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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1916-01-07, Page 7icE ARK WAS FREMED WITH SU?PLIES FOR THE ENEMY 55 Bads of Rubber, Weighing 4,0.0 Pounds, Seized \\then" O,car 11. Was Detainee! at Kirkwall A despatch from London says; It is ascertained that 55 bags of rubber, all consigned to a well-known enemy forwarding agent in Sweden, were re- . moved from the parcel mail on board the ;atcanaship. Oscar IL The esti- mated Weight of the rubber seized is about 4,000 pound&. The remainder of the mail, which consisted, of 734 bage, was handed over to the post - office for iimeediate transmission to its destination. The Oscar II. is the vessel which carried the. Henry Ford peace party to Europe. On the voy- age across she was taken into Kirk- wall by the British authorities and her cargo examined. The Oscar H. was detained for more than 24 .hours, but was allowed to proceed on Decem- ber 16. There were reports at the time that part of the cargo was con- traband and that a prize court wquid take the. Matter into consideration, �3e� �e � ®�, United StatesMarkets,. " � I Minneapolis, Jan. 4:--Wheat-e-No. 1 hard, 31.22%; No. 1 Northern, I3readstuiis. t$1.19% to `$1.20x6.; No, 2 Northern, I31.151!i to $1.17%; December, Toronto, Jan. 4._Manitoba wheat, ,31 19%; May, $1.203. Corn -No. 3 new crop -No. 1 Northern, $1.29%; ( yellow, 77 to 78c. Oats -No. 3 white, No. 2 Northern, $1.26%; No. 3 Nor- ;41% to 42e. Flour and bran un- thern, $1.22%, all rail. ' changed. M initoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 50e; Duluth, Jan, 4. -Wheat --No. 1 No. 8 C.W., 48c; extra No. 1 feed, hard, $1.201/x; No. 1 Northern, 48e; No. 1 feed, 47e, all rail. $1.1914; No. 2 Northern, $1.15% to Anmriean corn -No. 3 yellow, new, 31.16%; Moutana No..2 hard, $1.10%; 79e, on track, Toronto. May, $1.20%. /x. Linseed -Cash, $2.16 Canadian corn -No. 2 yellow, old, no- to 32 10% ; i)eeember,`x.15; May, minai, on track; Toronto. $2.20. Ontario oats -No. 3' white, 37 to - 89c; commercial ial oats, 36 to' 33e, ac- Live Stock Markets. cording to freights .outside. Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per Toronto, Jan. 4.-Butcherscattle, car Jot:, $1, 05 to . $1.06; slightly choice, $7.50 to $7.05; do., good, $7 sprouted and tough, according to to $7.25; do, rmedium, $6 to $6.75; ' More 'Work for the Navy sample, $1 to $1.08; sprouted, smutty, do., common, $5.40 to $5.75; butchers and tough, according to sample, 90 to bulls, choice, $6.50 to 37; do, good Tim :Boy on tee Rails: '1 :1cth o •' if you're going town again, you 90c; feed wheat, 80 to 85e. bulls, 35,75 to 36.25 do., rough bulls, might 'ave a look ter niy knifes, win r; it's got two blades an' a Peas --Nb. 2, nominal, per car lots, 34.75 to 35.25; butchers' cows, choice, brown ds&: •-•.London: Sketch. $1.90; 1 peas,according to $6.25 to `fi7• do good $6 to $6.25; • !f "rP,7 sample, $:t .75.. sample do., medium, 35.25 to 35.75; do., Barley -Malting barley, 57 to 60c; connaon, 34 to 34.50; feeders, good, �g k"4 feed barley, 50 to 53c, according to 36.25 to 36.50; stockers, 700 to 900 � t ine Ge Li' kea freights outside, lbs., 36 to 30.50; canners and cutters, Buckwheat -Nominal, car lots, 76 $3 to 34.50; milkers, choice, eaeh, ( e to 78c, according to freights outside. $75 to $100; do., common and medium, , � `' .a Rye -No. 1 commercial, 87 to 88c; each, $35 to 300; Springers, $50 to ON rejected, 70 to 80c, according to sane- 3100; light ewes, 36.50 to 37.50; _ ple. • sheep, heavy, $5,25 to 36; do., bucks, Manitoba flour -First patents, in $3.50 to 34.50; yearling lambs, 37 ;Outcome a Transformation of Military jute bag?, 30.80; second 'patents, in to 37.75; lambs, cwt., 310 to 311; Position In Russianjute bags, 36.30; strong bakers', in calves, medium to choice, 36.75 to I jute bees, 36.10, Toronto. 310.50; do., common, $4 to. 34.50; i Theatre. Ontario flour -New Winter, 34.80, hogs, fed and watered, 38.75 to 39.10.i according to sample, seaboard, or To- I Montreal, Jan. 4. -Butchers' cattle, I A despatch from London says: In, anckl-ti zstein, which have been added route :freights in bags, prompt ship- , choice, 33 to 38.25; do., medium, $7 f the Entente capitals there is. 'a gen- to 'tine trenches already lost by the merit. I to 37.50.; do., common, 35.50 to 36.50; eral opinion that `the Russian cam eniiny. The total number of unin_ Millfeed, car lots, delivered Mont- do., choice cows, 36.25 to 6.50; do,, paign in Bessarabia, which has been ju ld prisoners taken since the begin- real egin real freights -Bran, per ton, 324; inednun, 35 to $5.50; do., bulls, 35 to undertaken in the face of unfavorable nl r ai these operations is 1,668. Prl- shorts, per ton, 325; mrddlings, per 36.75; canners, 33.25 to $4.50; milk -P :..to a o 140b� .may th-t..the •German losses 'in ttr weather conditionst , is l k..ly, h , 31.60.un, 326; prad:fee:l flour, per bag, era, choice, cell, $90'each, th $x$80 dto an important bearing on the whole the, 'coarse of our attack were very Wholesale Hay Market. i ewes, 36.75 to $7; bucks and culls, According to one e R spas lila a most dreaded period of winter Baled hay, new -No. 1, per ton, ' 36.25 to 36.50; lambs, 310 to $10.50; $17 50 to$1S N 2 ton $13 to hogs, f.o.b., $10.. offensive, which has been apparently successful to date, is to be dropped. It Would rather appear that the ad- vantages gained are to be followed by even more determined assaults. In this connection the French comixlunii 'cation says: "Nottvithstandizig the violent coun- ter-attacks of the 'enemy, the action left us piasters of a series of German ni e ks ,?stablished between Rehfelsen common an medium, eac , . -i 385; Springers, 365 to $75; sheep, ar;i e. is ,lieoin the end of December to the r K ; a• , per o , 315; baled atraw, per ton, 36.50 to $7. Country Produce. But r -There was a fair trade x , here, but receipts of first grades are LAND AT t14R limited. Prices rule firms. Fresh dairy, 28 to 30e; inferior, 22 to 24c; cream- ery prints, 23 to 35c; solids, 32 to 33c. \veil Check Possibility of Advance on Eggs -Storage, 80 to 32c per doz.; Salonica From the East. A despatch from London says: The Consuls of Germany, Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria, with their staffs and families, have been arrested at Sal- onica by order of the French general, Sarrail, and taken aboard a French warship. Their Consulates are now occupied by allied troops." Two new landings by the allies in the Near East are reporter. The Bri- tish have transferred some troops from Salonica to Orfano, a small Greek port 60 miles east of Salonica, with the intention of thus checking any possibility of a hostile advance from this quarter. The second land- ing was made by the French on the Greek Island o'P Castelorizo, off tate south-east coast of Asia Minor, not BRITISH TROOPS selects, 35 to 3fio; new -laid, 50 to 55c, case lots. Honey -Prices in tins, lbs., 10 to 110; combs, No. 1, 32.40; No. 2, 32. Beans --$4,15 to 34.25. Poultry --Chickens, 15 to ].Gc; fowls, 12 to 18c; ducks, 15 to 17c; geese, 15 to 17c; turkeys, 20 to 25c. Cheese -Large, 181/20; twins, 19c. • Potatoes --Car lots of Ontarios quoted at 31.25 to $1.30, and New Brunswicks at $1.45 to $1.50 per bag, on track, Provisions. Smoked meats -Rolls, 16 to 16%c; hams, medium, 17112 to. 190; heavy, 141/2 to 15e; breakfast bacon, 20 to 230; backs, plain, 24c to 25c; backs, boneless, 27 to 28c. Green meats --Out of pickle, lc less than smoked. Dry salted meats -Long clear ba- con, in tons, 16%..c; in cases, 16%c; clear bellies, 16c; fat backs, 13c. far from the important seaport of Lard -Pure, tierces, 14c. tubs, 14%0; pails, 141/ c; shortening, tierces, Aclasia 12c; tubs, 12%e; pails, 12%c. Business in Montreal. Montreal, Jan. 4. -Corn, American No. 2 yellow; 81 to 82c. Oats -No. 2 local white, 45%; No. 3 do., 44%c; No. 4 do., 43%. Barley -Man. feed, An Athens despatch says that the occupation of Adalia is the object of the landing. A railway runs north of Adalia, and the presence there of a strong allied force would menace the communications of any hostile :fore? Gee malting, 67c. Buckwheat -No, operating against Egypt or the lower g,Tigris region. 2, 82e. fireto, Man. Spring' wheat These movements indicate that the patents, firsts, $6.90; seconds, $6.40; strong bakers`, $6.20; Winter patents, allies'positions around Salonica are now considered secure, and indica-. tions are that the campaign around Salonica will develop into 'a long. drawn warfare as on other fronts. choice, 36.50; straight rollers, $5.80 to $5.90;; do., bags, 32.75 to $2,85. Rolled oats, barrels, $5.20 to $5.25; do., bags, 90 lbs., 32,45 to 32.50. Bran, 324. Shorts, $25. Middlings, 328 to 380. Mouillie, 331 to 383. Hay -No. 2, per ton, car lots, '$20 to $20.50. Cheese-Finest`westerns, 18 to 181/,1.c; finest easteres, 17% to 1'7 e, PBUtter-Choicest r creamery, 84% to 85%c; seconds, 32% to 33c, Eggs.• -fresh, 48 to 53c; selected, 830; No. 1 stoek, 30e; No. 2 stock, 280. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, $1.30 to 31.. 35. Dressed hogs, abattoir killed, •• $18,'15 to $14.25, tio,, country', $11.25 to $12,75. Pork -Heavy Can - da short iness, Wks, 85 to 45 pieces, 29;50 to $80; short out back, bbls., iece '28 !;' to 55s 4;28.50 to , 20. Lard -- Compound, , Com round ti i'c'es 375 lb . a a wood ails 20 lbs net, 12 e,1ua pure,, pallet r 1 y, � , tierces, it i5 lbs., 14 %c, pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 15e, The Hostess' Response. Mr. B,, who was dining out, had done lavish justice to the good things before him. By way of graceful apol- ogy he remarked, with a beaming smile directed toward his hostess: "I've always heard ma'am, that the highest eomplireent one can pay the housekeeper is to eat heartily. You observe that I have been exceedingly polite." "Thank you, Mr. B.,"smiled back the hostess. "Indeed, I think you have carried politeness to the point of fiat- tery," war situation. According version us new move is the forerunner of the im- pending. Roumanian entry , unto thea 1r 'of, January," was a French gen- war on the side of the :Entente, The' eriil's reply a year ago to the de- mands HfOr a great offensive. The same remark .would probably apply equally this year, Beater's correspon- dent at western headquarters, after remarking that the British staff is confident that the allies are now so strong in men and munitions that they can break through the German lines whenever the right time comes, declares that the weather is the chief paration for Roumania's entry into I reason for postponing the big move 2' t Bukowina for the benefit of her new ally. This task can be accomplished in a few weeks. "The Roumanians will then fortify attacks, which may end in rolling up the new province and march with the the agressor. With the fade of the Russians through Bulgaria and Tran- country in a porous and mushy con - Pall Mall Gazette's Russian corres- pondent writes: "Russian joint opera- tions with Roumania are on the point of beginning, Roumania will fight with us, although not for, us. Her siding with the Entente is not the re- sult of French or English sympathies, but an endeavor tp realize the Rou- manian dream of. sovereignty over Bukowina and Transylvania. As pre - DRIVEN BACK. MONTENEGRO Austrian Forces Again Defeated: by the Black Mountain Soldiers of Montenegro, A despatch from,: London says: Seventy-five thousand Sermons have reformed` at Scutari and Dloassan, in Albania, and. the Montenegrin army, which heretofore has been debarred geographically from taking any large part in the war, is: now throwing itself energetically into the contest against the Austrians, RSI.' QRS CROSS THEYR Strong German Attempts to Drive Thera Back to the Right Bank Dail. A despatch .frons London says:The battle in the Galician Crown lands< of Bukowina, which has been foresha- dowed for some days by the concen- tration of heavy Russian and Teuton forces, has begun in earnest, and, ac- cording to an official statement isiaued in Petrograd, the. Russians thus far have the upper hand, Czernowitz, the The • Montenegrin Consul -General Crowr lands capital, already has be- here has received informationi'that the come" the centre of the fighting. The Austrians directed, without result, a Russians report they stormed the violent artillery fire against the Mon- heights before the city and took 900 tenegrin positions on the Tara River prisoners, including 15 officers. The' on December 27, The enemy attacked qty's population is said to be held energetically near Lioubovfa, but was ready for evacuation. repulsed with great` loss in the direr- Czernoc*sitz was taken by the Ruc- tion of Berane. The Montenegrins sians in the first Galician drive, and followed up their last success by occu-1 was retaken by they Austrians exact- pyiub two more villages, advancing as 1y a year. later. Since then it has far as Morita. Ori the Loveen front been firmly held by the Teutons. The the Austrians opened fire :from the Austro -German forces in Galicia are forts and warships on Raskova Gera, estimated at 1,500,000 men, and the but • the Montenegrins held their Czar is believed to have an army of ground. The bombardment continued almost equal numerical strength, in - fifteen hours, 2,000 large shells being eluding the strong forces recently with drawn from Bessarabia. Some London; observers, speculating on the ' meaning of the Bessarabia ing the intensity of the Austrian ar- move, hail it as one of the most am- tillery fire the Montenegrins had only bitious strategic plans since the be - two killed and two wounded, which' ginning of hostilities, and predict that shows how poorly the guns were it will prove a colossal attempt to handled. break the backbone of the Germanic The success gained by the Montene- allies' whole line ,across the Balkans. grins at Lepenatz was greater than Thus one critic says: `'The plan is at first • announced. Five hundred that Russia and the other allies, move bodies were found on the right wings ing from different sides, . shall meet of the contingent operating against lin the Balkans and gain complete them, but the total' Austrian losses ? mastery of that peninsula. If they were more than 2,000 killed or wound- � succeed, Turkey will be subdued and ed. Ding Nicholas sent congratula- the vitals of Austria-Hungary men- tions to the general commanding the ! aced." \assoievitch brigade. Austrian aeeo- i The Russians, according to the planes threw several bombs on Pod- latest official report issued at Petro- goritsa Monday, killing two Austr.ian'• grad, crossed the Styr between the prisoners. the war Russia's aim is to reconquer merit, ,and adds Such a nnovemen needs careful planning and extreme caution. Rolling -up tactics always in- volve the possibility of counter - Sylvania, while simultaneously the Italians, French, British and Serbians will' cleat blows on other fronts. The German and Russian official bulletins regarding the operations south of the Pripet River laconically declare that the battles are proceed- ing. The importance of the engage- ments seems to be considered by the • sia 0 Russian military critics as great. Ad dition, it is impossible to effect the essential • quick .movements of artil- lery, without which any big offensive is foredoomed to fail." MANY PRISONERS Vosges Operations Have Yielded 1,668 During the Past Few Days. • A despatch from Paris says: The French offensive in the Vosges is as- suming_ very important proportions. Fresh gains of considerable magni- tude are reported officially. The num- ber of unwounded German prisoners made since the operation -began, De- cember 21, -is now 1,862. A despatch from Berlin says that the German. War Office admits that the French penetrated the .German positions on Hartmanns-Weilerkopf, but says they were driven out. From the.ofl'tcial French War Office reports, however, it does not appear that the German assertions are accurate. It is evident, on the contrary, that gains of great irnportanee' have been made and that the Germans have sustained during the operations thus far very considerable losses. • There is no indication that the F ll ENSIVE TO HELP HER ALLIES fired. At the same time sharp infan- try nfantry attacks were deliveed, all of which were repulsed. Notwithstand- Fierce Struggles In Bessarabia Are Aimed at Bulgars and Greeks. A despatch from London says: The Pierce•fighting on the Galician-Bessa- rabian fruit, of which mention is made in both Russian and Austrian official statements, seems to support the forecasts that Russia, instead of directly attacking Bulgaria, hopes to reduce the pressure on the Entente allies in, the Balkans and in Asia Minor and impress Roumania and Greece sby a diversion to the north, with the intent, if possible, of break- ing through the Austrian lines. Simultaneously comes news of the capture by the. Russians of Kashal, one of the principal cities of Persia, and of an advance towards the still more important' eity of Ispahan. These points are too remote for their occupation directly to menace the Turks who are fighting the British under Gen. Townsend on the Tigris, but undoubtedly the Russian advance will have an imnportannt political effect in Persia, and possibly an influence upon the projeeted movement of the central powers against"Ixgypt. Kovel and the Sarny railway and the The French newspaper Echo de village of Czartorysk. Strong Ger- telegram: following Bucharest 'The Austro-Hungarian of- Ithe right bank of the river Veiled.checfensk a in Montenegro has been Other local successes are claimed by checked completely. The Austrians ' {ale Russians. were faced by a stronger army than I --- - they expected to find, as many Ser -1 HAS "SNIPED" 91, TURKS. bions who made their way into Al- , hauls marched northward -and joined Australien Sharpshooter's Record Iia - the Montenegrins. South -rest of I Ipek the invaders were defeated in a eludes at Least 50 Hilted. severe battle." Letters from the Gallipoli Penin- __ --}I� Isola say that a Queensland cavalry - STEAM IA man named Sing holds the record among the Australasian troops as a sniper. Up to the first of September SUNK BY I i ! Sing had shot 91 Turks, of whom at least 50 were killed outright. Sing _ was a crack marksman before the Went to Bottom of Mediterranean war and had won many prizes for his shooting at Brisbane and at- Syd- Five Minutes After Beira; ney. Since engaging in systematic Torpedoed. sniping in the Dardanelles operations A despatch from London says: The he has rarely missed one of his hu r man targets. British steamer Persia, of the Penin- Day after day and night after sula and Oriental Line, has been sunk i ht he settles clown comfortably in in the Mediterranean by a submarine. night favorite position and waits with The Persia was torpedoed without inexhaustible patience for his chance. warning and sank in five minutes. He sits for hours with a telescope as No warning was given the Persia an aid watching the Turkish tracks. before the torpedo was launched, ac- over the bilis or the lengths of the cording to authoritative information Turkish trenches until, sooner or later, which it is reliably understood Robert a Turk shows himself. If the Turk is P. Skinner, American Consul -General wary and quickly bobs up and then here, has in his possession. down again Sing does not fire. He Out of a total of 400 passengers proceeds on the principle that, em - and crew on the steamer only 153 bolded by fancied security, the, were saved. This number of surviv Turk will gradually risk first his head, ors have arrived at Alexandria, then his shoulders and, finally, the Egypt. It is possible that a few more upper half of his body. At this stage may be added.Sings rifle cracks and the Turk is . The number of lives lost was there- seen to fall. fore 247 or a number very close to A notch is made by Sing in a stick that, making the disaster of the Per- which he keeps 'by way of a record. sia second only to the Lusitania loss Sing's sniping performances are said among the list of passenger steamers to be beyond question, for every tell. sunk by German and Austrian sub- ing shot by him has been checked by marines. When the Italian steamship some officer. Ancona, which ranks in the third place, was sunk 209 lives were lost. TRENCH COOKING BY GIRLS. Of the 153 persons saved only 59 Woman's College in London Gives a were passengers, the. other 94 beim of the crew, and 59 of these being Lascars. There were 241 passengers on board and 159 crew. There were 87 women among the passengers. Of these only 17 are known to have been picked up. In addition there were 30 children. Among those who perished was United. States Consul -General Robert N. McNeely, on his way to his new post at Aden, Arabin. The survivors include ten military officers and eight persons whoare not British subjects. "The ship was struck amidships on the port side at 1.10 ," p.m.says Reu- ter's correspondent at Cairo. "She had disappeared completely by 1.15. "Survivors say it was little short of a miracle that anyone was 'saved. There was no panic. Four boats were launched with the utmost' prompti- tude. "The captain was drowned. When hist seen he was swimming, after, the liner had plunged beneath. the sur- face.y" Special Course. Cookery lessons in a trench dug in the grounds of the new King's Col- lege for Women (University of Lon- don, at Campden Hill) is among the features of a special course on camp cookery inaugurated at the college re- cently and open to non -students. This Bourse and one which opened recently on "Eeonomic Housekeeping in War Time" will, it is thought, be specially useful to women war work- ers in view of the fact that tie?, em- ployment of women as cooks, porters, orderlies,' etc., is now . permitted in the military hospitals. The practical work in the camp cookery course will be undertaken out of doors whenever possible and will include the building and making of outside fires, ovens, etc., improvising of camp cookery implements, the jointing of meat, ete. Attention will therefore bo directed to cooking in large quantities, stewing, soup mak- ing, bread making, and the making .ot boiled puddings.