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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1915-01-08, Page 6FOR iflABLE TORPEBO British Battleship Either Hit Mine or Was Tor. .pedoed A despatch from London say The British battleship Formiclab was sunk in the English Channel o Friday morning wills the Ioss, it believed, of about 1300 officers an Dien. So far as is definitely know there are 150 survivors of the di aster. The vessel's normal compl ment was 781 officers and men, Th Daily Chronicle states that surviv ors of the battleship Formidabl report that the vessel was torpe doed both fore and aft early Pride morning and sank almost inure diately, giving the crew hardly tint Ito escape. The, place of the disas- ter was not given in the official an- nouncement; nor had the pause of the vessel's loss been determined. The brief and rather meagre official statement issued was .as follows : ``The battleship Formidable was sunk in the Channel but whetherby a mine or a submarine is not yet certain. "Eighty survivors have been pick- ed up by a British light cruiser, and it is possible that other's may have been rescued by other vessels." It was later announced that the Tor Bay trawler Providence had landed 70 additional survivors. They were rescued by the trawler during a. terrific storm Friday morning. This makes the aggre- gate number of saved, so far as is known, 150. Among the rescued are eight officers and six midship- men. The Daily Mail quotes trona, the Plymouth Mercury a detailed story of the rescue of the two officers and 68 men by the • Brixham trawler Providence. The Providence was running for shelter from a gale, but was com1elled to heave to off Start Point, .in Devonshire, which juts into the Channel 25 miles south-east of Plymouth. <. The rescue was effected under dangerous and exciting circum- . stances. The crew of the etrawler .-was amazed :w , tihzle running before the ,gale•for shelter to find a swish, open boat driving under their lee through mountainous seas with an oar hoisted, bearing a sailor's scarf. After strenuous efforts those on the trawler succeeded in getting a .rope to the cutter and brought her with great skill to berth at their stern. The naval men began to jump ,aiboard, but even then there was danger of losing men, as the seas were rising thirty feet high. After thirty minutes' labor, however, all were safely rescued. One lad of nineteen was so exhausted by ex- posure that he required immediate treatment to save his life. When all had left the cutter her rope was' cut as she was full of water, hav- ing a hole under her hull which had been stuffed with a pair of trousers of which one man had di- vested himself for the purpose. Some of the rescued men had no trousers and these were cared for in the warm.engine room. The na- val men had been in the cutter for nearly twelve hours. The crew of the trawler distributed hot coffee, food and tobacco among the be- numbed sailors. When 'they landed a a ,t Brixham the residents • brought blankets, clothiug and boots for the. s: le n 1a n, 5 e - e e y e - e survivors and housed them in com- fortable quarters. Later. The British Admiralty issued Sun day a supplementary list of sus vivors of the battleship Formicl�abl which was sunk by a submarine o the, Devonshire coast on Friday bringing the number of those save up to 200 out of a crew of 780. Fur thee survivors who have reached Le lie Regis in Lyme Bray tell terrible story of exposure and hard ship in an ()Dien boat over which th seas dashed continually during twenty hours' buffeting by th waves. Early Saturday morning the police of Lyme Regis , heard cries for help coming faintly from the sea. Soon .afterwards they found a tvarsh+ip cutter on the shore, containing forty men, all so ex- hausted that .artificial respiration was necessary in many cases. In spite of medical aid it was impossi- ble to, bring nine of the men back to life. When the cutter• left the Formid- able she had 60 men aboard, but during the long struggle with the gale twenty died and their bodies were cast overboard to lighten the boat and give the living a better. chance of escaping. At an inquest held in Lyme Regis, Master -at -arias Cooper, of the Formidable, said that after the explosion the vessel settled to starboard and was .00ver- ed with debris. • The men in the cutter were so scantily clad that even heavy work at the oars was insufficient to keep them warm. The launching of the boat in which these survivors left the ves- sel was aocomplished with the ut- most difficulty. The heavy seas rook- ed the 'battleship constantly, and one boat was smashed against the bridge. Immediately .after the launching the offices in charge shouted to the Mien to make for two liners whose lights were just visible seven mules away, but they wiele unable to find the liners: It• was a. terrible task to keep' the boat head to wind. Heavy seas were constantly break- s n . C o r e and during ' un n ,. the , .,.. g lou n r $' chs g a big hole had been stove in her stern. . 11AIIJTZ DEFEATS, LOYALISTS. Rebel Leader Takes 90 Prisoners . • and Much Ammunition. A despatch from Pretoria says : Lieut. -Col. Moritz, the rebel lead- er, reappeared at the head of 800 rebels. armed with four guns and four maxims, and defeated the Loyalists at Schnit Drift, oapturin.g 90 men, a maxim, and 80,000 rounds of ammunition. e ff• , d e a e SEND MAIL 13E ARROWS. Germans Confiscate Implements Used to Avoid '('heir Censorship. A despatch from- Paris.. says: The Germans generally confiscated bows and arrows found in Northern Bel- gium, where archery still flourishes, French humorists were 'amused at this action at the time, but it ap- pears that the Belgians were using the arrows to shoot . letters into Holland to avoid the German cen- sorship. MANAGEMENT OF THE �l British Public Cease Criticism--TI'Asre is No Need to Fear An Invasion A despatch from London ways Criticism of the Government's war preparations which was rampant during the early stages of the war, bas largely ceased. The War Office has now enlisted the ,services of business men with experience in carrying out big .en- terpriaes to take part in the work of supplying the army, and the labor unions have volunteered to watch the execution' of Govern- ment oontracts, not onlyto see that proper, equipment .andrations are supplied to, the soldiers, but to pre+-.: vent sweating, Arnold Whiter a prominent Wri- ter and former colonial official, has been making a, thorough inspection d the traineng ramps• for the pur- pose of detecting any scandals and mismanagement. Having been a bitter eneln.y of the Governs lent, his point of view was not prejudiced in. its favor. He unites • "Having visited 36 oanps, in vari- ous parts of the country, I am thpr- oughly cheered .. In the :majority of eases business amen are handling the difaoult,problenls of war. Dwellers inland have no conception of the thoroughness; efficiency and silence with which the War Office and the Admiralty Tuve oo-operated for the business of preventing a German raid`or invasion, The ,alarm that is still felt in spine parts of these is -- lands is wholly unjustified, because, firstly, the buseness efficiency of the fleet under d'{ellioc;e has inoreased since the war began, :and, seoondly, because the praretacal measures adopted by our military engineers, if gene alar known, would enable the timid to sleep quietly in their bads." Grand D uehess Elizabeth Feodor- ovn a. Sister of the Tsaritsa who, helped by members of the dramatic profes- sion, is in the streets of Moscow making remarkable caravan oollec- tions in aid of the Russian wound- ed. The picture depicts the Grand Duchess as a Sister of Mercy of the Greek Church, The Order is galled Martha and Mary. 0' BALKA- CLOUD NOT DISPERSE Greeee Regards Bulgarian Atti- tude as a Menace to Macedonia. A despatch frown London says: The persevering steps which have been taken to bring about an un- derstanding between the Christian Balkan States, and with the idea of securing the neutrality of Bulgaria, apparently have not met with oom- plete suc•ce•ss, according to des- patches received in London from the Near Eastern capitals, and Greece, Servia, and Roumania are preparing for eventu alit ies. Daring adiscus `1 4n of the buugert in the Greek Chamber of Deputies. M. 'Theokotis is reported to have declared that the speech recently delivered by the Bulgarian Premier regarding Macedonia, which Bul- garia -Considered should have been ceded to her after the last Balkan War, constituted a menace, while. the Greek Minister of Finance said that Greece was snaking urgent mili- tary preparations to maintain her liberated territory. Another despatch from Athens says that the Greek Government has forbidden the exportation of cer- eals, flour, oattire, forage and arms. , Should Bulgaria, contrary to ex- pectations, attack Service with the object of recovering Macedonia, Greece, by her treaty obligations. would, it is thought in political cir- cles here, come to the assistance of Servia, and the Balkan peninsula would be in throes of .a third was. Turkey apparently expects trou- ble, as the Ottoman Government has expelled the +subjects of all neu- tral countriesfrom. the: Darda,- nelles- In Albania the revolution is said to be spreading, and the Italians., who occupied the seaport of Avlona, have sent a battleship to Dura.zzo to protect. Italian interests' at that Albanian port. RUSSIANS AGAIN INVADE. --- Czar's Troops 5 o Have Crossed the Carpathians by Four Passes. A despatch from London says Reports emanating from diplomatic sources in Rome are that the Rus- sians have again crossed the Car- pathians into Hungary. Four of the Mountain passes are said now to be in the possession of the forces of Grand Duke Nicholas, which are at - the heels of the Austrian army re- treating towards the plains to the southward. The opinion is :held that this new invasion of Hungary, rendered pos- sible by the collapse of the Aus- trian offensive in Galicia, will make it inevitable for Field Marshal von ,1`Iindenburg to.draw off the German. army With which he has been vainly trying to break down the Russian defences on .the 13zura and Rawka Rivers to the west of Warsaw., With Hungary at the merey of the, Cossacks,: and with aLl hope gone of the defenders of Cracow being reinforced team 'the south, it is ex- pected that the German comma. d:er-in-Chief:wi l immediately And it necessary to transfer the 'greatea number of his troops from Poland in order'to defend the Sileeia from. tier from invasion, killSllJ 3S AMC Pt]KIBK The Allies flake Another Raid With Dirigibles and Aeroplanes on Metz and Other Points A despatch from Dunkirk says:. In answer to the water plane raid on Cuxhaven Germain aeroplanes on Wednesday raided Dunkirk,' and for more than half an hour were dropping bombs all over the town. According to returns already in, 15 people were killed and 32 wounded. The visiting fleet comprised four aeroplanes, both Taubes and Avia- tiks, which flew several times across the city, dropping bombs on each journey. Soldiers in the streets replied with vigorous rifle fire, but the aeroplanes sailed calmly on. One seemed to have been hit, for he turned on his head and descended several hundred feet before right- ing himself; but all got safely away. The bombs fell .first on ane side and then. on another. No sooner did one aeroplane seem to be departing - 'than another .arrived. The whole city 'cracked with rifle shots and bombs, which threw up dense clouds of black smoke, Buildings and windows were smashed in all directions and tramway lines at one place were cut clear through. The first bomb fell on the fortifi- cations and two more near the rail- way station. • Another landed in the Rue Oausnartin and another in the kitchen of the military hospital. Another fell near the Town, Hall, others in the Rues Pierre and Nieu- port, and also; near the' arsenal. Two fell in the suburbs of Rosen- daal on a jute factory. The dis- tricts of Coudekeque and of Furies also suffered, and many were wounded there. One child had an arzn blown off, while another with an old woman was killed outright, being dreadfully disfigured, The bonibs were filled with shrapnel, which pitted the walls and build- ings. A horse in the Rue Nieuport, close to the spot where a bomb fell, was mutilated, British 'ambulance's carried the sufferers to the hospital. Some were dead on arrival there. The fifth ' Germgn aeroplane re- mained as sentry outside the town, taking nb part in the raid, but hold- ing itself in readiness to attack any of the allies' aeroplanes seeking to repel the invading fleet. . GDE \ ADES USA I BZTJRA EMT Mine -throwers are About the Only Form of Artillery Useful to the Enemy. A despatch from. Gerraany say's : The battle is now stationary at many parts of the long front in Poland. The rapid movements of the German- army forward and backward, with kaleidoscopic changes in the. situation which hitherto have characterized the war- fare in the East, have given place, for the time being at least, to a struggle along a heavily -entrenched lune of field fo:rtifioations resem- feling' those in Franck • The - er 'a>� �• m and Austrian, usitr' i race, sillies a1 -e •in close contact with the army of Grand Duke Nicholas,. but they are engaged in sapping Instead of manoeuvring their way forward. During the fortnight, which a cor- respondent of the Associated Press spent at the front 'attached to one division in the battle line along the Rawka River, the operations were marked by advances of from 10 to 12 miles ill a few places, but in gen- eral the infantry is fighting its way foot by foot 'with the aid of artil- lery support In these operations the artillery and shine -throwers are trumps instead of the soldiers' legs. The mine -throwers are particular- ly effective. Although: the heavy artillery is handicapped by wea- ther conditions and the short days, which make observations. and the direction of the fire possible only for short periods, the mine -throwers are busy day and night hurling pro- jeotilesa8f 200 pounds of high explo- sives from trench to trench at a range that is very effective. Dur- ing the comparatively shoat time one of these huge missiles is in view, wobbling through the .air along an erratic parabola, the sight is most impressive. The projectile can be plainly followed with the e and' the tension upon the men eye, ,the" trenches as the bomb comes nearer and nearer is beyond all comparison to the effect caused by heavy artil- lery shells, which are unseen until the explosion throws up a column of earth and scatters the fragments of the shell in all directions. CANADIAN REMOUNT DEPOT Col!, Grant Morden Returns From Front, Where He Narrowly Escaped a Bursting Shell A despatch from London says: Colonel Grant Morden ofMontreal, formerly of Toronto, has returned tie England after several weeks spent at the front. He has estab- lished a Canadian remount depot in France. Col. Morden had a narrow escape while he was in the trenches. A shell burst chose beside him, and his hearing has been temporarily impaired by the concussion. In a little French village within sound of the guns Princess Patricia's Light Infantry, the first of the Can- adian contingent to go to the front, are billeted, waiting their turn to go into the trenches. They were accorded a splendid reception by their comrades in arms and the' French villagers. Portuguese Forces Were Defeated A despatch from Lisbon says: The Portuguese Government has sup- plied plied details rif an engagement be- tweell the Portuguese and German forces in Angola. The German ar- tillery attacked Fort N=aukilla, and the Portuguese made a steady re- sistance to the enemy's entry, which tried to turn their left wing. The great numerical superiority of tho Germans obliged the Portuguese troops to retreat. Cavalry was en- gaged on both sidi'.s" and there were many. losses. Eight Portuguese offi- cers were killed and missing and one is aprisoner, Birtish War Prisoner Must Die A despatch frons Copenhagen says: A Berlin message says that the German supreme wax tribunal has sentenced a Beitish war prisoner. named ,Lonsdale to death for .as- saulting , a German officer at the Doberitz concentration eaanp. Lans- dale, in the first instance, was sen- tenced to ten years' iiniprisonnaent,. but the military authorities' appeal for a, sentence= -of capital punish- ment has been suocessful. Lons- dale, it is admitted, 'did' not hurt the officer, and rho prison guard beat hint off. • Dreadnought Austrian aduau h t dor A despatch to the London Daily keit Froin Venice contains te report that i, French subniarilie- boat has torpedoed the Austrian Dread- nought Viribus Unitis at Pole, It is said the hull oft the Dreadnought was pierced, but that she sncceed- ed in reaching her dock. The Viii. bus tTnitis Is of 20,000 tons-displace- ment, owns - displace- ment, and hes 'a complement of 1 000 men, She is one of the four ships oenstituting the largest, type of the Austrian 11'avy. p PICS :wFRM 1 rosoua.e:.•. 7'1r;erQ 'PX 74 T ttltTrt7'° ataAaa' c.usrlaa;s U7. 1tia>d?rm7 jC l3readstuffs,. 7;vronto, Jan 5. -Flour -Manitoba --Maniteba first patents quoted at $6.50, in jute bags; sew and patents, $6,1,0; strong bakers', $6,90;. Ontario wheat flour, 90 per cent. patents, quoted at 84.76 to 84.80, seaboard, ca oted • t 8t1.30t 12;' NoN2' at 51.27 12,, anti No: 3 at $1.231-2,' Ontario wheat, No, 2 quoted at $1.12„to $1.14, at outside points. Oats -Ontario quoted at 49 to 60e, ''ut- 6rfde, and at 52 to 53o on track, Toronto Western Canada, 14o. 2 quoted at. 61 1.2c and No. 3 at 68 i -2o. Barley -Market 1s quiet, with 0301110 grades at 64 to 68e, outside. 1 ye --'rhe market is steady at $1.04 t 81.06, outside. Peas --'rho .market is quiet, with No, quoted at $1,55 to $1.65. outside: Corn --No. 3 new B:meliean quoted a 76c, all rail, Toronto rre.g+ht Buckwheat -No, 2 quoted at 76 to 98o outside. Bran .and shorts-)iran is quoted .at $2 to $26 a ton, and shorts at $27 to 528. Rolled oats -Car Iota, per bag of 90 the $3 to 83,16. R0[ 1 13 Con nd e f the pimp; 41, qi Le 1228 testis o be Sir sold e feel He..t ant .1 pane 3 life reolu i ce sa re, h ster Ind ohms if to d ag y tei king t ✓ R aiiri•n man pulse run Cour; ad no ay be n han anage: 223 ,e eel on cu.1 Imps Ill reg ammo t :that ategy in ti ly lay d exar 1e;ad a:man red. d it: is 711 :exa ei eiy' heyh c�hing wh A police is In elf -re -jour devel reiian ere, intel the e se we errs, hof of t) cl to I'S. TTall the Roberi are t educ bout aping Then enemy' are can 'k p.e „ Boers Var, w cunni he pa's din td ig , the r�in hi they for he late, of illi y weal' e He stress $ rn a pose is fac prey ul:mer lly aa e tha in an ;hinge have k who i1; So y abil pi tits, a bait ground ifficul wrman lagint Country Produce.' Butter --Choice dairy, 23 to 24c; inferior 20 to 21c; creamery prints, 29 to .30e; do, solids, 28 to 29e; farmers' ueparator, 26 1 27e. Eggs -New -lad, selects, doyen, 35 t 38e; storage, 28 to 30c. Honey -Market is firm at 12 to 13c pe. lb. for strained; No. 1 honeycomb, $2,7 per dozen; No. 2 .$2.25. Poultry --Chickens, dressed, 13 to 15e, ducks, dress eel, lb., 13 to 14o; fowl, 10 to 11e, geese. 12 ,to, 13e; turkeys, dressed, 18 to 20c Cheese -.New large, 161-4c; tw[ns, 16 „-:c, Beans -Prime, bushel, $2,50; to $2,770; handpicked, $2.75 to 52.85, Potattes• Ontarios, 65 to 70e per bag, out. of store, 55o in car lots. New Bruns• wicks, car lots, 60 to 65e per bag. Baled Hay and Straw. straw is quoted at 87.50 to $8 a ton, in car lots, on track here. Hay -No. 1 new hay is quoted at $16.50 to $17, on traok here; No. 2 at $15 to 515.50, and No, 3 at $13 to $13.50. Provisions. Bacon -Long clear. 131-2 to 14 1-4c per lb, in case lots. Hams -Medium, 16 to 17o; do, heavy, 14 1-2 to 15o; rolls, 14 to 14 1.2o; breakfast bacon, 171-2 to 18o; backs, 20 to 21e; boneless backs, 22 to 23c. Lard -Market dull at 11 to 11 1-4e for tierces, and at 11 1-2 to 11 3-4o for tubs and ,nails. Compound, 9 1-4 to 9 1-2c. Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, Jan. 5. -wheat, No. 1 hard $1.26 3-8; No. 1 Northern, $1,22 3.8 t $1.25 7-8; No. 2 Northern, . $1.19 3.8 t $1.22 7 8; December, $1,21 3-8. Corn -No, yellow, 62 to 63 1-2o. Corn -No. 1 yellow 62 to 63 1.2e Oats -No. 3 white, 47 1-4-'1 47 3-4c, Flour, fancy patents, $6.46; fire clears, 5,350: second clears, $4.30, Br uncharged. Duluth, Jan, 5. -Wheat -No. 1 hard $1,251.4; No. 1 Northern, $1.24 1-4; No, Northern, $1.21 1-4; December, $1.23 1-4 Linseed $1.60 3-4; December, $1.60 1-4, Winnipeg Grain. Winnipeg, Jan. 5 -Wheat -No n n 1- g', Nor ern, $1.22; No. 2 Northern. $1.19: No. Northern, $1.X4 1.2;. No. 4, 51.10 1-2; No: $1.06; No.. 6, $1.01; feed,- 07c. - Oate-N 2 0.W„ 55 1-4; No.r 3 C.W., 52 1-4; exit No. 1 feed, '52 1-4; No. 1 feed, 491.4c; N 2 feed, 48 3.4c. Barley, No. 4, 60 1-2c. PI No. 1 N. -W. 0., $1,34 1.4; No. '2 0. W $1,31 1,4, Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Jan, 6, -Hutchens' cattle, goo $7 to $7.60; do. Medium, $6.50 to $6.75; d common, $6 to $6.35; butchers' bull choice, $6.75 to $7. do. .Rood . bulbs, 56.35 $6.50; do. rough bulls, $5 to $5.75; butohe cow,-ohoice, $6 to $6.75; do. medium, 55, to $5.75; do. common, :54.50 to $5; QP" G 900 lbs., $6. to $6.65; do, rough bulla. to $6; stockers, 700 to 1,000 lbs., $5;75 $6,15; do. mediums, $5.60 to 85.76 conn and cutters, $3.75 to $5; milkers, choi each, , 75 to $90; do., common end mediu each, 835 to $40; springers, $50 to $90; lig ewes, $5.36 to $6 do., heavy, $4 to $4.50; t bucks, $3,75 to $4.25; lambs, $6 to 58.3 calves, $6 to $10; hogs, fed and water $7.50; do., off leans, $7.75; do., f:o b., $7.1 Montreal, Jan.. 5. -There was no go; cattle on the market, and the stock offe ed sold at from $4 to $6, cows at $3.75 $4, and bulls at $5 to $6 per cwt. Sales r lambs were made at $7 to $8, and she at $4 50 to $5.50 per cwt. The duality the calves on the market was poor. whi, sold at prices ranging from $3 to $10 ea ae to size and quality- A stronger fe: ing prevailed in the ma.ratet for hots ' an prices advanced 25o per cwt„ and sales seleoted lots were made at $8 to $8.35 1> cwt,,weighed off care, IN FORWARDING MAN,. many Letters Intended for loldi1'1 Abroad are Insufficiently Prepaid, Itis found that a number of 11 tris, post-pards, packets and utter articles of mail addressed for .di rr England, hvei • i n � . a Ln l andr and onth. c . 3 gt nent, more particularly fur 111 i hers of the cxpt'ditioi;ary hires, received at the Grrlleral Pest -of insufficiently prepaid. Mail matter addressed tu C en (Van soldiers in Franeq or eh, where on the Continent must fully prepaid at the usual post union rates, which for letters -1St tents: for the first ounce, and thr cents for each additional ounce. cases where the .enders of metre or newspaaers or other articles mail matter do not knew wheth the addressee is in England abroad, the only way in which th can be sere of it :being fully pr paid is to pay the Postal union rat On it. Phis is for the reason th it is impossible to collect any su +charges placed on an item of 1n matter trona the addressee if on a tive service. • All insufficiently prepaid .Petrel post -cards and packets addressed .tile ,.British exppeditionary for serving on the Continent, will returned to the senders. As to the rate of postage for p eels addressed to the soldiers' n at Salisbury Pluuins, ar in act service, enquiry sbotai+cl be lnade. the General Post -office or One of ti postai stations, peop w•W next