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CZAR'S SECRET SERVICE HEAD WAS HIMSELF A GERMAN SPY Betrayed Weak Points of War Preparations to Very Men He Was Expected to Arrest A despatch from London says: A prominent Russian who is here in connection with war contracts for his Government revealed the astounding been known to the Russian court for years, and only proofs of the most in- disputable nature led to his exposure. Then prompt action was taken. He was tried by court-martial and con- fact that the man at the head of the j victed of having betrayed the weak Russian special investigation service ^ points of the Russian war prepara- entrusted with the work of discover- | tions to the very Germans he was ex- ing C:!rman spies in Russia was him- ; pected to arrest. His execution fol- self'a German spy. This man had j lowed immediately. GERMAN FORCES TO HGHT ITALY FRENCH BLOW UP SUPPLY DEPOTS Combined Supreme Effort on the Part of Teutonic Allies Has Been Planned. A despatch from Rome says: A general Austrian offensive against the Italians is now looked for as the re- sult of the arrival of considerable German reinforcements. The object of the expected attack •will be to check the Italian advance which the Aus- trian troops, unaided, failed to halt. Reliable information is to the ef- fect that Germany is prepared to aid the Austrians, so that a combined cupreme efforJ, on the part of the Teutonic allies is expected on the Italian front. Such an effort, it is believed, is aimed by the central pow- ers at favorably influencing the Bal- kans. It is an open secret that the Italian general staff since the outbreak of hostilities with Austria has expected German aid to the Austrians, hence the Italian military chiefs are prepar- ed for such an event, and it is confi- dently asserted in military circles here that even if the reinforcements to the Austrians are stronger than reported they will not alter the situation on the Italian front, now so favorable to Italy. Italian Mountaineer detachments made raids against the Austrian posi- tions 10,000 feet high at Villa Coma and other peaks in the »pper Genova valley. Climbing the most difficult ground and glaciers, the Alpines reached the enemy's entrenchments and partly destroyed them. They re- turned to their own positions without being seriously assailed. Analysis of the explosive bombs being used by the Austrians has revealed the presence of large quantities of prussic acid. Allied Fire Against German Organi- zations Continues Elffica- cious. A despatch from Paris says: Ger- man infantry made an attack in the region of Faye, south-west of Per- onne, following the explosion of a mine described in the French com- \ munique as "very powerful." The French infantry, supported by artil- lei-y fire, repulsed the attack, accord- ing to the officiaLstatement, and took a number of prisoners. British men-of-war undertook a bombardment of the German positions in the region of Nieuport, on the Bel- j gian coast. The German coast batter- ies replied, and the French heavy ar- tillery joined with the British ships in the attack. Three infantry attacks were made by the Germans against the bridge- head held by the French at Sapigneul, on the Aisne-Marne Canal, but the French maintained their positions. The German artillery fire in Cham- pagne has lessened in intensity, the enemy replying only feebly to the French fire. To the east of Cham- pagne, in the region between the Aisne and the Argonne, however, the Germans continued violent cannon- ading. Explosions in four German ammunition depots were caused by the Stone Barricades Thrown Up by Germans to Keep French Out of Alsatian Village fpHKSE stone barricades were erected by the Germans in the .\l3atian village af RequieviUe after it had been taken from the French. They were i>iaced at regular intervals Fraoeh battery I3 storm tha vlUaira> order la prevent any attempt by a Markets Of The World Breadstuffa. Toronto, Sept. 21. â€" Manitoba wheat, new crop â€" No. 1 Northern, $1.03%; No. 2 do., $l.Qai^, on track lake ports, prompt shipment. Manitoba oats â€" No. 2 C.W., nomin- al, on track, lake ports. American com â€" No. 2 yellow, 83c, on track lake ports. Canadian corn â€" No. 2 yellow, 84c, on track Toronto. Ontario oats, new crop â€" No. 2 white, 38 to 39c; No. 3 do.. 36 to 38c, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat â€" New, No. 2 Win- GERMANY AGREES TO YIELD UNITED STATES DEMANDS Count Bernstorff Declares All Difficulties Will Settled at the End of a Fortnight. Be A despatch from New York says: issue, he could state definitely that he Count von Bernstorff, the German would rec^ve no more advice from Ambassador, states that all the diffi- his Government for a fortnight. He cultios between this country and Ger- and Secretary of State Lansing, he I many concerning German guarantees said, are in perfect accord as to the TURKS LOST 5,000 AT HIU NO. 60 ter per car Tot 90 to' 9^c- slightly °^ ^"^"^ *''"' American ships and method to be used in settling the re- tough, 80 to 85c'; sprouted" o'r smutty, 'â-  Passengers will be satisfactorily set- maming difficulties that still e^ist be- 70 to 85c, according to sample. ] t'ed at the end of two weeks' time, tween the two countries and recom- Barley â€" Good malting barley, 52 to He told reporters at the Ritz Carlton mended that the American people be 54c; feed barley, 45 to 48c, according that, while he had no statement to counselled to patience, to freights outside. Buckwheat â€" Car lots, nominal, ac- cording to freights outside. Rye â€" No. 2, nominal, 75 to 78c, ac- cording to freights outside. Manitoba flour â€" First patents, THE NEW ARMIES S=^?'^^:f=^s:i:g li'ill^j-EB: i r'Hs^^itSJ^ READY TO HGHF Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Sept. 21. â€" Best hea\-y steers, $7.75 to $8; butchers' cattle. RESPA INDICTED FOR DYNAMmW Will Be Tried on Charge of Plotting to Destroy Factories in Windsor. A despatch from Windsor, Ontario, says: Charles Respa; held in connec- tion with the dynamite plot in Wind- sor last June, was committed for trial after receiving his preliminary hear- ing at Walkerville before Magistrate Miers. The feature of the hearing was the appearance as a witness of Williaia Lelier, former night watchman of the Peabody plant, one of the buildings wrecked, and who is now serving ten years in the penitentiary at Kingston after being found guilty of assisting in the outrages. Lefler was a witness for the Crowa, and a very willing one. He declared that he had first met Ueg^a in the. office of. Albert Kaltschmidt in De- troit, and that he was given two suit- cases to take across to Windsor. H« said Respa and Mrs. Charles Schmidt appeared on the night previous to the explosion, and that he had given them the suitcases. Respa, he said, told_ him to be careful, as the grips con- tained dynamite. He declared that Respa and the woman left in the di- rection of the river, and that a few hours later the explosion followed. He said he met Respa and Kalt- schmidt a little later in Detroit, and that the latter said: "Well, we jarred them a little, and we will do it soma more. We are going to blow up the whole town." AN APPEAL. ed by concentrated firing from anti- aircraft guns below, caused. a German aeroplane to descend suddenly inside the German lines at St. Mihiel. Activity about St. Mihiel, at the point of the German wedge which has been so stubbornly maintained, is again reported after a long period of calm in this region. It was the French artillery which resumed the contest in this sector, and it won an important point in the. destruction of the great bridge, a pontoon bridge and three foot bridges oveV the Meuse. The importance of the success in de- stroying these bridges lies in tHf possibility of cutting off the Germans across the river at Chauvoniourt, the only point at which the enemy been able to retain a hojid on the west bank of the river south of Verdun, jute bags, $5.05, Toronto. Ontario flour â€" New Winter, 90 per cent, patents, $3.80, seaboard, or To- ronto freights in bags, prompt ship- ment Miflfeed, car lots, delivered Mont- real freights â€" Bran, per ton, $25; shorts, per ton, $27; middlings, per ton, $28; good feed flour, per bag, $1.80. do., common, $5 to $5.25; butchers' ' bulls, choice, $6 . 50 to $7; do., good bulls, $5.90 to $6.25; do., rough bulls, ..... ^ ~,nnnn u c..«. »<> $4.75 to $5.25; butchers' cows, choice! ^'^'^ener Says 210,000 Men Sent to $6.50 to $7; do., good, $5.25 to $6; France Have Been Well do,, medium, $5 to $5.75; do., coQimon, RESIST ASPHYXIATING GAS. It Took the British Forces Three Full Days to Oust the Enemy ' Forces. A despatch from London says: A description'bf the fighting in the An- sae region on the Gallipoli Peninsula during the last week in .A.ugust and the result achieved during this period is given by the Dardanelles correspon- dent of Reuter's Telegram Company. The capture of Hill No.*60 was im- portant, as it is the last crest of the last ridge separating the Anzac zone from the plains to the north, and thus constitutes a point of union between most effective way the British forces in the Anzac posi- ! Much secrecy was observed about tion and the line across the Suvia the arrangements, but already in June plain, besides giving access to a ra- forty travelling laboratories had been vine leading to high ground beyond it. ' distributed among the armies. In The Turks clung to the hill with [ July more than ninety were in opera- the utmost determination, and when I tion. they were thrown out of their trench- } German estimates of the number of es would fight their way back again, , Russians captured are undoubtedly accepting terrible losses unflinchingly i exaggerated, although the number of French Army Carries Travelling La- - boratories to Fight Poisons. A new service has been installed in the French army, that of travelling laboratories. New weapons with which the enemy is fighting, asphyxi- ating gas and poisons in other forms, caused the French authorities to make Country Produce. Butter â€" The receipts are fairly good, with prices steady. Fresh dairy. 24 to 27c; inferior, 22 to 23c; cream- ery prints, 29 to 30c; do., solids, 27 to 28>4c. , Eggs â€" No.. 1, 23 to 24c per dozen, 'in e^se lots ; extra at 26 to 27c. tne, Honejt-^irNo. 1 light (wholesale), 10 has' tolt;«4rN» aio., retail, 12^ to 15c. Combs (wholesale), per doz.. No. 1, $2.50 to $3; No. 2, $1.50 to $2. Poultryâ€" -Spring chickens, 20 to 21c; fowl, 16 to 17c; ducklings, 17 to 18c; turkeys, 22 to 24c. Cheese â€" The market is steady; large, 14?4 to 15c; do., twins, 15 to 15 Vic. $4.50 to $5; feeders, good, $6.50 to' $7.25; stockers, 700 to 900 lbs., $6.25 to $7; canners and cutters, $3.75 to $5; milkers, choice, each, $t>o to $100; do., common and medium, each, $35 to $50; springers, $50 to $95; light ewes, $6 to $6.50; do., bucks, $3.50 Tested. On Behalf of the National Canadian Patriotic Fund. We have now entered upon the sec- ond year of the war, and the end seems as far off as ever. No one ima- gined, a year ago, that by September of 1915, Canada would have a<:ut _ across the -\tlantio nearly one hun- dred thousand men with as many more to follow if necessary. Thia magnificent enlistment, while primar- ily due to the loyalty of our people^ has been, in a large measure, made possible by the Canadian Patriotic Fund. This greatest of all the national benefactions is now assisting twenty thousand families of men who have enlisted for overseas ser\'ice. These men have gone forward with the full assurance that the people of Canada will see to it that during their ab- sence, their wives, widowed mothers and little children shall be maintained in comfort. We hear that the drai -A. despatch from London says: Lord Kitchener in the House of Lords upon the Fund is assuming large pro- portions, that to meet the needs of July and August $700,000 was ex- pended, that the reser%'e8 are being materially decreased, and that the national Executive Committee now finds it necessary to make a further Provisions. Cured meats are quoted as follows: Bacon, long clear, 14 to 14 "hC per lb., in case lots. Hams â€" Medium, 18Vs to 19c; do., heavy, 14 Vi to 15c; rolls, 15 to 16c; breakfast bacon, 20 preparation for combating them in the backs, plain, 23 to 24c; boneless - • ' backs, 25 to 25 Vic. Lard â€" The market is firm; pure lard, tubs, 12 to 12Vic; do., pails, 12V; to 12V2c; compound, tubs, i0V4c; do., pails, 11 Vic. read a carefully prepared and opti- mistic speech on military operations. In the course of his address the See- to $4.50; yearling tambd, $7 to $7.50; retary of State for War made the in- spnng lambs, cwt., $8 to ^Bjo; teresting disclosure that the German calves, medium to choice, $ I to$10.a0;. ^. i,. ...-.u r-..;4 « «„i „» hogs, off cars, $9.65 to $9 90; do., f ed "^^'=!'^ *'^ «,f ' ,''<«"'** ^'"' f^*^ "f , ^ ^ . .> u,- and watered. $9.50; do., f.o.b., $9.15. Phyxiating shells, lacking, as they do appeal to the Canadian Public, Montreal, Sept. 21. A few' small "•"'• ^*>s element of surprise, have There are many funds, most of lots of good steers sold at $7.50 to failed in their object, and 'have lost them worthy, but of them all, the $7.75; fair at $6.50 to $7.25, and much of their offensive value owing to Patriotic Fund is the one we cannot common and medium at $5 to $6, the steps taken to counteract them. allow to fail. It is the duty of thfc. while some small lots of choice butch- Lifting the veil of secrecy, he an- Government to arm, equip aii^ main- ers cows brought $6 75 to $7^ and the nounced that eleven divisions of the tain the troops. Not a dollar do the tTuI ^uTt fVZ It t" l-'^'ni *". "e^^ '»'•'" V had reinforced Field Mar- bulls sold at from $5 to $i per cwt. . , t^ . , , . t^ , There is a steady demand from can- ^^al French s force m France, and ners for canning stock, and a fair others would follow quicklj'. He. too, trade was done in buUs at from $4.25 spoks optimistically of the situation on the various fronts, expressing the opinion that "the Germans have shot their bolt'*^ in their offensive against Russia without achieving their object of destroying the Russian army. As far as the, Turks are concerned, Lord Kitchener said there was an abundance of evidence of "the pro- cess of demoralization having set in." BELGIANS FORBIDDEN | In MesopoUimia the resistance of the TO BOYCOTT GERM.VNS Turks had terminated. to $4.50, and cows at from $3 to $3.50 per cwt. Ontario lambs sold at $7.50 to $7.75. and Quebec stock at $6.75 to $7. Sheep brought from $4.50 to $5.50 per cwt; calves from $5 to $20 each as to size and quality; hogs, selected lots were made at , $9.75 to $9.90 per cwt., weighed off to regain the lost ground, with the re suit that when the trenches Anally were captured they were filled with Turkish dead. It took three days to oust the Turks, and the ground around Is still thickly strewn with their bodies and those of British soldiers who fell in the assaults. It is computed, declares the corres- pondent, that the Turks lost five thou- Mind men before they surrendered the ^sition. The Indian brigade and the Connaught Rangers took part in the fighting with the Australians and New Zealanders. Russia's Wheat Crop. Taking all crops together, the yield will be about 2,000,000,000 bushels. The winter-sown grain is harvested already and also a large proportion of spring-sown crops. The figures ar- rived at are 446,000,000 bushels bet- ter than last year's total, and 291,- 000,000 bushels in excess of the five- year average. â-  Of wheat altogether there will be harvested 571,000,000 bushels. For export there will bo available some 450,000,000 bushels. No Mote in His Eye. "What are you studying now?" asked Mrs. Johnson. "We have taken up the subject of molecules;" answered her son. 'â-  ' "I hope you will be very attentive and practice constantly," said the mother. "I tried to get your father to wear one, ^'i* he conW not kee{)-*>t in hiy eye." killed and wounded is probably some- where near correct. Against these figures must be placed the German losses, which close observers state must reach three- quarters of a million in killed, wound- ed and prisoners. This does not in- clude the Austrian losses, of which no accurate estimate is possible. Hay Market. Baled hay, new â€" No. 1, ton, $15 to $16.50; No. 2, ton, $13 to $14; baled straw, ton, $6.50. • A despatch from Brussels says: I WOMAN R.\ISES FUNDS Gen. von Bissing, the Governor-Gea- ; FOR 1,195 AMBULANCES eral of Belgium, has issued an order ' Business in MontreaL Montreal. Sept. 21. â€" Corn, Ameri- can No. 2 yellow. 89 to 89 Vic. Oats, No. 2 local white, 43c; No. 3 local white, 4^c; No. 4 local white. 41c. Flour, Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.85; seconds, $5.35; strong bakers', $5.15; Winter patents, choice, $5.50 to $6.25; straight rollers, $5 to $5.50; do., bags, $2.10 to $2.45. Roll- ed oats, barrels, $5.35 to $5.40; bags, 90 lbs., $2.45, $32 to $33. Mouillie, $32 to $37. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $17 to $18. Cheese, finest W^est- erns, 15 to 15 Vic; finest Easterns, against the boycotting, blacklisting, : insulting or threatening otherwise to injure Germans or persons showing German sympathies or trading with German firms. The maximum penalty for infractions of the order is two .\ despatch from London says: Miss Mary Booth, a relative of the principals of the Booth Line steamers, has succeeded in collecting funds to provide 1.196 motor ambulances, now being used at the front, as a memor- years' imprisonment or a fine of 10,- ' jai ^f tj,e tusitania disaster. Sh. 000 marks ($2,500). The term of im- prisonment can be extended to five years when disobedience is offered by several persons in collusion. Saved His Life. It is probable that no class of men is lampooned more unjustly than doc- tors. Many of the stories at their expense, however, are both amusing! 14% to 14'4c. Butter, choicest cream- and good-natured. A recent addition' "y. 29^ to 29Uc: seconds, 28Vi to, r ^u 1- *. :„ n,„ *»!» ^^1A 1,,. T„^j.,«'i 28\c. Eggs, fresh, 30 to 31c; seect-i ^'-o""' to the list IS the tale told by London j^ 28 to 29c; No. 1 stock. 23 to 24c; 1 Tit-Bits about the Chinaman who | j^o. 2 stock, 21c. Potatoes, per bag, was asked if there were good doctors i car lots, 60c. Dressed hogs, abattoir in China. I killed, $13.75 to $14.25. Pork, heavy "Good doctors!" he exclaimed. I Canada short mess, bbls., 35 to 45' "China have best doctors in world. ' pieces, $28 to $28.50; Canada, short Hang Chang one good doctor; he £"» back, bbls., 45 to 65 pieces, 27 to $27.50. Lard, compound, tierces, 375 lbs., 10c; wood pails, 20 lbs., net, 10 Vic; pure, wood pails, 20 lbs 12 Vi to 13c. TOTAL LOSSES 87,630 AT THE DARDANELLES now collecting funds for a hospital for paralyzed and other permanently in- jured soldiers as a further memopial of the same event. DOG TRAINED TO PHONE APPROACH OF ENE.MY A despatch from London says: British casualties at the Dardanelles .\ despatch from Paris says: Ac- cording to the Gazette de France, a up to August 21 were 87,650. The certain French regiment possesses a number of killed in that time was dog which is sent out from advanced j sentry posts at night with a telephone These figures were included in the ! strapped over his mouth and a wire grand total of British casualties pub- j connecting the instrument with the lished earlier in the week. | post. If the dog hears the Germans The announcement says that the â-  approaching he barks quietly into the number of officers killed was 1,130, " " great, he saved my life." "You dont say so! How was that?" "Me velly bad," he said. "Me callee Doctor Han Kon. Give some medi- cine. Get velly, velly ill. Me callee Doctor San Sing. Give more medi- cine. Me grow worse â€" going to die. Blimebly callee Doctor Hang Chang. tf« no got time; no come. He saved my life." THANKSGIVING DAY MONDAY, OCTOBER 11 A despatch from Ottawa says: Mon- day. October 11, was fixed as the date of Thanksgiving Day at a Cabinet Council. net, United State* Markets. Minneapolis, Sept. 21. â€" Wheat â€" No. 1 hard, $1.00Vi; No. 1 Northern, 95 Vi to 99 Vic; No. 2 Northern, 92 Vi to 96 Vic; September, 93 Vic; December, 91%. Cornâ€" No. 3 yellow, 72 Vi to 73c. Oatsâ€" No. 3 white, 32 Vi to 33c. Flour and bran unchanged. Duluth, Sept. 20.â€" Wheatâ€" No. 1 hard, $1.01V4; No. 1 Northern, $1.00Vi; No. 1 Northern, 98 Vic; Montana, No. 2; hard, 98Vic; Septem- ber, 96 Vic; December, 92% to 93 Vic. Linseed, cash, $1,~V^; September, $1.64i December, 91.64. â- *â-  "S and the number of men 16,479; wounded, 2,371 officers and 59,257 men; missing, 373 officers and 8,021 men. CONSCRIPTION SURE LONDON BELIEVES A despatch from London says: The principle of "compulsion is now ad- mitted on nearly all sides as being necessary within a short time, the speeches of both Premier .\squith and Lord Kitchener being so interpreted. It is believed that compulsion will be held back to try* the effect of ap- proaching the men registered on the pink forms, that is. those eligible for service. If this step fails, there will be no alternative to conscription. telephone Federal authorities give to the Patri- otic Fund. This work depends solely on the patriotism and generosity (tf our own people. Thousands of brava . men are fighting our battles, believini^ that we meant what we said when we told them as they went forwardr "Go and we will care for the wife and kiddies." It would be to our everlast- ing disgrace if our pledge were bro- ken. The national organization, with headquarters at Ottawa and branches or affiliated associations in every part|-:j^ of the Dominion, Ss, worthy of ou most generous support' hi the tremen-T dous and ever-growing taskr-that it has undertaken. Ottawa, Sept. 1st 1915. X Truth. Mrs. Exe â€" Here's an invitation from Mrs. Boreleigh to one of her tiresome dinners. I hate them. Exe â€" Why not plead that you have a previous engagement? Mrs. Exeâ€" That would be a lie. Edith, dear, write Mrs. Boreleigh that we accept with pleasure. What Was He After? ••He is a man after my own heart," said Julia, referring to her Augustus, who had only just left the house after an unusually long stay. "Nonsense," replied tho major, domo, "he is a man after the money your uncle left you." And then all was quiet. He is a poor sign painter who is unable to make a name for himself. Troops Gathering on Swiss Frontier A despatch from Basel says: i lery duels are becoming fiercer daily. French and German armies near the On both the French and German fron-' Swiss frontier are showing uncom- tiers between the town of Delle and mon military activity. Heavy re- Basel civilians are being moved from' mforeements are arriving, and artil,- the border villages and towns .-' â- â€¢ â- â- â-  â-  â- â-  '^ •_ _ Czar Grants Amnesty to Ail PoGtical Prisoners A despatch from Rome sayi:.^ j;jt..U.s stated that the Emperor of Russia has ordered amnesjiy fijr. all, poljU<^ ' 1 prisoners in Russia. The number ot I persons affected is said to be about ea e hundred thousand". >!l0' â- ".ȣ %jf.ti" t •'â-  ..ji~^"> «'â- â™¦ 1^2 J:a