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Exeter Advocate, 1915-3-25, Page 31)IEETS DEATH flTII gIS IIEN Colonel Farquhar Was Former Military -Secretary to the Oove.rnor .General of Canada ligence "Col. Farquhar, Princess Pah:ides,- dead. • Laeut. -Mason, of the same regiment, dead. Three killed; twenty wounded." The war has not touched the Gov- ernirr-General's household lightly. Coil. Farquhar is its third member to die in action. The first was Ma- jor Rivers Bulkely, Comptroller of the Royal Household, who vets killed early in the 'War ehife ifs action with his own regiment by the explosion of a ?tell. Capt New- ton, an aide-de-camp, was killed by a rifle bullet from one of his own then in mistake Shortly after the Princess Patricias went into action. When the Princess Patricia Regi- ment was formed Col. Farquhar re- linquished his position at Govern- ment. House to accept its command, and whipped it into shape so rapid- ly that it needed little additional training in England to fit it for the front. A despatch from Ottawa says: News of the death in action of C'ol. F, D. Farquhar, oommanding offi- cer of'the Princess Patricia's Cana- dian -Light Infantry, was received on Sunday from the British 1i-ar Office. The message was at owe con- munic• aced t;+ hitt Royal Highness the (loyeriesr-Gen amt. tt'1iese tary Secretary prt; r aft going to the front tilt 'ate • Cel. Farquhar had been. t`,,1. Stanton, his sue-' resent• as Ai:'itary Secretary,' -stated tl'at the Koval household was dleepl; affeeted by the ,news, and that a message of eoedolence to 'Lady Evelyn 1'ai•qultar had been cabled by the Duke and Duchess of Connaught. A separate cable to the regiment which bears her name vas sent by the Princess Patrieia in sympathy- far the loss Of its gal- lant eommande r. The message as received contained the brief intel- 6,000 AUSTRIANS CAPTURED Entire Przelnysl Garrison Poured Out of City to fleet Complete Rout .A despatch from Petrograd says: A disastrous sortie was shade by the garrison • of Przery-s1 on Friday, aecerdinf; to Saturday's Russian official statement. At the condo- sign of the engagement the besieg -re had taken over s.00O prisoners, whiles the besieged ware again held t 5 n tyler th it fortified � d ff lines. The Austrians prepared the way for their effort by a tremendous artil- lery fire. At five o'clock Fulda) tnornieg, the nucleus t;f the garri- son, c'onsistine of the entire 23►d H,tnved division, poured sant of the city 20,000 strong, forming north and south. Then half the garrison made a sortie eastward and at- tempted to drive off the besiegers. At two o'clock in the afternoon," says the Russian report, "the enemy without having succeeded in reaching our trenches bad suffered' nttln. losses a 1 e ir 1'i' fi andn was � fereed back .;.t hie awn tint of ft,rts- i['1, raptured 1117 t,tlleert, 3,954 men and 1*; machine guns. Prisoners were unanimous in ,ac- ing that the losses of the division in killed and Hounded were ensu. mons," MAY RELEASE DAC'IA. Owners Agree Npt to Engage in Trade 'With { erinany, A despatch from Washington says: The former German steam - MO Dacia, now in custody of a French prize court, because the French Government ,challenges the validity of the vessel's transfer to the American flag, may soon be on the high seas again under the American flag. It was learned that a requeskf'or the release of the Dacia under bond is being made to the :French. Gov- ernment on behalf of the present owners of the vessel. The owners volunteer to produce the ship be- fore the French authorities at any time in the future that her surren- der may be demanded, and also that while she is out on band she avill not engage in trade with Ger- many* or in any European trade, but will be employed on routes en- tirely different from those used by her when she was under the Ger- man flag. It is likely that the Da- cia will be transferred to the South. American or Eastern trade. Canadian Soldiers ` hurt in Collision A dissent -bob from London says: A collision occurred near West Mall- ing, Kent, between two vehicles belonging to the Canadian contin- geint, with the result that one was overturned aid the whole of, the occupants were thrown out. Six of 'the mein were found to be rather seriously injured, -, and were cbn- veyed'to Maliling Hospital. ENLISTING NOW To FILL GAPS Will Be No Call for Volunteers tor Fourth Contingent. A despatch from Ottawa says: Statements that the Militia, Depart meat would shortly call for volun- teers for a fourth Canadian contin- gent designed eventually for the front are not quite in accord with the facts. There will be no fourth contingent, .so-called, ,aud no third contingent. But drafbs of rein- forcements will be sent forward steadily to fill the gaps in the Can- adian lines. While these will be rent is they are 'needed a strong force will be maintained under arms in Canada, in accordance with the Prince Minister's statement is- sued some weeks ago. Turk Horde in -Persia Slew Many Civilians A despatoh from London says: The Foreign Office was advised that Turkish Soldiers recently ran wild in the Uru'mia district of North- western Persia and killed several hundred civilians. The Turks are said to have burned ,several trill loges after looting them. 5,081 British Officers Killed or Wounded A despatch from. London says: Since the Ibegiiining of the 'war the British army on the Continent has lost 1;543 officers killed, and 2,833 wounded, . while 705 have been re- ported massing. `Dhisegiees e total officers' caswalty list of 5,081 men. WOI4N'S..BIITY TO EMPIA Government Wants Names or All Who Are Ready to Fill Positions and Release Tien for War A despatch from London says: +Any wornen 'who by working helps to srolease 10; Man or to equip a man Or fighting do,Os.a, national war ser- vlce," says Walter, Runoisnan, I. President of the Boaard of. Trade, in in ,appeal to the ' women of the Country,- " I e . f ,the p f+ttll''fi htim ', �o:wei•'�of the g g. nubiol Vis• to be put .forth on the f field of leaattle," the egF e,al eons I tinuae•s, "the iulil Wo • ng„ power of. !the 'nation mast srt be zn.c,die available o 'Gar r j y on its posentlal trades' at t home, In certain important oceu-„ pations there are nob enough 'men and women to do the work. In, or- der to meet + both the present and future •needs of national industry the Government wish to obtain par- ticulars from all women available, with or without prev'.ious training, for plaid employment.:.. . "Accordaiingly they invite all wo- men who are- prepared, if needed, to take paid employment of any .kin,a - industrial, '' agricultural, cler_eal, etc. -to enter themselves upon the regieter of iwomen far war service. The registrati'on<is for the purpose of finding out what reserve forc'es. in 'wounenes labor, trained and untrained,can be made .avail- able if required.'' tanadian Dies Rather Than Surrender de r P., A d s atclfrom Pxi s says .ules" m 'tel. �' CJ's, s�au n ' . {�1" , ppt'y N�� O 23rd IiilaJ1- ry, a {enacts/e i!Pluntoe . ilS Men- tioned In order , I3s shade a rush upon a Genitalia -breach, and tried to blear} in-theprotecting .i oof, His Bayonets !aand` rifle Were broken, but dile • refused nt to s en�dee; :andwas kiillied on the lspot, Socks Still Required, Also Handkerchiefs A despatch from London says: We are asked to notify the societies working for the Canadian oontin- gent that Most kinds of extra wool- len comforts will 'not ,be required much longer, as supplies in hand are likely to meet the demand: Socks, however, are always re- quired, also colored handkerchiefs, tobacco, pies, games, newspapers. The War Contingent. Association here is sending over frequent eon- sig'nntents to all sections of the Canadian forces in the field,• also to those sections ,tilt in England. The concerts which have been so popular at Salisbury are to be eon- tinued at .Shertleliffe. A Canadian officer writing from the front :.araro- pos to the last batch of magazines sent out says they are almost worth their weight in gold. Twenty --five seeks of Canadian newspapers s'nt la:;t week have arrived. Invasion of England Still a Possibility A despatch from Landon says: The Marquess of Crewe, Lord of the Privy Seal, addressing a delegation of the volunteer training corps which has been raised for home de- fence, said that while there was a possibility of ,a hostile landing in England, this was eson-idered more likely some mon& ago than flow, There was no telling, he added, what form the latest stages of the war might take or to what devices or straits Germany's desperation might drive her. Therefore, he said, it would be unwise to dismiss from eonsidel•atton the possibility that a hostile force might land in no great numbers. but in sumeient•- ly formidable force to make a' strong resistanee necessary- and possibly the invoking of the assis- tance of the volunteers. Transfer Herman Prisoners Jtlnlaiea to Halifax I f • A. despatch Fi,. m N_t. S;,t'I.says: J,,lut }lasting,. Agent of the Bri- tish Gov. rnnrvat. .0 Wednesday° sailed her Janaiea 41n the United Fruit C''nlpany'e steamer ,Santa Marta to arrange for the transfer from Jamaica to Halifax of 000 German prisoner., of war that have been kept in Jamaica for the past eight months. Mr. Hastings said that he had found considerable dif i- eulty in getting vessels to earry the Germans, and that he feared it meant that British transports wiatdd have to be used. 80,000 Houses Ruined. In Russian Invasions A despatch from London says; The Star has received a despatch from its correspondent at Copen- hagen saying that statistics fur- nished by the president of the pro- vince of Bast Prussia show that 80,000 houses have been destroyed in East Prussia by Russian troops, Three hundred thousand refugees are said to be unable to return to East Prussia because they have no means of livelihood. Out of 100,- 000 horses only 6,000 remain. The Chief of British Aviation Heroes iu Frante. Cxenerai Henders n, chief of the English :Aviation Section in France. giving orders to his staff,! CiHenders..'n is shown side view, at the rear of the auto, Lieut. Thurston is. nearest him with i his back to the camera, anti is wearing a long top coat, General Frenchhasrepeatedly mentioned. the services rendered by General Hendersotl. Crime to Help Aliens Leave Canada A despatch from Ottawaeve: The bill to amend the Criminal Code contains a provision that is intended to meet suoh situations as that dlisclused in the Nerlich ease in Toronto. It enacts that "every one is guilty of an indictable of- fence azul liable to two years' im- prisonment who incites or assists any subjeet of itny foreign State or eountry at war with his Majesty to lease Canada, if the cireumstanees of the ease du not .exclude the .p os- sibili tt t assistance hat to the enemy is , aaa� ` intended d ob"ect in bis r leaving Canada, and if such ineit- rng or assisting do not amount t4; area -n.' 7 theuMinister of Justice explain- ed that while the law at present furhade alien enemies to leave Can- ada it provided no penalty for those who assisted suds persons to leave the country unless it could be shown that their departure was for the purpose of aiding the enemy. Another Ship Sunk Without Warning A despatch frons London says . u .British steamer Glenartney, of Glasgow, Was torpedoed off Beaehy Head by a German submarine, whioh gave no notice, of her inten- tion. In the scrambe for boats one of the crew was drowned. The others, :numbering forty, several of whom were injured, were picked up by a steamer and landed at New Haven. The Glenartney, which was of 3,309 .tone register, was bound from Bangkok, Siam, for London, load- ed with 8,000 tons of rice. drain, Cattle and Cheese Prices of These Products in the Leading Markets are Here Recorded Breadstuffs. Toronto, March 23.-F1Our-Manitoha. drat patents, $7.70, in jute bags -'second patents, $7.20; strong bakers', $7; On- tario 'wheat flour, 90 per cent. patents. $5.90 to $6.10, seaboard, and at $6.15 to $6.25, Toronto (freight, Wheat -,Manitoba No. 1 Northern $1.53; No. 2 at 31.51 12, and No. 3 at $1.50. On- tario 'wheat,. No. 2, nominal„ at $1,45, at" outside points. Oats -Ontario, 61 to boo, outside, and at 64 to 670 on track, 'Toronto. Western Can- ada, 2 No. at 701, ' 2c and.No 3 681-20. at Barley -Good malting grades, 84 to 86c, outside. Rye -$1.20 ,l $1.25,' outside. Peas -No. 1 quoted at, $1.90 to $2.05, out- side. Corn -No. 3 new American, 811-2. to 820, ..all rail, Toronto 'freight. Buckwheat No. 2 at 82 to 85e. outside. Bran and shorts -Bran, $26 a ton, and shorts, at $28. Rolled oats --Car lots, par bag of 90 lbs., $3:55. Country Produce. Butter -Choice dairy, 27• oto 28e; inferior, 21 to 230; creamery prints, 33 1-2 to 350; do., solid, 31 to 320; farmers' separator, 27 to 28c. Eggs -21 to 220 per dozen, ` Beene - $5.15 to 53.20 for (prime, and $3.25 to $3,30 for hand+picked. Honey -60 -lb, 1ins.sell at•10 to ile, and 10.8b. "'tins at'11 1-2 to 120; No. 1 combs, 32.60 per dozen, and ;No. ,2, $2,20. Poultry --Chickens, dressed 14 to 160; dunks, dressed, 13 to 150;; 'fowl, 11 ,to 130; Cheese -18 1-40 (for large, and at 18.120 . eese,•;13 to 14o; 'turkeys, dressed, 19 to 20c, Zr twins. Potatoes -Ontario, 65 to 70e per bag, ;out of store; 55c in oat ,lots. New Brunewioks, car lots, 60 to 65c per bag. ' Provisions. Bacon Long clear, 13 1-2 to 140.per ib., in mase lots. 1Laums-,1(fedtj ui," 17 to 17 1-2e; do:, heaivy, 141-2, to. 16o; :rolls. 14 to 14 12c; ,Ibreak"Fast bacon. 18 to 19e backs, 20 to Zie;' boneless hausks a3o: ..Lard --Market quiet; pure,' . 'tub, 11 3.4' to 120; compound, 39-4 to 10c iii tabs, and 10 to 10 1-4c in pails. Bated stay and Straw. Dealers are paying as Ifol10ww9 to eau' lot deliveries o track k" r :- o d e es u tree ,Jae a. Straw Is quoted at`30., o 28:50 a ton in. car, late on track here. Bay -No. 1 'new hay is quoted at '17,50 18;No.2at 1550$ to $ $ to $16. and No, 3 at '212.50 to $13.50, • Winnipeg Crain. Winnipeg, March. 23. -Cash quotations: - Wheat. No. 1 Northern, $1.51 1-4; No. 2 Northern, $1.501-4; No. 3 Northern, $1.47 1:2; No, 4, $1.42'12; No. 5, $1.37 3-4; No.. 6, $1.33 3-4; Ked, $1.29. Oats -No. 2 0. W., 63 3.4c; No. 3 C.W., 61 1-2; extra No. 1 feed, 611-20; No. 1 feed, 60 3-4e; No, 2 feed, 59120. Barley, No. 3, 77o; No. 4, 720; fed, 700. Flax, No. 1 N,W.C., $1,80; No. 2 C.W., $1.77. Montreal, March 23.-Corn-A:meriean No. 2y ellsw 84 t0 650Oats-Canadian 0 Western, No. 2, 720;. do., No. 3, 69 1-2; do., extra No. 1 Seed, 69 1-20; do No. 2 local whirte 661-2c do., No 3, 65120 do., No. 4, 641.20. Barley -Man. feed, 80 to 810; do., malting, 93 to 94e. Buokwheat N. 3, 980. rrilour-Man. Springwheat patents, firsts, $7.80; do., emends, $7.30; do, seconds; $7.30;do., strong bakers', $7.10; do., Winter patents, choice $7.90; do, straight rollers $7.40 "to $7.50 do., bags. $3.50 to $3.60. Rolled oats -Barrels„ $7 Bran 25; $26 , Shorts, $28. Middlings. 33.40 to 33 to $34. Monlllin $35 to $38. Ray No. 2 per ton, car late, $18 to $19. Cheese -Finest westerns, 17 1-4 to 17 1-2c; do., eaeterns, 17 to 171.4c. Butter Choicestcreamery, 341.2 to 350; do., seodnde, 33 1-�G' to 340. Eggs -Fresh, 23 to 24o. Potatoes =Per bag, car lots, 47 1-2 to 500 United States Markets. Minneapolis, March 23. -Wheat, No. 1 hard, $X.52 7-8; . No.:.1 Northern, $1.49 3-8 •t0 $152 3-8; No.' 2 Northern, $1.45 7-8 to $1.49 7-8; . Maw, $1.43 3-8 asked; July, $1.40 1-4. .Corn, No. 3 white, 57 to 571.4e. Flour and bran -unchanged, Daltith, March 23. -Wheat, No. 1 . hard, $1.51 3-8; No. 1 Northern, 31.62 3-8; No. "2 Northern, $1.45 3-8, to $1.48 3.8; May, $1.49, 3.8; July, $1.44 1-4. Lin6eed. cash, close, $2.02 1-4; ,May, $2.03 1-4; July, $2.05. Live Stook Markets, Toronto,, March'. 23.-A •new odd butcher steers (brought $7.75. Good stuff ,ranged ibetaveen '$6.60 and $7.25. Medium butchere' Sold at 36 to $6.75, "with common, at $5.25 to 6: Canners' and cutters sold3 85 c rs at $ . to 3.35 for the former and; $4.35. to $4.75 for the latter. Milkers of good quality sold. at $65 to $90 each, with inferior slaw at $40 to $65. Lambs 'went at $11,25. Top sheep said,at,$8. Swin Gold,fo.b.,country. points nt'$7.90, at $8.25 fed and 'watered, and ht 38.50 off caro. Mo trea0' Ma eb. 23. -Prime beeves.stmt. 7 1-20; medium, 5 3.4c; common, 41.2 etc 6'1.2c. Cows, $40 to $80 each; Springers, $30 to $70" each. 'Calves, 6 to 8 140. Sheep, 60. Lambs, 8 1-2 to 9e. ]togs, $G.2 LLIED FLEETS SUFFER LOSS'. very One of Ten Ships Hit In Sharp Fight With Dardanelles Forts A deslatclt from London says: The Admiralty announced Friday night that the British battleships Ocean and Irresistible and the hrenct t Lot. tI battleship t Bouvet struck I drifting mines in the Da3danelles and were sunk. Most of the men on the Bouvet were lost, but nearly all the erews of (the British war- ships were saved. This is the most serious lass nus- tained by the Anglo-French fleet under Vice -Admiral Carden, which has been bombarding the straits intermittently for more than two months and has been increased until it is now the most powerful aggregation of fighting ships ever assembled for war purposes. The three ships went down during a furious ,cannonading inside the straits, just outside the Narrows, in which 16 battleships participated in relays. The big British .battle cruiser Inflexible and the French battleship Gaulois were put out of commission temporarily by lucky shots from the Turkish forts, The vesselsdestroyed will not, it is stated by the Admiralty officials, interfere with the Dardanelles op- erations in the slightest. The lost ships will be replaced and the•Iat- tack on the forts will be 'carried on until the strait is passed. Naval experts say that both France and Great Britain expected to pay a big price for the possession of Con- stantinople and that the general scheme discounts even greater losses. Menaee of floating Mines, - The mines in the Dardanellee have proved a much greater menace to the allied fleet than the numer- ous naval fot� r ,�. and naval authori- ties have predicted that as soon u the strait was -cleared of that dan- ger. the passage .seduld soon be forced. Grimsby trawlers and French fishing boats have been sant to the scene in large numbers, and have been engaged night and day, in sweeping the eltannels clear- At one time the task was, almost corm-; { plated, but recently the Germans and Turks have adopted the plan - of launching floating mines, which' come down against the ships with, tremendous force, swept at the rate; of nearly ten miles an hour by the strong current from the Sea of Marinora, ICephez Forts Silenced. The Kephez forts replied strongly' when the battleships advanced fir-, ing .up the Dardanelles and all the: ships were hit. It is asserted that these forts finally were silenced and a bombardment of those in the Narrows was under way when the three battleships struck the mines) The blowing up of, the ships did not cause =a ;cessation of the fight-' ing, which con.tinu•ed until darkness intervened. "It is officially confirmed that a Russian squadron bran approached the northern part of the Bosphor- us," says Reuter's Petrograd cor- respondent. "The appearance of a the squadron caused a great panic in Constantinople." Zeppelin Killed Seven, But Missed Station A despatch from Calais says: A shower of shrapnel from French artillery greeted the Zeppelin which raided this city Thursday night and dropped bombs which killed seven persons without dam- aging the railroad station at which they were aimed. The characteris- tic throbbing of the Zeppelin's en- gines gave warning of the airship's approadh between midnight and 1 a.m, The :rays of ,powerful seaohlights were turned upon the clouds in an effort to looate the aerial invader, but the German craft flew high above banks of dark clouds and for some time was invisible. Finally, however, it same into view and the artillery was trained upon the air. ship. Notwithstanding the bom- bardment, it dropped` several bombs, which missed their target, and then made off as rapidly as possirble. >ti Pirates Again Busy In English Channel A -despatch from Landon says: The British steamer Hyndford,. 2,775 net tons, was torpedoed Thursday off Beachy Head, while proceeding through the Channel ford London. It is reported that one member of her crew was killed. The British steamer Bluejacket,i of 2,271 tons, with wheat from: Lv L elpool, ,also was torpedoed off Beadhy Head, but remained afloat, although badly damaged. The. ,crew; took to the boats. ZEPPELIN RAID 0) About` • a Dozen incendiary Bombs Outlying Districts A. despatch from Paris slays: Be- tween en 1.15 and 3 . o'ollock Sunday morning four Zeppelins started to- wards Paris from the direction• oaf; ComPeiggne folio in6 the valley of the Oise. ,Two were 'compellied to return before •reacinng Paris, one at Eootien (ben miles north of Pa- ris), the other ab Mantes (on the Seine, thirty-six males from Paris). The other t wo were attacked by y aircraft guns and only passed over: outlying; districts, of the not th- western part ofiParis and neighbor- ing sauburbs. They withdrew 'after having-dro'pped a dozen bombs, some of 'which did not explode. The ddaina e done was ) 8unimportant. Seven aor -eight persons ,were iia 5ured, but only one seriously. PARIS Dropped on • The different istations• for anti-' aircraft defence opened fire upon the Zeppeai;ne,;'whidh Weie constant- ly kept illnmlined by seeechlightsr. � Once :.appeared -to • have been hit, The aeroplane squadrgan took part in the 'action, but mist hampered puriOruit. Summing up, the Zeppelin naict on Paris was e'complete failure. It Slily served to Sdeniornstrate howl well the e 1 dof• , 'onsmv�e ar,riamrgemoaents worl.. Tire ppIppulation was ,calm.; On ilhleir way 'back the Zeep elydn dropped a dozen inndiary or; x- el q 1losavebombe on CoxFenrnve, do in. ' only unimportant-- a1. t'ant•-'^• ' ilia U �e '8 a]. ag Three bombs were dropped on Iiiben court' and Dreislin,00urt to the- north ofC rno' ,, ➢,peigne, wrtlirout xe� Slat