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The Clinton News Record, 1915-10-21, Page 3ENEMY U-BOATS LAYING MINES IN PATHWAY OF • PEACEFUL SHIPS Submarine Piracy Having Proven ;a Failure, von', Tirpitz Has Inaugurated a Fresh Policy A despatch from London says: Archibald r aid Hurd, writing in the Daily Telegraph of ,the submarine blockade, says: "Every one is by ' this time aware that the subtearine piracy, ,though it has deprived us of many merchant ships and cargoes, has been a military failure, "Now the Germans have inaugurat- ed a fresh policy with a new type of submarine. Ships of this class are now busily engaged in trying„to de -I stroy our own and neutral ships, for there can be no discrimination. The able." new policy of mine laying in the path- ways of peaceful ships is peculiarly despicable. The mine -laying submar- ine creeps along on, or under, the, water;; as circumstances suggest. Her progress, at night in particular, can- not be easily detected. I3efore the war opened, Simon Lake, an Ameri- can builder of submarines, invented a vessel of the under -water type which could lay these deadly explosive agents. The 'Germans. have merely proved that the method is practice The Leading Markets Breadstulfs. Toronto, Oct. 19. -Manitoba. wheat =New erop, No, 1 Northern, $1.09%; No. 2, 31.08, track lake ports, imn e- diate' shipment. Manitoba oats -No, 2 C.W., 51%c, track lake ports. American corn -No, 2 yellow, 70c, track lake ports. Canadian corn -No. 2 yellow, 69c, track, Toronto. Ontario oats -New crop, No. 2 white, 38 to 39c; No, 3 white, 36 to 38c; commercial oats, 33 to 35c, - ac- cording to freights outside. Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per car, lot, 92 to. 94c; wheat slightly tough, 86 to.90e• sprouted: or smutty, 70 .to 85; according to sample. Peas -No. 2 nominal, 31.50 to $1.60, according to freights outside. Barley -Good malting barley, 53 to 55e; feed barley,'40 to 48c,,a.ceording to freights outside. Buckwheat -Nominal, ceeeelots, 75c, according to freights outside. Rye -No. 2 nominal, 87c, according to freights outside; tough rye, 65 to 75; according to sample. Manitoba flour -First patents, in jute bags, 35.75; second patents, in jute bags, $5.25; strong bakers', in jute bags, 35.05, Toronto. Ontario flour -New Winter, $3.60 to $4, according to sample,- seaboard or Toronto freights in bags, prompt. shipment. Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mont- real freights -Bran,• per ton, $22; shorts, per ton, 324; middlings, per ton, 325; good feed flour, per bag, Country Produce.' Butter -Fresh dairy, 27 to „28c; inferior, 22 to 23e; creamery prints, 32 to 33c; do., solids, 29 to 31c. Eggs- -Prices are higher; storage, 28e per dozen; selects, 30 to 32c; new - laid, 34 to 36c, case lots. Honey -No. 1 light (wholesale), 10 to 11%e; do., retail, 1243 to 15e. Combs (wholesale), per dozen, No. 1, 32.40; No. 2, 31.50 to 32. Poultry -Chickens, 17 to 18c; fowls, 14 to 15c; ducklings, 16 to 18c; geese, 16 to 18c; turkeys, 22 to 24e. Cheese -Large, 14�'y to 15e; twins, 15 to 1.5%.e. Potatoes -Tho market is firmer with car lots quoted at $1 to $1.10 per bag, on track. Wholesale Hay Market. Baled hay, new -No. 1, ton, $16 to 317.50; No. 2, ton, $13 to 314; baled straw, ton, 36.50. Business in Montreal, Montreal, Oct. 19.-Corn-Ameri. can No. 2 yellow, 78c.. Oats -Cana- dian Western, No. 2, 51c; No. 3, 50c; No. 2 local white, 45 to 45%c; No. 3 local white, 44 to 44r/rbc; No. 4 local white, 43 to 43%c. Barley -Malting, 661/ to Glc. Flour -Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.85; seconds, 35.35; strong bakers', $5.15; Winter patents, choice, $5.40• straight roll ers, $4.70 to 34.80; do., bags, $2.20 to $2.30. Rolled oats-ISbls,,- $4.55 to $4.95; do., bags, 90 lbs., 32.25 to 32.30, Bran, $23. Shorts, 325. Mid- dlings, 330 to 331. Mouillie, 330 to $33. Hay -No. 2, per ton, car lots, $17 to $18. Cheese -Finest westerns, 15 to 15%c; finest easterns, 14% to 14%c. Butter -Choicest creamery, 824 to 32%c; seconds, 3133 to 31%e. Eggs -Fresh, 40e; selected, 32c; No. 1 stock, 28c; No. 2 stock, 25c. Pota- toes, per bag, car lots, 90c. Dressed hogs, .abattoir killed, 314.25. Pork- Heavy Canada short mess, bbls., 35 to 45 pieces, $28 to 328,50; Canada shortecut back, bbls., 45 to 55 pieces, $27 to 327.50. Lard -Compound, tierces, 375 lbs., 100; wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 10enc; pure, tierces, •375 lbs., 113 to 12c; pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 121/z to 13c. United States Markets. Minneapolis, Oct. 19. -Wheat -No. 1 hard, 31.10%; No. 1 Northern, 31.05% to .$1.09%; No. 2 Northern, M/a 02 .to-$1.063/8;.December, $1.02; ay, $1.05, Corn -No. 3 yellow 651/ to 6643c,- Oats -No. 3 white,, 34% to 35c. Flour and bran, un- changed. Duluth, Oct. 19. -Wheat -No. 1 hard, $1.09; No. 1 Northern, $1.08; No. 2 Northern, $1.04; Montana, No. 2 hard, $1.06; December, $1.02; May, 31.05%. New York, Oct. ` 19. -Flour• firm. Rye, flour firm. Hay firm. Hops steady. Hides steady. Leather firm. Live Stock Market. Toronto, Oct. 19. -Best heavy steers, $7.75 to 38; butchers' cattle, choice, $7.60 to 37.75; do„ good, $7.10 to $7.50; do., medium, 36.50 to $7; do., common, 35 to $5.40; butch- ers' bulls, choice, $6.25 to $7; do., good bulls, $5.75 to $6 do.,rough bulls, $4.75 to 35.25; butchers' cows, choice, 36.45 to 36.75; do., good, 36 to $6.25; ,do,, medium, 35.25 to $5.75 do., common, 34.50 to $5; feed- ers, good, 36.50 to 37; stockers, 700 to 900. lbs., 36.25 to $6.75; canners. and cutters, $3. to 34.50; milkers, choice, each, $65 to 3100; do., com- mon and medium,, each, $35 to 350; springers, 350 to $95 light ewes, 35.25 o $6.25; sheep, heavy, 34.25 to 34.75; do., bucks, 33.50 to $4.50; yearling lambs, 37 to $7.50; spring, lambs, cwt., $$.35 to 38.85; calves, medium to choice, 37.30 to $11; hogs, off cars, $10 to $10.05; do., fed and watered, 39,75 to 39,85; do., f.o.b., $9.40. Montreal, Oct. 19. -There were no good to choice steers on the market. Fairly good steers sold at $6.25 to $6.50, and fair at $5.50 to $6, while common sold at $4.50 to $5 per cwt. Butcher cows and bulls brought $4,50 to 36, and canning. bulls $3.75 to $4.25, and cows $3 to $3.25 per ewt. Lambs, Ontario stock, at $8 to $8.25, and Quebec at $7.50 to . $7.75, while sheep brought from $4 to $5.25 per cwt. The trade in calves was active at prices -ranging from $3 to $15 each, as to size and quality. Hogs, selected lots, at 310 to $10.25 per cwt., weigh- ed off cars, - SLOW PROGRESS MADE IN SERBIA Furious and Effective Resistance Put Up Against Teutons in Their. Advance. A despatch from London says: Both -the German and Austrian War Offices' claim that progress was made in Serbia," but the facts as detailed in the respective statements do not re- veal a rapid advance. In fact, they indicate just the opposite, a very slow forward movement being made in the face of furious and effective resistance by the courageous Serbs. From Berlin it is Iearned that Pozarevac is practically enveloped. This town is ten miles south of the Austrian frontier, and is a little east of the branch railway which rune south from Semendria to Plana, 25 miles away, where it connects , with the main line of the Orient railway. The Vienna statement says that progress has been made south of Bel- grade, and that on the lower Drina, on the western side of Serbia, the Serbians have been driven from some of their. trenches. The extent, of the Bulgarian inva- sion up to the present, according to. a despatch from Nish, consists of an advance over the frontier at one point of a mile. With this exception the fighting line remains intact and the railways have not yet been reached. The Serbians have assumed the of- fensive against the Bulgarians, and have entered Bulgarian territory at several points. An unofficial despatch from Sofia contains this news. It says that on October 12 the Serbians crossed the frontier and attempted to occupy the heights of Koritzka. NAMES ARE DECEITFUL. Phrases Used to 'Describe Articles Are Not True. "Appearances," says the adage, "are deceitful"; but still more deceit- ful are names. Some of the phrases which we use in order to describe articles are, in fact, sheer lies. What are camel -hair brushes?` Are they made from the hair of camels? Not a bit. They are made from the tails of Russian and Siberian squirrels. Whence comes India ink? From In- dia? By no means. It comes from China, The French are sensible, and call it "Chinese ink." Nor does india- rubber come from our Imperial pose session, but from Central and South America. "Genuine" French brier -root pipes are not made from the roots of brier, but from the root of a white heath. Centipedes have not s hundred feet; the largest of them have no more than thirty. There is no wax in seal- ing -wax; heartburn has nothing to do with the heart, and there is no nitre in sweet spirits of nitre. Finally, let us mention the depress- ing epressing. fact that "Dutch" clocks are very rarely Dutch, nearly all the wooden clocks so styled being made at the German village of Freilburg, in the Black Forest., K , 20 TRAINS OF SHELLS IN A DAY FROM JAPAN A despatch from New York says: Cyrus Robinson, an English mining engineer, who arrived here recently from Petrograd, via Liverpool, on the Anchor liner California,, said that Russia had been receiving ammunie tion from Japan over the Trans- Siberian Railway for three months as fast as the locomotives could haul au it. He said that as many as 20 train- loads had reached Moscow from Vladivostock in 24 hours, which had helped Russia to check the advance of the German army. Kaiser Baiting for Spain and Sweden A despatch from London says: The Morning Post's Rome correspondent says: "I am inforrhed that Germany is makingtwo diplomatic more p atrc moves against' us :` , one ofthese in Spain, Where she is tempting the Conserva- tive Cabinet with the offer of Gibral- tar and Morocco and the other in Swe- den, where the bait is Finland. Ger- many's condition is that the two countries enter, into the European war at a moment convenient to herself, and Spain give her that part of Mor- occo which she had marked as Ger- man at the time of the Agadir affair." ZEPPELIN RAIO ..ON L01.,C0 . VEROA N5F 5MISISti S0aR PN tonacsaEe', pEMOSn pQ NUBMe • 1 got: •RIGA 5 NA GAR!) errs ; MAID050 - KILO BAN' seri P0 cn t f po, W i ,per : .wAccSA 1001 e tete coon" pat nee, STRABSeuA4 NAN occlM"i u Beteoe,, C'J ; �.1e// 0US51AK Treomee coeceNranee Iiee VIENNA AU �ZR1F i The Week'e''Developments in the War. The map shows the points of greatest activity on the several war zones during the week.e Zeppelin raid on London, which took. a toll of 56 killed and 114 others injured, is indicated. Between Ypres andLoos there has been the British attack on the German lines, with severe fighting in other parts of the western front. Bulgaria is "White" this week, having left the ranks of the neutrals and joined the Central Powers, making an invasion of Serbia. The manner in which Serbia is surrounded by enemies on three sides is shown. The Montenegrin army' is now fighting on Austrian territory, In Eastern Galicia, north of the Ru- manian border, the Russians have won a notable victory. COMING OF TITE GAS AT ST. JULIEN EYE -WITNESS TELLS OF THE BATTLE OF YPRES. • How French and Canadians Were Asphyxiated in the Second Battle. In the Methodist Recorder of Lon- don, Rev. Owen S. Watkins, an army chaplain and a veteran of the Soudan campaign and the South African war, in which he was twice mentioned in despatches, tells of the. coming of the gas at St. Julien. He says: Going into the open air for a few moments' relief from the stifling at- mosphere of the wards, our attention was attracted by very heavy firing to the north, where the line was held by the French. Then we saw that which almost caused our hearts to stop beat- ing -figures running wildly and in confusion over the fields. "The French have broken," we ex- claimed. We hardly .believed our words. It seemed so impossible, so inconceivable. Gun -limbers passed at the gallop, fugitive Zouaves and Tur- cos clinging to them. In a few min- utes the road in front of the asylum was choked with fugitives -soldiers and panic-stricken peasantry from the farms and villages around. The story they told we could not believe; we put it down to their terror-stricken ima- ginings- • .A Greenish -Grey Cloud had swept down upon them, turning yellow as it travelled over the coun- try, blasting everything it touched, shrivelling up the vegetation. No hu- man courage could face such a peril. "We can fight, but the good God would not have us stay and be poison- ed like rats in a sewer." Then there staggered into our midst French soldiers, blinded, cough- ing, cheste heaving, faces an ugly pur- ple color -lips speechless with agony, and behind them, in the gas -choked trenches, we learned they had left hundreds of dead and dying comrades. The impossible was only too true. The immediate result was a four mile breach in our line, 'and through this gap the , Germans were pouring in their thousands. A wilder battle has seldom been fought, and the prodi- gies of valor ,displayed are almost without parallel. The story of how the Canadian division flung them- selves into the gap has already been told by abler pens than mine. Days of Horror. The chaplain describes the days that followed as "monotonous in their hor- ror." Then ,came Sunday, May 2, when lie ,was brought• for the first time actually face to face was gas warfare. As he says: When the French were gassed we had seen "something of it, but only the slighter cases had passed through our hands; now we were to see it at its worst, When I arrived at our ad- vanced dressing -station I found it full to overflowing -houses, barns, out- houses, stables, and on the ground in the yard and garden they lay to the.. number of 300, faces purple, twisting, and writhing in agony, dying by long, drawn-out torture. It was the- most fiendish, wicked thing I have ever seen; the ghastliest wounds were sweet and pleasant be- side it. To add to the •horror,, we were being bombarded. Heavy shell's were falling -in Ypres, in the field in front of us, in the fltId behind us, splinters of shell were hitting the house, and we Were in constant fear of having our patients wounded where they, lay. 100 Beattie in One Regiment. Wednesday,. May 5, again the gas swept down ,upon us, and "Hill 60" was lost, Major Hannafln and his helpers were at their wits' end; in 20 hours they had over 1,200 cases to deal with; more than 100 died in the dressing -stations and in one regiment elate they had over 100 deaths. Foranother week thestruggle con- tinued, and then lapsed. In this war,. says the writer, battles do not end at all in a grand climax, but rather "ebb away and die a slow death." The official date for the ending of the sec - and battle of Ypres he believes to be May 13. There followed on the 24th, however, a fourth gas -battle, in which the cavalry suffered especially, of which he says, in conclusion: I am not going to describe it; enough has already been said to give you some idea of the horror; suffice it to say that in 12 hours 800 cases pass- ed through our hands. But they were not such serious cases as in the pre- vious attacks, for the men had been equipped with respirators, which greatly neutralized the 'effect of the gas, and since that date these have been so improved that now the gas is powerless to touch us." RUSS k, NS GAIN FRESH VICTORY. Last Austrian Defence Line Pierced at One of. Its Strongest Pointe. A despatch from Petrograd says: Another striking victory has been won by the Russians on the southern front in East Galicia. They have pierced the last line of Austrian de- fences on the Stripa River, and stormed one of the strongest points on the Austro -German right flank. The point where the Teutonic front has been ruptured is about 80 miles to the south-east of Lemberg, and leaves that city in danger of recap- ture by the Russians from the rear. The achievement of the Russians, following their successes on the Dvinsk frdnt, represents a continua- tion of the recent strong offensive movement north of the Roumanian frontier, The position which they stormed was on a hill to the east 02 the village of IIaivorenka, on the right bank of the Stripa, 13 miles north of Buchach. This fortification was constructed scientifically, and was of great strength. From this base the Aus- trians had prepared to strike at the Russian left flank extending toward Pinsk. The Russian successes around Kolka and Chartoniesk, however, en- abled them to obtain a footing on the left bank of the Styr, which seriously menaced their opponents. THE SENSE OF TREES. Something Almost Human in Their Unerring Instinct, Mr. James Rodway, who is the cur- ator of the British Guiana Museum and an eminent botanist, declares that plants have at least three of, our five senses, -feeling, taste, and smell, - and that certain tropical trees smell water from a distance, and will: move straight toward it. But trees not in the tropics can do -as well. A resident of an old Scotch mansion, says a wri- ter in the Scotsman, found the waste pipe from the house repeatedly, choked. Lifting the slabs in the base- ment paving, he discovered that the pipe was completedy encircled by poplar roots. They belonged to a tree that grew some thirty years away on the, opposite side of the house. Thu the roots had moved steadily toward the house, and had penetrated below the foundation and across the base- ment until they reached their goal, the waste pipe, a hundred and fifty feet away, Then they had pierced a cement joining, and had worlcecl their w -i in long ong tapering lengths inside the pipe for a considerable. distance beyond the house. There seems some- thing almost human in such unerring instinct and perseverance hi sur- mounting obstacles.'' PLANT MAPLE SEEDS WHERE CANADIANS FELL A despatch from Montreal says: A large supply of maple seed is being despatched to T ondon this week from the organization offices of the Over- seas Club Tobacco Fund. The Over- seas Club headquarters in London, England, are arranging to have the seeds planted •round the graves and in the cemeteries where Canadian sol- diers are buried in Flanders. Later it is hoped to plant an avenue at Langemarck as a memorial to the Canadian heroes whose glorious deeds immortalized that place. 56 WERE KILLED IN LONDON RAID 170 Casualties, Including 23 Soldiers, In the Last Zeppelin Attack. A despatch from London says: Fifty-six persons were killed and 114 injured inthe recent Zeppelin raid over London. Fifteen of the 56 per- sons killed and 13 of the 114 wound.- ed ound-ed were military casualties, accord- ing to an announcement made later by the Official Press Bureau. The text of the announcement follows: "The Press Bureau of the War Office announces that a fleet of hos- tile airships visited Eastern Counties and a portion of the London area and dropped bombs. "Anti-aircraft guns of the Royal Field Artillery, attached to the cen- tral force, were in action, and an air- ship was seen to heel over on its side and to drop to a lower altitude. Five aeroplanes of the Royal Flying Corps went up, but owing to atmos- pheric conditions only one aeroplane succeeded in locating an airship. This aeroplane, however, was unable to overhaul the airship before it was lost in the fog. "Some houses were damaged and several fires were started, but no ser- ious damage was caused to military material. All fires were soon got un- der control by the fire brigade. The military casualties were 14 killed and 13 wounded. "The Honre Office announces the following casualties other than the military casualties reported above: Wo- - Chil- Men, men. clren, Total, Killed , , , . 27 9 5 41 Injured ., 04 30 7 101 Totals .. 91 39 12 ' 142 "Of these casualties, 32 killed and 95 injured were in the London area, and these figures include those an- nounced last night." CRABS DRESS THEMSELVES. Shell Fish Spend hours in Elaborate Dressing. Many of -the crab species of shell fish clothe themselves. Some species dress elaborately by taking small pieces of different colored weeds and sticking them on the shell, so as to look like a stone covered with weed. They spend hours, with the utmost perseverance, in making these pieces adhere by trying the same piece over and' over again till they succeed. They have a fine sense of sym- metry, and always put a red piece en one limb to match the red piece 'they have -'put on the other, and a green piece to match a green piece, though how they know red Brom green' in the dark pools where they live is hard to say, unless it is by taste or smell. When once their dress is completed it improves the older it becomes, as the weed actually grows on them. Another species, with like habits and a most decided love for finery, clothe themselves with bits of bright - colored seaweed, sponges and so forth. If thecrab be, despoiled of its gar- ments it at once proceeds to clothe itself again with care and delibera- tion, manifested not only in the se- lection of its articles of apparel but in the proper shaping of . them by means on Inn pincers. How He Mixed the Medicine. "Now," said the nervous old lady to the druggist, "are you sure you have that medicine mixed Tight? "No, ma'am," said the conscientious apothecary. "I wouldn't go as, far as that, but I've got' it mixed' the way the doctor ordered it," A bar of iron worth 35, worked into horseshoes is worth 310; made into needles,' is'woeth $350; made into penknife -blades, 18 worth 33,285; and made into balance -springs of watches, is worth3250,000. , BELGRADE WAS A ' S HA'BLES WHEN BOMBARDMENT CEASED Section Where Civilians Sought Safety Razed, But Refugees Were Shelled as They Fled A despatch from Nish, Serbia, says: The official story of the bombardment of Belgrade shows that the Germans are pursuing the same plan of exter- mination adopted in Belgium. Begun on the fifth, in the afternoon, the bom- bardment continued until i_the eighth without ceasing. Tens of thousands of shells of all calibres were thrown methodically, with the object of mak- ing as many victims as possible and creating a panic. Before the bom- bardment the enemy opened a barrier of fire on the roads leading out of the city, killing many persona who were fleeing, During the bombardment. enemy aeroplanes flew over groups of refugees, signalling the range to the batteries. The eouthern -part of the city, where the inhabitants had taken refuge, was bombarded all the night of the sixth. The dumber of victims was great. From a military stand- point the bombardment has had ;no effeet on the plan of operations drawn up for the Serbian troops. RED TAPE IN JAPAN. An Instance Which Shows How It Is Carried Out There. Although I have lived long in Ja- pan, writes a friend of The Youth's Companion, I have tried to keep pace with Western ideas, A corner in my compound bears witness. to the fact that I once tried to make `practical ap- plication of the modern maxim, "Help the poor to help themselves." It worked out in a rather surprising way. A beggar asked me for money one morning, and I saw a way to help him without, as the expression goes, "pauperizing" him, There was a had place just inside the compound gate that needed to be filled in with stones, of which there were plenty on the seashore near by. Here was a man who could transfer the. stones to _the compound for the thirty sen (fifteen cents) that he had asked of me. The man fell in with the plan cheerfully, and set to work. The job was about completed to his satisfaction and mine when a police- man, who appeared on the scene, ask- ed my man if he had received per- mission to remove the stones. IIe re_. ferred the officer to me, and I had to confess that I had not thought it ne- eessary. Evidently the officer thought otherwise, for I was•politely but firm- ly told that I might secure a permit by applying at the city hall. To the city hall I went, knowing that it is notwise to trifle with the regulations of the police department. Froin' there I was referred to the pro- vincial building. As I was personally known to the governor of the pro- vince, I sent my card in to him, only to learn that he was absent. The lieutenant -governor, however, said he would be glad to receive me. That courteous gentleman was going to pass the whole thing by, but thought it well to speak of it to the depart- ment of public works. Now the department' of public works had an efficient head, who be- lieved in letting nothing go at loose ends. ile announced that I must fill in a certain form in duplicate, making formal application for the stones. Then two maps would have to be drawn, showing where the stones had been found, and the place to which I wished to remove them. The board of public works stood ready to make the maps -at my expense. There was nothing to do except to agree to this arrangemeht, since I had already had the stones moved. I thanked the lieu- tenant governor .for his assistance and • withdrew. In a clay or two a messenger came with the maps and forms requiring my signature; after that they were sent to the city hall. Then another Messenger took them to the governor for his signature. One set was filed at the city hall and the other at the office of the executive. In clue tune notification came by special messen- ger that I was permitted to remove the stones -which everyone knew I had done a week before. All that pre- vented me from thoroughly enjoying the whole affair was the thought of the bill that I should receive from the department of public works. After several weeks of suspense I was noti- fied to appear before the treasurer, at city hall, to pay my indebtedness to the municipality. Armed with my bank book, I appeared at city hall. What was niy surprise and relief to find that the bill for all this red tape and infinite trouble amounted to ele- ven sen (five and one-half cents). 1' FORCING ROUMANIA. A despatch from Bucharest, Rou- mania, says: Germany has suspended the postal service and is Bolding up all foodstuffs consigned to Roumania over German railways until the atti- tude of Roumania toward the central powers becomes more clearly defined, Fruit should commence a meal, not end it. Originally the floors of churches were of clay, beaten hard, A beautiful answer was given by a little Scotch school -girl. When her class was examined• she was asked, "What is patience?" I•Ier reply was, "Wait a wee, and dinna weary." BRAVE DEFENCE BY SERBIANS Invaders Compelled to Cease Hos- tilities to Talce Time to Bury • Their Dead. A despatch from London says; The Serbians, although greatly outnum- bered'by armies with superior equip- ment, are making a stubborn defence of their country, and the Austro -Ger- man progress is very slow, and prob- ably will become slower still when the mountains, on which the Serbians are strongly, entrenched, are reached. The invading armies which crossed the Danube at Semendria and Ram, east of Belgrade, arrived at Pozar- evac, 10 miles below the Austro-Hiin- garian frontier. Pozarevac is a little east of the railroad which runs sonth from Semendria to Plana, 25 miles south, where it, meets the main line of the Orient railway from Belgrade. The Germans made no farther ad- vances after taking the village. of Zalesenik, south of Belgrade, The fighting has halted there in order that the enemy may bury his dead. - On the Danube front fighting oc- curred south of Gradiste and south- west of Semendria. Semendria Was evacuated in the direction of the vil- lage of Lipa. Near Semendria a fierce engagement was fought. The enemy succeeded in occupying Lipa, but at heavy cost. There has been no action since, as the enemy had such heavy losses; the battlefield is covered with bodies. The enemy also attacked near Belgrade, at Veliks, Mokri, Loug and Tourlak. WHAT GERMANY HAS LOST. In a Year of War -Great Sea Losses Inflicted Upon Pirates, The total gross tonage (approxi- mately) of ships of all nationalities captured, detained, stink or damaged from the outbreak of hostilities in August, 1914, until the end of August,' 1915, amounted to nearly 4,000,000 tons, and numbered close on 3,000 vessels. The details of German vessels which have been swept off the seas in all parts of the world are as under: United Kingdom and Overseas British ports 146 Captured in German Colonial ports 21 Captured and sunk by British 8 Captured by British .. , 75 Detained in Egyptian ports 18 Detained in Belgian ports 89 Detained in French and Russian ports 95 Detained in Italian poets „ , 35 Captured and sunk by allies 4 Captured by allies 25 Sunk or damaged by submarines, mines or explosions 4 6,975 Totals 521 1,113,258 The British trawlers sunk by sub- marines to the end of July number 105, of a tonnage of 15,087, in addi- tion to 31 vessels of the same cities (with a tonnage of 4,229) stink 1 v mines or explosions. The record of neutral vessels sunk by German submarines is a long one, numbering 43, with a total tonnage of 59,290. They comprised; Norwegian ... 22 Dutch 2 Danish 8 Portuguese .. 2 Swedsh 8 Greek 1 No fewer than 700 writs were issued by thei:Prize Court up to August `25 with reference to the seizure of ves Bels or cargoes in purely prize cases. Tlie net amount standing to the cre- dit of the Prize Fund at the present moment is £2,043,804. Nowadays there is no distribution of prize mo- ney among the captors. Ships. Ton. 315,181 43,367 29,424 186,765 86,038 136,920 112,945 153,876 3,822 37,985 UNDERSEA WARFARE IN BALTIC EVOKES PRO o SPo TEST FROM N Two Out of Ten German Ore Steamers Alleged to I Have Seen Sunk in Territorial Waters A despatch from London says: Bri- tish submarines in the Baltic, thus far have sunk ten German ore -carrying steamers and have completely para- lyzed the ore trade between Sweden and Germany. Thishas caused some dissatisfaction in Sweden, and it is charged that two steamers were sunk within Swedish territorial waters. But the British` assert that they have been studiously observing interna- tional laws, and, have been 'sinking only German steamers. The Swedish Government has in- strutted it.s Minister ,tet London to protest against the violation of Swe- dish neutrality by British submarines, according to a Stockholm despatch to Reuter s. The Aftonbladet says that the Ger- man steamer Germania -one of those attacked'; -made straight for shore, where she grounded in a position en- doubtedly protected by the territorial limit, Nevertheless, a British sub- marine continued' the pursuit. Men from the submarine boavdecl the Ger- mania acid took away her papers. This statement is based on the report of the German captain of the vessel,'