HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1917-08-10, Page 9ALLIED QFFENSIVE CONTINUES
ON THE WESTERN IRON'
British and French Successes in Yser Canal Sector -Germans Re-
Take St. Julien.
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A despatch •from London says;-
A torrential rainfall and the resultant
turning of the battlefield -already
hard of negotiation at mane points-
into a veritable quagmire retarded,
but failed to halt, during Wednesday
the great allied offensive against the
Germans in Flanders.
The most part of the day was spent;
by the ;British and French' troops in
consolidating positions won in Tues-
day's spectacular drive or in putting
down .strong German counter-attacks,
tirade in endeavors to Wrest from their
antagonists their farmer positions,
At two points near Ypres the Ger-
mans; using great masses of men,
were successful in their counter-at-
tacks against the British, compelling
the evacuation of Haig's troops of the
village of St. Julien, but this advant-
age was -offset in the Ziliebeke and
Yser Canal sectors, where, respective-
ly, the British and French troops ad-
vanced their lines.
"The oil shells referred to by cor-
respondents at the front are the latest
new weapon," says an ordnance man
in the Evening Standard. "They are
the necessary reprisal forced by the
diabolical inventions of the Uersnan oil
drums or canisters. They are con-
structed in the form of shells, the
casings of which are so thin that they
burst easily after explosion, the small
charge within scattering the flaming
contents. They are fired from trench
mortars. They are an effective reply
to the flamenwerfer of the Germans,
which are merely tanks carried on
soldiers' backs and worked by a hand
pump v'ith fire nozzle attachment."
The newest tanks have heavier
guns, says the Standard, and the re-
coil often tosses the huge machines
literally about. The crews are now
trained to avoid tank sickness, and it
is necessary to get "tank legs."
GERMAN COUNTER-ATTACKS EVERY-
WHERE REPULSED BY BRITISH
Heavy Rains Stay Offensive ---Enemy Forces Move Headquarters
Further East.
A despatch from London says: -
While the rain and the morass have
served to bold the allied forces. in
Leash, preventing a resumption of the
great offensive of Tuesday, they have
not been effective to keeping the Ger-
mans from throwing counter-attacks
with large forces of men against sev-
eral newly won sectors of the front
held by the British and French troops
nor in bringing about a cessation of
the violent artillery duel along the en-
tire lane.
The 'army of Crawn Prince Rup-
preeht evidently •considers the British
„ gain north-east of Ypres the most
important made in Tuesday's battle,
for upon this territory' he has eon-
nentrated the strongest• of his coup-
v ensive o era ions in an a teln
t
ofi t
p
u. 4galn flieTcis't'gtourth _` ice' tt5,l
iowever,;i live o,gone for naught the
British artillery and infantry 'e rek
ing the advancing farces mercilessly,
putting an end to the attacks and
adding materially to the already
heavy casualties the Germans have
suffered. The battlefield is said to
be literally strewn with German dead.
There is no indication in either the
British or French_ communica-
tions just when it combined push
again will be started, but it is possible
that at least a day of warm sunshine
will be necessary to dissipate the
quagmire sa that the big allied guns
may be realigned and to permit the
airmen to relocate the positions the
foe is holding.
Reports coming from Holland de-
clere . that the Germans are moving
their headquartert'furtheir east, which
bears out earlier stories, that the
C'ra"l '
might be broken and' the forces in
Belgium isolated.
NEW RUSSIAN
OFFENSIVE
Partial Success of Russ Troops
in Galicia.
A despatch from Petrograd says: -
The beginning eof a partial offensive
by the Russians i3f Galicia in the direc-
tion of Trembowla is announced by the
War Office. A hostile position was
carried in this movement.
Southwest of Kimpolung, towards
the southern end of the fighting line,
the Russians were forced back some-
what in the region of Negrey. They
were, also compelled to retire to some
extent to the east of Gerement, be-
tween the Dniester and Pruth region.
The statement says the Russians
suffered great losses when they were
forced to retire across the Zborcz.
Drive Germans From Africa.
A despatch from London says: -
British troops have driven: the Ger-
mans from their positions on the Lug-
ungu River, in German East Africa,
and also ere pushing forwa.:d in the
Kilwa region, says an official state-
ment issued by the British War Of-
fice.
f-fice.
FRENCH BUILD • 29
BRIDGES UNDER FIRE
A despatch from London says: A
Reuter despatch from British Head-
quarters in France, after describing
the victorious advance of the British,
says that the Yser was crossed in
many places.
The bridging work was prodigious.
One division alone, in the course of a
single day, " succeeded under fire in
throwing seventeen bridges on its
front,
"The accomplishment of the Frenee.
troops," continues the correspondent,
"evoked the greatest. admiration. They
threw twenty-nine bridges across the
Yser, pushed on, and repeatedly made
deep advances."
TO INCREASE THE PAY
OF BRITISH SOLDIERS.
A despatch from London says: The
trade unions have taken up the ques-
tion of soldiers' pay, which is now
miserable compared with that of the
Australians and Canadians, At a
meeting of. 60 members of Parliament
it was urged that it be fixed at 3s.
daily. Lord Beresford declared that
the pay of the navy had not been- rale -
ed in 60 years. The sailors are in-
cluded in the movement. A powerful
committee has been appointed.
GENERAL 'KOR MLOFF GIVEN CHIEF
COM \ L AND OF RUSSIAN ARMIES
Has Inaugurated Iron -Handed Discipline in Dealing With Troops
----Forbids Meetings of Soldiers in War Zone.
A despatch from Petrograd says: -
Gen. Alexis A, Brussiloff, commander -
In -chief of the Russian armies, has re-
signed. Gen, L. G. Korniloff, com-
mander-in-chief of the Russian armies
on the south-western front, has been
appointed generalissimo. Gen. Tche-
remissoff, commander of the eighth
army, has been appointed to succeed
Gen. Korniloff on the south-western
front.
Gen. Ii.orniloff inaugurated iron -
handed discipline on Thursday in as-
suming his place as commander-in-
chief. He issued formal 'order prohib..
iting 'meeting's 'of soldiers in the war
zone, and warn lug that disobedience)
would mean instant execution. He
forbade any of the soldiers' commit-
tees from assembling to discuss this
order.
Russian army commanders had a
conference at headquarters recently,
and virtually sent an ultimatum to
Premier and War 'Minister Kerensky
that unless the army was Dept outside
of polities and treated merely as a
first war machine they would resign
as. beings unable to carry on the war
victoriously, 'The correspondent be-
lieves the ultimatum will be accepted.
Gen. Vassilkovski, a Cossack `ofii-•
ter, has been appointed to command
the troops in Petrograd:
DECLINED $7,500 SALARY 'bar closed 52.13. cash -No. 1. Northern,
TO SERVE PUBLIC FREE $2,06 to li2.02; No. 2 do„ $2.90 to $2.95.
Corx1-=•3+70.8 yellow, L'2':$h .0 $$226. oats
N0. 3 white, 76 t0 ?fit, Flout' un-
ohanged. Bran• -$35.50 to 5.36,00,
Pul.ltth, Aug. 7 -Linseed --$3.28; Sem.
terrie October and November, 53,80.
Idyl) StocksMar/tete
Toronto, Aug, -Extra choice heavy
steers $11.40 to 512.20; choice heavy
steer. 510.60 to 511,00; butchers' cat -
tie, c .aloe 510 to 510.50: do„ good, 59.50
to O. 5 do., medium. 53,50 to $9; do.,
common, 57.10 to 57,25; butchers' bulls,.
choice, 58,25 to $6.00; do,, 'good bulls.
51,50 to 57,75; do., medium bulls, 56.75
to 57.00; do., rough bulls, $5.00 to 56.00„
butchers' cows, choice, 58 to 58.50; do.,
good, 57,36 to 57,60; do, medium, $6.60
to 56,75; stockers, 56.40 to 53.25; . feed-
ers, $7.75 to 58.75; canners and cutters,
55.25 to 56; milkers,and to choice, $80
to 5100; do., con, and med., 540 to 560;
springers, $80 to $120; light ewes, $8.50
to 59,50; sheep, heavy, 56 to 57.25;
choice, 5/310 to 514.50; calves, good mto
bs,
518;38 to $16.30; hogs, .fed and watered,
$16.16; do., weighed off cars, 517; do„
f,o.b., 515.50 to $15.75.
Montreal, Aug. 7 -Choice steers, 510.50
to $10.75; good, 510 to 510.25; lower
grades. 58.50 to 59.50; butchers' cows,
56 to 58; bulls, 50.50 to 58,00; canners,
54.50 to 50; lambs, $18 to 513.50; sheep,
57.60 to 55.50; calves, 57 to $12.
MR. JOHN G. KENT, a man of
wealth and extensive business in-
terests, who has refused to accept.
any remuneration whatever for his
services as General Manager of the
Canadian National Exhibition, pre-
ferring to serve the public free of
charge. He is President of the To.
route Board of Trade and has bee
on the Exhibition Board since 190•
always showing a close interest
the work. He was President in 191'
13, the two best years in the histo
of the institution. Mr. Kent is head
of the Boy Scouts in Toronto and
is identified with many philanthropic
enterprises. Long and continued ill-
ness has compelled Dr. Orr,' Manager
since 1903, to seek a long rest.
Markets of the World
Breadatn'ffs
•Toronto, Aug. 7 -Manitoba wheat -
No, 1 Northern, 52.38; No. 2 Northern,
52.35, nominal, store Fort William.
Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 85c, track
Bay ports,
American corn -No. 3 yellow, no;ni-
nal, track Toronto.
.Ontario oats -No official Quotations.
Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter. per car
lot 2.66 to' 60 • No. :53' to58
nominal, a.00dl 52,60; No.
freights ouside.
Peas. ---No. 2, : nominal, according to
to
lre-Vo.! :'.',T{ontinal, aceording..to
freights' oufisi?3e:
Manitoba flout --First patents, in jute
bags, 512.90; second patents, in jute
bags, 512.40; strong bakers',. in `jute
bags, 512.00.
Ontario flour -Winter, according to
sample, $11.20, in bags, track, Toronto,
prompt shipment,
1114lifeed-Car lots, delivered Montreal
freights, bags included -Bran, per ton,
$05;; • shorts, pez' ton. 541; • middlings;
per ton, 544 to 545; good feed flour, per
bag, 53.25.
Hay -Extra No. 2, per ton, 511.50 to
512.00; mixed, per ton, $9 to 510, track
Toronto.
Straw -Car lots, per ton, 58.00, track
Toronto.
Country Produce --Wholesale
Butter -Creamery, solids, per Ib., 343
to 85c; prints, per ib., 35 to 353c; dairy,
per lb., 29 to 300.
Eggs -Per doz., 37 to 88c.
'wholesalers are selling to the retail
trade at the following prices :-
Cheese -New, large, 223 to 280' twins,
222 to 233c; triplets, 23 to Mc; old,
large, 30e; twins, 8055a; triplets, 3030.
Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 34 to 35
creamery prints, 38 to 39c; solids, 3
to 38c.
Eggs -New -laid, in cartons, 44 to 4
out of cartons, 42c.
Dressed poultry -Spring chickens 3
fowl, 90c; squabs, •per dos., 54 to 54.5
turkeys, 25 to 30o; (Wcks, spring, Oc.
Live poultry -Spring chickeihs, lb.,
20c; hens, 16 to 18c; ducks. Spring, 13c.
oney-Cohnb-Tlxtra fine and heavy
weight, per doz., 32.75; select, 52,50 -to
$2.75; No. 2, 52 to $2.25.
Leans -Prime white, 59.50 per bush.;
imported, hand. -picked, $10.50 per bush.;
Limas, per ib., 18 to 19c. '
Potatoes, on track -Esti Star,new,
bbl., 55.00 to 55.25; North Carolinas,
new, bbl.. 55.00 to 55.25; seconds, bbl.,
$3.50.
Provisions -Wholesale
Smoked meats-F7ams, medium, 30 to
81c; do., heavy, 26 to 27e; cooked, 41 to
420; rolls, 27 to 2$o; breakfast bacon,
38 to 36c; backs, plain, 30 to 37c; bone-
less, 33 to 40e.
Cured meats --Long Blear bacon, 26 to
263c per lb; clear bellies,. 25 to 26o.
and -Pure lard,tierces, 26 to 261o;
tubs, 263 to 263c; pails, 263 to 26.0;
compound, tierces, 21c; tubs, 2110;
pails, 2130.
Montreal Markets
Montreal. Aug. 7 -Oats -Canadian
Western, No. 2, 85c; do., No. 3, 84c; ex-
tra No. 1 feed, 88 to 310. Barley
Malting, 31.26. Flour -Manitoba Spring
wheat patents, firsts, 513: do„ seconds,
512.50; strong bakers', $12,30; Winter
g$patents, o choice,1; 518; straight
in bags, r $6 to
$6.15. Rol]ed oats -Barrels, $9.15 to
59.35; bagof 90 lbs., 54.45 to $4.55.
Millfeed-ran, 535: shorts, $40; • mid=
dlings, 550; an=uiille, 560 to 561. Hay -
No. 2, per ton, oar lots, 510 to 310.50.
Cheese -Finest westerns, 213e; do„
easterns, 313e. 'Butter ---Choicest cream-
ery, 39 to 393c; seconds 3530. Eggs -
Fresh, 46 to 48c; selected, 44c: No. 1
stock, 40c; No. 2, do., 30 to 38c. k'ota-
toes---Per bag, -car lots, 51 to 52.
Iltrinuipeg Grain •
Winnipeg, Aug 7--0ash prioes;--
Wheat ---No. 1 Northern, 52,36; No, 2,
do., 52.38; No. 3, do '$2.30; No. 4, 52.19;
No. 6, 51,94; No, 0 31.68; feed, $1.68,
Basis contract -August (first ball),
52.30, Oats --No. 2 .C.1`'., 75c; No. 3, do.,
74c; extra No. 1 feed, 74c; No, 1 feed:
720, Tiair1oy--No, 3, 51.20: No. 4, 51.15;
rejected, 51.09; feed, $1.0D. Flux-- o. 1.
N,-'4v.C., 53.26; No 2 C.W., 58.21; No. 3,
53;09.
tlnitod Status markets
Minneapolis, Aug. 7-'-'•Wheat-Septern-
AWED FORCES
LEAVE GREECE
French and British Troops Have
All Been Withdrawn.
A. despatch from Athens says: -
;Withdrawal of the allied forces from
old,'Greece, Thessaly and Epirus in
acco dance with the decision of the
Ba n conference at Paris is being
r carried out. The withdrawal
rinth and other occupied
s previously executed. The
re similarly preparing to
na -and other sections of
retaining only a small tri -
near Avlona, in Albania,
T e unanimity of the allied action
is 'a source of. satisfaction, as the
Italian aspiration desired a wider field,
but yielded in the ilaterest of the
united action to withdraw all and
leave Greece 'to the Greeks.
Preparations are under way to call
out the classes of 1916 and 1917, ag-
gregating 60,000 men. The Greek
Government is highly gratified at the
result as showing the allies are recog-
nizing the territorial integrity of
Greece.
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WEIGHT TO BE GIVEN
ON FOOD PACKAGES.
" despatch from
Ottawa
says:
1.-
L 1 lotion to re u'x
s require that :allpack-
it;
dlties sold,'�u�:'ori inal'`•con:tazn-
ersk must hear the name of the fillers
and the weight or measure•of the con-
tents was introduced in the House on
Thursday by Sir George Foster. The
resolution upon wliich the bill is based
was passed without amendment , after
a short discussion.
ONTARIO RURAL
LIFE MOVEMENT
School For aural Leadership At
U.A.C. Has Successful
Session..
A despatch from Guelph says: -
The delegates who are attending the
Summer school for rural leadership
are so delighted at the progress made
that before dispersing they have
organized so that the work can be car-
ried on between the yearly gatherings.
It was felt that only by the efforts of
an organization could the problems .of
rural leadership hp effectively dealt
with and' in an int*rview with Com-
missioner C. 0. Creelman, he gave this
every encouragement and promise of
assistance. The object of the associa-
tion is the promotion of the highest
interests of rural community life, re-
ligious, educational, social, physical
and economic.
Officers elected were: President,
G. N. Simmons, Springfield; Vice -
President, R. W. Foley, Brooklin;
Secretary Treasurer, A. MacLaren,
Guelph; Executive Committee, W. F.
Carpenter, Horning's Mills; N. S.
Campbell, . Inwood;; Miss Stover,
Queenston; Mrs. W. J. Booth, Hornby.
A pocket library, for furnishing
material and other facts, was urged on
the O.A. C. authorities and the lead-
ers went on record as declaring that a
more permanent linking up of the
rural community leaders with the col-
lege, as by an annual convention, will
still further extend the influence of
the college and result in greater good.
The Ontario Government were urged
to follow the example of the Saskat-
chewan Government in the engage-
ment of an educational specialist to
make a general survey of the province,
with a view of increasing the efficiency
of the school system.
At the afternoon session of the
school for rural leadership, Mr. Tom-
linson gave a practical demonstration
of tree planting, after which, Mr. A,
H. MacLennan, lecturer in vegetable
gardening, presented that subject in
a most interesting and informative
way, illustrating his remarks by an
excellent series of lantern slides.
Tle committee appointed to inter-
view: President Creelman in reference
to the future of the school, reported
that they had been received with the
utmost cordiality and sympathy, Dr.
Creelman made some helpful sugges-
tions as to the time of holding
the
,school and.- other matters. This has
encouraged the
rural leaders s
to be-
�lenems A,fijxre'_of,.fhe_school
n,
permanent �
erni nentins institution is 'well assured.
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Be sure to serve the threshers with
some strongly acid fruit, plums or
cherries are good. The juice cuts the
dust that is sure to lodge in the work-
ers' thr
ork-ersY'throats.
O E NME T. TO NATIONALIZE
CANADIAN' NORTHERN. RAS WAY
Will Also Make a Cash Advance of $7,500,000 to Grand Trunk
Pacific.
patch from Ottawa says:-
sdian Northern Railway Sys -
'tiding its branch lines, ter -
telegraph and express ser -
rain elevators, steamship lines
of the Great Lakes and other sub-
si ary undertakings, will be acquir-
ed by the Government on behalf of the
Canadian people. Further, the Gov-
ernment will lend to the G. T. P. Rail-
way Company $7,500,000, repayable on
demand 'with interest 6 per cent., and
secured by a mortgage on the corpor-
ation's assets.
The railway proposals in brief:
Purchase of the outstanding $60,-
000,000 stock of the Canadian North-
ern Railway, giving the Government
coiiiplete ownership of the C.N.R.
system and all subsidiary enterprises.
Appointment of three arbitrators to
determine the value of the stock ac-
quired, subject to an appeal to the
Supreme Court by either the Govern-
ment or the owners or pledgees of
stock in the event of failure by the
arbitrators to reach an unanimous
determination.
Canadian Northern to retain its
corporate identity with operation and
administration under a board of
directors named by the- Government.
At least five -sixths of the outstand-
ing shares to be transferred by agree-
ment, Government to take the right
to compel the transfer of the remain-
ing shares.
Demand loan of $7,500,000 at 6 per
cent., secured by mortgage, to be
made to the G.T,P. Railway. Govern-
ment to take power to constitute a
board of directors.
GEN. HMG WORKS ACCORD! G
TO SYS
EM USED ¢ YPRES
0
No Canadian Troops Participated in Big Battle of Flanders
English Troops Did Most of Fighting.
A despatch from London says: -
Major -General Maurice,' of the War
Office, on Thursday said that the )3ri-
tish commander's next move in Eland -
ere was to determine another objec-
tive, and then, after the customary
pl;ocess of preparation,: to proceed
similarly to achieve it.
"In cases of this kind," said the
Director of Military Operations, "the
objective line depends mainly upon
the range of the artillery. The at-
tacks must be patient and methodical.
In this way we can gain ground and
inflict heavy losses on the enemy with-
out heavy losses to ourselves. That
is the system used at Arras and at
Messines, and the one now being used
in Flanders
"In this week's battle we co-operat-
ed with the French. There were
about six times as many • British
troops as French soldiers. Of the
British, four-fifths were purely Eng-
lish, and one-fifth Anzac (Austra-
lians and New Zealanders), Welsh and
Scotch. No Irish or Canadian troops
participated."
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From. Erica's Green Isle
NMS' i'3Y MAIL FItQiq lana
LA NO'S SHORES"
IYappeninge fa the Emerald Isis 4
Interest to Irish.
men.
Owing to persistent, spraying the
potato crop in the Boyle district is
making great progress.
The Department of Agriculture has
taken possession of Dunnamoat, near
Roscommon, under a tillage order.
The first of this year's crop of
strawberries were sold at Newry at
one shilling and fourpence per pound.
3. Scully was re-elected as chair-
man of the South Dublin Guardians
and Miss Buchanan as -vice-chairman.
The Londonderry boot and shoe
repairers have gone on strike, having
been refused a bonus of ten shillings
a week. •
At the fete held at Crossthwaite
Park, Kingstown, in aid of the Kings-
town War Hospital, the sum of 1118
was realized.
Joseph O'Neill, J.P., Co. Carlgw,
has been »nanimously elected chair-
man of the North Dublin Rural Dis-
trict Council.
A floating mine was found by some
Galway men near Spiddal, and while
they were examining it, it exploded,
killing nine men.
A steady stream of harvesters has
been leaving the port at Dublin to
take part in the harvesting opera-
tions in England.
The Badymahon Union Guardians
have been unable to obtain tenders
for butter, which is now selling at
half a crown a pound.
John Keane, a farmer of Athlone,
has offered prizes up to £2 for the best
tilled and cropped plots in Templepat-
rick district.
A very enjoyable gymkhana was
held at Crossthwaite Park, Kings-
town, in aid of the Irish War Hos-
pital Supply, Kingstown.
John Maguire of Belfast, a trick
cyclist, known on .the stage as Jack
Gerald Silvana, was killed in the re-
cent London air raid,
John B. Tedcastle was fined 45 at
the Dublin Police Court for having
sheep for sale on the market which
were suffering from scab.
The Belfast Banking Company pro-
pose
amalgamation with the Landon
City and Midland Bank, of which
Reginald McKenna is a director. _ ..
Two Teww Ross boys were bound
t -..,1Fi,. •-v.1. -, a..t+,a..,:-$fir.., Si',tas,l7]3 - .. -.
v3 x ''� � m�.w7 r ,s -
a..British ensign from the Barrow
Boat Club, and then burning the flag
291 HUN PLANES
SOT DOWN IN JULY
British Bagged 247 of This Total
-Belgian Record is 9.
A despatch from London says: Ac-
cording to the official communiques
420 aeroplanes were lost on the west-
ern front in July. The Times admits
that the figures are inexact, owing to
the variations in French and German
methods of announcement. Four hun-
dred and twenty is the third highest
total of the war, compared with 392
in June, 713 in May and 717 in April.
Of the 420 no less than 201 were Ger-
man and 129 allies (89 British). It is
right to say the British figures of 89
are probably incomplete. Of the Gert'
man 291 the British bagged 247, the
French 35, and the Belgians 9. This
is a Belgian record.
31,500 BONUS TO THE
AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS..
A despatch from Melbourne, Aus-
tralia, says: The Senate has given
third reading to the Soldiers' Berat-
riation Bill.
The Australian Senate Repatriation
Bill provides a maximum grant of
£500 to. each settler on land. It is
estimated that 132,000,000 will be re-
quired to provide this bonus, not in-
cluding the sum for British soldiers,
who are to participate equally in the
grant as far as finances will allow,
LOSSES FROM SUBMARINES
AGAIN SHOW PALLING OFF'
A despatch from London says: -
Some falling off in the loss of British
merchantmen by submarines is noted
ire the official summary just issued.
Eighteen British vessels of more than
1,600 tons were sunk by submarines or
mines last week. Three vessels under
1,600 tons were sunk, while no fishing
vessels were lost,
Italians Build 8,000,Ton Ships.
A despatch from Rome says: --.-The
construction of merchant ships of a
uniform type and measuring 8,000
tons has been commenced in the Italian
shipyards. The first launching will
take place the end of this month, and
others will follow without interrup-
tion.