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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1915-7-15, Page 2POSITIONS TERMED VERITABLE INFERNO lE , Lsonei t rein of Flagging Spirit of Turkish Troops aAl Desperate Nature of Fighting. Positions termed .veritable inferno. A despatch from Mitylene says: The recent fighting on the Gallipoli Peninsula has resulted in the capture of a large number of prisoners. Many of them, though they were not badly clothed and appear to have been fairly well fed, are all of one mind as to their good fortune in be- ing "rescued," as one termed it, from the inferno which the Turkish posi- tions on the peninsula have been for a considerable time, It is always es- sential to discount to some extent the statements of Turkish prisoners, as they generally think it necessary to make declarations by which they hope to find favor with their captors, but allowing for that there can be no. doubt as to the general reliability of what they say. They all agree re- garding the flagging spirit of the Turkish army, They state that the feeling between the Germans and the Turks is becoming increasingly bad, and they tell many tales of Germans being shot in the back in return for the frequent emptying of officers re- volvers into wavering or hesitating ranks. FORCE TEUTONS TO GIVE GROUND Strong Russian Forces Push Back Enemy to South of Lubin. A despatch from London says: Interest in the eastern war theatre centres in Southern Poland, where the Russians, strongly reinforced with both men and guns, and with their railways and fortresses of Ivan- gorod and Brest -Litovsk to draw upon, have held up the Austro -Ger- man attempt to outflank Warsaw from the south-west. The Austrians made the admission that before su- perior Russian forces to the south of Lublin they have withdrawn frem the hills to the north of Krasnik. Further heavy fighting most occur in this region, but the Russian mili- tary writers express confidence that now any effort of the Germanic allies to deliver a lightning blow has been discounted, and that the Grand Duke's army will be able to hold its position and perhaps drive the invad- ers back. While this is going on, it it believed that there is little prob- ability of the Germans detaching any part of their eastern armies for a re- newed offensive in the west, and that if such a move is made It must be undertaken by fresh troops. Nowhere east of the Vistula do the Austrians claim to be making pro- gress in their official report. The Vienna communication declares, how- ever, that "numerous severe Russian attacks have been bloodily repulsed." A retreat is flatly admitted in the Krasnik region, where the Austrian troops, it is announced, were with- drawn from both sides of the road leading to the heights north of the town, as the result of attacks by superior Russian forces brought up for the protection of Lublin. BALTIC RAIDER A BRITISH BOAT Official Report Concerning the Sub- marine That Sank Ger- man Warship. A despatch from London says: The British Admiralty stated that it was officially announced at Petro- grad that the submarine which made a successful attack on a German war- ship on July 2 in the Baltic was a British boat. The statement of the Admiralty contained the first public announce- ment intimating that British subma- rines were operating in the Baltic Sea. It is presumed that the under- sea boat passed through the Cattegat from the North Sea to the Baltic Sea and then traveled eastward for 200 miles, as the Bay of Danzig, where, the warship was attacked, lies in the south-eastern part of that body of water. The distance from an English port to Danzig is about 503 miles. The Russian official communisation announcing that a German warship had been sunk by a submarine said that the battleship, which was of the Deutschland type, was steaming at the head of a German squadron at the entrance to Danzig Bay July 2 when she was blown up by two torpedoes fired by a submarine. bls A babe •in arms is worth two armed with toy pistols. AN EXPLOSION ON AN OCEAN LINER Mishap to Steamer Regarder as the Work of German Sympathizers. A despatch from New York says: An explosion occurred on the Atlan- tic transport steamship Minnehaha on Wednesday, the day on which Frank Holt, the assailant of J. P. Morgan, prophesied a steamer should sink, "God willing." Fire followed the explosion and the Minnehaha, which had on board 15,000 tons of munitions and food- stuffs for the allies, but no passen- gers, turned back for Halifax, while her crew endeavored to keep the fire from reaching the cargo of high ex- plosives. Frank Holt's prophecy in his let- ter to his wife was written after the attempt to destroy the Capitol at Washington 5,nd before the attack on Mr. Morgan. In it Holt said: "The steamer leaving New York for Liver- pool on July 3 should sink, God will- ing, on the 7th. I think it is the Philadelphia or Saxonia, but am not quite sure, as, according to schedule, these left the 3rd." On the margin was written: "Tear this off till after it happens." The substance of this paragraph was telegraphed at once to New York and wireless warnings were sent broadcast, with especial reference to two vessels mentioned by Holt. The captains of both replied that their vessels had been searched and no bombs found. The Minnehaha was scheduled to sail from New York on July 3, the day mentioned by Holt, but because of delay in getting her big cargo aboard, did not finally get away until Sunday night, July 4. She is said to have passed out of Sandy Hook at 11.30 o'clock that night, though no mention of her sailing was made in the usual shipping information, and it was evident that some attempts at secrecy were being made. It is said that laughter is a great help to digestion, and that the medi- aeval custom of exciting laughter at table by jokes of jesters and buffoons was founded on true medical prin- ciples. 44 ITALIAN CRUISER SUNK. Torpedoed While Reconnoitring in Upper Adriatic. A despatch from Rome says: The Italian navy has suffered its first serious loss, an Austrian submarine having successfully torpedoed the cruiser Amalfi in the narrow waters of the Adriatic Sea. Most of the crew were saved. This is the second allied warship to fall a victim to an Austrian under -water craft, the French cruiser Leon Gambetta hav- ing, earlier in the war, been caught in the Ionian Sea. It is realized that the loss of the Italian warship is only one of the incidents which must be expected where fleets keep to the sea, blockading enemy ports or pro- tecting commerce. As an offset, it is claimed that a French warship has sunk a German submarine in the Channel. GERMANS PLACE GAG ON BELGIAN SCHOOLS. • A despatch from Brussels says: An Forder has been issued by Gen. von {Bissing, German Governor of Belgium, providing a year's imprisonment for school teachers, directors or inspect- ors who "permit, further, bring about or effect anti -German actions or state- ments in their teaching, or in other school exercises." Power is conferred upon German officials to supervise and inspect schools at all times. Courts-martial will have jurisdiction over violations of this order. e,. GERMAN COLONIAL SECRETARY HAS LITTLE TO DO JUST NOW • NEVA LEONE LIBERIA 0 446 GERMAN POSSESSIONS "TERFU TORY CAPTURED 8Y ALLIES BOUNDARIES .5CALE O /LE v • q 50'J GAPE; COLON Y The map shows Germany's colonial possessions in Africa which have now entirely or partially passed under British control. Inset is Col- onial Secretary Von So'Lf of the German Cabinet, who cannot now be over -burdened with the duties of office, now that Germany has no colonies. BO T A ACCEPTS ENEMY'S SWORD Colony of 322,450 Square Miles Added to Empire in Five Months. A despatch from London says: Gen- eral Botha, according to an announce- ment received from Pretoria, has ac- cepted the surrender of the German Military forces in German South-west Africa. The surrender is uncondition- al, and follows the issuance of an ulti- matum by General Botha. It is stated that with the exception of the necessary army of occupation, the citizen army of the Union of South Africa will return home as soon as possible. Reuter's Cape Town correspondent, in a despatch filed before the an - TOWED SUBMARINE TO AN ITALIAN PORT Strategy of Captain Leads to Capture of Undersea Boat in Novel Way. A despatch from Turin says; The. Giornale d'Italia says; A steamer be- longing to one of the neutral Balkan , States was' caught laden with benzine and naphtha by an Italian warship. The captain of the steamer confessed that he waswaiting to deliver the cargo to a German submarine. The naval commander thereupon took pos- session of the vessel, manned it with a crew of his own bluejackets dis- guised as ordinary seamen and armed SAYVILLE STATION TAKEN OVER BY Markets O The World Breadstuifs. Toronto, July 18, ---Manitoba wheat --No. 1 Northern, $1.36 to $1.37; No. 2 Northern, $1.831/4 to $1,341/4; No. 8 Northern, $1.,80 to $1..31, on track lake ports. Manitoba oats -No, 2 C. W., 63c; No, 3 C. W., nominal; extra No. 1 feed, nominal, on track lake ports. American corn -No. 2 yellow, 81e, on track lake ports, Canadian corn -No. 2 yellow,. nom- inal, on track Toronto. Ontario oats-No.2 white, 56 to 57c; No. 3 white 65 to 56o,, according to freight outside. Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per ear lot, $1.11to $1.14, according to freights outside. Peas -No. 2, nominal; per car lots, nominal, according to freights out- side. Barley -Good malting barley? 70 to 75c; feed barley, 65c, according to freights outside. Buckwheat -Nominal, car lots, 74c, according to freights outside. Rye -No. 2, nominal, $1.05 to $1.10, according to freights outside. Manitoba flour. -First patents, in jute bags, $7; second patents, inute bags, $6.50; strong bakers' in jute bags, $6.30, Toronto; in cotton bags, 10c more. Ontario flour. -Winter, 90 per cent. patents, $4.70; seaboard, or Toronto freights in bags, Miilfeed.-Car lots, delivered Mon- treal freights. Bran, per ton, $26; shorts, per .ton, $28; nmiddlings, ,per ton, $29; good feed flour, per'. bag, $1.85. Country Produce. Butter -Choice dairy, 21 to 23c; inferior, 18 to 20c• creamery prints, 27 to 29c; do., solids, 26 to 28c. Eggs - The market is steady, straight new -laid being quoted at 21 to 23c per dozen, in case lots, and se- lects 23 to 24c. Beans -The market is quiet at $3.10 to $3.15 for rime, and $3.20 to $3.25 for hand-picked. Poultry -Chickens, yearlings, dress- ed, 16 to 18c; Spring chickens, 24 to 25c; and fowl, 14 to 15c. Cheese -18c for large, and at 181/,c ILO° for twins. Old cheese, 22 to 223 c. Potatoes -Ontario, 55 to 60c per bag, out of store, and 45 to 50c in car lots. New Brunswicks, car lots, 55 to 60c per bag. Baled Hay and Straw. Dealers are paying as follows for car lot deliveries on track here: - Straw is quoted at $7 a ton, in car lots, delivered on track here. Hay -No. 1 hay is quoted at $16,50 to $18,50; No. 2 at $14.50 to $16.50. Naval Operators Hereafter Will Copy Berlin's Wireless Yarns. A despatch from Washington says:. The U.S. Government has taken over the Sayville, L.I., 'wireless station, the only remaining privately operated direct means of communication be- tween the United States and Ger- many. Secretary of the Navy Dan- iels announced that Captain Bullard, in charge of the naval yard, had gone to take over the station, and would continue its operation with naval forces. Secretary of Navy Daniels issued this statement: "It is understood that the Sayville radio station has nouncement of the surrender, ascribes made application to the Secretary of the success of Botha's campaign to his 1 Commerce for a license. The Secre- tireless and swift advance and mas- t tary of Commerce declined to grant terly enveloping movement in the face of great natural difficulties, whereby the Union commander completely out- generaled, outmanoeuvred and out- witted the Germans. As a result of the operations, this despatch adds, all the British prisoners in the hands of the Germans have been released; 700 prisoners already had been taken and any attempt at scattered guerrilla warfare had been frustrated. Gen. Botha's victory, with the Ger- mans cut off from the rest of the world, was a foregone conclusion, but the fact that he won it after five months of warfare, despite the rebel- lion in his own country, and under many natural disadvantages, is con- sidered by military observers to have been a remarkable achievement. To gain this victory Gen. Botha's forces had to march in the blistering heat through an almost waterless country in which the few wells had been poi- soned, and where sandstorms made it necessary for the soldiers to wear goggles. With rapid, sweeping strokes, Gen. Botha worked round the Germans, who were forced to surrender or suf- fer annihilation, and thus prevented them from breaking up into parties and continuing a guerilla warfare. FRENCH APPROPRIATION TO PAY FOR SEIZURES A despatch from Paris says: The French Senate unanimously appro- priated $600,000 to be used by the Minister of Marine in payment for cargoes of neutral vessels that have been seized, and especially of that of the steamer Dacia. The Dacia formerly belonged to the Hamburg -American Line. After changing her registry she sailed from Galveston, Texas, with a cargo of cot- ton destined for Germany. On reach- ing European waters she was picked up by a French cruiser anik taken into Brest. A. French prize court, after hearing the case, recommended that the French Government purchase the cargo, THE RAIDER EMDEN WILL BE SALVAGED. A despatch from Sydney, N.S.W., the ship with machine guns. Then he The Department of Defence has set out to keep his appointment. Pre- awarded a contract for the salving of cisely at the hour and spot arrangedthe German cruiser Emden, which the periscope was seen emerging from ' was sunk off Cocos Island, in the Tin the surface. Greetings were being ex- !'dian cOean by the American cruiser changed when the commander of the Sydney. The contractors say the steamer stepped forward and cried: raider can be easily floated. The Eva - "Take your choice -surrender or be den will be exhibited. sent to the bottom." I Recruiting in Victoria has been Stupefied, the Teutons chose the very successful, and New South former, and with their craft were tow -Wales is about to begin a campaign ed to a well known naval port. i for men. a license, and so informed the Secre- tary of the Navy, who, after confer- ence, directed Captain. Bullard, as the expert of the department, to take over and operate the station. This action, which was taken under an Executive order issued by President Wilson, giving the navy authority to take over "one or more" stations, was deemed necessary be- cause of alleged violations of neutral- ity by the company's operators. It has been charged that when the navy censors had left the wireless room for a minute or two, unneutral mess- ages had been sent, and that only by a difficult and trying supervision could neutrality be strictly preserved. T ASTER SHIPS TO THE 1LS. FLAG Business in Montreal. Montreal, July 13. -Corn, American No. 2 yellow, 801/a to 811,yc. Oats, Can- adian Western, No. 8, 613'4 to 62c• ex- tra No. 1 feed 61% to 62c; No. 2 INSTRUCT SUBMARINES TO AL- LOW PASSENGER BOATS TO PASS SAFELY. A despatch from Berlin says: Ger- many's offer embodied in the reply to the American note regarding the sink- ing of the Lusitania and submarine warfare, was delivered to James W. Gerard, the American Ambassador, of which the following is a summary: First -Reiterated assurance that American ships engaged in legitimate trade will not be interfered with, nor the lives of Americans upon neutral ships be endangered. Second -That German submarines will be instructed to allow American passenger ships to pass freely and safely, Germany entertaining in re- turn the confident hope that the Am- erican, Government will see that these ships do not carry contraband. Such ships are to be provided with distin- guishing marks, and their arrival an- nounced a reasonable time in advance: The same privilege is extended to a reasonable number of neutral passen- ger ships under the American flag, and shou'd the number of ships thus available for passenger service prove inadequate Germany is willing to per- mit America to place four hostile pas- senger steamers under the American flag to ply between North America and Europe under the same condi- tions. .p local white, 60% to 610; No. 3 local white, 595'4 to 60c; No. 4 local white, 583'4 to. 59c. Barley, Man. feed, 72c. Buckwheat, No. 2, 79 to 80c. Winnipeg Wheat. Winnipeg, July 13. - Cash quotations: -- Wheat - No, 1 Northern, $1.30; No. 2 Northern, $1,27%; No. 8 Nor., $1,22. Oats -No. 2 0. W., 59%c; No. 8 C,W, 58%; ex- tra No. 1 feed, 56%c; No. 1 feed 551/4c; No, 2 feed, 541/4c. Barley -- No. -3, 691/4c; No. 4, 65c; feed, 56c. Flax -No. 1 N.W,C,, $1,55; No. 2 0. W., $1.52. Live Stock. Toronto, July 13. -Butchers' cattle, choice, $8,40 to $9.00; butchers' good, $8.10 to $8,35; butchers' medium, $7.35 to $7.90; butchers' common, $6.50 to $6.85; butchers' bulls, choice, $7.25 to $7,75; butchers' good bulls, $6.35 to $7,00; butchers' rough bulls, $5.50 to $6.00 butchers' cows, choice, 7.25 to $7.50; butchers' good, $6.50 to 7.00; butchers' medium, $5.10 to 6.00; butchers' common, $4.50 to $4,75; feeders, good, $6:50 •to $7.35; stockers, 700 to 1,000 lbs,, $6.25 to $7.75; •canners,, and cutters, $4.00 to $5.25; milkers, choice, each, .$60;00 to $100.00 • milkers, con. and med,, each, $35.00 to $50.00; springers, $50.00 to $85.00; light ewes, $6.00 to $6.50; light heavy, $4.00 to $5.00; light bucks, $3.50 to $4.50; yearling lambs, $6.00 to $7.50; spring lambs, cwt., $10.50 to $12,50; calves, $8.50 to $10.50; hogs, fed and watered, $9,35 to $9.40; hogs, off cars, $9.60 to $9,75. Montreal, July 13. -There were no choice steers offered, but the best stock on the market sold at $8.00 to $8.25, and the lower grades from that down to $6.00, while butchers cows brought from $4.25 to $6.25 and bulls from $4.50 to $6.50 per cwt. The trade in small meats was fairly ac- tive, ther being a good demand for all lines, and sales of old sheep were made at $4.00 to $5.50 per cwt, and lambs sold at $9.00 to $10.00 each. Calves were plentiful and -met with a good sale at prices ranging from $2.00 to $11.00 each. There was no impor- tant change in the market for hogs prices being firm, with a good demand, and sales of selected lots were made at $9.75 to $10.00 per cwt. weighed off cars. Motor wagons used by the Allies on the Continent have their hoods painted in a gigantic check design of violently contracted colors, thus making them less easy to "spot" from aeroplanes. Belgians Display Loy alty Despite Orders A despatch from Brussels says: The Belgians have suddenly adopted the practice of wearing sprays of ivy as an expression of loyalty to Belgium and the allies. Gen. von Bissing, the German military govern- or of Belgium, a few days ago issued an order prohibiting the demonstra- One of the newest types of British. torpedo has an effective range of four miles, and a force sufficient to blow a hole as large as a haystock in the side: of 'a battleship. TATTOOING IN THE ARMY. "Avenge 13elgiur" and Flags of the Allies are Favorites. "Tammy" and "Jack" both love to havetheir arms or chests decorated with portraits of loved onesor pa- triotie emblems, and tattooists have been busily practising their art on soldiers and sailors since the out- break of the war. Tho, favorite de- sign of the British soldier is the head of a bulldog with a Union Jack twin- ed round. his body, Others are more ambitious in their choice, and bring a photograph of their sweethearts to the tattooist and request him to copy it on to their skin. King George's portrait is often tattooed on the arm of a loyal soldier. National emblems are favorite de- signs amongst . Scotch, Irish, and Canadian soldiers, The Highlander likes to have a thistle in colors tit- tooed on his knee whilst a brilliant green shamrock leaf finds favor with the soldier from the Emerald Isle. The Canadians' favorite tattooed em- blem is the maple leaf, and that of the Australians a kangaroo. Half the sailors in the British navy are tattooed, for the custom has al- ways been a popular one with Jack. Designs pertaining to matters nauti- cal find favor with the man in blue, such as crossed guns, battleships, or portraits with a life buoy as a frame. Many fighting men have been es- pecially tattooed with emblems and mottoes relative to the present war. The sentence; "Avenge Belgium," in blue, has been tattooed on many sol- diers' chests, and the flags of the al- lies placed in fan shape is another de- sign which the war has popularized. TWO GERMAN MARINERS CONVICTED AS SPIES. A despatch from Venice says: Capt. Liebsicher and Engineer Hoppe of the German steamship Lownis, un- der detention by the Italian authori- ties since the ,outbreak of the war, were condemned to ten years' impris- onment in solitary confinement. They were convicted by a military tribunal on the charge of spying. The other members of the crew were acquitted. It was alleged by the Italian au- thorities that the captain and the engineer of the Lownis had tried to obtain information regarding Italian batteries and submarines, and that they had signalled to an Austrian squadron when it attacked the port of Ancona on May 24. .14 BAVARIA TO IMPRISON SPECULATORS IN FOOD. tive display of Belgian colors as per- sonal adornment. The Belgians obey- ed the order, but the following day almost every man, woman and child blossomed out with an ivy spray, the significance of which, in the lan- guage of flowers, is "attachment, united unto death." WHEN IN lI OU T Serve Ice Cream. CITY DAIRY Service makes this possible. We have developed a method of shipping Ice Cream put up in attractive boxes - Enough in a box to serve five or six persons. We ship thousands of these boxes to discriminating shop keepers everywhere. You get it in the original package Just as it is put up in our sanitary Dairy. Look for the Sign. TO ONTO. We want an Agent in every town. A despatch from Munich says: The military authorities of Bavaria issued an ordinance providing for a maxi- mum of one year's imprisonment for dealers charging excessive prices for articles of daily consumption, includ- ing food and heating and lighting substances. A similar penalty is to be inflicted on those withholding stocks fiJbni sale to produce higher prices, an ,.on retailers refusing to sell to intending customers. GERMANY CORNERS THE COD LIVER OIL SUPPLY. A despatch from New York says: Germany has cornered the supply of cod liver oil, and American dealers are doubtful whether they can obtain sufficient stock for next Winter, ac- cording to a drug market authority. Dealers in cod liver oil said they un- derstood the Germans are using it as a lubricant in place of petroleum oil, said to be difficult to obtain in Ger- many. Norway, the centre of the cod liver oil trade, is said to have not more than 20,000 barrels which have not been contracted for by Germany. BRITAIN WILL STOP EXPORTS ON 1LETALS. A despatch from London says: Steps have been taken by the British authorities to prevent the further ex- portation from Great Britain of lead, spelter, antimony, nickel or any other metal• necessary in the manufacture of munitions of war. , Announcement to this effect was made by Monitions Minister Lloyd George in the House of Commons. BRITISH IMPORTS GROW. Exports Show a Decrease of Thirty- three Millions. A despatch from London says: The British Board of Trade figures for the month of June show an in- crease in imports of $89,180,000. The principal increases were in food, raw material and cotton. The exports showed a decrease of 33,195,00.0, chiefly in manufactured articles, of which $7;500,000 was in cotton textiles. KAISER AT LODZ POSED AS MESSIAH. Jewish World Says Report Has Gain- ed Currency in Russia. .,,--`" The Jewish World says: "An ex- traordinary .report has gained cur- rency in Russia that the Kaiser, dur- ing a visit to Lodz, entered a syna- gogue, and raising a scroll of the law told the congregation he was the Messiah whom they were awaiting and that he had been sent by God to save them," .p In time of peace, Switzerland is the country best supplied with hospitals, having nearly eighteen thousand beds or about six to every thousand of the population.