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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1915-12-30, Page 14.K.-WAS1`aa�T \ IT PPUFS FOR " ENEMY Lags of Rubher, Weighing 4,000 Pounds, Seized When pMcar .11. Was Detained at Kirkwall tits destination, The Over II• is the vessel which earried the Henry Ford A despatch from London says: It is ascertained that 55 bags of rubber, all consigned to a well-known enemy forwardinga eat in Sweden, were re - Moved from the parcel mail on board the steamship Oscar II. The esti- mated weight of the rubber seized is about 4,00Q pounds. The remainder of the mail, which consisted of 734 bags, was handed aver to the post - office for immediate transmission to peace party to Europa On the v oy - E age a .cross she was taken into Iurk- 1 wall by the Britieh authorities and her cargo examined, The Oscar II. 1 was detained for more than 24 hours, but was allowed to proceed on •Decem- bey 16. There were reports at the time that part of the cargo was con- Itraband and that a prize court would i take the matter into consideration DRIVEN BACK IN MONTENEGRO Austrian Forces Again Defeated by the Black Mountain Soldiers of Montenegro. aondon says: A. despatch from s: L y Seventy -live thousand Serbians have • reformed at Scutari and Eloassan, in Albania, and the Montenegrin army, 'hick heretofore has been debarred geographically from taking any large part in the war, is 3uow throwing itself energetically into the contest against the Austrians. The Montenegrin Consul -General herehas received information that the At're urians directed, without result, a violbnc artillery fire against the Mon ten.grin posrtions'Uel the. Tata Ri.ti- onDecember 27. The enemy attacked energetically near Lioubovia, but was repulsed with great loss in the direc- tion of Berane. The Montenegrins followed up their last success by occu- pying two more villages, advancing as far as Morita. On the Loveen front the Austrians opened fire from the forts and warships on Raskova Gera, but the Montenegrins held their gr . The bombardment continued 2,000 large shells being same time sharp infan- s were delivered,. all of repulsed. Notwithstand- pity of the Austrian ar- eee the Montenegrins had only two killed and two wounded, which aws how poorly the guns were idled. he success gained by the Montene- a Lepenatz was greater- than renounced. Five hundred +`•ht wing TROOPS i'Y 4 LAFD AT ORFANO Will Check Possibility . of Advance on Salonica From the A despatch from London says: The Consuls of Germany; Austria; Turkey and Bulgaria, with their staffs. and families, have been arrested at Sal- onice, by order of the French general, Sari ail, and taken aboard a French, warship. Their . Consulates are now occupied iy salliedtroops.ops . Two new landings by the allies in the Near East are reported. The Bri- tish have. transferred some troops from Salonica to Orfano, a small Greek port 60 miles east of Salonica, neeteetheAntention of thus• checking any possibility of' a -Hostile advance from this quarter. The sepond land- ing was made by the French on the Greek Island . of Castelorizo, off the south-east coast of Asia Minor, not far from the "important seaport of Adalia. An Athens despatch says that the occupation of Adalia is the object of the landing. A railway runs north of Adalia, and the presence there of a strong allied force would menace the communications of any hostile force operating against Egypt or the lower Markets of the World Breadstufs, Toronto, Jan. 4. ---Manitoba wheat, new crop ---No. 1 hlorther.•n $1.29;; No, 2 Northern, $1.26%; N'o, 3 Nor- thern, $1.22%, all rail. Manitoba oats ---No. 2 C.W., •50c; No. 3 C,W., 48c; extra No. 1 feed, 48c; No, 1 feed, 47c, all rail, 1 American corn—No. 3 yellow, new, 79e, on track, .Toronto, Canadian corn—No. 2 yellow, old, no- minal, on track, 'Toronto Ontario oats—No. 3 39c; commercial oats, U(3 to 38c, ac- cording to'freights outside,' • Ontario wheat --No. 2 Winter, pee, car. lot, $1.05 to $1.06; slightly sprouted and tough, according to sample, $1 to $1.03; sprouted, smutty, and tough, according to sample, 90 to :.a0o; feed wheat, 80 to 85c. Peae—No, 2, nominal, per car lots, $1.90; sample peas, according to sample, $1.75. Barley—Malting barley, 57 to 60c; feed barley, k0 to 53c, according •to freights outs de. Buckwheat—Nominal, car lots, 76 y side.. to 78c,accordingto freights out Rye—No. 1 cmmercial, 87' to 88c; rejected, 70 to $0c, according to sant- ;pie. Manitoba flour—First patents, in jute bags, $6.80; second patents, in i jute bags, $£3.30; strong bakers', in I jute bags, $610, Toronto. Ontario flour—New Winter, $4.80, l according to sample, seaboard, or To- ronto freights in bags, prompt ship- ment. Millfeed, car lots, delivered Mont- real freights—Bran, per ton, $24; shorts, per ton, $25; middlings, per ton, $26; good feed flour, per bag, z Market.. ( •tVhole le H< sa y Baled hay, new -No. 1,, per ton, $17 50 to $18; No. 2, per ton, $13 to $15; baled straw, per ton, $6.50 to $7. Tigris region. These movements indicate that the allies' .positions around, Salonica are now considered secure, and indica- tions are that the campaign around Salonica will develop into a .long, drawn warfare as on other fronts. '•' HAS "SNIPED" 91 TURKS. Straka 1° fi +a, 1 to $7,50.; do., common, $5,50 to $6.50; do., choice caws, $6.25 to $6.50; do.,: medium, $5 to $5.50; do,,, bulls, $5 to I $675; canners, $3."2, to $•i.5 0; milk ers, choice, each, $90 to $95; do., common and medium, each, 880 to $86; Springers, $65 to $75; sheep, ewes, $6,75 to $7; bucks and culls, $6.25 to $6.50; lambs, $10 to $10.50; hogs, f,o,b„' '$10.. GREATUaq �T white, 37 to 3 ? R T Country Produce. Tutter-T e e as a..fair trade here, but receipts of first grades are limited. Prices rule firm. Fresh dairy, 28 to 30e; inferior, 22 to 24c; cream ere- prints, 33 to 35c; solids, 32 to 33c.. Eggs—Storage, 30 to 32c per doz.; 1 selects, 35 to 36c; new -laid, 50 to 55c, ' case lots. 1 Honey—Prices in tins, lbs., 10 to 11e; combs, No. 1, $2.40; No. 2, $2. Beans --$4.15 to $4.25. Poultry -Chickens, 15 to 16c; fowls, 12 to 13c; • d7ucks, 15 to 17 c; geese, 15 to 17e; turkeys, 20 to 25c. Cheese—Large, 18%c; twins, 19c. Potatoes—Car lots of Ontarios quoted at $1.25 to $1.110, and New Brunswicks at $1.45 to $1.50 per bag, on track. 1 Provisions. Smoked meats—Rolls, 16 to°162c; 114%2to 15c; breakfast bacon, 0 tohams, medium, 17% to 19c; heavy, 23c; backs, plain, 24c to 25c; backs, lboneless, 27 to 28c. Green meats—Out of pickle, le less WW1nl;ntr .,—Long clear ba - c; in cases, 16%e; Outcome a Transformation of Military Position In Russian Theatre. A despatch from London says: In the Entente capitals there is a gen- eral opinion that the Russian cam- paign in Bessarabia, which has been weather conditions, is likely to. have an important bearingon thee whole war situation. According to one. version Russia's new move is the forerunner of the im- pending Roumanian entry into the war on the side of the Entente. The Pall Mali Gazette's Russian oorres- ' pendent writes•; "Russian joint opera- tions with Roumania are en the point of beginning, Roumania will fight with us, although noteefor us. Her siding with the Entente is not the re- sult of French or English sympathies, but an endeavor. to realize the Rou- manian dream of sovereignty over Bukowina and Transylvania. As prey paration for • Roumania's entry into the war PX ssia's aim is to reconquer Bukowina for the benefit of her new j ally. This task can be accomplished in a few weeks, "The Roumanians . will then fortify the new province and march with the Russians through Bulgaria. and Tran- sylvania,"while simultaneously the I Italians, French; British and Serbians will deal blows on other fronts. The German and Russian official bulletins regarding the operations south of the Pripet River laconically declare that the battles are proceed- ing. The importance of the engage- , ments seems to be considered by the Russian military critics as great, undertaken in the face of unfavorable TURIN a� MADE THE . , SERBIAN �� RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE 10 HELP HER ALLIES Fierce Struggles In Bessarabia Are Aimed at Bulgars and Greeks. A despatch from London says: The fierce fighting on the Galician-Bessa- «.11•,1,„ +'nn,++ .,•R. 11711- All mOrs l-i/In i.c RECEIVED EDUCATION IN RUS- SIA AND FRANCE;. Was, at the Beginning of the Present. War, Arrested in`Hulagary, But Was Released, Field Marshal M. Putnik, chief of. the general staff of the brave little Serbian army, has written a memor- able page of history s with his troops, outnumbered tremendously, in fear- lessly offering resistance to the de- tachment of the German -Austrians under Field Marshal Von Mackensen, es well as to the . whole Bulgarian army. Putnik is going through .his sixth campaign at sixty-eight years, A semi -invalid from asthma, he is com- pelled to spend the greater part of the day in an overheated room and never in the midst of his troops, He is the son of a schoolmaster ,who left the Banat of Hungary and the Ser- bians there and emigrated to Bel- grade. The son, the Field IVIarsbal, has been a soldier all his life. His ability was early recognized by the Russian agents at Belgrade, and they arranged for his education at the Military Academy at Petrograd, where Grand Duke. Nicholas obtained his training. Froin the Russian capi- tal Putnik went to Fxaiice 'to study at the Polytechnic and at St. Cyr, this last full of memories of the great Na, poieon. "An Old Campaigner. As soon as his education was com- pleted and he returned to his native land he was intrusted with the re- organization ig ization of the Serbian army. It is the product of his labors. He got his baptism of fire in 1876 in fighting side by side with the Russians against the Turks. In 1877 again be was campaigning against the Sultan's sol- diers. In 1885 he fought with the Serbs against the Bulgars. Tn 1912 he was fighting the Turks with the Bulgars as allies in the first Balkan war, and, at Kumanovo his gallant Serb army astonished Western Eu- rope, unacquainted with its ancient history or its modern prowess. The Turks were completely routed at Ku- manovo,.the Serbs, under their Crown Prince Alexander and General, Bozo- vitch, captured nearly 200 guns of different -inds. FRENC CAPTURE ATTACK BY NAVY NPRISONERS S : AS SPORT Vosges Operations taa;c Yielded 1,663 During the Last Few Days. A despatch from Paris ,says: The French offensive its the Vosges is is- euraiag' very important proportions. Fresh gains • of considerable magni.: tide are reported officially. The num- ber of unwounded ,German prisouers made since the operation began, De- cember 21, is now 1,862. A despatch from Berlin says that the German War Office admits that the 1 rench penetrated the . German positions on Hai°tmanns-Weilerkopf, but says they were driven out. From the official Trench War Office reports, however, it does not 'appear that the German assertions are accurate. It is' evident, on the contrary, that gains of great importance have been made ., and that: the Germans have s7lstiiuecl 1 during the operations thus far very) •considerable losses, There is no indication that the offensive, which has been apparently successful to date, is to be dropped. It would rather appear that the ad- vantages gained are to be followed by even more determined assaults, In this connection the French communi- cation says: • «I� r otvsdtlastanding the violent conn- 1 � ter -attacks of the enemy, the action' left us masters of a series of German works .established between Rehfelsen and Hirzstein, stein which have been added Ito the trenches already lost by the enemy.. The total number of unin- jured prisoners taken since the begin- ning of these operations is 1,668. Pri- soners say thatthe German losses in the course of our attack were very large Th emostdreaded p cried of vials z r is from the end of December to the end of January,” was a French gen- eral's reply a year ago- to the de- mands for • a great offensive. The same remark would probably apply equally this year: Reuter's correspon- dent, orrespon- dentat western headquarters, after remarking that the British staff is confident that the allies are now so strong in men and munitions that they can break through the German 1 h J Tines whenever the rig right time comes, declares that the weather is the chief reason for postponing the big move -1 ment, and adds: "Such a movement i needs careful planning and extreme caution.. Rolling -up tactics ale ays in- volve the possibility of minter - attacks, -may attach,. whit clad in ro � in g up the agressor. T' ',he face{ of the country in a Ashy con-, dition, it is --- - ff et the "PICNIC FOR THE MEN" AT'SHEL- LING OF DEDEAGATCH, "We . hanged and: Batter: d Away at 2,000 Yards,' Writes the -Narrator. The inueh-criticized British View q, war as it sort of ceetited game c` sport is emphasized in a British of- facet's deseription of the bombard Ment of Dedleagatch, Bulge:. ia, by the British fleet, contained in a Tetter pub. Reliedin London. There were some • gruesome preparations for the battle in the captain''s cabin, which had been. turned ,into ;an operating theatre. No need arose for using' it, however, as no defence of the port was attempted by the Bulgarians, Description of Bvrbaxdniei t The description of the actual bom- bardment is in part as .follows; "At about a quarter past 1 in the afternoon we loosed off at the big bar • - racks. Our first shot brought the sol- diers tearing out of the buildings, and we eased up a bit and let?them get clear. Then we banged and battered at about 2,800 yards, making enorm- ous holes and smashing rn glee aaeas of walls. Unless someone was killed iaisi l 4he 4ru ldinge„-1 t at kr-- not hurt any one. (German accounts of the battle declare that several hun- dred soldiers were killed iat those barracks.) "We were only out for destruction and damage, not slaughter, as the thrifty Bulgar' hates to have his pro- perty knocked about but cares very little if his neighbor—or even himself —is laid out. "After a bit we went for the har- bor—very tricky work, as the bulk of the calques which we had orders to shoot at were just beyond a low outer breakwater, and with a trajectory from the ship, the least alteration in the elevation of the gun made a big difference. The difficulty was largely settled when our shells set the masts and 'sails afire, and the flames spread- ing down to the ships. "The destroyers and monitors drew much less water than our larger ships and were able to creep in on the lead, the char ts',of Dedeagatch being inac- curate, and thenanlaipeged. all manner of things. For, .enately the populatio of. the town ha.d all gone away, an the troops sta, ed behind up in th hilts, so•,I don' : think anyone ova hurt. We killed sitting engine whit tried to hide it. ''f b ;hind a bush, bu one v '' r n - -