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The Exeter Advocate, 1915-9-9, Page 3AN AVALANCHE OF SHELLS POURED INTO GERMAN LINES General Offensive Foreshadowed of French and British on the Western Front A despatch from Paris says The French have been pouring an ava- lanche of shells into the German lines. in the west. It ie not believed that this ammunition would be used simply for the purpose of damaging the Ger- man trenches, and, therefore; an early general ,offensive is looked for. Asphyxiating gas was used without success by the Germans in an attack against Lange and Sehratemaennele, In the Vosges. After releasing the gas the Germans charged the French positions, but were driven back. Else- where on the French front there were no infantry actions, though heavy cannonading occurred at several places. German aviators violated Swiss territory for the fourth time. Five German military aeroplanes flew inside the Swiss frontier opposite the French town of Delle. Although, un- der fire front French artillery, the aeroplanes turned back. One dam- aged !shine came down near the Swiss village of Buix, but afterwards took to the air and escaped towards Alsace, The Municipal Council is mating arrangements with the Government for an official commemoration of the Battle of the Marne, in which the German advance through France in the early weeks of the war was end- ed. The celebration will be bell, on September 12. FURTHER VICTORIES IN THE CAMEROONS ermans are Retreating in Great Disorder After a Series of Defeats. A despatch from Paris says; Fight- ing continues in the Cameroons, the German colony in Western Africa Which the British and French have been attempting since the early part of the war to wrest from the Ger- mans. The Ministry of Colonies gave out a statement to -day announcing further victories. It follows: "French forces in the eastern and south-eastern Cameroonsare centime, `n ing a vigorous offensive in the direc- tion of Yeunde, capital of the colony. The German troops ware defeated in a series of engagements and are re- treating in great disorder. "Many of the native German troops surrendered, with their arms and other equipment. A party of these deserters while on their way to aur post at. Aradmakei encountered a com- pany of Germans, who attempted to bar their way. The deserters defeat- ed the Germans, and also attacked a German post at Sangamelina. "Our right column, coming from the north, attacked the strongly -fortified positions at the Dunie station, simul- taneously with an attack from our, southern column. The Germans were defeated completely.. They abandoned their positions, and in retreat threw most of their supplies into the river and allowed natives to pillage other abandoned stores. In evacuating Dume the enemy set it on fire, making a stand on a hill overlooking the town. This position, which was defended with artillery and machine guns, was carried by assault by one of our offi- cers and by prisoners." SAYS BOSTON BARQUE FIRED ON BY U-BOAT A despatch from Boston 'says: The American barque Ruth Stark, owned in this city, was fired upon twice by a German submarine, when 150 miles off Cape CIear, Ireland, according to the report of her commander upon her ' rrival here from Liverpool. 1'oungesrIlero"Is Back From France I'1 TER RtITLEIDCE the youngest son of Canada to reachi the firing, line in Flanders is. Peter Rut:edge, who bccarne a stow- away elf a troopship ; after his; tai ec brothers hard crossed the sea; as • Canadian soldiers. Re .4,as adopted d by the 3rd Battalion and "served', v ed', in the trenches until het ws, ordered home with invalided. who are in .Toronto with. 1L..z. aa. ,_ i. Tit A COMPARISON OF FORCES FOR WAR CAN'ADA'S RESPONSIBILITY. Front Toronto Daily News. In a year's time we have seen our army come into being and grow into - a force of very considerable size and efficiency; but this is no time to rest on our laurels, much less to indulge a tendency towards <self-congratulation. Our duty now is to appreciate the full extent of our responsibilities and. Make adequate provision for dis- charging them. The Uni ttedKi n do m entered en t the war with a naval force of not less than 225,000, and with a military force of at least 200,000. Since the outbreak there have been added to the military force, of completely trained and equipped soldiers, not less than 500,000. Adding to these the soldiers which the United Kingdom now has in the making, in all stages of equip- ment and training, numbering not less than 1,500,000, the total is at least 2,525,000. The figures are ap- proximately only, but they will serve. Our population being about one- sixth the population of the United Kingdom, we can readily ascertain. the minimum number of menthat we should now have available for service if we were doing our full share. In round figures, we should have a force of at least 400,000 men, Turning from the ideal to the real, we may estimate the strength of the Canadian forces as follows: - Adding the few thousands we had to begin with to those organized dur- ing the year, the total number of trained and equipped troops is not more than G0,000. Our incompletely trained and equipped troops will num- ber not more than an additional 100,- 000; and that none of our fighting re- sources may be overlooked, we will add a naval force of 1,000, making a total of 161,000. Our ideal minimum is 400,000, our real maximum is 161,000. The result of our calculations need not make us down hearted. We are quite entitled. to comfort ourselves with the thought that the original forces of the United Kingdom were incomparably superior to ours and that the British Isles were. much better supplied than we were with the means, both human and ma- terial, of creating a vast new army. But this will, not alter -the fact that in the past we have not done our full duty, and we are therefore under the greater obligation to respond to the call the Government is now . making. Many of the initial difficulties con- nected with the raising of an army hare been overcome, and men are now being accepted for overseas service as rapidly as they present themselves for enlistment. Their' play, separation and other allowances commence at ;once, and they are clothed, equipped and trained with all possible rapidity. But the real responsibilityfor the supply of men rests with the men. themselves. To the man without de- pendents the call to service is well- nigh absolute, and it comes to the man with a job with . precisely the. same urgency as it does to the man without one. Your present job, im- portant as it may be, is as nothing in importance to the one your country has for you. The call . comes next to those with others dependent on them, who would suffer if they went. Some men in this position should go,- others should not. No one may decide for any man but himself. . But the free- dom of choice which is his carries with it a corresponding responsibility. If no man may say . to you, "You ought to , go," neither may you lay the responsibility of your staying on anyone but yourself. Your's is the choice. Stay ifyour conscience says so; but go if it says ;to go, for, your Empire needs the men, The Rake. A small henpecked, worried -looking roan was about to take an examina- tion ,for xamina-tion,for• life insurance. "You don't dissipate, do, you?" asked the physi- cian as hemade, ready for the tests. "Not a fast liver, or anything of that sort?" The little pian hesitated a moment, looked a bit frightened, then replied, ina small, piping' voice -"I sometimes chew a little gum." S . 'C 'INE HARBOR AT ZEEBRUGGE , IS SHELTER FOR ST. TB. MARINES ARIA of HAr2801 , - 25Q ACRES WORTH SRA Above is a goneral view of Zeebrugge, the German naval base on the tieigjiin coast'. The eXtenstve waterways providean almost idea leaven for submarines. British warships bavo repeatedly shelled the{ Gorman works and vessels at Zeebrugge, Markets ets Of The World Breadstu ffs. Toronto, Sept. ?. Manitoba, wheat Old crop --No. 1 Northern, none of - faring; No, 2 Northern, $1,14 to $1.16; No. 3 Northern, $1.09 to $1.11, track, lake ports, Manitoba oats -None offering. American corn -No. 2 yellow, 831/2e, track, lake ports. Canadian corn -No. 2 yellow, nom- inal, track, Toronto, Ontario oats -Old: No. 2 white, 51 to 52c, nominal, according to freights outside; No. 3 white, 50 to 51c, ac- cording to freights outside; new eats, 40 to 42c. Ontario wheat -No. 2 winter, per car lot, $1.15; new, 96 to 98e; wheat slightly tough, 88 to 98e; sprouted or smutty, 75 to 85e, according to sam- ple. Peas -No. 2, per car lots nominal,• according to freights outside. Barley -Good malting barley, nom- inal; No. 3 feed, nominal; feed bar- ley, nominal, according to freights outside. Buckwheat -Car lots, nominal, ac- cording to freights outside. Rye -No. 2, nominal, according to freights outside, Manitoba flour -First patents, in jute bags, $6.25; second patents, in jute bags, $5.75; strong bakers', in jute bags, $5.55, Toronto; in cotton bags, 10c more. Ontario flour -New Winter, 90 per cent: patents, $4, seaboard or To- ronto freights in bags, prompt ship- ment. Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mont- real freights -Bran, per ton, $26; shorts, per ton, $29; middlings, $30; good feed flour, per bag, $1.85. Country Produce. Butter -Fresh dairy, 24 to 26c; in- ferior, 21 to .22c; creamery prints, 281/z to 29c; do., solids, 26 to 28c. Eggs -No. 1, 23 to 24c per dozen, in case lots; extra at 26 to 27c. Honey -No: 1 light (wholesale), 10 to 11%c; do., retail, 12% to 15c. Combs (wholesale), per doz., No. 1, 12.50 to $3; No. 2, $1.50 to $2. Poultry -Chickens, yearlings, dress- ed, 16 to 18c; Spring chickens, 20 to 21c; fowl, ,12 to 13c; ducklings, 17 to 18e; turkeys, 23 to 25c. Cheese -Large, 15 to 151/2c; do., twins, 151/2 to 15%c. Old - cheese, 211/2c. Baled Hay and Straw. Baled hay, new -No. 1, ton, $17 to $19; No. 2, ton, $15 to $16; baled straw, ton, .$7.50. Business in Montreal. Montreal, Sept. 7. -Corn --Ameri- can No: 2 yellow, 91 to 92c. Oats - Canadian Western, No. 3, 58c; extra No. 1 feed, 58e; No. 2.local white, 47c; No.- 3 local white, 46c; No. 4 local white, 45c. Flour -Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $6.35; seconds, $5.85; strong bakers', $5.65;. Winter patents, choice, $5.50; straight roll- ers, $4.65 to $4.85; do., bags, $1.75 to $1.85. Rolled '.oats-Bbls,, $6.25; do., bags, 90 lbs., $2.90 te.$3. Bran, $27. Shorts, $28. Middlings, • $33 to $34. Mouillie, $35 to $40. Hay -No. 2, per ton, car lots, $17.50 to $18.50. Cheese -Finest westerns, 12% to 131/ic; finest- easterns, 122 to 13c. Butter -Choicest creamery, 281/x . to 28$/4; seconds, 271A to 27S'fc. Eggs Fresh, 27 to 28c; selected, 26c; No. 1 stock, 23c; No. 2 stock, 20c. Dressed hogs -Abattoir killed, $13.60 to $14.15. Pork ---Heavy Canada short mess, bbls., 35 to 45 pieces, $29; Can- ada short-cut back, bbls., 45 to 65 pieces, $28.50. Lard -Compound., tierces, 375 lbs., 10c; wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 1.0%c; pure, tierces, 375 lbs., 11% to 12c; pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 121/2 to 13c. United States Markets, Minneapolis, Sept. 7. -Wheat -No. 1 hard, $1.031/2; No. 1 Northern, 97c to $1.03; No. 2 Northern, 94' to $1; eptember,92c; ;December, 92%c. orn-No. 3 yellow, 75 to 75%c. Oats -No. 3 white, 321/2 to 33e. Flour (new wheat basis) -fancy patents, 85.90; first clears, $4; second clears, $3. Bran, $19, Duluth, Sept, 7. -Wheat -No. 3 hard, $1.02%; No, 1 Northern, 97%e to $1.021/.1i No. 2 Northern, 95;tc to $1.O0x .; Montana No. 2 bard, 951,ac bid; September, 9414c; December, 93% to 933,c asked. Linseed, cash, $1.62; September, $1.62%; Decem- ber, $1.64 bid. Live Stocic Markets. Toronto, Sept. 7. Best heavy steers, $8 to $8.25; butchers' cattle, choice, 87.60 to $7.75; do., good, $7.30 to $7.45; do., medium, $6.40 to $7.10; do., common, $5 to $5,65; butchers' bulls, choice, $6.80 to $7,25; do., good 1$5.90 to rough $475to $5.25 butchers' cows, choice, $6.50 to $7; do., good, $5.25 to $6; do., medium, $5 to $5.25; do., common, $4.50 to $5; feeders, good, $G.50 to $7.30; stockers, '700 to 900 lbs., $6.25 to $7.25; canners and cut- ters, $3.75 to5; milkers, choice, each, $65 to $95;�do., common and medium, each, $35 to $50; Springers, $50 to $95; light ewes, $6 to $6.75; do., bucks, $3.50 to. $4.50; yearling lambs, $7 to $7.75; Spring lambs, cwt., $7,75 to $9; calves, $8 to $11; hogs, off cars, $9.40 to $9.65; do., fed and watered, $9.25 to $9.30; do., f.o.b., $8,90. Montreal, Sept. 7. -Butcher cows, good, $7.50 to $7.75; fair, $7 to $7.25; fair, $7 to $7.25; medium, $6.50 to $6.75; butcher bulls, $5 to $7; can- ning bulls, $4 to $4.50 per cwt.. Old sheep, 4% to 5%c; and lambs, 7%2 to 81,ac per pound. Hogs, select, $9.50; sows, $7.50, and stags, $5 to $6 per cwt., all weighed off cars. None Too Good. The minister of a small country flock was discussing with an illiterate member of his church religious topics of varying interest. The member ex- pressed the suggestion that even the best were none too good in this vale of sin and tribulation. "You believe,. then," interposed the preacher, "in the doctrine of total depravity?" "Yes, sir, I do," responded the mem- ber, "that is, where it is lived up to." WillLead Force Of South Africa BR( G.-'GENER,4L LUKutGMG. Q•s'o has been appointed to command,tiie First Brigade of the South Afri-' can lJnion 'Contingent for. the En- ropean, war. He is Commandant= General of the Cape Colonial Forces, and in the recent cam- paign in Gerivan Southwest Africa commanded the 6th .11IOi ntedBri- gado. It was to hint that General Botha' entrusted the taring or the surrender of the German forces. JAPANESE TROOPS FOR DARDANELLES Inference Is Drawn From the Words of1Vlikado's l''avoy to Italy. A despatch from Paris says: What appears to be an intimation that Jam Pan May co-operate in the campaign to force the Dardanelles is .contained_ in an interview with Baron Hayashi, Japanese Ambassador to Italy, sent to the Petitm. Farisien by its Rome eorres- "I cannot say much about that," the Baron is quoted as saying, in re- ply to a question regarding the Dar- danelles, "for we must not allow our enemies to profit by information about the movements of troops." Discussing the part Japan has played in the war, the Ambassador said; "We have not ceased to collab- orate with our allies to the extent assigned to us: The world will be as- tonished when it knows what we have done, what we are doing and what we are willing to do, The Russians are nearest to us and we can be most use- ful to thern. Rest assured it is the greatest desire of Japan to assist every day in the sacred cause of civi- lization." JACONA SUNK BY MINE, NOT 13Y A SUBMARINE A despatch from Montreal says:!, Officers of the Thomson Line freight- er Hurona, which arrived here, brought with them details of the sinking of the Montreal steamer Ja- cons. The cabled report that. the Jacona was sunk by a torpedo was denied. The Jacona struck a mine and sank in two minutes. Forty of the crew, including the entire engine- loom staff, were drowned. Only Capt. Organand the nine men who com- prised the night watch were saved, and they owed their Iives to the{ chance that a boat was lying loose and floated away, THREAT FROM AUSTRIA c TO MUNITION MAKERS A despatch to Amsterdam says, Following the example of Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Government now announces, ' according to the Frankfurter Zeitung, that all Aus- trians and Hungarians in neutral countries, particularly the United States, are warned not to work in fac- tories producing war material for enemies of the Dual Monarchy. This newspaper says that violation of this decree is punishable by imprisonment of ten to twenty years, andeven by capital punishment under certain con- . DENIES GERMAN WOMEN ARE LEFT TO MOB'S MERCY A despatch to London says: The Home Secretary has issued a denial of statements published in the United States that German women and chil- dren in London are being exposed to the fury of mobs, which are encour- aged by the police whenever they ven- ture out of doors, are prevented from buying food, and are compelled to subsist on what they can beg. The Home Secretary says that all German women desiring to return to Germany are given facilities for so doing, and that, together with their children, they receive the same police srotection as British subjects and imilar relief from the guardians of the poor if they are destitute. It is added that access to hospitals on the same terms as Britishers are accorded German women and children when they are i11. PARENTS OF WAR HERO GET VICTORIA CROSS A despatch to Montreal says: The Victoria Cross won by the late Lance - Corporal Frederick Fisher, of the 13th -battalion, at St. Julien, where he was killed, has been received by the hero's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Fisher, 576 Lansdowne Avenue, Westmount, accompanied by a letter of apprecia- tion from the British War Office. The dee-ised soldier earned the distinction of the Cross by gallantly assisting with a machine gun, in covering the retreat of a battery, and later bring- ing his machine gun into action, un- der very heavy fire, in order to cover the advance of supports. It was while doing this he was killed. He was only 20 years of age. ENTANGLED IN A ROPE AND KILLED BY HORSES A despatch - from London says: "Death by misadventure" is ,the ver- dict at the inquest held at Shorncliffe. on Pte. William Fishburn Snaith, Lon- don, Ont., of the 2nd divisional caval- ry, who was killed while .leading horses. Smith's leg was caught in a .rope with which he was leading the horses, and he lost his balance owing to the horses rearing. He had been studying for the ministry previous to enlistment. ALLIES CAPTURE TACTICAL POINT Recent Fighting in, the Dardanelles Has Been of a Severe Character. A despatch from London says: Fur• tiler gains for the allied forces on the Gallipoli Peninsula are chronicled in, an official report received from. Geis- eral Sir lan Hamilton, commander -la - chief of the British forces operating against the Turks. The report sayer "Further fighting on the northern section of the line has resulted in the capture of an important tactical point;: commanding the Buvuk Anafarta val- ley to the east and north and an ape preciable gain of the ground .occupied by the Australians and New Zealand. army corps. "The fighting was almost entirely hand-to-hand and of a severe charge. ter. Very heavy losses were inflicted on the Turks, and three of their ma- chine guns, three trench mortars, 800. rifles, 500 bombs and a large quantity of small arms ammunition were cap- tured by us." PRICELESS RUBBISH. Fortunes Made Out of the Tailings of Gold Mines, The tailings of the gold -mines of the Rand have latterly proved nearly its valuable as the reef. A new treat- ment was discovered, and the tailings which encumbered the landscape for miles around suddenly became new mines. It was found that the amount of gold Ieft in them was enormous. Many fortunes were made out of tail- ings alone. There has been much talk of caps turing the German trade in aliline dyes, , a process of exploiting coal -tar, discovered by British chemists but de. veloped by German manufacturers. But in the earlier days of gaslighting the coal -tar was regarded as gehorri. ble nuisance, and surreptitiously got rid of, Then the great discovery was made that all the hues of the rainbow dwelt in this dirty -looking stuff, which men despised and threw away To -day the by-products of coal -tar are counted by the dozen. In Lancashire alone cotton -waste has an annual value of fifteen millions sterling! It consists of fag -ends and sweepings and pickings and combings. Thousands of women are employed to divide this stuff into good, middling, and bad, and it Is sold at various prices for different purposes -paper- making, matting, surgical wadding, and, most of all, the making of shod- dy, Soap -boilers used to have great dif- ficulty in getting rid of a thick, evil - smelling liquid which was the chief by-product of their industry. They ran it into streams and sewers. Pre- sently someone began collecting it and refining it. The result was pure glycerine. A young man who had been reduced literally to his last cent was wander- ing aimlessly about the docks of Liverpool. He saw a Iot of frowsy - looking stuff, the use of which nobody could tell him. It had come from South Africa three months before and had failed to find a purchaser. The young man made a bid of eigh- teenpence a pound, and bought the lot, three hundred bales, It was alpaca, the wool of a sort of camel- like sheep. The purchaser's name was Titus Salt, the founder of Sal - take, England. THE DEATH OF PEGOUD IS OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED A despatch from Paris says: Re- ports of the death of Adolphe Pegoud, the famous aviator, have been official- ly confirmed. The news caused sin- cere sorrow among the French people, who regarded him as a hero. Pegoud, who was only 26 years of age, served five years in the French cavalry, fighting in the Morocco cam- paign. At the outbreak of the present: war he joined the aviation corps as a private, but soon gained a sub -lieu- tenant's commission because of his skill and daring. His exploits • won him the Military Medal and the Mili- tary Cross. Pegoud brought down his sixth German aircraft on July 11. Wonders of the World. The seven wonders of the ancient world were the Pyramids of Egypt; the Tomb of the King of Carla; the Temple of Diana at Ephesus; the Walls, of Hanging Gardens of Baby- lon; the Colossus of Rhodes; the; Ivory and Gold Statue of Jupiter Olympus; the Pharos, or Watch Tower, built at Alexandria by Ptolsmy Philadelphus, King of Egypt. Some one thinks the wonders of the world to -day are the Panama Canal, the Aeroplane,, the Submarine, Wireless Telegraphy, the Gramophone, the Telephone, and the Airship. Holland �`arch Aeropes. A despaicli from New York. says: Lieut -Commander Henri G. • Van Steyn, of the Dutch navy, was one of the arrivals on the steamer Noordain from Rotterdam., ale said he held a commission to purchase an unlimited quantity of aeroplanes and hydroa planes for Holland from American, manufacturers. Commander Van. Steyn said that all of the machines. will be used by holland as apart of the national defence ` 'improvement now being undertaken there.