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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1914-12-18, Page 3gine• ;that line lm- tion ire. r of the in - lust dis- in. N. AIDS ON IOVER. HAPJOR wo German Submarines Alleged to Have Been Sunk, But is NotConfirmed by Admiralty A despatch from Dover says: It which refused to • stop until a shot reported that German eubin,ar- was fired across her bow, This ves- les attempted •a raid on Dover and sea then retired. She is believed at two were sunk. There were to have been the tender of the sub- ome warships in the harbor at the marines. Ha.l•f an hour later, it •is me of the attack, and these. un- said, a single submarine was sight- oubtedly were the object of the cd and one of the heavy guns in bmarines' visit.... About 100 the harbor fired at her. This sub unds were fired by the eastern marine, which evklently was th•e ea- ter batteries during the opera- vance ecout, disappeared; but at sons. The gunners claim to have half -past six the observers sighted unk one submarine and to have a fleeat of submarines several miles it others. Men on ships in the out in the channel. The channel eighborhocd of the attack say that farts commenced firing in the direc- t least three submarines were hit. tion of the eubutarines and.kept it he night was very dark and a : up almost hall an hour. At the eavy rain and haze grade search- same• time a torpedo-boat destroyer ght work difficult. Fortunately flotilla put to sea. he forts -were put- on the alert Large ,crowds gathered on the wa- bout 4 o'clock in the morning by ter front in the early lnorniug he appearance off the harbor en- hours and watchedthe searchlights ranee of an unidentified steamer and the artillery fire, GREAT NAVAL V ICTORY dmiral Von. .Spee's Flagship, the rcharnlbr•st, Was the First to Go Down A despatelh from London says: The Nurnberg was else sunk. The ursuit of the Dresden continues." is brief message to the Admiralty own Vice -Admiral Sir Frederick turdee, commander of the British ouch American fleet which sunk e S•charnhorst, the Gneisenau and e Leipzig off the Falkland Is- nds, showed that the business of earing the high seas of German arships is proceeding with des - The engagement, one of the eatest that ha•s ever been fought teen modern warships, lasted ly five hours. The Scharnhorst nit down at the end of three tors and the Gneisenau followed mira] von Spee's flagship to the atom two hours later. The fight - g began at half -past :seven clock in the morning, and by half- st twelve the dangerous units of e German squadron had, been &s - sed of. That left an ,afternoon of ylight for the British, light cruis- ers to chase the Leipzig, the Nurn- berg and the Dresden. The fate of the Leipzig was soon sealed, ,and she was destroyed in time for the inclusion of the news in the first brief report whish Ad- miral Sturdee flashed to England. The speedy British cruisers then continued their pursuit of the re- maining boats, and evidently over- took the Nurnberg within a few hours. The Dresden was "corner- ed" later. Thus •the Karlsruhe is left alone in the Atlantic, and is believed to be in hiding. That the Dresden was able to escape .un- scathed is most unlikely, • "The Secretary of the Admiralty has received a cable -despatch from Vice -Admiral Sturdee of the British .squadron stating that in the battle off the Falkland Islands, in which the' German cruisers Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Leipzig were :sunk, the British casualties totalle,cl seven men killed and four wounded. CTORI%. CROSSES :9 AIIDED. tiorous Deeds Done by British Soldiers on Battlefield. A despatch from London sass: vo additional Victoria Crosses ve been awarded British soldiers rr valor on the field of battle. One them was conferred on Drummer pence John Bent Ask of the Lan - shire Regiment, who, near Leg- gier, "after his officer, a platoon rgeant and section commander, as struck down, took command nd succe.eded in holding the posi- on." On previous occasions the rummer distinguished himself by ringing up ammunition under a eavy shell and rifle fire, and under siin.il tr conditions in bringing into cover some wounded men, says the official account of the awarding of the honor. The other recipient of the d•ecoratiKrn is Lance Corporal Dobson of the Coldstream Guards, who at Cllavanne.s. "brought into cover on two occasions while ander heavy fire wounded men lying ex- posed in the open," Twenty offi- cers have been .appointed Compan- ions of the Distinguished Service Order fur ga]lant'ry in action. • A. man isn't necessarily polished because he casts reflections. If you•would be regarded as wiser all you have to do is hand people the advice they want. RL FES WITH ROJBCT!LE5 oaves of Bread Containing fleet and Cans of Water Hurled Daily to Enemy's Lines A despatch from Paris says : The rench semi-official narrative of re- ent operations at the front tells his incident relating to the situa- ton in Alsace• : "To the north-west f Senones, near La More Henri, all e counter-attacks of the Germans sere repulsed. It is at this point hat we retained possession of a lockhouse less than thirty feet dis- nt from the trenches of the. en- emy, The French sergeant and the four igen who have taken up their positions in this blockhouse aro kept supplied with food by their comrades in the following manner : Loaves of bread .are hollowed out and inside is placed meat, or cans of water. Then at certain times of the day these food projectiles are thrown over the walls into the blockhouse." 11.411Z*VIAIS9 GPEAT VIC1OR espatch Declared That 2o,000 Prisoners, nifty Cannon and Much Material Taken A. desp.atoh from Roane says : The ervian Legation makes public a port from Servian headquarters the effect that the Servian army es won a ,complete victory, resoles in the recapture of the towns of shljevo and Ushiltza, in Servi•a, and e rout of two Austrian corps. The ustrians, says the 1•eport, aban- oned everything, even their trete- re chest. The Servians took 20,- 0' prisoners, 50. cannon and large uantities of, rifles,machine guns and munitions of every description. A Havas Agency despatch' from Nish says "The crushing offensive move- ment of the Servian army has been successful along the entire front, !Ile Austrians are retiring in the greatest disorder, losing. a large number of prisoners 'and • cannon and war material. At one point alone the Sei:via•ns took ,'1,000 pri,- sormesi., and the band* and' ,~~rhe flag of the 22a1c1 .Regiment:" ' • CHASING. ENEMY Oil OF POLAND Russ,i,t:ns Report a • Victory 'Over Gentians Invnding From the North, - A despatch from London ,says That .the Gerlreins aadva,ncing• from East Prussia southward in the direction of Warsaw have been ex- pelled from Przasnysz, which 'town they had previously taken, and have been driven back towards the Ger- man ti•o•ntier, 'with - the Coesecles in hot pursr ie, es the chief feature of the official statements from • the Russian general headquarters. The communication issued in Petrograd says: "In the Miawas region' (Noeth•ern Poland) we have brought. our offen- sie to a successful conclusion on the whole of the front, We ;cap- tured a German position in the region of Przasny:sz and Tseleh,an•off, and chased the retreating enemy to- wards his frontier, In this district also our cavalry made a, successful -charge and inflicted-- very heavy losses upon the enemy. "On the front of Lowicz-Il•ou the Germans, clinging stubbornly Iso the attack, suffered important ioele- es at the hands of our troops, who captured in this region ,another position to the north of the Bzuna River, In the other regions on the left bank of the Vistula nothing has occurred but • unimportant encoun- ters," The rapidity of the operations in Poland i:s such that the ;situation is apt to be changed vitally over- night. Conservative military critics hesiibate to launch. po,sitive predic- tions, unaware of the real strength of Germans or Russians, ignorant of the secret strategical planes of the Grand. Duke Nicholas and Marshal von Hindenburg. ITALY IS ANGRY THE TURKS Calls on Porte for Apology and Reparation for the Siege of Consulate. A despatch from Rome says: An incident of the utmost gravity which is apt to lead to host iserious com- plications between Italy and Tur- key has occurred at Honcleida, an Arabian Red:. Sea_ port 100 miles north-west •of lVfochee The Turks, learning that G. A. Riehardson, the -British Consul, was still - in town, tried to enter his house to arrest him, , He descaped to the Italian Consulate and the Turks• followed and insisted upon arresting him there. The Italian Consul sought to protect his colleague and the Turks •attacked the Italian Con- sulate and, despite the protests and resistance of the Italian Consul and his staff, dragged away the British Consul forcibly to a boat arid car- ried him off to a destination so far unknown. Baron S.onnino, the Italian Foreign Minister, has asked the. Turkish Government to liberate Mr. Richardson. The Italian Premier a.bso has re- quested that the Ottoman Govern- ment give public satisfaction for the violation of the Italian Consul- a,t.e. The Italian armored cruiser Mar- co Polo has been rushed to Hodeid.a. The Foreign Office is informed that the Italian Consulate hes been ;Q4ur- rounded by armed troops since No- vember 11 and that. its Consul was practically imprisoned until the ar- rival of the Giuliano on Dec. 3. Baron Sonniiio, Minister of For- eign Affairs; has wired Constanti- nople insisting upon immediate re- paration., adding that otherwise - Italy will •consider that Turkey ap- proves of the violencos and abuses perpetrated by the authorities .at Hodeida. THROW NO PEELINGS AWAY. Ceru an Population Urged to Cook Potatoes with the Skins On. A despatch from Basle says . The Prussian Minister of Commerce has issued a proclemation urging the population of Germany to cook po- tatoes in the skins so -as to save the loss due to peeling when raw. Throw no peelings or other scraps away," he says. Mutiny Breaks Out in Turk Fleet. A de:stpatdh from Ath:en:s tape: Mutiny has broken out among the crews of the Turkish fleet at Con- stantinople, owing to the long oon- tinued brutal conduct of the Ger- man officers, with the fleet, At the •&wine time, ownngto a •sdmi.lar clause, there was a revolt in the b•ernaclos wit rStaunbotul,. in which two, German •oflicets were killed.. The anti -Ger- man sentiment is tnore,aetn,g• among the pop.aialece.:arid further disorders atl;e : feared, Y GIVES ORE GROUN Hammered by Heavy Guns, He ilas Been Forced to Evacuate Positions A despatch from .Paris says: No other conclusion cyan be drawn from the detailed report made public by the French Government Saturday than that the allies have gained the upper, hand all along elle western battle line from the North Sega, to Alsaco. Day alter day they have increased the pressure on the Ger- man positions, and little by little the Gerimans have given ground, now .at one point, now at another; so that now there is more definite reason to believe that the Germans are On the verge of withdrawing from Flanders and surrendering the bitterly contested area in Northern France than there has been ,at any time in the '18 weeks of the war. The superiority of the allies in ar- tillery aaecl infantry, so positively ;asserted by recent official reports, was again made manifest when the French and British dealt staggering blows to the German forces in Flan- ders, in Artois, between ,the Oise and the Aisne, and in the Argonne. The :o•utstanding features of the de- tailed reports were the victories gained at the Yser and at the hinge of the old battle line. Hammered night and day by the heavy guns of the French and Eng- lish i corps, and constantly assailed by nfantry,• the Germans have been forced to evacuate the positions they Held on the west bank of the Yser, a withdrawal which can have no other effect than to weaken their position farther south in the. region of Ypres, For two months the troops of the Kaiser have staeri- fired thousands of men in a• vain at- tempt to keep a foothold on the west bank of the Yser and to cap- ture Ypres, Their energy and saac- rifices'h•ave been utterly profitless, a.nd the allies have moved steadily eastward and northward. There is credible unofficial news which states that the Germans are so hard pressed that their withdrawal to the newly prepared fortified line frotni Antwerp through Brussels and to Namur and Liege cannot possibly be long delayed. • DESTITUTE. JEWS. Over 2,000,000 have Been Driven Froin Poland. A despatch from New York says: Approximately 2,000,000 Jews have been driven from their homes in Russian Poland, according to a cablegram from the Petrograd office of the Jewish Colonization -Associa- tion, made public here on 'Wednes- day by the American Jewish Relief Committee. The message, in part, read as follows: "The Jews of all Russian Puland and the greater part of the Jews in the Provinces of Kovno, Vilna, Grodno, Volyni, Pe- doli•a and Bessarabia, are suffering. The number of refugees and desti- tute approximates 2,000,000. Ex- treme distress also prevails among the Jews in the Galician provinces occupied by the Russian armies." s„-._.._..-..... Body of General Boyers Found. A despatch from Pretoria says : The body of Gen. Christian Beyers, the rebel leader, who was drowned recently while attempting to escape across the Vaal River from Govern- ment troops, has been found at Vliege Krell, not far from the spot Where Gen. Beyers was seen to sink. The official announcement says that there is no doubt with regard to the identification. CHOLERA IN GERMANY. • In Austria-Hungary the Disease Is Spreading. A despatch frim. Rotterdam says: The Berlin Board of Health, ac- cording to information reaching Rotterdam, reported 36 cases of cholera in Germany during the month of November. In Austria, especially in Galicia, the cholera is spreading rapidly. Eight hundred and forty-four cases were reported during the first week of .November, in which period there were 331 deaths. There were 90 deaths in Vienna. In Hungary during the same week there were 532 cases of cholera. Brussels Will Pay Tribute. A deapatc+h (roan Amsterdam says : A Berlin despatch says that Brussels and suburbs heave decided to pay the war lien of '45,000,000 manus ($11,205,000) imposed by Germany by means,of special taxes payable up to June 15, 1915. For the payment of the remaining 25,- 000,000 marks- ($6,500,000) of the first war contribution arrange- ments have been reaehed with a group of Belgian banks, whereby these obligations will be met in ten instahnents. AMMUNITION IS RUINING SHORT New Instructions Issued by the German General Staff to Artillerymen A despatch from Paris says: A copy of instructions issued by the German general staff for artillery fire, found in a village near the Aisne in a room which was aban- doned hastily by German officers, seems to have confirmed the report that the Germans are finding it ne- cessary to economize in ammuni- tion. The order says that new in- structions , are -necessary because the lessons of the war do not agree with the instructions given in peace and because Germ:any's industry, working at its maximum, cannot provide the army with munitions in- definitely. The artillery therefore is recommended to fire only when it is worth while and not to 'fire et TROIPS STO night, owing to the impossibility of aiming, The officers in charge of artillery firing are urged to use aeroplanes and captive balloons thoroughly for observation before firing and to avoid arrosage, meaning the 'wa- tering -pot" firing to which the Ger- •a:rto have been addicted, is in - PRICES (IF FARM PRODUCT3 erposnTa micas z'PrB aaxOM' I ISLItr 3 Crn erars U21' a114IEIVIO.d. Breadstuffs. Toronto, Dee. 15,-Flour-1Zanitoba 'drat Patents, $6.60, in jute ba;.?.,; second pat' eats, $6.10; strong bakers'. $5.90; Ontario wheat dour, 90 per cont. patents, quoted at $4.70 to $4.75, seaboard, Wheat --Manitoba No, 1 Northern, naw, $1.23; No. 2 at 01.201.2; Ontario wheat, No. 2, quoted at•$1,12 to $1.14 at outside points Oats' -Ontario, 49 to 50c, outeide, and art 52 to 530 on 'track, Toronto; Western Qaa• ada, No. 2, tut 67 1.2e, ,and No, 3 at 54 3.40.. Barley -64 to 68e., outside. Rye -88e to $1, outside, for No. 2. Peas -No. 2 quoted at $1.60 to $1.70. out' side. Corn -No. 3 new American, 70 5.4o, all wail, Toronto freight. Buckwheat --No. 2 at 75 to 78e, outside, Bran and shorts -Bran, $25 a ton, and shorts at $27 to $28. Rolled oats -Car lots, per bag of 90 lbs„ $3 to $3.15. Country Produce_ Butter-•Choieo dairy, 22 to 25e; inferior, 20 to 21e; creamery prints, 29 to 300; do., solids; 27 1-2 to 28e. Eggs -Now -laid, selects, dozen, 35 to 3801 storage, 28 to 30e. honey --42 to 12 1-2e per Ib. for strained, No. 1 honeycomb, $2.75 per dozen; No. 2. $2 to $2.25. Poultry -Chickens, dressed, 13 to 16o; ducks, •dressed, lb., 13 tt 140; fowl, 10 to 120; geese, 12 to 13o; turkeys, dressed, 16 to 24e. Cheese -New, large, 16 to 16 1-4c; twins, 16 1-2c. Beans -Prime, bushel, $2.75 to $2.801 hand-picked, $2.90. Potatoes--Ontarios, 70c per hag, out of store, 57 to 580 in car lots. New Bruns- -wicks, car lots, 62 1-2 to 65e per bag. Baled Hay and Straw. Dealers are paying as follows for car dot .deliveries on track here: - Straw is quoted at $7.50 to 08 n ton, in car lobs, on track here Hay -No. 1 new hay is quoted at 516.50 to $17 on track here; No, 2 at 514.50 to $15, .and No. 3 at $11 to $12. • Provisions, Bacon -Long clear, 131-2 to 141.4e per ib. in case lots. Hama--Mediium, 17 to 17 1-2c; do, heavy, 15 1.2 to 16 1-2e; rolls, 14 to 141.2c; breakfast bacon, 17 1-2 to 18e; backs, 21 to 22c; boneless backs, 24c. Lard -Market dull at 111-2 to 120 for Pails. Compound, 9 1-4 to 9 1-2e. Winnipeg Crain, Winnipeg, Dee. 15. -Cash:- Wheat -No. 1 Northern, $1.16; No. 2 Northern. 01.13; No 3 Northern, 81.08; No. 4, 01.04; Na 5, 99e; No. 6, 94c; fend, 90c, Oats No 1 C.W., 52e; No. 3 C.W., 490; extra No. 1 feed, 49c. Barley -No. 3, 61 1-20; No. 4, 57e; re- jected. 54c: feed, 54e. Flax -No. 1 N.W.C,. $1.25 1-4; No. 2 C.W.. $1.22 1-4. Montreal Markets. Montreal, Dee. 15. --Corn. American No, 2 yellow, 73 to 74e. Oats, Canadian West- ern, No. 2, 60 1-2e; No. 3, 590;white, extra No. 1 feed. 58 1-2e; No 2 local 55e; No. 3 local white, 54e; No. 4 local white, 33e. Barley, Ilan. feed, 68e• malting, 76 to 780. Flour, Man. Spring wheat patents. dr,.te, $6.70; seconds, $6.20; strong bakene, 86; Winter patents, choice, $6; straight rol- lers, $5.50 to $5.60; etraight rollers, be-gs, 82.65 to $2.75. Rolled oats, barrel, $6.a5; bags, 90 dbe„ 83.15 Bran $25. iihorte 027. Middlings $30. 111ou>llie, $32 to 036 Hay, No. 2, per ton car lots, $19 to 020. Cheese, finest -westerns, 15 5-8 to 15 3-4e; finest east• -rns, 13 3-8 to 15 1•2c. Butter, choicest creamery. 27 to 271-2e; seconds, 26 to 261-2c Eggs, fresh, 48 to 50e; selected, 320; No. 1 stock, 28 to 290; No. 2 stock, 25 to 26e. Potatoes, per bag, car lots 62 1-2e. United States Markets. Minneapolis, De'. 15. Wheat --No. 1 hard, $1,18; No. 1 Northern, $1.14 1-2 to $1.17; No 2 Northern. $1.111.2 to $1.15; Deeem• ber, $1.12 7-8. ("ern • -No, 3 yellow, 55 to 58c. Gats -No. 3 white, 45 to 45 1.2e Floor and bran unchanged. Duluth. Dee, 15. Wheat -No. 1 hard $1.16 5-8; No. 1 Northern, $1,15 5-8; No. 2 Northern, $1.12 5-8; Decc•mb;r, 01.1.5 5-0. Linseed, 01.49 1-2; December, 51.431.2. . Live Stook Markets, Toronto, Deo. 15. -Good useful buteho'r cattle were steady around $7 to $7.50, a;:t: canners from 04 to $4.40. Good butcher cows and bulls in fair demand 'rr,td. a whole wa:Y inelinecl to drag. Feeders cders and atoe'kere dull. Lamb trade club aad about 250 lower, Hogs sit'ady and nu - changed at 07.25 fed and watered. Montreal, Dee. 15. -Pretty good beef an:- muls sold at from 5.• to 7c. Th.. common stock sold at. from 4.e. to 5e, lean earners at 31.2c to 4e. Cows, 840 to $30 each. Calves, 4 1.2 to 8 1-2c. :heel,, 4 1.2 to b 1.-4.4. Lambs, 7 1-2 to 7 3.4c. Hoge, 7 3.4 to lc. ORDER FOR SHELLS. Contract to be Let in Canada !'or 000.000 for the British. A despate:h from Montreal ' sy-,i: So successful were the C'an ulla'h Manufacturers i,hl sotisfying the 11:;- ish War Office with the quality :,1 he 200,000 shrapnel shells ,n'+l,ri'ed ram several firnhs as a teat In rder for 600,000 is now to b' 71is- r;butecl among the various Cana- . ian 'aat;t.-lean concerns «•hi•:h are capable of eanclling such orders. Col. A. Bee - ram, who is chairmen of the Shell onlittee, says that prior to the war o attempt had been made in Cans la to brake such shells, ..... J,,. _._...... PRINCE IS PROMOTED. Ie Becomes Lieutenant . in the Grenadier Guards. A desp.atclh from., .London sans: he Prince of Wiles, Second Lir:u,;. entaalt in the Gi:enadier Guards, ems been promoted to•,a .frill T r�rl-•. enancy. This announceinerit nad•e lathe list of arthy premotieiiq;. 4•stied on''Mednesday n'ight,. E ENTY-FIV:B MORE NURSES. hey Will Be Added to the Staff of the Stationary "Hospitals. A despatch from Ottawa says : event,• -five more Canadian, nurses re to be .chosen as an addition to he staff at the stationary hospitals vhich forll'ted part of the first Can- i,an contingent. Tley'will be cho- en from 2,000 applicants, and will robably be. sent, over before ,the. Gond eontiligent goes. The i radians Fought Hand in the A despatch from London says: Arthur W. Leech telegraphs to the Daily News from Northern France : "Very ,early, but very surely, the Indians have been adding to their, record . of -military ach evements,., In the early hours of, Monday morn- ing, when it was ,considered' the: effect of a bombardment which had considerably shaken up the Ger- mans load given thea 9,' particularly sleepless • ii lit, e Gurkhas ' l. ei h(heir t;804-. es wltth,1 ive,s an,. aanets..,ekept" over in- tervening ,:ground .,lake,,, pa,,�.xltYller;a stalking their prey, , then • suddenly they opened an • awful hullabaloo and kelt on ' tale' Germane in, their own trenches, . "It walk ',n, band -to -hand fight, and