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200,000 CANADIAN SOLDIERS NOW A T FRONT OR IN TRAINING Nearly Twenty New Battalions Have Been Added to the Expeditionary Force In the Last Honth A despatch from Ottawa says: There are now 200,000 Canadian sol- diers under arms, either at the front, in England, or Canada. To the 10,- 000 which it was announced had en- listed up to the end of September nearly twenty new battalions have been added during the past month, while the foundations of others are being laid to raise and train men in the smaller local centres. The new units recently recruited are as follows: â€" Two pioneer regi- ments, one in Western Canada and ! one In ' Eastern Canada. One regi- i ment of mounted rifles from Niagara 1 district; one battalion from Toronto; lone from Grey County; two from • Simcoe County; one from Ontario County; one or possibly two from El- gin and Kent Counties; one from Es- I sex County; one from the Rainy River iand Fort William districts; two new I battalions from Manitoba; two from I Saskatchewan; one from Alberta; oiid ] from New Brunswick, and one at Vic- \ toria, with another to be raised on the British Columbia mainland. BRITISH CRWSER V^HrtSA(?<iYLL WRECKEP ^rof=f EAsrcoAsrof secrriMtiD. BLOWING PATH TOWARD LILLE French Troops Destroy the German Entrenchments in the Arras District. *â-  A despatch from Paris says: The » French have made a valuable gain r south-east of Neuville-St. Vaast, on , the road between Arras and Lille. ^ The attack was preceded by the ex- plosion of heavily-charged mines, ' which tore up the enemy trenches at • this point and destroyed their barbed • wire entanglements. The instant af- « ter the mines were detonated the French troops rushed forward and < occupied the craters made by the ex- plosions, strengthening the new posi- tions. The German guns to the rear at once began a heavy bombardment, ' under cover of which the Germans re- organized and made repeated counter- attacks in an effort to regain the posi- tions, but the French held the advan- tage. The Germans made another gas at- tack east of Rheims. The French troops, protecting themselves against the gas-clouds, poured in a heavy in- fantry fire, which was supported by a curtain of fire from the French artillery, and the German attempt was cut short. An earlier German attack in the Champagne made at night at La Courtine was stopped by the French rifle and machine gun fire. An official communication from Field Marshal Sir John French, the British Commander - in - Chief in • France, says: "Since my last communication, the situation on our front has remained unchanged. There have been mining activities on both sides, but without | important results. "The enemy's artillery has been ac- 1 tive east of Ypres and south of the La Bassee Canal. Our reply to this shelling has been very effective. "Our airmen brought down two German aeroplanes yesterday, one falling inside our own lines, and the other close behind the enemy's front trenches." GERMAN MASSES ARE HELD BACK Made Five Distinct Onslaughts On the French Positions in Tahure Sector. A despatch from Paris says: A German assault on the Tahure sector, begun with violence Saturday, contin- ued with five more distinct attacks on the French positions, preceded by ex- tremely heavy artillery fire and the use of gas shells. In the first of these five attempts the Germans suc- ceeded in reaching the summit of the Butte de Tahure. At other points and in the remaining four attacks they were repulsed, with heavy losses, and everywhere were forced to return to the trenches they had occupied before their attack The assault which won the Butte de Tahure covered altogether a front of five miles, running from the v.oods at the side of Hill 195, past the Butte de Tahure, and the village of Tahure, to and including the earthworks known as La Courtine. After a bom- bardment of e.xtreme violence the German infantry, made up largely of units recently sent from the Russian front, attacked all along the line. The French fire cut through their ranks and threw them back, except at the one point named. Before the vUlage of Tahure the Germans suffered espe- cially heavy losses, leaving a large number of dead before their trenches. The German artillery opened again on the same series of positions, using large-calibre shells filled with suffo- cating gases. Beginning with an at- tack on the eastern section of La Courtine, the enemy followed up the offensive at intervals with assaults on the village of Tahure, the region to the south of the village and the crests to the north-east. The French artil- lery and rifle fire beat them back to their trenches In each case. \^H EDI TERR ANEAIf FOR FIRST TIME IS FAVORABLE The Week's Developments in the War. The major interest in the war during the last week has been in the developments in the Balkans. The Austro-German troops have made some progress in their invasion, although the Serbians have offered a heroic resistance, and the enemy's .advance has been hampered by the nature of the country. On the northern part of their front the Bulgarian army has met with some success, and has joined hands with the .A.ustro-German forces. Further south, however, the French and British troops landed at Saloniki, have joined the Serbians and have driven the Bulgarians to their own frontier at the same time, with the result that Strumnitza is being menaced by the forces of the Entente. British and French war-ships have bombarded the Bulgarian coast from the .Aegean Sea, and Turkish troops are reported to have been rushed to reinforce the Bulgarians on the coast, in anticipation of an at- tempt to land by the Allies. Russia is negotiating with Rumania for permission to send troops through that country against Bulg^aria, while Russian war-ships have bombarded Varna, one of tlie two principal Bulgarian ports on the Black Sea. On the Western front, there has been comparatively little change, both sides claiming some local successes. The Russians are now on the offensive on most of the great Eastern battle-front, but conditions there show little change. With the obvious aim of relieving the pressure on Serbia, the Italian troops have taken the offensive on their front, and despite the difficulties of the country, have won important positions. Other developments are indicated on the chart. ' Markets Of The WorU TWO DOZEN CAPTURED CANNON DISPLAYED AT HORSE GUARDS Balkan Situation Is Hopeful Froa the Allies' Point of View. A despatch from London says; From the allies' point of view, th« Balkan situation looks more favorable than at any time since the invasion of Serbia began, or, as one militarj observer said frankly: "It looks for the first time favor- able." The cause of this is a sudden marked change in Roumania's atti- tude in favor of the allies, a change which has occasioned Berlin practi- cally to despair of the hope that this Balkan State would maintain its neu- trality. Bucharest despatches make no se- cret of the fact that Roumania is lending a willing ear to the Entente offer to grant all her claims, includ- ing Bessarabia. A despatch to the Daily Telegraph from Bucharest says that at an au- dience granted Minister of the Inter- ior Jonescu and M. Filipesco, leader of the Conservative party, King Fer- dinand declared that he was not op- posed to the realization of the aspira- tions of the Roumanian people, and that in this matter he placed himsell in the hands of Parliament and ths Government. A half million well-equipped Rus- sian soldiers are reported to be in readiness, waiting for Roumania to say the word, then to march through that country to relieve the Serbians. Roumania herself, by accepting the allies' offer, is expected, by the terms of the pact, to send her own army over the frontier, falling in the rear of the Teuton and Bulgarian forces advancing toward the heart of Serbia from the bend of the Danube. .Already the German general staff is said to be figuring with this dan- ger. The news is confirmed that part of the army of Gen. von Lisingen, fighting in South-western Russia, has been sent to the Roumanian border line. .> HALF A BILUON IN WAR ORDERS HELPS TO AVENSE THE CAVELL MURDER A despatch from Ottawa says: A New York man in a letter to Sir Sam Hughes declares that the Cavell mur- der should be avenged by every Bri- ton in the world. The writer states that though he cannot go to the front, he is willing to pay for a substitute, and offers to place $100 per month in the Minister's hands for this purpose 80 long as the war continues. He asks that the Minister make use of the money "in a way that will dam- age the Huns." FOUR GERMAN YACHTS CONDEMNED AS PRIZES A despatch from London says: The racing yacht Germania, which on two occasions won Emperor William's Cup at Cowes, was condemned in the Prize Court as a prize of war. The Ger- mania, which was captured at Cowes at the outbreak of the war, was the property of Lieut. Dr. Gustav von Bohlen und Halbach, head of the Krupp works. The other German yachts captured at Cowes â€" The Lasca II., Stella Maris, and Paula III. â€" also were condemned. Number 1 figures large in the cal- culations of most people. PRICES OF R-\W FURS. That Paid the Trapper Will Be High- er Than Last Year. A despatch from Toronto says: The outlook for raw furs during the com- ing season is exceedingly good con- sidering all conditions, and the indica- tions are that the prices paid the trapper will in practically all cases be higher than last year. The results of the October Larapson London sales as cabled are as follows: The following furs sold at the per- centages indicated higher than last March: â€" Raccoon, 7.3 per cent.; musk- rat, 40 per cent.; skunk, 60 per cent.; mink, 20 per cent.; marten, 10 per cent.; silver fox, 15 per cent.; red fox, 40 per cent; cross fox, 50 per cent; beaver, 27% per cent; otter, 10 per cent; lynx, 30 per cent.; wolf, 50 per cent; while bear and white weasel brought the same price as last March. Not only has a very satisfactory business been done by the retailers in the sale of fur sets and fur garments during the past few weeks, but the use of furs of all kinds for trimming of ladies' garments has used up a large number of odds and ends of skins, all of which combines to make the outlook for a very prosperous season, which is exceedingly satisfac- tory to all interested in the fur trade. Breadstuffs. Toronto, Nov. 2. â€" Manitoba wheat,! new crop â€" No. 1 Northern, $1.09%; No. 2 Northern, $1.06%, on track lake ports, immediate shipment. Manitoba oatsâ€" No. 2 C.W., tough, 45c, on track lake ports. American corn â€" No. 2 yellow, 71c, j on track lake ports. \ Canadian comâ€" No. 2 yellow, 73c, on track Toronto. Ontario oats, new crop â€" No. 3 white, 37 to 39c; commercial oats, 35 to 37c, according to freights outside. '\ Ontario wheat â€" No. 2 Winter, per car lot, 94 to 96c; sprouted and tough, ! 80 to 92c, according to sample; sprouted, smutty and tough, accord- ing to sample, 75 to 85c. i Peas, according to sample, per car ! lots, $1.50 to $1.90. Barleyâ€" Good malting barley, 54 to 58c; feed barley, 45 to 50e, according to freights outside. Buckwheat â€" Nominal, ear lots, 78c, according td freights outside. Rye â€" No. 1 commercial, 82 to 84c; tough, 70 to 75c, according to sample. Manitoba flour â€" First patents, in jute bags, $5.75; second patents, in jute bags, $5.25; strong bakers', in jute bags, $5.05, Toronto. Ontario flour â€" New Winter, $3.60 to $4, according to sample, seaboard, or Toronto freights in bags, prompt shipment. Millfeed, car lots, delivered Mont- real freights â€" Bran, per ton, $21; shorts, per ton, $23; middlings, per ton, $25; good feed flour, per bag, $1.60. Guns Which Ciern-»an5 Used In Defence of Loos Viewed by Thousands of London Citizens Munitions .\genta Ajinounce Mor« Business for Canadian Plants. A despatch from London says: | in the Battle of Loos September 25 With their silent muzzles pointing to- ; '^^t The mud and stain of the battle- wards St James' Park, the first tro- j "'^jL'! ''» "P°" '^''e'"- ^ , ^ . , . . , , . . ^ i Ihe trophies were hauled mto posi- phies of the great offensive in France i tj^n by the gunners of the Royal have been ranged on the Horse , Horse Artillery, and beneath the muz- Guards parade. Twenty-one German ' zle of each gun was driven a little field guns and three trench mortars • notice board informing the public of j accomplished formed a war exhibit of the highest the name of the regiment or division interest to Londoners. Not since Cri- which captured it and whore it was mea and the Indian Mutiny have guns : captured. Four armed sentries guard- captured from an enemy crunched the ed the trophies and a sentry box was ; hands gravel of the Horse Guards parade placed at each of the four corners of i arrived recently to .â- V despatch from Ottawa says: Bri- tish orders aggregating five hundred millions of dollars have come or are coming to Canada, according to a statement made by Mr. D. A. Thomas, representative of the British Minister of Munitions. Mr. Thomas has left for New York on his way back to England, having his mission to the United States and Canada. He ex- pects to return before Christmas. His work in Canada is now in the of Mr. Lionel Hichens, who represent Mr. and publicly ranged as labelled exhi- . the wired enclosures. The presence { Lloyd-George, and who will ^have bits. i of these captured guns from Loos With the exception of three pieces ! made an appeal to the imagination of captured at Le Cateau, August 26, ' thousands of people who swarmed 1914, the whole of the guns took part around the enclosure. Leap before you look and you will look foolish. Nearly a third of the whole length of a whale is taken up by its head. German Atrocities Museum in Petrograd A despatch from Reuter's Telegram Company from Petrograd says: "The German atrocities museum has been opened here. It contains a large num- ber of photographs of mutilated sol- diers whose wounds are alleged to have been caused by explosive bullets, and also tables of statistics of five thousand cases of atrocities investi- gated by the special commission of inquiry into German atrocities, by which the museum was established." Country Produce. Butterâ€" The market continues firm, with the demand good. Offerings moderate. Fresh dairy, 27 to 28c; inferior, 22 to 23c; creamery prints, 32 to 33c; do., solids, 30 to 31 %c. Eggs â€" Prices are firm; storage, 30 to 31c per dozen; selects, 32 to 33c; newlaid, 36 to 37c, case lots. Honeyâ€" No. 1 light (wholesale), 10 to ll%c; do., retail, 12V6 to 15c; combs (wholesale), per dozen. No. 1, $2.40; No. 2, $1.50 to $2. Poultryâ€" Chickens, 14 to 16c; fowls, 12 to 13c; ducklings, 15 to 16c; geese, 16 to 18c; turkeys, 20 to 22c. Cheese â€" The market is firm; large, 16>/ic; twins, 16 %c. Potatoes â€" The market is firm, with car lots of Ontarios quoted at $1.10, and New Brunswicks at $1.15 to $1.20 per bag, on track. abattoir killed, $13.50 to $13.75. Pork â€" Heavy Canada short mess, bbls., 35 to 45 pieces, $28 to $28.50; short cut bad:, bbls., 45 to 55 pieces, $27 to $27 . 50. Lard â€" Compound, tierces, 375 lbs., 10 ^ic; wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 10%c; pure, tierces, 375 lbs., 12 to 12%c; pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 13 to 13 ^6c. $8.25, and Quebec at $7.50 to $7.75; sheep, $4.25 to $5.25 per cwt., as to quality. Calves, milkfed stock, sold at 7 to 8c, and grass-fed at 3 to 6c oer pound live weight Hogs â€" Select- ed lots, $9.25 to $9.50 per cwt. weighed off cars. United States Markets. Minneapolis, Nov. 2. â€" Wheatâ€" De- cember, 95c; May, 99V4c. Cashâ€" No. 1 hard, $1; No. 1 Northern, 97 to 99c; No. 2 Northern, 93 to 96c. Corn â€"No. yellow, 68 to 69c. Oatsâ€" No. 3 white, 33% to 34 Vic. Flour and bran un- changed. Duluth, Nov. 2.â€" Wheatâ€" No. 1 hard, 98V4c; No. 1 Northern, 97Vic; No. 2 Northern, 93 He; Montana, No. 2, 97Uc; December, 95 '-4 c; May, 99»4c. Linseed cash, $1.85%; De- cember, $1.83V6; May, $1.87V4. In one year a horse or a cow will eat nine times its own weight. Ethel â€" "No, George, I can never be your wife." George (in despair) â€" ".\nd am I never to be known as the husband of the lovely Miss Jones?" He got her. charge of the reconstitution of the Shell Committee, or, as Mr. Thomas describes it, the Canadian Munitions Committee. The main feature of the reorganization of the committee will be the retirement of those members who are interested in the manufacture of munitions. Mr. Thomas issued a lengthy state- ment in which he reviewed the work of the Shell Committee and himself, touching upon most of the qiiesMons with which rumor has been busy for the past two or three months. Gen. Bertram, chairman of the Shell Com- mittee, had no comment to make on the statement issued by Mr. Thomas. "Everything," he said, "is in the statement." To make leather boots waterproof, saturate them with castor-oil. Four More German S teamers Sunk in Bahic A despatch from London says: Brl-lbeen sunk, presumably by a German tish submarines have sunk four n»ore submarine. Only two of the crew of ^ , . iv T> ,.- -^ - 121 have been picked up. The tank German steamers m the Baltic it is Lteamer H. C. Henry, of British regis- annouiued in an official statement ; t^y^ but owned in Seattle, Wash., has received from Petrograd. The Nor- j been sunk in the Mediterranean. No « egian uteamer Selma, 987 tons, has I lives were lost Baled Hay and Straw. Hayâ€" No. 1, ton, $16 to $17.50; No. 2, ton, $13 to $14; baled straw, ton, $6.50. I â-  i Business in Montreal. Montreal, Nov. 2.â€" Corn â€" Ameri- can No. 2 yellow, 77c. Oats â€" No. 2 local white, 46Hc; No. 3 do., 45%c; No. 4 do., 44 •^c. Barley â€" Malting, 66 V4 to 67c. Flourâ€" Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts, !55.83; seconds, $5.35; strong bakers', $5.15; Winter patents, choice, $5.60; straight roll- ers, $4.90 to $5; do., bags, $2.30 to $•' 40. Rolled oat.<. barrels, $5.15 to $5.20; do., bags, 90 lbs., $2.45 to $2.50. Brnn, $21 to $22. Shorts, | $23 to $24. Middlings, $27 to $30. ton, car lots, $17 to $18. Cheese, fin- ; est westerns, 16'4 to lOVac; finest, easterns, 15% to 16c. Butterâ€" i Choicest creamery, 324 to 33c; sec- 1 onds, 31'/& to 32c. Eggsâ€" Fresh, 40c; | selected, 32c; No. 1 stock, 28c; No. 2, stock, 25c. Potatoes, per bag, car â-  lots, 95c to $1.10. Dressed hogs, Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Nov. 2. â€" Best heavy steers, $8.25 to $8.50; good heavy steers, $8 to $8.15; butchers' cattle, choice, $7.60 to $7.75; do., good, $7.10 to $7.60; do., medium, $6.50 to $7; do., common, $5 to $5.40; butchers' bulls, choice, $6.25 to $6.75; do., good bulls, $5.75 to $C; do., rough bulls, $4.75 to $5.25; butchers' cows, choice, $6.45 to $6.75; do., good, $6 to $6.75; do., medium, $5 to $5.. 50 do., common, $4.25 to $4.75; feeders, good, $6.50 to $6.75; stockers, 700 to 900 lbs., $6.25 to $6.50; canners and cutters, $3 to $4.50; milkers, choice, each, $65 to $110; do., common and medium, each, $25 to $50; springers, $50 to $100; light ewes, $5.50 to $6.75; sheep, heavy, $4,25 to $4.75; do., bucks, $3,.'j0 to $4.50; yearling lambs, $7 to $7.50; Spring lambs, cwt, $8.80 to $9.10; calves, medium to choice, S7.25 to $10.75; hogs, off cars, $9.40 to $9.75; do., fed and waterswl, $9.25; do., f.o.b., $9. Montreal, Nov. 2. â€" A few small lots of choice steers sold at $7.25 to $7.50; good at $6.75 to $7, but the bulk of the trade was done in cattle ranging fron- $5.25 to $6.50; while butchers' cows brought from $4,150 to $6.50, and the bulls from $4.50 to $6.25 per cwt.Cows sold at $3 to $3.. 50, and bulls at $3.75 to $4.26 per cwt Lambs â€" Ontario stock, sold at $8 to MUCH HAVOC ON BULGAR PORTS FROM CUNS OF ALLIED FLEETS Sofia Now Admits That O.ie-quarter of Dedeag- hatch Was Razjd by the Sliells A despatch from Sofit says: Al-j though the bombardment of Varna by the Russian fleet lasted only ten min- utes, the bodies of 22 civilians alrea^d^ have been found, while over a hundrod persons were injured, many of 'Worn severely, according to reports received hero. JL^ The Russian fleet was sightfflPR: ^ eight o'clock in the morning rapidly approaching the city, and om>ned fire while still at a great dist^ji^. It ap- proached to within a little' over three miles, but vi-ithdre\* before the Bul- garian batteries ooulrt make their fire effective. ^ba ! AVcordii:^ to officials herejth Rus- ur seavihi.t ci«f tHrffcBlgrar- .'cs, bui. merely shelWi the city, -specially Hir Kttbu. sections, wher.' Greek; -n the, mijority of ;li â-  Dulation. â-  p^' plo arc great- ly cXLited over itie 1- ^nbardments of Bn^;arian cities oajjithi! .A.egcan and The cRWiHi^ilouo by the bombard- ment of .A.ogoail Sea towns and vil- lages by the allied fleet recently was greater than at first reported. One- fourth of the entire city of Dedeag- hatch was razed by the shells of the warships. Shell Burst 100 Yards From ItaKan King K despatch from Turin says: Sig- only ono hundred yards away from an nor Barzilai, the Irredenti.st Minister, observatory where he was watohiiig who just returned from the war zone, the battle on the Isonzo in the eom- states that Austrian shr pnel burst pany of King' Victor.