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4N AVALANCHE OF SHEm r. '; POURED INTO GERMAN ONES General Offensive Foresbadowed of French and British on the Western Front A despatch from Paris says: The French have be«n pouring an ava- lanche of sheila into the German lines in the west. It is not believed that this ammunition would be used simply for the purpose of damaging the Ger- man trenches, and, therefore, an early general offensive Is looked for. Asphyxiating gas wis used without success by the Germans in an attack against Linge and Schratzmaennele, in the Vosges. After releasing the gas the Germans charged the French positions, but were driven back. Else- where on the French front there were no infantry actions, though heavy cannonading occurred at several places. German aviators violated Swiss territory for the fourth time. Five German military aeroplanes flew inside the Swiss frontier opposite the French town of Delle. Although un- der fire from French artillery, the aeroplanes turned back. One dam- aged machine came down near the Swiss village of Buix, but afterwards took to the air and escaped towards Alsace. The Municipal Council is making arrangements with the Government for an official commemoration of the Battle of the Marne, in which the German advance through France in the early weeks of the war was end- ed. The celebration will be held on September 12. FURTHER ViaORIES IN THE CAMEROONS Germans are Retreating in Great Disorder After a Series of Defeats. A despatch from Paris says: Fight- ing continues in the Cameroons, the German colony in Western Africa which the British and French have been attempting since the early part of the war to wrest from the Ger- mans. The Ministry of Colonies gave out a statement to-day announcing further victories. It follows: "French forces in the eastern and south-eastern Cameroons are continu- ing a vigorous offensive in the direc- tion of Yaunde, capital of the colony. The German troops were defeated in a scries of engagements and are re- treating in gnreat disorder. "Many of the native German troops surrendered, with their arms and other equipment. A party of these deserters while on their way to our post at .'Vradmakei encountered a com- pany of Germans, who attempted to bar their way. The deserters defeat- ed the Germans, and also attacked a German post at Sangamelina. "Our right column, coming from the north, attacked the strongly-fortified positions at the Dume station, simul- taneously with an attack from oui* southern column. The Germans viere defeated completely. They abandoned their positions, and in retreat threw most of their supplies into the river and allowed natives to pillage other abandoned stores. In evacuating Dume the enemy set it on fire, making a stand on a hill overlooking the town. This position, which was defended with artillery and machine guns, was carried by assault by one of our offi- cers and by prisoners." B.AYS BOSTON BARQUE FIRED ON BY U-BO.\T A despatch from Boston says: The American barque Ruth Stark, owned in this city, was fired upon twice by a German submarine, when 150 miles off Cape Clear, Ireland, according to the report of her commander up<m her irrival here from Liverpool. ^XoungesT Hero is Back From France I'KTKR RVTTiEDGr; Che youiiKPsI son of Canada to roach Iho llrfiiK Hue In Hivnders Is l*i>ter Ku1U'(Ik<v who biH'amo a stow- nwny iiii it troopship after hig three liiMlhors had crosstvl the sea' as I'aiiixllan HOlAier!*. He was ndopiod by the Snl Italtaliou and. "sor^'Hl â-  in the tiouohcs iiulU he w» onloivil home with hkvalhtc<1. iml who M« la Xorouto wtUt **â- 'â- " . ^^ .M- .J' A COMPARISON OF FORCES FOR WAR CANADA'S RESPONSIBILITY. From Toronto Daily News. In a year's time we have seen our army come into being and grow into a force of very considerable size and efficiency; but this is no time to rest on our laurels, much less to indulge a tendency towards self-congrratulation. Our duty now is to appreciate the full extent of our responsibilities and I make adequate provision for dis- I charging them. I The United Kingdom entered the I war with a naval force of not less [than 225,000, and with a military I force of at least 200,000. Since the ' outbreak there have been added to the military force, of completely trained and equipped soldiers, not less than 500,000. Adding to these the soldiers which the United Kingdom now has in the making, in all stages of equip- ment and training, numbering not less than 1,500,000, the total is at least 2,525,000. The figures- are ap- proximately only, hut they will serve. Our population being about one- sixth the population of the United Kingdom, we can readily ascertain the minimum number of men that we should now have available for service if we were doing our full share. In round figures, we should have a force of at least 400,000 men. Turning from the ideal to the real, we may estimate the strength of the Canadian forces as follows: â€" Adding the few thousands we had to begin with to those organized dur- ing the year, the total number of trained and equipped troops is not more than 60,000. Our incompletely trained and equipped troops will num- ber not more than an additional 100,- 000; and that none of our fighting re- sources may be overlooked, we will add a naval force of 1,000, making a total of 161,000. Our ideal minimum is 400,000, our real maximum is 161,000. The result of our calculations need not make us down hearted. We are quite entitled to comfort ourselves with the thought that the original forces of the United Kingdom were incomparably superior to ours and that the British Isles wers much better supplied than we were with the means, both human and ma- terial, of creating a vast new army. But this will not alter the fact that in the past we have not done our full duty, and we are therefore under the greater obligation to respond to the call the Government is now making. Many of the initial difficulties con- nected with the raising of an army have been overcome, and men are now being accepted for overseas service as rapidly as they present themselves for enlistment. Their pay, separation and other allowances commence at once, and they are clothed, equipped and trained with all possible rapidity. But the real responsibility for the supply of men rests with the men themselves. To the man without de- pendents the call to service is well- nigh absolute, and it comes to the man with a job with precisely the sarhe urgency as it does to the man without one. Your present job, im- portant as it may be, is as nothing in importance to the one your country has for you. The call comes next to those with others dependent on them, who would suffer if they went. Some men in this position should go, others should not. No one may decide for any man hut himself. But the free- dom of choice which is his carries with it a corresponding responsibility. If no man may say to you, "You ought to go,"' neither may you lay the responsibility of your staying on anyone but yourself. Your's is the choice. Stay if your conscience says so; but go if it says to go, for your Empire needs the men. The Rake. A smalt henpecked, worried-looking man was about to take an examina- tion for life insurance. "You don't dissipate, do you?" asked the physi- cian as he ftiade ready for the tests. 'Not a fast liver, or anything of that iiort?" The little man hesitated a moment, looked a bit frightened, then rei)lied, in it small, piping voice â€" "1 Bometiipes chew a little gum." FlISfE HARBOR AT ZEEBRUGGE K SHELTER FOR SUBMARINES I â-  JAPANESE TROOPS FOR DARDANELLES NORTH S£A (RE^bNCy of OAL&S Inference Is Drawn From the Words of Mikado's Envoy to lUly. A despatch from Paris says: What appears to be an intimation that Ja- pan may co-operate in the campaign to force the Dardanelles is contained in an interview with Baron Hayashi, Japanese Ambassador to Italy, sent to the Petit Parisien by its Rome corres- pondent. "I cannot say much about that," the Baron is quoted as saying, in re- ply to a question regarding the Dar- danelles, "for we must not allow our enemies to profit by information about the movements of troops." Discussing the part Japan has played in the war, the Ambassador said: "We have not ceased to collab- orate with our allies to the extent assigrned to us. The world will be as- * tonished when it knows what we have done, what we are doing and what we are willing to do. The Russians are nearest to us and we can be most use- ful to them. Rest assured it is the gnreatest desire of Japan to assist every day in the sacred cause of civi- lization." b&bove Is s general view of Zeebru^ge, the German naval base on tba Belgian ooaat. The extensire watenrayt provide an almost ldcs| tuiTen for submarlnoa. Dritlsta warship;! have repeatedly shelled the) Gemntn works and xenaela at 'I-cvUrunge. Markets Of The World Breadstuffs. Toronto, Sept. 7.â€" Manitoba wheat â€" Old crop â€" No. 1 Northern, none of fering; No. 2 Northern, $1.14 to $1.16; No. 3 Northern, $1.09 to $1.11, track, lake ports. Manitoba oats â€" None offering. American corn â€" No. 2 yellow, 83 %c, track, lake ports. Canadian coro â€" No. 2 yellow, nom- inal, track, Toronto. Ontario oats^-Old: No. 2 white, 51 to 52c, nominal, according to freights outside; No. 3 white, 50 to 51c, ac- cording to freights outside; new oats, 40 to 42c. Ontario wheat â€" No. 2 winter, per car lot, $1.15; new, 96 to 98c; wheat slightly tough, 88 to 93c; sprouted or smutty, 75 to 85c, according to sam- ple. Peas â€" No. 2, per car lots, nominal, according to freights outside. Barleyâ€" Good malting barley, nom- inal; No. 3 feed, nominal; feed bar- ley, nominal, according to freights outside. Buckwheat â€" Car lots, nominal, ac- cording to freights outside. Rye â€" No. 2, nominal, according to freights outsiide. Manito'oa flour â€" First patents, in jute bags, $6.25; second patents, in jute bags, $5.75; strong bakers', in jute bags, $5.55, Toronto; in cotton bags, 10c more. Ontario flour â€" New Winter, 90 per cent, patents. $4, seaboard or "To- ronto freights in bags, prompt ship- ment. Millfeed â€" Car lots, delivered Mont- real freights â€" Bran, per ton, $26; shorts, per ton, $29; middlings, $30; good feed flour, per tag, $1.85. JACONA SUNK BY MINE, NOT BY A SL^MARINE A despatch from Montreal says: Officers of the Thomson Line freight- er Hurona, which arrived here, brought with them details of the sinking of the Montreal steamer Ja- cona. The cabled report that the Jacona was sunk by a torpedo was denied. The Jacona struck a mine . , and sank in two minutes. Forty of ; '"^',, *„"k the crew, including the entire engine room staff, were drowned. Only Capt ALLIES CAPTURE TACTICAL POINT Recent Fighting in the DardanellM Has Been of a Severs Character. A despatch from London says: Fur- ther gains for the allied forces on th» Gallipoli Peninsula are chronicled in an official report received from GeiiF eral Sir Ian Hamilton, comfflander-ia> chief of tJie British forces operating against the Turks. The report saysi "Further fighting on the northern section of the line has resulted in th« capture of an important tactical point commanding the Buvuk Anafarta val- ley to the east and north and an ap- preciable gain of the ground occupied by the Australians and New Zealand army corps. "The fighting was almost entirely hand-to-hand and of a severe charac- ter. Very heavy losses were inflicted on the Turks, and three of their ma- chine gruns, three trench mortars, 300 rifles, 500 bombs and a large quantity of small arms ammunition were cap- tured by us." PRICELESS RUBBISH. Fortunes Made Out of the Tailings of Gold Mines. The tailings of the gold-mines ot the Rand have latterly proved nearly as valuable as the reef. A new treat- ment was discovered, and the tailings which encumbered the landscape for miles around suddenly became new mines. It was found that the amount of gold left in them was enormous. Many fortunes were made out of tail- â€" No. 3 white, 32% to 3Sc. Flour Organ and the nine men who com- ( new wheat basis)â€" fancy patents, prised the night watch were saved, $5.90; first clears, $4; second clears, and they owed their lives to thtt $3. Bran, $19. ; chance that a boat was lying loose Duluth, Sept. 7.â€" Wheatâ€" No. 1 and floated away, hard, $1.02%; No. 1 Northern, 97^c to $1.02Vi: No. 2 Northern, 95Vsc to $1.00 "4; Montana No. 2 hard, 95»4c bid; September, 94V*c; December, 93% to 93%c asked. Linseed, cash, $1.62; September, $1.6214; Decem- ber, $1.64 bid. THREAT FROM AUSTRI.\ TO MUNITION MAKERS There has been much talk of cap- turing the German trade in alilina dyes, a process of exploiting coal-tar, discovered by British chemists but de- veloped by German manufacturers. But in the earlier days of gaslighting the coal-tar was regarded as a horri- ble nuisance, and surreptitiously got rid of. Then the great discovery was made that all the hues of the rainbow dwelt in this dirty-looking stuff which men despised and threw away. To-day the A despatch to Amsterdam says: Following the example of Germany, , , , , , . the Austro-Hungarian Government by-products of coal-tar are counted by Live Stock Markets. now announces, according to the ; ^"^ """"• ... Toronto, Sept. 7.-Best heavy ' Frankfurter Zeitung, that all .\us- I" Lancashire alone cotton-wasta steers, $8 to $8.25; butchers' cattle, i trians and Hungarians in neutral has an annual value of fifteen millions choice, $7.60 to $7.75; do., good, $7.30 countries, particularly the United : sterling! It consists of fag-ends and to $7.45; do., medium. $6.40 to $7.10; ' states, are warned not to work in fac- I sweepings and pickings and combings, do common, $5 to J5.65: butchers' ^ tories producing war material for P""'*"^.^ "^ ^°'"«" *â- "* ^"P'^yf,"? '« bulls, choice $0 80 to $7 25; do > ^^^^-^^ „f ^^^^ j^^^^ Monarchy. This divide this stuff into good, middhng. good bulls, $5.90 to $6.25; do., rough and bad, and it is sold at various $6.50 to $7.30; stockers, 700 to 900 ditions. '^^*^„lltV'^-25: manners and cut- qeNIES GERM.W WOMEN ters, ?3.(o to $5; milkers, choice, \i»ir i irii-x xn vimb'« mk-b^v each, $65 to $95; do., common and ARE LEF T TO MOBS MERCY medium, each, $35 to $50; Springers, . , . , . , , ,„, $50 to $95; light ewes, $6 to $6.75; A. despatch to London says: The do., bucks, $3.50 to $4.50; yearling Home Secretary has issued a denial of lambs, $7 to $7.75; Spring lambs, statements published in the United cwt., $7.75 to $9; calves, $8 to $11; States that German women and chil- Country Produce. Butterâ€" Fresh dairy, 24 to 26c; in- ferior, 21 to 22c; creamery prints, 28% to 29c; do., solids, 26 to 28c. Eggs â€" No. 1, 23 to 24c per dozen, in case lots; extra at 26 to 27c. Honey â€" No. 1 light (wholesale), 10 to 11 %c; do., retail, 12% to 15c. , ^ Combs (wholesale), per doz.. No. 1, | then, interposed the preacher, "in hogs, off cars, $9.40 to $9.65; do., dren in London are being exposed to Montreal," Sept. 7.-Butcher cows,'f««'^ by the police whenever they ven- good, $7.50 to $7.75; fair, $7 to $7 25- '"" °"* °^ '^°°'"^' "'"'^ Prevented from fair, $7 to $7.25; medium, $6.50 to buying food, and are compelled to $6.75; butcher bulls, $5 to $7; can- subsist on what they can beg. ning bulls, $4 to $4.50 per cwt. Old The Home Secretary says that all i g^u t"}, Africa th.-^ sheep, 4% to 5%c; and lambs, 7% to German women desiring to return to ! „_ j v "j f„;i..j *X' fi^'j"'!. 'L^.-^kVo^'J 8>4c per pound. Hogs, select, $9.50; Germany are given facilities for so 1 2,f^ v^^n^ 1„ °a e a bifof eith sows. $7. 90, and stags. $5 to $6 per ' doing, and that, together with their ^''' •^°""«^ """ """^' " ""^ °^ "'^''â-  cwt., all weighed off cars. j ^hildre'n. they receive the same police ^ j protection as British subjects and I similar relief from the guardians of None Too Good. the poor if they are destitute. It is Soap-boilers usad to have great dif- ficulty in getting rid of a thick, evil- smelling liquid which was the chief by-product of their industry. They ran it into streams and sewers. Pre- sently someone began collecting it and refining it. The result was pure glycerine. .\ young man who had been reduced literally to his last cent was wander- ir.g aimlessly about the docks of 1 Liverpool. He saw a lot of frowsy- I looking stuff, the use of which nobody I could tell him. It had come from months before The minister of a small country ' added that access to hospitals on the flock was discussing with an illiterate I same terms as Britishers arc accorded member of his church religious topics [ German women and children when of varying interest. The member ex- j they are iU. pressed the suggestion that even the' * best were none too good in this vale of sin and tribulation. "You believe, PARENTS OF WAR HERO $2.50 to $3; No. 2, $1.50 to $2. I the doctrine of total depravity?" GET VICTORIA CROSS Poultry â€" Chickens, yearlings, dress- j "Yes, sir, I do," responded the mem- ' ed, 16 to 18c; Spring chickens, 20 to 21c; fowl, 12 to 13c; ducklings, 17 to 18c; turkeys, 23 to 25c. Cheese â€" Large, 15 to 15 %c; do., twins, 15% to 15?ic. Old cheese, 21 %c. Baled Hay and Straw. Baled hay, new â€" No. 1, ton, $17 to $19; No. 2, ton, $15 to $16; baled straw, ton, $7.50. Business in Montreal. Montreal, Sept. 7.â€" Com â€" .\meri- can No. 2 yellow, 91 to 92c. Oats- Canadian Western, No. 3, 58c; e.\tra No. 1 feed, 58c; No. 2 local white, 47c; No. 3 local white, 46c; No. 4 local white, 45c. Flour â€" Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $6.35; seconds, $5.85; strong bakers', $5.65; Winter patents, choice, $5.50; straight roll- ers, $4.65 to $4.85; do., bags, $1.75 to $1.85. Rolled oatsâ€" Bbls., $6.25; do., bags, 90 lbs., $2.90 to $3. Bran, $27. Shorts, $28. Middlings, $33 to $34. Mouillie, .$35 to $40. Hayâ€" No. 2, per ton, car lots, $17.50 to $18.50. Ch^se â€" Finest westerns, 12% to 13 "ic; finest easterns, 12% to 13c. Butter â€" Choicest creamery, 28% to 28%; seconds. 27% to 27% c. Eggs- Fresh, 27 to 28c; selected, 26c; No. \\ stock, 23c; No. 2 .itock, 20c. Die.-ised | hogsâ€" Abattoir killed, $13.60 to' $14.15. Pork â€" Heavy Canada .short mess, bhls., 35 to 45 pieces, $29; Can- ada short-cut back, bbls., 45 to 55 pieces, $28.. "iO. Lard â€" Compound, tierces, 376 lbs., 10c; wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 10%e; pure, tierces, 375 lbs., 11% to 12c; pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 12% to 13c. ber, "that is, where it is lived up to." Will Zead Force Of South Africa \ despatch to Montreal says: The Victoria Cross won by the late Lance- Corporal Frederick Fisher, of the 13th battalion, at St. Julien. where he was killed, has been received by the hero's teenpence a pound, and bought the lot, three hundre«l bales. It was alpaca, the wool of a sort of camel- like sheep. The purchaser's name was Titus Salt, the founder of Sal- taire, England. THE DE.VTH OF PEGOUD IS OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED A despatch from Paris says : Re- ports of the death of .\dolphe Pegoud, the famous aviator, have been official- ly confirmed. The news caused sin- cere sorrow among the French people, who regarded him as a hero. Pegoud, who was only 26 years of served five years in the French United States Markets. Minneapolis, Sept. 7. â€" Wheat â€" No. I hard, $1.03%; No. 1 Northern, 97c to $1.03; No: 2 Northern, 94 to $1; September, 92c; December, 92%c. Cornâ€" No. 3 yellow, 76 to 75 %c. Oats M 1 »* itr'tYT r-. L i age, served n' parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. r isher, ; i c u.- â-  .u « r,,. T 1 » 11- . â- . cavalry, fighting in the Morocco cam- 57b Lansdowne .A. venue, W estmount, : \ ... ., , , . , ' paign. At the outbreak of the present war he joined the aviation corps as a private, but soon gained a sub-lieu- tenant's commission because of his skill and daring. His exploits won I accompanied by a letter of apprecia- tion from the British War Office. The J dec \scd soldier earned the distinction I of the Cross by gallantly assisting with a machine gun, in covering the retreat of a battery, and later bring- ing his machine gun into action, un- I der very heavy fire, in order to cover I the advance of supports. It was while ; doing this he was killed. He was only 20 years of age. â€" : â€" + . ENTANGLED IN A ROPE AND KILLED BY HORSES him the Military Medal and the Jtfill- tary Cross. Pegoud brought down his German aircraft on July 11. si.xth A despatch from London says: , "Death by misadventure" is the ver- | diet at the inquest held at Shorndiffe on Pte. William Fishburn Smith, Lon- â- . don, Ont., of the 2nd divisional caval- ! ry, who was killed while lea<linB horses. Smith's leg was caught in a rope with which ho was leading the ' horses, and he lost his balance owing . to the horses rearing. Ha had been ! studying for the ministry previous to (Milistinent. Wonders of the World. The seven wonders of the ancient world were the Pyramids of Egypt; the Tomb of the King of Caria; the Temple of Diana at Ephesus; the Walls of Hanging Gardens of Baby- lon; the Colossus of Rhodes; the Ivory ; and Gold Statue of Jupiter Olympus; i the Pharos, or Watch Tower, built at .•Mexandria by Ptolsmy Philadelphus, King of Egypt. Some one thinks the ' wonders of the world to-day are the Panama Canal, the Aeroplane, the 1 Submarine, Wireless Telegraphy, the ; Gramophone, the Telephone, and the I Airship. BRIG-GEM€RAL LUKlN.GtKi. D-5 bas b<>iMi ii|i|><>liitt>d to couinuiiul t)M»! IMrst HrtK'ido <>r the South \rrl- ' can I'liloii C'ontiiiKciil (or the Fii- ropcuii war. He Is t'oniuinndant- Coneral of the I'apo C'oloni.tl Foree-s, and In the rot-ent cani- palgu In <i(>rniaii Southwivt Afi-lca comnui lUkHl the Stii MoiiiiUnI Bri- gade. It wfLs to hliii ilKtt <;oiioriil Botha eiitrustrd the uikliix i.r luo , siu-reud«r of the (jiciiuiui torccs, ' Holland Purchasing Aeroplanes A despatch fronx New York says: ! quantity of aeroplanes and hydro- Lieut. -Commander Henri G. Van Stcyn, of the Dutch navy, was one of the arrivals on the steamer Noordam from 'Kotterdam. He said he held a planes for Holland from American manufacturers. Commander Van Stoyn said that all of the inachino.i will be used by Holland as a part of the national defence improvement 'M â- ^. .; ;' #1 v^ Ir'' â- ^i commission to purchase an unlimited . "ow being undertaken there. :**3