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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1917-01-05, Page 3BATTLE OF THE SOIL rE WAS S F EEPING VICTORY 1 German Armies Only Saved From Complete Collapse and Decisive Defeat by Protracted Period of Unfavorable Weather.. A despatch from London says :-- The Battle of the Somme is pictured as a sweeping triumph for allied armies in a detailed report by General Sir Douglas Haig, which was issued on Friday night, and which covers battle has placed beyond doubt the operations from July 1 to Nov. 18. ability of the allies to gain those ob- General Haig terms the battle a jects. The German army is the main - triumph in which the German western stay of the Central Powers, and a full armies were only saved from com- half of that army, despite all advan- plete collapse' and a decisive defeat by tages of the defensive and supported as ` protracted period of unfavorable Weather, which prevented the Anglo- French forces from taking full ad- vantage of their successful advance. er has not yet been broken, nor is it yet possible to form an estimate of the time the war may last before the objects for which the allies are fight- ing have been attained, but the Somme BRITISH FRONT IS EXTEN DEO BERLIN'S STARTLING ADMISSION OF SHORTAGE .OF PROVISIONS Iaig's Troops Take Over Fur,: Officially -Stated That Government Will Have Difficulty in � pply- ther Section of the French Line. A despatch from London says: The continuation of the British offensive along the Somme front is impossible so long as the present weather lasts, Major-General Frederick B, Maurice, chief director • of military operations of the War Office, so informed the As- sociated Press on Friday, "I told you some time 'ago," he said, "that ouroffensive would not cease during the Winter, but it must be ap- parent from the daily reports that no' by the strongest fortifications, suffer- rea• l battle has been offered in that ed defeat on the Somme this year. 'sector since October. In the first place Neither victors nor vanquished will we underestimated the effect of the forget this, and although bad weather shelling on the terrain. The country He declares that nevertheless it was a has given the enemy a respite, there over which the advance will have to triumph which proved beyond doubt are undoubtedly many thousands in be made is thickly sprinkled with the ability of the allies to overthrow his ranks who will begin the new cam - shell -holes filled with water. Alan, • Germany "when the time comes." The paign with little confidence in their never having held the same line in any other Winter, we underestimated the effect of the fog in the valley of the Somme. "There have been frequent frosts, not severe enough to harden t ground, but sufficient to form fog makire artillery observation fire prat tically useless, and also preventing thea drying of the ground. "The French arrived at the sam decision, - and transferred their atten tion to Verdun, with results whioh you know. We may be able to restmtt in March, as we found the ground at Neuve Chapelle in s'eirly .good shape in March, 1915, although it had been very bad during the Winter. Unable British commander shows himself a fil'n•1 believer in the doctrine that the allies can win the war on the western front. "I desire to add a few words as to ability to resist our assaults or over- come our defence. "Our new armies entered battle with a determination to win and confidence in their power to do so. They have future prospects," he says at the close proved to themselves, to the enemy of the despatch, which covers 16 close and to the world that this confidence ]y -printed pages."The enemy's pow- is justified." • GREAT DRIVE AGAINST ITALY Teutons to Attempt to Crush Italy Much as Serbia Was Crushed. A despatch from Roine says: Gen. Morrone, the Italian Minister of War, admitted in the Chamber on Friday that the Austrians and Germans are preparing a great offensive against the Italian front for next Spring. A Deputy in the course of a speech al- luded to the forthcoming offensive, and turning to the Minister of War expressed the hope that the necessary preparations were being, taken to re- sist it, and sufficient artillery, am- munition and troops being concentrat- ed where necessary. The Minister tacitly admitted that the offensive was expected. CANADIAN PATRIOTIC FUND. New Year's Message From the Governor-General. A despatch from Ottawa says: His Excellency the Governor-General as president of the Canadian Patriotic ing Food to People in 1917. A despatch from Berlin says: , A circular has been issued by Adolph T. Von Batocki, president of the Food Regulation Board, to the Federated. Governments, in which it is pointed. out that next year generally there will be difficulty in the way of the Govern- ments supplying food for the people. Even the end of the war, says Herr work animals, foodstuffs, fertilizers and transportation facilities, cities and industrial communities will be compelled to keep a careful watch over the food problems. The system of fixing maximum prices and pre- epmting commodities for public con- sumption, says Herr Von Batocki, has only worked well as regards grain. It has proved a failure with perishable Von Batocki, would only bring a slight commodities, and he advises muni - change In the situation at first, be- cipalities to proceed on a larger basis cause the scarcity of foodis world-. than previously in their placing con - wide. tracts for the future delivery of meat, Owing to a shortage in laborers, vegetables, milk, butter and cheese. POOR W< iRLD CROP TEUTONS WIN FOS THE PAST YEAR _ ? AY BATTLE mportant Countries Show Important Rumanian Town Has 'creased Wheat Yield of Fallen to the Invaders. 25 Per Cent. A despatch from London says: The despatch from Rome says:—The net of the Teutonic allies apparently Fund has issued the following New to continue the offensive for the pre - Year's appeal on behalf of the Fund: sent, we have done the next best thing. Twice his Royal Highness the Duke The taking over of a section of the of Connaught appealed to the people French line has kept us busy during ational Institute of Agriculture:ls fast closing in upon Braila, Ru- . rra 'est .estimates continue to indicate manias oil and grain centre, on the tie poor world crops. It is now Danube. Having taken Filipechti, 80 able for the first time, through new miles to the south-west, Field Marshal rbOrts just received, to forecast the von Mackensen's troops have now wheat production of Argentina. The captured the railroad town of Rimnik Aijentine wheat crop is estimated at Sarat, relatively the same distance to 70,000,000 bushels, one-half that of the east, while the guns of the Do - 191t: ,�.., brudja army are still hammering the & tralia's wheat crop is estimated Russo Rumanians at the bridgehead at .135,000,000 bushels, which is four of Matchin, or. the east bank of the pa't'?en': better than the yearly aver- Danube, opposite Braila. of Canada in support of the Canadian the past ten days. The operation }las 110'e- Prior to the fall of Rimnik Sarat Patriotic Fund. The prompt and gen- been successful, and I will be glad tp. Fur, the world's eighteen most im- the Teutonic allies defeated the Rus- erous response on each occasion tell you the exact extent of the linea portantcountries, including the United sians on a front of 101/ miles south - proves hors* truly Canada appreciates States,'British .India Ja an west of the town, while the Teutonic as to 29c, pl taken over when I am sure the Ger- Canada, ' p ' Danube arm t d 1 f t•- Cured meats—Long -.clear bacon. 18 Markets ofthe World nreac1stta#fa, Toronto, .Tan, t,— Manitoba No, 1 Northern 32.01.; 149. 2, do. 33-.P5 a No, 3, do„ 31.83; No, 4 sheat, 31.811'» track, Bay ports. Old erop trading 4xr+ above new crop, Manitoba Oats --- No, 2 C. W„ 09$c, ' trade Bay ports, �tmel'ieart Corn --No, 3 yellow, no s 11- ers owlug to embargo, Ontario oats—No, 2 white, 62 to 64c, nominal; No, 3, do„ 61 to 68e, nominal, aeeording to freights outside, Ontario wheat—Now No. 2 Winter, per car lot, 31.65 to $1,67; No. 8 do., $1.63 to 31.65,, according• to freights outside. Peas—•No. 2, 32.40, according to freights cu tslde, Barley —Malting, $1,16 to 31.18, cording' to freights outside, Buckwheat — 31.20, according to freights outside. Rye—No. 2, $1.82 to 31.33. according to freights outsido. Manitoba flour—First patents, in Jute Uas, $9,40; 2nd do., 38,90; strong bak- ers, do., 38.60, Toronto. Ontario flour — Winter, according to sample, 36,20 to 36.90, in bags, track To- ronto, prompt shipment, Millfeed—Car lots --Delivered Mona-; real freights, bags included, bran per.,, ton, $32; shorts, do, 337; goods feed flour, per bag, 32.70 to $2,80. flay—No. 1, per ton, 313 to 31.3.50 No,. 2, do„ 39 to 311, track, Toronto. Straw—Car lots, per ton, 39.50 to 310' ' track Toronto, Country Produce—Wholesale Butter—Fresh dairy, choice, 41 to 43e Creamery prints, 45 to 48e; solids, 44 to 45c, Eggs—No. 1 storage, 40 to 41c; stor- age, selects, 42 to 48c; new -laid, in car- tons, (16 to 70e; out of cartons, 60 to 689. Cheese—Large, 253 to 26c; twins, 26 to 263c; triplets, 263 to 261c. L1 re poultry—Chickens, 15' to 16c; fowi,14to160. Dressed poultry—Chickens, 21 to 22e; fowl, .I:6 to 18c; ducks, 18 to 20e; squabs, per doz., 34 to 34.50; turkeys, 28 to 322;', geese, Spring. 20 to 22c. Honey—White clover, 23-1b, tins, 13 to 133c; 5-1b. tins, 13 to 133c; 10-1b. 123 to 13c; 60-1b., 12 to 123c; buckwheat, 60 - lb. tins. 9 to 93c. Comb honey—extra fine and heavy weight, per doz. 33; se- lect, 32.50 to 32.75: No.,2, $2.25 to 32,40. Potatoes — Ontario, per bag, $2 to $2.15; New Brunswick Delawares, per bag, 32.15 to 32.25. - Beans — Imported, band -pinked, per bush., $6; Canadian, Band -picked, per bush., $6.50; Canadian primes, 35.50 to $6; Limas, per lb., 63 to 10c. Provisions—Wholesale. Cured meats and lard are quoted to the trade by Toronto wholesalers as fol- lows: Sntoked meats—Hams, medium, 25 to 26o; do„ heavy, 22 to 230; cooked. 34 to. 36e; rolls, 19 to 200; brew Pas; bacon, 25 to 270; backs, plain, 26 ,to 27C,-; boneless, the debt which she owes to her sons mans know the point of junction. and all Europe the estimated total Y cap ore several forti- 1s� 1b cl ar bellies 1s to 1$fc who are fighting for the Empire. "In Rumania the first Rumanian Heavy as the sacrifices have already army, which has borne the brunt of been, the Dominion is as determined the fighting, has been entirely with, as ever to carry the war to a success- drawn, and is now re-forming in Me', ful conclusion and, however onerous davia, while its place has been taken' the burden may be, she is equally de- by- the Russians, In Dobrudja the line; termined to help the families of those has been moved back in alignment' who are serving in the army and _in with the bade -front Orth of..the the navy. The administration of the Dar ube, In y a i li p of ` fund hes been most successful and fit3 lies•�'dnd ',dila ; ld„ reset - I e. eider aflltkl t .4,1k wheit 'crop is placed lythe institute at' 1,500,000,000 bushels, which is 25 pd cent. less than for 1915. Y , AMERICANS IN TIE BRITfSH A'nn to fied villages, according to the Berlin Lana- 1''ure lard, tierces, 214 to 213c; War Office: Petrograd admits that the tubs, 211 to 22e; pails, 22 to 223e: cam - Russians and Ruanians have been pound, 161 to 170. m forced. to fall back north of Megura, but says elsewhere the invaders were defeated with heavy casualties., ``;Since December 22, says Berlin, Arora titan. 8,900 prisoners and V ma- ohYnguxis have been captured in Y . , • ix .O HON. MR. CASGRAI 'being expended to the best advanteeess C.tl�iA:,liGlNegoet OF PNEUMONIA... F Fifty-five, thottsancl xamilies, coin- TO ; GO TO 14IES(}''O'rid `ATrL DIES prising one hundred and fifty thou- Postaaiastcl Postmaster -General Passes A despatch from Prince Albert, After Brief Illness. lent -upon the fund and it is estimated A m h s peen Away sand individuals, are to -day depend -1 ' t twelve million five hundred thou- Sask., says: coin fission a ilia A despatch from Ottawa says: Hon. •sand dollars will be required to meet '1'. Casgrain, Postmaster -General of ;the requirements of the next twelve to Calt, J. M. Macleod, of this city, to Canada, who has been ill with pneu- i , recruit+ fifty boatmen, to be employed monia for several days, died here on morths, on the river transport service on the The sum is a large one but when ,• Friday morning. Mr. Casgrain con- the circumstances are fully realized I' Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in =rye, traded the disease following a Can- on his way home from New York ten am confident that the people of days ago. His condition, however, adla will willingly contribute the con - was not considered alarming and his amount necessary for the fund to con- tinue its patriotic and beneficent work, physicians say he passed a good night.) (Signed) DEVONSHIRE. I oil practically every large fiver in. At 7 o'clock on Friday morning, how -1 1 Canada. It is understood five hund- • ever, he took a sudden turn for the, SOLDIERS' VOTE GIVES iced river men from all over Canada. worse and sank rapidly. forwarded by the British Government ing up supplies to British troops light- ing the Turks. Capt. Macleod wag a' pioneer in steam navigation on the Peace River, and he has operated.boats TO SE \ L •, TRAINS ' says:—Private cit from, London says: It convey claim that the "wets" have re-: OFF TIME TABLE, Victoria Crosses are cast from can - i. despatch f Y e wed sufficient votes cast by British! — non taken by the British. ryas officially announced .on "WETS" AAMAJORITY . are to be asembled at Montreal to go Ito England for training. (;rRE ALCOHOL ek despatch from Vancouver, B.C.,1 ``Mirrors." FOR MUNITION SUPPLY bees receives in Van-'; 100 BRITISH n who nge land and given weir tai .' �_ylibi ty and humanity, putting,"Gen. F, B. Maurice, Chief Director o: to tix owe everything else f theWar Office Montreal Markets. Montreal, Jan. 2, —Oats —= Canadian Western, No, 2, 26Ic; No. 3, 641c; extra No. 1 feed, 643c. Barley—Manitoba Peed, 96c; malting, 31.30 to $1.82. Flour Manitoba .Spring wheat patents, firsts, 39.50; seconds, $9; strong bakers', 38.80; Winter patents, choice, 39.25; straight rollers, $8.50 to 38.80; do. bags. 34.10 to 24 25 B'•L]„ „seoat �crr tai • $7.05 do., ;ruts,, x49_ 24c Butter—C7Yibfi'" ?y' finest easferns; croamor•y, 43 to 434c: seeonas, .404 to" 41e. Bggs : Fres11 600; seledte,d `402 to 44c; No. 1 stock. 86 to 40c; No. 2 iota,k, 82. 6 t34e. Potatoes --Per bag. car a b th l e In the ivuu wry Operations o a , lei k: dl," ,sir Rider Haggard corn in a statement Issued on Friday, said Winnipeg Grain. t' '';es•'~ "M' ublie work and other he had relable reportis indicating that Cash �pri s: Wheat1 48. Ivo orders, iia Y p i yzv it reasons prevent my acing on the sug-' the problem of food for the German! Na 6, $1.34: No_ s, $1,06; feed. 900. Oats gestion, but there are qualified writ- . army was extremely bad, as, 'well as —No. o.'2 C.W., 551e; No. 8le .W.. 523c`9e el•S to whom the letter may appeal, at the situation of the civil papule/Ann in 6 930; reieotea, 7oc; fees, Toa ria» Least I hope 'so." There are said to this regard. —No. 1 N.W.C.. $x:693: No. 2, Cl/V., $x.563: No. 3 C.W., $2.331. he abo>��, 40,000 Americans in the Brit- --'••' -- ish at1ily, including those in the Can- 50,000 ARMENIANS STARVING. trustee. States markets. dian division Minneapolis, Jan. 2.--Wheat—May. 1111 of These Deported Now in Vicinity 31.78/ to July.8 1; 7No. ..allorhern, 31.7 hard, 1Viewed With Pleasure. of Aleppo. to 31.781; No. 2 Northern, $1.711 to 1" $1.764. Corn—No 3 yellow. S74 to 881e "1 find. lady tustomers very hard to A despatch from New York says: Oats—No. 3 .white, 494 to 498c. Flour. Dulu " Fifty thousand deported Armenians unchanged. Janra� $24.50 ro ari'ld•e please :;•: ,; "Itan't say that. My goods seem are starving in the vicinity of Aleppo, $2.85'': December, $2,86; May 32.89; to give eminent satisfaction." Asiatic Turkey, as a result of a recent awe. $2.881. ___ "What line?" temporary suspension of relief appro- rive steels markets. priations, according to a cablegram Tor<urto, .Tan, 2. —Hutchens' cattle, from American Ambassador Elkus,cltoidc, Ss to 3s.5o: do„ good. $7.68 to 37 9O, do., m d3um, $7 to 3< 5: uo„ room received through the State Depart- 'mon, $6 to 31.50; butchers bulls, choice, ment at Washington, and made public ; t`,,$ihr biiie,gS43b toisG 6'buto%e$rsa We always lose our patience on Thursday night by the Am- x S eb.i1o,• 67ecdn 37 $5.75 ot $6;st ek th4 man who can't keep his temper erican Committee for Armenian and e145•_o t,., 37; <hoi<:e fe dens. $8.56. to during a political discussion. Serbian relief. $7.25: canners and cutters, $4.25 to $5,25; milkers, choice, each 370 to $100;; do., common and medium, each, $40 to $6,1; springers. $50 to 3100; light ewes, 35.50 to $11 5e; sheep, heavy, $5.75 to that owing to the constantly increa turn the majority of 6,000 secured ford With the :few Year it is calculated ing requirements of alcohol for the prohibition in the home vote of the that 400 passenger trains will disap- productxon of munitions and for other province on Sept,, 14th last, The pear from the British railway time - war purposes the Minister of Muni- „wets„ claim to have voted nine or ten tables. Many of the remaining tient; had appointed a committee re- trains will run more slowly and with a presenting the distillery interests, as thousand flier. the ballot: are ndat well as the Government departments, yet counted. ' larger number of stops. Long dis- • t'o consider the best means to adopt to secure adequate supplies. ° � CONSTANTINE'SARMY BEING DEMOBILI7.ED. A. dosi5atch from London says: The Foreign Office has received advices ;that the Greek Government is carry- ••-ing out its promise to demobilize the Greek army. The work is proceeding C satisfactorily, the advices indicate. Friday Columbia soldiers overseas to over -j A despatch from London says :— 1 1 t with 1tante non-stop expresses will be as GREAT BRITISH 1 rare as they were thirty years ago. MEAT I'UI2C.I{ASF1 The Daily News says, so far as cam- 1fort and speed are concerned, the A despatch from Washington says::clock will be put back a quarter of a —Tile British Government has con -1 century. ti ac ted for the entire exportable sup -1 ply of Now Zealand meat until at; MAN -POWER INVENTORY least three months after the :close of PRODUCING RESULTS. the European war according to ce- ment from its agents abroad. higher A. dlespateh from Ottawa says: The prices will 1 e pais 1 thanthe Ilonunion5' man -p ports reaching the 'Commerce Depart - v1 r 1 ower inventory being made by the. National Service Board is already d S It producing results. The carset �R e�OgOOy s 1 back fill - OCCASIONED I OIL FIaI� British Military Mission to Iilunnania Rendered Stock and Prop- erty Utterly 'Useless to Germans. <' A despatch from London ,says :--- ` ;ri;rg on Friday at a meeting of file . daug1rnaniall Consolidated Oil Fields, •='iii W. Rutherford, member of r, ,,;spent from the `lV-est. Derby ion of Liverpool, •said .that prob. the value of the oil fields destroy- ed by the allies in the 'Rtimanian re- treat amounted to £30,000,090. It was awholesale destruction, hereinarked, carried on' by a British military mis- sion acting .under the instruction of headquarters. h s woi d, e ad , rendered the. property and the stock Utterly useless to the foe. The oil wells of German companies met a Similar ated he said. - The-17'olks Zeitung of Cologne re- produces the narrative of an officer of the Gelluan general' staff in re- gard'to the'"Punianian campaign, in 1 which it i .said; the destruction wrought in flee T.tilnanian oil -fields was "terrible," s'trilassing everything of • the kind during the war. out by the boars are coming ed in with the information asked for. ]. tl hipvards and engine Five thousand are in already well in t 1 s deadwei ht pPenned on the sem- works for military service without v B:I'AI PLACES LARGE ORDERS .7.2!;: cal\ as, good to choice, $10.25 to 313; limbs, choice 312.25 to 313.25; do, - medium. medium. $9:60 to 39,90; hogs, fed and OR HUGE CARGO STEAMERS watered, $12,10 to $1' do„ weighed off cars, $12,35 to 312,45; do., f.o.b., $11,36, Montreal, Jan. ' C hoioe steers,$9; good steers. 37 to 38.50; butchers'bulls, 1 37 to 38; butchers' cows, 35,60 to $7.50; Much of The New Tonnage Available For Use of State in S1\ $5;4r0; grass calves, $5.75: milk fed' calves, 310 lambs, 311.75 to 313.50; Months. sheep 39; select hogs, 312,50 to 313.50. GER1MANS MUST TURN IN A despatch from London soya: The problems of labor and material can ALL THEIR OLD SHOES Writes' shipping' correspondent be solved, a considerable amount of new efficient tonnage will be available And Can Only Secure Two New Pairs writes: for service within six months. In or- During the Year 1917. "Very considerable orders are, it is der to assist in the provision of labor A Reuter de:,patch from Amster - believed, being placed for new cargo arrangements, it is understood, have , dam to London says that. the latest steamers to be built for use of the been made whereby no men will be (aermai. papers contain the Federal State. They will probably carry 80,000taken from hes ' Council's regulations regarding shoes 0 1 g. , • • *'th ut and clothing' for 1917. They prescribe I possible lines. There is every the sanction of the Admiralty and that only two pairs of so-called 'shoes ale luxe" will be sold on the. turning in of cast off, but still wearable pziirs, The utilization of cast -of clothing is to be entrusted to communities which have a inonoply for the purchase of -,� these articles. The exchange of old for new articles will be allowed only throegle tickets. used ed The I)rawbark . t advance of the time when it was ex- pected the first returns would be made. There are indications that the information , asked for by the board will be readily and quickly forth- 91! ,'' AUTHS coming. IMMENSEINCREASE IN NATIONAL DEBT. A despateh from London says: The interest on debt created under the war loans sof 191445 amounted during the financial year ended March 81 last to 138:445,851,01, according • to a 'white paper issued '711 Friday., The total capital of .the national debt, = which on March 31•, 1015, was $1,104, 007,07n, bad increased by March 31, 11)111, tc• .l'w,l3'3 ,147,444, the statement shows. reason to believe that provided the Shipping Controller. F 17 CALLED OUT TO �IGH°I N E M N RANKS Little Time Will Be• Spent in Their Trainin, It is Am From Berlin. A special despatch to the London Tinges from Copenhagen says .that, according to Berlin newspapers; all youtha in Schleswig -who have complet- ed their seventeenth y.:itr have bean summoned to undergo physical ex- ilminatldrf in.Jomuil'y. After a short ti•ainnl those fit will be sent to the (s".t . The fact that it is expected her •..''1 It in the fil'htii;X line within 1, =..�tl:-d iu,.li, ate., hew short of teeerves the Germans ale. She tthinlcing of the wounded)— Poor fellows! Now dreadful it rnilet be to be paralyzed. He (with recollections)--Aw, yes, you do bale rather a bad head nett day. A"man's brain is 5',4 ou11ee8 heavier • than a woman's.