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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1915-01-22, Page 6TO idS ABE IN ROBS Italian Earthquake Took Twenty Tliousancd Live in Thirty Seconds A despatch from Rome e ays Twenty thousand lives lost, thirty thousand persons injured, a million homeless and in need of relief, '78 towns and villages wholly or partly destroyed, a territory 300 miles, long and extending from the Adria- tic to the Tyrrhenian Sea devastat- ed, irreplaceable works of art ruin- ed -this is the measure of the catas- trophe caused by the earthquake which held Central Italy in a merci- less grip for 30 seconds Thursday morning. As the hours go by and communi- cation with the outlying districts is restored, appeals for aid from every section .are pouring into Rome, and are being answered instantly by the Government, the people and the clergy. The King, the Pope and the Premier Salanclra are among the leaders in the great work of relief, and trains are being sent as fast as possible with doctors, nurses and supplies to every part of the shaken area. The greatest damage done was at Avezzano, 50 miles east of Rome, which was totally destroyed, with a total loss of life of more than 8,000. In this district the scenes parallel those of Messina in 1908, when 70,000 persons perished. - The King loft for that city by automobile, and will remain there until the distress is alleviated. In Rome the demege was relative ly small, n•ot a single life being Lost, At Naples and Florence, which also felt the shock, there were no casual- ties and very little destruction. "The district of Sulu -lona is bad- ly damaged, and the victims are numerous. Twenty persons are killed and many injured at Villago. Rescue work has been started at Pop1i and Pentina, where many houses are damaged. "The damage is extensive at Aquila and Isola De1'liri, and many small towns in the province of Roane. The village of Sora has been razed, "Loss of life has been feared at Chieti and other towns in the pro- vince of the Abruzzi, but it is be- lieved that disaster will not be se great as at first apprehended." • The opening of partial communi- cation throughout the district from Ferrara, north of Bologna, to Na- ples, brings somewhat more reas- suring news, but also gives the in- formation that the track of the quake was greater than at first be- lieved. NO iNSllkNCE FOB DACIA First Time on Record Where Washington Govern- ment Would Not Insure an American Vessel A despatch from Washington says The sudden turmoil over the Dacia And the request of the State Depart- ment that Great Britain permit the vessel to discharge her cargo at Rotterdam instead of Bremen were due to the refusal of the Govern- ment War risk bureau to insure the Dacia and her cargo. This refusal completely upset the plans of the owners of. the cotton about to be sliiipped, for having obte,3.r2ed con- sent of the Department of Com- merce to the admission of the Dada to -American registry, they had taken it for granted that consistent action would be obtained from the Government war risk bureau and insurance written as desired. The insurance was refused on the ground that inasmuch as the British Government had indicated objec- tions to the Dada engaging in trade with Germany, her arrest on the high seas was practically acertain- ty and she was not, therefore, a, good risk. The fact that the de- partment had seen fit to "OK" the transaction to the extent of grant- ing American registry did not in- fluence the war risk bureau and the Dacia was denied her risk. Members of Congress who were informed of the refusal of the war risk bureau expressed great inter- est. It was said to be the first case where the bureau bas refused to give insurance to an American ves- sel. OFFICER'S BRAYE DEED Lieut. Lawrence Had Transferred to Regulars From First Contingent a Few Weeks Ago A despatch from London says: ther's regiment, and joined the Second Lieut. M. E. Lawrence, who appears :among the killed in the latest casualty list, was the only surviving son of the late Hon. H. A. Lawrence and grandson of Baron Lv,:vrence, of the Punjab. For the last four years he had been living in British Columbia,. He enlisted in the 88th Victoria Fusiliers on the day war was declared, and came to England with the first Canadian contingent. On landing he heard that his young brother, who had a commis- sion in the King's - Royal Rifle 'Corps,.had been killed in action on .the Aisne. He was offered and Accepted a commission in his bro- Sixth Battalion at Sheerness early in November, and was sent to France. After a few weeks he was killed in Flanders while leading a storm- ing party which was ordered to take an important position, His com- manding officer writes : "On reaching .the position he found that a brother officer, who had led another storming party, was in need of assistance, as he had lost more than half of his men. Lawrence dashed over the interven- ing 70 yards with some of his men, and was no doubt responsible for getting back his brother -officer, who had been left ,alonoand•would have been cut off." GER ANS FACING FAMI\E The Government is About to Prohibit Baking in Private (louses A despatch from Paris says: The bread famine in Germany appears, to be growing in intensity, . acoord- ing to reports reaching here. The Burgomaster of Dortmund,in West- phali,a, declared ata meeting of thel city ofClcials "Extreme, economy in the con - sun ptioon of bread, and particularly the limitation to what is only strictly necessary, as regards both bread and all other bakery wares, is the condition cfGarman vi story." The Cologne Gazette, comment- ing on the situation; calls on the military authorities to forbid the manufacture of all bread except. for war purposes. The Copenhagen correspondent of the Tempts safes the prohibition On night work by Berlin bakers has proved to have no effect, as the housewives are buying enormous stocks of flour and are baking bread themselves. He says the Govern- meat is, therefore, about to.proh- bit baking in private houses. CANADIAN TROOPS FAIT VALIANTLY Battalion Charged Enemy with Bay. onet:s and "t'r'oll `fres sht'8 "For Canada and D1i1 England," A despatch from London says: The Canadian regiment at the front has distinguished itself in astirrmn bayonet charge at .a place near Ypres, known as "Dead Man's Al- ley," according to the Daily Cihron- icle's, eor'respondent in North-east France. "The Germans," the cor- respondent says, "had moved a great mass of men against this spot on the . Britisth front, Mud helped the thin British line to hold, but the honors weie barely even until the Canadian regiment hurried up from the rear. Suddenly there was heard a roar of voices and .a long line of slouch -hatted men with fixed bayonets rushed forward with the battle cry 'For Canada and Old England.' The Germans broke be- fore the chargees, which carrir 4 everything before it. Trench ,after trench fell, and the Canadians eFel not cease until the Germans brought up their artillery. Tie, ground gained extended over a mile in front. The Canadian losses were two killed and fourteen wounded. A later despatch from London says : Information from 'a private source says that about two hundred of the Princess Patricias Were in the heroic charge, and that the enemy made a violent onslaught upon them, with. the result that only eighty-three returned from the charge, while Major Hamilton Gault had a very narrow escape. '1 LASSES 500,000 'HOOPS Seasoned Fighters Sent to the Aisne to ,lake Final Effort, Under Kaiser's Direction. A despatch from Amsterdam says : It is reported that the Germans have concentrated a half .a million men on their linesbetween Flan- ders and Rheims for the purpose of breaking through by brute force, no matter what the cost. The scheme has been aidied by the fact that floods on the Lys and the Aisne forced the allies to withdraw in two or three important places.. In Flan- ders floods "hold the B.elgia-ns and French in check, and the Germans believe that second line troops can maintain their front there while the seasoned fighters are sent to Soissons and along the Aisne. Gen. von Falkenh,ayn, chief of staff of the German army, is at the front with the Kaiser, according to informa- tion received here from Brussels. The harbor at Zeebrugge has been heavily mined and the town has been transformed into a fortress, a:s has also Knocke and other places on the coast. The German troops on the coast are commanded by Gen. von Arnim. German Socialists to Fight War? A despatch from Havre says : It is generally known that the Social- ist Deputy, Dr. Liebknecht, who alone in the Reichstag, voted against the military ••1 edits, incur- red blame as a result. Already the state of affairs has •changed. Dr. Liebknecht has just informed the chiefs among the International So- cialists that a serious movement against war is maniifesti:ng itself among German Socialists, and that almost unanimously the Federations share his point of view and declare themselves against war. German South-west Africa Invaded A despatch from London goys The forces of the Union of South Africa have occupied Swoakopmund, German South-west Africa, accord- ing to the Pretoria correspondent of Renter's Telegram Company, Swakopmund is a port of call at the mouth of the Swakop River. It is a trading and mission station, and is connected by rail with -Wind- hoek. MAY BE TRANSFERRED. Hindenburg May Go . to Western. Theatre of War. A despatch from London says. An Amsterdam despateh to the Ex - chane Telegraph Company says that travellers arriving there from Germany report that in response• to a popular demand Field Marshal von Hindenburg, commanderof the german campaign against Russia, is likely to be transferred to the wes'tern;front in the' spring. The. Raiser Photographed Five Weeks Ago. The latest photo of the Kaiser (shoving his grey hair peeking from under his helmet), who will be forced to leave the front in order to undergo a throat operation at Berlin. When the Kaiser was recently reported seriously ill the specialists decided to operate. In spite of strict orders from his physician to the contrary the Kaiser left for the western battle front, where he has remained since Christmas. His condition has become so grave of late that it has been decided to operate without further delay. TUBKS CB[SIIED IN BATTLE A Reserve Corps of 30,00o len Annihilated by Russians in Caucasus A. despatch from London says: ish position on Russian soil ex - Another sweeping victory over the Turks in the Caucasus is recorded. in official advices from Petrograd. Russian general headquarters has received a message from Tiflis which says: "The army of the Caucasus has covered its flags with glory by a fresh heroic exploit, having exter- minated the lith Turkish corps, with the 'exception of several i nsig - ndfcant elements, whicharefleeing in disorder. We have captured all the artillery of this corps. "The Battle of Kara Urgan, which ,was fought for three days in the caseless enowstorm, has ended in a complete victory for us, thanks to the efforts of our valliant regi- ments of the Caucasian, Turkestan and the Siberian Cossacks. The re- sistance of the -enemy is shattered, and his rearguard is covering the retreat of the annihilated army, which is harried on the flanks and rear by our troops. The front of the Turkish force is fleeing .towards Erzeriun "Our troops while pursuing the enemy, found Turkish guns buried in the snow-covered ravines, which the enemy, unable to tape with him, head thrown from theheights above. The pursuit is being pressed. More than ,a thousand prisoners and a, large quantity of arms were capture ed on Jan. 15." This new disaster snakes the Turk- tremely ,serious, since faun of their effective corps now have been se- verely defeated, while Russian na- val operations in the' Black Sea have frustrated an effort to send reinforcements by water from Ar- menia. The destruction of the eleventh carps concludes a conflict which has been in progress for several days in the region of Kara Urgan. Re- cently the Russians successively satp de- feated the first Turkish cor Ardalh'an and the ninth and tenth corps at Sari Kamysh. The ninth corps was captured almost in a body, but the remnants of the tenth made a desperate stand against the *Russians, while the eleventh corps, previously held in reserve over the border in Turkish Armenia, was rushed north from its base .at Erzerwm to. assist in the de- fence. It is this eleventh corps, a force of probably 30,000 fresh troops, whose rout is announced from Petrograd. Its defeat follows up the, annihila- tion previously of the various de- tachments of the tenth corps that had reformed at Kara Urgan, an official statement on Saturday hav- ing announced the capture of sur- vivors of the 52nd Turkish regiment, in- ,addition to 5,000 prisoners in other parts of the front, with four- teen 'eannon and - enormous stip- plies, including ton thousand head .of cattle. WILL NOT GO TO FRONT MONTH Canadians Were to Have Been Transferred Next Week, But a Change Had Beers Made in Plans A despatch from London says: Although the intention of the au- thorities was to send the Canadian troops to the front this week, a change has been made in the plans, and a delay of at least a month is now probable. An exceptional ho- nor has fallen to the Allan liner Alsatian, which appears in the lat- est navy list as the flagship of Rear - Admiral Dudley de Chair. Besides beim; one of the newest and hand- somest ships on the Mersey, the Al- satian has a cruiser stern, giving her the appearance of a war vessel, and ea.riling for her the nickname of "the cruiser" when she first ap- peared. The word uttered in jest now applies in reality, Canadian Infantry Tr e� ans�er� � A despatch from Salisbury Plain knee of , cerebro -spinal meningitis. says: The Sling Plantation camp of The FourthInfantry Brigade has the Canadian contingent has been removed to• Tidworth Barracks on condemned on ;amount of the previa- that account. M'MMNT!WM�r'.RJ'r {' 1 PRICES LIF FARM PT IIUCI REPORTS FROM 1115 LEAD/PMO TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA. Broad:tuffs. Toronto, Jan,' 19, --flour- Manitobn first patents, $7.30 in ;lute bags; second. Oat. ants $6.80; strong bakers', $6,60; Ontario wheat flour. 90 per cont. patents quoted, at $5.10 to $5.20, seaboard, Wheat-3ianitoba No. 1 Northern, $1,44 No, 2 at $1,41, and No, 3 at $1.37; Ontario wheat, No. 2,1 $1.27 o $1.30, at otztaida Points. Cuts -Ontario, 52 to •53o, outside, and at 55 to 55c on track, Toronto' Western Can. ada, No. 2, at 63 1.20, and No. 3 at 60 1.2e. Barley -66 to 69c, outside. Rye -$1.06 to $1.07, outside. Peas -No. 2 quoted at $1.75 to $1.85,. out- side. utside. Corn -No, 3 new American, 78 to 78 1-20, all rail: Toronto freight. Buckwheat -No. 2 at 78 to 80c, outside. Bran and shorts -Bran, $25 to $26 a ton, and ,storts at $27 to $28. Rolled oats -Car lots, per bag of 90 lbs.. $3 to $3,20. Country Produce. Butter -Prices rule firm. Choice dairy, 24 to 25c; inferior, 20 to 21e; creamery prints, 30 top 31c; do„ solids, 28 1.2 to 290; fasters' separator, 26 to 27o. Eggs -'New -laid, in cartons, 36 to 38e; sa• leets, 31 to 32c; storage, 29 to 30c. honey -12 to 13c per lb. for strained; No, 1 m, $2,par dn; o. .25, Poultryhoneyco--Cbhfcka75ns, desiredoze, 13Nto2, $2 150; dtouck20a.s, dressed, ab 14 to 160; fowl, 10 to 11e; geese, 14 to 15c; turkeys, dressed, 18 Cheese -•New large, 16 1.4e; 'twins, 16 3.40, Beans -Prime, bushel, $2,50 to $2,70; hand-picked, $2.75 to $2,85. Potatoes-Ontarioe, 65 to 70e per bag, out of Stora, 65 to 60o in car lots, New Btunswicks, car lots, 60 to 680 per bag. Provisions. Bacon -Long clear, 131-2 to 14 1-4c per lb., in ease lots. Barns -Medium, 16 to 17c; do., heavy, 14 1-2 to 13c; mills, 14 to 14 1-2e; breakfast bacon, 171-2 to 18o- backs, 20 to 210; boneless backs, 22 •t, 200. Lard --Market quiet at 11 1-4 to 111.2o for tierces, and at 11 3-4 to 12c for tubs and pails. Compounds, 9 1-4 to 9 1.20. Baled Hay and Straw. Dealers are paying as follows for car lot deliveries on track here: Straw is quoted at $7'50 to $8 a ton, in car lots, on track here. lila - No. y new hay is quoted at $16.50 to $17, on track here; No. 2 at $15 to 815.50 and No. 3 at $13 to $13.50. Winnipeg Crain. • Winnipeg, Jana 19. -Cash: -Wheat --No, 1 Northern, $1.34 1-4; No. 2 Northern, $1.311.4; No. 3 Northern, $1.28; No. 4 $1.24; No. 52 O, $1.W.20;., 561 N0. 6, $1.15;No.3 MeedC.W., , $1.1163.1.20; e0a; x• ts- No. .4o; tri No. 1 feed, 53 1-2c; No. 1 feed, 530; No. 2 feed, 52e. Barley -No. 3, 701.20; No, 4, 66 1-2e; feed, 61c. Flax -No, 1 N.w,C., $1.53; No. 2 LOW., $1.50. Montreal Markets, Montreal, Jan. 19. -Corn -American No. 2 yellow, 81 to 820• Oate-Oanadiaat West- ern, No. 2, 63e; Canadian Western, No. 3. 62c; extra No. 1 feed, 62 1-2c; No. 2 local white, 56 1-2e; No. 3 local white, 551-20; No. 4 local white, 640. Balrley-Manitoba feed, 70c; malting, 77 to 78c. Flour -Mani- toba :lpring wheat patents, firsts, $7.20; seconds, $6,70; strong bakers', $6.50; Win- ter patents, choice, $6.50; straight rollers, $5.90 to $6; straight rollers, bags, $2.75 le $2.85. Rolled oats, barrels, $6.40 to $6.50; rolled oats, bags, 90 lbs., $3 to $3.10. Bran $25. Shorts $27. Middlings $30, Moulins, $33 to $34. Hay, No. 2, per ton, oar lots. $19 to *20. Cheese -Finest westerns, 15 7-8 to 160; finest eastern's, 16 5.8 to 15 3.4o. Butter -Choicest creamery, 30 to 30 1-2a; seconds, 29 to 29 1-2a. Bgge-rFesh, 45 to SOa; selected, 31 to 32e; No, 1 stock, 273 to 290; No. 2 stock, 25 to 260. Potatoes, per bag, car lots. 60c. Unitsd States Markets. • Minneapolis, Jan. 19. -Wheat -No, 1 hard, $1.39 3.4; No. 1 Northern, $1,34 1-4 to $1.39 1-4; No. 2 Northern, $t.313.4 to $1.391.4; May. $1.36 1-4. Corn -No. 3 yel- low. 64 to 65e. Oats --No. 2 white, 5D to 50 1.2c. Flour and bran unchanged. Duluth, Minn„ Jan, 19. -Wheat ---No. 1 hard, $1.37 1-4; No. 1 Northern. $1.361.4; No. 2 Northern. $1.33 1-4 to $1.34 1-4; May, $1.38 2-4. Linseed, $1.30 1-4: Dlay, $1.6r 1-4, Live Stock Markets, Toronto, Jan. 19. -Odd choice butcher cows brought $6.25 to $6.75, but the bulk sold between $5.50 and. $6.25, with common at $5 to $5.50. Cutters brought $4.35 to $5 and canners -$3.75 to $4.35, with the aver. age a little ,.ower. Best stockers sold be- tween $6.50 and $7. medium to good be- tween $5.75 and $6.50 and common $5.25 to $5.75. Calves sold at $8 to $10 for veale. Best laanlbe at $9.30 and others at $9.15, Shoop, $6.25. Large lots of hogs went at $7.50 fed and watered and at $7.90 to $8 on the off Car basis. Montreal, Jan. 19. -Prime beeves, 71.4 to 7 1.20; medium, 51.2 to 7c; common, 4 1-2 to 6 1-4c; caws, $35 to $85 each, one fine springer fetching $100; calves, 5 to 8c; sheep, 5c; lambs, 7 1-2 to 8c; hogs, 0 to 8 1-4c. .HONEY FOR GERMANY. Swedish Authority Says She Grows More Formidable. A despatch from Stockholm says; Germany:,_ instead of suffering ex- haustion after months of war, has become more formidable than ever, according to Lieut.Col. Pouveng, Chief of the Swedish Military Aca- demy, who spent two and a half months at the theatre of war with the German army. "I deem Ger- many's military resources to be in- exhaustible," says. Lieut. -Col. Bou- vong in The Aftenbledet, "It is im- possible to doubt that the Gerni,an army could perform tasks still more difficult than those which are con- fronting it to -clay," 4 LUliflElt CUT ,DECREA SER, Revival of Trade in the Cheaper Grades is Expected.. A despatch from Ottawa says : Reviewing the lumber trade of the Ottawa Valley, John. Aird, assistant general manager of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, says the cut is. estimated at 375,000,000 feet, or 100,0001000 feet less than for 1913, owxng principally to low water eon-. ditions; In other sections Of the province the decrease - is propor- tionately greater. Dealing with the market conditions, he pied%etq a revival of trade next spring iTh the cheaper grades,. but foresees even lower prices than in 1914 for higher grade lumber.