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AUSTRIANS LEFT 500 DEAD IN FRONT OF ITALIAN TRENCHES Succeeded in Securing a Foothold in Some Parts of Positions South of Riva, But Were Driven Bacit A despatch from Rome says: Per- haps in the hope of creating a diver- sion and thereby relieving the pres- sure on Gorizia and their Isonzo lin^s, perhaps believing that the Italians had weakened their lines in other dis- tricts to strengthen their attack along the Isonzo, the Austrians delivered two attacks, the second of great vio- lence, against the Italian positions in the Poiiale zone, west of Lake Garda. The first attack was made near San Bartoli-meo, a village at the foot of the mountain of the same name north of Sale, on the western shore of Lake Garda. The attack was repulsed. The second and more violent attack was made north of Pre, on the north bank of the Ponale River. An intense artillery fire preceded the infantry attack. Masses of in- â-  fantry then were hurled against the Italian positions, and, though thrown back time and again, the assaults were repeated until the Austrian troops succeeded in getting a foothold in some parts of the Italian trenches. A hand-to-hand fight followed, and the Austrians were driven back and routed. Five hundred Austrian dead were left on the field and many pri- soners taken. The Leading Markets BreadstuETs. Toronto, Dec. 7.â€" Manitoba wheat â€" New crops â€" No. 1 Northern, $1.15; No. 2 Northern, ?1.13; No. 3 North- ern, $1.09, on track lake ports. Manitoba oatsâ€" No. 2 C.W., 48%c, on track lake ports. American corn â€" No. 2 yellow, old, 78 Vic; new. No. 3, 73c, on track To- ronto. Canadian corn â€" No. 2 yellow, 75c, nominal, on track Toronto. Ontario oats â€" New crop â€" No. 3 white, 3G to 38c; commercial oats, 35 io 37c, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat â€" No. 2 Winter, per car lot, 94 to 95c; wheat slightly sprouted and tough, according to sam- ple, 90 to 93c; wheat sprouted, smut- ty, and tough, according to sample, 75 to 88c, according to freights out- side. Peas â€" No. 2, nominal, per car lots, $2.10; sample peas, according to sample, $1.50, according to freights outside. Barley â€" Malting barley, 56 to 59c; feed barley, 49 to 52c, according to freights outside. Buckwheat â€" Nominal, car lot-s, 74 to 75c, according to freights outside. Rye â€" No. 1 commercial, 85 to 87c; rye, tough, 80 to 83c, according to sample, and according to freights out- side. Manitoba flour â€" First patents, in jute bags, $G; second patents, in jute bags, ^.^.-'jO; strong bakers', in jute bags, $r>.30, Toronto. Ontario flour â€" New Winter, $4.10 to $4.35, according to sample, sea- board or Toronto freights in bags, prompt shipment. Millfced â€" Car lots â€" Delivered Mont- real freights. Bran, $22 to $23 per ton; shorts, $23 to $24 per ton; mid- dlings, $25 to $2K per ton; good feed flou)-, $1.50 per bag. 10%c; pure, tierces, 375 lbs., 12% to 13c; pure wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 13Vj to 12 ^c. United States Markets. Minneapolis, Dec. 7. â€" Wheat, De- cember, $1.01% ; May, $1.05Vi to $1.05%. Cash, No. 1 hard, $1.07%; No. 1 Northern, $1.03% to $1.04%; No. £ Northern, 99%c to $1.01%. Corn, No. 3 yellow, 70 to 71c. Oats, No. 3 white, 38% to 39c. Flour, fancy patents, 10c higher, quoted at $0.20. Other grades unchanged. Bran, $18 to $18.50. Duluth, Dec. 7.--Wheat, No. 1 hard. $1.05%; No. 1 Northern, $1.04%; No. 2 Northern, $1.00%; Montana, No. 2 hard, »^1.01%; December, $1.01%; May, $1.05%. Linseed, cash, $2.01% to $2.02%; December, $2.00%;>Jay, $2.07. Country Produce. Butterâ€"Fresh dairy, 28 to 30c; inferior, 22 to 24c; creamery prints, 33 to 34c; do., solids, 31 Vd to 32e. Eggs â€" Storage, 30 to 32c per doz.; selects, 35 to 30c; new-laid, 43 to 45c, case lots. Honey â€" Prices, in tins, lb., 10 to lie; c«tmbs. No. 1, $2.40; No. 2, ,?2. Beansâ€" $3.50 to $3.75. Poultry â€" Chickens, 14 to 15c; fowls, 11 to ]2c; ducks, 15 to IGc; geese, 14 to 15c; turkeys, 20 to 25c. Cheese â€" Large, 17%c; twins, 18c. Potatoes â€" Car lots of Ontario quot- ed at $1.30, and New Brunswicks at $1.40 tu $1.50 per bag, on track. Venison â€" In fair supply, with prices rulin;; from to 10c i)cr lb, according to the demand. Baled Hay and Straw. Baled hay, new â€" No. 1, per ton, $17 to $18; No. 2, per ton, $13 to $15; baled straw, ton, .$0.50 to $7. nusiness in MontreaL Montreal, Dec. 7. â€" Corn, American No. 2 yellow, 76 to 77c. Oatsâ€" No. 2 local white, 45 Vic; No. 3 local white, 44 '/<.<â- ; No. 4 local white, 43'/«'>c. Bar- ley, Man. feed, (>5c; malting, (UiVic. Buckwheatâ€" No. 2, 8.'>c. Floui', Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts, $0.10; second,-", $5.00; strong bakers', $5.40; Winter patents, choice, $0; straight rollers, $5.60 to $5.40; do., bags, $2.50 to $2.00. Rolled oats, barrels, $5.15 «to $5.25; do., bag.s, 90 lbs., $2.35 to $2.45. Bran, $22. Shorts, $23. Mid<llings, $29 to $30. Mouil- lie, $.30 to $32. Mayâ€" No. 2, per ton, car lolf^, $19 to $19.50. Cheese, fin- est Westerns, HVj to 18c; finest east- erns, 17 to 17V4c. Butter, choicest creamery, 32 ',i to 33c; seconds, 30% to 31c. KggH, fresh, 42 to 45c; se- lected, 32c; No. 1 stock, 30c; No. 2 stock, 27 to 28c. Potatoes, per bag, car bits, $1..30 to $1.40. Dressed hogs,\il)attoir killeil, $14. Pork, heavy Canada short mess, libls., 35 to 45 pieces, $28 to $28.50; Clanada short cut back, bbls., 45 to 55 pieces, $27 to $;^7.50. Lard, compound, tierces, 375 Ib.s., W'ic; wood pails, '20 lbs. net. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Dec. 7. â€" The quotations were: Butchers' cattle, choice, $7.75 to $8.15; do., good, $7.25 to $7.50; do., medium, $0.50 to $7; do., common, $5.50 to $5.75; butchers' bulls, choice, $6.75 to $7.25; do., good bulls, $5.75 to $6.25; do., rough bulls, $4.75 to $5.25; butchers' cows, choice, $6.50 to $0.75; do., good, $6 to $0.25; do., medium, $5.25 to $5.75; do., common, $4 to $4.50; feeders, good, $6.50 to $6.75; stockers, 700 to 900 lbs., $6 to $6.25; canners and cutters, $3 to $4.. 50; milkers, choice, each, $75 to $100; do., common and medium, each, $35 to $00; Springers, $50 to $100; light ewes, $0.25 to $7; sheep, heavy, $5.25 to $5.50; do., Imcks, $3 to $4.50; yearling lambs, $7 to $7.75; Spring lambs, cwt., $9.25 to $9.60; calves, medium to choice, $7.25 to $10.50; hogs, fed and watered, $9.50; do., f.o.b., $9.15. Montreal, Dec. 7. â€" Butchers' cattle, choice, $7.50 to $7.75; do., medium, $6 to $0.75; do., common, $5 to $5.75; canners, $3.15 to $4.25; butchers' cattle, choice cows. $6 to $0.25; do., medium, $5 to $5.50; do., bulls, $5 to $6.50; milkers, choice, each, $90 to $95; do., common and medium, each, $80 to $85; springers, $65 to $75. Sheepâ€" Ewes, $6 to $0.25; bucks and culls, $5.50 to $5.75; lambs, $8.75 to $9.50. Hogs, off cars, $9.75 to $10. The Week's Development in the War. Serbia has been almost completely overrun by the Austro-German and Bulgarian forces. The Serbian army has been driven into Montenegro after suffering heavy losses in their heroic resistance of the invaders. The Anglo-French Expeditionary forces still hold the southern part of Serbia, but their movements are being kept strictly secret. The surprise in the Balkans which Premier Asquith said was being prepared by the Allies has not yet developed. The attitude of Greece is -anything but reassuring, probably on account of the Austro-German threat to invade Greco-Macedonian territory. Conflicting reports continue to come from Rumania, which country, apparently, is still negotiating with, both the Central Powers and the Entente allies. Large additional reinforcements for the French and British are arriving daily at Saloniki, while the Rus- sian troops are reported as ready for a strong attack on Bulgaria. British troops are now only some ten miles from the ancient city of Bagdad. On the western front there have been air duels and artillery exchanges, but no infantry engagements in force. The most violent fighting of the week has taken place on the Isonzo front, where the heavy Italian artil- lery is battering down the defences of Galicia and drawing additional Austrian troops to resist' the Italian attack. Announcement is made that the French and British Governments have no intention of abandoning the campaign in the Dardanelles. RECALL ASKED OF CAPT. BOY-ED That ITALY IS PLEDGED WITH HER ALLIES; .S1(;NED PACT A despatch from Rome says: Italy has pledged herself not to make a separate peace. An announcement of this step was ma<le in the Italian Par- , liamcnt by Baron Sidney Sonnino, Minister of Foreign Affairs, who said that Italy had affixed her signature to the London pact of September 5, which wns signed originally by Rus- sia, France and Great Britain. At the same time, Baron Sonnino announced that Italy would send as- sistance to Serl)ia. The members of Parliament, many in uniform, greeted both the an- nouncements with great applause. EARLY END TO WAR. JOHN REDMOND'S VIEW A despatch from London says: ' .John Redmond, the Irish Nationalist leader, in a speech at Waterford, re- counted talks he had with Lord Kit- ' chencr at the beginning of thi> war. Lord Kitchener said to Mr. Redmond: I "Can you guarantee me 5,000 men from Ii'cland; if you can, I will say thank you. If you can guarantee 12,000, I will say I am deeply obliged." "I am convinced," continued Mr. Reihnond, "that so fur as the western front is concerned we have got the uppSr hand definitely. I am also con- vinced that the war will come to an end sooner than most people believe." Washington Also Demands Captain von Papen Be Supplanted. A despatch from Washington says: Demand has been made by the United States upon Germany for the imme- diate recall of Captains Boy-Ed and von Papen, the naval and military attaches, respectively, of the German Embassy here. Announcement to this effect was made by Secretary Lansing in the following statement: "On account of what this Govern- ment considers their improper activi- ties in military and naval matters, thi» Government has requested the immediate recall of Captain Boy-Ed and Captain von Papen, as they are no longer acceptable to this Govern- ment." The action of this Government against the Gorman attaches is due to no single incident in either case, but was based on an accumulation of improper activities connected with the handling of German military and naval matters in this country. The connection of at least one of the at- taches with the plot on the part of certain German interests to set Huer- ta up again in Mexico as a means of embarrassing this Government fig- ured more than any other single inci- dent in the determination to adopt a drastic course towards these represen- tatives of the German Government. « . OUTFOUGHT AND OUTRANGED FOR FIRST TIME IN THE WAR German Wounded Arriving at Ghent Says Allies' Qunfi Never Give Enemies' Trenches a Rest - A despatch from Paris says: In a surprise attack made south of Lom- baertzyde, on the Belgian front the Germans captured a French advanced post, but again lost it to tho French. Outside of the usual artillery bom- bardment at various points along the front, the official communique men- tions mine-fighting north-west of Fay and the demolition of enemy shelters and a provision depot north of Lau- court, in the region between the Somme and the Oise. French guns put an end to an attempted bombard- ment of Thann, in Alsace, before any, but trifling, damage had been done. It isn't misunderstanding that sepa- rate married people, but too much un- derstanding. GERMAN WORKMEN BLOW UP HUGE MUNITION FAQORY Several Hundred Pc'ople Were Killed in Explosion at Halle, Prussian Saxony A despatch from London says; Destruction of a large ammunition factory at Halle, Prussian Saxony, by an explosion, with the loss of several hundred lives, is reported in a mes- sage from Kolding, Denmark, to Co- penhagen, as forwarded by Rcuter'a correspondent. Discontended work- men are suspected, the message says, of having caused the explosion. It is said a similar disaster was narrowly avoided at Bogden, Silesia. The ammunition, factory there, it is reported, was aaved by the discovery that it had been undermined. OVER 100,000 MAKING SHELI2 Stupendous Proportions to Which the Industry Has Grown in Canada. A despatch from Ottawa says: Some idea of the at iwndous propor- tions to which the munitions industry in Canada has grown was given to the members of the Ottawa branch of the Canadian Society of Civil Engi- neers by Gen. Alexander Bertram, of the Imperial Munitions Board. At present nearly 100,000 persons are employed on orders amounting in all to 20,000,000 shells. The steel re- quired for the industry from now till the end of next year is 800,000,000 pounds, which will tax the capacity of the Dominion steel plants to the ut- most. Nearly 45,000,000 pounds of copper and brass are used, and 102,- 000,000 pounds of lead. This is more than Canada can produce of these metals, and the surplus must be im- ported. Fifteen hundred thousand pounds of tin and 10,000,000 pounds of resin are also required. The value of the shell orders up to now has been $220,000,000, with additional orders of about $180,000,000, making $375,000,- 000 in all. The number of shells ship- ped to England so far has been 3,500,- 000. The Rotterdam correspondent of the Daily Mail, telegraphing, says: "The morale of the German sol- diers in Belgium has been shaken by the terrific and sustained artillery fire of the allies. Wounded who have ar- j rived at Ghent say that the allied guns I never give the Germans a moment's rest. All are deeply impressed by j the vast quantity of ammunition ex- pended. " 'The shells pour into the trenches as fast as hailstones,* say the Ger- mans. 'It is horrible. For the first time in the war we are outfought and j outranged in artillery.' " GERMANYWILL PROCLAIM PEACE Latest Rumor from German Sources Says Decision Has Already Been Reached. A despatch from London says: The' momentous decision reached by the German Government to permit the discussion of peace in the Reichstag is regarded here as the clearest indi-. cation that Germany is prepared to lay down her arms if acceptable con- ditions can be obtained. The Govern- ment's decision, following the author- ization given to the German press for a free discussion of an almost un- animous ijesire to end the war, along with the Governmental sanction of the Socialists' plan to bring about a peace debate in the Reichstag, lends an importance to coming events which It is impossible to over-estimate. The latest rumors coming from The Hague and obviously from a Ger- man source, is to the effect that the Kaiser intends to proclaim peace shortly. It is asserted on the "high- est authority," according to the rumor that the Kaiser will send a letter to President Wilson urging him to accept the role of mediator. The letter, the rumor goes on, will declare that Ger- many did not want the war, which the letter will say, was forced by Eng- land and Russia. Atrocities will Ije denied energetically. The hour is at hand, the letter will continue, to stop the bloodshed and permit Europe £o heal her wounds with a bountiftil peace. "Germany will oflFer, through Presi- dent Wilson, to evacuate the invaded departments of France and all of Bel- gium except Antwerp, and to negOr tiate with Great Britain regarding thp possession of Antwerp. Poland will be declared autonomous, the invaded provinces of Russia will be restored; and Serbia's independence will be* guaranteed. "On the other hand, the 'freedom of the seas' is to be guaranteed and-^ special privileges are to be granted to German commerce. "In case of a refusal of these terms; according to the rumor, Germany is* determined upon a war of extermina- tion." ALL LEAVING BRITAIN MUST HAVE PASSPORTS A despatch from London says: It is officially announced that an order- in-council just issued requires that in all ordinary cases of persons going abroad, British or alien, passports will bo required. TOO MANY MOTORS GEN. GALLIEM THINKS The gift of speech is a dangerous possession. There'd be no trouble in telling all you know if you'd only stop right there. A despatch from Paris says; Gen- erals and other high officers of the French army must get along with fewer automobiles and horses here- after, by order of Gen. Gallieni, Min- ister of War. Informing the Appropriations Com- mittee of the Chamber of Deputies of his decision. Gen. Gallieni said he had reached it as the result of a report prepared in behalf of a committee by Raouel Peret, former Minister of Commerce, and Emmanuel Brusse. BRITISH GUNS BRING DOWN TWO HOSTILE AEROPLANES Important German Supply Depot Bombarded and Much Damaged Caused to Stores A despatch from London says: Twenty British aeroplanes took part in a raid on the German supply depot at Miraumont, behind the German lines, damaging the railway and buildings used for storing supplies at that point, as well as the stores of munitions. The annsunoement of the raid is one of several announcements of ac- tivity on the part of the British flying corps. British airmen brought down two German aviators in Belgium re- cently. Two Briti.sh aviators are re- ported missing after setting out on reconnaissance flights. PILOT OF PEACE SAILS WFTH CREW Ship's Cabin Decorated With Stuffed Doves and Olive Branches of Peace. A despatch from New York says: , Amid scenes so extravagantly re- ', markablc as to be almost beyond be- lief, Henry Ford's Peace Ship, Oscar • II., backed out from its pier in Hobo- • ken Saturday afternoon, bearing a . strangely assorted company that has proclaimed that it will stop the war. The ship was scheduled to bear " away toward the expectant Europe at â-  two o'clock, but a series of extra- ordinary happenings kept it at the pier until just thirteen minutes after ' three. In the hour's wait the crowd • of fully 12,000 that jammed the Scan- dinavian-American Line dock and boiled over to the side streets cheered, wept, laughed and catcalled as Mr. . Ford himself and one or another of . his more or less celebrated passengers , came to the rail to make speeches or otherwise to entertain. In all, a careful count of the passen- ' ger list shows that 142 sailed in the • first and second cabins, which are re- . served exclusively for the Ford party, . and decorated with stuffed doves and olive branches. At least a dozen more came late and were not listed, and • probably 100 made up the party. Of , these, however, 39 were listed as newspaper or magazine correspon- dents, three as movie men, 22 as col- ' lege students. This would leave 96, • from whom must be deducted the multifarious secretaries, assistants " and stenographers of Mr. Ford and • about everybody else of the peace • staff. Probably the actual peace dele- . gation did not exceed fifty. , DR. BUENZ. NOW 72, SENT TO JAIL FOR 18 MONTHS- Says Greece Accepted Allies' Demands A despatch from Rome says: M. Denys Cochin, member of the French Cabinet returning from Greece, made a flying visit to Rome. He conferred with Premier Salandra and Baron Sidney Sonnino, the Foreign Minister, and granted interviews expressing optimism regarding the situation in Greece. "The allies," he said, "demanded that Greece make exceptions to the law of neutrality, since they assumed that it was Grcce's duty to aid Ser- bia, and that therefore they were fully entitled to excoptionally favor- able treatment. Greece accepted the allies' demands. The question, there- fore, is now solved. Negotiatioi\s arc still pending for the seltlcmont of technical details between the gctioral staffs of the Greek army ami th" Anglo-French forces." Head of Hamburg- American Line and. Three Pupils Sentenced. A despatch from New York says: Karl Buonz, Ph.D., head of the Ham- burg-American Line in America, for- merly Minister to Mexico for Ger- many and ex-Consul-General at this port for the Kaiser, was sentenced by Judge Howe in the United States Dis- trict Court to serve a year and a half in the Federal penitentiary at Atlanta for conspiring to defraud the United States Government by obtaining clear- ances falsely sworn to. The false pa- pers were used to clear a fleet of sup- ply ships sent from American ports last fall and winter to coal and pro- vision C man warships at sea. Dr. Buenz i.s now in his 73rd year. (icorg.! Koetter, superintending en- gineer of the Hamburg-American Line, and Adolf Hachmeister, purchas- ing agent of the line, also received jail sentences of a year and a half. .Joseph Puppinha IS, still in his thir- ties!, was sentenied to one year and one day at Atlanta.