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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1916-01-28, Page 7FENG LINES ARE PIERCED BET EEN ARRAS AND LENS German • Forces Captured Trenches but ,Counter- attack Recovered Greater Part A despatch from Paris says: Heavy fighting has been in progress in France, a French advanced position on the road between Arras anti Lens be- ing attacked by strong 'German forces. The infantry attack was preceded by mine explosions and a violent bom- bardment, and the Germans captured .a first line trench on a front of sev- eral huneired yards, French counter-attacks were imine- diately inaugurated and a portion of the captured trench was retaken. The Germans, however, at the close of the day occupied about 200 yards of the advanced trench, which formed a sal- ient in the French lines. Twenty-four French aeroplanes made a raid on the railway station and barracks at Metz, dropping 130 shells. The French 'airmen were heavily bombarded, but all returned undamaged save one, who was forced to land south-east of Metz. President Poincare and Albert Tho- inas, Under-Secretary of War, were present at the trials at Satury Camp on Saturday of the newly -invented trench cannon and bullet-proof shields. • The explosion of a German mine south of Ypres on Saturday destroyed nearly 100 yards of British trenches, according to the official. report from Berlin. The British; however, assert that they retain possession pf the cra- ter. Bombardments of considerable intensity are reported from other sec- tors of the front. CANADA'S TRADE COSS CASUALTES RAPIDLY EXPANDINGOVER 14500,000 REVIEW BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CUSTOMS., , • Statement Reveals Heavy Increases In Doth Imports and Exports. A despatch from ' Ottawa says: Tracie statistics covering the nine months of the fiscal year ending De- cember 31st, issued the other day by the Department of Customs, show the commerce -r.? Canada to be expanding enormously. Taking into account re-exports and Estimates of the Losses Accredited to a Prominent Statistician. A despatch from London says: The gross casualties M. the war up to the beginning of January exceed 14,500,- 000, 4,500;000, according to the computations of a prominent statistician and student of war estimates. The basis for the figures is official and other reliable information. The number of killed is estimated at one in every five; pri- soners taken average one in every seven or eight. The experts estimate the gross cas- ualties suffered by each warring nae, tion as follows:— the ollows; the movement of coin and bullion, the Russia . grand total of the trade of the Do- Germany . minion for the nine months reaches Austria-Hungary . the imposing figure of $1,012,486,303, compared with $837,009,759 for the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year. That the volume is in- creasing is shown by the December re- turns, the trade of last month having reached a total of $148,815,954, com- pared with $70,382,903 for the same month in the previous year. France . Great Britain Italy .. • Belgium, Serbia, Bulgaria and Turkey 4,000,000 4,000,000 2,800,000 2,300,000 5(30,000 300,000 1,000,000' Grand total . ... , ... 14,960,000 In the present war at least 21,000,- The December statement reveals 000 mon,are under arms, • heavy increases in both imports and Figures furnished by previous wars exports, without taking into account show that in the Balkan struggle of the movement of gold or the export 1912-13 350,000 men were killed out of foreign merchandise. For the nine of 1,250,000 engaged. In the Russo - months' period the imports show a 2apanese war 558,000 were killed out slight shrinkage, amounting to $343,- of 2,500,000 engaged. 923,332, as against $3.18,746,920, but the December imports increased from $80,392,013 to $45,690,721. Excports of domestic merchandise in December totalled $02,171,402. In the previous December they amounted to the comparatively low figure of $37,- 193,600, while. in .the nine months' period they jumped from $306,823,039 BELGIAN HOUSES BURNED • BY THE GERMANS A despatch from Havre, France, says that a report has just been is- sued by the Belgian Government giv- ing the number of houses in the vari- ous provinces of Belgium which, the to $511,534,048. •The increases in ex- report says, were burned by the Ger- ports were found in nearly every' col- mans. The following figures are umn. Manufacturers rose from $53' given: Brabant, 5,821; Liege, 2,703; 186,020 to $119,392,209. Agricultural Antwerp, 1,800; Malines, 1,748; Din - produce from $106,608,923 to $202,- ant, 2;232; Namur, 1,710; Phiiipeville, 506,98(3, and animals and their pro- 1,301; Huy, 255; Verviers, 581; War - ducts from $58,436,712 to $78,559,424. emme, 16; Turnhout, 40; Total, 18,207. The inland revenue returns, issued The figures for Flanders are not yet Thursday, also show a substantial in- obtainable. crease, the total for the month being as $2,416,195, as against $1;897,774 in NAVAL INCREASE HAS the corresponding month of the pre - BEEN AGREED UPON vious year. a ❖ LORD DERBY'S TRIBUTE. Says Canadian Youxig Shame English Shirkers. A 'despatch from Vancouver says: Warm tribute to the patriotism of the men of Canada in rallying to the flag. in this time of Britain's stress is paid by Lord Derby in a personal •letter•re- ccived.. by C. G. Henshaw, Recruiting Officer for Vancouver. ',`The way the young men of Canada have come for- ward ought to put to shame some of those in England who are still shirk- ing," comments the Earl. ,Earl Men A despatch from London says: A vote for 50,000 additional officers and men for the British navy was agreed upon in the House of Commons on Friday afternoon. This will bring the total number of Hien in the navy in the current year up to 360,000. AUSTRALIA PROHIBITS EXPORTS TO NETHERLANDS A despatch from Melbourne, Aus- tralia, says: A proclamation has been issued prohibiting all exports to the Netherlands. BRIM RESCUE FOVI IN FIERCE ENGAGEMENT General Aylmer Attacks Turkish Position in Effort to Reach Kut-eI-Amara A dcspetch from London says: Gen. Aylmer's relief force last Friday at - ,tacked the Turks, 'Who are strongly entrenched at Essian, six miles east of Kut -el -Amara, where the x:gin Bri- tish army to whose' aid the relief force is trying' to hasten, is bottled up. A violent battle ensued, in which suc- cess alter natecl• between 13ritons and. Turks. The fighting lasted all clay. Torrents of rain, causing floods, pre- vented a renewal of the attack on the following day, but Gen. Aylrner's force managed to entrench itscli a little more than two-thirds of a mile within the Turkish line, The British report speaks of. "very heavy loiases on both sides," which indicates the fury of the battle.• ' "ARCHIBALD" AND HIS MERRY MEN. One of the anti-nircraft gunfi—known to the Cana than solders as "Archibald," and its smiling crew "somewhere in France." PANIC FLAT OF THE TURKS Dislodged From Caucasus Positions Extending Over 66 -Mile Front. A despatch from Petrograd says: The Russian offensive in the Caucasus is developing favorably, the Russians ,capturing strong Turkish positions with relatively slight losses and tak- ing from the enemy many guns; huge quantities of munitions, and numerous prisoners. Some of the Turkish regi- ments were annihilated; The official report gives details of the dislodgement of the Turks from strong position over a front of 66 miles, extending front the region of Lake Tortun to the region of Charian- son River, north of Melazghert. The Ottomans retreated in the direction of the fortified' plain of Erzerum. At many places this retreat assumed the character of a panic flight. Several Turkish units were almost annihilated, and hundreds of bodies cover the route of the Russian offensive. At many points the Czar's troops had to advance on heightelebove til Clouds, cutting trenches in the Aleep snow during heavy snowstorms. They occupied the village of Koprukeui, on the Arax, 30 miles east of Erzerum. ( The story proceeds: "When the Dvinsk front. The correspondent In the course of the fighting on the { American muleteers, having returned says the Germans on the Riga front 17th the Russians took prisoner five with the crew to their own ship, dis- are using shells filled with • prussic officers and 208 men, and captured covered members of the German sub- acid the gas fumes of which are ac - sic much material, including machine marine's crew on. board, these mule- i acid,even four and five hours after the guns and caissons. They seized a teers not unnaturally became quite tineof the shells. Splinters from Turkish ammunition depot at the vii- furious. A fight ensued, in which thebursting p lage of Tsurnachel, in the Charianson muleteers wreaked fury upon the men ; these shells are deadly and quickly kill district. who in attacking the British Rhip FEAT OF BRITISH SUBMARINE ONTHE U P 1 ADRIATIC Sank .Austrian liydro'aeroplaiie and Also Torpedo Boat, Which Went to the Rescue A despatch from London says: A Adriatic an Austrian hydro -aeroplane despatch of the Exchange Telegraph and also an Austrian torpedo boat Company from Rome says a British 1which went to the rescue, taking the submarine has sunk in the upper crews of both craft prisoner. U.S. MULETEERS KILLED GERMAN SUB. SAILORS New Version of Baralong Affair Pub- lished in Norse Paper. A despatch from London says: The Central News correspondent in Chris- tiania says: The After Pesten on Friday published from its London correspondent a new version of the Baralong. affair which he received from a reliable source. According to this version, when the submarine at- tacked the Nicest= the latter's crew, including the American muleteers, vele refuge in the lifeboats. The Baralong hove in sight and sank` the submarine, whose crew sought shel- ter on the Nicosian. LATEST GERMAN POISON a VICE Prussic Acid Shells Are Being Used On Riga Front By the Germans. A despatch from London says: The Petrograd correspondent of the Daily Mail quotes a report from Kieff to the effect that the cessation of the fight - ting on the southern front, owing to the sudden thaw, has been availed of to replace many Austrians by Ger- mans, apparently from Field Marshal von Hindenburg's army on the Riga - CARRIED THREE PASSPORTS AND IIUN WAR "DOPE" were' even slightly wounded men. really guilty sof attempting cold -1 blood as proposed- by Sir Edward Grey, the IN EXPLOSION AT LILLE Baralong affair had been submitted to ed murder. I understand that if TERRIBLE HAVOC WROUGHT — British Authorities Removed New an independent jury of American na- A despatch from London says: The Yorker From Steamer. valeofacers the above-mentioned facts Amsterdam correspondent of The Ber- would have been disclosed." lin Lokal Anzeiger, who witnessed the A despatch from London says.: Isaac se, recent explosion of the large German Rose, a New York theatrical pian, was ALL ENEMY FIRMS ammunition depot in Lille, northern removed by the British authorities TO BE CLOSED UP France, describes the damage done as from the liner Rotterdam at Falmouth — enormous. Not only was the muni - with a trunk loaded with German war Will Not Be Allowed to Do Business tions depot entirely destroyer%, but literature, it is charged. During the War. havoc was caused in the surrounding Rose, according to the authorities, A despatch to London says: Tho • area to houses and factories, most of was in possession of three American Board of Trade, under the bill amend., which were razed to the ground. The passports, one of which was much i outspordte, the second issued May 30, ing the "Trading With the Enemy"' German Landsturm troops which wereActs, will be empowered to prohibit guarding were killed. 1915, in the Dutch East Indies, and any person, firm or company of hos-: the third an up-to-date passport. the nationality or associations from 1 ITALY TO FIGHT TO These passports will be turned over to the American Embassy, and if noth- ing is found wrong with them Rose will be permitted to proceed, but the trunk will be retained by the British authorities. The trunk, they declare, ness be wound up if it appears to it said: "We thought this would be a was filled with pamphlets, newspapers, that any company registered in the short and easy war, but it has become war pictures and books, all on the sub- United Kingdom is carrying on busi- a long and a hard one. We had ject of the present conflict, many of Hess outside the United Kingdom., and thought that all the hardships would the documents being addressed to M. that in carrying on such business it be of a military character, but we find B. Claussen, 30 last 42nd Street, New has entered into or done acts which it difficult even behind the front to York, while other packages containing !if entered into or done in the United keep on fighting. However, we are documents in five different languages Kingdom would constitute the offence going to do it, and we shall persevere were addressed to places in all the Central and South American repub- lics and in the West Indies. STATUE TO BE ERECTED TO EDITH CAVELL IN PARIS carrying on 'business in this country during the continuance of the present war. The Board may also, throagh peti- tion of the Court, require that a busi- Breaadstuffs, Toronto, J,an. 24.—Manitoba, wheat, new oro ---No. 1 Northern, $1.24%; Na. 2, $1.221%; No. 8, $1.20, xn store Fort William. Manitoba oats—No. 2 C.W., 47a; No, 8 C.W., 45c; extra No, 1 feed 45e; No. 1 feed, 44c, in store Fort William. American corn—No. 3 yellow, new, 82c, on track Toronto. Canadian corn—Feed, old, 77c, no- minal, on. track Toronto. Ontario oats—No. 3 white, 42 to 43c; commercial oats, 41 to 42c, ac- cording to freights outside. Ontario wheat—No. 2 Winter, per car lot,$1.09 to $1.10; slightly sprouteand tough, according to sample, $1.06 to.$1,09;; ,sprouted, 97e to $1.02; :feed wheat, 85 to 90e. ' Peas—No. 2, nominal, per ear lots, $1.75; according to sample, ,$1,25 to $1.75. Barley --Malting barley, 68 to 65e; feed barley, 55 to 57c, according to freights outside. Buckwheat—Nominal, car lots, 713 to 79c, according to freights outside. Rye—No. 1 commercial, 90 to 91c; rejected, 77 to 87c, according to sam- ple. Manitoba flour—First patents, in jute bags, $7; second patents, in jute bags, $6.50; strong bakers', in jute .. bags, $6.30, Toronto. Ontario flour—Winter, $4.80 to $4.90, according to sample, seaboard, or Toronto freights in bags, prompt shipment. Millfeed, car lots, delivered Mont- real freights—Bran, per ton, $24; shorts, per ton, $25; middlings, per ton, $26; good feed flour, per bag, $1.75. THE BITTER END A despatch from Florence, Italy, says: In an address delivered here Antonio Salandra, the Italian Premier, A despatch from Paris says: The site has been chosen for the statue which is to be erected in commemora- tion of Edith Cavell, the British nurse who was executed in Belgium. The statue will be erected at the Tuileries Garden, at the angle fronting Rue de Rivoli and Place de 1a Concorde, one of the spots most familiar to Paris- ians and tourists. TIB KING'S .AIDE-DE-CAMP 18 KILLED IN FRANCE A despatch from London says: The name of Brigadier -General Hugh Gre- gory Fitton, Aide -de -:;amp to the ;ling, appears among the killed in the casualty lista . from the Britishfront its France published on Sunday. of "trading with the enemy." until victory is won.' SHOT DOWN TWO BAT TL PLANES AND WEDTIRD DECEND Greatest Feat of Its Kind on Record Scored by British Airman on Western Front A,despateh from London says: One of the British correspondents at army headquarters in a despatch reports that the greatest feat of its kind on record is to be credited to one of the best known British airmen, who in the course of a single flight shot down two Fokkers and clinsed an Albatross and forced .it to descend. "now great the feat was," he tele- grapha, "can only be understood by those: who know the power of the look - ker. It is thought to be capable of 180 miles an hour, and is equipped with a device whereby it is enabled to shoot directly in front—a great ad- vantage in air fighting. The machine is also in some degree protected. "Scarcely any Taubes are now used. The new birds of prey were firstseen in force shortly after the last_ Ger- man gas attack, when several flew over the position that had been attack- ed and were greatly admired." Country Produce. Butter—Fresh dairy, 28 to 31c; in- ferior, 24 to 25c; creamery prints, 33 to 861, c; solids, 32 to 34c. Eggs—Storage, 30c per dozen; se- lects, 32 to 33c; new -laid, 40 to 45c, case lots. Honey—Prices, in 10 to 60-1b. tins, 12 to 12%c; combs, No. 1, $3; No. 2, $2.40. Beans—$4.20 to $4.40. Poultry—Spring chickens, 17 to 18e; fowls, 13 to 14c; turkeys, 23 to 26c. Cheese—Large, 19c; twins, 1914.c.Potatoes—Car lots of Outarios quoted at $1.70 to $1.75, and New Brunswicks at $1.90 to $1.95 per bag, on track. Business in Montreal. Montreal, Jan. 24.—Corn, American No. 2 yellow, 84 to 85c. Oats, No. 2 local white, 50c; No. 3 local white, 49c; No. 4 local white, 48c. Barley, Man. feed, 40c; malting, 68c. Buck- wheat, No. 2, 82c. Flour, Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts, $7.10; seconds, $6. (30; strong bakers', $6.40; Winter patents, choice, $6.50; straight rollers, $5.80 to $5.90; do,, hags, $2.75 to $2.85. Rolled oats, barrels, $5.20 to $5.25; bags, 90 lbs., $2,40 to $2.50. Bran, $24. Shorts, $26. Middlings, $28 to $30. Mouillie, $31 to 883. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $20 to $20.50. Cheese, finest westerns, 1814 to 18%c; finest east - erns, 18 to 18lie. Butter, choicest creamery, 341! to 35c; seconds, 823 to 33e. Eggs, fresh, 40 to 42c; se- lected, 33c; No. 1 stock, 30c; No. 2 stock, 28c. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, $1.75 to $1.80. Dressed hogs, abat- toir killed, $14 to $14.50; country, $12 to $13; pork, heavy Canada short mess, bbls., 35 to 45 pieces, $30 to $30,50; Canada short cut back, bbls., 45 to 55 pieces, $29 to $29.50. Lard, compound, tierces, 375 lbs., 11%c; wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 12Sec; pure, tierces, 375 lbs., 14%c; pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 15e. United States Markets. Minneapolis, Jan. 24.—Wheat-- May, $1.2913 to $1.29,11; JuTY, $1.27% to $1.28; No. 1 hard, $1.351:.x; No. 1 Northern, $1.30% to $1.32%; No. 2 Northern, $1.26% to $1.301!1. Corn—No. 3 yellow, 77 to 77%c. Oats No. 3 white. 49 to 4911: c. Flax, $2.321l, to $2.35%. Flour unchanged. Bran, $18 to $18.50. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Jan. 24. -Butchers' cattle, choice, $7.75 to $8; do., good, $7.25 to $7.60; do., medium, $6.25 to $7; do„ common, , 5. to v 5 5; butchers' bulls, choice, $6'.50 to $7.25; do,, good bulls, $5'.75 to $6.25; do., rough bulls, $4.711 to $5.25; butchers' cows, choice, MU to $7; do., good, $6 to 6..26; do., medium, $5.25 to $5.75; solo., common, $4 to $4.50• feeders, good, $6.25 to $6,50; stockers, 700 to 900 lbs., $6.10 to $6.75; canners arid cutters, $3 to $4,60; milkers, choice, each, $75 to $100; do., corn - mon and medium, each, $85 to $60; Springers, $50 to $100; light ewes, $7 to $8.50;sheep, heavy, $5,25 to $6 do„ bucks, $3.50 to $4.50; year- ling lambs, $7 to $7.75; lambs, cwt., $10 to $11.75; calves, medium to choice, $6.75 to $10.25; do., common, • $4 to $4.50; hogs, fed and watered, $9M.t,65. o50ntroeal'$9, Jan, 24..—Sales of choice steers were made at $7.75 to $8; good at $7.25 to $7.50, and the lower' grades from $5.25 to $6.25, while butchers' cows brought from $4..50 to $6.25, and bulls from $5.25 to •$6.50 per cwt. Packers for canning were 8.75 to $4 for cows,. and at $4.25 to $4,50 for bulls per cwt. Ontario lambs sold at $10, and Quebec stock at $9.50 to $9.75, while ewe sheep brought ,$6.75 to $7 per'cwt. The de- mand for calves was good, and sales of milkfed. stock were made at 91', to 10c and grassfed at 5 to 63ae per lb. Boge, selected lots, $10.25 to $10.35 per cwt,, weighed otY oars.