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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1915-8-26, Page 2.WHITE STAR LINER ARABIC SUNK' WITHOUT WARNING Act Is Looked Upon As a Deliberate Challenge to NeutralsGraveNear Lusitania A. despatch from London says: The White Star liner Arabic, one day out from Liverpool, was sunk 30 miles off Queenstown by a German submarine, the torpedo sending her to the bot- tom withinn ten minutes after the ex- plosive missive pierced her side. Four hundred and twenty-three 'souls were on board -180 passengers and 243 crew. After floatingaround in lifeboats. for some hours the victims were pick- ed up by the steamer Primrose and taken to Queenstown in the morning. This first big victim of the German submarine since the Lusitania was sent to the bottom had no warning, and the feet that there was not great- er lass of life is due to the wonderful training and discipline of the crew under Captain Finch. White Star officials say there were 26 Americans aboard, 10 passengers and 16 of the crew. So far as can be learned the Arabic carried no securities. Two British ships reached. Queens- town with about 371i survivors. Of these 174 were passengers and 217 crew. The rescued included 140 Bri- tish, 26 residents of the United States, three French; one Belgian, three Russians, one Spaniard and one New Zealander. Passengers arriving in Queenstown were in practically an exhausted con- dition, due to fright and exposure. None were able to save any belong- ings, being ordered to take to the boats sonic time before the torpedo actually hit the steamer. The Arabic was struck on the star- board side about 100 feet from the: stern, one torpedo being sufficient to do the work. Fortunately for those on board, the weather was fair and the sea calm. But the item which counted for most in saving so many of the passengers wasthe splendid team work and efficiency of the crew, who managed to load 16 lifeboats and lower them safely before the steamer turned over. The Arabic's grave is about forty miles south of the spot where the Lusitania lies. She went down 65 miles south-east of Fastnet Rock and 55 miles south of Old Head of Kin- sale, both on the south coast of Ire- land, in a region where German sub- marines have been active since the opening of the war zone decreed. Saw Vessel Torpedoed. Some survivors, according to re- ports received here, say that they had just witnessed the torpedoing of 'a British steamer, presumably the Dun- sley, and that this had caused great alarm on board the Arabic. In their fright the passengers had rushed for life preservers and had barely adjust- ed them when the German submarine turned its torpedo against the ves- sel's side. Ten lifeboats and a number of life rafts were quickly got over the side of the steamer, and into these a large number of passengers and members of the crew scrambled. Many of the passengers, however, fell into the wa- ter, but they got hold of the rafts and clung to them and later were rescued. One woman who All into the sea screamed pitifully for help. The weather and tidal conditions being favorable, two sailors swam to her assistance and succeeded in lifting her upon a raft. Markets Of The World Breadstuffs. Toronto, Aug. 24. -No, 1 Northern, $1.37%; No. 2 Northern, $1.28%; No. 3 Northern, $1.25%, on track lake ports; 2e more for immediate de- livery. elivery. Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 61c; No. 3 C.W., 59e; extra No. 1 feed, 58e, on track lake ports. American corn -No. 2 yellow, 86; on track lakeeports.. Canadian corn -No. 2 yellow, nom- inal, on track Toronto. Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 57 to 58c; No. 3 white, 66 to 57c, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per car lot, nominal, 31.15; new, $1.04 to 31.05, according to freights out- side. Peas -No. 2, nominal. Barley -Good malting barley, nom- inal; feed barley, 60; according to freights outside. Buckwheat -Nominal, car lots. Rye -No. 2, nominal. Manitoba flour First patents, in jute bags, 37; second patents, in jute bags, $6.50; strong bakers', in jute bags, 36.30, Toronto; in cotton bags, 10c more. Ontario flour -Winter, 90 per cent. patents, $4.60; do., new, 34.10; sea- board, or Toronto freights in bags. Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mont- real freights. Bran, 327 per ton; shorts, 329 per ton; middlings, 330 per ton; good feed flour, 31.90 per bag. Country Produce. Better --Fresh dairy, 25 to 26c; in- ferior, 20 to 22c; creamery prints, 8 to 29?2; do., solids, 26 to 27c. E ;gs---No. 1, 22 to 23c per doz., in ca elot_e extras at 24 to 25e, Honey -No. 1 light (wholesale), 10 to 11=.2c; do., retail, 1212 to 15c. rornes (wholesale), per dozen, Ne. 1, 31.50 to 32; No. 2, 31 to 32. Poultry -Chickens, yearlings, dress- ed, 10 to 18c; Spring chickens, 20 to 21e; fowl; 14 to 15c; ducklings, 17 to 18c, Cheese -Large, 15 to 1512e; 1514 to 15%c for twins. Old cheese, 211/ae. Provisions. Bacon -Long clear, 14 to 14r/ze per lb., in case lots. Hams -Medium, 18 to 18%c; do., heavy, 143 to 15c; rolls, 15 to 16c; breakfast bacon, 20 to 23c; backs, plain, 22 to 23c; bone- less backs, 25 to 26c. Lard -The market is quiet; pure lard, tubs, 11% to 121/4c; do., pails, 12 to 121/ic; compound, tubs, 10 to 101,.c; do., pails, 10% to 101/2c. Baled Hay and Straw. Baled hay -New, No. 1, per ton, 317 to $19; No. 2, ton, 315 to 316; baled straw, ton, 37. Business in Montreal. Montreal, Aug. 24. -Corn -Ameri- can No. 2 yellow, 90 to 91c, Oats - Canadian western, No. 3, 6112 to 62c. Oats -Extra No. 1 feed, 6132 to 62e; No. 2, local white, 61e; No. 3 local white, 60c; No. 4, local white, 59c. Flour -Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts, 37.10; seconds, 36.60; strong bakers', $6.40; Winter patents, choice, 36.25; straight rollers, 35.60 to 35.80; straight rollers, bags, 32.65 to $2.75. Rolled oats, barrels, 36.25; do., bags, 90 lbs., 32.90 to 33. Bran, 326to $3Shorts, $ W YORK PRESS Middlings, $333 to $3 4 #. . Mouillie, $33 5 $16 to $17. Cheese, finest western, 1232 to 12s/,c; finest easterns, 11% to 12%c. Butter, choicest creamery, 27% to 27%c; do., seconds, 261 to 26%; Eggs, fresh, 27 to 28c; select- ed, 26c; No. 1 stock, 23c; No. 2 stock, 20e. Dressed hogs, abattoir killed, 313.50 to 314. Pork, heavy Canada short mess, bbls., 35 to 45 pieces, 329; Canada short cut back, bbls., 45 to 55 pieces, 328.50. Lard, compound, tierces, 375 lbs., 10c; wood pails, 20 lbs., net, 10%c; pure, tierces, 376 lbs., 12; pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 13 to 13%c. A Tr endous Offering of Peaches to the THE JORDAN HARBOR PEACH RANCH WILL COMMENCE SEPTEM- BER 1ST TO PACK AND SHIP 100,000 GALLON HOSPITAL SIZE SANI- TARY ANDTARY CANS, EACH CONTAINING Oh TO 7 LBS. OF SUPERB BRAND PEACHES FOR DISTRIBUTION THROUGH THE CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY TO OVERSEAS HOS- PITALS IN BRITISH ISLES, FRANCE AND BELGIUM. This undertaking is of such magni- tude, representing fifty car loads of FRESH FRUITS and the employment of over Two Hundred men and women dur- ing the PEACH SEASON, PACKING DAILY 5,000 LARGE HOSPITAL CANS. These peaches are peeled, pitted and halved, then packed in large HOSPITAL SANITARY CANS, in HEAVY SYRUP, then crated (six cans in each crate), to be forwarded to destination through the CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY. The total cost is FIFTY CENTS per CAN (50c) . this charge includes all ex- penses. These fruits are packed EX- CLUSIVELY for the CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY AND CANNOT BE PURCHASED by the GENERAL PUB- LIC, as they are prepared and delivered to the CANADIAN RED CROSS SO- CIETY AT ACTUAL COST. By remitting 50 Cents through the CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY, or direct to the JORDAN HARBOR PEACH RANCH, .JORDAN STATION P.O., Ontario, it insures one of these Large Cans of BEAUTIFUL SUPERBA BRAND PEACHES going forward to our sick .and wounded soldiers. Don't delay in accepting this OPPOR- TUNITY. THESE FRUITS are UR- GENTLY NEEDED and will be much appreciated by our Gallant Defenders. . All SUBSCRIPTIONS will be duly ac- knowledged, and should be completed by September 1st. Remit now. Contributions are being received from all parts of Canada. THINK OF OUB SICK AND WOUNDED DEFENDERS IN OVERSEAS' HOSPITALS. It's UP TO YOU TO "DO YOUR BIT" AT ONCE. WHAT IS YOUR ANSWER? 7 to $4.0. Hay, No. 2 per ton, car lots, Live Stock Market. Toronto, Aug. 24. -Best heavy steers, 38.60 to $8.85; butchers' cat- tle, choice, 38 to $8.35; do,, good, 37.40 to 37.60; do., medium, $6.50 to 37.20; do., common, 35.25 to 35.80; butchers' bulls, choice, 36.75 to $7.50; do., good bulls, 36 to $6.50; do., rough bulls, 35.25 to $5.75; butchers' cows, choice, 36.50 to 37.25; do., good, $6.35 to 36:50; do., medium, 35.25 to 36; do., common, 34.50 to $5; feed- ers, good, $6.50 to $7.50; stockers, '700 to 900 lbs., $6.25 to $7.25; can- ners and cutters, $4 to 35.25, milk- ers, choice, each, $65 to 3100; do., common and medium, each, $35 to $50; Springers, $50 to $95; light ewes, $6 to $7; do., bucks, $3,50 to $4.50; yearling lambs, 37 to $8; Spring lambs, cwt., $9 to 39.40 calves, $8.50 to $10.70; hogs, off cars, 39.15 to 39.40; do., fed and watered, 39 to $9.10; do., f.o.b., $8.65 to 38.70. Montreal, Aug. 24. -The demand from local buyers for the best steers on the market was good and sales of such were made at $7.75, and the low- er grades ranged from that down to 35.50, while butchers' cows brought from 34.50 to 37, and bulls from 34,50 to $7.50 per cwt. The demand from packers for canning stock was good and sales of bulls were made at $4 to $4.50, and cows at 33.50 to $4 per cwt. An active trade was done in Iambs at $7.50 to $8,25 per cwt., and a few round lots of very common stock were sold as low as $6.65, while sheep brought from $4 to 35.50. The demand for calves was good at from $6 to $20 each as to size and quality. Hogs, $9.40 to $9.50; rougher lots, $9 to 39.30 per cwt., weighed off cars. The Athenian Areopagus, or court of law, used to sit in darkness. LONDONERS CIS I T ENLIST FOLLOWING F A ON THE MUM ION "Only One Road Remains Open" Declares the New York Tribune. A Despatch from New York says: Under the caption "Deliberately Un- friendly," the New York Tribune says editorially: "In every detail the German attack upon the Arabic fulfills President Wilson's definition of an act 'deliber- ately unfriendly' to the United States. "Since this is the case, only one road remains open to Mr. Wilson; there is only one course that he can follow with dignity and with honor. Without delay, further protest, any diplomatic exchange whatsoever, the German Ambassador in Washington should receive his passports, the American Ambassador in Berlin should be recalled. "It is time to have done with a na- tion which has repudiated every scrap of international law. It is time to have done with a State which has adopted a policy which is alike a chal- lenge to humanity and a negation of all that civilization means. If the would-be murderer misses, if his bul- let goes astray, does society less cer- tainly incarcerate him? It is not the fault of the German commander that every American on the' Arabic was not drowned. All that the assassin could do was done. All that the but- cher could do to make the massacre complete was done. If chance spared Americans, it was chance alone. "The time has come now to act. To talk further is to encourage, not avoid, murder. Itoto compound with infamy and continue relations with savagery. It is to write our- selves down willing victims, as con- senting to the continued slaughter of Americans. In the crime of the Ara- bic the last thin disguise has slipped from the German beast, and we see the fact as it is -but we see it un- afraid." The World says editorially: "Is the destruction of the Arabic Germany's official reply to the American note?" OVER 1,300 CANADIANS ARE PRISONERS OF WAR A pdespatch from London says: A return received here gives the total 500 Join Colors at One Point and Similac- Reports number of Canadian prisoners of war in all parts of Germany up to last week as 1,305. Six haandred ;and thirty-six of these are at Giessen, 168 at Hanover, 157 at Munster, 53 at Sennelager, 87 at Meschede, 48 at Paderborn, 46 at Ohrdruf,. and 14 at Oberhausen. The remainder are distributed among Bel- gium and. North-west Germany. Alpaca is so sailed after a Peruvian animal, of the Dacia species, from whose wool the fabric is woven. Were Received From Other Parts of City A despatch from London says: trary effect, and simply stirred up the When London knew about the recent public as no other event of the war Zeppelin raid, which. killed ten per- has done. Recruiting has taken a sons, thousands walked or rode in sharp spurt all over London, At the taxis and tramcars to the scene. The Horse Guards' parade nearly 500 en - vast throng had every appearance of listed and were despatched to the a crowd out on a bank holiday. If the various depots before the . following Zeppelins were intended to frighten midday. Similar reports were re- the populace the raid has had a eon- ceived from other parts of the city. 14 PASSENGERS LOST ON ARABIC Among the Number Were Two Citi- zens of the United States. A despatch from London says: At least five passengers,, two of whom were Americans, and 40 members of the crew, lost their lives, when the White Star liner Arabic was„ torpe- doed and sunk by a German submar- ine off Fastnet last week. Nine other passengers are missing and are be- lieved to have perished. The two Americans who went down with the ship were Mrs. Josephine Bruguiere, of New York, and Edmund T. Woods. The former was thrown into the water and was kept afloat for some time by her son Louis, who was forced to relinquish his hold when he was struck by a piece of wreckage. Nothing was seen of Woods after the steamer was struck. Most of the missing members of the crew belonged to the engineers' staff. They remained at their posts and went down with the ship. Captain Finch and the other officers of the Arabic assert the submarine gave them no warning. They declare the torpedo was fired as they were going to the rescue of the steamer Dunsley, which had just been torpe- doed, presumably by the same sub- marine. A statement made by Louis Bru- guire, a passenger on the Arabic, in- dicates there is no doubt that his mother, Mrs. Josephine L. Bruguire, an American, was drowned. Mr. Bru- guiere said his mother disappeared after being in the water for about 20 minutes. Mr. Bruguiere said he and his mo- ther were the last to leave the prome- nade deck. They reached this deck after the last boat had left the ship. This boat was too far away to be reached by his mother. When they were swept into the wa- ter, Mr. Bruguiere said,he swam for 20 minutes with his mother. Then his head was struck by a piece of wreckage and he was foroed mom.en- tarily to release his hold qn his mo- ther. When he came again to the surface Mrs. Bruguiere had disappeared. Half an hour later the son was dragged aboard one of the ship's small boats. TURKS LEVY WAR TAX ON ALL FOREIGNERS A despatch from Rome says Des- patches from Salonika received by the Giornale d'Italia and the Tribuna declare that the Turkish authorities in addition to prohibiting the departure of Italians from Smyrna have levied a heavy war tax which foreigners never before have been required to p`hy, and which many Italians in Smyrna, be- ing almost destitute, are quite unable to pay. KITCHENER VISITS THE FRONT MD INSPECTS THE BATTLE LINE Particular Attention Was Paid t© Conditions in the Champagne and the Woevre A despatch from Paris ,says: A joint inspection of parts Of the west- ern battle line was made by Lord Kitchener, Great Britain's Secretary of War, and Alexander Millerand, the French War Minister. They were accompanied part of the time by Gen. Joffre and Sir John French, Com- manders -in -Chief of the French and British armies. The military leaders paid particular attention to conditions in the Champagne and the Woevre. An official note, which gives details of the trip, says Lord Kitchener and M. Millerand were greatly impressed by the splendid appearance of the troops and their high morale. Sev- eral conferences were held, but the nature of them is not disclosed. Speaking at the close of a dinner M. Millerand declares he felt highly honored by Lord Kitchener's visit to France, and was glad to learn from the British Field Marshal's own lips of the complete accord uniting the two nations. Addressing the British War Minister directly, he said: "Yours is not the only voice which praises our soldiers, for the enemy also gives them their. due, After a year of war the enemy no longer has illusions of winning. He predicts in- ternal dissentions among his enemies which he hopes will occur. Already he is endeavoring to incite neutrals and places before belligerents veiled innuendoes of peace. "Let me assure you France is united. People, Parliament and Gov- ernment never have been more firmly determined, in close accord with our heroic and faithful allies, never to lay down our arms until the day ar- rives when we shall have attained our goal, and if the road to Tipperary is long, the price is sufficiently high to justify us paying for all the delays, difficulties and sadnesses along the road, because the price.is the libera- tion of the world." Lord Kitchener, speaking in French, thanked M. Millerand for his kind- ness in extending an invitation to visit the French front, and said that after seeing the splendid troops of Gen, Joffre he could understand the French victories. He closed by de- claring that Great Britain was re- solved to make the greatest possible effort to aid France and to carry the war to a finish. FORTRESS RAZED IN TW WEEKS Russian Stronghold on the Vistula- Narew Rivers Has Been Captured. A despatch from London says: The garrison of the fortress of Novo Georgievsk which was left behind by Grand Duke Nicholas when he com- menced the evacuation of Poland to delay the advance of German invad- ers, after accomplishing its task for just a fortnight, has succumbed to the heavy siege artillery of the Ger- mans, which throughout the war has made every fort attacked by it un- tenable. The official German statement an- nounces that .the complete garrison consisted of 85,000 men and six gen- erals. "Of these more than 20,000 were captured in the final battle alone," continues the statement. This raises the question as to whether the rest of the garrison succeeded in es- caping and joining the main Russian forces, which are believed to be still intact and retreating in good order. Over 700 guns were captured. The spoils have not yet been esti- mated, but they probably are large, as it had been hoped by the Russians, that the earthworks around the Porti - tied camp would enable it to hold out much longer than it has done. It is now expected by the military obser- vers that the other Russian fortresses, such as Brest -Litovsk, Grodno and Ossowetz, either will be captured or given up. After the fall of Kovno Field Mar- shal von . Hindenburg's army com- menced again an offensive along the whole front from the Gulf of Riga to Kovno, with the object of taking Riga and . the whole Warsaw -Petrograd railway from Vilna northward. South of Kovno as far. as Grodno the Russian armies, after the 'fall of Kovno, fell back toward the Niemen River. TurkeyThreatens a S Peace With Allies A despatch from Rome says: Despatches from Bucharest assert that Turkey is threatening to make a separate peace with the allies unless the 'eutonic powers succeed in supplying her with ammunition. POWERFUL NEW GUN FOR USE OF ALLIES One Explanation of the Delay In Launching the British Advance. A despatch from New York says: Recent arrivals from England are able to afford some explanation of the delayed British advance, whieh a much in England as throughout the] rest of the world has caused consid'c erablo bewilderment. Their explanation is that Lord Kite chener has been waiting to launch "his great surprise," and this surprise :lies in the completion of new guns and a new type of shell which it is believed will revolutionize artillery operations and make the path of the allies to Berlin more possible than Ihitherto. Soon after the beginning of the war, when it became patent that high explosives were to be the dominating factor in the struggle for victory, the combined efforts of British chemists and ordnance experts invented a shelf unquestionably more powerful than any previously used. In destructivei power it was without doubt superior; to any previously known. A varix, tion in explosive composition render- ed it likely to supersede all types in use. j The Government ordered experi- ments to be made with big guns then being manufactured at Woolwich Ar - r senal. As far back as last November Gov- ernment experts were at work on this !problem. They experimented with • various alloys of steel, trying to find one that would stand the strain of ]such a shell. Finally they succeeded. They produced a 17 -inch gun that would suit this purpose. Various ex. Iperirnents have been made and are believed to have been entirely success- : ful. It is stated that the shell will be carried 25 miles and will work havoc on a scale entirely unprece- dented. Thus is answered the question why I no advance was made when Warsaw i was about to fall and the main bulk of the German troops were concen- trated on that front. It also explains why after the great movement of Kitchener's army to France early in July the troops were not used. Noth- 'ing was to be done until these guns, which the great armament factories of Britain have been working on for six months had been delivered in suffi- cient quantities at the front. The second Canadian contingent, numbering 45,,000 picked troops, an overwhelming majority of whom have seen previous service, are now in France. With their despatch Kit- chener's movement was ready to be- gin. The result may soon be appar- ent. .N GREEK PREMIER'S POLICY. Union of Territories Can Only Be Effected by Fighting Turkey. . A despatch from Rome says: Ad- vices of a confidential nature received here from Athens outline what is de- clared to be the policy decided upon by former Premier Venizelos, who has been asked by King Constantine to form a Cabinet, and has announced his readiness to do so. The outline is substantially as follows: M. Venizelos affirms that he has no preconceived bias against the central empires. What he wishes to achieve, the advices state, is the union of all Greek territories, which, in his view, is only obtainable now bee fighting Turkey. Accomplishment of Greek aspira- tions by co-operation with the Entente allies would, in the view of Venizelos as outlined from Athens, have been easier before Italy entered the war, because of the occupation by Italy of Aegean islands claimed by Greece, and now further complicated by Greek expansion in Epirius, in Southern Al- bania, thus arousing Italian jealousy. M. Venizelos, it is declared, may consent to territorial concessions in the Balkans on the condition that Greece maintain a predominant posi- tion in the peninsula, but her partici- pation with the Entente allies now implies a greater demand, in the re• presented view of Venizelos, since Austro -German successes augment the value of her intervention, The former Premier's object, the Athens advices declare, is to obtain for Greece what Cavour achieved for Italy, and he feels that she must have her national aspirations of becoming A great power in South-eastern Eu- rope satisfied, or risk nothing. GERMAN SHIPMENTS WESTERN CROP YIELD. The following i;elegraphic advice from the Department of Agriculture of Alberta at Edmonton was received at the head office of the Canadian Northern Railway in Toronto: Southern district: Ideal harvest weather past week; cutting com- menced and will be general by eliki .df this week. Central district: Weather warm with focal showers; cutting com- menced; livestock in splendid: condi- tion. Northern district reports good har- vest weather; wheat and oats terning; barley harvest started, Peace River district; Harvesting general. All reports signify bumper p g y urnper yield, and if present weather continues, grade will be largely number one.