h reports shave the greater stent of its kind on record is to be'credited to one of the) v Petinaun Britiitcaiemnes, whe tn the course of a single flight shot down tw forced it to desce: “Tiow great the | is was,” he tele- graphs, ‘ean only. be. underatood by those who know the power of the Fok- SHOT DOWN TWO BATTLEPLANES AND FORCED THIRD T0 DECEND Greatest Feat of Its Kind Pa Rete Scored by British Airman on Western Front 3 Ree Fokkers and Be an Albatross on ah n ker. It is thought to be es ie 180 miles an hour, and i: ith a device whereby it is eeted” + ss soo in at ad- ge ii Paola ‘ing. The machine See ey au the last Ger- ae en several flew over Ere ation ‘that had been attack- ed and were greatly admired.’ PANIC FLIGHT — OF THE TURKS Dislodged From Caucasus Positions. Extending Over 66-Mile Front. A despatch from Petrograd says: The Russian offensive in the Caucasus fs developing favorably, the Russians capturing strong positions my many quantities of munitions, and nume: guns, huge rous prisoners. Some of the Turkish regi-| ments were am The official report gives details of |; the dislodgement of the Turks from ue and hundreds of bocies. covet the route | 5.) ss offensi ints the. “Czar’s troops the Russi: miles ea: 17th the Russians took prisoner five en, and captured Dieuditie “atechine guns They sclzed a Turkish ammunition depot at the vil- lage of Tsurnachel, in the aigeisnaen district. Se THE REAL ROBINSON CRUSOE. Very Litle Known of a Most Extra- ordinary Man. One is sometimes tempted to Detody al of this world- aoa character was drawn lex- inder Selkirk, little or ce is nown of a most extraordinary m: Selkirk was born in the little Fife- phir village of Largo, in 1676, and] almost his earliest days the un-| vega! and adventurous spirit of the boy brought forth the wrath of his neig] et ie was about eighteen he de- cided “that he would go to sea, and, having refused utterly to follow his father’s trade of shoesmaking, he quit- ted native villaj fetta we} ae him (at his own resist!) eing marooned on a lonely islan oo a wiolent quarrel with the sagen e ship on which he was making oF ssecand voyage. a w years and four months he ote there, but finally turned up in Largo while his parents woe at church, church he we Alexander, and seated himeit ‘iresly behind, his father and m hod lady, on turning ee ea =a nizing inte pei “eaused the service by her cries of as- While at rate, Selkirk fell in love with, and married, Sophie Druce. Bi did not settle down. After a very pert gS they both disappeared ‘Nothing more was heard of them until one day, years later, a young Largo, saying she died some years previously, and oe Jexander himself had also on board his Majesty's op pets which he was a lieu- oe away. pS eles oy TERRIBLE HAvoc WROUGHT | IN| EXPLOSION AT LILLE jam correspondent of The Ber- lin Lokal Anzeiger, who witnessed the ecent explosion of the large German ammunition depot in Lille, northern dete aes oe sent ee ‘done ine ee nly muni- aie et entirely Joao but havoc was caused in the ur with relatively slight losses and tak- | (0 e ene “| to be s The! the aerial fighte P| expert bomb thrower. sere from 1 London says: The | ai BOMB DROPPING. The Present War Has Reduced It To Science. One of the greatest disappoint- ments of the war to ses exp pete pat Beart the inefficiency of th chine in carrying the paehere see enemy's country. It was freely predicted that in the Sybit of war ths At ae advance et apemeccons wit their bases of si But the Sag ts ‘of Europe have ‘won thei ir medals more often for dar- ing work in securing sepaeeton than wes have for bomb rai mat any size or shapi ielent. to. moet the needs o slight chance of hittin; ark. The Jatest plans for air riding call heavy The driver or Bay is pa in dodging the Guanie: directed upon his machine. Behind him sits the man who is an The bomb ex- plodes on contact and its flight is di- set of wings at one end. ines. prove a deadly menace to their enemies, Us. tan KILLED ERMAN SUB. SAILORS New Version of Baralong Affair Pub- lished in Norse Paper. ae despatch from London says: ‘he entral. ae correspondent in Chris- ets says: The After areas on. Friday published from co: r According t yas Baralong hove in sight and sank the submarine, whose crew sought shel- ter on the Nicosian. The story proceeds American muleteers, having returned with the crew to their own ship, dis- covered members of erman sub- marine’s crew on board, these mule- 's not unnaturally became quite furious. A fight ensued, in which the muleteers wreaked fury upon the men years | who in Siatang the British ship were really guilty blooded murder. as proposed by Sir E Baralong affair had been submitted to an independent jur rican na- val officers the above-mentioned facts would have been disclosed.” ! et NEW USE FOR OLD GUNS. Make erent pane Throwers at The war oo Road to. European war fields many new inv se in fighting implements, The sent many of the old Tatiees I hack te ‘the storehouses. At first the govern- ments figured these old guns as losses and steps were taken to break them ee and sell them for scra Now, however, a use fc sists of a strong seine is attached to the trigger. e gun is tilted at any angle and ae with | a heavy object it oe an exeallen grenade throwe ee some pare ‘of France where the a fighting trenches Bie jistance apart only a few men ae permitted te Took | ing small bombs or inne By ‘the new use of the old is every trench now, to all intents, i i occupied by a atte: men of bog ith ane other in try-|§ ing to win in aduett secre of “hits.” area to houses aad <fabtoeise, most of hich. were razed to ger man Landsturm troops which were ieee Sir killed. USTRALIA PROHIBITS mation has ound. The) | sinee the beginning of the war teen BPXPORTS TO NI Teen pee ae empatel | aks om Melbourne Aus- | been - 14 More Dreadnonghts. The Lordon Daily Express an- nounces it is authorized to state that ar fo ; minor ve de- pened tie feet tha: doniande: Ghee a gsued prokiting nall Gepovts 10° that a ‘etherlands, have | ae eee! the i se of tch from Saosin fae Sea on Janu- TOS WARSHES DESTROY 163 TURK TURK SAILING SHIPS off ing vessels, 73 of which were ‘ohiea igsued Thurs-| with ‘Thirty Black men were taken é various commodities nt hi inta lenge—that is, free to continue = w others. | sian forces opposer feats of the pri loss of few guns ke) resent war. pt the Tu rio ho See COVERING RETIREMENT OF BIG ARM Evacuation of Gallipoli mene by allied forces will go down into history ible a was mad: rades were Ye e of the greatest military! by br: ENG work of the gunners, who wit ard—they they blew up th ee use’ shows the artiilery Se Seay guard at the evacuas “ TEUTONS WEAK IN VULNERABLE SPOT GERMANS CANNOT FURNISH MEN ENOUGH. of 4 Defeat on One Front Means Complete Rout, Says Hilaire Belloc. Hilaire Belloc, European military writer, declares the Teutons recog- nize the failure of their plans, and says: The uncertain temper of many peo- ple in England at the present moment is due, not to calculable definite mili- tary forces the interplay of ean fasten for relief that has pro- duced this mental effect. They have been taught that victory was a matter of course, taking place far from these shores. It is no won at Mot nada: aisconerdars war, the development of the present campaign should have bred disap- poin' The two chief elements that disappointment have been to this section of opinion the neces- sity for endurance aul the obvious | possibilities of failu If, however, one recut this ir- it is, the best way is always to take the point of view of the foe’s higher ‘A command. ‘When the| “Napoleon Bonaparte during the| V first days of = ‘occupation of Mos- cow in 1812 ertainly exaggerated e chances in his f ‘was Hoe to illusions both upon the Russian character and upon the mere mathematics of the military situation. His Scheme Failed. The German higher command at this moment may possibly suffer from similar misjudgments of mental f: tors in the sitatigi But the has be- fore him certain elements of calcula- tion which he cannot igno: Of his plan as a whole Caer that he las failed in that rapid action which was his one clearly thought- out eters He failed to surround, pierce or le put out of action in any fashion the Hiench armies. Therefore, his war, which was to have been the end of a trilogy, the short, sure, triumphant and conclusive chapter parallel to, but greater than, ee of 1866 mid 1870, has tame expensive, not yet dlenatani but al- ‘ul ‘thing. general | attitude of the German higher com- ‘mand at this moment admits the pos- “| sibility of winning through. ian It is believed possible by that high-| (7 and that politic ical action, or the political effect of his military Posi- dependents. He does not hope for oie most severe and Bs PAK He no longer talks of European domination. “honorable” yw. empha. sizes Aes uselessness of bloodshed and ideas Mero wholly. feenei ho sian ry: He, “Epwager® believes _ still ii the possibility of a shall leave Military Aspects. The great ¢ main forces of’ the Teu- ons. ‘| upon ou of “these e two eet ee oe ee nm, well and better re if they r aay action—the Western or the’ Bus. wickedness of aisuahter— Ee “hi Heh Proper Caring Make Lasnaien Equal to Scot iat es th fortuna! nand| of a fish packer really. defeat—put ome t res kept two doors shut with his out- stretched hands can fail to palate if one of the two doors is for He knows that the two ‘erent eae Eastern and Western, the thence crane tl hich s fei fan Bree eutons cannot—it is not an abinish, it is mathematics—hold still leas win through, unless they keep upon tee lines quite four-fifths of esent available forces and re fitths of anything they could pos- The two central empires must keep upon the Western lines (counting the Italian front), close upon 2.250, 000 men. i more than this ront. They 000 tien Tor thelr combitied commnlink cations. The German position this: That, with the end o: 1915, they have exhausted ee iti. cient Se rg a eee DOGS IN WAR. Six Bring in 49 Russians to Red Cross In One Night. English police dogs, of which there rational. mood. into which a portion| Stances on Russian battlefields, writes of the publi oe fallen ond eons an Associated Press sorrespondent at mdaia theseitiedion: & dt Petrograd. In one night, near the ib akelaaly We easier of time which ee of Kute (vicinity of Loviteh), ‘dvantage to the| these. wise animals Meee ee grain fields, over which the battle In order to see the situation as|Sereed, oni brought relief to 4! The ae Fad tabi brought from London by authorities of the city of Within a few oe they enabled the police to round ese criminals. seal retains slightly Rastianized, was imes sent to Moscow, Kief and Odes- sa to similarly oe the police of those cities. In times of ihactiyity of the troops |™ the ues are frequently used to conve; dispatches from one section of the cotumn to another, rs they search out the woun and the sanitars oe be certain the = 3 e led alive, since the oes Jestintivay i the Sr atiied van Ne Ae aie eS is cap or a mitten back to the sani- tar, who follows to the spot. Each animal wears a pair of miniature sad- |dle bags, in which he carries flasks of id miensely | PTSnOY- | In appearance the dogs resemble |the Airedale or the Irish terrior. An ‘exhibition of man-hunting was given for the benefit of the ist Siberian ee A soldier was directed to hide in a clump of bushes two blocks dis- a fie dog and directed him in the gen- an direction of the spot. ‘Aiter mak- ing ane ae circles the animal aug] scent d made. straight es the hiding- place at top speed, re- crting presently with a glove. The ar tucked a small package in the fay “pocket fees away eee ane dog on his return journey. carry out the deception, talowet ead ear “ea ze assist the hi dog looked on with apparent Vie THE ee INDUSTRY. To dispose of 600 ee ‘of cured herring at $11 per barrel, f.o.b. Nova oe while 2 peieinos were. get- tit rrel, wai at me eee _| borough ighly fs Prenat result was sated fashior em, they ca | then con upon the other, and perhaps defeat as es its turn. On aS other hand, » er charge of | qinmene tie eA yonigen ‘dass 1917, a a ee ae eo The Laaee Bites ‘man, | the ‘by dis-| ae Nova Beas BREAD OR BEER, MAY BE CHOICE Brewing and Distilling Interests Ab- sorb the Service of Many Ships. A despatch from London says: “Be- fore long the countr: Booth, a ny, in ‘Thitudag, in clang she. beeping ae distilling industry as one that was absorbing the services of the ships of untry on a gigantic scale. niet cesnlt oe te ue said, as only a decrease in national effic Sea Alfred eal the highest quired for the effective prosecution vat the war. At present the strain on port and inland transport facilities is funost greater than the strain caused shortage in tonnage. Te is doubtful whether we could PS further.” ALL ENEMY SAGE h TO BE CLOSED UP Will Not Be ‘Allowed to ‘ee Business uring the Wa: A despatch, to London says: Th Board of Trade, under the bill amend- ing the “Trading With the Enemy” aS will be empowered to prohibit person, firm or company of hos- tile nationality or Ree from carrying on business in this country site, the con ttiianse of the present The Board may also, through peti- tion of the Court, require that a busi- ness be wound up if i United Kingdom is carrying 01 | |ness outside the United Kingdom, aid on such business it} ¢o that in carrying has entered into or ee Be whicl if entered into or done i ingdom of “trading with the enem: CARRIED THREE PASSPORTS _ AND HU: British - Authorities: Removed New Yorker From Steamer. Rose, a removed by from the liner Rotterdam at Falmouth a with Ge literature, it is charge was in possession of three Aj passports, one of which ae es r, t0| out-of- -date, the second issued May 30, 1915, ne the Dutch East Indies, and o-date passport. ing is wrong with them Rose will be perinitted to proceed, but the trunk will be retained by the British authorities. The trunk, they declare, was filled with pamphlets, newspapers, war pictures and books, all on the cee S| docum: ie experience } . lies and in the West Indies. Aare "LORD HG TE ‘i eens Shirker: S. bie dean teh eh a Vai couver says the ork. As is eiate obie: sson, ge ‘deal: 10 12 to 12%: $2. the ® Otherwise freight rates will rise “Mall co) d e United would constivute ie offence Bo m do. IN WAR “DOPE” S A despatch from London says: Isaac rman war | § Rose, according to othe AutnORNtGs Markets of the World, ne 5 Toronto, to 2 aaitaba! wheat, new crop—] T Northen $1. 24%; No. 2, $1. Bey No. 3, $1.20, in store Fort Willia: Manioha aera s—No. 2 C.W., 47e; No. 3 C.W,, 45c; extra No. 1 feed, 45c; No. 1 feed, 44c, in store Fort Willia: merican san tie: yellow, new, 82e, on track Tor: Ce n eee Fendi old, 77c, no- minal, on track To pronto, $ ‘Ontario oat white, 42 - to. 430; commereal Tats) 41 to 420, cording to freights pat exe = Winter, pi vat. 10; according B0, sprouted, 97e 85 to 9 2, nominal, per ee gi. 8 Saaomdte to sample, $1.25 to rley—Malting barley, 68 to 65c; sab: to 57c, according to i Buckwheat—Nominal, car lots, 7 to 79¢, according t to freights aeinan Rye— mercial, 90 to Dic; rejected, 17 to Se, according to sam: e. Manitoba flour—First patents, in jute bags, $7; second patents, in jute bags, $6.50; strong bakers’ bags, ee “20, Ontari eta inter, $4.80 to $4.90, according to sample, seaboard, or, To sronto freights in bags, prompt shipmi Maltfeed, car lots, delivered. Mont- real freights—! er $2. shone, per ton, "928; pilddlings, per ton, $20; good feed flour, per bag, Country Produce. See dairy, 28 to 31¢; in- es 24 to 25c; creamery prints, 83 to 3644; solids, 32 to sas e 0c per dozen; se- ic; new-I aid, 40 to’ 45c, ts. Honey—Prices, in 10 to 60-1 1b, ting ; combs, No. 1, $3; Beans—$4 -20 to $4. SREELD Spatieee se) owls, 13 to 14e; turkeys, Bs to Cheese—Large, 19¢; twins, 19%4¢. otatoes—Car lots of tise quoted at §1.70 to $1.75, and. New Brunswicks at $1.90 to $1.95 per bag, on track. Business in M in Montreal. ey are beginning to draw upon ee fst categories of inefficients, eG ee oa might have tobe local white, b0e; No. 8 local emite, and they in reserve wha “I do not beter" 8 Sir Alfred con-| Man feed, aoe: maltiie, toe. Bae mains i ome a 2816 tinued, “that the supply of either whe pits Ang, as. while preparing to ¥| ships or trai ake facilities ashore |Bpring wheat patente, ” $7.10; firsts, $7 Sees $6. 60; ean bakers’, $6. 40; patent choice, aeralent Aine $5. 80 to $2.85. ea ~ United States Markets. Minneapolis, _ Jan ee eis No. 2 Northern, $1. 26% orn—No, 8 yellow, 77 to T7¥%s0, Oats 3. white, 49460, Flax Bran, $18 to Duluth, 24—Wheat No. Mon No. 2, $1.26 July, $1. Be %e ; Duluth, cash linseed, $2.36%4 to 2.8% May, $2.89%; July, \ Live Stock Maite .—But cattle, $8; do., a 9. 2b jum, to $0. ee butchers! et to $6.50; stockers, 700 | « 10 to $6. 7B; cal and cutters, $3 as 4 BI choice, each, $75 to $10. to 15; 14.7 choice, $6.76 to $10. =25\ do, conto fed’ and 9.50 to ne | slightly to lots, | Ci the not|.. Montreal, Jan. 24. bee American ply No. 2 yellow, 8 to 85c. Oats, No. {than a m: 2 which are killed outright are ace rely ‘without chloroform. the front haye succumbed, . and v $2. 32% to $2. ene ee Flour unchanged. rat iter. | eases to which a he cannot tell tae how he si It te watered, time.” WORK OF FIELD. FORCE ( REMARKABLE. Canadians Treat dampen Return Them to the rn warfar of. 21,000 men reais ee horses. Contin inuing, “The horses ies of a division are taken care of by cers and one mobile ee rari of 27 men a sateenee to the horses in, There is one Canadian field hospi- jute sy once are treated so successfully unt 3|in due course they become fit for tary duty in oF rea Lore It i in- | teresting that o: ere sent in on ane rete ai S Five hundr and. ninety-1 oe vane tually become fit for reissue, or to sold as casts for easy duty. Remarkable Horsemanship. ‘The meh, work under the mont ty ing conditions, tee expo: ire of rifle and b' . They a Soi und the lines a the time puleing at ees inded horses; their horseman- ship is remarkable. Wounded ‘horses ae immediately given first aid. Any. @ that can walk is rushed back to. the 2 mobile section, or field hospital,! his wounds are carefully treated, and’ every care given him. “During the second battle of Ypres,! of horses diminished at the firing, As casualties occurred among) forcements were rushed througl storm of bursting eae to take their places. Although our guns were with-, infotwardd tt the chiens, ieiere tes er, ne @ wagon i a gun lost in what is’ ywn as one of the fiercest engage- meats that has taken place in this war. “Horse’s wounds heal more rapidly, Cases of Horses. tr have been kn¢ ee! a a horse eannot| walk, however, he is usually cor ered a hopeless case, and must be ae. stroyed, ese and to one fe during: an engagement andi ‘0 | buried pit re Die of Disease. “In the hoppittls cases are tite contagio us dist per cent. of the. Canadian horses at horse is maak As it is very difficul The Canadian ite eects pe ne respect. ey use; active ipal drugs, and ey have also prostr to a high degree the use of serums. “It is interesting to note oe 's diet. Rite id ‘e fed three a and get Te allppanibe of 18, Sete af hay, 12 pounds of onts, 8 pounds of sea sea, in lieu of this, 4 h pounds oats, or any other fodder procurable of equal food ee malt, sugar beet,!. 3| vegetables, ete. are rol ling i in fat since page have been| i Ae France,” —tF Matter of Opinion. ES, ontreal, Jan, 24—Sales of cho up-t sBhbe sy asenvie vill be tarred ven te] BEE the Aovaiten ‘Embassy, and if noth-' § I at a ‘to $9.75, fought $0.78 to $7 ee mand for calves was go ood, and ae milkfed stock were eee ‘at 8 We are as follows, th mark: Saline pecaneely to some extent an esti-| 5° ~ | mate, nut well the | aa a eae S “Thora: ‘AFRICAN FORCES: AVE ARRIVED IN a