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The Exeter Advocate, 1916-7-27, Page 6RUSSIANS MAKE BIG STR1DES IN DIRECTION OF EP.ZItdCAN .t 4 Capture of Guzuslkaneh From Turks Means an Advance by the Grand Duke's Troops of Forty Miles in Five Days. A..despatch from London says: Guzuskaneh has Fallen before the ad- vancing right wing of the Russian army of the' Caucasus, Petrograd an- nounced officially on Friday. The place lice 15 miles south-west of Tree k'izr. , the Blaelt Sea part. The town has about 3,000 inhabitants, and is built on l=oth sides of a ravine. It is netei for its fruit prodiietion. The capture of Guzuslear.elt indicates that the R:.ssiaes are preying forward raninit toward their objective at Ed - zinger. Since the captere of Baiburt on duly 16 the Czar's troope have ad- vanced to Guzuskaneh, a distance of nearly 40 miles. Further successes in the Caucasus are reported in the official statement from Petrograd, which follows: "In the region of Dywizlyk we made further progress, taking prisoner , an :eine. and 00 Turks. Between Treb • zon,l and Erzingan, after a fight, we took the town of Guzuskaneh. In the 'region northwest of the town of Kiat, kitacheytli we made prisoner 30 Turk- ish officers atal 400 men, and capture ed important convoys. We repulsed an enemy offensive in the region east of Rivandouza (region of Mosul)." FULL 1MUNITIONS SUPPLY A 1 EANS EVERYTHING Not Thirty Left Alive the British Secured Possession. A, desna':ch frim British Headqua. en; New Minister Receives Urgent Message From Gen. Haig,. ' A despatch from London says; Edwin Samuel Montagu, the new teen hi France, via London, say : -- l Munitions Minister, had the following Troops on the Ieft of the recent letter from General Sir Douglas Haig greet nrifele advance att; died the read at the conference of representa- German line which ran in front of tires of trades unions on Wednesday: q Pazentin-le-Petit wood, and was pro "At this moment we are engaged tected by double lines of wire. Erie, to the greatest battle the British army ; 1n Qj �ER� A 1 ASSAULTS tisk guns, however, had accounted for, ever fought. I feel confident if the 9�7 the wire, and before the Germans re- workmen could see their comrades ; alized it the British fire was lifted fighting here, bath night and day, AINTER AT �+ f 1' and British o with heroism beyond all praise, they , a WHBN BIG GUNS HAVE DONE THEIR WORK. Gerd defences letiefed''ay s1:e11 etre in preparation for an infantry hssault. Naturally nothing could stand up under such an avalanche of fire. --4 <London Stirrer photo.) trent their turf fine ta , would not hesitate to surrender their! t•-osps were poaxring elver the renin. � d . + A t h 1 day a pe on top' "A vivo -days' cessation of work in! Teutons Find. Increased Difacul- arta e3£ the tattered paratoo a5 s esus o i y. o: them. Two waves went ahead, and'; tha munition factories must have a K ty in. Concentrating at as seen as they had swept the front lire elver tavo other follewa;, most serious effect an our operations. It might even mean an addition of M Any One Point. The right the attacking force got :many months to the war, The army in tlzre ash this part on the progratnsne France looks to the munitions work- A despatch from Paris says: Con - ars to enable it to complete its task, trary to expectations, the Germans the treeps on the left mitered snore' and I feel sure that this appeal will have made no attempt to follow up severely, having, been raked by sna- not be in vain. Let the whole British the smashing blow delivered against ch Eehhen fire. nation forego any idea of a general the northern Verdun defences a week I eh�na he German front line ran a holiday until our goal is reached. A ago. The French counter-attacks, ac - great wood, itself spanned by three speedy and decisive victory will then cording to the official accounts, are successive tires of trenches, each with be ours." gradually winning back the ground wire protection, These were taken Mr. Montagu pointed out how vital gained by the Germans at heavy cost. one after another in a series of rushes, was the question which had induced in the vicinity of-Thiaumont and the men going as fast as they could in General Haig to write such a letter Fleury. This inactivity on the part of the dim light of early morning' in the midst of his overwhelming re- the Crown Prince is interpreted by through a wood dense and chocked; sponsibilities, The confreres unani- French military opinion as evidence with fallen timber, and so full of i mously decided to send a reply to that the Germans are finding increase huge shell -holes that it was all General Haig, assuring him that there ing difficulty in concentrating troops climbing, jumping, scrambling and would be no relaxation in their efforts,at any one point on the front.. • The crawling. Whatever their method of and that all holidays would be post- French officers say that each fresh a- going, they got there. They waited ; pond until niilitaxy exigencies per- salt on Verdun is requiring longer in one trench while the guns behind mitted of their being taken. and larger time to prepare. They concentrated their fire on the next , The decision was hearty and en- claim that the Germans took no less line. ;thusiastie, and the conference ended than 18 days in preparation for the Then they staggered forward as 'with the singing of the National An- attack of July 12. soon as the guns had lifted and while them, "an incident," says The the artillery went to the next. • Then' Chronicle, "probably* unknown at a the process -was repeated. Labor conference any tune within the With alternate waits and rushes it last thirty or forty years. `took three hours to get through they wood. ÷-•-- It was full of German dead and liv- ing, and at the upper end machine; GERMANY TO LET LOOSE guns were posted which searched the iAIRSHIPS AND SUBMARINES open spaces between the wrecks of- trees as the British troops came on' A despatch from BerneSwitzer- nothing stopped them. By soon t land, to The London Daily News says after 7 o'clock they had cleared the that , Count Zeppelin, in a speech to top of the wood and taken 300 pis-ers. the workmen at Friederich.shafen, onThe wood itself was full of dead 1 said; -'i have good news for you, The Kaiser has given his advisers a free and the Germans taken there say they #hand regarding the use of airships believe of all the troops who were in i and submarines.. Be patient. Vital the wood, not thirty men escaped a-; blows will soon be struck? live. TERRIBLE COMBATS IN THE AIR BEIND THE GERMAN LINES British Aviators Bring Down Five Hostile Machines -One Battle Lasted Nearly an Hour. Ni A despatch from London says: The British airmen brought down five German craft in fights over the en- emy lines Thursday. Referring to these operations, Sir Douglas Haig's report reads: °Taking advantage of the fine weather the flying corps continued its bombing operations against points of military importance with successful results. The hostile aircraft were in- active until evening, when there was a good deal of fighting behind the German lines. Our patrol encounter- ed eleven German machines, with the result that three enemy aircraft were shot down, one in 'flames. An- other encounter between four of our machines and six of the enemy's last- ed 45 minutes. A Fokker was then shot down, and another badly damag- ed by our fire. The remaining four broke off from the fight. "During many other combats in the air a fifth aeroplane was forced to the ground. Our total losses for the day were one machine." ITALY ADOPTS REPRISALS AGAINST GERMAN SUBJECTS Declaration of War by the Kaiser's Government Expected to be The Outcome. adopted against the Austrian sub- jects. The first part of the decree prohi- bits every transfer of property. The second prohibits a recourse to law courts. . The third authorizes the Gov- ernment to adopt against the alien enemies of Italy and her allies addi- tional reprisal mea:skures. Relations between Germany and Italy will now depend upon how Germany views the decree. A despatch from Rome says :--A royal decree was submitted to the Chamber of Deputies on Thursday containing reprisal measures against German subjects. The decree was the result of the strained relations be- tween Italy and Germany. The de- cree, which was prepared by Baron Sonnino and Signors Saeehi and itain- eri, extends to the alien enemies of Italy and her allies every measure LIQUOR CONSUMPTION IN CANADA DROPS. A despatch from Ottawa says :- The. consumption of alcoholic liquors in Canada dropped from .872 per cap- ita to .745 per capita in the fiscal year just ended, according to returns is- sued. on Thursday by the Inland Rev- enue Department. The consumption was about three-quarters of a gallon per capita for spirits, for beer nearly five gallons, and for wine .0625 gallon. The consumption of tobacco also shows a falling off of from 3.421 pounds to 3.329 pounds per head, THOUSANDS TO .GO OVERSEAS. Authorities Anounce Important Move- ment of Troops. A despatch from Ottawa says :- Ten thousand soldiers, principally from Camp Borden, are to proceed overseas soon, it was anounced at the Militia Department on Thursday morning. The necessary arrange- ment:; have been completed to secure ships. The units going include seven battalions from Camp Borden and three from Niagara. No chaplains, junior Majors, assistant Adjutants or signalling officers will be included in the ten thousand to go overseas London Daily Telegraph describes the new and very powerful Zeppelins which, it says, are housed at the air- ship and aeroplane station in Darm- stadt, the most important in Germany. The new Zeppelins, the despatch says, are 820 feet long, with a gas capacity of 190,675 cubic feet, mount not only machine guns, but light pieces of ar- tillery, have four armor -plated gang- ways connecting their cars, engines of 4,000 horse -power, and can make 57 miles an hour and rise to more than 13,000 feet. LATEST ZEPPELINS ARE MONSTER AIRSHIPS. A Copenhagen despatch to the ROUMANIA READY BRITISH ARE BEYOND E GERM THIRD LINE Attacking on Front of Eight. Miles, They Carried German Outer Works for a Stretc h of Five Miles. London, July 23. -The British, in- eluding Australian troops, by amid- night thrust on a.front of eight miles between Thiepval and Guillemont, car- ried the German outer works for a. streteh of five miles, penetrated into Pozieres, and, wheeling around the village, have driven a wedge aeross the Bapaume highroad between Pozi- eres Jill Bapanme. The German defence line between Pozieres and Guillemont bore the brunt of the attack, and it woe here that the British registered their larg- est gains. More important than the seizure of terrain, however, is the fact that General Haig has forestalled the German's counter -stroke which was in process of preparation, and for which large Teuton rein; arcements had been gathered behind the front. The initiative is still firmly in the hands of the British, and it is theirs to say what the nextmovement will be. In one place to the right of Pozi- eres the artillery failed to completely level the wire entanglements erected, by -the Germans, and the English troops attacking on that front were subjected to a;'a.rious machine-gun. fire which cost them heavily. • De- spite this, they succeeded in penetrat- ing into Guillemont, ail; now hold. sections of the outskirts. In addi- tion, the British for a time eegamed complete control of Longueval, where there has been heavy fighting for the last week. Later, the official report states, they were forced to cede ground in the northern part of the village before a strong German coun- ter-attack, The gain at Pozieres puts the Eng- lish troops beyond the German third line. They are within two miles of the heights of Martinpuich, crest of the plateau. w � ! to 16c; do., easterns, 15% to 15%. t x � ' 'Butter, choicest creamery, 29%e; sec- onds, 28%c. Figgs, fresh, 35e; select- ed, 32c; No. 1 stock, 29c; No, 2 stock, Breadstuffs, Toronto, July 25. --Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern, $1.22%; Ne. 2 do., $1.20%; No. 3, do., $1.171, on track, Bay ports. 4g No. 2 Northern, $1.13%; Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 1/sc; 0_15%; No. 3 do„ 48%; extra No. 1 feed, No. 3 Northern, $1.10%; No. 4, $1.05;; �� AWES48'c, No 1 feed, 481 e, No,. 2 do., No. b, 99c, Oats-egtor. 2 C.1 ., 413'nc, 471lac, on iraek, Bay ports, No 3 C W 43c; extra No. 1 feed,' 26 to 27c. Winnipeg Grain. Winnipeg, July 25. -Cash quota- tions: -Wheat -No. 1 Northern, American corn -No. 3 yellow, 89e, 42%e; No. i feed, 42%c; No. 2 feed, -- on track, Toronto. 411/.se. Barley No. 4, 71x c; re-' Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 47 to jeeted, 641sc; feed, 64�c, Flax. -No. It ,his Said She Will Bute r the 48c, according to freights outside. 1 N,W,C., $1.69%; No. 2 C.W., War in the Ver Near Ontario wheat -No, 1 commercial, $1. ewe. 3 98e to $1; No. 2, do., 95 tb 97c; No. 3, do., 89 to 91e, ; feed,87 to 88c, nom- Future. United States Markets.final, according to freights outside. A despatch from London says: Peas -No. 2 nominal, $1.75 to Minneapolis, July 25. -- Wheat - Roumania will cast her lot with. the $1.85; according to sample, $1.25 to July, $1.15%; September, $1.154.; $1.50, according to freights outside. No. 1 hard, $1.221!'; No. 1 Northern, Barley -Malting barley, nominal, $1.111% to $1.17%; No. 2 Northern, 65 to 66c; feed barley, 60 to 62c, ac- $1.12ee to $1,1614. Corn -No. 3 yel- cording to freights outside. low, 8211a to 831tc, Oats -No. 3 white, Buckwheat-Nomina1,.70 to 71c, ac- 38 to 884/. Flour unchanged; ship - cording to freights outside, nients, 79,244 bbls. Bran, $17.50 to Manitoba flour1-First patents, in $18, jute bags, $6.50; second patents,, in Duluth, July 25. - Wheat One jute bags, $6; strong bakers', in Jute track, No. 1 hard, $1.18%; No. 1 Nor - bags, $5.80, Toronto. thern, $1.16'4 to $1,17%; No. 2 Ontario flour -Winter, according to Northern, $1.11% to $1.12; No. 1. sample, $4.05 to $4.15, in bags, track, Northern, to arrive, $1.16%• No. 3 Toronto, prompt shipment; $4.15 bulk, Northern, on track, $1.00% 'to $1.09%, seabord, prompt shipment. Linseed -On track, $1.92% to $1.93; Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mont- to arrive, $1.92%; July, $1.92 bid;; real freights, bags included --Bran, December, $1.92% asked; October, per eon, $19; shorts, per ton, $22; mid- $1.90% asked; November, $1.90 bid;' dlings, per ton, $24; good feed flour, December, $1.89 asked. per bag, $1.65 to $1.70. . Live Stock Markets. allies in the very near future. That is the belif fn London. The plight of Austria, the continued successes of the Russian armies -successes that have reached andpassed the Rou- manian border -and the impending al- lied offensive from Saloniki will lead, it is expected, to the important de- cision. Information from Bucharest forecasts developments at almost any moment. FORECASTS BIG CROPS IN ,CANADIAN WEST. A despatch from Duluth, Minn., says: Bumper crops for the. Canadian North-west were predicted by Sir William Mackenzie, of Toronto, presi- dent of the Canadian Northern Rail- way, who was here on. Wednesday on his way to Chicago. He said the wheat prints, 29 to 31c; inferior, 28 to 29c. Country Produce. Butter, fresh dairy, choice, 26 to 27c; inferior, 24 to 25c; creamery yield alone this year would be 300,- 000,000 bushels, and he did not think the farmers would experience much difficulty in securing help to harvest the crops. GERMAN MINE LAYER WILL BE EXHIBITED A despatch from London says: - The first official announcement that Great Britian had captured a'German. mine -laying submarine of the U-35 class, was made in the House of Com - mane on Thursday by Thomas James MacNamara, Financial Secretary of Admiralty, who said that one of these vessels would be brought to, London to be viewed' by the public. CANADA'S ENLISTMENTS NOW TOTAL 350,655. Ontario Leads with 145,195, as Com- pared With Quebec's 36,890. A, despatch from Ottawa says: Total enlistments in Canada up to July 15 number 350,655, Ontario lead- ing with 145,195. From the Toronto division alone there are 79,715. Que- bec has given 36,890 men, of whom 30,186 were from the Montreal dis- trict. From the Maritime Provinces the number is 31,633, and from Mani- toba to the coast 136,939. SCORES OF BODIES OFF THE NORWEGL4N COAST. Victims of Jutland Battle Floating Amid: Wreckage in North Sea. A despatch from New York says: Scores of bodies of both English and German sailors, equipped with life preservers and floating in a mass of wreckage from the big Jutland naval battle, were encountered off the coast of Norway on July 2 by the steamer Lyngenfjord, which arrived here from Bergen on Wednesday. A fleet of small vessels sent out'by the Norweg- ian Government were collecting the STEAMERS RELEASED FOR ATLANTIC TRADE. Northland, Southland and Canada Back Into Service. A despatch from Montreal says: The British Admiralty has released three of . the White Stae-Dominion Line steamers which were formerly in the Canadian trade -the Northland,. Southland and Canada -which have been engaged in the Government ser- vice between Great Britain and the Mediterranean. News of the release of the three ships was receivedhere on Friday. SIR VICTOR HORSLEY DIES IN MESOPOTAMIA. A despatch from London says: Sir Victor Horsley, a noted surgeon, died' from a heatstroke in Mesopotamia on Sunday. He was born in 1857, and was created a Knight in 1902; He was emeritus professor of clinical sur- gery and consulting surgeon at the University College Hospital since 1906. Eggs -New -laid, 29 to 30c; do., in cartons, 31 to 33c. Beans -$4.50 to $5, the latter for hand-picked. Cheese -New, large, 17c; twins, 1714•c; triplets, 17%c. Maple syrup -Prices are steady at $1.40 to $1.50 per Imperial gallon. Dressed Poultry Chickens, 25 to 27c; fowl, 28 to 25c. Potatoes -New Brunswicks quoted at $2 per bag; Western, $1.85. Provisions. Bacon, long clear, 18 to 18%c per Ib. Rams -Medium, 24 to 25e; do., heavy, 20% to 21c; rolls, 19 to 19%e; breakfast bacon, 25 to 27c; backs, plain, 26 to 27c; boneless backs, 29 to 300. Lard -Pure lard, tierces, 16% to 17e, and pails, 171/a to "17%c; com- pound, 14 to 141nc, Montreal Markets. Montreal, July 25. -Corn, American No. 2 yellow, 91 to 92c. Oats, Cana- dian western, No. 2, 53 to 63%e; do., No. 3, 52 to 52%c extra No. 1 feed, 52% to 53c; No. 2 local white, 53c; No, 3 do., 52c; No. 4 do., 51c. Flour, Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts, $6.60; seconds, $6.40; strong bakers', $5.90; Winnipeg patents, choice, $6 to $6.25; straight rollers, $b,10 to $5.80; do., bags, $4.80 to $5. Rolled oats, barrels, $4.05 to $5.45; do., bags, 90 lbs., $2.40 to $2.60. Bran, $20 to $21. Shorts, $23 to $24. Mid- dlings, $26 to $27. Mouillie, $31 to 32. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $18.50. Cheese, finest westerns, 15% Toronto, July 25. -Choice heavy, steers, $8.25 to $8,.50; good heavy, steers, $8 to $8.25; butchers' cattle,' choice, $7.80 to $8; do, medium,' $7.50 to $7.76; do, common, $6.35, to $6.76; butchers' bulls, choice,, $7.25 to $7.75; do., good bulls, $6.75, to $7; do., rough bulls, $4.59 to $6e, butchers' cows, choice, $7.10 to $7.85; do., good, $6.75 to $7; do., medium,' $6 to $6.25; stockers, 700 to 850 lbs., $6.25 to $6,75; choice feeders, de -i horned, $6.40 to $7.25; canners and; cutters, $3.75 to $4.75; milkers, choicer , each, $70 to $80; do., common and medium, each, $40 to $'60; Springers,' to $90; light ewes, $7.60 to $8.25; sheep, heavy, $4.50 to $5.36; Spring lambs, per lb., 13%c to 141e; calves, good to choice, $9.50 to $12; do.,' medium, $7.25 to $8.50; hogs, fed and, watered, $11.30 to $11.40; do., weigh- ed off cars, $11.65 to $11.80; do.,. f.o.b., $11.80. Montreal, July 25. -Export cattle; choice, $9 . to $9.25; do., medium,! $7.75 to $8.75; butchers' cattle, choice, $7.25 to $8.25; do., medium, $6.25 to $6.25; canners, $4.50 to $5; butchers' cattle, cheiae cows, $6 to $7;, do., mediuni, $5.50 to $5,75; do., bulls, $6.50 to $7. Hogs -Fed and watered, $11.75 to $12.25; do., f.o.b., $10.50 to $11.50.'• U-BOAT POSTAL SERVICE • BERLIN TO AMERICA) A Geneva despatch to the Exchange Telegram, London, says that the Munich Nachrichten publishes a Ber-; lin despatch saying that the postal` authorities are compiling regulations,. and scales of charges for a submarine' postal service between Germany and the United States. DECISIVE BATTLE NOW RAGING, EVERYTHING IS IN TIDE BALANCE German Correspondents Realize That the Fate of the Central Powers Rests on Outcome of Present Offensive. Berlin, July 23. -Max Osborn in a. despatch to the Vossische Zeitung from western headquarters says: "We are shaken by burning pain as new streams of German blood are. flowing, and we recognize our power- lessness over what cannot be changed. "After two years of war the 'Angel. of Destruction is passing through the ranks of the German arms with ;a fury and mercilessness as if the death nonce of -battles had only just begun. "Whilst aur enemies suffer fearful losses, we do not blind our eyes to the new mourning come to us, nor over" the seriousness of the fate of this de- cisfve battle raging on all fronts. We should be unworthy the stupendous task we have to . fulfil and the almost incomprehensible sacrifices our heroes` .make if we were not able to udder stand the whole fury and burden of these weeks. "We feel the raging storm of the united power of the enemy: It is now a question of everything for the life or death .of our nation. We stand differently now from what we did in. August, 1914. Unexampled deeds of fate lie between. But still the con eludir,wpoint has bo be reached and everything is ni the balance of death or life."