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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1917-04-27, Page 2AWFUL TOLL OF GERMAN DEAD IN FIERCE COUNTER-ATTACKS Hindenburg, Trying to Stall Off French Threat Along Whole Line, Hits Back With Frenzied Disregard of Losses. Paris, April 22. -Repeated desper- ate and vain counter-attacks by the Crown Prince are yielding to Gen. Nivelle a second crop of valuable re- sults, of equal importance to the first fruits of his advance, which consisted in the storming of the German strong- holds along the Soissons -Champagne front. Since it is an axiom that the Allies' task is not to drive back the Germans but to destroy the enemy armies, the importance of Hindenburg's madden- ed efforts to retake the lost positions Can be gauged. By swiftly hurling forward waves of troops and imbedding them, under cover of the throats of an enormous mass of artillery, in the key positions along the Germans' front, Gen. Nivelle has compelled the German high com- mend to attempt desperate measures to regain their former vantage points, as otherwise the French possession of them means a constant menace. to their whole fortified line, and it is in the counter-attacks that the full and complete bloody toll is taken of the enemy formations. The losses sustained in counter -at- tacking are far greater than those suf- fered in ordinary attack, or under the bombardment preliminary to an en- emy blow, as for the counter -thrusts the troops must be formed from among men already nerve -shattered by the tremendous artillery pounding, who must be reorganized and grouped under a pitiless enemy gunfire, and then driven forward in attempts to debouch under a criss-cross machine gun fire and the harrying of the ma- chine guns of low-flying airplanes. GFNriRAL HMG RENEWS DRIVE MAKES N AR CAMBRAI Clears Stubbornly Defended Position Between Hermes and Gon- nelieu, Eight Miles Southwest of Canibrai. London, April 22. -Fighting activi-, ty, almost suspended on the front held by the Crown Prince from Soissons through the Champagne, swung back again to -day to the great segment of the new Hindenburg line faced by the forces of Field Marshal Haig. The British night report tells of clear- ing the wooded angle stubbornly held by the Germans between Hermines and Gomnelieu, about eight miles southwest of 'Cambrai, Both the day and night bulletins from Berlin emphasize the extreme violence of the British artillery fire at many points on the Arras front, north and south of the River Scarpe. Every indication -the German com- I muniques, the heavy gun duels, the revival of scouting in the air -points i to a renewal of the grand offensive by the British armies in that "rhythmic warfare" which began with the !storming of Vimy Ridge. The course ! the battle may take cannot be predict- ed, but present indications suggest !that General Haig is aiming his blow down the valley of the Scarpe to- ward Douai, which is admittedly the British objective, and the northern !pier uponwhich Hindenburg built his retreat from last summer's battlefield I of the Somme. EVERYR IN RETAIN t P FORrRVI Hospitals to be Established Overseas as Result of the Sinking of Hospital Ships. A despatch from London says: The War Cabinet decided on Friday that I every physician and surgeon and every man with medical training of I military age must be , called up for I. service immediately. In reference to the calling up of the physicians and surgeons the following official explanation is given: "The enemy in total disregard of the accepted tenets of civilized war- fare, has deliberately instituted a submarine campaign against hospital ships, and it has therefore become essential thata large number of hos- pitals should be established overseas in the various theatres of war for the treatment of sick and wounded. In or- der to allow this to be done with great rapidity it is essential to secure the services of every doctor that can pos- sibly be spared from the United King- dom." GERMAN OFFICER SANK, ON KNEES BEGGED CAPTOR OR MERCY General Morale of the Kaiser's Army Typified by Two Significent Incidents. A despatch from London Times correspondent with the French army telegraphs that condi- tions overhead and under foot are as had as possible. In the course of his despatch, which merely amplifies the pre'eent detailed French communiques, he says: "The bombardment that has continued incessantly for days along the front to all extent of .100 miles, added to the formidable length of the English front north of St. Quentin, is, perhaps, the most appalling thing the world has ever seen.. . , I heard to- day of a captured German officer who Markets of the World Breadetutra Toronto, Apr. 24 -Manitoba 'wheat -- No. 1 Northern, 52.57; No. 2 do.. $2..2 , No. 3 do., 52,47`5; No, 4 wheat, 52,37, nominal, track 13av ports. Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W. 820; No. 3 C.W., 81e; extra No. 1 feed,, 81e; 1`10.:1 Peed, 795c, all rail delivered. American corn -No, 3 yellow, $1.54, nominal, subject to embargo, track To- ronto. Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 71 to 160, nominal; No, 3 white, 73 to 750, nomi- nal, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per car lot, 32,36 to 52.37; No. 3 db., 52,33 to 52.85. according to freights outside, Peas -No, 2, nominal, according to freights outside. Manitoba hour -First patents, in Jute begs, $11.70; second patents, in Jute bags, 511.20; strong bakers', in Jute bags, $10.80, Toronto, Barley -Malting, 31.86 to. 31.37, accord- ing to freights outside. Stye -No. 2, 31.86 to 51.87, according° to freights outside. Ontario flour -Winter, according to sample, $10,1.0 to $10.20, in bags, track Toronto, prompt shipment. Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Montreal freights, bags included -Bran, per ton, 539; shorts, per ton, 541 to 543; mid- dlings, per ton 544 to 346; good feed dour, per bag, $2.80 to $2.90. Hay -Extra No. 2, per ton, 511.50 to 512.50; mixed, per ton, 58.50 to 511, track Toronto. Straw -Car lots, per ton, 37 to 38, Lolulonnays: The on his knees when taken to beg for mercy. I saw a French officer who, with two men, had taken 60 pris- oners, walking about' places where he :was exposed, not only to shell fire, but , to machine gun bullets, as coolly as if he had been in the Place de l'Opera. The difference between the two men exactly typifies the difference between the general morale of the bombarding :force that is attacking and the bom- I barding force that is being attacked, Not in one place or two, but all along I the line the French have shown this morale superiority." went down BRITISH FORCE IN PA STINE IS IN TOUCH WITH THE ENEM track Toronto. Country Produce -Wholesale. - Butter -Fresh dairy, choles, 40 to 41.c; creamery prints, 43 to 46c; solids, 42 to 43e. Eggs -New -laid, in cartons, 37 to $So; out of cartons, 35c. Dressed poultry -Chickens, 26' to 28c; fowl, 24 to 250; ducks, 22 to 25c; squabs, per dos., 54.00 to 54.504 turkeys, 80 to 32c, Cheese -New, large, 27 to 2750; twins 275 to 275c; tripets, 27$ to 28c; old, large, 253c; twins, 281c. Honey -White clover, 2? -1b, tins, 143 to 15c; 5 -ib. tins, 1440 10 -lb., 135c; 60 - ib., 130; buckwheat, . 60-1b. tins,. 10 to 104c. Comb honey -extra fine and heai•y weight, per dos., 32.75; select, 52,50, to $2Mapie syrua? imperial gallon, $1:60 to $1.75. Potatoes -On track Ontario, per bag, 53.60; New Brunswick. Delawares, per bag, $4.00; Albertas, per bag, 33.50 to $3.76. Beans -Imported, hand -peeked; per bush., 56.25; Canadian, hand-picked, per bush., $7.50 to 57,76; Canadian primes. 57.00 to 57.25; Limas, per lb.,.13 to 135c. Provisions -Wholesale Smoked and cured meats and lard are quoted to the trade by Toronto whole- salers as follows; - Smoked meats -Hams, medium, 2 to 290; do., heavy, 24 to 25c; cooked,.' to 40c; rolls, 24 to 25o; breakfast b con, 30 to 33c; backs, plain, 83 to 34c;. bone- less, 85 to 36c. Lard -Pure lard, tierces, 255 to 25$c; tubs, 255 to 26c; pails, 26 to 2060;. com- pound, tierces, 20 to 205c. Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 21 to 22e per ib; clear bellies, 20 to 2040. Montreal Markets Montreal, Apr. 21 -Oats -Canadian western, No. 2, 81e; do., No. 3, 79c; 60., extra No. 1 feed, 70e. Barley -Manitoba feed. 51.11. 13uekwnea.t-No. 2, 31.36. Flour -Manitoba spring wheat patents, firsts, $12.20 do., seconds, 311.70; do., strong bakers 311.60; winter pateftts, choice, $1i.50 do., straight;rollets, 310.80 to 511; d0.,bafs 3Ir 26'to ,5 36 .V . 1 ed o Barrets 3S 25 to R.5 ,k ;h^ ,'tU 4. !u Titan' ev :t." . 2., Shorts -'443 to 544. Middlings --31 to 547. MoullSe-$40 to 554. Hay --No. 2, per ton, car lots, $18.50. i'otatoes--;pet' bag, car lots, 53.25 to 33.50. Winnipeg Gain Winnipeg, Apr. 24 -Cash prices Wheat No. 3. Northern. 32.365; No. 2 Northern, 52,32; No. 3 Northern, 52.20; No. 4, 32,17; No. 5, 51.08: No, 6 31,67; feed. 31.18. Oats -No. 2 C.W., 715e; No, 3 C.14'., 705c; extra No. 1 feed, 7010; No. 1 feed, 685c; No. 2 feed, 67c. Bar- ley -No. 3, 51.18; No. 4, 31,14; rejected, 06c; feed, 96c. Flax -No. 1 N,w.C„ $2.985; No. 2 C. W,, 52.045. United States Markets lliinneapolis, Apr. 24--•wheat--1•Iay, 32.275; July, 52,20 rash -No. 1. hard, 32.508 to $2.635; No, 1 Northern,. 52,434 to 52.474; No. 2, do., 32.394 to 52.475, Corn -No. 3 yellow, $1.435 to 51.465. Oats --No, 3 white, 684 to 603c, Flour- Unchanged. Bran -$311 to 340. Duluth. Apr. 24 -Wheat ---No. 1 hard, 32.355; No. 1 Northern, $2.305 to 32.345: No. 2, do., 52.284 to $2.284; May, 32.264 bid; July, $2.20 bid, Linseed -53.25 to 53.26; 1,lay, 33.24; July, $3.24 bid; Sep- tember, 33.23. Live Stock Markets Toronto, Apr. 24 --Extra choice heavy steers, $11.75 to 312; choice heavy steers, $11.26 to $11,65; good heavy steers, $10.50 40 310.00: butchers' cattle, choice, $11.25 toi1160; rlo., good, 510.40 to 510.60; do., medium. 39.65 to 310; do., common, $8.76 to 59; butchers bulls, choice. $10 to $10.75; do., good bulls, 50.25 to 59,75; do., medium bulls, 35.25 to 58.76; do., rough bulls, $6.40 to 36.50; butchers' cows, choice, 510 to $10.26: do.. gond. 38.75 to 39.50; do., medium, 57 to $7,25; stockers, 37.50 to 59.85; feeders, 39.50 to 510.25: canners and cutters, 5.60 to $6.25; milkers, good to choice, 385 to 3110; do., com. and med., each, 340 to 360; seringers, 350 to 5110; light ewes, 510 to 314.50; sheep, heavy, 38.50 to 39,50; calves, good t0 Choice, $12.50 to 314.76; "spring lambs, each $8 to $12; lambs, choice, 314.25 to 316; do., medium, 310.50 to 512.50; hogs, fed and watered, $16.40 to 316.60; do., weighed off cars, $16.66 to 316.75; do., f.o.b., $15.75, Montreal, Apr. 24 - Choi ee steers, 312.25 to $1.2.50; good steers, $10.50 to - 31150; common steers, 59.50 to 810; butchers' cows, $9 to $11; bulls, 30.50 to $12, chotce milk -fed calves, 38 to 311; common, $5 to. 37; sheep, $10 to 571; yearling lambs, 514.60 to 5.16.50; spring lambs, 38 to 51.2; bogs, z17'to 317.50. TERRIFIC EXPLOSION AT WILI-IELMSHAVEN. Damage Caused for Many Miles Around, Says One Despatch. Amsterdam, April 23.-A terrific lirexplosion occurred in Wilhelmshaven Harbor (Prussia) Friday, according to The Nieue Rotterdamsehe Cour- ant. Damage was caused for many miles around. Wilhelmshaven is one of the main naval depots of Germany, Kiel being another. RAT/0 OF CANADIAN DEAD TO NDED 1 TO 5 Over 2,000 Hit on the First Day of the Battle for Viilny Ridge So Slightly Injured They Walked to Dressing Stations, A despatch from Canadial. Head- quarters in France, -says:--Now that the lists of casualties froth the actions of the last week re beginning to ap- pear in the Canadian press, it may bring solace -to the sad hearts to know how carefully the wounded were handled, and how reveeently the deal were buried, Hospital arrangements were made to handle far more than the number actually wounded. Extra ambulances were provided at the front, and many supplementary dress- ing stations were opened. There was little congestion anywhere. Over 2,000 who were *rounded gn the first day were so slightly hit that they were able to walk back to the stations with- out aid. Despite the extraordinary condition of the ground over which the advance was made, the stretcher-bearers found and brought out practically all the wounded before nightfall each day. In only a few cases, where the wounded lay in deep sheilholes and had not suf- ficient strength tomake their presence known to the search parties, did they remain in the field overnigl.t. It is believed that this prompt handling has resulted in a material reduction under the heading, "Died of Wounds." Similar systematic care was shown in the disposal of the dead, who are now believed to bear the re- markably low ratio of one to five wounded. There are two important military cemeteries on the Canadian front, at Carency and Ecoivre. These are con- nected with the trendies by light rail- ways, and the dead customarily are brought there for burial. For the operations of last week additional burying grounds were opened near the front of the line, so that the work of the burial parties might be more quickly done. Each body of our men is given individual burial, and over each of the dead is placed a simple wooden cross, giving his name, rank and identification number. Even if these cr:asses should be removed, the records of the burial are so complete that the location of every body can be indicated. The dead are wrapped in blankets before being com-litted to the earth by the men's own units, and the burial service is read by a clergy- man of the dead .soldier's own de- nomination. The army chaplains are so distributed as almost invariably to permit of this reverence for the dead, which is one of the marked character- istics of the British and Canadian troops. TURKS LOST 4,000 GERMANY'S WANT BRITIS ONLY 73 FREEDOM'S AaLY Abdul 200 Turkish Prisoners Were Captured in Fighting Which Took Pla:.e on the 19th. London, April `32, -An official com- munication issued this evening deal- ing with the report last Friday of the advance of the British forces north of Wadi (ilrnzze, in Southern Pales- tine, says: "The British have consol$dated the ground gained and are now in touch with -the enemy's main positions cove ering Gaza (near the Mediterranean, about 50 miles south-west of Jerusa- lem). This position extends from the seacoast near Sheikh Ahmed, {through Alimantar to the east of the town, and thence hi a south-easterly direction to Abuhariera. About 200 1 Turkish prisoners were captured the 19th." <'ONTROLLER TA.iCES OVEI: ALL FOOD FACTORIES A despatch from London says:_ The Food Controller is empowered by an ordel'-in-Council to take possession of any factory, or other p.t'einises, where food is manufactured. Although Gen. Maude' s Troops Attacked Ottoman Main Position. A despatch from London says: - The British forces under Gen. Maude Empire are powerfully co-operating forced a passage of the Shatt-el-Ad- hent River, 50 miles south of Bagdad, i with external foes to bring the auto - and .attacked the main Turk position,I tiie p to terms. Demonstrations by completely routing the enemy, whose; the people or by strikers in the City casualties were over 4,000, including as of Berlin, almost ntil within a fewtdays imes 1,244 prisoners. The total Britishf pe and dorm , are ays Hunger, Co -Operating With Ex- ternal Enemies, to Bring Auto- cracy to Terms. -London, April 22. -Hunger, want, and discontent within the German casualties were only 7g. quite unknowng mistakable evidence of bad condi- tions. The reports that the first de- monstrations had been brought to an end; not by troops, but 1y,.e&em1 n to the workers, are not contradicted. The trouble has spread to munition works employing thousands of men upon whom Germany now depends to supply her great armies in the field. e The general officer commanding the British 'farces in Egypt reports in an o iciy`l ;,eta'tement to 'the se. t'ha n t3.p •il 7.7th the 'British advance ed •--north' of_.the•_;Wedi Ghuzze, in Southern Palestine, and captured the Turkish advanced positions along a front of six and one-half miles. The attack was assisted by the fire of warships, and the position gained was consolidated. Fighting was still proceeding at the time the report was sent. The battle now reported follows up the success gained on March 27, at Wadi Ghuzze, near the ancient city of Gaza, when the Turks narrowly es- caped complete disaster. FARM LABORERS POUR INTO WEST Problem of Prairie Agriculture is Being Solved Satisfactorily. Ottawa, April 22. -The farm labor problem in Western Canada is being satisfactorily solved by the National Service Board in co-operation with the Federal Department of Immigration and the Agricultural Departments of the Western Provincial Governments. Many thousands of farm laborers have already been brought into the West from the United States and the ma- jority of these will become perman- ent citizens. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYS 232 FOOD INSPECTORS. A despatch from Ottawa says: There are now 197 food inspectors employed by the Department of Agri- culture, and 35 employed by the De- partment of Inland Revenue, accord- ing to an answer given Mr. Sinclair, of Guysboro, during the question hour in the Commons on Friday. There was a net increase during the past year of 19 in the number employed by the for- mer department and seven in the number employed by the latter. GERMANS D OWN OWN WOUNDED Two British Hospital Ships Tor- pedoed Without Warning. CREAT i EEDS OF CANADIANS One Kills Half Gun Crew and Bayonets Remainder Canadian Headquarters in France (via London), ---Where all the soldiers have been heroic it is difficult to stnglo out actions which stamp the men who perform them as the brave, but fz'am the records which may result in the decoration of some of the heroes .of the battle of Vimy Ridge it is not per- mitted to make mention of examples of conspicuous valor and place honor where it belongs, A private, -during the fierce struggle for the hill the second day of the battle, earned a de- eor•ation if ever a man did. The ad- vance was made in a blindin; snow storm, which fortunately carried the wind into the faces of the enemy in, their carefully -guarded position on' the hill slope. As our men advanced they were met by a murderous machine gun. fire, guarded and operated by a group of a dozen c,f the enemy. Our men were falling fast as the hail of lead from the machine gun swept the hillside. Then, with utter disregard for his own safety, this private rushed forward, tackling alone the barrier to our vic- tory. Making progress from shell hole to shell hole, lie reached .a point within thirty yards of the enemy gun. He threw a bomb that distance, which killed or wounded part of the machine gun crew; then, with a final rush, he rushed the position and bayoneted the five men remaining with the gun. This splendid deed of gallantry saved the situation and the lives of many men. London, April 23. -The British hos- pital ships Donegal and Larrfranc, with many wounded aboard, have been torpedoed without warning. They were sunk on April 17. Of those on the Donegal 29 wounded men and 12 of the crew are missing. The Lan - franc carried German wounded as well as British. Of those aboard 19 British and 15 Germans are believed to have perished. The placing of Germans on hospital ships which do not carry the charact- eristic signs is one of the methods of reprisal decided upon by the British Government because of the unwarned sinking of these boats of mercy. U. S. IS WATCHING OVER 3,000 SUSPECTS. German Residents Under Surveillance in the United States., A despatch from Washington says: Approximately three thousand Ger- man residents of the United States are under close surveillance, Depart- ment of Justice officials announced on Friday, because of their activities in behalf of the German Government be- fore America's entry into the war or because of their pro -German sym- pathies. io DESERTERS IN A BODY TRIED TO CROSS INTO HOMAN Were Fired on by Uhlans With Machine Guns and Thirty -Eight of the Deserters Wounded. A despatch from Amsterdam says: More than 500 German Fusiliers,' sailors. and Landsturneers on Monday' evening tried to cross . the DutchsBel- gian frontier from the environs of Knocke to near Garzand, Holland, says the Ilandelsblad, but the at - TO GET AFTER SLACKERS FROM 21., S. AND BRITAIN Negotiations Reported to .Be in Pro- gress Between the Two Govern- ments . A despatch from Ottawa says: -It is understood in Government circles here that negotiations are in progress between the British and United States Governments with regard to the re- cruiting, possibly under some form of compulsion, of the British subjects who have gone to the United States since the war began, and who thereby sought to escape war service. While no definite agreement has yet been reaches:hetes a :;aal+1n +ttore an don, it is expected here, according a semi-official statement given out on Wednesday, that some arrangement will be reached whereby the slackers who fled either from Canada or Great Britain will be made subject to vir- tual conscription by British agents. They will probably have a choice of enlisting with the Canadian or British armies, or of going into some other form of direct war service. The Canadian and British authorities have kept a fairly accurate list of the names and addresses of the men who have emigrated since the war began. GEN. VON BISSING DIES IN B3ELGIUM A despatch from London .says :-- Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent says that according to a Brussels despatch Gen. von Bissing, German Governor-General in Belgium, died Wednesday evening. General Baron Moritz Ferdinand von Bissing was appointed Governor- General of Belgium in November, 1914, in succession to General von der Goltz. He was born in 1844, During his rule in Belgium, General von Biss- iilg has come into prominence many times, notably in connection with the execution of Miss Edith • Cavell, the English nurse, frequent clashes with Cardinal Mercier, Primate of Belgium, and the deportation of Belgians. It was reported in 1915 that he had or- dered the round -up of spies and per- sons supseeted of working against the Germans in Belgium, and that scores of executions followed the carrying out of this order. Several times by itis order Belgian cities and towns were fined heavily for alleged ,break- ing of rules laid down by hien. He had been ill off and on for more than a year. SUNDAY SHELL WORK ABOLISHED IN BRITAIN London, April 22.. --Sunday labor ie. to be abolished as far as possible in a, large majority of munitions works. ; Only in establishments in which the process work is of necessity continu- ous or where contracts of great urg- ency are being filled will exceptions tempted desertion was frustrated after be made This decision is the re - the party had been pursued and attack- sult of an experimeot carried out for ed by Uhlans. The deserters were fired . 'foar months in works on the Tyne and on by the Uhlans with machine guns, I Tees, Where. the -abolition of Sunday and in a fight which lasted a half-hour ; labor, according to an official report, - 38 of the deserters were wounded, ' has bean in most rases highly bene - The mounted guards along the 'front- fricial to the health of the workera.tind. ier have since been doubled. the output of. munitions.