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i y enquiries Acs, guestion who will provide the from To crofters is the chief problem for the spects in. committee. i The ¢ 'wants Enemy Warship, Bombard Southern Italidh Ports] Cp © © --Little Damage is Occasioned ... the A despatch from Rome says: It is| partment, which added: "Two Ans- officially announced that the Austrian | trian torpedo-boat destroyers bom- submarine: U-12 has been torpedoed | barded Bari, Santo Spirito and Mol- and sink with all hands in the upper | fetta (Southern Tealy. on the Adri- Agriatic Sea by an Italian submarine, atie). The announcement was made in 'a|seven were wounded. There yas no} One civilian was Killed and statement issued by the Navy De-!appreciable material damage." | EV OFFENSIVE "AGAINST CALAIS Movement of German "Troops Through Belgium Continuous for Days. t A despatch from London says: The Daily Mail's correspondent at The Hague telegraphs that a prominent neutral citizen, who has just arrived from Brussels, says that the move- ment of German troops through Bel- gium to the western front has been constant for several days. A significant order of the day pre- dicting resumption by the Germans of a vigorous offensive in the west has been issued to the Teutonic armies in Flanders, acedrding to the Amsterdam Telegraaf. An extract from this order, telegraphed by the Amsterdam correspondent 'of the Bx change Telegraph Company, follows: "Our work now is practically fin- ished in the east and we are about to begin in the west. Peace tH cer- tain in October." The French official dommuniestion chronicles the recapture . through counter-attacks .of part of "the trenches lost in the Argonne, and the repulse of enemy attacks at other points, There was also some rather severe fightidg in the 'Vosges, in| which hand-grenades were used. Albert Thomas, Under-Secretary of War in chakge of munitions, tells the ; {hidden by a curtain of smoke. GENERAL BATTLE ON GALLIPOLI] - Operations On an "Extensive Scale Have Been Resumed by the British, A despatch from Athens says: Opefations on an extensive scale have been resumed on the Gallipoli Penin- sula, and the latest news is on the whole very favorable, The battle has been general in the region around Krithia, The allies, having . been strongly reinforced, attacked the Turkish positions and in brilliant fashion won two lines 'of trenches, which, according to French officers, possess considerable strategic impor- tance, . Additional details of the operations of the allies in connection with the landing of more troops on Gallipoli Peninsula have been received here. Small transports steamed in the dark- ness to a position in the middle of the entrance tothe Gulf of Saros and a t terrific attack' of the allies on all fronts at daybreak occupied the full attention of the Turks, leaving them no time to attend to the landing. "British and French artillery poured a terrific hail of shells on the Turkish trenches and inflicted severe punish- ment. At times the whole line was The Krithia Tower, which had 'withstood a dozen' bombardments, came toppling Petit Parisién that France's efforts'to | down. produce munitions are = different in method, but equal in results; to those , of England, which he recently viewed. The newspaper quotes him as follows: "We have an army which at the present moment is armed so as to withstand any shock, an army which on the other hand is capable of mak- ing a'strong offensive. Its morale is €ood; that is to say, the army is pre- pared to remain as it is if necessary. "Every day our strength grows both in England and in France. Not- withstanding the formidable - re- sources at the disposal of Germany, it is not possible that the resources , of the allies will not assure them whensthe time is ripe for complete victory. ; - WARNING AGAINST FOOD * IN TIN BOXES. Cardboard is Best Plan; y Need the Tin. A despatch from Ottawa says: A warning has. been issued by the Wo- men's Canadian Club of Ottawa not to send food and parcels in tin boxes to prisoners in Germany. It is stated that several casds of eatables sent in Ha boxes have mot been 'receiy Germans while in many cases eatables have - {tain Turkish positions, ' North of the | 18¢. When the shell firing ceased orders | bags for an advance were given. The French and Senegalesé, holding the left, the naval division and the Ghur- kas the centre, and the;British forces the right, plunged ahead. The infan- real trymen in the first line of trenches 'leaped out and accompanied by bomb throwers rushed across the interven-| ing 100 yards and cleared and occu- pied the first trench of the enemy. The second line men then ° passed. through the first line over the cap- tured trench and attacked the Second |; 4rench. The British right by a brilliant bay- onet charge captured two lines of trenches, giving the British machine guns an opportunity to enfilade cer- Gaba Tepe the Australians simultan- eously attacked the forces facing 'them, charging the Turkish trenches Teported received but minus the' Deo. dt ia pointed out that un- |; , 'which is badly "of tin has 1 Doves of that metal. at the point of the" bayonet, after a withering artillery fire. mmm Be LLOYD 'GEORGE ENLISTS HELP OF SCIENTISTS, A despatch from London says: That he may avail himself of all the ed, latest discoveries in appliances for manufacture of munitions of war, vid Lloy: ori the Munitions inister, has formed a "munitions | invention branch" of his ent. In. this department he will be assist. ed by twenty-five scientists and en- experts. Dominion, after the| Er Markets Of The World| 345 FACTORIES ARE UNDER "CONTROL" Breadstuffs. Torontd; Aug. 16. --Manitoba No. 1 Northern, 3. Northern, $1.87%; No. 23 $1.84%, track, lake ports. Manitoba onts Nor 2 CW, track, lake ports. heat 63c, 2 Bxeess of Employers' Profits Over Fixed Limit to 'be Paid Into the Imperiat Exchequer American corn--No, 2 Fellow, 84%¢; { nominal, track, lake ports. Canadian corn--No, 2 yellow; nom- inal track, Toronto. Ontario oats--No, 2 white, 57 to 68¢; No.3 white, 56 to b7c, according 2 Winter, per to freights outside, Ontario wheat--No. car lof, $1.12 to $1.15; do., new, $1.02 2 $1.04, 'according to freights out- side, Peas--No. 2, per car 1o%s, nominal, according to freights outside. Barley--Good malting barley, inal; feed barley, 60¢," accord freights outside. Buckwheat--Car ' lots, Hou ac- eonding! to freights outside. \ Rye--No. 2, n 1, according to frei fits outside. nitoba Four =Riret Patents, in ute bags, & bas Hs Toror 10¢ more. Ontario flour. hg akers, in cofton bags, id 90 Millfeed --Car lots, elivered ran; per tin, ig 0; four per" ag, $1 1.90, ® good frp Produce. a eed stan tpl edocs 0201 or, c; ery prints, ; hs 26 to 2c. fe soli hic Hg sod is quiet, t stock ling at 21 to Boe iis second patents, in BE X in Fd to airy, 22 to 28¢; in-| A despatch from London says: f Dae vid Lloyd-George, Minister of Muni- tions, announces that 346 establish- ments have. been declared "controlled establishments" under the Munitions of War Act. As a result of this con- trol the profits of employers = are imited. Any excess over such a limit ecomes payable to the National Ex- chequer. "By this provision," says go Markets. Minneapolis, Au; ah g Norfiers, $1. 42% to a 2 'Sde. Flour unchanged 4 Gears reduced to Fh.00 "heen r cent. | mth Sue. 16. Wheat. No: 1 atents, $4.60; do., new, ers sea- I " hy Poard, 5 or Soronte freighte in bags. Seite % to $n! bis Ro. opte Somber) York; Aug. Jor Flour a Mo ur steady : Leather firms fips Hit es quiet. Cattle Markets. Toronto, Aug. 16--The Best hea utchers' cat do., good, eal fo case lots, and selects=at 28 rs to 24c. / try--Chickens, yearlings, dress- ed, 16 to 18¢; Sp: chickens, 22¢; fowl, 14t0 1 3 ducklings, Cheese--15%c fi large, like for twins. OId cheese, 21% to| c Baled Hay and Straw. and - ok 'mi a, Straw is quoted at $7 & ton, in car ea lots, Selivered om rack I here. Hoy "oh $17 4 $19; no 2a 'ab 2t's 5 ote Provisions. acon toug clear, 14 i Lass jhe p91 : b, in case lots. a to 184s Jo, hes heavy; 14% to Io; 5 rolls, 5 to 16c ast, bi to 28¢ wood ri the period Mr. Hos Cees "Parliament. has assured that sacrifices men are made for whole and not fc or shop customs which may have the effect of limiting the output of fvuni= tions are sus pended. in controlled. 08 tablishments." : | DISCOVERS A SPECIFIC FOR SPINAL MENINGITIS, A patch from Melbourne says: [| The. discovery of a specific for cere- any rules Fruitless Attacks Result in: Han, Losses to His Force. A despabel from Paris The Germans have evidently Taisiveq large 'reinforcements in Belgium, and - | attempted to assume the offensive at Nieuport. They were, however, re- pulsed by the French . infancy. five, '| and the attack was The; German Crown ig contin. ties his attempts to pierce the French line. . He has had a few local cesses, but the losses he has sustained in the series of attacks have been very heavy, The present 'position at Hi 0; bro-spinal meningitis has been an- | unced {abo The 'treatment of srtnsin ber, | meningitis' has long ented tod 8 pelt ous problem for medical cience. Up to a comparatively oti ago it may be said that there was no effec- tive treatment for this disease, known a ne of the' wildest: cmturion. Everywhere are huge craters, the sult of mine explosions on the of the British attack. Ty he mg id known | ing" sandbags 'are scattered in Hofu, sion; broken rifles, odds 'and ends of | oquioment of ail kinds, mahed barb: a mass of other debris jo in Tire, and ome vari down the i, 'the whos. PE Ai te a av : be