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T*^ 111 M CANADIANS MAKE LIVELY RAID ON LENS-ONTARIO TROOPS ENGAGED Penetrate Foe's Positions on a Front of Over 2,000 Yards â€" Ger- man Dugouts fjonibcd and Occupants Killed. Markets of the WorldNEW ONTARIO HAY BRITISH AND FRENCH MAKE CROP HEAVY , MORE GAINS IN FLANDERS Breadstnlla A despatch from Canadian Army Headquarters says: Under the protec- tion of a heavy barrage shortly after four o'clock Thursday morning raid- ing parties on a front of over two thousand yards penetrated the en- emy's positions in the Cite du Moulin and St. Laurent sectors, returning with several prisoners. The raiders on a large part of the front attacked passed over the en- emy's first line and support trenches, which were found to be lightly held and in bad condition. A number of the enemy subter- ranean shelters were demolished, but nothing is known as to the fate of their occupants. Our men returned to their own trenches with manifest reluctance. Some of them said there would have been no difficulty in pushing forward into the streets of Lens. The troops engaged were from On- ; tario. Their casualties were slight. ] At some points the trenches were found to have been pounded out of ' all resemblance to defensive positions. i Many dugouts were also seen that had j been blown in by our heavy guns. One exploring party had land mines exploded in front of them near a crater which was the ^cene of lively fighting earlier in the week. Unde- 1 terred by these explosions, they push- I ed on and encountered an enemy pa- trol of thirteen men, "who took shel- ter in a dugout. Only two answered : the call to surrender, and the re- mainder were killed in the destruc- 1 tion of the dugout. RUSSIANS CHECK ENEMY ADVANCE In fialicia and Bukowina the Austro-CJerman Forces Are Heing Held Hack. A despatch from London says: Ap- parently the Russians have checked greatly the Anstro-Gernian advance in Galicia and Hukowina, as no notable advances have been made by the Teu- tons since the Russian line stiffened. To the south in Moldavia the Russians and Rumanians are attempting to re- occupy the positions north of Fok- shani, lost to Field Marshal von Mac- kensen'? men. They have attacked the .\ustro-Germans with strong forces, but Berlin says the effort fail- ed. The numl>er of prisoners taken by the Teutons in this region is re- ported to have reached 3,300. RK.STKICTIONS ON USE OF WHEAT AM) BEEF A despatch from Ottawa says: â€" De- finite regulations, to come into effect at once, for restricting the use of beef, bacon and white bread in public eating places, and for prohibiting the use of wheat in the distillation or manu- facture of alcohol have been promul- gated by order-in-("ouncil at the in-i stance of the Food Controller. The serving of beef and bacon is prohibit- ed cm Tuesdays and Fridays, and at I more than one meal on any other <lay. ! Substitutes, such as corn bread, oat- cake, potatoes, etc., must be provided at every meal at which white bread is served. Under the order the expres-, sion "bacon" includes cured (either pickled or smoke) sides, backs, hams and any portion of what is termed, in the trade, Wiltshire sides. -» PRISONERS EXI'OSKD DIRLNG AIR RAID. A despatch from Paris says: The French authorities learn that during the nights of July when French aero- planes bombarded Treves and Kssen, the Germans forced French and Kngj lish prisoneis, both officers and men, interned at Karlsruhe, to leave their quarters and remain in the open where they most probably would be hit in case Karlsruhe were raided. The men were compelled to remain in these places until all danger had passed. SENATE CARRIES CONSCRIPTION Nine .Vmendments Voted Down; Mea.sure Adopted Witttout Division. A de.spatch from Ottawa says: After nine amendments to the motion I for the third reading of the Military j Service Bill had been presented and | in turn been declared defeated, that measure was passed by the Senate without a division. Had it not been amended in certain respects in the Up- per Chamber, it would now be ready to receive the Governor-General's as- sent and so become law. As it is, however, the bill must be returned to the Commons, where the changes made by the Senators will be discuss- eil and concurred in. Only one of these amendments is of importance. It provides that no prosecution for any violation of the Act or the regula- tions shall take place without the consent of the Minister of Justice. This amendment, inserted at the in- ' stance of the Government itself, is ' regarded as a providing means for preventing hasty and ill-considered prosecutions. .NEW POISON USED IN GERMAN BOMBS. A despatch from Ilazebrouck, ,' France, .•iays: British medical officers i are trying to discover the nature of i the new poison used, it is believed for the first time, by the Germans on the P'rench town of Armcnticres, near the Belgian frontier. The poison bears a certain resem'.)lance to the gas which temporarily blinded a large number of British troops a fortnight ago but its effects arc infinitely more serious. Toronto. AuK. 14 â€" Muiilloba wheat â€" No. 1 .Northern, »2.40; No. 2 .N'ortliein. »a.38; No. 3 Northern, Ik!. 33: No. 4 white. $2.24. nominal, store Kort Wll- Uiim. Miiiilti.bii oataâ€" No. 2 C-W.. i9ic, track Itay ports. American corn â€" No 3 yellow, nominal, truck Toronto. Ontario oata â€" No official quotations. Ontario wheat â€" No. 2 Winter, per car lot, J2.5G to $2.60; .No. 3. $2.53 to $2.58, uocordlnK to freights out.ilde; new crop. No. 2, $2.35. noniinul. Peas â€" -No, 2. iioinlnal, according to frelKhts outslile. liui ley â€" .MiiltlnB. nominal. aceordlnK to frelRhts outside. Kyeâ€" .No. 2. nominal, aceordlnK to frclKhts outside. .Munltoha Hour â€" First patents. In jute hiiKS. $12 'JO: Beoonii patents. In Jute hiiKS, $12.40, hugs, $12.00. Ontario flour â€" Winter. acronllnB to sample. $11.20. In buKS. track Toronto, prompt shipment. .Millfctcl â€" Cur lots, delivered Montreal frelRhls. hMKS Inoludeil â€" liran, per ton, $36: sliiirts, per ton. $45; niidilllnKS. per ton. $36 to $4'i: good feed Hour, per baK. $3.25. Havâ€" Extra No. 2, per ton. $11.60 to $12.00; ini.\ed, per ton. $!» to $10. track Toronto. . , Strawâ€" Car lots, per ton. $8 00, track Toronto Conntry Frodace â€" Wl»ole»ale liutler â€" Creamery, solids, per lb.. 35 to 35Jc; prints, per lb.. 35i to 36c; dairy, per lb.. 2i» to 30c. KtfK.s â€" I'er doz.. 37 to 3So. Wholesalers are selllnK to the retail trade ut the following prices : â€" Cheese -.New. large. 22i to 23c: twins. 22S to 231c; triplets, 23 to 23Jc; old, large. 3«c; twins. 301c; triplets. 30 Jc. Mutter â€" Fresh dairy, choice, 35 to 36c: creamery prints. 3» to 40c; solids. 38 to 38Jc. Kggs â€" New laid. In cartons, 45 to 46c; out of cartons, 43c. Dressed poultry â€" Spring chickens, 25 to 3oc: fowj, 20c: squabs, per dor.. $4 to $4 60; turkeys, 25 to 30c: ducks, â- Spring. 20c. Live poultry â€" Spring chickens, lb.. 20 to 22c: hens. 16 to 18c; ducks. Spring, 17<-. Honey â€" Comb â€" Extra fine and heavy weJKht. per doz., $2.75; select, $2.50 to $2.75. .So. 2. $2 to $2.25. Hians â€" IMInie white. $9.50 per bush: Imported, hund-pliked. $10.50 per bush; l.lmas. per lb., IS to lyc. I'otatoes. on track â€" Ued .Star. new. bbl . $5.25; N<irtli Carollnas. new. bbl., $5 25; seconds $4.00; Ontario, bag, $3.00. Rain is Retarding Harvest Work â€"Root Crops Tiiriving. A despatch from New Liskeard says: Considerable rain has fallen within the past few days and is re- tarding work in the hay fields. The hay crop is perhaps the heaviest on record for this district, and for that reason considerable difficulty is being experienced in curing the cut. Farm- ers who have not been able to cut their hay, report that already it is Htrong bakers'. In Jute j beginning to fall and unless dry wea- ther sets in at onco a considerable portion of the crop will rot. The al- most torrential rains of Sunday last knocked down grain also to some ex- tent and the need of dry weather is fairly general. In contrast to the hay and grain, tomatoes, cabbages, cu- cumbers and all root crops are thriv- ing as never before in Northern On- tario. Labor on the farms is still very scarce, but relief is anticipated with- in the next ten days in that by that time Clotting and peeling of pulp wood will to a large extent be discontinued, due to the fact that bark on the pulp timber, which up until the present time has been comparatively loose, will tighten almost any day now. At some of the small lumber mills throughout the country wages are be- ing increased to a point on a par with the mines. This is without precedent Infantry Attacks Captured German Positions East and South- East of Ypres â€" French Took Several Farms. A despatch from London says: â€" 1 Both the British and French armies i facing the Germans in Flanders have! again .struck hard blows at their; antagonists and been rewarded with | further gains in the line of Crown j Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria. Driving eastward from the sector of | Ypres in the early dawn of Friday Field Marshal Haig's men took f or j their own all the German first-line ! positions east of Hooge between Fre- ; zenberg and the Ypres-Menin road, in- , eluding the village of Westhoek, and' held them in their entirety. | The official communication issued i on Friday night by British headquar- ters announces that heavy casualties were inflicted on the enemy during fierce fighting for possession of ad- vantageous positions. Between 200 and 300 prisoners were taken. To the north near Bixschoote and Langemarch the French troops have captured several farms held by the Germans, and also have taken a num- ber of machine-guns from them. While these gains are characterized aa "slight," they nevertheless are anoth- er step forward eastward toward the Ostend-Lille railroad, toward which the British drive from Hooge also is pointed. YOUNG JUDGES AT 'BIG FAIR." in this country. FrovliionB â€" Wholesale Smoked meals â€" Hams, tnedluin. 30 to 3U-. do. heavy, 26 to 27c: cooked. 41 to 42o: rolls. 27 to 28c; breakfast bacon, 33 to 3)ic, backs, plain. 36 to 37c: bone- less. 3'J to 40c. Cureil meatsâ€" Long clear bacon. 26 to 26*c per lb: clear bellies, 25 to 26r. Lardâ€" I'ur.' lard, tierces. 25J to 2Cc; tubs, 25) to 26)c: palls. 26 to 26ic: com- pound, tierces. 2oio; tuba. 2ulc. palls, 2U- Montreal Markets Mnnlreal. Aug. 14- Oats â€" Canadian western, .No, 2. ^3 tb S4e; do.. No. 3, 82 to »3c; extra .No. 1 feed, 81 to 82c. Itar- ley â€" .Mailing. $1.26. Flour â€" Man. Spring wheal patents. firsts. $13: seconds. $125"; strong bakers'. $12.30: Winter iialents. choice. $13: straight rollers. 12.40 to $12.55: do. bags, $6.00 to $6.16. tolled oats â€" Harrels, $'j.uo to $».26; do., bags, '.to lbs.. $4 10 to $4.50. Ilrun. $35. Shorts, $40. .Middlings, $48 to $50. .Mouillle. $611 to $61. May â€" .No. 2. per ton, ear lols, $10 lo $H).5'J. Cheese â€" Finest Westerns. 21Jc. do., easterns. 21fc. »utler--Cholce creamery. 3;iJ to 40c; seconds. 38j to 3Dc. Eggs â€" Fresh, 49 lo 60c; selected. 46e; No. 1 stock, 42c. No, 2 stoik. 38 to 4«c. rolatoea â€" I'er bag. car lots. $1.IJ0 to $2.0U. ANOTHER .SUB.MARINE .SUNK BY AN UNAR.MED STEAMER A despatch from London says: â€" Another unarmed merchantman has sunk a submarine, but, because of the fate of Captain Charles Fryatt of the British steamer Brussels, who was executed in July, 1916, by the Ger- mans, for attempting to ram a sub- marine, the names of the captain and crew of the steamer and particulars concerning their achievements cannot be published. The captain and crew of the vessel, however, have been presented with $â- 2,500 by Sir William J. Tatem, chair- man of the Tatem Steam Navigation Co. for their deed. Wlunlgeg Oraln Winnli»-K. .\ug. 1 Norlhern. $2.40, .No 3. do . $2.34; $2,03. .No, 6. $1,7 special, $2 25, N< 1 1 Cas*: prices â€" No. .No. 2, do., $2.3>J; No. 4. $2.25; r, feed, $1.67; 5. do, $2.03; SCANDINAVIAN SHU'.S LOST DURING BIG WAR A despatch from Copenhagen, says: Nine hundred and thirty-three Scan- dinavian ships have been de.stroyed by torpedoes or mines since the be- ginning of the war, according to the Aftonblailet. Of this number Nor- way lost 600, Denmark, 187, and Sweden 140. The number of Scan- dinavian seamen lost in these disasters was about tJOO. DEVASTATED SOIL OF FRANCE TRANSFORMED BY WORK OF SOLDIERS do., $1.77. t)alsâ€" .No. I! C.W., 76c C.W.. 74c, extra No. 1 feed. 74c; feed, 70c; No. 2. 68c; truck. 701c leyâ€" .\o 3 C W., $1.22: No. 4 C W. reji.ted and feed. $1 12. Flax- N Wi:. $3.33: -No. 2 C. W.. $3.27|; C.W., $3 lOJ; track, $3 32J. No. G .No. 4 No. 6. No. 1 .No. 1 Itar- $1.18; No. 1 No. 3> United States Markets Miiineai>olls. .\ug 14 Wheat â€" .Sep- tember, $2 24; cash â€" .\o. 1 Northern, $2 115 t'l $3: No. 2, do.. $2 'JS to $3. Oats â€" .No' 3 White. 68 to 6!ic. Cornâ€" .No. 3 yellow. $2.24 lo $2.26. Uranâ€" $35 to $38. Dululb. Aug. 14--Wheat â€" .No. 1 Northern. $2 '.to, nominal: No. 2. do., $2 8.^>, nominal. Linseed- -$3 45; Sep- tember, October and November, $3.45. CANADIANS WITH FLYING SERVICES. A despatch from London says: The following figures concerning Cana- dians in the flying services were sup- plied on F'riday authoritatively by officers from the Canadians with the Flying Corps: Two hundred and ninety-nine Canadians granted com- missions. Officers of Canadian birth in the corps, itlij officers in Naval Air Service from Canada, under arrange- ment with Admiral Kingsmill, 346; of- ficers joined the naval service in Can- ada, and since transferred to the Fly- ing Corps, (it); granted commissions from the Canadian forces to Naval Air, 80. ^^ BIG MIDWAY FEATURE. Sensation at I'anama Pacific Exposi- tion lo be Seen at Toronto. Canadian Natioival Revives Competi- tion for Farmers and Farmers' Sons. Among the new departures at the Canadian National Exhibition this year are the judging competitions for young farmers and farmers' sons un- der 26 years of age. They will be held under the supervision of the On- tario Government, and a very large entry is expected from among the three thousand students now taking the Government short courses. Liberal prizes are offered to win- ners in live stock, poultry, grain, roots, fruits and vegetables. Some years ago judging competitions were held at Toronto, but the present ones are on a much more pretentious scale and under Government auspices should prove a great success. NO MORE MEDICAL MEN AVAILABLE IN BRITAIN JEWISH CORPS RAISED IN LONDON There Are Now 40,000 Jews in the British Army. A despatch from London says: Un- der a recent agreement between Rus- sia and Britain a Jewish corps is be- ing organized here. There are 20,000 I Jews of military age in London alone. i There are now 40,000 Jews in the Brit- ' ish army, 32.000 of whom are English Jews, and 8,000 from the Empire abroad. The leader of the new corps ' was commander of the Zion Corps, composed of Russian Jews recruited i in .Alexandria, whi'jh corps gave a I fine service at Gallipoli. Eight thou- I sand Jewish soldiers now in Britain I will probably form a stiffening corps. A despatch from London says: â€" The Earl of Derby, Secretary of State | fur War, was informed by the Central Medical War Committee ihat no more ' medical men are available for army commissions, without "seriously en- dang<iring the supply of doctors for the civil community." The commit- j tee's announcement was made after | a thorough canvass conducted by, it. Members of the committee express- ed the hope that the solution of the difficulty will be found in a supply of doctors from the United States, say- ing that they believe that thousands of ; medical men there are willing to come to Europe. The famous World-at-Home-Shows will provide the Midway attractions at I the Canadian National Exhibition, and the fund of amusement guaranteed is not only unique, but so arranged that no matter what one wishes to see or how diverse their tastes, they will find something worthy of patronage. "Cre- ation," the original spectacle exhibited $10 to $10.5o;_do.. good. $!t.50 to at the Panama Pacific Exposition, is to $8.ito, do., . jjj^g jjj jj^g head-liners. From impen- Areas Evacuated by the Germans Are Being Kapidly Restored â€" HeginninK Made in Ke-nuildinK of Towns. A despatch from London says: â€" The Times correspondent at French headiiuarters tells of the remarkable redemption of the soil of France, de- vaatatod and evacuated by the enemy. The work has been done mainly by the help of soldiers and is quickly effect- ing a remarkable transformation. He continue*: "The building of towns and vllliHges will not be such a com- paratively easy matter as the restora- tion of the countryside, and for the most part will have to wait till after the war. It will also be necessary to supplement with outside assistanca the substantial subsidies which will be provided by the State. In this direction a beginning has already been made. Noyon, for example, has been 'adopted' by the city of Washington, and Detroit â- wishes to enter the same relation.ship with the cruelly battered town of SoisHons, which continues to suffer at frequent intervals from bombs and shells." Iilve Stock Market! Toronto, Aug. 14 Kxtra choice heavy steer.", $11. '.10 to $12.35; iholce heavy steers, $10.50 to $11; butchers' cattle, chi>lc $9 75; do., medium, $8.40 common. $7 10 to $7.26; butch'-rs' bulls! i "'"^ "' """ ..cm.-....^.o. ..>.... ....hv.-" choic(-, $8.25 to $ft, do. good bulls. $7.60 etrable darkness and absolute tjulet to $7,76: do, medium bulls. $6.75 lo $7; ' ' do, rough bulls. $5 lo $6; butchers' cows, clir)lce. $8.25 lo $87.1; do., good, $7,40 to $7,76: do., medium. $6 60 to $676: stockers, $6.40 to $8.25: feeders, $7.75 to $8.76: canners and cutlers, $5 26 to $6; mllkerH. gorxl to chol. $100; do., com. and med springers, $80 to $120; light ewes, $8.50 0) $'.1,75, sheep, heavy. $« 00 lo $7.25; yearlings, $lii to $11. 5u, calves, good to choli'e, $13 to $15: spring lambs, $16.75 lo $17.25: hogs, fed an.l watered, $17: ilo., wtdghed off cars. $17.25; do,, fob., $15,75 to $16,00. Montreal, Aug. 14 â€" Choice steers. $11 to $1125: good. $10.50 to $10.75: lower grad.'S. $0 to $10; bulchiMS' cows. $6.28 to $8.25, hulls. $6.76 to $8.76; Ontario lambs. $1350 to $14. IJuebec, $12.5(1 lo $13; sheep, $7,75 lo $S,75: seli'Cted hogs. $17.26 to $17 50. rough hogs, $16.75 to $17. -♦- ENGLAND EXCLUSIVELY MARK FOR U-BOATS. A despatch from London says: A despatch to Router's Limited from Amsterdam says it is reported from a (Jcrman source that Germany intends shortly to concentrate her submarine activity exclusively against England. and solitude, the wonderful tale of the birth of the universe is told and un- folded day by day, each incident, as told in the first book of (Jenesis, being $4» lo^rio" fnithfully and artistically worked out ' and portrayed in every detail, even to the appearance of Adam and the crea- tion of Eve. j Venus, the most perfect woman in I the world, is another feature, and ; there are rides and pony shows, sub- ! marine girls aiul a host of living curi- ' osities. FOE DRIVEN BACK BY RUMANIANS A despatch from London says: â€" Russian and Rumanian troops repuls- ed enemy attacks in the Trotus Val- ley, and then launched vigorous coun- ter-attacks, which gained them pris- oners and captured machine guns, re- cording to an official statement issued on Friday by the Rumanian W%'»r Of- fice. CONDITIONS IN PALESTINE ARE WORST POSSIBLE. A despatch from New York says: Conditions in Syria and Palestine are declared to be the "worst possible" by a refugee who fled from there and by circuitous routes has just reached New York and reported to the Ameri- can Committee of Armenian and Syrian Relief. The committee's informant, whose name is withheUl, said there were 8,000 cases of typhus in Beirut when he left, owing mainly to a lack of medicine and scarcity of doctors. The poorer classes have been wiped out by starvation, he said. In Lebanon he saw many villages and towns with- 1 out a single inhabitant. GERMANS DEVAST.\TED BUILDINGS IN LENS. k despatch from Paris .says: Deputy Basly, mayor of Lens, whom the Ger- mans have released from internment, says : "The Germans will not fail to de- clare that the British artillery de- stroyed Lens, but I know that the enemy devastated the town. For ex- ample, they blew up the church, the theatre, the Banque de Paris, and the new Hotel dc Ville. There is nothing they did not carry away." He tells an interesting story of Gen. Klotz, whose army occupied Lens: "Gen. Klotz had a truly Ger- man soul," says the Deputy. "W'hen I objected that certain demands of his were opposed to The Hague Con- vention hf replied jeeringly, 'The Hague Convention is for us, not for you.' " ^1 . Among the latest sanitary appli- ances for public eating places is a spoon pressed from paper that can be thrown away after using. FOOD FOR SOLDIERS IS OFTEN WASTED. A despatch from London says: The W'ar Office drew attention to the wast- age of food from the despatch by rela- tions and friends of parcels containing foodstuffs to troops, more especially distant forces. More than one half of the parcels containing foodstuffs ar- rive quite unfit for consumption. Packages often are returned insuffi- ciently addressed or unknown, these constantly are found to contain articles such as eggs, butter, sausages in varying state of putrefaction. ARTILLERY DUEL IN FLANDERS AGAIN RAGING FffiRCELY Bombardment Calculated to Level German Defences and Prepare For Infantry Advance. A despatch from London says: The artillery duel in Flanders has again increased to the greatest intensity, reports the German general staff. The bombardment has been especially heavy on the Belgian coast and from Bixschoote to Ilollebckc. The Anglo-French guns of all cali- bres arc evidently entraged in level- ing the German defence positions, preparing the way for another thrust of the infantry. The only infantry engagement has taken place on the line between Ypres and Dixmude, with the French troops the aggressors in both in- stances. North-west of Bixschoote the French have enlarged further gains made on Wednesday. South- west of Bixschoote, in the region south of Langemarck, the French have made some progress into the German line. Except for several local raids by tho French, there has been no infan- try activity on the long line from St. Quentin to the Swiss border. The FrencB and German guns, however, are hammering the opposing Unas along the .Msne front, in Champagne and on both banks of the Mouse in the ; Verdun region. M?lxo 33o±xx^£i of t>li.e X>-u.£f3.