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Exeter Times, 1916-4-13, Page 2MO FEB . BRITISU•VICTORY TORY IN THE TIGRIS CAMPAI i One Divi 'ion Operates on Loch Rank of Ricer, ►tril l • During Day Five Lines of Trenches Were 'Falzon. -i t, A despatch from London says; !he? u.m. had driven the VII' l:ay out of his • following oOieial statement wee issued :fourth and fifth line: on Thursday: -- "Aeroplane ieconnui s u,cee then t'e-, "General Lake reports that the Ti- ported that the enemy was trengly reinforcing his entreuchments at k e- gris corps under the command of : lahie and Sannayyat, positions 11,0001 Lieut. -General Sir George F. (or- i and 12,000 yards, respectively, froth tinge,. who riueceeded General Aylmer, 'the front trenches at Urian -el -Henna. attacked the enemy's entrenched poli- ! As those positions could only be ap- proachod over very open ground, (.en - tion at Umm-el-henna on Wednesday. 4 eral Gorringe ordered a further• at- Our trenches had been pushed forward tack deferred until evening, yards- i, a 1of withia Iay s sup. to tr h n i .0 Ill the ure:rutime, on the right of the enemy's position, and the lead- ` bank, the Slid Division, under (.funeral Ing battalions of the filth Division Keary, captured the enemy's trenches' then rushed the enemy's first and opposite the Felabie position. Dur - second tines in quick suece cion, ing the afternoon the enemy. on Ulla! "The third line was captured by 0 bank made a strong counter-attack o'clock in the morning under the ; with infantry and cavalry, supported support of artillery and machine gun by guns. This counter-attack was fire. The 13th Division continued suocessfully repulsed, and the position their vietorinus advance, and by 7 won was consolidated." 6 PEOPLE MURDERED AWES MASTERS NEAR SASKATOON IN AIR FIGHTING Farm Attimais Also Shot J)trtn and Buildings Set on Fire. A. deepatch from Saskatoon, Sask., says: .A whole family of six was wip- ed out is, the Wal n e district on Wed- nesday night, when Prokop Manehure, his wife, a brother-in-law and three children were murdered, the kou.:e burned over their dying bodie.s, and their animals shot down and lett to perish in the burning bu'dinge. The crime was di.to:•en ed when a neighbor walking out of his house on Thur. play morning, saw the still -smoking ruins of the M nchure homestead. The crime was a hi ntly• committed by a madman, in whose hands the rifle found in the ruins had evidently been used with terriUe effect. No trace of the murderer has been discovered. MARCONI INVENTION FOR USE OF ALLIES. .10 German Planes Brought Down; During Month of March, A deepateh from Louden says :--- renen and British aviators brought; down 42 German planes on the west r front dui 'ng March, it was stated on Thursday in reply to the official Ger-i xnan claim issued Wednesday that ,only{ .14 German aeroplanes were lost, GOVERNMENT STARTS THRIFT C..tMPAIGNi A despatch from Ottawa says: The; Government's thrift and prodt;etion! campaign has been inaugurated in a! notice issued on Friday night urging i increased production in all lines. The{ prediction le made that there will be: no al solute and enduring congestion, - and that after the war there will be ;demands not for grain only, but for all other products. Ample ocean tonnage; !will be available, and European conn- trioe will look to Canada first.• Wizard of Wireless Has Perfected HUNGRY IN AN HOUR AFTER THEIR 'MEALS., A de -titch from Paris says: Gugli-' ---- I elm° Marconi has invented a special Food Scarcity in Germany Grows apparatus based on a new principle More Serious. which is destined to make a sensation- A despatch atch from Copenhagen says: al charge in the operation of aero- A Dane from Berlin states planes and dirigibles. This announce- that the weekly bread allowance for ment has just been made, according to each person is only sufficient for a Rome despatch to the Journal des three days. On the remaining days Debate. Marconi has at the same • they eat potato cakes. There is, how- , time carried on i t irl Improvements. mporeanwe p es- ever, an increasing shortage of pato- '; telegraphy researches with great suc- cess, His inventions will be imme- ; toes. The price of a Small cake is eight cents. A dollar meal at a res- diately employed by the Italian army, : after which they will be placed at the taurant is so small that people are Breadstuffs. Gtli+taufcsti NOR T kl SEA. sreeoe "`hiARSA!# TTRIESTE t.F1U 11�I EL•HEti EL DIAS Ku'r-EL-AMARA 0 scale. F trri es is wit si• c>7{�tiAVCCOVRT vas e `t- -t pgvER , BRA APlr ti 4 ," =�pt��.i a *' fr1YfEVrlx„La ' �A • .t4,•,r. rl'i::N`SS7FJliTfRaFrit aR , v I'b,14,,, erieo rt rktmA mine 4 . COMMA, VERDIN tet�rsaorll�ct,s �, ��! J Lirrcu THE WEEK'S DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WAR. The Germans still continue to hammer away at the de+'euces of Verdun, but their progress is slow. Indeed it would seem from the tactics adopted by General Joffre that some of the so-called successes obtained bythe Germans are prepared for them by the French in order to lead them in well -set traps. On Friday night of last week the Germans began a violent attack on the village of Vaux. There was a severe fight in which the enemy lost heavily, and when the French gave up the position there was only a ruined village. On Monday the French opened an attack on Vaux and recaptured it and on Tuesday the Germans starbed a heavy artillery bombardment of the position. This was kept up for several hours, after which the German infantry came up to the assault. The French had their machine ginis in position and their infantry well en- trenched and kept up a constant fire on the advancing Germans. With great persistence these stuck to their task and were mowed down by the heavy fire. Finally they withdrew from the attack. But it would seem that the Germans prefer' now to make separate attacks on certain positions at one time in plaice of a general attack on all the defences of the city. At the time they were being driven back from their second advance against Vaux on the east side of the Meuse they made an attack on the French position at Haueourt between Malancourt and Bethincourt. In this they were repulsed. Many .other small attacks have been carried on through the week. General Sir Percy Lake sent an important despatch to London on Wednesday • stating that early that morn- ing he had attacked and captured a strongly fortified position of the Turks at Umm-el-Henna below Kut -el - Amara. This news gives hope that the forces of General Townshend which have been shut up in Kut -el -Amara since het December will soon be relieved, as -the captured position is the last really strong one between Sir Percy Lake's forces and the beleaguered troops. The Germans again made several air -raids over the Biatislh Isles during the week -end, and some consider- able damage was done to human life, but no military damage was obtained. One of the Zeppelins was brought down in the Thames and her crew captured. Holland's action in rapidly mobilizing her army at the time she was having a dispute with Germany bas caused the Kaiser'to withdraw some of his troops from other fields and station them along the Dutch border. The frontier of Holland and Belgium also is being made ready for any attack on that part. Ib would seem that the Germans are learning a lesson from their heavy losses around Verdun, for they have somewhat changed their style of infantry attack. In the fighting on Tuesday last they advanced against the French, not in serried ranks, but in extended formation, making short bounds forward in comparatively small bodies as occasion offered. The French, however, have of late been attaining a superiority of fire, and the Germans got to a position in the attack on Chauffour Wood near Douamont, within fifty yards of the French. An assault was out of the question. Retireneent was equally out of the question, and the advanced lines of Germans had to lie on the surface of the ground, oryin whatever trenches they ;could dig while lying, but all the .time under an effective fire of musketry and shrapnel. arkets o the World disposition of Italy's allies. hungry again an hour later. A. glass ` of beer of poor quality costs ten 32,119 INTERNED cents; a small cup of coffee is twenty- five cents. The greatest shortage is in IN GREAT BRITAIN. soap. A ceerateh from London says Her- ' SPAIN DEMANDS EXPLANATION herb Samuel, the Home Secretary, in FROM GERMANY. reply to a question in the House of Commons on Wednesday, said the - number of civilians in British intern- A despatch from Madrid says :- meat camps at present was 32,149. The Spanish Cabinet has decided to The number released from these instruct the Ambassador at Berlin to camps between October and April 1, request from the German Government he said, was 834. , an explanation of the sinking of the Spanish steamer Vigo and a define tion of its policy with regard to the rights CLOCKS IN GERMANY of neutrals on the seas. SET AHEAD ONE HOUR A despatch from Berlin says :-The German Federal Council has passed a measure providing that on May 1 all clocks shall be set ahead one hour. The measure was proposed for hygienic and economic reasons, as lengthening working time during daylight and de- areasing the necess'ty for artificial ight. GERMANY TO SEIZE ALL COCOA, TEA AND COFFEE. A despatch from Copenhagen says: The Cologne Gazette, a copy of which has been received here, says it ex- pects the German government to ap- t`ply the ticket system and :�eiz�+ all Istocks of cocoa, tea and coffee. GERMAN FORCE SURROUNDED AND OBLIGED TO SURRENDER Gernea! Smuts Wins An Important Success for the British in. East Africa. A despatch from London says: An- other success for the British in East Africa is reported by Lieut, -General Jan C. Smuts, commander of the Brit- ish expedition operating against the Germans in the following despatch: "As the result of a movement on the afternoon of Monday, mounted troops, under Gen. Vanderventer, successfully surprised a German force with ma- chine guns stationed in a mountain stronghold in the Arusha region. This force was surrounded during the course of Tuesday and surrendered Thursday morning. BLOCKADE RUNNER CAUGHT WITH CARGO OF RAW RUBBE Ship Erom .Brazil,•With 120 Tons on Board, Seized Off the Orkney islands. A despatch from London says: The Brazillian steamer Saldanha de Gama, which sailed from Para, Brazil, Feb. 6, for New,York with a cargo of 120 tons of raw rubber, has been seized. off the Orkney Islands by a British : patrol boat. The ship and her cargo have been eslaeed in the prize court. This is believed to be a deliberate I ease of attempted blockade running, the officials here contending that a !steamer frarnk Para for New - Yor could never have gotten so far off her course, This is the first seizure meat by .tile Admiralty of a complete cargo rubber. » Toronto, April 11. -Manitoba Wheat -No. 1 Northern, $1.1G%; No. 2, do., $1.141/2; No. 3, do., $1.111/, in store, Fort William. f Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 43c.; No. 3, do., 41c.; extra No. 1 feed, 41c.; No. 1 feed, 40c, in store, Fort William. American corn -No. 3 yellow, 831/ac, ;track, Toronto. Canadian corn -Feed, 68 to 70c. on track, Toronto. Ontario oats -No. 3 white, 44 to 45c; commercial, 43 to 44c, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat -No. 2 winter, per car lot, $1.02 to $1.04; No. 1 corn - , mer, tial, 99c, to $1.01; No, 2, da., 97 to 99c; No. 3, do., 94 to 95c; feed wheat, 86 to 88e, according to freights out- side. Peas -No. 2, $1.50; according to sample, $1 to $1.30, according to freights outside. , Barley -Malting, 62 to 63c; feed, 59 to 62c, according to freights out- side. Buckwheat -69 to 70e, according to freights 'outside. 1 y f -No. 1 commercial, 88 to 89c; f :td, according to sample, 84 to . s ecording to freights outside. Manitoba flour -First patents, in jute bags, $6.50; second patents, in jute bags, $6; strong bakers' in jute bags, $5.80, Toronto. Ontario flour --Winter, according to sample, $4.15 to $4.25, track, Toronto; $4.25 to $4.35, hulk seaboard, prompt shipment. Millfeed- -Car lots, delivered Mont- real freights -Bran, per ton, $25; shorts, `:per ton, $26; middlings, per ton, $27; good feed flour, per bag, 81.60 to $1.70. Country Produce. Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 29 to 32c; inferior, 25 to 26e; creamery prints, 35 to 37c; solids, 33 to 34c, Eggs -New -laid, 23 to 24c; do., in cartons, 24 to 25e. Honey -Prices in 10 to 00 -Ib. tins, 13 to 14e. Combs -No. 1, $2.75 to $3; No. 2, $2,25 to $2.40. Beans -84 to $4,40, the latter for hand-pieked, Poultry -Chickens, 21 to 22c; fowls,' 18 to 19e; ducks, 20 to 22e; geese; 18 to 20c; turkeys, 25e. Cheese -Large, toe; twins, 101%. Maple :syrup -•41.10 per 81/2 -gallon tin, Potatoes -Car lots of Ontario, $1,80 to $1.85, and New irunswicks at $1.90 to $1.95 per bag, on track. Provisions: Bacon, long clear, 161-; to 17c per ib,, in ease lots, (lams-••• .Maditirn, 21 to 22e; do.,: heavy, 17 to 20e; rolls, 171,E to 180; breakfast bacon, 21 to 240; backs, plain, 25 to 26c; boneless backs, 28 to 29c. Lard -Pure lard, tierces, 1514 to ' 15%c, and pails, 15% to 16c; com- pound, 138,E to 1414c. Montreal Markets. Montreal, April 11. -Corn -Ameri- can No. 2 yellow, 85 to 86c. Oats - Canadian Western, No. 2, 52%; to 53c; No. 3, 50% to 51c; extra No. 1 feed, 501/ to 51c.; No. 2 local white, 50c; No. 3 local white, 49c; No. 4 local white, 48c. Barley -Manitoba feed, 68 to 71c; malting, 75 to 77c. Flour -Manitoba Spring wheat pat- ents, firsts, $6.60; seconds, $6.10; strong bakers', $5,90; Winter patents, choice, $6.00; straight rollers, $5.30 to $5.40; do,, bags, $2,45 to $2.50. Roll- ed oats-Bbls, $5.00 to $5.10; do, bags 90 lbs, $2.35 to $2.40. Bran, 324. Shorts, $26. Middlings, $28. to $30. Mouillie, 830 to $35. Hay -No, t'., per ton, car lots, $20,00 to $20.50. Cheese -Finest westerns, 181/2 to 18%c; fin- est easterns, 18 to 181%c. Butter - Choicest creamery, 33 to 34c; seconds, 30 to 311/zc. Eggs -Fresh, 26 to 27c. Potatoes -Per bag, car lots, $1.75 to $1.80. United States Markets. Minneapolis, April 11. -Wheat - May, $1.19% to $1.19%%; July, $1.02%; Na1 hard, $1.248/(t; No. 1 Northern, $1.20% to $1.2314; No. 2 Northern, $1.16% to $1.20%. Corn -No. 3 yel- low, 75 to 76c. Oats -No. 3 white, 42 to 42%.c. Flour unchanged. Bran - $18.25 to $19.00. Duluth, April 11. -Wheat --No. 1 hard, $1.22%; No. 1 Northern, $1.19% to 1.204; No. 2 Northern, $1.1514• to $1.181/8. Linseed -Cash, $2.13 to $2.131/2; May, $2.13; July, $2.14. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, April 11. -Choice heavy' steers, $8.35 to $8.75; butchers' cat- tle, choice, $8.00 to $8.25; do., good, $7.75 to $7.85; do., medium, 87.25 to $7.60; do., common, $6.00 to $G.75; butchers' bulls, choice, $7.25 to $7.50; do., good bulls, 86.85 to $7.00; do., rough bulls, $4.65 to $5.15; butchers' cows, choice; $6.75 to $7.25; do., good, $6,25 to $6,50 cio., medium, $5.85 to $6.10; do., common, $5.25 to $5.75; Stockers, 700 to 850 lbs., $6.60 to $7.25; Choice feeders, dehorned, 950 to 1,000 lbs., $7.15 to $7.50; Canners and cutters, $3.75 to $4.50; milkers, choice, each, $75.00 to 8100.00; da., coin. and coed., each, $40.00 to $60,00; springers, $50.00 to 8100,00; light ewes; $8,50 to $0.50; sheep, heavy, $G.00 to $7.50; yearlings, $10.511 to 12,00; bucks and culls, $3.50 to $4.50; lambs, choice, $11.00 to $13.00; spring lambs, $7.00 to 10.50; calves, good to choice, $9.00 to $10.00; do., medium, $7.25. to $8.50; ho ;e, fed and watered, $1.0,05; do., weighed off cars, $11.40 to $11.50; do., f.o.b., $10.65. Montreal, April 11. -Butcher steeds -Best, $8 to $8.25; good, $7.60 to $8; fair, $7.25 to $7.50; medium, $7 to $7.40; rough, $6.76 to $7.25. Butcher bulls, best, $6.70 to $7.20; medium, $6.10 to $6.60; common, $5.60; can- ners, $4 to $5. Hogs -Selects, $11.25 to $11.75; roughs and mixed 'GERMAN HUIVIANITYTONTARIO "DRY"' LEAGUE" AROUSED UNTIL JEJNE, 1919 Strung 14anil'c`ato Deuauneing the Prohibition to be Effective Scptemberc, "Brutal Militarism ni of. Prussia." A despatch from Re ite rd lm stays In a counterblast to the (airman Chan- cellor's Reichstag speech, the so-call- ed "German humanity Leugu.e" on Friday issued a manifesto urging all Germans in neutral States to strive to the uttermost to deliver Germany from the "savage and brutal Militer- ism of Prussia." The manifest() charges that the German Government has broken "every rule of civilized ie Can incl 1 i .lilt Cs diplomatic. honesty and 1 international obligations," and is re- sponsible "for the colossal carnage of domestic grief, financial ruin and eco- nornie misery which, like a'niglltrtare .froin hell, distracts the German peo- ple." _,_...._.......�_.__._....__ LOSSES 2009000 BEFOREvERDUN Germans Have Sacrificed Greatest Force in Whole Range of 16, 1916. A ts1atP h from Toronto a say s, Prohibition will he put late fetes in Ontario on September 16 nett. The referendum on the prohibition will be taken on the first Monday in June, 1019. This rneluhs the Province will be "dry" until that date. The liquor license oat now In force in the Peo- vince will be repealed when the On- • tario temperance eel; (prohibition) goes into effect. If when the referen- dum is taken the people vote against, prohibition, present licenseholders will probably get their licenses back, but districts where local option is now i in force will remain "dry." In other words, the situation will be just, -as it is at present. The Government is considering the case of lieenseholders who have long leases on their hands. FREAKY MISSILES. ' Queer Shells That This War Has Produced. The tremendous shells which the huge cannon of the Germans and al- lies send through the air are not only , missiles sent forth by the great guns that have no parallels in history. Tho gas shell, the weeping shell, the de- pression shell, the sneezing shell and the musical shell are all new with this war and so freaky in their ac- tions that civilizations would never have droanied of them in former years. The gas shell explodes and scat- ters poisonous gases about among the soldiers, and a breath of it is enough to kill a man. The weeping shells, or lachrymatory shells, as the Germans call them:, are fired with the object of blurring the eyesight of the oppon- ents. When the -shell bursts it makes the tears of those about flow in great quantities and prevents thein from seeing the sights of their rifles. It contains auninonia in high degree and causes intense pain to the suffered. The sneezing shell is much similar to it and gives off a bluish vapor on bursting, which causes the soldiers near by to go into paroxysms of sneezing, and of course prevents them from using their weapons. The air depression shell produces many deaths. Troops exposed to the violent change in the atmospheric pressure brought about by this ex- plosion suffer exactly as do'aeronaats who, desceifd too rapidly or workmen who suddenly come into the open air after long inclosure in compressed air chambers, the effect being to re- lease the air and carbonic acid sus- pended in the blood and transforming them into bubbles of gas. These bub- bles are driven by the action of the heart into the capillary vessels, stop- ping the circulation and causing in- stant death. The musical shell was used by the Turks in the Dardanelles and consist- ed of an ordinary shell with a small iron ball attached to it by a chain, this appendage causing a curious sing- ing noise to be made as it flew through the air. Warfare. A despatch from Paris says: 'The ' German losses before Verdun up to ;the present time have reached the huge total of 200,000 men, one of the greatest battle losses in the whole range of warfare, according to esti- mates made public here to -day from a semi-official source -"the result of careful enquiry made in the highest quarters, in which the figures have been rigorously checked and verified." • GERMANS PREPARE FOR NAVAL FIGHT Gunnery Practice After Dark Gives Impression of Battle. A despatch from London says: -1 The heavy, firing heard on several evenings in Kiel Bay, west of Bag- ukop, on the Danish Island of Lange- land, which has given r`se to rumors or a naval battle,. is explained by Renter's Copenhagen corrrespondent as having been due merely to German. naval gunnery practice of unusual pro-; portions. Many ships have been out each evening, firing at targets towed by fast cruisers This practice always takes place after dark, by the use of searchlights. $10,000,000 SUBSCRIBED TO THE PATRIOTIC IC I' UND. Sufficient to Last Till After 1916 it is Estimated. A despatch from Ottawa says: More than $10,000,000 has been sub- scribed by the people of Canada to the Patriotic Fund. This sura is esti- mated to last till the end of the first few months in 1917. The great num-' ber of enlistments during the past few months has added a glean). bur den to the fund and now each month is being dispensed a sum far in ex - lots, $10.50 to $11; common, $10,25; cess of that anticipated a year ago. 1 sows, $7.85 to 38.10. Sheep -6c. to In February, 1916, the total paid to APPLY CARD SYSTEM 8c.; lambs, $9 to $12. Calves -Milk dependents was in the neighborhood TO MEAT 1N GERMANY fed, $7 to 39. { NOT THE DANGEROUS ALIENS. Only Destitute Ones May Work on 1 Farms; to be Reasonably Paid. A despatch from Ottawa says: The suggestion that interned alien enemies should be released to help in Canadian farming operations does not propose to include those interned for offensive reasons, but only those taken in charge because of destitution. Farm- ers would have to pay them reason- ably for their work. Some such have already been released for service. of 3525,000, which is the lrargest month's disbursement since the war began. For the first time it exceeded the half -million nark, The amount requisitioned for March is $600,000. TURKS ORGANIZE PEACE MISSION Third of a Pound Per Capita Daily is { Allowed Outside Berlin. A despatch from Berlin says :- Meat cards will be introduced in Bavaria and Saxony on April 15, per- mitting consumption of 150 grammes (one-third pound), per capita daily, except on two meatless days eaeh week. Bavaria has forbidden sale of canned meats, whole hams, whole sau- sage, etc.. to individuals, to prevent the accumulation of stocks in advance. Individual meat cards probably will not be issued in Berlin. Regulation of distribution will be effected by limiting the sti'pply for each retailer. A despatch from Petrograd say :- It was reported in authoritative circles' on Friday that the Young Turks have; asked Effendi Norabottmgban, form- er Turkish Prime Minister, to visit London and Paris to inquire into the; possibilities of a separate peace for Turkey. BIG BATTLE ON THE YSER FROM YPRES TO Germans Are Making Ex flighty Struggle HE COAST tensive Preparations for a at an Early Date. A despatch from London says: The Daily Mail Rotterdam correspondent states that a big battle on the Yser front may be expected shortly. He states that he has reliable information that the Germans are making exten- sive preparations .for a severe strug- gle between Ypres and the coast. Tho entire coast area has been strong- Ily reinforced. In towns behind the lines, such as Bruges, Ghent, and Deynze, new German troops includ- ing the latest levies, have been sta- tioned. Hospital accommodations have been trebled. While the eyes and ears of the world are turned toward Verdun, Germany is contemplating a mighty effort either by or against the British, =rk U A POLICY INSURANCE CO. WHAT CARES GERMANY HOW SHIPS WERE SUNK ? A despatch from Amsterdam says: --Commenting on the American en- quiries regarding the torpedoing of the steamers Sussex and Englishman, The Hamburg Nachdichten says :- "Who in Germany cares whether these ships were torpedoed by German sub- marines or not ? They belonged to and were used by the enemy and were destroyed. That is all we care about at the moment." - -- T. - ALLIED WA RSHIPS SINE ENEMY SUB. A despatch from Paris says: A Ger- man submarine was sunk on Thursday by a squadron of French and British warships, the Ministry of Marine an- nounced Thursday night. The crew of the submarine was captured. MONOPOLY IN BREAD IN NEW SOUTH WALES. A despatch from Sydney, N.S,W., says: The Legislature has passed a bill which established a monopoly in bread -making and the selling of bread in New South Wales. INTERNAL TROUBLES ItIFE IN BULGARIA. A despatch from Athens says:---, M. Ghenadieff, former Foreign Minis.. ter of Bulgaria has beenarosted at Sofia with seven others It is believe ed that eight are charged with intrigu. ir,,• against the Government,