Zurich Herald, 1915-09-24, Page 71
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CZAR' 'S SECRET SERVICE HEAD
WAS HIMSELF A GERMAN SPY
Betrayed Weak • Points of ` War Preparations
Very • Men lie Was Expected to Arrest
A despatch from London says: A
prominent Rus.•ian who is here in
connection with war contracts for his
Government revealed the astounding
fact that the man at the head of the
Russian special investigation service
entrusted with the work of discover-
ing German spies in Russia was him-
self a German spy. This man had
to
been known to the Russian court for
years, and . only proofs of the most in-
disputable nature led to his exposure.
Then prompt action was taken. He
was tried by court-martial and con-
victed of having betrayed the weak
points of the Russian war prepara-
tions to the very Germans he was ex-
pected to arrest. His execution fol-
lowed immediately,
GERMAN FORCES
TO FIGHT ITALY
Combined Supreme Effort on the Part
of Teutonic Allies Has Been ,
Planned.
A. despatch from Rome says: A
general Austrian offensive against the
Italians is now looked for as. the re-
sult of the arrival of. considerable
German reinforcements. The object
of the expected attack will be to check
the Italian advance which the Aus-
trian troops, unaided, failed to halt.
Reliable information is to the ef-
fect that Germany is prepared to aid
the Austrians, so that a combined
cupreme effort on the part of the
Teutonic allies is expected on,the
Italian front. Such an effort, it is
believed, is aimed by the central pow-
ers at favorably influencing the Bal-
kans.
It is an open secret that the Italian
general staff since the outbreak of
hostilities with Austria has expected
German aid to the Austrians, hence
the Italian military chiefs are prepar-
ed for such an event, and itis confi-
dently asserted in military circles here
that even if the reinforcements to the
Austrians are stronger than repotted
they will not alter the situation on
the Italian front, now •so favorable to.
Italy.
Italian Mountaineer detachments
made raids against the Austrian posi-
tions 10,000 feet high at Villa Corna
and other peaks in the upper Genova
valley. • Climbing the most difficult
ground and glaciers, the Alpines
readied the enemy's entrenchments
and partly destroyed them. ,They re-
turned to
e-turned.to their own positions without
being seriously assailed. Analysis of
the explosive bombs being used by the
Austrians has revealed the presence
of large quantities of prussic acid.
FRENCH BLOW UP
SUPPLY DEPOTS
Allied Fire Against German Organi-
zations Continues Effica-
cious.
A despatch from Paris says: Ger-
man infantry made an attack in the
region of. Faye, south-west of Per-
onne, following the explosion of a
mine described in the French com-
munique as "very powerful." The
French infantry, supported by artil-
lery fire,. repulsed the attack, accord-
ing tothe official statement, and took
a number of prisoners.
British •men-of-war undertook a
bombardment of the German positions
in the region of Nieuport, on the Bel-
gian coast. The German coast batter-
ies replied, and the French heavy ar-
tillery joined with the British ships in
the attack.
Three infantry attacks were made
by the Germans against the bridge-
head held by the French at Sapigneul,
on the Aisne -Marne Canal, but the
French maintained their positions.
The German artillery fire in Cham-
pagne has lessened in intensity, the
enemy replying onlyfeebly to the
French fire. To the east of Cham-
pagne, in the region between the
Aisne afid the Argonne, however, the
Germans continued violent cannon-
ading. Explosions in four German
ammunition -depot -ss were caused by the
French artillery on the eastern part
of the line. A French aeroplane; aid-
ed by concentrated firing from anti-
aircraft guns below, caused a German
aeroplane to descend suddenly inside
the German lines at St. Mihiel.
Activity about St. Mihiel, at the
point of the German wedge which has
been so stubbornly maintained, is
again reported after a long period of
calm in this region. It was the
.French artillery which resumed the
contest in this sector, and it won an
important point in the destruction of
the great bridge, a pontoon bridge
and three foot bridges over the Meuse.
The importance of the success in de-
stroying these bridges lies hi the
possibility of cutting off the Germans
across the river at Chauvoncourt, the
only point at which the enemy has
been able to retain a hold on the west
bank of the river south of Verdun.
TURKS LOST 5,000
AT HILL NO. 60
It Took the Britieh Forces Three Full
Days to Oust the Enemy
Forces.
A despatch froen London says: 'A
description of the fighting in the An-
zac region on the Gallipoli Peninsula
during the last week in August and
the result achieved during this period
is given by the Dardanelles correspon-
dent of Reuter's Telegram Company.
The capture of Hill No. 60 was im-
portant, as it is the last crest of the
last ridge separating the Anzac zone
from the plains to the north, and thus
constitutes a point of union between
the British forces• in the Anzac posi-
tion and the line across the Suvla
plain, besides giving access to,a ra-
vine leading to high ground beyond it.
The Turks clung to the hill with
the utmost determination, and when
they were thrown out of their trench-
es would fight their way back again,
accepting terrible losses unflinchingly
to regain the lost ground, with the re-
sult that when the trenches finally
were captured they were filled with
Turkish dead. It took three days to
oust the Turks, and the ground around
is still thickly' strewn with their
bodies and those of British soldiers
who fell in the assaults.
It is computed, declares the corres-
pondent, that the Turks lost five thou-
sand men before they surrendered the
position. The Indian brigade and the
Connaught Rangers took part in the
fighting with the Australians and
New Zealanders.
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DOG TRAINED TO PHONE
APPROACH OF ENEMY
A despatch from Paris says: Ac-
cording to the Gazette de France, a
certain French regiment possesses a
dog which is sent out from advanced
sentry posts at night with a telephone
strapped over his mouth and a wire
connecting the instrument with °the.
post. If the dog hears the Germans
approaching he barks quietly into the
telephone.
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THANKSGIVING DAY
MONDAY, OCTOBER 11
A despatch from Ottawa says: Mon-
day, October. 11, was fixed ate the date
of Thanksgiving Day at a Cabinet
Council,
Troops Gathering on Swiss Frontier
A despatch from Basel says:
French and German armies near the
Swiss frontier are showing uncom-
mon military activity. Heavy re-
inforcements are arriving, and artil-
lery duels are becoming fiercer daily.
On both the French and German,fron-
tiers between the town of Delle and
Basel civilians are being moved frons
the border `villages and towns.
,Czar Grants Amnesty to Ali Political
Prisoners.
A despatch from Ronne says: It i s stated e that the .Emperor of Russia
1 prisoners in Russia. The number .of ..
e hundred thousand.
has ordered amnesty for all politica
persons affected is said to be about on
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Stone, Barricades Thrown Up by Germans to Keep French Out of Alsatian Village •
THESE stone barricades were erected by the Germans in the Alsatian village of Requieville after it had been
taken 'from the French, They were placed at regular intervals in order to prevent any attempt by a
Vreneli battery to storm the village.
RSSIAN ARS'. Y
HOLDS ITS OWN
Driving Back Enemy in the South
and Delaying Him in the
North.
A . despatch from London says:
Stern battles are being fought all
along the eastern front'from Riga to
the Roumanian border, and while the
Germans continue to advance slowly
in the north and centre, the Russians
in the south are repeating their suc-
cesses .against the Austro -German
armies, which are now being driven
back across the River Stripa in Gali-
cia, and have been forced to retire
westward, north of the Galician fron-
tier.
While these Russian victories natur-
ally are welcomed in Russia and the
allied countries as an evidence that
the Russian armies are still able to
take the offensive when well supplied'
with ammunition; there is no inelina-..•;
tion to exaggerate their importance.
The engagements, however, keep the
Austro -Germans busy, and make it
imperative to send reinforcements
southward which could bo used to bet-
ter advantage in the north, where
operations of much greater moment
are being directed by Field Marshal
von Hindenburg.
This General, who began his offen-
sive against the Vilna-Dvinsk railway
a week ago, has not yet established
himself on the • line. His cavalry,
which did reach it, has been driven
.back. Nevertheless he has driven the
Russians across the Dvina River,
north of Dvinsk, placing that city in
a rather dangerous position, and has
also made some progress north of
Vilna.
To the south of Vilna, toward
Grodno, the Russians are offering
stubborn resistance and have the Ger-
mans firmly held. Something of the
same kind has happened in the cen-
tre; Prince Leopold has been delayed
in his advance. Field Marshal von
Mackensen has passed his forces
through the Pripet marshes and is
now in possession of Pinsk. From
this point southward the Russians are
advancing and have reoccupied a num-
ber of villages, but'they are not likely
to push their advantage much farther,
as to do so would make their northern
flanks vulnerable.
A good deal of importance is at-
tached to the decision of Russia to call
to the colors the reserves of the terri-
torial army. Should the age limit be
fixed at 35 years, this fresh call would
mean the possible addition of eight
million men to the Russian armies,
including the men who had passed
through the first line and reserves,
and those who heretofore have been
exempted as students, or men who
are not quite up to the physical stan-
dard.
Naturally, all of these could not be
armed and equipped, but Russia could
have the pick of thein.
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TOTAL LOSSES 87,630
AT TIIE DARDANELLES
A despatch from London says:
British casualties at the Daf'danelles
up to August 21 were 87;630. The
number of killed in that time was
17,608.
These figures were included in the
grand total of British casualties .pub-
lished earlier in the week.
The announcement says that the
number of officers killed was 1,180,
and the number , of men 16,479;
wounded, 2,371 officers and 59,257
men; missing, 873 officers and 8,021.
men.
RESA INDICTED
FOR DY METING
Will Be Tried on Charge of Plotting
to Destroy Factories in
Windsor.
A despatch from Windsor, Ontario,
says: Charles Respa, held in connec-
tion with the dynamite plot in Wind-
sor Iast June, was committed for trial
after receiving his preliminary hear-
ing at Walkerville before Magistrate
Miers.
The feature of the hearing was the
appearance as a witness of William
Lefler, former night watchmen of the
Peabody plant, one of the buildings
wrecked, and who is now serving ten
years in the penitentiary at Kingston,
after being found guilty of assisting
in the outrages.
Lefler was a witness for the Crown,
and, a very willing one. He declared
the! ! tie had first met .Respa • in the
office of Albert Kaltschmidt, in De-
•roit, and that he was given two suit -
case. to take across to. Windsor. He
said Respa and Mrs. Charles Schmidt
appeared on the night previous to the
explosion, and that he had given them
the suitcases. Respa, he said, told
him to be careful, as the grips con-
tained dynamite. He declared that
Respa and the woman left in the di-
rection of the river, and that a few
hours later the explosion followed.
He said he met Respa and Kalt-
schmidt a little later in Detroit, and
that the latter said: "Well, we jarred
them a little, and we will do it some
more. We are going to blow up the
whole town."
BELGIANS FORBIDDEN
TO BOYCOTT GERMANS
A despatch from Brussels says:
Gen. von Bissing, the Governor-Gen-
eral of Belgium, has issued an order
against the boycotting, blacklisting,
insulting or threatening otherwise to
injure Germans or persons showing
German sympathies or trading with
German firms. The maximum penalty
for infractions of the order is two
years' imprisonment or a fine of 10,-
000 marks ($2,500). The term of im-
prisonment can be extended to five
years when disobedience is offered by
several persons in collusion.
•
Truth.
Mrs, Exe-Here's an invitation from
Mrs. Boreleigh to one of her tiresome
dinners. I hate them.
Exe-Who not plead that you have
a previous engagement?
Mrs. Exe-That would be a lie.
Edith, dear, write Mrs. Boreleigh that
we accept with pleasure,
THE NEW ARMIES
READY TO FIGHT
Kitchener Says 210,000 Men Sent to
France Have Been Well
Tested.
A despatch from London says:
Lord Kitchener in the House of Lords
read a carefully prepared and opti-
mistic speech on military operations.
In the course of his address the Sec-
retary of State for War made the in
teresting disclosure that the German
attacks with gas, liquid fire and as
phyxiating shells, lacking, as they do
now, the element of surprise, have
failed in their object, and have lost
much of their offensive value owing to.
the steps taken to counteract then.
Lifting the veil of secrecy, he an-
nounced that eleven divisions of the
new army had reinforced Field Mar-
shal•French's force in France, and
others would follow quickly. He, too,
spoke optimistically of the situation
on the various fronts, expressing the
opinion that "the Germans have shot
their bolt" in their offensive against
Russia without achieving their object
of destroying the Russian army.
As far as the Turks are concerned,
Lord Kitchener said there was an
abundance of evidence of "the pro-
cess of demoralization having set in."
In Mesopotamia the resistance of the
Turks had terminated.
CONSCRIPTION SURE
LONDON BELIEVES
A despatch from London says: The
principle of compulsion is now ad-
mitted on" nearly all sides as being
necessary within a short time, the
speeches of both Premier Asquith and
Lord Kitchener being so interpreted.
It is believed that compulsion will be
held back to try the effect of ap-
proaching the men registered on the
pink forms, that is, those eligible for
service. If this step fails, there will
be no alternative to conscription.
WOMAN RAISES FUNDS
FOR 1,196 AMBULANCES
A despatch from London says:
Miss Mary Booth, a relative of the
principals of the Booth Line steamers,
has succeeded in collecting funds to
pi'evide 1,196 motor ambulances, now
being used at the front, as a memor-
ial of the Lusitania disaster. She is
now collecting funds for a hospital for
paralyzed and other permanently in-
jured soldiers as a further memorial
of the same event.
e.
Wheel a clergyman announced that
there would be a nave in the church
an old lady whispered that she "knew
the party to whom he referred."
GERMANY
AGREES T EEL
UNITED STATES DEEPS
Count Bernstorff Declares All Difficulties Will Be
Settled at the End of a Fortnight.
A despatch from New York says:
Count von Bernstorff, the German
Ambassador; states that all the diffi-
culties between this eountry and Ger-
many. concerning. German guarantees
of safety for American ships and
passengers will be satisfactorily set-
tled at the end of two. weeks' time.
He told reporters at the Ritz Carlton
that, while he had no statement; to
issue, he could state definitely that he
would receive no more advice from
his Government for a fortnight. He
and Secretary of State Lansing, he
said, are in perfect accord as to the
method to be used in settling the re-
waining difficulties that still exist be-
tween the two countries and reeom-
'mended that the American people be
counselled to 'patience:
Markets Of The Wor14.;
Breadstuffs,
Toronto, Sept. 21. -Manitoba wheat,
new crop -No. 1 Northern, $1.031/2; '
No. 2 do., $1,01%, on track lake ports,
prompt shipment..
Manitoba oats ---No, 2 cm., nomin-
al, on track, lake ports.
American corn ---No. 2 yellow; 83c,
on track Iake ports.
Canadian corn -No. 2 yellow, 840,
on track 'Toronto.
Ontario oats, „new crop --No. 2
white, 88 to 39e; No, 3 do., 36 to
380, according to freights outside.
Ontario wheat -New, No. 2 Win
ter, per car lot, 90 to 92c; slightly
tough, 80 to 85c; sprouted or smutty,
70 to .85c, according to sample.
Barley-Goodmalting barley, 52 to
54c; feed barley, 45 to 48c, according
to freights outside.
Buckwheat -Car lots, nominal, ac-
cording to freights outside.
Rye --No. 2, nominal, 75=to 78e, ac-
cording to freights outside,
Manitoba flour -First patents, in
jute bags, $5.75; second patents, in
jute bags, $5.25; strong bakers', in
jute bags, $5.05, Toronto.
Ontario flour -New Winter, 90 per
cent. patents, $3.80, seaboard, or To-
ronto freights in bags, prompt ship-
ment.
Millfeed, car lots, delivered Mont-
real freights -Bran, per ton, • $25;
shorts, per ton, $27; middlings, per ..
ton, $28; good feed flour, per bag,
$1.80.
Country Produce.
Butter -The receipts are fairly
good, with prices steady. Fresh dairy,
24 to 27c; inferior, 22 to 23c; cream-
ery prints, 29 to 30c; dg., solids, 27
to 281hc..
Eggs -No. 1, 23 to 24c per 'dozen,
in case lots; extra at 26 to 27c.
Honey -No. 1 light (wholesale), 10
to 111/c; do., fetal', 121/2 to 150.
Combs (wholesale), per doz., No. 1,
$2.50 to $3; No. 2, $1.50 to '$2.
Poultry -Spring chickens, 20 to
21c; fowl, 16 to 17c; `ducklings, 17 to
18c; turkeys, 22 to 24c.
Cheese -The -market is'! steady;
large, 143% to 15c; do., twins, 15 to
1514 c.
Hay Market.
Baled hay, new -No. 1, iron, $15 to
$16.50; No. 2, ton, $13 to $14; baled
straw, ton, $6.50.
Business in Montreal.
Montreal, Sept. 21. -Corn, Ameri-
can No. 2 yellow, 89 to 891c. Oats, •
No. 2 local white, 43c; No. 3 local
white, 42c; No. 4 local white, 41c.
Flour, Man. Spring wheat patents,
firsts, $5.85; seconds, $5.35; strong
bakers', $5.15; Winter patents, choice,
$5.50 to $6.25; straight rollers, $5 to
$5.50; do., bags, $2.10 to $2.45. Roll-
ed oats, barrels, $5.35 to $5.40; bags,
90 lbs., $2.45, $32 to $38. Mouillie,
$32 to $37. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car
lots, $17 to $18. Cheese, finest West-
erns, 15 to 15%c; finest Easterns,
14% to '141/2e. Butter, choicest cream-
ery, 29% to 29%c; seconds, 28% to
28%c. Eggs, fresh, 80 to 31c; select-
ed, 28 to 29c; No. 1 a•toek, 28 to 24c.
No. 2 stock, 21c. Potatoes, per bag,
car lots, 60c. Dressed hogs, abattoir
killed, $13.75 to $14.25. Pork, heavy
Canada short mess, bbls., 35 to 45
pieces, $28 to $28.50; Canada, short
cut back, bbls., 45 to 55 pieces, 27 to
$27.50. Lard, compound, tierces, 375
lbs., 10c; wood pails, 20 lbs., net,
10%c; pure, wood pails, 20 lbs., not,
12% to 13e.
United States Markets.
Minneapolis, Sept. 21. -Wheat --No.
1 hard, $1.001/2; No. 1 Northern, 95/
to 991/2c; No. 2 Northern, 92/ to
96/c; September, 931/2c; December,
91%. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 72% to
73c. Oats -No. 3 white, 32% to 33c.
Flour and bran unchanged.
Duluth, Sept. 20. -Wheat -No. 1
hard, $1.011/2; No. 1 Northern,
$1.00x/ ; No. 1 Northern, • 98%c;
Montana, No. 2, hard, 983tc; Septem-
ber, 96%c; December, 92% to 93/c.
Linseed, cash,$1.64 1,; September,
$1.64; December, $1.64.
Live Stock Markets.
Toronto, Sept. 21. -Best heavy
steers, $7.75 to $8; butchers' cattle,
choice, $7.40 to $7.60; do., good,7
to $7.20; do., medium, $6.26 to $6.75;
do., common, $5 to $6.25; butchers'
bulls, choice, $6.50 to $7; do., good
bulls, $5.90 to $6.25; do., rough bulls,
$4,75 to $5.25; butchers' cows, choice,
$6.50 to $7; do., good, $5.25 to $6;
do., medium, $5 to $5.75; do., common,,
$4.50 to $5; feeders, good, $6.50 to
$7.25; stockers, 700 to 900 lbs., $6.25
to $7; canners and cutters, $3.75 to
$5; milkers, choice, each, $65 to $100;
do., common and medium, each, $35
to $50; springers, $50 to $95; light
ewes, $6 to $6.50; do., bucks, $3.50
to $4.50; yearling lambs, $7 to $7.50;
spring lambs, cwt., $8 to $8.45;
calves, medium to choice, $7 to $10.50-
hogs, off cars, $9.65 to $9.90; do., fed
and watered, $9.50; do., f.o.b., $9,15.
Montreal, Sept. 21.-A few small
lots of -good steers sold at $7.50' to
$7.75; fair at $6.50 to $7.25, . and
common and medium at $5 to $6,
while some small lots of choice Bute -
ers' cows brought $6,75 to $7, and the
lower grades rom5 to 6,501 and
bulls sold at from 5 to 7 per cwt.
There is a stead demand from Bari'
vers for canninstock, and a fair
trade Was done in bulls at from $4.25
to $4.50, and cows at from $3 to
$3.50 per cwt. Ontario lambs sold
at $7.50 to $7.75, and Quebec stook
at $6.75 to $7. Sheep brought from
$4.50 to $5.50 per cwt; calves front
$5 to $20 each as to size and quality;
hogs, seleeted lots were made at
$9,75 to $9.90 per cwt., weighed at
cars: