HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1915-06-25, Page 7FORCED ENEMY TO ELL FLIGHT
Extraordinary .Bravery in Face of Almost Insuper.
able Obstacles.
A despatch from Rome nays; De-
tails of the capture by the Italians of
Plava, on the Isonzo, and the sur-
rounding heights show thatin this
battle, the first general engagement
of the campaign, the Italians fought
with extraordinary bravery in face of
almost insuperable obstacles. Barbed
wire entanglements, hidden 'batteries,
natural defences, were powerlessto
hold back the invaders, who swept the
• Austrians out of position after "posi-
tion, and finally forced them to preci-
pitate flight. •
Reports from a reliable source in
Vienna are to the effect that Emperor
Francis Joseph is indignant at the de-
feats of his army on the Italian fron-
tier. In spite of heavy reinforce-
ments sent to the Austrians from: Bos-
nia and Herzogovina, strategical and.
strongly fortified positions which had
been considered impregnable have
been lost. The Austrians have shown
themselves apparently unable to
guard against surprise attacks, and
the Italian aclvance has gone on un-
checked, while the Austrian losses t
have been tremendous.
it is reported that the Emperor has
Irelieved Gen...Dankl and'Gen, Rohr of.
their coz viands on the Tyrolean front,
and has threatened the'Commri.ander-
in;Chief; Archduke Eugenewith the
same fate if he allows .Gorizia to fall
into the hands of the enemy.
The Italian artillery has been' di-
rected for several days against. the
fortress of Malborglietto, on the im-
portant railway line leading from the
frontier to Tarvis and Villaeh, and
has silenced the batteries, and it is
expected that the Italians will now
take the place by storm, '
More to the south of the Isonzo
front the Italians, according to an
official report, are continuing their
drive eastward, and a fierce battle is
in progress.
Meanwhile Italian aviators operat-
ing south-east of . Gorizia dropped
bombs on the railroad to Trieste,
causing extensive damage at the'sta-
tion of Voltachijadraga, five miles
from Gorizia, IP
the railroad is ae-
rially cut at this point Gorizia is iso-
latea
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FRENCH ADVANCE
INTHE VOSGES
Nearly a Mile of Trenches ,Have Been
Captured North of Arras by
the French.
A despatch from Paris says: The
village of Metzeral, on the River
Fecht, in the Vosges, was invested by
French forces late Saturday, and the
advance on. Munster, five miles fur-
ther down the river, is well " under
way
The victory is one of great impor-
tance, not only because of the strate-
gic advantage it offers, but as well
because of the encouragement it will
afford to the troops fighting in this
region. Metzeral has been an objec-
tive of the French campaign in this
region since early spring. The ad-
vance has been slow, and the resist-
ance offered has been of a most stub-
born nature: The village itself was
invested only after practically all of
the surrounding heights had been
captured, the Germans finally setting
fire to the houses and defences and
retreating along the Fecht towards
Munster.
One wing of the army that occupied
Metzeral . already has swung down
through the valley towards Munster.
Colmar, one of th emost important
centres in this section, is but 12 miles
farther on. Even from the heights
surrounding Metzeral the French
guns will be able to shower their
shells down the valley and into the
defences at Munster.
The final occupation of Metzeral
was made during a downpour of rain.
A thick fog covered the surrounding
country. The Braun Kopf hills and
Hill 830 also were occupied, as were
Leichwalde and the villages of Stein-
bruck • and Altenhoff . East of Met-
zeral the Hilgen first heights were
taken. Already. some ' shells have
been dropped on Munster, and a muni-
tion depot near the railway station
has been exploded. -
The French, under the protection of
a curtain of intense artillery fire along
the front north of Arras, have taken
trenches and driven wedges into the
,German lines at various points.
THE ENI) O1 AU>STRIA
IS NOT FAR DISTANT
, Serbian Premier Declares Rouniaiiia
Must Fellow Italy.
A despatch from Rome says: Pre-
mier Pachitch of Serbia; interviewed
by the correspondent of the Giornale
D'Italia on thefuture relations be-
tween
etween Italy and Serbia, is quoted as
saying:
"Their relations must be most
friendly. Serbia needs Italy, her civi-
lization and her progress, that she
may expand liberally, living her life
according to her national inteersts.
On the other hand, Italian industries
need the Serbian rifarket. Neither
country has imperialistic ambition.
They wish to live and let others live."
Regarding the effect of Italy's en-
trance into the war Premier Pachich
is said' to have declared: • "It will
hasten the day on which peace will be
definitely signed. The end of Austria
is nearer than anyone thinks. Rou-
mania must follow the example of
Italy."
LIGHT STEEL HELMETS
FOR FRENCH SOLDIERS
A despatch from Paris says: French
soldiers in thefield soon are to begin
wearing light steel helmets, suggest-
ing in their design the antique .head-
pieces of men-at-arms. In color they
will .be thegrey blue, harmonizing
with the service uniforms which
French soldiers°have been wearing for
several months past.
The Ministry of War has adopted a
design for this helmet, after a pro-
longed examination of various differ-
ent types submitted. The new helmet
will afford considerable protection to
the head from' fragments of shells and
riffle bullets travelling with lessened
velocity. The customary cap will, be
retained for service behind the front.
WARNEFORD'S FUNERAL
TO BI :PUBLIC AFFAIR
A despatch from Paris says: Ar-
rangements for the funeral service
at Versailles for Lieut. Warneford, of
the British Royal Navy Flying Corps,
and Henry B. Needham', the American
writer, who . were killed in an aero-
plane accident, have been cancelled.
Lieut..Warneford's body will be sent
to England, where some form of pub-
lic funeral befitting the man who has
been hailed as a hero for his recent
destruction of a Zeppelin airship will
be held,
SPECIAL CONSTABLES
' AT ROSS, RIFLE. FACTORY
A despatch. from Quebec • says:
Twenty employes of the ,Ross Rifle
factory have been sworn in as special
constables to guard the . buildings,
Several women will be employed in
secret service work. This is the re-
sult of the several fires that hope
occurred quite mysteriously of``iate.
TERRIBLE STRUGGLE IN GALICIA
Vital Portion of the Muscovite Line Holds Firm
Against Constant Assaults.
A despatch from . London says:
.A notable success was scored by the
Russians on the Dniester above Zur-
awna on June 14 and 15, which re-
sulted in the capture of 8,746 men,
including 202 officers, 6 guns, 21 ma-
chine guns, caissons and other booty,
according to an official statement is-
sued in Petrograd. Austro -German
:fol:ces also are reported to have been
hurled back on the same front further
to the south-east, while another force
which crossed the Dniester above
Ninniow was destroyed,
In the Shovli region and west of
the middle Niemen there has been no
essential change, The engagements
continue. On the Bzura above So-
chaczew we repulsed on the 16th
attacks by small `German forces:
On the Dniester front on the night
of the 16th in the sector between the
Tismenitza and the Stry Rivers the
enemy was thrown back in disorder.
Our notable captures on the Dnies-
ter above Zurawna in the course of
the 14th and 15th include 202 officers
and 8,544 mein, 6 guns, 21 machine
guns, oaissons and other booty.
On the 15th the enemy Crossed the
Dniester above and .Below Niziow.
The forces which crossed above were
destroyed, and those which' crossed
below were checked,
RobepZ e527?e5:
Signed the Second Note to .the
Kaiser.
The new Secretary of State ad in-
terim, and who it is expected will
eventually receive the permanent ap-
pointment by President Wilson. He
was Counsellor of the State Depart-
ment, prior to being commissioned to
succeed Mr. Bryan, and is an expert
in international law;
BOARDS TO REPORT
ON PENSION CLAIMS
Medical Men Will Be Appointed In
Every Military Division of
Canada.
A despatch. from Ottawa says:
Boards of medical men are to be ap-
pointed in, every military division of
Canada in connection with the grant-
ing of pensions to wounded soldiers or
the families of those killed on active
service. Already between 300 and
350 pensions have been granted, most
of thembeing for the families of dead
soldiers. It is already apparent that
the sum of $2,000,000 set aside for
pensions this year will be quite in-
sufficient for the purpose. If more is
needed before another session' of Par-
lianfent it may be obtained by Gov-
ernor -General's warrant
The establishment of " medi a1
boards in the different divisions will
materially assist in the work of "pay-
ing pensions, which is expected to
reach large proportions. Reports will
be sent from these medical boards to
the pensions board in Ottawa; which
will then pass on each case.
When a man is temporarily inca-
pacitated the, practice so far has been
to pay him his regular active service
pay until he recovers. Where it is
evident, however, that the injury will
outlast the war, the man is put on
the pension • list at once.
The problem of caring for conva-
lescents is expected to prove one of
the heaviest burdens of the war, and
action will shortly be taken to deal
specially with it.
To Plan for Future
In the Food. Supply
A despatch from London says:'
The. Earl of Selborne, President of
the Board of Agriculture, has ap-
pointed a committee, of which Lord
Milner is chairman to investigate and
report as to "what steps should be
taken by legislation or otherwise, for
the sole purpose of maintaining and,
if possible, increasing' the present
production 'of food in England and
Wales onthe assumption that the
war, may be -prolonged beyond "'the
harvest of 1916."
30,000 WAR. CONTRACTS
LET FROM OTTAWA
Purchasing Commission Will Assume
Full Charge.
A despatch from Ottawa says: Con-
siderably over 30,000 different eon -
tracts "have been let since the begin-
ning of the wary Up to the beginning
of last session 11,000 had been let by
the Militia Department alone, not
taking into account those let by .a
sub -committee of the Privy Council,
and the number has been greatly in-
creased
ncreased since. The War Purchasing
Commission is now working almost
night and day clearing up the rush of
contracts. It is probable that al-
though the commission will continue
to use the services of officials of the
purchasing branch of the Militia De-
partment, it will in future institute a
new system by which not only the
calling and accepting of tenders for
war necessaries, but every step lead-
ing up to it, will be directed under its
jurisdiction and all information avail-
able on such subjects on file in its:
own offices. w
At the beginning of the war Ger-
maany p.osses:ned . between 1,000 and
1,500 aeroplanes.
AMY'S LOSSES ARE HEAVY
Nearly Four Million Germain and Austrian ,soldiers
Permanently Out of the Field
A despatch from London says;
Hilaire Belloe, the military expert, es-
timates that the German and Austri-
^an losses up to the present total
nearer four million men than three
million men. He bases this :calcula
and the Austrians lost enormously
more in proportion in prisoners than
the British, To the Prussian lists of
killed must be aiided rather less than
one-fifth for non -Prussian lists of
the German Empire and further 80
ion on a careful analysis of the fig- per cent. for Austria and Hungary.
Pres of the British casualties given Multiplying these by six, Mee Belloc
by Premier Asquith in the Commons. arrives at 3,250,000 enemy casualties
Those figures, he points out, show before the great Galician effort, This,
one-fifth of a total of 258,000 are according to his estimate, cannot
dead. The total British casualties, count for less than half a million.
therefore work out five to one for
each life lost. The total enemy. losses
he estimates at six to one per man
killed. Basing this rnultipleeof calcu-
lation their losses have been greater
than those of the allies. Mr. Belloc
believes this multiple is low, for the
German lists of killed are belated cause"
this makes a grand total of three
and three-quarter millions perman-
ently out of the held. "The enemy's
potential manhood for actual fighting
within the first year," Mr, Belloc eon
eludes, "has probably been diminish-
ed by nearly one-half from all
DABIN AVIAT'O. NEAR THE READ
FALLS TO DEATH
Lieut. Warneford, Who Recently De-
stroyed a Zeppelin, Killed
in - Paris.'
A despatch from Paris says: Lieut.
Reginald. Warneford, the young Cana-
dian aviator who recently won the
Victoria Cross and the Legion of
Honor for destroying in mid-air a
Zeppelin airship, lost, control of • a
new aeroplane he was testing near
Paris and the machine tumbled from
a great height. Lieut. Warneford
was killed instantly.
Henry B. Needham, the American
writer in Europe to get impressions
from the war, was a passenger with
Warneford. He,' too, was killed.
The exact cause of the accident is
unknown, and will remain so, as the
aeroplane and its engine are a mass
of tangled wreckage. But the 'cause
may be found in part, at least, by the
fact that Lieut. Warneford remarked
before leaving the Hotel Ritz for the
testing ground that he felt sick and
dizzy, and would not fly, although
he had been asked to experiment with
some new machines.
By the time- he reached the avia-
tion grounds, however,he had re-
cbergred his usual buoyancy of health,
'and immediately set about to ascend
in one of the aeroplanes to be tested.
Ke took the machine up alone, put
it through some of the customary.
manoeuvres and alighted without
mishap.
Then he got into the second ma-
chine, which was of the same type as
the first, and taking Needham as a
passenger soared into the air. There
were a few spectators on the grounds
and some of the men connected with
the aerial. corps. The machine glid-
ed from earth, but there was no hint
of anything wrong, and the young
lieutenant and his American passen-
ger had soon become but a speck in
the sky. It was a perfect day for
testing work. The sky was clear and
there was no wind. There is no tell-
ing the exact height the aeroplane
had attainedwhen the mishap, what-
ever it was, occurred. But it was so
high ` that nothing out of the ordin-
ary.could be detected by the specta-
tors on the ground until the machine
came plunging downward.
EARLY ENTRY OF GREECE
NOW REGARDED AS SURE
A despatch from Athens says; The
resignation of the Gournaris Cabinet
has been decided on. It will go into
effect ;as ,soon 'as King Constantine is
.enough to summon Venizelos'to
resume the. Premiership. It is believed
here that this presages an early entry
of 'Greece into the war on the side of
the 'allies.
OF LAKE GARDA
Italians Occupy Mori on the Western
Side of the
• Trentino.
A despatch from Rome says: Ital-
ian troops have occupied Mori, on the
railroad from Rovereto toArco and Butter -Choice dairy, 21 to 23e
inferior, 18 to 20c; creamery prints,
Riva, important towns at the head of 28 to 29c; do,, solids, 26 to 28c.
Lake Garda. As there is only one Eggs -The market is steady,
railroad in this section the fall of straight new -laid being quoted at 21
to 22c per dozen, in case lots, and
Arco and Riva before the Italians in selects, 23 to 24c.
vading the Trentino from the west- Beans -The market is quiet at
$3.10 to $3.15 for prime, and $3.20•
ern side is believed to be . only a to $3,25 for hand-picked.
question of a few days. Mori is •' Poultry - Chickens, . yearlings,
about five miles south of Rovereto, dressed, 16 to 20c; Spring chickens,
the objective of a strong Italian 45 to 50c fowl, 13 to 15c.
movement, but the road to that place ! • Cheese -The at market is easier, be,
is fortified to such an extent that ing 'quoted at 18;,'4 to 19c for large,
it will be a hard task for the Italians
to force the .Austrian defences.
Fierce fighting in the. Monte Nero
zone, north of Tolmina,, on the Isonzo
front, is reported in an official re-
port from Gen. Cadorna, the chief of
staff, issued by the War Department.
The Alpine troops are giving a good
account of themselves in this region,
using mountain paths unknown . to
the enemy, and failing unawares on
the strongly fortified Austrian
trenches. Almost all of this region
is now in the hands of the Italians.
A daring raid by an Italian airship
on a railroad station eight miles into
the interior from Trieste is reported
in an official announcement, which
says: "An Italian dirigible passing
over the enemy's entrenched .camps
threw high explosive bombs on Di-
vazza railway centre. Notwithstand-
ing the enemy's intgnse fire the dirig-
ible returned undamaged."
Divazza is on the railway from
Laibach, the Austrian headquarters,
to Trieste. It is 70 miles from the
coast of the Adriatic.
A despatch from Verona, the Ital-
ian headquarters for the Trentino op-
erations, says that among the prison-
ers recently taken in the Lago di
Misurima district was a Bavarian,
which is taken to indicate that Ger-
man troops are aiding the Austrian
forces.
MARKETS Of HF WORLD
REPORTS repel Tee LPAPJNO TARO
CENTRES OF AMERICA.
Ereadsteffs.
Toronto, June 22.- Manitoba
wheat -No. 1 Northern, $1,25 to
$1.25; No, 2 Northern, $1,231/$ to
81.24 x/4; No. 3 Northern, $1, 201/a ty
$1.2114, on track, lake ports.
Manitoba oats --No, 2 C.W , 09 to
60e; No. C,W., 58 to 59c; extra. No.
1 feed, 58 to 59; on track, lake ports.
American corn -No. 2 yellow, $0 t
801/2c, on track, lake ports.
Canadian corn No. 2 yellow, 78;
on track, Toronto.
Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 55 to
56e; No. 3 white, 54 to 55c, according
to freights outside.
Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per
car lot, $1.15 to $1.17, according to
freights outside.
Peas -No. 2, nominal, per car lots,
$1,50 to $1,60, according to freights`
outside.
Barley ---Good malting barley, 70
to '73c; feed barley, 65c, according to
freights outside.
Buckwheat --Nominal, car lots, 75
to 77e, according to freights outside.
Rye -No, 2, nominal, $1.05 to
81.10, according to freights outside.
Manitoba flour -First patents, •in
jute bags, $7.20; second patents, in
jute bags, $6.70; strong bakers', in
jute bags, $6.50, Toronto. In cot-
ton bags, 10e more.
Ontario flour -Winter, • 90 per
cent. patents, $5, seaboard, or To-
ronto freights in, bags
Miilfeed-Car lots, delivered Mont-
real freights. Bran, per ton, $25;
shorts; per ton, $27 to $28; middlings,
per ton, $28 to $29; good feed flour,
per bag, $1.80.
Country Produce.
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ADOPT SINGLE DESIGN
FOR TOMBS OF FRENCH
A despatch from Paris says: The
governing committee of the Republi-
can Alliance proposes that a single
design be adopted for a monument to
the French dead of the European war,
to be selected, reproduced and erected,
in different sizes, in all the cemeteries
of France. .Artists and sculptors
have risen up against this proposition,
horrified at the monotony- of a uni-
form design of monument in every
town and village.
TURKS -SHORT OF SUPPLIES
There is a Shortage of Food, and Government Re-
sources Are at a Low Ebb.
A despatch from Rome says: A
correspondent of the Idea Nationale,
telegraphing from Dedeagatch, gives
a terrible picture of prevailing condi-
tions in Turkey, which he evidently
obtained frons refugees from Constan-
tinople arriving ' on the Bulgarian
frontier.. in the Phanai quarter, have been
The troops, he declares, are short of sacked by mobs, often with' the con -
both food and ammunition, the army nivance of the police, Christians at-
is ravaged with typhus and there is tempting to flee from the capital are
an appalling increase in the number set upon, robbed and Maltreated by
of sick. The shortage of ,coal, too, is the Turkish 'officials and soldiers.
pronounced, and the scarcity of fuel. The authorities 'wink at these out -
is responsible for the immobilizing of rages and encourage their perpetra-
the Turkish fleet, which, • no longer tion in order to keep alive the flame
able to take the offensive, is now of hatted of the Moslems against the
anchored in the Sea of Marmora. Christian allies
and at 19 to 1914c for twins.
Potatoes -Ontario, 55 to 60c per
bag, out of store, and 45 to 50c in
car lots.' New Brunswicks, car lots,
55 to 60c per bag.
Business in Montreal,
Montreal, June 22. -Corn -Ameri-
can, No. 2 yellow, 80%' to 81c. Oats
-Canadian Western, No. 3, 59%c;
extra No. 1 feed, 59%c; No. 2 local
white, 59c; No. 3 local white, 58c; No.
4 local white, ; 57e. Barley -Mani-
toba feed, 72%e. Flour -Manitoba
Spring wheat patents, firsts, $7.30;
seconds, $6.80; strong bakers',
$6.60; Winter' patents, choice, $6.80;
straight rollers, $6.40 to $6.50; do.,
bags, $3 to $3.10. Rolled oats-
Bbls•, $6.50 to 86.75; do,, bags; 90
lbs., $3 to $3.10. Bran, $26. Shorts,
$28. Middlings, $33 to $34. Mouillie,
$35 to $40. Hay -No. 2, per ton,
car lots, $19 to $20.50. Cheese. --
Finest westerns, 16% to 17c; finest
easterns, 151/4 to 15efi c. Butter
Choicest creamery, 271/2 to 28c; sec-
onds, 26x/4 to 261%, Eggs -Fresh,
22 to 23c; selected, 24 to 25c; No. 2
stock, 19 to 20c. Potatoes -Per bag,
car lots, 421/2 to 45c. Dressed hogs -
Abattoir killed, $13.50 to $13.75.
Pork -Heavy Canada short mess,
bbls., 35 to 46 " pieces, $29; Canada
short-cut back, bbls., 45 to 55 pieces,
$28.50. Lard -Compound, tierces,
375 lbs. net, 101/2c; pure, tierces, 375
lbs., 12c; pure,, wood pails, 20 lbs net,
12%c.
United States Markets.
Minneapolis, June 22. -Wheat -Ne.
1 hard, $1.23%; No.• 1'Northern,'
$1.17% to $1.25%/e; No. 2 Northern,
$1.14% to $1.23%; July, $1.16%.
Corn -No. 3 yellow, 7114 to 71s/4c.
Oats -No. 3 white, 451 to 46c. Flour
and bran unchanged.
Duluth, June 22.--:-Wheat-No. 1
hard, $1.24 • No. 1 Northern, $1.20 ..
to $1.23; N'o. 2 Northern, $.15 to
$1.20; July, $1.18, .'.
Live Stock Market.
Toronto., June 22. -Butchers' cat-
tle, choice, $8.10 to $8.40; do,, good
$7.50 to $7.80; do., medium, $7,1.5
to $7.40; do., common $6.60 to
$7.10; butchers': bulls, choice, ,$6.75
to $7.50; do., good bulls, $6:25 to
$6.50; do., rough bulls, $5.265 to $6;
butchers' cows, chqice, $6.75• , to
$7.25; do. good,: $'6.25 to $6.50; do.,
medium, $5.25 to • $6; do., common,
$5 to $5.75; feeders, good, $6.50 to
$7.25; stockers, 700 to 1,000 ` lbs.,
$6.25 to $7.75; canners and cutters,
$4 to $5.25; milkers, . choice, each,
$60 to $95; do., common and medium,
each, $35 to $45; sppringers, $50 to
$35; light ewes; ,$6.50 to $7.60; do,,
Talaant Bey, he continues, produces heavy, $4 to $5; do., bucks, $3.50 to
each dayfor the edification of the $4, 50; yearning lambs, $ .50 to
$7.50; spring lambs, cwt., $11 to.
population .glowing accounts of vic-. $14; calves, $4.50 to $10.25; hogs,
tories on land and sea obtained over . fed and watered, $9.85; do., off cars,
France, England and Russia, but the $9.60 to $9.65.
number of sick and wounded arriving Montreal, June 22. -Sales of good
steers. were made at $8.25 to $8.50,
in the capital tells other tales. The
fair at $7.75 to $8, and the lower
houses of Christians, especially Greeks grades at from $6 to $7.50. :Butch-
ers' cows brought $4 to6.75, and .
bulls from
4
0 75 to .6.?�
The market , for small per cwt..
Il meats was
steady, with sales of sheep at :$5.50
to $6.50 per cwt., yearling lambs at
$7 to $7.50, and Spring, lambs at
50
5,
5 to $6 c
ach,al
C vee �'o
at prices ranging from .1.50 to 8100,
oath,- The market fob$ hogs s wa
weaker stud sales of selected lots .
were ixiade at $9.50 to $9,90, and
heavy mixed lots at $8,50 to $0 per
cwt, weighed off cars.
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