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4- t-v % % RUSSIANS MAKE BIG STRIDES ST iN DIRECTION OF ERZINGAN Capture of Guzuskaneh From Turks Meatus an Advance by the Grand Duke's Troops of Forty Miles in Five Days. w " - - - â-  vanced to Guzuskaneh, a distance of nearly 40 miles. Further successes in the Caucasus are reported in the official statement from Petrograd, which follows: "In the region of Djwizlyk we made further progress, taking prisoner an bizond, the Black Sea port. The town I officer and CO Turks. Between Trebi- haa abojt 3,000 inhabitants, and is zond and Erzingan, after a fight, we built on both sides of a ravine. It is \ took the town of Guzuskaneh. In the noted for its fruit production. The â-  region north-west of the town of Kial- capturo of Guzuskaneh indicates that ; kitscheytli we made prisoner 30 Turk- the R'^.isians are pressing forward ish officers and 400 men, and captur- A despatch from London says: Guzuskaneh has fallen before the ad- vancinff right wing of the Russian army of the Caucasus, Petrograd an- nounced officially on Friday. The place lies 4.5 miles south-w^cst of Tre- rapidly toward their objective at Ed- zingan. Since the capture of Baiburt on July 16 the Czar's troops have ad- ed important convoys. We repulsed an enemy offensive in the region east of Rivandouza (region of Mosul)." MMITIONS SUPPLY MEMS EVERHBING New Minister Receives Urgent Message From Gen. Haig. WOOD WAS FUIL GF GERMN DEAD Not Tliirty Left Alive When the British Secured Possession. ^ despatch from London says A despatch from British Headquar- Edwin Samuel Montagu, the new ters in France, via London, says :â€" | Munitions Minister, had the following Troops on the left of the recent j letter from General Sir Douglas Haig great British advance attacked the ' read at the conference of representa- German line which ran in fronb of ' tives of trades unions on Wednesday: Bazcntin-le-Petit wood, and was pro- ! "At this moment we are engaged tected by double lines of wire. Bri- ' '" ^^^ greatest battle the British army tish guns, however, had accounted for , «^'<^r fought. I feel confident if the the wire, and before the Germans re- 1 '^'°l^^^\ 'â- â€¢Â°"1'1 ^^^ V^""^ comraues alized it the British fire was lifted ' fighting here, both night and day, from their front line and British j ^''thjieroism beyond all praise, they troops were pouring over the remn- 1''-""'^ "<',t hesitate to surrender their ants of the battered parapets on top 1 1^.?,'^^^'* f^^^^* holiday. BRITISH ARE BEYOND THE GLPJAN Ttim UNE Attacking on Front of Eight Miles, They Carr'ed German Outer Works for a Stretc h of Five Miles. I tsi â- rs:srr^ London, July 23. â€" The British, in- cluding Australian troops, hy a mid- night ijhrust on a front uf eight miles between Thiepval and Guillcmont, car- ried the German outer works for a stretch of five miles, penetrated irto Pozieres, and, wheeling around taj village, have driven a wedge tile Eapajme highroad between Poz; eres ari)l Bapaume. Tht German defence line between Pozieres and Guillemont bore the brunt of the attack, and it wa â-  here to say what the next movements will be. In cne place to the right of Pozi- eres the artillery failed to completely level t'he wire ent;'.nglement3 erected by the Germans, and the English troops attacking on that front were subjected to a f jrioas machine-gTin fire which cost fhem heavily. De- acroos spite this, they succeeded in penetrat- ing into Guillemont. an»l nov hold sections of the outskirbs. In addi- tion, the British for a time renamed complete control of Longueval, where there has been h.;avy fighting for the last week. I that the Bnt^:sh registereii their lai-g- last week. Later, the official report est gains. More important than the states, they were forced to cede seizura of terrain, however, is *he fact ground in the no.n-hem part of the that General Haig has forestalled the village beiore a strong German coun- German's counter-stroke which was in ter-attack. proce-ss of preparutio.i, and for which The gain at Pozieres puts the Enp- large Teuton reinforcements hud been lish troops beyond the German third gathered behind the front line. They are wiifcn fm miles of Th« initiative is still firmly in the the heights of Martinpuich. crest of hands of the British, a.id it is theirs the plateau. Markets of tlie Worid WHEN BIG GUNS HAVE DONE THEIR WORK. German defpnces leveiled by sh fll fire In prepanitlon for an IntantrJ M»au;t. Naturally nothing could stand up under such an avalanche o( fire.â€" « < London Mirror photo.) Breadstuffs. to 16c; do., easterns, XhVt to 15 9t. Butter, choicest creamery, 29'i4c; sec- onds, 28^*c. Eggs, fresh, 35c; select- ed, 32c; N'o. 1 stock, 2yc; No. 2 stock, 20 to 27c. GEPJ14N ASSAULTS ROUMANIA READY FAINTER AT VLIDUNi of them. Two waves went ahead, and as soon as they had swept the front line clear two other followwi. The right of the attacking force got through this part of the programme with comparatively few losses. But the troops on the left ^suffered more severely, having been raked bv ma- chine-gun fire. A two-days' cessation of work in the munition factories must have a most serious effect on our operations. It might even mean an addition of i many months to the war. The army in ; Teutons Find Increased DiflBcul- ty in Concentrating at •\ny One Point. A despatch from Paris says: Con- France looks to the munitions work- ers to enable it to complete its task, trary to e.xpectations, the Germans and I feel sure that this appeal will have made no attempt to follow up not be in vain. Let the whole British the smashing blow delivered against nation forego any idea of a general the northern Verdun defences a week Behmd he German front line ran a holiday until our goal is reached. A ago. The French counter-attacks, ac- great wood, itself spanned by three speedy and decisive victory will then cording to the official accounts, are have reached and passed the Rou successive lines of trenches, each wit* be ours " gradually winning back the ground 1"*."'^^] borderâ€" and the impending al- Toronto, July C.5. â€" Manitoba wheat â€"No. 1 Northern, $1.22%; No. 2 do., $1.20»s; .N'o. 3, do., $1,174, on track. Bay ports. Manitoba oats â€" N'o. 2 C.W., 49Hc; No. 3 do., -ISH; e.xtra No. 1 feed, TOU^! D All lEQ •'8'^'^; ^'°- 1 feed. 484c; No. 2 do., niiLl ilLLlLlJ â- 174 c, on track, Bay ports. American corn â€" No. 3 yellow, 89c, on track, Toronto. i Ontario oats â€" No. 2 white, 47 to 48c, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat â€" No. 1 commercial, 98c to $1; No. 2, do., 95 to U7c; No. 3,; do., 89 to 91c; feed, 87 to 88c, nom- inal, according to freights outside. Peas â€" No. 2 nominal, $1.75 to Winnipeg Grain. Winnipeg, July 25. â€" Cash quota- tions: â€" Wheat â€" No. 1 Northern, $1,154; No. 2 Northern, $1,134; No. 3 Northern, $1.10-*; .\o. 4, $1.05; No. 5, 99c. Oatsâ€" No. 2 C.W., 414c; No. 3, C.W., 43c; extra No. 1 feed. ♦ OJ/ •ic; It is Said She WiD Enter the War in the Very Near Future. No. 1 feed, 42?ic; No. 2 feed, 41»-4C. Barleyâ€" No. 4, 714c; re- jected, 644c; feed, 64 4c. Flax â€" No. 1 N.W.C., $1,694; No. 2 C.W., $1.66H. A despatch from London says: Roumania will cast her lot with the allies in the very near future. That is the belif in London. The plight of Austria, the continued successes of the Russian armies â€" successes that United States Markets. Minneapolis, July 25. Wheat â€" $1.85; accordi.ig to sample, $1.25 to July, $1.15s»; September, $1.15i»; *â-  " " • - • • â- â€¢ x;o ^ hard, $1.22^; No. 1 Northern, $1.50, according to freights outside, Barley â€" Malting barley, nominal, 65 to 66c; feed barley, 60 to 62c, ac- cording to freights outside. Buckwheat â€" Nominal, 70 to 71c, ac- cording to freights outside. Manitoba flour â€" First patents, in wire protection. These were taken Mr Montaeu Dointed out how vital gained by the Germans at heavy cost |'ed offensive from Saloniki will lead, jute bags, $6 00; second patents, f. .u-_: :_.._.._,.-- uir. jrioncagu poincea oui, now viwi. 6 /:.:,__ . ,.,: / „„.! it is PYnp^torl tn ♦>,-.,â- ..„„.,,»., „f .i»- mte baffs. $6: stronst bakers', in of one after another in a series of rushes, was the question which had induced in the the men going as fast as they could in General Haig to write such a letter the dim ligh* of early morning in the midst of his overwhelming re- through a wood dense and chocked sponsibilities. The confreres unani- with fallen timber, and so full o* mously decided to send a reply to huge shell-holes that it was all General Haig, assuring him that there climbing, jumping, scrambling and would be no relaxation in their efforts, crawling. Whatever their method of and that all holidays would be post- going, they got there. They wai' ihI poned until military exigencies per- in one trench while the g-jns beVind mitted of their being taken, concentrated their fire en the ne^t The decision was hearty and en- line. I thusiastic, and the conference ended than 18 days in preparation for Then they staggareti forward as with the singing of the National An- attack of July 12. soon as the guns had lifted and while them, "an incident," says The « the artillery went to the next Then Chronicle, "probably unknown at a Labor conference any time within the last thirty or forty years. Thiaumont and it is expected, to the important de- J"te hap. $6; strong bakers', in jute Fleury. This inac"tivity"onThe'part of c's'on. Information frot^ Bucharest ^^^•J^J*'i' j?'"°,",^?: -♦- I GERMANY TO LET LOOSE ! AIRSHIPS AND SUBMARINES the process was repeated. With alternate waits and rushes it took three hours to get through Um wood. It was full of German dead and liv- ing, and at the upper end machine guns were posted which searched the open spaces between the wrecks of trees as the British troops came on] ^ despatch from Berne, Switzer- But nothing stopped them. By soo*| ,^nj t^ xhe London Daily News says after 7 o clock they had cleared the : ^^34 Count Zeppelin, in a speech to top of the wood and taken 300 pris- the workmen at Friederichshafen. oners. ' The wood itself and the Germans taken there say they ^^'nd regarding the use of airshios believe of all the troops who were in : ^^ submarines.. Be patient ViUl the wood, not thirty men escaped a- ' ^y^^^ ^.jn g^on be struck.' live. the Crown Prince is interpreted by French military opinion as evidence that the Germans are finding increas- ing difficulty in concentrating troops at any one point on the front. The French officers say that each fresh as- sault on Verdun is requiring longer and larger time to prepare. They claim that the Germans took no less the LIQUOR CONSUMPTION IN CANADA DROPS. forecasts developments at moment Ontario flour â€" Winter, according to $1.11'« to $1,174: No. 2 Northern, $1.12'* to $1,16 4. Cornâ€" No. 3 yel- low, 824 to 83 4c. Oats â€" No. 3 white, 28 to 384. Flour unchanged; ship- ments, 79,244 bbls. Bran, $17.50 to $18. Duluth, July 25. â€" Wheat â€" On track. No. 1 hard, $1,184; No. 1 Nor- thern, $1,164 to $1,174; No. 2 Northern, $1.11\ to $1.12\; No. 1 °'™°"'°', sample, $4.05 to $4.15, in bags, track. Northern, to arrive, $1 . 16»i ; No. 3 FOREC.VSTS BIG CROPS IN CAN.VDIAN WEST. A despatch from Duluth, says: Bumper crops for the Canadian North-west were predicted by Sir William Mackenzie, of Toronto, presi- dent of the Canadian Northern Rail- Toronto, prompt shipment; $4.15 bulk, seabord, prompt shipment. Millfeed â€" Car lots, delivered Mont- real freights, bags included â€" Bran, per ton, $19; shorts, per ton, $22; mid- w- ' dlings, per ton, $24; good feed flour, Minn., p^j. ^^g^ jj g5 ^ $1.70. Country Produce. Northern, on track, $1 00*i to $1.0914. Linseedâ€" On track, $1,924 to $1.93; to arrive, $1,924; July, $1.92 bid; December. $1,92 4 asked; October, $1,90 4 asked; November, $1.90 bid; December, $1.89 asked. A despatch from Ottawa says The consumption of alcoholic liquors the crops, In Canada dropped from .872 per cap- way, who was here on Wednesday on ^.^^f-^^.'/^^^/to^' |^--',,f^ery his way to Chicago. He said the wheat -rj^ts, 29 to 31c; inferior, 28 to 29c. yield alone this year would be 300,- Eggsâ€" New-laid, 29 to 30c; do., in 000.000 bushels, and he did not think carton.s, 31 to 33c. much Beans â€" $4.50 to $5, the latter for the farmers would experience difficulty in securing help to harvest hand-picked. Cheese â€" New. large, â€"^^ i 174c; triplets, 174c. 17e; twins. Ita to .745 per capita in the fiscal year CANAD.VS ENLISTMENTS just ended, according to returns is- NOW TOT.\L 350,635. sued on Thursday by the Inland Rev- enue Department. The consumption Ontario Leads with 145,195, as Corn- was about three-quarters of a gallon, pared With Quebec's 36,S90. per capita for spirits, for beer nearly I a despatch from Ottawa says: . , , ^ , . _. five gallons, and for wine .0625 gallon. Total enlistments in Canada up to full of de.d !"'*"' =~"J*^''^^''"l"*'^'/°''^"'"- J T>>« consumption of tobacco also July 15 number 350,655, Ontario lead .«r» c.„f"^ .^*'^." ^^^.f*''^".^'^ ^'^''â- '?"*.'*5r^^ shows a falling off of from 3.421 pounds to 3.329 pounds per head. Maple syrup â€" Prices are steady at $1.40 to $1.50 per Imperial gallon. Dressed poultry â€" Chickens, 25 to 27c; fowl, "23 to 25c. Potatoes â€" New Brunswicks quoted at $:' per bag; Western, $1.85. Provisions. TERRIBLE COMBATS IN THE AIR BEHIND THE GERMAN UNES THOUSANDS TO GO OVERSE.\S. British Aviators Bring Down Five Hostile Machines- Lasted Nearly an Hour. A despatch from London says: The \ German lines. Our patrol encounter- British airmen brought down five ! ed eleven German machines, with the „ ,^ . .„ 1.^ ,.v 'result that three enemy aircraft were German craft in fights over the en- ^^^^ j^^^^_ ^^^ .^ ^^^^^ ^^_ emy lines Thursday. Referring to ^^y^^^ encounter between four of our these operations, Sir Douglas Haig's machines and six of the enemy's last- i9Bort reads: led 45 minutes. .\ Fokker was then "Taking advantage of the fine shot down, and another badly damage weather the flying corps continued its ed by our fire. The remaining four bombing operations against points of broke off from the fight military importance with successful ; "During many other combats in the results. The hostile aircraft were in- ' air a fifth aeroplane was forced to the active until evening, when there was ground. Our total losses for the day a good deal of fighting behind the were one machine." Authorities Anounce Important Move- ment of Troops. A despatch from Ottawa says : â€" Ten thousand soldiers, principally I from Camp Borden, are to proceed overssas soon, it was anounced at â- One Battle *he Militia Department on Thursday I morning. The necessary arrange- ments have been completed to secure I ships. The units going include seven ' battalions from Camp Borden and three from Niagara. No chaplains. ing with 145.195. From the Toronto division alone there are 79,715. Que- bec has g:iven 36,890 men, of whom 30,186 were from the Montreal dis- plain, 26 to 27c; boneless backs, trict. From the Maritime Provinces to 30c the number is 31,633, and from Mani- toba to the coast 136,939. « SCORES OF BODIES OFF THE NORWEGIAN CO.\ST. per do.. Bacon, long clear, 18 to lS4c lb. Hams â€" Medium, 24 to 2oc; heavy. 204 to 21c; rolls, 19 to 194c; breakfast bacon, 25 to 27o; backs, â-  - -9 Victims of Jutland Battle Floating Amid Wreckage in North Sea. A despatch from New York says: Scores of bodies of both English and German sailors, equipped with life preservers and floating in a mass of Lard â€" Pure lard, tierces, le^i to 17c, and pails, 17 4 to 174c; com- pound, 14 to 144 c. v/reckage from the big Jutland naval junior Majors, assistant .\djutants or battle, were encountered off the coast â- ignalling officers will be included in of Norway on July 2 by the steamer Lyngenfjord, which arrived here from Bergen on Wednesday. .A. fleet of thA ten thousand to go oversea.<( » nALY ADOPTS REPRISAI5 AGAINST GERMAN SUBJECTS LATEST ZEPPELINS ARE MONSTER AIRSHIPS. A Copenhagen despatch to the London Daily Telegraph describes the new and very powerful Zeppelins which, it says, are housed at the air- ship and aeroplane station in Darm- stadt, the most important in Germany. The new Zeppelins, the despatch says, are 820 feet long, with a gas capacity small vessels sent out by the Norweg- ian Government were collecting th« dead. i STEAMERS RELE.VSED FOR .VFLANTIC TRADE. Northland, Southland and Canada i Back Into Service. .â- V. despatch from Montreal says: Tho British Admiralty has released Montreal Markets. Montreal, July 25.â€" Corn, .\merican No. 2 yellow, 91 to 92c. Oats, Cana- dian western. No. 2, 53 to 534c; do.. No. 3, 52 to 524c; extra No. 1 feed, 524 to 53c; No. 2 local white, 53c; No. 3 do., 52c; No. 4 do., 51c. Flour, Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts, $6.60; seconds, $6.40; strong bakers'j $5.90; Winnipeg patents, choice, $6 to $6.25; straight rollers, $5.10 to $5.30; do., bags, $4.80 to $5. Rolled oats, barrels, $1.05 to $5.45; do., bags, 90 lbs., $2.40 to $2.60. Bran, $20 to $21. Shorts, $23 to $24. Mid- dlings. $26 to $27. Mouillie, $31 to $32. Hay. No. 2, per ton, car lots, $18.50. Cheese, finest westerns, 15\ Live Stock Markets. Toronto, July 25. â€" Choice heavy I steers, $8.26 to $8.50; good heavy steers, $S to $8.25; butchers' cattle, choice. $7.80 to $8; do., medium, $7.50 to $7.75; do., common, $6.35 to $6.75; butchers' bulls, choice, $7.25 to $7.75; do., good bulls, $6.75 to $7; do., rough bulls, $4.5p to $5; butchers' cows, choice, $7 . 10 to $7.35; do., good, $6.75 to $7; do., medium, $6 to $6. '25; stockers. 700 to 860 lbs., $6 . 25 to $6.75; choice feeders, de- horned, $6.40 to $7.25; canners and cutters, $3.75 to $4.75; milkers, choice each. $70 to $80; do., common and medium, each, $40 to $60; Springers, I $50 to $90; light ewes. $7.60 to $8.25; sheep, heavy, $4.50 to $5.35; Spring 'lambs, per fb., 134c to 144c; calves, good to choice, $9.50 to $12; do., medium, $7.25 to $8.50; hogs, fed and watered, $11 30 to $11.40: do., weigh- ed off cars. $11.65 to $11.80; do., f.o.b., $11.80. Montreal, July 25. â€" Export cattle, choice, $9 to $9.25; do., medium, $7.75 to $8.75; butchers' cattle, choice, $7.25 to $8.25; do., medium, $5.25 to $6.25; canners. $4.50 to $5; butchers' cattle, choij« cows, $6 to $7; do., medium, $5.50 to $5.75; do., bulls, $6.50 to $7. Hogs â€" Fed and watered, $11.7 5 to $12.25; do., f.o.b., $10.50 to $11.50. U-BOAT POST.VL SERVICE BERLIN TO AMERICA. A Geneva despatch to the Exchange Telegram, London, says that the Munich Nachrichten publishes a Ber- lin despau-h saying that the postal authorities are compiling regulations and scales of charg:«3 for a submarine postal service between Germany and the United States. Declaration of War by the Kaiser's Government Expected to be The Outcome. Austrian sub- A despatch from Rome says : â€" A royal decree was submitted to the Chamber of Deputies on Thursday containing reprisal measures against German subjects. The decree \va8 the result of the strained relations be- tween Italv and Germany. The de- adopted against the jects. The first part of the decree prohi- bits every transfer of property. The second prohibits a recourse to law courts. The third authorizes the Gov- ernment to adopt against the alien enemies of Italy and her allies addi- of 190,675 cubic feet, mount not only three of the White Star-Dominion machine guns, but light pieces of ar- tillery, have four armor-plated gang- ways connecting their cars, engines of 4,000 horse-power, and can make 57 miles an hour and rise to more than 13,000 feet. 9. GER.MAN MINE LAYER DECISIVE BATTLE NOW RAGING, EVERYTHING IS IN THE BALANCE Line steamers which were formerly in the Canadian trade â€" the Northland, Southland and Canadaâ€" which have been engaged in the Government ser- vice between Great Britain and the German Correspondents Realize That the Fate of the Central Powers Rests on Outcome of Present Offensive. Berlin, July 23.â€" Max Osborn in a the three ships was received here on Friday. Mediterranean. News of the release of ; despatch to the Vossischs Zeitu ng from western headquarters says: "We are shaken by burning pain as new streams of German blood are flowing, and we recognize our power- lessness over what cannot be changed. ",\fter two yeai-s of war the Angel Destruction is passing through WILL BE E.XHIBITEDSIR VICTOR HORSLEY I DIES IN MESOrOTAML\. j A despatch from London says: â€" â€"â€" I The first official announcement that; A despatch from London says: Sir j Great Britian had captured a German Victor Horsley, a noted surgeon, died | ^} mine-laying submarine of the U-3S from a heat stro'te in Mesopotamia on cree, which was prepared by Baron ! Monal reprisal measures Sonnino and Signors Sacchi and Rain- •ri, extends to the alien eneroie.<i of Italy anil her allies every npieasure Relations between Germany Italy will now depend upon Germany views the decrcs. class, was made in the House of Com- ', Sunday. He was born in 1857, and mons on Thursday by Thomas James ; was created a Knight in 1902. He was I MacNamara, Fi.iancial Secretary of emeritus professor of clinical sur- and I Admiralty, who sail that one of these gery and consulting surgeon at the how vessels would be brought to London [ University College Hospital since I to be viewed by the public. [ 1906. fury and mercilessness as if the death c~Bnce of battles had only just begrun. "Whilst aur enemies suffer fearful losses, we do not blind our eyes to the new mourning come to us. nor over the seriousness of the fate of this de- cisive battle raging on all f rontSs Wo should be unworthy the stupendous task we have to fulfil and the almost incomprehensible sacrifices our heroe.^ make if we were not able to under- stand the whole fury and burden of these weeks. "We feel the raging storm of the united power of the enemy. It is now a question of everything for tho life or detith of our nation. We stand differently now from what we did in August, 1914. Une.xampled dfeeds of fate lie between. But still the con- cluding point has tw be reached and everything is in the balance of death or life."