HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1914-11-13, Page 3ACK A FAILURE
fter a 'Desperate Onslaught Lasting a
Week Enemy Retires to "Arras
despatch from London says :
er a desperate attack lasting
e whole week, the German .et-
mpt to 'break the allied . line's at
sees has failed, It niay be 'ad-
tted that the position .at. Ypres
s serious. The 'town itself was
mbarcled by the Germans; with
traordinary violence, and under
fierce'cannonading the• allies
to withdraw from the town,
%ch became a "no mans land,"
ross which the shells from both
es burst. The Germans, made a
erhunaan and final effort under.
^.er of a fierce bombardment of
British positions, They had
pared adetermined onslaught,
sses of men were launched in
cession M Chosen points on our
nt. The assault was met in a
reme way. Two regiments, one
Scottish and one of the Gua,rds,
went down with bayouets bo stein
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the advance. It was the most terri-
ble bayonet :cheap of the whole•
war. • It succeeded;' the "break in
the line was repaired, and the Ger-
man attack was once more driven
back.
That was their last effort, Ger-
mans are, dropping an occasional
desultory shell into Ypres, but
their attacks have ceased. They
are ,assailing the allied line at Ar
ras, 40 miles further to the south,
but not with the same fury as they
exhibited in the onslaught of the
hast week.
So fierce has been the fighting
around Ypres that the casualties of
the Germans are believed to have
reached the enor•auous figure . of
100,000, though these figures may
prove to have been 'exaggerated.
URFD ENE
Y OYER
ench Delivered a Bayonet Charge, Forcing the
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Germans Into the River
despatch from Paris says : The
y of an exciting incident that
k place near an important
ge over the Oise, not far from
pigny, bas been received here.
French were ordered to hold
bridge at any oost. They placed
ck-firers, which played havoc for
my minutes in the German
ks and prevented the German
ince, Suddenly the bugle
nded for a French retreat, and
f the Germans quickly pursued them
over the bridge. A moment later a
French aviator, who had been
hovering overhead, dropped a bomb
which completely destroyed the
bridge. The, French then delivered
a bayonet charge, forcing the enemy
into the river. - A pontoon bridge
was quickly constructed and the
French crossed. They succeeded
not only in regaining the lost poss-
tion, but in establishing themselves
in an advanced position at Tea
• cy,
ING- AU WON
FOR THE MIKADO
user's Fortress in China Sur -
The fall of Tsing-tau, ends the
most picturesque of the minor
phases of the great world war now
raging. On two continents and in
many of the islands of the seas
where 'colonies of the warring na-
tions were planted, combats of
more or 1ess interest have taken
feentleas Japs afar . ,'•'!off►-- p1,HrPg_:.-gab"3"-'csons--'n-ts,t--been uwp=
British. •
ture.d and towns occupied peace-
fully, but in the little German con:
despatch from Tokio says: The cession on the south side of the
rrnan fortress of Tsing-tau, Shantung peninsula of China there
onghold and chief settlement of
colony of Kivau-Chau, has sur-
dered to the Japanese and Bri-
h forces, -according to official an-
uncement made here,
e first step in bringing about.
e surrender of the ;fortress, the
n•ounceanent says, occurred when
infantry charged and occupied
e middle fort of the first line of
fence. Two hundred prisoners
re taken by the allies in this
eration.
e Germans hoisted the white
g at the weather observation bu-
au at Tsing-tau. The quick eapi-
1,ation of the Germans was the
use of much ,surprise and joy to
e men of the army and navy oper-
ng against it, and also to the
cote of Tokio.
ie charge against the middle
t was a brilliant one. It was
by General Yoshimi Yamada at
head of companies of infantry
d engineers.
e number of the German and
panese losses; which, were large,
ve not been announced.
as been going on since late in Aug-
ust a reduced scale of war that from
all accounts has duplicated nearly
all the features of those battles in
Europe that have resulted in the
capture of fortified positions,
CHRISTMAS SEALS ALLOWED.
Must Not Resemble Postage Stamps
or Bear Numerals.
A despatch from Ottawa says:
The Post -office Department has
again consented to the use of
Christmas seals in aid of ,charitable
institutions, but only as stickers on
the backs of letters. They must not
resemble postage stamps or bear
numerals or indications of value.
British Mine Sweeper Sunk.
A despatch from London says:
The, British mine sweeper Mary was
sunk by a mine in the North Sea.
Six of the Drew of 14 were rescued.
The survivors, who were landed atLowestoft, reported heavy gun fir-
ing off the Yorkshire. coast.
LSACK FORCE
EIIMAIVY
ssian Advance Guard in Posen Province
• Under 200 Miles From Berlin
despatch from Petrograd says:
siia has .definitely begun the
-promised invasion of Germany.
l;ussianadvance guard has boo -
the German defence at the
r Warthe, and has penetrated
miles within the Provoince b;l
n, holding a position ;at Blas-
i, which is 15 miles north-west
alisz and 62 miles •north-e!ast of
lair, For the first time since
war began the. Czar's troops
set foot in a province where
'great estates of the - German
es are located, Simultaneous-
te Russian drive at, East Prussia
driven the Germans frown Wir-
as, their last position in the
ion Province of Suwalki, and
verflowed East Prussian . terri-
froan Stallnponen, 10 miles
of Wirballen, to Lyok, .a ds-
+af ilo miles, the Russian
front being from 7 to 10 miles with-
in East Prussia. Cossacks: 'axe raid-
ing toward Gumbinnen and hater -
burg. On the southern front, South-
west Poland and Galicia, the ad-
vance of the Russians has been
equally rapid and irresistible. .An
advance guard which drove the
Austrians and Saxons southward
along the left bank of the Vistula
after the great victory of Oct. 13 to
Oct. 25 has reached the River Nid-
zica, lees than 35 miles from Cra-
cow, and the closest a Russian
army has ever been to the gateway
of Silesia. This movement, has had
two results. It makes the eap'ture
of Cracow a; probability and it has
out off the two Austrian armies,
estimated with their German sup-
porting coasts at about 060,000 men,
which have been operating at 'the
River San and ,south of Przemysl.
FI:AGSHIP SANK
DURING BATTLE
Cruiser Good Hope Now Ilium!' to
ji:rtve Foundered Off Chile
Coast.
A despatch from London says:
It was the British .cruiser Good
Rope, Rear -Admiral Sir Christo-
pher Oradook's flagship, which
foundered after being set on fire
by shells from German warships ,in'.
the naval battle that took place off
the Chilean coast. The . British
cruiser Monmouth, which the Ger;
mans said they had sunk, wasbad-
ly damaged, is ashore on the coast
of Chile. So far as is known none
of the Good ;Hope's crew survived.
This was the • news given to the
British public by the Admiralty just
as the people were beginning to
think that the German accounts of
the result of the battle in the Pa-
cific had been exaggerated, The
only bit of .satisfaction for the Brit-
ish is that their little Pacific fleet
had itself chosen to give battle to a
vary much stronger squadron, and
had not been overwhelmed until
the last possible shot had been
fired at the enemy.
The following statement from the
Admiralty was issued by the , Of-
ficial Press Bureau :
"The Admiralty now has received
trustworthy information about the
action on the Chilean coast.
"During Sunday. the 1st of No-
vember, the Good Hope, Monmouth
and Glasgow came up with ' the
Scharniiorst, Gneisenau, Leipzig
and Dresden. Both squadrons were
steaming south in astrong wind and
a considerable sea. The German
squadron declined action until sun-
set, when the light gave is an im-
portant advantage: The action last-
ed an hour.
Good Hope Took The.
"Early in the action both the
Good Hope and Monmouth took fire
but fought until nearly dark, when
a serious explosion occurred on the
Good Hope and she foundered. ,
"The Monmouth hauled off at
dark, making water badly, and ap-
peared unable to steam away.. She
was aecoinpanied by the Glasgow,
which meanwhile during the 'whole
action fought the Leipzig and Dres-
den."
SUCC)ESS•OF C7lIt'8- It X,
Duke Nicholas Announces a Sweep-
ing Victory Over Austrians.
A despatch from London Says:
The greatest victory for Russia
since the •beginning,of the war is
announced by the Grand Duke
Nicholas, who sent an official tele-
gram to Lord Kitchener and to M.
Millerand, the French War Minis-
ter, in the following terms : •'
".`Following our successes upon
the Vistula, a complete victory has
just been gained by our troops
along the whole of the front in Gali-
cia. Our strategical manoeuvre has
thus been crowned by what is in-
contestably the greatest success on
our side since the beginning of the
war. I am most confident of the
speedy and entire accomplishment
of our common task, persuaded as
I am that decided victory will be
gained by the allied armies,"
Reports from Petrograd state
that the Russians again have occu-
pied J.aroslaw, north of Przemysl,
capturing 5,000 prisoners and much
war material. Having apparently
turned the German left flank on the
East Prussian frontier, causing a
precipitate retreat in that quarter,
and following the retirement of the
main German army in 1?oland from
the Vistula to :the Warthe River,
the Russian general staff now has
turned its attentiore to the Aus-
trians, who have been 'holdingtheir
positions so 'stubbornly along the
San River in Galicia.
8 GERMA.N PRINCES KILLED.
Sia of Them VVcre Not Over Twenty
Years of A.ge.
A despatch from London says : A
Reuter despatch from Amsterdam
says the Berlin press states that
eight German princes have been
killed in the war, six of them aged
How Warships iilove in Fog. Keeping Station by the Buoy.
Duiing fog the ships of a fleet, moving in line each tow astern a large
red cask called e. "fog -buoy," the length of cable being equal to the
distance to be kept between one ship and another. Each vessel keeps
her bows eloseto the splash of the fog -buoy towed by the ship in front,
and thus station is kept throughout the fleet. -(Drawn by C. M. Pad -
day,. in Illustrated War News.)
CONSCRIPTIOEN
IN BRITAIN
Newspapers Admit That the Present Methods of
Recruiting Are Not Adequate to Meet Crisis
A despatch from London says: In that to beat the Germans back into
view of the reassembling of Partly, their own territory we must be able
mentis h an important debate on to put in the -field early next year
petted, it is more than a million men, and have
milit ,ie .?v
y, at the same time vast nutaabers in
,a5'tP+r.'. to atete the q't v-ar fo s t ;, ^^^+�
`"se oVer •zti r';iiinforcements,
4;) pini n, _expressed in the rte's The Parliamentary correspondent
papers,-' which, with almost et*2nplete of the Glasgow Herald', generally,
'unanimity, admit that the present well informed makes the assertion
methods of recruiting are not ads- that an.interesting document has
quate• to meet the crisis. With been prepared in the form of an
only one or two exceptions the en-. appeal signed both by Premier As -
tire London press on Wednesday quith and Mr. Bonar Law, leader
published editorials pointing out of the Opposition, whose object is
the need of more men being re- to obtain information concerning
cruited, and even such radical or- civilians suitable for military ser-
gans as the Chronicle and the Daily vice. This document will be circa -
News urge that steps be taken in later by post over selected areas,
this direction. The Chronicle says the Herald says.
between 18 and 20. There is noth-
ing to confirm the report that the
Crown Prince is dead, nor to ex-
plain the reason why --as reported
from Belgian sources -all the Ger-
man flags in Brussels were at half-
mast on Sunday,
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Kendall Commander 01 Cruiser.
A despatch from Capt. Kendall,
formerly captain of the Empress of
Ireland, Lias been gazetted com-
mander of the, auxiliary -British
cruiser Ca:lgarian. He was made
lieutenant -naval commander of the
vessel soon after the war broke eat;
now he has been advanced to cont-
mender. It is understood that he
is engaged in- wont duty.
Genal Depot off Brazilian Coast
A: despatch from Cardiff, Wales,
says : An officer of the Cardiff
steamer Cornish City, which was
sunk by the German cruiser :Karls-
ruhe, n the Atlantic, says the Ger-
mans had a depot on .an island off
the north coast of. Brazil, and that
with this base and with powerful.
wireless apparatus on their scout
ships they wete.welI informed m
od con
cerning the movements of British
steamers and Bruisers.
ritish
Hospital Ship Struck Mille
A despatch from London says:
The 'hospital ship Rohill:a, which
was recently wrecked off the York-
shire ooast with a large number of
casualties, struck e, mine, .and was
so baldly injilted that her captain
was forced to run her 011 to the
rocks in order to escape sinking ab
Sea, Captain Wilson, the comman-
der of the Rahilla, gave t•o•stimony-
to this effect at an inquest.
j This was the first hint that the
'hospital ship had struck a mine. It
had been generally understood that
[the vessel merely got off her course
near Whitby and piled on the rocks,
11x1:i'i€' of Fart Bens, Iiingetou, where Giermain t'I•15011erti are Interned.
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PRICES OF FARM P C lcrg
naromas rho an 2.z-apzzl°
a>rtaaais cEDITaaZS uP AldrgXxo..t:
Breadstuff's,
Toronto Nov, 10.• -Flour -Manitoba first
patents, $6,60 in jute bags; secand pat-
ents, $6.10; strong bakers,' $6,90; .Ontario
wheat flour, 90 per emit. patents, quoted
at $4.45 to $4.60, seaboard,
Wheat -Manitoba No. 1 Northern, new,
$1,241.2; No. 2 at $1.21. Ontario wheat,
No. 2, quoted at $1.10 to $1.12, at outside
points.
Oats -Ontario, outside,
onck, 49 Toronto,Weserd
Can -
ado,
No. 2, quoted at 62 1-30, and No. 3 at
60e.
Barley --63 to; 65e,, oo:teido,
Rye -No. 2 at 870, outside,
Peas -No; 2 quoted at 81.25, outside -
Corn -No. 2 American, 84e, Toronto, and
80c, c:i.f„ Bay ports.
Buckwheat -No. 2 at 70 to 72c, outside,
'nominal.
Bran and shorts -Bran, $23 to $24 a ton,
and bot at $26 to $i7.
Rolled oats -Car lots, per bag of 90 lbe.,
52.90 to $3.10,
Country Preduoe.
Butter -Choice dairy, 23 to 25c; inferior,
20 to 21c; creamery prints, 28 1.2 to 290; do.,
solids, 27 to 27 1.2e,
36gge-Newlald, selects, dozen, 32 to
33c; storage, 26 to 280.
Honey -12 to 12 3-0c per lb. for strain-
ed. No 1 honeycomb, 52.75 per dozen; 'No.
2, $2• to 52,25.
Poultry -Chickens, dressed, 15 to 16o;
ducks, dressed, 1b., 12 to 14c: fowl, 10 to
120; turkeys, dressed, 18 to 200.
Cheese -New, large, 16 to 161-4e; twins;
16 1-20. •
Beans -Prime, bushel, $2.75 to $2.853
hand -pinked. $2.90 to $3.00.
Potatoes-Cntarios, 65e per bag; out of
store, 46 to 50c, in car lots. New Bruns•
wicks. car lots, 60e. per bag.
Provisions.
Wholesalers are selling to the trade on
the following price basis: -
Smoked and Dry Salted Meats -Rolls -
Smoked 141.2 to 15e; hams, medium.
181.2 to 19e; heavy, 16 to 17o; breakfast
bacon, 18 1.2 to 19c; long clear bacon, tons,
141-20; cases, 15 to 15 1-4c; backs, plain.
21c; special, 230; boneless backe, 25e.
Green Meats -Out of pickle. is less than
smoked. -
Lard•• -Pure, tierces, 12 to 12 1.4e; com-
pound, 9 3-4 to 10e.
Baled Hay and Straw.
Dealers are paying as follows for car
lot deliveries on track here: --
Straw is quoted at $7.50 to 58 a ton, in
car lots, on track here.
Hay+ -No. 1 new hay is quoted at 516 to
$16.50 on track here. No. 2 at $14 to 014.50.
and No. 3 at 511 to $12.
• Winnipeg Crain. •
Winnipeg, Nov. 10. -Cash: -No. 1 North-
ern, 51.19 1.4;' No. 2' Northern, •$1.16 1.4;
No. 3 •Northern, 51111.4; No. 4, 51.06; No.
5, 51.011.2; No. 6, 961.40; feed; 921.40.
oats -No. 2 C.W., 58e; No. 3 O.W., 55c; ex-
tra
atra No. 1 feed, 55e; No. 1 feed, 53 3.4c; No..
2 feed, 53 1-2e. Barley, No. 3, 69 1-2c; No., .•
4, 85e; rejected. 60 i -2c; feed, 60c. Flax-
No- 1 N. -W.0.. 51.17 1:-2; No. 2 C.W.,•
Montreal Markets.
Montreal, Nov. 10, -Corn, American• No.
2 yellow, 83c. Oats,- Canadian Western,
�..
No..,, 59 1-4• to 60e; extra No. 1. feed, 59c;
No. 2 local white, 56c; No, 3 local 'shite.
56e; No. 4 local .white, 540. Barley, Man.,
'feed, SIC"-,treeeting, 78 to 80e. Float, Mau.
Spring *HOU pat etc. i sts, $(.170: -see- •
onds, 56.20; strong bakers'. $ iyantes,
Detente, choice, 06; straight rollers, •$5:50
to 55.60; bags, $2.65 to 52:75. Roiled ,o,ate,
barrels, 56 to $6.15; Bags, 90 lbe., 82.85 to
02,90- Bran, 523 to $24. Shorfe, ' '525- to.
526. Middlings. 828 to 029, Mouillie, $32
to $36. Hay, No. 2, per ton car lots, 518
to. 519.50. Cheese, finest westerns, -15 1-20;
finest eastern. 151.4e. Butter, choicest
creamery. 271-2 to 28o; emends, 261-4 to"
26 3.4c. Eggs, fresh, 38 to 40e; selected,
30 to 31c; No. 1 stock, 24 to 295; No. 2
stock, 24 to 25e. Potatoes, per bag, .ear
lots, 60c,
, Unita States Markets.
Minneapolis, Nov. 10. -Wheat, No. 1
hard, 81.17 1-4; No. 1 Northern, 51.13 3.4 to
$1.16 1-4; No. 2 Northern, •$1.10 3.4 to
51,14 1-4; December. $1.13 3.4. Corn, No.
3 yellow, 60 to 69e. Cate, No. 3 white,
451.4 to 451-2e, Flour and bran un-
chDuluthanged.
, Nov. 10. -Wheat, No: 1 hard,
51.18; No..1 Northern, 81.17; No. 2 North-
ern, 51.13; December, 51,15. Linseed,
51.39 1-2; December, $1.38. - • • - • -
Live Stock Markets.
Toronto, Nov. 10. -Butchers' eattle,'good,
57.50 to 87.75; do., medium, $'1 to•57.25; do., •
common, 56.50 to 56.73, Butchers' Valle,
choice. $7.15 to $7.35; do., good Mille„ 56 65
to 57; do., rough bulls, 55 to $6; butchers'
cows, choice, 56.50 to 86.71; do„ medium,
55.50 to 56; do., common„ 54.76 to 05:20;
feeders, 900 lbs„ 57 to $7,26 • do., rough
bulls, 55,60 to 56.25; steekera, 700 to 1,000
lbs„ 56 to 56,60; do., medium, 55.50 to
$5.75; canners and cutters, $3.25 to $4.401 '
milkore, choice, each, $75 to 595; do., com-
mon and med'um, each, 535 to 540;spring-
ers, $50 to 5100; light owee, 05 to 85.75; do.,
heavy, 03,50 to 54.75; do.. bucks, 53.75 to
$4.25; lambs, 05.75 to 58; calves, 56 ,to 510;
liege, fed and ;vaterod, 57,25; do, off cars,
57.50; do., f.o,b , 56,90.
Montreal, Nov, 10. -Prime. beeves, 7 to
7 14e; menu., 5 to 7c; common 3 3.4 to
Se lean animals, 3 to 3 3.4c; eows540 to
8801 calves 41.2 to 8 1.20; sheep 4 1.2 to
5 1.4e; lambs, 7 to '7 1.2c; hogs, 7 3.4 to 8e.
t:1i.ls' E14S WOULD Ii i,LP.
100,000 Would Mobilize in Canada's
D 1t'nee Says One of Them.
A despatch from London, .Ont.,
says : Peter Smiries, of Grand Ra-
pids, Mich., the millionaire Greek
poolroom man, while, on a business
trip to this city on Wednesday, de-
clared that'through•out Canada and
the United States there are 100,000
Greeks who could be easily mobi-
lized to help defend Canada from as
invasion of American Germans.
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EMPLOY BRITISH SEAMEN.
Shipmasters So Urged by alae Board
of Trade.
A despatch from I.sndon says:
The Imperial Merchants' Service
Guild ha,s received frons the Board
of Trade official notice concerning
the employment of British subjects
on ships during the war. It is espe-
dally requested that masters of
neil;ish ships ohall engage, British
rather than alien 'seamen :as far as
poeiible d.tia.ring the period .of the
wax„