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Zurich Herald, 1915-02-19, Page 3CHANGES iN THE TARIFF ainiieral AAD Round Advance of Seven-and-aakialf Per Cent. in Customs A -dee rai;teh f roan Ottawa says: A general tariff increase of seven and at half per cant. intermediate anoi. fr•,' 1 rtu• ;,:. preferential, e.l' with c. teiet ease ifn.i,,., r :ii see tea, etasar, tubeecu, r! heat, flour and ,agticul- i pal inl'i;t'a't;itSite, c:l,ccial ea,. taaes i 1...c.:iir;g: tow per Bent, on bank note eirClf- latiJll, (The per tent, on the grass. income (Canadian) of trust and loan ••com- panies. One per emit. • on the net prem- iums of insurance companies except life, .fraternal and marine. One cent on telegraph and cable reeesages. • Ten -cents for every five dollars railroad and steamboat tickets, • Ten -cents on glee r five i arid sleeping to cents on parlor car tickets. One to three dollars per passen- ger from steamboat companies• car- rying to ports other- than in Can- OIfd�6rcT oda, Newfoundland, the United States of il.nierica, and British Vest Indies, Two cents on all bank cheques, receipts and bills .of exchange, ex - pease and post -office orders: One cent on postal notes. One cent (war stamp) on eanh let. ter and postcard, s Two cents on• bills of lading. Five cents per pint on -non-spark- ling wines sold in Canada and twenty-five cents per pint on cham- pagnes and sparkling wines. One cent on each ten cents' cost of pro- prietary medicines. These aura the provisions announc- ed by the Minister of. Finance on Thursday for restoring the revenues to "the minimum amount regarded as necessary." The special taxes �ea e' ted on roughestimate. are c a g to produce eight million dollars The increased Customs duties will add to the revenue from twenty to twenty-five 'million dollars. Three Machines Obsery ; i Passing Over Brockville Headed for Capital 'A despatch from Ottawa says: It was reported to Premier Borden at eleven o'clock Sunday night that - three or four aeroplanes had crossed the St. Lawrence River from Mor- ristown, N.Y., one of them drop- ping a fire ball as they passed over Brockville. When Laos seen the aero- planes were dreaded in what was be- lieved to be the direction of the. capital. Immediately on being apprised of this news the Premier notified Colonel A. P. Sherwood, Conan-is- sioner of Dominion Police, who im- mediately ordered the lights around the Parliament Buildings extin- guished, taking the same prec.au- tions at Rideau Hall, the residence of his Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught. • EATTLR GOES ON IN DR O INA. Itt1»: iaats, Reinforced,. Rave Re- pulsed a Series of Fresh Attacks. A despatch from London says: righting continues in Bukowina. Tire liussians, reinforced and hold- ing on grimly, have repulsed a series :rf fresh attacks, winos the tide of battle sways backwards and for- wards.. The .Russians were compel- led at.the beginning to give ground before the masses of the •enemy, which swept down the Carpathian p t .ees. The Russians, fighting dog- gtdly, withdrew to the north from K.impulung, and there on more suit- abie ground, where the snow was les; deep, they entrenched them- seives and awaited the Austro -Ger- man advance, By a well -tilled counter-attack the Russians shat- tered the enemy's lino at throe points, compelling them to retire. Snow n rtt nn sited he m. sg c , r lei 1 but p t a the Russians are moving forward. The colal is intense, the temperature being 20 below zero, with 41 piercing ice -laiden wind which smites and slays. The terrible weather mildl- y -ions add to the horrors of. warfare in the valleys .and mountain passes, the driving snow rendering it diffi- cult to distinguish friend froin foe at 100 ;yards' distance. The enemy --succumbs to 'cold more speedily than the Winter -seasoned Siberian -troops. There is great difficulty in rescuing the wounded. Following •their collapse, exposure soon ends; their sufferings, and snow envelops them, becoming'at once .a winding sheet and tomb. Consequently thousands,. once stricken clown, altogether clisap- pear. Steamer Badly .l-iurt By Torpedo or Mine A despatch from .Scarborough, England, says : The new car.g9 steamer 'Tod quay, of Dartmouth, was towed into Scarborough harbor in .a sinking condition after either striking a mine or 'having been tor- pedoed eight miles east of this port. The damage sustained.by the steam- er,waa amidships, one boiler having been penetrated. One man was killed and two were injured. U.S. to Supply Wardens For British Prisoners A •?eepa'i;ch from London ,says : The British Government inrnent i<s ar- ranged rangeotftr the Government of the United -States to appoint quarter- masters and paymasters in the American army ,to aci• as neutral wardens to British pliseneers of war in Germany. -The initiation of this plan, howevr'r, has been delayed, as Germany ,still has the hatter tender consideration. Announcement . to this effect was made in the- House of Commons on Wednesday after- noon by H. J. Tennant,.Parliamen- tary Secretary of the War Office. T3 ENDIRULE 1:RITTSll ISLES. Enemy intends to Scatter riin2s From Especially Colistruci:edd 5,ub3'na.rhies 1 desp atoh:.fr.olll Christiania - at -s Reports from. Germany printed in Scandinavian newspapers indicate that the German 'naval authorities regard 'the painting of national col- ors on neutral shins to be an. p'eeent.ic,n, since the gr flease*st • !danger threatened is not from tor- ! perloes, bat from'seines, It is in- teedecl to scatce.)' these Prom, Ger- man submnri,les especially ee:n- 1 ., , t-r1lct,dcl fort the purpose., and Abe plan will he vigorously pursued in. Inn parte i' I a'' t'r:•tr' mimed area.- B`'.Y ONE : A . GE ON SKI ,'1. <leexest. :11 from la ntiee .'1ys' rflw Daily C...rtronicle. elite:: ' rrdeat ate aesneva t€leevephs the fd'ilux —The first bayonet eha.rge on s1,ie o ,•1'r'i'fd i.n,ti5.e',Vosgts near Col du 1....; litatame, Forty Albino ehae- t-c r rs0 'nil i r r1 ; 1.11'201., n1:;, had been c.ut. ,.)f were a ...„ er surrender. lnstr.ad they c•l):ir:.°e'd do,rn the 1- German ' , 4 d, f, slopes r, ,� � into i I a I tt n,.1a::. ;1 terrible struggle er1- • stied, .'1d1 the 1''reneli were killed, 1 bat the German lasses were double. E MY'S BASES ARE DESTROYED I3lritish Air mails on 13ruges, Zee- Brugge and -,Ostend IHstr'iets lD escr ibeil. A despatch from London .says: Aerial warfare was waged on Fri- day on the largest scale in its his- tory, and uncles' adverse circulil- stances from the standpoint of the weather, :British airmen, . buffeting banks of snow in the air, .sstvept over cities of Northern Belgivan held by the Germans and dropped bombs on Ostend, L•'ruges and other places, Thirty-four aeroplanes and sea- planes of the British nary took part in the operations, and all of 'them. later returned safely to thei..r base without casualties to their drivers,' although two of the mac:bine.s were;. damaged. The raid was made in order to prevent the development of submarine bases and establishments which might further endanger Bri- tish warships and merchantmen. AIthough no submarines were seen the British Admiralty state ment indicates that the raid had satissfaetory results, for oonsider able damage is said to have been done to German gun positions, rail- way lines and railway stetions. The Ostend :station is reported to have been set on fire, end that at Blan- kenberghe to have been badly dam- aged. German mine -sweeping ves- sets at Zeebrugge also''eame in for a hail of bombs, but the damage clone to thein has not been stated. At various points the airmen were received by. -the Germans with fir- ing from anti -aerial guns and rifles. None of the airmen are re- ported by the Admiralty to have been wounded in these attacks. One of t)he machines, driven by Flight Commander Claude Gra- hame -White, among the most intre- pid of the British fliers, fell into the sea while returning to its base after the raid was over, and the aviator had a narrow escape from drown-- i ing. Fortunately for hint a cruiser was nearby and picked him up, a,nd then towed his aeroplane into port. oda Serious Shortage of Skilled Workers A despatch from London says : The shortage of skilled workers in engineering and ship -building es- tablishments, owing to the large numbers of these men who have gone to the front, is so 'serious that an enquiry was opened by repre- sentatives of the Government and trades unions for the purpose of de- vising, methods of assuring the full productivity of these adjuncts to military operations. The trades unions will be asked to waive some of their regulations during the per- iod of the war crisis, Russian Expenditures Nearly $2,000,000,000 A despatch from Petrograd says: The Budget was on Wednesday voted by the•Duma and the Council of the Empire. The Budget Com- mittee of the Duna in its estimates for 1.916 placed the revenues at $1,566,000,000; expenditure, 1,5.16,- r.wwv.r+vwvrirMwww�+�,,,!+M^!a'"!wwWPl'w,lA9'°""""1,.'0.'5,. ^M�""rwa,w �•^u+muuw,n+wvumrwWurwnnpO;w7NAMA9P91S� BRITISH SURP ISED TUR Entire Force at° Entrance to Gulf of Suez Either Killed or Made Prisoners A despatch. froin London says a A force of 200 Turks and Ar'a'bs, under German +aflieer.s, who were prepar.- ing to ctt!aels the British station of Ter, :,t the :entrance to the. C1ulf of Suez. 'se. , .1 el ,,1 e r r(1. toed ,ri' lyilled ;,r t keg )t e,t 0ers Friday' 1 by a ilii' i;;li force, a.''coeding to a Bs•i- tisk <.."14 .;zl report beim' Cairo. One -1 hundred :-.oldiers were taken pri- soneirm ends of tile- others not one • esc L17od cd,'ath. The odlieial report states that fifty :Turks and two German officers ap- proached Tor, believing .that the place was undefended. Finding Tor was garrisoned by 200 Egyptian sol- diers, they sent for reinforcements. These arrived, and a force -now P?T�IN'S A} Re d .7,y 1ltinibering a little over 200 occupied a village to the north of Tor. known, X11 C) • 'f � hemming , n their arrival v .l a a small detachment of British • 1 - :naps I0;114.d its "Clic-dr rear, and, t l enei 'ci aver the bill:(:,. 1 ado ;..urprise attack upon their position - at dawn Friday,The t,fficial report •ii1c11ttde;, as foil-�,ws : "Th(' enemy's; force was annihilated. Over 100 prisoners were taken, among them .a Turkish major. Over sixty of their, dead were found on the field, and it is believed that none got away. Twenty camels were captured, and the en•emy',s camp and their stores were destroyed. Our losses were one Gurkha killed and one wound- ed." • Y OF :10 !anywhere Ary Time in the Event ttiil a Clermont Invasion A despatch from London says: After two days of debate, during which many matters in connection with the war were discussed, the Douse of Commons on Wednesday night passed without division the army estimates for 3,000,000 men, exclusive of India, and also by a "token" vote, provided for the pay of the officers and men. By this vote the Government will receive a blank cheque for this purpose. Replying to points raised by m�en1- berg of the House, Harold J. Ten- nant, Parliamentary Under-Secre- tary for. War, said, that in case of a raid on England, Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton was in .command of a mo- bile force, whioll was ready to go ,anywhere at any time.. There was considerable discus- sion of the question- of inoeu.lation against disease, in reply to which Mr. Tennant declared the sentiment in favor of compulsory inoeulation was increasing, and that the Gov- ernment was considering adopting it, Lord Kitchener, Secretary for War felt Tfelt so strongly about the mat- ter, Mr.. Tennant said, that he was about to issue an order suspending grants of leave to those persons who declined to be inoculated. The Under-Secretary added that the suggestion that the War Office should consent to the enlistment of "bantam battalions" was being con- sidered. In the mining districts, he said, there were many men under the regulation height, who desire to serve in the army, and that some of them already were in training. GERMANY WARNED 9 if UNITED STATES D .Lattez'' Will Not Tolerate the Less r of Life or Property on the High Seas. A despatch from Washington says: A very pointed warning to Germany against causing loss of American life or property in her efforts to enforce a blockade of the British Isles, and a friendly note to Great Britain intimating disappro- val of an officially sanctioned gen- eral Use of the American flag by belligerent vessels, were sent by the United States to the German and British Governments, and the full texts of both communications are made public. The note to Germany, which is PIRCI3 OF FARM. PRODUCTS 0 I'4 POR°rs FROM THIS R.EAfll,NO TOADS CENTRES OF AMERICA; Isreadstuffs, '.l'4renee. l:'eb. 16.—Flour—Manitoba' f1r3t patents, $8, in jute bag's; second patent•$, ¥7.00; strong' bakers', 87.200, Ontario 'waleett Aaur, 90 per oen�t, patents, quoted at $7 to 417.23, seaboard. Wheat --Manitoba, No. 1 Northern, $1.67 to $1;67 1.2; No. 2 at 51,64 to $1.04 1'2;-a No. 3 at 81.61 to $1,61 1-2; Ontario wheat, No. 2, $1.60 a $1.65, at outside ointe. Oats—'Ontario. 65 to 650, outside, and, at 67 to 68c. on 1:rack, Toronto;. Western Can* aria, No. 2, quoted at 74e, and No. 3 at 7112o.' Barley -85 to 87:, outside. Rye $1.18 to $1.23. outside. ore,,-- res 2 (1U',;' 1 at •,.Li;i to 01,22 oat" Corn—No. 2 new American, 84c, all rail, Toronto freight, Buvk.}hent -No. 2 at 85 to 9°,c, outside. Bra and shorts --Bran at $26 to $27 a ton, and shorts at $28 to $29, Rolled oats -Oar lots, war bug of 90 lbs., $2.46 to $3.50. Country Produce. Butter--Ghoice dairy, 24 to, 250; inferior, 20 to 21e; Creamery prints, 311.2 to 23o; do., solids, 30 to 31e; farmers' separator, 26 to 270. Bggs—Neto-land, in cartons, 34 to 35o; selects, 28 to 30c storage, 26 to 270. Honey -12 t• 13c per lb for strained; No. 1 honeycomb, 52,75 per dozen; No. 2, $2.25, • Poultry--Chickeaia, dressed, 13 to 150; ducks, dressed, 14 to 16e; fowl, 10 to 110;' geese, 14 to 15c; turkeys, iiressed, 19 to 200, Cheese -17 3-4 to 18o for large, and at 18 to 18 14e for twins. Potatoes—Ontorios, 65 to 75e per bag, out of store, 60c in oar lots. New Bruns - wicks, ear lots, 650 per bag, Baled Nay and Straw. ll<':'' :rn 0 r as fcnow for _ear lot de'iverres On track here;- Straw, $8 to :5.50 ;� tun, in car lots on trioti were Hay—No. 1 new hay is quoted at $17,60 to $18; No, 2 at $15,he to $16, and No„ .3 at $12,50 �a 513.50.• Prevlslons. Ba -on --Long c.ear, 13 1.2 to 14c per lb. in cage lots. iiarns-ldedinm, 16 to 17c; do., heavy, 141.2 to 15c; rolls, 14 to 141-2o; breakfast bacon, 17 1.2 to 180; backs, 20 to, 21o; boneless backs, 22 to 23c. Lard—Market rdutet; pure, tub, 11.3-4 to 120; compound, 93-4 to 10o in tube, and 10 to 10 lac in pails. Winnipeg Crain. W i an ip eg , Feb. 16.—'Gash—No. 1 Northern $1.54 1-2; No, 2 Northern, $1.521.2; No. 3 Northern, 51.49 3-4• No. 4, $1.45 1-2; No. 6. $1.411.2; No. 6, $1.371-2; feed, $1.331.4. Oate—No. 2 C.W., 66 1-4o. Barley, No. 83e; No. 4, 77o. Flax, No. 1 N.W.G., 51.61 1-2; No, 2 C.W.. $1.681.2. Montreal Markets. Montreal, Feb. 16.—'corn, American No. 2 yellow, 86 to 870. Oath, Canadian West- ern, No. 2. 74c; Canadian Western, No. 3. 71o: extra No, 1 feed, 71o; No. 2 local white, 651.2 to 66c; No. 3 local white, 64 1-2 to 65o; No. 4 local white, 631-2 to 64e. Bar- ley, Man. feed, 781-20; malting, 93c. Buck. wheat, No. 2. $1, Flour, Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts, $8.10; seconds, 57.60; strong bakers $7.40; Winter patents, stiffer in tone than was anticipated, choioe, $8.30, straight rollers, $7.60 to $e; warns her that the destruction of straight rot rs, nage, $3.70 to 53.88. Roll - American neutral vessels and, lives ad .oats, barrels, $7-26; bags, 90 Lbs., $3.60. `Brenn. 527. shorts, 529. btiddlinge, $32, by Germany would be hard to • re -i Mouinia, 534 to 537: Hay, No.., .2. per ton concile with friendly relations, and ® ? 16 aro €7vs9Rn t sae enrneest i'''' -r,' the United States would hold Ger- i Butter clio.ceeb creamery, 31 to 31 1-20; many to strict accountability and 'seconds 3o to 30 1.20, Eggs, freeh:,238i0; 38c; eb- lected., 310; N0. 1 stock, 28c; No. 2 stock, take any steps necessary to guard i2• Potaoee, per bag- car lots, 50 t'o American lives and property. 62'--9.c• ,g, 33 Killed by Bomb . In An Antwerp Fort 1.57 3.4c. Flour and bran uttehanged. A despatch from London says.: Duluth, Minn. Feb..16.—Linseed. $1.6612 The Daily Mail's Rotterdam cordes 14.‘)41 o 81.8712; ]stay, $1.871-2, dose—Wheat, on•dent says he learns that 35 Ger- No' 1 hard, 51,5$ Na 1 1.5May, , $1.53. pNo. 2 Northern, S1,52 to 51.53; airy, $_.��. man soldiers were killed in one of the Antwerp forts last Friday by a Lisa Stook Markets. bomb dropped by British airmen. Toronto, Feb, 16.—Butchers' ehaiged hairdo at $6,50 to $7.50. Butcher cows and d+ bulls, $5.25 to $6.25 for the most part. and bulls at $5.50 to $6.75. Milkers sold •r t United States Markets, • Minneapolis. Feb. 16 --Wheat Ne. 1 hard. $1.58; No. 1 Northern, 81.53 1-4 to $1.57 1-2; No. 2 Northern, $1.50 1.4 to $1,55: May, $1.53 1-2. Corn—No. 3 yellow, 7212 to 72 3-4o. Oats—No. 3 white, 57 1-2 to Many a. man who wouldn't take anything else that doesn't belong to him is quick to take offence. d' 1 •� t •r' ' elidi- 00 000• x lacldlnar- ea 0 c t 3 P klil'� � � i� li� tures, $67,000,000. After the vote in the Council, one of the members, P. M. 1)e Kaafmann, declared in the name of all the groups that whatever sacrifices• were demanded the war should be carried out to the bitter end. This was received with cries of approbation. Death, List 2 y,000 in the Earthquake A despatch froin Rome says: The Giornale d Italia on Wednesday published semi-official statistics of the fatalities in the recent earth- quake, from which it appears that about 25,000 persons perished. 00 these, 93,407 were iii the Province of Aquila, 429 in the Province of Caserta, most of them in the towel of Abora, and 34 in the Province of 1tome,•The town of Avezzano, in the Province of Aquila, had the heaviest loss of any individual town, 10,819 of its inhabitants, which is equal to 516 per cent. of the population, having been killed. Serbia is Itead3('• I'R0 d' �U -r NE German 1.Js2 Ti'ies i1i Vain to Liesti•oy the Laertes —Latter (Jses Dutch Flag A despatch from Ymuiden, Neth- erlands, says: The German sub- marines U-2 attempted to torpedo the British steamer Laertes, which arrived from Java. The vessel es- caped and manoeuvres a ed byadroit p n, fast steaming. When attacked the steamer was flying the Dutch flag, Captain Prophet was in command. The attack on the Laertes was made while the vessel was steaming between the Meuse lightship and Schouwen Banlc The submarine fired. several ;shells, which ,damaged the steamer's funnel, compass and upper deck. As this did not induce the captain to stop, the submarine made an unsuccessful attempt to torpedo the steamship. The Laertes, when cher ie:)it,rsl by the submarine, was proceeding with. cut •showing lier nationality. When asked to stop the vessel flew the Dutch flag. A despatch from Rotterdam says there is reason to believe that the submarine sank. She was last seen in a cloud0 f steam. The Laertes is one of the ,smaller liners of the Ocean Company, a Bri- tish corporation, plying between Harwich .and Dutch ports. It; is Supposed that the submarine en- countered the liner oft' the Hook of Holland and prevented her entering Dutch wafters. The captain at once headed north, and finally managed to elude -thee submarine and reach a raft: port. The Date}1 authorities will make nil inquiry into the attempt of the Cierinaart submarine U-2 td torpedo -:l British si;eairrer inside.' Dutch ter- ritorial waters. Serhi�ul A. ralulvatch frhas om fS�rflstr strea met: ngth t`°�' p {' -' baa q �a '220 000 men,well supplied with war ire mcret. t. S t- a. rL, '�_ � @�,•• 11 � 1 • sste l f pl materials and food, One of the clip- - -- „ lotilats tit Nish, during the c:mrsfr •of air interview, alibi: "A new Aus- tro -German of1t•neive campa:g'r ic4. believed to be inin n ort, and every- t1ud1g possible }1s •baht;.; dldrrte to pet the country rots; -a good state of de- fertee. The women and.eii Ich'c'n are a'tlilrr, in digging trenches A c.q )< 'rl t:' the Loed�ln Daily reeentl;,' bells a secret siorr'iestl:'.v 6 ,.1ate ", m••• 1 i l • lei :'ep;)'ta Oil. _• •'l!Ftatil('t 'LiVOy f.l't;'nl 1h'e !il':0- i.e1e,-la na froin lt,rti rdil i t ,,e,,, i' a'asitl in ter: aillir>s,.nal, to t'.I�_�'li viae fnattt+rind- 474-1- 1, fn<t a 5tlte .,.5611 1L 1 _ „t, Were. ,, ( 1, f:rn1 the 'l,.enal t.oic ,,, oyes' T)ussW 1a:larf. • .1 hc' CK t n1'1>7:' ed • Z ra<lies'0vercd this aeecerelinti, to the. V'1 : resp+,rn_lt'n`, i : t' t" ;red dropped bombs npnn it, "fearing s,u(h a ra'.d at 1)usse'dsrf, 1 and seat afire. steady prices. Stockers at $5.60 to $6.25 for fairly good stork. For lambs $7,50 to 59 was paid, and for sheep owes $5.25 to $6.25. Swing. $8.15 to $8.20. They brought $7.90, fed and watered. Moutreai, Feb. i6. Priinie beeves, 71.2e to near'7 3.40; medium, 6 to 7 1.4e; corn - man, 4 3.4 to 5 3.4c; cows. $40 to $80 each; lee 5 to 5lambs, 7 1-2 to Sc hogs, et p. 8 1.2e. ,3 F'RENC'H TOWNS IN DISTRESS. American Relief House -Wiri'g That 589,000 Are in Need. A despatch from New York says : The war relief clearing house for France and her allies, whieh has an office in this city, ou Wednesday re- ceived a cablegram from the •A.meri- ' can Relief Clearing ]:louse of Paris, announcing that in 300 villages. towns and 'communities of France there are 559,000 refugees in great need Of this number, 51,000 are in need of money, 31,000 need food, d, 219,000 need clothing and 219,000. are in need of general assistance. •`It was stated in the cablegram that pure woollen yarns of good quality and clothing, old or new, for hien, { women, children and babies t'or'e• Ithe articles most urgently needed, II OIL SHORTAGE iN GERMANY. Pride'Charged is Double What. It Is In Franca. i, despatch from Paris says: An official ace:tutt, of the situation at Douai, a Freu-.-h city under German occupation and eontrol, reports that petrol which is brought 111 Noir;. C e'rnlacny has. reached the unprece- dented pu<c 01 $1.40 a can This is regarded as most iut('resting In q as it show the G rinany Freese), +.> already has begun to feel the scare.. its of tliultliitai,itat .and motor oils upon which a;<• lniat,t olepr>tlda in this war. The pri, c• . of petrol in Paris ,•1 c,. rtlf1` he c;-dla5•ia,t,tcs f,'an,dhe aft. price txreied In t�e1,ivalll te)rit<'ry; 'Phis is an itterease ('f roily six cents to ';e van- Sines the star