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Exeter Times, 1915-8-12, Page 6OCCUPIES THE POLISH CAPITAL Bavarian Troops Enter City of Warsaw in Name of the Kaiser ------------- A despatch from London says: The Germans :are in possession of War-. saw, capital of Poland, and the third largest city in the Russian Empire. Bavarian troops entered the city this morning, having taken suceessively the Monie lines and the outer and inner, fortresses of the town itself, the Russiaus only fighting rear -guard actions to allow their main army to hake good its escape, According to a despatch front Pet- rograd, the troops which were cover- ing Warsaw retired without being at- tacked towards the new front assign- ed to them on the 'easta bank of the Vistula. They blew up behind them all the bridges over the river. This victory undoubtedly has cost the Teutonic allies an enofmous price, hundreds of thousands of their finest troops having fallen in the last few Weeks of the campaign of Poland. While to the Bavarians commanded by Prince Leopold hasfallen the ho- nor of taping over Warsaw in the dame of the German Emperor and his consort, who are expected tomake a State entry within a few days, the real conquerors .are the troops fight- ing under Field Marshal von Hinden- burg, along the Narew River to the Berth -caste the Austro -Germans who crossed the Viatuiw» to the south of the city, and the armies of the Aus- trian Archduke Joseph Ferdinand and the German field marshal, von Mac- kensen, which. are advancing north- ward between the Vistula and Bug Rivers. Even now, although°the steadiness of the Russian troops and their fierce counter-attacks have gained reuelf valuable time for them, it is proble- matical whether the Whole .Russian army will succeed in reaching the new positions chosen for it or whether, if it should get there, it will not And those positions turned by the Aus- trians, who have crossed the Bug south-east of Chohn, and by the Ger- mans, under General von Scholz and von Gallwitz, who have crossed the Narew. At the north-eastern end of the line the Russian communications are fur- ther threatened by Gen. von Buelow, who is advancing toward Dvinsk on. the Vilna -Petrograd railway. Indeed, the Austro -Germans have set three traps to catch and destroy the Rus- sian army. None of them was sprung, but one was so near to clos- ing that the Grand Duke Nicholas. was forced to evacuate Warsaw and now is fighting with all his might to prevent the others from cutting off his retreat. , Freud] Official Estimate of War Losses A. despatch from Paris says: The losses of Europe in the war up to May 3:i, as compiled by the French Ministry of War, are as follows: Nations. France . England Belgium Russia , Germany Austria Turkey Killed. Wounded. Prisoners. 460,000 660,000 180,000 181,000 220,000 90,000 49,000 49,000 15,000 1,250,000 1,680,000 850,000 1,630,000 1,880,000 490,000 1,610,000 1,865,000 910,000 110,000 144,000 95,000 Totals . , . , ... 5,290,000 Total. 1,300,000 471,000 113,000 3,780,000 4,000,000 4,385,000 349,000 6,478,000 2,630,000 14,398,000 This table was prepared for publication early in June, but was withheld because the French authorities feared the enormity of the figures might have a bad moral effect on the people. CANADA TO HAVEduring e re- inf cemie ents ominne essar Ykeep yto an army corps of 40,000 men up to 40 FIELD strength will be heavy, and explain Full Army Corps Soon Will Be !!aiutained on the Flanders Front. A despatch from Ottawa says: That Canada will have a full army corps in the field to be commanded by General Alderson, with Generals Cur- rie and Turner in charge of the two divisions composing it, is the under- ' standing in British military circles, according to the statement of Hon. Col. McBain, who was in Ottawa after his return from the other side on offi- cial business. It is understood that the first divi- sion, which is still in France in a depleted condition after the St. Julien. and Festubert fighting, will be brought up to strength by reinforce- ments, and with the second division, which is still in England, will form an army corps which is to take the field the urgent present call for more re- cruits. According to Col. McBain, the allies are making thorough preparations to meet and repel another German offen- sive in the west, where it is expected very shortly. That the Zeppelin menace has been exploded and that the submarine peril was if anything less of a danger than when the paper blockade was inau gurated, was Col. McBain's state- ment. The British navy • was gener- ally understood to be making good progress on the undersea boats, he said, and it was currently reported that up to date fourteen of them had been damaged. 01, Gen. Von Bissing Recalled. A despatch from Amsterdam says: According to the Echo Beige, the re- call of Gen. von Bissing, the German Governor of Belgium, has been de- cided on by Emperor William. TURK SUBMARINE BASE DESTROYED French Fleet Bombards and Destroys the Village of Spelia A despatch from Paris says: One armored cruiser, two cruisers, torpedo boats, dredgers and an aeroplane ship of the French fleet demonstrated off Sighadjik and Scala Nova, on the coast of Anatolia. Sighadjik was bombarded and the Customs house and part of the fortifications destroy- ed. An armored cruiser bombarded the fortifications of the Turkish quar- ter of Seala Nova and a fortified point to the west of that town, while the other ve sels of the squadron shelled and destroyed the village of Spelia, supposed to be a supply depot for submarines of France's antagonists. The following Russian official com- munication concerning the operations in the Caucasus says: In the direction of Olti the Turks have been expelled from the Norchine region. Towards Sari Kamysh we occupied after a fight the villages of Alakilissa, Kars and Ardost. In the region of Alschkert there was an ob- stinate engagement. Italy's Ultimatum to Turkey A dc,ipatch from Rome says. The tension between Italy- and Turkey is declared here to becoming daily more acute. Italy is said to have asked for. categorical explanations concerning Turkey's alleged refusal to withdraw her troops from the Cyrenaica dis- trict in Tripoli, and Turkey is pur- suing what is described as her usual policy of procrastination. In official circles here the feeling is held that hostilities on the part of Italy may commence at any moment, as Italy's last note to Turkey was al- most of the character of an ultima- tum. Two hundred and fifty thou- sand men in the Provinces of Bari, Foggia, and Lecce are said to be pre- pared to sail from Brindisi on short notice. Notes to Take the Place of Gold A despatch from London says,: In view of the importanee of the strengthening of the gold reserves the Treasury has instructed the post - office and all public departments mak- ing cash pay'tnents to fuse notes in- stead of gold whenever possible, says ,a Press Bureau announcement. The public is earnestly requested in the interests of the nation to co-oper- ate with the Treasury •iti this policy by paying all available gold to the post -office and the banks, and in mak- ing payments whenever possible in checks and notes instead of in gold. ranee newnee'a :4.1`,1;*: The Leading Markets Breadsteifs, Toronto, Aug, 9. --Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern, $1,37%; No. 2, $1,351/2;; No, 3, $1,29%, on ,traele, lake ports. Manitoba- oats ---.No. 2 C.W,, 63e;. No. 3 C,W., nominal; extra No. 1 feed,. nominal, on track, lake ports, - American corn -No. 2 yellow, 86c, on track, lake ports. Canadian corn -No. 2 yellow, non; final, on track,, Toronto, Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 57 to 58c; No, 3 white, 56 to 57c, according to freights outside, -1.Ontario wheat --No, 2 Winter; per car lot, $1.10, nominal; new, $1 to $1.02, according to freights outside. Peas -No, 2, per car lots; nominal, according to freights outside. Barley -Good malting barley, nom- inal; feed barley, GOc, 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, $6.80, Toronto; in cotton bags, 10c more, Ontario flour -Winter, 90 per cent. patents, $4,60; new, $4.10, 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, $1.90. Country Produce. Butter -Choice dairy, 22 to 23c; in- ferior, 19 to 21c; creamery prints, 27 to 28%c; do., solids, 26 to 27c. Eggs -20 to 22c per dozen, in case lots; selects 23c. Poultry - Chickens, yearlings, dressed, 16 to '18c; Spring chicken, 20 to 23c; fowl, 14 to 15c; ducklings, 17 to 18c. Cheese -16c for large, and at 16%c for twins. Old cheese, 21% to 22c. Business in Montreal. Montreal, .Aug. 9. -Canadian west- ern, No. 3, 601/.1 e; extra No. 1 feed, 601/,,c; No. 2 local white, 5914e; No. 4 local white, 581/4c. Flour -Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts, $7.10; seconds, $6.60; strong bakers', $6.40; Winter patents, choice, $6.25; straight rollers, $5.G0 to $5.80; do., bags, $2.65 to $2.75. Rolled oats, barrels, $6.25; do., bags, 90 lbs., $2.90 to $3. Bran, $26 to $26.50. Shorts, $28. Middlings, $33 to $34. Mouillie, $85 to $40. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $20.50 to $22. Cheese -Finest westerns, 14 to 141/ c; finest easterns, 13%c. Butter, choicest creamery;e,27% to 28c; sec- onds, 26% to 27c. Eggs -Fresh, 2'7 to 28c; selected, 26c; No. 1 stock, 23c; No. 2 stock, 20e. Dressed hogs, abattoir killed, $13.50 to $13.75. Pork -Heavy Canada short mess, bbls., 35 to 45 pieces, $29; short cut back, bbls., 45 to 55 pieces, $28.50. Lard -Com- pound, tierces, 375 lbs., 10c; wood. pails, 20 lbs. net, 1014c;; pure, tierces, 375 lbs., 12 to 1214,c; pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 13 to 13%c. Winnipeg Wheat. Winnipeg, Aug. 9. -Cash wheat - No. 1 Northern, $1.31; No. 2 do., $1.29; No. 3 do., $1.23; No. 4 do., $1.14; No. 5 do., $1.07; No. 6 do., 98c. Oats -No. 2 C.W., 56c; No. 3 C.W., 55c; extra No. 1 feed, 55c; No. 1 feed, 52c; No. 4, 61c; feed, 56c. Flax -No. 1 N.W.C., $1.38%; No. 2 C.W., $1.35. U. S. Markets. Minneapolis, Aug. 9. -Wheat -No. 1 hard, $1.51% No. 1 Northern, $1.36 to $1.51; No. 2 do., $1.32 to $1.48; September, $1.08; December, $1.08%. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 781/2 to 79c. Oats -No. 3 white, 4814 to 49c. Flour, fancy patents, $6.95; first clears, $5.70; second clears, $4. Bran $21.50. Duluth, Aug. 9. -Wheat -No. 1 hard, $1.49%; No. 1 Northern, $1.44144 to $1.48%„ - No. 2 do., $1.42%; September, $1.04%; De- cember, $1.09%. New York, Aug. 9. -Flour firmly held. Rye flour steady. Hay firm. Hops steady. Hides steady. Leather firm. Live Stock Market. Toronto, Aug. 9. -Best heavy steers, $8.25 to $8.45; butchers' cat- tle, choice, $7.75 to $8.25; do., good, $7.35 to $7.50; do., medium, $6.50 to $7.15; do., common, $5.25 to $5.80; butchers' bulls, choice, $6.75 to $6.50; do., good bulls, $6 to . $6.50; do., rough bulls, $5.25 to $5.75; butchers' cows, choice, $6.75 to $7; do., good, 86.50 to $6.75; do., medium, $5.25 to 56.25; do., common, $4.50 to $'5; _eeders, good, $6.50 to $7.50; stock- ers, 700 to 900 -lbs., $6.25 to $7.25; canners and cutters, $4 to $5.25; milk- ers, choice, each, $65 to $95; do., com- mon and medium, each, $35 to $50; Springers, $50 to $95; light ewes, $5.75 to 6 .50• do. $ , , bucks, $3.50 to $4.50; yearling lambs $6.50 to $7.50; Spring lambs, cwt., $7.25 to $9.50; calves, $4 to $10.50; hogs, off cars, $9 to $9.10; do., fed and watered, $8.75; do., f.o.b., $8.40. Montreal, Aug. 9. -Good steers, $8 to $8.25; fair stock, $7.50 to $7.75; medium, $7 to $7.25; common, $6.25 to $6.75; and inferior from $4.50 to $5.50; butcher cows, $5 to $7, and bulls, $4.75 to $6.75 per 100 ' lbs.; Milch cows, $40 to $85 each, Ontario lambs, $9.25 to $9.50; Quebec stock at $8.50 to $9. Sheep brought from $5.25 to $6 per 100 lbs. Good to choice calves were scarce, for Which there was considerable' enquiry, and sales were made at 814 to 9% per lb., and the lower grades at from 5% to 7%c per lb. Hogs, selected, $9 to $9.60 per 100 lbs., weighed off cars, MAJ.-GEN. VON BUELOW IS KILLED IN BATTLE. A despatch. from Amsterdam says: According to the Berlin newspapers, Major -Gen. von Biielow, brother of the commander, of the Niemen army, was buried at Berlin, He had been mortally wounded in battle recently. OPENING OF FINE LOCK AT PORT SEVERN MARKS EPOCH IN GEORGIAN BAY'S HISTORY Mr. W. H. Bennett, M.P., performs the opening ceremony of .the new lock at the western terminus of the Georgian Bay and Treat River, Canal, at Port Severn. The Port Severn Lock is the first step in the direction of the linking up of the Georgian Bay raid Lake Sin'tcoe waters by a navigable route. It is of reinforced concrete, cost $150,000, and took two years to build. Thousands of people came in from surrounding points in motor boats and yachts for the event. FIVE DROWNED • TRAPPED IN CAR Automobile Fell, Into Lake and Pin- ned Down Occupants. A despatch from Huntsville says: A. terrible drowning accident occurred at a small lake one mile west of Ut- terson, in the Muskoka district, last week, when five Toronto people lost their lives and three others, two of whom were boys, and a third, the chauffeur, narrowly escaped. The Drowned. Henry R. Alley, 16 Foxbar Road, Toronto. Fred Alley, 9 years, 16 Foxbar Road, Toronto. Elizabeth M. Lawson, 179 Dowling. Avenue, Toronto. • Angus Lawson, 12 years, 179 Dowl- ing Avenue, Toronto. Beverley Swabey, 7 years, 61 Ad- miral Road, Toronto. The Saved. Harold Swabey, 61 Admiral Road, Toronto. Douglas Lawson, 14 years, 179 Dowling Avenue, Toronto. John Clarke, the chauffeur. The party, which consisted of Mr. Henry R. Ailey and his son, Fred Alley; Miss Elizabeth M. Lawson and her two nephews, Douglas and. Angus Lawson, and the two sons of Mr. Charles Swabey, of » Toronto, and Beverley and Harold Swabey, were all guests at the Cliff House, Port Syd- ney. They set out in an automobile owned and driven by John Clarke, of Utterson, to make a trip in the coun- try. The lake just west of Utterson is crossed by a floating bridge about. 200 yards long, and a- driving rain- storm had just come up just as the. automobile was crossing it. The car when nearing the shore apparently skidded to one side and crashed through the railing, plunging : into 30_ feetof water. Clarke and the two older boys, Harold Swabey and: Doug- las ouglas Lawson, managed to free them- selves and reach the bridge, but the other five were trapped in the car and sank to the bottom of the lake. ' , GRANTED ALL DEMANDS OF KRUPP WORKERS. A despatch from Geneva says: Ad- vices from Essen say that all the de- mands of the employes of the Krupp works have been granted, and "that a serious strike has thus been averted. The German military authorities brought great pressure on the Krupp administration to this end. Many of the skilled workmen dur- ing the early part of the troubles re- fused e to continue at their machines; some of them entered the army -- and were sent to the Russian front. Others in the ammunition department were replaced by women. There was no strike among the .' engineers and draughtsmen. The serious situation, which was admitted even by the Frankfurter Zeitung, seems now to have passed. U. ' S. WILL CONTEST THE DACIA DECISION. A despatch from Washington says: The announcement from Paris that a French prize court had confirmed . the seizure of the American steamer Dacia as a fair prize found the State Department preparing to protest, the decision which carries with it for- feiture of the vessel. It is planned to make this a test case of the right of a neutral country to grant registry to a belligerent -owned merchant ship. The Dada's cotton cargo is not in volved, the, French Government hav- ing purchased the cotton through a special appropriation. sn OVER 900 TURKISH VESSELS SUNK Among the Number Lost Have. Been Seven Large Steamers and a Dozen Sailing Ships A despatch from Petrograd says: f craft, which counted on their insig- Russian destroyers in the Black Sea I nificance to escape the vigilance of the f Russian scout boats . Some were sunk continue their devastating work upon . the flotilla carr n su hes for Con- ! at sea, but the majority were burnt fig pp +at anchor or within easy reach of stantinople. Altogether over 900 -en- , shore. Care has been taken also to emy vessels have been burnt or sunk ; destroy all boat building yards along since the beginning of the war, among the coast so that this small vessel the number being several large steam- trade upon which Constantinople is ers and a dozen sailing ships of .a largely dependent for the necessaries thousand tons each. Most of the ves- of life may safely be regarded as sels were, of course, small coasting having been extinguished. ATTITUDE OF ROUMANIA IS WORRYING GERMANY. A despatch from Berlin says: A warning that nothing can be expect- ed from Roumania is conveyed to the readers of the Tages Zeitung in an editorial by Count Ernst Reventlow. His article, which is headed "Rou- mania's Falling Quotation," sum- marizes the situation in the following paragraph: "Those friendly relations with Rou- mania made sacred by tradition and, on the German side, by firm confi- dence, can hardly longer be considered as existing." Count Reventlow points out Rou- mania's refusal to permit exports of grain or to permit ammunition for the Turks to pass through its territory, although Russia was permitted to tranship munitions to Serbia. He says it had been hoped Roumania would fulfil its treaty obligations or reserve at least an upright and well- wishing neutrality, but that the con- trary came to pass. Roumania's neu- trality became "malevolent," he as- serts, with a tendency to enter the conflict on the side of German's en- emies. • The principal ingredient in a good time is a vivid imagination. ICE CREAM RIC Ice ` cream frozen in boxes -enough in each box to serve five or six -is a method of shipping that., the City Dairy has developed until discriminat- ing dealers everywhere have thein on sale. .A pail of chopped 1aP ice and a little salt will enable you to serve Ice Cream' at thaticni., p c.. Look for the SSIgti TORONTO. We want an Agen in every town. ITAUANS' GUNS BLOW UP TRAIN Cars Filled With Austrian. Troops en Route to Rovereto A despatch from London says; Italian artillery fire struck a troop train filled with Austrian soldiers go- ing to Rovereto and completely wrecked it. Five hundred troops were burned to death: in the cars, and 15 miles of track were destroyed, In addition eight wagons of ammunition were exploded in. the same locality. "At Polazzo eight attacks by the Italians were repulsed, but: the ninth attack resulted in the capture of sev- eral miles of newly -constructed trenches. The Italians have brought up more heavy guns against Gorizia, the systematic bombardment of which has begun, The Austrians' are reply- ing feebly." The Italian army has resumed the offensive in the region of Gorizia. A heavy artillery fire was directed on the Austrian positions on the plateau of Deberdo, which was followed by an "infantry attack. 'i EXPLAINS TO KAISER WHY HE SURRENDERED. A despatch from Berlina says: The Emperor, it is officially, announced, has received a despatch from Dr, Seitz, Governor-General of German South-west Africa, explaining his sur- render to Gen. Louis Botha, early in July. Dr. Seitz says further success- ful resistance was impossible, as the German colonial force was surround- ed by enemies greatly superior in numbers and cut off from, the base of supplies. The condition of the horses, for which no oats were available for several months, he adds, rendered it hopeless to attempt to break through the enemy lines. ALL ARE GIVEN CHANCE TO SAVE THEIR LIVES. • A despatch from Petrograd says: A statement issued by the Admiralty relative to operations in the Black 'Sea says: "Our sailors destroy Turkish ves- sels because they carry coal and pet- rol, materials of war, but take every measure to save the crews. The ves- sels are cannonaded only whenthey fail to halt after they are signaled. In those cases where sailors prefer to regain shore by swimming in order to avoid capture they never are shot. All who, surrender are taken aboard warships and transported to Sebasto- pol." • AN AUSTRIAN GENERAL SUCCUMBS TO PLAGUE. A despatch from Zurich says: The number of cases of Asiatic cholera in the Austrian Empire on Aug. 1 to- talled 629, according to an official an- nouncement made in Vienna. Among those who succumbed to the disease was Gen. von. Ziegler, the commander of an army corps, who was the only officer of the entire staff who refused to be inoculated against cholera. .F TO END MARTIAL LAW IN FRENCH. INTERIOR. A despatch from Paris says: The ommittee of the Chamber of Depu- es on National Administrative Questions has pronounced itself in fa - or of withdrawing the zone in the nterior of the country from the oper- ations of martial law and returning to the common law basis. The com mittee has requested the Government to consider the proposal. 'I I% OF CREW DROWNED IN TORPEDOED TRAWLER. A despatch from London says: The trawler Grimbarian and the reamer Portia (433 tons), of Liver- ol,owere sunk on Thursday, pre- mably by a submarine. Six of the ew of the Grimbarian were drowned d four were rescued. The British steamer Costello, of 1 tons net, has' been sunk. The ew, with the exception of one man, Who was drowned, has been saved. The Meaning of "Piccadilly." iccadilly, in London, was so called om Piccadilly jail, the chief depot of certain sort of lace much in vogue, reign ringthe of Queen. Elizabeth. e lace was called Piccadilly lace m its little spear points, a diminu- e of "tica," a pike or spear. In reign of James I the high ruff was led a piccadilly, though divested of lace edging. Peculiar Headdress. The most remarkable headdress own to • man is that of the Zulu ef. It consists of mud,, bones, a hers and any other material that ingenuity or pride of the wearer dictate. It may rear itself three feet above the head of its ner-sometimes even higher. The is for the headdress is a soft y, which is molded upon the top of head and into which •' the articles d for ornamentation, are. inserted, metimes this clay, permitted to dry hard as brick, remains on the head '"e weeks or months. Strangely ugh, the hair is not killed through treatment, Many wearers of the nge headdress can boast of much cker and more abundant hair thatl women who make daily visits is auty shops in the more civilized ntries, C ti v it 5 st su cr an 89 cr P fr a du Th fro tiv the cal its kn chi feet the can for ow bas cla the use So as for .enc this etre thi the be cou