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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1916-8-31, Page 2PA E FAT ERLAND FOR REVERSE IN WEST BOYS LIKE "WAR 13001'S." Wooden -soled Shoes Fail to Suit .Ger.: Haan. Okla, however, Berlin women and girls are re- ported as not being over -enthusiastic about the wooden soled eroes whichGerman Correspondents With Troops in France Magnify Horrors German shoe manufactures are said of Fighting Against Allied Artillery, to have produced to fill the gap in foot -wear due to: the scareity of lea- ther caused by the war, but the boys A despatch from Rotterdam says:' mans consists only of a chain of are taking to them more kindly.. The :V.tax ()Aherne in a despatch from the 1 shell holes instead of the girdle of Berliner Lakal- wonder declares that Somme front to The Vossisehe Zei strongly -built and fortified trenches. new shoes with wooden sores are so tong, says: Iznznavable men crouch iii these holes ' comfortable that "they can be worn even by persons afflicted with flat "Day and night the British and with no cover from the sun ea rain.'feet or varicose veins:" Freneh guns continuously hurl their !and not the slightest protection murderous lead. Shells burst all against the shells from above. one of the largest and wealthiest of around, many exploding before posi-1 "Hostile flyers cover the positions Berlin's residential suburbs, have de- tions where masses of dead are lying. at a low height. They see the men cided that in view of the necessity of They fling sand and stone splinters in the holes and direct the Anglo- using practically all the leather in over the defenders. They fling, too, P French fire with a deadly certainty the country for military purposes, torn -off limbs, so when day comes upon them or else thez fire themselves and the Hien are able to eat the, very with machine guns. the use of the pop it -soled boots and sight of meat is horrible to them, I 00 g shoes must be popularized, so they g t Eyed y�thin has to be done at have started to fit out the poorer "The noise tears to pieces all nerves; night: the bringing up of reinforce- residents with these "war boots." NEW CANADIAN LOAN AROUSES DTCH INTEREST. get out of the way, but if one runs to ; leading the men to drink dirty water Terms to be Announced About the the right there is a hostile flyer above ; out of the shell holes where there are Middle of September, the trenches who directs the fire of i human bodies and other things. A despatch from Ottawa says: Al - the guns so one has to run to the left. 1 "When an attack begins the terrors ready numerous inquiries are being "So it goes on, and one is hunted t of these places are beyond descrip made as to the date and terms of the up and down like a wild beast. There !time Like the fire rain in Gomorrah z ew Canadian war loan to be floated are times when our men curse and !the drum fire of the enemy pours by Sir Thomas White within the next are homesick, but in the moment of i from heaven. The little shelter that two months. The terms etc., cannot fighting all the=ir feelings disappear. there is in the trenches or holes is of course be announced until the pros - The authorities of Charlottenburg, and senses. It continually drums in ; ments, removing the wounded and one's ears. Not a few find their hear -g burying the dead. To procure warm ing completely gone. The worst of all food for the men lying out in those is the effect of the heavy mines. True, horrible conditions is seldom possi- they can be seen coming and one can ble. The want of drinking water is The sense of duty and discipline holds quickly flattened out. With thunder- pectus is ready for publication, about them together and they are ready ing roar heavy shells from the gigan- the middle of Septembr. In th With iron decision and bitter cour- i tic mine wipe out everything in the meantime the Minister and his de - age." j neighborhood with their explosion. At partment are giving the question George Wegener, in a despatch to I the same time a rain of shrapnel painstaking consideration, market The Koelnieche Zeitung, says: i falls and poisonous gases roll for- conditions are being studied, and ad- "The present line held by the Ger- ward." vice from -experts in the financial and _� _ _ ___-_�._.._ investment world. BRITISH N » r ITN AND SWEDEN I'"• • ALBERTA WILL YIELD NEW SUCCESS E S ;EARING THE BRINK q 38 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE The' Crop Is Almost Equal to Buzn- er One of 1915. Advance Their Front on Both A despatch from Calgary, Alberta, Parcels to Russia. Latter Persisted in Blocking ern Sides of Guillelnont-Eters Alberta says:-"The wilwheatll averages thirtyofsou -teight g bushels to the acre. Along the lines of the Canadian Northern Railway the yield will be better than forty bushels to the acre. In other parts the yield will be well over thirty bushels to the acre for all Alberta." choice $7,o0 • st•'aight rollers 26.90 to Road. British Government, following the A despatch from London says :- lead of Sweden, has made public the A new success was won by General entire correspondence with Sweden Haig',s British troops during F •iday concerning British seizures of the night on the Somme front. By a Swedish parcel -post with the United strong atea.ek in the Gsiilemont sector States and Swedish retaliation in they advanced their front several stopping all British parcels in transi hundred yards on both sides of the to Russia. The correspondence dis Guillemont-Fleury road, bringing it on closed that the situation has not yet even terms with the French aiivance been satisfactorily adjusted. Some through Maurepas. The German sal- of the letters and notes teens. with fent which was left at the point where language so sharp as to indicate that the British and French fronts join the relations of the two countries at was 'flattened out and several hundred one time aproached the breaking prisoners taken. In. addition, to the point. As a result of the negotiations north, the British extended their Sweden recently released 60,000 par - trench progress Tong the Leipsic sail- cels to Russia under agreement. with ent, taking an additional 300 yards of the British Govrnment to submit the strongly -defer lod position. matter to arbitration after the war. Meanwhil th French, by strong artillery fir wore repulsing German IIilNGER s counteraft^c'.:s south of Maurepas, 'F:.,k., t e.._ ..._oily ii, ill?. region of Hill No. 121. This he'cht is now completely , � in the har':s of the French troops. �' HAMBURG PO Military e::•rerts attach great im- portance to the capture of Maurepas - by the French. Not only .does it put into their hands one of the principal supporting points of the German Peace --"Those at the `Tap front between the Somme and the Al - A despatch from London says: The Markets of the World 7Breadrtnt>Ifi. Toronto, .Aug, 29--lktaaito»tt wheat -- No, 1 Northern, 31.66 ; No. 2 Northern, 31.64 ; No, 3 Northern, 31.61, tragi: 13aY ports. 1v4ani'toba oats -No. $ C';'�C'., 57tc ; No. 3 C. W, 663o ; extra No. 1 feed, 56,4c ; No. 1 freed, 56e, track B ty .ports, American corn -No. 3 y0110w, 970, track Toronto. Ontario oats -No. 3 white, 52 to fisc, nominal according to freights outside,, Ontario wheat -New orgy, No. $X,28 to $].,30; No, 1 oonlaliereial, 31.21 to $1 24 ; N0. 2 aominereial, $1.18 to $1.20: No,. 0onirizaroial, $1,1.4 to $1.16 accordii to freights outside. Peas--- o, 2, Ylonairial, according to frei}t is ottt$lde, Iiarlsy-I reltipg,.. .na,itinal ;0 feed, nouitnal, according• to freights outside. l3tickwheat Nexniti#,1, according • . to freights ou'iside, z4y^0-No,• 2 new,' $1.02 to 31.05 ; : No. 1 . eOmniereiaf, nominal, ,,acoorsiing to fr0lghts outside, Manitoba flour --First patents, in jute bags $8.40 ; second patents, in in to bags 37,90 ; strong bakers'. in iute' bags, 37,70, Toronto, Ontario flour -New Winter, e000rcling to . saanple, $5,70 to 36.80 nominal, in bags, trach Toronto, proinr,t shipment • new, aa,aoordjng to sample, $6.00 to $5.70, nominal, bulk seaboard, prompt shlp- ttextt. Mil1feed-Can• lots,. delivered Montreal freights, bags included :-Bran, per. ton, $25 to $20 ; shorts, per ton, $27 to 328, ruidcilings, per ton, 328 to $29 ; good (cent flour, per bag, $2,00 trail! Hay --New, N. 1, per ton, 310 to $12 ; No, 2, per ton, 39 to 39.50, track To- ronto.. Straw -Car lots, per ton, $6 to 37, track Toronto. Country Produce --Wholesale. Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 28 to 29c inferior, 24 to 25a ; creamery prints, 33 to 34c ; solids, 32 to 334 i!,'g„s-New-rami, 29 to 30c do., in cartons, 33 to 360. Live chickens were selling at from 18 to 20c, and fowl at. 15 to 100, Beans -$4.50 to 35, the latter for hand- picked. Gheese-New, large, 181 to 190 ; twins 19to 193e; taiplets, 19i to 19�3c. Dressed ,poultry -Chickens, 25 to 270 ; fowl, 18 to 20c, ^ Live poultry -Chickens; 18 to 20c ; fowl, 15 to 160. Potatoes -Jerseys, per bag, 32,50 ; Ontarios, per bag, 32.355 •to 32.40. Honey -Five -pound tins, 12) to 13c do., 10 -ib.. 12 to 123c. Maple syrup -$1.50 per Imperial gal- lon, • Provisions -Wholesale. Bacon -Long clear, 18 to 183c per ib. Rams=bfedium, 24 to 26,3; do, heavy, 21 to 220 • rolls, 19 to 20c ; breakfast bacon, 26 to 27c ; backs, plain, 26o ; boneless baoles, 28 to 29c. Cooked hare, 35 to 37o. Lard -Pure lard, tierces, 16t' to 17c tubs; 17 to 17to ; pails, 17. to 17ic ; compound, 14 to 141c. Montreal Markets. Montreal,' Aug. 29. -Corn -American No. 2 yellow, 98 to 99c. Oats -Canadian Western, No. 2, 60c ; do, No. 3, 59c ; ex- tra No. 1 feed,59c No. 3 local white, 640. Flour -Manitoba Spring wheat patents, • firsts, 38.50,; do., seconds, $8 strong baker's, .37.80 ; Winter patents, This was the opinion expressed on 17.20 ;' do., `in, bags, $3.25 `to $3.40. oiled oats- ar t } Thursday morning by a prominent of- lbs $2 90 met feels, n6 `$25gsnorts T People There Also Clamor for bert Bapaame high road, bub it brings Need Ran their advance within two miles of , A despatch to The London Chroni- Combies, which powerfully -fortified ole from Amsterdam says: town they are steadily flanking. I "For a week past the port of Ham - It is reported from Paris that the burg has been in a state of revolu- German corps defeated on Thursday tion. One who has just 'escaped,' as by the French was led in person by he expressed it, tells an extraordin- the K iser's second son, Prince Eitel ary story of the gradually rising ex Friedrich. • asperation of the population, until! On the Verdun front the Germans early last week they broke out into Hiring the night ettanlnted to storm open hunger riots and peace demon-' Fleury, The French War Office re- stratians. The authorities appear to ports their complete repilse. have been taken by surprise, for the The Gexmlans made a now a.sault police were unable and perhaps un - on the French line at the tip of the willing to quell the disturbances. famous salient: of St. leflhie', but have They were completely overpowered,': been repulsed rfter gaining a footing and before the soldiers could arrive; in French trenches. angry crowds had forced their way through several of the principal streets and smashed every shop and business house window. Only vigor- 4 -0. - MUTILATED SOLDIERS 1 ous military measures were able to TO BECOME TEACHERS restore order. The utmost severity is shown to all who venture outdoors, A despatch from Paries says :- except during strictly limited daylight With a view of enabling war-mutil- hours." ated soldiers to be come teachers in a the elementary schools, the Govern- ment has opened special colleges for their rapid training. c It is estimated that 200,000 people from the United States annually visit the Canadian National Exhibition. ficial of the United Farmers of Al- $27'; rliiddlings, $2s ; mouiilie; 231 to berta and the Farmers' Elevator Com- 33:1. flay -N°• 2; per tong ear lots, 31.6 to 317 CheesFinest westerns 19 to pany of this Province. 191c ; •do., easterns, 18W to 19c. Butter-. Choicest creamery, 349 to 35c ; seconds, 38 to 332c. Eggs -Fresh, 3Gc ; selected, 34c ; No. 1 stock, 31c No. 2, do., 27c. FRENCH TO CALL Dressed hogs -Abattoir -killed, 317 to RAISER TO ACCOUNT' fibarrels, F35tto142 1piecesad3short t1335x: Canada short eat bank, barrels, 46 to 5S EAI_ pieces, 33.2 to $33. :. Lard -Pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, •16 to 16$e. 'Winnipeg Grain. A despatch from Paris says: -What Winnipeg, Aug. 29 --Cash quotations : -Wheat--,No• 1 Northern, $1.58 ;. measures can be taken at the proper do., 31.669 ; N . 3, do., $1.623 time against the Emperor of Germany 31.45 ; No. 5, 1.392 ; No. 6, 31.299 ; Peed, 31212. Oats -No. 2 C.W„ 509c. and other persons held to be answer- Barbey-No. 3, ?9o; No, 4, 750 re - able for compelling inhabitants of the leeted 690.; feed 69e. Flax -No. 1 N. - invaded cities of Northern France to vir,0., 31.92 ; No. 2 C.W., 31.89. • Chamber Will Discuss Measures to be Taken Against Him. ALL THAT REMAINS TOIrl E MANY IS ARTIFICIAL NATIONAL UNITY The Allies Are in Twofold Superiority to the Teutons, Japanese Admiral. Says --German Advantage No Longer Exists. A despatch from Paris says: Ad- miral Akiyama, who as aide to Ad- miral Togo, planned the Battle of Tsushima, is on the way to New York after visiting all of the allied coun- tries. "1 am thoroughly convinced that the allies are in twofold superiority to the Germans," said the Admiral before sailing. "To be perfectly truthful, the Germans were a nation much 'stronger than we ever imagin- ed. What they have done in the last two years will remain a marvellous monument in the history of the world. "But what has made them so strong is their organization and preparation in military matters. Their advantage no longer exists. The allies by prate tice and experience have accomplish- ed all the Germans had perfected. "All that remains to Germany to- day is her national unity, which is the fundamental element of her strength. But I have come to won- der how long such Unity can with- stand the strain of the dangers which threaten. German unity is artificial rather than natural. Their discipline lacks elasticity, and cannot last. Anyway, the development of the war is entirely favorable to the allies." NO OVERTURES ON BEHALF OF PEACE Such Proposals Would Have to Come From the Enemy. A despatch from London says: No peace overtures have been made to Great Britain, Lord Robert Cecil, Minister of War Trade and Parlia- mentary Under-secretary for Foreign Affairs, stated in the (louse of Com- mons on Wednesday. Lord Robert's statement was made in response to a question by Sir James Henry Dalziel, in regard to "peace rumors," and the situation in the Balkans. "No over- tures have been made for Peace," said Lord Robert, "There is only one way in which overtures for peace could be made, and that is from an enemy to the Government of this country. If work in the fields, and the immedi- any such overtures were made the 'United • States 29.--- first thing we would do -would be to ate steps which France might take in Minneapolis, • Aug.' 29, -'wheat -Se a - behalf of these people are questions temper, $1.591; No 1 hard $1651 • No consult with our allies but no coin - to be raised in thea 1 Northern, $1.599 to 31.631. No. 2 munication of the kind • has been approaching ses- .Northern, ,,1564 to $1.61',1. Corn -No, 3 sign o 'e ow to � e. ats-No. 3 hi 441, to 45c. Flour unchanged. Bran- Robert said the most important factor poly Botiysson, in -a letter to Premier 315.50 to $21.00. Brioni, in which he severely criticized the acts of the Germans toward the population of the invaded region, gave nobice that he would interpellate the Premier on these subjects. f theChamber of Deputies. De- s ll 36 7 O white made." As to the Balkans, Lord consisted of the operations from Sa- Ionica. The allies' relation with the new Greek Government, he stated, were thooughly satisfactory. r,ivo Stock Markets.. Toronto, Aug. 29. -Choice heavy steers, 48.50 to 35.75, ; Butcher steers, choice, 28.00 to $8.15 ; do., good, 37.75 to $ 7.95 ; do„ medium, $7,60 to 37.60 ; do., common, $6.75 to $7.00 ; Heifers, good to choiee, 34.70 to $S.00 ; do., AUTO JUMPED BRIDGE medium, 37,50 to $7.75 ; Butcher cows, choice, $$6.60 to $s.s9.; -dor, medium, A Two -cent One, Brown in Color, Said ANOTHER NEW STAMP. FOTJR PERSONS DROWN 95.255 t o $$6355 ; d T3utcl�ers6 50 t $6 85 o ,. o., goo to be About to Issue. do, medium, 36,76 to $7.00 ; Feeders, A 000 to 1,000 1hs„ $6.50 to $7.00 , A despatch from Ottawa says: Con- --Four pwtch from Digliy, N.S., says : clo., bulls, $5.so to 4;66.0705 stockers, siderable complaint having been macre ' were drowned at Me lghan 70o to soo log $6 26 to ao d 660. to 750 lbs. $6.76 ; do.; light."600�to as to the difficulty experienced in River, forty miles wesb of here late 66o Ibs. s.00 to '^,50 • Canner . 3 Wednesday night when an automobile 34.76 ; 'nutters. 34.25' to'ns: $Sr7ieep distinguishing between the ordinary ran amuck on the bridge and plunged 11 ht. 11135 0 to25ritoo37.5'0 a, o hteauy,, two -cent postage stamp and the two - with its occupants into the water. ceiipned, 33.95 to'$3.75 ; do„ yearlings, cent postage and war tax stamp, it Names of the dead: Mr, and Mrs Lco $9.60 to $10.00 s Spring loam:bs, per lb., i has been decided to issue a new stamp ire, both of Saulmerville• Mary fed and watered, $12.00 to $12.25 ; do., ° Am t 1E • Cale $" 60 to 212.00 ; H f the value of two cents and sur - MUSH RETAKEN BY THE RUSSIANS Previously Captured by the Grand Duke, but Lost to Enexn35 on Aug. 8. • A despatch from London says: The armies of the Grand Duke Nicholas have scored two important successes in the Caucasus. Forces operating in Southern Turkish Armenia have re- occupied Mush, which was captured by the Turks 'on Aug. 8, and in the direction of Mosul part of a Turkish division was surrounded and 2,300 prisoners taken. The Russian official report rreals: t c "Caucasus front: Our troops, press- ing the enemy in the region to the, west of Lake Van, entered Mush, where they took some prisoners. "In the direction of Mosul our gal- lant troops defeated four Turkish divisions in the region of the village of Bachta. We surrounded portions of the division, and took prisoner the whole of the 11th Turkish Regiment, consisting of its commander, 56 offi- cers and 1,600 of the rank and file, as well as nearly all of the remnants of the 10th Turkish Regiment, consisting of two staff officers, several other of- ficers and 650 Askaris. We also cap- tured in this battle three cannon and three machine guns." The repulse of a Russian attack on the Turkish positions along the Cau- casus front with a loss of 3,400 Rus- sian troops, is reported in the Turkish official statement of Thursday. The announcement follows: "Caucasus front: On our right wing, separate at- tacks •on the Turkish advanced peti- tions were repulsed by counter at- tacks, with considerable enemy loss. In the Ognot sector alone the Rus - N ' SFRON ENGLAN " ll, NEWS BX MAIL ABOUT JOAN BULL AND HIS PEOPLE, Occurrences In the Land That Reigns Supreme in the Com. accrete! World. An officer and a mechanic were. killed as the result, of the fall of a military aeroplane lei Kent. Middlesborough has received $368,• 500 towards a college of metaIlurgieal research and shipbuilding science. The Prince and Princess Christian recently celebrated their golden wed- ding at Cumberland Lodge, Windsor.-..� Mr. Asquith has stated that on ac- count of the present high cost of liv ing, old age pensions may be creased. His Highness the Sultan of Johore has offered to His Majesty's Govern- ment fourteen fighting aeroplanes, at a total cost of 8157,500. The key with which the Queen opened the new South London Hos- pital was, not the usual gold one, but. as a measure of war economy, a steel one. At Warwickshire Colliery tribunal. the military representative asserted that there were 600 slackers of mili- tary age hiding down the pits in the country. A military tribunal in Yorkshire has exempted a man describing him- self as sexton, gravedigger, grocer, wheelwright, joiner and assistant overseer. The death has occurred of John Daly, who was sentenced in 1883 to penal servitude for life, for his con- nection with a dynamite conspiracy in England. Since the drinking restrictions came into force only half the number of alcoholic mental cases have been treated in Woolwich and East Lon- don infirmaries. Two new British chemicals have beeh produced to replace the German photographic developer, "metol," largely used in X-ray photography and in kinematography. Between 200 and 300 German pris- oners, preceded. by ten officers, and including units of the 38th, 51st, and the famous Prussian Guard, arrived recently in Southampton. The late Mr. Frank Daniels, of .Knightsbridge, -London, has bequeath- ed $125,000 for such charitable and benevolent objects as the Lord Mayor of London might select. The autograph letter in which Lord Kitchener called for 300,000 recruits in May, 1915, was sold at Gift douse, ' Pall Mall, for $30,000, on behalf of the British Red Cross funds. In the .Prize Court, London, the officers and crew of H. M. S. High- flyer were awarded a prize bounty of $14,250, in respect of the destruction of the Gernian auxiliary cruiser Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. The Army Council has issued a notice to the effect that they will seize all imported hides, and any one selling, removing or secreting this material . without the Army Council's consent will be proved guilty. While descending a steep road on the moorland near Penistone, York- shire, a big motor waggon, heavily laden, rushed downhill and crashed into a wall. The waggon was wreck- ed and three men were killed. In Army Orders issued by the War Office, a royal warrant sets forth that it has been deemed, expedient to make provision for the. widows and children of soldiers who died of dis- ease which had been aggravated by service in the present war. R. J. Drake, K.C,, who some time ago received a severe shock through the house in which he was staying being wrecked by a Zepelin bomb, has died at Eastbourne. Sir Wm. Wallace, one of the pioneers of the west coast of Africa, Lombard, 25, of Metighan Paver, and f.o.b., $11.50 to 511.76 do., weighed. off charged in a manner similar to the sians lost 3,000 men, and in front of has lust died at Weycroft Manor, cars, $1,2.25 to $12.50: one now in use, the only difference the Turkish' position at Mighi we Axminster, in his GOi;h year. He was bSonique Comeau 20 Saulnierville Montreal A,uf;. 29.-B tehers' steers 7 f • Frank iaulnier, driver of the ea good, $7.50 to $8 ; fair, $7 to $7.25 ; being the color, which is brown. r, medium, 36.60 to $6,75 ; common, $5 to l marto escape, though ayin 6 aged th h badly B ors' cows good $6 to $7 ju1ed. Ile says he lost control oft e car while on the bridge. All bodies were recovered,. AVIATOR. DROPS WREATH FOR HIS FATHER'S GRAVE. (canners, $3.50 to $4.50 ; Butchers' bulls, best, $6.50 to $7 ; good, $6 to. $61.50 fair, $6.50 to $6 canners, 34.60 to 35; Sheep, 6c to 730 lb, ; lambs, 90 to 10c lb. ; Calves ; milk fed. Se to 100 -Ib ; grass fed, 6e t'o. 6c Ib. "Hogs, selects, $12.60 to S12.75 • roughs and mixed lots $11 to An important advance in the cam - h air, $5,6o to $5.75; common, $5 to $5.25 t BRITISH PROGRESSING IN GERMAN EAST AFRICA, A despatch from London says:- $12 ; 'sows, $10.50 to $10,75 all weighed paign for the conquest of German East Africa is reported in a Reuter off ears. Enemy Airman Answers Saying That HALF POUND OF MEAT Favor Had Been Accomplished. A despatch from Paris says: "` ,;� :, Aviator Lieut, Fevre, flying over FRONT tga�V Sainte Marie aux Mines in German BY FRENCH ° Alsace, dropped a �Li requesting the curate of the village to ��" i place the wreath on the tomb of his father, Col. Fevre, of the 221st Regi- ment of French infantry, who was 'ALLOWED WEEKLY Berlin Government Issues a Decree Providing Meat Cards. wreath and Ietter A despatch from Berlin says: The Government has issued a decree pro- viding for the introduction of meat cards for the whole empire on Oct. 2. Families butchering for their own killed in that locality during . the consumption are subject to the card French offensive of 1914,. A German system. They will be required to aviator, flying over the French .lines, prociyre permission from local author- dropped the curate's answer saying ities before butchering animals for that the favor had been accomplished. household 'consumption. The maxi- mum amount of meat provided for un - AMOUNT OF GOLD HELD, 'der the new card system Will be 250 IN TREASURY. VAULTS. grams (slightly more than half a pound) weekly, DISMISS FROM ARMY GOIIZ.IA'S DEFENDER Trenches Filled With Troops 'Brought Up Especially for Counter - Attacks Were Obliterated. A depatch from Paris says: The latest news from the Somme front emphasizes the methodical character of the french offensive. Wise in past experience, General Foch leaves no- thing to chance; he initiates no move - Ment before taking al] measures to ensure its complete e eeution. The recent German counter-attacks, oombinecl with aeroplane activity on a scale unusual since the beginning of July, indicate not only the arrival of reinforcements, but a determination to cheek at all costs, if possible, the; French tide that is steadily swamping their fortifications. I Consequently,the whole . German , front from. Gale/tont to Soyecourt :tivas overwhelmed for 72 hours by a; French artillery storm which eye-wit- nesees describe as far surpassing any- thing hitherto experienced. The bon- bardment was :first directed : chiefly upon a cluster of buttresslike hills, seamed by steep valleys, north of the Somme. It spread after 24 hours to 'the flatter country south of the river !and along the front from Llhons to Lassigny (a total distance of 80 miles), The German trenches were first cut off from reinforcements or supplies by the concentration upon communication trenches, Escape was impossible, and the German casualties must have been exceptionally heavy, because the German trenches were filled with troops brought up especial- ly ecial- ly for counter-attacks.. A despatch from Ottawa says: The monthly statement of circulation and specie shows that on July 81 the amount of gold held by the Minister of Finance was $119,266,085, of which $113,877,073 'was hold for the re- demption of Dorrlinion notes and the remainder ' against savings banks de- posits. Canadian National Exhibition City _ has its awn post offices, telegraph and express offices, police station, fire department, hospital; Lan . arid elec- trical plant. Gen, Riedel, Who Was in Command of Aetstrians, Loses Rio Rank. A despatch from Berne, Switzer- land, says :---A wireless despatch re- ceived from Austria isays • ` that a court-martial sitting at .Klagenfurt has sentenced General Riedel, who was in command at Gorizia when the city was captured by" the Ttalian9 to dismissal from the army and loss of his rank and pension. despatch from Nairobi, British East Africa. The despatch says that 13ri- tisk troops under Lieut -Col. Vander - venter on August 22 entered the town of ICilossa, near the Wami River. The British sustained few casualeies. counted 400 killed." GERMAN MILITARY WORKS ARE HEAVILY DAMAGED. A despatch from Amsterdam says: German military works at Lichter- velde Ardoye and Thielt were heavily damaged in the recent air raid of the allies over West Flanders, says The Echo de Beige. Over 1,000 perscns will take part in the performance daily in front of the Grand Stand at the Canadian Nation- al Exhibition this year. MONSTER E SPE . EPPEIINS T HAVE LENGTHOF 780 FEET Baron Montagu Says New Machines Germany is Building Capable of Carrying Five Tons of Bonus. A despatch from. London says: In a speech delivered at Bury St. Ed- munds on Wednesday night, Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, former vice- chairman of the joint Naval and Mili- tary Board, told of new monster super -Zeppelins which Germany is building, "We have obtained some details of the super. -Zeppelins which Germany is now building," said Baron Montagu. "The principal features of the craft are a capacity of two million cubic feet, a length of 780 feet, a beam of` 80 feet, maximum' a speed of 80 miles an hour, a cruising speed of 35 miles an hour and a radius of action of 3,- 000 miles. The engines, six or seven of them, have a total of 15,000 horse- power, "The airships can carr a load ,.w of bombs of five 'tons. Theye are to able ascend 1.7,000 feet. They are armed with machine guns at bow and stern and on top of the envelope. They carry a crew of 35 men. "These particulars show how large- ly ar e-ly the Germans are relying e on Zep- pelins as a means for harrassieg us, the first white man to eater Sokoto. Blind soldiers from St. Dunstan's Hostel evere at Putney Bridge en- gaged in a number of boat races with. students of Worcester College for the Higher Education for the Blind. Between ninety and one hundred members of the Bar Mess of the Old Bailey -more than half that body - have joined the forces, and seuen have fallen in action or died of wounds. GET 3,524 RECRUITS IN HALF OF AUGUST. A despatch from Ottawa says; Of- ficial recruiting figures for the first. two weeks of August show that the total enlistments for all Canada in that period numbered 3,524. The ICingston Military District„ covering Eastern Ontario, leads again with 694. The .numbers of men who join- ed the colibrs in the other districts were: Alberta, 603; `Toronto, 577; Manitoba and Saskatchewan, 541; Montreal, 446; British Columbia, 227; London, 202; Maritime Provinces, 198 Quebee, 41. NEW BRITISH ZEI PL+LINS - • CAUSE GERMANS ANXIETY. A German despatch to The London Express says the appearance of the new British Zeppelins causes much anxiety in Germany, Patrolling off Denmark, the British dirigibles com- pletely Outpaced the German zep- pelins. The Germsina purpose to build smaller and faster airship s to Two. of these new craft have been completed, and four will be ahead p y cope with, the British' but the Kato. , available in. October." er s sanction li necessary for the . change.