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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1916-10-12, Page 2.RECRUITS IN SEPTEMBER !GERMANS MADE LESS THAN THE WASTAGE A PEACE OFFER Eight Thousand Canadian Soldiers Have Returned From. the Front and Have Been Discharged. A despatch from Ottawa says: The falling off in 'recruiting during the past two or three months, and. the imperative need of systematic ;method of adjusting the supply of men to meet the calls both of war and e. of industry, call for prompt action by Sir Thomas Tait and his fellow -direc- tors, Sir Thomas, in co-operation with the officials of the Militia De- partment and of other departments of State, is now preparing detailed re- commendations for the consideration of the board. It may be noted that the recruiting total of 6,351 for last month fell very considerably short of wastage at the front during September. Consider- ing the number of casualties, and the comparatively large number of men who are now being weeded out of the battalions proceeding overseas through the final medical inspection prior to Ieaving Canada, it is safe to say that there are fewer men actually in the expeditionary ranks now than there were at the beginning of Au- gust. Montreal enlistments for the fort- night ending September 30 are given as 856, nearly double the enlist anent of any other district; British Columbia is second with 484, and To- ronto third with 367. Other districts show: London, 187; Kingston -Ottawa, 349; Quebec,' 96; Maritime Provinces,' 228; Manitoba -Saskatchewan, 235; , A berta 391. Alberta, The aggregate enlistment to the end of the month was 365,867, to which Toronto district has contributed 82,830; Manitoba and Saskatchewan, 73,895; Kingston -Ottawa, 38,585; British. Columbia, 85,871; Alberta, 33,147; Maritime Provinces, 333,074; London, 30,500, and Quebec, 7,206. About eight thousand soldiers have so far returned, to Canada from the front and have been dis- charged as unfit for further active service. Most of these have been In- capacitated by wounds, and will re- ceive pensions for the rest of their lives. In England there are several thousand more members of the Cana- dian force in hospitals who will prob- ably never be able to go back to the front, and who will be sent to Canada for discharge as soon as they are suf- ficiently convalescent. By the end of the present year Canada's pension roll will probably be well over the ten thousand mark. FOE GARRISONS SUFFER TERRIBLY Activity of British Planes is Terrorizing the German Soldiers. A. despatch from London says: The Germans garrisoning Eaucourt 1'Ab- bays and Le Sars suffered terribly from the. British shelling of those villages in the past few days. Accord- ing to some prisoners, the Germans lost three-fourths of their men. A correspondent at the British front telegraphs: "Prisoners declare that the ever-in- creasing activity of the British aero- planes in attacking German infantry columns inspires terror behind the German lines. There was a wild scene at the railroad station at Cambrai, an important junction far behind the German trenches, when British aero- planes attacked. "The hard-pressed German infantry in the trenches had been shouting for help; and troop trains, ammunition trains and transports of all sorts fill- ed the yards at Cambrai. They pre- sented a fair target for the British aeroplanes that suddenly appeared out of a clear sky. One heavy bomb blew up an ammunition train with a ter- rific explosion, the second hit the en gine and the third struck a troop ' train. A fourth landed in the centre1 of a group of detraining troops. "Then the aeroplane dropped with- in machine gun range and peppered a transport train alongside the rail- way and the groups of panicstricken soldiers. Great damage was done and the enemy lines of communication were disorganized." AL S TRIA'S EMPEROR CONFINED TO HIS BED. A despatch from London says: A report reaching Vienna from Geneva, as forwarded to London by the Ex- change Telegraph Company, says that Emperor Francis Joseph is confined to his bed with bronchitis and that his condition is causing anxiety. BRITISH REGAIN ALL EAUCOURT French Carry a Powerful Line of Field Fortifi- cations. A despatch from London says: With the French and British before the German fourth line after more than two months of almost continu- ous fighting, the Autumn storms, for which Picardy is famous, have. brought a temporary lull in the oper- ations on the Somme. Rain fell for the greater part of Wednesday, and it was only between showers that the allied artillery could carry en its "softening" process against the new line of defences which the infantry now face. There were scattered engagements of a violent, but local character. During the night the British regained complete posses- sion of Eaucourt L'Abbaye, while the French carried a powerful line of field fortifications extending from a point near Morval to St. Pierre -St. Vaast Wood. During the day the French advanced still farthed east of Morval. The Germans garrisoning Eaucourt L'Abbaye and Le Sars suffered ter- ribly from the British shelling of those villages in the past few days. According to some prisoners the Ger- mans lost three-fourths of their men. 30,000 TONS OF SUGAR SOLD TO GREAT BRITAIN. A despatch from New York says: Negotiations for what is said to be a record-breaking single transaction in refined sugar wrath any one nation were completed on Wednesday by the Federal Sugar Refining Company', which announced the sale of 30,000, tons to a foreign Government, prob- ably Great Britain. The purchase in- volves about $3,500,000 and shipments are to be made in January, February and March. Immediate shipments of 18,500 tons to the British commission, Greece and France, were also an- nounced by the Federal Company. BRITISH HAVE TAKEN 26,735 AND SMASHED 23 DIVISIONS The Fruits of Somme Advance Set Forth Officially -Enemy's Reserves are Used Up. A. despatch from London says: An, official statement issued gives details, of the fighting on the Somme front after the advance of Sept. 15, describ- ing the capture of villages, including Combles, Gueudecourt and Thiepval, and proceeds: "These victories brought our front line at more than one point within a mile of the German fourth position went of the Bapaume-Transioy-road.". she statement continues: "The en- emy has foughtstubbornly to check our advance, and since Sept. 15 seven new divisions have been brought against us ' and five against the French. The severe and prolonged struggle demanded on the part of our troops very great determination and. courage. "At the end of September the sit- uation may be summarized as fol- lows: Since the opening of the battle an July 1 we have taken 26,735 pris- oners, and engaged 38 German divi- sions, of which 29 (about 350,000 men) have been withdrawn exhausted or broken, We hold the half moon upland south of the Ancre, occupy every height of importance, and so have direct observation ground to the east and north-east. The enemy has fallen back upon a fourth line behind a low ridge just west of the Bapaume- Transloy road. "The importance of three thr e months' offensive is not to be judged by the distance advanced or the num- ber of, enemy trench lines taken. It c cfor ie the effect upon must be. looked I the enemy's strength in numbers, . ma- terial and morale. The enemy has used up his reserves in repeated, cost- ly anti unsuccessful counter-attacks without causing our allies or ourselves to relax our steady, methodical pres- sure. "In this action troops from every part of the British Empire and Brit- ish Islands have been engaged, All ljeehaved with discipline and resolu- tion of v ur. aircraft have veterans. d have shown in the highest degree the spirit of the offensive. They have patrolled f regularly far behind the enemy's lines and have 'fought many battles in the ' air with hostile machines and many i with enemy troops on the ground. For every enemy machine. that succeeds in cronsin gg our front, it is safe to say two hundred British machines cross i tho enemy's front." Withdrawal From Belgium, and Payment of Indemnity Part of Offer. The London correspondent of the New York Tribune cables as follows: German agents, acting through King Albert of the Belgians, suggested re- cently definite terms to the allies re- garding Belgium, Serbia and Lor- raine, This I learn from excellent au- thority. The proposal included the withdrawal of the Germans from Bel- gium, the payment of an indemnity for destruction due to military occu- pation, the retirement- of the Kaiser's forces from Serbia without an in- demnity, and the return of Lorraine to France. Although the offer can hardly be considered a formal one, it is of an official character and is more definite than previous overtures. King Al- bert has been approached several times by German agents, Last spring the most ambitious of these efforts were made, but the Belgian King spurned these offers repeatedly, de- spite the fact that considerable pres- sure was brought to bear by the Ger- mans on various parts of his country. It is likely that nothing will come of this latest offer. But it is inter- esting because it shows that the Ger- mans are modifying their views about the advantages they hold in tine mili- tary occupation of neighboring coun- tries. .y BRITISH SPOILS FROM THE SOMME Twenty-nine Heavy Guns and Howitzers, Ninety-two Field Gams. A despatch from London says: The Germans on Friday delivered numer- ous counter-attacks in strength along a great part of the front north of the Somme. Their artillery fire also is becoming heavier, new supplies of am- munition having been brought up. De- spite their strenuous efforts, however, the British and French lines are un- changed, except for some local ad- vances made by the French in the Morval sector. Here Foch's troops have pressed further to the eastward, in the region of the Peronne-Bapaume highroad. The report from General Haig's headquarters contains an interesting statement of the number of artillery pieces and machine guns . captured from the Germans during the pro- gress of the Franco -British offensive. 1It says: `Between July 1st and Sept. 3rd, besides large quantities of other war material, we captured or recov- ered from the Somme battlefield 29 heavy guns and heavy howitzers, 92 field guns and field howitzers, 103 trench artillery pieces and 397 ma- chine guns." The allies' position is everywhere excellent, the line having been straightened out after the capture of Combles and Thiepval, and, contrary to German reports, has been extended, not shortened. ZEPPELIN WRECKED OFF DANISH COAST. A despatch from Esbjerg, Den- mark, says: Fishermen who arrived here on Friday report that at noon on Monday they sighted a partly sub- merged Zeppelin thirty-five 'miles north-west of the Island of Sylt, in the North Sea, off the coast of Schleswig. Several German destroy- ers and two large vessels were sur- rounding the Zeppelin„ the fishermen said, in an attempt to keep her afloat. GERMAN CROWN JEWELS FOR WAR PURPOSES. A despatch from Paris says: Em- peror William of Germany has turn- ed over all the royal gold plate and part of the crown jewels to the Im- perial treasury to be converted into funds to aid in the prosecution of the war, according to information reach- ing here: it a elm Trade Mark Ca SIG pry Peiroteura JeJ9} Breaks up colds in throat and chest. Better than a mustard plaster for rheu- matism, gout, sprains, cramps, etc. W ill not blister the skin. Sold in sanitary tin tubes at ch' em - ists ad generalstores every- where. ver -where, Refuse substitutes. Free booklet on request, CHESEBROUGH MFG. CO. (connondatedr 1880 Chrbot Avo. t.loratreal Markets Of The World Breadstutfs. Toronto, Oct, 10: -Manitoba wheat -New, No, 1.Northern, $1.781/2; No. 2 Northern, $1.75%; No. 3 Northern, $1.70%; No. 4 wheat, $1.62%, track Bay ports. Old crop Brading 2c above new crop, Manitoba oats -No, 2 C.W,, 601/2c; No, 3 C.W., 60c; extra No. 1 feed, 60e; No. 1 .feed, 59c, track. Bay ports. American corn -No, 3 yellow, 980, track Toronto. Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 54 to 56c; No. 3 white, 53 to 55e, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat -New, No, 2 Winter, per car lot, $1.50 bo $1,52, according to freights outside. Old crop -No, 1 commercial, $1.44 to $1.47; No. 2 commercial, $1,39 to $1;42; No. 3 com- merical, $L31 to $1.34, according to freights outside. Peas -No. 2, $2.15 to $2,25, accord- ing to freights outside. Barley -Malting, 90 to 92c; feed, 85 to 87c, according to freights outside. Buckwheat -85c, nominal, according bo freights outside, Rye -No. 2, new, $1.18 to $1.20, ac- cording to freights outside. Manitoba flour -First patents, in jute bags, $9.30; second patents, in jute -bags, $8.80; strong bakers', in jute bags, $8.60, Toronto. Ontario flour -New Winter, accord- ing to sample, $7.25, in bags, track Toronto, prompt shipment.. Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mont- real ontreal frieghts, bags included -Bran, per ton, $29; shorts, per ton, $31; middlings, per ton, $32; good feed flour, per bag, $2,35. Hay -New, per ton, $10 to $12; No. 2, per ton, $9 to $9.50, track Toronto. Straw -Car lobs, per ton, $7 to $8, track Toronto. Country Produce --Wholesale. Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 34 to 35c; inferior, 29 to 30c; creamery prints, 38 to 40c; solids, 37 to 38e. Eggs -No. 1 storage, 35 to 36c; storage, selects, 37 • to 38c; now -laid, in cartoons, 43 to 45c; out of cartons, 40 to 42c. Dressed poultry -Chickens, 24 to 25c; fowl, 18 to 200; ducks, 18 to 20c; squabs, per dozen, $4.00 bo $4.50; tur- keys, 30 to 35c; geese, Spring, 17 to 19c. - Live poultry -Chickens, 17 to 18c; fowl, 14 to 1Gc; ducks, 13 to 15c; tur- keys, 25 to 26c; geese, Spring, 15 to 17c. Cheese -New, large, 22 to 22%c; twins, 221J2 to 23c; triplets, 23 to 23%c. I Honey -Extra fine quality, 21/2 -lb. tins, 13c; 5-1b. tins, 12%c; 10 -Ib„ 11% to 12c; • 60-1b., 11% to 12e. Comb honey, select, $2.50 to $2.75; No. 2, $2.25 to $2,40. I Potatoes -,Ontario, $1.75; British Columbia Rose, per bag, $i.70 to '. $1.75; British Columbia whites, per bag, $1.75; New Brunswick Delawares, I per bag, $1.70 to $1.80, Cabbages -British Columbia, per ton, $40. Beans-Marrowfat, $5.50 to $6; handpicked, $5.50; primes, $5. Provisions=Wholesale. Smoked meats -Hams, medium, 24 ito 26c; do., heavy, 22 to 23c; cooked, 35 to 37c; rolls, 20 to 21c; breakfast bacon, 25 to 27c; backs, plain, 26 to 27c; boneless, 28 bo 29c. Pickled or dry cured meats, 1 cent less than cured. j Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 18 to 18%c per ib; clear bellies, 18 to 18%c. Lard -Pure lard, tierces, 17 to ,171/20; tubs, 1714 to 17%c; pails, 171 to 174c. Compound, 14 to 14%c. Montreal Markets. Montreal, Oct. 10, -Corn -American No. 2 yellow, 97 to 98c. Oats -Can- adian Western, No. 2, 62%c; do., No. 3, 61%c; extra No. '1 feed, 61%c; No. 3 local white, 55c. Barley -Manitoba ,feed, 89%c. Flour -Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $9.40; do., sec- onds, $8.90; strongbakers', $8.70; Winter patents, choice, $9; straight rollers, $8 to $8.30; do;, in bags, $3.80 to $3.95. Rolled oats -Barrels, $6.45 to $6.55; do., bag of 90 lbs. $3.10 to $3.20. Millfeed-Bran, $27; shorts, $29; middlings, $31; mouillie, $34 to $36. Hay -No. 2, per ton, car lots, $13. Cheese -Finest westerns, 21%c; do., ea sterns, 21%c. Butter -Choicest creamery, 38 to 38%e; sec- onds, 37 to 37%c, Eggs -Fresh, 45c; selected, 38c; No. 1 stock, 34c; No. 2, do., 30c. Potatoes -Per bag, car lots, $1.25 to $1.40, Winnipeg Grain. Winnipeg, Oct. 10. -No. 1 northern, $1.69%; No. 2 do., $1.66%; No, 3 do., $1.61%; No. 4, $1.51% No. 5, $L47%; No. 6, $1.32%; feed, $1.09%. Oats- No. 2 C.W., 541/sc; No, 3 C.W., 53%c; extra No. 1 feed, 53c; No. 1 feed, 58%sc; No. 2 feed, 527/8c. Barley- No. 3, 93c;. No. 4, 87%a; rejected, 7814c; feed, 781/8c. Flax -No. 1 N. W.C., $2.24; No, 2 W., $2.21. United States Markets. Minneapolis, Oct. 10. -Wheat --Dec- ember, $1.6914 to $1.69%; May, $1.66%. Cash -No. 1 $1.76%;hard No. 1 Northern, $1.72%; No. 2, do., $1.6784 to $1.728/4, Corn -No. 3 yel- low, 85 to 86c. Oats -No. 3 white, 448/4 to 45c. Flour -Unchanged. Bran -$23 to $23.50. Duluth, Oct. 10. Wheat -No. • 1 hard, -$1,79;; No. 1 Northern, $1.77 to $1.78; No, 2, do., $1.70 to $1.72; Dec- ember, $1.'70. Linseed -$2.4714; October, $2.45 asked; November, $2.46 asked; December, $2,44; May, $2.49 bid. Live Stock 1Vfarkets. Toronto, Oct, 10. -Good heavy steers, $8.10 to $8.50; bubchers' cattle, good, $7.60 to $7,85; do., medium, $6,85 to $7.10; do., common, $5.50 to $6.25; butchers' bulls, choice, $7.10 to $7,50; do., good bulls, $6.40 to $6.50; do., rough bulls, $4.50 to $5.00; butch- ers cows, choice, $6.25 to $6.75; do., good, $5,75 to $6.00; do., medium, $5 50 to $5.G0; stockers, $5.25 to $6.00; choice feeders, $6.25 to $7,00; canners and cutters, $3.50 to $4.50; milkers, choice, each, $70.00 to $90,00; do., coin, and med., ra-, $40 00 to $60.00; spring- ers, $50,00 bo $100.00; light ewes, $7.00 to $8.00; sheep, heavy, <,$4.50 to $5.50; NOTABLE DECLINE IN ACCURACY OF GERMAN OFFICIAL REPORTS Reasonably Correct Formerly, They Are Now Notoriously False in What They Relate. A despatch from London says: London will continue to be visited by Zeppelins despite the recent losses and the great improvement in the capital air defences. This opinion was expressed to the Associated. Press on Wednesday by the Earl of Derby, who said: "Raids will continue for the effect on the German people, who have been taught that Zeppelins, like submar- ines, could bring England to her knees, Hence the ridiculous com- muniques and newspaper articles in Germany representing that England was terrorized and London in flames.. I will not say that London is the best defended of the allied capitals, but I can assert that there has been a vast improvement, which means that other Zeppelins will be brought down when they come again." Lord Derby expressed keenest satis- satisfaction with the progress of the western campaign, which, he declared, only needed good weather to show substantial progress, and added: "One of the most striking features of the present phase of the war is the notable decline in the accuracy of the official German reports, which over a considerable period, I am in- clined to believe, were reasonably ac- curate. Now they are evidently writ- ten for home and neutral consump- tion; they are notoriously false in what they relate and strikingly signi- ficant in what they minimize or con- ceal. The best example of this is their delay in admitting the fall of Thiepval and Combles. "The Germans absolutely believed Thiepval to be impregnable and never made the slightest arrangements for withdrawal, and when the British made their final assault a regiment which had .asked the privilege of hold- ing the place without relief, fought to a finish." Asked about the possibility of the end of trench warfare, the Earl of Derby, who now holds the post of Under-Secretary of War, said it was impossible to make any prediction with respect to that. calves, good to choice, $10.50 to $11.75; spring lambs, choice, $10.10 to $10.40; do„ medium, $9.40 to $9.60; hogs, fed and watered, $11.40 to $11.50; do., weighed off cars, $11.65 to $11.75; do., f.o.b., $10.90. Montreal, Oct. 10. -Choice steers, $7.25 to $7.75; good, $6.50 to $7; med- ium, $5.50 to $6.50; choice cows, $6 to $6.50; good, $5.50 to $6; butcher bulls, $5.50 to $7; canner bulls, $4.50 to $5. Sheep, 6c to 6%.c; lambs, 81/2c to 10c. Calves milk fed, 61/20 to 9c; grass fed, 5c to 5%c. Hogs, selects, 11c to 11%c; heavies and lights, 9c. WORLD'S RECORD FOR WHEAT. 1,000 -acre Field Gives Yield of 52 Bushels to Acre, Threshed. A despatch from Edmonton, Al- berta, says: C. S. Noble, of Nobleford, Alta., has a thousand -acre field, the wheat crop of which, threshed, gave a yield of 52 bushels to the acre, the highest ever known in any part of the world, according to estimates made on Wednesday. The world's record f heat was formerly held by Whit - BROKE THROUGH PATRIOTIC FUND NEEDS $13,500,000 Contributors Asked to Continue Their Pro Rata Sub- scriptions. A despatch from Ottawa says :- The national Executive Committee of the Canadian Patriotic Fund met here on Wednesday, with H. R. H, the Duke of Connaught in the chair, and thor- oughly considered the policy to be fol- lowed ollowed for 1917. It was pointed out that duringigha four months of 1914 the fund expell- ed $511,000; that during the calendar year 1915 about $4,200,000; and that during 1916 there will be spent, ex- clusive of Manitoba, between $9,800,- 000 9,800;000 and $10,000,000. The require- ments. for 1917, including Manitoba, will be $13,500,000. It is proposed , ask those communities throughout Canada which contributed in 1916 to continue their subscriptions during the ensuing year at the same rate as be- fore, and to approach the several prov. inial Governments, asking them to provide the amount by which the ex- penditure of 1917 will exceed that of 1916. -- The following statement was is- sued: "Roughly speaking, our sources of revenue are of three classes: "A. Contributions in cities and large towns; "B.' Grants from County Councils and Township Councils; "C. Collections in unorganized dis- tricts. "A. We will ask the cibies and towns, which are separate from their respective counties for taxation pur- poses, to give again as nearly as pos- sible on the same scale as heretofore. "B, We shall further request the County Councils to continue and, in some instances to increase their pre- sent monthly grants; "C. Throughout the unorganized. areas which cannot be otherwise reached (such as Muskoka. Parry Sound, Nipissing, Temiskaming, Ken - ora, Sudbury, Algoma, Thunder Bay and Rainy River), we shall have to continue our present efforts to stimu- late interest in each locality and to raise such moneys as the people of these districts feel willing and able to give." The question was raised as to the advisability of asking Federal assis- sy tance for the fund, but, after full con- sideration it ch ac- BULCARLei!q S tion was neitherwas necessarydecidedthat or suadvis- Serbians Reach Position Within Six Miles of Monastir. A despatch from London says: Fighting on its home soil after months of expatriation; the reconsti- tuted Serbian army is making steady progress towards Monastir. An Ex- change Telegraph despatch from Sa- lonica reports that the Serbians have broken the Bulgarian first-line de- fences on Kaloni, and are only six miles from the chief city of Southern Serbia. Officially they are "reported as crossing the Cerna River, near Do- broveni and Brod, and to have occu- pied the towns of'Buf and Popli. Success that nobody else shares with man County, Wash., with 51 bushels. you isn't worth much. HALF A MILLION PRI SONERS TAKEN BY ALLIES IN 10 WEEKS Those Captured by the Roumanian and Salonica Armies Are Not Inclded. A despatch Paris Journal prisoners and allies on the able. The Dominion Government is already paying in separation allow- ances to soldiers' dependents fully $2,- 000,000 per month. CONSERVING LIGHT. Cutting Cost of Illuminants by Treat- ing Walls. The illumination of factories, rail- road terminals and department stores has been given great consideration of recent years; increased output, im- proved workmanship and a minimum of accidents having resulted in nearly every instance where better lighting systems have been installed. In such places, wall treatment as a means for conserving the illumination afforded by modern illuminants has generally been adopted. These advances have come as a result of practical observa- tions, which show that the rays from powerful lights falling upon dark brick or stone walls, give less light to a room than the rays from less powerful lights falling upon similar walls that have been painted in light colors with dust -resisting, washable paints. From the standpoint of eco- nomy it is of interest to record the fact that the monthly cost of illumin- ants for lighting dark -walled factor- ies may be enormously reduced by the occasional application of such paints.and the workers will appreciate, it also. -Popular Science Monthly. from Paris says: The I from July 1 to Sept. 18. The cap- FAMINE AT DOORS publishes a table of the i tures of the Roumanian army and the OF BELGIAN PEOPLE. booty captured by the 1 Salonica army are not included. The four principal fronts figures are: Guns. Guns. Prisoners. 145 729 33,699 109 223 21,450 841 1,580 402,471 36 92 33,048 French . British Russian Italian Total These figures were obtained from the official communiques. From. Sept. 18 to Oct. 4, according to the 'communique, the French in- creased their total prisoners to 40,313, the British to 27,602, the Russians to , .. 1,131 2,624 • 490,668 1432,564 and the Italians to 34,248, giv- ing a grand total of 534,727 prisoners taken on the western, eastern,' and 1 southern fronts from July, when the I Somme offensive began, to the present 1 time. NUMEROUS GADS BY lr� USSIANS IN VOL IIA AND GALICIA The German Emperor Has Left for the Scene of the Principal Muscovite Attacks. A despatch from London says: The Russians ,scored successes at numer- ous points along a line extending from the district west of Lutsk in Volhynia to the Dniester in Galicia. The Russian offensive, which halted temporarily while fresh supplies were being brought up to the front, is again in full swing on the entire southern portion of . the front. Tre- mendous efforts are being made by the Czar's forces, according to de- spatches from correspondents at the front. The Austro -German resistance apparently is stiffer than during, the early stages of the drive, however, the defence of Lemberg and along the Volhynia lines being especially de- termined. It is officially announced that Em- peror William h. 1 p as eft for the eastern front to visit the troops p of :Gen.- von Liinsingen, against whom' the princip- al Russian attack is being directed. A despatch from London says: Famine is at the doors of Belgium be- cause of the requisitions of the Ger- mans on the conquered population, ac- cording to the Times correspondent at Lausanne. Meat is practically unob- tainable, he says, and butter is very scarce. Potatoes have not been seen for some time, and prices are becom- ing impossible. Coffee is $1.80 a pound, chocolate $2,40; cocoa, $3. The almost total disappearance of sea fish and the excessive cost of meat have made mussels a popular food. The ob- ject of the Germans in starving the Belgians is without doubt to induce them to demand peace, the corre- spondent says. LONDON AIR DEFENCES SUPERIOR TO ALL' OTHERS A despatch from London says: An- swering Germany's contention that Zeppelins are justified in raiding Lon- don and thereby keeping on duty in England a certain number • of guns and troops, a high Admiralty official told the correspondent: "We have plenty of men and guns in 'France, French anti-aircraft gunswere used here temporarily some time ago as they were not needed on the front, where Zeppelins do not visit." It is thought here that the Zepelins visit London in order to satisfy the Ger- man people and create the impression that London is wrecked. 'Phe air de- fences of London are considered su- perior to those of any other city. C_--36- a '^ ER 3 =',1 - . 4 • C -• - !•-. 3: � EE 4 - MADE IN CANADA e,ts? � 1.1'1. CONTAINS NO ALUM <5.... 1� `��". �' -v +Ary •�[l)�i :,':.r ' fir.; "`"---7:""-cr* NOTABLE DECLINE IN ACCURACY OF GERMAN OFFICIAL REPORTS Reasonably Correct Formerly, They Are Now Notoriously False in What They Relate. A despatch from London says: London will continue to be visited by Zeppelins despite the recent losses and the great improvement in the capital air defences. This opinion was expressed to the Associated. Press on Wednesday by the Earl of Derby, who said: "Raids will continue for the effect on the German people, who have been taught that Zeppelins, like submar- ines, could bring England to her knees, Hence the ridiculous com- muniques and newspaper articles in Germany representing that England was terrorized and London in flames.. I will not say that London is the best defended of the allied capitals, but I can assert that there has been a vast improvement, which means that other Zeppelins will be brought down when they come again." Lord Derby expressed keenest satis- satisfaction with the progress of the western campaign, which, he declared, only needed good weather to show substantial progress, and added: "One of the most striking features of the present phase of the war is the notable decline in the accuracy of the official German reports, which over a considerable period, I am in- clined to believe, were reasonably ac- curate. Now they are evidently writ- ten for home and neutral consump- tion; they are notoriously false in what they relate and strikingly signi- ficant in what they minimize or con- ceal. The best example of this is their delay in admitting the fall of Thiepval and Combles. "The Germans absolutely believed Thiepval to be impregnable and never made the slightest arrangements for withdrawal, and when the British made their final assault a regiment which had .asked the privilege of hold- ing the place without relief, fought to a finish." Asked about the possibility of the end of trench warfare, the Earl of Derby, who now holds the post of Under-Secretary of War, said it was impossible to make any prediction with respect to that. calves, good to choice, $10.50 to $11.75; spring lambs, choice, $10.10 to $10.40; do„ medium, $9.40 to $9.60; hogs, fed and watered, $11.40 to $11.50; do., weighed off cars, $11.65 to $11.75; do., f.o.b., $10.90. Montreal, Oct. 10. -Choice steers, $7.25 to $7.75; good, $6.50 to $7; med- ium, $5.50 to $6.50; choice cows, $6 to $6.50; good, $5.50 to $6; butcher bulls, $5.50 to $7; canner bulls, $4.50 to $5. Sheep, 6c to 6%.c; lambs, 81/2c to 10c. Calves milk fed, 61/20 to 9c; grass fed, 5c to 5%c. Hogs, selects, 11c to 11%c; heavies and lights, 9c. WORLD'S RECORD FOR WHEAT. 1,000 -acre Field Gives Yield of 52 Bushels to Acre, Threshed. A despatch from Edmonton, Al- berta, says: C. S. Noble, of Nobleford, Alta., has a thousand -acre field, the wheat crop of which, threshed, gave a yield of 52 bushels to the acre, the highest ever known in any part of the world, according to estimates made on Wednesday. The world's record f heat was formerly held by Whit - BROKE THROUGH PATRIOTIC FUND NEEDS $13,500,000 Contributors Asked to Continue Their Pro Rata Sub- scriptions. A despatch from Ottawa says :- The national Executive Committee of the Canadian Patriotic Fund met here on Wednesday, with H. R. H, the Duke of Connaught in the chair, and thor- oughly considered the policy to be fol- lowed ollowed for 1917. It was pointed out that duringigha four months of 1914 the fund expell- ed $511,000; that during the calendar year 1915 about $4,200,000; and that during 1916 there will be spent, ex- clusive of Manitoba, between $9,800,- 000 9,800;000 and $10,000,000. The require- ments. for 1917, including Manitoba, will be $13,500,000. It is proposed , ask those communities throughout Canada which contributed in 1916 to continue their subscriptions during the ensuing year at the same rate as be- fore, and to approach the several prov. inial Governments, asking them to provide the amount by which the ex- penditure of 1917 will exceed that of 1916. -- The following statement was is- sued: "Roughly speaking, our sources of revenue are of three classes: "A. Contributions in cities and large towns; "B.' Grants from County Councils and Township Councils; "C. Collections in unorganized dis- tricts. "A. We will ask the cibies and towns, which are separate from their respective counties for taxation pur- poses, to give again as nearly as pos- sible on the same scale as heretofore. "B, We shall further request the County Councils to continue and, in some instances to increase their pre- sent monthly grants; "C. Throughout the unorganized. areas which cannot be otherwise reached (such as Muskoka. Parry Sound, Nipissing, Temiskaming, Ken - ora, Sudbury, Algoma, Thunder Bay and Rainy River), we shall have to continue our present efforts to stimu- late interest in each locality and to raise such moneys as the people of these districts feel willing and able to give." The question was raised as to the advisability of asking Federal assis- sy tance for the fund, but, after full con- sideration it ch ac- BULCARLei!q S tion was neitherwas necessarydecidedthat or suadvis- Serbians Reach Position Within Six Miles of Monastir. A despatch from London says: Fighting on its home soil after months of expatriation; the reconsti- tuted Serbian army is making steady progress towards Monastir. An Ex- change Telegraph despatch from Sa- lonica reports that the Serbians have broken the Bulgarian first-line de- fences on Kaloni, and are only six miles from the chief city of Southern Serbia. Officially they are "reported as crossing the Cerna River, near Do- broveni and Brod, and to have occu- pied the towns of'Buf and Popli. Success that nobody else shares with man County, Wash., with 51 bushels. you isn't worth much. HALF A MILLION PRI SONERS TAKEN BY ALLIES IN 10 WEEKS Those Captured by the Roumanian and Salonica Armies Are Not Inclded. A despatch Paris Journal prisoners and allies on the able. The Dominion Government is already paying in separation allow- ances to soldiers' dependents fully $2,- 000,000 per month. CONSERVING LIGHT. Cutting Cost of Illuminants by Treat- ing Walls. The illumination of factories, rail- road terminals and department stores has been given great consideration of recent years; increased output, im- proved workmanship and a minimum of accidents having resulted in nearly every instance where better lighting systems have been installed. In such places, wall treatment as a means for conserving the illumination afforded by modern illuminants has generally been adopted. These advances have come as a result of practical observa- tions, which show that the rays from powerful lights falling upon dark brick or stone walls, give less light to a room than the rays from less powerful lights falling upon similar walls that have been painted in light colors with dust -resisting, washable paints. From the standpoint of eco- nomy it is of interest to record the fact that the monthly cost of illumin- ants for lighting dark -walled factor- ies may be enormously reduced by the occasional application of such paints.and the workers will appreciate, it also. -Popular Science Monthly. from Paris says: The I from July 1 to Sept. 18. The cap- FAMINE AT DOORS publishes a table of the i tures of the Roumanian army and the OF BELGIAN PEOPLE. booty captured by the 1 Salonica army are not included. The four principal fronts figures are: Guns. Guns. Prisoners. 145 729 33,699 109 223 21,450 841 1,580 402,471 36 92 33,048 French . British Russian Italian Total These figures were obtained from the official communiques. From. Sept. 18 to Oct. 4, according to the 'communique, the French in- creased their total prisoners to 40,313, the British to 27,602, the Russians to , .. 1,131 2,624 • 490,668 1432,564 and the Italians to 34,248, giv- ing a grand total of 534,727 prisoners taken on the western, eastern,' and 1 southern fronts from July, when the I Somme offensive began, to the present 1 time. NUMEROUS GADS BY lr� USSIANS IN VOL IIA AND GALICIA The German Emperor Has Left for the Scene of the Principal Muscovite Attacks. A despatch from London says: The Russians ,scored successes at numer- ous points along a line extending from the district west of Lutsk in Volhynia to the Dniester in Galicia. The Russian offensive, which halted temporarily while fresh supplies were being brought up to the front, is again in full swing on the entire southern portion of . the front. Tre- mendous efforts are being made by the Czar's forces, according to de- spatches from correspondents at the front. The Austro -German resistance apparently is stiffer than during, the early stages of the drive, however, the defence of Lemberg and along the Volhynia lines being especially de- termined. It is officially announced that Em- peror William h. 1 p as eft for the eastern front to visit the troops p of :Gen.- von Liinsingen, against whom' the princip- al Russian attack is being directed. A despatch from London says: Famine is at the doors of Belgium be- cause of the requisitions of the Ger- mans on the conquered population, ac- cording to the Times correspondent at Lausanne. Meat is practically unob- tainable, he says, and butter is very scarce. Potatoes have not been seen for some time, and prices are becom- ing impossible. Coffee is $1.80 a pound, chocolate $2,40; cocoa, $3. The almost total disappearance of sea fish and the excessive cost of meat have made mussels a popular food. The ob- ject of the Germans in starving the Belgians is without doubt to induce them to demand peace, the corre- spondent says. LONDON AIR DEFENCES SUPERIOR TO ALL' OTHERS A despatch from London says: An- swering Germany's contention that Zeppelins are justified in raiding Lon- don and thereby keeping on duty in England a certain number • of guns and troops, a high Admiralty official told the correspondent: "We have plenty of men and guns in 'France, French anti-aircraft gunswere used here temporarily some time ago as they were not needed on the front, where Zeppelins do not visit." It is thought here that the Zepelins visit London in order to satisfy the Ger- man people and create the impression that London is wrecked. 'Phe air de- fences of London are considered su- perior to those of any other city.