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&4 IRJL: LIFF Asset Nn ou anyâ€" Androw r Ar 1an by would years : was wife, intry. t the it he pasâ€" â€"day, in to land, 1 opâ€" face what him oney r to and m of 1 be, olve and h far ho Or at FRENCH PREP ARE FOR MORE GAINS ®A & ‘3 despatch from Paris says! Gen. ‘Toffre‘s troops struck a powerful on Thursday on the Verdun . Here German trenches on & on Thursday by H. G. Wells, the famâ€" ous British writer, who has just reâ€" turned from the French and Italian Nearly 300 Germans, Including Six Officers, Were Made Prisoners By Gen. Joffre‘s Troops. A despatch from Paris says: "The Germans will have begun to squeal by November, and the war will end by March." This statement was made WAR WILL END BY MARCH SAYS THE PROPHET WELLS. an even greater extent. The Treasâ€" trer‘s estimate at the time the gradâ€" ed tax was initiated was that the anâ€" nual revenue from this source would be $600,000. A despatch from Toronto says: Acâ€" cording to the Hon. T. W. McGarry, Provincial Treasurer, the amusement war tax has been bringing in so far an average of $50,000 a month. This is well up to expectations, and some are confident that in the winter months the Treasury will benefit to FRENCH SUCCESS AT VERDUN kâ€" GAINS A MILE OF TRENCHES $50,000 PER MONTH FROM AMUSEMENT TAX. A despatch from Guelph says: Reâ€" ports received at the Agricultural College of crop conditions throughout the province are not encouraging, esâ€" pecially in regard to roots and beans. Mangolds and turnips are not getting the Fall growth that they should. Poâ€" tatoes will be about half a crop. The continued dry weather is interfering with the work on all the farm plots here. As a general thing their sysâ€" tem of cultivation protects them against delays from this cause, but not so this year. ; O.A.C. REPORTS SHOW A despatch from Petrograd says: An official statement says: "Caucaâ€" slan frontâ€"In the region of Ognott our troops are advancing and inflictâ€" ing great losses on the enemy. In the region to the west of Ognott we found corpses of our soldiers terribly mutilated by the Turks. To the west of Lake Van British armored motor cars drove out the Turks from the vilâ€" lages situated in the region of Chukâ€" hur Norshen." i TURKS MUTILATE BODIES OF RUSSIAN SOLDIERS. The principal attack is against Bernyâ€"enâ€"Santerre, which is an exâ€" tremely important village. Situated on the flank of the hill that dominates Barleux, it protects the little plateau of Villerscarbonnel, where the Gerâ€" mans have massed large collections of heavy batteries. Bernyâ€"enâ€"Sanâ€" terre, three kilometres from Villersâ€" carbonnel and four and fourâ€"fifths kilometres from the Somme, is at the head of a system of deep ravines leading to the Somme and turning on southward to the German gun positions. An advance by the French | in this direction would be disastrous | to the Germans, as it would make iti extremely difficult for them to withâ€" draw their big guns. In addition, the advance on Bernyâ€"enâ€"Santerre greatâ€" ly helps troops attacking Deniecourt. The latter village is now threeâ€" fourths surrounded by the French. Artillery Busy Clearing Away German Trenches. A despatch from Paris says: The French have cleared the way for the extension of their offensive south of the Somme. While their artillery north of the river was busy preparâ€" ing the German trenches for further assault, infantry south of the river gave another squeeze to the pincers that are rapidly closing on the Gerâ€" man positions. ‘ A despatch from London says: Phillip Gibb, the war correspondent, commenting in the Daily Telegraph on the recent British advance, says: | "It is not sufficiently realized t.hat" this is a very important gain. _ The capture of Guillemont and the ground | beyond has given the British the whole of the German second line. | "The British troops had an uphill' Their Position Enormously Superior to That of the Enemy Other Side of Watershed. BRITISH ARE IN POSSESSION _ OF WHOLE GERMAN SECOND LINE Crown Life were captured in a stormâ€" . delivereod from Vauxâ€" HAVE You aA POLICY CROPS ARE SMALL. INSURANCE CO. ? IN THE ed 280 prisoners, including six ofâ€" Chapitre to Chenols,. It was in this sector that the Germans came nearest A despatch from Vancouver says; Mr. and Mrs. W. P Bosunworth of North Vancouver, buried their infant daughter Tuesday, and on Wednesday saw the lifeless bodies of their other two children, six and eight years, takâ€" en from the bathing beach at English Bay. Lost Three Children Within a Couple of Days. A despatch from Vienna to the Exâ€" change Telegraph Company, London, says the Roumanian Government has seized the Austrian and German facâ€" tories in Roumania, as well as indusâ€" trial and financial establishments of the Central Powers and four large petrol companies. The Roumaenâ€" ische Kreditbank and the Banque Genâ€" erale Roumaine have been taken over by the Bucharest Government. ROUMANIA HAS SEIZED MANY TEUTON FACTORIES _A despatch from London says :â€"An interesting story of a retrieval of lost character is contained in the anâ€" nouncement of the reinstatement of Lieut.â€"Colonel Elkington to the comâ€" mand of the Warwickshires. This ofâ€" ficer had a South African War record and was courtâ€"martialled and cashâ€" iered in September, 1914. His ofâ€" fence was not stated. He then joinâ€" ed the ranks of the French Foreign Legion ‘and now has been reinstated for "gallant conduct." \ RETRIEVED HIS NAME BY GALLANT CONDUCT 000,000. _ To this extent the heavier war and pension expenditure will be off set. Eightyâ€"Four Millions as Compared With Sixty Millions Last Year. A despatch from Ottawa says:â€" Canada‘s revenue for the first five months of the fiscal year aggregates $84,000,000, as compared with $60,â€" 000,000 in the same period of last year. _ Expenditure on ordinary pubâ€" lie works is down by $2,000,000 and on capital account $500,000. _ Capital outlay on railways declined by $3,â€" A despatch from Ottawa says: New regulations are being provided for ensuring the fitness of men acâ€" lcepted for service in the expeditionâ€" ary force. Rectruiting officers are to be required to make certain that men entering the force are within the age limits, and medical officers will also | be called upon to exercise great care against the admission of unfit men. | A recruit will be examined first by the local medical officer at the place fof enlistment and on reaching the }mobilization centre he will be reâ€"exâ€" amined by a medical board, after he is finally attached for overseas serâ€" vice. If there is any doubt as to his condition, he may be reâ€"examined on request by the medical officer. Steps are being taken also to keep some sort of record of men rejected for unâ€" fitness, probably by obtaining from | such men signed cards, certifying to their rejection. This is for the purâ€" pose of preventing men once rejected from applying at other places, a comâ€" mon practice. REVENUE FOR FIVE MONTHS PARENTS‘ SAD AFFLICTION. "They have now gained the crest of the ridge, and even if the offensive is brought to a dead halt, which it won‘t be, the position for the Winter is enâ€" ormously superior to that of the Gerâ€" mans on the other side of the waterâ€" shed." TO ENSURE FITNESS OF MEN ENLISTING Age Limit to be Enforced and Unfit Applicants Rejected. fight to seize the high ridge at Poâ€" zieres and to the eastwards. It was difficult to take and difficult to hold, and the cost was not light. to their base at Dunkirk, according to reports received in Amsterdam, on Wednesday. A despatch from Amsterdam says : â€"British airmen bombargled and deâ€" stroyed a German submarine in Zeeâ€" bru;g'e !mrbor, _t}mz returned safely BRITISH AVIATORS "As to our troops, you can go through our garrisons, our forts, and our military camps, and everywhere you will see our recruits exercising in intensive fashion. Regarding munitions, our effort is similar. A great part of our national industry is in the service of the army. Already we have settled the urgent problem of transports and trucks, and soon we will be ready. "We are preparing with all our forces to take this direct part in the fight. The mobilization of the army was received with enthusiasm and has not developed one deserter, and we are continuing to raise men. Our first concern was for the organization of the staffs. We have now about 1,500 officers, and this number will be increased by the convocation which has just taken place of all the men from 18 to 80 years old who are in a . condition to bear arms. This will form a corps of militia officers. l Called "Vast Field of Manoeuvres" by War Minister. "Portugal is toâ€"day a vast field of manoeuvres," said Major _ Norton Mattos, in a recent interview with the correspondent of the Paris Journal. "Portugal, being in a state of war with Germany and Austria," continuâ€" ed Major Mattos, "wants to take part in the war in the most direct form and in a fraternity of arms. ; A petition, bearing the signatures of over 115,000 persons, has been preâ€" sented to the House of Commons by the Right Hon. Robert Thompson, M.P. for North Belfast, asking for the prohibition of the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors for the period of the war. The death has occurred at his resiâ€" dence, Campsee House, Omagh, of Dr. H. B. Fleming, one of the best known medical practitioners in the County Tyrone. For 39 years he held the position of medical officer under the Omagh Board of Guardians. A stained glass window erected to the memory of the late Sir Anâ€" drew Reid, K.C.B., and Lady Reid, by _ Brigadierâ€"General _ Reid, V.C., C.M.G., their only son, has been dediâ€" cated in St. Ann‘s church, Dublin, by the Bishop of Cork. The Lady Mayoress of Belfast has received a letter from Lady Lawley, St. James‘ Palace, conveying an exâ€" pression of his Majesty‘s high appreâ€" ciation of the generous gifts from Belfast to the Queen Mary Needleâ€" work Guild. ALL PORTUGAL UNDER ARMS. Mr. John Briston, commandant of the Belfast Volunteer Defence Corps, a body which for over a year has been helping the military by guardâ€" ing docks, etc., has been complimentâ€" ed by the military authorities. Belfast Corporation refused to accept Mrs, McMordie, â€" exâ€"Lady Mayoress, as a councillor on the ground that the electors had not given a mandate for the admission of women to the corporation. At a meeting of the Dublin Metroâ€" politan Police Force, held in the Irish National Foresters‘ Hall, a resolution was accepted expressing disappointâ€" ment at the smaliness of the grant of war bonus. At Cork Assizes Michael Larkin, a baker, was sentenced to death for the murder of Mr. O‘Connor, hotel proâ€" prietor, Milltown, County Kerry, on the night of Dec. 20th last. Considerable damage was caused by a serious fire that broke out in the bleaching and finishing works at Muckamore, belonging to the York Street Flax Spinning Co. The tramway and electricity deâ€" partment of Belfast corporation will give next year $63,400 to the Genâ€" eral Purpose Committee for the reâ€" lief of city rates. Having served for 25 years in the B Division of the Dublin Metropoliâ€" tan Police, Constable John Delaney, a native of King‘s County, has reâ€" tired from the force. An effort is about to be made to secure recruits to fill the vacancies in the Ulster Division, and a recruiting party from the army is shortly exâ€" pected in Belfast. The Congested Districts Board at the Quarter Sessions in Roscomâ€" mon obtained decrees against â€" a number of tenants who failed to pay their annuities. By the breaking of a jib in conâ€" nection with a crane which was at work at Aughamaddock quarries, Stradbally, a man named Davis was instntly killed. The regulation under martial law in Dublin requiring the people to be indoors between midnight and 4 a.m. has now been withdrawn. The _ Limerick Corporation has passed a resolution protesting against the bill in favor of uniform time for Great Britain and Ireland. Major John Carton Markes, Leinâ€" ster Regiment, of Glenlara, Tipperâ€" ary, has been killed in action. The death has occurred of Mr. Arthur Thornton Farrel!, in his 60th year, a wellâ€"known Portadown soliâ€" citor. From Erin‘s Green Isle Happenings in the Emerald Isle of Interest to Irishâ€" LAND‘S SHORES. SMASH FOE SUB. ..t.‘z,,ifi,\, Cat Ee men. A despatch from Chicago says: Two "double"â€"Zeppelins, unarmed and each with a carrying capacity of €0 tons, have been built in Germany to carry mail between Berlin and the United States, according to statements here by Morris Epstein, agent of the Gerâ€" manâ€"American Alliances, who retarnâ€" ed from Europe on Tuesday â€" "They are so constructed," said Epstein, "that they can rise higher than any aeroplane, and thus escape hostile aviators. They also can descend to the water and travel there under their own power." GERMAN MAIL SERVICE BY ZEPPELIN TO U. 8. | _A despatch from Amsterdam says : â€"A telegram received here from Berâ€" lin says that in view of the forthcomâ€" ing convocation of the Reichstag, there was held on Tuesday a conferâ€" ence between Chancellor von Bethâ€" mannâ€"Hollweg and the party leaders. The Chancellor declared that Field Marshal von Hindenburg, chief of the general staff, and General von Ludâ€" endorf, the field marshal‘s chief of staff, agreed that the military situaâ€" tion was favorable. It was said there was no thought of raising the age limit of liability for military serâ€" vice. _ Confidence was expressed in‘ the success of the new war loan. GERMAN ARMY STAFF. HIGHLY OPTIMISTIC to $10.00, all weighed off cars Toronto, _ Bept. _ 12. â€"Choice heavy steers, $8.25 to $8.85 ; good heavy steors, $8.00 to $8.10 ; Butchers‘ cattle, good, $7.50 to $7.90 ; do., medium, $7.00 to $7.15 ; do., common, $6.00 to ;6‘15; butchers‘ bulls, choice, $7.25 to $7.50 ; do., good bulls, $6.40 to $6.50 ; do., rough bulls, $4.50 to $5.00 ; butchers‘ cows, choice, $6.50 to $6.75 ; do., good, $6.00 to $6.25 ; do., medium, $5.50 to ;5.85; }mockers. 700 to §50 Ibs.. $6.00 to $6.50 i choice feeders, dehorned, $6.30 to $7.00 ; canners and ‘cutters, $3.50 to $4.25 | milkers, choice, each, $70.00 to $90.00 ; do., com. and med., each, $40.00 to $60.00; springers, $50.00 to $90.00 ; light ewes, $7.65 to $8.35 ; sheep, heavy, $4.50 to $5.35 ; spring lambs, per lb., 9 to 10%c ; calves, d1ood to choice, $10.50 to $12.00 ;| do., medium, $9.00 to $10.00 ; Hogs, fed and watered, $11.75 to $11.85 ; do., weighed ‘off cars, $12.00 to $12.10 ; do., t.o.b., $11.15. Montreal, Sept. 12.â€"Butchers‘ steers, ood, $7.10 to $7.60 ; fair, $7 ; medium, §5.50 to $6 per cwt. Butchers, cows, good, $6 to $6.50 ; fair, $5.50 to $5.75 ; common, $4 to $5; canners, $3.50 to $3.75 ; cutters, $3.75 to $4.50.â€" Butchers‘ bulls, best, $6 to $6.50 ; good, $5.50 to $6 ; fair, $5 to $5.25 ; canners, $4.50 to $5. Sheep, 6 to 7¢ per pound ; lambs, 94 to 10%¢c per pound. Calves, milkâ€"fed, 8 to 9¢ per lb ; grau-fed. be per lb. Hogs, selects, $11.75 to $12 ; roughs and mixed lots, $10 to $11.25 ; cows, $9.75 Duluth, Selpt. 12.â€"Wheatâ€"No. 1 hard, $1.68 ; No. Northern, 31.66 to $1.67 ; No. 2 Northern, $1.62 to $1.63. Linseed, on track and to arrive, $2.024 ; Septemâ€" ber, $2.01%, nominal ; _ Oetober, fz.ozg asked ; November, $2.03% asked ; Decâ€" ember, $2.02%‘ nominal. 1 Northern, $1.614 ; _ No. 2 Northern, $1.574 to $1.62i. Cornâ€"No. 3 yellow, 843 to 85%c. Oatsâ€"No. 3 white, 454 to 45ic. Flour unchanged. Branâ€"$21 to $22 Minneapolis, Sept. 12.â€"Wheat tember, $1.606 ; No. 1 hard, $1.67% Winnipeg, Sept. 12.â€"Cash quotations : Wheatâ€"No. 1 northern, $1.64% ; No. 2 northern, $1.62% ; No. 83 northern, $1.574; No. 4, $1.49% ; No. 5, $1.42%. Oatsâ€"No. 2 C.W., §1§% ; No. 3 C.W., 50§ ; extra No, 1 feed, 50§ ; No. 1, 504 ; No. 2, 491. Barleyâ€"No. 3, 86 ; No. 4, 83 ; rejected, 764 ; feed, 76k. Flaxâ€"No. 1 N. W. ©., $1.34 ; No. 2, C. W., $1.81. Montreal, Sept. 12.â€"Oatsâ€"Canadian Western, No. 2, 60c ; do., No. 8, 59%c¢ ; extra No. 1 feed. 5s?c ; No. 8 local white 54c. Flour, Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $8.50 ; _ seconds, $8.00 ; strong bakers‘ $7.80 ; Winter }mtentl. choice, $7.50 ; straight rollers, $6.90 to :7.20: straight rollers, bags, $3.25 to 3.40. Rolled oats, barrels, §5.05 f bagfl. 90 lbs., $2.90. Bran, $25. Shorts, 7. Middlings, $29. Mouilie, $31 to $34. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $11 to $13. Cheese, finest westerns, 19%¢ to 20c ; finest easterns, 19% to 19§c. Butter, choicest creamery, 344 to 35¢ ; seconds, 334 to 34c. Eggs, fresh, 87¢ ; selected, 85¢ ; No. 1 stock, 300 ; No. 2 stock, 27c. Compound, 14 to 14%¢ Baconâ€"Long clear, 18 to 184¢ per lb. Hamsâ€"Medium, 24 to 26¢ ; do., heavy, 22 to 23¢; rolls, 19 to 24c ; breakfast bacon, 52 to 27¢ ; backs, plain, 26 to 27¢ ; boneless backs, 28 to 29¢. Cooked ham, 35 to 37c. _Lardâ€"Pure lard, tierces gpl)n. 174 to li%c ; pails, Eggsâ€"Newâ€"laid, 31 to 32c ; do., in cartons, 36 to 38¢. Beans, $4.50 to $5, the latter for handâ€" picked. ® Cheeseâ€"New, large, 194 to 20¢ ; twins 198 to 20%c ; triplets, 20 to 20%c. Dressed poultryâ€"Chickens, 25 to 27¢ ; fowl, 18 to 20c. Live poultryâ€"Chickens, 18 to 20¢ ; fowl, 14 to 16¢. Potatoesâ€"Jerseys, {\er bag, $2.560 ; Ontarios, $2.35 to $2.40 ; British Colâ€" umbia Rose, per bag, $2; New Brunsâ€" wick, cobblers, per bag, $2. Honeyâ€"Extra fine quality, 10â€"lb. tins, per lb., l1¢c ; 60â€"lb. tins, per lb., 10%c. Potatoesâ€"Jerseys, {\er Ontarios, $2.35 to $2.40 ; umbia Rose, per bag, $2 : wick, cobblers, per bag, $2 Butterâ€"Fresh dairy, choice, 30 to 31¢; inferior, 24 to 25¢ ; creamery prints, 35 to 37¢ ; solids. 34 to 35¢. , Hayâ€"New, No. 1, per ton, $10 to $12; No. 2, $9 to $9.50, on track Toronto. Strawâ€"Car lots, per ton, $6 to $7, on track Toronto. ht 97â€" P 2200A 122 2s 04. Millfeedâ€"Car lots, delivered Montreal freights, bags includedâ€"Bran, per ton, $28; shorts, per ton, $29; middlings. per ton, $30; good feed flour, per bag, $2.25. Ontario flourâ€"New, Winter accordâ€" ing to sample, $5.60 to $5.70, nominal, in bags, track Toronto, prompt shipment; new, $5.50 to $5.60, nominal, bulk seaâ€" board, prompt shipment... es i 3 Manitoba flourâ€"First patents, in jute bags, $8.40; second patents, in jute bag-. $7.90; strong bakers‘, in jute bags, $7.70, Toronto. Buckwheatâ€"Nominal, . according to freights outside. Ryeâ€"No. 2, new, $1.15 to $1.17; No. 1 commercial, nominal, according to freights outside. waASs IN BomMBARDpMENT. _Barleyâ€"Mailting barley, 85 to 90¢, noâ€" minal; feed hn.rla{. 80 to 83c, nominal, according to freights outside. _ _ _ _Peasâ€"No. 2, $2.00 to $2.10, nomial, acâ€" cording to freights outside. . American cornâ€"No. 8 yefi’;w. 98%c. on track Toronto. Ontario oatsâ€"New, No. 2 white, 52 to 54c; No. 34 0., 51 to 53¢, according to freights outside. Ontario wheatâ€"No. 1. commercial, $1.22 to $1.21; No. 2 d 0.. $1.18 to $1.20; No. 8 do., $1.14 to $1.16, according to :relfihatos outside; new crop, No. 2, $1.28 0 $1.30. ‘Toronto, Sept. 12.â€"Manitobsa wheatâ€" No. 1 Northe n, $1.73; No. 2 do.. $1.71; No. 3, do., $1.66, on track Bay [;orm. Manitoba oatsâ€"No. 2 C.W,, 58¢; No. 3 C.W., 57c.; extra No. 1 feed, bc: No. 1 feed, 56%c. on track Bay ports,. _ Markets of the World Country Produceâ€"Wholesale. United States Markets Provisionsâ€"Wholesale. » Live Stock Markets. Montreal Markets. Winnipeg Grain. 12.â€"Wheatâ€"Se 17 to 17ic 174 to 17%¢ Chronic complaining does not :=:ke a hard lot softer. A despath from London says: The destruction of a large aeroplane facâ€" tory at Adlerhof, near Berlin, is reâ€" ported in despatches received from Copenhagen. An explosion wrecked the structure, which then burned. Ten military aeroplanes woere destroyed, No one was killed. AEROPLANE PLANT A despatch from London says: Casualty lists for the first two weeks of August show that the British army lost 600 officers killed, 1,702 wounded, and 204 missing, a total of 2,506. This brings up the losses since the beginâ€" ning of the war to 38,922 officers, of whom 1,442 have been killed or died of wounds, 24,680 wounded and 2,800 are missing. In the fortnight six lieutenantâ€"colonels were killed. LOSSES OF BRITISH FOR HALF OF AUGUST. A despatch from London says:â€"Dr. J. W. Robertson, of .Ottawa, has crossed to France as Canadian deleâ€" gate to the Agricultural Relief of the Allies Fund. He will visit the ravagâ€" ed areas The Duke of Portland has a scheme for the whole Empire makâ€" ing a joint effort to lend assistance for the rehabilitation of these lands in Belgium, France and Serbia at the conclusion of hostilities, by the proâ€" vision of seed, implements and money, Advertising Agency Changes Na~e. 000,000; and oils, seeds and fats, £2,â€" 250,000. The export increases were made up principally of manufactured articles. Of these cotton textiles inâ€" creased £3,000,000, iron and steel, £2,â€" 500,000, and coal, £1,500,000. IMPERIAL EFFORT Exports Increased in August by About $75,000,000. A despatch from London says: Figures given out on Thursday by the British Board of Trade for the month of August show that imports during the month were increased by £6,716,â€" 000, while the exports were increased by £15,281,000. The principal inâ€" creases in imports were: Cotton, £3,â€" The firm of J. Waiter ’l'g.om on », Limited, with offices at Tor :‘0, l "Many soldiers firmly believe the politicians will sell out in the end. But this opinion is certainly wrong, for the force of public opinion behind the war is now so strong that the pubâ€" lic would think nothing of taking all the members of the Government and hanging them in a row if they showed any inclination to throw away at the peace parleys the fruits of our stu-‘ pendous war efforts." "The allies will end the war as such formidable military powers and so superabundantly supplied with veterans and material that, failing some gross negligence on the part of our Governments during the peace parleys, Germany will never be able to face a war again in our time. ‘ Our superiority in the field," says the writer, "is not yet adequate, since it does not give us that annihilating preponderance which is necessary for victory. _ Next spring, having comâ€" pleted our own supplies, we can set to work to arm Russia with a will We can fit out the armies of 1917 and 1918, which must in the end crush the most frantic efforts of the Central Powers, and, as we can last so long, or longer if necessary, we can be satisfied with nothing but the complete satisfaction of our demands. ‘ Another Year Before Full Pressure Is Exerted on Germany. The London Times‘ military expert, in an optimistic review of the present military situation, â€"points out his reasons for believing that the war is not yet near its end, and discusses the arming of the allied armies for the campaigns of 1917 and 1918. as NO HASTY END TO THE WAR. BRITISH TRADE GROWS. TORONTO Write Us, or Full Particulars and Subscription Forms Furnished on Application These Securitiese Are Always Saleable and Always Ready to Purchase Without Charge We Will Give Best Attention to Any Applications Placed Through Us NEW CANADIAN WAR LoAN AT BERLIN WRECK ED. TO AID RESTORATION . A. MACKENZIE & co. The Safest and Best Investment Possible to Obtain k , L2= Telegraph or Telephone at Our Expenso "The fighting at Verdun, he said, filled him with admiration for the "In company with Stanley Washâ€" burn I reoentiyy motored to the headâ€" quarters of Gen. Brussilof, who reâ€" ceived us. He talked to us for nearly an hour. A despatch from London says: | soldiers Writing from a "town in Southern cesses 1 Russia," George H. Mewes says in a g:::’l' despatch to the Daily Mirror: brivmgzanck Circulate Leafiet Urging the Masses ed for . id,&b'o"fierl';;d hav to Refuse to Support Struggle. _ |87,000 in the first response ‘\ing of immigration, Mr. A despatch from London says: that Ameri t Inks A 4 | ericans of a good German Socialists are circulating an |taking up land in the West antiâ€"war leaflet asserting that the | Germans are slowly starving, blamâ€" mm â€"lfg omm ns ing the Government for starting the A o. war, accusing speculators of cornerâ€"| Jt is surprising how mu« ing food and urging the masses to reâ€" man can find to do that h fuse to support the war. ‘want to do. Dominion « Canada _ LOAN WARSAW WILL BE R ETAKEN BEFORE JAN. 1 â€"â€" GERMAN SOCIALISTs | _ The Ice Cream Parlor plays such "an important part in the life of peoâ€" ple that Dr. W. A. Cooper, of the Canadian Pacific Dining Car Service, has decided to incorporate it into railâ€" way travel and has initiated what may be called the Ice Cream Parlor Car on the chief trains between Montâ€" real and Ottawa, that is to say on the trains which carry a Buffetâ€" Libraryâ€"Observationâ€"Parlorâ€"Car. It is now possible on such cars to obâ€" tain soft drinks, iceâ€"creams and sunâ€" daes, and though the service has been in existence only a few days, its popâ€". ularity has been so pronounced that it will no doubt be extended to other . services in the near future. | A despatch from Petrograd says:, The recent attack at Svinjuchi, 20 miles southâ€"east of Vladimir Volynski, was heralded by a dramatic incident. | During the artillery preparation in‘ this part the Teutons were treated liberally to the new Russian gas shell. | The Austrian fire was _ suddenly silenced. The Russians, pushing forâ€" | ward, found the trenches tenanted only by dead, grimly grotesque figâ€"| ICE CREAM PARLOR CARS oN THE CPR. TRENCHES TENANTED BY DEAD _ KILLED BY THE FUMES OF GAS Frightful Effects of the New Russian Gas Recent Fighting. Great Russian General is Equally Confident of the Final Result of the War. TRADER® BANK BuiLDING TORONTO, CANADA TELEPWONE MAin goss. you d or telenr:l{o.:tnou? We are authorized to receive applications for this loan. __You may send applications to us by telegraph Ifig 'fi" expense to m“mfl attention ' uch talments, deâ€" rery lnmgm ee!.'.m definitive Bonds, We will send you application form on request. â€" Burgess & Company ONTARIO ARCHIVES FIGHTING THE wWAR cubccflpdo&thmuh us you recejve, A expense you, special attention ‘A0â€" ) _ "Brussiloff has implicit faith in the reâ€" | Russian soldier. Last year he roâ€" irly ! treated owing to the lack of muniâ€" . _ tione. He is as confident of the ultiâ€" aid, mate result as he is now of Warsaw the | being retaken this year." | soldiers of France. For his recent sucâ€" cesses he gave all the credit to the Russian soldier. Washburn asked the General if Warsaw would be retaken ‘this year. He replied: | _*"*Yes, why not?‘ " It is surprising how much work a man can find to do that he does not ‘want to do. \ing of immigration, Mr. Scott said |that Americans of a good class were | taking up land in the West. |_ A despatch from Ottawa says:â€"W. | D. Scott, Superintendent of Immigraâ€" tion, who has returned from his anâ€" | nual visit to the Western Provinces, | thinks that the crop will average well, although conditions vary not only as | between provinces, but in each proâ€" ]vince. *"Conditions," said Mr. Scott, good. 1 was told in the West that there would be 165,000,000 bushels of wheat. _ There is plenty of labor for the harvest, the farmers having askâ€" ed for 40,000 men and having secured "are not at all bad, though in some parts the yield is light, especially in Southern Manitoba and parts of Sasâ€" katchewan. _ It depends upon cultivaâ€" tion and early seeding. _ Prices are |_ Thursday morning there was a fiveâ€" hour artillery preparation. By two | o‘clock in the afternoon three lines of iTeuton trenches had been captured along a front of 20 miles. Three thousand prisoners, many of them lGermans, have arrived at Lutzk,. GOOD AVERAGE CROP IN CANADIAN WEST Superintendent of Immigration Says Conditions Are Not Bad. ures lying or leaning, evidently killed instantly, by the fumes of the gas. The number of Austrians who thus perished is several hundred. WINNIPEG Shell Is Shown in the Sx Speakâ€" ody ght RNns Fiâ€" ais ad he | A