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Flesherton Advance, 12 Aug 1915, p. 7

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;» THE RUSSIANS LOSE THE POLISH CAPITAL! move toward Constantinople I GERMANY MAKES AN OFFER OF PEACE Bavarian Troops Enter City of Warsaw in Name of the Kaiser A despatch from London says: The Germans are in possession of War- saw, capital of Poland, and the third largest city in the Russian Empire. Bavarian troops entered the city this morning, having taken successively the Blonie lines and the outer and Inner fortresses of the town ' itself, the Russians only fighting rear-guard actions to allow their main army to make good its escape. According to a despatch from Pet- rograd, the troops which were cover- ing Warsaw retired without being at- tacked towards the new front assign- ed to them on the east bank of the Vistula. They blew up behind them all the bridges over the river. This victory undoubtedly has cost the Teutonic allies an enormous price, hundreds of thousands of their finest troops having fallen in the last few weeks of the campaign of Poland. While to the Bavarians commanded by Prince Leopold has fallen the ho- nor of taking over Warsaw in the name of the German Emperor and his consort, who are expected to make a State entry within a few days, the real conquerors are the troops fight- ing under Field Marshal von Hinden- burg, along the Narew River to the north-east; the Austro-Germans who crossed the Vistula to the south of the city, and the armies of the Aus- trian Archduke Joseph Ferdinand and the German field marshal, von Mac- kensen, which are advancing north- ward betwean the Vistula and Bag Rivers. ' -. Even now, although the steadiness of the Russian troops and their fierce counter-attacks have gained much valuable time for them, it is proble- matical whether the whole Russian army will succeed in reaching the new positions chosen for it or whether, if it should get there, it will not find those positions turned by the Aua- trians, who have crossed the Bug south-east of Cholm, and by the Ger- mans, under General von Scholz and von Gallwitz, who have crossed the Narew. At the north-eastern end of the line the Russian cohununications are fur- ther threatened by Gen. von Buelow, who is advancing toward Dvinsk on the Vilna-Petrograd railway. Indeed, the Austro-Germans have set three traps to catch and destroy the Rus- sian army. None of them was sprung, but one was so near to clos- ing that the Grand Duke Nicholas was forced to evacuate Warsaw and now is fighting with all his might to prevent the others from cutting off his retreat. FRIGHTFUL LOSSES OF THE WAR A despatch from Paris says: The losses of Europe in the war up to May 31, as compiled by the French Ministry of War, are as follows: Nations. Killed. Wounded. Prisoners. Total. France 460,000 660,000 180,000 1,300,000 England 181,000 220.000 90,000 471,000 Belgium 49,000 49,000 15,000 113,000 Russia 1,250,000 1,680,000 850,000 3,780.000 Germany 1,630,000 1,880,000 490,000 4,000,000 Austria 1,610,000 1,865,000 910,000 4,385,000 Turkey 110,000 144,000 95,000 349,000 Totals 5,290,000 6,478,000 2,630,000 14,398,000 This table was prepared for publication early in June, but was withheld because the French authorities feared the enormity of the figures might have a bad moral effect on the p«ople. HEHsHTS m f •â- â€"a 56 f^OCHi •• •• ♦♦♦♦♦-♦•< Proposal Was Sent to Czar Nicholas Through the King of Denmark A despatch from Petrograd says: There is good rea:son to believe that within the past week the Kaiser has proposed peace to RnsTJa. The Bourse Gazette says that an overture has been made to the Czar through the King of Denmark. Needless to say, Russia emphatically declined to con- sider the offer. To the faUore of the German mili- tary power to envelop Russia's Vis- tula armies there has been added, therefore, the failure of her diplo- macy to detach Russia from the Russia every day is putting herself better into shape for beginning the war over again and carrying it this time to a successful conclusion. Thq Government has conceded the right of free speech to the members of the Dtuna, and has allowed the leaders at industry to take part in the reorgani- zation which is required to produce what the army needs. The Ministers are urged to go • step further by releasing workmen from certain restrictions heretofore in force and associating them with the great national task of regenera- . tion. 900 ENEMY VESSELS HAVE BEEN SUNK Among the Number Lost Have Been Seven L^rge Steamers and a Dozen Sailing Ships A despatch from Petrograd says: Russian destroyers in the Black Sea continue their devastating work upon the flotilla carrying supplies for Con- stantinople. Altogether over 900 en- emy vessels have been burnt or sunk since the begrinning of the war, among the number being several large steam- ers and a dozen sailing ships of a thousand tons each. Most of the ves- sels were, of course, small coasting ' craft, which counted on their insif- ' nificance to escape the vigilance of the Russian scout boats. Some were sunk at sea, but the majority were burnt at anchor or within easy reach of shore. Care has been taken also to destroy all boat building yards alons the coast so that this small vessel trade upon which Constantinople is largrely dependent for the necessariee of life may safely be regarded aa having been extinguished. This map illustrates the forward moTemcnt of the allied armies on the GalllpoU Peninsula. The blai-k line shows Ao position held (or sev- eral werks and the arruwii denote the swinj:iiis anuuid muveni'-nl toward Krithiii and Adil Baba, the arrow hoad;> showing the present poeltioa of the attai-ker»' lines. CANADA TO HAVE 40,000 IN FIELD Full Army Corps Soon Will Be Maintained on the Flanders Front. A despatch from Ottawa says: That Canada will have a full army corps in the field to be commanded by General .-Vlderson, with Generals Cur- rie and Turner in charge of the two divisions composing it, is the under- standing in British military circles, according to the statement of Hon. Col. McBain, who was in Ottawa after his return from the other side on offi- cial business. It is understood that the first divi- •ion, which is still in France in a depleted condition after the St. Julien and Festubert fighting, will be brought up to strength by reinforce- ments, and with the second division, which is still in England, will form an army corps which is to take the field during the coming autumn. The re- inforcements necessary to keep an army corps of 40,000 men up to strength will be heavy, and explain the urgent present call for more re- cruits. -•Vccording to Col. McBain, the allies are making thorough preparations to meet and repel another German offen- sive in the west, where it is expected very shortly. That the Zeppelin menace has been exploded and that the submarine peril was if anything less of a danger than when the paper blockade was inau- { gurated, was Col. McBain's state- j ment. The British navy was gener- , ally understooil to be making good | progress on the undersea boats, he \ said, and it was currently reported : that up to date fourteen of them had been damaged. 1^ Gen. Von Bissing Recalled. A despatch from .A.msterdam says: .\ccording to the Echo Beige, the re- call of Gen. von Bissing, the German Governor of Belgium, has been de- â-  cided on by Emperor William. Markets Of The World Breadstuffs. Toronto, Aug. 9. â€" Manitoba wheat â€"No. 1 Northern, $1,374;' No. 2, 51.35H; No. 3, $1.29V4, on track, lake ports. Manitoba oatsâ€" No. 2 C.W., 63c: No. 3 C.W., nominal; extra No. 1 feed, nominal, on track, lake ports. American corn â€" No. 2 yellow, 86c, on track, lake ports. Canadian com â€" No. 2 yellow, nom- inal, on track, Toronto., Ontario oats â€" No. 2 white, 57 to 58c; No. 3 white, 56 to 57c, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat â€" No. 2 Winter, per car lot, $1.10, nominal; new, $1 to $1.02, according to freights outside. Peas â€" No. 2, per car lots, nominal, according to freights outside. Barley â€" Good malting barley, nom- inal; feed barley, 60c, according to freights outside. Buckwheat â€" Car lots, nominal, ac- cording to freights outside. Rye â€" No. 2, nominal, according to freights outside. Manitoba flour â€" First patents, in jute bags, $7; second patents, in jute bags, $6.50; strong bakers', in jute HEAVY HGHTING [TURKS ATTACKED IN THE VOSGES BY LAND AND SEA Germans Make an .\ttempt to Cap- ture Poaitions on Mountain Heights. $1.36 to $1.51; No. 2 do., $1.32 to $1.48; September, $1.08; December, $1.08!h. Cornâ€" No. 3 yeUow, 784 to 79c. Oatsâ€" No. 3 white, 484 to , , â-  ,. ^ ,. j r u . 49c. Flour, fancy patents, $6.95; i *P«^ " '*'« French defences m the .A.r first clears, $5.70; second clears, $4. j KO*"*"^- '""^ t^"-' ^'^^ t"»e since the Bran $21.50. fighting began ten days ago the Ger- -A. despatch from Paris says: The army of the Crown Prince continued its efforts Saturday to find a weak Duluth, .\ug. 9.â€" Wheatâ€" No. 1 hard. $1.49»-*; No. 1 Northern. $1.44V4 to $1.48V»; No. 2 do., $1.42'^; September, $1.04^4; De- cember. $1.09«i,. New York. Aug. 9. â€" Flour firmly held. Rye flour steady. Hay firm. Hops steady. Hides steady. Leather I attempting to capttire the peaks Additional Ground Has Been Cap' tured by the British ob Gallipoli. A despatch from London says: The allies have delivered another land and sea assault on the Turkish positiona on Gallipoli Peninsula, and evidently won considerable ground. The Turkish War Office admits the mans were able to deliver a strong loss of ground, but claims that in an- infantry attack and penetrated the other engagement the Ottomans cap- first line of French trenches, but they tured some trenches from the allies, were immediately driven out. i A Constantinople despatch admits The fighting in the Vosges was also that the allies after long and violent of a desperate character, the enemy preparation from land and sea ad- of firm. Live Stock Market. Toronto, Aiig. 9. â€" Best heavy steers, $8.25 to $8.45; butchers' cat- tle, choice, $7.75 to $8.25; do., good, $7.35 to $7.50; do., medium, $6.50 to ! $7.15; do., common. $5.25 to $5.80 butchers' bulls, choice, $6.75 to $6.50; Linge and Schratsmaennele on the French frontier. They delivered two violent attacks in the afternoon. In one of these attacks they approached the French line of trenches defending the summit, and were driven back by ^ : a bayonet cheirge. The assailants suffered heavy loss- do., good bulls, $6 to $6.50; do.! i •'*• '^^ corpses of hundreds of the rough bulls, $5.25 to $5.75; butchers' I enemy remaining in the network of the French wire entanglements. The German forces in the .-Vrgonne attacked with great vigor again Sun- i day night and momentarily drove the ' French back in the western portion | of the forest north of Fontaine Houi- ette. They were driven from their cows, choice, $6.75 to $7; do., good, $6.50 to $6.75; do., medium, $5.25 to $6.25; do., common, $4.50 to $5; feeders, good, $6.50 to $7.50; stock- ers, 700 to 900 lbs., $6.25 to $7.25; canners and cutters, $4 to $5.25; millt- ers, choice, each, $65 to $95; do., com- mon and medium, each, $35 to $50; i ' bags. $6.30, Toronto; in cotton bags. Springers, $50 to $95; light ewes, | conquered trenches very shortly after, 10c more. $5.75 to $6.50; do., bucks. $3.50 to ' managing to retain only a listening Ontario flour â€" Winter, 90 per cent. $4.50; yearling lambs. $6.50 to $7.50; | post. .\t Fille Morte thev were sus- itents. $4.60; new, $4.10. seaboard. Spring lambs, cwt„ $7.25 to $9.50; ^essful. TURKISH SUPPLY DEPOT DESTROYED patents or Toronto freights in bagrs. Millfeed, car lots, delivered Mont- real freights â€" Bran, per ton, $27; shorts, per ton, $29; middlings, per ton, $30; good feed flour, per bag, $1.90. vanced and made a number of attacks against the trenches on the Ottoman left wing, penetrating a portion oi tn^m. b It claims that the Turks pre- vented the allies from constructing defences on the captured positions. Near Seddul-Bahr part of the fore- mobt Turkish tirenches were situated Tor a time between the Turkish firing line and that of the allies. .\. Constantinople despatch says: "With full realization that the pre- sent Balkan negotiations threaten their last grip on Europe, the Turks are making feverish preparations to defend themselves from attack in the rear. The fortifications of the .\dria- nople-Lule Burgnis-Tchataldja line, which are depended upon to hold back a Bulgarian invasion, are being hastily strengthened, despite repeateo assurances from Sofia that Bulgaria , seizing a considerable length i'o'^l**-J ,n° } fi "^f- °ff/a'^-'of trenches, but in the end being able » wilt remain neutral. $9 to $9.10; do., fed and watered, $8.75; do., f.o.b., $8.40. i Montreal, .\ug. 9. â€" Good «teers, $b French Fleet Bombards and Destroys the Village of Spelia A despatch from Paris says: One armored cruiser, two cruisers, torpedo boats, dredgers and an aeroplane ship of the French fleet demonstrated off Sighadjik and Scala Nova, on the coast of Anatolia. Sighadjik was bombarded and the Customs house and part of the fortifications destroy- ed. .\n armored cruiser bombarded the fortifications of the Turkish quar- ter of Scala Nova and a fortified point to the west of that town, while the other vessels of the squadron shelled Country Produce. Butterâ€" Choice dairy, 22 to 23c; in- ferior. 19 to 2lc; creamery prints, 27 to 28 4c; do., solids. 26 to 27c. Eggsâ€" 20 to 22c per dozen, in case lots; selects 23c. Poultry â€" Chickens, yearlings, dressed, 16 to 18c; Spring chicken, 20, to $8.25; fair stock, $7.50 to $7.75; medium. $7 to $7.25; common, $6.25 to $6.75; and inferior from $4.50 to $5.60; butcher cows. $5 to $7. and bulls, $4.75 to $6.75 per 100 lbs.; milch cows, $40 to $85 each. Ontario lambs, $9.25 to $9.50; Quebec stock at $8.50 to $9. Sheep brought from $5.25 to $6 per 100 lbs. «iod to choice calves were scarce, for which there was considerable enquiry, and North of Con- ! to hold only 30 metres. In the Vos- sti»ntii.ople the region about the Bos- ges. where the Germans attacked yes- phcrus and the Black Sea has beee terday with extreme violence, the closed to foreigners. The Turkisk French troops were entirely victori- , forts there are being rebuilt to check ous. the Russians should Slav transport* I succeed in landing troops to co-oper- ate with the Bulgarians in an attack on the C>ttoman capital. SI.X OF CREW DROWNED IN TORPEDOED TRAWLER. and destroyed the village of Spelia, supposed to be a supply depot for submarines of France's antagonists. The following Russian official com- munication concerning the operations in the Caucasus says: In the direction of Olti the Turks have been expelled from the Norchine region. Towards Sari Kamysh we | occupied after a fight the villages of i •â- Vlakilissa. Kars and .\rdo8t. In the region of .\lschkert there was an ob- stinate engagement. to 23c; 'fowl, 14 to 15c; ducklings.' 17 | f^'es were made at 84 to 94 per to 18c Cheese â€" 16c far large, and at 16 Vic for twins. Old cheese, '2l\ to 22c. lb., and the lower grades at from 54 to 74c per lb. Hogs, selected, $9 to $9.60 per 100 lbs., weighed off cars. ALL ARE GIVEN CHANCE TO SAVE THEIR LIVES. Italy's mthnatum to Turkey A despatch from Rome says: The tension between Italy and Turkey is declaretl here to becoming daily more acute. Italy is said to have asked for categorical explanations concerning Turkey's alleged refusal to withdraw her troops from the Cyrenaica dis- trict in Tripoli, and Turkey is pur- suing what is described as her usual poUcy of procrastination. A despati^^h from Petrograd says: .A statement issued by the .Admiralty ' relative to operations in the Black : Sea says: "Our sailors destroy Turkish ves- sels because they carry coal and pet- Bran, $26 to $26.50. rol, materials of war, but take every, . ,, ^ ..u t> i- Middlings, $33 to $34. measure to save the crews. The ves- j According to the_ Berlin newspapers. the commander of the Niemen army. He had been ' .\ despatch from London says: The trawler Grimbarian and the steamer Portia (433 tons*, of Liver-' pool, were sunk on Thursday, pre- ' sumably by a submarine. Six of the crew of tho Grimbarian were drowned '. and four were rescued. The British steamer Costello. of 891 tons net, has been sunk GRANTED .ALL DEMANDS OF KRUPP WORKERS. crew, with the exception of one man, ' who was drowned, has been saved. MAJ.-GEN. VON Bl BLOW IS KILLED IN BATTLE. A despatch from .\msterdam says: In official circles here the feeling ' is held that hostilities on the part of Italy may commence at any moment, | a.s Italy's last note to Turkey was al- 1 most of the character of an ultima- ! turn. Two hundred and fifty thou- 1 sand men in the Provinces of Bari, â-  Foggrfa, and Lecce are said to be pre- : pared to sail from Brindisi on short notice. Business in Montreal. Montreal, -Aug. 9. â€" Canadian west- ern. No. 3, 604c; extra No. 1 feed, 60V»c; No. 2 local white, 594c; No. 4 local white, 584 c. Flour â€" Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts. $7.10; seconds. $6.60; strong bakers', $6.40; Winter patents. choice, $6.25; straight rollers, $5.60 to $5.80; do., bags, $2.65 to $2.75. Rolled oats, barrels. $6.25j^ do., bags. 90 lbs.. $2.90 to $3. Mouillie, $35 to $40. Hay, No. 2. : sels are cannonaded onlv when they ' M'»J'>"--Ge"- V'" ^"f|°^;.. ''"^^•'*^"" ^^ per ton. car lots. $20.50 to $22. | f^n (<, j^ait ^^^j. thev are signaleil. , . . , , „ ,. Cheese-Finest westerns. 14 to 144c; i„ ^^ose oases where sailors prefer was buned at Berlm finest easterns. 134c Butter, . ^ ^ swimming in order ""•^'"tally wounded in battle recently, have passed. choicest creamery.tji \ to 2Sc; sec- ^ *., . •', "^ w .. onds, 26?4 to 27c. Eggsâ€" Fresh, 27 *" avoid capture they never are shot , to 28c; selected, 26c; No» 1 stock, 23c; All who surrender are taken aboard No. 2 stock, 20c. Dressed hogs, warships and transported to Sebasto- abattoir killed, $13.50 to $13.75. Pork pol." -Heavv Canada short mess, bbls., 35 • - - ,^ A despatch from Geneva says: .ad- vices from Essen say that all the de- mands of the employes of the Krupp works have been granted, and that a serious strike has thus been averted ^ The German military authorities The brought great pressure on the Krupp administration to this end. Many of the skilled workmen dur- ing the early part of the troubles re- fused to continue at their machines; some of them entered the army and were sent to the Russian front. Others in the ammunition department were replaced by women. There was no strike among the engineers and draughtsmen. The serious situation, which was admitted even by the Frankfurter Zeitung, seems now to Strengthening the Gold Reserve A despatch from London says: In view of the importance of the strengthening of the gold reserves the Treasury has instructed the post- office ami all public departments mak- ing cash payments to use notes in- itead of irold whenever possible, says i i Press Bureau announcement. I The public is earnestly requested in the interests of the nation to co-oper- ate with the Treasury in this policy by paying all available gold to the po.<!t-office and the banks, and in mak- ing payments whenever possible in checks and notes instead of in gold. to 45 pieces. $29; short cut back, bbls., 45 to 55 pieces. $28.50. Lard â€" Com- pound, tierces, 375 lbs., 10c; wood;*-' pails, 20 lbs. net, 104c; pure, tierces, 875 lbs., 12 to 124c; pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 13 to 13 4 e. S. WILL CONTEST THE DACL\ DECISION. Winnipeg Wheat. Winnipeg, Aug. 9. â€" Cash wheat â€" No. 1 Northern, $1.81; No. 2 do., $1.29; No. 3_do., $1.23; No. 4 do..^p j„^„t preparing to protest, the ^^ oS: ^^''o^J^\t•^.'^''^UJi.ior^ which carries with it for A despatch from Washington says: The announcement from Paris that a French prize court had confirmed the seizure of the .American steamer Dacia as a fair prize found the State RUBBISH IN RUSSIAN AMMUNinON CASES Czar's Armies Terribly Handicapped by Activity of Qermm Agents in Munition Factories . -.'(.,1.*: 98c. No. 2 C.W., 56c; No. 3| C.W., 65c: extra No. 1 feed. 55c; No. | 'eiture of the vessel. It is planned to 1 feed, 62c; No. 4, 61c; feed. 56c. Flax! '""''^ ''**'^ * **** •^"â- â- "' "^ '"* '^'*"' "' " No. 1 N.W.C., $1,384; No. 2 C.W., $1.35. U. S. Markets. Minneapolis, Aug. 9.â€" Wheat â€" No. 1 hard, $1,514; No. 1 Northern, neutral country to grant registry to a belligerent-owned merchant ship. .\ despatch from London says: The Daily Mail quotes a traveller v.ho has just returned from a trip through Russia and the Scandinavian coun- tries as saying that he was greatly surprised to find one of the Russian hospitals occupied by women soldiers wearing military uniforms. He says The Dacia's cotton cargo is not in- '*'''*^ women had not been enrolled in volved, the French Government hav- I '''^ f^gnUng regiments, but had beer. ing purchased the cotton through a I »e>"ving in the transportation corps special appropriatiotu ""«• '•»«' commissary. They had been under fire during the retreat. The Daily Mail's informant was not able to learn details about the Rus- sian casualties, but quotes Russian officers j>s asserting that the Czar's armies were terribly hLindicappod. Thousands of cases of ammunition when opened at the front were round to contain rubbish, he declares. This is attributed to the activity of Ger- man agents in the Russian munition factories.

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