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^J f Ins ahacked THE SOUTH-EAST OF YPRES French Battery Explodes Enemy Munition Train in the Vosges where, in the sector of the Hartmann- weilerkopf, there were such vigorous encounters earUer in the week. The Germao artillery, however, eooducted a heavy bombardment Saturday of the French positions on the Hart- A despatch from Paris says: A heavy artillery attack was made by the French Sunday against the Ger- man positions south of Dailleul, on the railroad betneen Hazebrouck and Armentierea, south-east of Ypres. and manns-Weilerkopf and at Hirzteen in the Blaireville region, south of Ar- and further infantry attacks are ex- fss- ' pected. In the Lombaertzyde sector A German munition train which had of Belgium, the violent bombardment stopped at the station at Hachsinette, continued on both sides and French south-eaa*^ cf Bonhomme (Diedels- artillery activity is reported from the ^fcriThen), /list across the French fron-Tahure-Somms-Py road in Cham- tier in the Vosgcs, was fired on by a pagne. The German official state- French battery and an explosion was ment announced the destruction of observed. French mine galleries by the explo- ^ The Germans have not renewed sion of counter mines to the west of their infantry attacks in Alsace, Labassse. ABLE TO RESIST MMY OF 500,000 VON PAPEN SAILS AWAY, SATS "I'M INXOCENT" AT THE GATEWAY TO THE MEDITERRANEAN Anglo-French Army of 200,000 Firmly Entrenched at Salon ica. rMMY U^ M\} UUU ^ ^'^^^^ ^'""^ ^''^ York says: niUll 1 VI tJVVjUVW 1 Franz von Papen, Germany's recalled military attache, left New York for . _ A>.»in_Pr„r.^K A,™« «f onn nnn *•( Rotterdam last week on the steamship ; Noordam, bearing a safe conduct to j Germany from the Entente allies. ! Departing he issued a final statement A despatch from London says: The ; to the American people, in which he Athens co-respondent of the Daily. Aaid: "I leave my post without any rilail says: '"The outlook is more satist- feeling of bitterness, because I know, factory than at any time since the too well that when history is once ' Macedonian campaign started. Gen. Sarrail said that he was fully satis- Heavy guns have arrived and now in position. The delay in the ay's advance has been of th« ktcst value to the allies." iforjes written it will establish our clean re- cords and calumnies spread broadcast t^ Heavy guns have arrived and at present." Von Papen was appointed military attache of the German Embassy in December, 1913. Public attention Salonica correspondent of the ' was directed to him in September last. News says: ".Assuming that the when a letter which he wrote to his i tefk of the disposal of the Ger- j wife was found among the papers ' s are true, it is possible seized by the British Government ' a million Germans, Turks i from James F. J. Archibald, while he was carrying them to Europe. In this letter von Papen alluded to "Bloedsinnig Yankees," which was| translated as "Idiotic Y'ankees." His' ' recall and that of Capt. Karl Boy-Ed, the German Naval .Attache, was re- quested^^y Secretary Lansing Dec, "?- descr The Leading Markets Breads tnff a. Toronto, Dec 28. â€" Manitoba wheal â€" New crop â€" No. 1 S^r^en, 51.2S = ; No. 2 Northern, $1.25%; No. 3 Northern, J1.23. ail raU. Manitoba oatsâ€" No. 2 C.W., 49 "^e; No. 3 C.W., 474c; extra No. I feed. , 474c; No. 1 feed, 46isc, aU raiL ! Aaierican com â€" No. 3 yellow, new, TTVic, on Track Toronto. Canadian com â€" No. 2 yellow, old, 77e, nominal, Toronto. Ontario oats â€" No. 3 white, 37 to 3jJc; commercial oats, 35 to 37c, ac- cording to freights outside. Ontario wheat â€" No. 2 Wintar. pea j car lot, $i. 05 to 11.07; wheat slight- ly sprouted, %l to |1 . 04, and toui^ [according to sample; wheat sprouted^, ^^ ' smutty, and tough, according to a^iMjPQii p!e; feed wheat, 75 to 80c. ,J'^ ' P(fas â€" No. 2, nominal, per car lldb $1.90; sample peas, according to«am- ple, $1.50 to $1.75, according to freights oatside. Barley â€" Btalting barley, 57 to ^tf^^ feed barley, 50 tx) aJc. "wr^jdi^," to ** freights outside. 1 Buckwheat â€" Nominal, cab lots, 76 to 77c, according to freight outside. Rye â€" No. 2 nominal. S6 trifle; rye, rejected, 70 to 80c, accor "' pie. Mar.!;oba flour â€" First jute bags, $6.60; second fate bags, $6.10; strong 1 jute bags, ^.90, T^ront ' Ontario flour â€" Now 'V'i -.0 $4.80, accorcirg to boanl, or Tore .:o freij prompt shipmer.u I itillfeedâ€" Car lots, dfiivered Vottfe- real frdj^t^. Bran, S34 per to sam- shorts, t-^ per tin; widdlings, |M :on: ^ooid feed Qmzr/ $l.t'0 par ^:' The i"eu^or>lup hae withheld new-* of British (>t)eratinii^ at th<> SCruits of GihnUtar. hai when th* war te over there* win be an tncrrf>ttnic story on the precaacioas takeu to ke«p Gemuut sabmarincs out of the MedlterrmiMan and tbe nues euipluyeU bj Lbem lo avoid miue;. and iuh^ preiMtred by lireAt Brit- ain. .\t>ove are lievrral \ !?«->> of ilu.~ tmpurtant key pusiUoo, where Brttteh guns dom'natf the p»ei- agf between the .\tlanrir and the *«^ut^rT«n«»» Igarians are available for an ***'%n Salonica. It is understood t^^^Vmier Radoslavoff, of Bul- 8*"?xently hinted that a smash- ing "Vrould be struck in January. ^^'^^ the period of calm here may "* * â-  ^Gen. de Castrinao arrived here ^^edly recently. He ENEMY MASSED FOR BIG AHACK Simulta FRENCH VICTORY IN VOSCES REGARDED AS IMPORTANT ONE Coaat;^ Prodsee. I Butterâ€" FreOI Jairy, 28 to SAc: ia- ferior, 22 to Htf. a»ain«ry printa, 33 1 to 35c; solids. 31^2 t* 32c. Eggs â€" Storage. JO to 99« vwr doz.; â-  selects, 35 to 36c ; ne^v-laid, !* to 60c»c«se lots. ; ftjansâ€" «4.15 t> $4.25. Poultry â€" Chick aas, 15 to l^c; fowls. 12 to 13c; duck?. 15 to 17c; seese, 15 to 17c; turkevs. 35 to 27c. Cheese â€" Lar^,:^, 184c; rje&is. T9c. Potatoes â€" Car lots of Ontario ijaot- ed at $1.35. arl New Brunswicks at $1.55 per bag on track. Honev â€" Prices, in tins, lbs., 10 to lie; combs. Nx 1, $2.40; No. 2, $2. "1 gave no parttcu- 1 Enemy. A despatch from London says: Ger- |*ences with v..^..,..»<.^^^^^^^p^ ., â-  .â-  -- *' -Wir ^^^I^^H^Pivrail as cimiulative, and GencrarTflMiPBIrav^ed the lars. French and British fronts. Th; popu- ; It is reported that Capt. Boy-Ed „ u t i ,v lation of Salonica is (juiet, reassured will leave here for Rotterdam on the «»»" ""^ artillery in the Lake Dor by Gen. Sarrair? sUtemcnt that the steamer Rotterdam. city is not in danger." I + Despatches from Greece to the Lon-|povERTY AND SQUALOR don mormng papers add to the mys-" ^^ tery surrounding the next move of â-  ; «ts»"«- thp Cfntral nowers CorresDondents . j ^ Z . j In the absence of news of any ac- , .. ^- . I ." ";-0"^«.sP<'""^°^' .\ despatch from London says: | tivitv bv either the Teutonic or allied of the Times both in Salomca and mip^ba^, *! . - (. . Britain haj.' ^ ^ } I ^"«/«""'"^"= °^ ""'^ ^ j rrooaoij no part oi ureat ttritam nas forces on the Salomca front suspense • I been more radically affected by the ^ London respecting the situation in "â-  **•" the Balkans is reaching a very acute 1 in days gone Satori^J^'unlb^r cf Prisoners Captured Largest Since the Three Directions by the â-ºoners Captured Largest ns|)fe_of September Last ian region commenced to throw shells against the Anglo-French defences, but there is nothing to indicate that the expected attack on Salonica has move OI 1 Correspondents | Salonica and in Athens, and the Morning Post's cor- ^ respondent suggest that the Bulgar- 1 ,^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ London. ians will be m the vanguard of the j^, reformer, desiring in days gone .,„„ ,, :, ^^.^r^rx^^e^^ Teutonic advance toward Salonica. L ^ poverty and saualor in ^^^ It is ever>^here '•All prctende.1 German r^aran- ^ir ,,^t J ^o/m, n^turily turnS ^^^^l '^'1'"*^'"^, ^'T' *" " * tees." says the Morning Post'.. Athens ;7^/^;*^^^^^^ of what will perhaps prove one correspondent, "are mere sedatives. *»^ L^^^^nd'^^VrM^measur'^'' I "^ ^^^^ ^-^^ "«^^'''"' battles of the intende<l to inauce Greek public opm- To-day the East End has been ion to take the bitter dose as q^^'etlT j transformed as possible. "J â€" hcvisions. Cured meats are quoted as follows: â€" Bacon, long dear, 16 to 16*^0 per lb., in case lota. Hams â€" Medium, 17H to 18c; do.. heaTy, 144 to 15c; rolls, 16 to 164:; breakfast bacon, 21 tc 23c: back.<. plain, 24 to 25c; boneless . - . backs. 26 to 27c. .\ despatch from London says: The [all foodstuffs in the vicinity hay-- w_The market is_stea : French success at Hartmanns-VVeil^- requisitioned, and 22 villages have^ ikopf appears to have been of consid-lbeen evacuated to facilitate the -'pera- joxj^. ' erable proportions. The official tions. These preparations hav-^ been | â€" j Preach statement gives the nuiid>er { continuing for 15 days, accori.ng t« | Business in Montreal. lot pfkimers captured at 1,300. A j th^ reparts. ' part of the positions gained, however, j The French gains was lost again after a series of coun- ter-attacks. 12 I a part c:" which has been lost again, were i the eastern slope of the mountain accord- A jl^uble motive actuating the j ing to the French commumiiue. .As ich i^Sb*! Montreiil, Dec. 28 can No. 2 yellow, SO to 81c No. 2 local white, 45c; No. 3 do.. 4 No. 4 do., 43c. Barleyâ€" Man. U 60c : malting, 67c. Buckwheat â€" No 82>.. Flourâ€" Man. Spring wheat i er.ts, firsts, $6.79; seconds, $6. war. If the Germans are held it ,, ^ , ^ , means a partial collapse at least of If poverty has not been ^^^.^ ^^^j^^^ ^^j^^j t,,^ guez Cinal FrenchTPte^king the violent attack j described by tht German War Office ^ felt that the ' â„¢*y ^ found in reports from Zurich in its official statement, the ground strong bakers', $6; Winter patei coming by way of 7w<ime, which says won by the French included the sum- choice. $o.20; straight rollers. %^ that Field Marshal von Maokensen, mit. ; to $5.60; do., bags. $2.>^0 to j^ who led the Austro-German armies to; The French success resulted ^"m I RoH^ oats^^rr^^s^ . j^^^^|^ victory in Poland, and then conli«et>*d | careful artillery preparation ana the ^^J Shorts V'i' r,__v:. â- _ .- ..--J r. I,..,.: ,-.._u. ..* .u., . â€" ... '^â- '$30; Mouilli'e, 131 to $33. Hayâ€" The correspondent adds that there is a rumor in citvulation that the Germans are preparing to clothe the Bulgarians in German uniforms so that Greece cannot object to their entry. VON EM MICH DEAD, LED ATTACK ON LIEGE .\ despatch from Berlin says: The death at Hanover of General von Em- mich, the conqueror of Liegv, is an- nounced by the Overseas Agency, wiped out by causes due to the war it has largely disappeared, and toiling people are enjoying a degree of pros- perity such as before never existed there. For a long time past every able-bodied man had been working six and seven days a week, and all wo- men and boys can get all the work they want. TARTAR FOR ST.\TES ALLOWED BY and Egypt If they are thrown back it means not only the entire collapse of these designs, but will in all likeli- hood prove the turning point in the war. On the other hand, Lf the .\nglo- French forces are defeated and driven from Salonica the cause of the En- tente powers will have received pos- sibly its most serious reverse ,1MPtoS2.' _, 9^t. ^uvLf.^. v*. .i^- ^aliddling?. $28 Serbia, is to head a new Germai^^^ashing onslaught of the troops. The ^q Mouillie, $31 to $33. Hay offensive in upper Alsace. According jGermans have been forcrd back some .7, per ton. car lots. $19 to $19 to these reports the Germans have ' distai.t; - . tne eastern slopes of the, cheese â€" Finest westerns, 17 »i to massed 300,000 men in upper Alsace, ! mountain. lion tons of wheat are milled each year. Of this about 550 thousand tons go to the human family as refined flour (wheat starch) and 450 thous- and tons of the by-products bearing the energizing, immunizing food salts the conditions include the speeding up of managers and workmen, the use of motor vehicles for unloading and de- livery, the use of the electric street cars for freight at night, and the fix- Pork ftnest easterns, 17 "-i to I'l^c. Bu â€" Choicest creamery. 34 H to 35 seeonds, 32^ to 33c. Eggs â€" Fresh to 53c; selecte<l. 33c; No. 1 stock, ; No. 2 stock, 28c. Potatoes, pwr 1 car lots. $1.30 to $1.35. Drei hogs, abattoir killed, $13.50 $13.75: do., country, $12 to $12 Heavv Canada short mess, t This it least is the situation as it , g^ mainly to feed domestic animals FRANCE is portrayed by most of the military conpentators. There is no one but who appreciates the enormous stakes A despatch from Paris says: Upon at play, and there is little attempt to News ' the advice of Alexandre Ribot, Minis- minimize the seriousness of the situa- I ter of Finance, the Government has tion. General von Emmich was com- ! wseir.ded the decree prohibiting the it can be readily stated that the' »u t> mander of the tenth army corps. He : exportation to the United States of allies now have a force of roundly ' of. »«t'>ods and men on the Russian figured prominently in the early ;"«»'« tartar and its by-products, 4oo,000 holding the roads to Salonica. events of the w \r, being in command which are used to a large extent in Against this army there is drawn a of German troops which invaded Bel- ' America for bread-raising. In ordi- German force of uncertain numbers. gium. He it was who issued an ap- n«ry Ve*"'* these articles are export- it i^ recalled that the .\u3tr0-Gennan . . peal to the Belgian people not to re- ^ to the United States to the value 'd Bulgarian armies sent into Serbia ^^^'^^''""^ r^mrr„t, r^Lr^ii.. of about 9,000,000 francs. when the Balkan campaign hegf^n V^*''^.^'''f.^'','^^^^^^^^.J^«^^:^^ . J -.. -w-..^ o-n n-v^ _»» . Scarcity of food supplies m Moscow. SPEEDS CZ.\R*S RAILW.4YS. New Minister of Interior .-Vdopts New Methods. There has been a great speeding up methods and men on the Russian railway systems during the last few weeks, as a re^uU of investigations undertaken by the new Minister of the Interior, M. Khvostoff. His in- first ing of maximum prices for distribu- tion service by private concerns. The new measures are being put into operation at Mo,scow. Petrograd and other places where they are found necessary. 300 GERMAN WOMEN KILLED IN E.\PLOSION 35 to 45 pieces, $29 to $29.50; si cut back, bbls.. 45 to 55 pieces, $2) $28.50. Lard â€" Compound, tierces, lbs., ll«ic; wood pails, 20 lbs. 12 '^c: pure, tierces, STo tbs., 14: pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 15c. United States Markets. Minjieapolis, Dec. 28. â€" Wheat â€" 1 hard. $1.20%; No. 1 Nortb $1.173» to $1.18'^; No. 2 North $l,13Sh to $1.15T4; Decern $1.17^: May. $1.18%. Consâ€" N yellow. 73 to 74c. Oats â€" No. 3 wl iO"-* to 404c. Flour unchani The tartar comes from deposits in y^^re estimated at about 870.000 men. 1 '*^^''^ wine casks. Its exportation was pro- -j^^ casualties during the Serbian I Tbe minister's plans for remedying sist the Germans. The heavy loss of life of the Ger- mans at Liege was said to have shat- _ tered the confidence of the General, ' hibited because it was believed to be campaign were, however, very consid- j « â€" , - «[-r- ,-wV , and a report that he had committed, an element employed m the manufac- ^^^t^i^^ g„j ^^.^t have depleted that: lIAnTlT fTV CDflM \ T ARVATlflN ture of certain explosives, and It was f^jj^.^ jjjgjjtly Meanwhile there has III VU I AUll 1 riVVlU J 1 ilA f fll ll/il suspected the ultimate destmatton of j^„ „„ j,j„t of how many reinforce- the tartar was Germany. tments have been sent to fill the bro- * 1 ken ranks. .Al despatch from .Amsterdam says: .According to advices to the Tele- graaf, a powder factory and several ammunition depots were blown up at Bran. $18 to $18.50. Muenster, Westphalia. Of the 600 Duluth. Dec. 18.â€" Wheat women employed in the mill, 300 were killed. No. hanl, $1.17«8: No. 1 North $1.16*8 ; No. 2 Northern. $1.12'", $1.13Ss : Montana, No. 2 bar '. $1.1 to $1.14«»; December. $1.16H; 1 $1.18%. linseed, cash, $2.11 suicide gained wide currency in Au gust of last year, AUSTRIAN DIPLOM.VT ARRESTED AS A SPY. ^Â¥ A despatch from Geneva, says: The secretary of the Austrian Con- sultate here, Herr Taussig has been arrested on a charge of espionage. The charge, it is said, grows out of his _ _ alleged denunciation of Mrs. Merrick I g^jn of various sorts has been finally GERMANY HAS SECURED | ROUM.\NIAN GRAIN BAD DIET C.VUSES CANCER. IN SERBIA IS APPALLING •$2.11Vi; $2.15. December, $3,094 Arrangements Perfected for E-xporU- j yi „£ q^. Desirable Goods tion of 50,000 Carloads. A despatch from Berlin says: Ac- cording to a Bucharest despatch, the exportation of 60,000 carloads of Hildebrandt, of Louisville, Ky., recent ly expelled from Germany after her arrest end imprisonment on a chargre whicl\ she said was not made known to her, and who came to Geneva and caused a strong protest to be for> warded to Washington against what the declared to be the unwarranted tre»tment accorded her by the Ger- .._JiUia authorities. arranged, a satisfactory agreement on the method of payment having been reached between the Cterman and Rou- manian negotiators. Are Demineralized. Entrance of a parasite or fungu* growth is a cause cf cancer, accord- ing to the opinion of Dr. Horace Packard, of Boston University, who Before A'd Can batants in the Come Thousands of Interior Are Doomed to Death Live Stock Markets. ! Toronto,, t^t'c. ''8. â€" Butchers' , choice, $7.60 to"^.8*;-^r^ N.T ^ r .^ $7.25 to $7.5C: do., medium. l>On-C0m-.^7; do., common, $5.60 to $«( bu â-  ers* bulls, choice. $6.50 to $6.75: I good bulls. $5.75 to- $6.25; do., r i bulls, $4.75 to $5.25; butchers* . I choice, $6.35 to $6.75; do., goou In addition to the food shortage the */, *^-^= ^""^ medium. $5,25 to $5 A despatch from Rome says: The number of Serbians seeking refuge refugees are constantly exposed to at in .Albania is daily increasing. In the tack from .Albanian tribesmen, who common, $4 to $4.50; feed good. $0.50 to $6.75; stoekers. 70i 900 lbs.. $6 to $6.60; canners discussed "The Cancer Question" be- interior of Serbia conditions are said are shooting down men, women and cutters,__$3 to $4.50; milkers. ch< Brown singer to know voice." "Yes, is more terrible know It." fore the Surgical and Gynecological ! to b« hopeless. The mortality from children at every opportunity Society of the American Institute of : sUrvation and exhaustion is appal- .At the coast towns, food, especially Homeopathy at Chicago, Dr. Pack- 'ling. The remnants of the army are "It must b« t»rrihl» f »"* emphasized his belief that the subsisting on horseflesh, and the non- 11 musi oe lerrioie lor a p^g^jj^j^ ^g^g^ ^f cancer is dieUry combatants, unable to find means of ner , j ^-^^^ j â€" :_,_.,: â€" j .,_.!_ ^ »»*;„„ especially women and lost when she doesn't said Robinson, "but it ^^ argued that demineralized foods transportation form a factor in the disease s devel- opment. The human family is under- fed in mineral foc-d salts, he said. ".\ momentous fact," he added, "is that the flour mills and the rice mills of the civilized world are busy eliminating •very particle of iron, phosphorous, sodium, potassium, silica, calcium. The [prove to be the ultimate channel of chloride, magnesium and sulphur flour, is available, but it is impossibl to convey it into the interior because of the hostility of the natives. Re- ports say that before aid can come children, are often absolutely without thousands of non-combatant Serbians food. I are doomed to death by starvation. Ultiinate Channel of Peace Negotiations Germans Lost 8,000 in Attack on British Lines A despatch from London says: The | prove to be the ultimate channel of chloride, magnesium and sulphur! .\ despatch from Paris says; "In reports of the Reichstag discussions i peace negotiations. A Copenhagen (mineral salts), from our staple food formation received regarding the have ftrou8e<I some Interest in the En. despatch declares that the Socialist suppU- and sending out food material' « .*;„., K.tw*,p.n Ynr««, and Armen- tento capitals, where the Socialist attl- party in Germany is now completely rich in heat units but pitifullv meagre | *"^***'"'^ between \pres and Armen tude is being closely followed, many ' divided, 21 members having seceded in energizing and immunizing mater- 1 *'*''^'* indicates that the Germans sus- believing that some section of the ' and formed a new party with an in- ^ jal. In a single flour mill of the i tained a loss of over 8,W)0 men with- Socialist group In Qermany may ! dependent organization. Middle West, appr«juB»ately one mil- [out gaining any ground. The fighting was most severe and a largre quantity of asphyxiating gas was used, but the British lines remained intact. The attack is thought to have been the prelude to an offensive or for the purpose of testing the strength of the British front each, $75 to $100; iK\, common medium, each, $,35 to $60; spring $50 to $100; light ewes, $6.50 $7.50; sheep, heavv, $6.25 to do., bucks. $3.50 to $4.50; year lamb.«, $7 to $7.75; lambs, cwt.. $' to $10.75; calver.. medium to chc $6.50 to $10; do., common, $4 ; $4.50; hogs, fed and watered. $9.C . $0.30; do., packers' quotations, $S I Montreal, Dec. 28.â€" Choice ste |$8 to $8.25: good. $7.50 to $7 lower grades down to $5.50: ch butcher cows. $8.25 to $6.50: ' bulls from $5 to $6.75 per cwt.; lai) $9.75 to $10; sheep, $6.25 to $7 cwt.; cah-es. 9 to 94c per lb milk fed and at 5 to 8c for grass 1 â-  hogs, selected lots, $9.50 to $?.75 cwt., weighed ofl^ cars. Gtanite is the eartk*s crust lowest rock in