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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1917-10-26, Page 61 GERMAN RAIDERS RETURNING FROM ENGLAND BROUGHT DOWN IN FRANCE One Big Dirigible Taken Intact With Its Entire Crew -Three Others Captured or Destroyed. Paris, Oct. 21. --Although at first it was believed that the visit of th Zeppelin fleet to France yesterday was an independent raid and the first step toward carrying out the threat made in a German wireless message, which said it had been decided to destroy Paris in reprisal for French air raids en German towns, it is now generally believed that these eight Zeppelins, four of which were destroyed or cap- tured, were returning from England, and had lost their bearings owing to fog, and probably bad lost touch with their wireless communications, The log-bookof the Zeppelin which ch landed intact shows that she had been to England, and prisoners from three other airships confirm this. One of the men captured said it was the want of gasoline that forced his Zeppelin to descend. The raid is widely proclaim- ed by French observers as being defin- e-rite efine- ite proof of 'the superiority of the airplane over the Zeppelin. The day of the Zeppelin for bombardment, one expert says, is over. The sudden re sumption of the use of the German dirigibles is explained by the theory that the raiding Zeppelins belong -to a new type, which lately had been re- ' , ported e-,ported to be in the course of construe - tion at Lake Constance, No reports have yet been received that any dam- age was done by the Zeppelins, or that bombs were dropped anywhere in France. Of the four Zeppelins lost,twowere xe destroyed and two were forced to descend. In Friday night's Zeppelin raid on London 27 persons were killed and 53 injured. There was little material damage done. FOOD SHORTAGE MOON ISLAND TI -:I ITEM ITALY 1 SEIZED BY HUNS Require Imports of 3,000,000 Tons of Wheat Before Next Harvest. A despatch from Turin says: The Italian Parliament has reopened its sessions at Rome under peculiar cir- cumstances, two facts being so prom- inent as even to make a Ministerial crisis possible. Owing to their nature they will probably be discussed only in secret session. One has to do with serious riots which occurred in Turin the latter part of August, due in part to the delay in providing the town with sufficient bread, . and, in part, to political discontent. The other question concerns the general food crisis throughout Italy, which led to the resignation of the food controller, Guiseppe Canepa, whose place has been taken by Gen- eral Alfieri. e. etEVAL HAS 71 BEEN EVACUATED pray' saiyal Station at Gulf Entrance g. Deserted by Civilians. alk. despatch from London says: It is officially announced that the evacu- ation of the fortified port of Revel, on the Baltic, at the entrance to the Gulf of Finland, has begun. The schools at Revel have been closed. The inhabit- ants of the city are being sent to the interior of Russia. Revel, a city of about 65,000, two hundred miles south-west of Petro- grad, is a naval station, and with Hel- singfors and Hango, on the northern coast of the Gulf of Finland, guards the approaches to the gulf.. While the small fleet the Russians had in Riga waters apparently has been penned in by the Germans as a result of their land operations on Oesel and Moon Islands and the dis- position of their superior naval forces at strategic points off the gulf, the main Russian fleet remains in the Gulf of Finland through which runs the water route to Petrograd. WOUNDED SOLDIERS IN HOSPITAL CARE A despatch from Ottawa, says: - There are 9,468 convalescent soldiers on the strength of the Military Hos- pitals Commission Command, accord- ing to the report issued by the Mili- tary Hospitals Commission on Octo- ber 8th. This figure, which includes 7,612 men in the convalescent homes, 1,128 in sanatoria and 728 in various other hospitals, chiefly general, shows an increase of 329 over the previous week, The report upon Canadian patients in English hospitals far the week ending Sept. 28th, shows an enrol- ment of 20,363 men, an increase of It 8 over the previous week. I After Lively Battle Between 1 Russian and German Fleets. .A. despatch from London says: Ap- i parently contingents of the Russian i fleet -in all about twenty warships of I various classes -are bottled up in Moon Sound, with a cordon of Ger- i man warcraft barring their egress northward back into the Gulf of Fin- land, or to the south into the Gulf of !Riga. !Brave, but outclassed by reason of superior gun -range and heavier ton- # nage, the Russians gave battle to the TWO RRITIS AR- BRI SH °U CESS TRE WEEICLY WAR PICTURE x e''"•`o`S•y,4, LL;:, Y�!f.'r+I /:ir• •f,}�: v!r;..£?!;"i7%:•fi.ny.y!rrp•' ! 848,8 rAs??ryr°� �.,7. nJ %:?i.•�i�.}i:...+lei �:.�.}:_r.�fi!i::•,'•'::i:•i!•'ii�:�:•i�.:f,••,::�;sI fi �:i'f1'i�� :j: ]3- Machine gunners waiting in an anti-aircraft ambush on the- Marne front. This sandbag -walked and .Well -like pit is placed below one of the routes often followed by German air pilots. French official photograph. GREAT BRITAIN PERFECTS I�LA��S�.-�_._-.--� ._ FOR AIR R R ISALS ON GERMANY Reconstructed Air Ministry Will Mean Better Distribution of Machines' Among Flight Units. A despatch 'from London says: Great Britain's reconstructed Air Ministry, which soon will be ;an- nounced in the House of Commons, probably will act as balm for several Commoners who have been. greatly wrought up over the Government's delay in conducting reprisals, for raids upon London. Under • the reconstruc- tion plan it is belived there will be a bettter and far more equitable distri- bution of machines among the various flight units. It is known many land machines controlled by the Admiralty could be used in raids upon German towns. Coincidental with the reorganization of the air service there will be several i changos in the' flying men's uniforms. }In future pilots probably will be pro- 'vided with garments far more suit- able fcv high altitudes than those worn to -day. Owing to the great heights airmen must attain under modern conditions they need clothing that is heavier and at the same time is adaptable to quick change or re- moval, Germans and attempted to force back the enemy armada off Oesel Island. Standing far outside the shell zone of y' - t . the Russians, however, the guns of SHIPS LOST IN the German Dreadnoughts sank the MESOPOTAMIA ��@,�^ battleship Slava-a relic of the days duff before the Russo-Japanese War -and Iso badly damaged other units that : Sunk in North Sea By Two German Raiders. London, Oct. 21. -One hundred and the Russian flotilla was forced to seek refuge in Moon Sound -lying be- tween Moon Island and the Esthonia coast. Nearly all of the Slave's crew were saved. GEN. AI% STARTS ANOTHER DRIVE Heavy Artillery Fighting in Pro- gress on the Flanders Front. London, Oct. 21: -The report from Field Marshal Haig to -night indicates heavy artillery fighting in Flanders. The text of the statement says: "Irish troops carried out a success- ful raid at noon northwest of Croisil- les and captured a few prisoners. Our men returneditho wl t t loss. "Our patrols captured twelve pris- oners, this morning southeast of Poly- gon Wood. "There was great artillery activity to -day on both sides on the battle- front." attle- front" HEAVY FIGHTING IN EAST AFRICA London, Oct. 21. -Heavy fighting is going on between British and Teuton forces in German East Africa. The British War Office announced to -day that the mission station of Nyangao was occupied by the British on Oc- tober 17, after which the battle was resumed to the west of that place. The British force sustained consider- able casualties, and the German losses also were severe. 4 MOSQUITO IS ACTIVE ON MACEDONIA FRONT. A despatch from Amsterdam says: The activities of the mosquito along the Macedonian fighting front are de- scribed as unbearable by a correspond- ent of the Bulgarian newspaper Mir. The correspondent fully approves of the British evacuation of the Lower Struma, vtr MACHINES MOUGOT DOWN - IN A DAY ON BRITISH FRONT A despatch from London says; - The British official communication dealing with aviation says: "Early on the morning of Thurs- day the weather was brilliantly fine, but at nine o'clock low, thickclouds lifted up from the west. Artillery work and photography were carried *tit by our aeroplanes, and in the Course of the daytwa and a half tons of bombs were dropped on a large gun position in the rear, on railway sid- ings near Ghent and on various billets and hutments . "At night another ton of bombs was dropped on the Courtrai railroad sta- tion and a German aerodrome in that vicinity. In air fighting' six hostile ma- chines were downed and four were driven down out of control, while an- other was shot down by anti-aircraft gunfire. Seven of our machines are missing." fifty lives were lost on Wednesday when five Norwegian, one D , ; ; . And three Swedish vessels we e lints two German raiders in the North Sea. Two German raiders attacked a con- voy in the North Sea on Wednesday and sank two of the British escorting destroyers, it was announced officially yesterday by the British War Office, The British torpedo destroyers sunk were the Mary Rose and the Strong - bow. CAR OF WESTERN WHEAT BROUGHT $4,458.10 NET. A despatch from Winnipeg says: A. car of No. 1 Northern wheat was re- ceived here weighing 129,000 pounds, and containing 2,150 bushels, with no dockage, The net proceeds of the car, less freight and commission, was $4,- 4 8 5 ,10. The weight of the wheat per measured bushel was 65 pounds. The car was loaded by George H. Hum- mell, of Nokomis, Sask. Turks Were Driven Across the Diala in Retreat to Jebel Hamrin Ridge. London, Oct. 21. -British troops in ilsopotamia'on Friday began an en- vei'oping movement near the Persian frontier, northwest of Bagdad, and drove the Turkish forces in the vicin- ity of Kizil-Robat across the Diala River. An official statement issued to -day reporting these operations says: "We have carried out successful Operations in the vicinity of Deltawa and Kizil-Robat. Our columns began an enveloping movement on Friday, and drove the enemy across the Diala. The Turks destroyed the bridge at Ki- zil-Robat and retreated to the south- ern hills of the Jebel Hamrin Ridge. We took some prisoners, and captur- ed waggon -loads of ammunition." Seale insects on trees can be de- stroyed by autumn spraying, Aluminium is superior to any stone for sharpening cutlery. THE BEST CARTOON OF THE WEEK The Three Que , or 'rho Witches' Sabbath --Loudon Passing Show Markets of the World I3readstltxffs • Toronto, Oct. 23-2i anitoba wheat - No, 1 Northern, 32,233; No 2 do, $2.203; No, 3 do.. 32.174; No. 4 wheat, $2 ;095, > store. Fort William, inoluding 210 'tax. Manitoba oats--No,.2 C.W., 6630; No. 3 CW., G3llc; extra. No, 1 feed, 6320; No, 1 feed, 625c, in store Fort William. American corn -No. 3 yellow, nomi- nal. Ontario oats --,No, 2 white, 68 to 640, nominal; No. 3 do., G2 to 63c, nominal, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat -New, No. 2 Winter, 32,2' basis, in store. Montreal. Peas -No, 2, nominal. Barley --Malting, $1,18 to 31.18, ac- cording to freights outside. freigh itye ts -outside. No2., $1,72, according to Manitoba flour -first patents, in ;lute bags $11.60; 2nd, do., 311,00; strong bakers', do„ 310.00, Toronto, Ontario flour -- Winter, according to sample, 39.80, in bags, Montreal; 39,00, Toronto, prompt shipment. Millfeed'-Car lots, delivered Mont- real freights, bags included ---Bran, per ton. $35; shorts, do., 342; Middlings, do., $45 to 346; good feed flour, per bag, 93.25. Iia y-No$12.50 1 ew,per ton,.to 313.60; mixed, do., 31 o 22rac To- ron to, Straw -Car lots, per ton, 37 to $7.50, track Toronto. iiountry Produce-Whoiesaie Butter -Creamery, solids, per lb., 4 to 43e; prints, per 1b., 435 to 44c; lair per lb„ 35 t� 30e. Eggs -Per doz., 39 to 40c. Wholesalers are selling to the retail trade ,at the following prices •- Cheese -New, large, 23 to 234o; twins, 44 234 to 48c233; triplets, 234 to 240; old, largeto , 300; twins, 303o; triplets, 304o. Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 40 to 41c; creamery prints, 45 to 40c; solids, Eggs --New laid, In cartons, 51 to 630; out of cartons, 450. Dressed poultry -Spring chickens, 25 to 30c; fowl, 20 to 22c; squabs, per doz., $4 to $4.60; turkeys, 28 to 320; ducks, Spring, 22c; geese, 16c. Live poultry -Turkeys, 22e; Spring' chickens, lb., 20c; hens, 15 to 20c; ducks, Spring, 16c; geese, 120• Honey -Comb -Extra .fine, 16 oz., 93.26; 12 oz., $2.76; No. 2, 32.40 to $2.50.' Strained. tins, 23's and 's, 1833 to 190 per lb; 10's, 174 to 18c; 60's, 17 to 174c. Beans -No Canadian beans on the market until last of October imported hand-pieked, 37.50 per bush; Limas, per db., 170. Potatoes, on track -Ontario, bag. $1.55 to $1.65. Provisions -Wholesale Smoked meats -Hams, medium, 30 to 310; do., heavy, 26 to 27c; cooked, 41 to 42o; rolls, 27 to 280; breakfast bacon, 88 to 40c; backs, plain, 39 to 40c; bone- less, 43 to 44c. Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 274 to 28e lb; ciee.r bellies, 265 to 27c. Lard -Pure lard, tierces, 264 to 27c; tubs, 263 to 2740; pails, 27 to 274c; com- pound, tierces. 22 to 224c; tubs, 224 to 228c; pails, 224 to 23c. 25 Y. Montreal Markets lirontreaI, Oct, 23 -Oats -Canadian western, No. 2, 76 to 763c; do„ No. 8, 743 to 75c; extra No. 1 feed, 744 to 76c• do., No, 2 local white, 72c; do, No, 3 local white, 71c. Barley -Malting, 31.30 to 31.31. Flour -Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts, $11.60;' seconds, 311.10; strong bakers', 310,90; Winter patents, choice, 311,25;,straight rollers, 310.70 to 311.00; do., bags, 36.20 to $5.35. Rolled oats barrels, 38.30 to $S.40; do., bags, 90 lbs„ 34.00 to 34.10. Bran, $36. Shorts, $40 to $42. Middlings, $48 to 350. Mouillie, $55 to $60. Hay -No. 2, per ton, car lots, 312.00 to $12,50. Cheese --Finest westerns, 2140; do., easterns, 213c. Butter -Choicest cream- ery, 46 to 464e; seconds, 454e. Eggs - Fresh, 53 to 54c; selected, 47 to 48c; No. 1 stook, 43 to 44c; No, 2 stock, 40 to 41c. Potatoes -Per bag, car lots, $ 2.15. 'Winnipeg Grain Winnipeg, Oct. 23 -Cash prices 'Wheat -No. 1 Northern, 32.21; No. '2 Northern, 32.13' No, 3 Northern, $2.15; No, 4, $2.07; No. 6, $1,86; feed, 11.80. Oats -No. 2 C,W., 66$0; No. 3 QM., 632e; extra No. 1 feed, 633c; No, 1 feed, 624e; No, 2 feed, 6250. United States Markets • Minneapolis, 23 -Corn -No. p O ct. 3 yel- low, 31.85 to $1.87. Oats -,--No. 8 white, 574 to 5940. Flour -Fancy patents, 310.50; first blears, $9.75; second clears, 36.75. Bran -$30 to 880.50. Duluth, Oct. 23 -Linseed, $3.06 to $3.09; arrive, 33.07; October, $3.06 bid; November, 33.06 bid; December, 32.994 bid; May, $3.02 asked. Live Stock Markets Toronto, Oct. 23 -Extra choice heavy steers, $11.60 to 312.25; do„ good heavy, $11 to 311.25; butchers' cattle, choice, $10 to $10.50; do., good, 39.40 to $0.75; do., medium $8.75 to $9; do.. common, $7,75 to $8.25; butchers' bulls, choice, $3.30 to $8.75; do., good bulls, 37.40 to $7.85; do., medium bulls, $6.85 to $7,10; do„ rough bulls, 36 to 36; butchers' cows, choice, $8.26 to 38.65• do., good, 17.50 to $7.75; do„ mediulu, $6.60 to 0.75; stockers, 37.60 to $8.50; feeders, 8.60 to $9.25; canners and cutters, $5 to $5,75; milkers, good to choice, $90.00 to $125; do., com. and rued., $75 to $85; Springers, $90 to $125; light ewes, $11 to $13; bucks and culls, $9 to $10.60; sheep, heavy, $6,76 to $7.50; yearlings to2$15.5$013;Sp Spring lambs to choice, hogs, fed and watered, 318 to 318.25 do., weighed off cars, 318,26 to 318.50 do., f.o.b , $17.25. Montreal, Oct, 28 -Choice steers, 310.50 to 310.75; good, $10 to $10.25; lower grades, $8,76; butchers` cows, 36.75 to 38.50; bulls, $7.25 to 38.75;. Ontario iambs, $15 to 315.75; Quebec lambs, $14 to 314.50; sheep, 30 to 310.50; choice milk -fed calves, $14 to $15; lower grades, $8; selected hogs, 317.50 to $1.8.25. ,TEN PER CENT INCREASE IN COAL A despatch from Washington -says: -New regulations limiting coal ex- ports to Canada will be announced in a few days by the fuel administration. The control will be through special permits to shippers, who will .be al- lowed to forward cargoes up to the amounts prescribed by the fuel ad- ministration without obtaining special export licenses. permits will ' be granted only to shippers who sent coal to Canada last year. The plan is to hold Canada, the rest of this year to supplies not exceeding ten per cent. more coal than was received last year. This arrangement is based an a ten per cent. increase in production in the United States this year and per- of niits Canada to share equally with the fi States, to INS PUNISH VILLAGERS People •Gave Their. Only Food, Apples, to British Prisoners. Amsterdam, Oct. 18. -The Germans have punished Isegem. English pris- oners traversed Roulers Street, a thickly populated quarter of Ise - gem, stepping out; says the Tele- greaf's correspondent, with head erect. The people rushed out of doors. They had little food left but apples, which they gave the British. The Wo- men and girls' ran to the prisoners, slipping apples into their hands. The Germans threatened the civilians with the bayonet. The people then threw the fruit from a distance. The Ger- mans ordered the dwellers on Roulers Street to do all their errands before nine in the morning, after whichthey must remain the whole day indoors, with windows closed. The German authorities were furious, and posted 'a notice .on the walls forbidding the least demonstration when prisoners pass. GREAT CATTARO MR RAID Squadron Flew '1,000 Miles Without Accident. A despatch from London says: - The Daily Mail's correspondent with i the Italian armies says that later de- tails received of the great Cattaro raid mark it as an example of rare organ- ization. The fourteen Capronis which took part in it started together from near Milan, flew to the Appennines - Tri' a gale and arrived in a body near Rome. There they rested a while and then flew to their taking off camp on the Adriatic shore, and thence to Dalmarie and Montenegro and home. The squadron afterwards flew to- gether something like •one thousand miles without failure on the part o any machine or 1Sny hitch. DAILY PAPER FOR CANA Meets . Overseas Soldier mands For Home New A despatch from Ottawa s Although the large majority of diens are probably unaware of fact, soldiers of the Dominion over seas, even those in the trenches in France and Belgium, receive a daily paper filled with news from Canada: This little publication, which is of such immense value to the boys at the front because it contains news of home, is published in London, and goes by the name of "The Canadian Daily Record." It is the latest development of the Canadian military authorities in Canada and overseas to meet the de- mand of the Dominion's soldiers for news of their own country. TRAIN CROSSES QUEBEC BRIDGE. A despatch from Quebec says: Even after the successful linking of the twa huge cantilevers of the Que- bec bridge by the central span last month, there were still skeptics who feared a mishap when traffic was al- lowed to roll across the largest bridge in the world. Well, their fears were , knocked to atoms when, without the slightest hitch or inconvenience a railway train crossed the Quebec Bridge from north to south and then north again over the two tracks that have been laid from shore to shore. The supreme testing had no official character, only a few of the Quebec Bridge Commission and the stair of engineers that carried the work through being present/ U. S.• •Exporting Dyestuffs Philadelphia, Oct. 21. -The Amer- ican dye industry has not only grown big enough to supply practically all domestic needs, but is now exporting important quantities to other nations. In July nearly $500,000 worth of ani- line dyes was shipped abroad, accord- . ing to figures published by the the 0 Bureau of Foreign and Domestic. , Commerce of the Department of Com- merce. This is the first time that separate statistics, for aniline export have ever been issued, the 'innovation resulting from the* recent striking growth of the trade. Women to Care for Graves. About 20 women gardeners who have been trained at Kew', England . are going to France, where they will take up the duty of tending the graves British dead soldiers. It is the ret contingent, and °there will fol - w.