j ~ HON SCHOOL AND PLANT is 0 Te Wil ENS FROM LAD -- Rreadstufis. . Toronto. Oct, 17---Manitoba. _wheat-- | TO BE ESTABUSHED IN CANADA, SENT TO CANADA. =o The. = ae x 4 "| $1,564, track, Bay ports. Old crop trad- The Factory Will Turn Contracts 'to be Placed for! ing se, above new ct ai Let us send you particulars of an investment that never depreciates and never defaults in dividends, the new Compound Investment Policy in the Crown Life. Tekiote ice 'With a Crown Life "Limited Payment Life Policy " you <ival ay wall xnnot aon You Want a Safe Inv estment ; : ay er fey oe os Out Complete Aeroplanes and Will Get Imperial Orders. Manitoba oats--No. 2 C 6 v 3, do., 60c ; extra No. 1 feed, 60c; No. 1 feed, 594c, track, Bay ports. American corn--No. 3 yellow, ing 8c. above new crop. CW. 8ie tio: : : Munitions to Value nae Occurrences fn the Land That Relgns - Great Britain would tolerate no out- side interference in the direction of eae peace. : blood. She _ INDIAN recommendation for the re 'that the Government had ignored the important speech by President Wilson ed that the answer to all this was _& military, rather than a diplomatic, -- Laffair, As a matter of fact, Viscount ie Se A despatch from Ottawa says: -- Cansda is to go in for the manufac- ture of aeroplanes. The Government has for some time had under consider- tion the establishment in Canada of an aviation school with a view to the development of what has become so important a branch of both land and sea. been further considered during the warfare on The matter has past week, and a decision has been reached to establish a school and also to have built-and equipped in Canada a factory which will turn out com- plete aeroplanes, that is to say, com- plete with the motors, which hereto- fore have not been built in this coun- try. ' The aviation school will be under the direction of the Imperial authori- ties, who have agreed to provide a staff of experts for the purpose. The factory will be established under the direction of the Imperial Munitions Board, the Imperial Government hav- ing assured orders which will take care of the output of the factory while the war lasts. No information is available at present as to the probable location of either the school or the factory. BRITISH GAIN MORE GROUND New Drive For Possession of Bapaume-Peronne Road. A despatch from London says :--- The British forces have launched a new drive for the possession of the low heights which intervene between General Haig's front and the Bapa- ume-Peronne road. The British have already secured successes and cap- tured a number of prisoners during the course of the fighting, which still continues. : That the British have gained some additional ground north of Thiepval, 'south of the Ancre River, in France, and on the Sars-Gueudecourt line is indicated in the Berlin official com- munication, which says British at- tacks here failed "for the most part" before the German curtain of fire. West of Sailly-Saillisel the French have made a further advance. South of the Somme violent artil- lery duels are in progress, especially between Genermont and Chaulnes. In the town of Ablaincourt the Germans and French are engaged in hand-to- hand fighting. The French artillery bombarded an , 2sphyxiating gas factory near Muel- hausen, causing a great fire. The objects of the British advance in France were outlined on Thursday py Major-General F. B. Maurice, chief - director of military operations at the War Office. The general emphasiz- ed as one of the principal purposes, already gained, that "the British push into the German lines has extended the fighting front by a length of 20,- 000 yards, so that if stationary trench fighting were resumed the Germans would have that much increased front- age to defend," "As we get on our difficulties get less and less," he remarked, pointing out that the country thus far gained was hilly and strongly defended and that the British had now reached the lower rolling lands. ee $6,150 PAID FOR COW, DEAREST IN WORLD. A despatch from North Easton, _ Mass., says: The "cow that jumped over the moon" did not achieve the heights of fame among dairy farmers | eta on Wednesday by Langwater airymaid, a Guernsey of purest is the highest priced Guernsey cow in the world, having gold at auction under the bidding of gentlemen farmers from all parts of | _ the country, for $6,150. Charles L. A. Whitney, of Albany, was the buy- er. F. Lothrop Ames, of this town, was the former owner. - fe CANADIAN LOSSES i. TILL OCTOBER 11. --_ A despatch from Ottawa says: Up till October 11 the total number of -easualties among officers and men of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces was 52,026, according to figures com- piled by the Casualty Record Office. - The number is made up as follows: Killed in action ..... Died of wounds ......... - Died of sickness ......... Presumed dead .......+. Missing se cece ts ee oe 8,134 3,120 452 1,009 1,372 ESCO Woadded 8 coe oa 87089 p Ra Ee Oe SORES IS RECOMMENDED FOR THE VICTORIA CROSS. A despatch from Brantford says: A n Victoria 'Cross has gone in for Capt. Frank Montour, 2 member of the Six Na- tions Indians, and a veteran of the early fights of the 4th Battalion, who is now with the 114th Haldimands. He enlisted as a private, and won pro- motion on the field. -- MAN POWER STILL ENORMOUS But Exemptions Run Into the Millions, Declares Lloyd George. A despatch from London says: Re- plying to Sir Edward Carson, who again raised the question of man- power and Ireland's contribution, in the British Commons on Thursday, the War Minister, Mr. Lloyd George, said there was no doubt whatever about the country's available man- power and reserves, but it was neces- sary to get at them. The exemptions, he declared, had been far too nmuer- ous; if he gave the figures he would startle the House. The exemptions had run into millions. The Minister believed the Government had power to deal with the exemptions, but if not they would consult the House on need- ;ful measures. "We must lay the foundation for a war extending over a prolonged period," said Mr. Lloyd George. "That is the only way to ensure victory." paises Se NOT IN THE DICTIONARY. When a Frenchman Did Not Under- stand the English Language. A French officer who since the out- break of the war has pursued the study of English with such ardor that he was at last beginning to feel able to converse freely with the British al- lies of his country, recently, so a'cor- respondent declares, received a dis- couraging check to his innocent self- 'has now reached a capacity of 10,000 of $60,000,000. Ottawa, Oct. 11----Munition orders placéd in Canada since the outbreak of the war amount «to $550,000,000. An order for munitions to the value of $60,0A0,000 has just been received and contracts to that amount are to be placed. Since the first of the year or- ders have been placed amounting in value to $185,000,000, These figures were made public on Wednesday afternoon by the Imperial Munitions Board. During the months of July and August the output from' Canadian industries was interrupted by reason of the difficulty experienced in procuring the necessary steel and forgings. The board is now pleased to state that, due to the efforts put forth by manufacturers, the output on most contracts is more satisfactory and increasing in volume each week. The quantity of shrapnel shells now produced each week, complete with cartridge cases, fuses, primers and propellant charge, has reached almost 250,000, and the board has been au- thorized within the past week to place continuation orders for this size of shell into 1917. Large orders were placed during last Spring and Sum- mer on the larger sizes of shells, espe- cially Nos. 8 and 9.2. This involved ery and equipment. Deliveries of this equipment were slow, but many of these plants have now commenced operating, and the output of larger- sized shells is increasing each week, and will continue to increase until about January 1st, when the maxi- mum output of these plants should be reached, The position in Canada in re- gard to steel, the basis of all muni- tion work, is now such that no inter- ruptions in output will likely take place, as the immense tonnage re- quired for all classes of shells has been arranged well ahead. The fuse plant built by the board at Montreal per day, and by January 1st will reach 25,000 per day. The policy of the board in placing new business will be to keep all plants now producing munitions fully em- ployed, and where increased produc- tion is required on any particular class of work to extend the operations of plants which are already equipped and producing munitions. COLORADO JUSTICE. of "Fighting Frank." satisfaction. He had forgotten that | | where Tommy, Tammas and Pat are | i together under arms it is not always | dictionary English that is spoken. | With a friend, an English officer, | he chanced to visit a company kitchen belonging to a Highland regiment just as the cook was compounding a savory stew of the sort known in his native land as hodgepodge. The Frenchman sniffed the appetizing aroma and peered with interest into the pot. "What is it you cook, mon ami?" he inquired. "'Odgepodge, sir," was the reply. "'Odgepodge? 'Odgepodge? I know it not. Tell me, then, how is it made?" "Why," said Tammas_ readily, "there's mutton intil't, and turnips intil't, and carrots intil't, and----" "But, yes, so I see," assented the Frenchman, puzzled. "The vegetables, yes; but what is intil't?" It was Tammas's turn to be puzzled, but he repeated with patient polite- ness: "There's mutton intil't, and turnips intil't, and zu "Qui, certainement! what is intil't?" Tammas flourished his long spoon with a gesture of helpless despair. "Am I no juist tellin' ye, sir, what's intil't? There's mutton intil't, and " But just there the English officer stopped laughing long enough to ex- plain that "intil't," although not to be found in the dictionary, was a perfect- ly good Scottish abbreviation for "into it" or. "in it"; it was not an in- gredient. "In your so-expressive idiom, then," said the amiable Frenchman, joining the laugh, "I put my foot intil't, did I not? I, who thought it was a season- ing! Not yet, alas, do I comprehend fully the English language!" e2 -%e~------------- GERMANY TO SEIZE ALL TOBACCO STOCKS. But intil't -- A despatch from London says: The German Diet has decided to seize the stocks of tobacco throughout the em- pire, says an Exchange Telegraph despatch from Copenhagen. It is ex- pected that the issuance of tobacco tickets will follow the seizure. INTERVENTION AT PRESENT = ~~ WOULD MEAN BRITISH DISASTER p Lloyd George Repeats despatch from London says: In House of Commons on Wednesday night Lloyd George, Minister of War, lied to criticisms of utterances to e effect that the see te war was to be a fight to a finish, and that g Charles P, Trevelyan complained on international mediation, - Mr. Lloyd George, replying, declar- That Great Britain Will Tolerate No Out- side Interference. Grey had anticipated President Wil- expression of 'ie own opinion, he de- Pz ¥ son's statement. There was a great difference between intervention to se- cure an international commission af- ter the war to enforce world peace and intervention at a moment like the present, Intervention now would be a military triumph for Germany and military disaster for Great Britain, and he claimed the right as Secretary for War to express his opinion on such a matter, It was not merely the clared, but the expression of the opin- fon of the Cabinet, of the war com-| mittee and of the military advisers of The other day in a small Colorado mining town a local justice of the name of Cole was holding court. Judge Cole had just imposed a_ fine upon a prisoner at the bar for drunk- enness and disorderly conduct, where- upon a friend of the man fined, also a local bully known as "Fighting Frank," who was displeased with the verdict, addressed the court with ths following remark: "You're a--(very rude, naughty, unprintable word) of a judge. "J beg your pardon," said Judge "are you addressing me, Frank?" "You bet I are," hissed Frank, "an' you heerd wot I said!" "P'm not sure about that," meekly replied the judge; "would you mind repeating it?" Then Frank repeated what he had said, and added: "You ain't got brains enuff to pound sand, let alone be a judge! You gimme a pain complete new installation of machin- | 15 Admirable Sample of it in the Case | $28 Cole, looking mildly over his glasses, | in |? track, Toronto. eS, ee Ontario oats----No. 2 white, 55 to Bic; No. 3, do, 54 to 56c, according to freights outside. ae 2 "6 eS Ontario wheat--New _No.. 2. Winter, per car lot, $1.52 to $1.54, according to freights outside, Old crop--No, 1 com- mercial, $1.47 to $1.50; No. 2, do., $1.40 to $1.43 ; No. 8, do, $1.29 to $1.32.) Peas--No. 2, $2.15 to $2.20, according to freights outside. Barley--Malting, 94 to 95¢, nominal ; feed, 87 to 90c, nominal. Buckwheat--85 to 87c, nominal. Rye--No. 2, new, $1.18 to $1.20, ac- cording to frelghts outside. Manitoba flour--'irst patents, bags, $9.30; second patents, bags, $8.80; strong bakers', bags, $8.60, Toronto. Ontario flour---New Winter, according to sample, $7.50, in bags, track Toronty, prompt shipment. ; j Millfeed--Car lots, delivered Montreal freights, bags included--Bran, per ton, $29.30; shorts, per ton, $32; middlings, pet ton, $83; good feed, flour, per bag, 2.5 50. i Hay--New, No, 1, per ton, $10 to $12; No. 2, per ton, $9 to $9.50, track, Toron- $7, to $8, in jute in. jute in jute 0. Straw---Car lots, per ton, track, Toronto. Country Produce--Wholesale. Butier--Fresh dairy, choice, 35 to 36c, inferior, 30 to 3l¢; creamery prints, 39 to 41c; solids, 39 to 40c. Eges--No. 1 storage, 3b to 36c ; }stor- age, selects, 37 to 88c; new-laid, in carton, 48 to 45c ; out of cartons, 40 to 2c. Dressed poultry--Chickens, 23 to 24¢; fowl, 18 to 20c; ducks, 18 to Zuc; squabs, per dozen, $4.00 to $4.50; tur- keys, 30 to 36c; geese, Spring, 17 to 190. Live poultry--Chickens, 17 to 18¢; fowl, 14 to 16c; ducks, 13 to 15¢c; tur- geese, Spring, 14 to keys, 25 to 26c; (8 Gheese--New, large, 22 to 224c; twins, 224 to 238c; triplets, 23 to 234c. Honey--Extra fine quality, 24-1b. tins, t8c; 5-lb. tins, 124 to 138c; 10-Ib., 11% to 124¢c; 60-lb., 114 to 12c, Comb honey --extra fine and heavy weight, per doz., $8; select, $2.50 to $2.75; No. 2, $2.25 to $2.40. Potatoes -- Ontario, $1.60; British Columbia Rose, per bag, $1.60 to $1.70, British Columbia Whites, per_bag, $1.60 to $1.65; New Brunswick Delawares, per bag, $1.60 to $1.65; Prince Hdwarda Island Whites, per bag, $1.50, track, '1o- ronto. Cabbages--Manitoba, per ton, $40. Beens--Marrowfat, $5.50) to $6.00; hand picked, $5.50; primes, $5. Provisions--Wholesale. Smoked meats--Hams, medium, 24 to 26c; do., heavy, 22 to 28c; cooked, 35 to 3fc; rolis, 20 to 21c ; breakfast bacon, 25 to 27c; backs, plain, 26 to 27c : boneless, 28 to 29c. Pickled or dry cured meats, less than cured. Cured meats--Long clear bacon, 18 to 184c per lb; clear bellies, 18 to 1§sc. Lard--Pure lard, tierces, 17 to 174c ; tubs, 174 to 17#c; pails, 174 to 1%%c. Compound, 14 to 14ée. 1 cent Montreal Markets. Montreal, Oct. .17.--Corn--American No. 2 yellow, $1.02. Oats--Canadian western, No. 2, 684c; do., No. 3, 62%c ; extra No, 1 feed, 62%c ; No. 2 local white, 604c ; No. 8, do., 60c. Bariey-- Man. feed, 894c. Flour--Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts, $9.40; seconds, $8.90; strong bakers', $8.70; winter patents, choice, $9.00; straight rollers, $8.30 to $8.60; do, bags, $3.95 to $4.1u. Rolled oats, barrels, $6.45 to $6.65; do.. bags, 90 Ibs., $3.10 to $3.20. Bran-- $238. Shorts--$30. Middlings--$32. Mouillie, $35 to $37. Hay--No. 2, per ton, car lots, $13. Cheese--Finest west- erns, 21% to 22c; do., easterns, 21ic. Butter--Choicest creamery, 39 to 39a¢ ; seconds, 88 to 384c. Hggs--Fresh, 4bc ; selected, 388c; No. 1 stock, 34c}; No. 2 stock, 81c. Potatoes, per bag, car tots, $1.25 to $1.45. Winnipez Grain. Winnipeg, Oct. 17.--Wheat closed 24¢ lower for October, 24c down for Nwuv- ember, l4c lower for December and 13c }down for May. Oats were $c down for October and December and $e for May. Barley was {c lower. Flax 4 to. 4c higher. Z Uuited States Markets. Minneapolis, Oct. 17.--Wheat, Decem- ber, $1.708; May, $1.668 to $1.663. Cash, No. 1 hard, $1,788 ; No. 1 Northern $1.768 to $1.778 ; No. 2 Northern, $1.683 to $1.73# Corn--No. 3 yellow, 904c. Oats--No. 3 white, 454c. Flour junchanged. Bran, $22.50 to $23.50. _ Duluth, Oct. 17.--Linseed, $2.488 ; October, $2.454, nominal ; November, December, $2.438 asked; May, Wheat--No. 1 hard, $1.788 ; No. i Northern, $1.75% to $1,778 ; No. 'Northern, $1.67§ to $1.724; December, $1.704 asked ; May, $1.66 bid. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Oct. 17.--Good heavy Steers, $8.00 to $8.30; butchers' cattle, good, 7.75; do, medium, $6.60 to do, common, $5.26 to $5.85 ; butchers' bulls, choice, $7.10 to $7.40 ; my collarbone!" Judge Cole removed his judicial glasses, rose from his judicial chair ed it up neatly and placed it on his desk. Then he left the bench and approached "Fighting Frank" in the Judge Cole handed "Fighting Frank" | a vicious wallop on the point of the jaw. Spectators disagree somewhat con- cerning the feat "Fighting Frank" performed when the judge struck him ---some say he turned a back somer- gault without touching his hands, others insist that his feet struck the ceiling. Be that as it may, when Frank hit the floor he lay there quiet- ly for several minutes. Judge Cole, helped him to his feet and asked! him how he felt. Frank told the judge he felt as if he had made a mistake in criticizing Judge Cole's ruling, and humbly apologized for his hasty opinion. Judge Cole then returned to the bench and, having assumed his judi- cial habiliments, publicly pleaded guilty to assault and battery and fined himself $25, which the judge | explained was a heavy fine, but that | the assault and battery im this in- stance was worth that to him. The judge then called the next case.-- Boston Post. Ba GERMANY MAY CALL : OLD MEN TO COLORS. A despatch from London says: Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent quotes the Tageblatt of Berlin, to the effect that examination of the mili- tary classes of 1870 to 1875 (men be- tween the ages of 58 and 63) will take place this month in the province der refers to all those who previously have been declared unfit for military service. < = BS HUTCH GOVERNMENT rae WANTS SATISFACTION. A despatch from The Hague says: The Dutch Government, it is learned, on the basis of facts already ascer- tained, will immediately ask Ger- many to explain the sinking of the Dutch steamer Bloomersdijk in the every ally, : Cre Fa | rough if and taking off his judicial coat fold-| capacity of a private citizen. Hauling | off suddenly, but without ostentation, | sprinkled with water before leaving of Brandenburg, in which Berlin is | situated. The despatch says the or- : Atlantic, off the New England coast, | de., good bulls, $6.40 to $6.50; do., bulls. $4.50 to $5.00; butchers" cows, choice, $6.26 to $7.00; do, good, 5.75 to $6.00; do, medium, $5.50 to 5.60; stockers, $5.25 to $6.00; choice feeders, $6.25 to $7.00; canners ana eutters, $3.50 to $4.50; Milkers, choice, each $70.00 to $90.00 ; do, com. and mea. each, $40:00 to $60.00; springers, $50 to $100.00; light ewes, $7.00 to $8.00; sheep, heavy, $4.50 to $5.50; calves g00d to choice, $10.50 to $11.75; spring lambs, choice, $10.75 to $11.00; ao., medium, $9.40 to $9.60; hogs, fed and watered, $10.90 to $11.00; do... weighed i ies $11.15 to $11.25 ; do., f.0.b., Until the reign of Edward VI. all marriages were solemnised in the church-porch. -- The weddin-ring is pre-Christian in origin. Its shape symbolises the un- ending constancy of love. In Greece the bridegroom is lightly the home for the ceremony. "for (BREADS: CAKES || PUDDINGS || PASTRIES | * unreservedly guaranteed not bleached, not blended. i 854 to; ible | quaintest thing "| surface their explosion Gupremo tn the Commer: elal World The total of the National Commit- tee for Relief in Belgium Fund now exceeds $9,650,000. Two lady inspectors of places of public amusement have commenced | their duties at Birmingham. a Coal pits at Kingswinford, in Staf- fordshire, which have been closed for 50 years, are to be reopened. Dourne (Lines.) Board of Guardians have appointed a woman relieving of- ficer fot the period of the war. Tottenham's latest achievement is the raising, by means of a fete, of $1,650 for a prisoner of war fund. Last year the birthrate of the City of London was 9.2 per 1,000 of the population, and the death-rate 17.4. Munition workers have increased so largely in Birkenhead that the medi- cal officer reports that at least 1,000 new houses are needed. This will be remembered as a thistle year on Yorkshire farms, the abundant growth resulting from the neglect to mow them last year. ' A number of young women work- ers at the Wardley Mills, Worsley, Manchester, have volunteered to help in hospitals in Southport and Whalley. The oyster season promises to be one. of the best on record, and special measures are to be taken to send ample supplies to wounded soldiers. A brass tablet bearing the names of 101 men of the village, who volun- teered for service, has been placed in the church at Pinchbeck, Spalding. The Veterans' Association of Adel- phi House, W.C., is at work on a scheme for registering and assisting service men on returning to civil life. Negotiations are to be opened by the Shop Assistants' Union with a large number of firms, with the object of improving wages and other condi- tions. The High Court of Foresters at a recent meeting at Cheltenham, de- cided to levy six cents on each volun- tary member to meet increased ex- penses. Arrangements are being made for the East London Volunteer Regiments 'to take over the guarding of certain / important points, thus relieving regu- lar troops. A sum of $290 was realized by a raffle for a large cake held in the Duke of York's Theatre in aid of the Army Training School for Orphans, Westminster. Lieutenant T. Ivan Carrier of the Flying Corps, met with a fatal acci- dent when flying near Nottingham. His machine burst into flame, and he erashed into a building. Queen Alexandra's Field Force Fund is now completing arrange- ments to continue its work of for- warding comforts to the troops over- seas during the coming winter. ee ee CHINESE GET TYPEWRITER. | Machine Invented by Young Oriental | Has 4,000 Characters. To make it possible to print an ideographic language like Chinese or Japanese, with their multiplicity of | characters, on the typewriter, has | been much desired, says the East and West News. The Pekin Daily | News reports that a young inventor, H. K. Chow, exhibited a model of one at Shanghai lately. He said that it was made possible by an impression he received at an exhibition in Bos- ton, Mass. The machine was about 2 feet by 2% and weighs 40 pounds. The machine has an_ indicator, | upon which are written 4,000 charac- ters, each occupying predetermined positions. One is able to locate any- thing on the cylinder, which is main part of the machine, while he | is locating the counterparts on the flat surface. This is the whole secret of the invention, in so far as the mechanical development is con-| cerned. The indicator is printed with 4,000 characters. Its arrangement corresponds to that in a Chinese dic- tionary. A character is found through its radicals. The types are of zine and rest on the surface of the cylin- der. They are exact reproductions of the characters on the indicator, but in reversed positions. The car- riage which holds the paper moves transversely on the cylinder, thus giving the other co-ordinate motion. A long rack turns the cylinder and at the same time 'moves the carriage. This is the most essential part of the whole machine. BELLS WARNED GERMANS. Enemy Dug-outs Things of "Beauty, Art, and Safety." One of the devices which the Ger- mans adopt in their luxurious dug- outs on the western front is explained by a British officer, who writes: "But the German dug-outs; my word, they were things of beauty, art, and safety. . Thirty and 40 feet deep; some with 10 or a dozen rooms, ; electric light, hot and cold water bathrooms! Sounds like a nice, elig- villa out Bromley way. I saw was in the ning-room (panclied walls} of one. of these desirable country retreats. "In the roof, suspended by light springs, were four bells. What was the purpose of these I could not 'im-' agine, but I came across a German prisoner afterwards who explained their use. Down in that troglodyte abode the sounds of gunfire were -searcely heard--at least, it was im- possible to tell which side was firing. Here the bells came in. When the British shells were bursting up on the caused the earth to vibrate so much that the bells tinkled.. When only the Ger- | man guns were firing there was not | sufficient vibration on the earth to | Scott in his "Life of Napoleon," "was the | The | last Sunday. Fa -| make them sound," do not have to die to win. for during the years of your best earning power. Z Let us send you some new insurance facts. Crown Life Assurance TORONTO. Agente Wanted in Unrepresented Districts. Your insurance is fully pai x Z Goi ITALIANS RE! CAPTURI NG 8,000 PRISONERS Several Lines of Austrian Trenches Occupied on the Road to Trieste--Successes on Two Other Fronts. . A despatch from Rome says: Ttal- ian troops fighting in the Carso re- gion south-east. of Gorizia have re- suméd their march towards Trieste, capturing several lines of Austrian trenches and more than 5,000 prison- ers, says the official statement issued by the War Office. In addition they have occupied strongly. defended | heights between the Tippaco River and Hill 208, taking quantities of arms and munitions. Through successes on two othe! fronts the Italians: captured 1,400 ad- ditional prisoners. The advances were made in the Cosmagnon sector on Pasubio, in the Trentino, and on the front of the Julian Alps between Tobar and Vertoiba, south of Gorizia. The Austrian line on the Julian front was broken, the statement adds. On the Pasubio front 580 prisoners were taken and 860 on the Julian front. In addition 164 officers were taken in the Carso advance. ASQUITH SCORNS PATCHED PEACE Allies Demand Adequate Re- paration, Adequate Security. A despatch from London says: "This is no time for faltering coun- sel or wavering purposes," said Pre- mier Asquith in addressing the House of Commons on Wednesday. "This war cannot be allowed to end in some patched-up, precarious and dishonor- ing compromise masquerading under the name of peace, "No one desires to prolong for a single moment longer than is neces- sary-the tragic spectacle of blood- shed and destruction, but we owe it; to those who have given their lives that their supreme sacrifices shall not have been unavailing. "The ends of the allies are well known. They have been frequently | stated. They are not selfish, they are not vindictive, but they required ade- quate reparation for the past and ade- quate security for the future." The House cheered the Premier loudly as he made these remarks in concluding his address, after moving a vote of credit for £300,000,000. This brings up the total for the cur- rent financial year to £1,350,000,000. The House agreed to vote the credit asked for by Premier Asquith, virtu- ally no criticism being offered to the Premier's statement. a % sre SUBMARINE FOR NAPOLEON. Boat to Rescue Emperor From St. Helena Actually Was Built. When Napoleon was banished to! St. Helena various schemes were set | on foot for his rescue. One of the most remarkable originated in the in- ventive brain of a smuggler named Johnstone, says London Answers. "A submarine," says Sir Walter to be the means of effecting this en- terprise. It was thought that by| sinking the vessel during the daytime it might escape the notice of the Brit- ish cruisers, and being raised at night might approach the guarded rock without discovery. "The vessel was actually begun in| lone of the building yards of the | Thames, but the peculiarity of its; construction having occasioned sus- | picion, it was seized by the Govern- | ment." | Many Like Him. | 4 rig | Hewitt--He's a pessimist, all right. | Jéwett--I should say so; he could) see the dark side to a blonde! | U.S. WILL STOP. FOE SUB RAIDS Recommendation of Neutrality ' Beard to the Government at Washington. A despatch from Washington says : --The joint State and Navy Neutral- ity Board has submitted to the State Department its report and recom- mendations concerning submarina warfare off the American coast. It is understood that the findings of tha board are unfavorable to a continuance by Germany of activities similar t« those off Nantucket lightship Sunday when the U-53 sank five merchant vessels. It was said on Wednesday that thé Neutrality Board declared such operations in close proximity ta American shores constituted a nuis- ance which should be abated, and that in that view the United States should refuse hospitality to all belligerent war vessels. The board found, it was stated, that belligerent . operations close to American shores were. obnox- ious, and that the United States had the right to consider them as a nuis- ance. Se BOOKS CARRY NO DISEASE. --= Experiments Dispel Superstition That Leaves Attract Germs. Old superstitions that books are carriers of disease seem to have been dispelled for once and all by experi- ments fecently made in London. We all know the familiar argument that Mr. So-and-So caught this or that by reading an old book that old Mr. Such-and-Such read a few months before he died with the same disease, Now we are told that germs cannot live in such surroundings as are of- fered by the dry pages of books, says Farming Business, and that sneezing, coughing and talking while reading a book do not make that book a carrier' of the disease the reader may have, Washings from books read by tuber- cular patients were fed to guinea pigs, but none developed the disease. oqo PRICES OF IMPORTS INCREASE IN ITALY. A despatch from Rome says: The resumption of Austro-German sub- marine attacks is causing graye con- cern in Italy, where the prices of coal, wheat, lumber, scrap iron and other imports. have trebled within a year, owing to the prohibitive freight rates. Coal now costs $50 a ton. The railroads have a stock of 200,000 tons; however, and are not likely to be interrupted during the Winter. = The Officer--"Didn't you . see me 'The Recruit--'Yes, sir!' The Officer--"Then why didn't you coming up the lines?" ask, 'Who goes there?'" Se The Recruit--"Why, hang it, I've knowed who you was since you was & kid!" <