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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1916-08-18, Page 2• • • ITALIANS OCCUPY THE ENTIC DOBERDO PLATEAU The Austrians Have Been Driven Back Beyond the Line of the Vallone River. A despatch from London says ;- The Italians continue to press their advance on the lower Isonzo lines. They have now reached the line of the Vallone River, advancing, since the fall of Gorizia, about four miles on a front of 20 miles. The entire Dober- do plateau is now in their possession, according to official despatches from Rome, as well as the towns of Rubble. and San Martino del Carso. The number of Austrians taken prisoner is reported to have been increased by several thousand. The Italians are now approaching the strong defensive line established by the Austrians in the mountains east of Gorizia, and a resumption of the desperate battles for high peaks is ex- pected to mark the new phase of the offensive. Vienna reports the repulse of Italian attacks east of Gorizia, as well as in the Dolomites, but Rome admits that the principal gains have been made north and south of Gorizia. Severe fighting is being waged in the Plava region, the Austrians claiming that all their lines have held. The Austrians ate still holding out on Monte San Gabriele and Monte San Marto, the Italians admit, but it is as- serted that the attacking troops have reached the western slopes of the lat- ter position, as well as the line of Ver- toibizza. Austrian aeroplanes have again raided Venice, and Rome admits that, while some damage was done to build- ings, there were no casualties. The brunt of the fighting is being borne by the Italian third army, under the leadership of the Duke of Aosta. This army, which captured Gorizia, has been in almost constant action for a week, the divisions fighting in relays day and night. Their advance in this short time is one of the most notable of the war. TEUTON TROOPS _;PROPHESIED FALL I FULL TRA PRUSSIAN HOUSE Russians Smashing Through on Wide . Front to the . - Galician Capital. London. Aug. 13. -The semicircle formed by the Rusian army chain in Galicia from the region south of Bro- dy to the area south of Stanislau has been drawn an average of 1:0 miles closer to Lemberg during the last 241 hours. Swiftly roling up the armies' of the Austrian throne heir in the j direction of the Galician capital, the 1 main goal of Gen. Brussiloff's drive in! the south, the Muscovite forces drove the Teuton defenders from the greater j part of their positions on the four i great streams which formed the main natural obstacles on the road to Lem -1 berg from the so_tth-east : the Sereth, Stripa, Koropiec and Zlota Lipa. Though fighting desperate rearguard actions, the Austro -German troops are rapidly retreating on the whole front from the head waters of the Sereth down to the eastern and southern ap-, proaches of Halicz, the withdrawal having become necessary with the fall . of Stanislau last Thursday. As a result .of yesterday's and to: day's fighting the two southern""gates" of Lemberg, Halicz and Brzenany are now in the range of the Russian artil- lery and their fall is near. Four important towns fell to the Russians during the last 24 hours. The possession of each serves to tighten their grip on Lemberg. They are : Ezerna (Jezierna), between the Stripa and Sereth Rivers, 63 miles south-east of Lemberg. Podgaicy (Podhajce), on the Koropiec, 30 miles to the north- east of Stanislau, and only 15 miles south of Brzezany. From Podgaicy a trunk railroad runs north-west through Brzenany directly to Lemberg, which Is 61. miles away as the crow flies. Horozonka, west of the Zlota Lipa, ten miles north of Halicz, Maryampol, on the Dniester, 10 miles to the south • - east of Halicz. Thus Halicz is being encircled and the Teuton lines there, menaced since , the fall of Stanislau, have become un- tenable. $25,000 FROM CANADA FOR KITCHENER FUND. A. despatch from Ottawa says: The Dominion Government has contributed $25,000 to the Kitchener Memorial Funr, which is being raised through- out the Empire in commemoration of the great British soldier. The thanks; of the committee which is handling the matter have been received. English Lady Foretold Time When the Hohenzollern Dynasty Would End. A despatch from London says :-- Some -Some decades ago, when the present Kaiser Wilhelm was a youth, he was on a visit to his grandmother, Queen Victoria, and while walking in the grounds of a certain Royal residence he was boasting of the rise and the future greatness of the Hohenzollern house. Among the ladies of the party was one whose powers of Clairvoyance had often greatly astonished her friends. Shortly after the .prince had made this boast this lady, pointing to the ornamental lake by the banks of which they were standing, said : "When they cut hay from the bottom of this lake the Hohenzollern dynasty comes to an end.' For certain reasons the lake has been drained since the war began, and this year grass has grown plentifully and hay has been cut. ITAG " "F3 CI a -9 }. Q i' i ENEMY NO REST Push Farther Across Carso and East of Goritz. A despatch from London says :- The Italians ale giving the shattered Austrian armies no rest. They have pushed farther across the Carso Pla- teau, have extended their gains in the hills east of Goritz, and not content with this, are also carrying on a heavy and successful offensive around Tol- mino. This new drive has certainly reached the suburbs of the city, which is the key of the TJpper Isonzo, and according to unofficial reports they have seized the entire town. The of- ficial statements made no mention of the fighting here, nor of that in the Dolomites where heavy atacks are be- ing made, though Austria claims repul- ses for the Italians in these sectors. It is recalled that the successful attack on Goritz has been under way for three days before the official statements told of it. The capture of Triest is ap- preciably nearer. Prussian Losses Nearly Three Million. A despatch from Amsterdam says: The latest Prussian official casualty list adds 67,461 to the Prussian losses, making- a total of 2,911,387 since the beginning of the war. • DIG'S AND FOCIFS TROOPS MK IMPORTANT ADVANCE c� British Push Forward on Mile Front -French Move Eastward 1,000 Yards on Four -Mile Front. London, Aug. 13. -Indications that a' new general attack by the British to- ward Bapaume is near came in the 1 news to -day that they had gained 3001 or 400 yards on a front of nearly al mile north-west of Pozieres and that; heavy fighting was going on all alongi the line. The Anzacs again were thea herpes of the advance. The British advance followed a brit. Haat success by the French on Satur- day night, when Gen. Foch's troops penetrated the German third line of trenches on a front of three and three- quarter miles and to a. depth of nearly two-thirds of a mile from Hardocourt to Buscourt, The French forced their. way in the village of Maurepas and took a thousand Germans prisoner ana captured thirty machine guns. Heavy German counter-attacks against both French and British filled the night, "Vale terrific drive against INCOME EQUALS BRITISH BURDEN Chancellor of Exchequer Mc- Kenna Reveals Financial Strength of .Empire. A despatch from London says: Reginald McKenna, Chancellor of the Exchequer, was subjected to criticism in the House of Commons on Thurs- day on the ground of over -reliance upon Treasury bills, his critics argu- ing that the large amount of such bills outstanding constituted a danger, and that the Government' ought . to have issued another war loan. In the course of his reply the Chan- cellor claimed that Great Britain was able to borrow abroad at much lower terms than any other belligerent power. He estimated the nation's to- tal indebtedness at the end of the present financial year ,to be 13,440,- 000,000. 3,440,000,000. From that amount, 'said the Chan- cellor, the nation was entitled to de - .duct £800,000,000 loaned to Allies and Dominions of the 'empire, the'sum left being a, burden it could well .sus- tain, as it was practically ;balanced by the national income. He declared Great Britain was irc the position of a man whose income was £5,000 and whose debts amounted to £5,000, which was not an alarming position. KILLING OF °' BEEN BES RESUMED. Ten Zeppelins Raid the English and Scotch Coast. A despatch from. London says: From seven to ten Zeppelins took part in the air raid early on Wednesday on the east coast of England and south- eastern Scotland, according to an of- ficial statement in the afternoon. About 160 bombs were dropped and 23 casualties were caused. The com- manders of the airships seemed in doubt as to their whereabouts, as they frequently shut off the engines and hovered in the air, for minutes at a time. The raider which visited Scotland iiew over a sparsely populated dis- trist and its bombs were dropped in fields and on hillsides. Another raid- er dropped twenty-six bombs in the open ground between two villages. One man, two wo chil- dren 'were'kiTed it it nor ~�-eastern e and.six n s' is women Five men n,"t boys were injured. . Correspondents in 'the districts visited by the Zeppelins telegraph that the airshl, s flew at a great height. They were subjected to a very heavy fire from anti-aircraft guns, which compelled them to make a hasty retreat. One airship dropped twenty and another incendiary bombs, some of which fell into the sea. As on all recent raids, .e.any of the bombs fell on open ground or into the water as the airships were making. off. 8,000 PEOPLE HOMELESS. Property Damage in West Virginia Cloudburst Very Heavy. A despatch from Charleston, W. Va., says: Investigations conducted ever since daybreak, in the face of such obstacles as prostrated telegraph • and telephone lines, vanished or im- passable roads, bridges and streams, prove that the storm which swept the mining and lumber regions of Coal River and its tributaries on Wednes- day took a toll of more than 100 li-, es, caused property damage of approxi- mately $5,000,000 and made between 8,000 and 10,000 homeless. The flood extended over an area of nearly 400 square miles, and reached its greatest destructiveness in the valleys of Paint and Cabin Creeks, which are lined with coal mines. The mines are flood- ed and otherwise injured to such an extent that it may be weeks before they can again be operated. the newly'won French positions in Maurepas was repulsed with heavy loss only after a bitter struggle. Fol- lowing it the French pushed forward both in the village itself and on the slopes of Hill 109 to the south-east. Tho Teutons were no more successful in attacks against the British south- east of Guillemont, while north of Pozieres a contemplated blow was forestalled by a British aeroplane, which reported the concentration of large forces behind the Mounauret Farm, enabling the British artillery to take these battalions tinder a heavy fire and put them to flight. The British gains to -day take them. nearer to both Martinpuich and Cour celette, key positions on.' the Bapaume road. The German statement tells of heavy attacks being repulsed along this line, and also of an attack In the Gull- lemont sector. ENGLISHI CLERGYMAN FOUGHT IN RANKS. A despatch from London says: Capt. Thomas Riley, 'who has just died in France from wounds,.was min- ister in charge of Kennington Mission in British Columbia when the war broke out.,„ With his bishop's per- mission he 'returned to Burnley, his native town : in Lancashire, and was gazetted captain in the R F.A,, hav- ing previou'sl'y held the rank of major in the Territorials. QUEEN MARY VISITS MAPLE LEAF CLUB: FRENCH TROOPS NOW STRADDLE MAUREPAS-HEM HIGHROAD British Gain Additional Ground North of Bazentin le Petit and North-West of Pozieres. A despatch from London says :- The French and British continue their steady work of extending and consoli- dating their positions in the German second line and preparing for a pow- erful thrust at the third. There has not been a let up of an hour on the western front now in weeks, the allies here realizing that they must keep the Germans busily engaged to prevent the withdrawal of men to other fronts where the offensives of the other 17n- tente powers are sweeping back the Germans and Austrians. As on other days this week, the Bri- tish and French concerned themselves principally with attacks beyond Poz- ieres and in the district of Hem wood. Some particularly brilliant actions oc- curred on the French front, resulting according to the 'official report of the French War Office on Friday, in the further advance of the French be- tween the Somme and Maurepas. The ridgefor which Gen. Foch's troops have been fighting for more than a week is now completely in their hands, the summit having •been reach - A despatch from Loudon says: Queen Mary made an unexpected call at the Maple Leaf Club of the Daughe tern of the Empire branch on Tues- day and was welcomed by Lady Drummond, who received a pleasing tribute from Tier Majesty, on the ex- cellent arrangements that are matte for the soldiers' comfort, ed in a dashing charge this afternoon, The French now straddle the Maure- pas-Hera highroad and hold the most dominant position .in. this sector. Night fighting enabled the British to gain some additional ground north of Bazentiu le Petit and north-west of Pozieres, where the apex of the British wedge is now approaching the Martinpuich ridge, Haig's report on Friday night deals principally with aerial adventures, in which 68 British machines carried out extensive bomb- ing operations against the German concentrations at Brussels, Namur, Mons, Bussigny and Courtrai, all points far behind the Kaiser's front On the Verdun front the respite continued for another day, broken only by small raiding actions, in which the French gained minor successes on both banks of the Meuse. The artil- lery combat continues with violence, and another German aeroplane has been shot down by a member of the Franco -American Flying Corps. Two more British aeroplanes also have been lost as a result of their dar- ing exploits behind the German lines. AUSTRIAN PRISONERS A BEC -GARS' BRIGADE. A despatch to The London Times from Italian Headquarters says: "The Austrian prisoners whole I have seen were made up of stalwart youths and men over forty. There seemed to be none between. They were in the worst possible condition, with nothin re- sembling a uniform -a veritable beg- gars' brigade -and they quite bore out the statements of an escaped Russian, with whom I spoke on Sun- day morning, about the extremely bad equipment and food of the Austrian troops on the Isonzo. Very few of these men had more than one hundred cartridges in their belts, which goes to show how unprepared the Austri- ans were for an attack upon them. INFANTILE PARALYSIS AT FORT WILLIAM. A despatch from Fort William, Ont., says: Two cases of infantile paralysis have broken out in the city, one in the east -end of the city and the other in the municipality of Neebing. The health authorities are taking every :avert a spread-4r4A .. 'alt n to,„prevent p�"eca � t ,„]? large number of children have died within the past few days from Sum- mer complaint. PROPOSAL TO CLOSE LUTHERAN SCHOOLS. A despatch from Melbourne, Aus- tralia, says: The Government of Vic- toria has under consideration a pro- posal to close all the Lutheran schools in the State. It is expected that action will be taken in the near future. NEW BRITISH LOAN FOR $200,000,000 Will be Floated in the United States About a Month Bence. A despatch from New York says: Several prominent financial interests in this and other large cities, it was learned on Wednesday from authori- tative sources, have been approached by J. P. Morgan and Company, finan- cial agents of the British Govern- ment, overnment, regarding a new loan to that Government of between $150,000,000 and $200,000,000. The negotiations thus far have not been in the form of general terms, but simply as feelers as to how a loan of this sort would be taken in the near future. The credit, it was learned, probably will take a similar form to the French loan recently floated by the same institution. Noth- ing definite could be learned regard - Mg the egardii`ig-.the terms. WalI Street doesnot of look for an announcement for at least another month. It is generally expected that the new loan will be secured by Ameri- can stocks and bonds which the Brit- ish Government have been mobilizing through the borrowing process. According to information available at present, an American corporation owned American securities. This cor- poration will issue its own debentures will be formed to hold the British - against the collateral, as in the case of the recent French loan. ' STAMSLAU CAPTURE IN THE RLTE RUSSIAN SW Great Railway Centre in Galicia Taken by General Arany. A despatch from London says :- Stanislau, next to Lemberg the most important railway city in Galicia, has fallen to the Russians. Gen. Letchitzky's army, which has been hammering at the city's gates for More than a week, taking one for- Meanwhile the Russian left wing, titled barrier after another, captured acting in conjunction with Letchitz- its objective on Thursday, in a swift ky's Stanislau army, resumed its drive dash across the River Czarna Bystri- against the Teuton Carpathian forces tza. The city's fall was officially an- and captured Delatyn, their main nounced by Petrograd on Friday, and base, according to official admission is admitted by the Austrian War Office on Friday night, Petrograd is silent which in its statement says : on this success, but all indications are "We evacuated Stanislau without a that the long and bitterly -fought -for, fight." Russian aim, to separate the Teuton MINISTRY OF LArOR The garrison and the army wnich southern wing from the northern IN BRITISH CABINET. had been defending the city's eastern armies is near its realization, if it is Markets of the Werid 33readutuffs. Toronto, Aug, 15, -Manitoba Wheat - No. 1 Northern ,31.59 ; No. 2 do,, 31.57 ; No. 3, do„ $1,52, track naY ports. Manitoba oats --No. 2 C.W., , 554c No. 3, do., 644o ; extra No. 1 feed, 54/e No, 1 feed, 54o ; No. 2, do., 54o, trao'6, Bay, ports. American Dorn -No, 3 yellow, 98c, track, Toronto. Ontario oats -No. 3 white, 50 to 51c, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat -No. 1 commei•olal, 31.13 to 31.15 ; No. 2 do., $1.10 to $1.12; No. 3, do., $1.03 to 31.05 ; feed, 95 to 97c, according to freights outside. New Crop, No. 2, $1,15 to $1.17. Peas -No, 2, $1.75 to 31.85, according to sample, 31..2 to 31.50, according to freights outside. Borley -Malting, nominal ; feed, nominal. Buckwheat -Nominal. Rye -No. 1 commercial, 9G to 080, ac- cording to freights outside. Manitoba flour -First patents, in jute bags, 37:50 ; second patents, in jute bags, 37 ; strong bakers', in Jute bags, 36,80, Toronto. Ontario flour -New, Winter, according to sample, $5 to $5.10, in bags, track Toronto, prompt shipment ; 35;20 to 35,30 bulk seaboard, prompt shipment. Alillfeed-Car lots, delivered Montreal freights, bags included -Bran, p•'r ton, $23 shorts, per ton, 325 to 326 ; mid- dlings, per ton, $20 to 327 ; good feed flour, per bag, 31,75 to $1.85. I3aY-Now, No. 1, per ton, 310 to 312 ; No. 2, 39 to 39.50, track, Toronto. Straw -Car lots. per ton. 36 to $7, track, Toronto. Country Produce -Wholesale. Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 27 to 28c: inferior, 24 to 25c ; creamery prints, 31 to 320 ; solids, 30 to 31c. Eggs -New -laid, 29 to 30c ; do., in cartons, 33 to 35c. the latter for Beans -$4.50 to 35, hand-picked, Cheese -New, large. 181- to 1810 ; twins, 184 to 184c ; triplets, 181 to 19c. Dressed poultry -Chickens, 25 to 270 ; fowl, 23 to 250. Live Poultry -Chickens, 20 to 22o ; fowl, 18 to 19c. Potatoes -Virginia, new, barrel, 33.76 to 34.00. Honey -Five -Pound tins, 124 to 13c ; do., 10-1b., 12 to 124c, Maple syrup -$1.50 per Imperial gal- lon. Provisions -Wholesale. Bacon -Long Clear, 18 to 1880 per lb. Hams -Medium, 24 to 250 ; do., heavy 201 to 21c ; rolls, 19 to 1940 ; breakfast bacon, 26 to 27e ; backs, plain, 250; boneless backs, 27 to 280. Cooked ham, 36 to 360. Lard -Pure lard, tir-oes, 163 to 170; tubs, 17 to 171c ; pails, 17$ to 1740 ; Compound, 14 to 144c. Montreal Markets. Montreal, Aug. 15. -Corn -American No. 2 yellow, 99c to 31.00. Oats -Cana- dian 1,V estern, No. 2, 57c ; No. 3, 563o ; extra No. 1 feed, 5680. Flour -Mani- toba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $8.20 ; seconds, 37,70 ; strong bakers', 37.50 ; Winter patents, choice, 37.00 ; straight rollers, 36.20 to 36.40 ; dn.. bags, 32.90 to 53.00. Rolled oats-Bbls, 35.36 to $5.56 ; do., bags. 90 lbs, 32.55 to 32.65. Bran, 324.00. Shorts, 326.00. Middlings, 328.00. Mouillie, 331.00 to 334.00. Hay -No. 2, per ton, car lots, 317,50 to 318.50. Cheese --Finest Westerns, 18 to 184c ; finest easterns, 173 to 1710. Butter -Choicest creamery, 32 to 321c ; selected, 38c ; Noc'1 stEggs-Fresh, ck, 32c. sh, 250 ; Winnipeg Grain. Winnipeg, Aug. 15. -Cash. quotations -Wheat-No.' 1 .-Northern,. $1.5.1/ ; No. 2 Northern, $1.49r No. 3 NoYthern 31.444 •,3 No. 4, $1.403 ' No. 6, 31.348. Oats -No. 2 C.W., 4940 ; No. . C.W.. fee ; extra No.. 2ffeed,, 480.30 Barley- No. a lley N1 feed,d 4790 ; N No. 3, 790 ; No. 4, 760 ; rejected, 66to feed, 6650. Flax -NO. 1 N.W.C., 31,90 ; No. 2 C.W., $1.80. 'United States Markets. ',finneapolis; Aug. 15. -Wheat, Septem- ber, 31.49$ ; December, 31.491 to 31.50 ;. 31.501 to 31.538 ;568 No. 2 No. 1 Norther, Northern.. to $1.519. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 82 to 83c. Oats -No. 3 white, •434 to 433c. Flour, fancy patents, 37.90 wood ; first clears, $6.20 ; other grades unchanged. Bran, 319.00 to 320.50. Duluth, Aug. 15. -Linseed on track, 32.13 to 32.134 ; to arrive, 32.18 ; Sep- tember, 32.13 asked ; October, 32.19 asked November, e4t dmbr, 32bid. $2.144 asked hard. 31.531 ; No. 1 Northern, 31.614 to 31.52 ; No. 2 Northern, $1.48 to 31.40 ; Septem- ber, 31.50. Live Stook Markets. Toronto, Aug. 16. -Choice heavy steers, 38.15 to $8.85 ; -good heavy steers, 37.75 to 38.00 ; butchers' cattle, goto od. 37.6�O to 0';do., $8.15 medium, common, 36.35 to 367,25 80 ; butchers' bulls, choice, 37.25 to $7.50. Letchitsky's d good bulls 36.65 to $G.75 ' do rough wards along the Stanislau-Lemberg railway, the Teuton forces are hotly pursued in the. direction of Halics, another important railway town 15 miles to the north. The capture of this town is believed to' be only a mat- ter of hours. ' bails, o' 34,50 to 35.00 ; butchers' cows, choice. $6.86 to $7.10 ; do., good, 36.50 to 36.75 ; do., medium, 35.75 to $6.10 stockers, 700 to 850 lbs, 36.00 to $6.40 choice feeders, dehorned, 36.30 to $$7.00 canners and cutters, 33.50 to $4 50 ; milkers, choice, each, $70.00 to 3490.00 ; do., corn. and med., each, $40.00 to $60.00; springers, 350.00 to 390.00 ; light ewes. 37.65 to 38.75 ; sheep, heavy, 34.50 -to 35.35 ; spring lambs, per Ib, 110 to 1.11c: calves, good to choice, 310.50 to 311.50 do., medium, 39.00 to 310.0,0 ; hogs, ed and watered, $12,50 to312.65 ; weighed off cars, 312.75 to 512.86 ; do., f.o.b., 311.75. Montreal, Aug. 15. -Good steers, 38 to 38.25 ; fair at 37 to 37.75, and the lower .grades clown to $$ to $6.2.6 ; butcher cows, from 35.25 to $7, and bulls from 55.50 to 37.25 per cwt. ; lambs at 310.50 to 311 per cwt. . Sheep, 36.50 to 37.26 per cwt., and calves 41 to 7c. Hogs at 312.75 to $13, and snort -run t3250leigtfz1,76 o1.per ow rough cars. approaches escaped. Fleeing north- l hot already acomplished. . A despatch from London says: -- ---_ --• Arthur Henderson's new position as I o t-wi labor adviser to the Government wall a A ,i 4 be made •regular by legislation. In w�^������� �'i �ALL GERMAN -OWNED PPO __ _ labor circles it is understood that the. "' retention of Mr.._ Henderson in the • Cabinet will mean the - creation of a Ministry of Labor, the problems of labor and trade after the war Tender- ing such a step desirable. r a: This Action Is to Ensue in Retaliation for the Execution of Capt. Charles Fryatt. A despatch from London 'says: That the British Government is con- templating the confiscation of all the German -owned property in England in retaliation for the execution of Capt, Charles Fryatt of the English liner Brussels, was revealed in the House of Lords on Wednesday by Lord Lansdowne. Ile stated that the Government was consulting with fin- ancial houses as to the advisability of taking the step. The Gorman pro- perty in Eniilatld runs into many hun- dreds of millions of dollars. ALLIED GUNS ACTIVE AGAINST THE BULGARS. A despatch from Salonilci says: -The heavy allied guns of the Entente al- lies have begun a bombardment; of the Bulgarian positions at Lake I)oi- ran, in Greek Macedonia, it was semi- officially announced here on T'h'ursday. The bombardment was of great efface tiveness.