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Zurich Herald, 1915-11-05, Page 7200,000 CANADIAN SOLDIERS NOW ATR T OR IN TRAINING • Nearly Twenty New Battalions I -lave Been Added to the Expeditionary Force in the Last Month, A despatch from Ottawa says: There are new 200,000 Canadian sol- diers under arms, either at the front, In England, or Canada. • To the 10,- 000 which it was announced had en- - listed up to the end of September nearly twenty new battalions have been added during the past rnonth, while the foundations of others are • being laid to raise and train men in the smaller local centres. The new units recently recruited are as follows: -Two pioneer regi- ments, one in Western Canada and one in Eastern Canada. One regi- ment of mounted rifles from Niagara district; one battalion from Toronto; one from 'Grey' County; two from Simeoe County; one from Ontario County; one or possibly two from El- gin and Kent Counties; one from Es- sex County; one from the Rainy River and Fort William districts; two new battalions from Manitoba; two from Saskatchewan; one from Alberta; one from New Brunswick, and one at Vic- toria, with another to be raised on the British Columbia mainland. FOR FIRST TIME IS FAVORABLE Balkan Situation Is Hopeful From the Allies' Point of View. A despatch from London says: From the allies' point of view, the Balkan situation looks more favorable than at any time since the invasion of Serbia began, or, as one military observer said frankly: "It looks for the first time favor- able." The cause of this is a sudden marked change in Roumania's atti- tude in favor of the allies, a change which has occasioned Berlin practi- cally to despair of the hope that this Balkan State would maintain its neu- trality. Bucharest despatches make no se - ^.ret of the fact that Roumania is lending a willing ear to the Entente offer to grant all her claims, includ- ing: Bessarabia. A. despatch to the Daily Telegraph from Bucharest says that at an au- dience granted Minister of. the Inter- ior Jonescu and M, Filipesco, leader of the' Conservative party, King Fer- dinand declared that he was not op- posed to the realization of the aspira- tions of the Roumanian people, and that in this matter he placed himself in the hands of Parliament and the Government. . A halfmillion well-equipped Rus- sian soldiers are reported to be in readiness, welting for Roumania to say the word; then to march -through 'that country to relieve the Serbians. Roumania • herself, by accepting the allies' =offer, is expected, by the terms of the pact, to send her own army over the frontier, falling in the rear of the Teuton and Bulgarian forces advancing toward. the heart of Serbia from the bend of the Danube. Already the German general staff -is said to be figuring with this dan- ger. The news is confirmed that part of the army of Gen. von Lisingen, fighting in South-western Russia, has been sent to the Roumanian 'border: line. FOUR GERMAN YACHTS CONDEMNED AS PRIZES A despatch from London says: The racing yacht Germania, which on two occasions won Emperor William's Cup at Cowes, was condemned is the Prize Court as a prize of war. The Ger- mania, which was captured at Cowes at the outbreak of the war, was the property of Lieut. Dr. Gustav von Bohlen and Halbach, head of the Krupp works. The other Ge. man yachts captured at Cowes -The Lasca II,, Stella Maris, and Paula III, -also were condemned. FT( To make leather boots waterproof, saturate them with castor-oil. • HALF A BILLION IN WAR ORDERS Munitions Agents Announce More Business for Canadian Plants. A despatch from Ottawa says: Bri- tish ordefs aggregating five hundred millions of dollars have come or are corning to Canada, according to a statement made by Mr. D. A. Thomas, representative of the British Minister of Munitions. Mr. Thomas has left for New York on his way back to England, having accomplished his mission to the United States and Canada. He ex- pects to return before 'Christmas. His work in Canada is now in the hands of Mr. Lionel: Hichens, who arrived recently to represent Mr. Lloyd -George, and who will have charge of the reconstitution' of the Shell Committee, or, as Mr. Thomas describes it, the Canadian Munitions Committee. The main feature of the reorganization, of the committee will be the retirement of those members who are interested in the manufacture of munitions. Mr. Thomas issued a lengthy state- ment in which he reviewed the work of the Shell Committee and himself, touching upon most of the questions with which rumor has been busy,; for the past two or three months. Gen. Bertram,, chairman of the Shell Com- mittee, had no comment to make on the statement issued by Mr. Thomas. "Everything," he said, "is in the statement." HELPS TO AVENGE THE CAVELL MURDER A despatch from Ottawa says: A New York man in a letter to Sir Sam Hughes declares that the Cavell mur- der should be avenged by every Bri- ton in the world. The writer states that though he cannot go to the front, he is willing to pay for a substitute, and offers to place $100 per month in the Minister's hands for this purpose so long as the war continues. He asks that the Minister make use of the money "in a way that will dam- age the Huns." 44 KINGSTON FAMILY IN THE BATTLE LINE A despatch from Kingston says: Miss Kathleen. Carruthers, who sails shortly for England to go into mili- tary hospital work, is the sixth mem- ber of J. 13. Carruthers' family in the service of the Empire. Mrs. C. F. Constantine, formerly Miss Marie Carruthers, is engaged in hospital work in England, and four of Mr. Carruthers' sons are officers serving at the front. In one year a horse or a cow will eat nine times its own weight. M iH HAVOC ON BUM PORTS FROM GUNS OF ALLIED LEETS Sofia Now Admits That One-quarter of Dedeagm hatch Was Razed by the Shells A despatch from Sofit met: Al- though the bombardment of Varna by the Russian fleet lasted only ten min- utes, the bodies of 22 civilians already have been found, while over a hundred • persons were injured, many of them severely, according to reports received here.. The Russian fleet was sighted at eight o'clock in the morning rapidly approaching the city, and opened fire while still at a great, distance. It ap- preached to within a little over 'three miles, but . withdrew before the Bul- garian batteries could make their fire effective. According to officials here, the Rus- sians never searched out the Bulgar- ian batteries, but merely shelled the city, especially the harbor sections, where Greeks form the majority of the population. The people are great- ly excited over the bombardments of Bulgarian cities on the Aegean and Biack Seas. The damage done by the bombard- ment of Aegean Sea towns and vil- lages by the allied fleet recently was greater than at first reported. One- fourth of the entire city of Dedeag- hatch was razed by the shells of the warships. BRIT►SH CRUISER r" H•M•S•ARG•YLL WRECKED OFF EAST' OF. SeO7LAND. �r y 1`1ORtii KiCAMAI mereeoe iii‘,4: ......y..I c'P''' U( 75 BRUY Eo! RasO -4� solssoss t, L EMBURO ORHEIMS sr PARIS Rp`���o �oMETA ssta rrY KXQ xi � ov' /fhil:,-///rie A,,i - �\ NAGPlia 18N) 0,050c.VILriA 1" V.° i, e PooSEtl 'wMRSA\I toot 1 KRITHIA • `r•• / & co'N pZEHYb1 °STRASS5URG pcotMAR 4 e. vIEMNA OMutMeus n MUNIRN AU 5T "6. 0DEsse JI I FiESTE FWME t BECZRZE 'ROME 1`f.6'DITER RA,N�'A1Y Q5EA The Week's Developments in the War. The major interest -in the war during the last week has been in the developments in the Balkans. The Austro -German troops have made some progress in their invasion, although the Serbians have offered a heroic resistance, and the enemy's advance has been hampered by the nature of the country. On the northern part of their front the Bulgarian army. ,has met with some success, and has joined hands with the Austro -German forces. Further south, however, the French and British troops landed at Saloniki, have joined the Serbians and have driven the Bulgarians to their own frontier at the same time, with the result that Strumnitza is being menaced by the forces of the Entente. British and French war -ships have bombarded the Bulgarian coast from the Aegean Sea, and Turkish troops are reported to have been rushed to reinforce the Bulgarians on the coast, in anticipation of an at- tempt to land by the Allies. Russia is negotiating with Rumania for permission to send troops through that country against Bulgaria, while Russian war -ships have bombarded Varna, ono of the two principal Bulgarian ports on the Black Sea. On the Western front, there has been comparatively little change, both sides claiming some local successes. The Russians are now on the offensive on most of the great Eastern battle -front, but conditions there show little change. "With the obvious aim of relieving the pressure on Serbia, the Italian troops have taken the offensive on their front, and despite .the difficulties of, the country, have won important positions. Other developments are indicated on the chart. GERMAN MASSES ARE HELD -BACK Made Five Distinct Onslaughts On the French Positions in Tahure Sector. A despatch from Paris says: A German assault on the Tahure sector, begun with violence Saturday, contin- ued with five more distinct attacks on the.French positions, preceded by ex- tremely heavy artillery fire and the use of gas shells. In the first of these five attempts the Germans suc- ceeded in reaching the summit of the Butte de Tahure. At other points and in the remaining four attacks they Unnecessary mention of higher for - were repulsed, with heavy losses, and mations, such as brigades, divisions, everywhere were forced to return to is strictly forbidden, and causes de - the trenches they had occupied before lad their attack. e: The assault which won the Butte de SUBMARINES ARE NOT FEARED. Tahure covered altogether a front of five miles, running from the woods at the side of Hill 195, past the Butte de Tahure, and the village of Tahure, to and including the earthworks known as La Courtine. After a bom- bardment of extreme violence the German infantry, made up largely of units recently sent from the Russian! front, attacked all along the line. The French fire cut through their ranks and threw them back, except at the one point named. Before the village of Tahure the Germans suffered espe- cially heavy losses, leaving a large number of dead before their trenches. The German artillery opened again on the same series of positions, using large -calibre shells filled with suffo- cating gases. ^ Beginning with an at- tack on the eastern section of La Courtine, the enemy followed up the offensive at intervals with assaults on the village of Tahure, the region to the south of the village and the crests to the north-east. The French_artil- lery and rifle fire beat them back to their trenches in each case. KAISER IN BELGIUM DAY OF EXECUTION A despatch from London says: The Daily Mail correspondent at The Hague says it is stated on the au- thority of a retired German diplomat that on the day Miss Edith Cavell, the British nurse was executed the Kaiser v in Belgium, and was easily nc.ecAsible either by the Gover- nor-General or the military comman- der. Ethel --"No, George, I can never be your wife." George (in despair) -- "And am I never to be known as the husband of the lovely Miss ;Tones?" He got her. • THE CORRECT METHOD I ine officers of the German navy now OF ADDRESSING NU sleep their last sleep down below whither our navy has sent them by t ways and means which are better no. discussed. "We have learned how to kill them .In. order to facilitate the handling of mail at the front and to insure prompt delivery it is requested that all mail be addressed as follows:- (a) Regimental Number (b) Rank '(c) Name (d) Squadron, Battery or Company (e) Battalion, Regiment (or other unit), Staff appointment or Depart- ment (f) Canadian Contingent (g) British Expeditionary Force . (h) Army Post Office, London, England Most of Germany's Officers Are Asleep in the Deep. Mr. Fred T. Jane, the well-known naval writer, says of Germany's sub- and that must suffice." 44 C FEDERAL ARSENAL MAY BE ERECTED British Agents Look Into the Possi- bilities of Malting Big Guns. A despatch from Ottawa says: With the object of determining the possibilities of production of heavy guns in Canada, Sir Frederick Don- aldson and Gen. Mahon, representa- tives of the British War Office, are visiting the principal steel -producing centres of the Dominion. They are now concluding an inspection visit to the plants of the Dominion Iron and Steel Co., the Nova Scotia Steel Co., and similar industries in the Maritime Provinces, after which they will visit marines: Montreal, Toronto and other cities. "When the war broke out she laid It is learned that the establishment down 60 submarines; in the course of of an arsenal for the production of the war she has probably ,laid down such cannon by the Dominion Govern - at least 30 more. She started the war Ment itself would be acceptable to the with 30. The bulk of, these we have British War Office. destroyed. "A submarine sailor can be trained I Leap before you look and you will in two months, but to train an officer i look foolish. is more than a matter of two years. Nearly a third of the whole length The majority of the efficient submar- of a whale is taken up by its head. Markets Of The !fort Breadstuffs. Toronto, Noe, 2. ---Manitoba wh'ea new crop -No. 1 Northern, :$1.09% No. 2 Northern, $1,06% on true lake ports, immediate shipment. Manitoba oats -No. 2 CT., tough 45c, on track lake ports, American corn -No. 2 yellow, 71 on track lake ports. Canadian corn --No. 2 yellow, 73s on track Toronto. Ontario oats, new crop -No. white, 37 to 390; commercial oats, 3 to 37e, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat -No. 2 "Winter, pe car lot, 94 to 96e; sprouted and tough 80 to 92c, according to sample sprouted, smutty and tough, accord ing to sample, 75 to 85c. ' Peas, according to sample, per car lots, $1.50 to $1.90. Barley -Good malting barley, 54 to 53e; feed barley, 45 to 50e, according to freights outside. Buckwheat -Nominal, car lots, 78e, according to freights outside. Rye -No. 1 commercial, 82 to 84e; tough, 70 to 75c, according to sample. Manitoba flour -First patents, in jute bags, $5.75; second patents, in lute begs, $5.26; strong bakers', in jute bags, $5.05, 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, $21; shorts, per ton, $23; middlings, per ton, $25; good feed flour, per bag, Country Produce. Butter -The market continues firm, with the demand good. Offerings moderate. Fresh dairy, 27 to 28c; inferior, 22 to 23c; creamery prints, 32 to 33e; do., solids, 30 to 31%c. Eggs -Prices are firm; storage, 30 to 31c per dozen; selects, 32 to 33c; newlaid, 36 to 37c, case lots. Honey -No. 1 light (wholesaie), 10 to 111c; do., retail, 121/ to 15c; combs (wholesale), per dozen, No: 1, $2.40; No. 2, $1.50 to $2. Poultry -Chickens, 14 to 16e; fowls, 12 to 130; ducklings, 15 to 16c; geese, 16 to 18e; turkeys, 20 to 22c. Cheese -The market isfirene...large,;, 161/2c; twins, 16%c. Potatoes -The market is firm, with car lots of Ontarios quoted at $1.10, and New Brunswicks at. $1.15 to $1.20 per bag, on track. Baled Hay and Straw. Hay -No. 1, ton, $16 to $1'7.50;, -No. 2, ton, $13 to $14; baled straw, ton, $6.50. Business in Montreal. Montreal,,. Nov. ` 2.-Corn-.Ameri can No. 2 yellow, 77c. Oats -No. 2 local white, 461/2c; No. 3 do., 451/2c; No. 4 do., 44/c. Barley -Malting, 661/2 to 67c. Flour -Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.85; seconds, $5.35; strong bakers', $5.15; Winter patents, choice, $5.60; straight roll- ers, $4.90 to $5; do., bags, $2.30 to $2.40. Rolled oats, barrels, $5.15 to $5.20; do., bags, 90 lbs., $2,45 to $2.50. Bran, $21 to $22. Shorts, $23 to,, $24. Middlings, $27 to ,$30. ton; car lots, $17 to $18. Cheese, fin- est westerns, 1614 to 161/2c; finest easterns, 15% to 16c. Butter - Choicest creamery, 321 to 33ct sec- onds, 311/2 to 32c. Eggs-Fresli, 40c;. selected, 32c; No. 1 stock, 28c; No. 2 stock, 25c. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, 95c to $1.10. Dressed hogs, abattoir killed, $13.50 to $13.75. Pork Heavy Canada short mess, bbls., 35 to 45 pieces, $28 to $28.50; short cut back, bbls., 45 to 55 pieces, $27 to $27.50. Lard -Compound, Gierees, 375 lbs., 101ei.c; wood pails, 20 lbst net, 10%c; pure, tierces, 375 lbs., 12 to 121/2c; pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. not, 13 to 131c. United States Markets. Minneapolis, Nov. 2. -Wheat -De- cember, 95c; May, 992e. Cash.. -No. 1 hard, $1; No. 1 Northern, 07 to.90c; No. 2 Northern, 93 to 96c. Corn No. yellow, 68 to 69c. Oats -No. 3 white,' 38% to 3414c. Flour and bran - un- changed. Duluth, Nov. 2. -Wheat -No. 1 Ihard, 081/4c; No. 1 Northern, 0714e; No. 2 Northern, 93?i c; Montana, No. 12, 0714.c; December, 95144ac; My,914,c. Linseed cash, $1.85'1; De - 1 cember, $1.831/; May, $1,871/2. Live Stock Markets. • Toronto, Nov. 2. -Best heavy steers, O DOZEN CAPTURED CANNON to `8.15 ; butehers' cattle choice, $8.50; geed Heavy steers, D P A E A PORSF ro AR' $7m.7e5diudma.,g6o5d0, , t$ $7; doto,7,10 common,$5 to $5.40; butchers bulls,, Ouns Which Cier irall5 Used in Defence of Loos Viewed by Thousands of London Citizens A despatch from London says: in the Battle of Loos September 25 With their silent muzzles pointing to- last. The mud and stain of the battle - wards St. James' Park, the first tro- field is open them. The trophies vera haule2i into leo:;i- phies of the great offensive in Franco tion by the. gunners of the Royal have been ranged on the Horse Horse Artillery, and beneath the muz- Guards parade. Twenty-one Gorman ale of each gun was driven a little field guns and three trench mortars notice board informing the public of formed a war exhibit of the highest the name of the regiment or division interest to Londoners. Not since Cri- which captured it and where it was men and the Indian Mutiny have guns captured. Four armed asntries guard- captured'from an enemy crunched the ed the trophies and e sentry box was gravel of the: Horse Guards parade placed at each of the four corners of and publicly ranged as labelled exhi- the wired enclosures. The presence bits. With the exception of three pieces captured at Le Coteau, August 26, 1914,, the whole of the gups took part around the enclosure. of these captured guns from Loos made an appeal to the imagination of thousands of people who swarmed choice, $6.25 to $6.75; do., good bulls, $5.75 to $6; do., rough bulls, $4.75 to $5.25; butchers' Cows, choice, $6.45 to $6.75; do., good, $6 to $6.'5; do., medium, $5 to $5.50 do,, common, $4.25 to $4.75; feeders, good, 86.50 to $6.75; stockers, 700 to 900 lbs., $G.25 to $6:50; canners,and cutters, $3 to $4.50; milkers, choice, each, $05 to $1.10; do., common and medium, each, $25 to $50; apringers, :$50 to $100; light ewes, $5.50 to $6,75; sheep, heavy, $4.25 to $4.75; • do,, bucks, $3.50 to $4.50; yearling lambs, $7 to $7.50; Spring lambs, cwt., $8.80 to $9.10; calves, medium to choice, $7.25 to $10.75; hogs, off cars, $9.40 to $9.75; do., fed and watered, $9.26; do., f.o.b., $9. Montreal, Nov. 2.-•--A few small Ids of choice steers sold at $7.25 to. $7.50; good at $6.75 to $7, but the bulk of the trade done in cattle ranging from $5.25 25 to $6.50 • while butehers ems brought from ,$p4.60 to . $6.50, and the bulls from $4.50 to $6.25 per cwt.Cows sold at $8 to $3,50, and bulls at $8,75 to $4.25 per cwt.