HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1917-11-02, Page 2DISASTER CONFRONTS ITALIAN TROOPS
100,000 HAVING, BEEN CAPTURED
Austro -German Forces Occupy Gorizia and Town of • Cividale,
Five Miles Within Italian Territory.
London,Oct, 28.—The Austro -Ger -
'man armies under the 'command of
Emperor Charles, who has as his chief
assistant Field Marshal von Macken-
gen, are shaking the entire Italian line
from the Julian Alps region to the
Adriatic Sea. Having pressed back
• .the Italians at several points upon
Italian soil, the combined enemy
forces have now pushed forward on
the Italian left wing and captured
Cividale, lying to the northeast of
Udine, and are nearing the plains
beyond. In addition the Austrian
town of Gorizia, a point of great
strategic value on the Isonzo River, has
been retaken from the Italians.
According to the latest Berlin offi-
cial communication, 100,000 Italians
have been made prisoners and in ex-
cess of 700 guns have fallen into Aus-
tro -German hands. The_ second and
third Italian armies are declared to
• be in retreat. Rome admits the fall-
ing back of the second army, assert-
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ing that cowardice. was' exhibited by'
units of the army in the face of the
foe, the Italians surrendering or re-
treating without giving battle, per-
mitting the breaking of the.left wing,
and thereby offering easyaccess to
the town of Cividale. Prior to falling
back, however, the Italians destroyed
all their depots and stores and Civi-
dale was on fire when the Austro -
Germans entered it.
The situation is so grave that a
special meeting of the French Cabinet
has been held for the purpose of de-
ciding upon the question of Allies' co-
operation on the Italian front.
A feature of the Austro -German at-
tacks has been the use of gas on a
large scale. It is a type of gas
which causes a terrible itching on the
soldiers' faces, even through masks,
the hope apparently being that they
will remove their masks and then suc-
cumb to the gas. Details of this new
"torment" gas, as it is called, are not
yet available.
ALLIES CONTINUE ADVANCE IN
BELGIUM ; MANY VILLAGES CAPTU
ED
Entire Merckem Peninsula Captured by Entente—French Attack
on Ypres-Dixmude Road Successful.
success on both sides of the road be-
tween Ypres and Dixmude. All the
German positions were captured on a
21h -mile front despite desperate en-
emy resistance. Four villages on the
outskirts of Houtholst forest were oc-
cupied, as well as a great number of
strongly fortified farms. Two hun-
dred prisoners were taken.
Another advance was made on the
Aisne front also, which ended in the
capture of Froidmont farm.
London, Oct. 28.—The entire Merc-
kem peninsula near Dixmude has been
captured by the Entente forces, ac-
cording to the British official com-
munication issued this evening, and
is now in possession of the Belgians,
who attacked in conjunction with the
French. The British have improved
their positions near the Ypres,Rou-
lers railway.
The French attack met with full
AIR REPRISAL
AGAINST HUNS
Tons of Explosives Dropped on
Factories, l ilway... Stations'
and Junctions.
A despatch from London says:—
An official statement on aerial opera-
tions issued on Thursday night reads:
"On Wednesday night factories and
railway= communications in the vicinity
of Saarbruecken were attacked by our
aeroplane squadrons with excellent
results. Over three and a half tons
of explosives were dropped on the
Burbach -works, just west of Saar-
bruecken by naval machines. The
damage caused was considerable;
many fires were observed.
"Three thousand three hundred
and thirty-five pounds of explosives
were dropped on railway stations,
junctions, goods sidings in and around
Saarbruecken by another squadron.
Many direct hits -.vere obtained, re-
sulting in numerous explosions. One
train proceeding to Saarbruecken re-
ceived a direct hit from a big bomb
and was destroyed. A total of five
tons of explosives was dropped by us.
TURKS RETREAT
BEFORE BRITISH
London, Oct. 28.—"On Tuesday
Turkish columns, moving on both
banks of the'Tigris from Terkit, ap-
proached our positions at Samara (on
the Tigris above Bagdad)," says an
official report from the Mesopotamian
front. "The Turks retreated up the
river during the night without fight-
ing, on the advance of the British."
BRAZIL DECLARES WAR
BY VOTE OF 149 TO 1
A despatch from Rio de Janeiro
says:—The Chamber of Deputies on
Fridaybyan almostunanimous v
oto
declared that a state . of war existed
l.:itiW Germany and Brazil. The
Vice wts 149 to 1.
The president of the diplomatic
commission spoke in favor of a law
worded as follows:
"A state of war between Brazil and
Germany is hereby acknowledged
and proclaimed. The President of the
Republic is authorized to adopt the
measures enunciated in his measage
of the 25th of October, and to take
all steps tending to ensure national
defence and public security."
The virtually unanimous vote of
the deputies was received with gen-
eral acclamation.
President Braz has sanctioned the
proclamation of a state of war with
Germany.
MONTH'S EXTENSION
ON SMALL PACKAGES.
A despatch from Ottawa says: The
Food Controller has extended by one,
month the periods during which manu-
facturers and wholesalers, and retail-
ers, respectively, are to be permitted
to sell small packages of cereals, cere-
al products; flour, or other foods that
are the product of wheat, oats, bar-
ley, rye, rice, peas, beans, buckwheat,
Indian corn or lentils. Manufactur-
ers and wholesalers are now to cease
selling original packages containing
less than twenty pounds net, on and
after December 1, 1917. For retail
merchants the order becomes effective
on and after January 1, 1918.
CANADIANS CAPTURE BELLEVUE SPUR,
AN IMPORTANT EMINENCE
,Considered One of the Most Brilliant Strokes in Recent Days and
Involved Bitter Struggle.
British Front in Belgium, Oct. 28.
;r—Canadians Saturday"' morning were
Gigging themselves in across the neck -
of the Bellevue spur, west of Pass -
c iendaele, having maintained them -
Ives on this newly -acquired height
ii» the face of another fierce German
3ounter-attack last night.
This was the most important news
from the front of yesterday's offen-
Jive, for by securing a footing on this
op= the British gained a dominating
And vital position to which the Ger-
Mans had clung tenaciously.
The capture of this territory was
one of the most brilliant strokes in
ecent days, and involved some of
he bitterest fighting seen along the
danders front, The Canadians had
ailarceiy reached the crest of the spur
r
yesterday morning after battling
across the marshy ground in the face
of a terrific hail of machine-gun fire
when the Germans counter -attacked
in force along the crest of the spur
from the east.
A sanguinary struggle followed at
close quarters and the men from
overseas were compelled to give.
ground a little. They fought their way
back, however, and regained their
former vantage :ground.
Last night the enemy again rushed
forward en masse in an attempt to
dislodge the British. Heavy fighting
ensued and the Germans were gradu-
ally forced to withdraw, leaving the
Canadians in, possession, During the
night the 'latter readjusted their line
across the neck of the spur and eon.
solidated the positions.
THE WEEKLY WAR PICTU.EE,
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War problems of Canadianv*ool trade and • how they are met. The view
is of experts grading the clip in the Australian section of the great wool
warehouse at Toronto. When war broke out the Canadian manufacturers
were faced with an increased demand and decreased supplies. War orders
have leen piling in ever since, while facilities for import and distribution
have declined rapidly. To meet the problems of distribution this warehouse
was established and has proved an important link between Canadian and
Australian producer and the Canadian manufacturer.
FRE CH ACAIN DEFEATGERMANS
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AND ESTABLISH NEW LINES
Petain's Troops Occupy >Additional Villages and Add Several
Hundred Prisoners to Large Total.
A despatch from Paris says: -With
the important junction of Leon on
their objective the French troops are.
continuing their press against . the
forces of the German Crown Prince
north of the Aisne River. In another
attackon the right the village of
Filain has been captured, a footing
has been gained on the plateau North
of Epine Lechevrigny, and the enemy
has been forced to give ground north
of La Chapelle Saint Berthe. . These
successes, while not as great in •ins-
pi,rtance as those of previous days on
the centre and west flank of the at-
tacking line, serve materially to bring
the right wing to alignment with the
remainder of the front and place the
entir .line in a better position forsan-
othe smash northward toward Ion.LL
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French
brilliance of their victory' over the
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Germans .north of the Aisne this week,
it is too small an appreciation of
their herculean efforts in the face of
one of the most difficult tasks of the
war. This is the opinion of not
only their immediate chief, .but of all
who have seen them at work. Front-
ing them were the finest divisions of
the German Crown Prince's- army, oc-
cupying positions that were strongly
fortified, and having the keenest ap-
preciation of their value.
Notwithstanding this the French
not only succeeded in attaining every
objective set them, but exceeded the
hopes of the most Sanguine, and ad-
vanced beyond the appointed places.
More than 12,000 prisoners already
have been counted and sent. to the
rear. Others are coming in and the
large group still are hiding in subter-
ranean shelters and their fate can
only be -capture.
•The en; line ;now runs along the
she : 'rrn side ;pof the :Aisne -Oise canal
without a break from westward to the
Auxaillon to Pargny-Filain, while the
town of Filain has been completely
dominated.
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WIRELESS TELEPHONY
AROUND THE WORLD.
A despatch from Brantford says:
Wireless telephony to all parts of the
world, more than a possibility, is prac-
tically an achieved fact, declared Pro-
fessor Alexander Graham Bell, speak-
ing at a mass meeting held here, ter-
minating the ceremonies of the unveil-
ing of the Bell Memorial.
The eminent inventor told of recent
experiments whereby scientists spoke
from Washington, D.C., to Paris,
France, by word of mouth, the •con-
versation being overheard in Bono -
lulu. The result was achieved by the
attachment of telephones to wireless
apparatus, and speech to all parts of
the world with neither wires nor bat-
teries, is looked forward to in the very
near future by Professor Bell.
LT. S. Coal For Canada.
A despatch from Washington says:
Under a definite allotment of Ameri-
can coal for Canada, announced by
the fuel administration, about 2,000,-
000 tons of bituminous and 700,000
tons of anthracite will be permitted
to move across the Canadian border
during,, the next two months.
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THE BEST CARTOON OF THE WEEK
Cracking Under the Strait'
cling in Now 'cork Tribune,
Markets of the World
13reaclstuffe
Toronto . Oct. 30 --Manitoba wheat—
No, 1 Northern, 32,238; No. 2 do,, 32.208;
No. 3 do„ 32,173 No. 4 wheat, 32.098,
in store Port William, including 2Ic.
tax,
Manitoba oats—No. 2 C.'W., 6730; No.
3 CM. 643o; extra No, 1 seed, 0430;
No, 1 feed, 688c. in store Fort William.
al,
American earn—No, 3 yellow,•nomin-
Ontario oats—No. 2 white, 64 to 65c.
nominal; No. 8. do., 63 to 64c, nominal,
according to freights outside.
Ontario wheat—New, No. 2 Winter,
32,22; basis, in store, Montreal.
Peas—No. 3, $3:35 to $3.50, nominal,
according to freights outside.
Barley-111aliing, to 31.18, ao-
cording to freights outside31.16•
Rye—No, 2, $1.75, aeeor!dto
freights outside.
Manitoba hour—First patents, ining jute
bags
ers, , d'311.60:o.$10,00, 2nc1Tclo.,oronto 311 strong bak-
Ontario flour—Winter, according to
sample, $9,80, in bags, Montreal; $9.60,
Toronto, prompt shipment. •
Millfeed—Car lots --Delivered Mont-
real freights, bags• included --bran, Per
ton, 335; shorts, do., 342; middlings, do.,
345 to 346; good feed flour, per bag,
$325.
i•Ia,v—N0, 1, new, per ton, $12.50 to
$1x:50; mixed, do„ $10 to $12, track
Toronto,
Straw—Car lots, per ton, $7 to 37.50,
track Toronto,
Country Produce—Wholesale
Butter—Creamery, solids, per lb., 426
to 43c; prints, per lb., 438 to 44c; dairy,
per lb., 36 to 360.
Eggs—Per doz„ 39 to 40c.
Wholesalers are selling to the retail
trade at the following prices
Cheese=—New, large, 23 to 233c; twins,
233 to 238c; triplets, 236 to 24c; old,
large, 30e; twins, 303c; triplets, 303c.
Butter—Fresh dairy, choice, 40 to 41c;
creamery prints, 45 to 46c; solids, 44 to
45c.
Eggs—New laid, in cartons, 51 to 53c;
out of cartons, 450.
Dressed poultry—Spring chickens, 25
to 30c; fowl, 20 to 22c; squabs, per doz.,
$4 to 34.50;
turkeys,
,8 to 320; ducks,
Spring,
Live poultry—Turkeys, 22e; Spring
chickens, lb., 20c; hens, 13 to 1Sc;
ducks, Spring, 16e; geese, 12c.
Honey—Comb—Extra fine, 16 oz.,
$3.50; 12 oz., 33.00; No. 2, $2.40 to $2.50.
Strained, tins, 21's and 5's, 19 to 1960
per lb; 10's, 186 to 190; 60's, 18 to 1S6c.
Beans—No Canadian beans on market
until last of October; imported, hand-
picked, $7.50 per bush; Lianas, per ib.,
173c,
Fotatoes, on track—Ontario, bag,
31.65 to $1.75.
Provisions—Wholesale
Smoked meats—Earns, medium, 80 to
31c; do., heavy, 26 to 27c; cooked,. 41 to
42c; rolls, 27 to 2Sc; breakfast bacon,
86 to 40c; backs, plain, 39 to 40c; bone-
less, 43 to 44c.
Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 278
to 28c lb; clear bellies, 268 to 27c.
Lard—Pure lard, tierces, 27 to 273c;
tubs, 276 to 273c; pails, 276 to 2Sc;
compound, tierces, 22 to 223c; tubs, 221
to 223.0; pails, 226 to 23c.
Montreal Markets
3fontreal, Oct. 30 — Oats—Canadlan
western, No. 2, 78c; do., No. 3, 763c;
extraNo. 1 feed, 766c; No. 2 local white,
72c; No. 3, do„ 71c.arley—Man. feed,
$L26; malting, 3 1. Flour—Man.
Spring wheat p le4trsts, 311.60;
,seconds, 311,10; etrOljg `bakers`, $10.90;
S4Tintez' patents, choice; 311.25; straight
rollers; $10.70'to $11;' do., bagar$8.20 to
36,36. Rolled. oats—Barrels, 38.30 to
3r0; 35bags,
aS4.00 toI4.10.
Ban,$.0hors $4 .90 0 to 342.1Viddl-
ings, 348 to. $50. Montilla, $55 to $60.
Hay—No. 3,per ton, car lots, $12,00 to
312,50. Cheese—Finest westerns, 213c;
do., easterns, 213c. Butter—Qhoicest
creamery, 46 to 463c; seconds 453c.
Eggs—Fresh, 53 to 550; selected, 47 to
48c; No. 1 stock, 43 to 44c; No. 2 stock,
40 to 41c. Potatoes—Per bag, car lots,
$2.10 to 32.25.
Winnipeg Grain
Winnipeg', Oct, 30—Cash prices :—
Wheat—No. 1 Northern, $2,21; No. 2
Northern, o. 4, $207; iNo. 5, $1.04; No. 6, $1.87;
feed $1.80. Oats—No. 2 C.W,, 673c; No.
3 C.l'V., 6580; extra No. 1 feed, 655c; No.
1 feed, 631c; No. 2 feed, 621c. Barley—
No. 3, 31.21; No, 4, 31.16; rejected and
feed, 31.106. Flax—No, 1 N.W.C., 33,108;
No. 2 C.W., 33.073; No. 3 C.W., 32,963.
United States Markets
Minneapolis, Oct. 30—Corn—No. 3 yel-
low, $1.98 to $2. Oats—No. 3 white, 68
to 693c. Flax—$3.22 to $3.24. Flour—
Unchanged. Bran—$31.50 to $82.
Duluth, Oct. 80—Linseed—$3.20 to
aekd; arrive, $3.21; December,
$8.16 bid; May, $3.161 bid.
Lire Stock Markets
Toronto, Oct, 80—Extra choice heavy
steers, $11.50 to $12; do., good heavy,
$10.75 to $11.25; butchers' cattle, choice,
$10 to $10,25; do. good, $9.85 to $9.66;
do., medium, $8.60 to $8.75; do., com-
mon, $7.50 to $8. butchers' bulls,
choice, $8.80 to $8.75; do., good bulls;
$7.40 to $7.85; do. medium bulls, 36.85
to $7.10; do„ rough bulls, 35 to $6;
butchers' cows, choice, $8,25 to $8.76;
,flo. good, $7.60 to ,$8; do„ medium,
$6.60 to $6,75; stockers, $7.60 to $8.50;
feeders $8,50 to $9.25; canners and cut-
ters, $s to $6;- milkers, good to choice,
190 to $126; do., com. and med., $75 to
25; springers, $90 to $125; light ewes,
11 to $13; bucks and culls, 39 to $10,50;
sheep; heavy, $5.75 to $7.50; yearlings
$12 to $18; calves, good to choice, $15
to $16.60; Spring lambs, $16 to 318.40;
hogs, fed and watered, $16.75' do.,
weighed off oars, 317; do., f.o.b., $16.
Montreal, Oat. 80—Choice steers, $9.76
to $10; good, $8,25 to $0,25' cows, $6.25
to $8; bulls, $6,50 to $S.25; canners'
bulls, $8,60 to 86.76; canners' cows,
6.25 to $6.60; Ontario lamb6,-$16,50 to
16; Quebec lambs, $14.50 to 316; sheep,
8 to $10.50; choice .milk fed calves, $14
to $15; grass fed, $8 to 11' selected
hogs, $17 to $17.50 per 100 pounds
weghed oft oars.
ALLIES WILL STAND
BY THE RUSSIANS.
A despatch from London says: In
the House of Commons on Thursday
Lord Robert Cecil categorically denied
rumors that the Western powers were
contemplating a separate peace at the
expense of Russia and Rumania, He
said the rumors were spread by enetny
agents in Russia, with the hope of dis-
couragingRussia,
Great ritain was determined, he
said, to abide by its Russian ally and
assist her to consolidate her new,
found liberty. He paid tribute to the
valiant resistance of Rulnania in n
teriod of ,exceptional difficulty and
rial, and a1981ur6d thQttumanian peo-
ple that Great Britain would not cle-i
Gert them In the present ttritci�,
FROM SUNSET COAST
WHAT THE WESTERN PEOPLa
ARE DOING.
Progress of the Great West 'Paid.
In a Few Poi ted
Paragraphs.
Mr. Frank McElroy, surprised by
a cougar at Rock Bay, killed the ani-
mal with his shotgun.
Captain W. B. Shaw has been ap-
pointed to take charge of Fairmount
(Langara) Military Hospital,
toria.
A lead and paint industry to be r.
started on Industrial Island wiif add
another $40,000 to the annual payroll
of Vancouver.
There has been a great falling off
at Vancouver in the applications for
naturalization.. only 58 having ap-
plied during 1917.
Captain Holmes and his crew of
four had a narrow escape from death
when rescued from the burning tug
Allford at Vancouver.
There passed away at St. Paul's
Hospital, Vancouver, Joseph Martin
Wise, one of the old-timers of the
city, in his Goth year. .
Persistent protests continue to be
received' by the Government against
the imposition of this year's pro-
vincial surtax at Victoria.
Sergt. Lee S. Tilmeck, of the ori-
ginal first contingent; Pte. E. C.
Furness, of the 131st Battalion, and
A. J. Chrisp have returned to New
Westminster from France.
Lieut. L. F. Burrows, of Salmon
Arm, has been decorated with the
Military,. Cross. He has been connect-
ed with the Canadian Field Artillery
since his enlistment.
Three hundred men have been
thrown out of employment for two
months at the Jingle Pot mine,
Nanaimo, owing to a disastrous fire
and the mine having to be sealed.
Not a single arrest during the day
and only one complaint of alleged
infraction of the law on the part of
a hotelkeeper was the public record
for Vancouver's first prohibition day.
Official figures show the value of
the mineral production of mines in
the Trail Creek mining division to
have been in all years, 1894 to 1916,
both inclusive, in excess of $70;000,
000.
One million feet of spruce a month
l es to
tion of aero
for the construe aeroplanes
be used by the allies against the
Germans*,; the war is the contribu-
tion of one concern alone at Port
Renfrew.
Halibut fishing in Alaska waters is
becoming more profitable, under
present conditions, than working in
the munition factories and steel mills
of the east.
Steamers are now beginning to
leave Dawson on their last trips for
the south, and the usual fall exodus
is under way by Klondikers who will
winter on the coast.
The Supreme Court of Canada has
granted to J. A. Barratt leave to ap-
peal against the order of the registrar
holding him liable for over $30,000 to
the liquidation of the Bank of Van-
couver,
Corp. Samuel Frickleton, of the New
Zealand forces, a brother of henry
Frickleton and Mrs. James Cramb, of
Nanaimo, has been awarded the Vic-
toria Cross. While wounded he de-
stroyed a German machine gun and
killed or captured the crew.
Capt. Shibuya and the sixteen sur-
vivors of the wrecked steamer Roto -
hire Maru, who reached Vancouver
from Prince Rupert, were passengers
aboard an Osaka Shosen Kaisha liner
posted to sail from this port for
Japan.
HOG PRODUCTION
TO BE INCREASED
A despatch from Ottawa says:—A
Dominion -wide cernpaign for increased
production of hogs is to be undertak-
en at once, The urgent and rapidly -
increasing needs of -the' allies for pork
products were explained on Friday to
a gathering of representatives of the
Agricultural Departments of Eastern
Canada, and swine -breeders, and the
initial steps were taken towards an
organized effort, under the auspices of
the Federal Department of Agricul-
ture, working In co-operation with the
Food Controller,
SMALL NAVAL ENGAGI!MENT
' OFF THE BELGIAN COAST
London, Oct, g8, --An Admiralty re-
port; reads; Six British and French
torpedo-boat destroyers patrolling oft
the Belgian coast Saturday afternoon
sighted and attacked three German
torpedo-boat destroyers and sevanteou
aeroplanes.' Two direct' slits were
obtained on one of the 0114111y'4 . de'
stroyerl, which immediately rttivc d
under the protection. of their land bat-
terleq, lii'ac11 of the aoroplaaaop drop.
ped three bombs in ttio vleinit r Of the
British vessels, which Kut'g ed no
damage aside from two Mon bolas
slightly wounded,