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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1915-04-09, Page 7RUSSIAN COLONEL IS llk1GE Found to Have Been ]Kaiser's Friend and to flave Caused Mazurian Lakes Defeat A despatcl'i from Petro'grad sways : It is officially ,announced that Col- onel M%assoyedoff, who was attach- ed as' an ttach-ed`as'an interpreter to the staff of the tenth army, proved to be a German spy, and was tried by court-martial, .and hanged. It is also announced that several persons not connected ,with the army were arrested at the` same time as accomplices, and are awaiting trial. Col. Miassoyedoff, ' who was hanged as a traitor, used to be the Kaiser's guest at shooting parties everytime the German court visit- ed East Prussia. He possessed sev- eral personal gifts from the Kai- ser, it is understood.. Miassoye doll's ,treachery enableHinden- burg -to circumvent Gen. Gnlga- koff's corps in the , operations in the southern Mazttrian Lakes re- gion in February. Col. Miassoyedoff was an inter- preter attached to the staff of Ba- ron Sievers, commanding the tenth. His duties .became increasingly im- portant after the Russians crossed the frontier into East Prussia, but the utmost confidence was placed in lrm. It has now been learned that the interpreternot only misled' Baron Sievert in indicating the course the Russians were taking into Ger- many, bat also furnished informa- tion to Marshal von Hindenburg. With this iniform:ation at hand the German commander knew at just what time to strike. When he struck he caught the tenth army in a 'trap, several regiments being slaughtered. SEEK TO CHECK RISSIAt MARCH q'he Austrians Are Sending 1llany Troops Northward in Hungary. A. despatch from Petrograd says: On the new Russian base along the line of Uszok, Lupkow .and Bartfelcl substantial beginnings of 'the spring campaign are visible. A Russian column moving into Hun- gary along the Ondava River cap- tured two. full regiments and afield battery. The Austrians are now bringing large reinforcements from the south. The first stages of the -battle, -.which is engaging great numbers, are now developing. ' The Germans , in the north are eov e ring the period until a fresh carps arrives from the west by restless and futile raids. The enemy's exasperation at the steady. crushing of his Niemen campaign is unmeasured. General von Buelow's artillery' has been_; evacuating its positions to the north-west of Osso- wetz for several 'days. Once twenty batteries were shelling the outer sector of the fortress, but now only four remain, and even they are -quiescent. All the heavy mortars have been withdrawn slowly along the Lyek Road. The field troops re- main in a corner of East Prussia. The Austrian cavalry, in moderate numbers, crossed frogm Czernowitz into Bessarabia, a Russian province which £orm•erly belonged to Rou- mania. In the direction o£ Xhotin they moved from a point where Austria, Russia and Roumaeia meet, a region where the Russians did not consider it expedient to place any force, bat the raid is now being countered. A.pa•rt from the obvious political purposes of ini,- pressing Roumania, it is possible that the Austrians thought it might in fiue.nce the movement of Russian troops. A despatch from Rome says : De- spatches -received here from Cet- tinje, the capital of Montenegro, indicate that Austria-Hungary is endeavoring to cut off Montenegro from. all comntunieatio.ns with the outside world, and thus starve her. The Dual Monarchy is described as surrounding this small state with overwhelming forces of Croats, on the mountains, in addition to a -garrison of 40,000 nien at Cattar•o, which prevents any ,communication with Herzegovina and the Adriatic. Against .about 100,000 Austrians Montenegro ean. dispose only 15,- 000 meri, with limited artillery. Something like 70,000 people from villages in Bosnia burned by Aus- trian troops have taken refuge in montenegro. ARRESTEij Ali A11ERICAI Police Think He Caused an Explosion in Baggage on Steamer c1 despatch from New York says: Raymond. Rolfe Swoboda, .arrested in Paris, charged with setting fire to the steamer. La Touraine, is an A.merican citizen, and represented in this country a French syndicate engaged in. purchasing supplies for the Frendh Government and • the civilian population. This was at- tested to by R. K. Maclean, of this biby, formerly textile expert of the Federal Tariff Board; by. Thomas Hooper, of Victoria, B.C., a Cana- dian, and by Eugene Davis 41,nd W. F. `YVlohr, both Americans, of, this' city, .all of whom said they were associated with Swoboda in the purchase of supplies. All four men were unanimous in asserting that a. grave error had been Made in arresting him, • and have made representations to the State Department, accompanied by affidavits to prove that Swoboda's nlission at Paris \vas solely for the purpose, of submitting sample's of American goods to the: ]+relish sy*ndieate. • According to the Paris despatch- es Swoboda has been arrested there as a result of evidence brought out at the official enquiry into the fire on the Touraine, which broke out March 6 white the steaaner was en route from New York to Havre. The fire is said to have been traced to, an explosion among the first- eIass baggage in the hold, and"Swo- bode was declared by fellow -pas- sengers to have made peculiar statements before the time of the accident. Swoboda' was traced to Paris and arrested by a French, secret service official, and it is said that letters in German found, in his room at 'a hotel will furnish important evi- dence. The despatches' state that. he was well known in Paris finan- cial circle's, where he had served as foreign representative for a broker named Mor'r'iscn. He was supposed to be a Russian, and of- ten spoke in Paris of family con- nections in Petrograd and Moseow, Austrian Troops Are Penniless A despatch from Venice alas Reports received from Trieste say hethe Austrian troops in Tr'en- tino are in a miserable oond'itior., being penniless, hungry and .ili- eted. Their pay has been cut from fourpence per day to twopence, and their rations from five loaves of bread •a week to- two loaves, it: is said, Men considerably over forty aware of age, the reports 'say, a s'e bin :e sent into the trenehca, a11 - equipped and their uniforms old and torah, after only a month of practicbd1llaing.,' Tire �;andition of the civil p,o tl]ava`ion is said to be equally wretahied. Private letters from Trieste say that raureber5 of •lasso peeple are liberally starving. Palatable -wheat bread is unobtain- able at any price, .:and the supply of war bread is quite inadequate. The bakers' shops are besieged early in the morp.rng, but only the strong and aggressive, the letters say, succeed in getting .a few loaves. The shops then olo,se for the day. Disorders are enid to be frequent, and the polio() arc. .com �e]led to make many ,arrests, Aec+ordin' to the letter the prizes of most of the neeeSsary foodstitffs have •doubled or trebled, The misery of the pooreraelasses is said to be.indes- cribable, Persons daring: to pro - best are arrested. 'az ?",. m,, ! A. Freak of the . War. A strange little incident of the war • is shown in our photograph. While in action, one of our troopers .had a clip of cartridges which he was carrying in his bandolier trans- fixed by a German bullet. How narrowly the soldier escaped death can be judged by the course taken by the enemy bullet. VIEWED GRAVELY BY WASHINGTON Murder of an American Citizen by German Pirates Stirs Lalelc Sam. A despatch 'LL from Washington says: The reported death of Leon C. Thrasher, an American citizen, as the result of the destruction of the British ship Falaba by a Ger- man torpedo, are viewed gravely in official quarters here because of the serious possibilities involved. Ambassador Page is giving his attention to the case and will for- ward all the facts. Because of the gravity of the issue raised by this first American death resulting from the German submarine programme, officials refused to make any •com- ment on the oas•e for publication. It has been realized ever since the despatch of the communication to the German Government notify- ing it that the United States would hold it. to a strict accountability for the acts of its naval authorities that this Government was practi- cally committed to serious action in the event of such :a case arising as was indicated in the American note. It is now believed that a case has occurred falling within the pur- view of the American note. It was made plain, however, that the State Department will move with extreme deliberation and care in the Thrasher case. No effort will be spared to obtain every fact having a bearing on the case, par- ticularly with reference to the cir- cumstances under which the Falaba was sent to the bottom and more than one hundred persons, includ- ing Thrasher, lost their lives. The first question about which it was thought there might be some doubt, Thrasher's citizenship, has been answered. Investigation at the State Department showed that Thrasher obtained a passport June 1, 1911, giving his residence as Hardwick, Worcester County,, Massachusetts, where his., mother resides. Carl ' Barnes, also of Hardwick, endorsed his applica- tion. This passport has since been renewed in London. It is not doubted in the face of this evidence that Thrasher's -citizenship can be established beyond question. Therefore it ie regarded as ex- tremely probable that the case will eventually have to be taken up with the German Government. Officials here are of the opinion that a strong case can be 'presented, so. far as the law in the matter is con- cerned, British Indian force Rout lo,000 Tribesmen A despatch from Simla, India, says: Ten thousand tribesmen, composed mainly of Zadraus, col- leeted with a view to attacking Tochi, near. .the Miranshah Post. Government troops, under Br•iga= dier-General Vane, e,n'lraged the natives, repulsing them completely, killing 200 and wounding 300. A subsequent reconnaissance .showed no trace of the band, 4s, f Russians Lost 149 In Memel Retreat A despatch from Petrograd says: l official An. offic corn Ira .t1niC•ation ,concern- ing the recent Russian retreat .from the Memel: district of East Prussia was issued Sunday night. It says: "During the retirement of our. Proops from M•erinel our aasugalties were only 149 mon, including kill- ed; wounded and missing." 'EPSION OF GERMAN AIMS Punishment for emperor Joseph Not Having Kept His End Up In the Conflict A- despatch from London says: The Press Bureau's official eye-wit- neas at the British front sends a new version of German aims, gleaned from captured German offi- cers,,. who say that the Austrian Empire is to be dismembered, part of it going to Italy and part of it to Germany. This is the price, ac- cording to these officers Austria must pay for the failure of her arms. It is said in addition, by these'' men that Germany will insist upon tate annexation of Belgium to a new German confederation, to in- clude ,all Germanic peoples and the Scandinavians. Antwerp, accord- ing to these views, which are pro- nounced with great assurance, is to be made an international port, and the whole of this scheme is to be brotegght about through the offices of the Pope. "Conversation with •captured offi- cers. and the better educated pri- soners has thrown considerable light on the views of the general situation now held by the German army.. "It is freely acknowledged that Germany started the war,. but opin- ion seems to be divided regarding her intention to occupy Belgium permanently. The belief is that she would not have crossed the Meuse if England had remained neutral, but would have. advanced through South Belgium and Luxem- burg, thinking Great Britain would take it in the right way, as long as Germany maintained that she de- sired no territory in Europe not already occupied by German- speaking people. It is admitted that Geranany's strategic frontier in the Vosges must be improved. "The most important point in the views naw held is a frank admission that since the Austrians have failed so badly in the present war and have had to be bolstered up by the armed strength of Germany she will have to pay for it and must bleed. "The German prisoners hold that the Austrian Empire will cease to exist. The Germans will give away some of its territory to Italy, and will include the German-speaking portion of Austria in the German Empire, and also Luxemburg. "The Germans will welcome the Duchy of Poland as a buffer be- tween themselves and Russia, and Will insist on Belgium joining the German zollverein, Antwerp be- coming an international port." THREE VESSELS ARE SU _ D B�IARI E Four More Civilians Drowned on a Dublin Steamer Sunk in the Channel. A despatch from London says: Four more civilian lives have been sacrificed'in the German submarine, campaign, only twelve hating sur- vived of the erew of 16 of the Dub- lin steamer City of Bremen, sunk by a hostile undersea boat in the English Channel. A Frenc-h fishing schooner and a Russian barque also have' beet sunk by submarines, but their ,crews are reported to be safe. Mines were responsible for the sinking of a German steamer in the Baltic Sea, with a loss of 25 lives, and the American steamer Greenbrier, which went to the bot- tinr of the North Sea, all her crew being rescued, A Reuter despatch from Stock- holm says the German steamer Greta Hemsoth has struck a mine in the Baltic and sunk, and that 25 members of her crew were drowned. The Grete -Hemsoth was a. vessel of 1;554 tons. She was en- gaged in traffic between Sweden and Germany. The steamer City of Bremen, of Dublin, has been 'sunk by a Ger- man submarine off Wolf Pock, in the English Channel, about 15 miles south of Land's End, Cornwall. Four members of the crew of the steamer were drowned. Twelve survivors have arrived in Pen- zance. A Russian barque was torpedoed in the Channel. The -crew was saved. The. Turkish protected - cruiser Medjidieli has been sunk in the Black Sea, near Odessa, by strik- ing a mine. The •Mehj•idieh formed part of the Sultan's squadron which has been attacking Russian coast towns since December. She was an American -built boat, hav- ing been laid -down in Philadelphia in 1903. She was not a large ves- sel, and her armament was -com- paratively light. She was 331 feet long and 42 feet beam, and had a displacement of 3,439 tons. She was armed with two 6 -inch guns, eight 4.7 -inch guns, six 3 -pounders, six 1 -pounders, and two u t •o•r p1etro tubes, Her complement was. 302 men. A friend is one who doesn't wait for you to call for help, SUBMARINE SIMS TWO VESSELS IIRst Crews of Each Were Given .=Barely Tinie to Get Into Boats A despatch from London says: Two German submarines, the U-28 and another, -the number of which has not been ascertained, which have been operating off the west coast of England during the past two days, have added two more British steamers, the Flaminian and Crown of Castile, to their list of victims. There was no loss of life on the Flaminian and Crown of Castile, the crews of each being given barely time in which to get into ,their boats. In the case of the 'l:atter vessel, however, the sub- marine fired before the crew left the; steamer -and -shells passed along the bridge., on which the captain and an apprentice were standing. The Crown of Castile was sunk by shell -fire, but, this did not prove sufficient to send the Flaminian lir the bottom, and a torpedo had to be used. Aa an offset to this, a French destroyer rammed and, it is believed, sank a German submarine off Dieppe. The members of the submarine's •crew, it was asserted by the men from the Crown of Cas- tile, boasted that during the four days previous to the sending of the Crown of Castile to the bottom they had :sunk seven British vessels, in- cluding the steamer Falaba. "We thought at first," one of the Ger- main officers is quoted as having said, "that we would sinit you with all hands; but it was decided ulti- mately that we would give you e chance," As the boats were leaving the Crown of Castile the members of tte crew say that some of the Ger- mans jeered at the risen from the steamer and sneeringly shouted, "Britannia rules 4ihe waves, does she?" 6AKED WITH HIGH TREASON .Municipal Councilor of Prague Among a Score of Citizens Convicted of High Treason A despatch from London says:A Municipal. Oatni•eitor Mate jouvusky and twentymunicipal'hal employes es of Prague, loheuiet7ive been found guilty of high treasonand sen- tenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from three to fourteen years. The men were charged with ciroulatin,g news unfavorable to Austria-Hungary,. `according to the eorre.apondent, "A Vienna court- martial," the correspondent con- tines. "ooidenned fifty-two two per- sons to death for high treason, among then the. Countess Harrach. Tright of these persons have been ,executed, but the sentences of the remainder were -commuted to tenets • of from ;four to ten years' impri- sonment'''. PRBC S OF FARM PRODUCTS REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA, Breadstuffs, Toronto, April 6.-Flour--;Manitdba first patents quoted at $7.70. • in Jute bags; second patents, $7,20; strong bakers', 97. Ontario wheat flour, 90 per cent. patents, quoted at $5.90 to $6, seaboard, and at $5.95 to $6, Toronto freight. Wheat -Manitoba No, 1 Northern quot- ed at $1.60; No. 2 at $1.58 1-2, and No. 3 at 1.55.' Ontario wheat, Ito, 2 nominal, at 81.40 to $1,42, at outside paints. Oats --Ontario quoted at 600, outside, and at 62 to 63o on track, Toronto. West- ern Canada, No. 2, quoted at 691.2c, and No, 3 at 67 1.-2e, Barley -Good malting grades, 80 to 830, outside. ltye-$1,15 to $1.17, outside. Peas -No. 1 quoted at $1.85 to $1,90, out: side. Corn -No. 3 new American quoted at 90 1.2c, all rail, Toronto freight. Buckwheat -No 2 quoted at 82 to 830, outside. Bran and shorts-13ren is quoted at $26 a ton, . and shouts at $28. Rolled oats -Car lots, per bag of 90 lbs., 83.40. Country Produce. Butter -Choice dairy, 27 to 280; inferior, 21 to 23c; creamery prints, 35 to 35 1-20; do„ solids, 32 to 330; farmers' separator, 27 to 280. Eggs -•20c per dozen, in case lots. Beans -$3.15 to 83,20 for prime, and 93.25 to $3.30 for head -picked. Poultry -Chickens, dressed, 14 to 180; ducks, dressed, 13 to 15c; fowl, 11 to 13e; turkeys, dressed, 19 to 21e. Cheese -18 1-2e for large, and at 19 to 19 1-4c for twins. Potatoes -Ontario, 55 to 60c per bag, out of store, and 45 to 50c in car lots. New Brunswieks, ear lots, 55 to 60c per bag. Business in Montreal. Montreal, April 6. -Corn -American No. 2 yellow, 82 to 82 1-2e. Oats -Canadian Western, No. 3, 6712e; extra. No. 1 feed. 671 -ac; No. 2 local white, 661.2c; No. 3 local white, 65 1-2c;No. 4 local white, 641-2c. Barley -Manitoba feed, 800; malt, ing, 90to 92c. Buckwheat -No, 2, 920. Flour -Manitoba Spring wheat patents. firsts, $7.80; seconds, $7.30; strong bak- ers', $7.10; Winter patents choice, $7.90; straight rollers, $7.40 to $7.50; do., bags, $3.50 to $3.60. Rolled oats, bbls., $6.75 to $7; bags, 90 lbs., $3.25 to $3.35. 'Bran, $26. Shorts, $28. Middlings, $33 to $34. Mouil- lie, $35 to $38. Hay -No. 2 per ton, car lots, $18 to $19. Cheese-Pinest westerns, 17 1-4 to 17 1.2c; finest easterns, 16 3-4 to 17c. Butter -Choicest creamery, 311-2 to 32c. Eggs -Fresh, 211-2 to 23c. Potatoes - Per bag, ear lots. 421.2c. Dressed hogs - Abattoir killed, 912.25 to $12.50; country. $9 to $11.24 Pork -Heavy Canada short mess, bbls., 35 to 45 pieces, $28; Canada short-eut back, bbls., 45 to 65 pieces, $27.50. Lard --Compound, tierces, 375 lbs., 901-2c; wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 10c; pure, tierces, 375 lbs., 111-2c; pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 120. United States Markets. Mnneapols. April 6 -Wheat -No. 1 hard, $1.51 3-8; No. 1 Northern, $1.46 7-8 to $1.50 7-8; No. 2 Northern, $1.41 7.8 to $1.47 7-8; May, $1.44 5-8; July, $1.38 1-4 to $1.38 3-8. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 68 1-2 to 68 3.4e; No. 3 white, 54 1.4 to 54 3.4. Flour. fancy patents. $7,50; first clears, $6.20; seconds clean,, $4.70. Bran unchanged. Duluth, April 6. --Linseed, cash, $1.92 3.4; May. $1.93 3.4; July, $1.96. Wheat, No. 1 hard, $1.52 3.4c. No, 1 Northern, $151 3-4; No. 2 Northern, 91.44 3-4.10 $t_g7..3.44 Mea'- _.- tans, No. 2 hard, $1.51 i i; May, $1.48 3-4; July, $1.43 3-8. Live Steck -Markets, Toronto, April 6. -- Rutehers' cattle. choice, $7.40 to $7.60; do., ,gond, $6.50 to $7.25; do., medium, $5.60 to $6.50: do., com- mon, $4.75 to $5.15; Butchers' bulls, choice, $6 to $6.73; do., good bulls, x0.30 to $5.75; do., rough bulls. 84.50 to $4.75; butchers' cows, choice, $5.75 to $6.75; do., medium, r 4.,,0 5 50 • do.,common,5 $5.25 to 9 .b to $ , feeders good, 86 t $6.80; do.. rough bulls, $5.25 to $6; stockers 700 to 1,000 lbs., $6 to $6.75; canners and cutters, $3.75 to $4.40; milkers, choice, each, $60 to $90; do., oc+u. mon and medium, each, $35 to $45; spring- ers, $50 to $90; light ewes, $6.50 to $8.25;' do., heavy, $5 to $6.50; do., bucks, $3.75 to $4.25; lambs, $6.25 to $11.50; calves, $4.50 to $11.25; hogs, fed 'and watered, $8.50; do., off care, $9 to $9.10; do., Eo:b., $8,25. Montreal, April 6. -Sales of choice steers were made at $8 to $8.25; good steers at $7,50 to $7.75, and the lower grades at from $5 to $6.50; butchers' cgw,s, $4.75 to $6.75, and bulls from $5.50 to $7 per gwt. One bull weighing 2,460 pounds, sold for $180. The supply of Spring lambs offered was probably the smallest for many years past, for which the demand was good and Gales of a few choice head were made at $8 to $10 each, and the smaller ones at from $2.50 to $5. The trade in calves was aetive owing to the steady in- crease in supplies and sales were made freely at from $2.50 to $10 each, as to size and quality. One calf weighing 425 pounds sold at Be per pound. The tone of the market for yearling Iambs was firm at $8.50 to $9 and sheep at $5.25 to $6 per cwt. The market for hogs was unenang- ed. Sales of selected lots were made ,at $9 per ewt., weighed off ears. The pro. spoors are that prices will be higher next week. WOi:ST irlRot'N'i) IN EUROPE. Strategists Never Dreamed of Car. within us as Battlefield. A despatch from London says; The battle of the Carpathians con- tinues to be regarded as the most important development of the war by the allied countries and the Ten - tons: Both sides are daily aug- menting their forces and the battle line has been prolonged until it now stretches over 200 miles of some of the roughest country in Europe, and along this line actions • are beim fought daily, where nei- ther general staff nor military stra- tegists ever dreamed a battle would be fought. The Carpathian battle line now extends from the valley of the On- dava above Dukla Pass to Wysz- kow, and this line is the base of • the triangle, the apex of whieh is to be driven into the plains of Hun- gary, Gen, A.le7.iev Chosen To Succeed Russky A despatch from Petrograd sap p g ,y General Alexiev has been appoint- ed ,cotruaandet'-in-chief ,af the kanmy on tics northern front +in place of,• General l usskv, who retired re cently en account of ill -health. Sante 1.908 General Alexier ht a been ,ehi•ef of staff -of the Kiev talry district,