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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1915-04-23, Page 2ROBBED 1F THE FULL FRUITS Heavy Losses at Neuve Chapelle Accounted for in Sir John French's Report A despatch from London says : The report of Field Marshal Sir John French, reviewing the Neuve Chapelle battle, has been eagerly awaited. For some days rumors asonibing the heavy British losses (12,811) to some extent to British artillery and to a mistake of a Bri- tish commander have found their way into print. •In his introductory remarks the British• commander specifically states that "considerable delay oc- camred after the capture of Neuve Chapelle. The infantry was dis- organized by the violent nature of the attacks." Further in the despatch he says : "I am of the opinion that this de- lay would not have occurred had the clearly expressed order of the commander of the first army been more carefully observed." Field Marshal French fails bo re- veal the name of th•e officer whom he so •sharply blames for the delay which robbed the British of the full fruits of their victory at Neuve Chapelle. Field Marshal French reports the British losses in the three days' fighting at Neuve Chapelle as fol- lows: Officers. Killed 190 Wounded . 359 Missing .. 23 Total, . , ... 572 Other Ranks. 2,337 8,174. 1,728 12,239 Total. 2,527 8,543 1,751 12,811 Field Marshal French's report continues : "The enemy left seve•ral thousand dead on the field, and we have positive information that up- wards of 12,000 wounded were re- moved by train. Thirty officers and 1,657 of other ranks were captur- ed." IN FULL FLIG.FIT THORN DESERT Handful of British Utterly D cleat the Turks in Meso- potamia. A despatch from London says: Germany's dream of conquest in the Far East has been completely crashed. In one of the remotest comers of the ,earth a .handful of British Indian troops has won the Most important victory for British arms .since the war began. The Indian office officially an- nounced that a. Turkish force that attempted to drive the British from the Tigris and Euphrates valleys in. Mesopotamia 'has been disastrously routed. The Turks are in full flight 'and have abandoned their campaign to drive the British from the Persian gulf region, In their hasty retreat through the desert they left behind a, Large part .of theirs n tions of ivar. • TheBritish apparently are now in undisputed •possession of the •south- ern part of the ancient kingdom of Nebuchadnezzar. The Kaiser's plans fora new route to the East over a Bagdad -to -the -Gulf Railway have been shattered. Spurred on by German influences at Constantinople, the Turks as- sembled a forge •estinmated at from 10,000 to 20,000 to drive out the British. They marched •soutlhw,ard over a caravan road leading toeZo- bcir. Their object was to drive the British southward from Busra, 60 miles north-west of the Gulf, cut- ting off the British et Kurna, 40 miles to the north, and forcing their surrender. Friendly natives at Zobeir brought word of the Turkish ad- vance. Instead of waiting to be at- tacked, the British., by forced marches, made their wayina south- westerly dire•ctien and threw them- selves. hemselves on the Turkish outposts near Shaiba Fort, in a •surprise night attack. The battle continued all the next day in the date groves of the Zobeir region. At dawn on Friday the Turks retreated in the direction of Nakhailah, 20 miles north-west of Zobeir. • A •cl•espat-ch to the Indian Office said that the enemy had evacuated Itakhailah and is retreating in dis- order in the direction of Helua. The British have captured nearly 1,000,000 rounds of ammunition. A seoond Turkisih threat from the re- gion of Ahwaz, 80 miles north-west of Busra, was easily repulsed by British artillery fire. Trieste, Austria, Is Without Bread A despatch from Rome says : An uncensored despa:teh from Trieste says the supply of flour has been exhausted. There will be no work for the bakers and the city will be without bread. The price for rice paste is prohibitive. The barracks at Trieste .evere prepared for 20,000 Germans who were expected to arrive on Friday. They have not yet appeared. To Arrange Exchange XCIlan7gE! Of Army Doctors A despatch from Paris says : De- puty Leon Pasqual, who is a cap- tain of the Chasseurs, has arrived in Paris after seven months' cap- tivity in the German fortress of Torgau, where he was taken after the fall of Maubeuge. The, German authorities have charged him to dis- cuss with the French Government the exchange of army doctors. and French and Belgian .civil prisoners. British Prisoner Gets Another Trial A Copenhagen despatch to • the London Daily Mail says it is an- nounced in Berlin that the British prisoner, iZ'illiam Lonsdale, has been granted another 'appeal. The case will come before the supreme military court on April 27. Lonsdale, who made anattack on a German non-commissioned officer at the military prison at Doeberitz, was once sentenced to death, but his- sentence was commuted to 20 years' imprisonment, after the American Ambassador at Berlin and the American Minister at' The Hague had interested thei selves in the case at the request of the Lord Mayor of Leeds. • DOCKYARDS WEE SET AFIRE Fact Only Made Pudlic by the Announcement of a' Reward for the Discovery of the Incendiaries A despatch from London says: There was a rumor in London that ti serious fire had brokenout in the big government dockyards at Ports- metith; but the censor eliminated tall mention of the inatbe'r from press despatches. It now appears that' the fire was of a very serious character, and calm near wiping out the docks and other valuableproperties at Ports- mouth. The real extent of the dam- age is still unknown. It is the com- rnon belief in official circles that the fire was th, tio•rk of incendiar- ies, presumably German spies, A carefulily, worded notice was is- sued by the dockyard authorities, offering areward of $500 "for the discovery of the incendiaries re- sponsible for the 'fire at the build- ing slip sheds the night of January 31." JEIF»IYEB TO AiflkNELbE3 A despatch from .Athens says: The Turks ,aro daily massing troops fn the Gallipoli Peninsula, espe- cially at Kiilid Bahr, and all the cavy gun's which were formerly iiround Constantinople and the principal Marmore, Sea ports are being removed to the Dardanelles. A great nlamber of German aeio- plan'es have ,arrived. A German aeroplane {hurled three bombs at an allied transport. The damage caused is unknown. Sergeant Michael O'Leary, V.0 FRENCII VICTORY IN THE VOSGES Chasseurs heroes of One of the Most Brilliant Charges of the War. A despatch from Paris says : In one of the Most brilliant bayonet charges of the. entire war, French ch.asseuais on Saturday carried the summit of Schnepfenreith Kopf in Alsace, overlooking the Rhine val- ley. The victory was won after a week of desperate fighting: In a series of short dashes the French carried one after another of rows of German trenches on the moun- tain side. They fought their way through wire entanglements and over heavily mined areas in the face of a galling fire from the enemy's machine guns. Before a solid line of cold steel, the Germans OR the orest finally broke and tied down the eastern slopes. The capture of Schnepfenreith Kopf, 'according to French military experts, is one of the na,ost important' victories won by the Vosges armies in their ad- vance toward the Rhine. Early in the week the French fought their way to the summit of the moun- tain, gaining nearly e, mile in xi.4tP hour battle: The 'summit of the hill. l'ie's above the Rhine valley, and from their position French artil- lerymen can command the roads leading to Colmar, the capital of Upper Alsace, fifteen miles away. The Rhine itself now lies but 22 miles away froln the French armies advancing over the mountains, On the northern bank 'of the River Fecht, a few miles north of Schnep- fenreith, the French have made fur- ther progress, according to the offi- cial communique. At the same time the attacks against the Ger- man{ positions near Hartmanns- Weiler, 18 miles to the south, are carrying the French closer to the Rhine. NEUTRAL VESSEL SU i K AT ANCHOR Pirates Submarine Steamer Char- tered by the Dutch G overnunent. A despatch from London says: The Netherlands steamer Katwyk, from Baltimore to Rotterdam, was torpedoed while anchored seven miles to the west of the North Hin- der Lightship in the North Sea. The crew -of 23 men were saved and taken aboard the lightship, A'despatch to Reuter's from Flushing reports the arrival there' of the crew of the Katwyk. The men say that while the night watch was being changed a severe shock was felt and the ship began to take in water. As the steamer was sink- ing the crew took to the .boats, and while rowing away saw the peri- scope of a submarine, which quick- ly disappeared. The Katwyk sank fifteen minutes after the explosion. She was a freight steamer. Built in 1903, she was 1,287 net tope, and 218 feet long. She sailed from Baltimore March 26 for Rotterdam, and pass- ed Dover April 14. • 4+ 'To be ` Made Prisoners On Entering Canada 'r A despatch from Seattle, "Wasd1., says: American steamship com- panies Operating between Seattle and Alaska ports. and Seattle and San Francisco were notified by the British Admiralty that all German, Austrian•'or Curl.ishassen g er p g s or members of the crews would be re- moved from ,any vessel calling at a Canadian port and held as prison - of war,, FQSIO� WON BY CANADIAN Officers of Princess Patricias Decorated for Recent Conspicuous Gallantry at St. Eloi A despatch from London says: The Official Gazette announces that Major A. H. Gault, of Princess Pe- trieia's Canadiao Light Infantry, has been decorated with the Distin- guished Service Order, and that Lieut. W. G. Colquhoun and Lieut. Papineau, of the same infantry, have be -en decorated with the Mili- tary Cross. The decorations are for conspicuous bravery, Lieut. Papinea•u was in charge of the first party of the detachment led by Lieut. Orabbe at St. Eloi, which exploit was mentioned in Sir John French's despatch published recently. The two other parties were led by Sergeant Patterson and Company Sergeant -Major Lloyd. According bo the official record, Major Gault is hono-red "for con- spicuous gallantry at St. Eloi on February 27 in reconnoitring quite close to the enemy's position and obtaining information of great value for the .attack carried out the next day. On February 28 Major Gault assisted in the rescue of wounded under most difficult cir- cnsnrstances while; exposed to heavy fire." • Lieut. Colquhoun is decorated "for conspicuous gallantry and re- source on numerous occasions, spe- cially at St, Eloi on January 26, when he rescued with the assistance of one man a mortally wounded officer after three others had failed" in the attempt, beine under very heavy close range firs the whole time. Again on February 27 at St. Eloi rendered valuable assistance on reconnoitring duty under very difficult and dangerous circum- stances." Lieut. Papineau is rewarded "for conspicuous gallantry at St. Eloi on February 28, when in a charge of bomb throwers during our attack on the enemy's tren•dhes he ehottwo of the eneany himself and then ran along a German sap, throwing bombs therein." • ARIES A!E OTllEllLESS Hundreds of Infants Sent Back to Switzerland Cannot ibe Identified A despatch from Paris says : William T. P. Hollingsworth has returned from Schaffhausen and Zurich, where he investigated the conditions of returning civilian prisoners on behalf of the American Clearing House for Relief: Germany has already sent back 30,000 of these civilian prisoners:, stating that between 150,000 and 200,000,• are yet to be returned. Twa'• trains are arriving in Switzerland from 'Germany daily, each carrying 600 of the returning prisoners. Three-fourths of these are w•osnen. and girls. No b•oyis over 13 years of age are being sent back. The most extraordinary point in Mr. H•o11in•gsworth's report is that tine trains bring 100 babies, a week old and upwards, daily. These are unclothed, but are wrapped in fragments of skirts and -shawls. There is no means of tracing their identity. Mothers returning with their children say they reoeived.no medical attention. at childbirth. Swiss women are supplying babies' clothing at the railway stations for the unfortunates. Many of the older children who have arrived also cannot .IA identified. AIRIYIE3 SMELL GERMAN STAFF Bombs Dropped on Buildings lions- ' ing Raiser's Leading -Generals. A despatch from Paris says: French troops have made notable advances at widely -separated points of the battle line, one in "the region of Arras after a hotly -con; - tested fight, and another in Alsace, where a gain of nearly a mile was made. In the fighting e•n the nor- thern part of the line the French drove the Germans at the bayonet's point from the hill east of Notre D'am'e de Loretta, continuing the drive toward Lens and Bouai un - taken last month, • A notable fetature of the opera- tions was the bomb,arelmeet by French aviators' of several towns occupied by the Germans. One aviator flew over the German lines at the centre of the line and hurled five bombs on the buildings occu- pied by the Imperial general staff t Charleville and Mezieres. These ns where for the first time the dquarbers of th-e German great •a•1 staff has been definitely lo - are adjoining fortified ns on the Meuse, in the Depart - t of Ardennes, about 15 miles ow Sedan. This position is some ten miles south of the Franco- Belgian frontier and 35 relies north of the -German battle line in the Argonne. All the projectiles hit the buildings housing the 'general staff, according to the official re- port, which states that the aircraft visit was in the nature of a repris- el for the bombardment of Nancy by a Zeppelin. It is also .announced that a squad- ron of 15 aeroplanes threw bombs successfully on the military build- ings of the Germans' at Ostend. The machines were subjected to a violent cannonading, but all re- turned intact. At Les Eparges the Germans de- livered three counter-attacks in an attempt to retake the eastern salient. He was repulsed with heavy losses. German ,artillery stationed near B-ethune, France, is reported to have shelled a 'Belgian amb.ulanoe, killing three wounded Belgians and six wounded German prisoners. French Aeroplane Victor in Long Chase A despatch from Bordeaux says: The tale of an exciting chase in the air and a battle fat an altitude of over 8,000 feet between a French aeroplane and a German albatross machine, i,n whicth the French avia- tor was victorious; was related by Lieut. Chambre, the observer on an the French adhine. The pursuit began at Rheims, .ac - carding to Lieut. Cluaanbre, and lasted until the air craft reached 'Chalons, an approximate distance of 25 miles. The German used over 100 quick -firer cartridges without doing further -damage than to pierce the wings of the French ma, Chine. The eleventh shot fired by the French aviators caused the German aeroplane to fall, and on. reaching the ground it caught fire. The German officers escaped injury and were taken prisoner, r TOLL OF : GERMAN SUM Over x,000,000 Men Transported by Water--- ii r,000 Ships Have Arrived or Sailed, With Loss of 4o A des�4toh from London says: s: Great pride is talsemi in the record du -ring ‘the eleven weeks spice the German submarine terrorist cam- paign sbarted, The .Admiralty transported more than one million Hien by water. Five men represent the total losses in transport work of the Admiralty 'since the begin- ning of tihe war. Another reoerd has been 'established in the trans- port of horses from India with, the loss of only two. In the snsrchant: marine more than 31,,000 British mlrchent ships have arrived ,at or sailed from British ports in the last eleven weeks while less than rorty British merchant ships dea,va been victims of German submarines, and in the same time the nutab�er of new ships launched for the British. merchant marine makes the total number of ships and the total ton- nage of Bri'ti'sh merchant amarine greater than before the "reign of ter x,or.'r PRIM OF FARM PRUDPCTS REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA. Broadstuifs. Toronto, April 19. -Manitoba first pate eats quoted at $7.70 in jute bags; second Patents, $7,20; strong bakers', R. Ontario wheat flour, 90 per cent. patents, quoted at $5,86 to $6, seaboard, and at $5.95 to $6, Toronto Itredght. Wheatr-Manitoba No. 1 Northern quoted at 1181,65; No. 2 at $1.631-2, and No. 3 at $1,61. Ontario wheat, No. 2, nominal, at $1.40 to $1.42, at outside points. ' Oats -Ontario quoted at 68 to, 60o, out- side, and at 62 to 63c, on track, Toronto.. Western Canada, No. 2, quoted at 70 1-24, and No, 3 at 68 1-2o. Barley -The market remains quiet, Good malting grades, 76 to 80o, outside. Rye The market is dull at $1.10 to $1.12„ outside. Peas -The market is quiet, with No.' 2 quoted at $1,76, outside. Corn -No. 3 now Americanquoted at 820, all rail, Toronto freight. Buckwheat -No. 2 quoted at 80 to 820, outside. Bran and shorts -Bran is quoted at 626 to $27 a ton, and.shorts ,et $28 to 429. Rolled oats -Car lots, Per bag of 90 lbs., $3.40. . Country Produce. Butter-Ohoioo, dairy, 27 to 28c; inferior, 21 to 23o; creamery•prints, 35 to 36e; do., solids, 32 to 33e. Eggs --Receipts are large, and prices un- changed at 20 to 21c per dozen, in case lots. Beans At, $3.20 to $3.30 for .prime, and $3.25 to $3.40 for hand-picked. Poultry -Chickens, dressed, 17 to 18c; ducks, dressed, 14 to 160; fowl, 11 to 130; turkeys, dressed, 20 to 21c. - Cheese -The market is quiet, with new quotocl at 18 1-2c for largo, and at 18 3.4c for twine. Potatoes -Ontario, 55 to 60c per bag. out of store, and 45 to 50e in car lots. New Brunswieks, car lots, 65 to 60o per bag. Provisions. Bacon -Long clear, 13.3-4 to 14c per lb. in case lots. Rams -Medium, 17 to 17 1-2o; do., heavy, 14 1-2 to 16c; rolls, 14 to 14 1.20; breakfaet bacon, 18 to 19c; 'backs, 20 to 210; boneless backs, 23o. Lard -The market is quiet, with prices steady; pure lard, tubs, 11 3-4 to 12c; do., pails. • 12 to 12 1-20. Compound, tube, 9 3.4 to 10c; do., pails, 10 to 10 1-4c. Baled Hay and Straw. Straw is quoted at $8 to $8.50 a ton in oar lots on track here. - llay-No. 1 new hay is quoted at $17 to $18; No, 2 at $15.50 to $16, and No. 3 at $12.50 to $13,50. • Business in Montreal. Montreal, April 19. -Corn -American No. 2 yellow, 82 to 821.20. Oats -Canadian Western, No. 3, 671-2; extra No. 1 feed, 67 1.2e; No. 2 local white, 66 1-2c; No. 3 lo- cal white, 65 1-2c; No. 4 local white, 64 1-2o. Barley -Manitoba feed, 80o;'malting, 90e. Buckwheat -No. 2, 92c.- Flour -Manitoba 5r!'ing wheat patents, firsts, $7.80; sec - :b . onds, $7.30; strong akers', $7.10; Winter patents, choice $7.80; straight rollers, 87.30 to $7.40; do., bags, ' $3.45 to $3.55. Rolled oats-Bbbs., $6.75 to $7; do., bags. 90 lbs., 83.25 to $3.35: Bran, $26. Shorts, $28. Middlings. $33 to $34. Monillie, $35 to $38. Bray -No. 2 per ton, car lots, $18 to $19. Oheese-Finest westerns, 171.2 to 17 3.4c; finest eastern, 17 to 17 1.40. But- ter -Choicest. creamery, 34 to 36o; seconds, 3,3 to 34c. Lgge Fresh, 21 to 22o. Pota- toes -Per bag, ear lots, 42 1-2 to 45c. Dress- ed hogs -Abattoir kilned, 12 3.4 to 13 1-4c; country, 9 1-2 to 11 3.4e. fork -Heavy Can- ada short mese, ibbis., 35 to 45 pieces, $28; Canada short-cut back, bblo., 45 to 55 pieces, $27. Lard -Compound, tierces, 375 lbs., 9 1-2c; wood pails, 20 lbs. net. -400; pure, tierces, 375 lbs., 11 1-2; Pure, wood pails, 20 lbs, not, 12e. United States Markets, • Minneapolis, April 19. -Wheat -No. '1 hard, $1.58 5-8; No. 1 Northern, $1.54 1-8 to $1.58 1.;8; No. 2 Northern, $1.49 5-8 to $1.55 1-8; May, $1.52 5-8. Corn -No. 3 yel- low, 69 3-4 to 70 1-4e. Oats -,No. 3 white, 54 1-2 to 55c. Flour Fancy p touts, $7.70; first clears, $6.40; second clears, $4.90. Bran, $22.50. „. Duluth, April 19, -Linseed cash, $1.95 3.4; May, $1,96 3-4; July, $2. Wheat --No. 1 hard, $1.58 3-4; No, 1 Northern, $1,57 3-4; No. 2 Northern, $1.50 3-4 to $L53 3-4; Mon- tana tana, No. 2 -hard, $1,58 3-4; May, $1.-56 3-4; $1 Live Stook Market. Toronto, April 19. -Butchers' cattle, choice, $7.35 to $7.60; do., good, 47 to $7.25; do., medium, $6 to $5.25 • do., common, 84.75 to $5.50; butchers' 1nulls, choice, $6 to $6.75; do., good bulls, 46.25 to $6.30; do:, rough bulls, $4.50 to $4.75; butchers' cows, choice. $5.50 to $6.75; do., medium, $5.25 to 45.40; do., common, $4.60 to $4.75; feeder, to good, $5. 0; 40 stockeo $rs, 700 to 1,000 bs ,rl$6 tto $6.66; canners and cutters, $3.75 to $4.60; milkers, choice, each, $60 to $85; do., com- mon and medium, each, $35 to $45; spring - ere, $50 to $75; light ewes, $6,50 to $8; do„ heavy, $5 to 86.50; do., bucks, $3.50 to $4.50; lambs, $5 to $11; calves, $6.50 to $10; Bogs, fed and watered, $8.90; do., off care, 89.25 to $9.35. Montreal, April 19.-A few good steers sold at $7.25 to $7.50, and the lower grades at,'from $6.50 to $6,50; while butchers' cows' brought from $5 to $6.60, and bulls from $5 to $6.50 per cwt. Owing to the large supplies of calves coming forward o. weak- er feeling developed in the market, and sales were made freely at from :51.50 to $9 each, as to size and quality. Spring lambs brought from $6 to $9 each, and^old sheep sold at from 4 to 6c per pound, There,was no important change in th.o market for live hogs, prices !being firm, with sup- plies ample to d11 •ail requirements, and sales of selected lots 'were made .at $9.30 to $9.60 per Cwt:, weig'hod off oars. Opposed 'to Seereey. A despatch from\London says: J. Austen Cthainb•erlain, , ;member of Parliament. for West Birmingham, <0 has appealed to the Government to take the people more • into its con- fidence, and let them know a little more of what is happening. He says the seoreey of the Government is being enrr:ied to an .extent that is detrimental to the country's best inter e. sts, Trial a1 4f Spies s A1x I «G. A despatch from London sayif The triol of the three alleged Ger- man spies•-Kuepferie, Hahn and Muller -charged with sending mili- tary information, to Germany, has been definitely fived, for April O. The pi'ooeedings will be in seoret before the Lord Chief Justi e•, The authorities intiinate that the case is one of the greatest importance. Grievances and babies grow with nursing.