The Herald, 1915-01-15, Page 6TONS
British Noten$ 'Even More Friendly Than Wa,
the Protest From Washington
A d'eepattc41 .frown Washington titan that British practices have
se.ys : The reply of Great Britain
to the protest of the United States
alleging interference with the neu-
tral trade of this country'' was made
public at the State Department here
'undo afternoon.
YThe text of the
note was -simultaneously given to
the preen in .London in :actoordanoe
with an arrangement in Londoia.
In tone the British note is even
more : friendly,, and in spirit quite
as frank as the American note. It
is
a ,convincing argument in support
of the British exercise of its control
of the seas, and successfullly refutes
many of the contentions set forth in
the American protest. In general
the British reply presents little that
was not anticipated here by those
familiar with the, respective views
of the two parties to the contro-
versy. As was expected, Great Bri-
tain elves every assurance that
could be desired of conducting .her
operations with the least possible
harm to the United States and
those of- neutral trade in general,
a.nd borrowing the very language of
the American note with regard to
trade interference asserts that only
suoh interference as "is necessary
to protect the belligerents' ration-
al saafety, and then. only to the ex
:tent to which this is necessary," is
warranted or intended by Great
Britain. It is explained that this,
note is tier preliminary comilmuniea-.
tion to "remove some misconcep-
tions that seean to exist," and will
bo followed by one dealing more in
detail with the issues raised.
Taking up the .Aanerioan Conten- proceedings.
caused depression in American
trade by denying American pro-
ducts their long-established mar-
kets in neutral countries of Europe,
the British reply cites the American
export figures for Noveanber, 1913
and 1914. These show that the ex-
ports of the United States to Den-
mark, Sweden, Norway and Italy,
the neutral Countries in question,
were from one and a half to four-
teen tizzies as large kr November,
1914, as in Noveanber, 1913. Only
in trade to Holland do the figures
show a decrease in November, 1914,
as .compared with November, 1913.
Great Britain concedes that cotton
may have fallen off, but points out
that she cannot be blamed for that,
as she has at a.11 times declared and
practised the intention of not inter-
fering with cotton as oontraband.
Repying to American contentions
regarding copper, Great Britain
shows from American figures how
tremendously the imports of copper
by the neutral countries contiguous
to Germany and Austria have in-
creased since the war. "With such
figures," the note declares, "the
presumption is very strong that the
bulk of copper consigned to these
countries has recently been intend-
ed not for their own use, but for
that of a belligerent who cannot im-
port it direct." It is declared that
four cargoes of copper and alumi-
num nominally consigned to. Swe-
den are known by the British au-
thorities to shave been d,efi,nitely
consigned to Germany, and hence
are being detained for prize court
GERMAN AIRMEN
FLY OVER CALAIS
Fire Was Opened On Them by
Four French Gunboats in
the harbor.
A despatch from North-western
France says: German airmen seem
now to have inaugurated ;something
like a daily air service, weather
and other circumstances permitting,
alongthe northern coast line, Some-
times they drop a. few bombs, and
on their gala days they kill a few
:women and children. On other
occasions they simply flutter along
and back again. without doing any
damage, even to non-combatants,
Two German biplanes appeared
Over Calais recently, flying very
•.iigh. Four French gun -boats in the
harbor manned their guns and sent
these a volley of welcome. whioh
apparently was sufficient to keep
them out of range of any spot
tivorth bombaa•ding.
The airguns in the fortifications
waited quietly for the Germans to
tome within range, but they never
of a chance, nor did the soldiers
n land and the sailors in the har-
bor, whose fire was held in pre-
paration.
Dunkirk was notified of the Ger-
man visitors arrival, and Coalman -
deer Samson and a French aviatorwent aloft in the hope of cutting
them out on their return voyage,
but the .air was not clear enough,
and the Germans managed to get
away quite safely.
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KING ALBERT'S BRAVERY.
Personally Led His Troops in St.
Georges Operation.
A despatch from Paris says :..The
victory of St. Georges is another
military feat .to he emblazoned on
the standard of..Kizaig Albert, who,
it has just beendisclosed, person-
ally led his troops in this brilliant
operation. The King is now direct-
ing the artillery fire against the
German batteries, and- when these
have been silenced will again lead
the allies' advance.
Lipton Loans Yacht.
A despatch from London says:
Sir Thomas Lipton has loaned his
steam yacht, the Erin, for the use
of the Servian and Montenegrin
wounded. He will accompany the
expedition in person, and asks for
stanee in stores and money.
Q�1F�I_CT I� SOUTH PO+AND
Von Hindenburg Attempts to Get .Nearer
to War
saw by Sapping
A despatch from London says
plthe vast conflict between the. Pius-
ions and the Austro -German arni-
es in Central and South Poland
rn,d in 'Skeet Galicia has reached a
emporary state of deadlock, ac-
ording to an official communica-
xn from h is
fefly notableefor the information
t "Marshal von Hindenburg's
araes have adopted sapping tactics
ht. the Bzura-Rawka front west of
Warsaw.
Saps are being advanced by the
ermans in several places towards
e Russian positrons, according to
o report. In this work they ar.e-
king use of steel shields to pro -
et tlheznselvee from the rifle fire'
the . Czar's troops in the nearby.
enches. It thus appears that the
+attle in Poland, which began .as a
eld operation of great magnitude,.
quit lrly being converted into siege
Tiara almost identical. with that! l
3iich ":for so n1ane weeks has been
roceeding on the Aisne and the i
ser in the western war theatre.,
.'here has been, however, one; s
:tisk c'om'bat in the Warsaw region
centlt The 'statement records tl
at, the Germans captured some in
u•ssian trenehea near ' Soc:barzetf, 1 ri
: the ill-fated village on the Bzura
that was the storm centre of the re-
cent engagements` where von Hin-
t denburg's march on Warsaw was
brought to an abrupt stop: The
Russians returned to the attack
Thursday morning, and in a fierce
bayonet encounter drove out the
enemy and regained ,all th-e posi-
tions previously lost. Five quick -
firing guns and a number of Ger-
man prisoners were the Russian
trophies of this adventure.
y Of operations in Ncarth Poland or
I ast Prussia the Hessian state-
ment says nothing, and of Bukoa
wane, where chief interest in the
eastern war theatre now is centred
in view of the imminent invasion of
Transylvania from that, quarter,
and its probable. political effect on (.
Roumania, Grand Duke Nioholas'
headquarters says merely that "we
continue our offensive." The situ-
ation east of Cr•.a•coty atad in the Car
athians is described as "without
important change." •
The German . statement issued
Thnr day ihrows no light, on , the
it -satin n in Poland, beyond the fact
tha{t the continued ineldine;nt wea-
Ter . has "made operations exceed-
t;ly difficult ea aCernint of 4.0
111d.
RRITAL TO REPAY
FORT ERIE VEINS
Damages to be Provided 'in.
of iro Americans Shot by ase
`.t
Canadian Soldiers.
A. despatch from Washington
says: The United States Govern-
ment sent a formal note to Great.
Britain through Sir Coeil. Spring -
Rice
requesting the punishmet f
those guilty of the killingof
Smith and the wounding ho ,f Charrlales
es
Dorsoh, two American citizens, who
were sbot by three Canadian mili-
tiamen at Fort Erie, Ontario, while
hunting ducks in alleged violation
of the Canadian game laws.
The communication; which was of
a friendly character, pointed out
that not only did the United States
Government expect the offenders to
be duly punished, but that ade-
quate compensation be given the
families of the victims.
Co -incidentally with the sending
of the note, Secretary Bryan re-
ceived a personal memorandum
from the British Ambassador here,
after which the Secretary said:
"The" British Government •without
deciding the question of ' liability
will consider the payment of dam-
ages to the injured man and the
the family of the deceased "
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CANAI)11111 07FICER
PRICES 6f r Rji F e T
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l)ea h Announced to the
Governor-general of Capt. Toronto ln, 3.. -Irl
1` ► first fan, 12.-I�'lour-Manitoba
Newton, a Montreal Financier patents, Patents, $6.60, in lute bags; second
Ontario' $6.10; strong baers. . pat-.
. ents, $4.990 etoat, flour, e b0 cent. 'ltat-
Iyheat Ma $6. seaboard,
A despatch from London says : A $1.3s; anitoba No, 1 . Northern,
m s news a e y Capt. Newton, who was soli ontaxio who t $1.36, and No, 3 at 31,x1,
p p z records the
(G a of of. outside points' NO. 2, $1,21 to .$1.23,at
death in France of
Capt. and Lady
Denzil On-
slow Newton, military secretary to
the Duke of Connaught, .Governor-
General of Canada. Capt. Newtosl,
who resigned his commission in
1910, returned -to service at the
time. of the formation of Princess
Patriciate regiment, which he join-
ed. This announcement is the first
news received here of the pretence
on the firing line of the crack regi-
ment
of
Canada.
eorge t a !y
Alice Newton, of, daughter g t, the
eleventh Earl of Dundonald; was 34
years of age. He served in the
South .A.frieau Wai', where his,; con-
duct -won for him a Queen's medal,
Before becoming military secretary
to the present Governor-General of
Canada he was A.D,C, to Earl,
Grey, the Duke of Connaught's pre-
decessor.
y in
1910 Capt, Netown had been es estab-
lished as a banker in Montreal.
AIR RAID PLA feCS
PLANNED volunteered to take part in the at
LAST OF
JANUARY
conal and amateur airmen have
tack. A large number of aer�o-
planes, hydro -.aeroplanes, destroy-
wi11 accompany the • big airs�hins,
els, torpedo boats and submarines
Count Zeppelin to Command in, The orders will be to cripple the
Person a Fleet of Ten main British fleet and attack Lon-
don. It is hoped that the ex edi-
I p
Lon -
tion will he ready to start in the
A despatch from London says: 'last days of Januar
rom this State Department aft. --I The Aniste.rdam correspondent of I
s took { Daily Express reiterates the
]am- I much
Letsb
tialit for granted that the
ages would be paid ft I Roumania to Strike 'Without Italy.
I• Y.
after the Domin-
ionauthorities had coni fetedoly Zeppelins and their � Y eet of aero
inquiry .
DOCTORS liA.RE NEW PACES.
Wonderful Work Aceolnplished by
French Surgeons.
A despatch from Havre, ways:
The French army medical corps
have set apart three eminent sur-
geons, Professors Tufflier, Morestin
and Sebilean, to make "aesthetic re-
pairs" and remove deformations
from the faces of those wounded in
the war. If a m,an'loses his nose or
any part of his face, or a disfigure-
ment is caused by a wound, the face
will be repaired byA skin grafting,
and the latest discoveries in surgi-
cal science will be used to remedy
th-e deformity. Several cases have
already been successfully under-
teken by the three surgeons. A
young corporal wtho had part of his
faoe taken away by e shell was
given a new nose, left jaw and
cheek. In eases where teeth have
been lost it is ea,id that successful
efforts have been; made to treat -
plant others according to a method
discovered by a Russian dentist.
VIOLET ItAYS FOR FROSTBITE.
11 Be a Great Boon to Soldiers in
the Trenches.
Vl'i
A despatch from Paris says : Vio-
let rays are prescribed for frostbite
by Dr. Pougnet in a paper to the
Academy of Medicine. He says suf-
feringe soldiers are rapidly cured
when taken from the trenches to al-
low their .affected members to be
passed through violet rays of me-
dium intensity.
UNDER FRENClI RULE.
Forty-one Towns and Villages in
Alsace. .
The London on Mo
rni
n
g Post's cor-
respondent -
respondent telegraphs from Berne:
"Forty-one towns and villages in
Alsaoe which have been occupied by
French troops since the outbreak
of hostilities, are now administered
by the. French authorities."
planes on England, and says that
preparations are nearly complete
for carrying out the project. Ten
first-class. Zeppelins will constitute
the attacking fleet, which will be
under the personal command of
Count Zeppelin. Hundreds of pro -
n despatch from London says::
The Morning Post's Bucharest cor-
respc ndent says: "Roumania : is
mobilizing 750,000 men, of which
number half a million forms the
field army. Roumania will strike
even should Italy decide not to en-
ter the war."
EkSilTS ARE
STARYIM
Marey Deaths Have 'Already Occurred From t
_ Lack of Food
A despatch from London says :
Herbert C. Hoover, Chairman of
the American Commission for Re-
lief in Belgium, •returned to, Lon-
don on Wednesday from a, tour of
inspection of the work being done
for theCommission in Belgium.
In a statement issued Mr. Hoover
said:
"An appalling situation hase
presented to tihe Commission ben
with
regard 'to the French peasantry in
the valley of the Meuse, just south
of the Belgian' frontier, where there
are I0,000 persons absolutely with-
out food. Our investigation show-
ed that a large number of deaths
he
already .had occurred there from
-starvation. Despite the shortness
of the rations in Belgium, our Bel-
gian colleagues agreed that we
must share the last crust with these
people. Wetherefore sent them
food out of our, limited Belgium
stores."
Mr. Hoover; ,a.1so issued a, report
on • the Commission's work in Bel-
gium, in which he says the organi-
zation for the distribution of food
supplies is well -on the road to com-
pletion. It is aided by 50,000 vol-
unteer workmen, and there are only
a few localities to which relief has
not yet been extended,
TAKEN
PRISONERS WITH TURKS
-.7 •
Commander of Turkish Ninth Army Attributes His
Defeat Mainly to Climatic Conditions
A despatch from Petrograd says:
A despatch from Tiflis to the Bourse
az
G Otte des. ri
c hesthe .arra a 'n
, 1
�
there
of officers of the
Turkish sh
army
who
were oapy
tured *.
bthe Russians in
the defeat of the Turks in the re-
gion of Sari ICamysh, in the Cauca-
sus. It says: "Ishkan Pasha, com-
mander of the Turkish ninth army
corps, hag reached here with four
division generals and other cap-
tured
a
ture
d
Turkish defeat chiefly to the terrific
climatic conditions, and said that
only
6,000 of the ,
i Cor s
with h
whom
were the staff, reached Sari Ka,-
znysh, The Russians surrounded
rth•em and killed ,most of the gun-
ners. He surrendered when'only
300 men were left near him„ Sev-
eral German officers are among the
p prisoners.
Ten
Diggers (Pioneers) of the BelgiaCn : 'ma.
n Afri]nysc,4iestilllgiau l�axakingchweosll and healthy, and, t'horou b'
toxnedto the hard work of the trenches. g lY arenas-
,
Oats -Ontario, 50 't 6•
at 63 to 64c on trackQTo unto. Western
Canada, No. 2, at 64a, and No. 3 at 61c,
Barley -.64 to'nee, outside..
stye -$1 to $1.05, outside.
Peas--No.2 quoted at 31:60 to ,$1.7Q,
outside,
Corn --No. 3 new American, 79c, ,all.
rail, Toronto, freight. 2 at 76 to '8c, out.
side.
Bran and shorts -=•Bran, 325 to. 326
ton, and shorts at 327 •- $28,
lbs.Rolled oats --Car lots, per bag of 911
$3 t
o $3.16.
•
Country P'noluoe.
Butter --Choice dairy, 24 to 25c; in-
ferior, 20 to 21c; creamery prints,
to Ole; do„ solids, 283 to 29c; farmers'
separator, 26 to 270.
gas -New -laid, in cartons, 45 to 50c;
selects. 32 to 340; storage, 29 to 30c.
•
Honey -12 to 13e per 1b. for strained;
No, 1 honeycomb; $2.75 per dozen; No.
2, 32.25.
Poultry -Chickens, dressed, 13 to 150;
ducks, dressed, lb.; 14- to 16; fowl. 10 to
11c; gee^e, 14 to 15o; turkeys, dressed.
18 to 20c.
Cheese -New large, 164e; twins,
163c.
Beans -Prime, bushel, 32.50 to $2.70:
hand-picked, $2.75 to 32.85.
out oof store, 25 to 60c In car 01ots.r New
23runswicks, car lots, 60 to 65c per bag.
Provisions.
Bacon -Long clear, 133 to 148c per lb,
in case lots. Hams -Medium, 16 to 170;
do., heavy, 143. to 150; rolls. 14 to 149c;
breakfast bacon, 178 to 18c; baoks, 20
to 21c; boneless hacks, 22 to 23c.
Lard -11 to 114c for tierces, and at
113 to 12o for tubs and pails. Com-
pound, 98 to 94c.
Baled 'ray and Straw.
Dealers are paying as follows for car
lot deliveries on track here: -
Straw is $7.60 to 38 a ton, in car lots,
on Hay -No. ck here. new hay, $16.50 to 317,
on 'track here; No. 2 at 315 to 315.60,
and No. 8 at $13 to $13,50.
Montreal Markets.
Montreal, Jan. 12. -Corn -American
No. 2 yellow. 89 to 81c. Oats -Canadian
extra, No, No. 2,
623o; do., 2r local . 6130;
653c; No. 3 do., 543c; No. 4 do., 53c, Bar-
Bar-
ley -Man. feed, 68 to 70e; malting, 78
to 780. Flour -Man. Spring wheat pat-
ents, firsts, $7.20; seconds, $6.70;'
strong bakers', 36.50; Winter patents,
35.60;cdos, bags, 3 2.65 toe 32.7$
5 Roiled
oats, barrels, $6.40 to $6.50: do., bags,
90 lbs. 33 to $3.10. Bran, $25. Shorts,
327, Middlings 330. Mouillie, 334 to
336. Hay, No. 2, per ton car lots,
to $20. Cheese -Finest westerns. 152
to 16e; do., easterns, 153. to 158. flutter
-Choicest creamery. 29 to 293c;.sec-
onds, 23 to 283c. Eggs-Froeh, 55 to
60c; selected, 31 to 32c; No. 1 stock, 28 '
to 29e; No. 2 stock, 26 to 26c. Potatoes,
Per bag, car lots, 70c.
Winni,eg• Grain.
Winnipeg, Jan. 12. -Cash: Wheat --
No. 1 northern, 31.274; No, 2 northern,
$1.243; No. 3' northern.' 31.203; No. 4
$1.163; No. 5; 31.123;. No. 6, 31.08: feed
31.04. Oats -No. 2 C.W., 56�e; No. 3.
feed,` 62c ` Nott a2 feed. Slfeed, .Harley_. i
2, 63o; No, 3, 630; feed. 59c. Flax--. Barley ---.No.
1 N.VS.C„ 31.393,
United States szarke,a,
Minneapolis, Tan, 12.--Wheat-No. I
hard, -31.343; No. 1 Northern 31.293: t•
31.343; No. 2 Northern, $1.263 to
31.323; May, $1.313 to 31.31$. Corn -
No. 3 yellow, 653 to 653c, Oats -No. ;i
white, 483 to 493c. Flour and bran un-
changed.
Duluth, Jan. 12.--Wheat--No. hard.
31.323; No, 1- Northern. 31,313No.2
Linseed,
Northern,
1.283 3 Ma y $1.293; May. $1.331.
Live Stook Marirate,
$7.76,
Toronto,
37.50 Good brought
$7.25 to $7.50; medium. $6.75 to 37.20,
and common, $6.25 to $6.75. Fat cows.
36.25 to $7; for good to choice, 35.76 to
$6.25 for medium. and 36 to 36.50 for
common. Good to choice bulls ranged
from $6 to $7: Good hreedy brought $6
to 36.60, with medium at 35.75 to 36,
and common a
Milk-
ers from:' $60 to 00 5 to $5.75. \fiito
$ Geed -ands $3 to
310, with medium between 38 and $k anti
common n at
36 to
6•
Lambs. b 5
$
3 n
shade heavier sole„ at $8 to 3y;ec
Other heavier
weights
at 37.60 to $8. Seep changed ead , $5
to 37.25 being paid for light ewes. 34
to $5 f heavy a d
felt
try
medium, to 7c:i common, 43 beeves.
.13o;
cows, $30 to $35. Calves, 5 to So. sheep,
43 to Se. Lambs, 73c. Hoge, 83c.
TO BUY RORS..S DIRECT,
Militia Dept. Decides to Deal Only
With Fai:l'uaexv or Owners.
bncics. $wine, $?.90 aff2car t�o7s65 P
and watered, and $7.40 f.o.b. c+oun
points
A despatch from Ottawa says
Speculators, horse dealers, etc,,
who are endeavoring to make a pro-
fit by purchasing horses from farm-
ers and re -selling them at higher
figures to the Government for mili-
tary purposes are notified by the
Militia Department that horses will
be farmer ter owner. Dealers hased only direct l are to
be barred by the Government
agents in charge of the purchases.
The aim of the Government is to
have the maximum amount of mon-
ey.reach the farmer, while at the
same time insuring fair purchase
prides for the Government.
i,jLL MOOSE ON FENDER.
Discovery illatie When. C.P,II, Train
Reached Fort Willialxl.
A despatch from Fort William,
Ont., says:' When the C.P.R. txaki '
from Winnipeg arrived in Fol;t,V 1.
slam on Tuosday night an enormous
bull moose was found lying • across
the fender r The big animal had
been struck when the train was 2
few miles frond the tsar,, but the
engineer thought it had. been
thrown to the side -of the track.