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Has many Imitations but no equal CLEANS AND DISINFECTS 190% PORE 3 WEEKS RAIN OF SHELLS Defence of Ypivs Will Rank as One of History's Greatest Episodes DE WET'S FORCES DEFEATED ffiumy in Ocrnian South- West Africa Uses Dum- Dtim Bullets in Conflict With Loyalists A despatch from Indon : i*ays An <-flicTil .l-p.itt-h from Lieut. - Col. l>irk V.indevcnter concerning the <i 'feat 'f a force of Germans and H'-i-r ivli -N at Zandfontein, near the 'I'ltlie: n border of Ger- man "ir.i'i we- 1 Africa, lias been recemd. Acc.iiding to the report. the I'nion forces inlliclcd a loss of 120 kilted or "imded and captured if;"i men Tin- I'nion loss was 12 men killed am! I! .,iiii-|ed ''Our officers and men who were killed," the report says, "with juiue e\i rpi >o'is. were shot with dumdum bullets, and suffered frightful wounds." The news was received from Pre- toria to-dav that the rebel general, Chriv Muller, was captured in a farmhouse, where he had hidden after being wounded. He is a pri- soner in Pretoria. An official Pretoria despatch re- ceived by Renter's says that Gen. 1/ouis Botha came into contact with the rebel General de Wet's com- mando 21 mil'M east of Winhurg, Orange River C'llony, after a forced night march. T'.t rebels were, se- verely defeated, 250 being taken prisoners. Gets Seven Years as a German Spy A <i---|i;it. li fi-ciin lyondon says:[ Seven years' penal servitude was the fii'enet- imposed in the Old Bailey CVurt on Krirt, th>; barber found guilty of scr\iug as a spy in the eiupl-i.v of Master Spy Steinhauer at Potsdam. Working at his trade in Holloway, Frni-t often attended the warden' and officers of the neighboring jail: According to tho v.dencc he got in touch with Stein hnuer through another barber and add ed n pound monthly to his in- come by acting us agent by forward- ing letters containing information. I'.inst pleaded that bo had long ag quit the business of supplying | Information to Steinhauer, but it was clear from the evidence that he had paid special attention' to send- ing reports on espionage cases and naval matters. The accused was alleged to have conspired with Steinhauer in getting a man named Ireland, of the H.M.S. Foxhound, to communicate information preju- dicial to the interests of the 8taU>. Krnst is a British-born subject of German descent, and is married to ft German woman. He was one of the first aliens arrested after the declaration of war, but obtained his release as a British subject. After the authorities had been watching his correspondence he was arrested again on the charge of being a spy. DEATH OF LORD ROBERTS Had Gone on a Brief Visit to France to Greet the Indian Troops \MI-ltltlllSII PU'F.KS. Onler-in-Couucil Make* it n Crimi> ll.ll OHYn ' III I'lC-iSI'SS I Ir in. A despatch f n m Ottawa says : Tli' order in Council, making it a criminal offence to circulate or pos ess seditions iinti British and Ger man papers, which are coming into Canada from American cities, will be rigidly enforced. The matter is to l)r taken up by the Postmaster- General, and special officers ap- pointed to enforce the law. The penalty is $5,000, or two years' im- prisonment. There is said to be a heavy circulation of such papers in Montreal. KIHTISII I.OSSCS 57.000. liridiin Not Able In llslimale Lo^ea til' Oilier Nations Involved. A despatch from London says : The British casualties in the war up to October 31 were approximately 57,000 men of all rnnks. This esti- mate was given by Premier Asquith in the House of Commons in reply to a question by Edward T. John, member of the House- from East Denbighshire. Premier Asquith gave the Hriti.-h casualties, and add- ed that he was not in a position to estimate the losses of the other allied powers or those of the enemy. A despatch from London says : The Official Press Bureau issued the following announcement: "Lord Kitchener announces with deep regret, which he knows will be shared by the whole army, that he received the following telegram from Sir John French, the com- mander of the British forces in Trance : ' 'I deeply regret to tell you t'hnt I/ord Roberts died nt 3 o'clock this (Saturday) evening.' "Lord Roberts was on a brief visit to F' ranee in order to greet the Indian troops, of which he is col- onel-in-chief. He contracted a chill on Thursday, and succumbed after a short illness to an attack of pneu- monia." Age i Cnnlrihiitory Cause. His age- -he was 82 on last Sep- tember 30 was a contributory cause of death, although he had been in his usual health lately, which was exceptionally good for a man of his age. A despatch from Paris says : It is learned here that the end of 1/ord Huberts was glorious, that, al- though he had contracted a chill al- most immediately after his arrival in France, he insisted on going to the .front to see the troops. He shook hands with the men. ami in moving about crossed what is now a veritable bog. An affection of the limps developed, and Lord Roberts returned to Boulogne. "I don't expect to recover," he is quoted as saying after his arrival at Bou- logne, "but I am glad to die near many of my old comrades." When the, news of his death reached the trenches many of the veterans sob- bed. The French nation regards ]/ord Roberts' end as the most in- spiring historic incident of this war. Was About to Return. Ix>rd Roberta left England on ! Wednesday of last week with his daughter, Lady Aileen Roberts, and his son-in-law, Major Lewin, The partv had a rough trip crossing the Channel, but the aged General felt no ill-effects and went through SOONER THAN SURRENDER Ship Went Down and Those on Board Cheered and Sang the National Anthem A despatch from Petrograd says: 'A graphic account has been re- ceived here of the end of the Hus- nian transport Pruth, which the Russians sank sooner than surren- der her to the Turkish cruiser Goe- ben. When called upon to surren- der her captain headed tho Pruth for the shore, opened the valves and blew a hole in the bottom of the vessel. Lieut. Ragowsky perished while attempting to I' 11 " ". peoond charge of explosives . Part of the crew got off in boats, while tho others jumped into tho water and were picked up by tho Turkish sJiips. The ship's chaplain and a hand- ful oj men were left aboard. As tho ship went down the chaplain was seen on deck giving his blessing to the men, who remained about him, cheering and singing the national anthem. with his programme on the Contin- ent. In fact, he was about to re- turn home when his death occurred. Karl Roberts had motored to the British bases and camps, had re- viewed the Indian troops and had conferred with the leading officers. It was not until about dinner time Friday evening that he complained of a light chill. As he was subject to more or less trilling chest troubles, he followed his usual course and went to bed early. As his temperature increased, medical men were called in and pronounced his condition critical. They reliev- ed the General of what pain be was suffering, and he fell asleep. His death occurred during sleep. The passing of the great warrior has created profound grief through- out the country. At all churches, and in the camps, whore the sol- diers are training, touching refer- ences were made to his death, and the "Dead March in Saul" was played. l.onl Robert*' Life iu Itrief. Born at Cawnpore, India, Sep- tember 30, 1832; entered Bengal ar- tillery September 12, 1851 ; commis- sioned Lieutenant (at relief of Lucknow). June 3. 1857 ; married in Ireland, May 1", 1859; promoted to ('apt. -i in. Nov. 2, 1860; breveted Major, November 13, 1860; breveted Lieutenant-Colonel, August 15, 1868 ; Senior Staff Officer. Lushai campaign, 1871-1872; breveted Ma- jor-General, December 31, 1878; commanded Kuram Field Force, Af- ghanistan, 1H73-1879; commanded Kabul Field Force, September, 1879-1HSO; commanded in Southern Afghanistan, October, -1890 ; receiv- ed thanks of Parliament. May ft, 1HS1 ; Commander in Chief, Madras, November, 1881-1885; Coinmander- in-Chief, India, 1885-April, 1893; created Baron Roberts of Kanda- har, isoil; created Field Marshal, May 25, 1895; Commander- in-chief, Ireland, October 1, 1895; Command- er-in-chief, South Africa, 1899- li>00 ; Commander-in-chief of Brit- ish Army, 1901-1904; C'hairman Im- perial Defence Committee, 1905. A despatch from London says : ' The Official Press Bureau issued the following statement: "The operations during the last few days have consisted mainly of fighting to the north of the Lys, where the ! p-jints of interest were at first on ' the line of Hollebecke, Wytschaete , and Messines. There have also been severe encounters on the line from Zanvoorde to Frelinzhein. "The character of the fighting has been one of frequent and vigor- ous infantry attacks from the Ger- mans, accompanied by heavy shell fire, alternating with equally vigor- ous counter-attacks, the general re- sult being the maintenance of our line, not without considerable losses on our side, but with still heavier losses on the other. Six machine guns and over one hundred prison- ers were taken by us in one day. "The German artillery fire was practically a continual bombard- ment, intended to pulverize the de- fence preparatory to the advance of the infantry. In the centre the struggle has been at Ypres. the de- fence of which will certainly- be reckoned in history as one of the most striking episodes of the Bri- tish army. "For more tha'n three weeks the position, which projects like a bas- tion into the enemy's lines, has been held under a rain of shells which has hardly ceased by day or night. During this time the enemy has poured successive waves of infantry against it, only to see them break to pieces, one after the other." The 'bombardment of Ypres serv ed to absolve the allies of the obli- gation of looking after nearly one thousand German prisoners. The German shells fell on the railway station, where they evidently hop- ed to blow up one of the armored trains. At the moment prisoners were awaiting the arrival of a spe- cial train to convey them to the south of France. They were killed in appalling numbers, only 284 sur viving unscathtd. One hundred and sixty-one were wounded and conveyed to the British base hospit- als. The others are still unburied at the railway station. The Ger- mans began a night attack and they were well on toward Bethune. The town seemed to be at their mercy. They had met little opposition, for the thin line of khaki had retreated before them and occupied a posi- tion on the slopes of a hill. The British infantry opened .a terrify- ing rifle fire which decimated the Germans. In the meantime the latter had brought their artillery forward and in the stampede that ensued after the British fire opened their gun crews and infantry be- came a panic-stricken mass of hu- manity. The British guns did their work mercilessly. The Germans were driven back helter-skelter, leaving piles of dead. Their guns were also abandoned, with severa. rounds of ammunition. SPREADS TO CHILDREN. Several Living Near Infected Cat- tle Found with Sure Mouths. A despatch from Providence, 11. 1., says: Fear that the foot and mouth disease had spread to human beings was expressed by Federal and State authorities. Four chil- dren of a Providence man who owned infected cattle were found to have sores in their mouths. A boy of fourteen who had taken care of the cows had the most pro- nounced symptoms. The children have been examined by several doc- tors, but the nature of the disease has not been determined definitely. PICK OF THE GUARDS SHATTERED Broke Through British Lines in Three Places, Then Were Hurled Back A despatch from London says: "A very severe attack Against the por- tion of the line held by tho First Army Corps before Yprcs was de- livered by a Prussian Guard corps. The enemy made an especial effort on this occasion to break the line, which they hoped already had been weakened by attacks of infantry of the line. Our troops were subject- ed to the heaviest bombardment that we have vet experienced for three hours. This was at once fol- lowed by an assault in force, car- ried out by the first and fourth bri- gades (probably 12,000 men) of tho Prussian Guard corps. It is un- derstood that these picked troops had been brought up specially to act against us in order to force their way through at points where, previous efforts made by tho infan- try of the line had failed. The at-' tack was pressed with the greatest bravery and determination. Owing to the gallantry of our troops and their splendid resistance against great odd, the attempt to pene- trate Ypres was repulsed, but the weight of the enemy's advance en- abled them to break through our lines at three points. They were, however, hurled back and prevent- ed from gaining further ground. An immense loss has been inflicted on the Germans, 700 of their dead having been found on the ground behind our front trenches alone. The casualties suffered by them in advancing up to our line under di- rect and enfiladed fire must have been enormous. Our casualties also were heavy. The action of our troops on this as well as on previ- ous occasions cannot be praised too highly." Turks Sent to Fort Henry. Bound for Fort Henry as prison- ers of war a train load of Turks passed through the Toronto termi- nals from Brantford. This was the first occasion that any citizens of the Ottoman Empire have been placed in custody, and the arrival of the train in Toronto created a great deal of interest. The train was composed of two coaches and a bagg s age car, which was filled with the effects of the prisoners. The total number of Turks arrested was 120. A full company of the local militia was placed in charge of the prisoners, and while ten men were placed upon the platforms with loaded ritles as guards the remain- der were seated in the coaches be- tween their charges. EMDEN PARTY STILL AT LARGE Three Olllccrs :ind Forty Men. itk Four linn*. Escaped in Schooner*. A despatch from Sydney. N.S.W., says : The Naval Board here has received details of the fight in whict the German crui-or Kiuden ivas put out of commission. The Emden ar- rived at Cocos Island r.nd sont armed launches towing two boats ashore. Forty men with three offi- cers and four maxims were landed in fifteen minutes, and the landing parly sma-hcd the wireless instru- menis and tho engines of the plant In the meantime the Australia! cruiser Sydney was sighted on the horizon and the Eir.de n immediate ly put out U> sea, leaving the land- ing party, both boats and men, be- hind. The Knulen started the fir- ing, her practice at first being ex cellent, but afterwards it fell off She lost two funnels and took fir< at the stern within an hour, while the Sydney was scarcely touched. The landing party, having com- mandeered two months' supplies, left on schooners b-.'longing to the owner of the island-. It appears that the presence ol the Emden was made known to th Sydney by wireless from the East- ern Cable Company's staff on Co- cos Island. ARMY OF 200,000 ENVELOPED Gen. DankPs Forces, Caught in Their Retreat To* Wards Hungary, f'lust Surrender A despatch from London says : It is reported from Petrograd that an Austrial army retreating in Gali- cia has been caught between two Russian armies and must surrender or accept certain defeat in battle. The supposition hero is that the imperiled force is the command of Gen. Dankl, which retreated up the Vistula from Ivnngorod and New Alexandra after the collapse, of the Austro-German invasion. Instead of co-operating with the Germans in A withdrawal to Cracow and Czenstochowa, the Austrians ap- pear to have followed their own course in an attempt to withdraw rapidly across Western Galicia and escape through the passes of the Carpathians into Hungary. The n?ws is partial confirmation of the report transmitted by cor- respondents in Petrograd that th?re was a quarrel between Gen. Dankl and the German commander. Gen. von Hindcnburg, due to the cal- lousness of the* Germans in forcing the Austrians to accept the perili and hardships of a rear guard, while the Germans themselves con served men, Apparently the Austrians niadi good their retreat southward across the upper Vistula, but were not swift enough to escape a turning movement by Russian cavalry which crossed the Vistula from South west Poland and swerved eastward whil a supporting force followed tin Austrians from the north.