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Zurich Herald, 1916-07-28, Page 7HOD GERAAN Y1 LINE Attacking on ,Front of Eight Miles,, They, Ca. 'ri c Ger;rdiiati:OliIter, 'Works foi a Stretch of Five; ?MUT.'' •London, July 23. --`.Che British,' in :eluding . Australian troops, by a rnici- night thrust' On a front of eight miles between Thiepval and Guiliemont, car - tied the Germanouter works, fere a stretch of five miles, penetrated into - to say what the riect iiiovement will be. i . .l .• Pozieres, and, wheeling • arbun l' "tile village, have driven a weedge.. across the Bapaume highroad•1etween Pozie eres ai? 1 Bapaume, • The German defence, ],i.z}e•• between Pkieros'' '`and 'Gni lenient- bore the brunt of the attack, and it was here that the British registered their larg- est gains. • More important than the seizure of terrain, however;"is,the fact that General Haig has forestalled the• German's counter -stroke which was in process of preparation, and for which large, Teuton reinforcements had been gathered'behind the front. The. initiative is still firrrily in thee hands of the British, and it •s;theirs In.oile• place to the right of Pozi- eres'the artillery failed to completely level the wire entanglements erected by the Germans, and ' the English troops attacking on that fi;onr were subjected ,t'o' a Parlous machine-gun fire .which cost 'them heavily. De- spite this; they succeeded in penetrat- ing into. G'ruillemont, Emit now hold sections of the. outskirts; ..In addi- tion; tithe Dxitis•h% fon • a/ tithe regained complete control of Longueval, whore there has been heavy fighting for the last ''week. Later, the official report states, :'they were' forced: .to cede ground • in the northern part of. the village before a;; strong German coun- ter -aft & 1C; •' The gain at Pozieres puts the Eng- lish t}o4ps• beyond the German third line. They are 'Within two miles of the heights of Martinpuich, crest of the. plateau. i 1 N ITIO S SUPPLY . MEANS $ew Minister Receives Urgent Message From Gen., Haig. A despatch from London says: dwin Samuel Montagu, the ; new • Munitions Minister, had the following letter from General Sir Douglas Haig read at the confcrence'of representa tives of trades unions on Wednesday: "At this moment we are • engaged in the greatest battle the British army ever fought. I feel confident if the workmen • could see their comrades fighting, here; . both night and day, with heroism beyond all praise, they. would not hesitate to surrender their two -days' August holiday. "A two -days' cessation of work in the munition factories must have a most serious effect on our. operations. The decision eves hearty , and en- •thtisiasi;i:cz. akd' the 'conference ended with. the, -singing -of the National An- them, ten, ;';inoiciept,", says ; The 'Chroiiicle; 'rip irbably unknown at a Leber conferenep'..a' y time Within the last thirty or far%ytyears " .. 4}N1�A1tI0 'AGRFCi7 TT�Ie{AL 1' + . . COLLEGE. Large Increase in Attendance at Sum mer Course.' Al •- In 1915 the number attending the summer course for teachers at the dn. tario Agricultural College was 105, while this year there are on the roll. 182. Five ,w'eeks is the length of the course, and includes two years' train- ing. The first year gives an element- ary certificate and the second year the intermediate certificate in agriculture. The regular staff of the college does the teaching, but the courses are 'car-, ried on under the auspices of the De - It might even mean an addition of partment' of Education -Country 'and many months to the war. The army in city school teachers get a better idea of scientific agriculture, and the idea is to help in keeping' young country people from going to the cities, The Inspector of Elementary Agricultural Classes, 1VIr. J. B. Dandems, is in 'eharge of the school. e ,n • U-BOAT POSTAL SERVICE BERLIN TO AMERICA. France looks to the munitions work- ' erg to 'enable it to coMplete its task, rind I feel sure thatthis: appeal will' not'be' in vain. Let the whole British nation forego any idea of a general holiday until our goal is reached. .A epeedy and decisive victory will then be ours." Mr. Montagu pointed out how vital was the question which had induced General Haig to write such a letter in the midst of his overwhelming re- sponsibilities. The confreres unani- mously decided to send .a reply to General Haig, assuring him that there would be no relaxation in their efforts, and that all holidays would be post- poned until military exigencies per- mitted of their being taken. A Geneva despatch to the Exchange Telegram, London, says that the Munich Nachriohten publishes a Ber- lin' despatch saying that the postal authorities are compiling regulations and scales of charges for a submarine postal service between Germany and the' United States. TERRIBLE. COMBATS IN THE MR •AHIND THE GERMAN UN s British Aviators Bring Down Five Hostile Machines -One Battle Lasted Nearly an gear. A despatch from London says: The British airmen .brought down five German craft in fights over the ' en- emy lines Thursday. Referring to these operations; Sir Douglas Hales eport reads: "Taking advantage ' of the fine weather the flying corps continued its bombing operations against 'points of )nilitary importance witli ' successful exults. The hostile aircraft were in- otive until evening, when there was good deal of fighting behind the German lines. Our patrol encounter- ed ele'v'en German machines, with the result that three enemy aircraft were shot down, one in flames. An- other encounter between four of our machines ` and six of the enemy's last- ed 45 minutes. A Fokker was then shot down, and another badly damag- ed by our fire. The remaining four broke off fromthe fight, :'Miring many other combats in the air a fifth aeroplane was forced tio'the ground. Our total losses for the' day were one machine." ITALY ADOPTS RPISMS AGAINST GERMAN S BJ �sS Declaration of War by the Kaiser's Government Expected to be The Outcome, despatch front Borne says t -•-•A, oyal decrees was submitted, to the lharnbor of Deputies en Thursday onta.ining r•o riaal measures against eranan subjects, The decree teas the °suit of the strained relatioua be- eon Italy and Germany, Tho de., ea. which was reared ' by Saxon gonnine and Signora Saadi! and Bain. pili extends to the alien anemias 0 Iistly and her allies overt' meemre adopted against tho A.ustrlan sub-- loots, ub-loots, The first part of the decree prohi- bits every transfer of property, The second,rohibits a recourse to law recons, The third authorizes the Gov. er ament to adopt against the alien enernies of, Italy and her allies Liddi- fdenal reprisal rneasnree. R4l0110t1;4 between Germany and Italy will now depend upon bow i1'Eerrnerly 1*ierws the decree, {ItS OF . GER! RUSSIANS IiifitIi., DIRECTION.. IA. Not -.Thirty Left' "Alive When; :. :: • , ' Cat+t�nire of �"xitzusl�snell, lCraxn,Turks l�deams an. A.dvaaxce by the the Brite li Secuui:'ed. ,: Grand Duke's Troops lof• Forty Miles in Ihve Days. Possessaon. A despatch. from Bitieh' Ileadiruar-, ters In France, via Londoii,-says ;•• •• Troops on the left of the- recent great British advance. 'attacked': the .German. line which ran in groat of Bazentin-le-Petit wood, :and, wins pro- tected' by double lines of wire Bri- tish guns, however, had aceour{t,eck,for the wire, and before the dermaria..ro alined: it the British ' fire`' was lifted' from their• front line and Beitlah troops were pouring over 't4 ,remn- ants of the battered parapets pn;top_ of them. Two waves went ahead,: and as soon as they had swept the font line clear two other followed ='• • The right of the attacking force got through this part of .the, prograni,me with comparatively few losses. But the troops on the left suffered more severely, having been raked by ma- chine -gunfire, Behind he German front line ran a great wood, itself 'spanned by three successive lines of trenches, each with wire protection. ' These were taken tt 1S Said She Will . Enter the' one after another in a series of rushes, War in the Very• Near the men going as fast as they ' could in , the dim light of early morning ; • •'Future. through a .wood dense and *Spiced withfallen timber; and so full' ' o1' huge shell -holes that it : was. 'ail climbing, jumping, scrambling ;and crawling. Whatever their method of going, they got there. They waited in. one trench While the guns" behind concentrated their fire on the next line, Thenthey staggered: forward as soon as the guns had' lifted and while the artillery went to the next. Then the process was repeated - 'With alternate waits and -rushes it• took three hours • to get through the wood, It was full of German dead - and livr ing, and at the upper end .machine guna were posted which searched .the. open spaces 'between the wrecks .of trees as the British troops' came nn But nothing stopped.them. T :By'• soon after 7 o'clock they- had ;clewreel.. the top of the wood and taken .'300 -pris- oners. The wood' itself was full of, dead and the Germans taken, there say they believe of all the. .troop : Who Were in the wood,not thirty .rfien' escaped a- live. ' A • despateh • from London • says:: Guzusleeneh has fallen before `the 'ad van'cing "right wing of the Russian ; army of the Caucasus, Petrograd .an - hennaed. oed officially on Frlday, The plebe lies 45 miles south-west •of Tr.e-' bizond, the Bla'ek Sea port. The• tovea, has about 8;000 inhabitants, :azul''"is built on both sides of a: ravine. ' It is noted for its fruit production. The capture pf;'Guzlzslcaneh indicates that the RtfeSiens` ire pressing forward rapidly toward their objective at'Ed zingan.• ; inco the capture of Baiburt• ori July' 1'6 •the Cza'r's troops have ad; vence4l to Gurtitskeneh,• a distance of nearly 40 miles. Ful' h'er successes in •the Caucasus are reported in the official statement from Petrograd vshuh ‘follows: "In the reg'ion',0 Pjwizlyl(awamade. further progress, 'taking' prisoner'an .offieer.:and • 60 .Turks, • BeitWeen Trebi-• zond and Erzingan,, after a a'fight; • wee took the town of Guzuskaneh. In the region ,north-west of the town of Kial- kitscheytli we made prisoner 30: Turk- ish, and 400 men} and, eaptur- +ed •�ifzlportent" convoys..'. We repulsed. ,an'eneiny offensive iii'the'regi6n east ''bf Rivandouza (region of Mosul)." OMAIA READY \GERMAN ASSAULTS • TO HELP ALLIES FAINTER AT VERDUN GREATEt:PA1t7s SOF POLANIS WILL SOON BE FREED Petrograd, July;, 23.--Geriei ai Sak haroff's brilliant,stroke"in forcing the eneneb.ack.*from the Lipa and the Styr has',placod the Austrians in the most dangerous 'predicament of the war. ljnless the Russians can be held off • frbm Lemberg and • Novel, either by way of Vladimir-Volynski or the Stokhod line, the Austrian armies,: worn •out' and depleted, areal looking in vain for and from the Germans, are roomed to an ignominious retreat over the whole face of Galicia, and 1h-, to the shadow of the great Carpathian wall, and the greater part of Poland will once more be freed. of German troops. LATEST ZEPPELINS' ARE MONSTER AIRSHIPS. A Copenhagen despatch to •the'. London Daily Telegraph describes the new and very •powerful Zeppelins which, it says, are housed at the air- ship and aeroplane station iii Darm- stadt, the most important in Germany: The new Zeppelins, the despatch says, are 820 feet long, with a gas capacity of 190,675 cubic feet, mount not only machine guns, but light pieces of ar- tillery, have four armor -plated gang- ways connecting their cars, engines of 4,000. horse -power, and can make 57 miles an hour and rise to more than 18,000 feet. FORECASTS BIG CROPS • . • IN CANADIAN WEST. A despatch from Duluth, Minn,; says: Bumper crops for the Canadian North-west were predicted by Sir William Mackenzie, of Toronto, presi- dent of the Canadian Northern Rail- way, wlio was hors on Wednesday ori his way to Chicago. Ile said 'the wheat yield alone this year would be 300,- 000,000 bushels, and he did not think the farmers would experience much difficulty in securing help to harvest the crops, TAX EXCESS PROFITS OF SHIPPING FIRMS,' A despatch from -London says: An- azounecr ieut was made in tho I•iou e 0 Commons on Wednesday be Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rinde MoTCenna that the Government had dec�,ded to take in taxation seventy, s4'yen per cent. of the excess profits of shipping firms, A despatch. from London .' says: Roumania will cast her •lot 'with the allies in the very near future, . That have, made lie; attempt.. to, follow up is the belif in London, The ;plight of the kinitel1ing • blb'v delivered 'against.. Austria, the continued successes ,03 ; the northern Verdun 'defences a week:, the Russian; armies r successes'`•'that •;ago. The Frene ecianter•,attacks,'ace: •Teutons Find Increased Difficul' ty';in Concentrating at Any One • Point. •• A despatch from Paris 'says: "Cori:. trary to expec'tatitns, the Germans have reached and passed ° the titeu- manfan border -and the iz spending al: lied offensive from Saloz'iiki will dead, it is expected, to the important ie' cording to tiesoffieial i ateaunts, ; are gradually whining' back • 'the " ground' gained by the Germans at heavy cost' in the vicinity. of Thiaumont and cision.� Information• fi•ttm, Bucharest 1;'•leury, This inactivity on•the part of forecasts developments at almost any the. Crown .Prince is interpreted :by moment. THOUSANDS TO GO OVERSEAS.. Authorities Anopnce Important'Move- • mentof Troops. • "A despatch' from Ottawa says French' military •opinion' as_ evidence that'•the •Geirziiarre are' fintllzig•fncreas= Provisions. img difficulty in.•eoncenteeting. troops .., Naddaaa o the Wold Breadstpfps. . Toronto, July 2L -Manitoba; wheat -No.1 Northern, $1,22%; No, 2 ;co., $1.20%; No. 3, do., $1,17/2>=bn trak, Bay ports, Manitoba oats -No. 2 -C.W., 493/sc; No. 8 do., 48%; extra No.. 1 feed, 483/zc; No. 1 feed, 48%c; No, 2 do., 471/2 c, on track, Bay ports. American corn -.No, 8 •yellow, 89c, ;on track] Toronto Ontario oats -No. 2 white 47 to 48c, according.' to freights outside. Ontario wheat -No. 1 commercial, 98c to $1; No. 2, do., 95 to 97c; No. 3, do., 89 to ,91c; feed, 87 to 88e, nom- inal, according to freights outside.. • 'Peas• --=•No. 2'; nominal, $1.75 to 1::85;; according to 'sample, $1;26. to $1,50, accordingto freights outside, Barley-Maltng barley, nominal, 65 to,66c;'feed barley,.60 to 62c, ac- cording to' freights outside. . Byciewheat ; Nominal, 70 to 71c, ac- cording to 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 four -Winter, according to sample,, $4.05 to $4.15, in bags, track, Toronto; 'prompt shipment; $4.1& bulk, seabord; prompt shipment. ' Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mont- real freights, bags included -Bran, per ton, $19; shorts, per ton, $22; mid- dlings,, per ton, $24; good feed flour, Pee hag, $1..6,5 to $1.70: • .• Country Produce. Butter, fresh dairy, choice, 26 . to 27c; inferior, 24 to 25c; creamery prints, 29, to 31c; inferior, 28 to 29c. Eggs -=New -laid, .29 to 30e; do., in cartons,, 31 • to 83g. :c ' Beans -$•4.50 ` to $5, the latter for: hand-picked: C'iheese--Nevi*, large, 17e; .twins, 173/4,e;;triplets,'17 *ac. Maple syrup -Prices are steady at $1.40 to $1.50 per Imperial gallon. • Dressed poultry -Chickens, 25 to 27c;;fowl, 28 to 25c. Potatoes -New Brunswicks quoted at '$2' per' bag; Western, $1.85. at any one point on' the front. lie' ' 'Bacon long clear, 18 to '183/4c per }!ei;'ench officers say that each fresh, as- ib:' Hams --Medium, 24 to 25c; do., heav 20:/2 to 21c• rolls 19 to 193/ac^ brealdast bacon, 25 to 27c, backs, :• g Theyplain,' 26. to 27c;" boneless backs, 29 to 30c. • Lard -Pure lard, tierces, ' 16% to'M 17c, and trails, 173 to 173/2c; come pound, '14'to 143,4c. seult on Verdun is requiring longer y,• , , * _ and larger time to prepare. Ten thousand soldiers, principally claim that the Germans took no less than 18 day} iri.pregaration ,for ' the from Camp Borden, are to proceed overseas soon, it was anounced , at the Militia Department on 'Thursday morning. The necessary arrange - relents have. been cpmpleted to secure ships The 'units going include seven battalions from Camp Borden and Ontario Leads with; 145,195, as °Com- threet k*dzrr:lagara.. No chaplains, junior' Majors; _assistant Adjutants or signalling officerswill be in"eluded in. the tens thousand to go overseas' attack of Juy 12. r • CANADA'S ENLISTMENTS • ; a . NOW TOTAL 350,655. LIQUOR CONSUMPTION IN CANADA DROPS A despatch from Ottawa says The consumption of alcoholic liquors in Canada, dropped from .872 per cap- ifa to .745 per capita in the fiscal year just ended, according to returns is- ened on Thursday by the Inland Rev- enue Departmenb. The consumption was about three-quarters of a gallon per capita for spirits, for beer nearly five gallons, and for wine .0625 gallon. The consumption of tobacco also shows a falling off of from 3.421 pounds to 3.329 pounds per head. STEAMERS RELEASED FOR ATLANTIC TRADE. Northland, • Southland and Canada Back Into Service. A despatch from Montreal says; The'British Admiralty has released three of the White Star -Dominion Line steamers which were formerly in the Canadian trade -the Northland, Southland and Canada -which have been engaged in the Government Se* vice between Great Britain and.the Mediterranean. News of the releae of the three ships was received here' on Friday. pare(1. With Quebec's 36,890. A .. despatch . ;from :,Ottawa •: says: Total enlistments in Canada:7 up • .;to, July 15 nu'inber 350,655, Ontario. lead- big with 145,195. 'Fine the 'Toronto' division alone there are 79,715. Que- be3c,has given 86,890 men, of whom 80186 were from the Montreal dis- triot. From the. Maritime Provinces the number is 31,638,.anci frgm•,1jQa,nie. to• •h•g to the coast 186',939 • SCORES OF BODIES • OFF + ' • THE NORWEGIAN CQAST.. Victims of Jutland Battle Floating Amid Wreckage in North•Bee.' A. despatch from New York 'says: Scores of bodies of both.. E,ngiishe and,• ; ; •'•Unitei1' States,M'arkets. German sailors, equipped° with life Minneapolis, July 25. - Wheat - Montreal Markets. Montreal, July 25. -Corn, American :No. 2 yellow, 91 to 92c. .Oats, Cana - alien western, No. 2, 58 to b33/4c; do.,. No."8, 52 to 523/4e; extra Noel- -feed lfe. to 53c; •No..l, local • white, 53c4 8? 52c; No. 4 do., 51e, Flour, Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts, $6.60; seconds, $6,40; strong baker$ :$5.90; Winnipeg patents, choice, $ to $6.25; straight rollers, $b.10 to $5.80; do., bags, $4.80 to $5. Rolled oats, barrels, $4,06 td' $5.45; do., bags, 90' lbs. $2.40 to $2.60. Bran, $20 t� $21. lbs., $28 to $24. Mid- dlings $26 . to $27. Mouillie, $31 to 3Mid- dlings, No. 2, per ton, car lots, 18.50. heese, finest westerns, 15% to.1.6c;; do„ ,eesterns., •15% to 15a/g. Butter,•cho1eest'creamery, 29%c; sec- onds, 283/4c. :Eggs, fresh, 35c; select- ed320;,Noi k•- stack, 29c; No: 2 stock, 26' to 27c. ' preservers and floating in a Mass of wreckage from the:big Jutland naval battle, were encountered off the coast July,- $1.15%;< September, $1.153/4; No. 1 hard, $1.23/4; No. 1 Northern, - $1,.113/4 to $1:1.73/4; No. 2 Northern, of Norway on July 2 by •the steamer $1.123/4 to ;$1.113,x. Corn -No. 8 Vele Bergen on Wednesday." A fleet••. of 88 to 38314. Flour unchanged, ship . small vessels 'senby the Norweg- , merits, '79,244 bbl:. 'Bran, $17.50- - to Ian Government collecting the $18. Duluth, July 25. - Wheat •-= Oil ,� dead. track, No. 1 hard, $1.183/4; No. 1 Nor-. "-• them, $1.163'4' to $1.17%2 ; No. ' 2 - ' Northern, _$1.11 % to $1.12%; .No. 1 Northern, to arrive, $1.16%; No. 3,4 Northern, on track, $1.00% to $1.09%. Linseed -On track, $1.923,2 to $1.93; to arrive, $1.923/4; July, $1.92 bid; December, $1.923/2 asked; October, $1.903,4 asked; November, $1.90 bid; December, $1.89 asked. Lyngenfjord,which arrived here from low, 823a`to 83T..c, Oats -No. 3 white, PRUSSIAN CASUAL7, IES APPROXIMATE 3,000,900. A despatch from London says: The Prussian casualties up to the present are 2,801,521, according to the Daily Telegraph, which claims these figures are official, • DEC SIVE BATTLE NOW RACIkNC, - EVERYTllI ; G % . I THE BAL NCE German Correspondents Realize That the Fate of the Central Powers` Rests on Outcome of Present' Offensive. Berlin, July 23. -Max Osborn in ,a despatch to the Vossi'sehe Zeitung' from Western headquarters says: . , "We are shaken by burning Pain as new strvaalaa ' of German bloodare ft6Wln.•ge' hind we recognize our power-: lossness over what cannot be changed, °'After two years 'of war the Angel of Destruction -is passing through the rarilfe of the German amts with a fury' and•1:xi4iciIossness as if the death dla•nee of battles had only just begun. 'Whilst aur 4nemies suffer fearful tosses, WO do not blind our eyes to tho new mourning come to us, nor over the seriousness of the fate of this de- cisive battle raging on all fronts. We should be unworthy the stupendous task we have to fulfil and..the almost incomprehensible sacrifices our heroes make ii' we wed a not able to, tinder - stand the whole i'uxy and burden of these weeks. "We feel the .raging storm of the united power of the enemy. It is now a question of everything for the life or death of our nation. We stand differently now from what we dad in August, 1914. Unexampled /'deeds •af fate lie between; But still the.cen- cluding point has to be reached Ind everything is in the balance of death or lila" `f ; r'. • Live Stock Markets. Toronto, July 25, -Choice heavy steers, $8.25 to $8.50; good heavy steers, $$8 to $8,25; butchers' cattle, choice, 7.80 to • $8; • do., medium $7„50 to $7.75; do., common, $6.85 to $6:75; butchers' bulls, choice, $7.25 to $7.75; do„ good bulls, $6.75 to $7; do•, rough bulls, $4.5p to $5; butchers' cows, choice, $7.10 to $7,85; do.good, $6.75 to $7; do., medium $6 to $6,25,• stockers, 700 to 850 lbs., 6.25 to $6.75; choice feeders, de - horned, $6.40 to $7.25; canners and cutters, $8.75 to $4.75; milkers, choice each, $70 to $80 • do., common and medium, each, $40 to $60; Springers, $50 to $90; light ewes, $7,60 to $8,25; sheep, Heavy, .$4.50 to $6.85; Spring lambs, per lb,, 184e to 143/4c; calves, good to choice, $9.50 to $12; do., medium, $7.25 to $8.50; hogs, fed and watered, $11,80' to $11.40; do., weigh- ed • off cars, $11.65 to $11.80; do., f.o.b. 11, 80, • . ilMont11,80,• real, ' July 25, -Export cattle, choice, $9 to $9.25; • do., medium, $7,75 to $8.75; butchers' cattle, choice, $7.25 •to $8,26; do., medium, $5.25 to $6-.25; canners, $4.60 to 35;' butcher's' cattle, choice cows, , n'to 87; do., medium, $5.50 to $5.75; do., bulls, 16.50 to $7. dogs -Fed and watered, 1.1.15 to $12.25; do,, f.o,b,, $10..50 to 11.50.