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A later despatch says: --The Right Hons. Arthur James Balfour and Andrew" Bonar Law are conferring with Premier Lloyd George in re-. ¥ gard to the Bulgarian grmistice pro-| posal, : * The British Government on Friday received from an official authorized source an application from Bulgaria for an armistice. The application is regarded as a Serious movement, and, contrary to the report from German sources of the armistice move, there is no sug- gestion that it is the action of Pre- mier Malinoff. on his own initiative. The request, whichis addressed to the allies, is for an armistice for the a troops strain every. energy. get to Uskub and thereby make the vietory complete. Fb Bie 1t is pointed but that the Bulgar- jan army, estimated to aggregate 800,000 men, is in & dangerous po- sition, but the victory will not be de- cisive, in the opinion of the military experts, until Uskub, the centre of all the enemy's communication lines, is captured. If that is accomplished it is believed the victory will be num- bered among the few decisive ones of the war. The renewed resistance of the Bul- fed in the regi b and faces annihilation by General lebys forces. er : } annihilation of the Fourth TA now. hoped for, would complete ring up of the Turkish forees 'se; aan garian rearguards and the arrival of German reinforcements in Macedonia . have not succeeded in stemming the} great allied advance. British cavalry on Thursday entered Bulgaria, oppo- site Kosturino; thus avoiding the . Belachista mountains, which it was * feared 'might bar its progress, while the Serbians, French, Greek, and Bri- tish troops routed the Bulgarians from either side of the great salient, which now stretches far into Serbia, The Serbians, who are taking the leading part in'the liberation of their view would have a prodigious effect, espe- country, are at the gates of Ishtib | (one report says they have captured | the town), and their-cavalry, entering | the town of Isvor, has cut the only | remaining road northward--that run- | ning from Prilep to Veles, and along | wHich a large body. of Bulgarians are reported to be attempting to escape. | Unofficial reports a discussion of peace. Great Britain can only reply after consultation with her allies, It is understood that the official is that peace with Bulgaria cially. with Turkey. Tt: would free the whole Saloniki army, and in, cer- tain eventualities bring about peace with Turkey and thus free the Meso- potamtia and Palestine armies and thus kill the German nienace to the East. Moreover, it would affect ad- vantageously the world's food situa- tion. : From the purely military view- point the granting of an armistice to Bulgaria, it is considered, would be i of the Turkish army in Palestine. taken as well as many guns. on the map) which is the terminus of Routed The Turks--General Allenby, wh Many thousands of prisoners The British have captured Haifa (shown ozxeports a smashing defeat ere the railway to Damascus, such a great advantage to her that it TL el mt could mot be granted without severe M k f the Ww 1d conditions, such as possibly the ar els 0 or m------ , } evacuation of Serbia. RUMANIA RESISTS CENTRAL POWERS Victories of the Entente Have Made the Peasants Restless Under Teutonic Rule. A despatch from Rome says:--The situation in Rumania, according to information received here, has be- come glarming for the Central Pow- ers. The Rumanian peasants made enthusiastic by the victories of the Breadstuffs i Toronto, Oct. 1.--Manitoba wheat--- No. 1-Northern, $2.24%; No. 2 North-| ern, $2.21%; No. 8 Northern, $2.17%; | No. 4 wheat, $2.11%, in store Fort! William, not including tax. Manitoba oats--No. 2 C.W,, 877%¢; | extra No. 1 feed, 843%c; No. 1 feed, 843%c; No. feed, 82%c¢, fn store Fort William. a) American corn--No. 3 yellow, kiln | dried nominal; No. 4 yellow, kiln | dried, nominal. Sah Ontario oats, new "crop--No 2, white, 76 to 78¢; No. 8 white, 75 to! 7Te¢, according to freights outside." | Ontario wheat--No. 2, Winter, per car: lot, $2.81; No. 3 Winter, $2.27; No. 2 Spring, $2.26; No. 3 Spring, | $2.22, basis in store Montreal. " Peas--No. 2 nominal, at $2 to $2.50. Entente countries, are beginning to resist openly the German and Austra- Hungarian military. Local revolts have occurred at a number of places and the Rumanian Government has sent agents to Ber- lin and Vienna to obtain a mitigation of the Austro-Hungarian rule. "The Rumanian Government is reported to have pointed out that if its request is rejected it will be unable to guar- antes the maintenance of order or avold the eventualities of a sanguin- ary crisis. It i the want of motive that makes life dreary. CANADIANS TAKE BOURLON WOOD: HAIG'S ARMY WITHIN 3 MILES OF CAMBRAI British Make Quick Progress in Cambrai Area--Hindenburg De- fences Crossed at Several Points--Canadian Losses Light. A depsatch from London says:-- British troops advanced to a point within three miles of Cambrai in a great attack made on a wide front. They took between 5,000 and 6,000 prisoners. The attack started short- ly after five o'clock. Some Ger- man guns, including a complete bat- tery, were captured by Field Marshal Haig's men. Haig's maximum advance on Friday was three miles. The Hindenburg outpost defences were crossed at sev- eral points, At two v'clock on Fri- day afternoon the British line ran southwest of Gouzeaucourt, east of Beaucamp, west of Marcoing and east of Graincourt, where some of the enemy were still holding out. Thence it ran between Anneux and Cantaing| and east of Bourlon and the Bgurlon Wood; & thousand yards west of Rail- lencourt and along the road to Marco- ing. It is not known whether the Betts of the Germans hold Marco- ng. The capture of Bourlon is of the highest importance, because it is the bulwark of Cambrai. It was captur- - ed, notwithstanding the waterline in front of it, the whole of which has ' now been crossed. > The British are in a good position to capture Cambrai. Even now the enemy cannot use the town, as the roads and junctions A fire. ' A despatch from the Canadian eays:--A great and impres- = tack he 'will lay down a barrage on Barley Malting, new crop, $1.05] to $1.10. Buckwheat--Nominal. Rye--No. 2, nominal. Manitoba flour--Old crop, | ity, $11.26, Toronto. vf war qaul- Ontaria flour--War quality, old! crop, $10.75, in bags, Montreal and | Toronto, prompt shipment. : | Millfeed--Car lots, 'delivered Mont- yeal freighis, bags Inelyded; . Bran, m---- Al ; rts, $41. b at this hour.. Our troops are still 36 per ton; shorts, °3 gl pressing on towards the gates of) Hay--No. 1, $19 to $20 per -tonj: { mixed $17 to $18 per ton, track, Tor-1 to. Straw--Car lots, $9 to $9.50, track Toronto. " Cambrai. The @anadian Corps opened the fon battle for Bourlon Wood sharp at 5:20 Friday morning, and before noon was) reported to be in complete possession, while others of our troops were sweep- Country Produce--Wholesole ing northeast, turning the enemy Butter--Creamery solids, per 1b., > 48% to 44%c; prints, per lb, 44 to flank on the Canal du Nord. «dai 45c; dairy, per 1b, 39 to 40c. J : A great concentration of artillery, Fggs--New laid, 46 to 47c. in which Imperial heavies and the Dressed poultry--Spring chickens, converging fire of British neighboring 83 to 85c; roosters, 28¢; fowl, 28 to corps materially assisted, prepared 30¢; ducklings, 33c; turkeys, 32 to 85c. the way for the infantry. They had! a ene 20¢; fowl, a hard battle for the Canal 'du Nord, 5 4 55H GUE thickens, 28c for, although, it is dry a He poitt, Wholesalers are selling to the retail selected for the attack, in front of trade at the following prices: Tnchysen Artois, it is a formidable] Cheeye--New, large, 28% to 2c; twins, 23% to 24%c; old, large, 26% to 26¢; twin, 26 to 26%c. ' 'Buttér--Fresh dairy, choice, 42 to 48c; creamery, prints, fresh made, 48 to 49c; solids, 46 to' 47c. Margarine--31 to 33c. Eggs--No. 1 starage, 50 to 5lc; selected storage, 52 to b3c; 'new-laid, in cartons, 57 to 59c. fin a Dressed poultry--Spring Chickens, 38 to 40c; roosters, 26c; fowl, 30 to 8des turkeys, 40c; duckhngs, 1b. 35¢. leans -- Canadian, hand-picked, bushel, $7; Ting, hand-pick or Indian, $6;- Honey new tins, 200s. 0- 28c. ~ Combs--Dozen," Sombs--Dozex, embrasure a hundred feet wide and thirty to fifty deep. But soon their flares from the hills to the east showed they were making satisfactory progress. eh This is the fourth set show the Canadian Corps has put over since August 8, and its developments pro- mise to make it the most notable of all. At midnight it began to rain, but it cleared up on Friday morning. Our infantry moved secretly from their old line, and Thursday night toughed it out:in - fhe open, lying in old trenches or behind hill crests. There are always some tense minutes be- fore "zero." It is a pregnant hour. If the enemy is appraised of the at- Smoked meats--Hams, m our concentrated and reap. ali, 89c; do. heavy, 30 to 82¢; cooked, | | 1b., 22¢; turkeys, $ Cured meats--=Long clear~bacon, 30 to 81c; clear bellies, 29 to 80c. Lard--Pure, tierces, 80 to 30%c; tubs, 30% to 81c; pails, 30% to 81%¢; prints, 83-to 38%¢c. Compound, tierces, 251% to 26c; tubs, 26 to 26%c; pails, 26% to 26%¢; prints, 27% to 28¢. Montreal Markets : Montreal, Oct. 1.--Oats, Canadian Western, No. 8, 98c; extra No. 1 feed, 97%ec. Flour, new standard grade, $11.35 to $11.45, 90 1bs., $5.20 to $5.30. Rran $37.25; Shorts, $44.25. Mouillie, $68. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $17. Cheese, finest easterns, 24%sc. Butter, choicest creamery, 47 to 45 Eggs. selected, 68 to G0e; No. 2 stock, dic; No. 2 ztock, 49¢c. Potatoes, per hag cur lots, $2.40 to $2.50. Dress: hogs, abattoir killed; $28.50. Lard; pure; yood pais, 20 lbs, net, 3145 to { 43¢c A - -- : Live Stock Markets Toronto, Oct. 1--~Extra choice heavy sbeers, $15.50 to $16.00; shoick heavy steers, $14.50 to $15.00; but- chei's cattle, choice, $12.75 to $13.50; do. good, $11.76 to $12.50; do, me: dium, $10.50 to $11.25; do, common, $8.50 to $9.00; butchers' bulls, choice, $10.50 to $11.00; do, medium bulls, $7.25 to $8.25; butchers' cows, choice, $10.26 to $11.00; do, good, $9.36 to $9.50; do, medium, $7.75 to $8.25; do, common, $N.25 to $7.76; stock- ers, $8.00 to $10.50; feeders, $10.50 to $11.00; canners, and cutters, $5.60 to $6.75; milkers, good to choice, 990.00 to $150.00; do, com. and med., 65.00 to $75.00; springers, $00.00 to $150.00; light ewes, $13.00 to $14.00; yearlings, $15.00 to $15,560; spring - lambs, ~ $17.00 to 17.60; calves, good to choice, $14.00 to ; hogs, fed and watered, $19.50 to $19.75; -do} weighed off cars, 1..--Choice steers, $19.76 to $20.00. Montreal, Oct. $11.00 to $12.00: butchers 'bulls, '$7.50 to $8.00; butchers cows, $7.00; Sheep, $12.50; 'lambs, $16.50 to i Yi NO PRIVILEGES ALLOWED TO MENNONITES A despatch from Edmonton says: Opposition to the invasion of Western Canada by Mennonites is very strong and protests are being poured in from all over the country. Hon, George P. Smith, Minister of Education, has lost no time in, making the policy. of his 'department plain and has issued thé following emphatic statement: . "So far as the Department of Edu- cation of Alberta is. concerned, no special privileges of any kind will be ended to these new settlers. They "will be required to conduct 'and sup- 'port. public schools under the law of this Province, to use our authorized text-books, to use language, to employ teachers with 'proper tisfy woop biter harvest. ' For everal days|51 to 58¢; rolls, 82 to 83c; breakfast to {ge school Palestine, accounting for about 80, | AMERICANS CAPTURE: Rolled oats, bag,! 'only the English men. ; ap ; "he precarious position of the Fourth Army may be seen from th | MANY GERMAN GUNS ¢h from = the American Gen. Pershing's troops, in their drive 'between the Meuse and the Argorine Forest, made a great haul of German artillery in the region of Dannevoux. The American's capture included four big 8-inch guns and eight 6-inch mil- Fe iH "Northwest of - Verdun: sigs: Fost limetre pieces,. and fifteen . trench mortars, ten field guns and thirty- four machine guns. . West of Dannevoux the Americans captured twelve 77s, which are now being 'used against the Germans, a large amotint of ammunition. also having been captured, cg bo cme SR pm. CANADA'S 1917 FIRE : LOSS AN INCREASE A despatch from Ottawa says: The report of the Sonorintandent of In- surance on fire insurance companies, just issued, stdtes that during the year 1917 the amount paid out for fire losges in Canada was $16,379,102, which is an increase over the amount paid in the previous year of $1,265,- 039. Cash received for premiums by the 69 fire insurance companies doing business in Canada amounted to $31,- 246,630, an increase of $3,462,676 over the previous year. re FRANKFORT BOMBED BY BRITISH AVIATORS a A «despatch from London says:-- British airplanes on Wednesday drop- ed bombs on the German city 'of Frankfort, according to an official statement issued on Thursday even- ing by the War Office, Five enemy machines were shot dows. Four Brit- ich airplanes are missing. hg ti or Splendid Victory in Champagne Sector With Capture of * Cernay. A despatch from Paris says: hd French troops in the battleline east of Rheims made farther adyances on Friday, and in the two days' battle have taken more than 10,000 pris-. onera and considerable war according to the official commu Friday night. The total advance by the French has been about five miles at- certain points, The Fien ia cut the maine rail communication of the enemy from Vouziers southeast- erly toward. Rheims. ® "We broke the enemy resistance on the whole battlefront," said the statement, "On the right we ad- . cation 'vanced our lines a kilometre, cap- turing Bois de PEchelle and Cernay. . We freed the railway from Chal- lerang for four kilometres and pressed more than northward. "General Gouraud's army. continu. ed on Friday splendidly to assault" the formidable enemy positions in, 5 | Champagne. Clinging to the tricable mi of trenches, and labyrinths in which they w kilometres ™ earthed, the Germans tried" to op-. : pose our advance, but it was in vain. They are throwing Ain their reserve divisions one after the other, but our troops, with admirable tenacity, are carrying them one after another, all the redoubts bristling with ma- chine guns. Our advance continues methodically everywhere: We are _ reaching the line of the hijltops." : vance of From Four Germaii Line in A 'despatch from ~Paris saysi-- Marshgl Foch delivered a new attack on Thursday morning against the Germans in the Champagne on. 8 front of 40 miles, from the Suippe River, east of Rheims, to-the River Meuse, just north of Verdun: The offensive was launched in'a dense fog after six hours' artillery preparation, The Americdhs advanced to an aver- age depth of seven miles, penetrating the defences to a depth o nine "miles the maximum point\They captur- 5,000 'prisoners and 12 towns. The French~made a _gain fo' an average depth of four niles ers have already reached the cage The enemy, anticipating the attock, 'had voluntarily. abandoned their for- 'ward positions. The Americans at- tacked on. the right wing and the made their assault n the left. - . n 3 Wl SUCCESSFUL ATTACK 8,000 Prisoners and 14 Towns Captured on 40-Mile Front--Ad- : to Seven Miles Menaces he. pn and 8,000 prison- | IN CHAMPA § , 'Vast Territory. the Aisne, the sow dxive of Marshall Foch jn the south will bear important « fruit if it meets with success. Drive- ing northward the entire western pat tlefront would be shaken and of cessity- be compelled to re self. Lateral railway lines of jgne {mportance to the German pos n: between Laon and Verdun lie direct- ly in the path of 'the advancing Franco-American forces. Vouziers, 'an important railway junction on the main line. from Laon to Metz. is but 12 miles north of Servon, which he had been nervous, but he was again caught by surprise. bacon, 4 ; backs, pla , 45 to We inspectors in. 46¢; boneless, 48 to irtment" | the department. sive vi and with relatively ee at is the situation