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SILENCED THE ENEMY'S GUNS Three of the Warships Hit, With Total Casualties of 10 Killed and 39 Wounded A despatch from London says: The Secretary of the Admiralty makes the following announcement: The British naval flotilla continues to support the allies' left, and tho fire <>f 55 inch guns has been brought to bi-ar upon the German positions and Latteries. Report* received from shore testify to the effect and accuracy of the lire and to its gall- ing character. The flank is thus thoroughly maintained. Tin- enemy brought up heavy guns and replied vigorously to the fire of Admiral Hood's ships. Tho ves- sels received only trifling (structural damage. Tho opposition from tho bhoro has practically ceased and the preponderance of the naval gunnery seems to be established. The casualties have been very slight throughout, but one shell, ex- ploding on the destroyer Falcon, killed one officer and eight men and wounded one officer and fifteen men. One killed and seven wounded on thj Kinaldo. The enemy's submarines have also ! been reported seeking an oppor- j tunity to attack the bombarding ships, which are covered by British destroyers. The casualties an- nounced by the Admiralty include Lieut. Hubert O. F. Wanton, of the j Falcon, killed; Sub-Lieut. Theodore j Robson, severely wounded; Lieut. , Robert Crossman and Paymaster I Joseph Shepherd, of the Rinuldo, . slightly wounded. II 1:1:11:! I . EFFECTIVE WORK. In .... Kills Thirty German* in Five Minuten. A despatch from Northern Franco says : At a town near Lille a Dra- goon marksman was stationed at a swing bridge with two comrades to load for him. It was important that the enemy should be- held buck without the bridge being blown up. The marksman hid behind a fence sixty yards from the bridge. When two L&nc'ors appeared he shot them, then three, and he shot them, also five Uhlans came up together. He brought down every one. Alto- gether, he kilU-il thirty Germans in le*h llian five minutes and retired with hit) comrades. A gre.at pile of dead men and horses in the narrow roadway on the opposite sid' j of the bridge protected it from the ap- proach of the enemy during the day almost as well as a mitrailleuse would have done. ROUTES ACROSS CHANNEL. Britain Trying to I'roteet Shipping Against Mine*. A despatch from Flushing, Hoi land says : The water routes from Folkestone to Flushing and from the English coast to Dieppe, Boulogne and Calais are being guarded with the greatest care in order to protect shipping against mines and submar- ines. British cruisers aro escort- ing all trawlers and mine sweepers, torpedo boat destroyers and other small naval craft are all along the routes. British aeroplanes also aro scouting constantly. Four Bel- gian fishermen have be-en killed near Nieuport in handling a mine that had washed ashore. SANK AUXILIAKV CRUISERS. Kxpli.it >' UritUli Flolilln in (he Adrialie. A despatch from Paris nays . A squadron of British torpodn-lioat destroyers has sunk in the Adriatic a German steamer which has been converted into a cruiser, according to a deispatch from Barcelona to the ll.ii Agency. The Barcelona cor- respondent explainw that this news appeared in Publicidades, n Spanish newnpapor puplished at Gibraltar. The British destroyers rescued 80 members of tho crew of the German ve&sel . FOOD AND MOUTH DISEASE. I .< !i M iii Importation From State* 1'rohihlted. A despatch from Windsor say* : Because of the spread of foot and mouth diAo in the State* of Michigan and Indiana, an order &! been iMiied by the Canadian apartment of Agriculture prohi- biting importation of all fresh lUfdts from tho United States. The, use of hay "- 1 Rtrawr for packing purpose* 11 **%<> prohibited. (iERMANS ARE LEARMXJ. l' Bayonets More Freely, and Their Shooting i* Improving. A despatch from Northern France says : The Bolgian Soldiers tell a correspondent that the German in- fantry no longer appear to fear the bayonet charges, and make far more use of the/ bayonet themselves than formerly. Their rifle shooting aJ*co has improved. These are indi- cations that they are learning from the allies as the war advances. At Ostend the Germans have forced and looted freely all the, largo bouses that have remained unoccu pied. They compelled most of the shops to open a.s usual. FIRST SEA LORD RESIGNS Prince Louis of Battenberg Yields to Adverse Press Comment A despatch from London says : Admiral Prince Louis of Batten- berg, First Sea Lord of the British Admiralty, personal aide-de-camp of King George and a relation by marriage of his Majesty and of the German Emperor, has resigned. 'I he Court Circular announces briefly that Prince Louis was re- ceived by the King upon relin- quishing his appointment as a Lord Commissioner of Admiralty. The King has appointed Prince Louis of Battenberg a member of the Privy Council. The Times says it under- stands that Baron Fischer, Admiral of the Fleet, will succeed Prince Louis of Batten berg as First Sea Lord of the Admiralty. Baron, then Sir John, Fisher occupied this of- fice before, in the years from 1901 to 1910. The resignation is attribu- ted to the very frank objections raised by newspapers and influen- tial individuals to anyone of Ger- man origin remaining connected with the navy or trfe army. The public feeling against all Germans is so intense at present that Prince Louis may have been led by feelings of pride to disasso- ciate himself from naval command. It can be stated that the King and the Ministry have retained the most perfect confidence in Prince Louis. There is certain to be a wave of protest from a very large part of the public. Prince Louis is Eng- land's real sailor prince. He has worked his way to high command by sheer ability, passing through all stages of command since he entered the navy. FOUGHT ENEMY TO STANDSTILL % British and French Advance Their Line Further Into Belgium. A despatch from Paris says : There is only one conclusion to be drawn from the very definite and complete reports issued by the French Government that the Ger- mans are being fought to a stand- still! in Belgium, and are losing ground everywhere in France. It is now entirely probable that there will be news soon of a decisive vic- tory by the allies, and a general re- treat by the Germans. Their tremendous efforts to break through in Belgium have cost them terribly. Punished by the long- range gurus of the allied fleet, they abandoned the coast and tried to hew through in the lower valley o-f the Yser. The Belgians cut the dykes and the Germans fled to es- cape drowning. From the North Sea to Ypres, therefore, they have actually lost ground. Seeking to obey the Kaiser's mandate to crush the British mar- ines, the Germans made desperate efforts against the British in the re- gion of Ypres and near La Bassee. They outnumbered the British and supporting corps of French, and they struck with what was proba- bly their maximum power. The at- tempt failed as previous attempts have failed. The British stood fast, inflicted great losaes upon the Ger- mans, took the offensive themselves and drove the Bavarians and Prussians from ground they had taken days sbefore. Not only on the west flank, but in the old centre, north of tho Aisno and ocroRs the plains of Chalons, the Germans appear to be losing their grip, surrendering entrench- ments and giving way to a steady northward advance of the French. They were beaten out of positions north and east < f Sois&onn, where they had been rooted for six weeks. Women are running the subway cars in Paris, most of them taking their husband's places, made va- cant by their being called upon to go to war. THE DUKE'S ASSASSINS. Men Who Brought On (he War Hear Their Fate. A despatch from Sarajevo, Bos- nia, says : Judgment was passed on Wednesday on the assassins of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir- apparent to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, the Duchess of Hohenberg. Gavrio Princip, the actual assassin, escaped with a sen- tence to imprisonment for 20 years. Four of the conspirators were sen- tenced to death by hanging, one to life imprisonment, two, including Mcdeljo Gabrinovic, who threw a bomb at the Archduke but which did not explode, to 20 years, one to years, one to 13, two to 10 years, one to 7 years and two to 3 years. The other defendants were acquit- ted. ORDERED TO LEAVE JAMAICA. Germans Given Six Days to Close I'p Their Business. A despatch from Kingston, Ja- maica, says: Wessels Brothers and von Gontard, a branch of the New York commission house of Weasels, Kulenkampff ' and Company, have been ordered to close their business here within six days. The princi- pal member of the firm, who is a naturalized subject of Great Bri- tain, and two German assistants have been ordered to leave Jamaica because of alleged sympathy with the cause of Germany in the present war. RUSSIAN CRUISER SUNK. German Ship Flew Japanese Flag and Had False Smokestack. A despatch from Tokio says : The British Kmbasay hears that the Ger- man cruiser Emden, flying the Ja- panese flag, and disguised by the addition of a fourth smokestack, entered Penang, a British posses- sion, in the Straits Settlements, and fired torpedoes which sank tho Rus- sian cruiser Jemtchug and a French destroyer. Two officers and eighty- four seamen of the Jemtchug per- ished. The Emden's entrance into the waters of Penang was auda- cious. She came in under the guns of the fort, and after sinking the cruiser and destroyer, escaped through the Strait of Malacca. EXHIBITION CANCELLED. WHS tit Be Held In Toronto Novein- her mill to llth. Owing to the military authorities taking over the Exhibition Grounds for a training camp for contingents of Toronto diiwtriot, it has been made necessary to cancel the Ontario Horticultural Exhibition, which was to have been he<ld in the Horticultural Building, Exhibition Park, Toronto, November 10th to 14th. It was tho intention to de- vote tho entire proceeds of this year's exhibition to the Red Crow work, and the City of Toronto had granted free ue of the Horticul- tural Building and to have it heat- ed and lighted fr of coat. Germany's "Romb"-ast ! - Sold for a Penny in Berlin Streets. A full-si/.ed reproduction of the shell thrown by the big German sieigo guns. They aro selling in the streets of Berlin the broadsheet here shown held by a British soldier. This purports to represent the exact size of the projectile- thrown by (le>rmany's big siege guns. Tho reproduction in headed "German War Surprise, 1914." On the pic- ture of tihe shell aro photographs of damage done to forts, and the names Lut.tioh Liege), Namur, Ixingwv, and Meubenge, with the motto "With God for King and Fatherland. 1 ' iiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiinimiiiiinuiiiiiiiiniiiiiiM^ ROYAL ^east Cakes BEST YEAST IN THE WORLD. DECLINE THE NUMEROUS INFERIOR IMITATIONS THAT ARE BEING, OFFERED ^ AWARDED HIGHEST HONORS AT ALL EXPOSITIONS . GIU.ETT COMPANY LIMITED. .WINNIPEG TORONTO ONT. MONTREAL 1,500,000 BRITISH SOLDIERS * Of This Total About 800,000 Belong to What is Called "Kitchener's Army" A despatch from London says : The British army on rolls and drill- ing in the United Kingdom, now amounts to approximately one and a half million men. Of this total about 800,000 men belong to what is termed "Kitchener's Army" men who have responded to his two calls for 500,000 soldiers to serve three years, or for the duration of the war. About 600,000 belong to the territorials, while the remainder are enrolled with the special re- serves, eo-called, or with the regu- lar army, and have seen service previously. The territorials are considered the flower of the force, as a great majority of them belong to the middle and upper middle classes, and are men accustomed to athletic pursuits. Both physically and mentally they are considered by military men to be about the finest body of its numbers ever as- sembled under arms. They are . drilling with feverish enthusiasm, . and are anxious to go abroad for ^ service on the firing line. A con- siderable proportion of Field Mar- * shal Lord Kitchener's army, of ^ course, is not yet fully equipped; ' but is working hard. They are be- ing armed and clothed with great rapidity. The Canadian and other - overseas contingents are not in- ' t eluded in this total . Lord Kitchener issued an urgent ', appeal on Wednesday morning for 100,000 more men. He says the War ; Office machinery, which was some- t what clogged by the sudden crea- tion of a new army of 500,000, is ' now reorganized. The minimum height for men has been reduced to . 5 feet 4 inches, and the age limit raised to thirty-eight. Recruiting sergeants say they could get as -^ many smart young men as ar * wanted for cavalry but the cavalry . regiments are closed so far. THE (,(! I!! N ALSO BIST. Torpedoed and Sank Two Russian Vessels. "A despatch from Kertch, a sea- port in the Crimea, reports that near Takol Lighthouse the Russian steamer Yalta, from the Causasus, was sunk by a torpedo launched by the Turkish cruiser Goeben. The crew and passengers were saved. The steamer Kazbek, which went to the rescue, was struck by two torpedoes and sank. Many persons aboard were drowned. Immediate- ly after it became known here that Turkey had opened hostilities against Russia a demonstration was made in front of the British and French Embassies and before the legations of their allies. The re- presentatives of these countries ap- peared on the- balconies and made speeches. 4. DECREASE OF $500,000. Hard Times Curtailed Enterprise of Lumbermen. A despatch from Toronto says : Premier Hearst, Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines, on Wednesday intimated that returns from revenue thus far received indicated that the actual revenue to be derived from hi* department this year would be some $500,000 less than the estimate of $2,800,000 made at the beginning of the present fiscal year. The fall- ing off is attributed largely by the Premier to th hard times and the war and to the action of the banks in refusing necessary assistance to the enterprise of holder* of licenses in the timber districts. "However," added Mr. Hearst, optimistically, "the situation is going to bo very nuich better than I anticipated a couple of months ago. 1 ' CANADIAN KILLED IX FRANCE Went With the Mechanical Trans- port Service. A despatch from Montreal says : ' William Cockhill, of Montreal, was killed at Lille, in France, while in>- active service. Messages to that . effect were received here. Cock-- hill had been a chauffeur in the. em- ploy ol Sir Frederick Williams-' ' Taylor, and went with the Cana^ dian Overseas Expeditionary Force, having joined the mechanical trans-. port section of the Army Service Corps as a driver. The majority of- ' this part of the contingent at onoe^ ; proceeded to the Continent, and' joined the allied armies to serv in . the transport section. At Lille a shell struck the oar Cookhill was handling and the gas tank expiodied. the driver being instantly killed. A sister received official notification of the death of Mr. Cockhill. Mr. , Cockhill was married two days pre- vious to his departure from Mont- x real. 100 Boor Surrender. A despatch from London says : The surrender of one hundred re- bellious Boers without fighting at Brandviel and Understediloorsn, South Africa, is reported in a statement from the. Official Press Bureau. A Renter despatch from Cape Town states that Colonel Con- rno Britz, who has been engaged in suppressing the original rebellion started by Lieut.-Col. Maritz in North-west Cape Province, reports that tho invasion of the Cape has finally been broken. TERRIFIC EXPLOSION. Two Men Hurled Thirty Feet Through Heavy Door. A despatch from Winnipeg says : Thomas Foord, aged thirty-one, and Arthur Bright, aged twenty- four, were killed in an oxy-acetylene welding tank explosion in the Brcen motor garage at 4 o'clock on Wed- nesday afternoon The bodies were terribly mangled. Foord was thrown a distance of thirty feet through a heavy plank door. Foord is a widower aiw.1 had resided in Winnipeg nearly all his life. Bright, came from Sherbrooke, N.S. He Ihed for a time at Cobourg, Ont. He had lived in Winnipeg for two years. SEIZED AT BORDEAUX. Vessel Flying British Flag Used to Be German. A despatch from Bordeaux says : The port authorities seized the steamer Colonia on suspicion that * she was a German vessel. The Co- Ionia arrived at Bordeaux flying the British flag, but when in port a few months a^o she gave her national- ' ity as German. A Prize Court will deckle whether hor transfer from , German to British ownership is valid. Beyers Flees, Commando Scattered ; A despatch from Ixmdon says : A Renter despatch from Cape Town, Union of South Africa, says that Ge.n. Botha, commander of tho de- fence force, reports that the rebel ' Gen. Beyers' commandoes have* been scattered and are not likUy. to reunite. Gen. Beyers has fiVd iiu an unknown direction. Victory for Franco-English Forces A despatch from Bordeaux says : A report received here from Gen. r>obell. commanding the French forces operaiting against the Ger- man Cameroon, equatorial West Africa, ty that two W*nco-Kiig lih columns occupied Edoa aJtf serious fighting, in whlcih the alllc4 troop* showed great bmvry. , Kdoa Is an important railway sta- tion on the Salanga, ninety nil* from the oooat. *