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FURTHER 'GAINS ON • B,GIAN
Objectives Captured in Ypres Region and Advance Macre Near
Lafgemarck--Les Lilas Redoubt Taken.!'
London, Auk '10. -,The' official re-
port from . British headquarters in
Fiance Sunday night roads; ,
"By a successful , minor operation
• early Sunday morning in the neigh-
borhood " of the Ypres-Poelcapelle
road cur line advaneed'to a depth of
;,about 500' yards` on a 'mile front, and
all otm objectives, including a series
of. strongly fortified farms, were cap-
tured at, very slight loss to us. The
enemy's losses were considerable. We
▪ took several prisoners, The German
prisoners captured by the allies dur-
ing the fighting Thursday north-east
• of Ypres are now ascertained to num-
ber 2,114, including officers."
The French Friday night added to
the gains the allied armies have
achieved last week on the Belgian
front, ]caking further progress on the
• road between Bixschoote and Lange'-
marck. A strong point of support east
of the Steenbelce River was captured.
TO LOOK AFTER
CANADA'S INTERESTS
Inauguration of Association in
London to Promote This
Country's Welfare.
A despatch from London says: Ar-
rangements have been almost com-
pleted for the inauguration of the
Canadian Association here. The ex-
ecutive of the new organization will
be composed of the High Commission-
er, Sir George Perley, the Agents -
General of the several provinces, and
bankers, with a few other Dominion
leaders. The main object of the new
association will be to watch 'and pro-
mote Canadian cominercial and finan-
cial legislation and the social interests
which have the welfare of the Ern-
' pire at heart.
A careful lookout will also be kept
for whoever may at any time seek to
exploit Canada at the expense of the
good reputation of the Dominion.
Apart from war organizations, the
only body which in any way approxi-
mates•'to°the new one is the Canada
Club which formerly met for social
purposes, but whose gatherings have
been suspended during the continua-
tion of the war.
SUCCESS C SS ON
RUMANIAN FRONT
Teutons • Beaten in Slanic and
Lake Naroc Districts.
London, Aug. 19. --There has been
a considerable stiffening in the front
in Rumania and also in Russia in
the region of Vilna. South of
Grozechti, Southern Maldavia, the
Russians have made a stand against
attacks of the Teutonic allies and
repulsed them; and in the Slanic
sector also have beaten off attempts
by the invaders to take further
ground. In the Lake Naroc district
of the Vilna front the Germans en-
deavored to win Russian trenches,
but their attack broke down under
the Russian barrage fire.
FARMERS PROSPEROUS
IN THE NORTH COUNTRY
A despatch from Cobalt says : The
bush fires whioll for the past number
of years have been more or less of a
menace to the development of the
North country have been conspicuous
by their absence during the present
Summer. Up to the present time not.
one fire of -any importance has been
reported, due no doubt 'to the large
amount of rain, which has kept the
bush green and the underbrush more
abundant than is usual. In practical-
ly every instance where farmers were
burned out last Summer in the big
fire, rebuilding has taken place and
their crops are better than ever. In a
good many cases the clearing of the
land was made easy by the fire, with
the result that a large acreage is uae.
der crop than would -otherwise leave
been the caas.'
1: p
LEASING MARKETS
y : Breeeetuffe Toronto, Aug. 21—il4aniloba wheat-
No. 1 Northern, 02.40; No. 2 Northern
22.40, No. 2 Northern, g2,;78 No. i
white, 22.22, nominal, Otero Vert Wil.
lla;
00ni
BaY Aonitolirtoij. dais ---No, 2 C. W., 70o, track
,.
A peri an corn••—No, 8 yellow, nominal,
The, French 'have completed •i their t'uaclt To
conquest 'of .the enemy.teeritery. south O a.i rio eWh 1tNNO. 2lWiote aip0 oar
of the St, Jansbeek River and the lot, $2,66 to $2,60; No. 3, 52.03 to $2.18,,
Breenbeelt River, which branches off No°0, *2 yo • nconliiu outside; new crop,
from the St, Jansbeek to the ;east.' Peas --No, 2, nominal, according to
Two strong German redoubts,. Les Li- � f rl3gil yU A4alting, nominal, accordinglas and Mondovi Farm, which had held to freights Outside.
out against all attacks since the' be-P'yo•-'.No, 2, nominal, according to
frelg7�ts, 0nt8lde,
ginning of the allied • offensive • on Manitoba flour•--Ph'et patonte, In rote
Thursday, have capitulated, and the 'bags, $12,30; amend patents, in jute
French havebags, $12,40; strung Ualcers', in iota
pushed their front for- bags, $12,00,
ward to a natural line formed by these Ontario non,•-SiWttor, aceoriltng to
Oanlpl0, 211,20, in bags, -h•aok Toronto,
waterways, 1 Prompt' shipment,
Les Liras redoubt lies about a third fro tillit , bnlee lnelu4e4-:dein, penton,
of a. -mile west of the .'juncture of the 236; shorts per ten, $45; middlings,
St. Jansbeek and the Breenbeek. It fu'g',te9,261O,17 to $48; good reed flour, per
was a large fortification of concrete 3Ia-xti•a No, 2, per ton, $11.50 to
and steel, armed' heavily with ma- T 2,00; ,mixed, per ton, 50 to 210, track
chine -guns. Although' the garrison was • Straw—Car lots, per ton, $7 to $7.50,
small, their position was well-nigh im-, track Toronto,
pregnable s,0 far as infantry attacks! Country Produoe—Wholesale
were concerned, and it was only when! Butter—Creamery, solids, per lb„ 37
heavy artillery was brought - up and to 3720; prints, per ib., 073 to 880;
dairy, per.lb„ 80 10 Ole,
concentrated on them late Friday that n •gs-Ter dei., 88 to 390.
the Germans surrendered. vthholeselers are selling to the retail
trade at the following prices
---- Cheese—New, large, 222 to 28c; twine,
22!1 to 231e; triplets 23 to 2360; old,
large 80c; twins, 80io; triplets, 3030.
Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 36, to 870'
oreamery prints,. 40 to 410; solids, 384
to 85e,
!eggs—New-laid, In cartons, 49 to hoc;
out of cartons, 44 to 45c.
Dressed poultry—Spring chickens, 26
to 300; fowl, 20c; squabs, per dos„ $4,00
toSpring, $4,60200. turkeys, 25 to 800; ducks,
Live poultry—Spring chickens, ]b„ 20
to 22e; hens, 16 to 18o; ducks, Spring,
170.
Honey—Comb rixtra fine and heavy
weight per don $2.75; select, $2,60 to
$2:70 tto. 2, $2 to $2.25,
A despatch from London says: Beans -!;'rime white, $8.50 per bush,;
Premier Lloyd George, .speaking in Lin,asteper lb d-Ulto 1 050.25 per_ bush.;
the House of Commons said that this Potatoes, on track—Red Star, bbl„
time last year the wheat inthis coun- $6.60; Nm•th Caronnas, bbl., $6.60;
seconds, bbl„ 41.50 to $8.76; Ontario,
try amounted to 6,480,000 quarters bag, 44,50,to $2,65,,
and that now it is 8,500,000 quarters.
The stock of oats and barley, he de-
clared, also was higher.
There had been a considerable sav-
ing in bread consumption, the Premier
said, and owing to the closer milling
and food economy there had been an
BRITISH FOOD
STOCKS GREATER
No Fear That England Will Be
Starved Out by U -Boat
Campaign.
Provisions --,Wholesale
Smoked meats—Rams, medium, 30 to
310; do„ heavy, 26 to 27o; cooked, 41 to
420 rolls, 27 to 98e; breakfast bacon,
83 to 860; backs, plain, 30 to 37c; bone-
less, 29 to 400.
Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 26 to
'261•c per ib; clear bellies 25 to 260.
Lard—Pure Lard, tierces, 25 to 26c;
addition to the wheat stock of 70,000, tubs, 261 to 2660; pails, 26 to 2600; corn -
quarters pound, tierces, 2010;.tubs, 208c; pails,
q per week, (A quarter is 'Lla.
equivalent to 480 pounds.) -
Mr. Lloyd George said the acreage - Montreal azarkete
under cultivation 'showed an increase Montreal, Aug. 21—Oats—Canadian ing 38 officers, already have been
ti estern, No. 2, 800; . do„ No, 3, 780; counted by the Anglo-French forces.
Of one million acres. If the harvest extra No, 1 feed, 70c. Barley—Manitoba
weather was good the condition of feed, `•41.26, Flour—Manitoba Spring Some German guns also were taken.
wheai:patents, dt•ats, 513; d0.seconds
food supplies was very, satisfactory.! 512.50; strong 'bakers;, $12.30,; tlrinter,
The Premier added that there had patents, choice, $13; straight rollers,
$12,40 to $12:55; de„ in bags, $8.00 to
been an inerease in the sugar reserve.j 56.15, Rolled oats—,Barrels, $9 to $9.26;
"The Gdvernmont has come to the ; bag of 90 lbs, 54.4.0 to $4,60. ` Nlillfeed—
„ Bran,. 435 to $37; shorts, 540 to $43;
conclusion,".. Premier - Lloyd George middlings, 64S to $50: moullile, $60 to
said, "that with reasonable economy l 661.
Ha ah ese—mires,,prton, car l016, 49.50e ingheavy
tyelosset-on ;the greaater
there is no chance of starving Eng- do., easterns, l3utter=Choicest p f front they were force t
land out. creamery., 41 to 4110; seconds. 40 to leave valuable positions in the posses-
, 401 e. 7:;;gs-Flesh, 50c; selected, 47e; ....Sion of the allies.
The Admiralty plans for 'dealing No. 1 stock. 430, N0. 2•, do., 38 to 40e.
ly between Lens
wh successful."
have been increasing-
Dressed hogs—Abattoir-killed,--aa 221 to Berore the
short and i cos had died lou the French and
y mese, barrels, 35 to 46 pieces, $i1 to
:y_:_-„- . $52; Canada short cut back, barrels, 45 British moved forward north of the
•to 55 pieces $46 to $48. Lard -Com- Ypres -Neuro road, Throughout Thurs.
AUSTRIANS RAID pound,3wood palls, 20 lbs. net, 211 to
VENICE HOSPITAL. 221o; do., pure, wood pairs, 20 lbs. net, day bitter, fighting continued. On the
_ left the French occupied the ground
Winnipeg Grain between the Yser canal and Martje-
A despatch from Rome says: Four Winnipeg; Aug. 21 Cash quotations— vaart and then drove the Germans
persons were killed and 27 wounded Wheat -No, 1 Northern, $3.40; No. 2 from the important bridgehead of
Northern, 52.40; No. 3' Northern, 52.88;
No, 4, $2,82; 700,
o. 4 5special, $2.14; No$2,32; No,. 6, 51.59;5Drei
$1,72-; Ngrachten.
feed, ,
TONS OF BOMBS DROPPED
TRADE IN JULY
SHOWS INCREASE
Almost One Hundred Million
Dollars Greater Than
Last Year.
A despatch from Ottawa says:
Canada's trade, exclusive of imports
and exports of coin and bullion and of
foreign merchandise shipped through
Canada, increased, according to a
statement by Hon. J. D. Reid, Minister
of Customs, by almost' one hundred
million dollars in July last, es com-
pared with July, 1916, and by nearly
$290,000,000 in the four months ended
July 31st, in comparison with the like
period last year, The value of mer-
chandise entered for consumption in
July, 1917, was $90,181,595, and in
July, 1916, was $63,622,687, Goods
entered for consumption in the four
months of the present fiscal year
amounted to $382,100,850 as against
$249,867,867 in the like period of 1916.
Exports of domestic goods reached
$177,366,148 in July last and $507,-
854,674 in the four months' period.
They were $104,964,270 in July, 1916,
and $350,345,305 in the first four
months of the last fiscal year.
Exports of foreign merchandise
have shown a decided falling off.
They were in July only $2,850,372 and
in the four months $11,604,820while
in the same periods of 1916, they
reached $55,637,340 and $122,627,072
respectively.
ANGLO-FRENCH
WIN IN FLANDERS
Langemarck Captured and More
Than 1,800 Prisoners—The
French Gain Bridgehead.
A despatch from London says:
Again the great Anglo-French war
machine has struck the Germans in for general service; those fit for ser -
Flanders, and again it has been sue- vice in Canada; the temporarily un-
cessful. The village of Langemarck fit, and those waiting discharge or
and other important positions were reclassification,
captured. Until this time practically none in
More than 1,800- prisoners, includ- the first two classes have been re-
turned to Canada. Those ,designated
as temporarily unfit are those requir-
ing medical treatment, while ' those
fit for service in Canada are divided
into three classes, those detailed for
special service companies, those for
special companies in C.A.M,C., and
a third class for sedentary work, such
as clerical positions.
HARVESTERS, READ THIS!
The best way to th- e harvest fields
of Western Canada is by the Canadian
Northern Railway. Special through
trains will be operated from Toronto
to Winnipeg at 9.00 a.m. on August
21st, and 10.00 p.m. on August 21st,
23rd and 30th. Also from Ottawa
10.30 p.m., August 28th.' Through
cars connect from Montreal and Joli-
ette. Going dates: August 21st and
August 30th, from Canadian North-
ern stations and agencies, Toronto
and north to Sudbury and Milnet,
CANADIANS AND FRENCH MAKE ..
GAINS BRITISH 'CONSOLIDATE POSITIONS
Germans Have Ceased Counter -Attacks -2,000 Prisoners Taken
and 24 Guns.
A despatch from London Flays :-
Frenoh troops in the Ypres area have
progressed in the neighborhood of. the
River Steenbelce, On the British por-
tion of this front, according to the of -
Rola' report from British Headquar-
ters ill lri'anee tonight, there have
been no changes, and the Germans
have ceased their counter-attack, The
:Trench and British troops have cap-
tured 24 German guns, The British
War Office denied the German claim
,of the recapture of Langemarck,
The number of prisoners taken by
the Canadians in the Loos -Lens sector
has now reached a total of 1,120. The
Canadians have organized and made
secure the positions captured Dieter -
day, and have made an advance west
of hens.
Substantial progress toward the
liberation of Belgium was made on
Thursday. Although the gain of terrl•
tory was not great it was all to the
good, But what, is of much more •im•
portance is that there are now feyver
Germans in Belgium than previously.
The Anglo-French have now probably
got two thousand prisoners in their
collecting cages, whilst we know for
a certainty that the enemy's dead and
wounded must form,an appalling total.
8,811 VETERANS
INITALS O P B � DA 1•�4 V DAMAGED
D
OS
GERMAN SNIPS
Military Hospitals Commission
Announces Over 7,000 in
Convalescent Homes.
A despatch from Ottawa says: With
an increase of 320 new patients added
to the list of convalescents in the
military hospitals in the past week the
total number of men at present re-
ceiving treatment under the direction
of the Military Hospitals Commission
in Canada is recorded as 8,811. The
number of these who are at present
in convalescent homes is 7,032, with
1,104 in sanitoria for the treatment of
tuberculosis, and 675 in other. institu-
tions, chiefly general hospitals.
It is announced that all returned
men are now divided into five
classes. Those fit for general service,
or likely to be fit in a short time;
those fit for service abroad, but not
The latest blow in the Ypres area
was on a front of nine miles, and only
on the extreme right were the allied
forces unable to Make progress. The
Germans resisted stubbornly, suffer -
when. Austrian aeroplanes raided
Venice Tuesday. A hospital was
struck by bombs from one machine special, $2.141 No, 6 special, 51.80. Oats
—No. 2 C.W. 670; N0. 8 C.W., 660; ex-
and two of the patients killed and 21 tra No. 1 feed, 060; No. 1, 54e; No. 2,
injured. 62e; track, 668c.
Earley—No. 3 C.W., $1.24; No, 4,
Several of the raiding planes are $1.20; rejected, $1.13; feed, $1.13.
reported to have been brought down, ren-x—No, 1 N.W.C., 23.286' No. 2
C.., $3.22; No. 3 C.W., $8.123; track,
Italian aeroplanes and destroyers S8,1W85.
fought off' the raiders. --
y. United States Markets
Minneapolis,. Aug. 21—Wheat—Sep-
GERMAN CASUALTIES tomboy, 52.04; No. 1 Northern, 52.00 to
2.66; N0. 2 do., 52.55 to 52.65. Corn -
WERE 89,863 FOR JULY. o. S yellow, 51.74 to $1.76, gats—No.
— 3 white, 58 to,- 80c, •;lour ,unchanged.
A despatch from London says: Ger- Bran unchanged.
p y an un Aug. 21—Wheat—No. l' Nm tl,:
man casualties reported during July ern, 52.86, nominal; No. 2 do., 52.75,
in the German official lists, but not nominal
'LtVe-Stook Markets
necessarily oecuring in July, aggre-
gated 89,863, as follows;
Killed or died of wounds or
sickness . 21,889
Prisoners ,or.missing 14,620
Severely wounded 13,896
Wounded and slightly wounded 39,658
The total German casualties of all
classes since the beginning of the war
exceeds 4,500,000.
EX -CZAR TO BE SENT
TO FRIGID SIBERIA.
A despatch from P- etrograd says:
The semi-official Russian news agency
announces to -night that former Em-
peror Nicholas and hi family were
removed from the pal's a at Tsarskoe
Selo and that it was reported they
were being transported to Toboisk,
Siberia.
CANADIANi ` TROOPS HAVE ENTERED
-Toronto, Aug. 21—Extra choice heavy
steers, $12 to $12.05; choice heavy
steers, 510.60 to $11; butchers' cattle,
choice, 510 to $10.40; do„ good„ 39.60 to
$0.76; do. medium, 58.50 to 58.86; . do„
common 57.50 to 57.65; butchers' bulls,
choice, $8.50 to 59; do., good bulls, 57.60
to 58; do., medium bulls,. $7 to 57.25;
do., cough bulls, 55 to $6; butchers,
cows, choice, 58.25 to $8.65; do., good,
17.60 to $7,00; do., medium., - $6.65 to
6.85; stockers, $6.40 to. $9.26; feeders,
7.75 to 59; canners and cutters, $5.26 to
6.25.;, milkers, good to choice, $80 to
British Have Skirmish With
Them in North Sea.
London, Aug. 19. -The Admiralty
announces that a hostile destroyer and
two mine -sweepers were damaged
severely by British naval forces on
Thursday. The British warships were
not damaged.
The announcement follows:
"Some of our light naval forces
scouting a German Bight on August
16 sighted 'an enemy destroyer at
9.45 a,m. Fire was opened and the
enemy destroyer was chased. She
was seen to •be repeatedly hit and to
be on fire, but she escaped through
the mist over the mine field.
"Enemy mine -sweepers were sight-
ed shortly after the sighting of the
destroyer, and, a heavy flee was open-
ed on them. At least two of the
mine -sweepers were seen_ to be, very
severely damaged, but, similarly with
the,. destroyer, our. ships were unable
to feliow,.thern, owing to the proxim-
ity of the mine fields,
"During the engagement our ves-
sels were attacked by a submarine,
and after the ` action a second sub-
marine attacked, in both cases without
result. Our vessels suffered no dam-
age whatever."
533 LIVES LOST
ON NEUTRAL SHIPS
On British Merchantmen 9,748
Have. Been Sacrificed.
London, Aug. 19. -The loss of life
resulting from the destruction of
neutral vessels during the war up to
June 30, according to figures which
are declared incomplete, gives a total
of 583 persons. There are records
here of that number, but only the
neutral countries themselves are be-
lieved to have the figures of the full
BEHIND GERMAN LINES. Ont., and east to Chaffey's Locks, losses.
Ont., inclusive including branches; It was recentlyCmsthatannouncedin thlives A despatch from London says; The !from all stations on Algoma Eastern `Rouse aoCommons that 9,748r lant-
Admiralty announces the successful Railway. August 23rd and August have duringbelostton mBe period.sh merchant-
,._.
aThe
carrying out on Thursday of a series 80th, from Toronto and all Canadian man* the inhumanitysnThe
u -
of raids by aviators of the Royal Na -Northern and N., St. C. and T. Rail- fear sf German too rates
Gene-
va' Air Service, who dropped tons of way agencies, west and south of To -
vaned
as•, well aS belligerent delegates
bombs on military objectives in Bel- ronto. August 28th. From all attending the seamens colifsrenge eon-
rum. The Ostend railwaystation and Northern stations inQuebec ex- vaned here now to consider the
Con -
glum. grimes committed by U-boat com-
sidiii s. and the Thouiout railway
cept north of St. Raymond and menders makes it necessary to keep
Rivierre a Pierre. From all Canadian their names secret, 'especially as
Northern stations and agencies in some of the. delegates favor a pro -
Ontario, Hawkesbury to Capreol longed boycott of all German ship -
(Pembroke and North Bay line) and ping after the war.
Ottawa to Brockville, Elgin and West-
port, inclusive; and from all New
York Central R.R. stations in Canada.
The equipment will, consist of elec-
tric -lighted colonist cars and lunch
ga y
'junction were attacked. The aero-
dromeat Ghistelles was bombed and
several fires were observed. Attacks
from the air were made on the aero-
dromes at Engel and Uytkerke. All
the aeroplanes returned safely.
KORNILOFF • STILL IiAS
CONFIDENCE IN ARMY.
A despatch from P- etrograd says
Lieutenant -General Korniloff, the
conunander-in-chief, in an interview
100; do., tom. dna -mea., $40 to $60; on Friday said that in consequence of
springers, 580 to $120; light ewes, $8.50 ! the energetic measures which had
to 59.76; sheen, heavy, $6 to $7.26;Yearli!been taken, the moral fighting cepa-
choice,
$10 to $17.•60; calves, good t0
choice, $13.60 to 516.50, city of the army had been consider -
t• Aug. 21—Iambs Ontario ably strengthened. He hoped for com-
plete regeneration of the Russian
forces.
:The general predicted operations
on a vast scale on the Rumanian front
and also elsewhere, especially in the
north, where he indicated there was a
possibility of a combined land and sea
action. He expressed the opinion that
another winter campaign was inevit-
able,
$14 to 51410; Quebec, 51150 to 518.50;
sheep, 8 to. 50; mills -fed calves, choice,
18 to 14; good,5610 to 412; grnss-fed,
48 to $9; yoga, $17.60, 217.76 and $18;
rough, heavy, mixed, cows, $15 to $17,
MET TO CONSIDER
CRIMES OF GERMANY.
A despatch from London says; "To
consider the crimes' committed by,
Germany and seamen of German U-
boats," was the official description of
LENS y CAPTURING ILL 70 the purpose of the ,gathering 11510 on
Friday of represenatives of seamen's
�{ organizations of several .allied and
Pushed Into Western Part bf Coal City—Total Prisoners Cap-
tured Almost 900. Ten Counter -Attacks Repulsed.
A despatch front the British Font
in France and Belgium says: After a
brilliant advance in which the Cana-
dians captured Hill 70 and tilien
swept ,en :north-west of Lens, the at-
tackersare in close grips with the
Germansin the western part of bens.
A despatch from Canadian I-Iead-
quarters in France says: The taking
of Itill 70 stirred' the Germain higher
command as nothing else has don6 on
this front this year. Prince Rupprecht
has made frantic effor.ts,to recapture
the lost positions' and a grim battle
Was waged throughout the day, par-
ticularly on and around Hill 70. •
neutral countries. France, Italy, the
United States, Canada, Australia,
Holland, Belgium and the Scandinav-
ian countries were represented by
masters, mates, engineers, sailors,
cooks and Stewards.
Ten times the enemy came on, but
they seldom got close enough for PROHIBIT EXPORT OF
fighting with the bayonet' or bomb. FLOUR TO U. S.
Hour after hour .these attacking
troops -including the Fourth Prussian A despatch from Ottawa says: An
Guards, one of the elite divisions of Order -in -Council has been passed at
the German army -were subjected to. the instance of the Food Controller for
a fightful concentrated fire from Canada prohibiting the export of Can -
our artillery and machine guns. Their adieu flour to the United States for
losses were frightful the period for which the export of
A despatch from London says: The Canadian wheat to the United States
British made further progress east of has been prohibited, subject to the
Loos, in the Lens area Friday morn- proviso that the Food Controller for
ing, Sir Douglas Haig announces in Canada may issue licenses permitting
his official report, and the total of 'the export o:fflour in proper casesfor
prisoners captured, there has now such export as lie deeine necessary
s y
reached ali t s9
6.
and expedient
DEPRECATE RETURN
Or GERMAN COLONIES.
CHINA IS SEIZING
ALL .GERMAN ASSETS
counter cars, especially designed to A despatch from London says: The
cater to the needs of large bodies of Chinese Government, a Reuter dos-
men at moderate rates. West of Win- patch from Pekin says, is arranging
nipeg the demand for labor is great for the prompt liquidation of the Ger-
along the lines of the Canadian North- man Asiatic bank. Five officials of
ern Railway and thewages are tor- the Foreign Office have been appoint-
respondingly high. . All particulars ed to take over the accounts and cash
from nearest C.N.R. agent or General Here and in the Shanghai, Canton,
Passenger Dept., Montreal, Que., and Tien Tsin and Hankow branches.
Toronto, Ont. Chinese troops have seized Austrian
concessions in Tlenn Tsin, according
ST. QUENTIN CATHEDRAL to an Exchange Telegraph despatch,
SET ON FIRE BY ENEMY. and German and Austrian shipping is
_ being seized at Canton, Amoy, Swa•
A despatch from Paris says: The tow, Shanghai and Nanking. The ves-
Gei'mnans have set fore to St. Quentin eels include several small warships.
Cathedral, which is likely to be to -
FRENCH AVIATOR BAGS
tally destroyed. HIS 62nd MACHINE
The cathedral of Church of St. •
Quentin, reported burning by the Ger- ---
plans, is one of the finest Gothic Paris, Aug, 19. -The renowned avi-
buildings in that part of France, and ator, Capt, George Guynemer, brought
was erected between the twelfth and down two more German machines,
fifteenth centuries. The building has malting 52 he has accounted for.
Guynemer visited headquarters on
Friday to reeeive'8 decoration from a
distinguished Rumanian general. The
medal was pinned on the breast of the
intrepid airman beside numerous
orders he won, including a decoration
from the Ring of the Belgians the day
before.
A despatch from Melbourne, Ant- double transepts and the nave is 870,
tralia, says: The Senate has rejected feet long and 130 feet high, It is very
without debate or division a :notion finely decorated and contains some
that the time had arrived for the lin- handsome bas-reliefs. In the crypt of
perial Government to announce a the church are buried St. Quentin and
peace basis whereon the allies were his fellow martyrs, St. Victoricus and
prepared to negotiate. . St. Gentianus.
The Senate also passed a motion a^
deprecating the return of the German NEGRO BATTALION
'colonies. FOR BRITISH ARMY.
GERIVIANS HALTED Chicago, Aug. 19. -The British Be-
rl RUMANIA. Bruiting Mission in Chicago announ-
—. sed yesterday that it. is atten'pting to.
A despatch from Petrograd says: raise a battalion of imggroes, subjects.
Austro -Gorman attacks in.•southwost- of Great Britain in Chicago. If the
ern Moldavia, especially in the region effort is successful the battalion will
of Fokshani, have been repulsed by be trained in Chicago and later at-
the Russians and Rumanians. In the tachecl to the British army,
i•egidn of Ocna, the Austro -Germans The mission is also recruiting
have made no gain, adds the official among friendly aliens. This departure
report issued on Friday by the War
Office,
Deposed Czar Now in Siberia.
Petrograd, Aug. 19, -It was oii -
dally announced to -day for the -Ant
time that the new residence of the.
deposed Russian Emperor, Nicholas,
is at Tobolslc, a Western Siberia town
which recently achieved a certain
dubious publicity in revolutionary
Russia as the birthplace of Gregory
Rasputin, the mystic monk who
wielded it remarkable influence over
the ex -Emperor's family up to the
was take:: because of many applica- time of ,the priest's assassination in
tions from Poles and Bohemians. Petrograd last December.
FROM' OLDSCOTLAND
NOTES Or INTEREST, FRog IXER
BANKS AND MAW;
What is Going On in the Ilighlanda
sand Lowlands' 00
Abid'.
Seotia. , tt<
Corporal Toni Goring, of Sciieaton,
has been awarded the,Fi'enob;4goix de
Guerre,,,,
The sum of £158 was reell406 at
a garden fete given at Sprin'tfold in
aid of 10donfleld Red Cross Ngiapital.
A "Rose Day"- held at Couper re-
cently realised nearly £100 for, the
benefit of 112111106a eatloraago sol-
diers. •
Mr. Menzies, schoolmasterit,z3an-
ciimy, has taken over the cominalld of
the local company of Volunteers,..
Lady Charlotte Lucy Douglas Home,
of Beaky! Lodge, Duns, has left ;an;un-
settled estate valued at .25,5444.
The late John A. Harvey Brown, a
well-known naturalist, of Stirling, has
bequeathed £200 to the Denny Hospi-
tal.
Dr, , George , Gardner, for, twelve
years a practising physician In Fal-
kirk, has died at a nursing home in
Glasgow.
Private H. Norman McKenzie, Sea -
forth Highlanders, a native of Peebles,
has been awarded the Military Medal,
Miss Helen Wilson, of South Ban-
taskifie; Falkirk, le among those men-
tioned in Sir, Douglas Haig's recent
despatch.
Major Lord Douglas Graham, who
has been awarded the D.S.O., is the
second son of the fifth Duke of Mont-
ro, K. T
Sseergeant, William Flowers, one of
then official guides at Stirling Castle,
who died recently, was buried with
military honors.
9
RUSSIANS RETIRE
TO AN
NEW LINE
Rumanians Forced to Withdraw
'Also in Face'of Superior
I umbers.
A despatch from London says: The
Russian War ffice announces a stra-
tegic withdrawal by the Rumanians to
the Soveia-Monastirik-Voloshkani line.
Russian forces on the Rumanian
front withdrew under pressure to
Muncheliu and Monas°, and Ruman-
ians to Movilitza, in the Fokshani
area.
Russian and Rumanian forces which
has held the western bank of the
River Sereth on thg; Rumanian front,
were driven across the river by troops
of Field Marshal von Mackensen, ac-
cording to the statement on Thursday
of the German general staff. More
than 3,500 prisoners were taken and
16 guns captured.
DISTILLING IN U.S. @([�
STOPS ON SEPT. 8
Food Controller Makes Impor-
tant Announcement.
A despatch from Washington says:
The Food Administration made the
important ruling on Thursday that all
processes in the production of distil-
led spirits for beverage purposes must
stop at 11 o'clock on the night of Sat-
urday, September 8. Any effort to
construe the law to permit the use of
wheat, corn, rye, and other materials
which had been hoarded, after that
time, it was made plain, would be met
with firm action.
MUNITIONS BOARD
BARS ELIGIBLES
A despatch from Ottawa says: The
Imperial Munitions. Board on Thurs-
day notified its male employees that
none of those eligible for military ser-
vice would be retained on the staff
after conscription has been put lute
effect. It also gave notice that those
enlisting prior to the operation of the
obligatory service: measure would re-
ceive half of one month's salary as a
bonus. The announcement, which
was not • unexpected, affects a large
number, 'for while the number of
eligibles now in the employ of the
board is small, as compared with a
year ago, the lengthy payroll still in-
cludes the names of many who will
oomo under the scope of the compul-
sory service bill.
DEUTSCHLAND TURNED
INTO WAR SUBMARINE.
A despatch from Copenhagen says:
The German commercial submarine
Deutschland, which visited the United''
States before that country entered.
the war, has been converted into a
war submarine, according to German
fleet gossip.
SECRET WIRELESS
ON ARGENTINE COAST.
A despatch from Buenos Ayres
says: A secret wireless station has
been discovered on the coast of, the
territory of Chubut by the Argentine '
Navy ` Department. 4i'he authorities
believe the station was to be used iri
communicating with suspicious yes*
sols in the South Atlantic. ,