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A despatch from the _ British Armies in France and Belgium says: The British at daybreak on Thursday launched a heavy offensive against the German defences about the Â¥pres saâ€" lient along an ew#tnded front, which has its * centre around _ Inverness Copse, and astride the â€" YÂ¥presâ€"Menin road, a little southâ€"east of Hooge. From the first moment of going over the top the assault proceeded with marked success, especially in the eru-i cial sector between the Â¥presâ€"Roulers railway and Hollebeke, where the Briâ€" tish early in the day had forced their way forward over marshy ground and through woods filled with machineâ€" guns to a considerable depth, and were continuing the bitter fight in the neighborhood of the famous Inverness Copse, Nun‘s Wood and Glencorse Wood, where much blood has beenl * Marked Success Attended Advance Sector Between Ypresâ€"Roulers GEN. HAIG‘S NEW OFFENSIVE S BIGGEST IN RECENT MONTHS A despatch from Atlantic City, N.J., says: There is not the slightest danâ€" ger of a deficiency in the supply either of crude oil.or its products, kerosene and gasoline, for the use of the Unitâ€" ed States or its allieg in the war, in the opinion of A. C. Bedford, of New York, President of the Standard Oil | Company of New Jersey. Mr. Bedâ€" ford expressed that conviction in an address he delivered here before the War Convention of the American Chamber of Commersa LOTS OF CRUDE oIL E Miliinintat Li cinninis tws i 4. 5 dB 11 Chinese CGovernment has sounded Japâ€" an on the proposed despatch of Chiâ€" nese troops to Eurobe and the indicaâ€" tions are that Japan will offer no ope position to such action on the part of China, Commenting on the .dvoeacy‘ abroad of Japan‘s participation in the land fighting, the semiâ€"official Times declares that as Japan is not directly menaced by Germany no sufficient / reason exists to send troops and the | allies should be satisfied with Japan‘s | naval and other assistanea I An appeal has been made United States to aid China, . Entente allied powers were financially, to equip her troops ®.u is GVUC Es A despatch from Pekin says: Anâ€" nouncement is made in Government circles that the Chinese Cabinet, proâ€" vided the Entente powers approved, is! willing to send 300,000 soldiers to: France in compliance with the French | request. | Would Send CHINA OFFERS 300,000 SOLDIERS cont jp 1y . . , ; p1 iz ~ JCeL m length| The pinning up of the central span cost in the neighborhood of $20,000,000 | to the hangers that are to permanentâ€" to build, and the total weight of tho‘ly support it marks the successful acâ€" steel structure is 180,000,000 pounds. complishment of an engineering feat Work was begun in 1906, and the en-,‘without equal in the annals of cantiâ€" gineers at that time planned to throw | lever! biidge building, and gives to out the two great cantilever arms unâ€"| Canada the credit of possessing a til they met 150 feetâ€"above the water | structure the largest of its class .in in midstream. In _ 1907, when the the world. A despatch from Quebec says:â€"The steel structure of the greatest cantiâ€" lever bridge ever designed was comâ€" pleted at 3.28 p.m. on Thursday when the big central span of the Quebec bridge was bolted into position. After 11 years of work and two accidents, which cost the lives of 78 men, tho“ bridge is practically finished, but it‘ will be some months yet before tuim[ can be run across it. It will be lbont" three years before the final touch is put to the structure, which has yet to'| be painted at a cost of $35,000. The: bridge, which is 3,239 feet in length, | cost in the neighborhood of $20,000,000 | to build, and the total weight of the[ steel structure is 180,000,000 pounds. | e 30. x & w CENTRAL SPAN OF QUEBEC _ f BRIDGE BOLTED INTO PLACE despatch from i';ki; says: of Commerce tch from the British; shed since the allies began the Battle France and Belgium says: g of TF;‘larn:iers on Jt:lcyk 81. (Ber & s | ursday‘s at was another fine * 'd.1y;real‘c'on Tl.‘ur:(:;y! success for British arms. Our troops leavy offensive agains °‘f penetrated to a depth of a mile, which ences about the Â¥pres $*â€"| is a wonderful achievement, consider-’ an ex@#ended front, which ing the ground advanced over. The ntre around Inverness | troops reached the Sennebekeâ€"Gheluâ€"| astride the Ypresâ€"Menin velt line,. and also advanced beyond * southâ€"east of Hooge.! the central parallel of Polygon Wood. ‘st moment of going over | We are now bombarding the Germans, assault proceeded withl' who are massed for a counterâ€"attack. ess, especially in the cru-, It is believed that the number of , stween the Yorau.Iankxeal .__s." / 122 : assault proceeded with il ‘ss, especially in the cruâ€" | tween the Ypresâ€"Roulers Tollebeke, where the Briâ€" ! the day had forced their over marshy ground and‘ is filled with meaakn. other assisfi;le; FOR U. 8. AND ALLIES. DID You MAIL MY Levrer ‘THIS$ MORNING , Tom ? siul Accomplishment of Vast Engineering Feat Gives Canada Largest Structure of its Class in the World. if Desired. aid China, as the to helped, to the 3 e e itc h u-i It is believed that the number of ‘S) prisoners will reach four figures. iâ€" | Every shellâ€"hole yielded about a dozen it | prisoners, sometimes surrendering d | without resistance and sometimes *~ fighting stubbornly. . In one instance d | the inmates of a semiâ€"concealed craâ€" e| ter held up our troops for some time IS‘ by bombing. In other instances the e enemy came out with fixed bayonets, nln the barrage crept towards them. :â€"The| south cantilever arm was all but | RUMANIAN SOLDIERS‘ WOUNDS *| DRESSED WITH SAWDUST. l‘,l A despatch from Washington says: ‘ Rumania is so short of medical supâ€" °/ plies that wounds of her soldiers are ‘/ being dressed with sawdust, says a "| cablegram received here from the "American Red Cross Commission to '1 Rumania. The cablegram adds thnt‘ | the Rumanian railroad system is badâ€" \ly crippled, and that there is urgent ‘ \ need for ambulance transport, with Idrivers and mechanies. l *| _A despatch from Canadian â€" Army *J Headquarters in France says: Presâ€" . sure upon the defences of Lens is unâ€" () relenting. Posts have again been ‘pushed out into "No Man‘s Land" in ‘\ the region southâ€"east of St. Laurent. ‘\ The Germans are being _ literally ‘| squeezed out of Lens, and prisoners ‘\ declare the garrison would welcome ! the order to evacuate. Enemy orders |are still to hold on at all costs; but | there is reason to believe the cost is | becoming too great, since the occupaâ€" ’ tion by us of the northern suburbs | permits the projection of gas into the | | town from the north as well as from | ’the south and west. wl | | According to an Admiralty stateâ€" "ment dozens of chips have been saved | by the smokeâ€"box system, which the 'Admirnlty during the past few months has supplied a majority of British ’ merchantmen . of British Troops in Crucial Railway and Hollebeke. LENS GARRISON EAGER TO EVACUATE THE CITY. A de;patch from London says:â€" The Press Association hears on high naval authkority that the new defenâ€" sive measures against submarine warâ€" fare are‘ meeting with success, justiâ€" fying the hope of a further reduction in the losses, and says it can be stated on official authority that the results of the methods adopted in the past month‘ give cause for growing confidence. DOZEN BRITISH SHIPS SAVED BY THE SMOKEâ€"BOX SYSTEM position and hoisting it to its place. Last year ‘the attempt to hoist the central span ended disastrously, when the lifting apparatus broke. â€" This acâ€" cident cost the lives of eight ‘rgore men. these, 70 lost their lives. The bridge was then redesigned and the enginâ€" eers determined to avoid the menace of collapse from cantilever arms of such great length by building the cenâ€" tral span on pontoons, floating it into‘ C2CO" CanuiIcvet arm was all but comâ€" pleted it collapsed, precipitating more than 100 men into the river. Of 1 wani mi3.. _""~ HNGEK | FoviLL RAVE ’ THE STRING 30 NOV WOULPN‘YT Forseey IT OM MY Fing er =, ¢PRP» ! .(' Y , ~ 3 ~= k / d I .- <."§. \ s Mss _ | '? " s m } & \\:3 C ® R 2 E3 â€"â€"â€" â€" oy" \1 =/ oue.â€"â€"â€"â€"I9L."d 7 I : l ‘\ ~guags “==€ e P | y @1E L Aus ut Cl ie rmagiapiee nc o n i ‘Che 1700 {IOVNE J1VP{p.4 TJ THaT s MEa) °y :lrm)m':éngd ‘iO_U_R Anoer TOM.Yourse STUPIDI Lightning is the rush of one kind of electricity from a cloud to unite itself with another kind, in a cloud or in the earth. ‘ When wz, waste bread we waste the efforts of heroes who have died for us. There is nothing truer than that. io Pmnpntcicetesas â€"2 09. 0â€".4 tss 1 L ay Dg.P~ . "L O00 _ + UUEOgTAC _ says: missing, 51,843. o qrursy aeee : On Gen. Korniloff, leader of the recent reâ€" volt, it has been decided definitely, icult is t P yvnll be tried by courtâ€"martial with a hl::r:)cfu ;:: :asid elc;eb;u::::hinoet ::3 jury. At the instance of the Council rain of the heavens of Workmen‘s and Soldiers‘ Delegates i the Government has agreed that the * flzvri’:’:) fwfe ;::t:vl?;e}?:vrfii:;sft 2‘: trial shall be held at the front instead‘ There is nothing truer than that *| of in Petrograd. & unV atme o o oi mt ’ A despatch from London says: ll:::::cs:eelinz in favor of its final Casualties in the British. ranks reâ€" Pn O" "he. werk ending Sept, 19 KORNILOFF TO BE TRIED Killed or died of wounds, 135 offâ€"| â€" BY JURY AT/THE FRONT. g:r;i::&;'zgsl,':f.g;,:gcf::u,:fi’:," d:g A despa_tch from Petrograd says: missing, 21,843. Gen. Korniloff, leader of the recant »c 4,900 BRITISH KILLED to lie in the tbort;{;éh':!‘;';ing of layer. ,, The first coat soaks into the fibers, | or pores. This process requires at ‘least two days. r Then a second liberally laid on and | allowed to remain the same length of | time forms a thick jelly. J A third coat gums the surface, and | a final one will harden perfectly in,’ four days. The cost of this initial! ’treatment does not exceed 25 cents,f and the shoes, whether new or old, it | is claimed, have a wellâ€"prepared pairli of soles. The hot sidewalks of sumâ€" mer will only bake the preparation on still harder. If the paint is thoroughâ€" ly dried it cannot come off on rugs or carpets. _ Numerous tests since have apparâ€" ently demonstrated that when ordinâ€" ary black paint (hard finish), such as may be had from any local dealer, is applied to sole leather certain changes take place. ‘ Black Paint is Said to Preserve Shoe Leather Almost Indefinitely. Big inventions sometimes come by |gecident, and leather men are toâ€"day experimenting to prove the claims of the employee of a Chicago automoâ€" bile factory that ordinary black paint, lproperly applied, will preserve shoe ‘leather almost indefinitely. The autoâ€" mobile man, driven by the advancing prices of the neighborhood cobbler, was mending the uppers of his shoes at home one evening. When he was done he scraped an accumulation of black paint off the soles. He was asâ€" tonished to find that the leather unâ€" derneath the paint showed no signs of wear. Constant walking over the beâ€" smeared dryingâ€"room floor, he found,' ' had worked the paint clear through | / the soles. | 0VR Anoer | _1 STILL HAVE FoReet 1y }THE sTRING Doings pomO OM O (L 2000 T27 E2EEECCES , < MEAFSHST the dirocr;, ; _ _"C ""rhes and Lloyd George, the British Premier, who is the dlr.ectgng genius of the British Empire in the war. General Sir Dougâ€" las Haig is shown telling Lloyd George of the progress of the war, and from the expression an his guu. _2 1 .B & [ $ TRY PAINTING YOUR SHOES secret of ONTARIO ARCHIVEsS f ToRronto HSS rdne .. Aui cinbdinict Cicod PRid .cc d M s 2i5 20 Cvien on his face and his gesture it can be gained that he is 0st optimistically. Marshal Joffre is ready to affirm any of the neral‘s assertions, for Joffre is perhaps better acquainted than French and British officers with the strategic moves planned and ed out at the present moment, the_ treatment seems IN ONE WEEK s % Minnea olls,i é;};ifl 25â€"(;;;:1â€"-No. $ ’ A despatch from London says: It m! yellow, fz.oc to $2.08. Oatsâ€"No. 3 e, and / learned that Great Britain does not at | Trar P af 15°8¢,, Flourâ€"Unchanged. tly in | present intend to approve any applicaâ€" ‘S Dulutbh. b“(;p‘t.l 2bsmâ€" L(;nsegdâ€"-s‘sé?‘a i initial|t; | September, 44 ; ctober, e initial , tion for a safe conduct f-ol: Count von j bicF: November, $3.43% bid; December, cents, | Luxburg, the German Minister to Arâ€" | $3.904 bid. OHL SK Lmmerhinem ons ced uo ho ine mm . each The copper mines of Cyprus, in ancient times the richest in the world, are to be reâ€"opened by American capiâ€" tal. m Toromto, Sept. {S:Extr; -c'}‘;oice heavy P e oo steers, $11.10 to $12; do., good heavy, e m Gfp e _ :;ofgstto :llg;lg, l:’utcher-u;l cx;tstle. c;l;)lfoe. . 0 .20 ; 0., good, to 40; ARGENTINA YOTES TO SEVER ldo.. medium, $8.25 to $8§.65;" do., common, | RELATIONS WITH GERMANY. $6.75 to $7.40; butchers‘‘ bulls, cholce. ! B ‘88.30 to $8.65; do., good bulls, $7.40 to | es !$7.85; do., medium bulls, $6.85 to $7.10; | A despatch from Buenos Ayres‘ do., ‘rough bulls, $3 to $6; _butchers‘ | says: The Argentine Senate by a vote i$2ag to 1%99;"° do.. ’:;ezg,'“m.d°‘"s_6%°°tdd | of 23 to 1 declared for the breaking‘:gflts; :;ockerl. $7.50 t?’ ”'ff; f“t%ert.' ; i j 0 f canners an cutters, 0 | off_of relatlor!s with Germany. ';5.50; mhkerl, good to choice, $100 to | The resolution now goes to the' 135; do., com. and med., $75 to $85; | Chamber of Deputies. There is strong To Siihy. sneap, ’,{:fi{,y"?g.‘.,gwt%"‘!fié%‘? P public feeling in favor of its final vearline«‘ q11°°I: 4GA&YY. $5.75 to $7.5( | gentina, whose‘ passports have been Ihanded to him by the Argentine Govâ€" | ernment. l Baron Rhondda made this stateâ€" ment to correspondents, after telling | them th@t the minimum food stuff reâ€" ‘quirements from Canada and the United States during the forthcoming twelve months would be more than 10,000,000 tons, representing an exâ€" penditure of £250,000,000. | REFUSE SAFE CONDUCT FOR GERMAN DIPLOMAT is ui t 7 oo 2 onl ~ * RE eV NnE Baron Rhondda added that the danger of the situation did not lie in the submarine peril, but in the world‘s shortage of cereals, meats and fats. _A despatch from London says: Inâ€" auguration of a. new food economy campaign in Great Britain was anâ€" nounced on Thursday by _ Baron Rhondda, the Food Controller. "If voluntary measures fail," he said, "I shall have no compunction in putting] the nation on compulsory rations." Britain Wants 10,000,000 Tons From Canada and U. S. MUCH CANADIAN ~FOOD NEEDED D uff 3. FURTHER LOANS MADE ’ BY U. S. GOVERNMENT. A despatch from Washington says: Loans of $50,000,000 to England and $20,000,000 to France made by the United States Government, bring the total thus far advanced to the allies up to $2,391,400,000. p P D+ â€" neseccus OO3 â€"VTHERY CACECErSE, $8 to $9; canners and cutters, $5 to ;5.50; mhkerl, good to choice, $100 to , 135; do., com. and med., $75 to $85; Springers, $90 to $135; ll%ht ewes, $9.50 ‘to $11.50; sheep, heavy, $5.75 to $7.50; yearlings, $11 to $12; calves, good to choice, $14.50 to $15.25; Spring lambs, $15.75; hogs, fed and watered, 517.50 to :lg;fiodo.. off cars, $17.75; do., f.o.b., 16.50. Montreal, â€" Sept. ~25â€"Choice steers, $10.50; good, $9.75 to $10; lower grades, $8; â€" butchers‘ cows, $6.50 to $8.50; bulls, $7.25 to $9.00; canning bulls, $6 to $6.25; cows, $5 to $5.25; Ontario. lambs, $14.75 to 315.25; Quebec lambs, . $18.50 to $14.50; _ sheep, $8.50 to $10; choice milkâ€"fed calves, $14 to $15; lower | gra‘des. $9 to $13; selected hogs, 017.501 to $18. L7 UHEF C CC PHICERâ€"â€" vheatâ€"No. 2 Northern, $2.18; No. 3, do., $2.15; No. 4, $2.10; No. 5, $1.91; No. _ 6, $1.81; feed, $1.70,. Oatsâ€"No. $ C.W., 67¢c; No. 8. do., 65¢; extra No. 1 feed, 65¢; No. 1 feed, 64¢; No, 2 do., $3%c.. Barleyâ€"No. 3, $1.20;‘ No. 4, $1.10; rejected, $1.12; feed, $1.12, Flaxâ€"No, 1 N~W.C., $3.27; No. 2 CW., $2.31; No. 3, do., $3.10. wl Actabdiic: surp ie dnA cfi S rded hk J 4 a Mont I-‘g“"flt 2""'5_0':'__0 l ’ The total imports for August 0 + 4 i : West:r;.eaNo. z.eg'llc: No. g. .766ci?n:xt¢: amounted to $91,931,000, as against No l rfed'nmfiit No. 2 local white, 100; | $72,831,014 for August last year. 0. 0 w M . â€"Maniâ€" toba Teed, $1.29;‘ maiting, $1.88.. Fiourâ€"â€"‘ For the five months of the present x'wl;ix%oba Sprdlnl‘nhlegt ptatents.b l:‘rstl. fiscal year, ending with August, our « ; seconds, % i B akers‘, F l $10.90; Winter patents, cl:gl'::.;. uze.oo: total imports were valued at “7." ‘ glal‘lllf‘lé SBOltlor:S 78511.%) l}gd uliSO:Bbdlo" 031,859, and for the same period 8, & 0 . 40. 0 8â€"â€" 8., j s $840° to $9.00; "do.. bage: 90 198. pa d t last year $322,198,881. With this 4.40. Bran, $34.00 to $35.00. Shorts, | increase in our import trade has come | ‘3",(}?,'10' ?%'5"_3",'"‘%"“({{)%'00 H;’;,_gg_'ozo“ a corresponding increase in revenue per ton, car lots, $10.50 to 311. Chee-e]'for August of $3,075,000, and for the â€"Finest Westerns, 21%¢; nest Eastâ€" five months $17,540,000 erns, 21%c. Butterâ€"Choicest creamery, * Â¥ Â¥ ® ' ,14‘.2i t’;) 4533c;tsec5c:nds. 4}! ttod424c‘1 tExg;suâ€" The export trade~shows a correâ€" 6 C; 8i C 6 €; i i s ‘N:‘:?sl stock.°43 to “ec;e b?o. 2 sto(::k. 40 | 5p°n,dmg Increase of from ‘96‘882"’ to 41c. _ Potatoesâ€"PGr bag, car lots, | 161 in August last year to 3152,563,-' $1.55 to $1.60. I345 during the corresponding month this year. For five months our ex-! Winnipeg Grain 672 Winnlggi, Sept. . 25â€"Cash prlcenâ€"]Port__t;l:lde_,t'ot..fle_d.i -7',022'649' an | Wheatâ€"No. 4 Narinu., 257. ; PHicesâ€"â€"110 _ Montreal, Segt. 25â€"Oatsâ€"Canadian Western, No. 2, 774c; No. 3. T6kc; extra No. 1 feed, T6kc; No. 2 local white, 70¢; No. 8 local wh‘te. 69¢. _ Barleyâ€"Maniâ€" toba feed, $1.29; malting, $1.338. Flourâ€" Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $11.60; seconds, $11.10; strong bakers‘, $10.90; Winter patents, choice, $12.00; straight rollers, $11.50 / to $11.80;° do., bags. $5.60 to $5.75. Rolled oatsâ€"Bbls., $8.70 to $9.00; do., bags, 90 lbs., $4.20 to 4.40. Bran, $34.00 to $35.00. Shorts, 40.00, Middlings, _ $48.00 to $50.00. oulllie, $55.00 to $60.00. Hayâ€"No. 2, harâ€"tan naw 1il0‘ adn uP U8 C _ Smoked meatsâ€"Hams, medium 81¢c; do., heavy, 26 to 27¢; cooked 4%¢c; rolls, 27 to 28¢; breakfast 36 to 40¢c; backs, plain, 38 to $9¢; less, 42 to 43c. Cured meatsâ€"Long clear bacon 27’:; lb; clear bellies, 264 to 27c. rdâ€"Pure lard, tierces, 26 to tubs, 26% to 26%c; pails, 264 t compound, tierces, 20 to 20%c; tul to 20%c; pails, 20% to 21c 1 m se Eesn mV V CTTE: | _ Dressed poultryâ€"Spring chickens. 25 to 30¢c; fowl, 20 to 22¢; squabs, per doz., *$4 to $4.50; turkeys, 25 to 30¢c; ducks, Spring, 22c. Potatoes, on trackâ€"Ontario,"per . $1.80 to $1.85. per bag, 10‘s igin. awm= 148 and 5‘s, Wic per lb; 10‘s, 16%c; 60‘s, 154 to 16c. Beansâ€"No Canadian beans on market until last of October; imported handâ€" f;clt(edl.ofl.u per bush; Limas, per lb., 0 C. Live poultryâ€"Spring chickens, 1b., 22%¢; hens, 20 to 22c; ducks, Spring, 20c. Honeyâ€"Combâ€"Extra _ fine, 16 _ oz., $3.25; 12 oz., $2.75; No. 2, $2.40 to $2.50. Strainedâ€"Tins, 2%‘s and 5‘8s, #7c per 1b: L c amu s la Ca uTY EC CTT CCE Butterâ€"Fresh dairy, cholge. 39 :o 40¢; :re‘a’mery prints, 42 to 43¢; solids, 41§ o 42c. E‘,sâ€"â€"New laid, in cartons, 52 to §4c; out of cartons, 46 to 47c. Butterâ€"Creamery, solids, per lb., 39 to 39%c; grlnts. per lb., 39% to 40¢; dairy, per 1b., 33 to 34c. E&gsâ€"Per doz., 40 to 41c. Wholesalers are selling to the retail trs’,g__e at the following prices :â€" gea 2 o e ue . PHTCCE > Cheeseâ€"New, large, {l to 231¢; twins, 23% to 23i{c; triplets, 23% to 24¢; _ old, large;.SOc:mtles.‘ l_Oic; triplets, 30%c. :ulr; {«{‘ 3. do..’ dflc, nominal, according 0 freights outside. Ontario wheatâ€"New, No. 2, $2.17 to $2.20, according to freights outside. Peasâ€"Nominal. Barleyâ€"Malting, new, *$1.18 to $1.20, accordln& to frel_fhta outside. Rycâ€"'d 0. 2, $1.170, according to freights outside, _ _Manitoba flourâ€"First patents, in jute bags, $11.50; _ 2nd do., ;)11.00; strong bakers‘, do., $10.60, Toronto. 1 Ontario flourâ€"Winter, according to sample, $10.20; in bags, track Toronto, prom?t shipment. Millfeedâ€"Car lotsâ€"Delivered. Montâ€" real freights, bags includedâ€"Bran, per ton, $35; shorts, do., $42; middlings, gg..zsufi to $46; good feed flour, per bag, Hayâ€"No. 1, new, per ton, $11.00 to $11.50; mixed, do.,‘ $8 to $9.50, track Toronto. Strawâ€"Car lots, per ton, $7 to $7.50 track Toronto. i t Toronto, Sept. 25â€"â€"Manitoba Wheatâ€" No. 1 Northerm 82.;1; No. 2, do., fl-"- No.â€"3, do.. $2.15; No. 4 wheat,/ $2.10, in store, Fort William. Markets of the World United Siates Markets Live Stock Markets Country Produceâ€"Wholesale Provisionsâ€"Wholesale _ meatsâ€"Hams, medium, 30 to heavy, 26 to 27¢; cooked, 41 to . 27 to 28¢; breakfast bacon, Montreal Markets to 26%¢; to 27¢; tubs, 204 NCP TTY boneâ€" 27 to _ During the course of â€"a Chicago a witness by the Francis Dooley was asked . the defendant: "Are you Thomas Dooley ?" "Very . said Francis, . "I was me first child: ThOMA® sraw 14 . . [ A despatch from Petrograd says:â€" ‘The Russians on Wednesday on the Riga front repulsed an attack by the Germans with great losses to the inâ€" vaders, accordinÂ¥ to the statement isâ€"| sued by the.Russian War Office. The Rumanians were compelled to abandon‘ enemy . positions that they had ocâ€"‘ cupied in the region of Ocna. | 1 an increase the month of s>nn .| There is also in our memories the ;l 000 in expo,-tfo:m-t:;l? ::;h :hfe ‘21,0::;:’ case of General Stoessel, at Port :Ar- > | duce $8,000,000, agricultural | pr o_;thur: during the Russoâ€"Japanese War., . , ducts $25,000,000 and manufactures | It Will be recalled that Stoessel, after $27,000,000. ‘There was a slight de-ldefendlng the town for nearly a year, crease in exports of minerals, and | finally surrendered it on January 1st, 3 | $2,000,000 decrease in â€" produ ¢;ts of . 1905, to the Japanese generals and adâ€" 3 ‘ the forests. ‘minls investing it. For this he was 4 ’ emmininnnmniffiimmncaer + uy afterwards brought to trial by the I: BLOCKADE MEASURES ’Russhn military authorities, and senâ€" , WILL BE MORE RiGIp. tenced to death. This sentence, howâ€" infi enc ‘| ever, provoked such protest, not only A despatch from London “ys.!fmm Russians, but from other lands, _| Lord Robert Cecil, British Minister of' that had watched with interest and | Blockade, and Albert Metin, underâ€" ( sympathy the struggle at Port Arthur, |secretary of the French Foreign of. that the Czar commuted it to imprisâ€" ‘fice in charge of blockade matters,| onment in a fortress for ten years. ;had a conference here with the object| The brave, but unfortunate Stoessel, |of gaining closer coâ€"operation from 4i¢d lonely and brokenâ€"hearted a few (the United States in a policy which YeArs later. l:::: o::t t;‘:"d’i“‘ m'lehm rigid pres-' The Shame of Yorktown. | , NC enemy. is policy will| It was, perhaps h * b j 3 | » ps, as much as any \with the acmonts conquinparrcace Bhing the mmameful surrender of "ths i tral countries. *4 nglish garrison of 10,600 officers and | nromiilh nieneniees. t ie... men at Yorktown which decided the RUSSIAN sUCCESs ,stmggle between England and her ' * _ ON RIGA FRoNT: American colonies, by which the Unitâ€" , ns NT | ed States became a separate and indeâ€" mA despatch from Petroprad save. _ l pendent nation. For that surrender BLOCKADE MEASURES ’ WILL BE MORE RIGID A despatch from London says: Lord Robert Cecil, British Minister of Blockade, and Albert Metin, underâ€" secretary of the French Foreign Ofâ€" fice in charge of blockade matters, had a conference here with tha a1i.. Mess o 111( _ defendant: "Are you related omas Dooley ?" "Very distantly, d Francis, "I was me mother‘ t child; Thomas was the tinth," PP PUiratat dasindi Th ... increase of $217,291,385 over the same period last year. Fisheries show an increase for the month of $200,â€" 000 in export, animals and the proâ€" duce $8,000,000, agricultural proâ€" ducts $25,000,000 and manufactures $27,000,000. There was a slight deâ€" crease in exports of minerals, and. $2,000,000 decrease in products of. Chin Sitenaley c | _A despatch from Ottawa says: | Trade figures for August and the first |five months of the present fiscal year, | made public by Hon. J. D. Reid, show that Canada‘s great trade expansion continues unabated. Last fiscal year Canada‘s trade aggregated two billion dollars, but at the present rate the trade for the present fiscal year should be at least five hundred milâ€" lion more than last year‘s great reâ€" cord. For the first 5 months of the preâ€" vious fiscal year our total trade was $768,635,214, while for the correâ€" sponding period this year it is $1,â€" 128,274,119. The trade balance in our favor for the first five months of t:hel present fiscal year is $180,000,000. ‘ BIG INCREASE IN CANADA‘S TRADE Total For First Five Months of Fiscal Year $1,128,274,119 sliced: peaches, other fruits. You Can Do Your Bit: in preventing waste by deâ€" manding the whole wheat in . breakfast foods and bread. Shredded Wheat Biscuit is 100 per cent. whole wheat grain prepared in a digestible formâ€"contains more real nuâ€" triment than meat or eggs or potatoes and costs much less. Serve with millk or cream, "Ssed concerning ‘°_you related to "Very distantly,» vas me mother‘s trial in of Frotection They Afford is Being . __ Realized by Rural Dweliers, â€" Fires resulting from lightning are of frequent occurrence, especially in the rural districts, and many homes and barns are destroyed. Many farmâ€" ers are realizing the protection which lightning rods afférd, and are installâ€" liP-‘l.f fluu ‘A . properly installed a NTVBw® 9 several of the leading officers were tried later, and various sentences were inflicted on them, with degradation from their rank. Indecd, it was only high influence and powerful backing which saved one or two of them being shot, so angry and outraged was the British public at what had happened in Yorktown on that occasion. or Some, of us can remember the exâ€" citement and tense feeling in many lands when the illâ€"fated Marshal Baâ€" zaine was in 1873 tried in France, and sentenced to be shot, for not having defended Metz to the utmost, nor even to the best of his ability, during the Francoâ€"German War of,1870â€"1. This sentence was later commuted to one of twenty years‘ imprisonment. But the following year Bazaine escaped from his prison and made his way safely to Madrid, where he died in 1888. | Ingland n:&imt the enemy at buenos Aires, sho the "white feather," and ’fnirly funked the risk and danger of fighting. For this crime he was brought in due course before a courtâ€" martial, ordered to be degraded, turnâ€" ed out of the Army, and sentenced to prison, as "being unfit to serve His Britannic Majesty in any capacity whatever." Then, too, there was General Whiteâ€" locke, who, in command of an army of England against the enemy at Buenos It has since transnired that Socecu was a naturalized German,. This fact is very significant, in the light of events toâ€"day. But the whole affair reminds us that the severe punishment and even the execution of noted genâ€" erals who have failed their country in the field is no uncommon thing. ; Fate of Admiral Byng. The most famous case is that of Adâ€" lmiul Byng, who was shot by order of a courtâ€"martial for having failed to do his best at a naval action off Minâ€" orca,. It was, however, certain that his failure had nothing to do with either dishonor or cowardice. He was shot on board the Monarch at Spitâ€" head, as a great French writer punâ€" gently put it, "to encourage the others." General Socecu, one of the leading Rumanian soldiers, was tried by courtâ€"martial for "something that went wrong" at the battle of Argesu, owing to which the Rumanian army had to retire, whilst Falkenhayn and Mackensen ravaged the fertile plains of Rumania, and finally captured Buâ€" charest. The sentence of the court was that General Socecu should be deâ€" graded, stripped of his uniform, and sent as a convict into penal servitude for five years. The leadership of an army, or a place of responsibility in the navy, carries with it grave risks as well as high honors. Cl Military and Naval Leaders Who Have Showed "White Feather" and Paid Extreme Penalty. LIGHTXING RroDs. 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