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The Exeter Advocate, 1915-11-18, Page 6ITALY ADGERMANY' AT WA a OWING T ACOA SINKING alian Government AcGevt Act as DI, cla.ration and Will . iz. +tuernnan Ships in her Harbors A despatch_ from. Rome says; The The official statement follows, Italian War Office has definitely an- "The Ancona did not attempt to nouneed that the submarine which escape, but stopped within 83 yards sank the Ancona was German, and after the firing of the first shot, The not Austrian. The Italian Govern- liner was torpedoed while boats were anent holds that the attack was terata- being lowered,; and a hundred passen- •mount to a declaration of war. The gers were still on board. Government has therefore seized .all "The submarine being German, German merchantmen interned when Germany has opened hostilities; tear was declared with Austria and against Italy without a declaration of will fit them out for service. war." t: Ma beds 1 t he V orid Rrneacteffe. Toronto, Nov. 16. --Manitoba wheat --New eron-No. 1 Northern, $1.1211.; No. 2 Northern, 81.0921, on track lake ports, immediate shipment. Manitoba cats --No. 2 C.W., 48; on track lake ports. Americ:'n corn -No. 2 yellow,. 74; on track Toronto, Canadian reen.-No.., yellow, 78c, on track: Toronto. Ontario oats -.-New crop -No. 8 white, 39 to 40e; eommere as oats, 38 to 39a according to freights outside. Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per Live Stock Markets, car lot, 97 to 99c; wheat slightly. Torcnto, Nov. 16. -Best heavy'. sprouted, 92 to wheat and tough accord- steers, $8,25. to $8.65; good heavy and toto ugh, according to sta a pismutty7steers, $8 to $8.15; butchers' cattle, to Sae, all according to freights out- choice, $7,45 to $7,60; do., good, $7,10 to $7.35; do., medium, $6.50 to siPeas-No. 2 nominal, per ear lots, $6.75; do,, common, $5 to $5.2$; $2,10; samnle peas, according to butchers' bulls, choice, $6.25 to $6.50; sample, $1.25 to $1.75, according to do., good bulls, $5.75 to $6; do., rough freights outside. bulls, $4.75 to $5.25; butchers'cows, Barley -Good malting barley, 56 to choice, $6.30 to $6.50; do., good, 60e; feed barley, 47 to 52c, according '$6 to $6.75; do., medium, 35 to $5.50; to freights outside. do., common, $4,25 to 35.75; feeders, Buekx heat: -Nominal, car lots,78 good, $6.50 to 37 stockers, 700 and to to SO; according to freights outside, 900 lbs,, 56.25 to 6,75 canners Rye -No. 1 commercial, 38 to 90e; cutters, $3 to 84.50; milkers, choice, rye, tough, 74 to 83; according to sample, and according to freights Ont - Sides Manitoba flour -First patents, in jute bags, $5.85; second patents, in 3ute bags, 55.85; strong bakers', in jute bags, $5.X5, Toronto, United States Markets.. Minneapolis, Nov. 16: Wheat --De- cember, 980; May, T'1.01%; cash, No. 1 hard, 31.03;. No. 1 Northern, 31 to Corn-No. 2 NorthernNo.3 yellow, 66%a tot 67%o c. Oats -No. 3 white, 34 to 34%c.. Flour unchanged. Bran, $18,25, Duluth, Nov. 16. -Wheat -No. 1 hard, $1.033; No. 1 Northern, $1.02'%% No. 2 Northern, 97x!$ to 981st; No. 2 bard Montana, $1.011A1 December, 981te; Mar. $1.02%; Due rum, No. 1, 96e; Ne a, 92e; Deceml her, 94%c; May, 99e, Linseed -Cash, $2.08% to 32.09; December, 32.05; May, 32.07, each, $05 to $100; do., common and meRium, each, $30 -to 350; springers, $50 to 3100; light ewes, 35.50 to $6.50; sheep, heavy, $4.25 to 34.75; do., bucks, $3.50 to 34.50; yea r 1' ng lambs, 37 to 37.50; spring iambs, cwt., $8.85 to 39;25; calves, medium Ontario flour -New Winter, $4,10 , to choice, $7.25 to $10.50; hogs, fed to 34.40, according to sample, sea- and watered, 38.75 to 38.90. board, or Toronto freights in bags, for Montreal, Nov. 16. --Choice steers prompt shipment. sold at 37 to 37.25; butchers' cows lkfillfeed---Car lots -Delivered Mont -and bulls, 34.50 to $6; cows, $3.15 to real freights. Bran, 321 per ton; 33.35; sold. 34 $8 �5 o 34.50. and Ontario Shorts, 323 per ton; middlings, $25 39,Que- per ton; good feed flour, $1.45 per bec lambs at 38.25 to 88.50; sheep, Both. Anglo-French and Serb bag. 35.25 to 36 per cwt. Calves, milk -fed Win Important. stock, 7 tc 8c per lb.,. and grass-fed at 3 to 6c. Hogs, selected lots, $9.15 to 39.25 per cwt., weighed off cars.. RIGA,,�J��� SNORT1i SEA, GEkaAti,CRUfSERS xorst" s wen song. EL CMM. alaa 1t .v.00t P;SeNrj `wAashvi S SQL'Ns• Al TERQ P<• eeLG,F, u• u � � BRus ECS 1 I• L EMeuRG sAissot. Aa , oRxe,ns PARIS 4� ! Ca ° nsaossEww,, �P� acou,uz mimics, , < i ^ Muothus 61 PK MAMD05{% TEPE IOW sA11 p't\l' s OME. SUIifMARiINES t'1'AUPM A GIBRALTAR.�IINEi ANCONA SUM{ r ' 'A.IT, R. 4./Y 'fllf'y 0S. A, thearNK suetieR �qRN. ,5 cil %t BULG1'' ,,• aSoFlt+ ,k'' INI l,, SES ,t fir S) 1�.�.� SOr � :14 c sURG$tS The Week's Developments in the War. Except in the Balkans, which best opinion repeatedly says is at most a "side-show," both the initiative and the offensive have rested during the week with the Entente Allies. There have been actions near Lille, near Arras, east of Rheims and between Verdun and Nancy on the Western front begun by the•Freneb, The Ger- mans attacked in the Champagne without.success, but the French 'determined the nature of the fighting and ale' ways had the upper hand. Italian troops were successful both in offensive and defensive actions. Near Riga and Dvinsk and in other sectors far to the south on the. 1,000 -mire Ea3tern front, the Czar's troops were "nib- bling" with some success; at all events showing the enemy that to reduce his force there, for the benfit of the Balkan front le*as a mistaken policy. In the Serbian campaign the Teutons and Bulgarians were successful, but not continuously so, in the north, They also occupied Nish and reoccupied Veles, ' But French and British- troops ritish troops were winning ground as rapidly as their strength and transport would allow, In the Baltic British sub- marines were "top -dog," In the Mediterranean the civilized world had one more objective lesson in the Hun campaign of murder on the high seas with the sinking of the Italian liner "Ancona," scores of women and child- ren being drowned. Unofficial reports told of two German submarines which bad .accounted for several small Allied ships, near Gibraltar, themselves being sunk. Shaded portions of the map illustrate the diminutive sec- tion of Central Europe which remains neutral. - AN ARMY 1 BRITISH TRANSPORT ESCAPES MAY BE CUT OFF AFTER FIGHT WITH U-BOAT Country Produce. Dotter -Fresh dairy, 27 to 28c; in- ferior, 22• to 23c; creamery prints, 32 to 33c; do., solids, 30 to 31%; Eggs -Storage, 30 to 32e per doz- en; selects, 35 to 36c; new -laid, 42 to 45; case lots. Honey -No. 1 light (wholesale), 10 to 111,:c; do., retail, 121k to 15c; combs (wholesale), per dozen, No. 1, 32.40; No. 2, 31.50 to 32. Poultry -Chickens, 14 to 160; fowls, 12 to 13e; ducks, 15 to 16e; geese, 14 to 16c; turkeys, 20 to 22e. Cheese -Large, 17%e- ; twins, 1734c. Potatoes -Car lots of Ontario quot- ed at 31.10, and New Brunswicks at 31.15 to 31.20 per bag, on track, Provisions. Bacon -Long clear, 15 to 1514c per 3b„ in case lots. Hams -Medium, 181 to 19e; do., heavy, 14% to 15c; rolls, 15% to 16c; breakfast bacon, 21 to 3c; backs, plain, 24 to 25c; bone lase haeks, 26 to 28c. Lard -Pure lard, tubs, 13% to 13e4c; compound, tubs, 11e; do., pails, 111sc. Business in Montreal. Montreal, Nov. 16. -Corn --Ameri- can No. 2 yellow, 77 to 78c. Oats - No. 2 Iocal white, 46 to 461 c; No. 3 local white, 45 to 45%e; No. 4 local white, 44 to 441c. Barley -Mani- toba feed, 6.4; malting, 66% to 67e. Buckwheat -No. 2, 75 to 80c, Flour - Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, 35.95; seconds, 35.45; strong bakers', 35.25; Winter patents, choice, 35.80; strnight rollers, 35.10 to $5.20;: do., bags, 32,40 to $2.50. Rolled oats- Bbls, 35.20 to 35.25; do., bags, 90 lbs., 32.45 to $2.55. Bran, 321. Shorts, 323. Middlings, 329 to 330. Mouillie, $30 to 332. Hay -No. 2, per ton, ear lots, 317.50 to 318.50. Cheese -Finest westerns, 16% to 17c; finest eastern, "161/ to 16%. Butter -Choicest creamery, 32 to 3214c; seconds, 31% to 31%c. Eggs -Fresh, 42c; selected, 33c; No. 1 stock, 30c; No. 2 stock, 26c. Potatoes -Per bag, car lots, 95c to 31.15. Dressed hogs -Abattoir killed, 313 to 313.25. Pork -Heavy Canada short mess, labia, 35 to 45 pieces, 328 to 328.50; Canada short-cut back, bbls., 45 to 55 pieces, 327 to 327.50. Lard -Com- pound, tierces, 375 lbs., 1014c; wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 10%c; pure, tierces, 375 lbs., 12 to 121ac; pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 13 to 13%c. ,of the Anglo-French troops. TROOPS POURING Battles. Forces Paris. -The Serbian Legation here made public the following of- ficial communication; `Although Veles is not yet in the hands of the French and British troops, the Bulgarian INTO BALKANS are hard pressed, and the fall of the town is imminent. The Bulgarians in the region of Veles have suffered enormous losses, and have requested Continued Landing of Allies Has an armistice to bury their dead." Alarmed Bulgaria and Turkey. A despatch from London says: The continued landing of British and French troops at Salonica is causing Some uneasiness to Bulgaria. and Tur- key, and the Ministers of those two powers have again protested to the Greek . Government, which has taken formal notice of their protest. The determination of the Entente allies in their Balkan campaign is shown by the large force they are sending to the Balkans, and news has been received from Rome that Italy also has decided to intervene in this region "in a manner worthy of her , greatness," and to give sufficient sup- port to the British and French to as- sure a complete triumph. This is said to have had some influence on I Greece and Roumania. Roumania,1 however, is waiting for the develop -1 of the Russian plant. -The life -or -death battle of the main Serbian army with the Teutonic in- vaders is now in progress. The theory that this army is in wild flight toward the Montenegrin frond o tier, to escape from the iron ring gradually being closed around theme! has been exploded by the receipt of two .official Serbian War Office re-' ports, which show that the chief de- I fending force of the little kingdom is] in touch with the Teutons in Central Serbia, with fierce fighting being in progress south and east of Kraljevo, I No naval secret is more carefully { guarded than that of the code -book. The box in which this volume is kept is weighted with lead and perforated, ' so that it will sink on being thrown overboard the last act of a captain when a ship is taken into action. A despatch from London says: While the Serbian army in the north is putting up an heroic resisia against the Austro-Hungarian in- About loo of Those on Board Killed or Wounded by Gunfire --A Number of Others Missing A despatch from London says: Twenty-three men were killed and fifty wounded in an attack by gun- fire on the British transport Mercian in 'the Mediterranean. The Mercian escaped and reached port. Announce- ment of the attack on the Mercian was made by the British War Office as follows: • "The outward bound transport Mercian was attacked by gunfire from au enem submarine in the y I Mediterranean, She reached harbor safely with casualties of 23 killed, 30 vaders, holding, as they have held ever since the fall of Nish, the main' part of the line based on the moun- tain slopes to the south of the west- ern Morava River, the smaller body of Serbs in the south, operating north-west of the left flank of the Anglo-French line, are reported to have inflicted a severe check on the Bulgarians at the Katchanik Pass. So stubborn has been the resistance of the Serbians that the Bulgarians have had to call for assistance from the Austro -German artillery in their ef- fort to drive the defenders out of Katchanik Pass. Thus far they have been unsuccessful. Reports from Salonica and Athens report the Bulgarians as having met with a severe defeat at this point. Ac- cording to these reports, the Serbians have cleared the enemy from the pass, and the situation is developing in a striking way in favor of the Serb- ians. Meanwhile the reports state, without giving particulars, that the Anglo-French line to the south-east is very active. Other despatches have told of additional Franco -British troops joining the allied line in South- ern Serbia daily, and it may be pre- sumed that the allied offensive in this quarter will develop gradually as the number of men available increases. A Salonica despatch says: "The Anglo-French forces have occupied Hill No. 350 between Radvovo and Strumitsa, dominating the left ` side of the pass through which runs the Dojpan-Strumitsa Railway. They have also taken Hill No; 516, on the opposite side of the same pass, put- ting the pass completely in the power BOMBS DROPPED ON VERONA • KILL AND .gm80 CIVILIANS Majority of Victims Were Attending- the Market, One Shell Killing Nineteen A despatch from Rome sate: Thirty persons are dead in Verona as a result of :three Austrian areopianes dropping bomis on the city. Thirty other Persons were seriously and nine teen slightly injured. slightly. Tbe bombs of the aircraft found most .of their victims in the principal square. of the city, where citizens and peasants from the outlying districts were attending the market. Nineteen persons were killed by one bomb: The aeroplanes visited various parts of the city, but none of the missiles dropped by them fell near any of the military buildings. TWO BELGIAN WOMEN REPRIEVED BY KAISER A despatch from Amsterdam says: A despatch to the Tijd from Belgium confirms the report that Emperor William has commuted to penal servi- tude forlife the death sentence 'pro- nounced by a German court 'martial against the Countess Johanna De Belleville, Mile. Louise Thulier, a school teacher, and Louis Severin, a chemist. These three persons were mentioned in the official proclamation announcing the execution " of Miss Edith Cavell, a British nurse, as -hav- ing been sentenced to death by the German authoritiesin Belgium aalea missing and 50 wounded, who were landed and are in a hospital." The Mercian is a vessel of 6,305 tons gross and 400 feet long. She was built in 190$ and is owned in Liverpool. Although some of the German U- boats, the number is not known, suc- ceeded in getting through the Straits, two more which attempted to follow them were sunk by a British cruiser off Gibraltar, according to a despatch received from Algeciras, received at Madrid. GERMANS WORN BY PRIVATIONS They Now Surrender Readily in Whole Companies and Bat- - talions. A despatch from London says: The latest news from the eastern front indicates that von Hiindenburg's cam- paign in the Riga-Dvinsk region is apparently ended, and that the coun- ter -movement oun-termovement• of the Russian armies under_ Gen. Ruzsky is gaining momen- tum The Russians, continuing their attacks between Olai and the west of Lake Babit, 'are reported by Petro- grad to be forcing the Germans into the woods and marshes, which greatly hamper the movements of the. Teu- tons. In an effort to overcome these difficulties the . Germans are exerting every energy to complete . the rail- roads which they are building in Cour- land. Gen. Ruzsky, who is conducting an aggressive campaign against the Aus- tro-Germans us-tro Germans in. Russia, in an, inter- view published in the Bourse Gazette, spoke confidently of conditions at the 25 AMERICANS ON THE ANCONA Believed the Majority Went Down, With the'Siibinariued Liner. " A despatch from London says The Italian, liner Ancona, sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean, had on board 83 first cabin passengers, 60 second cabin and 339 steerage, the majority women and children, intend,. ing to make their homes in America,. The owners of the Ancona at Naples have received advices that 320 of those aboard the ALcona have been landed at ports in Tunis. Of 161 brought by a mine -sweeper and tor- pedo boat to Bizerte four died, Forty-one members of the crew and four passengers have also been land-• ed at Tanis. The survivors inelude Cecile Grail, 143 Italians, 16 Greeks and one Rus- rian, It is asserted that 24 of the negna's passengers were natuializ- ed Americans, . Berlin was quick to send out word to the effect that the Ancona's de- stroyer was not a German subtaarine. The first despatch from the German capital was one transmitting'' a MO* sage by the Overseas News Agei4ey, a bureau enjoying the special atten- tion and censorship of the German Goverennent and generally regarded as the official. mouthpiece for over- s as ver-seas ndws service. This statement • said: "Information from a reliable source is to the effect that the steamship Ancona was sunk by an Austro-Hun- gaiian submarine. She attempted to escape and ✓thus compelled the sub- marina to use her guns," There is no report from any source, however, indicating that the vessel was. warned previous to the attack. Rome and Milan despatches allege that when the submarine gave chase, the Ancona increased her speed, but the submarine slowly caught up to her and began firing, repeatedly hit- ting the stern of the vessel. Scenes of panic occurred aboarc the Ancona, when eventually the , captain gave up his attempt to escape, whereupon, after further shelling, the submarine fired a torpedo. The Ancona listed and began to sink. There was no time to lower all the boats. Many of the passen- gers, who were rescued, jumped over- board with life belts, A wireless can for help brought the French. steamer Medan (Plaidan) and several launches to the rescue. They made many rescues. It is thought possible that the same submarine sank the Marseilles steam- er France, which had disembarked a thousand French troops at Mudros, Lemnos Island.. The new trans-Atlantic liner Giu- seppe Verdi left Naples a few hours after the Ancona and has arrived safely at Gibraltar. A Tunis despatch to the Giornale d'Italia gives a dramatic, though brief, account of the attack. "A submarine approached the An- cona," says this account, "and as soon as the steamer saw it, an attempt was made to escape at full speed. The An - front. He said: cona was overtaken and stopped. "Without indulging in prophecy, Then the submarine fired ori the An- which would be imprudent, I may say cona, sinkinghher amid the desperate cries. of thee passengers. that we are now guaranteed against "The lifeboats were next attacked, unpleasant surprises on the part of the submarine likewise firing on the enemy. The time for surprises is them. A woman, a man and two chil- dren were killed; tbeir bodies are at Bizerte." past. But it would be irresponsible frivolity to describe the enemy as ex- hausted or in the death throes. On the contrary, he is strong, but not so strong that we need fear surprises either here or on the western front. "By not advancing the enemy is really retreating. The Germans now surrender readily, in whole companies and battalions, and this, in my opin- ion, is an ominous sign. Their men, are worn out by privations, cold and the spectre of winter, and, instead of their former self-confidence, show de- pression." Gen. Ruzsky said he considered the Balkan campaign merely an episode of secondary importance. "It is not there," he declared, "that the fate of nations will be decided." This is the first war in which sub- marines have been used. The sword in the hands of a manis:. less mighty than the hatpin in the hands of a strenuous woman. . COMPULSION AFTER NOVO 30 • SI J LVifs BEYOND REACH Germans Have Abandoned Hope of Progressing Further for the Present. A despatch from London says: Operations on the eastern front have assumed a new importance. In the north the "Germans apparently have abandoned any hope of reaching Riga and Dvinik, and are lacing driven back from the Dvina, which was their °lea jective. The Russians in the Riga'' region are attempting an outflanking movement, and then recent successes have brought them within striking distance of the Takum-Mitau railway, which connects the 'German fighting front with the fortress of Windau. The Germans are also falling back before Dvinsk as the result of the I Russian offensive near Lake. Swinton, IF YOU IV y a� while in the south Gen.Ivanof has R b iEll FAIL TO Rte-' continued to harass the invaders by Lord Derby, With Authority of Priebe Minister, Serves Notice on iledically Fit of Great Britain A despatch from London says: A strong intimation of compulsion at an early date is contained in a statement by the Earl of Derby, Director of Re- cruiting. This statement is made, Lord Derby declares, with the author- ity of the Prime Minister. It says: "If young men medically fit and not indispensablein any business ofna- tional : importance or : any business. conducted for the g'eeral,ood of the good community do not come forward vat-- mit-oily before 'November 30, the Government will, after that date,- take the necessary.steps to redeem the pledge made on November 2." On the date referred to Premier As quith announced in the House of Com- mons that if young men did not come forward voluntarily and enlist "other and compulsory means would be ta- ken before married men were called upon to fill their engagement to serve." Lord Derby adds; "Whether a man ' is indispensable or not to hi, UZisiness will be decided, not by the man or his .:..employer, but by competent authori- ties andtribunals which are beano' set up to consider such cases." repeated thrusts, which . during the past five weeks, according to Petro- grad officials, have brought bhn over: 125,000 prisoners. In" the most recent of these thrusts, near Rudka, the bag totalled 6,000, many of whom were Germans. The retirement of the German troops under Field Marshal von Ilia denburg, which had been attempting to reach Riga, was not due to vain, as was claimed in the Berlin official report, but was the direati result of the Russian offensive. A Petrograd official report states: "In the region of ' Schlok our troops have advanced to the west of Raggatz, fighting all the thee. After eleven days of al- most uninterrupted fighting in the marsh -region our troops captured Keenmern'and A_nting. The 'Germane who" suffered heavy losses, were thrown thxowri hx,,1c to the tvest." a' Vete:Vote