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m The falling off in recruiting â€" during the past two or three months, and the imperative need of systematic method of adjusting the supply of men to meet the calls both of war and of industry Sir Thomas tors. Sir ‘ with the o partment a State, is n of industry, call for prompt action by Sir Thomas Tait and his fellowâ€"direcâ€" tors. Sir Thomas, in coâ€"operation with the officials of the Militia Deâ€" partment and of other departments of State, is now preparing detailed reâ€" commendations for the consideration of the board. It may be noted that the recruiting total of 6,351 for last month fell very considerably short of wastage at the front during September. Considerâ€" ing the number of casualties, and the comparatively large number of men who are now being weeded out of the battalions proceeding overseas through the final medical inspection prior to leaving Canada, it is safe to say that there are fewer men actually in the expeditionary ranks now than GERMANS MADE A PEACE OFFER Montreal enlistments for the fortâ€" night ending September 30 are given as 856, nearly double the enlistâ€" Withdrawal From Belgium and Payment of Indemnity Part of Offer. The London correspondent of the New York Tribune cables as follows: German agents, acting through King Albert of the Belgians, suggested reâ€" cently definite terms to the allies reâ€" garding Belgiam, Serbia and Lorâ€" raine. This I learn from excellent auâ€" thority. The proposal included the withdrawal of the Germans from Belâ€" gilum, the payment of an indemnity for destruction due to military cccuâ€" pation, the retirement of the Kaiser‘s forces from Serbia without an inâ€" demnity, and the return of Lorraine to France. Although the offer can hardly be considered a formal one, it is of an official character and is more definite than previous overtures. King Alâ€" bert has been approached several times by German agents. Last spring the most ambitious of these efforts were made, but the Belgian King spurned these offers repeatedly, deâ€" spite the fact that considerable presâ€" sure was brought to bear by the Gerâ€" mans on various parts of his country. It is likely that nothing will come of this latest offer. But it is interâ€" esting because it shows that the Gerâ€" mans are modifying their views about the advantages they hold in the miliâ€" tary occupation of neighboring counâ€" tries. BELGIUM BUTCHERIES sSTOPPED BY NEUTRALS. A despatch from Amsterdam says: The Nouvelles Maastricht correspondâ€" ent says that as a result of a protest of the American and Spanish Minisâ€" ters at Brussels, General von Bissing, the German Governorâ€"General, has pardoned twentyâ€"two Belgians who were sentenced to death last week on a charge of spying. The correâ€" spondent adds that the prisoners inâ€" eluded three women, two girls and the acting burgomaster of Namur. WORLD‘S RECORD FOR WHEAT. Bushels to Acre, Threshed. | A despatch from Edmonton, Al-| berta, says: C. S. Noble, of Nobleford, | Alta., has a thousandâ€"acre field, the: wheat crop of which, threshed, gnvo; a yield of 52 bushels to the acre, the highest ever known in any part of tho! world, according to estimates made | on Wednesday. The world‘s record‘ for wheat was formerly held by Whitâ€"| man County, Wash., with 51 bushels.l 1,000â€"acre Field Gives Yield of 52 BRITISH HAVE TAKEN 26,735 § AND SMASHED 29 DIVISIONS A despatch from London says: An »fficial statement issued gives details of the fighting on the Somme front after the advance of Sept. 15, describâ€" ing the capture of villages, including Combles, Guecudecourt and Thiepval, and proceeds: "These victories brought our front line at more than one point within a mile of the German fourth position west of the Bapaumeâ€"Transloyâ€"road." The statement continues: "The enâ€" imy has fought stubbornly to check our advance, and since Sopt. 15 seven new divisions have been brought rgainst us and five against the French The severe and prolonged struggle demanded on the part of our troops very great determination and cuarage, "At the end of September the sitâ€" uation may be summarized as folâ€" lows: Since the opening of the battle uation may be summarized s 1oiâ€" lows: Sinco the opening of the battle on July i1 we have taken 20,1785 prisâ€" The Fruits of Somme Advance Set Forth Officiallyâ€"Enemy‘s Reserves are Used Up. ;-. mc were at the beginning of Auâ€" Thousand Canadian Soldiers Have Returned From the Front and Have Been Discharged. from Ottawa says: .~" LESS THAN THE WASTAGE -'_â€"‘ P LA B 1 _ a 104 ___J T " M lo._ + l ‘ mm â€"New, No. 1.Northern, $1.78% :tll’:o- «4 No $1.15%; No. 3 Northern, iers Have Returned From the lgqo*; No. (;ld"mt' ;Lez:,gc, t;:ck y ports. ° crop brading 2¢ above een Discharged. ‘new crop. ¢ l Manitoba oatsâ€"No, 2 C.W., 60%¢; e k. |No. 8 C.W., 60c; extra No. 1 feed, 60c; Columbia is second with 434, and TOâ€" ‘track Toronto, s io. _ ronto third with 367. Other districts| Ontario catsâ€"No. 2 white, 54 to | show: London, 187; Kingstonâ€"Ottawa, 56e; No. 3 white, 53 to 55¢, according 349; Quebec, 96; Maritime Provinces, to {reighto outside. 3 228: â€" Manitobaâ€"Saskatchewan, 235;| Ontario wheatâ€"New, No. 2 Winter, FOE GARRISONS _ SUFFER TERRBBLY About eight thousand soldiers have so far returned to Canada from the front and have been disâ€" charged as unfit for further active service. Most of these have been inâ€" capacitated by wounds, and will reâ€" ceive pensions for the rest of their lives. In England there are several thousand more members of the Canaâ€" dian force in hospitals who will probâ€" ably never be able to go back to the |front, and who will be sent to Canada for discharge as soon as they are sufâ€" ficiently convalescent. By the end of \the present year Canada‘s pension roll will probably be well over the ten | thousand mark. Alberta, 391. The aggregate enlistment to the zm::a?;‘"g:‘4 end of the month was 865»867' to commerci.l’ ‘131 which Toronto district has contributed | mepical, 31.’31 to 82,830; Manitoba and Saskatchewan, freights outside. 73,895; Kingstonâ€"Ottawa, . 38,535; |__ Peasâ€"No. 2, British Columbia, 35,871; Alberta, -m%to freights 0 33,147; Maritime Provinces, 333,074; to 8;'l°y_Â¥d‘.‘t" London, 30,500, and Quebec, 7,206. Alae Ts ap <) m‘ â€" | _ _A despatch from London says: Famine is at the doors of Belgium beâ€" cause of the requisitions of the Gorâ€" mans on the conquered population, acâ€" cording to the Times correspondent at Lausanne. Meat is practically unobâ€" | tainable, he says, and butter is very |scarce. Potatoes have not been seen \for some time, and prices are becomâ€" ‘ing impossible. Coffee is $1.80 a pound, chocolate $2.40; cocoa, $3. The | almost total disappearance of sea fish |and the excessive cost of meat have made mussels a popular food. The obâ€" | ject of the Germans in starving the | Belgians is without doubt to induce them to demand peace, the correâ€" | spondent says. Soldiers. A despatch from London says: The Germans garrisoning Eaucourt l‘Abâ€" baye and Le Sars suffered terribly from the British shelling of those villages in the past few days. Accordâ€" ing to some prisoners, the Germans lost threeâ€"fourths of their men. A correspondent at the British front telegraphs: Activity of British Planes is Terrorizing the German ‘vmh enemy troops on the ground. For every enemy machine that succeeds | in eressing our frout, it is safe to say |\ two hundred British machines cross |the enemy‘s front." sB \ _ ‘"In this action troops from every part of the British Empire and Britâ€" ‘ish Islands have been engaged. All | behaved with discipline and resoluâ€" ‘tion of veterans. Our aircraft have | shown in the highest degree the spirit of the offensive. They have patx;?llod | regularly far behind the eneray‘s lines "Prisoners declare that the everâ€"inâ€" creasing activity of the British aeroâ€" planes in attacking German infantry columns inspires terror behind the German lines. There was a wild scene at the railroad station at Cambrai, an important junction far behind the German trenches, when British aeroâ€" planes attacked. "The hardâ€"pressed German infantry in the trenches had been shouting for help, and troop trains, ammunition trains and transports of all sorts fillâ€" ed the yards at Cambrai. They preâ€" sented a fair target for the British aeroplanes that suddenly appeared out of a clear sky. One heavy bomb blew up an ammunition train with a terâ€" rific explosion, the second hit the enâ€" gine and the third struck a troop train. A fourth landed in the centre of a group of detraining troops. "Then the aeroplane dropped withâ€" in machine gun range and peppered a transport train alongside the railâ€" way and the groups of panicstricken soldiers. Great damage was done and the enemy lines of communication were disorganized." FAMINE AT DOORS You may have a way of your own, but you will not always have your own way. east and northâ€"east, The enemy has fallen back upon a fourth line behind a low ridge just west of the Bapaumeâ€" Transloy road. "The importance of the three months‘ offensive is not to be judged by the distance advanced or the numâ€" ber of enemy trench lines taken. It must be looked for in the effect upon the enemy‘s strength in numbers, maâ€" terial and morale. The enemy has used up his reserves in repeated, costâ€" ly and unsuccessful counterâ€"attacks without causing our allies or ourselves to relax our steady, methodical presâ€" and have fou{ht mlng battles in the air with hostile machines and many OF BELGIAN PEOPLE. * "<@ | _ Ontario wheatâ€"New, No. 2 Winter, \| rr car lot, $1.50 to $1.52, according to reights outside. Old cropâ€"No, 1 commercial, $1.44 to $1.47; No. 2 commercial, $1.39 to $1.42; No. 3 comâ€" ‘merical, $1.31 to $1.34, according . to Markets Of The World Peasâ€"No. 2, $2.15 to $2,25, accordâ€" in%to freights outside. arleyâ€"Malting, 90 to 92¢; feed, 85 to 87¢, according to freights outside. WO DCC, ERCGUEICUIN® UU LMCIBINS UNIRETICE Buciwheatâ€"85c, nominal, according bo freights outside. Ryeâ€"No. 2, new, $1.18 to $1.20, acâ€" coglng to friights g,qtaide. ®, : _ Ontario flourâ€"New Winter, accordâ€" ing to sample, $7.25, " in bags, track Toronto, prompt shipment. _ _ __ _ Millfeedâ€"Car lots, delivered Montâ€" real frieghts, bags includedâ€"Bran, per ton, $29; shorts, r ton, $31; middlings, per ton, r;2; good feed flour, per bag, $2,35. & Hayâ€"New, per ton, $10 to $12; No. M get ton, $9 to $9.50, track Toronto. trawâ€"Car lots, per ton, $7 to $8, track Toronto. Country Produceâ€"Wholesale. Butterâ€"Fresh dairy, choice, 34 to 85¢; inferior, 29 to 30c;@creamery prints, 88 to 40c; solids, 37 to 38%1‘ Eggsâ€"No. 1 storage, 35 to 86¢; storage, selects, 37 to 3§c; newâ€"laid, in cartoons, 45 to 45¢; out of cartons, 40 to 42c. Py & Dressed poultryâ€"Chickens, 24 to 25¢; fowl, 18 to 20¢c; ducks, 18 to 20¢; squabs, per dozen, $4.00 to $4.50; turâ€" keys, 20 to 85¢; geese, Spring, 17 to _ Cheeseâ€"New, large, 22 to twins, 22% to 23¢; triplets, 28%4c. 2s i Honeyâ€"Extra fine quality, 2%â€"1b. tins, 13¢; 5â€"lb. tins, 12%¢; 10â€"lb,, 11% to 12¢; 60â€"1b., 11%4 to 12¢c. Comb honey, select, $2.50 to $2.75; No. 2, $225 to $240. . _ : lC .00 _ . 19¢. . Live poultryâ€"Chickens, 17 to 18¢; fowl, 14 to 16¢; ducks, 18 to 15¢; turâ€" keys, 25 to 26¢; geese, Spring, 15 to 17¢. Potatoesâ€"Ontario, $1.75;. British Columbia Rose, Yer bag, $1.70 to $1.75; British Columbia whites, per bag, §1.75; New Brunswick Delawares, per bag, $1.70 to $1.80, Cabbagesâ€"British Columbia, per ton, $40. Beansâ€"Marrowfat, $5.50 to $6; handpicked, $5.50; primes, $5. Smoked meatsâ€"Hams, medium, 24 to 26¢; do., heavy, 22 to 23¢; cooked, 85 to §7c; rolls, 20 to 21¢; breakfast bacon, 25 to 27¢; backs, plain, 26 to 27¢; boneless, 28 to 29c. Pickled or dry cured meats, 1 cent less than cured. Cured meatsâ€"Long clear bacon, 18 to 18%¢ per lb; clear bellies, 18 to Manitoba flourâ€"First patents, ute bags, $9.30; second ;ta)abenu. jute bags, $8.80; strong bakers‘, jute bags, $8.60, Toronto. _ Cured meatsâ€"Long clear bacon, t% ,’ZS%c per lb; clear bellies, 18 18Â¥%e. _ . db o vir wo) a Montreal Markets. Montreal, Oct. 10,â€"Cornâ€"American No. 2 wsllow, 97 to 98c. _ Oatsâ€"Canâ€" adian Western, No. 2, 62%¢; do., No. 3, 61%c¢; extra No. 1 feed, 61%¢; No. 3 local white, 55¢c. _ Barleyâ€"Manitoba feed, 89%c¢. _ Flourâ€"Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $9.40; do., secâ€" onds, $8.90; strong bakers‘, $8.70; Winter patents, choice, $9; straight rollers, $8 to $8.30; do,, in bags, $3.80 to $3.95. _Rolled oatsâ€"Barrels, $6.45 to $6.55; do., bag of 90 lbs. $3.10 to $3.20. _ Millfeedâ€"Bran, $27; shorts, $29; middlings, $31; mouillie, $34 to $36. â€" Hayâ€"No. 2, per ton, car lots, $13. Cheeseâ€"Finest westerns, 21%c; do., easterns, 21%c¢. _ Butter â€"Choicest creamery, 38 to 38%4¢; secâ€" onds, 37 to 37%¢, Eggsâ€"Fresh, 45¢; selected, 38¢; No. 1 stock, 34¢; No. 2, do., 80c. _ Potatoesâ€"Per bag, car lots, $1.25 to $1.40. â€" Lardâ€"Pure lard, tierces, 17 to 17%¢; tubs, 17% to 17%¢; pails, 17% to 17%c. Compound, 14 to 14%e. Winnipeg, Oct. 10.â€"No. 1 northern, $1.69%; No. 2 do., $1.66%; No, 3 do., $1.61% ; No. 4, $1.51% ; No. 5, $1.47%; No. 6, $1.32% ; feed, $1.09%. _ Oatsâ€" No. 2 C.W., 54%¢; No, 3 C.W., 58%e; extra No. 1 feed, 53¢; No. 1 feed, b8%4¢; No. 2 feed, 52%c. _ Barleyâ€" No. 3, 98¢; No. 4, 87%¢; rejected, 78%¢; feed, 78%c. _ Flaxâ€"3l0. 1 N. W.C., $2.24; No. 2 C. W., $2.21. Minneapolis, Oct. 10.â€"Wheatâ€"Decâ€" ember, $1.69%4 to $1.69%; May, $1.66%. _ Cashâ€"No. 1 hard, $1.76%; No. 1 Northern, $1.72%; No. 2, do., $1.67% to $1.72%, Cornâ€"No. 3 yelâ€" low, 85 to 86c¢. Oatsâ€"No. 3 white, 44% to 45c. Flourâ€"Unchanged. Branâ€"$23 to $23.50. _ w * Duluth, Oct. 10.â€"Wheatâ€"No. 1 hard, $1.79; No. 1 Northern, $1.77 to $1.78; No, 2, do., $1.70 to $1.72; Decâ€" ember, _ $1.70. Linseedâ€"$2.47% ; October, $2.45 asked; November, $2.46 ;'s;(ed; December, $2.44; May, $2.49 id. Toronto, Oct. 10.â€"Good heavy steers, $8.10 to $8.50; butchers‘ cattle, good. $7.60 to $7.85; do., medium, 6.85 to $7.10; do., common, $5.50 to $6.25; butchers‘ bulls, choice, $7.10 to $7,50; do., good bulls, $6.40 to $6.50; do., rough bulls, $4.50 to $5.00; butchâ€" ers‘ cows, choice, $6.25 to $6,75; 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 and cutters, $3.50 to $4.50; milkers, choice, each, $70.00 to $90,00; do., com, and med., ea., $40.00 to $60.00; springâ€" eukgso.oo to $100.00; light ewes, $7.00 to $8.00; sheep, heavy, $4.50 to $5.50; calves, f.ood to choice, ‘10.50 to ;11.‘75; spring lambs, choice, $10.10 to $10.40; do, medium, $9.40 to $9.60; hogs, ted and watered, $11.40 to $11.50;‘ do., ‘weighe‘d off cars, $11.65 to $11.78; do., f.0.b., $10.90. _ Montreal, Oct. 10.â€"Choice steers, aUHWECRL UCH â€" LU,~â€"UHUICC uleeru, t'l.25 to %.75; good, $6.50 to $7; med. um, $5.00 to $6.50; choice cows, $6 to $6.50; l“food, $5.50 to go; butthet bulls, $5,50 to 81; canner bulls, $4.50 to $3. Sheep, 66 to d?c; lnabo, 84e to 10c. Calves milk 0%6 o to 9c¢; ass fed, be to 5Â¥4ec. Hogs, sciects, fie to 11%4e¢; heavies and lights, 9c. Success that nobody else shares with you isn‘t worth much. Provisionsâ€"W holesale. United States Markets. Live Stock Markets. Winnipeg Grain. 22%e¢; 23 to in in in The little thoroughfare of Balcorne street, an offshoot of Well street, in South: Hackney, was, in common with a number of other streets in this busy and crowded district, honored on August 10 by a visit from Queen Mary, who is shown in our photograph placing a little bunch of flowers at the foot of the Roll of Honor placed here, as in other streets of the East End, to record the names of local men who have joined the Army or the Navy. Her Majesty was greeted with the keen enthusiasm which her conâ€" stant and unwearying kindness in showing her appreciation of loyalty and courage invariably calls forth. The streets of this teeming district have sent nearly 500 men to the colors. To one mother, who has four sons at the front, the Queen said : "Keep a brave heart!" and shook hands with her. Her Majesty‘s visit was punctuated by such touching and womanly incidents. In one case, a woman said to the Queen : "You know how mothers feel." "I know." replied the Queen, "and that is why I am here." FROM SKAGWAY TO WHITE HORSE PEN PICTURE OF THE EARLY LIFE OF THE COUNTRY. Scenes and People in the Days of the The history of the Golden North is the history of man and nature, either working together or in conflict. It is a history the like of which can hardly be found even in the most thrilling adventure stories. There is a bold, straightforward hardihood, a sort of oblivion to hardship, pain, or tears. Indeed, the stories of the early life of the country remind one of the rough, jagged mountains and the giant trees in the forests; of the mighty river, and the dark canyons where the storm clouds gather. When you are in Skagway you will: hear tales of "Soapy" Smith, how he | and his band of robbers ruled the‘ town in the days of the rush for gold in the Golden North. Men came down ; from the Klondike with their bags of gold dust, which they were proudly carrying home to the States. Mysâ€"| teriously they disappeared, as though the earth had swallowed them. The : people will direct you to the little| cemetery, guarded by giant, snowâ€"| covered mountains, where you can see | the grave of Frank Reid, the man who | saved the country from _ "Soapy" ; Smith and his band. | Shopping Trip to New York. On the day that we went from Skagway to White Horse there were in the same coach with our party sevâ€" eral Indians, sourdoughs (old miners and settlers), prospectors, two misâ€" sionaries, an Episcopalian clergyman, a United States Senator and a physiâ€" cian. Sitting in front of me was a woâ€" man who was returning from a shopâ€" ping trip in New York to her home in Dawson; and across the aisle was A tharming little woman with three beautiful children who were returnâ€" ing to their home in White Horse. The woman from Dawson explained that she "goes out"â€"meaning to the Statesâ€"every two years to purchase her clothing and other necessary things. "We need the change," said she. "We should go distracted were we to remain here constantly; but no sooner are we out of the country than we are restless to get back again. Really, One rarely wearies of talking with the sourdoughs and the prospectors, but if you ask them questions about the country and their own experiences in its early history they will give you the most laconic repliesâ€"toss you pits of information, as it wereâ€"as though there was really nothing to tell. "They had a great time building this road," said a sourdough, as our train crawled up White Pass, "Some parts of it cost $250,000 a mile to build; and it was hard to get men to attend to the work. One Summer morning there were 2,000 men at work hereâ€"lawyers, doctors, merâ€" chants, teachers and college fellows. In the dte[noon word came that gold had been found over in the Atlin reâ€" gign, and by night time there were only 600 men in camp. The other 1,400 had t‘so co&;;my’s picks and axes rushed off through the wilderness to Atlin, leaving beâ€" I couldn‘t live so happily anywhere else." ¢ Queen Mary Placing Flowers on a Mural Roll of Honor. Rusiv to the Golden North. ! _ Knowing that it disliked strangers, he wondered how Tennyson had kept it quiet. What was his surprise to | learn that the poet had managed the ‘affair by holding a watch close to the animal‘s earlâ€"Our Dumb Aniâ€" hind them half a week‘s pay at $10 a day." "We are following the old trail now," continued he. "There is the road ‘way down below. How many times I have mushed (walked) it over that trail!" "What did you do with your bagâ€" gage?" I asked. "Carried it upon my back, of course." ‘"How far?" "Why, all the way from Skagway to White Horseâ€"112 miles." "Why? Bless you, because they couldn‘t stand the loneliness and the hardships. I myself have seen more men go crazy and miore blow their brains out than I could count upon my fingers."â€"Blanche E. Herbert in "World QOutlook." "Not much; seventyâ€"five or more. Do you see that place down at the bottom of the gorge? That‘s Dead Horse Gulch. In the early rush they chose this route because they found that horses could climb over the pass; but most of the horses died on the way." "How dreadful!" I shivered. "Dead horses are nothing. _ Many of the men went clean crazy and blew their brains out." "But why did they shoot themâ€" "You don‘t say how many pounds," I replied. 3 selves ? Restive Animal Made Guiet by Tickâ€" ing of a Watch. % It is said that Tennyson once arâ€" rived at a station carrying a heavy parcel of books; and as his own carâ€" riage had not arrived to meet him, he was glad to accept the offer of a lift home. The owner of the pony asked Tenâ€" nyson to stand at the animal‘s head while he went back for the books. These he found a hundred yards or more down the hill; and on his reâ€" turn he found the poay had been resâ€" tive, but had quickly become quiet. Going up the steep hills, Tennyson suggested that the two men and the books were too heavy for the pony to drag. So he and the driver got out and walked for some distance in front of the trap, until they saw that the books had dropped out. mals. Fights and Dies With a Fatalistic Resignation. English observers who have been camprigning with the Russian army say that the Russian soldier grets the slightest material and other returns for his services. He is a kindly, dumb, patient man, ready for anything, for his religion, the Czar and native land. He is not naturally a fighting man, knowsâ€"none of the glamor of glory, or of selfâ€"sacrifice, but fights and dies with a fatalistic resignation. The highest :reward that he can hope for is an iron cross for bravery on the field. For rations he gets a quarter of a pound of tea, five pounds of sugar and & halfâ€"pound of boap a month. Besides o’hpu he Ys two and a half pounds of black bread and threeâ€"quarters of a pound of meat a day. For smokes he wowd two pounds a month of " orka," the chopped up roots of tobacco, TENNYSON AND THE PONY. TORONTO THE RUSSIAN SOLDIER 9n Dead Horse Gulch. A despatch from London says: London will continue to be visited by Zeppelins .despite the recent losses and the great improvement in the capital air defences. This opinion was expressed to the Associated Press on Wednesday by the Earl of Derby, who said: "Raids will continue for the effect on the German people, who have been taught that Zeppelins, like submarâ€" ines, could bring England to her knees. Hence the ridiculous comâ€" muniques and newspaper articles in Germany representing that England was terrorized and London in flames. I will not say that London is the best defended of the allied capitals, but I can assert that there has been a vast improvement, which means that other Zeppelins will be brought down when they come again." Lord Derby expressed keenest satisâ€" satisfaction with the progress of the western campaign, which, he declared, only needed good weather to show substantial progress, and added: PATRIOTIC FUND NEEDS $13,500,000 Contributors Asked to Continue Their Pro Rata Subâ€" scriptions. A despatch from Ottawa says :â€" The national Executive Committee of the Canadian Patriotic Fund met here on Wednesday, with H. R. H, the Duke of Connaught in the chair, and thorâ€" oughly considered the policy to be folâ€" lowed for 1917. | _A despatch from New York says: |\ Negotiations for what is said to be a !Irecord-brelking single transaction in |refined sugar with any one nation were completed on Wednesday by the ;Federnl Sugar Refining Company, which announced the sale of 30,000 tons to a foreign Government, probâ€" | ably Great Britain. The purchase inâ€" : volves about $3,500,000 and shipments ‘are to be made in January, February ‘and March. Immediate shipments of | 18,500 tons to the British commission, \Greece and France, were also anâ€" nounced by the Federal Company. It was pointed out that during the four months of 1914 the fund expenâ€" ed $511,000; that during the calendar year 1915 about $4,200,000; and that during 1916 there will be spent, exâ€" clusive of Manitoba, between $9,800,â€" 000 and $10,000,000. The requireâ€" ments for 1917, including Manitoba, will be $13,500,000. _ It is proposed ask those communities throughout Canada which contributed in 1916 to continue their subscriptions during the ensuing year at the same rate as beâ€" fore, and to approach the several provâ€" incial Governments, asking them to provide the amount by which the exâ€" penditure of 1917 will exceed that of 1916. NOTABLE DECLINE IN ACCURACY â€" _ OF GERMAN OFFICIAL REPORTS Reasonably Correct Formerly, They Are Now Notoriously False in What They Relate. The following statement was isâ€" sued: "C,. Throughout the unorganized areas which cannot be otherwise reached (such as Muskoka. _ Parry Sound, Nipissing, Temiskaming, Kenâ€" ora, Sudbury, Algoma, Thunder Bay and Rainy River), we shall have to continue our present efforts to stimuâ€" late interest in each locality and to raise such moneys as the people of these districts feel willing and able to give." "Roughly speaking, our sources of revenue are of three classes: "A, Contributions in cities and large towns; _ _ p "* "B. Grants from County Councils and Township Councils; "C, Collections in unorganized disâ€" tricts. The question was raised as to the advisability of asking Federal assisâ€" tance for the fund, but, after full conâ€" sideration it was decided that such acâ€" tion was neither necessary or advisâ€" able. _ The Dominion Government is already paying in separation allowâ€" ances to soldiers‘ dependents fully $2,â€" 000,000 per month. "A,. We will ask the cities and towns, which are separate from their respective counties for taxation purâ€" poses, to give again as nearly as posâ€" sible on the same scale as heretofore. "B, We shall further request the County Councils to continue and, in some instances to increase their preâ€" sent monthly grants; 30,000 TONS OF SUGAR SOLD TO GREAT BRITAIN. LONDON AIR DEFENCES SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHERS A despatch from London says: Anâ€" swering Germany‘s contention that Zeppelins are justified in raiding Lonâ€" don and thereby keeping on duty in England a certain number of guns and troops, a high Admiralty official told the correspondent: "We have plenty of men and guns in France. French antiâ€"aircraft guns were used here temporarily some time ago as they were not needed on the front, where Zeppelins do not visit." It is thought here that the Zepelins visit London in order to satisfy the Gerâ€" man people and create the impression that London is wrecked. The air deâ€" fences of London are considered suâ€" perior to those of any other city. AUSTRIA‘S EMPEROR CONFINED TO HIiSs BED. A despatch from London says: A report reaching Vienna from Geneva, as forwarded to London by the Exâ€" change Telegraph Company, says that Emperor Francis Joseph is confined to his bed wf: bronchitis and that is csemmaibtadhnen ransine anxietv. udnc AdPeatins <ot â€"ent Anc i uts Arutas h tcis, AutP cntat 1 Emperor Francis Joseph is confinedl There is a speed limit of twentyâ€"five to his bed wf bronchitis and that miles per hour for motorâ€"cars at the his condition is causing anxiety. ‘From in France. | "One of the most striking features of the present phase of the war is ‘ the notable decline in the nccuracy of | the official German reports, which ‘over a considerable period, 1 am inâ€" clined to believe, were reasonably acâ€" . curate. Now they are evidently writâ€" ten for home and neutral consumpâ€" \tion; they are notoriously false in : what they relate and strikingly signiâ€" \ficant in what they minimize or conâ€" |ceal. The best example of this is \their delay in admitting the fall of \Thiepval and Combles. "The Germans absolutely believed Thiepval to be impregnable and never made the slightest arrangements for withdrawal, and whon the British made their final assault a regiment which had asked the privilege of holdâ€" ing the place without relief, fought to a finish." Asked about the possibility of the end of trench warfare, the Earl of Derby, who now bolds the post of Underâ€"Secretary of War, said it was impossible to make any prediction with respect to that. BRITISH REGAIN ALL EAUCOURT French Carry a Powerful Line of Field Fortifiâ€" Cutting Cost of HMuminants by Treatâ€" ! ing Walls, i The illumination of factories, railâ€" irond terminals and department stores has been given great consideration of |recent years; increased output, imâ€" proved workmanship and a minimum of accidents having resulted in nearly \every instance where botter lighting 'systems have been installed. In such places, wall treatment as a means for | conserving the illumination afforded iby modern illuminants has generally been adopted. Theso advances have \come as a result of practical observaâ€" |\tions, which show that the rays from ‘powerful lights falling upon dark ‘brick or stone walls, give less light ‘to a room than the rays from less |powerful lights falling upon similar lwulls that have been painted in light colors with dustâ€"resisting, washable |paints. From the standpoint of ecoâ€" 1nomy it is of interest to record the fact that the monthly cost of illuminâ€" iants for lighting darkâ€"walled factorâ€" ies may be enormously reduced by ithe occasional aprlication of such {pnints and the workers will appreciate |it also.â€"Popular Science Monthly. A despatch from London says: With the French and British before the German fourth line after more than two months of almost continuâ€" ous fighting, the Autumn storms, for which Picardy is famous, have brought a temporary lull in the operâ€" ations on the Somme. Rain fell for the greater part of Wednesday, and it was only between showers that the allied artillery could carry on its "softening" process against the new linc of defences which the infantry now face. There were scattered engagements of a violent, but local character. During the night the British regained complete possesâ€" sion of Eaucourt L‘Abbaye, while the French carried a powerful line of field fortifications extending from a point newr Morval to St. Pierreâ€"St. Vaast Wood. â€" During the day the French advanced still farthed cast of Morval, The Germans garrisoning Eaucourt L/Abbaye and Le Sars suffered terâ€" ribly from the British shelling of those villages in the past few days. According to some prisoners the Gerâ€" mans lost threeâ€"fourths of their men. Most of nature‘s forces of destruc tion may be warded off, may be folled by ciroumspection. Lightning is in a class by itself. When the storm breaks and the lightning flashes human folks must resign themselves to the thought that the next bolt may bring oblivion. _ The utter helplessness of the individual makes for a certain fieâ€" titious bravery. There is no reason in fearing what must be and what canâ€" not be avoided. Fear is an instinet of selfâ€"preservation. Where there can be no selfâ€"preservation fear loses its basic utility.. And so most men and women It is Quite Rational to be Nervous About Lightning. Fear of lightning is not irrational. Lightning kills. It is rational to fear an agent of death, l are not afraid when the thunderstorm breaks. The few that are afraid, and who scuttle and hide in a childish enâ€" deavor to minimize their peril, are not deserving of scorn. They are obeying a primal impulse. Primal impulses are not irrational, nor are they amenable to the philosophy of intellectual civiliâ€" zation. Nature is flashing and roaring in the thunder and lightning, and is remindâ€" ing the earth‘s selfâ€"styled master of his puny weakness. . Some such reâ€" minder is not amies. "I thought you told me you were on your way to enlist?" "I am," replied Plodding Pete. "I‘m tryin‘ to enlist sympathy fer me large an‘ unsatisfied appetite." "Hasn‘t Bliggins a motor car?" "Yes." â€" "But you always see him walking." "He‘s too lazy to bother with the motor car." FEAR THAT IS PARDONABLE CONSERVING LIGHT That Kind of Man A Real Recruit cations. A9