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• f BRITISH CAPTURE STRATEGIC POSITIONS COMMANDING FLANDERS PLAIN Thousands of Prisoners Taken in Fresh Offensive East and North-East of Ypres â€" All Objectives Won. A despatch from London say a: The antii-ipateii renewal of Field Marshal Hair's big offensive in Flanders has be)?un, and all the objectives of the first day have been won and held. Like the preceding attacks, the latest one was timed to the minute. The British forces at the given signal at daylight swarmed from their trenches over ground that had been harrowed by myraids of shell.s from the'great ar- ray of artillery, and all along the front' of more than eight miles, from south of Tower Hamlets to the north of Langemarck, thsy made notable new gains of terrain, inflicted heavy cas- ualties on the Germans, while them- selves suffering slight losses, and took many prisoners, large numbers of whom gladly surrendered. i The Reuter correspondent at Brit- ' ish headquarters in France says: ' "To-day is one of the great days in army annals. The victory is being proclaimed as one of the gri'eatest since the Marne." The attack was delivered with all the wonted dash of previous ^ensives and swiftly the Britishers (ook posi- tions that had been marked out for them, some of them to a depth of more than a mile. The main ridge of the heights running north and south to the ea.st of Ypres, which affords a dominating point for the launching nf future attacks, is nearly all in their hands. More than 3,000 German prisoners had been pas.=cd behind the lines when the latest official communication con- cerning the day's fighting was sent, and large numbers of others were be- ing gathered in. RIGID EMBARGO BY ALL ALLIES Sending of Supplies to European Neutrals .Absolutely Phohibited. A despatch from Washington says: Great Britain's embargo on the ex- 1 port of all supplies to the northern European neutral countries, just an- nounced, was declared after every phase of its possible effect was gone over in conferences between American and allied statesmen. ' American officials initiated the dis- cu.ssions, and insisted that the British step be taken to make sure that there be no nullification of the purposes the' United States Government had in view in putting into operation its own embargo. " ' The step indicated that the allies have united in a decision that the , neutrals mu.st cut off the shipment of all supplies to Germany. Ameri- can officials and some of the allies here have hesitated as to just how -^ far to go in demanding cessation of trade between the neutrals and Ger- ; many. At one time it appeare.1 they, would ask no more than that neither allied goods nor materials supplanted by allied commodities be sold in Ger many by the neutrals. ~ ^^ -_ PROGRESS OF U.S. SHIPBUILDING Ten Months Gained in Building of Destroyersâ€" Ready Early in 1918. A despatch from Washington says: â€" Such remarkable progress has been made in the quick building of the im- mense flotilla of America destroyers to cope with the submarine campaign that the Navy Department now is as- sured of much quicker delivery of the ships than was contemplated at the last estimate, which in itself was far ahead of the original time. Progress on the ships now building and arrang>e- ments for others to follow, it is said at the Navy Department, are such that the American navy will lead the world with its destroyers within eighteen months. it is now certain that all destroyers now building will be delivered ready for duty in European waters early next year. Many of then had not been expected until the winter of 1918. Approximately, ten month.s had been saved . Markets of tbe World CANADIANS GAS Remarkable Photo Shows Bombing of German Munition Depot 'j^ms remarkable photo wus tnken inside the (jerm:ui, llne-s from the aero- plane of tho aviator who niiide r raid on a ereat Boche ammunition depot. The during uvtator atartlng: out on the apparently reekless adventure of get- ting by the German lines and nuccesBfully bombing tho Tiuton stores of munitions, flew to a point above the depot and dropped quHntities of In- renrtlary bombs while the Oennans kept firing a terrific fusllado at him. l)eyi>ite that danger ho kept at his task and earned his reward when he saw tho munition store house burst Into flameM. The smoke from the burring depot can be seen ascending In the photograp'h. The aviator returned to tala own lines safely but his machine was badly damaged. ^ A BOMBING OF GERMAN TOWNS French Drop Projectiles on liaden â€" Italians Attack Aus- trian Naval Bii.se. A despatch from London says: While British and f'rench airmen con- tinue their bombing operations against j Germany's submarine base at Zee-| brugge and points of military import- ance behind the linc.H, the French | aviators are keeping up their attacks | on German towns and cities, in ro- 1 prisal for shelling by German aircraft of the open town of I!ar-le-l)uc. More than 15,000 pounds of explosives are reported to have been dropped on numerous German settlements, among them the famou.-* town of Baden, famed as a health resort. Likewise the Italians are giving the Austrians little respite from aerial incursions, again having drop- ped four tons of projectiles on mili- tary objectives at Pola, the great Austrian naval base on the Adriatic, and bombed other points of military advantage. RUSSIAN FUEL GROWING SCARCE All street Car Traffic Has Been Cut One Hour a Day. A dcspatih from Washington -says: Strenuous efforts are being made in Russia to conserve all fue! resources. I'etrograd, according to a despatch from \V. C. Huntington, United .States Conrtncrcial Attache at the Russian Capital, is being brought under strict fuel regulation. All street car traffic has been cut one hour a day. A fur- ther regulation compels the railroad companies to observe a rate of speed that saves coal. The decreased speed rule is credited with surnrising re- sults. It is reported that it .saves eighteen per cent, of fuel, that thirty per cent, fewer cars are laid up, and a decrease in daily expenditures of 3,000 roubles is secured. NEW GOVERNOR NAMED FOR NEWFOUNDLAND. A despatch from St. John's Nfld., says: The appointment of Sir Charles Harris to be Governor of Newfound- land is officially announced. He will succeed Sir Walter Davidson. HOUSES IN TOKIO WRECKED BY TYPHOON. A despatch from London says: A Shanghai despatch says that as a re- sult of a typhoon which swept over Tokio on Monday, 100,000 are home- less, and that 138 are dead and 217 missing. EX-KING OF GREECE GIVES TO JEWISH FUND. A despatch from Zurich, Switzer- land, says: Former King Constantino of Greece issuc<l from his retirement to announce a gift of 1,000 francs to the Jewish refugees from the Salonika fire. No Advance Payments. You'll never make A single sou By any deed You're going to do. On. what you've done Lies fortune's chance Life never pays Us in advance. 4 . The Sunshine Path. A sunny path winds past my door, 'Tis brightened either side By flowers of peace and happiness. And nooks where songsters hide. 1 planned the sunshine path myself, Its borders and its bowers; I planted little seeds of love, And God sent me the flowers. GERMAN ASSAULT REPUI^ED BY HAIG Enemy Attack in Polygon Wood Region Proves Futile. A despatch from London says: â€" An attack by the Germans Wednesday morning between Tower Hamlets and Polygon Wood, following a vigorous artillery fire, v,as repulsed cither by barrage or by British infantry, ac- croding to the report from Field Marshal Haig. All the British posi- tions remained intact. The text of the statement reads: "Shortly before dawn the enemy heavily bombarded our positions be- I tween Tower Hamlets and Polygon [Wood; afterwards his infantry at- tempted to advance. Our artillery j opened vigorously, and on tho greater I part of the front the assault broke ; down before reaching our lines. I "In the area immediately north of I the Menin Road, where a few of the i enemy succeeded in passing through ! the barrage, they were completely re- pulsed by our infantry. Our posi- tions are intact. "There has been great artillery ac- tivity on both sides during the d.iy east of Ypres." CAUGHT IN BRITISH BARRAGE WHILE PREPARING TO ATTACK A despatch from British Headquar- ters in France, says: â€" There was an unusual feature in the battle near Zonneboke. Three German divisions had been ordered to retake tho line the British captured here last week. The attack was set for six o'clock. The Germans were caught in the British barrage as they were preparing to j push forward, and lost grievously. Once before, in August, around Lens, the Briti.sh and Germans planned an attack at the same hour, and Canadian troops going over the top and advanc- ing quickly, came upon masses of Ger- mans moving toward them in the thick haze, and a few minutes later the Ger- mans were making their last stand on the parapet of their trenches. â-  â€" â€" â€" -* GERMANS AGAIN ATTEMPTING TO FUATERNIZK WITH RUSSIANS A despatch from Petrograd says: The Germans on the south-western front again are attempting to frater- nize with the Russians by throwing boxes of tobacco and cigarettes into the Russian trenche."? and calling to the soldiers to "come out of the trenches." The Russkaia Volya says in connec- tion with the German attempts that "our soldiers are answering them with gunfire." From Erin's Green Isle NEWS BT MAIL FROM IRB- LAND'S SHORES. Rappenlnc's In the Emerald IsU ol Interest to Irish- The Cork IDA. Executive -have under consideration the establishing of an aircraft Industry In that dis- trict. At a meeting of the North Dublin Union It was decided that all women workers • be given four shllUogs a week as a war bonus Somo of tho Dublin retail tea es- tabllshinents had to close their doors on a recent Saturday, owing to the heavy TUsh of business. Tho Islandanny bridge, which spanned the lllver Feale from there to llTiagli, has been swept away by un- usually heavy floods. Lady Harrett. wife of Sir W. F. Bar- rett, has been made the recipient of tho new Order of the Cominandor of the British Empire. P. Nolan, secretary of a local enter- tainment, was fined £12 at the Por- larllngton Sessions for failure to col- lect the entertnlnment tax. Owing to the great scarcity of milk, the price of butter has Increased thir- teen shillings per firkin at the Nonagh butter market. The Lords of the Admiralty have appointed J. V. Perry, J.P., Dublin, to bo an honoiiary lieutenant of the Royal Naval Volunteer Rosorve. The allotment holders at Charle- vllle passed a voto of thanks to Dr. Robert, of Sanders, -for securing a field and providing seed potatoes for the poor. Tho sum of £37 was ralfcod at Portadown by the sale of flowers in aid of the Cripples' Institute and Homes of Hest at Belfast ami Bangor. A very successful fete was held on tho grounds of tho Howth Lawn Ten- nis Club In aid of the British Red Cross Society and St. John Ambulance AssiXSiatiuu. ^ « -I'.Ojl^ Planes Are Under >Vay A despatch from Washington says: Twenty thousand aeroplanes for America's fighting forces in France, authorized in the $040,000,000 aviation bill passed by Congress last July, actually are under construction. (Jucbec City Has Gone Dry. A despatch from Quebec says: Que- bec city has gone dry. By a majority of 2,200, prohibition was jarried tOr day after the bitterest fight this, city has seen in years. BrekAatTiffs ToTonto, Oi-t. 11. â€" Manitoba wheat â€" No. 1 Northern, $2.23; No. 2, do.. »2 20; No 3, do.. $2.17. in store Fort VVilUaiii, IncluiliiiK 2c tu.\. Jliinllolia outs-No. 2 C.W., 68lc. In sloro I"\>rl William. Aineriian corn â€" No. 3 yellow, nominal. liiitarlo outaâ€" No. 2 white, (i2e. nomi- nal: No. 3. do., file, nominal, accorulnB to freiKlils outKldo. _ „,, . Ontario wheatâ€" New. No. 2 Winter, 12.22 liasLs, In store, Montreal. I'ea.s â€" No. 2. notiilnul. rarley-.Maltiim', new, »1.18 to $120, aceorduiK to freiffhts outsiile. Uye â€" No. 2, $1.75, according to I'reiBhts out.sUle. . , . Manltotia Hourâ€" First patents, in Jute bab-.s. $11.50; 2nd. do.. $11. OU; strong bakers', do., $10. BU. Toronto. Ontario Hourâ€" Winter aeeordinR to saniplB, $11. .SO, In bags, Montreal; $9.60. Toronto, uronuit slilpnient. MlUfepa- Car lots â€" Delivered Mont- real fri-lKhts. baRs Ineluderiâ€" Bran, per ton. $3i; shorts, do., $42; middlings, do.. $4D to $46; good feed Hour, per baB. iiay â€" No. 1, new, per ton. $12 to $13; nii.\ed. do., $9 to $11. traelt TBTonto. ytraw â€" Car lots, per ton. $7 to »(.jO, track Toronto. Country Produce â€" Wholesale Huttcrâ€" Creamery solids, per lb.. 41i to 42c; prints, per lb.. 42 to 42ic; dairy. per lb.. 3u to 36c. KSKJiâ€" I'er doz.. 39p. Wholesalers are selllnK to the retail trade at tlio followlnB prices: Cheeseâ€" .\cw. large. 23 to 23Jc; twlris, 23J to 23ic; triplets. 23J to 24c; old, large, 30c; twin.s, 3UJe; trildets, 30Jc. IJutter- Fresh dairy, choice. 40 to 41c; creamery prints. 44 to 4iic; solids, 43 to Kggs â€" New laid. In cartons. 51 to 53c; out of cartons. 45c. Dressed poultryâ€" .Spring chickens. 25 to 30c; fowl, 20 to 22c; s<juabs. per doz.. $4 to $4.50; turkeys. 2S to 32c; duc;^,. Spring, 22c. „ U\e pouUrj â€" Turkeys. 22c; Spring chickens, lb.. 22c; hens, 20 to 22c; ducl>s. .Spring. 20c. Honej â€" Comb â€" F.xtra fine. 16 "»-. $3.26; 12 oz., $2.75; No. 2. $2.40 to $2.60; Strained, tins, 2Js and 5s. lf>c -per lb; lo's, 17 to 17ic; 60's. 16J to 17o. lieans â€" No Canadian beans on market until last of October; imported, hand- picked. $7.75 per bush; L,lmus. per lb., 16 to Itic. • , ,_ ., or I'otatoes. on track â€" Ontario, bag, tl.Sii to $1.45. Provisions â€" Wliolasals Smoked meats â€" Hams, medium, 30 to Sic; do., heavy. 26 to 27c; cooked. 41 to 42c' rolls. 27 to 28c; breakfast bacon. 36 to 40c; backs, plain. 3'J to 40c; bone- less. 43 to 44c. Cured meats â€" Long clear bacon, 2ii to 2kc lb: cleur bellies. 26i to 27c. Lard -Pure lard, tierces, 261 to 2ic: tuba. 261 to 271c; , pulls. 27 to 2.ic; comiiound. tierces. 2U to 22c; tubs. 21i to 22ic; palls. 22 to 22ic. Montrsal K&rksts ^ Montreal. Oct. 9. â€" • Oatsâ€" Canadian Western. No. 2. 7;jc; No. 3. 76c; e.xtra No. 1 feed. 76c: No. 2 local white. 72c; .No. 3 local white. 71c. Barleyâ€" Manito- ba feed. $1.29; malting. $1.31 to 11.32. Flourâ€" Manitoba .Sprlnit wheat patents, firsts, $11.60; seconds. $11.10; strong bakers', $10.90; Winter patents, choice, $12.00: straight rollers, $11.50 to $11. SO; do., bags. $5.60 to $5.75. Itolled oats â€" HblB.. $N 30: do., bags. 90 lbs., 14.00. Bran. $35.00. Shorts. «40.00. .Middlings. $4!>.00 to $50.00. Moulllie. $55.00 to $60.00. Hav â€" No. 2. per ton. car lots. $U.50 to $12.00. Chee.>»e â€" Finest West- erns, 21Jc; finest Kasterns. 21Jc. But- ter â€" Choicest creamery. 45 to 46Jo; .seconds, 44ic. Eggsâ€" -Fresh. 63 to 54c; 1 selected. 47 to 4Sc; No. 1 stock. 43 to 44c; .No. 2 stock. 40 to 41c. I'utatues â€" Per bug. car lots. $1.60. Wlnnlpsr Orkin Winnipeg. Oct. 9 â€" Cash prices; â€" Wheatâ€" .No. 1 Northern. $2.21: No. 2. do., $2 IN; No. 3. do. $2.15; .No. 4, $1.94: No. 6. $1.85; feed. $1.73. Oats â€" No. 2 C.W.. 68Jc; .No. 3. do.. 653c; extra No. 1 ' feed. 65Sc; .No. 1 feed. 64i|c; .No. 2. do.. I 63Jc. Barley â€" .No. 3 C.W.. $1.22; No. 4. do., $1.18: rejecterl and feed. $1.11. Flax No. 1 .V-W.C.. $3.10. .No. 2 C.W.. $3.04; No. 3. do.. $2.93. Unltsd States Markets Minneapolis. Oct. 9â€" Corn â€" No 3 yel- ' low, $1.91 to $1.92. Oatsâ€" No 3 white, I 5si to COJc. Flour â€" Fancy patents. $11. I Uran- $30 to $31. I Duluth. Oct. 9. â€" I.lnseed â€" $3.21J; October. $3.21 asked; .November, $3,211 asked; December, $3.16i bid. lilTS Stock Markets Toronto. Oct. 9.--ExUa choice heavy ' steers. $11.76 to $12 50; do., good heavy. I $11 to $11.50; butchers' cattle, choice. $10.1(r to $10.60: do., good, $9.50 to $9.86; do., medium. $8.50 to $8.76: do., conmion, $6.75 to $7.40; butchers' bulls, choice. $8.30 to $8.76: do., good bulls. I J7.40 to $785; do., medium bulls. $6. So to $7 10; do., rough bulls, $6 to $6: butchers' cows, choice. $8.25 to $S.75; I do., good. $7.60 to $7.75; do., medium, , $6.60 to $6.75; stockers. $7.60 to $8.75: â-  feeders. $8.50 to $9.25; canners and cut- t ters. $6 to $6.50; milkers, good to choice, I 190 to $126: do., com and med., $75 to $86: .Springers. $90 to $125: light ewes, '$9.60 to $11.50: sheep, heavy. $6.75 to $7.60; yearlings. $11 to $12; calves, good to choice, $15 to $15.50l Spring lambs. $16 to $17: hogs, fed arW water- ed, $18.76; do., weighed oft cars, $19; do., fob., $17.75. Montreal, Oct. 8 â€" Choice steers, $10.25 to $10.50; good, $9.75 to $10: lower grades, $8 to $9. butchers' cows. $6.50 to $S.25; bulls. $7 to $8.50: canners bulls, $6 40 to $6.60: canners, cows. $S to $5.25: tUitario lambs. $14.50 to $14.75: liuebec lambs. $13.50 to $14: sheei>. $8 to $9.50; milk-fed calves. $10 to $14; selected hogs, $1S 25 to $18.75. <, GERMANS HAVE NEW TANK ARMED WITH 3-INCH CANNON. A despatch from the French Front in France says: The Germans are ex- perimenting with a tank armed with a three-inch cannon and machine guns. The forward end of the tank is fitted with a spur-like ram, while the upper part bears a superimposed cupola, and the armored plates descend suffi- ciently to protect the caterpillar wheels, which thus are almost in- visible. ENEMY AT LENS Afrmen Attack Germans Load- ing Ammunition at Dump. A despatch from Can;idian Head- quarters in France, says: Gas in con- siderable volume was again projected iinto Lens Thursday morning. The I enemy retaliation took the form of I trench mortar activity, but this was not long maintained. The artillery I duel still continues and the Germans I are making more use of their long- I range, high velocity guns in the bom- bardment of the area behind the front. i Behind the German lines one of our â-  aircraft took on a large party of the enemy engaged in loading ammuni- [ tion at a dump. The airmen swooped [down from a considerable height, fir- ing as they came with both fore and I aft guns. The enemy took cover, but not before some casualties had been I jnflicted. i Similar encounters between the ! airmen and the troops on the ground arc more numerous than they form- erly were. 1 C- 704 AEROPLANES SHOT DOWN , ON WEST FRONT LAST MONTH I A despatch from London says: â€" The Times says: "Seven hundred and I four aeroplanes and seaplanes were brought or driven down on the western front in September. This is a higher total by nearly 300 than reached in I preceding months, and compares with 1467 in July, 713 in May and 747 in ! April. The allied according to the i claims of the German headquarters, lost 242 machines. The German aero- I plane? and seaplanes v.'hich fell to 1 British and French airmen and gun- ners numbered 4G2. The Briti.'^h re- port: Enemy machines brought down, 143;enem^- machines driver, down ouf of control, 142; British machines miss- ing, 112. The French report: Enemy ' machints brought down and enemy machines driven down in their own lines, 79. German report: Allied ma- chines shot down, 243; German loss of machines admitted, 8." SOLDIERS ALL. "Fisherman, mend your nets For the day's trawling! Cod and menhaden run Thick for the hauling!" "Yes, but beyond the mists Bugles are calling." "Writer, the world would count You with its sages! Far from the shock of war. Toil for the ages!" "No â€" I must write my life On Freedom's pages!" "Surgeon, you cannot go! Hear the sick pleading! 'Tis not for such as you Bullets are speeding!" "Hush â€" for I sec in France Liberty bleeding!" "Mother, keep back your lad, Though his mates scorn him!- Better their jeers than that Your heart should mourn him!" "Cease â€" for his country's cause My arms have borne him!" "Pastor, now more and more Men need your preaching! How shall they find their soulr" If you stop teaching?" "Yet. on His battle line God is beseeching!" â€" D. M. Henderson. BRITISH JOINED BY ARAB FORCES A despatch from New York says:â€" • Interesting military possibilities in Palestine are forecast in advices from Mecca, as reported in Arabic news- papers reaching New York, to the ef- fect that the Arabs in Arabia, in re- volt against the Turks, have effected a junction with the British army in Southern Pal stine. » U. S. TO REFUSE COAL TO NEUTRAL SHIPS A despatch from Washington says: â€"A final move to prevent supplies from reaching Germany from the out>- side world was taken on Thursday by the American Government, in deciding to refuse coal to neutral ships carry- ing supplies from South America to the northern European neutral coun- tries, unless their cargoes are in- spected in American poyts. OH HERE COMES DELIA FAD! 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