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Sixteen Established and Ten Clore to be Set Up
in England
A despatch from London says: -
Sixteen national' munitions factories
have been established in England,
and, after consultation with the
Trench Ministry, the British Govern -
Ment ..hag decided to, .set up an addi-
tional ten large esteblishntents.
This u1neuncemeat was made in the
House of Commons by the Minister of
Munitions, David Lloyd George, who
told of the progress made by his de-
partment in overcoming the shortage
in shells that had prevented the army
on the.. Continent from doing all it
might otherwise have done. These
new factories are being erected in the
vicinity of the arsenals and the ex-
isting armament establishments, and,
the Government has completed in a
few weeks the developments it is now
engaged on the supply of shells will
be doubled.
"This," said the Minister, "will not
merely enable us to support our men,
but will enable them to cleave their
way through to victory."
Mr. Lloyd George explained that
until the new factories are built the
work of the department will be di-
rected to speeding upexisting con-
tracts. At first the Government had.
been faced with.a grave labor short-
age, and some .machines were lying
idle because no one could be found to
work them. One-third •of the machines
engaged in Government work at the
outset were not being utilized at night.
During three months his depart-
ment had succeeded in adding nearly
40,000 men skilled -to the ranks of
the workers connected with arma-
ments, and they were pouring in fur-
ther supplies. His department had
also enrolled 100,000 volunteers, but
it had been found difficult to remove
the majority of these from their pre-
sent employment. However, scores
of thousands of skilled men who had
enlisted had been traced, and ar-
rangements were made with the War
Office for the return of these mento
the factories.
PREVENTING TRE PASSAGE
F MUNITIONS
Smuggling Devices of Germans to Get Munitions
to Ottoman Troops Frustrated
A despa ays:-A ree
port from Bucharest that orders had.
been issued to the Roumanian officials
"set all fronties stations to make the
most thorough examination of all
freight cars owned by Austria-
Hungary, Germany and Turkey to pre-
vent any possibility of the passage
through Roumanian territory of mu
nitrons and arms has been officially
confirmed at the Roumanian Legation
in Paris.
It.is reported that car loads of beer
bsrrels packed in ice sent from Ger-
any to Turkey were examined and
he barrels found to contain war mu-
nitions. The freight cars are re-
ported to have been provided with
false bottoms and walls, behind which
arras were hidden. Every device
known ta modern smugglers is said to
have been used to pass arms and mu-
nitions through Roumania for the Ot-
toman troops.
A despatch from Rome says: -
News has reached here that Turkey
has only one month's stock of am-
munition. Consequently the Italians
believe the allies will take the Dar-
danelles in a relatively short time if
Bulgaria and Roumania act energeti-
cally against contraband.
TERNED GERMAN BOATS •
HAVE TURNED AROUND
A despatch from New York says:-
e War News Strategy Board of
rooklyn scented in the shifting of
ix German steamships at Pier 33,
outh Brooklyn, another attempt of
he detained iieet of the Kaiser to
ake a "dash for the open." The
arine superintendent of the Ham-
urg-American Line said it was true
hat the ships, including the President
ant, the Hamburg and Koenig
ilhelm the Second, had turned end
or end in the dock. Some of them
ad been nearly a year in dock, and
he metal of the pier had badly de-
eded the compasses. The object of
turning the other sides of the pier
was to readjust the compasses' to
some extent.
CHECK SPY EXODUS
FROM GREAT BRITAIN
A despatch from London says: -A
closer check on possible spies is in-
dicated in an official notice published
in England to the effect that travelers
from the United Kingdom to Scan-
dinavian countries will not be permit-
ted to leave this country on or after
August 10th without special permit
from the Home Office. This restric-
tion applies to British subjects as well
as neutrals, with the exception of
soldiers and sailors.
ERMANY TO RESCUE OF THE TURKS
ntirrkation Any Such 'Plan Will be Nipped in Bud
by Surprising Move of Allies
A. despatch from. Athens says: -
aver Pasha issued an extraordinary
essage to his troops on the Gallipoli
eninsula before the last big attack.
t ran thus:
"Soldiers, youfight
fi
will ht wit
h all.
our strength. At least you will
esist as long as possible, for I can
romise you within a . month's time
shall be able to send you to your
omes. The life of Serbia cannot
ow last longer than a month. With-
in that time the German armies will
crush her and will come to our aid,"
I learn that great pressure had
been put on the Germans by the
Young Turks to fulfill the promise to
Bend German armies through the Bal-
kans to the assistance of the Turkish
forces. The Young Turks regard
the achievement of that plan as the
only hope for the Turkish Empire in
Europe. A prominent military expert
who has just completed a tour of the
Balkan States, and who latterly has
the
ses
been in Austria,expresses p re
belief that such an effort will be
the next great move onthe, part of
the Austrians and Germans. Should
this cross move be made it will have
immediate and important results in
this corner of Europe. It would be
unwise to give details which are with-
in my knowledge, but I think' I may
be permitted to say that counterbal-
ancing events are moving rapidly and
the enemy's plans may quite possibly
be nipped in the bud by a surprising
move of which the public should hear
at an early date.
PROPOSAL FROM KAISER TO MEDIATE
Moly See Declined Proposal Because of Condem
nation of German Submarine Warfare
A despatch from, Rome says: -It is
learned here that the Minister of
Prussia. accredited to the Holy See,
Who recently has been living in Switz-
erland, has conveyed to Pope Benedict
a proposal from the Kaiser suggest-
ing that the Holy See offer .to.medi-
ate between Germany and the United
States and promising to abide by the
Popes decision if mediation should.
),e accepted.
It is further reported that the Pope
replied that he was unable to offer
HOW BASTLAND VIOLATED RULE.
5TAb LITY LINE 1GINCHES
SHORT of GOVERNMEN
Steamship men state that animaginary line, known as the stability
line, which keeps the steamers upright, was only four inches deep on
the Eastland. These same men said the Government required this line
to be 20 inches.. On the majority of the lake steamers this line is 32
inches. On the larger steamers, which make the Georgian Bay trips, the
line is 42 inches, preventing any possibility of a tipover.
Germany May Not Answer U.S. Note
A despatch from Berlin says: -A
careful study of the German attitude
towards the last American note eusti--
lies the conclusion that the note, in
all probability, will not be answered
at all.
If an answer is sent it will not be to
argue any questions of principle, but
to. suggest a possible means for ar-
ranging indemnities. Any steps that
the Government .may take depend to
a Targe extent on the German con-
ception of thetenor of the American
note to England. -
NO MORE GIFTS OF TOBACCO
French Government Cannot Under-
take to Effect Delivery.
A despatch from New York says: -
Hereafter the hardships of the French
soldiers at the front will not be light-
ened by the occasional gifts of cigars,
tobacco and cigarettes which have
been seat to them in the past by
kindly -disposed Americans.
The French postal authorities have
informed the authorities here that
they are unable to effect the delivery
of the smokes to the soldiers or the
prisoners of war in France. In conse-
quence it has been found impossible
to collect from the addresses the.
Customs charges to which all such
gifts sent from abroad are liable in
France at present.
INVISIBLE AEROPLANES
LATEST GERMAN PLAN
A despatch from Amsterdam says:
lG
Germany
possesses
invisible aero-
planes, according to the Cologne Gazs
ette. The wings are, made of a clear
transparent material called cellon,
which is the invention of a German
engineer named Knaubel. Cellon,
which is manufactured from cellulose
and acetic acid, is tough, pliable and
non -inflammable, and is used instead
of canvas. A machine covered with
cellon is said to be virtually invisible
above an altitude of 3,000 feet. Herr
Knaubel made his first experiments
with the material two years ago.
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Stray Thoughts.
The worst kind of fool is the one
who doesn't want to learn.
Courage is the yeast that causes a
man to rise to the occasion.
There is a new way of doing almost
everything except lovemaking.
A healthy loafer can easily ensure
his life for more than it is worth.
Apparently some men only use their
heads when ,they want to butt into
other people's affairs.
About the only thing some people
put Off till to -morrow are the un-
pleasant things they can say to -day.
If, when you are at the offiee you
wish to make - the time pass more
quickly, all you need do is to get be-
hindhand with your work.
Weaving was practised in China
more than a thousand years before it
was known in Europe.
mediation because he resides hi a bel-
ligerent country where Germany's
representatives cannot come, and be-
cause of condemnation : of submarine
warfare, he could not pass upon a
matter involvingits justification.
The Pope called attention to the
fact that as the Holy See wasneutral
it could not assume the arduous task
of settling controversies between the
provers. He suggested, therefore,
that the Kaiser submit the question
to The Hague Tribunal.
NO COTTON RESOLD
IN NEUTRAL PORTS
A despatch from London says: -
The Foreign. Office denied a statement
published recently that American cot-
ton seized by the British authorities
is being reshipped to be resold in neu-
tral ports.
In the Middle Ages .people in Eng-
land wore the beaks, or points of
their shoes so long ,that they encum-
bered 'themselves in walking, and
were forced to tie them up to their
knees.
FAKE PASSPORTS
MADE IN BERLIN
Germans ' Enter ..England as Citi-
zens of U.S. and
Switzerland.
A despatch from London says: -It
has been learned on high authority
here that the British authorities have
arrested a German subject' who had in
his possession a forged American
passport, which the arrested man ad -
mite is not genuine. The forged
document had been compared with
the original passport which was issu-
ed to a bona -fide American citizen.
Thereal passport, which was sent to
London by the State Department at
Washington, shows that the forgery
is a dangerous imitation. „
The arrested man is understood to
rave declared that the false passport
was given to him in Antwerp by Capt.
Schneitzer, a German secret service
officer. The American State Depart-
ment is said to have taken up the
question with the German Govern-
ment, as the iinitation is so clever
that it constitutes a danger to Ameri-
cans abroad. The real passport on
which the bogus one is based was
issued to an American business man
who reached Germany March! 24th
and left that coentry April 8th. This
man was at his home with his pass-
port when the holder of the false
document was arrested in England.
As a result of investigations by the
United States Government, the State
Departmenthas instructed Ambassa-
dor Gerard at Berlin to bring to the
attention of the German Government
evidence indicating that Germans.
have been engaged in forging Ameri-
can passports and furnishing them to
German spies.
PERSONS OF NOTE.
Anecdotes and Facts About People
Whose Names You Know.
On an occasion Lord Fisher may be
seen walking in St. James's Park, Lon-
don, with his wife. Very simple in his
habits of dress, he is partial to a dou-
ble-breasted coat and a flat hat, similar
to that popularized by Mr. Churchill.
These warm, sunny afternoons he
likes to uncover his head, and then
onenotices the stiff, white hair has a
tendency to fall au the forehead in, a
Napoleon -like projection.
The late Mr. ' Joseph Chamberlain
was probably the Statesman who
Smoked the most cigars in the course
of a day; in his case the damage was
done not by the number he smoked as
by the strength of the leaf of which
they were manufactured. Mr. Fred
Terry, until he was stopped by his doc-
tor, had a way of going in for chain
smoking -that is to say, he lit one
cigar from •the' stump of the one before
it, and so on.
When the average man comes
across Sir Edward Carson, the new
British Attorney -General, with his
trim, erect, sturdily -built figure, he is
apt to forget that the great lawyer and
Ulster patriot is sixty-one years of age,
He certainly does not look more than
fifty. This impression is .accentuated
by the free -and -easy way he dresses,
for nearly always he comes to the
Rause of Cooimons in a double-breast-
ed lounge suit and a bowler hat.
TURK FORCES RETREATING NORTHWARD
Successful Progress of British Campaign, in Asia
Minor Reported by Sir John Nixon,
A despatch from London says: -
"Gen.. Sir John Nixon reports that as
'a result of an action near Nasiriyeh
(Asiatic Turkey) the disorganized
Turkish forces retreated northward
more than 26 miles.
"The enemy's casualties in killed,
wounded or prisoners amounted ap-
proximately to 2,500 men, the prison-
ers including 41 officers and 690 men,
of whom some 200 were wounded. Our
capture of arms and material includ-
ed one 40 -pounder gun, twelve field
and two mountain guns, several ma-
chine
of
0 rounds
artillery
guns, 1,0 4
and 80,000 rounds of small ammuni-
tion and explosives and bombs, and
other miscellaneous ordnance stores.
"Our casualites numbered 564 men,
as follows: British officers killed 5,
and wounded 20; other ranks, killed
47; wounded 142) and missing 30;
Indian officers, killed 4, wounded 7;
other ranks, killed 45, wounded 257,
and missing 6.
"The evacuation of the sick and
wounded from Nasiriyeh has com-
m enced."
TRIESTE IS LOOTED AND WRECKED
Garrison Has Been Withdrawn . and the City Has
Virtually Been Evacuated
A despatch from Rome says. -An
uncensored despatch from Trieste
says that over 300 houses and villas
there have been looted and wrecked.
Verdi's monument and other works of
art have been destroyed. The city is
practically empty. A majority of
the Italian inhabitants have been ar-
rested and interned.
The shops are opened at 9 o'clock
in the morning and closed at sunset.
,The streets are without lights at
nights. The wards near the dock-
Markets Of The
yard have been damagedby the
Italian aerial bombardments. The
city hag virtually been evacuated, the
garrison having been withdrawn and
only the .gendarmes left, These are
requisitioideg the scanty supply of
foodstuffs.
The Italian language has been
abolished.
A rupture between Turkey and Italy
is inevitable. Turkey has ignored
the Italian remonstrances and threats
against the interment of Italians.
Breadstuffe..
Toronto, Aug. 3„ --Manitoba wh
-No. 1 Northern, $1.881/4 t 81,3
No. 2 Northern, $1.36% toil $1.3
No. 3 Northern, :$1.32, on trade ,la
ports.
Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 62i%ac
No. 3 C.W., nominal; extra No.
feed, nominal, on track, lake ports.
American corn --No. 2 yellows
861/%c, on track lake ports.
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Canadian corn -No. 2 yellow, tome
inal, on track Toronto.
Ontario oats ---No. 2 white, 58 to
59c; No. 3 white, 57 to 58c, according
to freights outside.
Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per
car lots, $1.10 to $1.12; do.' new,
$1,02 to $1.04, according to freights
outside.
Peas -No. 2, per car lots, nominal,
according to freights outside.
Barley -Good malting barley, nom-
inal; feed barley, 60e, according to
freights outside.
Buckwheat -Car lots, nominal, ace
cording to freights eutside.
Rye -No. 2; nominal, according to
freights outside.
Manitoba flour -First patents, in
jute bags, $7; second patents, in jute
bags, $6.50; strong bakers', in jute
bags, $6.30, Toronto; in cotton bags,
10c more.
Ontario flour Winter 90 per cent.
patents, $4.60, seaboard, or Toronto
freights in bags.
Country Produce.
Butter -Choice dairy, 22 to 23c;
inferior, 19 to 20c; creamery prints,
27 to 29c; do., solids, 26 to 28c.
Eggs -Straight stock, 21 to 22c per
dozen, in case lots, and selects, 23 to
24e.
Poultry -Chickens, yearlings, dress-
ed, 16 to 18c; Spring chickens, 22 to
25c; fowl, 14 to 15c.
Cheese -15%c for large, and at
15%c for. twins. Old cheese, 21', to
22c.
Provisions.
Bacon -Long clear, 14 to 14%c
per ib, in case lots. Hams -Medium,
18 to 181c; do., heavy, 14% to 15c;
rolls, 15 to 16c; breakfast bacon, 20
to 23c; backs, plain, 22 to 23c; bone-
less backs, 24 to 25c.
Lard -Pure lard, tubs, 11% to
121/4c; do., pails, 12 to 12%c; com-
pound, tubs, 10 to 10%c; do., pails,
101/4 to 101/2c.
Baled Hay and Straw.
Straw is quoted at $7 a ton, in car
lots delivered on track here.
Hay -No. 1 hay is quoted at
to $19; No.:2 at $15 to $16.
Business in Montreal. „
Montreal, Aug. 3.-Corn-Aaneri-
can No. 2 yellow, 89 to 90c. Oats -
Canadian Western, No. 3, 62e; extra
No. 1 feed, 62c; No. 2 local white,
613ic; No. 3 local white, 601/4c; No.
4 Iocal white, 59%c. Flour, Man.
Spring wheat patents, firsts, $7.10.;
seconds, $6.60; strong bakers', $6.40;
Winter patents„ choice, $6.25;
straight rollers, $5.60 to $5.8Q; do.,
bags, $2.65 to $2.75. Rolled oats,
barrels,. $6.25; do., bags, 90 lbs.,
$2.90 to $3. Bran, $26 to $26.50.
Shorts, $28. Middlings, $33 to $34.
Mouillie, $35 to $40. Hay, No. 2, per
ton, car lots, $20.50 to $22. Cheese,
finest westerns, 14c; finest easterns,
131/4c. Butter, choicest creamery,
271/4 to 27%c; seconds, 26% to 261/4c.
Eggs, selected, 26e; No. 1 stock, 23c;
No. 2 stock, 20%c. Dressed hogs,
abattoir killed, $13.50 to $13.75.
Pork, heavy Canada short mess, bbls.,
35 to 45 pieces, $29; dp., short
back, bbls., 45 to,, 55 pieces, $28.
Lard, compound, tierces, 375 lbs., 10c;
wood pails, 20 lbs. net,. 10%c; pure,
tierces, 375 lbs.,12 to 12%c; pure,
wood pails, 20 ls. net, 13 to 13%c.
$is
Winnipeg Wheat.
'Winnipeg, Aug. 8. -Cash quota-
tions: -Wheat - No. 1 Northern,
$1.32%; No. 2 Northern, $1.299'4 i.
No. 3 Northern, $1.24'4. Oats -No.
2 C.W., 58e; No. 3 C.W., 55c; extra
No. 1 feed,55c. Barley No. 3, 73c;
No. 4, 683c; feed, 60c. Flax -No. 1
N.W.C., $1.391; No. 2.C.W., $1.361/4.
Minneapolis Wheat.
Minneapolis, Aug. 3. -Wheat -No.
1 hard, "$1.53%; No. 1 Northern,
$1.40% to $1.50%; No. 2 Northern,
$1.35% to $1.47%; July, $1.39; Sep-
tember, $1.07%. Corn -No. 3 yellow,
781 to 79c. Oats -No. 3 white, 50
to 51c. Flour and bran unchanged.
Duluth, Aug. 3. -Wheat -No. 1
hard, $1.52; No. 1 Northern, $1.51;
No. 2 Northern, $1.46 to $1.47; July,
$1.51• September, $1.104. Linseed
-Cashr, $1.58%; July, $1.59; Septem-
her, $1.60.
Live Stock Markets.
Toronto, Aug. 3. -Best heavy steers;~
$8.25 to $8.76; butchers' tattle,
choice, $7.75 to $8.35; do., good,
$7.35 to $7.50; do., medium, $6.75 to
7.25; doe common, $5.25 to $6;
Butchers' dulls, choice, $6.75 to $7.50;
do., good bulls, $6 to $6.50; do.
tough bulls, $5,.25 to $5.75; butchers'
cows, choice, .6.76 to $7,25; do.,
good, $6.50 to $6.75; do., medium,
$5.25 to $6.25; do., common, $4.50 to
51 feeders, good, $6.60 to $7.50;
stockers, 700 to 900 lbs., $6.25 to
$7.25; canners and enders,. $4 to
$5.25; milkers,. ,choice, each, $65 to
$95; do., common and medium, each,
$35 to $50; springers, $50 to $95; light
owes, $6 to $6.50; de., bucks, $3.50
to $4.50; yearling lambs, $6.50 to
$8' spring lambs, cwt,, $8 to $10.75;
calves, $4 to $10.50; hogs, off cars, $9
to $9.15; do fed and watered, $$.75;
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