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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1916-03-31, Page 2.NAVAL RAID O'i FOE AERIALSI ,Warships Carry Seaplanes to Bomb Scheswig stein Base----T1,vo 'German Patrol Ships Sunk. A despatch from London y : Grit Britain gave her first effective answer on Saturday morning to Ger. manteir raids. A. squadron of fire seaela i e, convoyed by light cruisers ant= d drovers, crossed the North Sea and went etrai rht to the home of the German planes which have frequent-, ly visited the English coast of late. They at•t teked the German airship rhea in Schleswig, east of the Island' of S lt, They were met, however, by an c tie. etive anti-aircraft defence, while their convoy, were engaged by German patrol boats. A battle royal,', both ie the air and sea, outside the' harts::• c.? Sylt; ensued. Only two of • the .I3ritis:h planes returned, the three others, including a battleplane, were brought clown, according to the ofi- ' tial statements. Stormy weather pre - veiled, and in the course of an excit- ing naval engagement, the British de - !strayer Medusa collided with the the; Laverock. The Medusa is believed to have been lost, but her crew are safe. The Germans, on their part, •lost two armed trawlers, the' Braunschweig and the Otto Rudolph. During the engagement four Ger- man torpedo boats were cut off by a number of British destroyers, but eventually succeeded in malting their escape, says a despatch to the Central News from Copenhagen. BRMS3 BLOW IN EMY DUGOUTS Successful Raids Against German Trenches in La Bassee Region. A th patch from London says: Sir John Haig reports that the British carried out two successful raids against the German trenches about Gommecourt and the Bethune -La Bas - see roads. Three dugouts filled with the enemy were bombed and blown in. The Germans sprang a mine to the north of Arras and two mines north-east of Neuve Chapelle, caus- ing slight damage to the British trenches. A grenade attack to the north of Arras was repulsed. The German forces which gained a foothold on the small hill of Eau - court, a little over half a mile south- west of Malancourt, on the west side of the Meuse on Wednesday, have not yet attempted to increase their gains, and the French still hold part of the hill. There was no infantry action on' the Verdun front Wednesday night or Thursday. Wednesday night the Ger- i mans decreased the intensity of their i VILLA MUTED BY CARRANZA'S N Several Dead and 'Wounded Bandits Were Left on the Field. A despatch from El Paso, Texas, says: Villa was attacked and defeat- ed on Thursday night at Santa Ger- "trudes by Carranza troops, according to a despatch received by General Gavira in Juarez. General Gavira said he had received authentic infor- mation that after the skirmish at Santa Clara earlier in the day where Col. Cano's command had defeated Villa, the bandit chieftain was pur- sued and again attacked late Thurs- day night at Santa Gertrudes and again was defeated. Villa left sever- al dead and wounded bandits on the field, and Gen. Gavira says one hun- dred horses were captured from him by the Carranzistas. From Santa Gertrudes Villa fled to El Oso, where he was reported to be reorganizing his forces. Santa Gertrudes is a ranch settlement in the Guerrero dis- trict not far from Namiquipa. bombardment to the wtositx •1ivei: BU 9 ,{�Vi EATII which had been of Z lolnc 1 . �ra '` TO as a support to theu:''il ntry,;;t^atfin-! FIRE AT $ LIFA but continued without lessening of in- / a P tensity the bombardment on the east- ern bank of the river. In the Woevre i the cannonade teas intermittent. On Thursday heavy artillery fire was resumed on the western bank of the Meuse, in the Malancourt region, I and on the front between Bethincourt-1 Le Mocte Homme -C umieres, while to' the east of the river and in the Woevre the firing increased' in vio- lence. i3IC; GERMAN STEAMER DESTROYED BY RU SSI.iN S A. despatch from London says: The sinking by a Russian warship of the steamship Esperanza off Kali Akra, in the Black Sea, off the Roumanian coast is reported in a Reuter despatch filed at Bucharest on Sunday. The .Esperanza, a 7,(100 -ton vessel flying the German flag is said to have been loaded with foodstuffs for Constan- tinople. The crew was captured by the Russians. The despatch also re- ports the sinking of a score of email sailing ships with cargoes:, of food. EXPLOSION KILLS 12 IN CEI{:`•IAN COLLIERY A. despatch from London says: Twenty person:; have been killed in an explosion in the Preussen colliery, near Milchowitz, Silesia, says a des- patch to the Central News from Am- sterdam. x Wild Scramble of Sixty Inmates of House as Flames Spread. A despatch from Halifax, N.S„ says: Four Italians and two Russians were burned to death, and an Italian woman and a Russian Were badly in- jured in a fire early Sunday morning that completely destroyed the build- ing on Pleasant Street formerly own- ed by the Canadian Bioscope Company and for the past year rented by an Armenian, A. Dombalagian, as a boarding house. The place went up like a torch. The cause will probably never be known. ITALIAN COMMANDER ARRIVES IN LONDON Receives Great Reception from Pub- lic of British Capital. A despatch from London says: Gen- eral Count Cadorna, chief of the Ital- ian general staff, who left Italy to attend the military and political con- ference of the Entente nations at Paris arrived in London on Wednes- day from the' French capital. Gen. Cadorna was met at the station by Field Marshal Earl Kitchener, the British War Secretary. An immense throng of people, English and Italian, greeted Gen, Cadorna enthusiastically. O TIM GOVERNMENT PRO IBMI N MEASURE Bill Effective Without Vote of Electors, But brevis. ion Made for Referendum at End of War. Mein Features of the 13i11. on production of affidavit as to use to Prohibitive will go into effect in 'which liquor will be devoted. - fi pt amber ---probably on September 151 Retail licenses will be issued per- • --.lay direct legislation. J mitting sale to individuals upon a All licenses, with a few exceptions, doctor's preseription, and to a doctor Will be extended after May let until. not more than a pint at a time or a veterinary not more than two gallons at a, time. Ontario Lieeuse Board will be re- constituted with membership of three, and charged with admhiistration of !new laws. • Bill net to inter ere with importa- tion of liquors for private nee ar keep- ing it in the hone. lieevy fines ranging up to $1,000 and sentences up to eight mouths are provided for infr•aeMons of the 'lsavv. officers. date fixed, upon payment of nominal; fee of $5 or $10. Referendum wilt i.e taken alter wart and n considerable time after return :of soldiers. New Ontario Temperance Act, fol- lows :Manitoba Aot except for iucor- poraticn of improvements taken from Ontario License Act, Wholesale druggist.. will be licensed to sell in wholesale quantities for ecienfifie and mechanical purposes, up - DEFENDERS OF VERDUN. BRITISH PROGRESS CONTINUES DRIVE DRIVE . The Leading Markets CAMS IN FORCE Desperate Battle is Raging in the Dvinsk Region -Many Prisoners Taken A despatch from London says: The Ru, Sinn offensive in the Dvinsk region le rapidly developing, a desperate battle is raging to the southward of Dvins1, according to the Perograd official report, while mirth -west of t Lake Vargunek General Kuropakin's forces, after having ropulsed several eounter-attacks, are advancing. Very I violent hand-to-hand fighting took i place all of Wednesday night in the region north of the town of Widsy and north-westward . of Lake Sekly. De- spite the heavy German lire, the Rus- sian troops by a strong -forward drive forced all the adversary's lines and barracades in the sector of Olipa ='°=-' - and repulsed counter-attacks. Raiding parties which ad passed the Dvina captured an enemy machine gun in the Jacogstadt section. IN GR ° A `RIS Altlyough strongly deice eel tend s e ,L t.„+, thickl surrounded by wire coxa le - Arusha Ilas Been Occupied and the Enemy Driven From I -1:s Line an the Ruwu River. A despatch from London says: Tele.- grams ele-grams to the War Office from Gen- eral Smuts, commander of the British forces in German East Africa, indi- cate that the German forces were dis- loged from defensive positions on the Lumi River and the Kitovo hills by operations from March 7 to 12. They retreated to positions in the thick forest along the Ruwu River. .On March 19 there was bush fight- ing in the vicinity of Kahe, the enemy stubbornly resisting. On the 20th a British force occupied Arusha, dis- lodging the enemy. At bussing the enemy attacked during the night, but was driven off with severe losses. In the meantime a strong mounted force traversing the bush country seized the Kahe rail -1 way station and many houses. Th' force then occupied a hill to the south-east of Kahe. This threat against our retreat decided the enemy l to hold on throughout March 21 with a view to further retirement under � cover of darkness. Further reinforcements reached' him during operations. The Brit- ish inflicted heavy losses, but the Ger- mans resisted obstinately. At night the entire Ruwu line was evacuated by the enemy, who retired south- wards, leaving a four -inch gun be- longing to the cruiser Koenigsberg. The operations are continuing. Earl Kitchener telegraphed con- gratulations to General Smuts for his brilliant success, PLOT TO DRIVE U.S.. 'ENGINEER KILLED menta, the Germans were dislodged from the woods in the vicinity of Bliznik and Mokritz. - •In. four days' fighting the Russians took over 1,400 prisoners and cap- tured 18 machine guns, 26 field mor- tars, 10 trench mortars, two mine - throwers, a howitzer, and carloads of grenades, bombs and shells. Recapture of the important railway city of Vilna from the Germans is 0110 of the chief objectives of the great drive which has been commenced by the Russians. Vilna lies in the centre of a network of railroads, 'and its loss would Le a serious blow to Field Mar- shal von Hindenburg. DISABLED SOLDIERS WILL BE TRAINED A Start Has Already Been Made in Quebec With Toy - Making. A despatch from Ottawa says: The Military Ilospitals Commission an - TO INTERVENTION IN 'TRAIN COLLISION nmatesea d out p tients in, th0 e various Pres. Wilson Appeals to Country to Aid in Thwarting This Move. A despatch from Washington says: President Wilson appealed to the country on Saturday night for aid in thwarting a conspiracy which he de- clares has been organized to plunge the United States into war with Mexico. In a formal statement issued at the White House the President charges that a campaign of falsehood is be- ing carried on through the news- papers of the country "for the pur- pose of bringing about intervention in the interest of certain American owners of Mexican property." This purpose the President pledges himself to defeat, but he warns the people of the country that if the cam- paign is permitted to continue "very serious condition may be created, unnecessary bloodshed may result, and the relations between the two republics may be very touch em- barrassed." President Wilson expresses the hope that the people of the United States will be on their guard against crediting any story coming from the border, and he entreats the editors of newspapers that they "make it a mat- ter of patriotism and conscience to test the source and authority of every report they receive from that quarter." .1A LATEST PEACE TERMS CREDITED TO KAISER A despatch from Paris says: It is reported here that the Berlin banker, Herr von Bleischroeder, has informed German -American bankers that the 'Kaiser is prepared to discuss peace on the basis of the cession of Alsace- Lorraine to France in exchange for one of her colonies, such as Mada- gascar; Russia to have Constaninople, with a protectorate over Turkey in exchange for Poland, which Germany and Austria would divide. No war indemnity is mentioned in the al- leged proposals. !, GATHERING IN THE SERBS, British Navy Gets German Underseas As Fast as They Are Made. A despatch from Washington says: One hundred and twenty-seven sub- marines have been captured by the British navy since the outbreak of the war, according to information front. the British Admiralty which has reeched the United States coast guard Toronto Flyer. From Chicago Dashed Into Freight at Port Credit. A despatch from Toronto says: The Toronto Flyer from Chicago on Thurs- day night crashed into a through freight about a mile past Port Credit station. The engine of the passenger train dashed into the caboose of the freight train, cutting through the caboose. The impact of the 'collision was so great that the locomotive was thrown over on its side amidst the wreckage of the splintered car. The wreck claimed two victims. They are: Harvey Overend, engineer of the Chicago Flyer, instantly Trilled; James Anderson, fireman of the Flyer; criti- cally injured. The wreck occurred on the main line of the Grand Trunk Railway. At the time of the wreck the Flyer was running at a high rate of speed. As this train is one of the through connections between Chicago and Toronto, the line is supposed to be clear for its passage, PLAN TO MOEOLIZE RETIRED FARMERS A despatch from Brantford safe: An organization to- enlist retired farmers to assist on farms during the coming Summer will be effected here this week. Brantford has a large population of retired farmers and many of them are still able to work. Those not fit for hard work will, by their practical experience, ad- equately supervise the Boy Scouts and Students, convalescent homes. Steps are be- ing taken to provide training in these homes, and Mr. T. B. Kidner, the vocational secretary, has just return- ed from Quebec, where he made ar- rangements for the installation of an equipment for elementary vocational training in the Savard Parks Con- valescent Home. This home is sit- ' uated in the city of Quebec, where a number of local ladies have taken great interest in toy -making as an 1Theseeladies have procured from theoccupation for convalescent soldiers. Lord Roberts Memorial Workshops in London a large and valuable col- ; lection of models of toys, etc., pro- ; ducts of this well-known institution for disabled soldiers and sailors. These models will be placed at the disposal i of the inen in the home who will re - j produce them and it is hoped will also design typical Canadian toys on sim- ilar lines. Preparations were also made for the establishment of classes in general subjects in the home. This 'policy will be followed throughout the Dominion. RUSSIA CONSERVING HER MEAT SUPPLIES A despatch from London says: The Russian Minister of Agriculture will shortly introduce a bill in the Duma prohibiting throughout Russia the killing of live stock on Tuesdays an Thursdays and fixing the number of n cattle that may be slaughtered o. other days, says a Reuter despatch from Petrograd. The bill will pro- vide for prohibition upon the sale of all kinds of meat in markets, restaur- ants and hotels on Wednesdays and Fridays and for the closing of butcher shops on those days. Breadstuff's, Toronto, 1',lar. 28, ----Manitoba wheat, new crop -No, 1 Northern, $1.08'4; No. "9, $1,08%, in store, Fort Wiliitan, Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 4:2x/ac; 4014 c; No. 1 feed, 39 le c, in store, Fort/ WNoillia...3mG.,W., 4014c; extra No, 1 feed, American Nei n --No. 3 yellow, 78c, Amevican coin ----No. 3 yellow, 78, oil traek Toronto, Canadian corn --Feed, 68 to 70c, on track Toronto. Ontario oats -.-No, 8 white, 42 to 4$e; commercial, 41 to 42e, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat --No, 2 winter, per car lot, $1 to $1.02; No. 1 commercial, J6 to 98e; No. 2 do„ 94 to 96e; No. 3 91 to 92c: teed wheat, b5 to 88ei, according to freights outside. Peas --No. 2, $1.50; according to sample, $1 to $1.30, according to f eig'ties outside. Barley --Malting bar ley, 62 to 640; feed barley, 50 to 62e, according to freights outside. Buckwheat---fi8 to 69c, according to freights outside. Rye -No. 1 commercial, 86 to 870; tejeeted, according to sample, 83 to 85c, according bo freights outside. Manitoba flour -First patents, in jute bags, $6.50; second patents, in jute bags, $6; strong bakers', in jute bags, $5.80, Toronto. Ontario flour -Winter, according to sample, $4.05 to $4.20, on track, To- ronto; $4.15 to $4.20, bulk seaboard, prompt shipment. Millfeed, car lots, delivered Mont- real freights -Bran, per • ton, $24; shorts, per ton, $26; middlings, per ton, $27; good feed flour, per bag, $1.60 to $:1.70. ^^- Country Produce. Butter -Fresh dairy, 28 to 31c; in- ferior, 23 to 25e; creamery prints, 34 to 3(3c; solids, 82 to 34c. Eggs -New -laid, 28 to 29c; do., in cartons, 30 to 31c. Honey -In 10 to 60 -lb. .tins, 13 to 14c. Combs -No. 1, $9.75 to $3; No. 2, $2,25 to $2.40. Beans -$4.10 to $4.40, the latter for hand-picked. Poultry -Chickens, 19 to 20c; fowls, 15 to 16c; ducks, 17 to 20c; geese, 18 to 20c; turkeys, 23 to 25c. Cheese -Large, 19c; twins, 19140. Potatoes -Car lots of Ontarios, $1.65 to $1.70, and New Brunswicks at $1.75 per bag, on track. Provisions. Bacon, long clear, 16'7.1 to 161/2c per lb., in case lots. Hams -Medium, 20 to 21c; do., heavy, 15 to 17c; rolls, 17 to 17%c; breakfast bacon, `21 to 24e; backs, plain, 25 to 26c; boneless backs, 28 to 29c. United States Markets. Minneapolis, Mar. 28. -Wheat - May, $1.10%; July, $1.10%; No. 1. hard, $1.15'/x; No. 1 Northern, $1.11 to $1.131/2. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 75 to 76c. Oats -No. 3 white, 39% to 40%c. Flour -Ten cents higher; fancy patents, $6.20; first clears, $4.50; other grades unchanged; ship- ments, 50,103 barrels. Bran -$17.50 'to $18.50. Duluth, Mar. 28. -Wheat -No. 1 hard, $1.127/x; No. 1 Northern, $1.10%'s to $1.13%; No. 2 Northern, $1.05% to $1.09%. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Mar. 28. -Choice heavy steers, $8 bo $8.35; butcher steers, choice, $7.75 to $7.90; do., good, $7.30 to $7.50; do., medium, $7 to $7.25; do., common, $6.25 to $6.75; heifers, good to choice, $7.25 to $7.85; do., medium, $6.50 to $6.75; butcher cows, choice, $6.50 to $7; do., good, $5.75 to $6.50; butcher bulls, choice, $6.50 to $7.25; do., good bulls, $5.50 to $6; do., medium, $5 to $5.50; do:, rough bologna, $4.40 to $4.50; feed- ers, 900 to 1,000 lbs., $6.40 to $6.80; do., bulls, $4.50 to $5.50; stockers, 700 to 800 lbs., $6 to $6.50; do., med- ium, 650 to 760 lbs., $5.75 to $6; do., light, 500 to 650 lbs., $5 to $5.50; carriers, $4 to $4.25; cutters, $4.50 to cl $4.75; milkers, choice, each, $60 to $85; springers, $60 to $85; calves, veal, choice, $11 to $12,50; do., med- ium, $7 to $8; do., common, $5.50 to $6; lambs, yearlings, $10 to $13,50; culled lambs, $7 to .$7.25; spring lambs, each, $7 to $10; ewes, light, $7.50 to $9; sheep, heavy, and bucks, $6.50 to $8; hogs, fed and watered, $10.35; do., f.o.b., $9.90; do., weigh- ed off cars, $10.35. Montreal, Mar. 28.-But'cher steers, choice, $8 to $8.25; good, $7.50 to $7.75; fairly good, $7 to $7.25; fair, $6.50 to $6.75; medium, $6 to $6.25; butchers' steers, common, $5.50. to $5.75; canners, $4.25 to $5; cows, choice, $6.75 to $7; good, $6.25 to $6.50; medium, $5,75 to $6; common, $5.25 to $5.50; bulls, choice, $7 to $7.25; good, $6.50 bo $6.75; medium, $6 to $6.25; milch cows, choice, each, $80 to $85; medium, each, $70 to $75, Hogs, selects, $11 to $1.1.50; roughs, and mixed, $10.25 to $10.75; com- mon, $10; sows, $7.75 to $8. Sheep, 6 to 8c; Iambs, 9 to 12e. Calves, milk - fed, 6 to 90. .......1'x1 _....-..-r_.»..... INLAND) DEVI.iNUE RECEIPTS INCRI,A;S. FRENCH 0 USE !AQUI IN FIRE FP ISAL ON GERMANS Superiority of This Terrible Arm Over the Blyoiiet Has Been Exemplified at Verdun. A despatch from Paris says: Liquid fire has been the means by which the Germans gained the portions of trenches mentioned in recent official communications, says the Journal Des Debate, and the Military Committee of the Chamber of Deputies is en- quiring into methods for the protec- tion of the French troops against such fire attacks, and the use of a similar weapon in reprisal. "One can easily understand," says the newspaper, "the superiority of this terrible arm over the bayonet. Even though it may expose the man who carries it to the danger of death in case a fragment of shell should strike it, on the other hand, it gives to an attack the power and cruelty to which our communications are bearing witness." The newspaper adds that France has every means at her disposal for ,paying the Germans in their own coin and therefore should employ them. A despatch from Ottawa says: In- land revenue receipts for the month of February totalled $2,134,200, in. eluding $224,470, derived from the war tax. The. February receipts last your were $1,916,822.