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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1915-08-20, Page 7UN AL IPL E INSULA he Ringleaders Arrested by the Germans and Taken to Constantinople in Chains ,spatch from : London says: ed and increasingly bad rela etween the German and Turk- iy officers have led to a serious On quite indisputable author - few days ago a quarrel among and other officers at the front in ,allipoli Peninsula led to a Intl - of formidable dimensions against ermans. The latter were forced take the strongest measures to 1 the insurrection, and with con - arable difficulty arrested the ring- dors and some other officers in- ved. These mimbered 45. They ere sent in chains to Constantinople, here they would be shot, but the erman commander heard rumored threats of revolt, and did not feel himself in a strong enough position to do so immediately. The arrests caused a great sensation throughout the ranks of the army, and tended to increase the very considerable indig- nation against the Germans, who now have few real friends even among the most prominent young Turks. in spite of optimistic, statements from Constantinople, the• Turkish am- munition supplios are nearing exhaus- tion as the result of repeated attacks by the allied forces at the Dardan- elles. Private advices receive(' at Athens said that the German and Turkish diplomats have renewed their efforts to obtain consent of the Bal- kan States for the passage of muni- tions to Turkey. Boatloads of wounded from the fighting on Gallipoli Peninsula con- tinue to arrive at Constantinople. It is estimated that 120,000 Turkish wounded are now in the Constanti- nople hospitals. A despatch from Galata says: "French and British aeroplanes have flown over Constantinople. They threw bombs on Galata, causing heavy casualties. Galata, on the north side of the Golden Horn, near Seraglio Point, is Constantinople's largest suburb. F k NCEI WIN S 'VERA AERIAL CO "a BATS Half a Dozen German Machines Forced to in Damaged Condition A. despatch from Paris says: French aviators are reported to have distin- guished themselves recently in sev- eral: aerial combats with German ma- chines. A French craft reconnoitring above Colmar was attacked by a Ger- man machine, which it forced to des- cend within the German lines in. Al- sace; evidently damaged by shots. The same day two German planes were chased back from above French Descend positions in Artois, while two French patrols attacked and apparently dam- aged another German aeroplane. An Albatross machine was forced to the ground in the same way on Wednes- day. A squadron of ten German aero- planes which attempted a bomb at- tack on Toul and Nancy was forced to retreat by French machines, drop- ping the projectiles they carried upon open fields. W O'lE AGAINST CALAIS ll?ovement of German Troops Through Belgium Continuous for Days. A despatch from London says: The Daily Mail's correspondent at The Hague telegraphs that a prominent neutral citizen, who has just arrived from Brussels, says that the move- ment of German troops through Bel- gium to the western front has been constant for several clays. A significant ,order of the day pre- dicting resumption by the Germans of a vigorous offensive in the west has been issued to the Teutonic armies in Flanders, accdiding to the Amsterdam Telegraaf. An extract from this order, telegraphed by the Amsterdam correspondent of the Ex- change Telegraph Company, follows: "Our work now is practically fin- ished in the east and we are about to begin in the west. Peace is cer- tain in October." The French official communication chronicles the recapture through 'counter-attacks of part of the trenches lost in the Argonne, and the repulse of enemy attacks at other points. There was also some rather severe fighting in the Vosges, in which hand -grenades were used. Albert Thomas, Under-Secretary of War in charge of munitions, tells the Petit Parisien that France's efforts to produce munitions are different in method, but equal in results, to those of England, which he recently viewed. The newspaper quotes him as follows: "We have an army which at the present moment is armed so as to withstand any shock, an army which on the other hand is capable of mak- ing a strong offensive. Its morale is good; tbat is to say, the army is pre- pared to remain as it is if necessary. "Every day our strength grows both in England and in France. Not- withstanding the formidable re- sources at the disposal of Germany, it is not possible that the resources of the allies will not assure them when the time is ripe for complete victory. ITALY NEEDS MORE GRAIN. 12,000,000 Quintals to Be Bought in America. A despatch from Rome says: The latest official reports regarding the harvest show that Italy needs 12,000,- 000 2,000;000 quintals more of grain for her consumption until next year. A quin- tal is approximately 220 pounds. Most of this grain, it is understood, will be purchased in America. WORKMAN IN GERMANY PAYS MORE FOR FOOD. A despatch from Amsterdam says: The official organ of the General` 'ed- eration of Trades Unions of Germany states that as one result of the Brit- ish blockade the average German workman's family last May had to expend 36.49 marks (about $9) week- ly for food, as compared with 24.70 marks (about $6) in May of 1914. • FACT OR ES ARE UNDER "CO TROL" �y Excess of Employers' Profits Over Fixed Limit to • be Paid into the Imperial Exchequer A despatch from London says: Da- vid Lloyd -George, Minister of Muni- tions, announces that 345 establish- ments have been declared "controlled establishments" under the Munitions of War Act. As a result of this con- trol the profits of employers are limited. Any excess over such a limit becomes payable to the National Ex- chequer. "By this provision," says Mr. Lloyd -George, "Parliament has assured that sacrifices made by work- men are made for the nation as a whole and not for the advantage of individuals. On the other hand, dur- ing the period of the war, any rules or shop customs which may have the effect of limiting the output of muni- tions are suspended in controlled es- tablishments." onaileirrmaenown Sir avid, Beatty Appointee! Y c At ni a8 A despatch from London says: The Official Gazette announces that Sir David Beatty has been promoted to be a vice -admiral. Sir David Beatty during the present war com- manded the British fleets which in August, 1914, sank four German war- ships of Heligoland and won a vie - tory over a German squadron in the North Sea the following January. In this fight the German cruiser Bleucher was sent to the bottom. Vice -Admiral Beatty is only 45 years old, and the youngest officer ever promoted to the rank of a vice -admiral in the British navy. t;iinum, A.l.-+"TIM FIRST YEAR OF THE GREAT WAR ,..riStNeMeh MAIP050 owe ALARA 1<FII1'HIA svarcerreare ,es„ O r + nsau5";e .,(�2_, +f•r.�p OKvN1� eer.e �4Q2 r'15 0;iera .� °srcrns3evRe / a MULtIM) ti "7°'ViEtalh /Nva lresPosmav of ALL/E5 Arum& col/N7,eiES, GERI/AN/f. RLL/ES. 41,1 Thn ulia.ek portions indicate the territory held by the Allied Powers; the white, territory occupied by Ger- many or her allies, and the shaded portions,, the territory of the neutral nations. The broken lines mark the boundaries before the war and serve to show the areas of the enemy's country held by the several belligerents. Germany holds nearly all Belgium and the northeast section of Franco, while with her ally she has taken a considerable area in Russian Poland. On the other hand, Prance has won a por- tion of Alsace;. Italy has captured a fringe of Austria-Hungary along the frontier; Russia still holds part of Galicia; and the Allies have won the tip of the Gallipoli Peninsula. The map, of course, takes no account of the former German colonies which have been conquered by, or have surrendered to. the British or French forces. WAR S PEES TO THE AWES President Wilson Tells Austria That Shipments Will Not Be Restricted. A despatch from Washington says:: Austro-Hungary and Germany now know officially that there is no hope of the United States discontinuing or even restricting shipments of war supplies to the allies. - This the Teutonic Governments have learned from the note which the State Department has sent to Austria and which has been' made public. This - communication in the form of a re- ply to the Vienna protest against the business being done by Americans in war munitions sets forth the attitude, of this Government clearly and firmly. Austria is notified flatly that this Government will not even consider ac- ceding to her request. So strong is the stand taken by the Washington Government that this note not only will probably end the diplomatic ex- changes on the subject, but will oper- ate as a distinct check upon senti- ment developing in this country in fa- vor of an embargo. While President Wilson in this note, as in all others to European Governments on the war issues, takes his stand firmly upon the principles involved and upon usage of nations, he introduces an- other feature which by many is re- garded as the most striking in the note. The President bases his refusal to consider the Austrian ..suggestion on the practical grounds of its effect upon the ability of the United States to meet a foe in the event of war. The Government tells Austria that it has been the policy, of the United States from the founding of the Re- public not to maintain in time of peace a large military establishment or stores of arms and ammunition, that the United States has in fact al- ways depended upon the right and power to purchase arms and ammuni- tion from neutral nations in case of foreign attack. GERMANS ARE DROWNED IN EFFORT TO ESCAPE A despatch to Christiania says: Twenty-five members of the crew of the German converted cruiser Berlin, internee' at Trondhjem last Novem- ber, attempted to escape by swim- ming across the Trontlhjem fjord, but they were observed by a guard and caught, All were provided with bun- dles of civilian clothing, ,money and knives. Several were drowned. Three German citizens have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment for attempting to smuggle copper in- to Germany., The Berlin, which carried a crew of 450 men, entered the Norwegian port of Trondhjem on Nov. 17, to. escape British warships after attempting to escape from the North Sea to act as a commerce raider in the Atlantic. 4• Green is an ill-beeoming color for brunettes to wear. AN ATTEMPT TO RELIEVE THE TURKS Osrova Violently i::ombarded, but the Attenipted Landing is Successfully Repulsed A despatch from London says: The Daily Mail's correspondent at Bucha- rest reports that the Austrians vio- lently bombarded the Serbians at Os - rove, but that an attempt by the Hungarians to land at Ogradena was unsuccessful. In this connection it is recalled that it is generally reported that 100,000 Germans and Austrians and a large number of guns have been concentrated near Osrova with the intention, it is assumed, of cutting their way through Serbia and going to the relief of the Turks. CRO , PRINCE AGAIN REPULSED Fruitless. Attacks Result in Heavy Losses to His Force. A despatch from Paris says: The Germans have evidently received large reinforcements in Belgium, and attempted to assume the offensive at Nieuport. They were, however, re- pulsed by the French infantry fire, and the attack was abandoned. The German Crown Prince contin- ues his attempts to pierce the French line. He has had a few local suc- cesses, but the losses he has sustained in the series of attacks have been very heavy. The present position at Hill 60, which the British military authorities recently admitted had lapsed back into German possession, is peculiar and of great interest. The hill is really nothing but a knoll of gently rising ground that forms the end of the KIein-Zillebeke ridge. The German trenches run in a double tier along the crest and up- per slope, while the British trenches form an irregular line along the edge of the lower slope. The Germans are at the top of the hill, while the British are a little way up the side of it. • The whole face of the hill presents a picture of the wildest confusion. Everywhere are huge craters, the re- sult of mine explosions on the night of the British attack. Torn and gap- ing sandbags are scattered in profu- 'sion; broken rifles, odds and" ends of equipment of all kinds, smashed barb- ed 'wire, and a mass of other debris lie in bewildering variety down the hillside, the whole half hidden in the long grass that has sprung up be- tween the trenches. The trenches twist and wind in a remarkable manner. At one point there is an old communication trench running from the British lines straight into the heart of the German position, and down this two barricades have been erected, one on the English side and one on the German side. Here the opposing forces came within six yards of each other. Between the rival barricades there stretches a short patch of ground shut in on either hand by the crumbling walls of the old trench. 4a TEN YEARS METED OUT TO ESSEX DYNAMITER A despatch from Windsor says:' William Lefler, of Detroit, has been sentenced to ten years' imprisonment in Kingston Penitentiary for causing an explosion in the Peabody overall factory here a few weeks ago and for conspiracy to wreck the Windsor Ar- mory. At the time of the explosion the factory was turning out supplies for soldiers. LLOYD GEORGE ENLISTS HELP OF SCIENTISTS. A despatch from London says: That he may avail himself of all the latest discoveries in appliances for the manufacture of munitions of war, David Lloyd George, the Munitions Minister, has formed a "munitions invention branch" of his department. In this department he will be assist- ed by twenty-five scientists and en- gineering experts. A tourist without money is a tramp and a tramp with money is a tourist. In Germany a mile is four times as long as in England. Author ®f Sorg of Hate Sorry He Wrote lit A despatch from Amsterdam says: Even Ernst Lissauer appears to be becoming ashamed of the song of hate, He writes to the Berlin Tage- blatt saying he agrees with its view that the song is not intended for the young, and has often advised against its publication in school books. "The song of,hate," he writes, "was writ- ten as the result of a passionate im- pulse in the first week of the war, when the impression created by Eng- land's declaration of war was fresh. The song of hate is a political poem directed not against individual Eng- lishmen, but collectively against the English will to destruction which threatens Germany. In the excite- ment of those days my feelings were deeply stirred by this. Whether these feelings can continue with the cool consideration of practical politics is another question." The Leading Marke Iireadstuffs. Toronto, Aug, 16. --Manitoba whe -No. 1 Northern $1.381/2; No. Northern, $1.37x]; No. 3 Northe] $1.34%, track, lake ports. Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W„ 6; track, lake ports. American corn -No. 2 yellow, 841/ nominal, track, lake ports. Canadian corn -No. 2 yellow, no inal, track, Toronto. Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 57 58c; No. 3 white, 56 to 57c, accordi to freights outside.' Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, car lot, $1.12 to $1.15; do., new, $1. to $1.04, according to freights o side. Peas --No. 2, per car lots, nomin according to freights outside. Barley -Good malting barley, no inal; feed barley, 60c, according freights outside. Buckwheat -Car lots, nominal,. cording to freights outside., Rye -No. 2, nominal, according freights outside. Manitoba flour -First patents, jute bags, $'Z; second patents in bags, $G.50; strong bakers', in j bags, $6.50, Toronto; in cotton ba 10c more. Ontario flour -Winter, 90 per ce patents, $4.60; do., new, $4.10, s board, or Toronto freights. in bags. Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mo real freights -Bran, per ton, $ shorts, $29; middlings, $30; good fe Sour, per bag, $1.90; Country Produce. Butter -Choice dairy, 22 to 23c; ferior, 20 to 21c; creamery prints, to 281/2(; do., solids, 26 to 27c. Eggs -The market is quiet, wi straight stock selling at 21 to 22c p dozen, in case lots, and selects at to 24e. Poultry -Chickens, yearlings, dres ed, 16 to 18e; Spring chickens, 20 22c; fowl, 14 to 15c; ducklings, 17 18e. Cheese -151/2c for large, and 15%c for twins. Old cheese, 211/x. 21- ec-, Baled Hay and Straw. Straw is quoted at $7 a ton, in c lots, delivered on track here.. Hay -No. 1 new hay is quoted $17 to $19; No. 2 at $15 to $16. Provisions. Bacon -Long clear, 14 to 14%c p• lb., in case lots. Hams -Medium, 18 to 183c; do., heavy, 14% to 15c. rolls 15 to 16c; breakfast bacon, 20 to 23c backs, plain, 22 to 28c; boneless backs 25 to 26c. Lard -The market is quiet; pure lard, tubs, 11% to 12%4c; do., pails, 12 to 12%c; compound, tubs, 10 tie 101/4c; do., pails, 10% to 10xc. Business in Montreal. Montreal, August 16. - Corn -� American No. 2 yellow, 90 to 91c. Oats -Canadian Western, No. 3, 61c; do., extra No. 1 feed, 61c; do., No. 2 local white, 60%c; do., No. 3, 59%c; do., No. 4,58%c. Flour -Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts, $7.10; do., sec- onds, $6.60; do., strong bakers', $6.40; do., Winter patents, choice, $6.25; do., straight rollers, $5.60 to $5.80; do., bags, $2.65 to $2.75. Roll- ed oats -Barrels, $6.25; do., bags, 90 lbs., $2.90 to $3. Bran, $26 to $26.50. Shorts, $28. Middlings, $33 to $34. Mouillie, $35 to $40, Hay -No. 2, per ton, car lots, $20.50 to $22. Cheese -Finest westerns, 13%c; do., easterns, 13c. Butter - Choicest creamery, 271 to 27�'4c; do., seconds,' 26% to 26%c. Eggs -Fresh, 27 to 28e; do., selected, 26c; do., No, 1 stock, 23c; do., No. 2 stock, 20c. Dressed hogs -Abattoir killed, $13.75 to $14. Pork -Heavy Canada short mess, bbls., 35 to 45 pieces, $29; do., Canada short cut back, bbls., 45 to 55 pieces, $28.50. Lard -Compound, tierces, 376 lbs., 10e; do., wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 104.c; do.. pure, tierces, 375 lbs., 13 to 13%c; do., wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 12 to 121c. Cattle Markets. Toronto, Aug. 16. -The quotations were: -Best heavy steers, $8,60 to $9; butchers' cattle, choice, $8 to $8.35; do., good, $7.40 to $7.60; do., medium, $6.50 to $7.20; do., common, $5.25 to $5.80; butchers' bulls,' choice, $6.75 to $7.50 • do., good bulls, $6 to $G.50; do., rough' bulls, $5.25 to $5.75; butchers' cows, choice, $6.50 to $7.25; do., good, $6.35 to $6.50; do., medium, $5.25 to $6; do., com- moi, $4.50 to $5; feeders, good, $6.50 to $7.50; stockers, 700 to 900 lbs., $6.25 to $7.25; canners and cut- ters, $ 4 to $5.25; milkers, choice, each, $65 to $95; do., common and medium, each, $35 to $50; springers, $50 to $95; light ewes, $6 to $7.50; do., bucks, $3.50 to $4.50; yearling lambs, $6.50 to $8; Spring lambs, cwt., $8 to $10; calves, $4.50 to $10.75; hogs, off cars, $8.90 to $9.15; do., fed and watered, $8.75; do., f.o.b., $8.40. Montreal, Aug. 16. -Fairly good steers sold at $7.25 to $7.50; fair stock sold at $6.75 to $7, and the common and the medium at from $5.50 to $6.50 per 100 pounds. A few hunches of choice butchers' cows brought $7 to $7.25, and the lower grades sold from that down to $5.25, while bulls changed hands at prices ranging from $5.50 to $7.25 per 100 pounds. The demand from packers for canning stock was active, and all the offerings met with a steady sale at $4.75 to $7.25 for bulls, and at $4 to $4.50 for cows. Lambs sold at 8.25 to $9.25, and sheep at $5.25 to 6 per 100 pounds, as to quality. Calves, $3 to $15 each, as to size and quality. Hogs, choice selected lots, $9.50 to $9.60, and rougher lots at $9 to $9.40 per 100 pounds, weighed off cars.