Zurich Herald, 1915-11-26, Page 2ALL ELIGIBLE UNMARRIED MEN
WILL BE ENROLLED IN BBI[AIN
If They I?o Not Volunteer by January nst They
Will be Brought in by Compulsion
A despatch from London says: If all doubt of the uncertainty of the
last few days, and absolutely com-
mits the Government to conscription
unless all the eligible men, that is,
exclusive of the munition workers and
others engaged in work necessary for
the country, have not enlisted by
December 81.
eligible single men do not volunteer
they will be brought in by compulsion.
Lord Derby states this in a letter to
Premier Asquith, in reply to which
the Premier says the statement "cor-
rectly expresses the intentions of the
Government," This pledge removes
STU IED HATE
MEW CAMP
British Soldiers Confined at Witten-
berg, Germany, Suffer
Keenly.
.A despatch from London says: The
British press bureau has published
the reports of James W. Gerard, the
American Ambassador to Germany,
and members of the Embassy State in
Berlin, relative to the condition of
British prisoners of war in the camp
at Wittenberg, Prussia.
Lithgow Osborne reported that his
whole impression of the camp authori-
ties was utterly unlike that which he
had received in every other camp he
visited. Instead of regarding their
charges as honorable prisoners of
war, he stated, they apparently re-
garded them as criminals whom a re-
gime of fear alone sufficed to keep in
obedience.
Ail evidence of kindly human feeI-
ing' between the authorities and the
prisoners was lacking," said Mr. Os-
borne, "and in no other camp have I
found signs of fear on the part of
the prisoners that what they .might
say to me would result in suffering
for them afterwards." i
The following extracts are taken 1
from Ambassador Gerard's report:
"I regret to state that after a care-
ful examination of the camp and long
conversations with the prisoners my
impression is even more unfavorable'
then' I had been .led to expect.
"Upon niy arrival at the camp I.
was not received by the general who
acts as commandant, but by a major.
"There are over 4,000 prisoners in '
the camp, of whom 278 are British. '
Among these I found only sixteen •
overcoats. The men, on the whole,
are insufficiently clothed.
"The men told me that one of the
British medical officers in the camp
recently was struck by a German
non-commissioned officer and this
proved to be true.
"Many prisoners complain that
dogs were brought in by German sol-
diers at night, and that in certain
cases prisoners had had their clothes
torn by- these dogs. I asked the au-
thorities whether they considered dogs
necessary for the preservation of or-
der, saying that at no other camps
had I seen dogs used for this purpose,
and they informed me that they con-
sidered it absolutely necessary, that
dogs were needed to protect the Ger-,
man soldiers on duty. I was shown
half a dozen of these dogs, which were f
of the usual police type.
"Two prisoners informed me that
the conditions in the camp had un-
questionably improved greatly in the
last few months; that last year when c
an epidemic of spotted typhus exist- t
ed the camp conditions had been in-
describably bad.
"They said that they then implored
the German authorities to put the Bri-
tish soldiers in barracks by them-
selves, as this was the only way to
prevent an outbreak of the epidemic,
which had been brought to the camp
by Russians. This regnest was re-
fused on 'the ground that the British
BRITISH TAKE
TURK TRENCHES
Well-prepared Attack in the Darda-
nelles Was an Unqualified
Success.
A despatch from London says:
Simultaneously with the arrival of
Lord Kitchener at the Dardanelles
comes an official report of the resump-
tion of the offensive on Gallipoli by
the allies, nearly 300 yards of the
enemy's trenches being captured.
IThe text of the statement follows:
"In the Dardanelles the 52nc1 divi-
sion carried out a very successful at-
tack on the Turkish trenches on the
15th instant, for which. careful pre-
paration had been in progress for a
considerable time.
"Three mines were exploded suc-
cessfully under the enemy's trenches
in the neighborhood of the Krithia
NulIah, and the infantry pushing for-
ward immediately afterward cap-
tured about 160 yards of trenches on
the east of the nullah and 120 yards
on its west. The captured trenches
were at once consolidated and bomb-
ing parties pushed on up to the com-
munication trenches and erected bar-
ricades..
"Simultaneously with the assault
our artillery opened on the enemy's
reserve support trenches, two 14 -inch
monitors and H.M.S. Edgar (cruiser)
co-operating, and maintained their fire
until the position was reported con-
solidated.
"The enemy's batteries replied hea-
villy, but very erratically, and did
little damage. The Turks in the neigh-
boring trenches, who fired heavily,
were caught by machine gun and rifle
fire and bombs, and suffered consid-
erably, their fire becoming very wild.
"A counter-attack was made, but it
was easily repulsed. Our casualties
were under 50 killed and wounded.
Over 70 dead were seen in the cap-
tured position, and a wounded pri-
soner reports that over 30 were buried
by the explosion of one mine."
ATTEMPT TO BURN
STRINGS OF CARS
A despatch from New York says:
The authorities are investigating.
three separate fires which were start-
ed in two strings of freight cars in
the Erie Railroad yards at Weehaw-
ken, N,J., about 100 feet away from a
corral containing 500 horses waiting
shipment to Europe. Watchmen saw
three men flee from the yards and
fired several revolver shots, but the
fugitives escaped, The firemen who
extinguished the flames discovered
that waste from the journals of the
ars had been soaked in oil, placed in
he corners of empty cars and ignited,
The damage was slight.
NEW INDICTMENTS
FOR PASSPORT FRAUDS
should learn to know their allies bet- b
ter. Largely because of this 50 Bri-
s
tisli military .prisoners and 9 civilians
died of t'g disease."
Prize money, abolished et the be- s
ginning of the present war, was a n
glorious perquisite in the "good old t
days." Sometimes as much as $50,000 w
was divided among the sailors.
A despatch from Washington says:
Further investigations of the activi-
ties of Austrian Consul -General von
aber and his associates will be made
y the Department of Justice as a re -
tilt of a conference in New York be -
ween A, Bruce Bielaski, Chief of the
ureau of Investigations, and Dr. Jo-
eph Goricar, former Austrian Con-
al. A department statement an-
ouncing this also said that inform -
ion had been obtained which probably
mold lead to further indictments for
assport frauds.
Russia to Suspend Ail Enemy Enterprises
A despatch from Petrograd says: The Council of Ministers has decided
to suspend all the remaining commercial and industrial enterprises in
Russia belonging to -subjects of enemy countries. These number over one
thousand and employ thirty thousand persons.
French WarshipsCapture
Austrian Submarines
.A, despatch from home says: remelt warships have captured two Ger-
taxa submarines flying Austrian flags off the African coast. One was cap-
turacl off Tunis, the other off Cyrenaica.
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The Week's Development in the War.
The week's fighting apparently has been very desperate on four frontiers, but news over the principal cable
has been a succession of unofficial despatches, one contradicting another; It is obvious that Von Hindenburg
is somewhat of a fallen idol; 'his desperate drives for Riga and Dvinsk have been made with his customary
disregard of human life. The Russian counter -drives in other sectors of the eastern front have been in keep-
ing with their plan of campaign, to wear down the enemy and keep him from detaching men for other fronts.
In Flanders and France there has been little outside of artillery and bomb fighting. The Italians, recently
offered a separate place, have been wiping out that insult from Austria by strenuous work. In Gallipoli we
have resumed the offensive, .the British 52nd- Division occupying Turkish trenches on both sides of the Krithia
Nulla. .
It was principally in Serbia that the most desperate, and at the same time the most vaguely reported fight-
ing of the week. The French and British' have shown increased strength, but the resistance of the Serbs is
about done.
BRITEli TROOPS
HOE, IIONASER
Reinforceients - Are Being .11. ,$t. + t�
the City From Salonica by
British.
A despatch from London says: The
Serbian Legation at Rome reports an
important Serbian victory at Lesko -
vats, in the Nish district, after a bat-
tle lasting several days. The Bulgar-
ian losses, the Legation adds, were
enormous.
A Daily News despatch from
Athens says: Bulgarian troops have
ceased their attack from Prilip to-
wards Monastir because they fear
Serbian troops at Katehanik will ad-
vance and encircle them.
Despatches from Bucharest to th
Italian press say that British force
have arrived at the Serbian city o
Monastir, and are being reinforced
Road conditions delayed the advane
of the Bulgarians against Monastir
Whether the Serb -British force can
hold out long is doubtful, but an
optimistic note is sounded in a Reuter
Agency despatch from Athens. Ac-
cording to the correspondent, persons
arriving from the front describe the
situation as less sombre than report-
ed. He adds:
The Serbians are retreating in per-
fect order, and have lost no prisoners.
The guns captured by the Bulgarians
are old pieces of Iittle value, and a
thousand pieces of artillery remain in
the possession of the Serbs, whose
morale is still good. The ultimate
issue depends upon the timely arrival
of the allies' forces.
The German army commanded by
Gen. von Koevess, which was reported
recently as having advanced from
Kaska, on the Ivan, where the river
crosses the southern boundary of Old
Serbia, to Banja, north-east of Novi-
Bazar, has taken the latter town,
according to the German official state -
meat.
Meanwhile the Serbian army which
was operating in the north-western
corner of the old sanjak of Novi-
Bazar has effected a junction with the
Montenegrins, and apparently has
withdrawn with the Montenegrins.
across the Lim to Montenegrin soil.
An official Montor.egrin statement.an-
notinces that the Montenegrin and
Serbian forces are holding against
heavy attacks on the Lim, and that
the Montenegrins iIi the sanjak have
been compelled to retire to their prin-
cipal positions of defence, presumably
in their own mountains on the left
bank of the river.
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she imagines herself as important as
a heroine in a navel.
Over 180 million Bibles and por-
tions of the Bible have been issued by
the ,Bible Society in 370 odd lan-
guages and dialects,
GERMAN 'ESTR(Y R
STEAI ED AWAY
Pursued; British Steamer Into Swe-
dish Waters Where Her Designs
Were Frustrated.
A despatch from Copenhagen says:
The British steamer Thelma's depar-
ture from Trelleborg, Sweden, where
she had been lying since the begin-
ning of the war, was marked by an
exciting naval adventure, in which the
vessel escaped capture by a German
destroyer through assistance rendered
by the Swedish torpedo boat Pollux.
When south of Landskrona, 16 miles
north-east of Copenhagen, the Thelma
was pursued by the German destroyer
W132 into Swedish territorial waters.
While the Germans were in the act
of boarding the steamer, the Polux
forced them to return to their boat,
and, running between the two vessels,
informed the Germans that every
means would be employed to prevent
the Thelma from being taken.
After an interval of silence in
which both warships cleared for ac-
tion, the German destroyer steamed
away.
PRINCE EITEL OFFICER
CAPTURED BY BRITISH
A despatch from London says:
;Lieut. Ilenri Koch, one of the officers
of the interned German auxiliary
' cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich, who vio-
lated his parole and left Norfolk in
the middle of Octoberhas been taken
off a Danish steamer in the North Sea
by the British naval authorities.
Lieut. Koch, who was sailing as a sea-
man, joined the steamer at Baltimore,
• giving his nationality as butch.
DEAN LINES
GROWING THIN
Reports from the Russian Fighting
Fronts Show the Wastage
of Enemy.
A despatch from Petrograd says:
"We have mastered the situation, and
the action will develop according to
our initiative," is the report sent by
Gen. Ruszky, the Russian commander
who leads the army on the Dvinsk
front against Field Marshal von Hin-
denburg. "The enemy is demoralized,
and its backbone broken," Gen, Rus-
zky adds.
These words apparently are con-
firmed by the German casualty lists
published . recently, which show that
the enemy has lost 85,000 men in the
last few weeks on the Russian front.
Russian military observers are find-
ing frequent indications that the Ger-
man lines on this front are growing
increasingly thin. These are furnish-
ed by reports from the fighting lines,
notably from the sector north-east of
Riga. As an instance, it is stated
that in capturing the passage between
two marshes, the Russians found the
sole defenders of the positions to be
two Germans with machine guns.
CHURCHILL HAS LEFT
FOR THE FIRING- LINE
A despatch from London says;
Whiston Spencer Churchill, former
First Lord of the Admiralty and
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster,
in the. uniform of his regiment, has
left for the front. Iis wife bade him
farewell at the railway station, where
he passed unrecognized on the plat-
form as he waited to enter a special
car.
BRITISH HOSPITAL SHIP SUNK
BY A FLOATING ITE IN CHANNEL
300 Were Saved Out of a Total of 385-Vesse
Recently Conveyed Kin , Across
.A despatch from London says; The
hospital ship Anglia, with about 300
wounded men aboard, in addition to
the crew, nurses and attendants,
bound from France for Dover, struck
a mine in mid -Channel and sank in a
very short time. About 85 men, most
of them seriously wounded, and,
therefore, in their cots, lost their
lives.
The collier Lusitania, which was
nearby at the time of the accident,
immediately went to the assistance of
the Anglia, and her boats had just
been lowered when she also struck a
mine and foundered. All her crew
were saved.
A patrol vessel succeeded in resew-
ing 800 of the .Anglia's passengers
and crew, including some nurses. A
number of bodies were recovered.
The mine is supposed to have broke
from its moorings in the recent storm.
An official communication says:
"Xing George was shocked to hear
that the Anglia, which so recently.
conveyed hint across the Channel, had
been sunk. His Majesty is grieved at
the lose incurred, but trusts that the
survivors have not unduly suffered
frozen their terrible exposure."
The Leading Markets
Breselstuffs,
Toronto, Nov. 23 -Manitoba wheat,
new crop --No. 1 Northern, $1.11%;
No. 2 Northern. $1.09, on track, lake
ports, immediate shipment.
Manatoha oats -No. 2 C.W., 47c;
No. 3 C.W., tough, 43%c, on track,
lake ports.
.American corn -No. 2 yellow, 74c,
on track Toronto.
Canadian corn -No. 2 yellow,731/ c,
on track Toronto.
Ontario oats, new crop -No. 3
white, 38 to 89e; commercial oats, 37
to 38c, according to freights outside..
Ontario whet -No. 2 Winter, ner
car lot, 96 to 98e; slightly sprouted
and tough, according to sample, 92
to 95c; sprouted, sin -otter awl tough,
according to sample, 75 to 88c.
Peas -No. 2 nominal, per car lots,
$2.1.0; sannnle neap, according to
sample, $1.25 to $1.75.
Barley -Malting barley, 56 to 60e; .,
feed barley, 49 to 52c, according to
freights outside.
Bnckwheat Nominal, ear lots, 78
to 80e, according to freights out-
side.
Manitoba flour -First patents, in
jute bags, $6; second patents, in jute
bags, $5.50; strong bakers', in jute
bags, $5.30, Toronto,
Qntario flour --Winter, 90 per cent.
patents, $4.10 to $4.50, according to
sample, seaboard, or Toronto freights
in bags, prompt shipment.
Millfeed, car lots, delivered Mont-
real freights -Bran, per .ton, $22;
shorts, per ton, $23; middlings, per
ton, $25; good feed flour, per bag,
$1.50.
Country Produce.
Butter -Fresh dairy, 28 to 30c; in-
ferior, 22 to 24e; creamery prints, 32
to 33e; clo., solids, 31 to 82c,
Eggs -Storage, 30 to 32c per dozen;
selects, 85 to 36c; new laid, 42 to
45c, case lots.
Honey -Prices in tins, ib., 10 to
lir; combs, No. 1, $2.40; No. 2, $2.
Beaus -$3.25 to $3.50.
Poultry :Chickens, 14 to 16e; fowls,
11 to 13c; ducks, 15 to 16e; geese, 14
to $16c; turkeys, 20 to 22c.
Cheese -Large, 17?ctc; twins, 17%,e.Potatoes-Car lots of Ontario quot-
ed at $1.10 to $1.15, and New Bruns -
wicks at $1.15,to $1.20 per bag, oz
track.
Provisions.
Bacon, long clear, 15 to 15%e per
ib. in case lots. Hams -Medium, 18y
to 19c; do., heavy, 14% to 15e; rolls,
15% to 16e; breakfast bacon, 21 to
230; backs, plain, 24 to 25c; boneless
backs, 26 to 28c.
Lard -The market is firm; pure
lard, tubs, 140; compound, pails, 12c,
Business in Montreal.
Montreal, Nov. 23. -Corn --Ameri-
can No. 2 yellow, 773 to 78c. Oats
-Canadian Western, No.2, 51c; No.
3, 500; No. 2 Iocal white, 46%c; No.
3 Iocal white, 45%c; No. 4 local white,
4414c. Barley -Manitoba feed, 65%e;
malting, 66%e. Buckwheat -No. 2,
75 to 80c. Flour -Manitoba Spring
wheat patents, .firsts, $6.10; seconds,
$5.60; strong bakers', $5.40; Winter
patents, choice, $6; straight rollers,
$5.30 to $5.40; do., bags, $2.50 to
$2.60. Rolled oats-Bbls., $5.20 to
$5.25; do., bags, 90 lbs., $2.45 to
$2.55. Bran, $22. Shorts, $23. Mid-
dlings, $30. Mouillie, $30 to $32. Hay
-No. 2, per ton, car lots, $17.50 to
$18.50. Cheese -Finest westerns,
16% to 17c; finest easterns, 10',4 to
16%e. Butter -Choicest creamery,
31% to 32e; seconds, 31 to 311/4c.
Eggs -Fresh, 42c; selected, 33c; No,
1 stock, 30e; No. 2 stock, 27 to 28e,
Potatoes -Per bag; car lots, $1.10 to
$1.20. Dressed hogs -Abattoir IciIl-
ed, $13 to $13.50. Pork -Heavy Can-
ada short mess, bbls., 35 to 45 pieces,
$28 to $28.50; Canada short-cut back,
bbls., 45 to 55 pieces, $27, to 827.50.
Lard -Compound, tierces, 275 lbs.,
10%e; wood pails, 20 lbs.' net, 10s1. c;
pure, tierces, 375 lbs., 12 to 1214,c;
pure, wood pails, 20 Ibs. net, 13 to
13r/ac.
Live Stock Markets.
Montreal, Nov. 23. -The quotations
were: Best heavy steers, $8.25 to
$8.50; good heavy steers, $7.75 to
$8; butchers' tattle, choice, $7.35 to
$7.•50; do., good, $7 to $7.25; do.,
medium, $6.25 to $6.60; do., common,
$4,85 to $5.15; butchers' bulls, choice,
$6.25 to $6.75; do.,ood bulls, $5.75
to $6; do., rough bull, $4.75 to $5.25;
butchers' cows, choice, $6.30 to $6.50;
do., good, $5.75 to $6; do., medium,
$5 to $5.50; do,, common, $4.25 to
$4.75; feeders, good, $6.50 to $7;
stockers, 700 to 900 Ibs„ $6.25 to
$6.75; canners and cutters, $3 to
$4.50; milkers, choice, each, $65 to
:$100; do., common and medium, each,
$35 to $50; Springers, $50 to $100;
light ewes, $6 to $6,50; sheep, heavy,
$5 to $5.50; do., bucks, ,$3.50 to $4.50;
yearling lambs, $7 to >$7.50; Spring
lambs, cwt., $8.75 to $9.25; calves,
medium to choice, $7.25 to $10; hogs,
fed and watered, $9.25.
Montreal, Nov, 23. -Choice steers
sold at $7 to $7.25, but the bulk of
the trading was done in stock rang-
ing from $6 to $6.50, and the conn
mon and inferior grades brought
from ;$4.50 to $5.50, while butchers'
cows sold at $4.50 to $6, and bulls at
$4.75 to $6.25 per cwt. There was a
good demand • for canning stock at
steady prices with sales of cows at
$3.15 to $8.86, bulls at $4 to 84.50
er cwt. Lambs, Ontario stock, $9 to
$$9.25; Quebec stock, $8.50 to $8.75;.
sheep. $5.25 to $6 per cwt, Calves:
fair-sized lots of grass-fed stock, 3
to Ge per lb.; milk -fed stack, 7 to .8e
pee ib. Hogs, .selected lots, $9,25 to
$0,50 per cwt., weighed off care,
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