The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

..* u BRITISH DRIVING ENEMY FROM VALENCIENNES BY FLANKING MOVEMENT 7,000 Prisoners and 100 Guns Captured â€" Huig Ileports Enemy Kesitftance Overcome on Whole Uattlefronl. A (l88pa<.ch from London says: Ap- paroiitly the Utitish are not desirous of taking Valenciennen by fighting the Germans ip. the streets of the town, but plan to outflank it. West of Valenciennes Wednesday tho British line skirted the western fiinge of the town. The British were in St. Vaast and l-'hubiHirfr do Lille. Bjl the Scheldt Canal, whiili is broad, ^lie.^ betv/ecn the British and tho town proper. All the bridgt-H o»'er the canal have been wrecked and the railway line which parallels the canal i-H stiff with machine guna. Further south, however, the British are across the Scheldt at several placRA between the valley of the Har- pies River and Thiant, arid it should only be a question of time until Val- enciennes becomes untenable for the fnemy. The Germans have broken down the li.-mks and opened the sluice gates north-east and north-west of tho city and have flooded viisl stretches of the country in an cffci t to delay tho Bri- tish advance. Tlic murshy lowlands on the east side of li-.c canal, opposite the Kaismes Forest, resemble a great ' lake. It is not probable that tho city I can be approached from the auuth- i west because of similar flooded con- c'llion.'!. I The British, however, have fought 1 tJoir way into the city from the we.st Ifliui there have been sharp cneotiiiters in the streets between patrols. i Valenciennes still contains many I civilians. An officer of the Canadian \ di'tachmtnt fighting in the city said or. Thursday: "I entered the town with a platoon and saw an old woman s.-ui Uring up a street carrying a i bucket. At about tho same time a I machine gun opened on us fr<im .i sci'i>nd-storcy window. 1 was wound- ed and several of my men were also ; hit. We retired for a moment, but I the last we saw of tho old French- \ V. Oman she was going right along as â-  if nothing was happening." ; The British troops have overcome ! the enemy along the v/hole front be- I twcen the S.'>mbrc Canal and the j Scheldt and their advance is being j continued, Field Marshal Haig re- I ports from headquarters. I Since Wednesday morning the Bri- lish have taken 7,000 prisoners and more than 100 guns. Not .\ I'eace Dove â€" This is not the dove emerging from Noah'g ark, much though it looks like the old pictiirss of thnl incident, but a carrier pigeon being released from a tank in action in order to keep the H. Q staff in touch with iU movements. â€" British Official photograph. - . ^'•yâ€" BRITISH CAPTURE OVER 9,000 PRISONERS AND 150 GUNS IN 2 DAYS Third and Fourth Armies Meet With Stiff KesiKtance â€" Several Additional Towns Occupied. A despatch from London says: Nine j thousand Germa..8 have been made , prisoners and 150 guns have been â-  captured by the British in their at- 1 tacks against the Gernvans, according to Field Marshal Haig's communica- tion issued on Friday night. South of Valenciennes the attack took 'the Britiih forward more than two miles, thereby virtually eliminat- ing the sh.irp salient which bulged into their tsiTitory with its point rent- ing near Vendegiea. The assault, [ which was pressed vigorously in this i sector oil Thursday, was renewed on Friday morning at 3 o'clock. At thai .-ami! time Gen. Home's army drove, forward north of Valenciennes. j South of ValencienneH the Briciali have reached the entire railway iiilej on tile front between Le^Q:iesnoy and Maing. | They captured Les Tulleries, east of. Colesme-s, early, and after stiff fight- 1 ing in which the Germans suffered U.S. TROOPS GAIN ABOUT HALF-MILE 1 ake Several Woods in Local At- tack â€" Artillery Active. A despatch from the American Armies northwest of Verdun says: In a local attack east of tlip Meuse the .\rnerican8 on Thursday advanced kbout one kilometre on a three kilo- metre front, and the Hois Bultruy, the Boia-de-Houhpy and the Bois-de- Bellei! are wilhin tho American lines, as also is a pxrt of the Boisde Wa\- ril'.e and Plyon-dt-Traye. The advance was made after brief artillery preparation. The enemy's re- sponse was principally with machine guns, but during the fighting he shell- ed tho hack areas and threv/ a few u- in-.'h shells into Verdun. Tiie artillery on both sides was ac- tis'e over the entire Amcric.-in front on Tliurtday. Th-- Germans were un- usually nervous o»ving to the activity of the Americans on both sides of the M(!use. GEIJM.XNS SAY THJiY WILL KETURN MiOLKN ART WORKS A despatch from London aays: Valuable works of art belonging t') museums and private owners in the legion.H of Cambrai, Douai and Val- enciennes, now in the hands of the Gennans, will be returcd undunifiged to their owners after the war. This •jnnouncement is made in a German <^;overnnient wireles."! message receiv- ed here. These works of art have, under the orders of the Supremo Army Com mand, been sent to a place of safety to save them from destmction from bombardment, the mesfage adds. GERMANS FIRE ON SICK CIVILIANS Pour (ja-s Shells Into District Where Influen/a is Prevalent. A despatch from the British Army in France says:â€" One of the most .seri- ously distrsssing prob'.ems the British army has been compelled to meet is tha'- of caring for and disposing of tho large civilian population left in the wake of the German army, which i ; retreating from the region between the Oi.se ar.d Toumai. More particul- arly Is this true of tho district over which wa have been advancing since We<inesday morning. The situation is especially serious at St. Amand, where there are more than 1,.500 French people suiTering from Spaniih influenza and cannot be moved. On Wednesday night tho town was bombarded by gas shells and a large number of the inhabitants were ga.saed in the celfars whore they were being cared for. In one narrow British sector 42,000 civilians nuiist ba fed, housed and at least partly cIoLhe<l. Denain for the mament is really dependent on the British people. All theje people are compietcly destitute and the Germans left them with just enough clothing to cover tliemsolves â€" certainly insuffi- cient for the cold, raw weather which is prevalent at this season. Markets of the World WOMKN KLIGIBLE TO SIT I\ BRITISH PARLIAMENT A despatch from London says: Tho House of Commons has adopted n ' resolution in favor of women sitting I in Pnrliamcnt. The resolution vas I passed by a majority of 249. GERMANS OFFER RESISTANCE TO FRENCH IN SERRE AND OISE VALLEYS But r're.sh Hun Divisions and New Field Fortifications Fail to Stop French Advance Toward Guise. A despatch from the .Fren<^h Army In Fram» say.-:â€"- Gen. Debsney's at- tack between Mont D'Origny and the v«Mey of the Serre is meeting v>-ith verj' stout reaiiitance. The battle was! , ragiug again fleroely on Fridny morn- ing, ar.-iund Villers-le-Scc, which was â-  ocrupied by the French troops. T'he Germaris have brought up three , fi esh divisions to this sei:tor in the iiast few daj-'i and appear determined to dispute podscs^ion of every foot of ground. They ar«i particularly fr.vored by the (harncter of the terrain ' which is vory broken, furnishing! Ftrong natural cb.^tac'ea which thai enemy has utilised to the utmost by[ add'ng field forlificati-iris upon which ' they have been working the past four' weeka. I The position Gen. Debcney'is men are Attacking from Rilxicourt, .â- ^outh-oast! to the valley of tho Serre, ia called -the Herrman position by the Germans. Considerable of its general charac- teristics has been learned from cap- tured oiders and the reports of avia- tors. This is not .supposed to have the same stren.titJi as the Hindenburg line, but is sufTiciently strong to per- mit of a atout deftnce. Behind this line, again, there i:< an extenislon of the Hunding position in front of Gul«e, to which the Germans no doubt will rertire wht-n the i)resent battle is finished. In spite of the formidable ob- stacles encountere<J ami almoisit con- stant 'service in the fighting line for tho past three month.*, the forces of (joneral Debeney continue to forge ahead, and will soon have driven the t^nemy back upon the old battlefield of the ratreat from Charleroi to make a st.aud around Guise, where the Frenc'h held them up for a short time during their4narch to the Mavne. BreadstufTs Toronto, Oct. 29.â€" Manitoba wheat, â€"No. 1 Northern $2.24>2; No. 2 Northern .$2.21%; No. 3 Northern, ^â- JiAlhi; No. 4 wheat, $2.11'/:!, in store F'ort William, not including tax. Manitoba oatsâ€" No. 2 C.W., 86%^; No. 3 C.W., 82',^c; extra No. 1 feed, 82»2c; No. 1 feed, 80 'ic. American corn â€" No. Z yellow, kiln dried, nominial. No. 4 yellow, kiln i drie(f, noranial. I Ontario oats, new crop â€" No. 2 i white, 75 to 78c; No. :? white, 74 to 77c, according to frcighia outside. Ontiirio wheat â€" No. 2 winter, per !car lot. ?2.11 to .$2.19; do.. No. 3, l?2.07 to $2.15; No. 2 Spring. $2.0C I to $2.14; No. 3 Spring, $2.02 to j$2.10, f.o.b. »hippi!'g points, accord- t ing to freights. Peasâ€" No. 2, nominal. I Barieyâ€" Malting, new crop. •$! to $1.05. Rye â€" No. 2, nominal. Manitoba (lour â€" Old crop, wax^ quality, ?ll.Gr>, Toronto, ] Ontario flour â€" -War quality, old ! crop, .$10.75, in bag.'?, Montreal and! Toronto, prompt shipment. | Millfecd â€" Car lots, delivered Mont- real freights, bags included; Bran, i $87.25 per ton; shorts, I!;42.25 per ton. ' Hayâ€" No. 1. $22 to $23 per ton;' mixed, §20.00 to $21.50 per ton, track Toronto. Straw -Car lots, $10.00 to $10.50. track Toronto. fountry Produce â€" Wholesale Butter â€" Dairy, tubs and roll?, 38 to ."Jilc; prints, 40 to 41c. Egg.s â€" New laid, 52 to 55c. Dres.'^ed poultrv- -Spring chickens, 30 to 32c; roosters. 25c; fowl, 27 to 30c; ducklings, 27 to 30c; turkey, 31 to 34c; squabs, doz. $4.50; geese, 25e. .Live poultdy â€" roosters, 18 to 20c; fowl, 20 to 24c; ducklings, lb., 2\if:; turkeys, 27 to 30c; spring chickens, 2(5 to 28c; geese. 20c. Wholesalers are selling to the re- tail trade at the following- prices: â€" Cheese â€" New, large, 26 ^ to 27c; twin.s, 2(i% to 27He; old, large, 281 to 28^2c; twin, 28',.i to 29^-. Butterâ€" Fresh dairy, t-iioice, 40 to 48c; creamery, prints, o.T to 55c; crpamcry solids, 52 to 53c. Margarine â€" 34 to 35c. Eggs â€" No. I storage, 61 to 52c; selected storage, 63 to 54e; new laid, in cartons, 62 to 03c. Dressed poultry â€" Spring chickens, 33 to 40c; roosters, 25c; fowl, 33 to 38c; turkeys, 38 to 40c; ducklings, lb., 35c. Scjuabs, doz. $5.50; geejse, itOi". Beans â€" C«nadian, hand-picked, bus. $7; imp., hand pirked, Uurma or In- dian, $0; .lapan; $T; Limas, 18 to 18%c. . Honey, new cropâ€" Strained, 60-lb. tins, 20c; 10-lb. tins, 27c; n-Ib. tins, 28c. Combsâ€" Doz,, $3.75 to $4.60. Provisions â€" Wh<dc.sa!e Smoked meats â€" Hujns, medium, 37 to 38c- do., heavy, SO to ,S2c; cooked, 52 to 54c; rolls, 32 to 33c; breakfast bacon, 41 to 45c; back.", plain, 46 to 47c; bonelesis, 50 to 52c. Cured meats -I»ng clear bacon, 30 to 31c; clear bellies, 20 to SOc. Lardâ€" Pure, Uttrces, 31 to 31 lie; tulw, 31 Wo 32c; palls, 31% to 32 Vic; prints, 83 to 33 Vic. Compound, tierces, 2BVs to 26c; tubs, 20 to 26>ic; pails. 2G'4 to 2G<ic; prints, 27Vs to 28c. â-  I â- â-  Montreal MarkeLs Montreal, Oct. 20.â€" Oats, extra No. I feed, yii to 97c. Flour, new stan- dard grade, .$11. 50 to $11.65. Rolled oatj, bag,*, 90 lbs. $5.20 to $5.30 Bran. S37.2fi. Shorts, $42.25. Mouilj lie, $68 to $70. H*y, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $24 w $25. Cheese, flncst easterns. 20'i to 26c. Butter, choicest creamery, 49 to fiOc Eg''^ I selected, 5fc; No. 1 stock. 49c. Pola- ; toes, per bag. car lots, $1.80. Dressed j hogs, abattoir killed, $25.50 to $26. Lard, pure, wood pails, 20 !bs. net. !3H4 to 33c. ^ heavy losses, reachrd Le Quosnoy. j There was very stiff fighting on, both sides of Les Tulleries, toward I*a • Coupe gorge, and over th« high ground to the north-west. Mormal Forejt is invested wii;h Germans and machine guns, but tJie British artillery is s.-nrcJiing it with' high explosives and ga.i shells. The enemy continues to figlvt stub-" bornly agaiiist the Srd and 4th armies, but as the British drive him from his prepared defences, they follow him up so clo5ely die get« little ch*n«e to rally. â-  »- Afi*r tlie Germans had heeii driven from Ghisoignies, the British gained a footing on a little i-idge north of â- Vhe town. Some sunken I'oad.s near Beau- dignies and Ruesne.? gave coniiderabia trouble, but after th? British had gained tiie high ^roujvd eouth-weist of Riicj-nes tliey were ablo to dominat« th? roads with their artailevy fire. The chateau at Maing proved a veri- table foitreoS, but the town remains in the hands oi' t5ie British de^pit« Gsnnan counl.er-.'jttai'bs. As a result of the.ie gains the BritJfh now are v.'ell e-tabliahed on the Vax-nciennes side of tha Scheldt River. SHIP LOSSES SHOW A LARGE DECREASE A despatch from London says: The BriMsh Admiralty announces that Bri- tish merchant tonnage losses during September totalled 152.000 tons gross; allied and neutral combined, 88,000 Live Stock Markets Toionto, Oct. 29.â€" Extra choice heavy steers,$14.00 to $14.75; choice heavy steers, $13^.25 to $13.75; but- doers' cattie, choice, $11 .25 to $11 .76 bl RGOMASTER OF BRUSSELS RELEASED BY GERMANS A despatch from the Hague nays: The Vaterland, in its issue of Thurs- day. 8ay.=; it is reported that the poli- ti'jal prisoners held by the Gerinans at Tuvnho'.:t, Belgium, northeast of and the aggregate con.stitutes the Antwerp, including Burgomaster lowest monthly sinkings since August, | Adolphe Ma.x of Brussels, b:ive been 1916, and is below that year's month- ! rele.'^sed. , , . Iv average. The total losses for the! Burgoi-aster Max was arrested m three months ended September .-JO B'-i's-cls i» -September. 19H, for hia ' "irrfv'onjilable attitude. accordmg t9 z:\ anncuncsraent made by the Gerniau Military Governor of Bel- gium. In 1917 it was said tliat the ill in B were 893,000 ton,^, compared with 964,000 in the previous quarter, and a million and a half ton.s in the cor- responding quarter of last year. The do., goo<l, $10.o"6 to' $lb".25;"do."me-. sailings of steamship.s exceeding five | Burgomaster was seriously ill in a dium, $8.75 to $9.25; do., common, hundred tons gross between the Un- i prison at Celle, Prussia, and that $^7S to $8.25; butehei-s' bulls, choice,! ited Kingdom and overseas ports, ex- j King A'fonso was v.ntervening in hia oss-Channe! traffic, was j behalf. half million tons in Sep- â-  ~* tember. OTTO.M.VNS ABE EVACUATING ^ ,__ TERSUN Crrv OF lABRIZ mon, $6.50 to $7.00; stockora. $8.00 EXTRE.MELr IMPORTANT GAINS j , , , , â€" •-. . . , to $10.50; feederj, $10.00 to $11.00; MADE BY THE AMERICANS.' '^ despatch from Washington says: eanner;! jind cutters, $5.76 to $6.25; [ " ' j ^^'â- ' Turkish force occupying Tabriz, milkers, good to choice $90.00 to j _.^ despatch from the American P^''^'^: *« f^^'^t to evacuate the city. $90.00 to $145.00; I ,_„ ivi,L.i,„,„,. ..f v...i„„ „„„,.! according to a report dated' October 22, from Tsheran, which reached the State Department on Friday. The *i_/o 10 ^a.zo; mnenei-s' nulls, cUoice.i ited Kingdon $10.00 to $10. ,50; do, medium bulls, i dudipg- ,.,.0' $9.50 to $9.75; do, rough bulls, $7.26' ..,„,, a,,,j „ to 3iS.25: butchers' cows, choice, $10.00 ' ^tJ^'J to $10.25; do, good, $9.00 to $9.50; do, milium. $7.50 to $8.00; do. com $76.00: spHngcrs. $90.00 to $145.00; i •â- ' '^tP*','"^ !''"? the American , S145.00; do. com. and med., $65.00 to' A'"">y Northwest of Verdun says: j light ewes, $1.^.00 to $14.00; yearl- ' ^'"^""^ « '^^X "^ «'^t'"^o"l"ia"ly severe j in^s. $15.00 to $15.50; spring Iambs,' "phting the Americans emerged on! $1.).50 to $16.00; calves, good to j Friday slightly in advance of the I choice, $14.00 to $17.75; hogs, fed ; po.^itions they held Thursday night, j "'"1 /'affreji. $18.25; do., weighed off. The gains made are slight, but are | 'â- '"Montreai Oct. 29.-Good steers. ! ""^"'^T,* '':. /^''^^^'^^ 'â„¢P?':'^"*' ! GERMAN V WILL AW AIT $10 to $10.50: medium, $8- choice but" i '='''P«'-'^"f °" ^^' ^'^^ where h.gher , , ^ .ARMISTICE CONDITIONS .-her liulls. $9 to $10; good, $6.50 to;evound dominating much of the sur- , .50 to $9. 50' me- ' '^0""'^i"8' terrain has been gamed. Turks already are withdrawing their forces along the ro'lids leading out of Tabriz. $7; cowvs, from $8. dium cows at $ti to $8; miUife-l calves! were $12 to $14; grassfed, $6 to $8;' sheep, $9 to $12.50; lamb.s, $14.50 to j $16; choice select hogs, $18.50 to $15 for inferior, roughs and heavies. M KSOPOTA.Ml AN ARMY AGAIN MAKES PROGRESS .\ despatch from London says: An oflicial communication dealing with tho operations in Mesopotamia, issued by the War OfTice Friday night, says: '"On October 18 we were in contact v.ith Turkish forces holding a strong riosition astride tho Tigris, near Fa- ♦ali, where the ri\er flows through the .lebel Hamrin country. On October 23 the enemy retired northward under cover of darkness, pursued by ua. "Our forces on the main road to Mosul by way of Keruk drove the Turkish <'avalry out from Tank and advanced lo wilhin four miles of Kerkuk.'* .^ BRUGES NOW SEAT OF BELGIAN GOVERN.VIENT .\ despatch from Havre aays: The whole of the Province of Western Flanders and part of Easfern Flan- ders and Hainaut having been recov- ered from the Germans, the Belgian Government has (Jecided to establish its administrative ~ departments in Bruges. - GERMANS ARE LEAVING GHE.VT, BELGIUM A despatch from Amsterdam says: Tho evacuation of Ghent, Belgium, is in full swing, according to a despatch to The Tolegraaf from Sasvan Gent. The last boats in Ghent are being hastily towed toward Sehaete. rear the Dutch frontier south of Sasvan Gent, the despatch adds. A despatch from Basel says: The KRENCH PATROLS CROSS I ^^'T . wm' -*^''^'?' considered DANUBE INTO ROUMANIA P^<=s.'<f<-'"t ^Vilsons reply at a length.y _ session, according to the 1 ranktort Paris, Oct 25.-The War Office ! ^'^'*""e. It v;as decided not to answsr at the prcjent time, but to wait u'ltil it is learned v.hat the En- tente armistice conditions inay bw. report on operations in the Eastern theatre states that French patrols have crossed the Danube River and invaded Roumania near Lom-Pa- lar' «, defeated German detach- ments and taken prisoners. • Famous Belfry of Bruges Used by Germans as a (Jarag* A desp:;tch from London says: Th« famous belfry of Brugi-s was used by the Germans as a g.-jrage and wsrkshop during their occupation oJ the city. Allied troops on entering the city, according to a despatch re- Lord Robert Cecil, Assistant Secre- ! ceived by the Belgian Legation, found tary for Foreign Affairs, stated that the iuteriov walls of the historic ENTENTE AND AMERICA UNITED ON WAR AIMS I A ilespatch from London says: 1 Speaking in the House of Commons, harmony existed between the United States and the other associated Gov- ernments as regarded war aims. the interior walls of the structure broken down and chimneys added to meet the n'^?ds of the work- men. --^ ITALIANS LAUNCH NEW OFFENSIVE CA PTURING 3 ,000 PRISONERS Briti^ih Capture (iernian Garrisons on the Piave River am) French Take Mountain Position on the Asiago Plateau. .\ despatch from London says: It- alian troops have begun an offensive between the Piave and the Brenta. In the Monte Grappa sector Thursday they advanced across the Ornic River and captured Monte Prassolan and Monte Pertica. In the Piave River the Italians have captured tha islands of Grave Papadopoli and Maggiore. The weather on the front is unfavorable. French troops are aiding the Ital- ians ill their new offensive. Accord- in.{ to reports reaching London on Friday the attacks of the allies are ' meeting with considerable suc^as^ ! despite the unfavorable weather j conditions. About 8,000 prison«r« h; ve been taken since the assault, w:i-\ launched. On t);e Piave f:-oat the Biiiijh I Uive gained a footing on some islands I ill the river and captured enemy g-ar- risotia of 400 men. The Italians have I made progie;3 between the Brenta 1 and the Piave, overcoming determined I resistance, reoulsed. counter-attacks j and captured 400 prisoners. r I On the Asiago Plateau Ihe French j have taken Moute Siseniol, increas- ; ing their number of prisoners to 800i ?AtiS\, VOUR COPFPE MAS LjjHHM KlU P 15 IT? {' IT AM tlQ KINO MIOSIS Ol^PP - IT AM A V MIXTCHA I 9"*^. 'imrm weu.How DoVoo Ml)l IT PANS^ 00 J I MAtCE IT ONE-QOATAH MOCMA. ONE-Q0^TAM JAVA,ANJ> ONE-qyATAIl RIO - PA^-S AIL y^ i«i«i i *ii i .M i .jx BUT,rHATS OHLH THREE QUARTERS - WHAT PO Sou Pot IH FOR TH& " OTHBR QUARTER f I DONV PlJT IH NO . MO QUAT*(iS - DATs HOW 30 MANS FOLKS SPOILS PE COFFEP- eS-l PUTTIN IN PE FOTH QUAVAH I I UMl>ei^5TAMD 1 NOW . ?ANS^ SASiOM, PAlii 5>E WAS, IF 'HW DOM'T want TO v-St\)iL J>E COFFES. • »if^tw<'iW>i*<*i mmttmk