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Zurich Herald, 1917-11-09, Page 6• ITAIAS MAKE STAND i NEW LINE; ALLIES ARRIVE IN ITALY Gen. Cadorna's Army Ready to Cheek Foe -Allied Veterans Welcomed by Italians -Teutons Claim 180,000 Men and 1,500 Guns. A despatch from London says: The greater portion of General Oedema's i third army e.pparently has crossed the Tagliamento River to the western bane, and will be in position on a new line of defenee to give battle to the Teutonic allies. The advance of the enemy, although it has been remarkably fast, was not • quick enough to carry out the pur- pose of the military commanders of enveloping the Italians and putting thein out of battle from the Carnic Alps to the head of the Adriatic Sea. The Italians loot heavily in men and guns vaptui'ed--•the latest German of- fici;cl communication asserting that more than 180,000 men and 1,500 guns were taken by the Teutonic al- 1ies•--and also suffered terribly from hardships due to bad weather and lack of food as they made their way across the country to Tagliamento, with their rearguards everywhere harassing the enemy. But General Cadorna declares that with the morale of his men still splendid the success of the invaders soon will be made nil. On the eastern side of the Taglia- mento the Teutonic allies have cap- tured along the waterway from Piz- ano to Latisana bridgehead, positions from which to operate against the Italians on the other side of the stream, A despatch from Washington says: Anglo-French reinforcements have reached the Venetian front, where General Cadorna's second and third armies are declared to have retired in good order toward the new line -prob- ably that 'of the Tagliamento-where the projected stand is to be made. Official information reaching Wash- ington from Rome on Thursday as- serted that the Italians had welcomed the British and Federal veterans en- thusiastically, and that the Anglo- Freneh Commanders found the pere sonnel and material of the Italian army to be stronger than it was thought they would be after having sustained so severe a shock as that which the Teutons delivered through the back -door of the Julian front. See - 1 retary Lansing received -a cablegram on Thursday from the American Am- bassador at Rome confirming inform- ; ation received at the Italian Embassy that the Italian army is retiring in good order, that the pressure from the direction of the enemy had les- ' send, and that the Government had the unified support of the Italian peo- ple and all political parties. Markets World $3.14 to $3,175; to ri*e, $3.12; October s o ¢ ;, cemberi $3.043vU dbeay, $3.03 ked; De- Breadstuffs Toronto, Nov, 6 -Manitoba wheat - 7'o. 1 Northern, $2.233; No. 2 do.. $2.203; No. 3 do., $2.173; No. 4 wheat, 62.093. in store Fort William, including 23c tax. I1anitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 665e; No. 9 C.W.. 643c; extra No. 1 feed. 635c; No. 1 feed, 623e, in store Fort William. American corn -No. 3 yellow. nominal. Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 65 to 66c, nominal; No, 3, do., 64 to 65c, nominal, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat -New, No. 2 Winter, $2.22; basis in store, Montreal. Peas -No, 3, 63.40 to $3.50, according to freights outside. Barley -Malting, 61.20 to 61.21, ac- cording to freights outside. Fye -No. 2, $1,75, according to freights outside. Manitoba flour --First patents, in jute bags, $11.00; 2nd, do., $11: strong bak- ers', do., $10.60, Toronto. Ontario flour -Winter according to sample, $9,80. in bags, Montreal; $9.60, Toronto; 63.55, bulk, seaboard, Prompt shipment, Millfeed--Car lots. delivered Montreal, freights, bags included -Bran, per ton, $35; shorts, do., $42; middlings, do., $45 to $45; good feed flour, per bag, 33.20. Slay -No. 1, new. per ton, $14.50 to $15.50: mixed, do., 611 to $13, track Toronto. Straw -Car lots, per ton, .$7 to 37.50, track Toronto. Country Produce -Wholesale Eggs -42 to 43e. Butter -Creamery, solids, 41 to 42c; creamery prints, 42 to 43e; dairy, 39 to 40c. Live poultry -Spring chickens, 17 to 1Sc; hens, under 4 lbs.. 13 to 140; hens, over 4 lbs., 16 to 1.7c; roosters, 15o; ducklings, 16c; turkeys, 20 to 25c; geese, 12c. Dressed poultry -Spring chickens, 23 to 25c; hens, under 4 lbs., 16c; hens, over 4 lbs.. 20 to 22c: roosters, 18c; ducklings, 20 to 23c ; turkeys, 27c ; geese. 1c. Wholesalers are selling to the retail trade at the following prices : Eggs -No. 1 storage, 44c; selected storage, 46e; new -laid. carton, 50 to 52c. Butter -Creamery solids, 44 to 45c; creamery prints, fresh -made, 45 to 46c; choice dairy prints. 41 to 420; ordinary dairy prints, 38 to 30c; bakers', 31 to 330 Cheese -New large, 23 to 233c; twins, 231 to 233e; spring made, large, 25 to 26c; twins, 233 to -6 c. Beans--Canadktn, prime, bushel, 67.50 to 38; foreign, hand-picked, bushel, 36.75 to 37. Honey -60 -lb. tins, 173 to 18c; 10 -lb, tins, 18 to 1S5c: 5 -lb tins, 133 to 19c; 23-1h. tins, 19 to 193c, Comb homey -Choice, 13 -oz., $3.25 per dozen; 12 oz., 62.75 per dozen; seconds and dark comb, $2.26 to 02.59. Provisions -wholesale Smoked meats -Hams, medium, 30 to 31e; do.; heavy, 26 to 27c; cooked, 41 to 42c; roils, 27 to 28c; breakfast bacon, 38 to 420; backs, plain, 40 to 41c; bone- less,• 42 to 440. Cured meats --Long clear bacon, 273 to 28c ib.; clear bellies, 263 -to 27e. Lard -Pure lard, tierces, 27 to 273c; tube, 273 to 273c; pails, 271 to 28c; compound, tierces, 22 to 221<r; tubs, 223 to 223c; pails 225 to 23e. Montreal Markets Montreal, Nov, 6 -Oats -Canadian 'Western, No. 2, 773 to 78c; do„ No. 8. 76 to 703e; extra No. 1 feed, 76 to 763e; ' No, 2 local white, 72e; No. 3 local white, 710. Barley -Man, feed, $1.25; do., j Waiting, 31.31, 'Flour -Man. Spring Wheat patents, firsts, $11.60; seconds, 311.10; strong bakers', 310.90; Winter patents, choice, $11.25; straight rollers, 10,70 to 011 do., bags, 35.20 to $5.35. Boiled Oa e-I-sarrels, 38.30 to $8.50; do., bags, 90 lbs., 34.10 to $4.25. Bran -$35. Shorts -$40 to $42. Middlings -$48 to $50. Mouillie- $55 to $60. Hay -No. 2, per ton, car lots, $12 to 312.50. Cheese - Finest westerns, 213c; do easterns, 21k, Butter -Choicest ereaniery, 433 to 44c; seconds, 43c, Eggs ---fresh. 53 to 56e; selected, 46 to 47o; No. 1 stock, 42 to 43e; No. 2 stock. 39 to 40c. Pota- toes -Per bag, car lots, 31.80 to $2.25. Winnipeg Grain. Winnipeg, Nov. 6 -Cosh ciuolations :- Manitoba wheat -7n stnro, Fort William, nominal (Including 23a tax) ; No. 1 Northern, $2.233, nominal No, 2 North- er% 32.20;' No. 3 Northern, 32,173; No, 4 wheat, $2.091 Oats -No. 2 G.W., 665c o. 3 C,IV., 643e; extra No, 1 feed, 636c; o. 1 feed, 622e; No, 2 feed, 603c. Bar- leyCTnc]ianged. Flax ••-No. 1 N.W.C„ 32.95; No. 2 C.W., 42.92; No, 3 C.W,, $2.81. United. States 't5a,rl•etn Minneap olis, Nov. 6 -Corns -No, 8 yellow, '2.06 '2.06 to $2. r8. Oats --No, 3 White,. 573 to 33$c. Flax --33.14 to 33.16. Bran -430.50 to $31:50. iPlour-tin- Changed. Duluth,: Nov. 6•--Linseed.--.On track, Ca a a, - Live Stock Markets Toronto, Nov. 6 -Extra choice heavy steers, 311.50 to $12; do., good heavy, $10.75 to 311.25; butchers' cattle, choice, 310 to 310.25; do., good, $9.35 to 39.65; do., medium, $8.50 to 38.75; do., common, $7.50 to $8; butchers' bulls, choice, $5.30 to 38.75; do., good bulls, 37.40 to 37.85; do., medium bulls, 36.85 to $7.10; do., rough bulls, 35 to 36; butchers' cows, choice, $8.26 to 38.75; do., good, 37.60 to 38; do., medium, 36.60 to $6.75; stock- ers, $7 to 38.25; feeders, 38.50 to 69.25; canners and cutters, $5 to 36; milkers, anddmed..ch$75eto$$85; spongers,o395Ito $130; light ewes. 311 to $13; bucks and culls, $9 to $10.50; sheep, heavy, 65.75 to 37.30; yearlings, $12 to $13; calves, good to choice, 314.50 to 315; Spring lambs, 315.50 to $16.25; hogs, fed and watered, $16.75 to $16.S5; do., weighed off cars, $17 to $17.10; do., f.o.b., $16. Montreal, Nov. 6 -Canners' bulls, 36.50 to $6.75; canners' cows, $6,25 to $5.50; good to choice steers, 39.50 to 315.25; lower grades. $7.75 to 39; cows, 36.25 to 38; bulls; 36.50 to $8.26; ' On- tasia lambs, $15.50 to $16; Quebec lambs, 314.60 to $15; sheeep, $9.50 to $11 choice milk -fed calves, $14 to 315; grass-fed, $8 to $11; hogs. $16,76 to 317. CANADIANS IN FIERCE STRUGGLE One of Bitterest Battles of War Has Developed at Passchendaele.. Canadian Headquarters in France, Nov. 4. -The struggle before Pass- chendaele has developed into one of the bitterest battles in the whole his- tory of the Canadian forces. Driven from his positions at Bellevue farm and on Passchendaele Spur in the first Canadian attack, and smashed out of Meetcheele and Crest farm in the second Canadian advance, the enemy is fighting desperately to retrieve. his losses, or, at least, maintain his posi- tion at Passchendaele itself. His faith in the protective value of the swamps and marsh which protected his ad- vanced areas broken, and his best in- fantry routed in hand-to-hand fight- ing, the Bosche is throwing in fresh divisions, rushing up guns, and strengthening his defences in every possible manner. LOSSES OF BRITISH IN OCTOBER 82,377. A. despatch from London says: British casualties reported during the month of October totalled 82,377. The losses were divided as follows: Officers killed or died of wounds, 1,- 445; men, 14,985. Officers wounded or missing, 4;133; men, 61,841, The October losses compare favor- ably for the British with those re- ported during September, which to- talled 104,598. During October Field - Marshal Haig undertook several re- newals of the big drive in Flanders, making notable progress in the pro- cess still under way of driving a wedge into the German lines, which is threatening a wide sector in • Bel- gium and Northern France. BESSARABIAN WHEAT CROP TO BE DIVERTED ,to RUMANIA Petrograd, Nov. 4. -An .arrange- ment has been perfected between the Rumanian and the 'Russian Govern- ments for the .diversion of the Bes- sarabian • wheat crop to Rumania, Storage depots have been established, and 20,000 tons of the grain already assembled,- The ,crop is abundant, aid it is estimated it will more than meet the needs of the army. • TIE WEELY ;WAR PICTURE "'(.' :yuh•^G1:Sg4J �.V,' AP,,,J'�'+, 'fY 7T.,yAy'',''ln• Y4-> cr z, Li ra: ti h Mud in Flanders: Britain's worst foe. An exasperation for these Tommies during the present"Battle,of Flanders. The horse, after a brave struggle, has dropped down on its haunches in the mud, while the men dis- cuss the best way out of the -predicament. ITALIANS STOP TEUTON DRIVE ALONG THE TAGLIA/ENTO RIVER Enemy Offensive in the Trentino Repulsed After a Desperate Battle. Rome, Nov. 4. -Heavy attacks were launched on the Italian lines in the Giudicaria zone on the Trentino front yesterday after extended artillery preparation. The War Office an- nounced to -day that these attacks, which were directed at advanced posts in the Daone and Giumell val- leys, were repulsed after hard fight- ing. The artillery duel along the Taglia- mento is proceeding and the Italians, are replying with vigorous measures to stronger Austro -German pressure, on the Italian left wing. The probability is that military operations will become of transcen- dent import':,, Northern Italy has at- tracted increased attention following the announcement in Britain that Lloyd. George and Generals Smuts, Robertson, Chief of Staff; Maurice and Wilson and other general officers have gone to Italy. It is understood concentrations are being made in an- ticipation of an immense struggle either on the line of Tagliamento or in positions to the near. Both the al- lies and the Germans are hurrying forces and hope to deliver a . blow which will possibly terminate the war, at least as far as Italy's part is concerned. FURTHER GAINS. ON THE TIGRIS The British Advance -- Take Positions 20 Miles North of Samara. London, Nov. 4 -The following of- ficial communication, dealing with the operation in Mesopotamia and show- ing that the British forces have made further progress up the Tgris River northwest of Bagdad, was made pub- lic by the War Office this evening: "Early Friday morning one of our nnoitring columns,' =roving up the Tigris, engaged the Turks holding a position on the right bank of the river opposite Due, about twenty miles north of Samara. "The enemy hastily withdrew to- ward Tekrit, under the cover of a strong rear guard. Our troops drove the latter from . successive lines of trenches and occupied the whole position. Meanwhile our cavalry har- assed the retreating enemy through- out the day. "Eighty-nine prisoners and a quan- tity of ammunition were captured. Our troops fought with much dash and showed great power of endurance." THE BEST CARTOON OF THE WEEK Austria finds the Italian boot pinches tightly. Numero, Turin, This Italian cartoon, which has just reached this country, contains what Was a pardonable boast; General Cad orna's brillisnt offensive had not then been temporarily eclipsed by the Teutonic invasion„ BEERSEE A CITY SEVEN CANADIANS TAKEN EN V 3RD CISH ESCAPE FROM EiUNS Troops Operating in Moly Land Captured Turkish Base. A despatch from London says: The. British force operating in the Holy Land has captured the City of Beer- sheba, on the Southern Palestine boundary, 42 miles from Jerusalem. The Turks put up a desperate resist- ance, but the 13ritish losses were slight in comparison with the results obtained. Over 1,800 Ottomans were taken prisoner, and they lost nine guns. The official report read: "General Allenby (commander of the British forces in Egypt) reports that after a night march our troops attacked Beersheba Wednesday' morn- ing. While our infantry attacked the defences covering the town from the west and south-west, mounted troolis made a wide turning movement through the desert and approached it from the east_ "Beersheba was occupied in the evening' in spite of determined resist- ance by the enemy." An additional official statement is- sued Thursday evening s,eys: "In the Beersheba operations we captured 1,800. prisoners and nine guns. Our losses were slight in comparison to the results obtained." A despatch from London says: A British official communication issued Friday evening dealing with the oper- ations near Jerusalem says: "General Allenby reports that he is now hold- ing -the position covering Beersheba on the north. We have successfully raided another portion of the Turkish front. "A large number of Turks were killed and fifteen prisoners and a -ma- chine gun were brought back." Considerable importance is attach- ed here to the capture of Beersheba in Southern Palestine." It is assumed that General Allenby will now be able to outflank the Turkish positions at Gaza, which have held up the British forces since Sir Archibald Murray's recent reverse in Egypt. Beersheeba is at the head of a val- ley which leads straight to Hebron and then to Jerusalem, through which the Beersheba -Jerusalem rail- way has been laid. It is obvious that this broad valley will afford a means of approach to Jerusalem, even though the Turks succeed in destroy: ing the're,,ilway lines. E ENGH REACH THE AIETTE Germans Retreat Beyond Chem- in=des-Dames to Distance of 11/2 Miles. On 'the French Front in France, Nov. 4. -The French advance in pur- suit of the Germans beyond the Chemin-des-Dames has attained an average of a mile and a half, the southern bank of the Aillette being reached everywhere. Altogether since yesterday about 18 square miles of territory have fallen into French hands, the progress being necessarily slow owing to the uncertainty as to where the German's will make a stand. Many points of the line were bom- barded by the German big guns dur- ing the French advance, especially in the neighborhood of Mlles, where numerous mustard -gas shells some- what delayed the progress of the French troops. The Paris War Office announces that during the course of the battle of Malmaison, which ended in the with- drawal of the Germans across the Ail- lette, French aviators attacked the enemy troops with their machine guns, bombarded stations and points of concentration. They fought 611 aerial engagements. Sixteen German aeroplanes were brought down, and three captive balloons set on fire, It addition, 50 enemy aeroplanes fell in- side their own lines, the greater part of them being completely destroyed. :;,s BRITISH TOOK 9,125. GERM ANS Good Record of Captures During October on the West Front. A despatch from London says: - The following official communication 'was issued More Thursday evening; "The hostile artillery has shown considerable activity during . the day east and north of Ypres. Our own artillery has carried out a number of concentrated bombardments of enemy positions in the battle area. "The number of German prisoners captured by the British armies in France during October. is 9,126,in- eluding 242 officers.We also have taken, during the same period 'fifteen guns, 431 machine guns and 42 trench mortars:" Succeeded in Recovering Free. doin and Will Return to Dominion. A despatch from London says; Seven rnor.e .Canadians escaped from Germany have reached England. They are: No. 5147 M. R. Stowe, an origin- al member of the P.P.C.L,I„ captured in May, 1915, and imprisoned at Sten - dal, Munster and Castroph; 1310 J. Watts, an original meinl er of the Win- nipeg "Black Devils," whose home is in Port Arthur, and who was captur- ed' in April, 1915, at Ypres; 400896 R. Howitt,, Mounted Rifles, wounded and • captured at Sanctuary Wood, June, 1910; 503454 A. Blacklock, tunneler, enlisted at Calgary, captured at Sanc- tuary Wood; 111047 F. Boyd, Mounts ed Rifles, belongs to Fredericton, cap- tured at Sanctuary Wood (these three escaped together) ; 113295 J. Hockins; Mounted Rifles, captured in June, 1916, and was imprisoned on an is- land in the Baltic, where he worked on a farm, but later was transferred to a camp in Germany, whence he es- caped alone; 10158 A. J. McMullen, Mounted Rifles, captured in Sanctuary Wood, served in several prison camps, and escaped alone. All these have reached England. They all adopted pretty much the same methods to escape, traveling by night and sleeping by day. They look fit, despite their hardships. They ex- pect to return to Canada almost im- mediately. CANADIANS MAKE Fi TIER GAINS The Capture of Meetcheele by Canada's Oldest Battalion Was Glorious Feat. A despatch from Canadian Head- quarters in France says: The Cana- dians have closed in further toward Passchendaele. Following the great battle on the left wing, when o'ir troops on the extreme left proved their marked superiority over the en- emy while our right outposts ventur- ed into the outskirts of Passchendaele itself, the fighting has been intermit- tent all along the line. Opposite ,Meetcheele, where the front lines are near to ;ether, the Canadians and the •Boches, under the Red Cross flag, evacuated their wounded on Wednes- day afternoon, •Stretcher-bearers of both forces passed and repassed one another in the mud anti slime.. Meetcheele was protected with con- crete strongholds, and was strong in machine guns. Seventy-five yards be- yond was another point equally pow- erful. Canada's oldest battalion cap- tured Meetcheele. That capture will live in Canadian history for the daring of the battalion which made it; just as the capture of Bellevue Spur, when the full story can be written, will live because of the gallantry of the men who took it, and the splendid individ- ual record of one man,. upon whose judgment, in a critical moment, much of the success of the whole attack de- pended. FLOODS SWEEP SOUTH AEUCA Eight Inches of Rainfall Within Twenty -4011r Hours. A despatch from London says: Four months of abnormal rain in Na- tal, South Africa, culminated Satur- day and Sunday in a storm in which more than eight inches Id rain fell in twenty-four hours, as a result - of which widespread destruction is re- ported, says a•.teuter despatch from Durban, Natal, The tingeni River, deeply swollen by the storm, swept suddenly down upon Durban, submerging the thickly populate& district on the Springfield Flats. Many persons we're swept away and drowned. Reuter's corre- spondent adds that the ,mortality is believed to be great among the Indian population, while much damage was done to railroads by many washouts. According to a Central News de- spatch from Johannesburg the num- ber of British Indians natives drowned is believed to have reached 1,000. 10,316 HAVE REPORTED 105,266 ASK EXEMPTIbN. A despatch from Ottawa says: Of-. • ficial figures showing reports for ser- viceand claims for exemption up to and including October 29 show that 10,818 men of Class One under the Military Service. Act have reported, and 105,266 have applied for exemp- tion. The percentage which the, total, bears to the estimated mule popula- tion between the ages of 20 and 84; unniarried or, widowers without chil- dren, is i 9.94,