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THE WEEKLY WAR PICTURE
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Mud in Flanders: Britain's worst foe. An exasperation for these-
Tommies during the present Battle of Flanders. The horse, after a brave
struggle, has dropped down on its haunches in the -mud, while the men dis-
euss the best Wny out of the predicament.
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SEVEN CANADIANS
ESCAPE _FHUNS
Succeeded` in Recovering Free-
- doin and Will Return
to Dominion.
A despatch from London says:
Seven more Canadians escaped from
Germany have reached England. • They
are: No. 5147 M. R. Stowe, an origin-
al member of ,the P.P.C.L.L, captured
in Mayyy1915, and imprisoned at Sten -
dal, Munster and. eastroph,; 1310 J.
Watts, an original member. of the Win-
' nipeg "Black Devils," whose home is
in Port Arthur, and who was captur-
ed in April, 1915, at Ypres; 400896 R.
Howitt, Mounted Rifles, wounded and
captured at Sanctuary Wood, 'June,;
1916; 503454 A. Blacklock, tunneler,
enlisted at Calgary, captured at Sane-
--Wary Wood; 111047 F. Boyd, Mount--
ed
ountcd Rifles, belongs to Fredericton, cap-
tured at, Sanctuary Wood (these three
escaped together); 113295. J. Hockins,
Mounted . Rifles, ' captured in June,
1916, and was imprisoned on an is-
land in the Baltic, where he worked
on a farm, but later was transferred
to a camp in Germany, whence he es-
caped alone;, 10158 A. J. McMullen,
Mounted Rifles, captured in Sanctuary:
Wood, served in several prison camps,
and escaped alone.
All these have reached England.
They all adopted pretty much the
same methods to .escape, traveling by
night and sleeping by day. Theylook
afit,'despite their hardships: They .ex-
pect to return to Canada almost im-
mediately, '
LOSSES OF BRITISH
IN OCTOI3ER,82,377.
A despatch from London says:
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British 'casualties' reported during
the month of October totalled 82,377.
The losses were divided as follows:
Officers killed or died of wounds,' 1,-
445; anon, 14,985: " "•
Officers wounded or missing, 4,133;
men,, 61,841.
The October losses
compare favor-
ably for the British with thosere-
ported during September, which to-
talled 104,598. During October Field -
Marshal Haig undertook several re
newals' of the . big drive in Flanders,.
making notable progress in the pro-
cess still tinder- way of ` driving ,a
wedge into: the German lines,. which
is threatening a wide sector in Bel-
gitlm and Northern France.
10,316 HAVE REPORTED
105,266 ASK EXEMPTION.
A despatch from Ottawa -says; Of-
ficial figures showing reports for ser-
vice and claims for exemption up to
and ;including October' 29 . show that
a 10,316 men, of Class One .under tare
Military Service Act have 'reported,
and 105,266 have applied ;for'exemp-
tion. The percentage which the total
bears to.he estimated male popula-
tion between tie ages of 20 and -\ 34,
unmarried or widowers
without chil-
dren, is 19.94.
ITALIANS lE STA ND
NE's I E,; LLI ES. ARRIVE
!II ITALY
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G. Cadorna's Army heady' to Check Foe-Al/led Veteran.
Welcomed by Italians -Teutons Claim 180,000 Men
and 1,500 Guns.
A despatch from London says: The
greater portion of General Cadorna'S:
third army apparently has crossed
the Tagliamento River to the western
bank; and will be in position on a new
line of'defence to give battle to the
Teutonic allies.
The advance of the enemy, although
it has been remarkably fast, was not
Tick enough, to carry out the pur-
pose of the military commanders of
enveloping the Italians and putting
them out of battle from the Carnic
Alps to the head kof. the Adriatic Sea.
The Italians lost' heavily in men and
guns captured -the latest Grerman'of
ficial communication asserting that
more than 180,000 men and 1,500
guns were taken by the. Teutonic al-
lies -and also suffered terribly from
hardships due to bad weather and
lack 'of food as they made their way
across the country to Tagliamento,
with their rearguards everywhere.
harassing the enemy. But General
Cadorna declares that with the morale
of his men still, splendid the success
of the invaders soon will be made hil.
On the eastern side .of the "Taglia
TAKEN BY BRITISH, ,Piz -
mento theTeutonic allies ,have cap -
`'i tareddalong theewaterway.from Piz-
ano to Latisana bridgehead, positions
Troop sOperating in Holy Land
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BEERSHEBA CITY
Captured Turkish Base.
A despatch from London says: The
British force operating in the Holy
Land has captured the City of Bier-
sheba, on the Southern Palestine
,boundary, 42 miles from Jerusalem.
The Turks put up a desperate: resist-
ance, but the British losses were
slight in comparison with the results
obtained. Over 1,800 Ottomans,were
taken prisoner, and they lost nine
guns. The official report read:
,"General Allenby (.commander. ; of
the British forces in Egypt) r;. orts
that after a nightmarch-our troops
attacked Beersheba Wednesday morn-
ing. While our infantry attacked the'
defences covering the, town from the
west and south-west, mounted- troops
made a wide' turning ,,:movement
through the desert and approached it
from the east.
"Beersheba was occupied in the
evening in spite of determined resist-
ance by the enemy." 0
An additional
1 official -statement is-
sued Thursclay evening 'says: "In the
-Beersheba operations we captured
1,800 prisoners and nine guns.: Our
losses were slight in comparison to the
results obtained,"
BIG TURK LOSSES
CAUSED BY BRI.TISH..
A despatch from London says: An'
official statement on the operations. in t
Egypt says that with reference to a
Turkish communication` on Sunday
claiming -to have .inflicted a severe
check on the British troops, the real
facts are reported by Gen, Allenby as
follows:
"On Saturday our line of cavalry
posts thrown out'in advance of our
main positions was attacked by a
force Of about'' 3,000 Turks, with
twelve guns. - Though outnumbered
-and enveloped on both flanks, detach
ments of - the London " Yeomanry
fought with great gallantry, holding
their positions for six hours until as-
sistance arrived, and thereby render-
ing great service to their, infantry
comrades. Repeated charges by the
Turkish cavalry resulted in only a
slight gain of ground at the expense
of heavy_ losses. Our casualties were
under 100."
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL RAIL
CARRIED OUT INTO GERMANY
A despatch from, London says:-
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Another '"successful air,raid carried
out by twelve British machines has
been made on German munitions fac-
tories in Bayaria;f, according to an of-
ficial communication issued Thursday
night. The communication saYs:
"On
Thursday another, successful, raid -was
carried out into Germany. Munitions
factories at Kaiserlauten (Bavaria)
were attacked by two groups of six
g P
machines each.". '
from which to operate against the
Italians ori the other side of the
stream,
A despatch from Washington says:
Anglo-French reinforcements hate
reached the Venetian front, where
Ge,,neral Cadorna's second and third
armies are declared to have retired in.
good order toward the new line -prob-
ably that of the Tagliamentowhere'
the projected stand is to be made.
Official information reaching Wash-
ington, from Rome on Thursday as-
serted that the Italians' had welcomed
th"e British and Federal veterans- en-
thusiastically, and that the Anglo-
French Commanders found the per-
sonnel and material of the ' Italian
army,: to be stronger t "pan it, was
thought they would be after' having
sustained so seyere a ,shock as that
which the Teutons delivered, through:
the back -door of the J}llian front, Sec-
retary Lansing received"a cablegram
on Thursday froril.. ,the American Am-
bassador at Rome confirming inform-
ation received at the Italian Embassy
that the Italian• army is retiring in
goocl order, that the pressure from
the direction of the enemy had leaa
sened,•and that the "Government hdd
the unified support of the Italian peo-
ple and all political parties:
arkets of the
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Breadatuffs
Toronto, Nov. 0 -Manitoba wheat -
No. 1 Northern, 32.235 „No. 2 do., 32.205:
No. 3 db.; 32.175; No. 4 wheat, 32.095, in
store Fort William, including 25c tax.
Manitoba, oats -No. 2 ,C.Zv., '6630; No.
3 C W., 645c : extra No. 1 feed, 633c; No.
1 feed, 629c in-store Fort William.
American corn -No. 3 }.chow`, nominal.
Ontario.oats=No. 2 white, 65 to 66c,
nominal; No.' 3,0 40., 64 to 65c, nominal,
according to freights outside.
Ontario wheat -New, No. 2 Winter,,
$2.22; basis in store, Montreal. .
Peas -No. 3, 33.40 to •$3,50, according
to freights outside.
Barley -Malting, 31.20 to 31.21, ac-
cording to freights outside,
'Rye -No: 2, 31.75, according -to freights
outside.
Manitoba •flour -First, patents, in jute
bags, 311:50; 2nd, do,, 311; strong bak-
ers', do,. ;$10.60,' Toronto.
'Ontario floitr-Winter accorcling to
sample,': 39.30, in bags, Montreal; 39.00,
Toronto; '` 39.55, bulk, seaboard, prompt
shipment.
Mi1U eecl-Car _lots, delivered Montreal
'freights, bags-, included -Bran, per ton,
$35;'-. shorts, do., 342; middlings, do.,
345 .to' 346;, 'good feed flour, per'bag,
33.25.
Hay -No. 1, new,., per ton, ' 314.50 to
31,5.50; mixed, do.,'$11 to 313, track
Toronto.
Straw -Car lots, per ton, 37 to 37.50,
track Toronto,
Country ,Produce -Wholesale '"
Eggs -42 to 43c. 43e.
Butter=Or, solids. 41 to 42c
creamery prints, 42"to 43c; dairy, 30 to
40c.
Live poultry -Spring chickens. 17 to
15ct hens, under 4 lbs., 13 to 14c; hens,
over 4 lbs.; 16 to 17c; roosters, 15c;
ducklings, 16c;' turkeys, 20 to 250;
gees. e. 12c.•
Dressed poultry -Spring chickens, 23
to 25c; hens, under 4•; lbs., 1Sc; hens,
over 4 lbs., 20 to 22th roosters, 18c;
ducklings, 20 to 23c turkeys, 27c
geese, 1Sc.
Wholesalers are selling -to the retail
trade at the following prices';
Eggs -No. 1 storage, ` 44c; selected
storage,' 46c;. new -laid, carton, 50 to 52c.
Butter--greamery solids, 41 to .45c;
creameryprints, fresh -made, 45 to 46c;
choice dairy prints, 41 to 12c :'ordinary
dairy prints, 38 to 39c; bakers', 31 -to
33c.
Cheese -New., large, 23 to 235c twins,
235 to 235c; spring made, large, 25 to
26c; twins. 255 to 265c.
Beans -Canadian. prime, bushel, $7.50
to 38; foreign, hand-picked, bushel,
36.75 to,3,7.
Honey -60 -lb. tins, 175 to 1$c; 10-1b,
tins, 13 to 1S5c; 5 -ib tins, 133 to 1.9c;
25 -Ib. tins, 19;to 195c,
Comb honey -Choice, 16 oz 33.25 per
dozen; 12. oz., 32.75' per dozen; seconds
and dark comb, 32125 to 32,50..
Provisions -Wholesale
Smoked meats -Hams,, medium, 33 to
31c; do., heavy,' 26 to 27c; cooked, 41 to
42c; rolls, 27 to 28c breakfast bacon,:
38 to 4244; backs, plain, 40 to 41c; bone-
less, 42 lo 44.c.
Cured reatss-Long clear bacon, 275 to
280 ib.; clear bellies', 265 to 27c.
Lard -Pure lard,- tieyces, 27 to 27?1c;
tubs, 275 to 276c; pailsl,, 275 to 25c;
compound, tierces, 22 to 2250; tubs, `225
to 223c; pails, 225 to`23c. '
Mont`eal Markets
Montreal, Nov.- .'6 -Oats -Canadian'
Western, No. 2, :775' to 78c; do., No. 3
76 to 765c; extra No, 1 feed, 76: to 767.-c;
No. 2''loca1 white, 72c; No. 3 local white,
71c. ' Barley -Man,' feed. 31.25; clo,
malting, 3.1.31. S+lour ;Man. Spring
wheat patents, firsts, $11..60; ,seconds,
311.10; strong bakers', ;310.90;Sinter.
Patents, choice, $11.25; 'straight rollers,'
310.70 to 311; 00., bags. $5.2Q 1.;c, $5.35.
Rolled Oats -.Barrels„ 38.30 to 38.50; do.,
bags, 90. 34,10 to 34.25. Bran. ---436,
Shorts -340 to $42. "Middlings -343 to
$5"0. 'Mouillie-$55 to 360. Hay -No, 2,
per ton, car lots, 312. 'to, 31.2.50. Cheese -
Finest. westerns, 210c; dos"east'erns,
213c. Butter-Choi'ceSt creamery, ' 435
to -34c1 seconds, •43c, 724gs-••fresh 0 to
55c; selected; 46 to 47c; No, 1; stock, 42
'lot MAD>+ A NICE MESS 0> 1 ' cao OYCit.,
St610 NoW
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IT', CALLING oUiz. DINf�IEFt'GUESi"S
A CpUPLE `oF Poor MurTs G1.
WHAT ARE Not) GOING 112 DO Aboirr
3173 COIL: 31, .
I C1=R"(A1't4L`( .T u4K'THAT ILL C%,PLAIlt TNAf I
OU OW •TIIEMAN WAS JUST KIDDih(G
AP0L06'1 q AND PRET AID'TIIA3'
y, r 1'x' .UtfAS",ALL. A JOKE
to 41c: No, 2 stock, 30 to 40e. Pota
toes-1?c1. bag, car lots,'31.80 to 32:25.
Winnipeg Grain,
ivhinipeg, Nov..6-Gash quotations
I tanitoba wifeat-In'store, Fort 1Yi111cin ,'
nominal (including • 25c tax); No. 1
Northern '32.235, nominal.; No. 2 North-
ern, 32.205.;. No, .3 Northern, 32:175; No.
4 wheat, $2.095. Oats -No, 2 C.W 00:Yc;
No. 3 -C CP„ 645°c; extra. No. 1; feed 635o;
No. 1 feed, 629c No 2'feed, 605c Dar -
ley -Unchanged. Flax -No. 1 17 W.C.,
32,95; No. 2 C.W., 32.02.; No. 3 C.'W.,
32,81. 1
United States Markets
Minneapolis, Nov. 6 -Corti -No. 3
yellow„ 32;06 to 32.08. Oats No,. 3
white, 571 to 583c. Flax --33,14 to $3.15:
Bra.n=$30.50 to $31.50, Flour-4.Tn-
c h anged.
Duluth, Nov, G -Linseed -On ,track,
33.14 to 33.175; to arl'ite, 33,12; October
$3,14` bid; November, 3312 asked; De-
cember, $3.045' bid; may. 33,02.
Live Stock Markets "
Toronto, Nov. G. -Extra choice lteavy
steers, 311,50 to 312;`, do., good heavy,
$10.,45 to $311.25, butchers cattle, choice,
310 to $16.25' do., good, 39.35 to $9.65;
do.,. medium, 33.50to 38.75; do„ common.37.60 to 3S; chersbulls; choice, 33.30
to 35.76; do:,-.goocl bulls, 37.40 to 37.50;
do.. medium. bulls,36,35 to •$7,10: cio.,
rough bulls, 35 to, 35; -butchers' cows,
choice, 35.25' to.$8.'7'5; ' dor.:good, 37.60 to
38: do., mealtun, 36.60 to 36.75; stock-
ers, 37 to 35,25; feeders, 35.50. to $9:25;
-o,kp,uers and cutters, 35 to $0; milkers,
good to choice, 395 to 3130; do., corn.
and -med., 375 to 385; springers, 3'95 to
$130; light ewes, 311 to 313; -bucks and
culls,; $9 to 310.50' sheep,.heavy, 35.75
t0 3•7.50, yearlings, -"312 to'"313, 'cakes,
good to choice, ,$1.4.50 to $16;_ Spring
lambs, 315.50- to'316.25 hogs, fed and
watered $16:75 rto 316.55; do.. weighed
loft cars,. 317 10.3:710;do., •f.o.b., 310.
Montreal, Nov. , 6-Cannors' bulls,
30.50 to $6.75; canners' cows, $5,25- to
35.5,0; good to choice' steers. 31.50 to
310,25; *lower grades: 37.75 to 30: cows,
36.25 to 38; bulls; 36.50 to $S.25; On-
tario lambs, 315.50 to 316; Quebec
lambs, 314.50 to 315; heeep, $9.50: to
311: choice milk -fed calves, 314. 10 $15;'
grass -feel, 38 to $11; hogs, 316.75 to $17.
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Eight. Inches of Rainfall Within
f Tventy-four Hours•.
A despatch from London says:
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Four- months of abiaol'niallain in Na-
tal, ;South Africa, culminated Satur-
day apd Sunday in a storm in which
more than eight inches of rain fell' in
twenty-four "'hours, as a result of
which 'Y widespread destruction -is re-
ported, says a Reuter despatch :from`
Durban, Natal.
The •Ungeni River, deeply swollen
{by the storm, swept suddenly down
`upon Durban, submerging the thickly
populated district on the Springfield
Flats. Many ` person"s were swept
away and drowned. Reuter's corre-
spondent adds that the mortality is
believed to be great among the Indian
population; ' while much' damage was
done to railroads by many washouts.
Accorcling to a Central 'News de-
spatch from Johannesburg the nurn-
ber of British.Indians natives drowned
is believed to have reached 1,000
"Isn't it dreadfill for the 0 f
price
bread to go up?' "Well, if bread -is
any good at all, it is bound to rise."
THE I3EST CARTOON OF THE WEEK
Austria finds the Italian boot pinches tightly. Numero;°'Turin.
This Italian cartoon, which has just reached this ,country; :contains what
was a pardonable boast General Cadorna's brilliant Offensive had not then
been temporarily
eclipsed by the Teutonic invasion,
BRIEN TOOK
9,125 GERMANS
Good Record of Captures I3uring
October on the West Front.
A despatch from London.- says:-
ys:-
The, following official communication'
was issued here Thursday evening:
"The hostile artillery' has shown `
considerable-th
activity during e, day
east and :north of Ypres. Our own
I artillery Lias carried out a number of`
` concentrated bombardments, of enemy
positions in ,the battle a.i`ea. There
is nothing further of 'special interest
to report.
"The number of Germanriso ley
p 2 rs
captured by the 'British armies in
France during October ,is- 9,125, in -
eluding 242 officers. We ,,also have
taken' -during the sathe period fifteen
guns, 431 machine guns :and 42 trench
mortars."
,FLOWERS OF NO MAN'S LAND.
British Soldier Retains Love of the
Beautiful Amid Carnage.
That man's love of the beautiful is
not killed by carnage has been shown
many times on the western front, but
perhaps nowhere more `strongly than
in the case of Lance -Corporal Vernon
Ra*cliffe of Accrington, England,
who made a garden la"t summer of •
the motor lour"y on which he carries
munitions up to the firing line.
Rawcliffe built,'narrow.boxes about
the skies and back of the truck' and
in them planted a variety of flowers:
A succession of pansies, forget-me-
nots, primroses, daffodils and tulips
bloomed, and geraniums and bits of
ivy flourished there. The soldier,
made a rite of his flower tending,
working after hours when he was
half dead with fatigue,"and:his lorry
brought more than shells to the jaded
menin the trenches.
It brought fragrance and color and
beautiful small buds.that do not grow
out in 'No Man's Land. Blossoms
were sometimes plucked by Rawcliffe
and given to wounded men, and he has
been known to leave a nosegay or
two behind to decorate a.,dugout:
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Except for plantingnarrow.'Stri
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borders acid terraces, seeding gives
bitter "satisfacti
on. in establishing a
lawn than does sod.
Plant not only tulips in your spring
flower beds but also hyancinths, nar-
cissus, crocus, snowdrops„, scillas, iris,
peonies, spiraes, etc.
WAR ON SUBS
Chief of Admiralty Gives In-
teresting Figures.
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A despatch' from London says: -
In defending the British navy in the
House of Commons on Thursday night
Sir Eric Geddes, First Lord of the
Admiralty, reviewed its accomplish-
ments in this war, declaring that, un-
like the enerny„torces, its role was an
offensive one.
"During a u,gcent month," he',,con
tinned, the mileage steamed by our
battleships, crtli ers, and destroyers
alone amounted to one million ship's.
miles in home waters. In addition to
this, the naval auxiliary forces patrol-
led more than six million miles in the
same -period and territory. The dis-
placement of the navy is ;71 per cent.
greater than in 1914, when it was
2,400,000 tons, At the outbreak of
the war we had eighteen mine -sweep-
ers.and auxiliary -patrols, to -day there
are 3,366. The personnel. of the fleet
before the warn was 146,000, to -day it
is, 390,000," •
Sir. Eric Geddes's declaration :that
between forty and fifty per cent. of
the German submarines operating in -
the North Sea, the Atlantic and. 'the
Arctic Oceans had been sunk was not.
the least interesting of his announce-
ments, and there was an indication of
the unceasing war the British and
American patrols are making on 'the
submarine -in his statement that dur-
ing the last quarter the enemy I'lad
lost as many submarines as during
the whole of 1916.
Raid on London Defeated.
A despatch from London says:
Thursday morning's air raid was ap-
parently the most elaborate, attempt
to "lay London hi ruins" ever»made by.
the Germans. That it was a failure.
was :due to the new, air defences
which, with' the gunfire of the aero-
planes, harassed the enemy and broke
up his squadrons so that at afloat three
machines were able to cross the met-
ropolis, where theydropped ed a" few
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Cook thoroughly and mix with corn
meal, shorts or bran. Skim milk is a
food addition.
Clean soiled garments
light cloth
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by rubbing them with hot salt. After-
ward welt' brush with a clean brush,
and dampen and press if necessary.
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