The Seaforth News, 1917-02-01, Page 6RUSSIANS SMASH THROUGH 1DIVIDING BRITAIN
TEUTON LINES IN MOLDAVIA IN SIX DISTRRICTS
Many Prisoners and Much Booty Taken From the Invaders of
lioumattia and Austro -German Forces Compelled to With-
draw on Golden Bystritza River Front,
London, Jan. 28.---Ruselan forties
after artillery preperation assumed
the offensive yesterday against the
Austro -German fortified potion s on
both MAO the Kimpelung-Jacobeni
read, near the north-western fron-•
tier of Moldavia, and after stubborn
fighting broke through the Teuton
lines along a front of nearly two
miles, says the °Metal statement is-
sued to -day by the Russian War De-
partment. Prisoners and booty were
trtken by the Ruedans, the extent of
which has not yet been ascertained.
The Restrain War Office report
reads:
"Rumanian front: Our detach-
ments after artillery preparation as-
semed the offensive on both sides of
the Lempolung-Jacobeni road, and
after a stubborn fight broke through
the enemy's fortified poeitione on a
front of three versts Prisoners and
booty Were 'Wisest, the extent of which
is being eseertained,"
"On amnia of superior Russian
pressure directed against the Teuton
lines in the Meste Caneeee sector on
the- Golden Bystritea riven front, in
Rumania," says to -day's German of-
ficial statement, "the Austro -German
forces yesterday were compelled to
withdraw to positiOns nearer the east
bank of the river."
The Rumanian War Office report
seid:
"In the Rasino valley our troops at-
tacked the enemy, and, In spite of
severe cold and heavy snow, succeeded
atter 11 hours- of desperate fig,hting.
in driving him south of the Kusino and
Suehitza valleys.''
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PART OF OTTOMAN SECOND LINE
SEIZED BY BRITISH AT THE KUT
Turk Losses Were Very Heavy, Four -Furious Counter -Attacks
Which They Launched Being Repulsed.
A despatch from London says:
Eleven bemired yards of Turkish first '
line trendies .south-west of Kut -el -
Amara and portions of the Turkish
second line trenches in Mesopotamia
have been captured by the British
forces in severe fighting, in which the
Turks suffered heavy losses, according
to a British official communiertion is-
sued Friday night. The communica-
tion paye: •
"By a determined assault Friday
morning, under 'over of an intense
bombardment, we seized and consoli-
dated 1,100 yards of the enemy's
first line trenches on the right bank
of the Tigris south-west of Kut -el -
Amara and a considerable length of
the second line. sustaining only slight
losses.
"The Turkish forces west of the Hai
River thereupon delivered four furieue,
counter-attacks,. the first and third
being broken up by our artillery and
machine gur fire. The second and
fourth attacks gained momentary suc-
cesses, but our troops, returning to
the offensive, regained much of the
ground from which- they had been
temporarily dislodged. Throughout
the day the Turkish losses were ex-
tremely heavy. Seventy prisoners
were taken."
PREPARING DRIVE BRITAIN BUILT
FOR FARM HANDS
Two Thousand Workers Will Be
Secured in the 'United
States.
510 SHIPS IN 1916
Civil Marshalling of Forces to
Carry On War at High
• Pressure.
- A despatch from New York Hoye :—
The Sun on Thursday miming rthlish-
ed the following Special cable from
London under Wednesdey'e (late:
The first steps toward civil •Mobi.
liention •indicating Great Britain's
whin -main° determination to fight to
a flash and to victory hove crowded
out nay discussion of the attitude of
the United States toward distant
ipence league schemes.
Labor's support, expressed at the
Manchester conference, has greatly
gratified the Government and will
pave the way for Neville Chamber -
lien's fast -maturing plans for mobi-
lizing fat industries and cutting down
the number of men working in non-
essential trades to the minimum and
increasing to the maximum the effi-
ciency of all the vital trades.
Mr. Chamberlein's scheme contem-
plates dividing Groat Britain into six
dis•tricts, Wales and Scotland each'
constituting a division, the other cen-
tres being Leeds, Manchester, Birm-
ingham, and Bristol. With these
points as basis, he intends to push all
the war work and food production ts
the limit of the laborers' capacity and
maintain high speed until the war
ends.
The first call for volunteers under
LEADING MARKETS
ArO(Off$1$#$1.
Toronto, Jaii. 80.. -Matiltobte WI:eat—
:Saw No. 1 Northern. 6e.011; No. 2 de.,
32.08; Na 3 do., $1.02; No. 4 wheat, SUM
week gay ports, 01d crop trading 48
shove sew erop.
Manitoba oats, -No. 2 C. 0'., 71,e : 50.
3 (2.33'., 67$c; extra No, 1 reed, Vic;
No. 1 feed, 67e, track limy ports,
American corn ---No, 2 Yellow, ;
shipment within 30 days.
Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 64 to 6111'.
notninal ; No. 8 white, 63 to 66c, nomi-
nal. aecording to freights outside.
01,11010 wheat -NO 2 Winter, per ear
011, $1,80 to 41.82 ; No, 3 de.. ;lig to
$1.00, according toofreights outside.
rreigktsi OutAim,.
rens-N. 2. 52,32, according 10
flar1 er-• .1319111 ng, *1.20 to $1.22,
cording to freights outside.
according to freights 0111side•
Ilurkwhottt---.$1.20 to $1.30, notninhl,
Itye...--No. 2. $1,40 to 61.42. according
to freights outside.
Mamtobo. ticur .1.0Irst patents. in Juts
Pans. 49,90 ; se000d intterits, le Jute
nags. 56.40 ; s trona' bakers', in ,11.110
begs, $0.00, Toronto.
lint:trio flour—Winter, according 10
sample, $7.40 to $7.60, in ba$7gs, track
seaboard, export grade.
Toroldo, PrOMPt shipment ; .35, Intik
Millfeed--t!tor lots, delivered t real
freights, bags hatiodecl- Wait, P9r ton.
$34 ; Shorts, per Lon. $18 ; Butui feed
nom, per wig, eese to evils
Itay--No. 1. per tun, $12 extra No,
3. per ton, $12 to 513.50 ; 111150I1. per
ton. 810 to 511.60. truck. Toronto
Straw -Car lets, Der ton. 50, trork To-
ronto
flountry Produce—Whet:vale,
nutter—Fresh dalry, elloicc. 37 lo alle;
creamery prints. 94 to 46' ; 43
to Me.
Eggs—No. 1 storage. 42 to 430 ; stem.
age. selects, 44 to 46c 1 neW-Inid, 111
cartons. bit to 66o ; out of cartons, 116
to 67e.
Cheese—Large, 258 to 30c ; twins, 26
to 2610 ; triplets, 264 to 2611%
Dressed poultry -Chickens, 22 to 24c;
fowl , 18 to 20c ; ducks, 20 to 22e ;
squabs. per doze $1.00 0' 54.50 ; tut,
keys, 25 to 30o ; geese. 16 to 150.
1,111, poup.N... -. Fowl, 111 to 13%, ; chick -
ons 17 to Iioney--Winto clover, 28-1b. tins, 14c
the National Service rule was reside a 5 -Ib. ktns. 1$ to 1.$1? ; 19.11o., 124. to
and both men and women are accept- and heave:, getem 1:er
tait-nii,8 to Ise bncewilea. uo-te.
Omni; honey --extra nos
111.4.„ 2 selert,
few days ago. There is no age limit,.
oes Ontaric;, 2iier tu
ell, Speakers are spreading all over 22•?,(1,'taiT 4`?.:"
the country to carry out a campaign of 42.00 ; eirttish golumbta, per hog, 62.60
recruiting similar to the early days of itfors1L7ga. ;$2,71e,v, Var"'" ""11,0"50'°0.
Beans. -Imported, hand.picked, per
bush., $0.25 ; Canadian, lutod-Pieked. Per
bush., 57.0o ; Canadian primes, 52.00 to
60.50 ; Limas, per lb„ 10 to leir.
Provisions—Wholesale,
Smoked moats—Hams, median, 23 to
20' ; do., heavy, 22 to 23c ; cooked, 34
to 371, ; rens, 111 to 20.• ; breakfast
bacon, 22 to 29e ; baees, pint's 26 to
20e ; boneless, 29 to 32r.
Lard --Pure lard, tierces, 214 to Bile
tabs, 214 to 22r patis, 22 L. 228c
compound, .104 to 17e.
Cured ments—Long cleat. baron, 18 to
(Ole. per lb, ; clear bellies. 18 to 18E0.
the war, when soldiers for fighting
were recruited. AS fast as recruits
are gathered they will be drafted into
battalions according to their fitness
for various kinds of work, the strong-
est women becoming member of the
Land Service Corps and the weaker
ones joining the munition -making
PARIS IS IN THE GRIP
OF ARCTIC WEATHER.
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•
A despatchfrom ails says:
France is in the grip of the severest
cold weather for many years. The
thermometer in Paris registered 17
degrees Fahrenheit on Eriday and
even in southern cities like Marseilles
and Bordeaux there were several de-
grees of frost. The number of deaths
from cold and the sufferings of the
Parisians have been aggravated by
the coal shortage. Edouard Herriot,
World's Tonnage Reduced by Minister of National Subsistence, has
About Two Hundred taken energetic charge of the situa-
tion, co-operating with the city au -
Thousand Tons. thorities. M. Herriot has decided to
A despatch from Toronto says: An- A despatch from Washington says: sell a 4e1'ge part of the reserve stock
other -drive" for farm hands is to be Loss to the world's merchant shipping of fuel to the public and has lent
ilit • wa ons to cam oal to
made in the United States this Spring in 1916 through war causes exceeded
by the officers of the Ontario Depart- the total tonnage constructed, accord-
ment of Colonization and Immigra- ing to estimates prepared on Friday
tion. Arrangements have just been by the Federal Bureau of Navigation.
completed to send five agents into the Vessels sunk are put at 1,149, of 2,-
states, three into New York State and 082,683 tonnage, and those built at
m ais auto g c
the small dealers who have no convey-
ances. The cold has brought packs
of wolveo mb the t11'Olal'tllO011t, ind
bears are ravaging the fields in the
Loir
Montreal Markets
NI Mil 1,51, Jail. 30.--Dat9—(.0.nadion
wesugn, No. 2, 71c; No. 3, Or; extra
Mho 6pr11(10 wheat patents, th•tits, 510 ;
Wi,,ter 119101116, ('1,1111,0, rc,Ilers, $11.00 to VIM 'd;.", bags, $4.10
to 54.25. Rolled $7,06 to
Z.47.1:u2n5.1$ATt;0.1.'17;,,,14),,,nad.0$01..4`.1u1121.5°.;
$13.00. Cheesc--Vinest westeri4i(ii.,81:20951:gottoi
49.011, per LOTI, 0
28 oo te 140.00, "oainis,
111,st ea:Atoms, no. 11uttor---C3boieest
ereaniery, 93 to 4390 1 seconds 394 to
404o. 1010gs"--19rt,a13. 99 to G5t, : selected,
44,1; No. I. -stork. inc ; No. 2 stock,
20.:. Potatoes -Pet. bag, cur tuts, 52.26
to $2.50.
wimapeg Gain.
J0'"w4"ac1.S,„
6.62
No. 0, do., 1.71Ne. 4. *1.068 1 o,1;;
!..e:s4; nresod, 7616e. Outs-,..-
estra
No, feed, 11e 1* g0..1 ict,c.1:54:;;
do., 5oo..3. No.
112.' , • fe,2,
N.. $ $2.03.2 : Is:o. 2
BRITISH TAKE COMMANDING
POSITION ON SOMME
More Than 350 Prisoners Taken by Gen. i-Laig's Troops, All the
Objective Attacked Being Gained With Slight Losses,
'While German. Casualties Were Very Heavy,
With the British Armies in France,
Jun, 28. --In spite of the hard weather
conditions, a gallant attack was made
Saturday by British troops against a
strong German point on the Somme,
resulting in its capture with three
0010910 and more than 300mon. The
Germans apparently did not anticipate
an atm*: and were somewhat oft
guard, owing perhaps to the heavy
frost and strong bliszard, sweeping
over the seow-covered field, The Ger-
11111110 remained snugly in their dug-
outs, probably believing that the Bri-
tish would do the same.
Outwardly there was no movement
within the Beitish lines, but ia the
trenches the troops were waiting for
a sudden attack, which had been well
prepared for and organized before. --
hand. Suddenly, the ordinney dernils
tory fire of the British batteries was
concentrated in a terrific drumfire,
flinging shells of enormous destructive
force upon the German trenches and
defensive works,
Tho barbed wire before the German
positions was eut as though by sharp
shears, Following the curtain of fire,
the English troops went briskly out
into "No Men'e Land." The breath of
the men looked like a smokeeloud 810
they went across the field of hum-
mocky 511010 and shell craters filled
ADMIT LOSSES
OF 2a 0009 000
But Berlin Paper Claims That
Germany Still Has 8,000,000
Available,
A despatch from Berlin says: Esti..
mating the total German losses in the
with solid lee, war at about 2,0000(10, the National
The British troops had been cold Zeitung, of Berlin, says that there are
but fresh with the heat of battle they available suffieient forces to carry on
moved forward like a machine and the war for Boma yeas more. The
earned out the operations with sired- newspaper gives available figures of
casualties, anti continues;
Sian and self-eontrul,
Trapped in Dugouts. "The first impression obtained from
these lists is that the monber of dead
The Germans were trapped in their
dugouts. The English boys were over is relatively small in view of the fact
and around the position before the that so many powerful offerseive cam -
Germane could get up to bomb them paigns have been undertake4 as well
gum as the defensive actions of unheard of
or fire upon them with machine
The whole garrisou of Inc strong. (W1111008/ such 119 0181 4111 the &mai°.
point surrendered sinless without This shows that the Germans ,are
fight, seemingly thinking that resist- more sparing a their forces than one
h
11000 1000 Llseloss, The British troops elieved.I
"Nevertheless, the tomes mean an
suffered few casualties and sea back
the prisoners in triumph.I enormous bleeding of the nation's
Meanwhile, the 0011201011 gunnel%
body; but it is not so great that Ger-
had seen ignals of distress and
many will not be able to carry on the
S
sentry they became aware of the fact . war for sevorui yeure more, If the
that the strong. point had been pap- total losses are calculated at tbout
two million the German reserves
Mired. They came out of their dug -
would still number 7,000,000 out of
outs and began firing at the captured
the 9,000,000 with which the war was
position, but the visibility was bad,
begun. On the other hand, large num-
owing Lo the whitish fog and the Ger-
bees of young men have reached the
man 41,0100115 was not so intense as in
former days on the Somme front.
. age of military :melee during the
Tho British troops had taken pos. war. According to a conservative
20551011of the deep underg•round rooms - calculation Germany has had in this
within the German position. In this iwoar,70,esall, athliti0n of 1,50(1,000 to hot*
way; the officers laughingly said, they
the National Zeitung says that
celebrated the German Emperor's
birthday. the soldiers who have passed the age
TEN CERN -AN AEROPLANES
DRV
:N DOWN BY 11-
E BRITISH
Successful Raids Were Also Carried Out East of Loos and North-
East of Vermelles.
A despatch from London says:
British troops have carried out suc-
cessful raids east of Loos and north-
east of Vermelles, on the French
front, says the official -statement is-
sued from British headquarters Fri-
day night. In aerial fights five Gor-
illa: aeroplanes were destroyed and
five others were damaged. The state-
ment follows:
"Enemy positions east of Loos were
raided by us at, daybreak Friday
morning. The enemy suffered many
LAU
limit for military service have been
retained with the colors the net loss
as a result of the war thus far would
be perhaps 650,000, 03' at the most
one million, and continues:
"Germany still has at least 8,000,000
mon to use on the front or for the
navy, and therefore we do not over-
state the case in pointing out that
Germany, by comparison with the for-
mer date ((late not given), has a much
larger number of men on the front.
For a long time to come it cannot be
expected that by any possibility the
compulsory military service will break
I casualties and a number of his dug- down, provided the difficulties of
ali-
outs wore. boinbed.and destroyed. We mentation do not become so great that
Icaptured 18 prisoners. We also en- the soldiers on the front also have
tered the enemy's trenches north- to suffer from them."
west of Vermelles early Friday morn-
ing und again took several prisoners. SERBIANS ENSLAVED
I "On Thursday our aeroplanes sue -
BY BULGAR CAPTORS.
ceseftilly bombed a number of places
behind the enemy's lines. There were A despatch from Paris says: The
many air flighte, in the course of following statement from the Serbian
Iwhich five German machines were de- Press Bureau is forwarded from Corfu
I stroyed, and five others were driven by the Haves correspondent:
!clown damaged. One of our aro- „Toiler Javanovitch, escaped from
planes is missing." Bulgarian slavery, has reached our
lines. He recounts that he, with other
peasants, was deported by force before
the Bulgarian retreat and compelled
to labor in trenches under the artil-
ERIC SUNK VERDUN BATTLE
OFFIRISH COAST A VIOLENT ONE heerey. firEev of ythme be ihaeivi se ahnedyh tehe i rwaele-
taken from all the villages into slav-
ery. Fifteen hundred were so taken
tore from Souhodol, under control of Ger-
man officers." Javanoviteh complain -
01' Hand -to -Hand
British Auxiliary Cruiser Hit 1 At Some Points Was in Na
two into lalichigan. The start is being 2,506, of 1,899,943 tons. The net re- United States Markets.
a Mine or Was
made over a month earlier than last duction was about 200,000 tons, or one ARSENAL AT DRESDEN
M
, osc$'' '
ion,..m.olis. 3t,94tu.,.t1,,3,?,(1is
- -skVltw1)
t; ,...,\.,?,11.Y. Submarined.
year and the work will be continued and 020, REPORTED I3LOW N 1:1' eld 1•"
i -half per cent. of the world ars
three months. total. The figures were gathered —sN
bard, $11
or tholm, $1.074 to $1.90( ; No. 2 I100.11. London, Jan. 28. --The British aux
-
In that time, it is confidently ex- from many unofficial sources, but are 1000 German Women and Young Girls ren. 01.8126 to $1.008. Co" -"NO. 2 Ysi- Mary cruiser Laurentic of 14,892 tans
,
pected, from fifteen hundred to two declured to be approximately correct., Said to Have Perished. low. 07 to to,$e. Oats-- -No, 3 Mate, 55t
ma, 101„u,.s,,$29 gross, has been sunk by a submarine
thousand farm hands will be secured Great Britain led in ship building with or as a result of striking a mine, ac -
Paris, Jan. 28,—The Dresden avec- to eeteee.
to meet the pressing scarcity in On 510 vessel.; of e2Aill thie.f..,`1 te• i ie8 i 's; 1 Zrdi cording to an official statement issued
619,000 tons. The nal has been blown up and 1,000 wo-
men and young girls killed, according NortInum, 51.83 1,1 t$1.5,0 , may. $1.6.6, to -night by the British Admiralty.
'thrice The department's agents will United States was second with 1,213
travel all over the two States, adver_ veesels of 560,000 tons. Ships built to a letter taken from a German 1...,iieseed -,-To arrive, $2.9ei , May, seen;
J 13, ss.stis Twelve officers and 109 men were sav-
. ed of poor food and hard labor, and
Combats. said numerous deaths resulted,
launched by the Crown Prince's forces
cording to late reports of the attack , "II"' OF PRUSSIA
BOASTS OF FUTURE.
_
-
A despatch frum Paris says: --Ac- g,,,.„„
in the Verdun region recently, several,
German regiments participated, and
President despatchdentel fromthe Londoni,Iilseieseays:
at some points the two forces fought Upper Tho
ment appears to have been the mcst
hancl-to-hand. Altogether the engage- , House, in a speech at the opening of
the session, expressed hope that the
soldier dated December 30. ed,
method that suggests itself to attract in number, of 720,868 bus, German Live Stook Markets The Laureate before entering the important offensive movement under-1Present year, "despite its disappoint-
t:S, tising in local papers and using any by all other countries are given as 782
The letter was written from Dresden --
ing beginning, might bring peace, ac
tee
the writer said that all the win- • token on the Franco-Belgian front in '
men. They are authorized to guaran- construction of 24,000 tons is admit- reemus eau. 30.- .Cholee 10.•avy steora British naval SOnice was in the ser-' cording to a Berlin despatch to Reu-
tee farm work at $35 to $40 a month tedly a low estimate. dows within a radius of twelve miles 80 to e10.75: choice heavv steers, $111 • ..
to $10 00 • ae Loud s0b0 to $0.75 • vice 111 the Ocean Steam Navigation '
• • several weeks The movement was
launched along a rather wide front,i
terco 1 n'sm be iyi t iwnagyeeofthe Amsterdam.rejection 0f A „Gf t eere ..
were broken by the explosion. He buiebere. ea: tie, ellobn.. $0.75 to $10,00 ; Company of. Liverpool. She was 550
added that the authorities were keep- ;',(,?•,101°,,d.stIV, TiVail; feet long, and was launched at Bel-
ing the news secret, arid that no rail- seal ; butchers. butte, chcI•e, .8.20 to -fast in 1908.
road tickets were being issued for slim) ; do., good bulls, $7.5o to $8,00 ;
d • .1 I ullq $5 1' to $5 16 • hutch r The Adltiralty statement adds that
Dresden except for urgent reasons, cows. choice, $7.75 to 435 ; dO., good, the vessel went down chr the Irish
---
Vienna, 250, 28.—Ileavy snows and 0- as- 7.25 to $7.41) ; do., medium, $6.35 to
16,60 ; stoekers. $6.25 to $7.25 ; rhoiro '
coest last Thursday,
for experienced men and $15 to $25 being delivered at four points between'
many's peace proposal by the Entente,
for inexperieneed men. LELSt year Avocourt wood, on the extreme left of
into the province as a result of a Ay the French lines about Verdun, and the President said: "The fateful hour
Dead Man Hill, a distance of more
about six hundred men were brought
of the German Empire is approaching,
For the second time war has been de -
weeks' campaign, then miles. The Germans gained
ng done on the farms now the de- some ground, but next morning as dared on ue and to -day we, a more
Although but Winter work is be-
', mend for workers is 80 large that two the result of a desperate counter -at- serious and matured people, accustom -
hundred applieutione have been reeeiv- 111aleekemeeortayoefntiHmilplo3solt4iovnfseic,:prtetti,ie.epdtibuy.. ed to victory, are standieg behind the
Emperor. Our troll will shall turn
to deeds and the sharp steel of a clean
ed from farmers anxious to get first ed.
sword in our hand shall hew the way
call on the men gathered up. Most of
:them are prepare.1 tu sign good men to a more proeperous future,"
on at once.
'WAR TO END IN AUTUMN. BRITAIN legARNshICLF.;,
AND ALL LES.
)1.)NY AUSTRIAN SOLDIERS.
124/ZISN' TO DEATH IN TRENCHES
ietense cold have resulted in a slack- BRITISH PENSIONS eoaers, 57.75 to 28.3,1; ,-•anners and .cut.
Ening, and here and there a total ces-
eation, of the .military operations on
all the war fronts where- Austro-
Hungarian troops are engaged, Bliz-
ear& 'prevail in East Galicia, Buko-
$250,0 0, 00 A YEARler; $1 76 to $5 50 • Milkers choice
$nt,c1,031$14:i (.1no.rin
,egoen4..aitsdo.cnoiedto.,
47g
London, Jan, 28.—When the new Vea°4 cV1,63:16 thet
Britieh Pensions Minister, G. N. 311.70 to $t4; hi:11mA -metioltee,
—„e
SEVEN TURKISH VESSELS
DESTROYED BY RUSSIANS
-
Barnes, unfolds his new pensioris la..
1 v.26 ;thhc!fcs.'a'aur,`,..%7:ed,''si4.2111
.1,,,t, the WoOtiSt1 Carpathians and scheme next month, it will be found do., weighed off ears, 514.50 ; do., t.o.b„
Romania, the snow being several feet that it will cost the country not lessSi
Vontreal, m Ja30.—e s
Cholrteers, 8,10
deep, The temperature is the losvest than 150,000,000 a year. According to $10.50; good, $9 to $10 ; choice
known in seats, which is true 111110 of to Mr. Barnes' forecast of his schemeel)Miltr'eceeiiiivei.e. ."sg 8865hOiergiclierte
1,430 G ERNI AN P A PERS the northern sectors of the „Italian there will be a minimumof 4'1
..... per bens, ;8.25 to 9 ; good, $7 to $8 • can -
SUSPEND PUBLICATION. feont and the Balkans. week to widows of soldiers and sai-1.1ritsi.a.0G sti% 1801sifeill.4 tskaPlui,
On all these fronts both sides ap_ tors who are unable to do any wage- $14 • choice select hods, off ears, 514.50
An official report from Petrograd
says:—"On the Black Sea ono of our
submarines sank four schooners near
the Bosphorus. Three other schoon-
ers that were encountered by the sub-
merine were obliged to beach them-
selves, breaking up in the prevailing
stoma."
arning work, while adequate sums to $.1-6•
rOur to be finding. the Winter their t
A despatch from London says: The;; will be paid to disfigured and crippled
, worst enemy. It is tautest impossible
Illologne Giteette 00079 110 fewer than
1,430 Gernitte newspapers and 950.. md,
to use artillery owing. to the great 01011, irresnective of their ability to
of men return to active civilian life.
see__
)dicals are no longer able to impear. i th,t.0.11
whil t1.10.8
it re plea f u 1.
frozen
(10
REAT BRITAIN TO REQUISITION
NECESSARY FOREIGN SECURITIES
Voluntary Mobilization Scheme Having Failed, Compulsion is to
he Applied to Holders.
A de:valet] from Lontlen saye; The
ficial Gazette announces •that by a
w order -in -Council the Tretteury is
powered under the Defence of the
aim Act to requisition any foreign
arities which may be required to
engthen Great Britain's financial
inion and also to require holders of
h securities to make a return on
31 to the Treasury.
he order further forbids the tram- .
or sale of such securities outside ;
United Kingdom. The order does
IAPPlY Le securities owned per-;
sons not ordinarily residents of the
United Kingdom.
The list of securities required by
the order will he published within a
few days, and at an early date all
; holders will he required to make a
full return of their holdings, The
terms and conditions under which the
securities are requisitioned will be
identical with those existing in the
voluntary mobilization whew, which,
despite the extra two shillings in -
Cane tax levied, apparently failed to
bring hi sufficient securities and hence
1110 application of eempuldon,
100 RUMANIANS DEAD
IN WRECK OP TRAIN.
Berlin, Jan. 28.—More than 100
Rumanians of high rank lost their
lives in It train wreck near the Ru-
Manian station of Tshura, according
to a despatch gala by the Overseas
Agency to have been printed in the
Rueski Slovo. The locomotive of a,
train carrying the Rumanians to Rus-
sia jumped the track and the care
took fire.
GERMAN U -BOAT FOUNDERS
OFF THE NORWEGIAN COAST.
London, Jan. 28,—The crew of 34 of
a German submarine, which foundered
otr the Norwegian coast, was landed
yesterday near Oar Norway,
by a Norwegian rabI00-1)001, 801,00(1'.
bug to the announeement of the Nor-
wegian Minister of Marine, transmit -
Led by the Reuter correspondent at
Christiana, As the Germans were
transported on A neutral boat, they
will be liberated.
IRISH -CANADIAN RANGERS
ARE CHEERED IN DUBLIN.
A despatch from Dublin says: The
Duchess of Connaught's Own Irish -
Canadian Rangers, 700 men and 28
officers, arrived In Dublin Thursday
afternoon and marched through the
principal streets to Wellington Bar.
racks. Cs"owds of workers watched
them march along the quays. When
the battalion turned Into Westmore-
land Street the music of the bands
brought large numbers of people from
shops and warehouses. The fine ap-
pearance of the men created a favor-
able impression. Also at College
Greea and Great George Street crowds
collected. From here until Welling.
ton Barracks were reached the men
were heartily cheered,
MOUNTAIN IS NAMED
AFTER YPRES VICTIM.
A despatch from Ottawa says: The
Geographic Board of Canada has giv-
en the name of Carthew to a moun.
tain in Alberta, after Lieut. William
M. Carthew, an likitrionton surveyor,
Who fell at Ypres.
RATION SYSTEM NEAR
IN UNITED KINGDOM.
London, Jan. 28.—William C. An-
derson, Labor M.P., speaking to -day
at Leicester, said he was giving away
no secret in stating that the popula-
tion of the United Kingdom would at
a verrearly date be put under a 1110 -
tion system
Sir Gilbert Parker Says Economic Col-
lapse of Germany Pending.
A despatch from Montreal gays:
Sir Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist,
and member of the British House of
Commons, arrived i11 'Montreal on
Wednesday from New York, where he
landed from a steamer on Sunday.
Sir Gilbert predicts that the War vill
end next autumn, if not a little earner
than that, The end will come, he sari,
through the eConomic collapse of Ger-
many mul the smashing of the Ger-
man lines on the western front by the
Anglo-French fovees.
A despatch from London says; Sir
Felix Schuster, speaking on
,lay at at the annual meeting of the
Unite> of London and Smith's Bank,
Limitod, of which ho is the Governor,
discuesed the British financial site(t-
- tion. Regarding opera) ions in the
!United Statee, Si,' Felix sald: "In ad-
dition to loans, a great many Ameri-
. can securities have been Hold. It has
been estimated that amemoome of
American eecurIties have been sold,
rail it 1:1 impossible to speak with eel,
tainty of the ligures which, however,
are very large, It must be remem-
bered we are tinancin onl • nut.
-• 03011, 1)1.11 0111' allies' rentilrenlents,"
WEATBER ON BRITISH FRONT
COLDEST SINCE WAR BEGAN
Soldiers Are Suffering Severely, but the General Health of the
Army is Amazingly Good.
A despatch front London says 1-1
Correspondents on the British front in
lei:vice say the troops are experiene- s
ing the most biting weather sifice the
War bogaA. The use of automobiles ,
is rendered almost impossible owing to
the freezing 01' radiators and earbure-
tors. Many cars are stranded along
lotiely roads. The soldiers, especial-
ly those in the trenches and on sentry
posts, are suffering severely, but the
general health of the army continues
amazingly good,
DALE MILLION SPENT
IN RE 1.,1Ele W A RitA NTS.
-COVerillUent GMT $100,000 'For Fire
Sufferers, $400,000 For Seed
n West.
A despeteh front Ottawa :taw: A
statement of expenditure under Gov-
ernor -General's warrant3 1)1(01115 the
0112100111 01101(1 year tabled in the C0111-
71ume 0111 Thuvsday allows, that the
Government nppropriaed and expend -
$100.000 tef the railer of suffer-
ers by forest fires in Northern On -
Uric; last summer, and 4400,000 for
the purchase of seed grain for farm -
ere in distress in Manitoba, Alberta
and Saskatchewan%
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