material Also Fall Into Their Hands. A despatch from Paris says: A hand-to-hand fight with grenades in the eastern part of the Labyrinth along with a violent cannonade north of Souehez are the only features of the fighting north of Arras raentioned in an official communique. French troops made further progress between Angres and Souchez, and. a German attack in the Labyrinth was repulsed. On the greater part of the front artillery duels and the explosion of mines have occupied the past 24 hours. At the Calonne trench, in the heights of the Meuse, the Ger- mans made a desperate effort to re- gain their second line of trenches, now in French hands, but were twice repulsed. The attack was of great violence, accompanied by the hurling of as- phyxiating bombs and burning liquid. After succeeding in penetrating into part of their former second line, which the French now occupy, they were driven out by a vigorous coun- ter-attack. In the course of the counter-attack delivered by Joffre's forces in the region of Ban de Sept four mitrail- louses and a great quantity of war material was captured, including rifles, cartridges and grenades. 44 BRITAIN TO REGISTER THE NATIONAL RESOURCES. A despatch from London says: Now that the agitation for munitions is at its height, Englandis . g g .to take a stock of her resources. A bill providing for "the register of nation- al resources" is to be introduced in the House of Commons by Walter Hume Long, president of the Local Government Board, according to an- nouncement made by William Hayes Fisher, Unionist member for Fulham. Just what will be the scope of the in- ventory, and whether it will include men as well as supplies, has not been made known. 44 POPE IS HORRIFIED BY WAR ATROCITIES. A despatch from London says: Discussing the Vatican and the war, the Morning Post says the Pope,has expressed his horror at some of the more atrocious crimes, but in regard to what many Catholics believe to have been the supreme and original iniquity the Pope remains silent. For two generations Germany has been taught to believe in the justice not only of the present war, but of all war. SUBMARIE OFFICER GIVEN VICTORIA CROSS A despatch from London says: It was officially announced that the Vic- toria Cross had been awarded Lieutenant -Commander Martin E. Nesmith for taking his submarine into the Sea of Marmara and sinking various Turkish transports, stone ships and a gunboat. Two officers of the submarine, Lieutenants Guy d'Oyly-Hughes and Robert Brown, were awarded the Dis- tinguished Service Cross. Each of the crew received the Distinguished Service Medal. Casualties in Raids on Britain. A despatch from London says: The number of casualties in the bom- bardment of Hartlepool, Scarborough and Whitby, some time ago by hos- tile warships, was 127 killed and 567 injured, Under-secretary Brace an- nounced in the House of Commons. He stated that fourteen air attacks, chiefly against undefended tewns, caused the death of 56 persons -24 min, 21 women, and 11 children -and the wounding of 188, of whom 35 were women and 17 children. 44 PRISONERS IN BRITAIN WILL HARVEST CROPS. A despatch from London says: The Government has decided to allow prisoners of war to help in the har- vesting of crops near places where they are under detention. The out- side labor will be performed only un- der specified conditions. 01\ E KILLED AND FOUR WOLNDED A despatch from Amherst, N.B., says: During an outbreak at the alien enemy internment camp near Amherst, one of the prisoners, Fritz Clause, a German, was shot deed, and four others, also said to be Ger. yna,ns, were seriously wounded. A rumor was abroad during the day that the shooting Deemed when a squad of German prisoners attempted to escape. The following version was obtained from a competent soul*: "While the prisoners of war in the detention camp were being conducted to the componnd for physical exer. else One of ihem, il'ritz Clause, as- , saulted one of the internment police, knocking him insensible. The camp police with the gnara was called out to quell the mutiny and in the m.10 - time the originator af the trouble .was shot dead, and four of the other prisoners were seriously wounded." [WS OF THE MIDDLE WEST BETWEEN ONTARIO AND Bid; TIS U OOLUIMA. Items From Provinces Where Many Ontario Boys and Girls Are June roses bloomed plentifully at the end of May in Battleford. Gleichen will hold a stampede this year; it is a famous Alberta, cow town. Te Assessment Commissioner at Winnipeg estimates the population at 212,889, The sale of war tax stamps added $1,600 to the May reeeipts at Regina post office.' A record beginning for cutting of alfalfa was xnade at Lethbridge the last day of May. Saskatoon will limit the entry of public school pupils to those over six years of age. Eleven cases of horse stealing fig- ured on the docket of the Assizes at Calgary Criminal Assizes. The only two strikes of workers in Saskatchewan last year were at Sas- katoon and Battleford. The Charities Endorsation Bureau will abolish tag days in Winnipeg, re- garding them as hold-ups. From September to April Winnipeg civic employes contributed $31,586 to the patriotic fund. The Canadian Northern Railway expects to be ready for business in. the West within three months. The Calgary Power Company has to pay the city $21.60 per hour dur- ing the time the power is "off." For stealing four horses at Emer- son, Man., John McCurry was sen- tenced to four years in the pen. Hon. Dr. Roche, Minister of the In- terior, will probably make a trip through Peace River Valley this sum- mer. The Postmaster -General has order- ed the name of Windy River, Alta., to be changed to Pleasant View. Reynold Hordan, naturalized Ger- man citizen, homesteading near Cal- gary, will be tried for seditious ex- pressions. Red. Deer fall fair and race meet will be held this year as the Domin- ion Government grant of $2,500 has arrived. Ald. S. G. Freeze, of Calgary, has the contract to suply 10,000 lbs. of coffee to military camps in the West for a year. Calgary finds it difficult to get street cleaners as the new rules call for speakers of English over forty years of age. This summer steel will likely be laid on 25 miles of the Lethbridge - Weyburn branch of the C.P.R., east of Foremost. From June ist, 1914, to June 1st, 1915, there were 1,282 arrests by Ed- monton police, exclusive of drunks and assaults. Winipeg has set aside a portion of Brookside Cemetery for the burial of soldiers; it was suggested. by the I. 0. D. E. Tho P. Burns Packing Company of Calgary are supplying large quantities of dressed meats for the allied armies in Europe. The Trades and Labor Council of Moose Jaw prefer serious charges against the character and capacity of the city's fire chief. A man from Buchanan, Sask., who found the army too great a grind after enlisting, was tarred and fea- thered on returning home. The property values of Winnipeg this year are assessed at $7,500,000 over last year, the business assess- ments have decreased $750,000. The introduction of modern machin- ery will cut down to 700 the men needed on the work for Greater Win- nipeg's new water supply. FASHIONS SET BY SOLDIERS. Buttons on Sleeves,the Frock Coat, and Other Styles. The fashion of adorning the sleeves of our coats with buttons originated, it is said, with the French army. The French soldiers were in the habit of wiping their mouths with their sleeves, and the buttons were put on to prevent them from doing so. To- day, of course, the real reason for the presence of these buttons is forgot-. ten, and they are considered orna- ments, civilians as well as soldiers decorating their sleeves with thm. Who would dream of associating the frock coat with the army? And yet it is a descendant of the olde time "wafenrok," a long garment, falling below the knees and slit up the back in order that it could be worn for riding. It was made long to cover the armor. The two purely or- namental buttons which adorn the back of the modern frock and tail coats were, at one time, supports for the sword -belt. The Norfolk coat wee designed from the chain -mail hauberk fastened round the waist with the sword -belt as worn by Richard "Coeur -de -Lion," and every modern peaked cap is a copy of the helmets worn by soldiers up to Cromwell's time. The army, too, has been the birth-, place of :some of our most everyday customs, Shaking hands as a form oft greeting originated through the mite tom o/ a knight, on meeting a frien extending his right hand. to sho that he held no weapon. . 44 All Indian regiments wear the tti ban, except the Gurkhas, who we a little round cap.