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Exeter Times, 1915-12-16, Page 2DRIVE ENEMY FROM TRENCHES IN CHAMPAGNE DISTRICT each Artillery Effectually Prevents Germans Froin Organizing Pwitions A despatch from Paris says; Not only has the German advance • in Champagne, which resulted in the capture of French advanced positions south of St, Souplet and at the Butte Montdidiei, the French artillery fired effectively on a German battery near Dancourt. Mine fighting, in which a party of German workers were bend- ed by the explosion of aFrench mine chamber, is reported from Les de Souain, been stopped, but the Eparges. Germans are being driven out of the Fort Cognelee, one of the most im- position occupied, and the French portant features of the old defences guns are preventing them from or- at Namur, has been destroyed by an ganizing the ground taken. A Ger- explosion, according to the Echo de • man munition depot was exploded Beige. The explosion is said to have south of St. Souplet, caused the death of 80 German sol- Ou the road between Roye , and Biers. MMa1 I $5.60; do,, bags, $2.60 to $2.70. arks World Rolled oats, barrels, $5,x5 to $5.25; 'do. bags,lbs., $�2.35 to 90 '$ 2.45. Bran $ 1 $23. Shorts $23. Middlings, $29 to $30. Mouillie, $30 to $32. Hay, No. Toronto Dec. 14. -Manitoba wheat,2, per ton, car lots, $19 to $19.50. new crow? o. 1 Northern, $1,221 Cheese, finest Westerns, 17% to 18c; N No. 2, $1.20%;; No. 3, $1,161/, on finest easterns, 17% to 17eac, But - track lake ports, immediate shipment, ter, choicest creamery, 33a to 34c; Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 511,2c, . seconds, 311/2 to 32e. Eggs, fresh, 50 nominal on track lake ports. to 52c; selected, 33e; No. 1 stock, 30c; •American corn -No. 3, new, 76c, on. No. 2 stock, 27 to 28c. Potatoes, per track Toronto. bag, car•lots, $1.30 to $1.40. Dress- Canadian corn -No. 2 yellow, old, ed hogs, abattoir killed, $13.50 to 75e, nominal,: on track Toronto. $13.75, Pork, heavy Canada short Ontario oats, new crop --No. 3 mess, bbls., 35 to 45 pieces, $28 to white, 37 to 39c; commer'ciai oats, 36 $28.50; Canada short cutback, bbls., to 38c, according to freights outside. 45 to 55 pieces, .,.7 to $27,50. Lard, Ontario wheat -No 2 Winter per compound, tierces, 375 lbs., 113%c; Breadstuifs. RIGA Q „iv ici,tv •,�Rs�iM qs/,1 [ACID IEL CANAL e • <RU59E1.;: 9S1 , Lift viaum aRBEI =MErz PARIS n o ` � sraAssauac f' 000LMAR 0 e" N NUMMI ireag �I • 0„0C OStS/ LOPl % Cgncort pfBeMY5 •y�A11sA\Y 7 l y >4. ?' O' l+i A. FAH 8R/77Sy RET/Re e rQ Allr'e4-410/('911, VIENNA 40ESSA etFNteV. AU 51 RI ESTE, IUf1l eNEMn • 1) suerfARmes Aer/vE !N 7t/F eszo/r,Eh'F24NEA • [; le;Y41 AP -54' a ROME BN CC'. BELvRAI)E. fl( /yJ/!!1 VARMA S .rasa\ BULGP " naCc,Q , %/ °SOW, OSP /� °• <BURu1AS JNSTANTINOM :µNOR A ,T R.R. JYG AJY The Week's Developments in the Wer. jj Serbia continues to be the chief war centre of interest. The invasion of Serbia has been practically com- pleted_ 1 wood Bails, 20 lbs, net, 12 1e pure, p�leted and now Bulgarian and Austro -German forces are 'concentrating against the French and British troops, car Iet 99c to $1.09; slightlys rout , ed and�tou h according tsample, ee tierces, 375 lbs., 141,{ c • pure, wood which hold the line close to the frontier of Greece. While the Entente Allies probably will be outnumbered to 99c; ' sprouted, smutty .and ogh, according to sample, 80 to 90c. Peas --No. 2, nominal, per ear lots, $2; sample peas, according to sam- ple, $1.50 to $1.75. cember, $1.09%; May, $1.12%. Gash Barley -Malting barley, 57 to 60c; -No. 1 hard, $1.133'% ; No. 1 North - feed barley, 50 to 5.5c, according to ern, $1.103% to $1.11%; No. 2 North - freights outside. ern, $1.06% to $1.081.s. Corn -No. 3 Buckwheat -Nominal, . car lots, 75 yellow, 75 to 76c. Oats -No. 3 white, to 76c, according, to freights outside. 39% to 40e, Flour and bran uii- Rye--No. 1 commercial, 86 to 87e; changed. rejected, 70 to 80c, according to sam- Duluth, Dec. 14. -Wheat -No. 1 'plc, hard, $1.13%; No. 1 Northern, Manitoba flour -First patents, in $1.121s ; No. 2 Northern, $1.081/ea jute bags, $6.20; second patents, in Montana, No. 2 hard, $1.101s Decem- jute bags, $5.70; strong bakers', in ber, $1.10%i May, $1.12%. Lin jute bags, $5.50, Toronto. seed, cash, $2.06 to $2.0G1,.; Decem- Ontario flour -New Winter, $4.20 ber, $2.05; May, $2.10. to $4.50, according to sample, sea- boiard, or Toronto freights in bags, prompt shipment. pails, 20 lbs. net, 15c. .; two to one, they may have the advantage in heavy artillery, which: is already interfering with the concentra- , tion of the enemy. United States Markets. '• The Serbian army, despite heavy losses, has. escaped into Montenegro, joined the 1VIontenegrin forces and Minneapolis, Dec. 14• -Wheat -De united also with the Franco -British line. " The outcome of the battle now impeading will have an important bearing upon future developments • in the Balkans, and possibly niay 'decide the action of Rumania and Greece. The British Expeditionary Force, which reached to within'a few miles of Bagdad, has been forced to retire to a strong position at Kut-el-Amarah. The British, 'however, effected the withdrawal successfully and are now being reinforced. Russian troops have been • unofficially reported in Bulgaria, but the censorship has thrown a veil over operations. Greece is procrastinating and, apparently, still negotiating with the Entente Allies and the Central forces. Conflicting reports also come from Rumania. On the Isonza front Italian artillery has reduced Gorizia to ruins, but apparently the Italians have not, as yet, been able to occupy the city. On the Western front there has been renewed activity in some districts, the Germans having undertaken local offensive movements, apparently without any great significance, Toronto, Dec. 14, -Butchers' cattle, 'ea" Austrian submarines have been active in the. Adriatic and have done considerable damage. to Italian ship- Millfeed, car lots, delivered Mont- choice, $7.75 to $8.15; do., goo;i, pinge, Enemy submarines have also done some effective work in the Mediterranean. ' real freights -Bran, per ton, $23; $7,25 to $7,50; do,, medium, $7.25 to ;;,:`apparently important events are impending, probably on all the battle fronts, and the next shorts, per ton, $24; middlings, per $7.50; ,do., common, $5.50 to $6; should bring important news. ton, $26; good feed flour, per bag, butchers' bulls, choice, $6.75 to $7,25, ' , ;la $1,05, 'do-, good'bulls, $5.75 to $6.25; do, _ ' { cough bulls, -$4.75 .5 to $5.25; butchers'lo., Country Produce. � cows, choice, $6.50 to $6.75; 'cko., a ' r DEPOT Butter -Fresh dairy, 28 to 30e, in- good, $6 to $6.25; do., medium, $5.2o . ferior, 22 to 24c; creamery prints, 33 to $5.75; do., comiilon, $4 to $4.50 ' . ° `^ to 34c; solid, 31x:, to 32c. feeders, good, $6.50 to $6.75; stock-; MOEDTO EGLAND Egge-Storage, 30 to 32c per dozen; ers, 700 to' 900 lbs., $6 to $6.75; can- ; • selects, 35 to 36c; new -laid, 43 to 45c, ners and critters, $3 to $4.50; milk;' Live Stock Markets. a ease lots. ers, choice, each, $75 to $100; do.; Soldiers Will be Examined There Honey -Prices, in tins, lbs., 10 to common and medium; each, $85 to 11c;' combs, No. 1, $2.40; No. 2, $2. ; $60; springers, $50 to $130; light Instead Of At Beans -$3.50 to $3.75. ' ewes, $6.50 to $7.25; sheep, heavy, Quebec. Poultry: Chickens, 13 to 15e; fowls $5.25 to $6; do., bucks, $3 to $4.50; , 11 to 12c, ducks, 15 to 16e geese, 14 yearling lambs, $'7 to $7.75;' spring: A despatch from'Ottawa says: _ A to 15e; turkeys, 20 to 22c. lambs, cwt., $9.60 to $10.25; calves, new arrangement has been made by Cheese -Large, 17%c; twins, 18e. medium to choice, $6.50 to $10; do., General Hughes regarding the exam - Potatoes -Car lots of Ontario, $1.25 common, $4. to •$4.50; hogs, fed and iniation and care of. invalid soldiers to $1.30, and New Brunswicks at watered, $9 to $9.15 returinin to. Canada. Hitherto they $1.40 per bag, on track. I Montreal, Dec. 14. -Choice steers, g J $7.50 to $7.75; good, $7 to- $7.25; have been sent in batches, when trans - Provisions. I medium, $5.50 to $6,50; butchers' portation was convenient, to Quebec, Bacon -Long clear, ,153 to 16c cows, $4.50 to $6.25; bulls, ' $5,to where they have been. examined . by per lb. in case lots. Hams=Meditun, $6.50 per cwt. Canning stock -Coves, the medical board of the department 173 to 18c; do., heavy, 141/2 to 15c; $3.25 to $3.50; bulls, $4 to $4.50. and an official report upon their con- rolls, 15% to 16c; breakfast bacon, per cwt: Sheep and lambs -Ontario . dation made. 21 to 23c; backs, plain, 24 to 25c; lambs, $9.50; Quebec, $9 to $9.25;•Quebec has been the discharge boneless backs, 26 t"o 27e. sheep, $5.75 to $6.50 per cwt. Calves depot for returned sosoldiekliers, and ar- Lard-The market is firm; pure -Milk-fed stock, 8 to 9c; grass-fed, 4 rivals have been itioned 'as lard, tubs, 14e; compound, pails, 12c. to 7c per lb. Hogs -Selected lots, $9.50 to $9.75 per cwt., weighed off speedify as possible. Business in Montreal, cars. 'However, the discharge depot will Montreal Dec. 14. -Oats No. 2 ,a be Liverpool after this. The medi- local white, 441/%c; No. 4 local white, cal board of the Militia Department 43?2c. Barley, Man. feed, 65c, malt To err is human; to fail to profit will go to Liverpool,•.: and returning ing, 66i. c. Buckwheat -No. 2, 85c. by your mistakes is still more so. soldiers will be examined there or on Flour, Man. Spring wheat patents, the way across the ocean. Medical firsts, $6.50; seconds, $6; strong bak- It is easier for a man to escape officers will travel on• every vessel ers, $5.80; Winter patents, choice, being a fool than it is for him to carrying Canadian soldiers. $6.20; straight rollers, $5.50 to escape being called a crank. Further, instead of sending men home irregularly as heretofore, they will he sent weekly, and come 150 at a time. • The object of the new arrangement OTOREACH UNITED STATES has been to obviate any delay of the bg invalids at Quebec. Recently a batch of 700 soldiers were kept. at Quebec for a week, and as some of. the men came from British Columbia they were long in reaching their homes. The reason for the delay was the ne- cessary examinations to discover what the physical condition of the soldiers was. On this examination depended the questions of pay and pensions. By having the examinations done at Liverpool or on the way out there will be no necessity for the men going to Quebec at all. When they reach St. John, N.B., they will entrain at once for their homes, or the eon- valesceiit homes as the case may be. few weeks CER AN -ADE DY3-STUFFS Imperial Government Has Decided to Allow Thera to Pass Through British Lines in France A despatch from Washington says: In three different directions Great Britain has given evidence of a de- sire to placate the American Govern- ment by a loosening of her restric- tions against American commerce. Ambassador Page at London and the British Embassy in Washington informed the State Department of a decision of Great Britain against the action of the British Admiralty courts in commandeering the Ameri- can steamers Hocking and Genessee. The British Ambassador informed Counsellor Polk that Great Britain has decided to permit German -made dyestuffs, for which there is a crying demand in this country, to come through the British lines to the United States. RUSSIANS ROUT INSURGENTS IN MARCH TOWARD TEHERAN SeVral Hundred Turkish and German Mercenarle: Battle in Persia Killed in >< A Reuter despatch front Petrograd says: "A telegram from Teheran' says that the Russian ,Legation is in- formed that tho Russian troops have gained a victory in the direction of Ha nadan, defeating a force consist - ng. of 500 cavalry, infantry and in- surgent gendarmerie and 1,200 Ger- man and Turkish mercenaries, of whom a large number were killed or wounded. Tho Russian troops have occupied an important position near the town of Aveh, about 60 miles north-east of Hamadan, front which they are pursuing their offensive." EIGHTY GERMANS DIE; NAMUR FORT EXPLODES A despatch from Amsterdam says: Fort Cognelee, one of the most im- portant features of the old defences of Namur, Belgium, has been com- pletely destroyed by an explosion, according to the newspaper Echo de ,Beige, The explosion is said to have caused the death of 80 German sole Biers. The One Who Likes 'You. "What chance have I got with that girl? One of her admirers owns an automobile and the other has'a motor boat:,: "Son, if she likes you, a trip to the movies would, please her just as well." ' • tial steamers. WILL BREAK OFF RELATIONS UNLESS SETTLEMENT S REACHED United States at Last Means Business oda S€ibt arine Warfare Question -German Attache,s to Go A despatch from Washington says: Following a brief visit by Gwent von Bernstorff, the German Ambassador, to the State Department, Secretary Lansing announced that the German Emperor has acquiesced in the re- quest of the United States for the recall of Captains von Papen and Boy -Ed, the military and naval at- taches respectively of the German Embassy, Further information obtained from reliable sources regarding the con- tents of the Ancona note to Austria. indicates the American Government has at last bared the mailed fist,. and is. prepared to sever diplomatic. relations 'between the two countries unless a complete and satisfactory understanding is reached on the ques- tion of 'submarine warfare: From equally reliable sources it was learned that the vigorous note to Austria is intended also to have effect in Berlin, and to convince the Kaiser's advisers that the United States is. done witlia 'temporizing on the question of a settlement of the Lusitania controversy, acid may find it difficult to•:' continue the present friendly relations if a'settlement is longer postponed. NINE GERMAN OFFICERS SUICIDE ON RUSSIAN FRONT AT D?I©SK Cold and Hardships of the Campaign. Alleged the Cause of the Epidemic A despatch from Petrograd says another epidemic of suicides is re- ported among the German forces in' the vicinity of Dvinsk by prisoners captured in that region, according to the Birzhevya Vedomosty, a daily newspaper. Nine officers, including the commander of a battalion, ended their lives within a period of twelve days. Cold and hardships of the campaign are alleged to be the cause. s Polish and Serbian landsturms cap- tured from the Austro -German forces along the southern front report that a new w alignment' of Austro -,Germans has been detached to forage food and stores from the captured territory at points near the frontier. • Vladimir and Volynsk are being hurriedly fortified with trenches for a radius of seven miles, apparently in anticipation of a Russian offensive. CLOSE THE MEDITERRANEAN TO SHIPS WITHOUT LICENSE The Plan Suggested to at Once End the Gerinal Submarine Menace A despatch from London says: The Morning Post gives, prominence to a suggestion by a oorrespondent that the Mediterranean be declared a closed sea and that no ship be allowed to trade there without a license from the Entente naval authorities, The step should be taken, the cor- respondent argues, in en effort to co3nbat Teutonic subnnarines, which, he declares, are kept supplied with oil, provisions an torpedoes by nen "Greek ships are probably the worst offenders," says the correspondent. "A short time ago ono of our largest transports, carrying 6,000 troops, ran close to a Greek ship which was in the act of supplying oil to an enemy submarine off Tunis, while: on an- other occasion a suspicious oil tanker was close by when one of our trans- ports was slink, p and later was seen exchanging .signals with the sxb'm ar- iie." LONDON IS READY • FOR THE RAIDERS When the Zeppelins Com Again they Will Get a Warmer Reception Than Theretofore.. A despatch from New Yorks says: "I believe there will be another Zep- pelin attack on London. within 60 TAKE ENTIRE STAFF OF ENEMY DIVISION Two" German Generals and. Seven Officers Captured in Sortie. A despatch from Petrograd says: The entire staff of the eighty-second.• German army division was captured days," say's Thomas R, MacMechin, by Russian mounted scouts and aeronautical engineer and president of p the Aeronautical Society of America. He recently returned from England. Ile continues: "When the raid ,does official accounts, which have just been received. Under cover, of darkness, 11 small ' company of scouts worked its way. past the German trenches towards Zeppelins. They are now gathering a the German base. Emerging from fleet so large that they can afford to risk the loss of four or five in a raid. It .was because they had no airships to spare that they stopped these visi- tations this fall, • Now they are nearly ready again to strike repeated blows -to cross the Channel in force, as they must do to create the amount • of terror they desire. an Landsturm troops, The Russians "But England has been awakened, meanwhile had dismounted, hiding She knows the game now. She has their horses and concealing them- • learned that airships must be sought selves. with airships. She is preparing, in j The Germans and Austrians fell the light of what the war has:'taught into the ambush and became -panic - her, to meet the menace in the right stricken when the Russians opened way. She is building rigid dirigibles, fire, the Austrieuas running for their When the raiders conte she will not lives and throwing down their rifles. be helpless." ( In the confusion: the German cavalry, "At the beginning of the war," lie not knowing how large a force might continues, "the allies thought that . be opposing then, also retreated, aeroplanes and anti-aircraft guns many troopers falling under the Rus,. would be sufficient. But what the sian fire. ' Zeppelins have done is known to the The Russians were ordered to fol 1 world, and it is also known that • low on foot into the village. They''. Arthur Balfour said recently in the cane upon a large estate, and I House of Commons that England was through the windows of the mansion building rigid dirigibles to meet the made out the figures of German offi- situation imposed by the Zeppelin cers. Half of the force of scouts raids.- The ascent of aer oplaines at made for the mansion, 'while the night to search out and attack Zeppe- others continued their pursuit of the liras has -' proved most dangerous.' retreating troops. Numbers of aviators in England, A rush for the doors of the man - France and Russia have been killed ; sion was made by ten. Cossacks, and in making night landings. Moreover, ' so quick was the progress of events when the aeroplane's appeal the Zep- that the German officers did not have pelins rise to a great height and force time to secure their coats and furs the planes to exhaust their fuel in before they were hustled outside. climbing after them. These jump to By this time the other division of 10,000 to 12,000 feet, subject the aero- the scouting party had returned and plane to machine gun fire, then speed searched the mansion, which proved away." I to be a division staff headquarters, "English and French aviators state and secured valuable papers. The that the Zeppelins easily elude them whole incident tools place in less than at night -even when. there is a bright 15 minutes. moonlight. • The British thought the ; F' Zeppelins would not come on moon - moi, light nights but they did twice U.E L T Et • brought as risoners into the Rus- ' sign lines as the result of a daring night raid recently, according to un come it will be bigger than anything that has' gone before, and will be re- peated night after night. The Ger- mans will probably send at least ten a wood, the scouts found themselves close to a village. They stopped and sent forward a reconnoitring party. ! The latter soon came, upon a Ger- man sentry, w.iio gave the alarm. Ten minutes later a' German cavalry squadron galloped out of the village, followed by two companies of Austri- got away unharmed." - FOILED IN SPAIN WILL FALL 'BACK .. - UPON SALONICA Anglo=French Retirement From Serbia Is Officially Announced. A despatch from London says: The Anglo-French forces have commenced a general retirement from Southern Serbia, and it is suggested that their destination is the region of Salonica. This retirement was necessitated, not only by the superior forces which the Bulgarians and Germans opposed to the allies,' but to a threat of an out- flanking movement,. from Petrove,, where the Bulgarians have arrived, and also to the danger of their line of communication from Bulgarian it regulars who have crossed :the Greek frontier. Both the British and the French forces, who are well supplied with artillery and machine guns, engaged' in a four days' battle, in which they l inflicted very heavy losses on the Bulgarians who fought with des- peration and the greatest courage. Attack after attack was repulsed., but, the Bulgarians still came on,, and each evening the allies . fell back- to new positions where events of the day before were repeated. What seems to' be an intimation that the troops of the Entente allies contemplate evacuating Serbian terri- tory, is contained in a statement de- clared in a Reuter despatch from Salohica to have•been issued by the French general staff on the `Balkan front. The statement says: "rn view of the fact that the Ser- bian army for the moment is out of the reckoning, our presence in Serbian territory is no longer necessary. "Bulgarian successes amount to an. occupation of territory no longer dis- pukd by us. "They have invariably suffered checks each time the allied troops as- sumed the offensive, notwithstanding their numerically superior forces,'' Barcelona Headquarters o Gang Who Hoped to Impede Allies. A despatch from London says: El Radical, a prominent Spanish newspaper, claims that extensive 1' German plots to destroy railway lines, bridges and tunnels 'in the Province of Huelva (in South-western Spain, north of Cadiz, and close to, the Porti=" guese frontier) have just 'come to light, the scheme being to wreck en- tenprises connected with or owned by the allies. - It is stated that German money to ,the extent of $500,000 is being sent to 4 the district for the purpose of sabot- age. Barcelona is named as the head- quarters 'of the plot, which iii its ramifications bears a- resemblance to the conspiracies recently unearthed in the United States. The German purpose is said to be to frustrate the export of copper from the famous Rio Tinto mines td the al- lied countries, Since the command of the sea passed to the allies the Rio Tinto mine has been the scene of un- usual activity. TWO ENEMY AIRCRAFT DESTROYED BY FIRE A despatch from Amsterdam says: Two German • aeroplanes, manoeuv- ring over Ellerbruck recently, were in head-on collision at a height of, several hundred feet, and dropped to earth, their four occupants being killed. The gasolene tanks exploded, playing streams of flame over the falling aircraft. The bodies of the four nien were burned beyond recog- nition. 1Vlany a man who runs for an office doesn't seem to get anywhere. HOW A BRITON. DIED. From "Somewherei.n Flanders" Comes This Stirring Letter. The calm heroism with which Eng- lishmen face death at the front is described by Corporal W. Buckland of the Meerut Division, Indian Expe- ditionary Force, in a letter to a • friend in the South Notts Hussars. He tells how his comrade, by falling over a German trip wire near one of i' the enemy's listening posts in Flan- ders, brought a fusilade upon both of them, the comrade being mortally, _,'..,,, wounded. "I'm handing in my checks, old man," said the ` Wounded man , as they regained the British lines, "and all the doctors in the world can't save me." "After I had made him as comfort- able as I could, on an old overcoat, and lit a cigarette for him," says Corporal Buckland letter, "he start- ed to talk over the times eve had had together in different parts of the world: He did not last longhozgh.. "Just as the grey dawn 'w „break- ing he asked vie to lay his rifle by him, and, after I had done so, he pulled me down by his side, and I just managed to hear him say, 'Bill, I'm on the road now. I can hear someone sounding the groat challenge, "Halt, who conies there?"' With ' a tremendous effort, he staggered up, and, in a terrible voice, shouted, 'An Englishman, who hick his duty' Shall I ever forget that scene. The grey dawn breaking in the east; and oven:' all an ineffable peace seemed to reign. The only sound to be heard going WaS an aeroplane arne't;lia a i. 11 that josh ;�oiiig over our lines and the ilr'onc of its propellor:'