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A despatch from Quebec says: The at: of Quebec on Thursday voted u “of 820,000 to the Canadian Pat- Fund and 85,000 to mist ro- Mnl for tho 17nt and the 167th Hummus, now being recruited in thu en.» I QUEBEC VOTES $20,000 To PATRIOTIC FUND. A despatch from London an: The Central News learn: that I Gertnntt warship stopped a Norwegian mil unmet which left Bergen Monday for Newcastle. This is the first action of the kind. - Aha 05.000 to Help Recruit Two NORW EGIAN NAILS A despatch from Rome says: Squad- rillas of Italian and French seaplanea have bombarded Austrian military works in three places on the west coast unscathed, says an 04?ch an- nouncement of the Italian War Of- flee on Wednesday. An aerial battle between the French hydro-aeroplanes and Austrian seaplanea, in which one od the Austrian machines was cap- sized and another fell into a lagoon at Baseleghe, on the ltallan coast near Caorle, also is reported. The Austrian aquadnlla had been throwing bombe a Cnoile. A despatch from Berlin says: Re- ferring to the ofrieitt1 German an- nouncement of Monday that hostile aeroplanes which attacked Meta, dropped bombs which emitted poison- ous gases. killed tIves civilians and making seven ill, the Tagohlatt says the poison in the bombs’ caused in- tense suffering and death in a few days. The paper says General Joffre could not have sanctioned the assas- sination of non-belligerents, and ex- pressvs the hope that the French Gov- ernment will apologize and punish the aviators, adding that unless this is done the incident will (he a new turn to warfare, the consequences of which cannot be foretold. ALLIES' AEROPLANES RAID AUSTRIAN WORKS. French and Austrian Machines in Battle. PROSPERITY FOR ’ WESTERN CANADA oven the necessaries of lift in the “If we had our 1ti0,000 men we have sent to the front with us again it would take some speeding up of eastern manufacturers to furnish "The country districts " no time within the past year have been able to secure their full supplies, as it seems quite impossible for eastern manufactmq-s to keep the demand iupplied promptly. Farmers are ex- eeedinttly prosperous; their purehns- ing power was never so great, and perhaps a striking illustration of this fatt is that approximately $2,000,000 more than any other year has been expended in the purchase of automo- biles. In fact, the automobile seems to have become a farm necessity, and even if We are disposed to consider it an extravagance, it certainly adds to the joy of living in the agricultural districts of Canada. DO NOT LIKE DOSE IlililllElt'$mitltgnaggtte; _ (N$0illlillEr1iaT'NiitthMi "Western Canada," said Mr. Hin- ton, "is on the eve of tremendous development and prosperity. Splen- did prices have been obtained for the groin. The crop movement was deferred by fully a month, but Octo- ber weather has been extremely favorable for threshing and shipping, ind the grain is now moving freely, and this will further stimulate trade. Mr. Hinton reports a very trratifr in: movement of settlers into west- ern Canada during the past summer. These settlers have been possessed of considerable means and good equip. ment. They were dodbtless attracted by the lower prices of farm lands which generally prevailed end by the gminty that even if one crop can be secured equal to the genenl yield of last year the entire purchase price ortle land will be regained. A despatch from Montreal says: "Alt indications show that the volume of illumination into Canada from the United States at the close of the war will be remarkably large," said Mr. W. P. Hinton, traffic manager of the Grand Trunk Paeiiie Railway, who ar- rittd here on Thursday. - Grand Trunk Traffic Manager Predicts Tremendous Develop- ment and Prosperity. A despatch from Berlin aye: Elm , ounces to prevent the enemy from Mar William on his recent visit to prostratirtq us to the ground, and to the troops on the Somme front in stand tIran against French insolence France made the following speech, - and British tstabbornnesa. From all Mn! to the correspondent of the German regions you "end like . T-butt.. onetal well of German nine of duty “Comrades, following on impulse of and self-devoted velar, fitrhtirttt to the tu heart, I have hurried to you from last breath. . "comrades, following nn impulse of the heart, I have hurried to you from Ell. "tt front to bring you the greet- hill of your comrades there and the thanks of the Fatheriand for the four months' hard struggles on the Somme. Ind for the heroic mun-Let in which you have fought. The world’: history have no parallel for the Imnlelin Winch you are partieipatintt, nnd for the (names: of your deeds. For een- turion these battles of the Somme will "and as a blazing model for the con- (Fixing will of a united people. "tn 'ou that dehiiiGiiGrrn find "Pression under whatever emu- “The Lord of Host: b With You Against French Insolence and British Stubbornness.” SEARCHED BY EN EMY. OF THEIR OWN GAS. The good soldier of to-day, it seems, must be of the age which ex- ‘cels in the more strenuous athletic tltrtunes-t1te football player type. The jolder men have their place, but, gen- ‘erally speaking, it is said now to be lin "the army behind the army"-the ‘Iaen back of the line, in the supply and transport divisions, where the 1strain is not so great. These older men are too susceptible to trench dis- leases to be of great use on the fir- lng line. Britain already is registering boys born in 1899, preparatory to calling Ithem up when they attain their [eighteenth year. - SENT TO GERMANY. A despatch from Amsterdam says: Another 6,000 Belgians were sent from Ghent to Germany Monday, ac- cording to the Telegrnf. About 10,- 000 more at other points have receiv- ed orders to prepare for their de- 15.000 MORE 3151,9933 General Sir Douglas Haig, com- manding the British Expeditionary forces, is said to have objected to the sending out of men of middle age. He wants men from eighteen to twenty- thrtt years old. After the latter year it is said the fighting value of the human unit shows a rapid and nnewly decline. Von Falkenhayn Forced to Re- tire From Important Positions. l A despatch from London says ..--on ' a large part of the Transylvanian frontier the Austro-German armies of I General von Faikenhayn have been driven back across the border and have suffered heavy losses. The Northern , Roumanian province of Moldavia is i now practically clear of the Teuton in. ‘vaders. Allies Will Then be Facing Youths of £310 " in the German Army. '671 A despatch from London says: The I 'ti war threatens soon to become a strug- _ Ci gle between mere boys. The pace is $2/ said to be entirely too fast for the older men long toGndure. It is as- serted here that next year the En-. l tente Illios will be facing boys of sev- 1 cm enteen in the German army. iyp, Two Islands Which Are Seldom Visit.. ed By White Men. in a recent lecture before the Royal Geographical Society, Mr. C. M. Woodford, former British resident commissioner of the Solomon Islands, described two islands that are seldom visited by white men. They are Ren- neil and Bellona islands, which were discovered " the beginning of the last century. Steamers from Sydney to the Solomons pass close to them, and sometimes between them, but trading vessels do not stop there, for the an- chorage is poor. The natives there- fore, having nothing to sell! have been left to themselves. with the re- sult that, although natives of islands only a hundred miles away have ad- vanced to the stage of sewing ma- chines, gramophones and other arti- cles of modern civilization, the natives of Rennell and Bellona, when Mr. Woodford visited them a few years ago, were eager for scrap iron of every sort, old nails, and especially Bshhooks; and so little was known about the islands that even the na- tive names for them had not been accurately determined. Immigration into the Paeifie islands from Asia, far from having ceased, is at present go- ing on " a rate probably greater than during the old Polynesian migrations. Mr. Woodford predicts that at no very distant date the whole of the Melane- sian and Polynesian populations of the Paeifle will be absorbed and merit- ed in a race composed largely of, Chinese and Japanese. i WAR BETWEEN BOYS This means that the Russo-Rouman- ian troops are again in control of the four Carpathian passes--Oituz, Gyi- mes, Toiyges and Bicaz. The menace of invasion is now confined to the passes of the Transylvanian Alps, where the Germans are thrusting at Bucharest via Kimpolung and Predeal, and at Buzeu and the Czernowitz rail- way via Bodza pass. Even here, Pet- rograd announces, the pressure of the Teuton forces have been arrested. The Roumanians have won Mount Karel:- haras, south of Bicaz, and some 25 miles south-east of the junction point of the Roumanian, Transylvnnian and Bukowinian frontiers. This indi- cates an advance of neveral miles into Transylvanian territory. DRIVEN BACK ACROSS BORDER "On all sides the German people stand in a tenacious struggle against half the world and against the mani- fold superiority of numbers. Even though it continues hard and endures long, yet the Lord of Hosts is with you. Those at home hav; beaought Hip, and He has inspired you with strength and courage. Trust in God bravely, feeling that you are fitrhtintt in a just cause. "Thus I greet you, comrades. Hold out, the Lord will give His blessing to the e. d." - IN THE SOUTH SEAS. IN ANOTH ER Y EA R. it'? do., mediunt,. $9.40 to $9.60; hogs, fed and watered, $11.50 to $11. 0; do., weighed off can, $11.75 to $11:Mi oy feb.., 33:75." ' "iiairai,' -di/t.' '31.-0ood steers, $7.25 to $7.50. fair at $6.50 to " good, $7.50 to $7.90; do., medi . $6.60 to $7; do., common, 35.35% $6; butchers' bulls, choice, $7.10 to $7.86; do., good bulls, $6.40 to $6.50; do., rough bulls, $4.50 to $5; hutch- ers' cows. choice, $6.25 to $7; do., good, $5.75 to 86; do., medium, $6.60 to $5.60; stockers, $6.26 to $6.25; choice feeders, 86.25 to $7; cannon and cutters, $3.75 to 34.40; milkers, choice, each, $70 to $9 ; do., common and medium, each, $40 to $60; Spring- ers, $60 to $120; light ewes, $7.85 to $8.50; sheep, heavy, $4.50 to $6.60; calves, good to choice, $10.40 to $_10.75;_l_ambs,“chojce, 'll to 81.1.40; Winnipeg, Oct. 31.--Cwsh quota- I Baron Shaughnessy's Message As He tions: - Wheat -_-- No. 1 Northern Board. the Steamer for 81.82%; No. 2 Northern, $1.79; No.} Europe 3 Northern, 81.74%; No. 4, $1.65%;) . No. 5, $1.49%; No. 6, $1.43%; feed,! A despatch from New York says: $1.24%. Oats-No. 2 C.W., 69%e; I Baron Shtuurhnessy, in an interview Q01 3 CW., 57%e; exlt/m No, 1 feeduigranted a representative of the Can- 67 hc; No. 1 feed, 57 Mi) No. 2 feed, ( adian Press as he was about to board 57e. Barley---No. 3, $i.09; No. 4"the steamer kroonland on W d d “:33; f lit Rig?! "lys,t..u,1ra,, Fat," ( en route to Europe ','lr1flld'l'Cil?ll *LO. 'T. ."', . . .2C. "l . . '. - $2.50ii. ' %; o C let. Canada, industrially and political- -----. ly, when peace is declared. "Though United States Markets. bleeding with saerifiees and bending Minneapolis, Oct. 31.-Wheat--De- , with effort in behalf of the great Em- "t','.lt"i; 831.9%; ttr', 3:11.8637% ; I\cush, I pire of which she is an integral part," No. ar ' . to . ; 'o. 1 , he said, “Canada's bi est role in the Northern, $1.90 to $1.94; No. 2 Nor- i play of nations is ,'lll"2ll, but in the them. $1.85 to $1.93. Corn-mo. 3‘i'uture" The history of the Domin- yellow, 98e to $1. Oats-No. 3 white, . . . , . 51% to 52c. Flour-Fancy idtdiir,e," he said, showed that what mis- $10; first and second clears unchang- takes have had to be rectified have ed. my), R', to $27. Vh _ tlit-e3 due to short v:s(;on,har;d that the Dulut , ct. P,1.---T eat-No. 1 , ee 3 most criticize at been of hard; (lets:.'.', , No. 1 ?iort!tetrrt, over-anticipation. As between those $1811; to $18995 P'.. 2 Northern, two Canada would after the war steer £321: “a“ lied-yd, 2,',""1',tg'. a middle course of steady develop- $1711.;- October. $2.70, November. ment. "Canada is an Empire in itself," $2.70; biiGriii., $2.'6(‘H;.; May: _ contilnued Baron Pate,",,": 2t $1701.43. lpopu ation is not a raction of w " ------- I it should be, of what it is capable of Live Stock Markets. becoming, or what it will be after the Toronto, Oct. 31.-Choice heavyj war. We are now taking steps to pre- steers. $8.35 to $8.75; good heavy were for the future, and are anticip- steers..§8_£o_$8£5';mbutc'her3' etttlt/atinst an immigration that should be United States Markets. Minneapolis, Oct. 31.-Wheat--De- cembcr, $1.91; May, $1.88%; cash, No. 1 hard, $1.95 to $1.97; No. 1 Northern, $1.90 to $1.94; No. 2 Nor- thern, $1.85 to $1.93. Corn-mo. 3 yellow, MK to $1. Oats-No. 3 white, 51% to 52c. Flour-Famer patents, $10; first and second clears unehanm. ed. t'it,n., $26 to $27. Dulut] , Oct. 31.r-Wheat-No. 1 hard, $1.90le; No. 1 Northern, $1.871i.. to 't.89lfr.; No. 2 Northern, 31.80%, to 81.84%; December, ”.8714: asked. Linseed--On track, $2.71%; October, $2.70; November, $2.70; December, 32.66%; Mar, Winnipeg, Oct. 31.--Cash quota- tions: - Wheat -_e- No. 1 Northern 81.82%; No. 2 Northern, $1.79; No. 3 Northern, $1.74%; No. 4, $1.65%; No. 5, $1.49%; No. 6, $1.43%; feed, $1.24%. Oats-No. 2 C.W., 591.40; No. 3 CAV., 57%e; extra No. 1 feed, 671hc; No. 1 feed, 67%e; No. 2 feed, 57c. Barley-No. 3, $1.09; No. 4, $1.03; rejected, 91c; feed, 91e. Flax -PNo. 1 N.W.C., $2.68%; No. 2 C.W., $2.501i. Montreal, Oct. 81.-Corn, American No. 2 yellow, $1.12 to 81.13. Oats, Canadian Western, No. 2, 66%c; do., No. 3, 66%e; do., extra No. 1 feed, 65%c. Barley, Man., feed, 991he to $1.00. Flour, man., Spring wheat patents, flrsts, $9.80; seconds, $9.30; strong bakers', $9.10; Winter patents, choice, $9.50; straight rollers, $8.90 to $9.20; do., bags, $4.25 to $4.40. Rolled oats barrels, $6.85; do. bags, 90 lbs, $3.50. Bran, $28. Shorts, $31. Middlings, $33. Mouillie, $86 to $38. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $13. Cheese, finest westerns, 22c; flnest easterns, 21%e. Butter, choic- est creamery, 40% to 41e; seconds, 39 to 39%c. Eggs, fresh, 48 to 50c; selected, 38c; No. 1 stock, Me; No. 2 stock, 30c. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, $1.60 to $1.70. ' Beans-imported, hand-picked, per bushel, $5.00; Canadian primes. $3.75 to $4.00. Cured meata and lard are quoted to the trade by Toronto wholesalers as fol1owtc- Smoked meats-Hams, medium, 24 to 26c; do., heavy, 22 to 23e; cooked, M to 8Te; rolls, 20 to 21e; breakfast bacon, 25 to 27c; backs, plain, 26 to 2hy honoless, _28 to 2thy Potatoes-Ontario, per bag, $1.75; British Columbia Roms, per bag, $1.80 to $1.85; British Columbia Whites, per bag, $1.90 to $2.00; New Bruns- wick Delawares, per bag, $2.00 to $2.10; Prince Edward Island Whites, per; bag, $1.7f, track Toronto: _ _ _ Maud the Toronto, Oct. 81.-Nnnitotia wheat --New No. 1 Northern, 81.91%; No. 2, do., 31.88%; No. 8, do., 81.83%; No. 4 wheat, 81.75%, track. Bay ports. Old crop trading 8e above new crop. Manitoba mti-tlo. 2 C.W., 66%et No. 8, do., 64c; extra No. 1 feed, 64e; No: 1 feed, 64c, trek. Bey pegs; Dressed poultry-Chickens, 21 to 22e; fowl, 17 to IN; ducks, 18 to 20e; squabs, per dozen, $4.00 to $4.50; tar- llagys, 80 to Me; geese, Spring, 17 to e. Live poultry-Chickens, 15 to 17e; fowl, 13 to 14e; ducks, 13 to lik; tur- keys, 25 to Me; geese, Spring, 14 to 15e. Cheese-New, large, 22% to 23c; £31m, 23 to 231he; triplets, 23% to 2 c. Honey-Extra fine quality, 20Ub, tins, 18e; tMb. tins, 12% to 13c; 10-1b. l_1%_ to. 12%c; 60-lbs_., 11%.to. 12c. - cabGie--MUn., per ton, $40.00 to $4§.00. A A _ _ - _ A CoGb honef--fextra Ge aid heavy weight, per dos., $8; select, $2.50 to $235; No. '2,92.'2itto $2.40_. -- -__ American eorer--No. 8 yellow, 81.15, track Toronto. Ontario onts--No. 2 white, 60 to 62e, yearns]; No. 3 white, 59 to 61e, nom- ma . Ontario wheat-No. 2 Winter, per car lot, $1.88 to $1.70, tuteording to freight: outside. Old erotr-No. 1 commercial, $1.63 to $1.65; No. 2 do., $1.68 to $1.66; No. 8, do., $1.44 to $1.48. Peas-No. 2, $2.30 to $2.35, accord- ing to freight: outside. Btyrltr--rMeitioa, $1.05, to $1.07, nominal; feed, ftii/. to 31.00, nominal. BuekiheatL-tf.06. Rye-New No. 2, $1.28 to $1.25, ac- cogging tp frgights gutside. _ Manitoba ftour--First jute bags, $9.70; second jute bags, $9.20; strong juty bags, $9.00, 19mm: , OntaFid 'ttouri.-NGr Winter. accord- mg to sample, $7.85, in bags, track T0299. Prompt ,hiprnyr1t. _ -.. _ fh . strrtiw-Car 1otCrjer ton, $9.00 to $10.00,_traek Toronto. - Etrsis--No. l 'Itoragé, 86 to Me; storage, selects, 88 to 39c; new-laid, in carzons, 46 to 48e; out of cartons, 44 to 6e. Wholesalers are selling to the trade at..Yre fo1lo_wims pr11resc---, . -- . Butter-Fresh 'dairy, choice, 37 to 88e; inferior, 82 to Me; creamery Pitts, 4130 4fe; solids, 41_to 42tc. Country Produce-Wholesale. Provisions-W holesale. mt the 1kitit't,el,gt; Peee " w a a r)" L _ m [on T . ' anus an L't,3ti,tl; to 1 .5... . [lii'iiii. '.1iti.iiiCii1i'i.tit to: COT" . . o to M ttt Tl',":.,,.,, whnznt wm' ’m i'at'/'/i'sl-'1T, Montreal Mukets. Winnipeg Grain. patents, patents, bakers', in in m A despatch from Athens says: In compliance with assurances given to the French Minister, the King on Monday signed a decree releasing from active service, half of the class of 1913, now with the colors, as well as other miscellaneous levies under training. This reduces the military force in Greece from 60,000 to 35,000, that disposing of the diderences be- tween Greece and the Enunte Pow- ers on the ground of danger from the Greek army to the Entente ermies in the Orient. unprecedented in Canadian history." GREEK ARMY CUT DOWN TO 35,000 ALL TOLD. CA? "There was not much sleep in thc ship that night," he recorded, and added simply, "I made a batch of dough at midnight and then lay down on the lockers with my life-saving belt on." So the bread baked in hot but fire- less ovens during actual battle was saved; but the faithful Gker's task was not yet ended. There was the marrow to provide for. I should go at my own risk. I asked for two volunteers out of our and, and without any hesitation two men came forward. "l went to my action station. Firing had commenced again, but I requested the fleet surgeon to allow me to go and draw my oven; he was very re- luetant, but eventually t-onsented that While waiting, the gallant baker tried to concentrate his mind on read- ing "The Meditations of Marcus Aure- lius"; but he did not succeed very well. He could ignore the thunder of the guns. but when reports came in, first of one British ship blown up, and then of another, and then of I third, and lastly that the cruiser next them in the battle line was on fire, he gave it up. The time was too clear.. ly unsuited to meditation. After about two hours came a lull; then the main armament of his ship opened fire on the Derfrlinger. "I discovered just before going to my action station that my batch of bread had aetu. ' baked without nny fire and had turned out fairly good. And although I did not know how long the bakehouse would remain intact, I was anxious to save it, knowing full well we might be glad of it if any- thing happened. “I went back to the bakehouse and endeavored to save my batch of bread. My staff, which consists of three men, had gone down under cover. The fire party by this time had orders to ex- tinguish my fire; the dough required at least twenty minutes more proof. Being, very loath to waste the mater- ial and labor, I put the tins into the' oven and chanced to luck." This Baker Had His Troubles When His Ship Wes Under Fire. Bread is the stat? of life; Ind men must have it even if they live on the very brink 1nd boundary of death. The baker of a British battleship en- Razed in the Battle of Jutland wrote home to the mistress Ind pupils of his old school in the little town of Lung- with an account of what he did and saw in the great tight, and his letter was reprinted in the London Daily Mail. When the action opened, he had three hundred and sixty pounds of dough rising in the tins; and his bake- house, which was situated on the up- per deck, was in a very exposed posi- tion. His orders were to leave it and so below under cover as soon as af- fairs looked threatening; but he did not wish to waste all that good dough, and so he went to the commander and begged permission to remain until the very last moment; when his ship should fire her first gun. "While my dough was proving (ris- ing) in the tins," he wrote, "I went out on the quarter-deck and witness- ed a most magnificent spectacle, one never to be forgotten. The whole vis- ible horizon, which was not more than four miles, was one long blaze of flame; the hulls of the enemy’s ships were not visible to the naked eye, but could be seen dimly through the haze with the telescope, and the only means we had ofmg that the enemy was there was by spurts of flame from their guns. I was so in- tensely interested that I could not realize the risk until Iobserved a cruiser near by on fire. ,‘ANADA'S BIGGEST ROLE LIES IN THE FUTURE. ONTARIO ARCH TORONTO 1 "The Dominion has been divided , into six areas for recruiting purposes, ‘each area being in charge of a Naval Recruiting Officer who by permission of the Department of Militia and De- jfense will be allowed to utilize the 'militia recruiting machinery, and it ', is hoped that by this means the whole of the Dominion will be reached." '; "When war first broke out," ex- :plained Mr. Hazen, "The Canadian [ Government asked the British author- ities how we could best help and sug- gested raising recruits for the navy la: well as a land force. At that time all naval reserves had been culled out land the Admiralty had a surplus of men. We were informed that they needed no men for the navy and we could best serve the interests of the [empire by raising land forces. All :our efforts were accordingly so direct. ‘ed. A despatch from Brantford says: The agricultural implement export trade from Canada after the war is likely to be increased through action taken by France, which asked Hon, Col. Harry Coekshutt, President and Managing Director of the Coekshutt Plow Company, to prepare a report on farm machinery for labor saving. This report has been forwarded to the French Government. Ir the trade in- creases, Brantford, as a centre of the industry, will reap a big harvest. A young man was about to leave his home in Erin's isle for a trip around the world, whereat his mother was greatly troubled. She held her pence, however, till he had started; she knew he was a great man; she rejoiced in his prosperity, but she was inconsol. able as soon as he was out of sight. “I'm afraid he hasn't the money to get back," she said, weeping. “He's got the money to go round the world all ritght, but how will he ever get back y' Women sometimes feel unworthy of their huatraads-in books. Long hair takes '"'" from I child', vitality and energy. "All recruits as soon as enrolled will be given their uniforms and sent to either one of the Naval Depots in England for training. They will be sent overseas as ordinary seamen, and those who wish to serve in the stok- ing ratings will be entitled to volun- teer for such service. The question of their advancement to higher rat- ings will be left in the hands of the Lords Commissioners of the Admir- alty and should they desire to make promotions in this overseas division, the Canadian Government will in- crease the men's full Canadian pay to the equivalent rate of pay in the Canadian Expeditionary Force for the relative rank. FRANCE MAY IMPORT MANY FARM IMPLEMENTS. Explaining the arrangements for pay Mr. Hazen said: "The pay of men in the Imperial Navy is very much less than that in force in the Canadian Navy, and consequently the Dominion Government decided that in order to put the Overseas Division of the Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Re- serve on the same footing as the Can- adian Expeditionary Force, they would give them similar pay. How- ever, it was pointed out that it was not desirable on a man of war to have men serving on board side by side receiving different scales of pay. The men of this Overseas Division will only themselves receive the same pay as their shipmates in the Royal Navy; the balance of their pay will be retained in Canada until their re- turn, although a portion of this bal- ance will, if so desired, be forwarded monthly to the wives or dependents of the men, the remainder accumulating until their return." d: "As soon as Canada was made aware of the change in the situation in regard to the navy we offered to form an overseas division of the Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve and lend them to the Admiralty for service in the' Imperial Navy. The Admiralty were pleased to accept the offer and asked if possible that five thousand men be sent of which two thousand would be required by the end of the present year. "Every recruit Canada gives to this force will mean the saving of one sol- dier for the British Army, for if the necessary men are not secured con- scripts at present serving in the army will have to be transferred to the navy." "Since then the naval building pro- gramme has been greatly accelerated. The many new ships which have been put in service have had to be manned and there has been an increasing call for sailors In addition when conscrip- tion came into force in the United Kingdom recruiting for the navy stopped. New channels to supply the necessary men had to be found. To- day the Imperial Navy, which has swept the seas, bottled up the Ger- man fleet in the Kiel Canal and has guarded the whole of the empire re- quires men. The navy at all costs must be maintained at full fighting strength." The Return Ticket 3 Mr. Churchill, when he is in good form, can be very animated. but " times he is preoccupied and gloomy. Mr. Lloyd George, on the other hand, is always animated and animating. Mr. Churchill is apt to miss his sleep too much and too often, while the other has the enviable knock of be- _ ing able to tro off to sleep at any mo- ment and anywhere he wants. Mr. Lloyd George cares nothing whatever for the pleasures of the table. He likes the very simplest kind of food, and cares not " all for wine, drinking very little and that little only for the :sake of ttood fellowship. His one [extravagant taste is a liking for a ) good cigar. Mr. Churchill, on the con- trary, is an epicure who appreciates {the best of food and cooking, and :likes a dinner of many courses. He is also a connoiseur of wines. He is blessed with a remarkably healthy ap- _ petite. A despatch from London says: One of fifteen Victoria Crosses, the award of which are made in Thursday's Lon- don Gazette, in to Pte. Thomas Jones, who, according to the ofrieial account. after killing three snipers who were shooting It him, entered the German trenches, and. single-handed, disarm- ed one hundred and two Germans, in- cluding three or four officers. Ind marched them back to the British lines through a heavy barrage fire. ONE SOLDIER TAKES OVER HUNDRED GERM \NS. "You'vc got a wife depending on you, 8tsme. I thought your wife took in washing to suppmi you." "Well, she doei uke' in wuhin', sir but she's dependin' on me to be hgmgswL-Lw my mel." Depending on Him. "I can't Join the army. I Rot a wife depondin' on me." lan GEORGE LIKE CHURCHILL Mr. Lloyd George in by fur the more emotional of the two men, Mr. Churchill by far the more logical. Thus, as one might expect, the for- mer is the better platform maker and the latter the better debater. Mr. Lloyd George is very musical, while the particular form of art Nvored by Mr. Churchill is that of painting. THESE FAMOUS MEN HAVE SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS. It is often mistakenly thought that) both men are far from robust physi-l cally. There could be no greateri mistake. Both are exceptionally! strong and tnu.eu1ar--Mr. Liordl George, despite hls small stature,! weighs 190 pounds, and is of singular- l ly sturdy build. Mr. Churchill, .14 though he stoops, is as active as a eat, l and can undergo the moat strenuous physical exertion. Both men have a' singular strain of youthfulness in their make-up, and, when away from) work and responsibility, are fond of, all kinds of boyish pranks. l, Where They're Unlike. i At one time the two men looked to. be running a neck-and-neck race for ) the leadership of the Liberal party.' But it looks now as though Mr. Lloyd George has definitely outdiatanced the other. He looks safe to be the next Premier, though one expects to see him the head not of a purely Liberal,, but of another coalition, Government., Very dike in many respects are Lloyd George, "the man of the mo- ment" in Great Britain, and Winston Churchill, the most notable politician outside the Cabinet in that country. Both of Them Very Robust Physi- cally. Though Mnny Suppose For one thing, they ore both men of the very highest courage, and both rate courage in others " chief anon: the virtues. Both, spin, on philo- sophers and guide themtselves when confronted by the vorloul problems of life by certain definite principles of practical wisdom. Etch of them possesses a prodigious memory. Mr. Churchill knows all the works of some poets-Burns and Kipling are his ftworites--by heart. Mr. Lloyd George has a marvelous memory for anecdotes and tells a good story well. Neither is what would usually be called I "well-read" man. Yet each has a wonderful fund of varied In- formation. Both are omnivorous readers of newspapers. Both have read a good many books-Mr. Lloyd Geortte's favorite reading nutter in a historical novel, and Mr. Churchill'. military history. W,'d's5mWsa I'LION. t,,Tgt',gg.'.t.2rAtau'.tuetgl,t a m ' “an! cow .Wo Wanna”. t Do to: I and " JD“ t'ttl hum- i?iiiiiiiiift' ' 'r,'tdtrt - $5.: "at; 2ttat 1'11an you. At “I Dunlap. 31:51; , momma, , -siir"l,(il':silllljtiii,i'j',iiii',ii',ipillj 75,551 l awn-tun. “an tf,PA,tttt."r.t' ' ikittftate'4h.'dhN2ti'ht"lee. Otherwise. 1mm. One can seldom tell what, ‘il in n man or n mince pie from out- (ward wpeunncegir - _ Mrs. Banks was just getting ready to so out while her patient hubcnd 'waited in the doorway, watching hot complete her toilet. By the extra.. ‘ordimry contortions of her ttree, In leoncluded that she wu tryin; to I" n glimpse of the back at her new iblouse, and by the tense linen nhout~ her lips he concluded her mouth I“. jfull of pins. A writer who ha! an story direct from Mr. Banks givel I this account of it. l Of the British woman he nyl: iPer hair in like gold; the Itat, heOV- only eyes, I peach-like complexion, o )drrtentelrformed none, and stood {teeth She is reserved, very naive, {and generally a slave to etiquette." "Umph--eoof. will -wuir--thsr-, ffspo.t" aha naked. , "Yes, dear," he agreed. "it looks nll right" PIERCE GERMAN ATTACKS VAIN "0uf--wun so an ph mf, ight?" was her next remark. “Perhap- it would look better if, you did that,” u nodded; but it " very nice u it is." His summary of the Russian woman is that she is "of an Oriental type which had been prematurely transported into Europe. In her are combined the extraordinary charms of a savage and the civilized woman. "Pee asked you twice to nine the binds, so that I can get more light, lumen!” 5h. exclaimed. 'Caut't you understand plain Englilh?" Four Assaults " Verdun Re- pulsed by the French. A deep-uh from London naynz- The Germ-m made four violent and nucocuive eounter-nttack. on Thurs. dny in a vain effort to re-win the Dou- numont positions and remove the French menace to Fort Vnux. which is now only five hundred ynrds from Gen- eral Nivelle'n lines, and is expected to full before the next French rush. The total number of prisoners taken by General Nivelle is now Moo, in addi- tion to several hundred wounded Ger- mans picked up by French ambulances. A: to the Frrenettwomtut he is leu eomplimentary. It is thus he de- scribes her: “She is I at Ind I ser- pent, I palm and I violet, Ind when the is not pretty she is charming. She is unlIble, I dreadful eoquette, Ind generally foe." She [biped and emptied the pins into her hands. He gives the palm to I. union which in not It war-m-lr, Spain. He says: "The Splnish womn in bewlmly bountiful. She has small hand- und feet, and lag. on. like the open windows of n cur-bunt marble whee, a turure full of gnu Ind life, Ind lone, dark, hwy hair. She in very religious, very Ignorant. very jealous, very sensitive, And very proud." Should Fort Vaux fail under the French advance, the line held by them on February M of this year will be re. stored, and the months of effort on the part of the German offensive will, " regards actual territory held in thin sector. have gone for naught. The loss of Douaumont is.offieumy ad- mitted in Berlin, at is the failure of the counter-attacks. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMEN. Feminine Chorus of Three of the " lied Collin-hf Wench. A celebraud Italian writer of Florence hos been favoring the world with his opinion of the women of Europe. Happily, he u. had nothing to say about the German woman. but he does speak of the feminine charm- " three of the Allied eountries' women. The honor of capturing Douaumont Fort fell on a Moroccan regiment, which fought shoulder to shoulder with the Zounves and other colonial troops. General Joffre, who watch. ed the attack with General Petain. commanding the central armies, ex- pressed high satisfaction at the methodical preparation and splendid onalaught of the men. The recent usertions of French and British military experts that Hinden. burg no longer has an adequate re- serve seems to be borne out by the slow reaction of the Germans at Ver- dun, and their apparent lack of strength indicates that the high com- mand has been forced to draw upon other sectors for the men who were hurled forward in Thursday's assaults. Outward appearinco are often mis- Pin English AN D DANISH (”in I