«, GEN. CADORNA ROUTS AUSTRIANS .... _ AND CAPTURES PLATEAU S8^»» Threw Fourteen Bridges Across the Isonzo River During Battle â€" Tulmino Line Threatened. A despatch from Washington says: ^ admitted on all hands that this offen- â€" The Italian Embassy's officia' ad- ; sive has vastly increased the power vices regarding the progress of the ' and influence of Italy in Entente war Italian offensive ag^ainst the Austriansi councils. indicate that the success of the forces | The official despatch received by the of Generals Cadorna and Capello, in 'Italian Embassy, describing the pro- capturing: the Bainsizza Plateau, is an'grcs.s of the offensive, and particular- important military gain that is threat- ! ly the battle of Bainsizza, was as fol- ening the entire group ol Tolmino cle-llov/s: â€" fences. The advices indicate that in j "The Bainsi7,za Plateau is GOO me- this offensive, the Italian Command- tres between the Isonzo and (^hiapo- er-in-chicf. General C'adorra, in his vano Valleys. The plateau measures efforts to baffle and confuse the Aus- 10 by 15 miles. It was attacked by trians, has not only routed their forces j the second Italian army, which cros- as the Italian.s have advanced, but left sed the Isonzo River, using fourteen the Austrians in greatest doubt as to i bridges during the battle. On the the Italian objective, whether Trieste western side of the plateau the Ital- or Laibach, or both these important ' ian troops overcome the first line of points. I the Austrian advance, and then, while Italian military experts here assert a part of the Italian army was fight- that, witk sufficient guns and muni- Ing on the second Austrian line, an- tions, the Italian feces under Cador- 1 other part was advancing around the na will win a complete victory over j north side to make a flank attack. The the Austrians on that front. The i re.<ult was the fall of the whole sys- Italian offensive has won the admira- tem of defense of the plateau and tion of military officers in Washing- quick withdrawal of the enemy, fol- ton, those of the foreign war missions 'â- . lowed by the Italian army, crossing as well as American officers, and it is 'the Chiapovano Valley. TEUTON LOSSES WERE ENORMOUS 26,653 CANADIANS ARE NOW IN HOSPITAL. A despatch from Ottawa says: Of the boys whom Canada has sent to the front 8,840 are now enrolled In the o -/kA /> „ :_ r\ D. .â€"„_:„_ i Canadian military hospitals for treat- 2,300 Corpses in One Kumanian . , i .• i- . ^,<^vv I.V. p V . v^ .V ..-. iment and re-education, accordmg to Village. jthe last report of the Military Hos- A despatch from Rumanian Head-!P't«'s Commission, dated August 15. quarters, Jassy, says: The great bat- ! P^ these 7,046 are in convalescent tie which lasted a fortnight on the homes and 1,115 are tuberculosis cases Bouth-wcstern and southern fronts in ' '" ^^^ sanitarlo provided by the Mill Moldavia was one of the most MarkeJs of the World BrcadstnffB i^Pt. i Majiltoba. wheat â€" Tn iimlniil: No. 1 NoitluMn. $2.37; Nu. 4 wheat. a (!.\V.. 83Je. In Toronto. S Htoro Kort Wlllinni. r Northern. $2.40; No. 2 1 No. 3 Northern. i2/i3h j $2.22. ! .Manltolia OHtuâ€" No. Ktoic Fort Wlllinni. AmerliHii corn â€" No. 3 yellow, nominal. Ontario wliniil â€" New crop. No, 2, 12.15 to »2.2(l. Ontario oats â€" No quotations. I'lfH.'J â€" N'liTilitnl. rniile.vâ€" WaltlnR. new. »1.20 to $1.22. H.ve â€" Nominal. Miinllrilui Hour â€" KIr.st pntentH. In Jul* liapK. $l?.liu; .second patentH. $12. 4U: striMiK hukers'. $12. Ontario flour -Winter, new. track. To- rriitii, luiinipt shipments. uccordliiR to sample. $10.20. .Mlllfe'id â€" Car lot.i. delivered Montreal frelRhts : Shorts, $43; bran. $36; mUl- (;ilnj,'.-j. $45 to $4U; (tood feed (lour, per hue. $3.25. liay â€" Track, Toronto, extra No. 2, $11.60 to $12: mixed. $» to $10, tStruH â€" Car lots, $7 to $7.50. RUMANIA'S BRILLIANT VICTORY HAS FEW EQUAI5 IN flISTi Heroic Figh^ of Fiftetn Days vSaved Jassy and All Moldaviasin Face of Much Superior Forces. san- guinary of the war. The troops in the first and second Rumanian armies have shown a warlike capacity that has excited the admiration of all the foreign officers who have seen them work, and many of the prisoners were astonished when they found they had been fighting against the Rumanians. The Germans attacked an(J continued to attack in compact masses as at the Battle of the Yser. It is stated that in one village where the Rumanians counter-attacked 2,500 German corpses were counted. tary Hospitals Commission for their treatment. The remaining 679 are chiefly in general hospitals. The in- crease in the total population of the various hospitals over last week only 29. King George. A recent photograph of His Ma- jesty when reviewing infantry regi- ments leaving for France. «• NONAGENARIAN HEADS A CREW OF BOYS. A despatch from an Atlantic port says: A British schooner, in command of a skipper 97 years old, and with a crew composed of youngsters under the military draft age, is on her way to this port. The skipper. Captain James Moore, of Parrsboro', N.S., re- tired from active sea service some is years ago, but because of the pressing demand for mariners, he recently noti Cotintry Froclnce â€" WboleBale Hulter â€" Creaniir.v. .solids, tier llj.. 39 to 3'.iJ<.-; prints, pr-r lb., 3'Jj to 40c: dalr.v. per lb., 33 to 34c. KkKh â€" I'er doz.. 3il to 40c. Wholesalers are scllInK to the retail trade at the following prices: â€" Cheese â€" .New, larce. 22i to 23c; twins, 22S to 23Jc: trIpWt.s, 23 to 23ic; old, large, 30c: twins, SUlc: triplets, 30Jc, Hutter â€" Fresh dairy, choice, 39 to 40c; crejimery prints, 43 to 44c: solids, 42 to 43? Errs â€" New laid, In cartons, 52 to 54c; out of cartons, 45 to 46c. Dressed poultry â€" SprInK chickens, 25 to 30c; fowl, 20c: siiuabs, per doz., 14 to $4,50; turkeys, 26 to 30c; ducks, SprInK, 22c. ' I.lve poultry â€" .SprlnK chickens, lb.. 20 to 22c; hens, 18 to 20c; ducks. Spring, 17c, Honey â€" Comb â€" ICxtra fine and heavy welg-ht, per doz.. 12.76; select. $2.50 to $2.76: No. 2, $2 to $2.25; tins, 2i'8 and 5's, 16c per lb; lo's, 14ic; 60'8, 13i to 14c Heans â€" No Canadian beans on market until last of October: Imported hand- picked. $8.50 per bush: Llnius, per lb., 16 to 16c. I'otatoes, on track â€" Ontario, bag. $2,15. ProTlilona â€" WbolJ^sala Smoked meats â€" Hams, medium, 30 to 31c; do., heavy, 26 to 27c; cooked, 41 to 42e: rolls, 27 to 2So: breakfast bacon, '36 to 40c; backs, plain. 37 to 3!ic; bone- I less, 4U t<i 42c. Cured meats â€" Long clear bacon, 27 to 27 jc lb.; clear bellies. 26i to 27c. Laril â€" Pure lard, tierces, 251 to 28c; tubs, 25) to 2Cic; palls, 26 to 26ic: compound, tierces. 2oi to 21c; tubs, 20) to 2lic; paTls, 21 to 21ic. Kontraal Markets Montreal, Sept. 4 â€" Oats, â- <'anadlan I Western, No. 2, 74 to 75c; do.7 No. 3, 73 I t'> 74c: extra No. 1 feed. 73 to 74c A despatch from London says : â€" I Details have been received by the | London Times from its correspondent on the Rumanian front of the magni- j flcent fight of the reconstructed Ru- j manian army against Gen. Mackensen, ! which saved Jassy, the capital, and all ; Moldavia. Foreign Minister Cam- bon, of France, declared that the vie- ; tory remiijded him in a measure of ' that of the Marne. Since August 19 until Thursday the Germans made no serious effort to resume the offensive, j Jhe story foJlows: j I "With the Rumanian Army on ; ! Maresechti Front, Aug 21. â€" The story | I of the past 15 days will remain golden i I letters in the history of this country, j ! The defence of the Maresechti front ' north of Focshani was the most glori- ous deed of arms ever accomplished by the Rumanian army. The heroic fght of these peasant soldiers, who had to face much superior German forces, has been unexcelled by either the Bel- gians or Serbians. The main objec- tive of the enemy had been to reach the bridge of Costestia, across the River Sereth, The intention of the enemy was clpar from the letter I saw found on the corpse of a Prussian of- ficer, dated August Cth, as follows: 'We are going to give a decisive blow here very soon. If we cross the Sereth, which I hope will not be dif- ficult, Jassy and the whole of Moldavia will be ours. If we succeed I be- lieve we are going to be sent to Fland- ers, where things seem hot again.' " CANADA TO ISSUE A FOURTH LOAN A despatch from Ottawa says : â€" Terms upon which a fourth war loan could be floated in ('anada and the financial situation in the country gen- erally were discussed by Sir Thomas White and representatives of the Canadian Bund Dealers' Association at the office* of the Minister of Fin- ance. Tliig loan, which may be issued in October, would amount to $100,- 000,OOQ or $15O,O0t),O00, The bond dealers were represented by. A E. Ames, of Toronto, and J. M. Mackic, of Montreal. - Already throe war loans aggregat- ing $.350,000,000 have been taken up in the Dominion. « FOK.MER GOVERNOR- GENERAL IS DEAD. A despatch from London says: Earl Grey, former Governor-General of Canada, died at six o'clock on Wednesday morning at Howick House, Northumberland, after a long illness. The funeral took place at Howick on Saturday, when a memorial service was held in London. The latest returns from the Director fied the owners of the vessel that he Kiour, Man. Sprinir wheat patents, firsts of Medical Services in London indi- was ready to take her out, A captain ' ,}2:3ll; wTii'ter' paVents cates that on August 18 the Canadian, was needed, so he went to sea again, stralKht rollers $i2.oo to »ia30: do., _-.j: 1.1 -t..i .-_ :_ .u_ !._.. n,«K„M„ tV... „1^-.=» â„¢<.„«o, „/ = „l,i„ I baRs, $5.50 to $6.96, Holled oats, barrela stronit bakers', patents, choice, $12,50; soldiers being cared for in the hos- pitals and sanitaria in the United Kingdom were 17,813. COPPER FOR GERMANY FOUND IN SWEDISH SHIP. probably the oldest master of a on active duty to-day. ship TO CONTROL PROVISIONS IN BRITAIN. A despatch from London says: Lord Rhondda, the Food Controller, has decided to take over gradually trade A despatch from New York says A Swedish ship, outward bound for a i control of the entire provision Swedish port, was boarded by Gov- 1 in the British Isles. The vital con- ernment officials on Thursday and, ac- sideration in the regulation of prices cording to reports, two hundred tons j of provisions is control of imports, } J'^°j*j*|j'2 of copper were found in the hold. The! and Lord Rhondda is in constant touch | 3 c.w., '"62c $K.t>5 to $9.00: do.. baxB, 1*0 lbs.. $4.30 to $4.40. Oran. $36. 8horta, $40. Mtd- dllnfcs, $411 to $60. MoulUle. $60 to $61. Hay, No, 2, per ton. car lots. $9.50 to $10, Cheese, finest westerns, 21Jc: do., finest easterns, 211c. Hutter, choicest creamery, 41i to 42c; seconds, 41 to 41lc. Rrks. fresh. 62 to 53c; selected, 48c; No. 1 stock, 44c: No. 2 stock, 38 to 40c. Potatoes, per baR. cur lots, $2.15 to $2.26, Wlnulpeir Oraln Winnipeg. Sept. 4 Cash prices closed: Wheat, No. 1 .N'orfhern, $3.40; No, 2 .Northern, $2.37; No. 3 Northern. $2,331: So B, $1.!(7; No. 6. $1.71; Oats. No. 2 i:.W., 631c; No, , |. extra No. 1 feed, 60c; No. vessel was ordered to return to her with the American Food Control De- i ^/fj'*' ''JcjecVed'**'$flo '' 'feed' ^rio' Klitx,' .No. 1 N.W.C. $3.31: .No.' 2 C.W.! $3.22, No. 3 C.W.. $3.12, dock and it Is said the entire will be searched before she is allowed to proceed. cargo again $2.20 IS PRICE FIXED FOR NO. 1 NORTHERN. partment on this subject. It is stated that the two Governments are work- ing in entire harmony to secure a re- duction in the prices of commodities coming from the United States. AUSTRIA FACED BY COAL CRISIS A dc^ipatch from Washington says: Tlie price of No. 1 Northern Snring wheat was fixed at $2.30 a bushel at A despatch from Basel, Switzerland Chicago for the 1917 crop on Thurs- 1 "ays:â€" Herr Von Hamann, the Aus- day by the Wheat Fair Price Com- ' trian Minister of Public Works, start- mittee, headed by H. A. Garfield, i led the Austrian Chamber of Deputies whose findings, reached after three ' "" Tuesday by giving it as his opinion TTnltea States Markets MInneHpolls, .Sept. 4 â€" Wheat â€" Septem- ber. $2,161: cash. No. 1 Northern, $2.30 to $2.36. No. 3 Northern, $2 26 to $2 30. Corn â€" No. 3 yellow. 89 to »0c, Oats â€" No. 3 white. 52 to 53ic. Flour unchanc- ed. Branâ€" $27.76 to $28.26. Ouluth, Sept, 4--Whcat â€" No 1 North- ern. $2.30, nominal; No, 2 Northern. $2^6, nominal. Linseed. $3.46; Sep- tehiber. $3.46 asked: October, $3.39 bid; November, $3,30; December, $3.34. days' deliberation, were submitted to and approved by President Wilson, Uv Stock Market* Toronto. Sept. 4 â€" Kxtru choice heavy steers, 111.60 to $12.60: choice heavy that the coal crisis had become a vital j steers, ♦lO 60 to lii; butchers' cattle. .,,,,.,, , choice, $10 to $10.85: do.. Rood. $940 to question for Austria-Hungary, accord- 19,60: do., medium. $8.26 to $8,40; do., ing to Vienna advices. Tho situation, common $7 to $7.35; butchers' bulls, , , , ., ,,. , . . , . I choice, $8,35 to $8.75: do.. Rood bulls, declared the Minister, was one Which |7.go to $8; do., medium bulls. $7 to I must be faced without optimism and>7.26; ro., rouRh bulls, $5 to $6. butch- ..,,,. ^ , - 1 ers cows, choice. $8 to $8.50; do.. Rood, I With the Utmost seriousness. In an J7.25 to $7.75: do., medium. $6.66 to . effort to remedy mutters, continued I fCtB: stockera, $6.76 to $s 50: feeders Rumania. .L m- • . i.i',.no u 1 1 $8 to $9. 25; canncrs and cutters, $6.28 All i>, ^ • u , f ',lne Minister, 12,1.00 miners have been 1 1„ jci-t. milkers. Rood to choice, $80 KBys.-All Rumanian schools have i^^ought back to the mines from the to $125: do., com and med, $40 to $60; -'- • " ' "^ •"' '- •"" llKht ewes, ii to From Tlie Middle West BETWEEN ONTARIO AND BRI- TISH COLUMBIA. I Items From Provinces Where Many Ontario Boys ond Girls Are Living. Yorkton, Sask., held their 33rd annual fair recently. The seventh annual fall fair was held at Wilkie, Sask. Capt. F. Bradburn, of Edmonton, has won the Military Cross. Sir James Aitkin laid the corner stone of the new Y.M.C.A. building in Brandon. §he Calgary police patrol wagon carried a two hundred-pound porker to the pound. A number of Moose Jaw business men are working two hours each evening on farms. Mrs. Thomas Brown was fined $400 and costs at PorUge la Prairie for selling liquor. The wheat yield in the St. Pierre district will amount to between 30 i and 84 bushels per acre. The Children's Aid Society of Win- nipeg want a civic grant of $3,600 in- creased to meet rising costs. A plan is on foot in Calgary where- by the school children will be dismiss- ed on certain days to dig potatoes. E. M. Clegg and his wife and son were suffocated from fumes in a gas well near Moose Jaw recently. Two small children survive. The Rotary Club of Winnipeg raised $200 at a luncheon, which will be used to defray expenses for a pic- nic for war widows and children. A southern Manitoba farmer has employed Bessie Lutckow, a Ruthen- ia"h woman whose forearm is twenty inches in circumference. The woman asked to do outside work. General Hugh L. Scott Commander-in-Chief of the United States army, has been in the service for 41' years, and during that time has had a most varied career. He has served in almost every branch of military life. Upon his shoulders falls the immense task of getting the Unitjd States army ready for "he happenings that are glimmering in the future. BRITISH LOSSES SHOW INCREASE. A despatch from London says: An ; increase in the number of British ves- I sels sunk last week by mines or sub- marines is shown by the weekly Ad- miralty statement issued Wednesday , night. Eighteen vessels of more than I 1,600 tons were sent to the bottom, as ' compared with fifteen the previous ' week, and five vessels of less than 1,600 tons, as against three the pre- vious week. No fishing vessels were sunk. RUMANIAN SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED A despatch from Jassy, been closed by the Central Powers, thus pursuing the policy of denation- alizing conquered territory. BRITISH TROOPS IN FRANCE SIX TO ONE FROM OVERSEAS Throughout the War ('a.sualtics Have Heen in Same Proportion, IJut Since July .'Jl Have Heen 9 to 1. A despatch from London says: Major-General Maurice, chief director of military operations, said on Thurs- day: "In the past month I have received a remarkable number of letters from tho United States showing hoyv wide- spread is the belief that the British the United States, I have prepared for you a few statistics to show how far this is untrue. "At the present moment the British troops in France are six to one as compared with all overseas troops, and the total casualties in France throughout the war have been in pro- portion of ((,5 British to 1 overseas. have let the allied and colonial troops; In the Yprea-Lcns fighting since July do the most of tlieir fighting. This is 31 the casualties have been nine Brit- part of the (Jcrman propaganda in | i,sh to one colonial." â- ,i- , L- . _ front. -♦- ITALIAN MAKES NEW AIR RECORD. A despatch from Paris says: Cap- tain Guilio Laureaml, an aviator in the Italian army, has established a new world's long-distance flying re- cord by flying more than 900 .miles without stopping, according to a de- spatch to The Temps from Milan. Tho Italian flew from Turin to Naples and return, a distance of about 920 miles as tho crow flies. Captain Laureami used a new Sia machine. He left Turin at 10,07 a,m,, reached Naples, flew over that city, and was back in Turin at 8,40 p,m. .60; yearllnRM to choice, $14 -♦- If your canned fruits or vegetables arc not a success do not give up this year of all others, for Government publications will teach you bust scientific methoils so that the bacteria which causes them to spoil will all be destroyed by proper sterilization. sprlnRcrs. $80 to $125 $11: sheep, h^avy, $6 to $ $10 to $11; calves. Rood to $16.26: SprhiK lambs, $16 to $16.60 hoRB, fed and watered, $17.26; do., weiKhed off cars. $17.50; do., f.o.b.. $16.26. Montreal, Sept. 4 â€" Qood steers $9.76 to $10, lair. $8.75 to $9.60; common, $S to $8.60: butcher's cows, $6 to $8; bulls, $6.75 to $8,76; cannlnR stock, $6 to $6.26; Ontario lambs, $14.26 to $145iV Quebeo liinihK, $13 to $13.60; sheep. $8 to $9: choice nillk-fed calves. $12 to $13: Rrass- fed stock. $7 to $9; hoRS. $17 to $17.50. Things usually come to the man who goes after them. A new phonograph cabinet is mount- ed upon two legs and two wheels, this enabling it to be moved more readily. To discover whether coffee is pure, sprinkle a few grains on the surface of a tumblerful of water. If pure they will float, but if adulterated they will sink to the bottom. GEN. PETAIN GETS LEGION OF HONOR A despatch from Verdun says: â€" I President Poincare personally present- i ed on Wednesday to General Petain, the French Communder-in-chief, the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor, , awarded to him several days ago for the recent successes here. The pre- sentation was made in the Plaw I d'Armes. -*- RUSS DIVISION QUITS TRENCHES. A despatch from Petrograd says: A Russian division on Tuesday aban- doned its positions in the region of Fokshani on the Rumanian front and fled in disorder, the War Oflice an- nounces. The statement says that the enemy continued to advance all Tuesday on the southern Rumanian front, reach- ing tho line Trechty-Deus-Varnitza- Fitioneshti-Chyolianitchi, In the night RuJsian positions in the region of Varnitza were penetrated. BRITAIN WILL IMPORT BACON AND BUTTER UNDER UCENSE Government WiU Establish Agencies to Purchase Supplies Under Control of Food Ministry. A despatch from London says : â€" The King on Thursday signed a pro- clamation prohibiting the importation of bacon, butter, hams and lard except under license. The object of this action is to en- able the Government to take over the entire purchase of the import articles enumerated and concentrate the pur- chase in various countries into a single organization. The Food Ministry is establishing in the United States a single byying agency, and will make all purchases through this agency, be- ginning September 3. All holders at the prciont time of c.i.f. and f.o.b. con- tracts in bacon and lard with American 1 shippers are required to furnish to the Food Ministry full information immediately. Pending further arrangements, li- censes will bo granted certain import- ers of bacon, ham and lard from other countries than the United States to continue imports. Consignments of Canadian bacon will be under the same restriction as American goods. Imported in behalf of the Food Min- istry, they will be distributed through the ordinary channels at^xed terms as to commission and profits, thus protecting the public. VIilO JDoixx^sa of t^l3.e J^-ujl^ai.