The Exeter Advocate, 1917-9-6, Page 7i
GEN. CADORNA ROUTS : AUSTRIANS
AND CAPTURES PLATEAU
Threw Fourteen Bridges Across the Isonzo River During Battle
Tolniino Line Threatened.
A despatch from Washington says:
—The Italian Embassy's official- ad-
vices regarding the proggiess of the
Italian offensive against the Austrians
indicate that the success of the forces
of Generals Cadorna and Capello, in
capturing the Bainsizza Plateau, is an
Important military gain that is threat-
ening the entire group of Tolmino de-
fences. The advices 'indicate that in
this offensive, the Italian Command-
er-in-chief, General Cadorra, in his
efforts to baffle and confuse the Aus-
trians, has not only routed their forces
as the Italians have advanced, but left
the Austrians in greatest doubt as to
the Italian objective, whether Trieste
or Laibach, or both these important
points.
Italian military experts here, assert
that, with sufficient guns and muni-
tions, the Italian forces under Cador-
na will win a complete victory over
the Austrians on that front. The
Italian offensive has won the admira-
tion of military officers in Washing-
ton, those of the foreign war missions
as well as American officers, and it is the Chiapovano Valley.
admitted on all hands that this offen-
sive has vastly increased the power
and influence of Italy in Entente war
councils.
The official' despatch received by the
Italian Embassy, describing the pro-
gress of the offensive, and, particular-
ly the battle of Bainsizza, was as fol-
lows:—
ol-lows:-
Bainsizza Plateau is "600 me-
tres between the Isonzo and Chiapo-
vano Valleys. The plateau measures
10 by 15 miles. It was attacked by
the second Italian army, which cros-
sed the Isonzo River:, using fourteen
bridges during the battle. On the
western side of the plateau the Ital-
ian troops overcome the first line of
the Austrian advance, and then, while
apart of the Italianoarmy was'fight-
ing on the second' Austrian line, an-
other part was advancing around the
north side to make a flank attack. The,
result was the fall of the whole sys-
tem of'defense of the plateau and
quick withdrawal of the enemy, fol-
lowed by the Italian army, crossing
FROM OLD SCOTLAND
NOTES OF INTEREST FROM HER
BANKS AND BRAEF .
What is Going On in the Highlands
and Lowlands of Auld
Scotia.
Lieut. -Col. J. Kennedy, Black
Watch, Hawick, who has received
the D.S.O., has been mentioned in
dispatches and has also received" the
D.C.M. and M.C.
The Military Cross has been award-
ed to Rev. J. Kirk, of Dunbar Parish
church, who has been at the front for
one year andnine months.
Rev. •:,�. J. L. Stuart, a member of
• the Haddington Parish . Council, . has
been awarded the Military Cross for
service in the field. /
Colonel' Sir Robert Neil Campbell,
who has been made a K.C.M.G., is a
son of the late Robert Campbell of
Elsieshields, Lochmaben.
Sergeant David Reid, of the Cana-
dians, son of G. M. Reid, •Alloa, has
been awarded the Military Medal
for bravery onthe field.
The remains of ' Lieut. C. W.
Brown, K.O.S.B., . who died from
wounds received in action, have been.
interred with military honors in
Eastlands Cemetery, Galashiels.
The Arbroath . Watching Committee
have decided to grant an increase of
five shillings,; a week to the acting
chief and inspector, and three shil-
lings to the men of the police force.
Capt. Alex Reid Prentice, of Green-
ock-, who has been awarded the D.S.O.,
is a well-known Rugby player, and
was vice -captain of the . Greenock
Wanderers.
+'tom the proceeds of a concert giv-
CAST VICTIMS TO SHARKS.
Sub. Watched Crew of SS. Mariston
Being Torn Limb From Limb.
Details of the torpedoing of the
steamer Mariston provide yet an-
other. instance of the barbarity dis-
played by
isplayedrby , German submarine com-
manders. The vessel was torpedoed
early in the morning of Jely 15.
The first explosion awoke the cook,
who found the main deck awash when
he got out of his bunk. As he ran to-
wards the midship cabins to arouse
the steward a second explosion blew
the whole of ` the midship cabins into.
the air.
The vessel was now sinking rapidly,
and the cook, picking up a hatch,
jumped overboard. After the ship
had disappeared he counted 17 "men
clinging to the wreckage.
At that moment the submarine, a
large craft, painted jet . black; came
to the surface in the midst of her
struggling and drowning victims. The
latter noticed a trap-door open in the
conning tower of the U-boat;, and an.
officer stood looking through his bin-
oculars for several minutes at the.
struggling forms in the water.
The German officer silently ig-
nored all appeals for assistance, al-
though there was no other vessel in
sight, and the whole of the crew of
the Mariston could easily have been
rescued .by the submarine in a few
minutes.
At this moment one of the drown-
ing men disappeared with a piercing
scream, and a moment later another
•
vanished iii the same way. It was
now clear the horror of the situation
had been enhanced by the arrival on
the scene of a school of sharks, and
one by one all the -brave men • of the
Mariston--except one -suffered 'a hor-
rible death
or-rible'death in the jaws of these mon-
sters. •
The scene was too much even for
King George.
A` recent photograph of His Ma-
jesty when reviewing infantry regi-
ments leaving for France.
26,653 CANADIANS ARE
NOW IN HOSPITAL.
e i Y of the , Wrid
8readstnfts.
oe0'Sept.
z4—Manitoba wreln
store, Port 4ilaiilNo. 1
Northern, $2440 No 2 Northern, $2.07;
NO. 3 Northern, $2,033; No. 4 wheat,
$2.22,
Alanitoba oats—No. 2 0.11r., 033c, In
store Fort 'William,
American porn--tlo, 3 yellow, nominal.
Ontario wheat—New crop, No, 2, $2,15
to $2.20.
Ontario oats --No quotations,
Peas—Nominal.
Barley—malting, new, 21.20 to $1,22.
14ye—Nominal.
i14anitQba flour-171rst patents, In Jute
bags, $12,00; ,second patents, " $$12,40;
strong bakers', $12.
Ontario flour--AV-inter, new, track; To-
ronto, prompt ships lents, "according to
sample, $10,20,
0iillfeed—Cur lots, delivered Montreal
freights ; ' Shorts, $43; bran, 336; mid-
dlings, 345 to 346; good feed flour, per
bag, $3,25:
lIav—Track, Toronto, extra. No, 2,
$11.50 to. 312; mixed, $9 to $10.
Straw—Car lots, 37 to $7.50.
iroriutry Produce—Wholesale
Butter—Creamery; solid, per lb., 39
to 393c; prints, per 1b., 393 to 40c:
dairy, per ib., 33 to 34c,
Eggs—.Per ddz., 39 to 40c.
Wholesalers are selling to the retail
trade at the following rnlces;
223 prices;—
Cheese—New,
s233c eKtriplets, 23 to 2233'c t�vold,
large, 30c; twins,: 303c; triplets, 303c.
Butter—Fresh dairy, choice, 30 to 400;
creamery' prints, 43 to 44e; solids, 42 to
430,
Eggs—New laid, in cartons, 52 to 54c;
out of cartons, 45 to 46c.
Dressed poultry—Spring chickens,. 25
to 30e; . fowl, 20c; squabs, per doz., 34
to $4,50; turkeys, 25 to 30c; ducks,
Spring 22c.
Live poultry—Spring chickens, lb., 20
to 22c; hens, 18 to 20c; ducks, Spring,"
17e.
Honey-Comb—Extra fine and heavy
weight, per doz., $2,75, seleet, 62.60 to
$2.76; No. 2, $2 to 32.25; tins, 23's and
S's, 150 per ib; 10's, 143c; 60's, 133 to
Beans—No Canadian beans on market
until last of October; Imported hand-
picked, $$.60 per bush; Limas, per ib.,
15 to 1Gc..
Potatoes, on track—Ontario, bag, $2.15.
Provisions—Wholesale
Smoked meats -Hams, medium, 30 to
31e do„ heavy, 26 to 27c; cooked, 41 to
A despatch from Ottawa says: Of' 42c; rolls; 27 to 28c; breakfast bacon,
the boys whom Canada has sent to the 36sst000;to 42' bac,cks, plain, 37' to 38c; bone-
le, 4,¢0
front 8,840 are now enrolled in the' Curedmeats—Long clear bacon, 27 to
Canadian military hospitals for treat-. 273c Ib,; clear betties, 263 to 27c.
Lard—Pure 14rd, tierces, 253 to 6c;
ment and re-education, according' to tubs, 253 to 263c; pails, 26 to 261c;
compound, tierces, 203 to 21c; tubs, 203
to 2130; pails, 2.1 to 2130,•.
Montreal Markets
Montreal; Sept. _ 4—Oats, Canadian
Western, No, 2, 74' to 75c; do„ No..3. 73
to 74e; extra No. 1 feed, 73 to 74c.
tary Hospitals Commission for ` their Flour, Man. Spring wheat patents. firsts,
treatment. The remaining679 axe, 313.00; seconds, $12.50; strong bakers',
, 312.30; 'Winter patents, choice, $12.60;
chiefly in general hospitals. The' in- straight rollers, 312.00. to $12,30; do.,
crease in the total population of thess s6 to i9. o; ado 6 bags1190 13:17,:3143' 0 to
various hospitals over last week • `is 34.40. Bran,: 336. Shorts, $40:'0‘
the last report of the Military Hos-
pitals Commission, dated August 15.
Of these 7,046 are in convalescent
homes and 1,115 are tuberculosis cases
in the sanitario provided by the Mili-
only 29. dlings, $48 to '$50. Mouillie, $60 to 561.
Flay No 2 per ton, car lots
The latest returns from the Director $10. Cheese finest esterns 2139 60 to c;
do.,
of Medical Services in London indi- finest easterns, 213e. Butter, choicest
413 to42o; ds 41 to413c
cites that on August 18 the Canadran Eggs,
Potatoes, per bag, car lots, $2.15 to
pitals and sanity ' th
Kingdom were 17,813.
Winnipeg Grain
Winnipeg, Sept. 4—Cash prices closed:
Wheat, No. 1 Northern, 32.40; No. 2
A CREW OF BOYS. No. 4e $2 22; 37; No. 3 No. 5, $1.97 Northern,
feed, 31.50.,Oats, No, 2' C.W.: 6330; No.
3 C'W'' 62e; extra No, 1 feed; 60c; No,
A, despatch from an Atlantic port g feed,- 57c: Barley, No. 3; $1:13; No. 4,
says: A British schooner, in command. 61.14; refected, $1.10; feed, ....31,10.
Flax, No, 1 N.W.C., $3.31; No. 2 C.W.,
of a skipper 97 years old, and with+a ,$3:22; .No. 3- C.W„ $3:12,
crew composed of youngsters under
the' military' draft age, is on her way united' states Markets.
creamery,, seconds• ,
' E s fresh 52 to 53o;
selected, '43e•
soldiers being cared: for in the hos- No, 1 stock, 44c; No. 2 stock, 38• to 40c.
NONAGENARIAN HEADS
to this port The skipper, Captain Minneapolis, Sept. 4—Wheat—Septem
ber, 32.153; cash. No, 1 Northern, $2.30
James Moore, of Parrsboro', N.S: re- 2:35• pro 2 Northern 2,25 to' 2.30.
r r to $ $
tired from active sea service some Corn—No: 3 yellow, 89 -Co 90c. Oats
of the pressing ed. Bran=$27,75 to $2s:2s,
years: ago, but because Ni).3 white 62 to 533c Flour unchang-
demand for mariners, he recently noti Duluth, Sept. 4—Wheat—No 1 North -
fled :the owners of the vessel that he ern- $2,3.0, nominal; No. 2 Northern,
:$2.25, nominal. Linseed, $3.46; Sep -
was ready' to take her out. A captain tember $345 asked Octbober $3 9 bid•
was needed, so he' went to sea again
November, 13.30, December,
probably the oldest master of a ship
on active duty to -day.
Live stock Markets
Toronto, Sept. 4—Extra choice heavy
steers, $1150 to 112,60; choice heavy
ers 310:.60 to 11• butchers' cattle,
TO CONTROL choice $10 to $10.35; do.,"good 39.40 to
mmon, $7` to $7:35; butchers' bulls, airy Guilio Laureami, an aviator In
d bil
en by the Stonefield Parish Church the U-boat commander,' for he closed ste $
the trap-door of the 'conning tower
choir, the sum'of £30 was given.to the
Limbless Soldiers' and Sailors' Fund. and submerged the vessel. Fifteen
Private Alex. McDougall, Argyll hours later the sole survivor of the
g gy tragedy was "'rescued bya British
and Sutherland Highlanders, who has g
been awarded the Military Medal,is a merchant vessel.
son of Mrs. McDougall, Underwood
Road, Paisley.
The employees of the Caledonian EAT APPLES FOR INSOMNIA.
Railway in the Edinburgh ` district ---
have subscribed` nearly £40 to` the Are Far From "Leaden" for Those
fund for British soldier prisoners
Germany.
On account of the increased cost of The apple is such a common fruit
living, Dundee municipal committees.
that very few persons,are familiar
have decided to' grant salary in,with its remarkably, efficacious medi-
creases i"nvolving an expenditure of cinal properties. Everybody ought to
£589 know that the very best thing they; can
John Strong, M.A.,' Royal High.do is to eat apples just before retiring
School, Edinburgh, has been appoint- for'the night. Persons uninitiated in
ed president of the Educational Insti-
tute of Scotland.
Andrew S. Carrie, a native of
Arbroath,• but latterly'a resident of
New South Wales, has invented a
riflle which fires 17 shots'in 17 sec-
onds.,
Lieut. David Percy Hope -John-
stone, 'a cadet of the family of the
Marquis of Linlithgow, has been
awarded the `Military Cross.
Scotland Liddell, "a well known
,journalist and writer of books and
a former citizen of Lauder, is now an
officer in , the Russian army.
in Who Cannot Sleep.
FeMenaramiainwsaiew
$A`l, IF \foil RE NOT
6OI03 TO usi~ THA -r
PHoN- I'D LIKE To
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the mysteries of the fruit are liable to
throw up their hands in horror at the
visions of dyspepsia which such a sug-
gestion may summon up, but no harm
can come even to a delicate system
by the eating of a ripe and juicy
apple before' going to bed. The apple
is excellent brain food, because' it has
more phosphoric acid in easily digest-
ed shape than any other fruits. It ex-
cites the action. of the liver, promotes
sound and, healthy sleep, and thor-
oughly disinfects the mouth. This is
not all: the apple prevents indigestion
and throat 'diseases.
'UAN' IANT ICTOR
SAS 1E EA i Y. , INITDI.
Heroic Fight of Fifteen Days Saved Jassy and All Moldavia in
Face. of Much Superior Forces.
north of ••Foeshani was the most glori-
ous deed of arms ever accomplished by
the Rumanian army. The^heroic fight
of these peasant soldiers, who had to
face much superior German forces,
has been unexcelled by either the Bele"
glans or Serbians. The main objec-
tive of the enemy had been to reach
the bridge of Costestia, across the
River Sereth; The intention of the
enemy was clear from the letter I saw
found on the corpse of a Prussian of-
ficer, dated August Gth, as follows:
`We are going to give a decisive blow
here very soon. If we cross ,the
Sereth, which I hope will not be dif-
ficult, Jassy and the whole of Moldavia
will be ours. If we succeed I be-
lieve we are going to be sent to Fland-
A despatch from London says :—
Details have been - received by the
'London Times from its correspondent
on the Rumanian front of the magni-
ficent fight of the reconstructed Ru-
manian army against Gen, Mackensen,
which saved Jassy, the capital, and all
Moldavia.Foreign Minister Cam
bon, of France, declared that the vic-
tory reminded him in a measure of
that of the Marne; Since August"19
until Thursday the Germans made no
serious effort to resume the offensive.
The story follows:
"With' the Rumanian Army on
Maresechti Front, Aug 21, The story
of the past 15 days will remain golden
letters in, the history of this country.
The defence of the Maresechti front' ers, where things seem hot again.'"
NEWS 0GAND
NEWS 137 MAIL ABOUT JOH14f;
LULL AND HIS PEOPLE.
Occurrences In the Land That
Reigns Supreme in the Com-
mercial World.
The number' of - Turkish prisoners
now in the hands of the British au-
thorities is 34,000.
The Board of Inland Revenue states
that food plots profits will not have to
pay an income"tax.
The London Committee of the
French Red Cross have received £100,
from Queen Alexandra.
The Food Production Department
are erecting a station' for pulping jam
fruit at, Maidstone, Kent.;
The railway employees of: Leeds are
General Hugh L. Scott asking for double the pay they were
Commander -in -Chief of the United receiving before the war.
States army,has been in the service At the sale of the Hope heirlooms
for 41 years, and during that time at Christie's, Messrs. Dunveen bought
has had a. most varied career. He has 'a porcelain ewer for £3,780.
served in almost every branch of The King has sent his annual' sub -
military life. Upon his shoulders falls .scription of £10, to the Royal United
the immense task of getting the Kingdom Beneficent Association.
United States army ready fore the W. Castello, chairman of Cheshunt
happenings that are glimmering in the Tribunal, at the age of.fifty-six has
future.
AUSTRIA FACED '"
BY COAL'CRISIS
joined the Army Ordnance Corps.
Red Cross'delegates have been per-
mitted to visit all British . camps
where Turkish prisoners are interned.
A brooch belonging` to the Hope,
A despatch from Basel, Switzerland: . heirlooms, and containing an oblong
says: -Herr Von` Hamann, the Aus-'brilliant, was sold at Christie's for
trian Minister of Public Works, start- £2,000:
led the Austrian Chamber of Deputies By' a royal proclamation the period
on Tuesday by giving it' as his, opinion of service of the officers and men of
that the coal' crisis had become a vital the Royal Naval Volunteer Service is
question for Austria-Hungary,, accord 1 extended. to five years..
ing to Vienna: advices. The situation, The citizens of Old Tonbridge_ are
declared the Minister, was one which , raising the sum of £30,000 for the
purpose of building •a war ; memorial
school.
Arrangements have been made for
the setting up of 211 areas throughout
the country for the training ; of dis-
abled
is
abled>'soldiers.
A new, army `order states that re-
tired officers are not to be employed
after they have passed the age of
sixty-five years.
The "Committee on Production has
again increased the wages of engin-
eers, shipbuilders and repairers, three
shillings a week, or a total increase
cord by flying more than 900 miles of fifteen shillings.
without stopping, according to a de -1 The. second exhibition of Canadian
spatch to The Temps from Milan. The t war photographs at_ the Grafton Gal -
Italian flew from Turin to Naples and i leries was visited by the Princess
return, a distance of about 920 miles' Beatrice; Princess Patricia, and Lord
as the crow flies. Derby.
Captain Laureami used a new Sia George: Maberly. was sent to. -prison
P
machine. He left Turin at 10.07- a.m., for one month' at Oxted, Surrey, for
reached Naples, flew over that city,
and was back in Turin. at 8.40 p.m.
FORMER GOVERNOR-
GENERAL IS DEAD.
must be faced without optimism and
with the utmost seriousness. In an
effort to remedy natters, continued
the Minister, -12,600- miners have been
brought back to the mines from the
front.
ITALIAN MAKES
NEW AIR RECORD.
$ .60; do., medium.'38.2to $x.40; do., A despatch' from Paris says; Cap-
PROVISION'S IN BRITAIN.• co
choice, $8.35 to $3.75; o., goodbulls,
17.60 to 38, do., medium butts, 37 to the Italian army, has .established ,a
A despatch from London says: $7.25; ro,, rough bulls. $5 to $6 butch new world's long-distance flying re -
Lord Rhondda, the Food, ControlIer, ers' cows, choice, 38 to 18.50; do., good,
has decided to tali $726 to 37.75;,do., medium, $6.65 to
e over gradually . $6.85; stockers, $6.75 to $8.50; feeders
control ofthe entire provision trade $8 to $9.25; canners and cutters. $5.26
in=the BritishaIsles, • The vital con- to -$6,25; milkers, good to choice, $80
to $126; do., coxa, and med., $40 to 350;
'sideration in the regulation of prices .springers, $80 to 3125; light ewes, $9 to
of provisions is control of imports, $110; tohei i . h aives$Ggood?to0 choiceli $i4
and Lord Rhondda is in constant touch to ,$16.25; Spring lambs, $15 6 $15.50;
with the American Food Control De hogs, fed and watered, $17 .
o.,,.
partment on this subject. It is stated
that the two Governments are work-
ing' in entire harmony to secure a re-
duction in the prices of commodities
coming from the United States.
- weighed off ' cars, 317.50; do., f.o.b.,
RUSS DIVISION
QUITS TRENCHES.
A despatch from Petrograd says:
A Russian division on Tuesday aban-
doned its positions in the : region of
Fokshani on the Rumanian' front and
fled in, disorder, the War Office an-
nounces.
The statement says that the enemy
continued to advance all Tuesday on
the southern Rumanian front, reach-
ing the line Trechty-Deus-Varnitza
Fitioneshti-Chyolianitchi. In the
night Russian positions in the region
of Varnitza were penetrated.
IT I
Montreal, Sept. 4—Good steers. 39.75
to $10; fair, $8.75 to 39.50; common, 38.
to $8.50; butcher's cows, 36 to $8; bulls,
$6.76 to $8.76; canning stock, 35 to 36.25;
Ontario lambs, 314.25 to 314.50; Quebec
lambs, $13 to $13.50; sheep, $8 to 39;
choice milk -fed calves, $12 to $13; grass-
fed stock, 37 to 39; hogs, $17 to $17.50.
BRITISH.; LOSSES
SHOW INCREASE.
A despatch from London says: An
increase in the number of British ves-
sels sunk last week by mines or sub-
marines is shown by the weekly Ad-
miralty statement issued Wednesday
night. Eighteen vessels of more than.
1,600 tons were sent to the bottom, as
compared with fifteen the previous
week, and five vessels of less than
1,600 tons, as against three the pre-
vious week. No fishing vessels -.were
sunk.
wearing a Victoria Cross without any
right, and falsely claiming to have
worked. in the navy.
William Challoner, a confectioner of
Liverpool, was fined £5 for using su-
gar for making jam, although he was
A despatch from London says: , not a fruit grower.
Earl Grey, former Governor-General Some purely agricultural land in
of Canada, died at six o'clock on the parish of Finchingfield, which was
Wednesday morning at Howick House; sold recently by auction, brought
Northumberland, after a long illness.
The funeral took place at Howick on
Saturday, when a memorial service
was held in London.
If your canned fruits or vegetables ed upon two legs and two wheels, this
are not a success do not give up -this enabling it to be moved more readily.
year of all others;" for ;Government To discover whether coffee is pure,
publications will teach you bast
scientific methods -so that the bacteria
which causes them to spoil will all be
destroyed by proper sterilization.
nearly £30 an acre.
Things usually come to the man who
goes after them.
A new phonograph cabinet is mount -
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sprinkle a few grains on the surface
of a tumblerful of "water. If pure
;they will float, but if adulterated they
will sink to the bottom.
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