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Zurich Herald, 1916-11-03, Page 2KAISER'S SPEECH TO HIS TROOPS ON SOMME FRONT IN FRANCE "The Lord of Hosts is With You Against French Insolence and British Stubbornness." A despatch from Berlin says: Em- peror William on his recent visit to the troops on the Somme front in France made the following speech, ac- cording to the correspondent of the Tageblatt: "Comrades, following an impulse of the heart, I have hurried to you from the east front to bring you the. greet- ings of your comrades there and the thanks of the Fatherland for the four months' hard struggles on the Somme, and for the heroic manner in which you have fought. The world's history knows no parallel for the struggles in. which you are participating, and for the greatness of your deeds. For cen- turies these battles of the Somme will stand as a blazing model for the con- quering will of a united people. "In you that German will will find expression under whatever circum- stances to prevent the enemy from prostrating us to the ground, and to stand firm against French insolence and British stubbornness. From , all German regions you stand like a metal wall of German sense of duty and self -devoted valor, fighting to the last breath. "On all sides the German people stand in a tenacious struggle against half the world and against the mani- fold superiority of numbers. Even though it continues hard and endures long, yet the Lord of Hosts is with you. Those at home have besought Him, and He has inspired you with strength and courage. Trust in bravely, feeling that you are fie. . in a just cause. "Thus I greet you, comrades. Hold out, the Lord will give His blessing to the end." NEW OFFENSIVE BIG VICTORIES ON WEST FRONT OF ROUMANIANS Indications that the British Are About to Strike Farther North. A despatch from London says: On the Somme front Saturday a local British attack north-east of Lesboeufs captured important German trenches. This attack was aimed at Le Transloy, three miles south-east of Bapaume, which is now the principal obstacle confronting the British and French in their advance on Bapaume. In a fur- ther advance Sunday north-east of Lesboeufs another trench was captur- ed. A fortified quarry north-east of Fort Douaumont was recaptured from the Germans Saturday by French grenade throwers, supported by waves of infantry. The quarry is between the Vauche and Haudromont woods in a region famous' in the history of Ver- dun. The Crown Prince tried no more counter-attacks on the strong• posi- • tions the Fre h. retook from him -a^-s Saturday afternoon a furious, Ger- elan attack in the sector •of La Mais- onette, south of the Somme, was brok- en up by the French fire. The Teu- tons had concentrated large reserves and brought to•the front a number of the giant pumps, from which they di- rect streams of flaming liquids against the opposing trenches. They advanced behind`s. perfect screen of liquid flame, but the well directed fire of the Frenchartillery not only broke up their molten curtain, but broke up the ranks of the onrushing infantry. A hot machine gun fire poured into the Teuton completed the rout and survivors hurriedly sought the cover of their own trenches. A new British offensive on a wide front stretching north of the present scene of activity on the Somme may be presaged by the announcement from the War Office that the British artillery bombarded the German front in the Messines, Armentieres, Guin- chy, Hohenzollern and Gommecourt areas. These same areas have been I for weeks the scene of much British trench raiding. From Messines to Thiepval, the northern limit of the present Somme front, is forty miles. Armentieres, Guinchy and the Hohenzollern areas are at intervals of about ten miles be- tween Messines to Thiepval. QUEBEC VOTES $20,000 TO PATRIOTIC FUND; Also $5,000 to Help Recruit Two Battalions. A despatch from Quebec says: The city of Quebec on Thursday voted a sum of $20,000 to the Canadian Pat- riotic Fund and $5,000 to assist re- cruiting for the 171st and the loath Battalions, now being recruited in this city. Repulse the Invaders at Half a Dozen Points in Transylvania. A despatch from London says :- Heavy blows were struck by the Rou- manians on the Transylvanian border Saturday and Sunday, the invaders being driven back at several points, and more than 4,000 Austro -Germans were taken prisoners. The greatest Roumanian success was won on the western end of the Wallachian line. In the Jiul Valley, Where the invader had cleared- the Vulcan Pass, King Ferdinand's troops rallied and struck back. In a strong counter -offensive they forced the Teu- tons to retreat, capturing 900 prison- ers and 16 machine guns. The enemy, Bucharest reports, left 1,000 dead on the battlefield, Continuing their offensive on Sun- day and pursuing the enemy, who is retiring bo the mountains, the Rou- manians captured an additional 160 Beearisnc an,, ,teve emeitrer-batteries FOR BELGIANS Thousands of Them Are Being Deported to Prussia. A despatch from London says: The German reign of terror in Belgium is taking its full course, the special or - respondent of the Times at Amster- dam telegraphs. "The Telegraaf," he says, "learns that lists of burghers designated for forced labor in,.,pursuanee of the. new German order "are posted everywhere in Belgium. Many burghers already* have been removed, "On Monday another 5,000 citizens were taken from Ghent and sent to Germany. Though a telegram from the German Wolff Agency reports there were 1,000 spectators at the opening of the so-called F,lennieli uni- versity at Ghent, including teachers and students, the occasion passed un- observed by the majority of the in- habitants because of the impression caused by the removal of so many citizens. "The 5,000 were taken to the rail- road station amid tears and lamenta- tions. Groups of citizens 'drove through the town in vehicles, singing patriotic songs and sarcastic verses about the Germans, but there was no resistance. "The previous week there were dis- turbances in which burghers. were DEATH ROBS YOUNG OFFICER ' OF A UNIQUE DISTINCTION The Late Ma*o Congreve, V.C., Was to Have Been a General at the Age of 25. A despatch from London says: Had Battalion Major William La Touche Congreve, who on Thursday was awarded posthumously the Victoria Cross, lived a few days longer he would have been promoted to the rank of brigadier -general at the age of 25, which would have set a new record in the history of the British Army. Major Congreve was the son of Gen. La Touche Congreve, who had a bril- liant record in the South African War. Gen. Congreve himself won the Vic- toria Cross at Colorist) in a vain at- tempt to save the life of Lord Rob- erts' son, who . was killed in that battle. Major Congreve gained the coveted decoration for a series of rescues of wounded soldiers under a terrific fire from the German guns. Seven weeks before his death he married Miss Pa- mela Maude, a daughter of Cyril Maude, the celebrated English actor, who recently appeared in Toronto. NEW llItEA HAVE 18 INCH GUNS FIERCE GERMAN Marvellous Products of Naval Work- manship in British Dock- yards. A despatch from Providence, Rhode Island, says: -The journal in a des- patch from London on Friday says: "British Admiralty officials are de- lighted .with the marvellous work that has been done in British dockyards in the building of new Dreadnoughts. Wonderful results, which have not up to this time been made p.iblic, have been accomplished in this direction. wounded. The impotence of the people I Twelve new battleships of the Super - against the military was then demon- dreadnought type are now practical- strated. The Germans have warned the ly ready for sea. Four of these, the public in proclamation against resist- !four largest and most powerful wea- ing or iraulting the troops. pons of offence that have ever been "Also the Germans have announced - placed on the water, are 850 feet long, that all Belgians selected for removal with a speed of over thirty knots, and must procure twe pairs of boots and are armed with twelve 18 -inch guns, woollen blankets. At Selzaete 5,000 No such armament as this has ever persons have received orders to pre- before been contemplated in the his - pare for deportation. At Oudenarde tory of naval architecture, and it. is 5,000 have been named. At Melle, a considered that ships of this type are suburb of Ghent, 600 burghers who capable of winning any sea fight in for the last six weeks have been en- which they may be engaged." gaged in forced labor at Dixmude ; have returned. They complained of ;BIG WHEAT BOUNTY bad food and treatment and looked! FOR FRENCH FARMERS pitiful. There are similar reports ; from Iiainsilt," A despatch from Paris says: -A bounty of approximately 16 cents a CANADA'S BIGGEST ROLE bushel on all wheat harvested in LIES IN THE FUTURE., France during the next year is author- ized by a bill passed by the Chamber. Baron Shaughnessy's Message. He i of Deputies on Saturday night. In Boards the Steamer f t -addition the Government will give The enemy is reported withdrawing toEurope. $24 for each additional hectare plant. the mountains. r ed to wheat. The inducement offered A despatch from New York says: to farmers will involve about 40,000, - North of Roumania $impolung $ (Campolung) the Roumanians captur- Baron Shaughnessy, in an interview 000 expenditure by the Governmenb. ed the village of Tiveclu, taking 300 German prisoners, and in the Alt val- ley, further to the north, the Rou- manians made an advance of 63 miles to the north of Salatruk. The Russo -Roumanian forces are fighting for time, because when Win- ter sets in conditions will be all against the attacking force an the Transylvanian front. They are sat- isfied to allow Mackensen to hold the Dobrudja so long as they can prevent Falkenhayn from pushing further south. When Spring conies Macken- sen's position will be dangerous unless he mar.ages to, cross the Danube. It is estimated by Roumanian granted a representative of the Can- In addition the. Deputies provided for adian Press as he was about to board the creation of agricultural • expert. the steamer Kroonland on Wednesday mental stations and the appointment en route to Europe, predicted a great- of a commission charged with the pre- er Canada, industrially and political- paration of a general agricultural pro- ly, when peace is declared. "Though gramme. bleeding with sacrifices and bending with effort in behalf of the great Em- , ALLIES' AEROPLANES Aire of which she is an integral part," RAID AUSTRIAN WORKS. he said, "Canada's biggest role in the play of nations is not now, but in the French and Austrian Machines in future." The history of the, Domin- ion, he said, showed that what mis- takes have had to be rectified have A despatch from Rome says: Squad - been due to short vision, and that the rifles of Italian and French seaplanes deeds most criticized had been of have bombarded Austrian military over -anticipation. As between those works in three places on the west tart' officials that the losses of the, two Canada would after the war steer coast unscathed, says an official an - la middle course of steady develop- nouncement of the Italian War Of - Austro -Germans in Transylvania have meat. "Canada is an Empire in itself," lice on Wednesday. An aerial battle reached a total of 80,000. ' continued Baron Shaughnessy. "Its between the French hydro -aeroplanes INVASION A POSSIBILITY. Viscount French Says This is No Mere Supersitition. A despatch from London says: - Field Marshal Viscount French, Com- mander-in-chief of the armies in bhe United Kingdom, addressing the vol- unteers at Derby on Sunday, said that an invasion of the British Isles was not a mere supposition but a possibil- ity. This they must be prepared to meet. NORWEGIAN MAILS SEARCHED BY ENEMY. A despatch from London says: The Central News learns that a German warship stopped a Norwegian mail steamer which left Bergen Monday for Newcastle. This is the first action of the kind. NEW RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE IN GALI CIA AND VOLHYNIA Heavy Bonibardntent. in Progress Along the Entire Stokhod River. Line. A despatch from London says: A new Russian offensive has been open- ed in Galicia and Volhynia in an ef- fort to lessen the Teuton pressure. along the Transylvanian frontier. Ger- man h .adquarters reporte on Sunday that a heavy bombardment is in pro- gress along almost the entire line on the Stokhod River. The maximum of intensity was reached directly west of Lutsk,. where, it is assumed, the Rus- sians are preparing for a heavy stroke. The Russian report mentions only reconnaissances and exchanges' of fire in Volhynia. These it charac- terizes as successful. ATTACKS VAIN Four Assaults at Verdun Re- pulsed by the French. A despatch from London says: - The Germans made four violent and successive counter-attacks on Thurs- day in a vain effort to re -win the Dou aumont positions and remove the French menace to Fort Vaux, which is now only five hundred yards from Gen- eral Nivelle's lines, and is expected to fall before the next French rush. The total number of prisoners taken by General Nivelle is now 5,000, in addi- tion to several hundred wounded Ger- mans picked up by French ambulances. The recent assertions of French and British military experts that Hinden- burg no longer has an a.dequabe re- serve seems to be borne out by the slow reaction of the Germans at Ver- dun, and their apparent lack of strength indicates that the high com- mand has been forced to draw upon other sectors for the men who were hurled forward in Thursday's assaults. The honor of capturing Douaumont Fort fell on a Moroccan regiment, which fought shoulder to shoulder with the Zouaves and other colonial troops. General Joffre, who watch- ed the attack with General Petain, commanding the central armies,•ex- pressed high satisfaction at the methodical preparation and splendid onslaught of the men. a Should Fort Vaux fall• under the French advance,`'the Iine held by them on February 25 of this year will be re- stored, and the months of effort on the part of the German offensive will, as regards actual territory held in this sector, have gone for naught. The loss of Douaumont is officially ad- mitted in Berlin, as is the failure of the counter-attacks. DRIVEN BACK ACROSS BORDER Von Falkenhayn Forced to Re- tire From Important Positions. A despatch from London says :-On large Hart of the Transylvanian a population is not a fraction of what and Austrian seaplanes, in which one frontier the Austro -German armies of it should be, of what it is capable of of the Austrian machines was cap- General von Falkenhayn have been becoming, or what it will be after the sized and another fell into a lagoon driven back across the border and have war. We are now taking steps to pre- at Baseleghe, on the Italian coast near suffered heavy losses. The Northern pare for the future, and are anticip- Caorle, also is reported. The Austrian Roumanian province of Moldavia is ating an immigration that should be squadrilla had been throwing bombs now practically clear of the Teuton in - unprecedented in Canadian history." on Caorle. DO NOT LIKE DOSE ' FRANCE MAY IMPORT OF THEIR OWN GAS,' MANY FARM IMPLEMENTS. A despatch from Berlin says: Re- A despatch from Brantford says: of invasion is now confined to the ferring to the official German are. ;The agricultural implement export passes of the Transylvanian Alps, nouncement of Monday that hostile + trade from Canada after the war is where the Germans are thrusting at aeroplanes which attacked Metz, likely to be increased through action Bucharest via Kimpolung and Predeal, dropped bombs which emitted poison- taken by France, which asked Hon. and at Buzeu and the Czernowitz rail- ous gases, killed five civilians and Col. Harry Cockshutt, President and way via Bodza pass. Even here, Pet - making seven ill, the Tageblatt says Managing Director of the Cockshutt rograd announces, the pressure of the the poison in the bombs caused in - Plow Company, to prepare a report on Teuton forces have been arrested. The tense suffering and death in a few farm machinery for labor saving. This Roumanians have won Mount Karek- vaders. This means that the Russo -Rouman- ian troops are again in control of the four Carpathian passes-Oituz, Gyi- mes, Tolyges and Bicaz. The menace days. The paper says General Joffre report has been. forwarded to the could not have sanctioned the asses- French .Government. If the trade in- sination of non -belligerents, and ex- creases, Brantford, as a centre of the presses the hope that the French Gov-. industry, -will reap a big harvest• ernment will apologize and punish the • 132 ALLIED PLANES aviators, adding that unless this is TO AID ROUMANIA done the incident will give a new turn to warfare, the consequences of which cannot be foretold. ' Four British Machines Fly 300 Mires From Inbros to Bucha- ONE SOLDIER TAKES rest. OVER HUNDRED GERMANS. A despatch from London says: --- One hundred and twenty-eight French A despatch from London says: One aeroplanes have arrived in Roumania of fifteen Victoria Crosses, the award of which are made in Thursday's Lon- don Gazette, is to Pte. Thomas Jones, who, according to the official account, after killing three snipers who were shooting at him, entered tho German trenches, and, single-handed, disarm- ed one hundred and two 'Germans, in- cluding three or four officers, and marched them back to the :British lines through a heavy barrage fire. hares, south of Bicaz, and some 25 miles south-east of the junction point of the Roumanian, Transylvanian and Bukowinian frontiers. This indi- cates an advance of several miles into Transylvanian territory. HEAVY REINFORCEMENTS CONFRONT THE SERBS Battle for Monastir Grows More Severe and Likely To Be Prolonged. A despatch from London says :- for reconnaissance work on the Tran- The Chronicle's Athens correspondent sylvania and Dobrudja fronts, says a says : The battle for Monastir con - despatch from Bucharest to the Wire- tinues with unabated vigor, but the less Press, Four British ateoplancs continual arrival of the enemy's rein - arrived at 1'he Roumanian capital on forcements makes the struggle a very Thursday front li il;ro:i.:,.: Hand of eevere one, and likely to last for some the Grecian arthieen g >. la :y n • freii thee yet, seeing that the Roumanian the Island of TI.?';"() 7 7, o ::, C'37;1;'111 ; : CZ:: Vre has failed to relieve the siini- Bulgaria to 13.:t'l: : r., t :n n '':a i g t ,. t'en On the contrary, the Bulgars Eine, the British raze h n: ..a,0lled u have boon able to send hien from the distance of about 300 reilea, Danube to the Monastir front. Markets of the World Breadstuffs, Toronto, Oct. 31. -.---Manitoba wheat -New No, 1 Northern, $1,91%; No, 2 do., $1.88%; No. 3, do., $1.83%; No, 4 wheat, $1:75%, track. Bay ports. Old crop trading 8c above new crop; Manitoba oats --No. 2 C.W,, 65%c; No. 8, do., 64c; extra No. 1 feed, 64e; No. 1 feed, 64e, track. Bay ports. American corn -No. 3 yellow, $1.15, track Toronto. Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 60 to 62e, nominal; No. 8 white, 59 to 61,c, incl. Ontario 'wheat --No. 2 Winter, per car lot, $1,68 to $1.70, according to. freights outside. Old ,crop -No. 1 commercial, $1.63 to $1.65; No. 2 do., 51.53 1,o $1.56; No. 3, do., $1.44 to 51.48. Peas -No. 2, $2,30 to $2.35, accord- ing to freights outside. Barley -Malting, $1.05 to $1,07, nominal; feed, 98c. to $1,00, nominal. Buckwheat -$1.05, Rye -New No. 2, $1.23 to $1.25, ac- cording to freights outside. Manitoba flour -First patents, in jute bags, $9.70; second patents, in jute bags, $9.20; strong bakers', in jute bags, $9.00, Toronto. Ontario flour -New Winter, accord- ing to sample, $7.85, in bags, track Toronto, prompt shipment. Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mont- real freights, . bags included: Bran, per ton, $30.00; shorts, per ton, $32; middlings, per ton, $34.00; good feed flour, per bag $2.50, Hay -New 'No. 1, per ton, $12.00 to $13.00; No. 2, per ton, $10.00- to $11.00, track Toronto. Sbraw-Car lots, per ton, $9.00 to $10.00, track Toronto. Country Produce -Wholesale. Wholesalers are selling to the trade at the following prices: - Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 37 to 38c; inferior, 32 to 33c; creamery prints, 41 to 43c; solids, 41 to 42c. Eggs -No. 1 storage, 36 to 87e; storage, selects,,38 to 39c; new -laid, in carbons, 46 to 48c; out of cartons, 44 to 46c, Dressed poultry -Chickens, 21 to 22c; fowl, 17 to 19c; ducks, 18 to 20c; squabs, per dozen, $4.00 to $4.50; tar - keys, 30 to 35c; geese, Spring, 17 to 19c. Live poultry -Chickens, 15 to 17c; fowl, 13 to 14c; ducks, 13 to 15c; tur- keys, 25 to 28c; geese, Spring, 14 to 15c. Cheese -New, large, 22% to 23c; twins, 23 to 23%c; triplets, 23% to 24c. Honey -Extra fine quality, 20-I1a, tins, 13c; 5-1b. tins, •12% to 13c; 10 -Ib, 11% to. 12%c; 60 -lbs., 11% to 12c. . Comb honey -extra fine and heavy weight, per doz., $'3; select, $2.50 -to $2.75; No. 2, $2.25 to $2;40. • Potatoes -Ontario, per ba0, $1.75; British Columbia Rose per bag,;$1..80 to $1.85; British Columbia Whites, per bag, $1.90 to $2.00; New Bruns, wick Delawares, per bag, $2.00 to $2.10; . Prince Edward Island Whites, per bag, $1.75, track Toronto. Cabbage -Man., per ton, $40.00 to $45.00. Beans -Imported, hand-picked, per bushel, $5.00; Canadian primes, $3.75 to $4,00. Provisions -Wholesale. . Cured meats and lard are quoted to the trade by Toronto wholesalers as follows: - Smoked meats -Hams, medium, 24 to 26c; do., heavy, 22 to 23c; cooked, 85 to 37c; rolls, 20 to 21c; 1reakfast bacon, 25 to 27c; backs, plain, 26 to 27c; boneless, 28 to 29c, Pickled or dry cured meats, 1 cent less than cured. Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 18 to 181,1: per Ib; clear bellies, 16 to 18%c. Lard -Pure lard, tierces, 17% to 18c; tubs, 18 to 181/,c; pails, 18 to 180; compound, 1511 to 15%c. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Oct. 31. -Choice heavy steers, $8.35 to $8.75; good heavy steers, $8 to $8.25• butchers' cattle, good, $7.50 to $7,90; do., medium, $6.60. to $7; do., common, $5.35 to $6; butchers' bulls, choice, $7.10 to $7.35; do., good bulls, $6.40 to $6.50; do., rough bulls, $4.50 to $5; butch- ers' cows, choice, $6.25 to 7; do., good, $5.75 to $6; do., medium; $5.50 to $5.60; stockers, $5.25 to $6,25; choice feeders, $6.25 to $7; canners and cutters, $3.75 to $4.40; milkers, choice, each, $70 to $90; do., common and medium each, $40 to $60; Spring- ers, $50 to $120; light ewes, $7.35 to $8.50; sheep, heavy, $4.0 to $5.50; calves, good to choice, $10.40 to $10.75; lambs, choice, $11 to $11.40; do„ medium, $9.40 to $9.60; hogs, fed and watered, $11.50 to $11.:30; do., weighed off cars, $11.75 to $11.85; do., f.o.b., $1.75. Montreal, Oct. 81, -Good steers, $7.25 to $7.50, fair at $6.50 to $7, and common at $5.25 to $6, while butchers' cows brought from $4.50 to $6.25 and bulls from $5 to $6.50 per cwt. Bulls sold at $4.70 to $5.25 and cows at $3.75 to $4.25 per cwt., milkers, $100 to $110 each, Lambs, Ontario stock, $10.50 to $10.75 and Quebec at $9.75 to $10; sheep from $6.75 to $7.50 per cwt. Choke calves sold at 9 to 100, fair to good at 5 to 8c, and common at 4c per lb. Selected lots of hogs, $11.75 to $12, and good selects at $11.50 to $11.75 per cwt., weighed off cars. Womensometimes feel un worthy of their husbands in' books. Lon;; hair takes away from child's vitality and energy,