j } Pe Rye—N rye, tough, sal éillee, BRITISH GUNS BRING DOWN TWO HOSTILE AEROPLANES Important German Supply Depot Bombarded and Much Damaged Caused to Stores A‘ despatch from _ London | saya:), The announcement of the raid ‘s Twenty British aeroplanes took part| one of several announcements of ai e German supply feck tivity on the part of the British flying German |eorpa. British airmen brought down lines, railway and|two German aviators i buildings used for storing supplies at pa that Point, as well as the stores of| ported missing after setting out on munitions. reconnaissance flights. . $6.75; stockers, 700 to 900 Ibs. i tie ‘2 ar ets $6.25; canners and_ cutters, $4.50; milkers, choice, each, $6 to $1005 do common and. i ‘ium, each, ; Springers, to 3 Breadstuffs. ligh to $7; sheep, heavy, fe Bea Dec. 7. ti, ; do. bucks, Tee cro 4B arling lambs, $7 to $7.75; No. 2 Northern, $1. th | Spring ‘lat ; $ to $9. oh $1.09, on aa Takeo ports, edium to choi fanitoba oats— C.W., A8%4e, | $10.56; Bogs, fed and Wrateeeas 50; on ease lake ellow, old, | 2g, f0rby $9.15. merican Paslose 2 yellow, old, = Bike; new, No.3, 78, on track To- ree ‘ST. ls B gy meaum, ronto. 1 75 $6 to $6.75; dor, common, $5 to $5.75; in corn—No. 2 yellow, 75¢y| canners, $3.15 to $4.25; butchers? cattle, choice cows, $6 to $6.25; do., medium, $5 to $5.50; do., weer $5 to $6.50; milkers, choice, each, to Canadiai nominal, on track Toronto. Ontario oats—New crop—No. white, 36 to 38c; commercial oats, 4 to 87¢, according to freights outside. Ontario. wheat—No. 2 Winter, per fe ‘ore ein meat, ; reach, car lot, 95; wheat slightly to $6.25; bucks and sprouted and tough, according to sam-| cutis, $5, a 75; lambs, 5 to le 20, to es what nding f0 S00 cull, $5 to. ee Ban * igi ceria ie ae copia: $9.50. Hogs, off eee $9.75 ees $10. 75 to nase. "according to freights out Bey RENEE ide. SFEREDOMS oF SEAS; Pea’ . 2, nominal, per car lots, Ste pas NOTION $2.10; sample peas, ‘according to Rapley $100, “according t0) freight | © 4 despatch bac asian aa Whe Barléy-—Maling barley, 56 to 59c;! Foreign Office publishes a statement feed barley, (0 52c, according to betes ss _sinoances was made by the freights out ii a Swedish steamer to ube juckwheat—. nig _¢ar lots, | Pes stare before the ing of cases bein to Berlin information of the sailing and that the vessel does side. aband; and that all Manitoba flour—First patents, in Swedish vessels leaving i jute bags, $6; second patents, In jute are stopped at the entrance to the ags, $5.50; strong bakers’, in Jute Sound by German patrol boats, which 0. ——New Winter, accor ‘ding at mple, and aesoniiing to trelgite og Foreign Office appends the following observation: “The abovi in "pags, Ph i al ve clea to his Majesty’s real freights. Bran, $22 t Per’ Government to merit being brought to ton; shorts, $23 to $24 per ton; mid- the notice of ae ic as showing meee M5 te 8 pee ton good feed how the German coverntient in those » $1.50 per bag. waters where they have an opportun- = 2 for displaying naval activity prac- Country Produce. ise the principle of the freedom of Butter—Fresh dairy, 28 to inferior, 22 to 24 84c; do., si ggs—Storage, 30 selects, 35 to 36c} new-laid, 4 ane lets 800; ihe seas for neutral commerce, whicl 31% to 82c, B2e per doz.; to 45¢, ITALY IS PLEDGED WITH Prices, in tins, Ib., 10° to 1, $2.40 No. 2, $2. lle; comb No. to oultry—-Chickens, 14 to 15¢; soni A despatch from Rome says: mal nite hey dulka, t8'to Toes eecce Ii has pledged herself not to a had signed the agreement with her to 15¢; turkeys, 20 to separate peace. n announceme! ve lies ni ler a separate Cheese—Large, 17%; twins, 18¢, | this step was made in the Italian Par- | Peace, Baron Sydney Sonnino, the Potatoes—Car lots of Ontario quot- liament by Baron Sidney Sonnino,|Foreign Minister, made the definite at $1.3 jew Brunswicks at Minister of Foreign Affairs, who said|Statement that Italian military aid re etree tat spy i : Ks ag | that Italy had affixed her signature re bese a ie and reece at BP be t the London pact of September 5, er activity on the part ruling from 6 to 10¢ per'Ib, according | yich was signed originally by Rus- eee HEE eae ae Ss sia, France and. Great Britain, Eastern Mediterranea Baled Hay and Straw. same time, Baron Sonnino| Italy will make ‘Albania her base Baled hay, new—No. 1, pei $17 to $18; No. 2, per bons” a8 to | sistane $15; baled straw, ton, $6.60 t Business in Maier apeueen 2 | 700 MANY MOTORS . GALLIENI THINKS rm, greeted both the an- nouncements with great. applause, m.} A despatch from Paris says: Gen- 3/erals and other high officers of the »4);| French army must get along with fewer automobiles and horses here- tel after, by onder of Gen, Gallien, Min Rolled ate ‘barrels, 0., 15 to $5.2! ha to $2.45, 23. gel mittee of the Chamber of Deputies of his decision, Gen. Gallieni said he had reached it as the result of a report car foes” “319 to $19. (50. 1 tO.” Dressed} HARD, WINTER PREDICTED, 14. ate oe to ar $1. us, abattoir killed, alae short. mess Britain Takes Steps 1 . See Care for Troo} aes request of oe army authori- 'rench Gov 8 12% rogtie ae drawn up a forecast of the 20 Ie "net, 1356 pede et for this coming winter, 01 g to the Paris correspondent of the Pail Mall Gazette, in which he prophesies that the season will be the 0% i pare, tierces, 875 rood pails, % 18c; pure to 12% United States I Markets. Minneapolis, Dec. 7.—Wheat, worst ever known, =| 5 arn i, ee oe Ma: eee 205%, ores | apne visited the Alps ih ay obtained the views of experienc- 1 Northern, ti, 03% to ii 104% mountaineers, ter none h id Latta og emphatic 2 in tags sieathee signals. my sutharitiod” “Already have } Decne Feeted: te this advice in preparations for clothing for the troops during the cold months, oe rd, ‘$1. “01%; May, $1,05%- 01% 2 02 ; May, $2.07, 3 Live Stock Markets. juotations ALL LEAVING BRITAIN ras MUS’ T HAVE PASSPORTS A despatch from ee says: It officially announced that an order- to 3: Geeounall see - sip goats that in Been 1 6 to me 6; do5; al 7 rsons going i 36% me $5. . ‘do., common; | #btoad, ih Worle pakanive will Ant feeders, ‘good, $6.50 to gore ‘Gaye Grocce-Aecepted Aad Demands ie law of Sedieite since they seuped. rece’s duty to ai erefore nee ‘were cceptionally phe treatment. Greece accepted th allies’ demands, The tine there- ‘ore, is now solved. Negotiations ‘x despatch from Rome says: M. Denys Cochin, member of the Fren Cabinet conivitig from Greece, mad @ flying visit to Rome. He c see ier Salandra and Baro ey Sonnino, the Foreign Minister, granted interviews ssing .& & sare and optimism regarding the situation in _ Greece, t “The allies,” he said, “demand that Greece make earn to ithe | Anglo-French forces. HER ALLIES; SIGNED PACT daly in A ton, | announced “that Htaly would send as-|9f 0 6 ier ‘of Parliament, many as Secon P Titavbatiig: ‘the Appropriations Com- - ‘a Redmond, the Irish Nationalist ‘id Ser- | sh are | wife, of \ 2YIEDITERRANEAN SEA army has been driven into being kept strictly secret. Allies has not yet develope invade Greco-Macedonian territory. Large additional A eae there force. The most violent fighting of attack, no campaign in the Dardanelles, The Week’s Development in the War. Serbia has been almost completely overrun by the Austro- German and Bulgarian forces. Montenegro after suffering los tAaglo-Preich “Expeditionary fortearsull: hold the southern getts?-Serhies bal uch The: bicbriee in. the Ballésna which Premier 'squilir anid Goa bait Sesuae ve the d. for have been air duals and ales exchange: the week has taken place from Rumania, which country, apparently, sete allies, the French and British are arriving daily at Saloniki, while the Rus- BRITISH TROOPS. \ Napa 72 POSITION WER DOWN 0) RIVER TIGRIS, The Serbian in their heroic resistance of the avec. movem The attitude of Greece is anything but reassuring, probably on account of “the Austro-German threat to is still negotiating with infantry engagements in we the Isonzo front, where the heavy Italian artil- lery is battering down the defences of Galicia REE drawing additional Austrian troops to resist the Italian uncement is made that the French and British Governments have no intention of abandoning the ITALIAN TROOPS FOR GALLIPOLI They Will Also Aid Against a Pos- sible Invasion of Egypt by Enemy. A despatch from Rome says: In addition to the official announcement Already a detachment Besides, she will co-operate the Entente por Eastern Mediterranean,” which means an expedition to the Dardanelles, operations on the Dalmation coast of Adriatic, or even ae aid saint an invasion of Egypt. ‘This position of the Tealian Govern- ment was set forth by Foreign Minis- Hee Bonliie. CAE the outset of hiede: claration he announced that Italy for- mally signed the agreement to act jointly ‘with the allies to e Adriatic) will reaffirm esl tndarelia fc ‘ibis whose i dependence is indispen: ieateutc:defmona GE the horiass ” “Italy is not insensible t6 Serbia’s distress, She is prepering to aid that heroic country,” was one of the out- datding spoied in tBarwa- Sonuingle speech. imultaneously with the Foreign Minister to Italy, emphatically deny- ing reports of capitulation in Serbia. “Serbia will win with the aid of the allies or die fighting,” the statement gals. “In a short time Serbia will be url 200, aastile our enemies,” EARLY. END TO WAI JOHN REDMOND'S VIEW A despatch from London says: at Sateen re- ahaa fall he had with Lor it~ chener at the beginning of any war, Lord iitchener said to Mr. Redmond: “Can you guarantee me 5,000 men from Ireland; if you can, I will say thi ank you. If you can guarantee 12,000, I will say I am deeply | t: obliged.” “I am convinced,” continued Mr. Redmond, “that so far as the western ‘ront is concerned we have got ‘the upper hand definitely. I am a mle vinced that the war re come end sooner than most people balers > Newly Married. A eee ere gate a THE SOLDIER’S IDEAL. Interesting Story of the Late Lord Rob ‘An English soldier tells the fol- lowing story of the late Lord Roberts on active servi Shite finishing, one of # began firing, and the ee Pat hers slose at our heads. “Well, there was a kid in the com- pany ee couldn’t have been over 18, Never ought to have let him ‘list. He was always growling and iecking, | ae at the first fire down he went flat | m his face and stayed there. en Sas came ‘Bobs,’ cool and easy, and sees the ki be ‘“Hlalloa, there!’ says ‘Bobs.’ ‘What's the matter, you fellow down there? Get up and fight with com “*No, 1 nee replies the kid. “Can't!” sa jumping iat a the trek and hauling the boy ‘What’s the matter ti you that 5 oe can’t? Are you hur “ ‘No, sin,’ says he. ‘I'm seas getting hit “Well, you're a fine soldier!” says the general, Then he looked at the boyish face of the lad, and his face softened. ppose you can’t help it,’ he said. “Any other commander would have sent the boy to the rear in disgrace, ag eae would have been the end of it ‘Bobs’ stood there with the bul- ik Hitt around him, beside the boy, hho had’ crouched down again, and of tHodghtfully’ stroked “hie” chin’-By and by he put his hand on the boy’s shoulder. “There isn’t as much danger_as you dihaghig? said he, ‘Now, get up and ae e your rifle pity fight, and I'll stand here beside at's too hij eh says ‘Bobs.’ Keep cool and try ag “Well, in three minutes that scared Jad’ was fighting like a veteran, and) cool as a fees and when he saw it ‘Bobs’ started A “You's re all right pl my boy,” he} # ier. iaeiber worse than death) and he was pr tty near crying when he said it, pe alese SS TOLL OF YOUNG OFFICERS. Casualties Among Younger Men in Kitchener’s Army. toll of young officers is espe- tale heavy just now, as the subal- terns of Kitchener’s army, at last in action, are in e lads out of the upper schools and col- leges. Recent casualty lists show, take one example, that out of 182 offi- cers killed in action, 102 were under 18 years, 10 aged 19, 1 15 aged 21 years. © they fneluded ‘the 801 ‘gymen, militay office! sof par- 1 ie ee one of the lost were only There'd be no trouble in Kaas a right the | o! OVER 100,000 Stupendous Proportions to Which the Industry Has Grown in Canada. A despatch from Ottawa says: Some idea of the stupendous propor- tions to elt the munitions i: in Canada grown was given to the members ‘of the Ottawa branch of the Canadian Society of Civil Engi- neers by lexander Bertram, of the Neroirial. Munitions Board, | At present nearly 100,000 persons jare employe all to 20,000,000 shells. | quired for the industry from now till |the end of next year is 800,000,000 jPounds, which will tax the capacity e Dominion steal plants to the ut- a Nearly 0,000 pounds of copper and aig ‘até used, and 102,- 000,000 pounds of lead. This is than Canada can produce of these metals, and the surplus must be im- #3 5 4 Fifteen hundred thoiiennd _pounals of tin and 10,000,000 pounds of resin are also required, The value. of the shell order $220,000,000, with additional orders of about $180,000,000, making $375,000,- all. ‘The number of shells ship- ped to England so far has been 8,500,- | P 000. MID-AIR. ~ DUELS The Aeroplane May Yet Be Dominant Factor in the War. It is an acknowledged fact that a moving aeroplane is an abnormal diffi- cult. target, no matter from what dis- tance it is aimed abe because the air- man can easily adopt rapid and erra- tie flight and ee ae the direction of his progress. In a re- cantly published book, “Aircraft i = the t War,” by 2 Cis ide Grahame- White and Harry the authors se, the Fosabiltice “ot duels in the Mae against flying craft the ie impotent—and (hla eee ae is still and here, as a motor of 200 horse power —and this is almost the limit to-day— gives none too much power for a large and heavy craft; ae for this reason, if a machine has un ant i ion, and carri ine auton Dale weight of a ‘gies and a combatant, its pace may be so reduced that, when it seeks homtiat' with some high-speed hostile scout, it wal fly so slowly that the enemy—having no such burden to check his eae fly out of range, and so escape. “Had. there been enough machines, air fighters would have played a lead- ing role. But, as it is, the air scout and this to-no great extent, instead of being driven from the air.” oot Alk Gone. “So Kate married her husband to you know if wea, only stop the d now he has nothing to spend.” e, “and a good ma: what to say about hi ad the sa ha “for my Bible teaches me a good man inp el othe his but he lets you go half naked!” know ness,” e | bluntly; that 2 A despatch from Paris says: Con- siderable activity is reported from the Artois district, The only infantry at. | °° tack attempted by a German detach-| Ge vee isn’t misunderstanding that sepa- ite married pe i feesiandl ople, but too much un- ment north of Les Cinq Chemins was stopped by ench guns and the Arras Again Shelled by the Germans — tors of Loos, the Bois en Hache and n_both sides, Arras again ma “shelled by the a French mines were exploded before Fay, a the south of y the {detachment was dispersed. The sec- ‘ at Les Bparges. | < MAKING SHELLS' has been hampered merely in his|¢ TY | work, the Somme and | secret ENEMY AGENTS FOUND GUILTY Four Subjects of the Kaiser Con- spired to Defraud the United States. charges against the Hamburg-Ameri- can Line against Dr. Karl Buenz, head of the line, and the other Hamburg- American men that they had con- spired to defraud the United States before a: ar was declared by falsely obtaining clearance papers for a fleet of supply ships sent out by the defendants to coal and provision Ger- man warships at sea. after retiring. Besides Dr. Beunz, the 2 men convicted, a conviction which lawyers and laymen agreed was the most important of its kind returned since war was begun in Europe, ress ae + engineering su- can Line, ene sae ‘Adolf Hi ah meister, purchasing agent for the RE and Joseph Poppinhaus, a Hambui ase. supercargo. 1. Buenz, now.72 years of age, one an German Minister to Mexico, and eminent throughout a active part o! se life in the Foreign Office of the ‘man essing rai the others Cavicial ay under the law be sen- tenced to not more than two years in a ‘ederal alien and fined not more than $10, aeae Felix Seffner, neutral was captured by the British while on his errand of relief, and is at the present time a prisoner in a Cana- pais detention camp. ‘he — Government’s ay ie against them was not, as Judge Hi pointed out in his adage to the jury, one having anything to do with ve lation of neutrality laws. fendanis were convicted because ig ely 8) Salhels seine tora gular me-ns, clearance thelr Hest chant lanst. Geli: nai WOMEN’S NEW EMPLOYMENT, Wide ae st ae Which They An wuss in te an Magazine deals wi the war-time services of |}, women; pe the exter to which they have already been able to replace and release men for active eh vice By en dertaking their wi wide range of activities Re ‘which itis Eitistantlal “aeeViser@in “bs pe: ie carefully considered. In the course his me the writer says:—“This eat war has given woman's life-a She has seen five great ie Front entirely sup- plied and maintained by her own sex. rare skilled women driving motors in the ondon streets at a wage and allow- ance far above the ordinary. These new chauffeurs work the same hours as men, though, of course, they dd no unloading or repairs, One, at east, is a singer by profession—a well-bred win careful in traffic and keen on her ever, then, is the Taetoas woman in a world of endless opportunity for energy and wit. One ig company owning motor vans 7a ported fifty applications a day fro would-be lady drivers. Other arta young dressmakers and actresses out of work through the Meireant toy- making with chisel a When seotichant it is their intaiien ‘to tench the trade in our small tow Sint and vil+ lages, thus setting uj indus- try like he ash once Secugit a tria and Gi year. supply gardeners and oe Ther are girls now instea: at the railway tia sie ise rise will y take kindly to the are seg and deft, a: riell go) uaeionn te entaeeat hew cus- tomer.” s SECRET OF BRITAIN'’S MIGHT. fm ide Whi A ‘Antinates*tho. Bel: é y and Nation, A Ree (Scotland) woman whose husband is on active service y reached a decision seven'|” of | vietions since July, 126 of a n | bridge, e w e scale she has seen 1 “4 s eo ae From. the Middle West BETWEEN ONTARIO AND BRI- TISH COLUMBIA. Items From Provinces Where Many Ontario Boys and Girls Are Living. Forty members of Calgary fire- .S fighting department have joined the aps gary is considering ee eer ae for $55,000 owing for per- sonal taxes, Saskatchewai will likely have a ue aahl oe army officers, One hundred men from Winnipeg ores now fi Russia building emergency rail Rensckaras donated over $100,« 000 in the past eet a cash and sup- lies to the Red Cro: ‘imeon Chomak, Saskatoon, heard that his wife had been by @ bis! and started ie Rani and re enge. Frederick Wavtier is charged at Edmonton with sending money ta Gamat to assist the enemies of the te JA, Pergman, one of the hae lt navigators on Lake Win- ete has enlisted with the 45th nda the Sa: slitciswaa Liquor Sales Act there have been con~ for pablig drinking. e Jakul Ison, of near Prince Al- bert "Seale, is held for the Brae of his son three years ago; he abused the lad savagely. alter Fegh eae Raymond Pierce Seca from a Montana jail, but were caught by mounted police near Leth- The "een Battalion recruited at Calgary has 384 Englishmen, 147 Canadians and 180 Scotchmen, 61 Wil of the superin- Ba as ‘of the National Park, Banff, a native-born Calgarian, 6 ft. 4% in., hie enlisted in the 89th. Harry Wood, of rLatibetlse se ia» now wounded in the war, own way to England to ena it after four Reject in Canada, The Daughters of Empire of Leth- ._ | bridge, nine the issue as a button to st but re- _ jose men offering to enl! jected for honorable reason: Two estan oralgel will take a census of population and agri- culture in tl Seated ds pro- sean See tea for a. ugh, of Winnipeg hopes the Peovinel al Govern will make it unnecessary for aisabled soldiers to sell ied on the streets, Because he yaa jilted, Peter Nyko- lak, Ruthen m seribe scholarships Feet Bi geeap boys and girls to ene at the provincial a nae ye. ie president of the Calgary Board of Trade scores the “group of blood- suckers controlling everything in the Dominion, making millions during the Out f 85 postal clerks in Saska- toon, 28 have enlisted. Winnipeg hag sent 83 out of 178, Calgary 21 out of 75, Regina a out of 61, and Edmon- ton 14 out 50, Mrs. C. ne Wegener of Blaine Lake, Sask, attempted to poison her famil because her husbai a cific “Railway, Saskatchewan pire contributed recently $8,716, which was more than sufficient to picid three envi guns promised’ the Governm eleaty, Then pov is nyt sis to run “one-man” car: town section. The idea is to sive ges soldiers a good service without taking on any more men, ae and motorman idle combine: hoe GERMAN PL FLEET ROTTLED up. British Mines Haye Left Only One xit For. The London Daily Express in the course of a discusive article on tl ae, asserts that it is allowed to re« eal ‘a secret long known in Germany io the‘effect that the British mine ’@ scrapped making war material they will in the Kiel Canal until the end of the, bed the ba ‘ivilege the other day of wit- | war. ene which, whatever be- tide in the future, she will néver sm got, and one that deserves to be shee in the pages of history ca a illustration of the\spirit that a the British Amy ritist nation: in. thld: Hou ot” exis ani ehawbingy ayabernty had Her man been quartered at Edinburgh Castle, nd, chosen with others to fill a draft 0) ere she left, says the Standard, the assembly sounded, and ous parade, the draft of a couple of sundred men or so, her man aie 8 ee was fotos WN UP, ae rie few wome) eee aes to bid acai ite uote rch into ywn, The men were addressed by an officer and told that in an hour or e a s France and the firing line; but, he sri if any man would care to stay t+ home pat do munitions work he viene step poreara ‘There was not a movement in the throats an empha’ echoes of the parade ground and clove: the wey! air like a volley. That is the Britain’s might, and of the invincibility of her serried hosts, x declares, _nevertheles: that ee: of space is left to enable em to emer and if they wish, but that they must fight in a "s choosing, equipped with wireless to ensure against surprise. He declares ‘confidently that there will be no Trafalgar in pre: 29 great final naval engages ment of the war, he says, was that of the D 'y show! newspapermen visiting re miral Selileoe’ 's fleet. The map cover. ed only the captures up to Tune, Th operations since Ny, write says, have been far more successful. ———-® ~ Saw the saree wa a Tree, While 01 ma tree. ” “That's no rabbit,’ replied Mike, “Faith, thin, I'll show, e that it is,” ole d Pat indignant ly, as he st climb the But that animal va small and very ierce wildea’ combat and shouts for help. “Pat Pat,” he called out, “shall I come an’ hilp ye catch the beast?” Abo preal ing of branches came a hol; = 3 low voice, which said: “Faith, no; but for pity’s ae come up an’ hilp him go! mete \ Let ESOT Se ogg ee, A Aa Ne i ““ iy is