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Exeter Times, 1915-7-22, Page 2ROUMMINS ACTION WILL AID TBE ALLI' Refusal to Allow Weapons and Ammunition to Pass Through tier Territory Favors Allies A despatch front London says: Rotunania has refused to allow weep - 011,s and ammunition to pass through herr territory km Germany to Tur- key. Tel Berlin's demands size has sent emphatic, rejection, according to the Copenhagen correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph, Company, who quotes the Verwaerts, This action is accepted here as presaging the conquest of the Darda nelhes and the capture- of Constan- tinople by the allied forces. The pinch of scant ammunition supplies has al- ready been felt by the Turks on Gal- lopoli. It found expression in the Franco -British gains on the penin- sula, important advances after many checks. As the direct line through Serbia was closed, German co-operation with. Turkey was established through Rou- mania. Along the route which pass- ed. from Vienna through Budapest, Eueharest, Sofia and Adrianople, Ger- man officers traveled to train the Turks in warfare and to lead their armies in the field. Along that route arms and ammunition were carried to the Turks defending the Dardanelles and Constantinople until Roumania evidently under, pressure of the allies closed the railroad to the shell and powder trains. To Germany, Turkish control of the Dardanelles means greater power in the fight.against the Czar's forces, for if the allies win Constantinople and the strait, Russia can get antmu- nition through the Black Sea, and German diplomats have admitted that the successes of the Galician cam- paign were due more than anything else to the failure of Russian muni- tion supplies. With the only land route •to her Turkish ally cut off, Ger- many cannot send the weapons with which the allies were resolutely re- pulsed up to the middle of June. The Turks, already suffering from a scarcity of ammunition, are faced now with a famine. Resistance to the Franco -British changes in the penin- sula will be appreciably weakened. Roumania's refusal of Germany's de- mand is accepted here as an indica- tion that she will throw her lot with the Entente and attempt to wrest Transylvania and Bukowina, her "ir- redenta," from Austria. Markets Of The World Breadstuffs. Toronto, July 20. -Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern, $1.44 to $1.44%; No. 2 Northern, $1.41% to $1.42; No. 3, nominal, on track, lake ports. Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W,, 64%c No. 3 C.Y., nominal; extra, No. feed, nominal; No. 1 feed, nominal, on track lake ports. American corn -No. 2 yellow, 83%c, on track lake ports. Canadiancorn-No. 2 yellow, nom- inal, on track, Toronto. Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 59c; No. 3 white, 58; according to *freights outside. Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per Buckwheat, No, 2, 79 to 80e. Floor, Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts, $7.10' seconds, $6.60; strong bak- ers', $6.40; straight rollers, $5.40 to $5.80; bags, $2.50 to $2.75; rolled oats, barrels, $6.25; bags, 90 lbs., $2.90 to $3. Bran, $26. Shorts, $28, middlings, $33 to $34. Mouillie, $35. to $40. Iay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $20 to $21.50. Cheese, finest west- erns, 15% to 16c; finest easterns, 14% to 15c. Butter, choicest cream- ery, 28 to 28i%Mc; seconds, 27 to 27'/�.c, Eggs, selected, 25c; No. 1 e !ek, 22 to 22%c; No. 2 stock, 19% to 20e. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, 50e, Dressed hogs, abattoir killed, 14 to 14%c; pork, heavy Canada short mess, bbls., 35 to 45 piecee. $29; Can- ada short cut back, bbis., 45 to 55 pieces, $28.50. Lard, compound, car lot, :$'1:.15,�to $1,18, according,: • ea* tierces,. 375` lbs., 10c; wood pails, 20 freights outsas. n'lbs. net, 10%c; pure tierces, 375 lbs., 12 to 12%c; pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 13 to 13%c. United States Markets. Minneapolis, July 20. -Wheat -No. 1 hard, $1,40 to $1.40%; No. 1 North- ern, $1.39 to $1.49; No. 2 Northern, $1.36 to $1.46; July, $1.36; Septem- ber, $1.11%. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 77%, to 7814c. Oats -No. 3 white, 50% to 51e. Flour and bran un- changed. Duluth, July 20. -Wheat -No. 1 hard, $1.47; No. 1 Northern, $1.45 to $1.46; No. 2 Northern, $1.40 to $1.42; July, $1.45; September, $1.13%. Linseed -Cash, $1.72; July, $1.70%; September, $1.74. Peas --No. 2, per car lots, nominal, according to freights outside. Barley --Goad malting barley, nom- inal; feed barley, 65 to 66e, 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, $7; second patents, in jute bags, $6.50; strong bakers', in jute bags, $6.30, Toronto; in cotton bags, 10e more. Ontario flour- Winter, 90 per cent. patents, $4.75, 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, $1.85. Provisions. Bacon -Long clear, 14 to 14%c per lb. in case lots. Hams -Medium, 18 to 18 ,le; do., heavy, 14% to 15c; rolls, 14%s to 15e; breakfast bacon, 20 to 23c; backs, plain, 22 to 23e; boneless backs, 24 to 26e. Country Produce. Butter -The market is fairly steady for butter, with supplies Iarge. Choice dairy, 21 to 22c; inferior, 18 to 20e; creamery prints, 27 to 29c; do., solids, 26 to 28c. ]eggs -The market is 'steady, with straight stock selling at 21 to 23c per dozen, in case lots, and selects 23 to 24c. Poultry -Chickens, yearlings, dress- ed, 16 to 18c- Spring chickens, 24 to 25c; fowl, 14 to 15o. Cheese -The market is dull; quota- tions, 17c for large, and at 17% for twins. Old cheese, 22 to 22%c. Baled Hay and Straw, Baled hay, No. 1, ton, $19 to $20 do., No. 2, ton, $17 to $18; baled straw, ton, $7. Winnipeg Wheat, Winnipeg, July 20. -No. 1 North- ern, $1.37%; No. 2 Northern, $1.34%; No. 3 Northern, $1.30%. Oats, No. 2 C.W., 60%; No. 3 C.W., 57%c; extra No. 1 feed, 57%; No. 1 feed, 56%; No. 2 feed, 55%. Barley, No. 3, 70c; No. 4, 65e; feed 60c. Flax -No. 1 N.W.C., $1.51%; No. 2 C.W., $1.48%. Business in Montreal. Montreal, July 20. -Corn, Ameri- can No. 2 yellow, 84% to 85e. Oats, Canadian Western, No. 3, 63 to 63%c; extra No. 1 feed, 63 to 63%c; No. 2 local white, 61 to 61%e; No. 3 local white, 60 to .601,40; No. 4 Iocal white, 59 to 59%c. Barley, Man. feed, 72c. Live Stock. Toronto, July 20. -Butchers' cattle, choice, $8.25 to $8.85; do., good, $7.75 to $8; do., medium, $7.25 to $7.50; do., common, $5,50 to $6.50; butchers' bulls, choice, $7 to $7.50; do., good bulls, $6.25 to $6.75; do., rough bulls, $5.50 to $6; butchers' cows, choice, $7 to $7.50; do., good, $6.75 to $7.25; do., medium, $5.75 to $6.25; do., common, $4.50 to $5; feeders, good, $6.50 to $7.35; stock- ers, '700 to 1,000 lbs., $6.25 to $7.75; canners and cutters, $4 to $5.25; milkers, choice, each, $65 to $100; do., common and medium, each, $35 to $50; springers, $50 to $85; light ewes, $6 to $6.50; do., heavy, $4 to $5; do., bucks, $3.50 to $4.50; yearl- ing lambs, $6 to $7,50; spring lambs, cwt., $10.50 to $11.50; calves, $8.50 to $10; hogs, off cars, $9.50, Montreal, July 21. -There were no choice steers on the market, and the top price realized for the best was $8, and the lower grades sold from that down to $6, while butchers cows brought from $5.25 to $7, and bulls fell $5.25 to $6.50 per cwt. Lambs sold at $9 to $10, and sheep from $5.25 to $6 per cwt., while calves brought from $1.50 to $10 each, as to size and quality. A weaker feel- ing developed in the market for hogs, and inside prices were reduced 50c per cwt., with sales of selected lots at $9.50 to $10 per cwt., weighed off cars. ARM FRENCH TROOPS WITH A SHORT KNIFE A despatch from London. says: The Daily Mail's correspondent at British headquarters in France says: "The French are arming their troops with a short knife for use in trench warfare, thus replacing the bayonet, which, when fixed in the rifle, is too long a weapon to give a pian free play in the narrow trench - ITALIANS MOUNTING HEAVY ARTILLERY Balkan Situation Hourly Becoming More Unfavor" able for Germany and Austria. A despatch from Rome says: The Giornale d'Italia, commenting on the fact .that the situation on the front remains unchanged, pointsout that the hill is due to delay caused while heavy Italian artillery is being mounted on important and dominat- ing positions beyond the Isonzo. As soon as this work is completed, the paper says, the Italian advance will be rapid, Meanwhile, the paper continues, the Balkan situation is hourly becom- ing more unfavorable for Germany and Austria. When Balkan interven- hands with thein, tion comes, the paper concludes, the Germanic allies will be compelled to sue for peace, The boyish Crown Prince of Italy motored to„ the railway station to meet an incoming train of wounded soldiers from the front. He person- ally directed that a number of the men be placed in his car while he himself kept a seat and chatted affa- bly with the men as they drove to a hospital, An enthusiastic crowd cheered the young Prince at thestation as he walked among the wounded, shaking g3 a. � t•t y4 �#�. • •£' m ,� 1 h \' heels Covered, \vii.n nutter to ieeep room Cool -Artillery Wagon at Cairo. The excessive heat of the summer sun in Egypt and other places of similar latitude has an injurious effect upon artillery, especially upon the tires of wheels, and these, as our photograph shows, are covered with straw to protect them from the sun. The photograph was taken in the square of the famous Kasr-en-Nil Barracks at Cairo. Similar coverings for artillery are, of course, used in the field as a disguise to conceal the position of guns from hostile aircraft.. Recent wax news from Egypt has concerned chiefily the accommo- dation of wounded and prisoners from the Dardanelles, and has recorded no further attacks on the Suez Canal. It was reported recently from Cairo that most of the Turkish forces in Sinai and Syria had been withdrawn to assist in defending the Dardanelles. GERMANS AGAIN WIN PRZAS YSZ Occupy Town in Northern Poland on Route of Their Fortner Drive. A despatch from London says: Abandoning for the moment their at- tempt to outflank Warsaw from the south, the Germans, probably under Field Marshal von Hindenburg, who is reported to have said that he would shortly astonish the world, have renewed their attack on the Polish capital from the north. They have not only captured a large number of prisoners south of Koine, according to the report issued by Berlin, but have occupied Przas- nysz, a fortified town of 50 miles north of Warsaw, which was oaken by von Hindenburg in his great drive from East Prussia last winter, but was retaken by the Russians in their counter -offensive. This claim is partly confirmed by the Russian official report, which stated that the Russians, in the face of strong German forces, withdrew to their second line of entrenchments. This move on the part of the Ger- mans has taken the military critics completely by surprise. It was gen- erally supposed that Gen. von Mac- kenzen would, after being strength- ened, continue his 'attempt to reach the Lublin-Cholm railway, thus fore- ing the evacuation of Warsaw. But, as in all their operations, the Ger- mans have done the unexpected. The new offensive will probably be gen- eral, and - extend from the Baltic around the East Prussian border to the Vistula, west of Warsaw, for all the Russian troops in this section must be kept busy to prevent them from concentrating at the point where the Germans hope to break through. This is the second time Field Mar- shal von Hindenburg has tried this. His last effort, while it freed. East Prussia of the Russians, cost the Ger- mans an immense number of men and nearly involved them in disaster owing to the muddy condition of the ground. Now, however, there are only bad roads or lack of. roads to contend with, but it is possible that the Germans have built railways to their northern front, as they have done in Central Poland. INFANTRY GAPTU FORCE ED PEAK Italian Contingent Which Was Ad- vancing Towards Falzarega, Surprised Austrians. A despatch from Rome says: An infantry contingent of the forces ad- vancing westward from Cortina to- ward Bozen, where their object is to cut the railway serving Trent, has taken the Falzarego peak, 8,355 feet high, by a surprise attack. The forces which made the attack scaled the mountain by a route considered im- passable. The Austrians attempted to retake the position, but were re- pulsed. Among the simple inventions which are awaiting evolution, and any one of which would make a fortune for its inventor, are: a bottle which can- not be refilled.; a nut for bolts which will not shake loose; a smoke -consum- ing appliance; a good pencil -sharpen- er; and a means of driving away flies. ITALIAN TROOPS ARE INSISTENT Are Determined to Carry the Bridge- head of Gorizia at Whatever Cost. A despatch from London says: Pri- vate advices describe the Battle of Isonzo as the greatest fought as yet on the Italian front, the attacks of the Italians being almost incessant and most determined in character. The bridgehead of Gorizia has suffer- ed greatly from the bombardment of the Italians, who seem resolute to carry the position at whatever cost in order to develop the operations on the east side of the River Isonzo. The whole front along this line is strewn with thousands of dead. The mountain slopes are also spotted with the bodies of attackers and defenders alike. The new Italian' offensive seems to develop all along the front in the Tyrol, Carnia and Trentino. A. new device has been adopted by the Austrians. Peaks and high slopes of the mountains have been fortified, and the men are under cover behind rocks and great stones built up all around the peaks. When attacked by great masses from below they blow up these fortified positions so that great boulders roll down on the on- coming enemy like an avalanche. The Italians have captured two miles of Austrian trenghes in the Carnic Alps, according to a despatch received from Villach, an Austrian town en the River Drave, 52 miles north-west of Laibach. The Alpine troops, the despatches say, dragged their artillery to the heights near Roskofel, which is situ- ated at an altitude of 6,600 feet. The Italians also are said to have captured two important ports south of Gorizia. d+ SPY EX CUED AT TOWER OF LONDON Admitted at Trial That He Was In the Employ of German Secret Service. A despatch from London says: Robert Rosenthal, the self-confessed spy, who was arrested with an Amer- ican passport in his possession, was executed at the Tower of London. He faced the firing squad bravely. Rosenthal, who was posing as the agent of a gas mantle concern, was arrested because a letter from him to Captain von Priger, the head of the secret service of the German Admir- alty, was intercepted by British secret service agents. At first he claimed to be an American citizen travelling for an American concern, and also an agent for an American relief com- mittee. He did not hold this pose long, but arising at his examination, made a military salute, and confessed himself a spy. He created a sensation by announc- ing that Captain von Pariger had a complete outfit for forging American passports. Carl Lody, the first roan to be shot in the Tower, also had one; he said. The revelations caused a stir in London, and a report was sent of it to Washington by Ambassador Page. After his confession Rosenthal was speedily convicted, but his execution was postponed from June 15 in order to obtain more information from him. He tried to commit suicide, but was saved in time. Nothing is known of his antecedents. LAST RESERVES HAVE BEEN CALLED UPON A despatch from Zurich says: It is becoming more clear that Germany has now called up her last reserves and that every available man is be- ing sent to the .fighting line, Ger- mans of 45 years of age residing in 'Switzerland have now been called to the colors. The most typical case in that of a German of 42 years, resid- ing in Basle, who, never having been a soldier, was called on a month ago. A few days ago the family received a letter from time Russian frontier, where the man had been sent after a fortnight's military training. EN1 YS LEAVE CONSTANTINOPLE A despatch from Rome says: It is confirmed here that a disagreement between Enver Pasha and the two German envoys at Constantinople, Gen. von der Goltz and Gen. Liman von Sanders, has resulted in the de- parture of the latter for Berlin. The despatches which bring this news say that many Germans in Tur- key are leaving the countryhurriedly, and that as a consequence the well- informed Turks feel that there is little hope that the Dardanelles will be able to hold out. The lack of mu - nitlons in the Turkish army is eaid to be a matter of very serious impor- tance. Bread and foods of all descriptions are scarce in the capital and else- where, while the wounded soldiers are receiving very inadequate attention. The wheat crop in Anatolia is said to have been ruined. The Ulemas no longer mentoin a Holy War, and are exhorting the people to be calm, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF GIS ��� DROWN � ' O Fire Is Now Also Sweeping a Large Area in the District of Canton. A despatch from Hong Kong says: Tens of thousands of natives are esti- mated to have been drowned by the floods in the Chinese provinces of Kwantung, Kwangsi and Kiangsia, and the desolation in the devastated districts is terrible, according to the latest reports reaching here. A fire -swept area of one mile and raging floods handicapped the work of rescue in Canton. The city was in darkness, the water having inun- dated the machinery of the electric light plant. Missionaries arrived seeking the as- sistance of the United States gunboat Cattao to aid in the work of rescue. The last report received here from Canton before communication was cut said that the Christian hospital was in danger from fire. Boots wear out faster in summer than in winter. Wireless Service From Canada to Ger Telegrams for transmission to Ger- many, and via Germany to Austria- Hungary, Turkey and non -belligerent countries, will be accepted at the local telegraph offices. The rate from To- ronto to points in Germany will be 56 cents a word, and to points beyond Germany 64 cents a word. any Such messages will go by wireless via the Sayville station, which is now operated by the United States Naval Department. AU telegrams will be accepted at the sender's risk, must be written in plain English or plain Ger- man, and will be subject to censorship by the Canadian, United States and German authorities. Martial Law to be H eclared in Germany A despatch from Copenhagen. says: A private despatch from Berlin, which was passed by the German censor, says excitement is growing rapidly among the German people on account of the Social Democratic pamphlets demanding rapid conclusion of the war owing to increasing prices of all foodstuffs. Martial law will be de- clared all over Germany to suppress all demonstrations. IS IDEAL for the growing child, especially in the summer. But it must be pure and made in a sanitary plant, such as the City Dairy. We ship thousands of Ice Cream Bricks for consumption in the home and thousands of gallons of Bulk Ice Cream for con- sumption in the shops of discriminating dealers everywhere in Ontario. Look for the Sign TO TO We want an Agent: in every tcyWn. NEWS FROM ENGLAND NEWS BY i t ur1 ADOIIT r011N BULL AND MS PEOPLE. . Occurrences in the Land That Reigns Supreme in the Comp rnercial World. Female letter -carriers have started ditty at Gourock Post Office, The Savings Bank of the county and city of Perth, has just attained its centenary. Out of 2,00 employees under Edin- burgh Corporation, 496 are serving with the eolora The new Convalescent Soldiers' Home in Cruff, has been occupied by meu recovering from wounds, etc. About forty members of the Pal - kirk Citizens' Training Corps have joined the regular forces of the Crown, The tar distillation works of Dun- dee Corporation: Gas Works, erected. at a cost of $33,000, has now been opened. At a large meeting of Edinburgh tramway men, it was decided that the employment of women on the cars be opposed. Considerable damage was caused by a fire that broke out at the farm of Paxton, South Mains, Dum., occupied by Robert Nisbet, The stock of herrings at Peterhead is being considerably reduced. Mr, G. T. West shiped a cargo of about 6,000 barrels to Russia. James Hunter, porter of Townhead, Glasgow, was knocked down and in- stantly killed by a passenger train to the east of Bishopbriggs station, A provisional statement on the fin anoial returns of Glasgow Corporation tramways, for the year ending May 81, states that the traffic receipts show a decrease of about $40,000. A number of male teachers in Johnstone and Paisley schools are working in their spare time in the en- gineering firm of John Laing & Son, Johnstone, Mr. James Black, a Crimean and In- dian ndian Mutiny veteran, has died at For - dell, in his 78th year. He was buried with full military honors in Mossgreen cemetery. The death took place suddenly from. heart trouble of Mr. Joseph McDavid, Creetown, one of the best known pub- lic men in the western district of the Stewarty. A memorial tablet to Dr. George Ogilvie, for many years headmaster of George Watson's College, Edinburgh, has been unveiled in Daniel Stewart's College, Edinburgh,. The Glasgow Corporation Gas Com- mittee have agreed to recommend that the gas rate for quantities up to 500,- 000 cubic feet be raised from 46 cents to 60 cents per 1,000 cubic feet, Provost McCrae has received a re- ply from the Lords of the Admiralty to the memorial of the Nairn fisher, mien asking for an extension of the present fishing area. The request was refused. Glasgow Town Council has passed a resolution calling on the Government, in view of the scarcity of cattle and the prevailing high price of meat, to remove the embargo on the importa- tion of Canadian cattle. The magistrates of Glasgow ave been requested to allow women to be employed in licensed premises to take the place of men who have enlisted. A meeting of the magistrates is to be held to consider the matter. The Grand Antiquity Society of Glasgow adopted a resolution express- ing regret at the proposal to remove the Tolbooth Steeple and representing to the Corporation the importance of maintaining it on its present site. A City in Salt. In the war news from Galicia, we have occasionally heard the name of Wieliczka, some six miles from Cra- cow. Wieliczka is an interesting town, not for what is in it, but for what is under it. The salt mines there are the greatest in the world and the most wonderful. They actu- ally form an underground city. The Wieliczka salt mine is two and one- half miles long from east to west and 1,050 yards wide from north to south, says a writer in the Manchester Guardian. It has seven levels, and the lowest is nearly a thousand feet deep. It is entered by eleven shafts. The dif- ferent levels are connected by flights of steps hewn out of the rock salt. In the mine are chapels, tramways, a railway station, a ballroom, and several other halls, all hewn out of the rock salt with elaborate archi- tectural decoration. There are sixty-two miles of pony tramways and twenty-two miles of. railway. All these lines, and the principal passages, or "streets," meet in a sort of central cavern. here is the central railway station, with spa,,, cious waiting rooms and an excellent refreshment room. It looks, accord- ing to one visitor's description, "more like a summer pavilion than a railway station, with its latticed galleries and its rows of stately pillars gleam- ing white and iridescent." The oldest "building" in the mine is the Chapel of Saint Anthony; it dates from 1691. It contains three altars, a pulpit and much statuary, all elaborately carved out of rock salt. But services are now held i the mod- ern butequallyelaborate &hel of Saint Cunigunde, which is entered by descending forty-six salt steps. Tho chapel is fifty yards long, fifteen yards wide, and thirty feet high, and is used regularly for worship. The ballroom is a huge room, where the miners often hold their festivals. A miners' orchestra plays regularly in the hall, not only for the dances, but for the entertainment of visitors. The mine has been worked for at least eight hundred years. It belongs to the Austrian governnment, and gives work to one thousand men.