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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1916-10-13, Page 2RECRUITS IN SEPTE BER LESS IRAN THE ASTAGE Eight Thousand Canadian Soldiers Have Returned From the Front and Have Been Discharged. A. despatch from Ottawa says: The falling off in recruiting during the past two .Ir three months, and the imperative need of systematic method of adjusting . the supply of men to meet the calls both of war and of industry, call for prompt action by Sir Thomas Tait and his fellow -direc- tors. Sir Thomas, in co-operation with the officials of the Militia De- partment and of other departments of State, is now preparing detailed re- commendations for the consideration of the board. It may bo noted that the recruiting total of 6,351 for last month fell very considerably short of wastage at the front during September. Consider- ing the number of casualties, and the comparatively large number of men' who are now being weeded out of the battalions proceeding overseas through the final medical inspection prior to leaving Canada, it is safe to say that there are fewer men actually in the expeditionary ranks now than there were at the beginning of Au- gust. Montreal enlistments for the fort- night ending September 30 are given as 85e, nearly double the enlist- ment of any other district; British Columbia is second with 434, and To- ronto third with 367. Other districts show: London, 187; Kingston -Ottawa, 349; Quebec, 96; Maritime Provinces, 228; Manitoba -Saskatchewan, 236; Alberta, 391. The aggregate enlistment to the end of the month was 365,867, to which Toronto district has contributed 82,SSb; Manitoba and Saskatchewan, 73,895; Kingston -Ottawa, 38,535; British Columbia, 35,871; Alberta, 33,147; Maritime Provinces, 333,014; London, 30,500, and Quebec, 7,206. About eight thousand soldiers have so far returned to Canada from the front and have been dis- charged as unfit for further active service. Most of these have been in capacitated by wounds, and will re- ceive pensions for the rest of their lives. In England there are several thousand more members of the Cana- dian force in hospitals who will prob- ably never be able to go back to the front, and who will be sent to Canada for discharge as soon as they are:suf- ficiently convalescent. By the end of the present year Canada's pension roll will probably be well over the ten thousand mark. FOE GARRISONS I BRITISH REGAIN SUFFER TERRIBLY ALL EAUCOURT Activity- of British Planes is Terrorizing the German Soldiers. A despatch from London says: The Germans garrisoning Eaucourt I'Ab- baye and Le Sars suffered terribly from the British shelling of those villages in the past few days. Accord- ing to some prisoners, the Germans lost three-fourths of their men. A correspondent at the British front telegraphs: "Prisoners declare that the ever-in- creasing activity of the British aero- planes . in attacking German infantry columns inspires terror behind ' the German lines, There was a wild scene lit the railroad station at Gambrel, an important junction far behind the ; German trenches, when British aero- planes attacked. "The hard-pressed German infantry in the trenches had been shouting for help, and troop trains, ammunition trains and transports of all sorts fill- ed the yards at Cambrai. They pre- sented a fair target for the British aeroplanes that suddenly appeared out of a clear sky. One heavy bomb blew up an ammunition train with a ter- rific explosion, the second hit the en- gine and the third struck a troop train. A fourth landed in the centre of a group of detraining troops. "Then the aeroplane dropped with- in machine gun range and peppered a transport train alongside the rail- way and the groups of paniestricken soldiers. Great damage was done and the enemy lines of communication were disorganized." French Carry a Powerful Line of Field Fortifi- cations. Field 'Guns. M. RAS MADE A PEACE OFFER r •a, -a Withdrawal From Belgium and Payment of Indemnity Part of Offer. The London correspondent of the New York Tribune cables as follows:. German agents, acting through Ic'i'ng Albert of the Belgians, suggested re- cently definite terms to the ahhies re- garding Belgium, Serbia and Lor- raine. This I learn from excellent au- thority. The proposal included the withdrawal of the Germans from BeI- gium, the payment of an indemnity for destruction due to military occu- pation, the retirement of the Kaiser's forces from Serbia without an in- demnity, and the return of Lorraine to France. Although the offer can hardly • ;be considered a formal one, it is of an official character and is more definite than previous overtures. King 'Al- bert has been approached -several times by German agents. Last spring the most ambitious of these efforts were made, but the Belgian ,:King spurned these offers repeatedly, de- spite the fact that considerable pres- sure was brought to'bear by the Ger- mans on various parts of his country. It is likely that nothing will coarse of this latest offer. But it is inter- esting because it shows that the Ger- mans are modifying their views about the advantages they hold in the mili- tary occupation of neighboring' coun- tries. NOTABLE DECLINE IN ACCURACY OF GERMAN OFFICIAL REPORTS Reasonably Correct Formerly, They Are Now Notoriously False in What They Relate. A despatch from London says; London will continue to be visited by Zeppelins despite the recent losses and the great improvement in the capital air defences. This opinion was expressed to the Associated Press on Wednesday by the Earl of Derby, who said: "Raids will continue for the etre on the German people, who have bee taught that Zeppelins, like submar- ines, could bring England to her knees. Hence the ridiculous com- muniques and newspaper articles in Germany representing that England was terrorized and London in flames. I will not say that London is the best defended of the allied capitals, but I can assert that there has been a vast improvement, which means that other Zeppelins will be brought down when they come again." Lord Derby expressed keenest satis satisfaction with the progress of th western campaign, which, he declared only needed good weather to show substantial progress, and added: "One of the most striking features of the present phase of the war is the notable .decline in the accuracy of the official German reports, which over a considerable period, I am' in- clined to believe, were reasonably ac- curate. Now.they are evidently writ- ten for home and neutral consump- tion; they are notoriously false in et what they relate and strikingly signi- n ficant in what they minimize or con- ceal. The best example of this is their delay in admitting the fall of Thiepval and Combles. "The Germans absolutely believed Thiepval ;to be impregnable and never made the slightest arrangements for withdrawal, and when the British made their final assault a regiment which had asked the privilege of hold- ing the place without relief, fought to a finish." Asked about the possibility of the - end of trench warfare, the Earl of e .Derby, who now holds the post of , Under-Secretary of War, said it was impossible to make any prediction with respect to that. igfamMilk hest THE RUSSIAN SOLDIER. Fights and Dies With a Fatalistic Resignation. English observers who have been campaigning with the Russian army ay that the Russian soldier gets the lightest material and other returns or his services. He is a kindly, dumb, atient man, ready for anything, for is religion, the Czar and native land. Twenty-nine Heavy Guns and Heows none of the glamor of glory, is not naturally a fighting mows r of self-sacrifice, but fights and dies ith a fatalistic resignation. The ighest reward that he can hope for BRITISH SPOILS FROM THE SME 1r Howitzers, Ninety-two 0 A despatch from London says: With the French and British before the German fourth Iine after more than two months of almost continu- ous fighting, the Autumn storms, for which Picardy is famous, have brought- a temporary lull in the oper- ations on the Somme. Rain fell for the greater part of Wednesday, and it was only between showers that the allied artillery could carry on '"its "softening"" process against the new line of defences which the infantry now face.' There were scattered engagements of a violent, but local character. During the night the British regained complete posses- sion of Eaucoui-t L'Abbaye, while the French carried a powerful line of field fortifications extending from a point near Morval to St. Pierre -St. West Wood. During the day the French advanced still farthed east of Morval. The Germans garrisoning Eaucourt L'Abbaye and, Le Sars suffered ter- ribly from the British shelling of those villages in the past few days. According to some prisoners the Ger- inane lost three-fourths of their men. A Real Recruit. "I thought you told me you were on your way to enlist?" "I am," replied Plodding Pete, "I'm tryin' to enlist sympathy fer me large an' unsatisfied appetite." BRITISH HAVE TAKEN 26,735 AND S ASIIE 4�, 29 DIVISIONS The Fruits of Somme Advance Set Forth Officially --Enemy's Reserves are Used Up. A despatch from London says: An official statement issued gives details of the fighting on the Somme front after the advance of Sept. 15, describ- ing the capture of villages, including Combles, Gueudecourt and Thiepval, and proceeds: "These victories brought our front, line at more than one point within a mile of the German fourth position west of the Bapaume-Transloy-road d1 The statement continues: "The en- emy has fought stubbornly to check our advance, and since Sept. 15 seven new divisions have been brought against us and five against the French. The severe :and prolonged struggle demanded on the part of our troops very great determination and courage. "At the end of September the sit - nation may bo summarized as fol- lows. Since the opening of the battle on July 1 we have taken 26,785 pris- oners, and engaged 38 German divi- sions, of which 29 (about 860,000 ,nen) have been withdrawn exhausted or broken. We hold the half, moon upland .south of the Ancre, occupy every height of importance, and so have direct observation ground to the east and north-east. The enemy has fallen back upon a fourth line behind a low ridge just west of the Bapautne- Transloy road. "The importance of the three months' offensive is not to be judged by the distance advanced or the num- ber of enemy trench lines taken. It must be looked for in the effect upon the enemy's strength in numbers, nma- terial and morale. The enemy has used up his reserves in repeated, cost- ly and unsuccessful oounter-attacks without causing our allies or ourselves to relax our steady, methodical pres- sure, "In this action troops from every part of the British Empire and Brit- ish Islands have been engaged. All behaved with discipline and resolu- tion of veterans. Our aircraft have shown in the highest degree the spirit of the offensive. They have patrolled regularly far behind the enemy's lines and have fought many battles in the air with hostile machines end many with enemy troops on the ground. For every enemy machine that succeeds in crossing our front, it is safe to say two hundred British machines •cross the enemy's front." A despatch from London says: The is Germans on Friday delivered metier- fi ous counter-attacks in strength along a great part of the front north of the s Somme. Their artillery fire also is m becoming heavier, new supplies of am- a munition having been brought up. De- spite their strenuous efforts, however, the British and Frenchi lines are firs- err changed eecept for seine local • vanes b3'" thii i rerich Morval sector. Here Foch's troops have pressed further to the eastward, in the region of the Peronne-Bapaume highroad. The report from General Haig's headquarters contains an interesting statement of the number of artillery pieces and machine guns captured from the Germans during the pro- gress of the Franco -British offensive. It says: "Between July 1st and Sept. 3rd, besides large quantities of other war material, we captured or recov- ered ecov- e ed from the Somme battlefield 291 an iron cross for bravery on the eld. For rations he gets a quarter of a pound of tea, five pounds of tiger and a half -pound of soap a onth. Besides these he has two and half pounds of black bread and ree-quarters of a pound of meat a ay. For smokes he is allowed two ouzels a month of "Machorka," the opped up roots of tobacco. na - cavy guns and heavy howitzers, 92 Ll✓P.€ ktI a'WI2I OFF DANISH COAST. A despatch from Esbjerg, Den- mark, says: Fishermen who arrived here on Friday report that at noon on Monday they sighted a partly sub- merged . Zeppelin thirty-five miles north-west of the Island of Sylt, in the North Sea, . off the coast of r Schleswig. Several German destroy- n ers and two large vessels were sur- v rounding the Zeppelin the fishermen 1 CAN A'S REVENUE OVER $200,000,000 Showing is Satisfactory Beyond the Highest Expec- tations. A despatch from Ottawa says: A revenue of well over $200,000,000 is in prospect for the present fiscal year, according to an estimate made public by Sir Thomas White. This will en- able the Government to apply $50,- 000,000 501000,000 or more against the principal outlay on war account. The official returns for the first half of the fiscal year, that is to say, up to September 30, are now available and make, in the opinion of the Minister of Fin- ance, a showing satisfactory beyond the highest expectations of the bud- get. The revenue of the Dominion from all sources --hos -reached atotal of $103,000,000, or $30,000,000 in ex- cess of that for the first half of last ,year. The total expenditure, which in- cludes an increase of interest of $4,- 500,000 upon war borrowings, is about th he same as last year, the higher in- erest charges being offset by reduc- ions effected in public works . and airways and canals expenditure. It ow seems certain that the -total re- enue for the year will amount to at east $210,000,000 or possibly $220,- said, in an attempt to keep her afloat. 000,000. field guns and field howitzers, 103 1 trench artillery pieces and 397 ma- HALF A MILLION PRI SONERS chine guns." The Allies' position is everywhere excellent, the line having been straightened out after the capture of Combles and Thiepval, and, contrary to German reports, has been extended, not shortened. . ,: BROKE THROUGH BULLAR LINES Serbians Reach Position Within Six Miles of Mona stir, A despatch from London says: Fighting on its home soil after months of expatriation, the reconsti- tuted Serbian artily is making steady progress towards Monastir. An Ex- change Telegraph despatch from Se- lonica reports that the Serbians have broken the Bulgarian first-line de- fences on Kaloni, and are only six miles from the chief elty of Southern Serbia, Officially they are reported as crossing the Cerna River, near Do- broveni and Brod, and to have occu- pied the towns of Buf and Popli, 80,000 TONS OF SUGAR SOLD TO GREAT BRITAIN. A despatch from New York says; Negotiations for what is said to be a record-breaking single transaction in, refined sugar with any ono nation, were completed on Wednesday by the Federal Sugar Refining Company, which announced the sale of 30,000 tons to a foreign Government, prob- ably Great Britain. The purchase in- volves about $3,500,000 and shipments are to be made in January, February and March. Immediate shipments of 18,500 tons to the British commission, Greece and Prance, were also an- nounced by the Federal Company. TAKEN BY ALLIES IN 10 WEEKS Those Captured by the Roumanian and Salonica Armies Are Not Included. A despatch from Paris says: The Paris Journal publishes a table of the prisoners and booty captured by the allies on the four principal fronts from July 1 to Sept. 18. The cap- tures of the Roumanian army and the Salonica array are not included. The figures are: Guns. Guns. Prisoners. French . 145 729 33,699 British . . , 109 223 21,450 Russian . . 841 1,580 402,471 Italian . 36 92 38,048' Total . 1,131 2,624 490,668 These figures were obtained from 432,564 and the Italians to 84,248, give the official communiques. ing a grand total of 534,727 prisoners From Sept. 18 to Oct. 4, according 1 taken on the western, eastern, and to the communique, the French in- southern fronts from July, when the creased their total prisoners to 40,318, Somme offensive began, to the present the British to 27,602, the Russians to time. NUMEROUS GAINS BY RUSSIANS IN VOIIYNIA AND GALICIA The German Emperor Bas Left for the Scene of the ,Principal Muscovite Attacks. A despatch from London says: The Russians scored successes at numer. •ous points along a line extending from the district west of Lutsk in Volhynia to the Dniester in Galicia, The Russian offensive, which halted temporarily while fresh supplies were being brought up to the front, is again in full swing on the entire southern portion of the front. Tre- mendous efforts aro being made by l the Czar's forces; according to de- Ispatches from correspondents at the I front. The Austro -German resistance apparently is stiffer than during the early stages of the drive, however, the defence of Lemberg and along the Volhynia lines being especially de- + tcrrnined. It is officially announced that Em-. peror William has left for the eastern front to visit the troops of Gen, von Linsingen, against whom the princip. al Russian attack is being directed. Markets Of Th orl I3readstuffs. Toronto, Oct, 10.—Manitoba wheat —New, No. 1.Northern, $1.782/x; No. 2 Northern, $1.75%; No. 3 Northern, $1.70%; No. 4 wheat, $1.02%, track Bay parts. Old crop Brading 2c above new crop. Manitoba oats—No, 2 . C. W,, 60% e; No. 8 C.W. 600; extra No, 1 feed, 60c; No. 1 feed, 69c, track Bay ports. track AmericanTorontocorn. --No, 3 yellow, 98c, Ontario oats—No. 2 white, 54 to 56c; No. 3 white, 53 to 55c, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat—New, No. 2 Winter, per car lot, $1.50 iso $1.52, according to freights outside. Old crop—No, 1 commercial, $1.44 to $1.47; No. 2 commercial, $1,39 to $1.42; No. 3 com- merical, $1.31 to $1.34, according to freights outside, Peas—No, 2, $2.16 to $2,25, accord- ing to freights outside. Barley Malting, 90 to 92c; feed, 85 to 87c, according to freights outside. Buckwheat -85c, nominal, according bo freights outside. Rye—No. 2, new, $1.18 to $1.20, ac- cording to freights outside. Manitoba flour—First patents, in jute bags, $9.30; second patents, in jute bags, $8.80; strong bakers', in jute bags, $8.60, Toronto. Ontario flour—New Winter, accord- ing to sample, $7.25, in bags, track Toronto, prompt shipment, Millfeed—Car lots, delivered Mont- real frieghts, bags included—Bran, per ton, $29; shorts, per ton, $31; middlings, per ton, $32; good feed flour, per bag, $2,35. Hay—New, per ton, $10 to $12; No. 2, per ton, $9 to $9.50, track Toronto. Straw—Car lobs, per ton, $7 to $8, track Toronto. Country Produce --Wholesale. Butter ---Fresh dairy, choice, 34 to 35c; inferior, 29 to 30c; creamery prints, 38 to 40c; solids, 37 to 38c. Eggs—No. 1 storage, 35 to 36e; storage, selects, 37 to 38c; new -laid, in cartoons, 43 to 45c; out of cartons, 40 to 42c, Dressed poultry—Chickens," 24 to 25e; fowl, 18 to 20c; ducks, 18 to 20e; squabs, per dozen, $4,00 to $4.50; tur- keys, 30 to 35c; geese, Spring, 17 to 19c. Live poultry—Chickens, 17 to 18e; 23fowl', .14 to 16c; ducks, 13 to 16e; tur- keys, 25 to 26c; geese, Spring, 15 to 17c. Cheese—New, large, 22 to 2232c; twins, 221/2 to 23c; triplets, 28 to /i c Honey--Extra fine quality, 2% -lb. tins, 13c; 5-1b. tins, 12%c; 10-1b„ 11% to 12c; 60 -Ib., 11% to 12e. Comb honey, select, $2.50 to $2.75; No. 2, $2.25 to $2.40. Potatoes—Ontario, 81.15; • British olumbia Rose, per bag, $1.70. -to 1.75 • British . Columbia whites, ' per:: ag, $1.76; New Brunswick Delawares, er bag, $1,70 to $1.80, Cabbages—British Columbia, per on, $40. Beans—Marrowfat, $5.50 to $6; andpieked, $5.50; primes, $5. Provisions --Wholesale. Smoked meats—Hams, medium, 24 26c• do., heavy, 22 to 23c; cooked, 5 to 137e; rolls, 20 to 21c; breakfast acon, 25 to 27c; backs, plain, 26 to e; boneless,_28 to 29e. Pickled or dry cured meats, 1 cent ss than cured, Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 18 18%e per Ib; clear bellies, 18 to 3hc. Lard—Pure lard, tierces, 17 to 1,%c; tubs, 114. to 17%c; pails, 173 17%c. Compound, 14 to 14%c. C p t h to 3 b 27 le to 18 17 to Montreal Markets. • Montreal, Oct. 10,—Corn—American No. 2 yellow, 97 to 98e. Oats—Can- adian Western, No. 2, 62%e do., No. 8, 61%c; extra No. 1 feed, 6�.ai'ac; No. 3 local white, 55e. Barley Manitoba feed, 89%e. Flour --Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $9.40; do., sec- onds, $8.90;. strong bakers', $8.70; Winter patents, choice, . $9; straight rollers, $8 to $8,30; do,, in bags, $3.80 to $8.95. Rolled oats—Barrels, $6.45 to $6.55; do., bag of 90 Iles, $3.10 to $3.20. Millfeed :Bran, $27; shorts, $29; middlings, $31; mouillie, $34 to $36. Hay—No. 2, per ton, car lots, $13. Cheese—Finestr westerns, 21%c; do., easterns, 213c. Butter —Choicest creamery, 38 to 88%c; sec- onds, 87 to 373c, Eggs—Fresh, 45c; selected, 38c; No. 1 stock, 84c; No. 2, do., 30e. Potatoes—Per bag, car lots, $1,25 to $1.40. • Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Oct. 10,—Good heavy steers, $8.10 to $8.50; butchers' cattle, good, $7.60 to $7,85; do., medium, $6.85 to $7.10; do, common, $5,50 to $6.25; butchers' balls, choice, $7,10 to $7,50; do., good bulls, $6.40 to $6.50; do., rough bulls, $4.50 to $5.00; butch- ers' cows, choice, $6.25 to $6,75; do., good, $5.75 to $6.00; do.,rnediutn, $5.50 to $5.60; stockers, $b 25 to $6.00; choice feeders, $6.25 to $7.00; canners and cutters, $3,50 to $4.50; milkers, choice, each, $70,00 to $90,00; do., com, and fined., ea., $40.00 to $60.00; spring- ers, $60,00 to $100.00; light ewes, $7.00 to $8.00; sheep, heavy, $4.50 to $5.50; calves, good to choice, :$10,50 to $11.76• spring lambs, choice, $10,10 to $10.40# do„ medium, $9.40 to $9.60; hogs, fed and watered, $11.40 to $11.50; o., weighed off ears, $11.65 to $11.75; do., f.o.b., $10.90, Montreal, Oct, 10,—Choice steers, $7.25 to $7.75; good, $6.50 to $7; med.. rum, $5.50 to $6.50; choice. cowls, $6 to $6.50; good, $5.50 to8; butcher bulls, $5.50 to $7; canner bulls, $4.50 to $5. Sheep, 6c to 6%o; lambs, 8%0 bo 10c. Calves milk fed, 63ec to 9o; grass fed, 5c to 6%c, Hogs, selecte, 110 to 11%e; heave and lights, 9c.