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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,
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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.
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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.
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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:
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"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.