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ly 1 ry Fh derived from: the ot the Ger- mans did not counter-attack as usual, Never before have they failed to re- act when successfully atbacked and | man their Tailure to do so if this case is] 'either a sign of weakness, or, more likely, because of confusion of orders. recision with. which the French offensive has been carried out is shown by the fact that every ob=1 Jective designated in advance of an action has beefi'reached. At Maure- pas a certain number of houses were ' selected, and every oné of them was captured and occupied; it never was intended to attempt the occupation of the entire village. "One consequence of this precision in the French operations is the reduc- e {The purpose is to destroy sive alfio has accomplished the feat of | holding on the western front the SRA x possible portion of the Ger- els is ie. fallacious to figure out the |b probable duration of hostilities on French soil by computing the average surface of ground gained per day. Every e an. action takes place, even though thé gain" may be no the opposition is beaten. - He loses heavily and the weakening moral ef- fect cannot be measured in yards, It is a cumulative effect which sooner or later will wear 'the enemy down so that he will be unable to hold the French gaing to a few hundred yards." RUSSIANS READY FOR NEW DRIVE Troops on Central Portion of Equipped. Front Are Splendidly A despatch from the Russian Armies on the Central Russian front, says: The continued success of Gen- eral Brussiloff's two powerful move- ments, which gradually are envelop- ing Kovel and Lemberg, have begun to have a marked effect on the situa- tion in the central portion of the front which, except for small Russian gains in the lake region of Dvinsk, has remained virtually unaltered since the Russians fell back last Au- gust to the line from Dvinsk w the Pinsk marshes. The Austrian line now has receded so far before the re- peated thrusts of the south-western Russian forces in Southern Poland and Galicia that the Germans are in danger of a flanking movement from the south and the automatic retire- ment of the forces opposed to the Russian centre. Despite the desultory bursts of ac- tivity at various points Russian offi- cers say there are many indications that the Germans are prepared to abandon their present line on this part of the front at any moment. Esha WANT MAXIMUM FIXED. Quebec Labor Council Petitions Sir Robert. Borden. A despatch from Quebec says: The Quebec District Council of Federated Trades and Labor at a meeting on Tuesday night decided to petition the Right Hon. Premier Borden, asking | his Government to fix a maximum! price for the sale of meat, potatoes, | bread and all' everyday life neces- sities. The prices lately have been on a constant soar in the. district, while thé wages have not kept pace! "with the cost of living. TR AT ET n------". The Government. building at the Canadian National Exhibition has aw square feet of exhibit space. GERMANS FLED IN FACE OF FIRE Losses in Counter-Attacks on the Somme Described as Enormous. A despatch from London says: The nightly despatch from. British head- quarters on the Somme front de- scribes the sanguinary defeat of pow- erful German counter-attacks on Thursday. In one of these attacks the Germans advanced six deep, but were taken under so heavy a fire that they fled in retreat before even reach- ing the British lines. Their losses are described as enormous. " General Haig also announces -the seizure of a 100-yard trench north- west of Bazentin-le-Petit at the prow of the British advance toward the Martinpuich heights. Counter-attacks delivered from the latter region, he asserts, were unsuccessful. The French announce that they |= spent the day in consolidating the captured ground, while General Haig reports the further penetration for 800 yards of the German front west of the High Wood. : Aree prreeenms POISONING HORSES INTENDED FOR BRITAIN A despatch from New York says: --A plot to poison the big shipments of horses from Kansas City for the use of the British Government, is be- ing investigated by secret service operators of the Santa Fe Railroad and other roads which transport the horses to Newport News, where they | embark for England. For more than {a month a great number of horses, | t | although leaving Kansas City in per- fect condition, have been arriving at { Covington, Ky., the first stopping | place, either ill or dead. Autopsies by British veterinaries disclose ars- enic poisoning. More than 10,000 horses' a month are leaving the "La- throp, Missouri, concentration camp over the Santa Fe Railway and the work of the mysterious poisoner al- ready "has cost the British Govern- | ment more than $100, 000. SUBMARINE WARFARE RESUMED ~~ AGAINST MERCHANT SHIPS Campaign Follows German Note to the United States Respecting | a Boats Car: A 'despatch. from Paris says:--Ger- many's. submarine warfare against merchant ships is again in full swing, according to the naval expert of the Paris Temps. The temps declares this new submarine campaign s the German note to the United of Feb. 10, in which it was "Merchant ships carrying guns cannot be considered as peaceful rying Guns. ships." According to the Temps, the Germans are 'now acting under this notice, and ib says that three days ago the Italian ship Plata repulsed with gunfire attacks of an enemy gub- marine. The article concludes with an emphatic declaration that a' simil- iar course will be followed by other commanders of allied merchant ships, undismayed by "the murder of Capt. more than a hundred yards or so, | " an | tong forces, and the Franco-British defen- | teide. te new, pr to , 100 oon rar, nominal, Treiants outside. Secon foba flour--First patente bags, $8. 0; second patents, a L60 ; strong bakers, in ju tarfo fs New Winter, our---INe' v to Cearmpie, 60 te $5.60, Jon nal, in 'oron! to, prom i new. $5.40 to $6.50 Romain. bulk sea: bosid, L Srompt 8 $1 Hay--New, No. 1, per ton, $10:to $127 No. 5 per Tom $9 to $9.50, on track To- Fonte. w---Car lots, per ton, $6 to $1, on track" Toronto. Country Produce-- Wholesale. 'Wholesalers were yesterday making the following quotations : Butter--Fresh dairy, choice, 37. to ase inferior, 24 to 26c ; Seamer P prints, 83 to 34c ; solids. 31 to 3 aid, 2! 2c. 9. to 30c; do, in $4 0 3 36, the latter for hand- Cheese--New, large, 18% to 18 ei twins, 6a to 183%c plets, 18% to de. Dressed poultry--Chickens, 27 to 29¢ ; fowl, 21 to 22¢ & 20 to 220; Live poultry--Chickens, fowl 18 to 19c. . Potatoss-- Virginia. new, barrel, $4.76 0 Hone --Five-pound tins, 123 to 13c¢; do., 10-1b., 12 to 12ic. Maple Syrup--$1.60 per Imperial gal- on. > Provisions--Wholesale. Cured.meats and lard were quoted as follows :-- Bacon--Long cl Sleat, 18 to 18jc per. 1b. um, to 26¢ ; 8aAvY, Hams--Med: i 204 to 21c; rolls, fs to 194c ; breakfast bacon, 26 'to 27¢ ; backs, plain, 26a ; bo 1 a backs, 27 to 28c, Cooked ham, Be wrd--Pure lard, tlerces, 16% to 17¢c; a 17 to Jos, pails, 17% to 17ic. Compound, 14 to l4jc. Montreal Markets. Montreal, August 22.--Corn--Ameri- can No. 2 yellow, 968 to 97c. Oats-- Canadian V Stern] No. 2, 67¢; Canadian Western No. 563c ; No. 2 local white, b6dc. er tot, Spring wheat patefits, firsts, $8.20; seconds, $7.70; strong, bakers', $7.50 ; Winter patents, choice, $7.00 ; straight rollers, $6.30 to straight rollers, 2.90 Rolled oats--Barrels, $ " middlings, $28 ; a 'to $34. Hay, No. 2, per ton, Cheese Pinost 'Westerns, 1 finest easterns, 18 to 18%c. 0 84 36c 3 Moutllle, car E loth eds 18% to 18%c Butter~--Chotcest creamery, "83% ti seconds, 82% to 83c, i Footy selected, 33c; No. 1 stock, 30c; stock, 27c. nie of Wisntper Grain, . _Jinuines, Aug. 22.--Cash' austagions] 1 thos, 22 46% ; Sn Ol48h ; » No. 1.16 8c ; 0. feed, 47%; No. '1 feed, ities } 453c. Barley--No. 38, No. Cc; elected, 68¢c ; - feed, Pind Flak No, 1 N.W.C, $1.83; No. 3 CW, $1.94%. United States Markets. Minneapolios 5% 22, --Wheat--S8e tember, ees $1. AT 19 bs 1 Northern, i Chop to 1. st No 2 Necin o $1. 473 1.6 orn--No. 3 yel- low, i HY a5e. Oats--No. 8 white, 42% rlour-tnchanged, Bran-- 423. $19. 25 to $20.5 Duluth, Aug. 22.--Linseed, on track, $2.16 to $2.16; to arrive, $2.15 3: Sep- tember, $2.156% ked ; October, 2.1 3 bid ; November, $2.1 108 bid; : December, asked. 'Whea ard, No. 1 Northern, He 524 * si 54 184: 1 0 $1.5603 ; Sep- No, 2 North~ Northern, $1; Laas Wy No. 4, $1.34%; §; feed, No. 2 Teed, 3 1. 1.64 No. 2 Northern, $1 tember, $1.604. sutton Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Aug. 22--Choice heavy steers $8.15 to $8.86 ; good heavy steers, $7.78 to $8.00 ; Duitchurs cattle, Toa to 8.15 | do, neat B do., common, $6.3 0 ; to. 35804 bulls, choice, $7. 2 5 $7.60 ; do, good bulls, ar 656 to $6.75 °° do., rough bulls, 4.50 to 35.00% butchers' cows, ch a good, $6.50 to OX 3 0 $6.10; stocker 6.00 to $6. x 36; choice "feeders, BY ore $6.30 to ners and putters, $8.60 60 $5 FE 0; choice, each, p00 and med. each, 40. 00 to $60. 00 ; do, .00 ; light ewes, $7. ers, $60. 00 to to $8.60 ; sheep, heavv §4.50 t per 12% w lambs, iy ood to choice, $10. 50 to $13.00 a $9. Ride $10.00 ; hogs, fe weigh 2.38 to "51s. 90: Montreal; 'Aug! 22. ih tat class steers, 50 to 35; ; medium steers, $5 to 3e . $6.75 ; butcher bulls, $4.50 to HS cannin, bulls, $4.50 to $5; i canning cows: $4.6 1k calves, 8c to 10c; hogs, $10 to Sa. 75; lambs, 9c. to 10¢ ; sheep.-6c. to Tic. rds BRITISH ZEPPELINS ATTAIN GREAT SPEED, New Airships Are re Superior to the: German Dirigible, A despatch from London says: Th Daily Express features an article its naval expert oh "our new Zeppe ling," which says: "During the past] week I have watched the great Brit. ish airships at work, and, although I am sable to make prastin to} ng calves, 904 TE cars, $18.26 ; --Car Aipinen Eilvered Montreal |' Brig. General Bird, C.B. Photographed at a recent vestiture by the King at Buckingham Palace. 0 | Picture shows Brigadier-General Bird, C.B., wearing the gold upright "tripe on his left arm to show he has been wounded, ee iment, * TURKEY DESIRES SEPARATE PEACE I~ i INFLUENTIAL OTTOMANS AND BULGARIANS HAVE SOUND- ED THE ALLIES. A despateh from Rome says:--Re- ports are coming from east, west, north and south concerning efforts by Turkey and Bulgaria to make a sep- arate peace with the allies. How- ever, the papers warn the public not to put too much faith in such rumors as; while there is a grain of truth in them, the Governments of those coun- tries have taken no steps to that end. The fact; seems to be that certain in- fluential persons of both: Turkey and | Bulgaria have sounded England and France and even Russia, for the pur- pose of ascertaining on what terms separate peace would be granted, but that the allies replied evasively, intim- ating that they could only treat with the responsible Governments and on the understanding that the countries desiring peace would fully = acknow- ledge the victory of the allies. Real | om. negobiations are still along way off, 51 but interested Bulgarians and Turks 0 § 32 5 ' are working for this result. ~ reef ROMANIA FRIENDLY - : TOWARD BULGARIA A despatch from) London says :1-- Bulgarian and Roumanian relations have become«more, friendly, according |to a telegram from' Sofia, 'transmitted ian Government to agree to the ex- change of goods between + the two countries is very favorably' comment- ed upon in the Budgarian capital, says the Sospateh, ' 2 ef GERMANY MAY DEMAND "RECALL Of o% U. 8 ENYOY, '| associated with the Socialist organiz- by Reuter's Amsterdam' correspond. ent. The readiness of the Rouman- = A despite fiom Rotterdam says Throughout Germany the authorities Gorm have their hands full confiscating and trying to trace the source of pam- phlets advocating peace at any price. This symptom of revolt among 8 large section of the people recently assumed alarming proportions. A few days ago there was a house-to- search in Berlin, resulting in the arrests of an editor and' printer ation. Strongest measures, however, failed to suppress this form of agita- tion against war, which is so wide- spread as to baffle the efforts of the military and police. It is proof of the existence of a great undercurrent of discontent which approaches re- Fr TT FARMER IS OWNER OF GRAIN IN STORAGE. Question Which Has Arisen in Inter- 'pretation of Grain Act. A despatch from Ottawa says: Prof. A. Magill, chairman of the Grain Commission, and Mr. Staples, of the same body, are in the capital conferring with the Government rela- tive to an important question which has arisen in connection with the in- terpretation of the Grain Act.. The issue is whether grain dealers are em- powered to treat grain in storage with them as their own. Hitherto they have been doing this, selling the grain and replacing it with other grain of the same grade. The farm- ers cleaim that.they have no right to do this, that they can move the grain, but not sell it without authority, The matter has been taken up with Hon. Arthur Meighen, who, it is under- stood, has given his opinion in favor of the farmers' contention, and has been referred to the Justice Depart: 'ment. entation AUSTRIAN LOSSES ARE BECOMING COLOSSAL. Men Taken from Garrisons in Serbia, Montenegro and Albania. A despatch from Rome says: Ac- cording to an Austrian source several battalions of Landsturm have been taken from the Austrian garrisons in Serbia, Montenegro and Albania, also from the cities of Prague, Budapest and Vienna and other towns, to be sent to the Italian front, where the Austrian losses are truly - colossal. Archduke Eugen has assumed direct command of the forces on the Isonzo- 'Cargo line, itter agitation among The only result of the wang | fhe -pe measures of suppression is the ory pearance in succession secretly produced pamphlets distributed from . hand to hand, which are increasing the prevailing unrest and the general feeling of collapse. Removing the. censorship 'would be a safety valve, for the feeling is now increasing in bitterness' among the laboring, classes." PARIAH OF NATIONS All Diplomatic Relations Are Severed Till Reparation for Fryatt's 'Murder. A despatch from London says: Re- plying to a question in the House of Commons on Wednesday, Premier As- quith said the Government was dete: mined that "this country 2 tolerate a resumption of dip] « relations with Germany after the war until reparation is made for the mur- der- of Capt. Fryatt. Some of our ° allies," continued the Premier, "have suffered by brutalities even more gross and on a more extended scale than ourselves by action of the Ger- man authorities. We are in consult- ation with them as to the best, most effective steps to be taken and. as to what conditions should be expected in the terms of peace to secure repara- tion that will satisfy justice." A member asked if the Government was "prepared to make a statement that = ° Emperor William is wanted for wil ful murder in this case." No answer was returned to this. . Ri, BRITISH DECORATION FOR BELGIAN QUEEN. A despatch from London says: King George, during his recent visit to Belgian headquarters, decorated Queen Elizabeth of Belgium with the Royal Red Cross of the First Class, says a Government press bureau statement on Wednesday. BRITISH AND FRENCH GUNS A despatch from the British Army in France says:--With the skies clear Tor artillery. observations, following French attacked the Germa Friday afternoon along front from the Anvre to the where their blows during the p: | weeks have broken the line everywhere and the seco 4 at many Betis German First Line' Was " the Second at Many Points + Broken: Everywhere and, on the horizon, slong the bloody High Wood, and