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The Exeter Advocate, 1915-8-12, Page 3THE RUSSIANS LOSE THE POLISH CAPITAL! Bavarian, Troops Enter City of Warsaw in Name of the Kaiser AdEspatchfromromIondonsa s. The thecity, and the armiesi esof the u s - Germans, are in possession of War- trian Archduke Joseph Ferdinand and Saw, capitalthird , of Poland, and the th the German field marshal, von Mac - largest city in the Russian Empire. keusen, which are advancing north - Bavarian troops entered the city this ward between the Vistula and Bug morning, having taken successively Rivers, the Blonie lines and the outer. and Even now, although the steadiness Inner fortresses of the town itself, of the Russian troops and their fierce the Russians only fighting rear -guards counter-attacks have gained much actions to allow their main army to valuable time for them, it is proble- make good its escape, matieal whether the whole Russian According to a despatch from Pet- army will succeed in reaching the new rograd, the troops which were cover -'positions chosen for it or whether, if ing Warsaw retired without being at- it should get there, it will not find tacked towards the new front assign- those positions turned by the Aus- ed to them on the east bank of the trians, who have crossed the Bug Vistula They blew up behind them south-east of Chaim, and by the Ger- a, the bridges over the river. imam, under General von $cholz and This victory undoubtedly has cost 4 von Gallwitz, who have crossed the the Teutonic allies an enormous price, $ Narew. hundreds of thousands of their finest At the north-eastern end of the line ofthe campaign of Poland few' i ther threatened communicationsG. oare fur - weeks, troopshaving fallen in the last ed by Gen, von. Buelow, While to the Bavarians commanded who is advancing toward Dv insk on by Prince Leopold has fallen the ho- the Vilna -Petrograd railway, Indeed, nor of taking over Warsaw in the the Austro -Germans have set three name of the German Emperor and his traps to catch and destroy the Rus- consort, who are expected to make a Sian army. None of them was State entry within a few days, the sprung, but one was so near to clos- real conquerors are the troops fight- ing that the Grand Duke Nicholas .ing under Field Marshal von Hinden- was forced to evacuate Warsaw and burg, along the Narew River to the now is fighting with all his :night to north-east; the Austro -Germans who prevent the others from cutting off crossed the Vistula to the south of his retreat, FRIGHTFUL LOSSES OF THE WAR A despatch from Paris says: The losses of Europe in the war up to May 31, as compiled by the French Ministry of War, are as follows: Nations, France • 1114,1114 England 1 4 , 11 , i, Belgium ., 1111•.,. Russia' . .1.1444.4 Germany .' Austria 4 4,404.04. Turkey ,44114441 Totals 1 44,4,1. Killed. 460,000 181,000 49,000 ,250,000 ,630,000 ,610,000 110,000 Wounded. 660,000 220,000 49,000 1,980,000 1,880,000 1,865,000 144,000 Prisoners. Total. 180,000 1,300,000 90,000 471,000 15,000 113,000 8550,000 3,780,000 490,000 4,000,000 910,000 4,385,000 95,000 349,000 0,000 6,478,000 2,630,000 14,398,000 This table was prepared for publication early in June, but was withheld because the French authorities feared the enormity of the figures might have a bad moral effect on the people. CANADA TO HAVE re - r iii forcements necessary the oi autumn. to keep an army corps of 40,000 men up to 40 000 IN ` strength will be heavy, and explain the urgent present call for more re- cruits. According to Cal. McBain, the allies Be are malting thorough preparations to meet and repel another German offen- sive in the west, where it is expected very shortly. A despatch from Ottawa says:• That the Zeppelin menace has been That Canada will have a full army exploded and that the submarine peril corps in: the field to be'commanded by was if anything less of a danger than when the paper blockade was inert - General Alderson, with Generals Cur- ; gurated, was Cal. McBain's state- ment. The British navy was gener- ally understood to be making good progress on the undersea boats, he said, and it was currently reported that up to date fourteen of them had been damaged. Pe - Full Army Corps Soon Will Maintained on the Flanders Front. rue and Turner in charge of the two divisions composing it, is the under- standing in British military circles, according to the statement of Ilon. Cot McBain, who was in Ottawa after his return from the -other side on offi- cial business. It is understood that the first divi- sion, which is still in France in a depleted condition after the St. Julien and Festubert fighting, will be brbught up -to strength by reinforce- ments, and with the:, second. division,. which is still in. England, will form an army corpswhich is to take the field Gen. Von Bissing Recalled. A despatch from Amsterdam says: According to the Echo Beige, the re- call of Gen. von Bissing, the German Governor of Belgium, has been de- cided on by Emperor William. TURKISH SUPPLY DEPOT DESTROYED. French Fleet Bombards and Destroys the Village of Spelia A despatch from Paris says: One armored cruiser, two cruisers, torpedo boats, dredgers and an aeroplane ship of the French fleet demonstrated off Sighadjik and Scala Nova, on the coast of ' Anatolia. Sighadjik was bombarded and the Customs house and part of the fortifications destroy- ed. An armored cruiser bombarded the fortifications of the Turkish quar- ter of Scala Nova and a fortified point to the west ,of that town, while the other vessels of the squadron shelled • and destroyed the village of Spelia, supposed to be a supply depot for submarines of France's antagonists. The following Russian official .com- munication' concerning the operations in the Caucasus says: •In the direction of .Olti the Turks have been expelled from the Norchine region. Towards Sari Kamysh we occupied after; a fight the villages of Alakilissa, Kars and Ardost. In the region of Alschkert there was an ob- stinate engagement. . Italy's Ultimatum to Turkey y A despatch from Rome says: The tension between Italy and Turkey is declared here to becoming daily more acute. Italy is said to have asked for categorical explanations concerning Turkey's alleged refusal to withdraw her troops . from the Cyrenaica dis- trict in Tripoli, and Turkey is pur- suing what is described as her usual policy of procrastination:: In ,official circles here the feeling is held that hostilities on the part of Italy may commence at any moment, as Italy's last note to Turkey'was al- most of the character of an ;ultima tum. Two hundred and fifty thou sand men in the Provinces of Bari, Foggia, and.Lecce are said to be pre- pared to sail' from Brindisi on short notice. Stren �thenin the Gold Reserve g A despatch from London says: the importance of of the gold res as instructed the ublicdepartments payments to use notes whenever possible u announcement. . 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Pre :'•"'•,two .....c^ nwMMIII.M.. iiiirwriamommirtiii=1111 = EpiHEN 4". . _.,. .1 4 -• a D - f --- ; 1.0 ,14...4,. ,. MEi it r' of t �"__ X56 + 1` J rt" �.r. ...s .ROCKS .,-1.111 .I++++ - BEACHES.. X w1T .'J' 1111. �.,.. 111:1, ��- , • ' This map illustrates the forward movement of the allied armies on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The black line shows the position held for sev- eral weeks and the arrows denote ilie swinging around movement toward Brithia and Ii.c7i1 Baba, the arrow bends showing the present position of the attackers' lilies. Markets Of The World Breadstuff's.. Toronto,Aug. 9. --=Manitoba wheat -No. 1 orthern, $1.374 ; No. 2, $1.35%; No. 8, $1.291/2, ontrack, lake ports. Manitoba oats No, 2 C,W., 63c; No, 8 C.W., nominal; extra No. 1 feed, nominal, on track, lake ports. American corn -No. 2 yellow, 86c, on track, lake ports. Canadian corn -No. 2 yellow, nom- inal, on track,Toronto. Ontario oas-No. 2 white, 57 to 58c; No. 3 white, 56 to 57c, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per ear lot, .$1.10, nominal; new, $1 to $1.02, according to freights outside. Peas -'No, 2, per car lots, nominal, according to freights outside. Barley -Good malting barley, nom- inal; feed barley, 606, according to freights outside. Buckwheat -Car lots, nthninal, ac cording to freights outside. Rye -No. 2, nominal, according to freights outside. Manitoba flour -First patents, in jute bags, $7; second patents, in jute bags, $6.50; strong bakers', in jute bags, $6.30, Toronto; in cotton bags, 10c more. Ontario flour -Winter, 90 per cent. patents, $4.60; new, $4.10, seaboard, or Toronto freights in bags. Millfeed, car lots, delivered Mont- real freights -Bran, per ton, $27; shorts, per ton, $29; middlings, per ton, $30; good feed flour, per bag, $1.90. $1.36 to $1.51; No. 2 do., $1.32 to $1.48; September, $1.08; December, $1.08x4. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 781/2 to 79e. Oats -No. '3 white, 4814 to 490„ Flour, fancy patents, $6.95; first clears, $5.70; second clears, $4. Bran $21.50. Duluth, Aug. 9. -Wheat -No. 1 hard, $1.491/; No. 1 Northern, 81.4411 to $1,481%; No. 2 do., $1.421',,,; September, $1.0414; De- , cember, $1.09 ye. New York, Aug. 9, -Flour firmly I held. Rye flour steady. Hay firm, t Hops steady. Hides steady. Leather firm. Country Produce. Butter -Choice dairy, 22 to 23c; in- ferior, 19 to 21c; creamery prints, 27 to 28'1%e; do., solids, 26 to 27c. Eggs -20 to 22c per dozen, in case lots; selects 23c. Poultry - Chickens, yearlings, dressed,. 16 to 18c; Spring chicken, 20 to 23c 'fowl, 14 to 15c; ducklings, 17 to 18c. Cheese -16c for large, and at 1614c for twins. Old cheese, 21% to 22c. • Business in Montreal. Montreal, Aug. 9. -Canadian west- ern, No. 3, 601/46; extra No. 1 feed, 6014c; No. 2 local white, .59%/4c; No. 4 local white, 5814c. Flour -Man. Spring ,'wheat . patents, firsts, $7.10; seconds,, $6.60; strong bakers', $6.40; Winter patents, choice, $6.25; straight -Tellers, $5.60 to $5.80; do., bags, $2.65 to $2.75. Rolled oats, barrels, . $6.25; do., bags,.' 90 • lbs., $2.90 to $3. Bran, $26 to $26.50. Shorts," $28.. Middlings, $33 to $34. Mouillie, $35 to $40. Hay, No. 2, per ton, • car lots, $20.50 to $22. Cheese -Finest westerns, 14 to 14%/sc; finest easterns, 131/ c. Butter, choicest creamery,t,27% to '28c; sec- onds, 26% to 27c. Eggs -Fresh, 27 to 28c; selected, 26c; No. 1 stock, 23e; No. 2 stock, 20c. Dressed, hogs, abattoir killed, $13.50 to $13.75. Pork Heavy Canada short mess, bbls., 35 to 45 pieces, ;$29; short cut back, bbls., 45 to 55 pieces, $28,.50. Lard=Com- pound, tierces, 375 lbs., 10c; wood pails, 20, lbs. net, 101/sc; pure, tierces, 375 lbs., 12 to 12%4; pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 13 to 13%c. Winnipeg Wheat. • Winnipeg, Aug.. 9. -Cash -wheat- No. 1 Northern, $1.31; No. 2 do., $1.29; No. 3 do., $1.23; No. 4 do., $1.14;., No. 5 do., $1.07; No. 6 do., 986. Oats -No. 2 C.W., 56c; No. 3 C.W., 55c; extra No. 1 feed, 55c; No. 1 feed, 52c; No. 4, 61c; feed, 56c. Flax --No. 1 N.W.C., $1.3.8; No. 2 C.W., $1.35. U. S. Markets. Minneapolis, Aug. 9. -Wheat -No. 1 hard, .$1,51'/2;. No.:: 1 Northern, Live Stock Market. Toronto, Aug. 9. -Best heavy steers, $8.25 to $8.45; butchers' cat- tle, choice, $7.75 to $8.25; do., good, $7.35 to $7.50; do., medium, $6,50 to $7,15; do., common, $5.25 to $5.80; butchers' bulls, choice, $6.75 to $6.50; do., good bulls, $6 to $6.50; do., rough bulls, $5.25 to $5.75; butchers' cows, choice, $6.75 to $7; do., good, $6.50 to $6.75; do., medium, $5.25 to $6.25; do., common, $4.50 to $5; feeders, good, $6.50 to $7.50; stock- ers, 700 to 900 lbs., $6.25 to $7.25; canners and cutters, $4 to $5.25; milk- ers, choice, each, $65 to $95; do., com- mon and medium, each, $35 to $50; Springers, $50 to $95; light ewes,- $5.75 to $6.50; do., bucks, $3.50 to $4.50; yearling lambs, $6.50 to $7.50; Spring lambs, cwt., $7.25 to $9.50; calves, $4 to $10.50; hogs, off cars, $9 to $9.10; do., fed and watered, $8.75; do., f.o.b., $8.40. Montreal, Aug. 9. -Good steers, $8 to $8.25; fair stock, $7.50 to $7.75; medium, $7 to $7.25; common, $6.25 to $6.75; and inferior from $4.50 to $5.50; butcher cows, $5 to $7, and bulls, $4.75 to $6.75 per 100 lbs.; mulch cows, $40 to $85 each. Ontario lambs, $9.25 to $9.50; Quebec stock at $8.50 to $9. Sheep brought from $5.25 to $6 per 100 lbs. Good to choice calves were scarce, for which there was considerable enquiry, and sales were made at 8% to 93 mer lb., and the lower grades at from 5% to 7%c per•1b. Hogs, selected, $9 to $9.60 per 100 lbs., weighed off cars. q4 ALL ARE GIVEN CHANCE TO SAVE THEIR LIVES. A despatch from Petrograd says: A statement issued by. the Admiralty' relative to operations in the Black Sea says: "Our sailors • destroy Turkish ves- sels because they carry coal and'pet- rol, materials of war, but take every measure to save the crews. The ves- sels are cannonaded only when they fail to halt after they are signaled. In those cases where sailors prefer to regain shore by swimming in order to avoid capture they, never ate shot. All who surrender are taken aboard warships and transported to Sebasto- pol." U. S. WILL CONTEST THE DACIA DECISION. A despatch from Washington says: The announcement from Paris that. a French prize: court had confirmed the seizure of ,the American ,steamer Dacia as a fair prize, found the §tate Department preparing to protest, t:e decision which carries with it for- feiture of the vessel. It is planned to make this a test case of the right of a neutral country to grant registry to a belligerent -owned merchant ship. The Dacia's cotton cargo' is not in- volved, the French Government hay- ing purchased' the °cotton'throtigh a special appropriation. GERMANY MAKES AN OFFER • OF PEASE Proposal Was Sent to Czar Nicholas Through the'. King of Denmark :., A despatch fromP Petrograd says: There . is good reason to believe that v(ithin the past week the Kaiser has proposed peace to Russia, The Bourse Gazette says that an overture has been made to the Czar through the King of Denmark Needless to say, Raub, emphatically declined, to con- sider the offer:. mili- tary the to envelopa Rus s Vie- tulap armies there has been added,' therefore, the failure of her diplo- macy to detach Russia from the allies. Russia every day is putting herself` better z into shape for beginning the war over again and carrying it this time to a successful conclusion, The Government has conceded the right o free speech to the members of the Dunia, and has allowed the leaders of industry to take part in the reorgani, zation which is required to produce what the army needs. The Ministers are urged to go a step further by releasing workmen from certain restrictions heretofore in force and associating them with the great national task of regenera- tion. 900 ENEMY VESSELS HAVE BEEN SUNK. Among the Number Lost Have Been Seven. Large Steamers and a Dozen Sailing Ships A despatch from Petrograd says; Russian destroyers in the Black Sea continue their devastating work upon the flotilla carrying supplies for Con- stantinople, Altogether over 900 en- emy vessels have been burnt or sunk since the beginning of the war, among the number being several large steam- ers and a dozen sailing ships of a thousand tons each. Most of the ves- sels were, of course, small coasting i craft, which counted on their insig- nificance to escape the vigilance of the Russian scout boats. Some were sunk at sea, but the majority were burnt at anchor or within easy reach of shore. Care has been taken also to destroy all boat building yards along the coast so that this small vessel trade upon which Constantinople is largely dependent for the necessaries of life may safely be regarded as having been extinguished. HEAVY FIGHTING TURKS ATTACKED IN THE VOSGES BY LAND AND SEA Germans ?.'lake an Attempt to Cap- ture Positions on Mountain Heights. A despatch from Paris says: The army of the Crown Prince continued its efforts Saturday to find a weak spot in the French defences in the Ar- gonne. For the first time since the fighting began ten days ago the Ger- mans were able to deliver a strong infantry attack and penetrated the first line of French trenches, but they were immediately driven out. The fighting in the Vosges was also of a desperate character, the enemy attempting to capture the peaks of Linge and Schxatsmaennele on the French frontier. They delivered two violent attacks in the afternoon. In one of these attacks they approached the French line of trenches defending the summit, and were driven back by a bayonet charge. The assailants suffered heavy loss- es, the corpses of hundreds of the enemy remaining in the network of the French wire entanglements. The German forces in the Argonne attacked with great vigor 'again Sun- day night and momentarily drove the French back in the western portion of the forest north of Fontaine Houi- ette. They were driven from their conquered trenches very shortly after, managing to retain only a listening post. At Fille Morte they were suc- cessful, seizing a considerable length of trenches, but in the end being able to hold only 30 metres. In the Vos- ges, where the Germans attacked yes- terday with extreme violence, the French troops were entirely victori- ous. SIX OF CREW DROWNED IN TORPEDOED TRAWLER. A despatch from • London says: The trawler Grimbarian and the steamer Portia (433 tons), of Liver- pool, were sunk on Thursday, pre- sumably by a submarine. Six of the crew of the Grimbarian were drowned and four were rescued. The British steamer Costello, of 891 tons net; has been sunk. The crew, with the exception of one man, who was drowned, has been saved. MAJ.-GEN. . VON BUELOW IS KILLED IN BATTLE. A despatch from Amsterdam says: According to the Berlin newspapers, Major -Gen. von Buelow, brother of the commander of the Niemen army, was buried at Berlin. He had been mortally wounded in battle recently. Additional Ground Has Been Cap• tured by the British on Gallipoli. A despatch from London says: The allies have delivered another land and sea assault on the Turkish positions on Gallipoli Peninsula, and evidently, won considerable ground, The Turkish War Office admits the loss of ground, but claims that in an- other engagement the Ottomans cap- tured some* trenches from the allies. A Constantinople despatch admits that the allies after long and violent preparation from laud and sea ad- vanced and made a number of attacks against the trenches on the Ottoman left wing, penetrating a portion of them, but claims that the Turks pre- vented the allies from constructing defences on the captured positions, Near Seddul-Bahr part of the fore- most Turkish trenches were situated :or a time between the Turkish firing line and that of the allies. A Constantinople despatch says: "With full realization that the pre-. sent Balkan negotiations threaten their last grip on Europe, the Turks ,are making feverish preparations to defend themselves from attack in the rear, The fortifications of the Adria- nople-Lule Burgas-Tchataldja line,. which are depended upon to hold back a Bulgarian invasion, are being. hastily strengthened, despite repeated assurances from Sofia that Bulgaria will remain neutral. North of Con- stantieople the region about the Bos- phorus and the Black Sea has been closed to foreigners. The Turkish forts there are being rebuilt to check the 'Russians should Slav transports succeed in landing troops to co-oper- ate with the Bulgarians in an attack on the Ottoman capital. GRANTED ALL DEMANDS ' OF KRUPP WORKERS, A despatch from Geneva says: Ad- vices from Essen say that all the de- mands of the employes of the Krupp works have been granted, and: that a serious strike has thus been .averted' The German military authorities brought great pressure on the Krupp administration to this end. Many of the skilled workrn:en dur- ing the early part of the troubles re- fused to continue at their machines; some of them entered the army and were sent to the Russian front. Others in the ammunition department: were replaced by women. There was no strike among the engineers and draughtsmen. The serious situation, which was admitted even by the Frankfurter Zeitung, seems now to have. passed. RUBBISH IN RUSSIAN A MUNITION CASES Czar's Armies Terribly Handicapped by Activity• of Germ An Agents in Munition 'Factories A despatch from London says: The. Daily Mail quotes a traveller who has just returned from a trip through Russia amid the Scandinavian coun- tries as saying that he was greatly., surprised to find ore of the Russian hospitals occupied by, women soldiers wearing military uniforms. He says these women had not been enrolled in the fighting regiments, but had been serving in the transportation corps and the commissary. They had been. under' fire during the retreat. The Daily Mail's informant was not able to learn details `abou`: the Rus- sian casualties, 'but quotes Russian officers as asserting that, the Czar's armies were terribly handicapped, Thousands of cases ae,., o'L ,ammunition when opened at the front were round`'' to contain rubbish, he•;declarees. This, is attributed to :the activity of Ger- man agents in the Russian, munition. factories.