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Abrani to
cling to his
had throligh Ab-
tr. Their Molina
by I Pharaoh's
(Gain 12: 20), and
ettelehea by him.
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etien into the south-
ot Canaan, tatting with
.eir rettnue and their jos-
They had, in Witten to
flaeleinand herds. Wealth in silver
and geld. TheY hadeitiored great
temper -al prosperity in 'the fertile reg.
ions et Egypt, After entering Canaan
they 'moved forward in their lourneys
until they reaclied Bethel, a place
about twelve Ulnae north of the site of
Jerusalem. Abram had been here be-
fore and bad built an altar, as he had
also bullttine at Shechem his first
stopping-plece In Canaan. 'alit kis ar-
rival ott hie return from Egypt he
built another altar end worshiped
the true GO. He had reason for
self -humiliation and for thanksgiving
he vie* of his attitude toward God
and Goa's mercies to him. Lot had
shared the prosperity that had come
to Abrene must have been a bless-
ing to Mtn. spiritually. 6. Tlaeir sub -
:Aimee was great—From the fact that
soon after this Abram was able to
gather from his own attendants more
than elate 'hundred fighting men. it
is auppeeed that his whole retinue, ex-.
elusivnof.Lot and his 13ervants, must
have tturabered a thousand more.
Their flooka and nerds would require a
wide range for pasturage, and a wider
range, eto doubt, because ot the effects
ot the"ffkaught from which the land
heat jttet sutfered. Since the land was
already oecupied, Abram and Lot
could not occupy at will every part of
the conettry that they might desire. 7.
Thereeveas a ,strife—While Abram end
Lot Might 'themselves be on the most
frienaly teems, to their respective ser-
vants. woUld be entrusted the care of
the alocke and herds, and each would
natUre.11Y. fieelt the most favorable pas -
turas for hie master's animals. Not
oeilY iiestitre must be secured, 'but the
flocks and herds must be supplied
with Water, and di:spines would be
likely to arise on this account between
the heo- group% aof servente.• The
Canaanite end the Perizettedwelled
then. In the land—lsor this reason the
territory of e Abram aria Lot was
limited. Tho Canaanites, "lolinand-
ers," were desteindednfrom .0anadn,
the fottrth son or Hamoind the Periz-
zites, "highlandera," Wh'ose origin Is
obscure, occupied the elevated regions.
Abram and Lot had a divine right to
the country, but these nations had pos-
sesston of large parte of it.
II. Lot's selfish cuoice (oe. 8-11). 8.
Let there be no strife—Abram was .
the peacemaker sin this affair. It east
,hint sOmething to act successfully in
Ole capacity; yet ne was prepared to
roake the nece.seary sacrifice. Family
strife or religious, etrife is a meet dis-
tressing thing, and there are always
Canaanites and Perizzites about to ob-
serve it and cast a reproach upon
those ene,aged in it. We be brethren-
- They were not brothers hi the sense
In Which we use the term, but were
elteely related, and were brethren in
religion and worehip: Thete was abun-
dant reascn why they ehould love and
act as brethren. 9. Is not the whole
land before thee—In this expression
Abeam gives Lot to understand that
he grants elm the _privilege of choos-
ing the part of the land that he de-
sires. Separate thyself,. from me —
Abram map this suggeetion solely in
the interests of pace, not because he
haa sae' ill feelingtoward his nephew.
10. Plain of Jordan—This is one of
the meet teinarkable depreseions of
the, earth's surface. The lower extrem-
ity Bee one thee:wand three hundred
feet Woe the level of the sea. Before
the Lord clestroyed—Conditions in
Ws :valley were greatly changed by
the destruction of Sodom and Gomor-
rah. The gatden of the Lord—The Gar-
den of Eden. Like the land cf Egypt.
_7—The valley of the Nile, from its be-
ing' annually .onerflowed, • was the
richest land Veen known. As thou cem-
ent ante &far—Some scholars consider
Eoer it' region connected with the
plain etaardent and .others think .it is
the border land of Egypt' with its fer-
tile fields. lie Tiaen_Lot chose .. the
plain of Jordan—The reasonable and
civil thing for Lot would have been
to my to Abram,as soon ae the pri-
vilege of chboshig Was granted, that
he, Abram, should take his choice In-
asmuch as he was older and had been
bates benefactor during the years that
were past; but Lot stopped to look the
ground overi eourtesy and reason were
ignored and he chose the best there
was in Canaan. Selfiehness blinded his
eyes to his bestintermite.
III. Abram's helpfulness (vs. 14-16.)
14, Abram heard, etc.—Four kings of
the East formed an. alliance and made
war upon five kluge that 'held sway
over regions about the lower part et
the Joraan valley and were victorious,
subduing these peoples and taking
lunch spoil. Abram was undisturbed
by the invading Army in the seclu-
sion of the territory that fell to him
act
result of Lot's selfish choice. The
news came to him that hie nephew
Lot hail been a Offerer from this in-
vaaton, and he shotved his loyalty to
hira and his Magnanimity in bis
Protillit efforts to help him. Three
hundred and eighteen—The fact that
Abram had among 'hie servants this
nuMber of men vapable of bearing
Arms shows his greatness and pros-
perttr: in temporal affairs. Pursued
them unto Dan—Abranas efforts to rcs-
eue Lot led him to the northern lin-
i1 Canaan and beyond. Ile allowed
none of Lot's past conduct to 'keep
him from mterting hireeelf to the ut-
termost to reecile him. and tectore to
hint his pessessione. Lot had not melt'
chosen the rich and Wellewaterel plains
of the south, but he had pitched his
tent toward Soilern, a most. wicked city.
15. Divided himself against them—
Abram so divided and arranged his
forces that he might. do the most ef-
fective work in the reecue of his
neahelet. BY night— The attack was
made by night SO as to take the cap -
tom its unprepared as poseible. Pula
sued theta—Abram's plane were euc-
ceesfully carried out and the enemy
Was put to flight, lento Hoballea There '
Is a piece three miles north of Damas-
cue, tailed Pamela where tradition
says that Abram stopped and gave
thanks to God for the victorst he had
gabled. On the left hand of Damascene
--The Place Hee to the left as one
facts tila cant. 1. Iirotight bac% all the
gid -'Tho Mtge of the Eliot had
eneeeefied, in taking Much men but
Abram reeoVered all that lital been
taked. Ile dires liberated bis fleallew
Lot and hie househeld, togeteer witit
other eePtives. As a reward for hie
exploit the king or alodoM offered bit
lead recovered, bet
tali* it. tor bo woujj
Abram . miebrent did not en.
0.Qt
that the king liwX
la Mt' 0.iIrt to revile. Lot With
ally thought cf itAluing wealth, but
pareiy trete, bee devotitet to a Ilene -
Man.
QUOnt,I0/13.—W1er0 did AbraM and
Lot .go ft•orn Canaan? Tell of Abran1.0
itOillgd in that country. Tell at the
retarn to Canaan. What temporal
prosperity did Abram and Lot have?
Alio inhabited tle. land of Canaan?
Why was therq strifebetween the
lerdsmen or Lot and thee° of Abram?
What came was taken to prevent
strife? What choice did Lot make?
What led 1iin1 to make the choice be
did? In what rcelnicts was Lot wrong
in his choice? What trouble came to.
Lot? Ilow die Abram allow his oy-
alty to him?
PRACTICAL SURVEY.
Topic.—The Clreatuess Or UneeIfish-
awn
I. A.bram's surreader of his rights,
IL Aseisting his afflicted kinsman,
III. Blessing aimepted and reward
refused.
_ I. Abrams ciurrender et his rights.
Perukesin nothing is the true great-
ness of seeram's enaracter more meal,
ey disclosed titan in tlie events con-
e:sated with the Masan. Abend:in:a of
blessing made the eeparatIon of the
aousehoiders imperative. Their bods -
men could ant agree, By respect of
age Abram wars entitled to the choice
of place. By the greater claims of
covenanted supremacy the choice
should have bean leis. Tina he greatly
and graciously yielded in the intereets
of harmony, antedating the apostolic
injunction, "Follow peace with all
men," The unselfishness of Abram
steads in impreesive contrast with the
opposite characteristics of his self-
centred uephew. In nothing is true
greatness more clearly expressed than
In its pewer of relinquishment.
II. Aesisting his afflicted aincman.
Selfishness -is certain of retribetion,
and unselfishness assures reward.
Lot's unworthy choice placed. hini in
the path of judgraent, from which he
aiscaPed bankrupt and bereft, only
througn the intervention and inter-
cession of his nobler kinsman. It is
always uneaie to place material con-
cerns only in the balauce, and Ignore
the higher Interests of moral oppor-
tunities and -influences. The Waffle
were inviting, but the people were
profligate. The estate wae Melo but
the neighborhood was degenerate,
The men of Sodom were wicked and
sinners before the Lord exceedingly."
Into these -contaminating associations
Lot plunged himseIt and his louse -
:mad, for the sake of increasine his
already abundant we.alth, It is not
am old story, Men are, doing the same
-
today. The material is placed above
the- moral, and gold. supplants Gel
&brain's eeineffacement found the
pleat) of safety, in the mount of vision
and 'visitation. Ite "enteetained
angels," and offered the first inter-
cessory prayer on record. Lot dis-
eovered that the "well watered plains"
were .deeired by others as covetous ,as
himself, and the thrifty householder
was marched off a prisonee of war,
with all his prized possessions in the
aands of his confederated captors. His
dishonored kinsman wee his deliverer.
III. Blessing accepted and reward
refueed. At this point appears far the
first and only time the kingly priest
.ethose name and person are enshroud-
ed in a divinely woven veel of mYs-
tory. For an instant he appears and
vanished finally into the invisible
from whence he came. Conjectures
are unsatisfactory and unseemly. The
silences of the scripture are to be re.
epected. He belonged to the prior and
permanent order of priesthood, cif
which our "great high priest" is the
entetype and fulfilment. "Thou art
a priest forever atter the order of
Melchizedek" (Psa. 110: 4). Like .all
our intercourse with the divine, the
approach was feom the higher sphere.
Abram acknowledged the superiority
of person and office, for himself and
his . deacendants, by paying tithes of
the .battle spoil and by receiving his
blessing. The apostle tells us that,
"without all contradiction the aces is
blessed of the better." In the path of
sacrifice and service we meet unan-
ticipated and divine 'visitations, Mel-
chizedek appears for a moment, but
"Christ abideth forever." Communion
with God unfits us for the fellowship
of the world.W. H. C.
: MAX OF BArEll
TO FROWN ON-
ANNEXATIC
Fully Restore Belgium, by
International Fund,
However,
REViSk. MISS PACT
But Stand Firm Against
Any Surrender as to
France.
Paris cable: Primate elaximitian of
Daden, .the new nerman Inmerial
inianeelior, will declare against an-
nexatione in the west of Germany, and
..n favJr 01 the full restoration LI Pel -
mum, accorn.ng to despatches La the
143 Jaurnal from Zurien. The restora-
tion will be carried Gut, by meana of
an international fund, however, as-
tording to tae prograzinne, which it is
indicated tan Chancellor will propose
to the Reichtaar, to -day. In general, it
ie declared, hi o statement et policy
will Le based on both the Reichetag
peace resolution of 1017, and the re-
cent statement of Baron Duriam the
Austroaaungaelan Inercign Minieter.
There are indicate:me Wise that the
Chancellor will make known a thieve:s-
hit:1e to confide the revision of the
Brest -Litovsk tura Bucharest treaties
to a conereee .cf all the beitieerente.
He will declare against payment of
the damage dona to Prance, it is de -
dared, nud will demand ilia freedom
of the vitae in the Cafildli C011:40 of
that phrase, and the return of the
German colonies,
It Is Nether fereeast that the Chan-
cellor will favor partial ane Pregres-
Mem dlgarmament, but he will not en.
tertaln, any idea of aa arrangement
with France cent:online; Aimee -Lor-
raine, and 19 absolutely opposed to ,
the return of the two provinces.
VON IIINTiele Mallen
An Amite:Mom .cable: Admieal von ;
Tflnte. 'ho 1i: Ineatediv tendered
ii reeimeation, .livet now joined the
. . .
-"c77.7-Trzi
Stefansson Conquers Arctic Wastes
With line, Typewriter and Kerosene
ramou's Explorer's Greatest Discovery is NAM!' System of Travel in rar
Nortli—OtefanSson's Own .Story of a Fifteen Months' Journey
• Without Supplie.s.
(Copyright, 1918.)
A rifle, some kerosene and a type-
writer—this is the equipment that
VhlhjUxunr Stefansson, the famous ex.
newer, uses to conquer the polar
wastes. Ile has discovered e, new
system of Arctic exploration that, in
hie own °platen, is more valuable
than the large areas of new territory
whieh he found and explored,
ifitefausson has just returned after
spending five yeare travelliug back
and forth across the roof of the
world. At one time he was officially
reported to home perished, because'
his eelp, the Karlult, sank with all
the supplies.
The story of his wanderings is an
epic ot resourcefulness. Where
other explorers bave taken shiploads
of supplies with them and carried
large quantities of food, Stefansson,
for the first time in the history of
Arctic travel, has renal solely on the
eountry.
Past journeys in the far north five
been limited by the ability to carry
food. A ship was taken as far as the
ice permitted; then there was a dash,
for the objectiee, with dog sleds
lo ded with pemmican—aed the food
of an failed to last long enough.
'During the major portion of hie
tremels, Stefansson has ignored the
old principles; he has fellowed his
own methods and has proved them.
According to his own experience, it
is 'manna to travel between two
hundred and three hundred miles a
year, living entirely off the country.
Thee means that a party once land-
ed on the ice on the western side of
North America could walk clear
across the pole and down to the At-
lantic. Stefanszon says he could do
it.
This is his own. story of the sys-
tem of Arctic travel that he has in-
augurated:
"During the past five years we bave
spent most of our time in entirely
uninhabited territory. Other expedi-
tions have depended mainly on pent-
mican. They carried all the food
they were going to use. This limited
the distances that they could travel.
"We covered such long distances
that it was impossible to carry enough
supplies. We lived on. the couutry.
We ate musk oxen, polar bear, cariboo
Mid seals.
"My eecond ili ommand, Storker
Storkernen, is now doing the most
sensational thing that eas ever been
attempted in explorations of the
north—an expedition I had planned to
undertake myself, when I was taken
"Storkersen and his party are
crossing the Arctic on an ice floe and
expect to reach Siberia. These men
are living on what the country pro-
vides.
majority parties and will continue, in
office, it is said by the Vossische Zee
tung, cf Berlin.
Declaring that Germany is reatlY
to make sacrifices to obtain the advan-
tages of adraittance to a league of
free area equal peopleta the Vorwaerte,
of.Berlin, the Sozialiet organ, says:
'If cur opponents will name the
price which individual nations must
pay in order to participate in the ad -
'vantages of lasting peace, then the
German nation can deckle whether or
not to accept, Our people's desire for
speedy 'mime is etronger than ever.
The Government met take this into
account, but not msike, peace at any
MORE .APPOINTMENTS,
Copenhagen cable: Dr. W. S. Sella
German Colonial Secretary, has been
appointed to the German Imperial For-
eign Secretaryship, it was officially
announced in Berlin to -day. Mathias
Erzbergar has been appointed Secre-
tary of State without portfolio. Herr
Bauer has been named as Secretary of
State for the Imperial leaner Offiee.
Dr. &If will eontintui clueing the war
to act as Colonial Secretary, with Dr.
(Heim as Under-Seeretary.
PRUSSIAN WAR MINISTER.
• Basel cable' : General Greener' lia,s
been appointed to succeed General mon
Stein, resigned, as Prussian Minietor
of 'War, the Strassburg Post says.
General -Greener has been chief of
staff in the Ukraine.
AleSTRIA.N IN UPROAR.
A London cabie says; Reports from
SwiSs and German papers indicate that
a great political disturbance is going
on in Atietria-Hungary, It is stated
that the 'maiden of Baron von Hus-
earek, the Austrlan Premier, le ithak-
ee, and that he is likely to ba inicceed.
ed by Heinrich Larnmaech, Who is ono
of Antstriael forentost peace advocates.
13URIA.N FOR REFORM.
A Berne cable: Baron liurittn, the
Auetro-Hungarian •Foreign Minister,
has declared to the Deputies of tee
German Nationalist group that the In-
ternal conditions of Austria demanded
a revision of the constitution, accord -
leg to the Notteietic Presse Libre. The
fundamental terms of the revised eon-
eitUation he declared, sheliTtl
be anbetween
agreement
the various Austrian hationalitiee.
Thus far, the newspaper adds, the
Cseclis and Atge•Slavs have refused to
collaborate in the proposal to revise
the constitution.
Okla, Motitutott to
Mount Graec, In Warwick, Mass.,
scents to be in the way of a giant
monainent to a little cbihId. Aceord-
ing to tradition,. the 'what% captured
it Mrs. Ravel! non and tier child. As
the party werb passing through the
woods on their way to Canadn the
chile 'Ilea and was buried at the foot
o' the mountain. The vinare namo
was armee-end the moitutelli has been
Mount Grace -ever aluct.—txchangs,
..7 .10.10.44ww.".4
"It has_ been eur•Byetem of travel
to load our sleds with equipment in-
stead of food. Tho length of our
journeys was limited only by the
seasons—never by food.
"Peary sawed off the barrel ot his
Winchester rifle to twelve inches in
order to save weight. I carried ulY
typewriter on most of the trips we
made.
"In 1914 Wo were suneoeed to bo
dead, because our ship went down.
Tins was officially gated in the Caw
adian Parliament. People thought wo
must starve because our food gave
out.
"We had supplies for forty days,
and we were gone for a year, Of
course, we had complete equipment
for getting food. dit was just like
starting a journekwith money instead
of a lunch basketN,
"Prospectors in Alaska think it le
necessary to ehrry fbod with them.
If I were prospecting in that come
try I would carry a rine instead of
food.
"Our longest journey without fowl
was one of fifteen mouths. In the
spring ot' 1916 we left our base at
Cape .Kellett on Southwest Bunke
Island, latitude 72 .degrees north, and
made a trip to latitude 80 degrees
north.
"On the way we discovered some
islands. In the fall we returned to
Melville Island. This journey lasted
eight months.
"We had no base on Melville Island
--it was merely a good hunting
ground. We laahl in a stock of food
awl wintered there—seventeen men
and sixty dogs.
"Kerosene was one of the most Ina
partant things among the equipment
we carried. 'We carried a large
quantity for heating and cooking pur-
poses. Frequently, when going on a,
month's trip we would carry a six
inontbs' supply. •
"On Melville Island, however, our
fuel gave out. We had di face a
winter entirely without kerosene.
"Drift coal had been observed
floating in the creeks, and in the
Winter we dug up coal. This pro-
vided us with fuel. For cooking we
used seal blubber.
"We lived in snow houses which
we built ourselvee. They were sub-
stantially the same as those built by
the Eskimos. I have always written
my diary with a—fountain pen. The
temperature of the houses was usual-
ly from fifty to. sixty degrees Fah-
renheit. •
"In the spring of 1917 we made an-
other trip; travelling to the north-
west across an unexplored ocean.
We returned to Cape Kellett in Aug-
ust, 1917.
"From February, 1916, to August,
1317, we depended entirely on the
country, save for three menthe' pro
visioue that we carried at the start.
violodmousektileiors el:tope:ebot0
nie:8enngl*,
1r
ti
We Old all our own hunting.
"On some !elude that we visitea
on that journey, game was so acme
that we had to hill every cariboo we
saw. Our consumption of food at
that time averaged four carlboo
day. This (loos not mean, however,
that we actually ate four cariboo
teeny—tee killed polar boars and musk
oxen also.
"Cariboo, bears, musk oxen, Beale
--they are alt good food. , They make
just as good food as any that can be
got in the big cities; and we have
eaten them raw and cooked,
"Wherever there is open water
seals are to be fouad, There aro
stretches of open water as far north
as the pole, so that it would be quite
feasible to walk across the pole and
down on the.other side without curry-
ing any provielons at all.
"We did not attempt to reach the
pole. Our trip was undertaken for
definite objects and we were under
Government orders, In much of the
country we travelled through there
was plenty of ca,riboo and musk oxen
--beon.
—but always we found enough. to
ii"v
"A great. deal of our travois were
through new territory—for more than
twenty-five hundred miles we went
through entirely unexplored areas.
Neither white men nor Eskimos had
ever been there,
"The Eskimos are something like
the no called 'practical' people in this
country. They have no imagination,
no vision.
"'Why seoula we go into a new
country?' they say. 'There may not
be as many cariboo there, and here
we have enough to live on.'
"They do travel, of course, but
only for some definite purpose, such
as trading, It is the white man who
must explore the Arctic. Ho can
travel as we ha,ve travelled—living on
the country, the distance of his Jour-
neys limited only by the seasons and
his own endurance." •
That there are rich rewards in the
north Stefansson appears confident,
Ile points to Spitzbergen, which a
few years ago was regarded as worth-
less and is now desired by many
nations because of its rich coal
areas.
Nearly every island that he visited
contains large quantities of coal.
Many have copper.
As to the future of new territory
that Stefansson bas discovered—who
can tell? But he has proved the
worth and efficiency of a new method
of travel that brings new possibilities
to polar exploration.
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,soivr rig church tower and every building like -
di - ly to be used for purposes of observe-
CAMBil Rer
ganadians Made Further
progress in Some Places.
Situation is All the Allies
Can Desire.
(By Percival Phillips.)
With the British Armies in Franco,
cable: Oambrai was strongely calm
to -day after the storm that has beaten
.against itewith such violence. 'rhe gar-
rison hidden in the outer fringe of
buildings kept up an incessant tattoo
With machine guns and high -flung
shrapriel gave the only sign of the
watchfulness of the artillery, When
I looked into the town frorn tlfe west
this morning a dense pillar et white
stnoke ascended from the roofs be-
tween the cathedral and the town
hall. Our observers yesterday saw
more buildings sot alight, a fact leav-
ing no doubt that the gradual destruc-
tion of the town is deliberate. Seven
tires were counted yesterday.
The Canadians have made further
progress into the narthweetern suburb
called Nctivine St. 'Remy, while Scot-
tish and other troops on their right
command more closely the Faubourg
of St. Sepulchre and Paris. On the
eolith a little redoubt between them
was occupied in the night. The ma-
chine-gun clefenee of Cambral com-
mande the admiration of our troop.
It is established on the'hoUsetops and
even in lofty chimneys, where there is
scarcely a foothold for the Mtn, and
the guns are in such profuelon that
some of thern aro always firing. Spec-
ial sharpshooter detachments have
been poured into ,Ctimbral during tile
hours of darkness. If this is only a
rearguard action, as well as may be
the case, it is being fought exceeding-
ly well.
We have tried to pueh further into
Catabral. Immediately oil the eolith
we 'hold both Rumilly lied Mont -
sur -Louvres, which the enemy has
tried to retake, and with them in
our possession the situation is all we
can desire, IletWeen Crevecoeur,
tbutheast of 'tenthly to the vicinity of
Le •Catelet and Gotty, where English
unite were fighting Ole morning, our
front followthe eel, bank of the
entire.
The enemy retirement on both tildes
of La Dante is the logical develop. —
Tritest of this battle, German cavalry,
svbieh is nearly ns ram as the great
auks, 'actually has 110011 Seen taking TC
part in renre,ttard .actions beta een
Mame and Lille.
Systematic destruction is the Inev-
itable feature of the retirement, 11ver.7
tion have been blown up. There is
some indication that the IIaute Deul
canal has been chosen as the new
front line for at least a portion of its
distance.
This afternoon British troops were
in the trenches at Auberso on the fam-
ous Au.ber ridge, and ware looking
down on Lille, less than six miles
away.
I:
E. AFRICA CLEARED.
Remaining Germans Driven
Out, Losing Supplies.
A Paris cable: Portuguate forces
in Africa, in conjunctien with the
British, havo thrown the remaining
German troop e in German East
Africa back across the Rerun:a River,
according to Petit Parielen. The
vuma rune from the region of Lake
Nyassa to the Indien Ocean, and
forms tbe boundary line between Cer-
man and Portugueee Fast Mika,
The Germaine were (I:impelled to
abandon a great quantity of material
and lost numerous men in privainers
CANADIANS Han
ALL GANS MA
Have Restored 37 Square
Miles of Territory,
Big Captures of Prisoners
and Supplies.
t13y .1. F. 13, Lice:ay, Canadian Proae
correerondenta
With the Canadian leorece in the
Field cable: Since the Impute° of the
enemy counter attatait lest evening
our line has been ancemingea. Appar-
catiy he iti redrotleang 1d batterieelit
avail nithdrawal of the majority
tom tlie wotern or eastern side et
canal. Whether or not he intend*
to hold CautbIal as the pivot of lila
tiev.• Lilbe Metz line remains 'to
wit Certainly his great concontra.
Lion hero shows that lie team Our
femme' drive neay cut off his north.
.rn cram hie southern araile.o.
In the Cambria battles since Sept.
36, the Canadian eorps bas caPtured
t7 square miles and 15 villages with
the greatest lepth of penetration 8i/m
The prisoners tota1,7,130., with 20 guns
and nearly 1,000 machine guns and
trench mortars. From Aug. 8 to Oat. 2
the Canadian comet -captured the fel-
lowing:
Twentr-sb.: thoueand rix hundred
end thirty prisoners, 501 guile of all
ealibres, including imagine; over 3,000
machine guns and mortars.e0 villages,
160 square miles of territory with a
Ireatect depth in any single oPerathin
of 14 milee. This wan before the
Amiens battle, During this pericel the
cerre has engaged 57 divisions, al -
meet one quarter of the enemy forme
of which 40 were fully engaged and
partiailY. The Canadian corps have
therefore seared their brand in unrrem.
thimble characters upon the German.'
military meehine.
:
BELGIANS TELL
OF WAR HORRORS
Rescued Villagers- Say Ger-
mans Were Fiends.
Seized U. 5, Food From the
Victims.
With tlie British Armies in France,
cable: Cilivtans freed from the Ger-
mans in Flanders furnish interesting
information. Some of them from Le-
degbem said that ever since the Ger-
mans first came to their town in 1911
they had forced all civilians to sleep
on the floors, while husky Germans
°moiled their beds. Twenty-eight of
the villagers were killed by the Ger-
mans. One of these was taken out
and stood against a wall and shot.
The villagers were fed by the Ameri-
can Commission for relief in Belgium;
they said, hut the Germans always
tent this food away from them and
gave them their ewn German rations,
which invariably were unfit to oat.
It was on tee 28th of September
that the Germans ordered the vil-
lagers of Ledeghem to evacuate the
place, but many of them hid in cellars
or in the suburbs of the town, where
they remained until the British enter-
ed. The Germans told the villagers
that they weuld like to surrender to
the Scotch tr mps, but that the Scots
had the nasty habit of cutting the
throats of the Germans when they
caught them, and therefore they were
a1 -aid to take a chance. The Germ:.ns,
the villagers said, also told them ter-
rible things the Britishewould do to
the villagers when they tittered the
town.
According to the villagers many Ger-
man horses have died in Flanders be-
cause there was no feed of any kind
for them, and the German automobiles
all are running on their rims because
the Germans have no tires.
FLIERS FED FORCE.
French Advanced Elements
Got Tons of Food.
A Paris cable: The official sun
mentou aviation issued Thursday
night nal:
"Our bomberaing squadrons sur-
prised grithennee of the enemy
which were being formed In the re-
gion of Contrcuvcs and Mown, gt.
Martin. They attacked them with
bombs and niacnine-guns . Twenty -
1x tons of binabe and thousands of
eartridgee acro used with good re-
uitS.
n enemy
airplanes ti•ero de-
stroved 01 put mit of action.
"At many points on the battle.
front the aviation corps tarried out
the revictualling of several .ad -
vermeil elements, whieh had been
rendereddifficult by the bad condi-
:on of the roads. Two tons of food
were dropped an October I, and
more than two tone on October 2."
:
FO I TOO WEAK TO
MAKE COUNTERS
Owing to Sraashing Cana-
adians Gave Him.
Used 33 Battalions On Tues-
day Alone.
With the Cam:Wien Forces cable:
(Dy J. he B. Livcsay, Canadian Press
corrcepondent)—Cur line was abnor-
mally qu.i.ot to -day until 3 aelock this
afternoon, when tho enemy artillery
darted to strafe Stolle, tut nothing,
further came of it 'tarty this even-
ing a counter-attack, local in charact-
er, developed against cur Tilley po-
sitiots, but was easily put down by
our artillery and infantry. Wo took
.some prisoners:. It becomes 1110reaS-
1itg:y doubtful whether the enemy is
in ally shape to launch a poWerful
thrttet .againet our positione, so severe
was the punishment he received yes-
tcraay, when he threw hi no fewer
than thirty-three battelione. Ito Can-
not bave more than nine In reserve,
unless he can draw from new ele-
ments, Flye possible reserve divisions
he had fcr tlie battlefront have been
moved since Sept. 27 to the Flanders
battlefield, and the only other he has
immediately _available is the 15th re-
serve division south of terve If,
however, a general retirement in that
sector is under web', 11 in terteht he
minuet afford to weelion himself (br-
im.; tech difficult eperations,
811111 tit", Whatever eOunter-attacks ho
may have in store for this front must
be carried -out. almostentirely by his
. (letting elements, which are tired iind
geratly weakened by heavy lessee 133-
fftteJ tete Canadian cope. P.Ince
the noin't de Nora Am; Newel he ti
mere to be content with the,
:mac, of Manoeuvre he stilt retains
went ef the Canal Descaut.•
TORONTO MARICET
PA11141,11-04 WARE:14T
Retry Products -
13u1101', elm:0e euirr ...... ::. 0t ?3,33
tm., creamery . ..'
(1.,1,10,1::a.er,inieb,. ib.
Uggs, new laid, doz„ ... , . 0 09
Do„ fancy, lb.
ITopoililrk,F,ysect)d.14/!oultry—
.... o'il
Dittlpi,u04,001eitozsic,011,iiebIl.the.as 0 8,1
0 23
a • • •
Apples, basket 940
no., bnl.
... 3 39 0 .59
Crabapplee ...... ,... 0 50
1)1 iltelizoilei,s11101..01-0e-ttlitt ibbetcattic.t. t.,
Do., 22 -qt. bet, ., ., 010103. 705(005:
Plums, 11 -qt. bkt,
Melons, basket
0 03
• • •
Do., 'Each
Vegetables,-
3eans', email measure
Carrots, new, doz. .. ' .
Cern,Iaebth40. eno,e4w:a odho z..e n
Cucumbers bkt.
Cucumbeis, doz. ., o'ii
0 50 09
cauliflower, men 50
Celery, head 6 os
0 10
o igl 14
23
10
LggerkPilnaS,11t'baes.lcs e'l.lt 01) 15
Lettuce, head, bunch 1 09 50
0 05 10
Mushrooms, lb.
0 40 50
Onnloon,s6k7t5.-lb. sacks ......
00
050 60
Do., pickling ..... ... 0 50
50
110., green, bunch ...... ... 0 03
Parsley, bunch 05 10
Pumpkins, each
Potatoes, bag .... ..... . 2 500.i.0 25
60
Radishes, 3 bunches 10
Sage, bunch .. 10
Rhubarb, 3 for
.. .... 05
0 14 10
sS8 &a uivnaottsr cYhh, , • eachet elcl CI 30
Tomatoes, bkt, 0 39 .. ..._
0 la
25
50
Veg. marrow, each 0 0(3 10
81JOAR MARKET.
Wholesale prices to the retail trade. On
aCsan2aoduolaNs_
rirrefined,, Toronto delivery, are
Acadia granulated
" No. 2 YenOW , . "
" No. 1 yellow..
160-1b. bags 91) 779,
i I
9 10
Atla'n'tic Ngio,anulateYel°W.. ,.
11 999 2:93
9 29
9 79
St, I..., awrNeiTce 2 graYnclelal.:1
II 9 49
" No. 1 , yellow..
." No. 2 yellow.. ,,
" No. 1. yellow., ,, 9 49
9 29
1"' No. 119 yYeellio%‘:::
Redpath grII 0 04
anulated .... 9 19
" No. 1 yellow.. it
8 (14
" No. A yellow.. ''
8 '4
" No. 2 yellow.. "
8 44
Barrels -5e over bags.
Cases -20 5-1b. cartons, 60c, and 50 2-11).
cartons, 70e over bags. Gunnies, 5-20, 40e;
10 -10 -lb., Sec over baks.
MEATS WHOLESALE.
Beef, foruaqrters 16 00 17 00
Carcasses, choice ,...
Heavy
pithrloiniglid:uttelr\t.te.rs ... , 22 00 28(13
'Veal, common, ewt,
Do., common
Do., medium
. .. 25 Q0 27 00
15 00 17 00
13 00 15 OD
20 09 21, 00
20 03 2100
Mutton, cwt. 12 ,09 221 OD
Shop hogs 26
Lamb, Spring, lb. 26 00 28 00 2(5 00 ., 24 00
2 00
0 24 0 26
Abatteir hogs
OTHER MARKETS.
WINNIPEG GRAIN EXCHANGE
Fluctuations on the Winnipeg Grain Ex-
change yesterday were as follows: --
Open, High. Low. Close.
• •
3,1
311
40
43
113
1.;;i
60 1
59
75
•
75
20
00 I
10 I
fd,
20 .
133
10
23
Oats—
Oct. ... 0 851.4% 0 si 0 88%
Dec. .... x0 7.011, 0 7091 0 7811
Flax—
Oct. ,... 3 78 378 374
Nov, ...... 3 62 162 358
Dec. 3 53% 3 53% 3 50
xTo 79c sold..
MINNEAPOLIS GRAINS.
0 83%
0 79%
3 76
3 69
3 51
Minneapolis—Flour not quoted. Corn,
61.33 to 01.37. Oats, 661/4 to 671/2c Flax, 53.80.
DULUTII LINSEED.
Duluth—Linseed, 83.82.
C EMS AND
ANTiald BOMBS
Hundreds of Thera Failed to
Stop Machines.
Five Men. Captured a Hun-
- dred Foes.
(13y J. F. Livesay, Canadian Press
Correspondent.
With. the Canadian Forces cable:
—(Delayed,) — Canadian engineers
have unearthea in the neighborhood
of Gambrei no fewer than 255 anti-
tauk land mines. Most of them were
found on the canal bank south of
Marylon and temporarily crippled.
The engineers at once set to work
exploding these hidden mines by
charges of guncotton.
The device is ingenious, various ex-
pedients being resorted to in order
to conceal the simple apparatus,
such no innocent pieces of lumber
left lying in the roaaway, which -set
off the detonator. During yester-
day's battle three Beche fighting
planes wore brought down within our
lines, two by our owu craft and one
by our machine gunners..
I3lecourt is still a debatable point,
both our own and one:ny posts et-
ing repartee in poseassion te•em time
to time. The village' has had the
fate to be the crux of bitter fighting
evor since we drove the Doche out
or 13otu•lon Wood. It is not on very
high. ground, being indeed, over-
topped by neighborim.4 spars, !itt 11
is street; in defence, with eiaborate
dugout systems. Time, last Sunday
morning, when our men went forward
under cover of a barrage, it fell to
the lot of the Britise Columbia Hight
land Battalion to storm Sancourt,
front which they took more prisouers
than their total :strength. They then
pushea on towarde Blecourt. As they
went forward the onemy concentrated
1118 nagine guns on the. devoted little
rin
Little groups took up de-
fensive positions wherever opportma
itY served, coneeting and sending
back prisonere ae they went.
A lieutenant ana four men actually
entered illecourt, vtitere over • 100
Bodice iturrendercil. These they
marched out in columns of four and
the prisonerwere astounded to tend
that there 'were no further support.
E.11 four men wore wounded, bat tney
brought in their captives. "Tins h
the first time we have had to chuck
anything we ha,vo got hohl of," they
remarked, referring to IllecoUrt, "and
We don't like it"
Thie battalion bet heavily, because
nuiny or its men were inexpeeienced
el the tactics of retreat. They -died
it their post evert when aurronudod.
The naiie kind of thing wee repeated
on a large .ecale both on Watley and
yesterday. Once our men get their
oterelitninitIoutan tllifilye wart ,,IirInsaotiovn-
a
of vieVentlering •does not event 10
en:er into their head's. Wonderful
stuff that they are, it Is the iptulitY
that stenunea the torrent of enemy
counter-attacks yesterd-ay.
Wellington klutnel
Fire be. Co,.
10otsbilalo4 1144.
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t4kalk On 241 04.000 Of 14101$241
2144s pmeputt .aw..444
not, ikeietealte
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Doctor of Dental Surgery of the Pella.
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Closed ever?, Wednesday Atterneon.
Office In Macdonald Block.
W. R. fiambiby
RAO., M.D. C,M.
18poolal attention paid to diseases
of WOnten and Cealdrexi, haring
taken postgraduate work in Bur.
gam Bacteriology and Eleientine
Medicine.
Mot in the Kerr readout., be-
tween the Queen's Hotel sad the
Baptist Church.
All, *wines; Oran oarctul attention.
Pima. 2,11 P. O. Box U$
Dr. Robt. C. Redmond
m.r..c.a. (Eng.)
L.R.C.F, (Land.)
PHYSICIAN ANIS SURGEON.
(Dr. Chloholm's old stand).
DR. R. 1 Si RIAU
Graduate of University of Tomato, •
Faculty of Medicine: Licentiate of fhe
Ontarth College of Physicians and
Surgeons.
OFFICIO ENTRANCE:
SECOND DOOR NORTH OF
ZURBRIGG'S PHOTO STUDIO,
JOSEPHINE ST, PHONE 29
• •
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN
DX F. A. PARKP.R.
Osteopathy bufldsc, 'lilts/lip and
strength. Adjusitnitit *Me spine and
ether times is gently seouredfr there*
by. Minoring the predisposing caused
pt disease.
Tdood pressure and other teri11201211P
Mess made. Trusses sciantiLteally fit*
ted.
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Othmi days by appointment,
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plysieiane, Rate e for patients (whk'h
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$15.00 per week, according to location
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Superintendent,
Bee 223, Winghami On%
Town and Perm properties. Call and
see my list and get my prices. I Neve
some 4)m -silent value*.
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,Pio 134.
WINDHAM.
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TEUTON PEAOE MOVE.
Austria Appeals to Holland
to Call Conference.
in tabu' cable; Rustle:alien-
gary hen requested Holland ta invite
the belligerents to take part in Peace
aegotiatioes, pees the Vienna, corres-
pondent e tin Beriln Tageblatt. The
corm:pendent adds tbat Ilalland al-
rettey has sent out the invitaticns. A
delegation of Hungarian stateemen,
healed' bv Premier Wekerle, has ar-
levee at 'Vicente in connection with a
new peace move, according to the
Cologne -Gazette.
I
LENS IN RUINS,
Coal Mines Flooded and
Badly Dam.aged.
•
A Parli cable: The. lemmas Mayor
of Lens', hi. BasIy, meet the liberated
city is IA ruins, One the, coat mines
floodea and otherwise damaged. To
reclaim the mines will require e.1.1 en-
IrmettS amount of week.
The Government. has made a lo.an
of over 2,000,000 francs to Lens to
(ewer the first expenses, such as the
buying of tools and other implements.
Several of the mine owners deelare
that all efforts will be put forwaied to
get the 11111108 on a working basis as
:soya as pessible.
'etre. Clo9efieta-011, Georgie tab
baby bee swallowed ono el' your eollitr
lantana efr. (Usenet great .5t.ott!
Marla. 1 wish you would be more tare.
ful with that eltlld, Do you know what
collar bettena con tioW?
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