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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1917-07-20, Page 6r GERMANY - T ROES • Of...POLIACAL TURMOIL 0 GHAT IMPORTANCE Chancellor Von Bethinainn-Hollweg Has Resigned—Gen. Von Stein, Prussian. Minister of War, Has Also Retired. London, July 15.—The political tur- nloil which has been convulsing Ger- many ever since Russia's first start- ling success on the resumption of her offensive has culminated for the pre- sent in the resignation of the Imper- ial Chancellor, Dr. von Bethmann- Hollweg, but all indications serve to show that his resignation, far from being the last act in the drama, is but the beginning of far-reaching devel- opments which are bound to affect the fabric of the German Empire and have momentous consequences on the progress of the European struggle, The resignation of the Chaneellor came in the end quite unexpectedly,'; for Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, in the ; prolonged party discussions and heat--; ed debates of the main committee of the Reichstag, which have been pro-; ceeding all through the week, seemed to have triumphed over his opponents, who have been clamoring for his head by making concessions which ; were tantamount to the formation of a kind of Imperial coalition Ministry. At the same time, the Chancellor, ; 'by the declaration that Germany was defensively fighting for the freedom of her territorial possessions, evolved a formula that seemed satisfactory to both those who clamored for peace by! repudiation of the formula: "No an- nexations and no indemnities." In all this Dr. von Bethmann-Holl- wag was strongly backed by the Em- peror. The advent of the Crown Prince upon the steno--suxnnwned by his Imperial father to share the de- liberations affecting the future of the dynasty ---seems to have changed en- tirely the position with regard to the Imperial Chancellor. The Crown Prince at once took a leading part in the discussions with the party leaders, and his ancient hostility towards Dr, von Bethmann-Ilollweg, coupled with his notorious dislike for political re-. forme undoubtedly precipitated the Chancellor's resignation. A Berne despatch says an official telegram has been received there from Berlin announcing the resignation of Gen, von Stein., the Prussian Minister of War. The importance of his re- tirement lies in the fact that the Prus- sian War Ministry is in reality the War Ministry for the German Em- pire, and that Gen. von Stein is a staunch supporter of the pan -Ger- mans, who are the bitterest opponents of the policy of peace without annexa- tions or indemnities, Recently he aroused the ire of the Socialists by taking part in the distribution of pan- German propaganda against peace agreement and those who demanded efforts. t.,-...0..1......,. FITISH" ;-CAtiADIAN RAILWAYS RAISE CLASS RATES BLOWN UP A despatch from Montroal says: Internal Explosion Was Cause— Over 700 of Crew Perish. A despatch from London says: The British battleship Vanguard blew up and sanlc on July 9, says an official statement issued Friday night by the British Admiralty. An internal ex- plosion while the ship was at anchor caused the disaster to the Vanguard. Only three men of those on board sur- vived, and one of them has since died. Twen`y- full x , fir d 71 !Canadian railways are increasing their class rates from points in Canada to points in the United States in line with the decision recently given at Washington by the recently given at Washingtan by the 'Interstate Commerce Commission on the applic ,tion of the American corn- ' panies for a fifteen per cent. advance. These companies have been allowed s.emething in the neighborhood of from Twelve to fourteen per cent,, which also will apply to freight con- signed to Canada, and in order to maintain the same relationship, Cara- e"b t 11 d u officers. an menhim, ow -f i, dian railways, here advanced their i et the ex tlosion The British battleship Vanguard UM INC MARKETS Preadettlffhl Toronto, 2tNotNo,1Northen, 3iy 2:44; No, wheat— No. 32.41, nominal; track liar ports, 111anitoba oats --No, 2 C,W., 823c, track nay ports, American corn—No,• . 3 yellow, $1„99,; nominal, track Toronto.' Ontario oats—No official quotations. Ontario wheat—No. 2 Winter, per ear lot, 32.35 to 32.40; No. 3, 32.833 to 32,33, according to freights outside. I'eas--No. 2, nominal, according to freights outside. Parley—Illalhing, nominal, according to freights outside. Rye --No. 2,32.05, nominal, according to freights otside, 1ianitoba Hour—Trirst patents, in Jute,, bags, $12,40; second patents, in Jute bags, 311.90; strong bakers'. in- Jute bags, 311.50, Toronto. Ontario flour—Winter, according to sample, 310.20 to 310.30, in bags, track Toronto, prompt shipment Millt'eed—Car lots, delivered Montreal freights, bags included—Bran, per ton, 333 shorts, per ton, 338 to $39: xnicl dllnrs, per ton, $42; good feed flour, per bag 32.30 to 32.90. alar—b;xtra No. 2, per ton, 312.00 to $12.56; mixed, per tort, 39 to $11, track Toronto. Straw—Cal' lots, per ton, 39: track To- ronto. Country Produce --Wholesale Butter—Creamery solids, per lb., 33 to 333c; prints, per 1b., 34 to 343c; dairy, per Ib„ 27 to 28e. Eggs --per dos„ 29 to 300. Wholesalers are selling to the retail, trade at the •following prices Cheese—New, large, 22•h to 23c;, twins, 223 to 233q; triplets, 23 to 233c; old, large, 30c; twins, 30c; triplets, 303c, butter—Fresh dairy, choice. 33 to 340; creamery prints, 3G to 37c; solids, 35 to 353,... gigs—New-laid, in cartons, 37 to 38ei- out of cartons, 35 to 36e, Dressed poultry—Spring chickens, 30c; fowl, 22 to 240; squabs, per doz„ 34.00 to 34.50; turkeys, 25 to 30c. Live poultry—Spring chickens: lb„ .29 to 22e; hens, i6 to iSe. Honey—Comb—Extra fine and heavy weight, per doz., $2.75; select, .32.50. to 32.75; No, 2, 32 to 32.25. Beans—Imported, hand-picked' 39.00 to $9.50 per bush.; Limas, per lb„ 18`to 190: Potatoes—Tied Star, new, bbl:, 87.50 to 38.00; North -Carolinas, new, bol„ 37.50 to $3.00; seconds, bbl., 30.50 to 30.75. Provisions—Wholesale Smoked meats—Hams, medium, 80 to 31e; do., heavy, 26 to 27c; cooked, 41 to 42c; rolls, 27 to 26c; breakfast bacon, 33 to 36c; backs, plain, 30 to 370; bone- less. 39 to 400. • Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 26 to 203c per ib.: clear bellies, 25 to 26c Lard—Pure lard tierces, 27 to 273o;' tubs, 273 to 274e; pails, 273 to 273e; compoCnd, tierces, 213c; tubs, 215c; pails; 22c. Montreal Markets Montreal, July 17—Oats—Canadian 'Western, No. 2. 323c; do.. No. 3, 813o; extra No. 1 feed. Sato. Flour—Alanitoba seconds, 312;at patents, , 5 $'1Y 80; Winter patents, choice, $12.75; straight. rollers, 312 to 312.30• do.. in bags, 35.75 to 35.90. Rolled Oats ---Barrels, $9 to $9.25; bag of 90 lbs., 34.40 to 34.50. Milifeed—Bran. 38 to 3341 shorts, 332 to 339; middlings, $40 to 342; mouillie 344 to $49. Bay—No, 2, per toncart lots, 311. Cheese—l.'tnest nesternr3, :: 2,15c; do., . easterns. 213e. Butter--- Cboicest creamery. 300: seconds, 350. IS - E RID' AND ..V1W..B.ATTLEFIELD HIS Majesty Spent An Hour and A Quarter on Canadian Front -- Guarded by Aircraft. ,Canadian Headquarters in France, July 15,—The Ring during his visit, ;just concluded, on the western front, was intensely interested in the battle- field of Vimy Ridge and in the men who fought there so splendidly. While on. the Canadian front he stood on the highest point of the ridge and looked over the plain to the east, where the enemy still struggles tenaciously to retain his hold upon Lens. The Ring was a sailor before he eame to the throne and he still has the sailor's preference for a telescope, rather than the field glass, After he had thoroughly acquired the "lay of the Iand,” he turned to his immediate surroundings. .A. little military ceme- tery,,,where some of our men who died on the very crest of the ridge were buried, because there was no road by , which their bodies could be taken ; down to Carency, first claimed his sympathetic attention. They repre- sented apart of the price in blood and tears of the great victory they had helped to win. After paying his tribute to the dead the Ring visited the German reserve trench, with its smashed dugouts and heaps of wreckage of war material, A general presented to his Majesty an uncommon bit of spoil in the form of body armor, not unlike the plate mail of the middle ages, which had been worn by an enemy sniper, The King found for himself a case of machine- gun cartridges and a belt of unused ammunition. The program for the visit called for twenty minutes on the ridge. The King spent an hour and a quar- ter there, to the perturbation of those responsible for his safety. It is fre- quently shelled. But his 1Vrajesty was fortunate. Nothing came within half a mile while the''party remained. In the air were a group of guardian planes, sent up there to drive away any enemy machines which rn.ight venture across. Before leaving, the King warmly praised the splendid valor of the sol- diers of the Dominion. He ,passed out of the corps area as he had en- tered it through the ranks of thou- sands of cheering'Canadians. •c5ERMAN BASES lig BELGIUM .BO1 BE .BY BRITISH AIRCRAF Docks, Canal Banks, Aerodromes and Ananniunition Dumps Were Successfully Attacked. A despatch from London says:-- British airmen in the naval service on Friday night made bombing raids on German aerodromes and other mili- tary objectives in Western Belgium and returned safely to their base, ac- cording to an official announcement of Munster aeroclromo, Ghistelles aero- drome, the railway junction north of Thourout station, the Bruges dock and the canal bank, and the dumps at the railway junction south of Ostend har- bor. The visibility was generally very poor, consequently observation of the results was difficult, the British Admiralty. The text "Bombing attacks also Were made follows: on the Solway works at Zeebrugge and "The naval air service carried out at the base of the Zeebrugge Mole. bombing raids on Friday night on the "Altogether, several tons of bombs folllg. win.military objectives:,Aertry- were dropped, and all our Machines re - M thamc s y,, 38gga- Fresh 400; selected, 37c; No,,•. tcrnationai rates to the same extent.' ae1 oda oma, llouttavem Nleuw turned afel Potatoes--7.'er bag,r4 oar lots, olds' to $3.50. . cess.evolved the cost of this substance The new tariff will come into effect r- , displaced 19.250 tons and her coin- between' July 16 and August 1st. of 1 b pWinnipeg' grain 171SH CANADA a ITH a heavy factor in the manufacturing exp osives, will e reduced to slightly more than one-fourth of its present cost. plement before the war was 870 0 men. The Vanguard belonged to the St. Vincent class of dreadnoughts and was launched in March, 1909. The Vanguard was 536 feet long with a benne of 84 feet and a draft of 27 feet. Her armament consisted of ten 12 -inch guns, eighteen four -inch, and I four three -pounders in addition to three torpedo tubes. Better turn back and read all the advertisements in this issue, or you may miss sothething important. ECONOMY IN USE OF COAL IS URGED. Winnipeg, July .17—Cash prices:— Wheat—No, rices. T4heat;—No, 1 Northern, $234; No, 2, do. 32:31; No, 3, • do., 32.25; NO. 4, $2,16; No. 5, 31.93; No. 6, 31.74, feed, $1.31. Basis contract—July, 32,34; August, (first half), 32,29. Oats—No, 2 WV., 752 No. 3, do.,. 741e; extra No..1 feed„ ,4„c No. 1 feed, 723c; No. 2, do., 710c.. A. despatch from Ottawa says: Mr. !Bailey—No, o, 31.31; No. 4 31.26; re-. Magrath, Canelian Fuel` Controller,' c, $ X24'7 Jfe No, $2• c 11'„ $2 73i No 1 in a statement issued on Thursday, 3,: do.. 32.53$. urges both domestic and industrial united States Markets users of coal to lose no opportunity of nl !earliest possible moment, and also to i Ben. 1hard, $2.50 o l2. 52$ No. 1 Norith- 40. Corn—No, 3 yellottr, $1.22 to 31.83. Oats—No. 3 white. 713 to 7230. Duluth, July 17—Wheat—No, 1 hard, 32.41; No. 1. Northern, $2,40; No, 2, 32.30. Linseed—$2.9s; July, 32.98; Sep- tember, 32.99; October, 32.93. inneapolis, July 17—Wheat--July laying in their fuel supply at the 4elosed $2,28; September, '1,90, s — 'exercise the strictest economy In the"er do., $2'36 to use of coal, substituting wood and coke, wherever possible. ROO t v iCLD3.:ytles 'Ave Juyl^kCraclioice steers, ,311.20 to 311.50; choice heavy steers,A s°7 Y" s f 610.00 to $11.10; butchers' cattle, choice, �D ALONG � o .AIS $10.60 to 11; ao„ 000a, $19.10 40 310,40; do., medium, $9 to $0.60; do., common, $8 to $8,50; butchers' bulls, choice, $5,76 to $9.25; do„ good bulls, 38 to 35.25;. do., medium bulls, $7.25 to $7.70; do., Capture Powerfully Organized German Trench Elements on ' chrri h $8 s, t5 $9 $ g butchers' cows,* Front of 800 Yards. London, July 15.—The French and the Germans along the Chemin-des- Danles and in Champagne have come together in mighty struggles, in which the advantage rested mainly with the forces of Gen, Potain. In Champagne to the north of Mont Haut and north-east cf the Teton the French in a violent attack captured powerfully organized German trench elements on a front of more than 800 yards and to a depth of more t`uan,.,300 yards, and held and consolidated the positions despite heavy counter-at- tacks, in which the Germans suffered heavy casualties and lost in addition 360 men made prisoner. Along the Chemin-des-Dames the Germans west of Cerny Saturday night, after heavy artillery prepara- tion, threw heavy forces against the French line. The battle waged back and forth throughout the night, but, , although the Germans broke through the French line at several points, day. light saw them completely evicted ex- cept from front-line trenches about 500 yards in length. The Berlin War Office claims the capture of 850 pris- onere in tho f ghting. RUSS:ANS ADVANCE TROUGH v. STER GALICIA Drive Austrians From Positions and Take More Than 1,000 Prisoners and Number of Guns. • Petrograd, July 15.—Attacks yes- terday by the Russian troops in the Lodziany region south-west of Ka - Inez, in Eastern Galicia, resulted . in the Austrians losing their position, 1,000 men in prisoners, and a number of guns, the War Office announced to- day. Elsewhere the Russians held their ground against attacks and took more than 600 additional psis- priers, Gen. Korniloff's magnificent drive through Galicia ie atrou ink' the won - Ver and admiratign. of qil ndlitary. observers here, In less than a week he alas made a Westward 'advance of forty }ileo s11i;tl;< Of the Bale ter while ''petit of tkta I” v ?! e has ,held, e f 1 r- l 1 p� !Nit Vrga� .�ic �a la �� � ia� rapidly liilel}iYlil` t9'tyar, t+emiler by fou reties, e a� il, >*t' . � v � the ui ivory' �inso .1 oaat�a1 slat di" 9f g inrl=1e f�bout the Gahoian Op Is t hen in s n � ta1� in $s. 33;i do., medium, '$7 to $7.50; stockers, 35,85 '6 and cutters 35 to 36;toin lkere, can- nerso to choice, $90 to 305; do„ cons. and med., $40 to 350; springers, $80 to $90; light ewes, 38.25 to $9,25; sheep, heavy, 36,00 to 37.60; yearlings, 38.50 to $9; calves, good to choice, $14 to 315.50; spring lambs, lb„ 16e to 17c; lambs, yearlings,, 116,59 to 310.50; hogs, fed and watered, 016.25 to 310.85; do„ weighed. off cars,' , 16,50 do., f,o,b„ 315.50, Montreal, July 17—Choice steers, 311' to $11.50; good, $10.51 to $10,76; butchers' cows, 37.50 to $7,90' sheep, 37.50 to 39; calves, 37 to 311: choice selectei hogs, $18.75 to $17; good selects, hogs, $10,50; heavyweight hogs, 316.75 to 313. ALL SINCE MEN TO 35NE CLASS Will Constitute the First Quota Under Military Service Act. A despatch from Ottawa says; All single men in Canada between the ages of 20 and 85 will be called up as one class in the first quota under the Military Service 13i11, and all mar- ried men between those ages will be similarly dealt with as a single class. Announcement to this effect weal made In the Commons early on Thursday. Morning by Hon, Arthur 1YXegheil, The change which Makes two bio; classes of 1nailied and single men in- stead of sift smaller dense was "made in response to a general demand iv the members of the House that the young lade of 20 to 24 should not, be' singled out and sent to the front while older men with no more ties or responsibilities were allowed to re- main at home. Special Committee Appointed to Deal With Supply at Fair Prices. Glycerine is at present manufac- tured almost entirely from fats at a cost of ninety cents a pound, which is six times its cost of production be - A. ,lespatch from Ottawa says-- fore the war. Extraction of the pro - Practical steps are being taken 'by duct from sugar will ensure produc- Hon. W. J. Hanna, Food Controller, tient, officials estimate, at 25 cents a to relieve the food shortage of Great pound or less. Britain and our allies, and to increase the food 'supply. of the Dominion. 43,000 PRISONERS A special committee, composed of Mr. G. Frank Beer and Mr. R. Y, Eaton, of Toronto, and Mrs. F. S. Wiley, of Port• -Arthur, has been ap- pointed to deal with the Canadian fish problem, Its' first business will be to report on the feasibility of providing -an ample supply of fresh -water fish at reasonable prices to the consumers of central Canada, while giving legiti- mate returns to the fishermen, .3, PROCESS FOR MAKING GLYCERINE FROM SUGAR Washington, July 15.• -Discovery in the Internal Revenue Division labora- tory of a process for the manufac- turing of glycerine from sugar was announced yesterday by the Treasury IN RUSSIAN DRIVE. From Petrograd reports, the follow- ing number of prisoners and guns are shown to have been taken since the GERMANS DESTROY LENS Fearing Capture by British, Hun is Wrecking Coal Mines. Canadian Headquarters in France, July 15. --Early on Saturday horning :. seven 'loud explosions were heard in Lens, and when day broke a great cloud of smoke still hung above the city. The explosions were not caus- od by our artillery, and must }nate been the work of the enemy. Some, if not all of them, were due to the blowing up of the overhead machin- ery achinery of Mille No. 18, hitherto ore of the most conspicuous features of the landscape in the east end of Lens. The enemy has been unable to raise coal from this mine because of the constant shell file to which it has been subjected lately3. Fearing that he might have to evacuate in a hurry some day he has now thoroughly de- stroyed the mine while there was yet time to clo so. The mine machinery now lies in a tangled fantastic ruin, where it was thrown by the explosions. to a . FORBIDS TRADE WITH FOE Washington Passes Bill Prohibit- ing All Trade With Central Powers. A despatch from Washington says: —Without a roll call,, the House has passed the "trading with the enemy" bill, designed to prohibit all commer- cial intercourse with Germany and her allies during the existence of the war. The bill makes it unlawful for any person, except with the license of the Secretary of Commerce, "to trade or attempt to trade with an enemy, or for,- or on account of, or on behalf of, or for the benefit of an enemy, either directly or indirectly with knowledge or reasonable cause to believe that the person with or for, or on account of, or on behalf of, or for the benefit of whom such trade is conducted is an enemy." r _,. ADE OM TO Sen Ater°tartare' • taut 'Plans to Aid Allies A despatch from Rohe says: -The Greek army is to be increased from three to ten divisions, the recruiting and complete equipment of which are to be completed within four months, according to plans outlined by Charles C. A. Jonnart, Entente High Commis- sioner in Greece. M. Jonnart has reached Rome on his way to Paris, where -he will lay before the repre- sentatives of the Entente powers at their forthcoming conference the re- sult of his work in Greece, which in- cludes the abdication of King Con- stantine, and important reforms whleb he expects to carry out under the new ' regime of Premier Venizelos. beginning of the Russian offensive 01 MUNITIONS IN 1856 AND 1917. Galicia: ttliv Prisoners. Guns. In the fighting around , Brzezany on July 1 and 2 18,300 29 Around Stanislau and Halicz from July 2 to 8 .... , ....... 14,000 b5 From July 8 to 11 10,000 80 Totals . 42,300 164 These figures do not include 'ma- chine guns. Twelve of the 55 cannon taken at Relive are heavy pieces CONSUMPTEON OF WHEAT,BEEF have in store; we should never be Three Muskets in Three Months — Victoria's Protest. The statement that the output of guns and shells in 1917 was more in a single week than it was in the whole of 1914 recalls a letter written by Queen Victoria to Lord Panmure 'in 1856, says a London paper, Her Ma- jesty was still young in those days, and what a Minister of. Munitions she would have made! "The returns of the different departments for the last quarter," she wrote, "show a lament- able deficiency in small arils. Fifty- two for the whole of the United Kingdom is a sadly small reserve to AND BACOt MUST REDUCED Every Man, Woman and Child in the Doninioaa Must Help, Says Food Controller Hanna ---Use Perishable Foods. A despatch from Ottawa says: -- Hon, W. J. Hanna, the Food Controller, says that the consumption of wheat, beef and bacon in the Dominion must be reduced by at least one-third to meet the neede of the allied armies and people, Full economy in the use Qf foodstuffs ie urged by the Control- ler, Who in his statement says "Tile consumption of wheat, beef and bacon In the Dominion must be reduced by at least one-third to meet the needs of the allied armies and peo- pl,$, Llyery man, woman and child in Canada Is nuclei' a direct war oblige- tittle bli e tittle to assist in that 1'ediletiQn, e consuii'iptiaii of flour in England and I+'rance is being reduced to between three and fowr pomade per person per Week, Canada rnd thoe United Stateses nitast reduce their normal consumption of` wheat by 160,000;000 bushels thie- bear to meet the added requirements for export. Russia has been endur- ing four meatless days a week. House- holds in England are under voluntary obligation to limit their consumption of meat to two and a half pounds per person per week, YfThe allies look to Gamma to . re- lieve their food shortage, Both the producer and the consumer must as- sist to give that relief, the producer by producing and conserving to the ut- most of his capacity, and the consumer by substituting perishable and conserv- ing for export storeable foods. By anon joint action the soldiers of Canada, the Empire and the, allies will be strengthened in the struggle for vletory. "Economy in the use of foodstuffi3,' �aaartikularlyy of wheat, bacon and beef, is imperative. Waste in the hotels, festditrants, plebs and homes of the Dominion is a crime." short of 500,000." Tho Queen was struck also with the little work done at Enfield:."It appears that during the whole quarter this new and axe tensive esttllishment has completed only three muskets," RECORD WITH One Battalion Won Six of Them in. One Engagement. For one battalion to win six Vic- toria, Crosses in a single action, is surely a record, yet the Lancashire Fusiliers, on whom the .honor has been, bestowed have won lasting diet tinction in every battle in which they have fought. On the historic field of Minden so great was their bravery and so heavy their losses that Prince Ferdinand directed the regiment to be excused from further duty, This they declined to accept, After the Peninsular War the Duke of Welling,. ton gave it unstinted praise, "I de, dale, he said, "that of the many (lige tiliguished 10l,inlellts of the Britlsb, . arraywhit% I have had the honor to command, this, the bestand most dis- tinguished, is entitled to all the matte giums I may have bestowed upon it."