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THE WEEKLY WAR PICTURE French officer rxaminInK the G ;>rinan lines in re-won Flanders. DEFEAT OF TURKS I F GAZA ANNOUNCED AND CAPTURE ON HOLY UND THE BEST CARTOON OF THE WEEK Gen. AUenby's Forces Take Famous City â€" Gen. Maude's Troops ' ' Occupy Strongly-Entrenched Position on Tigris. A (lespHtch from London, sivys: â€" ! ers, guns, ammunition and stores, but The British have captured the city of â-  "« details are yet available. Gaza, in Palestine, the War Office an- „ ^ despatch from London says:- lekrit, on the Tigris River, in Mese- "°"'"^*''- I potamia, 90 miles north-west of Bag- The British have made an advance | dad, was occupied by the British on o- nine miles, carrying the whole ' November 6, the War OfTice an- Turki«h system of defenccii in this "ounced on Thursday. region and capturing a^ldition to Gaza. two towns in The text of the statement reads: "Following the successful ac.ion fought near Dup on November 2, our A later despatch says: â€" There are troops advanced further up the Tigris indications of a general retirement "id "" November 5th attacked the northward by the Turkish forces in Ti"-ks, who were holding a strongly- p , . entrenched position coverin-; Tekrit. ^ "'*"""**• 'Under the fire of our artillery our The British pu.'ihed beyom". Gaza, on I troops with gi-eat gallanty crossed the right and left, the adva.ice nene- j i,200 yards of open country and the trating as far as the mouth of the ^ Indian Sikh and rifle regiments, Wadi-Hesi, eight miles north of the ; pressing home the attack, captured original British line. The British cap- i the first two lines of the enemy tuies of prisoners, guns and stores ; trenches, inflicting heavy casualties, are con.sideable in volume. j These trenches were consolidated. General Alleiiby reports that there and a Turkish counter-attack proved were consitierable captures of prison- 1 unsuccessful. KERENSKY'S GOVERNMENT FORCED TO CAPITULATE UNDER GUN FIRE Markets of ^he World' ii-.^;^ Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates Are in Control of I*etro(,'rad â€" Peace With Teutons Demanded. A despaU .i from Petrograd says: Another revolution has broken out. Extremist.'^, led by Lenine, have wrest- ed the reins of power from Premier Kerensky and the latter is reported to be fleeing to Moscow. A Congress of the Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates of all Russia ha^; convened in IVtrograd and will dis- cuss the questions of organization of power, peace anil war, and the for- mation of a Constituent Assembly. A delegation has been named by the Congress to confer with other revolu- tionary and democratic organizations with a view to initiating peace nego- tiations for the purpose of "taking steps to stop the bloodshed." Government forces holding the Winter Palace were compelled to capitulate early Thursday morning man's Battalion, which had been de- fending the Winter Palace, .surren- dered. The Workmen's and Soldiers' Dele- gates are in complete control of the city. Prenier Kerensky was reported Wed.ie.sday night at Luga, 85 miles southwest of Petrograd. Breadstnffa ToKiiiifi. Nov. 13- Manitoba wheat â€" No 1 .Voillierii. $2,235; Xo. 'i Uo . »-'.20J; No 3. (Ir).. »2.1T: .No. 4 whoat. $2.10j. In KtoT4! I''c;ft Wlllliiiii. ini-lucUiiK 2Si- tax. Miiiilloba oiilH â€" No. 2 C.W.. 69I"-; No. 3 C W. AtHu: I'xtni No. 1 ffcil. tiSlr; No. J fiM-d, mtf, in store Furl Willluni. vNriicrlcjin corn â€" -No. 3 yellow, nominal. nntarlo o:its â€" No. 2 white. «i to C6<', iioiiiliuil. No 3, (111., 64 tr> GTh', noiutnul, iicrnrdinB: to fri'lehtM out.side. iirilailo wln'utâ€" .New. .No. 2 Winter, $2.2J; liaKis. in sturo, Slonti'cal. IVasâ€" No. 3. $3.60 to $3.70, according to IrciKlit--^ outsliic. i liarlf.v â€" Maltlnif, $1.20 to $1 21, Late Wednesday evening, after the ] <"niinK_to._irol^ht.s outsld. • iovernment forces hail been driven | fi-,iKhis on tsiile. into the Winter Palace, the palace', Ma«ltoi,a tiour-Flrst pntpnts, in Jute | * ir><iDu CIIFilt' V nil £tn VII lift' Htl'0[|l)r> $1.75. arrordInK to , to $12: (In., Kfpod heavy. 25; butchers" cattle, choice, 5; do. KOoU. $!l.3& to $9.65; ilu.. medium, $x.!ii) to $H.7o; do., com- mon, $7.&ii to $S; butchers' bulls, choice. $«.3U to $8.75; do.. Konil bull.s, $7.4U to $7.S5; do., medium bulls. $«.S5 to $7.10: do. rouKh bulls. $5 to $C; butchers' cows, iholce, $8.25 to $S.75: do.. Rood, $7.60 tu $8: do., medium. $li.eo to $G.7o: stoekers. $7 to $8.25; feeders. $9 to $9.75; cunnera and cutters. $5.25 to $6; lullkera, ffood to choice. $95 to $150; (In., com. and med., $75 to $85; HprinfferB. (95 to $15U; llKhl ewes, $11.50 to $13.50; bur-ks and cull.s. $9 to $10.50; sheep, heavy, $5.75 to $7.50; y^arlliitt.s. $12 to $13; calves, good to cliolc(>, $14 to $15; SpilriK lamliH. $15.75 to $lt>.35: hoRs, fed and watered.. $16.75 to $17; do., weighed off c.irs. $17 to $17.25, do., f.o.b.. $10 to $l(;.2.-)._ « BRAZIL WILL CONTROL ALL GER.MAN BANKS. A despatch from Rio Janeiro says: , . , , ,.,.,. , I bags. $11.5i»; 2nd. do.. $11.00; was besieged anil a lively fire of ma- , bakers', do,. $io.f,ii. Toronto. chine guns and rifles began. The ',"",''"','.. d'''"!' }''''"^'\, '•'â- '•'"â- ;""« •" - . , . « ... , . saiiiiile. $y.Hii. in, baKH. Montreal; $9.60. Thp Chiimher of Denut es has adonted cruiser Aurora, which was moored at Toroiiio; $;t.«o. feulk. seaboard, prompt '"® i^^namoei oi ucpuues nas auopieu the NMcolai Bridge, moved up within , "I'll,'"!'"';, ..,..,„ .„ , all the measures recommended to the _ . L 1 .« 1.-1 .Mllll'Pd â€" Car lots, delivered Montreal rVnnros^ hv President Rrn-/ as re- range, firing .shrapnel. Meanwhile fieiKius. baRa iri.hided liian, per ton. "-onK'^es:, d> riesiueni uraz as re the Buns of the St Peter and St Paul *^-'' sborts, do., J42: niidillhiKs. do . $45 prisals against German agents, as -, , /.' fr.t 1 ' ^ J â-  to $46; Kood - ' " . -.. .-- f'ortress opened fire. The palace stood out under the glare of the search- â-  lights of the cruiser and offered a Hay feed Hour. p«r baK. $3.25. per ton. •No. 1, new. $l.',,.'."i, li-Hck Torohli .siiuw â€" I'ar luls, per ton. $( track Turoiito. $14.50 to $7.5" under the (ire of the cruiser Aurora ; good target for the guns. The de- ond the cannon of the St. Peter and fenders held out for four hours, re- st. Paul Fortress across the Neva. At plying as best they could with ma- 2 o'clock Thursday morning, the Wo- i chine guns and rifles. ITALIAN TROOPS STILL RETREAT NOVELTIES IN FIREWORKS. Play an Important Part in .Modern Warfare. In a battle, under modern coridi- I tions, fireworks play a very important Considerable Fighting in Hills i part, inasmuch as the fighting goes of Vitlorio and at i °" "' "'^*'*^ "" ^''" "" ^'^ '^^^' ""'' **'*' combatants must sec what the enemy Northern Points. A despatch from New York says: The Associated Press issued the fol- lowing on Thursday night: There has been no cessation in the retreat of the Italians across the Venetian Plains towards the new line of defense, on which it is purposed to stand and face the invading Germans and Auslro-Hungarians. The larger units of the Italians are falling back without mole.-tation, according to the Rome official communication, but considerable fighting has taken place ill the hills of Vittorio and at other points in the north. The Berlin War Office says that on the middle Tngliamento River Italian troops who were still standing out •gainst the invaders were captured. A General and 17,000 additional Ital- fan troops are reported to have been captured, bringing the total prisoners since the retreat from the Isonzo be- gan to more than 250,000, according to Berlin. It is also said that in ex- cess of 2,300 guns have fallen into the hands of the Teutonic allies. Along the line in France and Bel- Blum only artillery duels and raiding operations by the French and British forces are taking place. (» . CoTintrjr Prodnc* â€" 'Wholeiale lliltlel -<â- r^a^ll•lv. sidiils. ntr II.. 42J to Uc; inirit.s, per lb.. 43 to 43 Jc; dali .v, per lb. 36 to 3Ki-. Kups -I'er (Int.. 42 to 43o. rotiitoes â€" Finn; wholesalej-s are i>ay- tnn RKiWers and enuntry Khippers $1 75 for flrst-cla.sif stock, f.o b. Toronto. Whdlesalirs are selliiii; to the retail trade at tii« followinK T»riceH :-- Clicesi.â€" New, larce. 23 to 23Jc; twins. 23i to 23); old, larKe, 30c; twins, 3M}i'. IIUHer â€" Frenh dairy, tholce, 40 to 4Ii-; creamery pilnlH, 45 to 46c, aulldM. 44 to 45e. Kkksâ€" New laid. In cartons. 50 to 52c: No. 1 Btornge. 4ic; select sloraRc. 47 to 4>le. Dressed poilllry â€" S|>rini; chickens. 24 to 26r; fowl. 2'> to 22c; H<iualm. per doz,, $4 10 S4.50; turkeys, 28 to 32i'; fluckn, .StirlnK, 23 to 2fii'; Beo«e, 21 lo .„ i well as supplementary measures, in- cluding a state of siege. These meas- ures include the annulment of con- tracts for public works entered into with Germans; prohibition of new land concessions to German subjects and of the transfer of ownership of German properties; control of Ger- man banks and German commercial firms and the internment of German suspect.^. "All is unsettled; the dovernment provisional." "Yes, only the war is permanent. is provisional, laws provisional, all " â€" Novy Satirikon, Petrograd. SIIOUL BE NO RISK IN PKK ES OF SUGAR. .Sim is doing Most of the pyrotechnic contrivances used take the form of bombs and rockets â€" mere modifications of fire- works of the kinil long familiar at Victoria Day celebrations. One of the newest devices in this lino is a bomb which when it bursts high in the air throws out a number of "candles" that light up the sur- rouniling country with a viviil glare, revealing the movements of the en- emy. Each candle is provided with a para- chute, by which it is upheld in the air, falling very slowly toward the earth and burning for a long time before it reaches the ground. Another contrivance is a so-called "parachute rocket," fired from n short j Montreal Market! rifle. It has a range of 1500 yards.' Mcmreal. .Nov 13 -oais- I'an.tdlan When it bursts in the sky it liberates U^f^;^;; i'tJ^, ^i>;;-, ^.' i";!,,.,^ JHf^;^ a parachute that carries a cartridge ' 7iH to -i;*..- liariev â€" .Maliiioi. $1.3.3. filled with a chemical which burns '^'""' A'"" •''i'""*^. «â- .•'•"''!. patents, slowly but with great brilliancy Provliloni â€" 'Wli oleinte ked iDeiits- -llaniH. iimmIIuiii. 3(1 lo 31c; do. hiavy 2B lo 27<-; i lied, 41 lo I 42c: r((llM, 27 lo 2Sc; bi-eakfust bacon, â-  3S to 42c; backs, plain, 40 to 41c; bone- less. 43 to 44c rnrcd â-  lo l.ar(r I'ure lard, tlenes. 27 to 27ic , tubs, 2TJ lo 27jc. iiails. 274 to 28c; coiiipoimd, tlerceii. 224 to 23c, tubs, 22J I to 22jc; pail!<, 221 lo 23c. 'ilrcd iiieatH- l.niiK clear bacon. 27J 2*c lb; clear hclll-s. Wl lo 27c. NEWS FROM ENGLAND NEWS BY MAIL ABOCT JOHN BULL AND HIS PEOPLE Occ-jrrences in the Ltnd That Reigns Supreme in the Commer- cial World. The Essex Standing Joint Commit- tee have granted additional war bon- uses to all the county constabulary. A despatch from Ottawa says:| Trout weighing from five to five Dealers who have advanced the price ; «"<! « half pounds have been caught of sugar to their customers during i recently in Blagdon Lake, Somerset, the past month are taking an impro- 1 Two German war prisoners who es- internment are still at profit. Such is the efl'ect of a state- j large ment issued by the Food Controller. I The importation of grapes from Mr. Hanna added that there was no gpain has been authorized this year, excuse for retail prici s to-day being [ up to one-half the amount imported higher than they were a month or in 1916. six weeks ago. He pointed out that | Tw-o German prisoners-of-war who for the month of September the prices , escaped from Knockaloe Detention of sugar in all parts of Canada wei"i Camp, Jsle of Man. have been re- anniversary of the independence of Brazil. j Notwithstanding increases in sal- . aries and war bonuses, the Rich- : mond Gas Company have been able j to declare the usual dividend of five per cent. » l.he iM.uiiiy_ -Turkeys 2.';c; .SprlnK|per advantage of the present tempor- 1 caped from Handforth cblckeiiK. lb, 16 lo ISc; hens. 17 to ISc: ' , ... , • il 1 ducks. ."^I'llMK, IS to H'c; ucese 16 to 1 ary shortage and exacting an unfair camp three weeks ago Uc. Money â€" <"omb - Kxtrn fine, 16 oz„ $:!r,U, 12 ox.. $3; No. 2, $2.10 to $2 50. Sli.ilned â€" Tins, 2J's and u's, 19 lo i;tjc |(er lb; lO'd, ISJ to i;ic; SOs, l.s to ISJc. lltMiis â€" CVtnadluii. Dotninal. lni|M>rled liand-|ilck<?d. 16.60 to $0.76 |ier bush; LtiiifiM, pfr lb.. l7o. l'(*l;ito,'s. uii track â€" Ont;irlo. Ijuk. $2. between 10 and 11 cents per pound. » ICELAND DECIDES ON REVOLT UNLE.Sa GR.VNTED FLAG irrestcd. A coUiery worker named Readman was semcnced to one month's impris- onment at Nottingham for cruelty to a ' pit pony. j An open-air peace meeting which had been arranged for Stevenson square, Manchester, was prohibited by , the police. i The committee of management of ; The cartridge, which burns for forty ' ^{^^^ wheal nl.s. $11.10; KlrnllK ilKbt roller.s, liaws KIniir .Mail. , Ib'Kis. $1 I 60; Hcci I balifrs', $ 10.911, Kl •' " â-  In $5.35. 1; seconds, is suspended close beneath - $4" to 142. Mldilllne.s -$48 to $50. Mouillle -$58 lo $60. Ilayâ€" .Nn. 2. per ton, car lots. $12 to $12.50. I'lieesi the parachute, the latter serving as reflector to throw the light downward fl' EXEMPTION CLAIMS AGGREGATE 206.167. A despatch from Ottawa says: Claims for exemption filed through- out the Dominion totalled 20(5,107 •nd 10,433 reports for service. Taking the whole period since the Issue of the proclamation, Vancouver has the highest percentage of reports for service. The Vancouver percent- age in 22.71; Kenora is second with 17.95, and Calgary third with 11.49. He 44c; ., . , .. /..v 1. ..^ . , 1 secuiuls, 424 to 43c. Krtks -Fresh, 53 to the intensity of the light is much aug- , 55c; select.'d, 4i; to 47o; No 1 .stock, 42 line.H^ WeH tel'lis, 2Ii|c Uiittei ("holcest cr A despatch from London says: â€" Iceland is threatening to revolt against Denmark because the island's ; demand of a separate flag has not been granted, , Despatches from Scandinavia say that all political parties and virtual'y , . , , , ., • 'the entire people on the island are dis- 1 "°"' ^"''^ '"^^'^ â- "•^^'"'"'''^ ♦'^'=* lied oais BaKH. Iill 'I'"-'**''* ^° declare their independence Uran $;if.. .sii'oris i unle.s.i all their demands are granted. Recently the people of Iceland ap- pealed for home rule. This was grant- ed, but the reiiuest for a separate flag was not acted upon do., eastei'ii.** caniery, 434 to mentcd, so that moving object.i on the ground are made plainly visible. It was at one time stated that there were in Holland at lea.st 9,B00 large windmills, of which the sails ranged from 80 to 100 feet long. At that time their yearly cost was reported to be nearly $10,000,000. The mills are used for many purposesâ€" for saw- ing timber, beating hemp, Rrinding, but their principal u.se ha.s always been to pump water from the lowlands into the canals, to protect the little country from being inundated. to 43c; No. 2 stuck. 31) to 40e. I'otHtoeM â€" I'er ban. cur lots, $1.SU lo $2 25. 'Wlnulpetf Oraln Winnipeg. Nov. 1 3 --I'ash prb-es ; - OnlH .\o. 2 C.W., r,'.l»o; No. 3. do., 67ic; exira No. 1 feed, C6|c: No. 1 feed. 64lc; No. 2 do.. 62!c llarley â€" ITnchunged. Flux No I N-W.C. $3.2UJ; No. 2 C.W., $3.nj. .No. 3. do, $:!.024. 'Dnlted Btatea Market* .Mliineiii'oliH, .Nov. i;i Coinâ€" No.- 8 vollow, J211S lo $2.10. Oat«~No. 8 white, 57< to 5IUc. Fl»x--$3.41 to 13.43. Flour -i:ncliaiiKcd. Hiaii $31.50 to $32. Duliith. Nov. i;i -I.liiMccd ~(Jn truck, $.1111 to $3 47; ariUe. $3.40; November $3.37; Doceinbcr, $3 lit bid. .May. $3.17i| blU. â€" ♦- Iilve Stock Market* Tnronio, ,\"(m. Kl I'lxira choice heavy Sign .Anyway. -J'he Commander (to Paddy Finn, applying for special leave) â€" Just sign the^orm. •^^inn â€" Above the line or below, sorr? , "No, on the line." "Me whole name?" "Yes, your whole name." "Me Christian names?" "Yes, your Christian names?" "And me nicknames?" "Never mind about your nicknames. Write down your Christian names and surname in full." "But, sorr, I can't write." 'the Royal National Lifeboat Institu- year for the saving of 822 lives. A stained-glass window is to be placed in Kwshot Church, Hampshire, in memory of the late A. H. G. Creed, â-  a naval chaplain. I "Geranium Day" at Wimbledon real- ' ized i200 ^or the Comforts Fund of '. "Wimbledon's Own" Brigade of Artil- lery. I Private G. Hall, Hampshire Regi- ] ment, although on crutches, jumped ^ into the riv*er at Leicester and .saved ' a lady from drowning. I The crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral | is open to the public for sheltt;r only 1 after definite police signals of an air ; raid have been given. The school children of Victoria have sent £30,000 to the Joint War Committee of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John. The Brazilian Minister in London held a reception for members of that colony residing in London, an the THE PALACE HOUSEKEEPING. Staff of Buckingham Palace Consists Largely of .Maid-Servants. .\n important, though little heard of. person at Buckingham Palace is I Mrs. Clerk, the housekeeper, who has been for over fifteen years in the royal I employ and stands high in the regard [ of Queen Mary. Mrs. Clerk has now a very larg* staff of maid-servants under her, ail ' the places of several of the royal men-servants who have gone into th.; army have been temporarily filled ty women. Mrs. Clerk engages all tho ! maid-servants but none can be dis- : missed without the consent of thd I Queen. .As a matter of fact, a servant is rarely or never dismis.sed from the' royal service. .\ll the maids in royal' employ are the daughters or near re I latives of people who have been in the royal employ for many year*. There have been Churches, I.egget*, and Chandlers in the royal service for generations. A spacious reading and writing room is provided for the maids at Buckingham Palace; they begin work at (>.30 and most of them go off duty at 8.30 and have a two-hours' rest during the day. Their "outings" con- sist of one day a week, every second Sunday, and once a week from 4.30 to 10 p.m. Every maid in the royal ser- vice is pensioned at sixty. -« GERMANS SHOT DOWN MEN WHO SURRENDERED. .•\ despatch from London says: The Renter correspondent at the British front says: About four hundred prisoners were taken at Passchendaele. A consider- able number were killed by the fire of their own guns as they were being brought back, whether by accident or design has not been learned, otherwise the total would have been much higher. The order attributed to von Hinden- burg that if Passchendaele was taken it must be retaken has not borne fruit. By nightfall the Canadians were re- ported well dug in around the half- moon of captured ground, and plenti- fully supplied with machine guns. I 5uPPt>5E THoae Pool* S01.DIBRS OVCR IM EUROPE Don't get vwn PancY r- rooo Trte56 pavs I 3HO0LD SKi HOT. »0Me OP THE Fe/^5fthiT5 OVER THCREOMlS HAI^ MEAT ONCE A AKO "THEN, IT IS HOftSE MEAT JUST THmtc :Ho«3£Me^T ^ -