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Toronto, Oct 23ianttob2 wheat ---
NO. 1 Northern a2 73? 1 No. 2 .do 52.200;
No 3 duo., $2.'17 " No.. 4 wheat; $2.09•21, in
store 1 nr t-11'111iaair tnciudinR' 28c tax.
Manitoba , oats No.2 C '..,''"LUAc; N0,
3 ci.W 031c; e:ttrr No. 1 fed, ,c134e;
No, 1' feed, 6200, in store fort WAliarr�,
ii.nlc1l an corn—No. 3 yellow, nomi-
nal.,
' Ontario oats. --.No. 2 white, 63 to 64o,,
nonrimrl; No, 3 do., 62 to 03e, nominal,
r4coiding to i:reiglits outside:
tri the+ tient—New, No. 1�int.er,
,$'2.22; -basis, e in Store. N[ontrett t roan• -away ----'. contains
1>ettis No 2, rrorninfrt, � ,,.
Eating .fgt.
Strength • calls for Yr,"hell
'gent food selection. it is
easy . to keep in top-notch'
vigor of mind, and b' dy at
low cost if you know Shred-
ded WhecA''"Biscuit.. It is
100 per cent. whole wheat—
nothing
on, a a t nothing. - wasted, nothing
N 1 h
a3Ftii1e '0laltin , $116• to 51,18,, ac-. more real body building nu -
Rye No 2, $1.72, actor dint, to trinleni: than meat, eggs' or
potatoes and costs much
GOrdillg to ,freights. outside,;
Creights oiztslcle ,_
Manitoba flour—First patents in' jute
bags,' 011.50; 2nd, 'do„ $11.00, - string
bakers do., 510 60, Toronto.,
Ontario fion`a -Winter, aCcotding-•to
sample, $9,80, in brig's. ,Montreal, $9..60,
Toronto, prompt shipment.
114.i11feecl-Gar 3o,ts, delivered Mont-
reatfreights, bags included—Bran,: her
tot; $95; shorts, do., $'42; middlings, do.,
$45 to $46; good feed flout,, per bag,
kiay—No, 1; net'i`c per ton, $12.50- to
$13,50; mixed, do.,;510 to 0,12, tracts T*4-
B. Machine gunners waiting in an anti-aircraft ainbus1l on the Marno' ' Straw—Car lots, per ton, $ t to $7.50,
front. this -sandbag -walled and well -like pit is placed below one of tlie
rous often_followed iolloed by.German air pilots. Freltcil ofrcial. photograph.] "
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GREAT BRITAIN ' PE'R B T
FOR AIRREIT ISR ISALS ON CERA,
Reconstructed Ai Ministry Wil 11'Iean Better 'Distribution of
Msochfnes Among Flight Units
A •despatch , from London says:.
Great Britain's reconstructed 'Air
Ministry, -which soon will bean-
'nounced in the House of Commons
probably will act asbalm for several
Commoners who"'have been greatly
wrought ctp over the : Government's
dela •in condu ii
y ct 1g reprisals for raids`
upon -London. Under the reconstruc-
tion plan it is belived there will be a
bettter and far more equitable distri--
Itution ,of machines among the 'various
ftight1units. It is known many, land
machines controlled by; the Admiralty,
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... REATENS ITALY
Require Imports of 3,'000,000
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Tons of Wheat -Before
Next Harvest.
"A despatch• -front. Turin says: The
Italian *Parliament has reopened its
sessions at 001 ie under; peculiar cir-
cumstances, two facts' being so, prom-
inent as even to make a Ministerial
w crisis possible. Owing o their, nature'
they will probably be discussed"only
in secret session. One has • to do with
riserious rots" which occurred in Turin
the latter`part:of August, due in part
to the - delay in 'providing the • tov,n
with sufficient bread, and, in part, to
political discontent.
The other question concerns -` the
general food crisis throughout Italy,
which led to the resignation of the
food' controller, Guiseppe Canepa,
*hose place has been taken by Gen-
eral Alfieri.
could be used in raids lipon
towns.
German
.Coincidental' with' the reorganization
of the air service -there will be several
changes' in the flying, men's uniforms..
In future pilots probably •will ' 1. pro-
.
vided
ro-
vided' with garments far more suit-
able for high-- altitudes than those
worn to -day. Owing; tol the great
heights airmen must attain under
modern conditions they need clothing
that is heavier and at the same time
is adaptable to quick change or ye-
moval. r
"TRAIN CROSSES'
QUEBEC BRIDGE.
"1 .A •despatch from -Quebec' says:
Even after .the successful linking of
the' tw'o huge cantilevers 'of, the Que-
bec bridge'•by the central span last•
-inonth, there were still skeptics who
feared a mishap< when traffic was al-
lowed to 'roll across the largest bridge,
in the world,, Well, their' fears were
knocked to: atoms when, without the
slightest" hitch or 'inconvenience .,a
railway train' crossed the.' Quebec
Bridge from north to south •and then
g
north again over tha�..,,two tracks that
have been laid from shore t > shore.
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The supreme `t testing hadno official
p es lig.. a ffi
character, only a few of the' Quebec
fw ..,
".Bridge Corngiission and the • staff of"
engineers that carried the - work.
through being present.
HEALTH OF SALONICA ARMY".
,BETTER THAN EVER. BEFORE.
' A despatch , from London says: It
is understood that'the.health and sani-
tary conditions
ari-tary.conditions 'of the Entente .forces
in Salonica,are better than 'ever be-
fore. There is no epidemic, no plague,
and no typhoid. In the. suppression ;of
- ',typhoid; use has been glade of ,a new
seriinrbased on; oil, which -has given'
very `satisfactory results.' A French
army report "'estimates that for the
Whole ' French army'the average num-
ber of typhoid cases has been reduced
to less than thirty, ,
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Y!LLACERS
track Toronto.
Country',, Produce—ihrliolesale `
Butter Creamery, $obc1i;' per. lb., 423
to 430; print$; per ib„ 433 to 440, dairy,
per lb; 36 to°'660:
Bgt's "Per _ doz„ 39 'to `40c.
Wholesalers . are selling to - the i etail
trade' at- the following prices •'
Cheese—New, large, 22,to 2330 twills
230 to 233; triplets, 233 -to, 24c; old,
large, 30c; twins, 300c;"` triplets, 303c.
Butter --Fresh dairy, choice„ 40 `to
41c; creamery prints,45 to 46c; solids,
44 to 45e,
Eggs Ne',laid, in cartons, 51 to 53c;
out of cb;rtons, 42c.
Dressed poultry—Spring 'chickens, 25
.to 300; fowl, 20.to 22c;. squabs, per do?',
$4' to $4,50;• turkeys, 28 to 32e; ducks,
Spring, 22c; geese, 15c
Live poultry—Turlceas 22c; Spring
chickens;' lb., 20e;, hens, `1'.5 to 20c;
ducks, Spring, 16c; geese, 12c.
;Honey—Comb—Extra fine, 16 9oz.,
$3.25; 12 oz., $2,75; No.2, $2,40 to $2.50.
Strained, tires, 23,s and 5's, 183 to 19c
per lb; .10's, 173 to 18c, 60's, 17 to 173c.'
Beans -No Canadian beans on the
market until last of October; imported
, hand-picked, $7.50 per Bush; Limas, per
ib 17c.
Potatoes, on track—Ontario, bag, $1.55
to 01.65.
-" Provisiorre—Whoiesaie
Smolced meats—Hams, medium, 30 to
31c; c1o„ heavy, 26 to 27c , co Aced, 41 tg
42c; rolls, 27, to 28c;' breakfast bacon,
3S to 40c; backs, plain, 39 to 40c; bone-
less, 43 to 44c.
Cured meats—Long''clear bacon, 273
to 280 lb; clear bellies, 263 to 27c..,
Lard,—PurO: lard, tierces, 263 to 27c;
tubs, 2,60 to 271c; pails, 27 to 271c; 'com-
pound, tierces, 22 - to .223c; tubs, 223 to,
220c; pails, 223 to 23c. c ,
Montreal Markets
Montreal, Oct:, 23—Oats -- Canadian
People Gave Their OnlyFood 'Western No 2' 76 to 763c' do. No. 3,
do, No. 2 local .white. 72c;-' do., No. 3
+local.wlrite, 71c.' Barley -Malting, $1.30
to ' 51.31, Flour—Man. Spring- wheat
Patents, firsts,- $11.60; seconds, $11.10;
' 743 to 75c; extra No. '1 teed, 743 to 75c:
Apples, to British Prisoners.
Amsterdam, Oct: 1$: The Germans
have punished Isegem. English -psis- strong bakers:, $10.90; Winter patents,
noie, $i1...5, - straight rollers, $10,70,
Roulers Street
f's corespondent,• with head peri. fon u�'car..'1ots,� $12.00 to $12:50:
The people rushed out of doors. Cheese—Finest westerns. 2130;. do.,
overs traversed ou ers • ree , a' to 1 ,.do; - do„ . bags, $5.20 "to $5.35,
thickl o,ulated quarter of Ise- Rolled oats—barrels, $s.30 to $8,40; do.,
Y P 1 bagS,.90 lbs,.. $4.00to $4.10.,• Bran, $35.
gem, stepping out, ° says
the Tele- Shorts: $10 to 542, Middlings, $48 to
raa X60 N7 11 $55 t $60 Hay ,q 2
g
They had little food left but apples,
which -theyS •ave the British. The wo:.
men:' and • girls ran `to -the `.,,prisoners;
slipping apples into their hands. , The
Germans threatened the civilians with
the>,.bayonet. ` Ther people' then threw
easterns, 2133c., Butter—Choicest .cream-
ery,,46 to 463o;' seconds, 451c. Eggs—
Fresh, 53 to 51e; " selected, 41 to 4.8c;
No. 1 stock, 43 to 44c; No. 2 stock,, 0a
to 41c. Potatoes—Per bag, car lots,
$2.15. -
Winnipeg, Oct.- $`3—Cash prices :—
the fruit from.,ZYWin No 1
Northern, Winnipeg Grain
a distance. The Ger-$2.21; or rn' No;'2
mans' ordered the dwellers on Roulers Northern, $2.1&; No. 3 "Northern, $2.15;
Street t d 11 their errands before No. 4; $2.07; No, b, $1.06; feed, 51.80.
nine in the morning, after which they, 6830; extra No.1�62ec ,633c; I•To, 1 feed,
must remain the; whole d ' doors, 62I e , 0
with windows closed. The Getman 'United states. Markets
authorities were furious, and posted a Minneapolis, Oct.' 23—Corn-No. 8 yel-
e o o a erre 'an e Oats - o:' 2 C.w., 668c; No. ,8
ay in
notice' on the walls forbidding the low, $$1.85 to. $1.87. •`Oats—No. 3 ;white,
573 to 60,a Flout,_ fancy patients,
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least demonstration when prisoners 410,55; first clears, 59.75; second clears,
pass. $0-70'. Bran—$30 to '$30.50..
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FRENCH AIRMEN' DRIVE DOWN
36 'MACHINES IN THREE DAYS , Xdve stock Markets
_ Toronto, "Oct. 23 -Extra choice heavy
steers, $11.50 to 51,2.25; do.,'good 82e vy,
- despatch from London says: In- - 1 b
y $11 to. $1`7.35; :butchers' cattle,,choi e,
tensive air :fighting took place, Wed- 510 to $10.50; do., good, 59.40 to $,9.75;
do., medium}.,; $8,76. to $9; do., coirimon,
nesday- between the French and the 57.75 o $8.25; butchers' bulls, choice,
Germans. Eleven German aeroplanes 55.30 to $S.7„5;: ,00. good.,bulls, 57,40 to
$7.85;
_do; m9dlurn bulls .$655 to $7.10;
were driven down by French `aviators, do rough buns, 55 to 56; ` butchers'
making a total of 36 destro ed upto 'cows, choke, '.$8.25 to $5,65;' do.. good,
Y $7;50 to .57.75; 'do;, medium, $6.60 to
that time this week. •, The German 6,75; stockers,, $7.50, to $8.50; feeders.
Duluth, 'Oct, ' 23 1:iinseed, $'3.06 to
$3.09; arrive. 53.07; October, 53.06 bid;
November,' $3:06,bid; December;' $2.99;
bid; Ma,y,'$3.02 asked„ ,
'War ; Office asserts: , ,that thirteen
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F. ench'maehines ;_were sent to earth.
Numerous air" raids also have been
-carried out by French aviators against'
German positions behind the lines
While Nancy -again` has been: bombed
by the Germans.
18 BRITISH SHIPS' WERE
SUNK BY SUBMARINES.
A despatch from London says:
Twelve ,British merchant vessels .over,
1,600 tons were sunk by mine ,or sub-
marine in the week - ending Oct:, 17,
according to the statement of the Brit-
ish Admiralty.
Six vessels under 1,600tons and' one
fishing vessel were sunk.
In the previous week fourteen ves-
sels over 1,600 tons, two;under that
tonnage and three fishing -vessels were
sunk.,,
S.50 to 59.25; 'canners and .cutters, .$'5
to $5.75; milkers, good to choice, $90.00
to 5125; do., comand med..:$75 to 585;
'Springers, 500 .to•, 5125 ; 'light ewes, 51.1
to 513bucks and.: culls, •$9 to 510.50;
sheep heavy,`. $5.75 to $7.50; . yearlings,
$12 to $13; calves, good to choice,'515
to 51.5.50; Spring lambs', 515 to $16.50;
hogs, fed and watered, $1S ;to' 518.25;
do., ..weighed OPE car„ 518.25 •;to 51.8.50;
do. .f:.o b $17.25.'
Montreal, Oct. 23—Choice,ateers, 510.50
to $10.75;, 'good,• $10 to'510,25; lower
grades, 08,75;' butoher tows,. 56.75 to
58.50; bulls, 5,7,85.'1,6 $8.75;. Ontario
lambs, ' 515 - to 515.75; Quebec -lambs,
514 to $14.50; sheep ' -59 to 510,50;
choice ?ni.11t-fed 'calves, 1 $14, to. 515;
lower grades, 58; selected hogs, 517.50
to 518.25.
Women to Care for 'Graves.
less. Full of . nutriment,
tasty • and toothsome. Most
people like, the nutty -aroma
of the baked wheat, especi-
ally when served with hot
milk. -Delicious with sliced
peaches, bananas and other
fresh fruits.
Made in ' Canada.
GRE AT. CATTARO
AIR RAID
•
Scyuadroii • FieW. 1,000 Miles
;:' Without. Accident.
'A despatch„ from London says:—
'The Daily Mail's'eorrespondeiit with
the Italian-armies..says that later de-
tails, received of the great Cattaro raid
mark it as an example of rare oxgan-
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111-1E BEST CARTOON OF,, THE WEEK
. ween or The Witches' Sebbath -
,...,, The Three� �> '
—London Passing' Show
3GIt 1,1 Vll. - '•^ '
- The fourteen` Capronis which took GERMANS AN FALL
'part in it started together from near..
Milani fie"vi `to the Appennines' in a
gale and arrived in: a body near Rome.
There the rested a while and then
flew to their taking off camp on the
Adriatic shore, and thence to Dalmarie
and Montenegro and home. •
The squadron afterwards flew tot
gether something like one thousand
miles without failure on the part of
any machine or any hitch.
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THE DREAD DISEASE.
" Consumption, or Tuberculosis, Can Be,
.Cured By ,Special Treatment.
In view of the 'fact than a thousand
soldiers have already come back with
tuberculosis, it may be well to reiter-
ate some simple facts with regard to
this disease.
Consumption can' be cured, but it us-
ually means', a long perio'a of treat-
ment under. the strictest discipline. '
It means in 'practical-cal'living
for; several months in the open ';air,.
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BACK SLIGHTLY
On Small Part, of Anzac. Front
on Passche tdaele''Ridge..
A despatch -13,m London says: -C.
E. W. Bean, official e_orrespondent with
the Australian troops, telegraphing
from., France, says that the Germans
retired opposite a small part of the
Australian front: to the . next spur of
highground about 1,000 yards back.
The German main position now is
astride the ridge'; somewhat south -of
Passcheiidaele, with one leg clown a,
spier running westivarch _toward Poel-
capelle'and the other leg"down a high
'spur running to the south-east " and',
ending in a knob known as Keiberg;
thence curving south-east over the
lower slopes of the southern portion
of the main ridge before' Becelaere
and Gheluvelt.
�• 1 ,' abstaining from all
reging quietly?. y, ` FARMERS AT :OGDEN.'.
forms of excitement and .getting TRAINING.
plenty of good food. I '
Calgary Makes Fine Return For Plow-
treatmentintentsthe cannot be taken at lieme, ing Done by Soldier Students. -
but must be taken at an institution._ The vocational training department'
where he Patient will always be_under of the Ogden ,Military `Convalescent
medical supervision. Hospital at Calgary has now' a veery'
Dr. Herman Biggs, of New `.Lori:, t: 0, basic. equipment for teaching re -
fin ",:: '•'.
has reported that in his there ien me DAILY PAPER
p opinioni turned ,soldiers gas and steamg
are 500,000 cases of tuberculosis es operation as applied to -farming,-"and,
`
ranee in men of militaryage. Scores I
Ez b ( the men have .had considerable piac-
of thousands of soldiers ease already tice in breaking and stubble plow*ing
come down with the disease„ and ' are under practical conditions.
the war had not more than 12,000 -beds
under treatment; yet France before A smallfield near the institute was
plowed fora fernier who `paid for the
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After -Lively Battle • Between
R>.nsi `nand. German Fleets.
A despatch firoir London says; Ap-
parently colitingel ts'of the Russian
fleet—in all, about twenty warships of
various classes—are bottled up. in
Moon .Sound, with a cordon of Ger-
man warcraft barring their egress
northward back ,into the Gulf of Fin„
land,' or to the south into the Gulf' of
Riga.
Brave, but 'outclassed by reason of
superior gun -range and heavier
g, ;'ton-
na �e the Russians gave battle to the'
Germans and attempted to force back
the enemy armada' off Oesel Island.
Standing far outside the ,shell zone of
the Russians, however, the guns . of
rman;
'the Ge Dreadnoughts sank the
battleship Slava—a..relic of the days
before the Russo-Japanese War—and
so 'badly damaged otl'ier units that
the. Russian'flotiila was forced' to seek
refuge in Moon Sound—lying be-
tween Moon Island' and the Esthonia
coast. Nearly all ofthe Slave's crew
were saved.
available for• tuberculosis' in the whole
country. ,--In.Northern France the ped.
ple are heartily infected with tubercu,-;
losis,' and I saw more cases of de-
formities in children in an hour` in
one town of 12,000 people tha., I
co id possibly see in Toronto in : a
week. It was very -depressing when.
one realized that it was ,alI• prevent-
able. ,What ;France needs most of
all is a gnat educational 'campaign as'
1to, the importance of fresh . air, sun-' with the institute's `steam thrashing
Plans are made
accept advice . from official sour
gas and oil consumed, and the garden.
plots at„ Ogden have been: plowed. Now
arrangements' have been' made 'with
the municipality to plow a' 50 -acre plot
for the city of Calgary, which in re-
turn is to' extend, certain`` courtesies to
the Institute, among which are enu-
merated the° promise of concrete
blocks, which to floor the.,garage,'
and the .loan of some steam r engine
equipment and•.` a ,water tank to go
q
light and sanitation. They are a won- engine' S
derfull Tactical people;' and would. to
Y P ' for the men
sources Plans
SO-acre plot for the Veteran's
lour'
gladly. P
L Club this fall. and during the winter,
Consumption is a house disease. It Dr. James IVlill'er,,the vocational train
is spread by. means of the ggrms .con- ing 'officer, expects to be able to ' Se
train -
tallied in the "careetocation of con -cure theg • teinporary'loan of traction
sumptives. A careful consumptive_ is '''en
engines from practically, all the "firms
no danger to ,anyone. A careless con-
sumptive is a public"menace. Do:not
s"pit.on.the floor: Do not allow' -your
dealing in this line of equipment.
.. 11 _ , I MOS UITO IS ACTIVE iv
'workman to spit on the floor. Q•
001 o ON MACEDONIA FRONT.
Do °not permit your employees to spit
on the floor. No' spit, no 'consumption. ' '
es:atch from Amsterdam says:
Get all the fresh air and sunshine you
A despatch _
About. `20 women gardeners - who can. Wash your hands before' eating The activities of th Y squl o a ong
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have been trained at Kew, England, Keep clean -and live in clean surround
are going to France, where they will ins. Dirt and disease -go together.
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take up the duty of tending the graves ' e,
of 'British dead sdidiers. It is the British West Africa exports near
first contintent„ and others will fol -R 20,000;,000 gallons of palm oil ° an
emo
ddonian• fighting 'front are de-
the Mace g g.
-' scribed as unbearable by a Correspond,-
lent
orrespond-
tent of the Bulgarian newspaper Mir.;
- The correspondent fully approves of
the 'British evacuation of the Lower
low. ' nuall * , Struma. '
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Meets Overseas S oldies' De-
mands For Home News.
A despatch from Ottawa says:—
Although the large `majority of Cana-
dians are probably'unaware of the
fact, soldiers of the Dominion over-
seas, even those' in the trenches in
France and Belgium, receive. a daily
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a e filled with news from Canada.
paper
This "`little Publication, which ,is' of
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such =immense "value to: the boys' at the
it contains news of
front because.
home, is published in London, _and goes
by 'the name of "The, Canadian• Daily
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Record.
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Canada and overseas .to meet the de-
mand of the Dominion's 'soldiers for
news of their°_own, country,
CAR OF WESTERN WHEAT
BROUGHT $4,458.10 NET,•
A despatch from Winnipeg says: A
car of No. •1' -'Northern. wheat was re-
ceived' here weighing `129,000 pounds,
and containing 2,15'0 bushels, with iio'
dockage. The net proceeds of the car,
ess'ifreight and commission, was $4,
458.10. The weight of the wheat per
measured bushel was 65 pounds. The
car was loaded by George II. Hum'
mell,'of Nokomis, Sask,
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