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BRING THEM ON MOTHER! Doesn't every boy love Griddle Cakes! Especially when served with delicious CROWN BRfVND CORN 5VRUF Mother knows it too, for she likes CROWN BKAND SYRUP herself, and uses it to make delicious pud- ing sauces. And sister says it's tiie "best ever" for candy-making. Made , n Canada< Sold by All Grocers. . Manufacturers of the Famous Edwardsburg Brands. THE CANADA STAKCH CO., LIMITED MONTREAL, CARDINAL, BRANTFORD, FORT WILLIAM. Send for the Edwardsburg Free Recipe l-'mu-li Navy I'rc paring for Fray. French sailors on board one pf the battleship*; lying off Osteud, clean- ing one of the big guns and preparing it for action. MAGIC BAKING POWDER iimmiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiifiiiiiiiiitr J-O GUARD AGAINST ALUM IN BAKING POWDER SEC THAT ALL INGREDIENTS ARE PLAINLY PRINTED ON THE LABEL. AND THAT ALUM OR SULPHATE OF ALUMINA OR SOOIC ALUMINIC SUL- PHATE IS NOT ONE OF THEM. THE WORDS "NO ALUM" WITHOUT THE IN- GREDIENTS IS NOT SUFFI- CIENT. MAGIC BAKING POWDER COSTS NO MORE THAN THE ORDINARY KINDS. FOR ECONOMY, BUY THE ONE POUND TINS. E. W. GILLETT COMPANY LIMITED WINNIPEG TORONTO. ONT. MONTREAL IlilllllllllllllllllllHUIIIIIflflllll] IIIIIIIII1IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII BRITISH NAVY LOSS 7,000 Officers and Hen Perished and Interned Since Beginning oi War THE KING IS A BUSY MAN Great Mastery of Detail Shown in British Empire's Head Activities of A despatch from London ';i\s : The part which King George is play ing in tin- war is pictured in The Daily Kxprc a follows: "A continuous riind of increas- ing activity, and u, mastery of de tails such a-, might alarm a great financier, comprise the present daily routine of his Majesty the King. Often soon after six in the morning the King is busy in his Mudy, and liy the time his advisers Hlid helper-, appear hi 1 has scanned tin- despatches and documents of 1 the carlv delivery, mastered their: contents, and perhaps have niime-r- | tins marginal notes in readiness for the Forthcoming conference. Tin- \cr\ -;nh( of the contents <>T the numerous despatch boxes would intimidate nio'-t, men. Ad miralty, Home Ofliee, India Offices, Army Headquarters, .ill contribute their daily correspondence, while from all pan*- 'of the Kmpin- conic a great mass of matter which can- not he .-tiled without the King's sanction, but happily controversial mailers have sunk into oblivion, and the ro are no difficulties f this virt to contend with. "The problem* anent the war are many and great, but nothing is IM> intricate for the King, who insiMs on seeing that the needs of the country are grappled with. His .Majesty is also extremely solicitous as to the comforts of his fighting forces, and making con! in ual inquiries as to the supply of food, clothes and tlw little extras that go to the maintenance of their health and spirits. The slightest hint lo any special article of ap parcl I- accepted, and his Maje l\ s invariable reply. when anything outside the scope of the Admiralty or War Ofliee is named, is: 'I will tell the Queen.'' CANADIAN TROOPS ARE FIT Early Departure of Contingent for Front Expected Peterboro Officer is New Camp Commandant A despatch from London says: Thus far during the war the Royal Navy has lost 4,327 officers and men killed and 473 wounded, while 968 men are missing and 1,575 are cap- tives or have been interned. These figures arc contained in a statement issued on Wednesday night by the Admiralty, and in- clude, Lii addition to the naval men, the marines of the Royal Xavy divi- sion. The casualties anil the num- ber of nidi captured or interned is given as follows: Officers Killed, 220; wounded, 37; prisoners, 5; in- terned, 40. Men Killed, 4,107; wounded, 436; missing, 968; in- terned, 1,525. A great majority of those report- ed killed were drowned. 1,718 los- ing their lives in this manner when the cruisers Pathfinder. Aboukir, Cre*sy and Hogue were sent to th bottom by German submarines, while the foundering of the Mon- mouth and Goud Hope off the coast of Chile was responsible for the loss of 1,654 officers and men be- neath the waves. The operations of the Royal Na- val division at Antwerp are acr countable for nearly all of those re- ported interned or missing. Most of the missing are said by the Ad- miralty statement to be prisoners of war in Germany. A despatch fnuii Salisbury Plain says: "The Canadian soldiers are now sufficiently well trained to take their place in lh- filing line. ' This significant statement was made by a high military authority ho re after witnessing divisional manoeuvres. Kuni'ir -;i.vs that the Canadian con- tingent may go to the front sooner than has been expected. The first divisional manoeuvres were carried through at Salisbury Plain under General Alderson. with General Pitcairn Campbell and his stuff pre- sent. All the men and details took part, and marched to Knford I Downs, several miles distant, being 'out from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and car- | rying rat ions and all equipment. The weather was favorable and the operations successful. All leave U> the members uf the contingent will . be Mopped after December 1. PRICES OF FARM PROWS ARMORED TRAIN SAVED THE DAY Allies H.ul I ailed to ( lied, ill'' I M. i, i. I in i 'MI a Hi Ml' i Across (lie Vscr. A despatch frotn Ixindon says T<> tiie s<iuth of |)ixinude, where lln' (jermaiis siill coiiccntra.tr largo b<,<lics of infatilry and cavalry, the <'i)ciny ma<i' jin ;itt<'in|it to throw a pontoon bridge across ihe, \scr. \.arly ^00 men wero engaged. 'I iii y were covered by a powerful (id-man battery. So we'll was the i Id 111:111 plan arranged that the French and Hdgian forces could not possibly have prevented tJie (ruction of the bridge without losing a great many men The (Joi-man* had completed tlire" part* of the t.-i'-k. with noth inft -more than a dehiiltory pepper ing from tho French rifles, when up HII tincolisidered little railwav track came a lirilish armored train RoaiiiiK and spilling death it raced into ' iuht i]iiite suddenly, not more than a thousand metres distant, from the nearly-completed bridge, and the two hundred fJermnn sap pers, taken completely by surprise, dropped their tools and bolted. Many did not get far, for four of the train's gans and half a do/en mitrailleuses hurled a perfect tor nado of '-hot and shell at them In !e n ihan five minutes nearly a hun- dred of the engineers had been kill cd and about fifty wounded, and their hard work had been blown to pKntei"-. The enemy's gnus managed to knock a slm-es truck at the cud of the train off the rails, and ono of the guns was also temporarily put out of action. 4. In U .M Times. (ireign Official You cannot .stjiy in this country. Traveller Then I'll leave it. !'.(). Have voii a permit to leave / T.-No, sir. !'.(). Then you cannot leave. 1 give you si\ hours In make up your mind as lo uh.-it i will do. GERMANY'SDIFFICULT TASK Uuelow Pears It Won't Be So l;asy for Germany to Win the War A de.-patch from Berlin >ay- Tho Berliner Tageblatt prints a letter from Prince von Ruclovv, the ex-Chancellor, in which he ex presses the fear that ihe war will "prove ;i very difficult t:i-k for (iermany." Of course, the Prince winds up by allii Illilig his belief in the ultimate triumph of I he (Iceman II rill', but scveial I lines he repeals that victory will be won onlv with great difficulty. There is ailso an eulogy of the Hnli'h troops, written by a high ( Id-man officer at the front. He h.'iii'd-omely admjts th;il the Itrilish infantry li*v Uou wanders, cially around Ypres Their regu lars are among the fines! troops in the world, he writes, and "there must he something, after all. to xi\ for the I'/uglishman's love of |i,ni. for nothing but well trained and pai'tu iilurl.\ til v'mg fellows coul<| shape us well as the new troops ihe F.nglish keep bringing Up. Thev are all first cla-s light civ The Urilish have quite out poiiiled our men in shooting, patrol work, inarching and scout inn. They in . .-iniply inarvcloiiH The \v riter (Miicludes that ihe llri tisli may bo mereonnries, but thev .ire well worth the money I hey draw. KEPOBTB rr.oM THB Ti-.ADi; crnraca or AMEB.IOA. Breadstuff*. Tnronto. lif\ 1 Flour Mamtoli.t lir.*t ulitfMitit, quoted ill *6.60, in luti- baH; << iiul piUvntx. *6.IO: 1.1 runic liutn'm'. 45.90; Ont.iriu ttlKMt limit-. 90 per rent iKUti'iiUt. iiuntvd nt *4.M) to *4 60. aeaboard. Wheat- VI in, . .1,1 No. t Northern, new. quoted ut *1.-.M 1-2; S. 'J at *1.2I 1-2 tin t;mc> wheat. No. 2, i|ii!ol .it iSl.U u> $1.15. ill Olltg'tlo |MtMi;-J Oat* Ontario iinot,-il i; 49 lo MV, out- H<|C. and at 62 to SJc on track. Toronto vVitcrn Canada. No. -, uuot'-il at 60>\ and No 3 at 67c. Hurley M to 68< , ontxiilc Kyr 96 10 '.ft-, ontfidf. tor No. 2. IV. i- Nn. 2 ciuotcd ut *1.70 lo 11.75, mil- r ill'. I'orn No. ^ nt'\v Amen,. in ijuotrd at M l-2<-. Hay II..I-IH Buckwheat No 2 i|u>i'.i-d at 77 to 78o. otitalde. Hi .11 und xlmrtn Hr.in i i|iio:i>d at -:! to s2.-> a ton. and t-liort^ at *26 to $27. Itolli-il oalK I'ur lot*, per II.IIE of 90 llw.. Country Produce. HuttiT . 'luiM-e dairy. 2J to 2io ; inferior. 20 to 'tic; creamery prints. 281-2 to 29c; do., noiidii. 27 to 27 1-Zo. r.Kii* New-laid, i-i-ii-vtc. iiozi-n, J5 u> 38.-; HtoruKf. 28 to .We. Honey Market ix llrni at 12 to 12 l-2o prr 11) for l rained. No. 1 honeycomb, $.1.75 per doiiMi; No. 2, *2 to $2.25. Poultry Chicki'iiH. drtv.-i'd. 13 to IV; diK-ki. <lnxHcd lb.. 12 to 14o.; fowl, 10 lo IV; inrkey. drrHM'd. 17 to 20r. ('hi'i(<i> New. larirn 16 to 161-4<-; twine. 16 1-2V. Be.inn I'riini-. lnirdn-1. A2.7:> t.> $2.80; h.oi4l ]>u-ked IT2.90. Potatottn Ontariori. (ti ftort\ fiix- in car lotn. car lot* 6v prr liaif. pt-r hair, out of New Brtintwickfl, Provisions. II. icon liiiicr. flfiir. 14 1-2 to !!M- PIT II). in <!!! loLK II nn- Medium. 17 12 to Ilk'; do., heavy. 16 1-2 lo 16 l-2<'; rolle. 14 12 to Ifk': break (ail liucon 181-2 to 19o; lia< k>>, 21 1-2 lo23c; lionclo^ liackn. 2-U'. I .1.1 .Market , steady at ' ' 1-2 to 13v lor liiTel'x. Compiilll.d. 9J-4 to 10c. Baled Hay and Straw. Dealer* are payinff .1^ followt for ear lot deliveries on track ln>re: Straw n quoted at $7.50 to $8 a ton. In car lot*, on track IHTI-. Hay No 1 new hay Is iiiioteil at $16 to $16.50 on track liere. No 2 at $14 to $14.50. nnd ..No i at $11 to $12. Winnipeg Grain. Winniiicit, Dee. I. <'ali Wheat No. 1 NorihiTii, $1.186-8; No. 2 Norlliern. 81.1578; No. i Northern, si. II; No. 4, $1.06 3-4; No. :'.. 11.02; No. 6. 97c ; feed. 94.. Oalt* and harli-y unauotcd. I'las. No. 1 N W.i' 51.26. MI, ,itii' it Markets. Montreal. Dor. 1 Oats Canadian Went- eni. No. 3. 69C ; <!> . extra No. I lei'd, *8c: do., No. 2 local ulute. 5i>o; <lo.. No. 3, >>^ . do. No. 4. 5.V. Hiirloy- Manitolu feed. 6i8<- ; do., nialtinit. 76 lo 7Bc. Klour .Mani- lolia HprlnK whoat piitontK. llrstK. #6.70; do.. secomK *6.20; do.. MI-OIIK liak<>i-'. *6; do.. Winter patents. clioii'K, $6; do. Utraiichl roller*. 46. .SO to *,V60; do.. hai. H2.65 to $2.75. Boiled oatn, burn, 16.55; do.. IMIICH. 00 llw.. *3.1s. Hran, *-.!'i Shorlw. *27. iMKldlniKH, 30. Mouillie. $32 lo |34. Huy No 2, per ton ear lot. S19 to $29. rlieewe Kinmt ni'teiiiJ. 1S 1-2 to 15 5-Sc ; do.. !M*iiTiiii. 15 1-4 to l"i J-8c. Hutter Cli'ni-e^t eriMinorv. 271-2 to 29e ; do. i-i'e ..... N. 26 1-4 to 26 34e. KRgrt l-'renh. 48 to 50c: do. m>I.N-ti'd. 3H.-; do. No. I t<'k. 28 to 20,, ; do.. No. 2. 2i in 26.- l'(iiiil<u'|. Per ban ear l<'i-, <\V' United States Markeli. v| i ...... iimlit. Dis'. I Wheat N'o 1 hard. $1.19(8; No. 1 Northern. *l.l7-8 to 11.1838; No. 2 NorLhern. *1.1238 to $1.1638; December. *1 13 7 R Torn No. 3 yellow. -,ii lo irt '. ic I. alt, N-, > white, 46 lo 46 l-2c Olltn No. 3 white, lu to 46 I 2e. I lour .mil In Hi unehaiiired. Diilml. Dw. I. Wheat No 1 hard. $1.18.18; No I Northern, 1.173-8; No. 2 Northern. $1.14 3-8; Divemher, $1.153-8. Lliwui'd :' I'. !> "inh.-r. $1.46 18. Llva Stock Markets. Toronto. Die. 1. Continued |{<x)d demand for cm. nerw and eutters. Fair demand for liea-vy rhort-ki'iip feedera. LiKht vaatern fltiK'kern ,-.i,. v Mil<-h ,>. in good de- mand. Calve- (l<Hnl veal. leady to firm. L.unlu Htrone. nnd further advanced to $8.50 and $8.75 for choice lipht lumlw .-iroiin.l 85 to 90 Iho Hog* steady, at $7.50 fed and watered and $7.75 off ran). Montreal. i)ix-. 1. There was no really prime heeves on the market, medium ani- inii!i< i-ellniK at from 5c to 634<'; common. 33-4 to 43-4c; IIIN! lean oamiern, -3' to 3 3-4c. COKH. *40 to *BO each; calves, 4 1-2 to 8 1-Sc; hee|), 4 12 to 5 l-4e; lamhj. 7 1-4 to 7 3-4.' HIIVITH were offering from 7 1-2 to 7 3-4e for gixxl lots of hog*, hut drover* held for d to 3 1-4c. POLISH PLAINS A GERMAN SEDAN The Knssiaii Victory at I .oil/, i* (ailed Hie (Greatest of Modem Inn,--. A despatch from Petrograd says: Germany bus found her Sedan on the plains of Poland. The Russians have won the greatest victory of modern limes between the Wartho and the Vistula, and about GO miles \ves(. of Warsaw. Grand Duke \icholas' armies have utterly crushed General von Hindenburg's divided army, have captured or destroyed 100,000 men, and have cut off tho retreat of tin- surviving corps. Thy German counter offensive under Lieut. -Gen. Makkenson, was halted 25 miles east of C/.eiistochowa nnd driven back. Von Makkensen was forced to abandon von Hindcnburg's troops to their fate. Meanwhile, the Russian advance in East Prus- sia was never delayed an hour. The Cossacks are driving Aus- trian rearguards into Cracow, and Ihissian guns are eliciting the city from the north ^ast and the south- east. "Bantams" Iteeiiiil l.inu Men. A despatch from londoii says : Manchester men wishing to enlist in the "Bantams Hcgiineivt" are murmuring herauM- the same chest measurement is required as for taller men. Notwithstanding this, I, -100 men wilh cliesl measurements of 3-O.j or better, but under 5 feet 3 inches in height, hav e been se- lected. The Lord Mayor of Man chester, addressing the men at their swearing in, suggested that if they objected to the appcllit'l ion uf 'Bantams," they nug-hl call them- selves the "Fighting Codes Batla 1 - ion." BRITAIN'S NAVY HAS HtAVY LOSS Only ! I Survive K\|>hision that l!,--i! iMil Battleship with Over 700 Men. A despatch from London says: The British navy has suffered the loss of a battleship and at least 730 officers and men. The pre-Dread- notight Bulwark, of 15,000 tons, and built at a, cost of !*5, 000,000, blew up at her moorings off. shecrness, in the estuary of the Thames, and barely 35 miles from London. A tremciK 1 us explosion occurred while oil! 'crs and crew were about their ordinary duties, and in three minutes the sliattered hulk of the great ship had disappeared beneath th' 1 surface. Of a ship's company of 750, all except 1 I were killed by the explo- sion or drowned after a few min- utes' struggle in the water. The estimate of the loss was furnished to the HOUKO of Commons by Wins- ton Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, who merely offered the opinion that the destruction of the llulwark is not a serious loss to England's naval power. phristmas U Booklets hoit|flit from UH prottilv *loiirnml anil in Kt'i'at v.ii'ii'ty. nil have .ipprniu .11,- k!,-''inu- \ MVIV tictl witli silk nlilion. i i, h MI .in t'livtii.- ,.' muileil fn 1 * 1 on rt-ctipf ,f pi-n-iv 7 for !.^ iTnit.. 16 for 50 ci'iiti, '6 f.>r SI. 01, 100 fur >2.60. rriciilurly "1<I -it .> ;nul 10 c, 'ills cadi f'hrwliiiiin 1'iwt l'vr<ls. B foi- 1(1 oonln. 2S f.il' li 'i>lils. nn tiv.i .ilikt 1 , Klrlcllv liiitll .!>.,. Toronto Caril Co., 199 Road, Toronto. TKOl Hl.i: OVKK IN I KKK STATK The He \Vet I pri-in- Ha.s Spent Its Force. A tlesrxitch from C'upetown says: There is little doubt that the crisis in the Free State is over. Small scattered bodies of rebels are still in the field, hut they will gradually sun-wider. At one time the posi- tion -l.ioked serious. De Wet was inducing many to join him, in the belief that there would be no fight- ing, it being represented that the whole Free State, was rising, and the Government could do nothing. Theso illusions were shattered by the fight in the Mushroom Valley on November 1-. The rebel losses on that. occasion were much heavier than is generally known. De Wet was caught napping; in fact, he was actually in bed when General Rotlia opened a fierce at- tack. The rebels, completely dumb founded, are now like sheep with- out a thcpherd, and will not face the inline again. Life is a grind, but it always has its turnintf noint. HOLD GERMANS IN A TRIANGLE Russians are Besieging a (ireat Part of Invading Force in Poland. A despatch from London ays: v The Russian Embassy at Rome an- nounces that the battle at Lod.: Iia3 been renewed with fresh force*. Several German divisions (a divi- sion consists of 14,000 men) were annihilated and many German gen- erals were killed. The German front has been broken in a number of places and a decision is immi- nent. The Petrograd cui -respondent of the Morning Post says, that when the- full details of the Russian vic- tory in Poland are available they will furnish a story that will asfcin- isih the world a story telling of a blow to Germany's finest troops such as has not been known sincn the days of Napoleon. The Daily Mail's Petrograd cor- respondent, who, in common with other Petrograd correspondents, hints that there is to come "till bigger news which they are unable a.t this time to transmit, says the possibility which seemed to exist that the German forces which es- caped the enveloping movement, oast of Lodz would succeed in breaking through near Strykow and joining the rest of the " German forces now appears hopeless. This German force, adds the cor- respondent, is fighting its way buck in the direction of the Vistula under a terrible artillery fire, which is causing an appalling loss of life. The Germans are reported to ba short both of food ami of shells, a* a result of being cut off from theil base. (,H AM) IH'KK'S (JK.NKHOSIIV. (lives a Million Pairs of Shoes t< the French Army. A despatch from Paris -ays 1 . Grand Duke Michael of Russia has presented to the French Army oni million pairs of shoes which IUTQ boon ordered from Webster, Mass , factories at an average price of $3 per pair. Some enormous order* for shoes for the Russian army ii!-o have been placed in America. GERMANS FEAR INVASION -- . . Make Extensive Preparations in Schleswig-Holstein and Along Kiel Canal A despatch from London says : An invasion liy the Allies is feared by Ciermany, according to Tho CV>pru hagfii Kvcning News, which reports that extensive preparations are be- ing made to guard against sue"; an eventuality. The News nys it has learnoil from eyewitnesses that the Ger- mans are strengthening old fort rest's in the former Danish terri- tory of Sc-hlfsvv ii< Holstein, as well ns a line of entrenchments culled the |)annpvverk along the northern side of the Kiel Canal. It is thus hoped to protract the canal against attacks from tihe uortih, for it is on the shores of Sehlesvvig, according to the reports, that an invasion i* feared. All the German islands in the North Sea, it is said, are now closely guarded, and strongly forti- fied positions are being erected on the shores of Holstein and along the western side of the River Elbe. A Central News despatch from Glasgow state* that tho structural engineers and bridge builders throughout the country are being requested to stand ready to rush repair work in Belgium and France. F-rom this it is assumed as undoubt- ed evidence that conditions are favorable to the allis-d troops. "- -*.^ A-