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Zurich Herald, 1915-04-30, Page 7CANADIANS SAVED I E LIVE Swept Back by Terrific Onslaught They Reform and Retake Lost Guns A .despatch. from London says: The Sudden. Gorman assault 'north of Ypres, which won for the Ger mans an advance of a mike and .a half and threw their first troops on to the west bank of the Yser Canal, has been b.buoloed-•+at several places ik>urled back. But it was not until Saturday .morning, :.after the enemy had stormed- and ,oaken the vilLaoe of Lizerne only to be driven, out of it by a series of desperate counter- . attacks, that an effective cheek seemed too• have been administered, Advices from the front tell of most sanguinary fighting still in pro- gress, with the Germans launching every ounce of force into the vio- lence of their forward rush, and the allies, .oantes'timg the issue with equal liardiness, standing fast in the face of their furious offensive, The War Office report says: "The fight for the ground into which the Germans penetrated be- tween Sbeenstraate and Lange - meek still continues. The loss of this part of the line laid bare the left of the Canadian division, which was forced to fall back in order to keep in touch with the right of the neighboring troops. "1n the rear of the latter had been four Canadian 4,7 -inch guns, whielt thus passed into the hands o£ the enemy. But some hours later the Canadians nlacLe amost bril- liant and successful advance, recap- turing these guns and taking ,a con- siderable number of German pri- soners, including a colonel. "The Can•adi,ans had many cas- ualties, but their gallantry .and de- termination undoubtedly saved the situation, Their conduct has been magnificent throughout." But while the Canadian troops were quick in assuming the offen- eive, they apparently were not much before the Belgians a.nd the French., both of whom were equally affected by the suddenness of the German assault, for, according to the news from Paris, important inroads have been made -into the new territory acquired by the Ger- mans, while a l of the allied forces are consolidated. The German success seems to have been wholly dependent upon their use of bombs fulled with as- phyxiating gases, and the first ad- vantage they were able to gain from this effect upon the allied soldiers. The gases which spread from these bombs were felt as far back as the second line defences. They caused a severe smarting of the eyes, which made it practically impossible for the gunners to work with -any degree of aocuraey. The first line trenches were made wholly untenable, the atmosphere being so Maden with the gas that the troops had to fall back or drop in their tracks, Enemy Drove '1'Veilge. • The space that was thus opened- this was west and south of Lange- mareI--,serve•d as a breach through which the Germans -drove a forward wedge that gained such impetus over the unprotected ground that the advance troops were able to cross to the west bank of the Yser Canal before they were stropped. Me.antdim,e, to the north and to, the south .of Langemarck the entire German; front over a distance of seven miles pressed forward with a violence that has scarcely, been equalled .since the notable drives made last October. Their forces had been 'heavily augmented by the massing of troops for this very occasion, 'so ;that the allied forces found themselves - outnumbered from one end to the other. Along this front the Belgians were at the .north, the British, in- cluding Canadians, at tihe •south, and the French at the centre. To- day's news tells of the British line bent back last night, having press- ed forward again, and of an equal advance by the French and Bel- gians. While much of the brilliant fight- ing seems to have been done by the Canadian troops, it remained for the French zouaves and the Belgian carabinee.rs to drive the Germans from the village of Lizerne, a. few min.utes after they :had occupied it Saturday morning. Mese fighters did not, however, ,stop at having regained the lost village, but pressed on, and also recaptured some of the ground beyond it. Germans Lost 9,000. There is very little information at hand to -night from which esti- mates of killed and wounded. can be made. News from Berlin says 2,470 prisoners were made, and that 35 cannon and a. large number of machine guns were captured. One report says that the Germans lost 9,000 in killed and wounded at the encounter which grained the west bank of the Yser Canal for them. The 4.7-ineh guns of the Canadian division, lost and then recaptured, belonged to the heavy Artillery Brigade, and were 45 pounders from Montreal, GERMANS USED SUFFOCATII!G GAS French Forces, Overwhe•.lmed• by Noxious Fumes, Had to Fall Back. A despatch from London says : The enemy scored a small success over the French forces in Belgium Friday by the use of asp:hyxiating gas. The shells used in the bom- bardment of the trenches of the allies were fitted with gases which ,compelled the soldiers to retire from the gas zone and drop back toward the Yser Canal to escape the fumes,, The British front re- mains intact, except where the troops have had to readjust their line in order to conform with the new French line. The reports :seem to indicate that the Germans, , employing every iavailable enan and gun, not only from the other points of the front, but from the interior of Germany itself, are making a desperate effort to pierce the allied line, isolate the left bo the north and thus win to the Channel and Calais. They Have thrown . themselves againlst the forces of France, Britain and Bel- gium, app.taienitly unmindful of the -cost, and already military observers are preparing to reoeive report. of the bloodiest battle of the war in this zone, The German movement carne south-west, following the railroad from Thou out to Boesinghe, and calve into contact with the allied lines at Poeloapelle. Simultan- eowsl,y another German force aug- mented by guns and men appeared before the British to the south, while heavy field guns, more read- ily transportable owing to the im- proved 'roads, once again shelled Ypres. The situation then was that the French ,ani Belgians were engaged to the north of the city, while the British were in action to the south. Among the French it was noted there were 4,000 French bluejackets who had given such good account of themselves under command of Admiral de Ron Arch. They were thus disposed when the Germans: made their first general 'advance, employing ,the gas-filled bombs, which made it impossible for men to remain in the trenches near where they exploded. At the same time they advanced to• the .south more to recover lost ground than to gb through, •and in, this they were un- successful, Bubonic Plague in Turkey. A despatch from Rome says.: Re- ports have reached here from Can- stantipople that the bubonic plague is raging in Turkey and that the victims of the disease are very nu- merous. The contagion is spread- ing in an alarming manner owing to the neglect of sanitary precau- tions, Several eases have occurred at Salonika. Refuses to Vote Military Credits a A Paris despatch to the Central News says that the opening session of the Hungarian Chamber was a gloomy ,sitting, The Chamber re. fused to vote the new military ere - dila -demanded by the general staff, The attempt of Count Tisza, the Premier, to break down the oppo- sition was futile, The Morning Post's Berne dor.' respondent gives a different version of the opening of the Chamber from that of the Central News, Ile says that Count Tisza in a long pre- liminary conference with the lead- ers of the Opposition, Counts Ap- ponyi, Andrassy, Miibhy ,and Kar- ol,yi, tried to obtain their promise not to oppose the new bills to be submitted to the Chamber, but that it is believed the failed to secure their promise. Aviator Killed While Per'f'orming for "Movies." This photograph was made an 1Vlareh 16 at Universal City, Cal,, as Aviator Stites was doing a series of aerial thrillers for the moving picture photographers, The "stunt" was suddenly terminated when something went wrong with the machine and Stites was dashed'S00 feet to his death. The picture shows the machine just as it started tilting on its fatal plunge to earth. An instant before the dummy aeroplane below Stites had been blown up as part of tlie "stunt." One theory is that the explosion shown in the picture caused Stites' machine to capsize. STEADY UNDER TE RIFIC ATTACKS Canadian Division Has Repulsed Two Fresh On- slaughts by the Uerinan Forces A despatch from London says : All England is talking of the -Cana - diens' splendid advance. Latest reports from the front indicate that heavy fighting continued Saturday and 4Sunday, when the German's twice attacked the Canadian line, but both times were repulsed. The Canadians had not been out of the trenches since their charge to recapture the guns, but have had the warmest trench fighting 'since reaching France, and were steady under the strain. The ex- tent of the casualties is not known at the record office, but all the sur- plus officers on leave have been hurriedly recalled in anticipation. Strong drafts of mem are ready to leave. It is reported that the Prinoess Patricia's also were in the battle. • Sir 'john Freuelt's Message. A despatch from Ottawa says: Gen. Hughes received the following •cable from Co]. Carrick, assistant eye -witness for the Canadian forces : ' "Sir John French tele- graphed Gen. Alderson as follows': 'I wish to express to you and to the Canadian troops my admiration of the gallant stand and fight they have made. They have performed a most brilliant and valuable ser- vice, I reported their splendid be- havior to the Secretary, of State, and 1 have a reply from him saying how highly their gallantry and de- termination in a difficult position are appreciated in England.' " Gen. Hughes - replied : "Sincere thanks for message. Please convey to Sir John and the Canadians the pride and joy of their comrades in Canada, for the part they have so nobly played, The Canadians have justly proved that there was no surrender and . that, by whatever fault. the gr -'s were lost, they were not allowed to remain in possession of the enemy." INDIAN HEROES FOUGHT TO LAST 800 Held Post, Against 2.000 Ger.' mans .Till, the Last Bound Was Fired. A despatch from London says : An official report issued Sunday night tells of the heroic defence by 300 British Indian soldiers of a po- sition in East Africa against 2,000 Germans, The Indians held a hill until their ammunition ra.n out and all but twenty .of their number had been killed. The failure of the British expedition agaiirst Tanga, German East Africa, as previously announced in Berlin, also is men- tioned, and against this is offset the success of the British in several engagements on the Frontier and on. the shores of Lake Victoria Ny- anza. The report, which was issued by the War Office, :leads with opera- tions in the British East African Protectorate between November and March, and is as follows: "An attempt by British Indian troops to take Tanga, in German. East Africa, was unsuooessfui, and the forge re -embarked and proceed- ed to Mombasa. Simultaneously an attack on a German outpost at Longido resulted in the Germans evaouKating their position after suf- fering 'heavy losses. The British also drove the Germans out of Bri- tish territory across the Umba River. "The British post at Jessie, held by 300 Indians, was attacked by 2,000' Germans. Jassin was sur- rendered after its ammunition had been exhausted and the commander and 280 men had been killed, "An expedition sent from Mom- basa occupied the , Gerrnan Island of Mahe, the German garrison sur- rendering unconditionally, %ira 1, on Lake "Victoria Nyanza, was at- tacked and occupied by the British, Austrian Air Se.outs. A despatch from Rome says: Word has been received from. An- cona that an Austrian aeroplane was seen scouting the Italian coast, along the Adriatic Sea. The aeroplane was equipped with strong :searchclights. The authori- ti:es:ar'•e attempting to identify the aeroplane. YAM' CASUALTIES AMONG- OICFIC RS 84 of Canada's Sous Named in tho Casualty List of Flanders Conniet, • The King's Message. A despateh from Ottawa says: The Duke of Connaught, Governor- General of Canada, has received a message from King George express- ing his admiration of the gallant stand made by the Canadians at Langemarck, and sympathizing with Canadians in the heavy •casual ties sustain:ecl. A causualty list containing th names of 84 officers in the C•anadia Division, of whom 22 were killed one died of wounds, 69 are wound ed, and two are wounded and miss ng, was received Sunday nigh rom Militia Headquarters, at Ot tawa. Rank and file casualties in con nection with this engagement hav not yet be -en received at .Ottawa nor has there been any announce ment as to their extent. -. Among the, Canadian officers re ported killed are Lt. -Col. W. Har McHa:rg, of Vancouver; Lt. -Col A. P. Birchall, of the Canadian Permanent Staff, in England Maj. A. E. Kimmis, of the Queen' Own Rifles, Winona, Ont.; Maj. E C. Nu•swortahy, of Montreal, and Maj. J. McLaren, of Brandon L. -Col. R. D. Boyle, Of Crosshead Alta., has died of wounds. Lt. -Col- Hart McHarg, who wa onnected with the Sixth D.C.R.O. Vancouver, was the champion rifle hot of the world, winning the title t the last International Rifle latches at Camp Perry, Ohio, in 913. He won the Governor -Gen ral's prize on two occasions, being ne of the only two men who eve won the honortwice at the D.0 R.A. meet here. His record atRisley and the Canadian Annua Rifle matches has very few equals Among the wounded are Lieut. Coal. W. S. Buell, of Brockville Iajor A. T. Hunter, of Toronto Iajor Gilbert Godson -Godson, oSutherlandVancouver; Major D.Sutherland Norwich, Ont., and Major B H. Belson, of Port Dalhousie Iajor D. R. Sandeman, of Re• Deer, is seriously wounded. Major A. T. Hunter is a widely nown local lawyer, and is prowni ent in Canadian polities as a pub ie speaker and candidate for Par lament. Among the other wound- -0..are Capt. George McCuaig, son f Clarence J. McCuaig, the Mont - eel financier, and Lieut. Reginald upper, a son of Sir Charles Hib- ert Tupper, and a grandson of it Charles Tupper. dmiralty May Close Ports Without Notice e n t e t• s• 9 r • f • • cl A despatch from Washington says: Consul -General Skinner, at London, cables that the British Ad- miralty had given notice that cer- tain ports of Great Britain may be closed to shipping without no- tice. "Closing will be indicated," the message said, "by three verti- cal red lights at night and three red balls by day. When these sig- nals .arc displayed vessels must proceed to examination anchorage or keep to sea," VAL ACTIVITY PVC; EASES Traffic Temporarily Suspended While the British Submarines Approach German Coast A despatch from London says: Indications of increased naval ac- tivity Comes from various sources. All steamboat communication with Holland has been suspended by order of the British Government, and taken in connection with the news from Berlin that British sub- marines have been in the Bight of Heligoland, where the German Ad- miralty lays claim to having sunk one and perhaps more, this is be- lieved to foreshadow some move- ment in the North Sea. The stoppage of traffic to Hol- land was announced in an official statement given out in Amsterdam in behalf of the British Govern- ment, which said: "All shipping between Holland and the United Kingdom is stop- ped for the time being. No ships will leave the United Kingdom for Holland until further notice, and ships from Holland will not be ad- mitted to the United Kingdom. It is hoped shortly to resume limit- ed cargo and passenger 'traffic. Special arrangements have been made for the transfer of mails." The reports of the intention of Great: Britain to stop traffic with Hollaand influenced the rates at Lloyd's and checked the tendency to reduce insurance rates. Nobody in the market seemed to be aware of the cause of the stoppage. Merchant and fishing vessels ar- riving at Copenhagen report the presence of an Anglo-French squa- dron off Savanger, Norway, and stories also are current in the Danish capital of a German fleet cruising in the North Sea. The trawler Fuschia reached Aberdeen to -day with the crew of the trawler Envoy and reported that the Envoy had been shelled by a German submarine last night off the east coast. The men en the Envoy left their ship in a small. boat, which, they say, also was shelled by the submarine. No one was injured. The Envoy's erew drifted about in the small boat for two hours before being picked r1 "According to Berlin evening newspapers," says Reuters Am- sterdam m sterdam correspondent, "a German submarine stopped the British steam trawler Glanearse off Aber- deen and took it into a German port on the North Sea," Aber- deen is some 450 miles across the North Sea from the nearest point on the German coastline. MARKETS OF THE WORLD REPORTS FROM THE .i.EADING TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA, Breadstuifs, Toronto, April 27. -Flour -Manitoba fir/IS patents quoted at $9.10, in jute bagel; Sea' and patents, $7.60; strong bakers', $7.40, ontarro wheat flour, 90 per cent, patents, quoted at 06.15 to $6.25, seaboard, and at. 56,25 to $6,30, Toronto freight. Wa 01.65; No. 2bat N31,64; Northern rcher nnbquote °81.611.2, Ontario wheat :s firm. at 31,50 to $1.55 for No. 2, at 'outside points. Oats -Ontario quoted et 60 to 610, out- side, and at 63 to 54e, Toronto, Western Catanad680, ,c,Noi,t•,,. 2, Bay quoteportd s• ar, 70c, and No. 3 Barley --Good malting gredes, 75 to 780, outside. Rye --The market is dull at $1.05 to $1,10, outside- 1'eae-No. 2 quoted at 51.75, outside, Corn -No, 2 new American quoted al 63c cp,ol.frts,„ Bay ports, and No. 3 at 82q, 1i a9 Buckwheat -No, 2 quoted at 80 to 820, of tside. Bran and a ton, and chshorts-Bran artsat $29 to ie $3,40, quoted$30. at 127 Rolled oats -Car lots, per bag et 90 lbs.. Provisions, Cured meats are quoted as follows:- Bacon, long clear, 13 34 to 14e per lb. in case lots. Hams --Medium, 17 to 171-2e;' do„ Leavy, 14 1-2 to 16e; rolls, 14 to 14 1.2c; breakfast bacon, 18 to 190; backs, 20 to 210; boneless backs, 23e. Lard -The market le quiet, with prices steady; pure lard, tubs, 11 3-4 to 12e; do.. pails, 12 to 121-2e. Compound, tube, 9'3-4 to 10e; do., pails, 10 to 10 1-4c. Country Produce. Butter -The market is quiet, with prices generally unchanged, Good grades want- ed. Choice dairy, 27 to 28e; Inferior, 2i to 23c; creamery prints, 35 to 36e; do„ solids, 32 to 33e. Eggs -The market is firmer, with sales at 21 to 22e per dozen, in case lots. Beans -The market is steady at $3.40 to $3.45 for prime, and $3.45 to $3.50 for hand-picked. Business in Montreal. Montreal, April 27,--Corn--American No, 2 yellow, 821.0 to 83c. Oats -Canadian Western, No. 3, 691.2:; extra No. 1 feed. 69 1-2e; No. 2 local white, 67 1.2c; No. 3 lo- cal white, 66 1.2c; No. 4 local white, 65 1-2c. Barley -Manitoba, feed, 80e; malting, 86 to 880. Flour -Manitoba Spring wheat pat - exits, firsts, $8,20; seconds, $7.70; strong bakers', $7.50; Winter patents, choice, $7.80; straight rollers, $7.30 to $7,40; do., bags, $3.45 to $3.55, Rolled oats-Bbls., $.75 to $7; do., bags, 90 lbs., $3.25 to $3.35. Bran, $26. Shorts, $28. Middlings, $33 to $34. Mouillie, $35 to $38. Hay -No, 2, per ton, car lots, $18 to $19.50. Cheese-Fineet westerns, 17 1-2 to 17 3-4c; finest easterns, 17 to 171.4e. Butter -Choicest creamery, 351.2 to 36c; seconds, 34 to 34 1-2c. Eggs -Fresh, 22 to 23c; selected, 25e; No, 2 stook, 21c. Potatoes -Per bug, car lots, 47 1-2 to 50e. Dressed bogs -Abattoir killed, $13 to $13,50; country, $10.50 to $11.75. Pork - Heavy Canada short mese, bbls., 35 to 45 pieces, $28; Canada short-cut back, bbls.. 45 to 55 Pieces, $27.50. Lard -Compound, tierces, 375 lbs., 9 1-2c; wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 10c; pure, tierces, 375 lbs., 111.2; puna, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 12c. Winnipeg Wheat. Winnipeg, A.priI 27. -Wheat -No. 1 North- ern, $1.58 3-8; No. 2 Northern, $1.57; No. 3 Northern, $1.54 3.4; No. 4, $1.50; No. 6, $1.461.2; No. 6. $1.42 1-2. Oats -No. 2 C. W., 65c; No. 3 O.W., 62e; extra 17.15. 1 feed, 61 3.4c; No. 1 feed, 60 7-8c; No. 2 feed. 59 7-8c. Flax-No..1 N: W.C., $1.79; No. 8 C.W., $1.76. United States Markets. Minneapolis, April 27. -Wheat -No. i hard, $1.61 3-4; No. 1 Northern, $1.57 1-4 'to $1,61 1-4; No. 2 Northern, $1.52 34 to $1.5814; May, 81,55 1.4. Corn -No. 3 yel- low, 73 1-4 to 73 3-4c. Oats -No. 3 white, 54 3-4 to 55 1-4c. Flour and bran un- changed. Duluth, April 27.. -Wheat -No. 1 hard, 51.61 5-8; No. 1 Northern, $1.60 3-8; May, $1,59 3-8. Linseed, $1.98 1-4; May, $1,98 3.4, New York, April 27. -Flour firm, Rye flour steady. liay steady. I•Iope quiet. Hides steady. Leather firm. live Stock Markets. Toronto, April 27: •Butchers' cattle, choice, $7.35 to $7.60; do, good, $6,90 to $7,15; do., medium, $6.50 to $6.75; do., com- mon, $6,50 to 86.75; butchers' bulls, choice. $6 to $6.80; do., good bulls, $6.25 to $6,30; do., rough bulls, $4.60 to $6,75; butchers' cows, choice, 85,50 to $6.75; do., medium, $5.25 to $5,40; do., common, $4,60 to $6,75; feeders, gond. $6.40 to $7.25; do., rough bulls, $5 to $5.50; rtockers, 700 to 1,000 fibs;, $6 to $6,85; canners and cutters, $3,75 to $4.60; milkers. choice, each, $60 to $85; do., common and medium each, 835 to $45; springers, $5) to $75; light ewes, $6,50 to $7.50; do., heavy, $5 to $6,30; do., backs, $3.50 to 84.50: lambs, $5 to $10; calves, $5.50 to $10; hogs, fed and watered, $3.65; do., off cars, $9 to $9.15. Montreal, April 27: --The supply of cattle was small, for which the demand was fair, and sales of choice eteers were made at $7.75 to $8: good at $7,25 to $7,50, and the lower grades from $5 to $6.50, while butchers' cows brought from $4.50 to $6,50, and belle from $5 to 07 per cwt. The feature of the small meat trade was the activity in calves, there being a good de- mand for all the offerings at prices rang- ing from $2 to $9 each a; to size and quality. A few small lots of yearling lambs sold at $8.20 to $9.25, and ewe sheep at $5,75 to $6 per cwt. Spring lambs brought. $2,50 to $8,50 each, as to size. The tone of the market for hogs was firm under 0 fair demand and email offerings, and sales of selected. lute were made at $9,50 to $9,60 per cwt, weighed off cars, and 10 one or two inetanees as high as $9,75 was paid for eniali lots. Orphans of France. A despatch from Paris says: It has been decided by the Cabinet that children made orphans. by the death in the war of their fatl'ors should be eared for by the State. The Cabinet considered t•hie mat- terat ,length and • determined in principle that these orphans, should be. inade public wards, to be main- tained and educated according to a plan to be decided upon later. A commission representing the. eta', era•l Ministries coneei'n:ed will b;e. appointed to study this complicated question and examine bilis al- ready introduced in Parliu.ment, W11 •0' asted. Time., Mistress In the time it takes fine to tell you how to do the work I could do it myself :" Housemaids-"Yes'm. And in the time it takes nee to listen to you, so could I:''