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CENTRAL SPAN OF QUEBEC BRIDGE BdlJED INTO PUCE Successfnl Accomplishment of Vast Engineering Feat Gives "^- Canada Largest Structure Of its Class in the World. A despatch from Quebec says: â€" The steel structure of the greatest canti- 'JU lever bridge ever designed was com- pleted at 3.:28 p.m. on Thursday when the Wir central span of the Quebec bridge was bolted into position. After a. 11 ycATs of work and two accidents, which cost the lives of 78 men, the bridge is practically finished, but it „ will be some months yet before trains can be run across it It will be about three years before the final touch is put to the structure, which has yet to be painted at a cost of $35,000. The bri.lge, which is 3.239 feet in length, cost in th« neighborhood of $20,000,000 to build, and the total weight of the steel structure is 180,000,000 pounds. Work was begun in 1906, and the en- gineers at that time planned to throw- out the two grea^ cantilever arms un- ^ til they met 150 feet-above the water in midstream. In 1907, when the j south cantilever arm was all but com- ' pleted it collapsed, precipitating more I than 100 men into the river. Of I those, 70 lost their lives. The bridge i was then redesigned and the engin- eers determined to avoid the menace of collapse from cantilever arms of ' such great length by building the cen- tral span on pontoons, floating it into position and hoisting it to its place. Last year the attempt to hoist the i central span ended disastrously, when the lifting apparatus broke. This ac- I cident cost the lives of eight more men. I The pinning up of the central span I to the hangers that are to permanent- i ly support it marks the successful ac- ' complishment of an engineering feat : without equal in the annals of canti- I lever biidge building, and pives to ] Canada the credit of possessing a ^ structure the largest of its class in the world . CHINA OFFERS 300,000 SOLDIERS Would Send Troops to France if Desired. A despatch from Pekin says: An- nouncement is made in Government circles that the Chinese Cabinet, pro- vided the Kntente powers approved, is willing to send 300,000 soldiers to France in compliance with the French ; request. i An appeal has been made to the United .States to aid China, as the Entente allied powers were helped,' financially, to equip her troops. 1 A despatch from Tokio says: The Chinese Government has sounded Jap- an on the proposed despatch of Chi-i nese troops to Europe and the indica-| tions are that Japan will offer no op- \ position to such action on the part of China. Commenting on the advocacy abroad of Japan's participation in the land fighting, the semi-ofBcial Times declares that as Japan is not directly menaced by Germany no sufficient reason exists to send troops and the allies should be satisfied with Japan's naval and other assistance. DOZK.N BRITISH SHU'S SAVED BV THE S.MOKK-BOX SYSTE.M A licspatch from London says: â€" T8e Press Association hears on high naval aufl ority thut the new defen- i give mea'ures againKt Bubm".rine war- fare are meeting with success, justi- fying the hope of a further re<luction in the losses, and says it can be stated'! on official authority that the results of the wthods adopted in the past month ' give cause for growing confidence. 1 According to an Admiraity state- j ment dozens of hi; .i have been saved by the Rmoke-t)ox system, which the Admiralty during the past few months has supplied a majority of British mere'it-ntmen. CHINESE ARMY FOR FRANCE Trial Division of 24.000 Soldiers Will Reach Front by January 1st. A despatch from Pekin says: The President and the Cabinet have agreed to the plan of sending a trial division of 24,000 Chinese soldiers to France, if money, equipment and shipping are available. The Entente allies have approved the proposition, and France is eager to receive the contingent. The Chinese probably could reach France by January 1. An abundant number of fairly trained soldiers is immediately available for the expedi- tion. «. MORE WASTED THAN WOULD FEED ARMY A despatch from Ottawa says: â€" The enormous wastage In foo<l throughout the Dominion is indicated in statistics compiled by the Food Con- troller. It is estimated that, owing to carelessness and inefficiency, there is wasted in garbage every year food to the value of $56,000,000, or about $7 per head of the total population. By complete national organization and rigid economy, it is thought, the cost of living can be reductnl by five cents per day for each individual. Counting in the elimination of gar- bage waste, this would mean an an- nual saving of $25.55 per head, or a national grand total .saving of $204,- 400,000, enough to feed an army of one million men for a year. The estimated preventable waste in garbage alone is more than sufficient to feed all ('anada's soldiers overseas. Were one million ('nnadinn families to save one slice of bread per week there would be a weekly saving of 71,250 one-pound loaves â€" enough to feed 3 1-3 divisions of soldiers for a day. Gen. Sir Douglas Haig Telling Lloyd George of Progress. This remarkable group photographed on the front in France shows several of the mightiest men of Great Britain and France. In the group are from left to right: Albert Thomas, French Minister of Munitions; Gen. Sir Douglas Haig, Commander-in-Chijf of the British forces, operating in France, and the man who is directing the great drive in Flanders; Marshal Joffre, hero of the Marne; and Lloyd George, the British Premier, who is the directing genius of the British Empirevin the war. General Sir Doug- las Haig is shown telling Lloyd George of the progress of the war, and from the expression on his face and h's gesture it can be gained that he is speaking most optimistically. Marshal Joffre is ready to affirm any of the British General's assertions, for Joffre is perhaps better acquainted than any of the French and British officers with the strategic moves planned and being carried out at the present moment. GEIf: HAIG'S NEW OFFENSIVE IS V- - BIGOT IN RECENT DNTHS Marked Success Attended Advance of British Troop^ in Cruci Sector Betweeii"""^pres-lloulers Railway and HoUJebeke/ A despatch from the British Armies in France and Belgium says: The British at daybreak on Thursday launched a heavy offensive against the German defences about the Ypres sa- lient along an extended front, which has it» ,^r.eptr& wpftnd Inverness^ Copse, and astride the Ypres-Menin road, a little south-east of Hooge. ' I-'rom the first moment of going over I the top the assault proceeded wath marked success, especially in the cru- j cial sector between the Y'pres-Roulers ' railway and HoUeJjeke, where the Bri- : tish early in the day had forced their | way forward over marshy ground and through woods filled with machine-, guns to a considerable depth, and . were continuing the bitter fight in the [ neighborhood of the famous Inverness i Copse, Nun's Wood and Glencorse ' Wood, where much blood has been i shed since the allies began the Battle , of Flanders on July 31. | Thursday's attack was another fine success for British arms. Our troops penetrated to a depth of a mile, which is a w^onderful achievement, consider- ' ing the gfround advanced over. The I troops reached the Sennebeke-Ghelu- ' velt line, and also advanced beyond the central parallel of Polygon Wood. We are now bombarding the Germans, [ who are massed for a counter-attack. â-  It is believed that the number of â-  prisoners will reach four figures. ! ^ Every shell-hole yielded about a d^ prisoners, sometimes surrender' without resistance and sometim fighting stubbornly. In one instance the inmates of a semi-concealed cra- ter held up our troops for some time by. bojnbing- , In.ptJicr iustances . t{ie enemy came out with fixed bayonets, as the barrage crept towards them. A despatch from London says: The number of German prisoners taken by the British in Thursday's fighting on the Belgian front now exceeds 3,000, according to the British War Office statement. The British repulsed sev- eral strong counter-attacks of the en- emy, who suffered exceptionally heavy losses. British Headquarters in France says: German officers taken prisoner in Menin road battle were impressed greatly with the magnitude of the British success, and have expressed keen dissatisfaction with their own higher command. They freely admit the great efficiency of the British ar- tillery preparation before the attack, and characterize as awful those tre- mendous barrages which swept over the German territory ahead of the as- saulting troops. The vast number of German bodies which lie in the muddy shell holes within the territory tra- versed by the British and the devasta- tion wrought by the big guns give added strength to their testimony. '^ CHECK TO BE PUT ON I'OTAK) PRICE A despatch from Ottawa says: â€" A check ih to ie put on the speculator in potatoes. The F(,od Controller an- 1 nounces steps to prevent inflation of | prices. I From infoiniation obtained through the Fruit and Vegetables (lommittee, , the Food Controller considers th:it in , Toronto, (Jtlawa, Montreal and other ; centres in Ontario and Quebec the i price of Ontario and Quebec potatoes to the con.sumer should be about $1.25 i per bag of !)0 lbs. There appear.^ to be an ample supply now assured to meet n largly increo-sed consumption, which will doubtless follow a drop in prices. REM SE SAFE CONDUCT FOR GERMAN DIPLOMAT. A dnh patch from London says: It is learned that Great Britain does not at present intend to approve any applica- tion for a safe conduct for Count von Luxburg, the German Minister to Ar- gentina, whose passports have been handed to him by the .Argentine Gov- ernment. COAL DEALERS WARNED ] ABOUT RA1.SIN(; PRICE A despatch from Ottawa says: â€" The I office of the Dominion F'uel Controller on Friday repeats the warning to coal dealers throughout the country that objection will be taken to any advance in the price of coal being made with- J out notification first being sent to the ' Fuel (Controller. The view of the Fuel Controller is that the coal deal- ers had B liberal profit last summer,] siifl'icicntly so to enable them to con- tinue the present prices into the win- ter, and give the smaller u.-sers of coal the same price, notwithstanding any increase that the mines may make at this time. <» I RUSSIAN SUCCF.SS ON RIGA FRONT j A despatch from Petrograd says:â€"! The Russians on Wednesday on the ; Riga front repulsed an attack by the Germans with great l,>ssc3 to the in- vaders, according to the statement is- sued by the Russian War Office, The Rumaninns were compelliMl to abandon enemy po.sition.^ that they had oc- ' cupied in the region of Ocna. i BIG INCREASE IN CANADA'S TRADE Total For First Five Months of Fiscal Year $1,128,271,119 A despatch from Ottawa says: Trade figures for August and the first five months of the present fiscal year, made public by Hon. J. D. Reiil, show that Canada's great trade expansion continues unabated. Last fiscal year Canada's trade aggregated two billion dollars, but at the present rate the trade for the present fiscal year should be at least five hundred mil- lion more than last year's great re- cord. For the first 5 months of the pre- vious fiscal year our total trade was $708,035,214, while for the corre- sponding period this year it is $1,- 128,274,119. The trade balance in our favor for the first five months of the present fiscal year is $180,000,000. The total imports for August amounted to $91,931,000, as against $72,331,014 for August last year. For the five months of the present fltical yetir, ending with August, our total imports were valued at $474,- 031,859, and for the same period last year $322,198,881. With this increase in our import trade has come a corresponding increase in revenue for August of $3,075,000, and for the five months, $17,510,000. The export trade shows a corre- sponding increase of from $0(),832,- 161 in August last year to $152,5t'>3,- 345 during the corresponding month this year. For five months our ex- port trade totalle<l $(;72,022,r>.|9, an increase of $217,291,38.*'' over the same period last year. Fisheries show an increase for the month of $200,- 000 in export, animals and the pro- duce $8,000,000, agricultural pro- ducts $25,000,000 and manufactures $27,000,000. There was a slight de- crease in exports of minernls, and $2,000,000 decrease in prodacts of the forests. MUCH CANADIAN FOOD NEEDED Britain Wants 10,000,000 Tons From Canada and U. S. A despatch from London says: In- auguration of a new food economy campaign in Great Britain was an- nounced on Thursday by Baron Rhondda, the Food Controller. "If voluntary measures fail," he said, "I shall have no compunction in putting the nation on compulsory rations." Baron Rhondda added that the danger of the situation did not lie in the submarine peril, but in the world's shortage of cereals, meats and fats. Biiron Rhondda made this state- ment to correspondents, after telling them that the minimum food stuff re- iiuiremeiits from Canada and the United States during the forthcoming twive months would be more than 10.000,000 tons, representing an ex- penditure of £250,000,000. AlUiENTlNA TO DECLARE WAR AND SEND TROOPS TO FRANCE A despatch from Buenos Ayres saya: The Chamber of Deputies late on Friday postponed discussion until to-morrow of the crisis with Germany caused by the unfriendly action of Count von Luxbcrg, the dismis.sed German minister. This postponement was takon after receipt of a state- ment from Foreign Minister Pueyr- redon that the Government has re- ceived information which he will pre- sent to the Congress to-morrow. After a meeting of the Ministry on Friday afternoon it was announced that the Government was prepared to take grave aiul rapid measures in view of certain new developments. A high Government ofllcial declared that these measures probably would include an immediate declnratioii of war against Germany, to lie followed by the de- spatch of troops to Europe. LOTS 01 CRUDE OIL FOR U. S. AM) ALLIES. A despatch from Atlantic City, N.J. says: There is not the slightest dan- i ger of a deficiency in the .supply cither | of crude oil or its products, kcrosonj and gasoline, for the use of the Unit- ; ed States or its allies in the war, in the opinion of A. C. Bedford, of New York, President of the Standard Oil ^ Company of New Jersey. Mr. Bed- ford expre.-ised that conviction in an address he delivered here before the War Convention of the American (Chamber of Commerce. I RUMANIAN .SOLDIF.R.S' WOUNDS DRESSED WITH SAWDUST. -1 A despatch from Wa.shington says: Rumania is so short of medical sup- plies that wounds of her soldiers are being dres.'^ed with sawdust, says a cablegram received hero from the .'\merienn Red Cross Commission to Rumania. The cableg;vani adds that the Rumanian railroad system is bad- ly crippled, and that there is urgent need for ambulance transport, with drivers and nieihanica. Markets of the World Brcadatnffi Toronto. .Sept. 25 â€" Manitoba wheat â€" No. 1 N'cirthern. 12.21: No. 2. do.. 12. IS; No. 3. do.. J2.15: No. 4 wheat. $2.10. In Htore. Fort Wllllum. Manitoba oatM â€" No. 2 C.W.. 67. In Btnrp. Kurt William. American cornâ€" No. 3 yellow, nominal, track Toronto. Ontario oats â€" No. 2 white. 60c. nomi- nal: No. S. do.. B9c. nominal, uccordlnic to freights outside. Ontario wheat â€" New, No. 2. »2.1T to 12. 2u. accordlntr to freights outside. Peas â€" Nominal. Harley â€" Malting, new. »1.1S to »1.20, accordlnR to frelKhts outside. Rye â€" No. 2, 11.70. according to frclghta I outside, Manltobii flour â€" First patents. In Jute liaKs. til. BO: 2nd do., ill. 00: atrons I bakers', do.. $10.60, Toronto, I Ontario flourâ€" Winter, according to ! sample. 110.20: In bags, track Toronto. I prompt shipment. I Millfeed â€" Car lot.i â€" Delivered Mont- i real freights, bags In'luded â€" Hrun, per I ten. $3S: shorts, do.. $42: middlings. d''.. $45 to $46; good feed flour, per bug. '$3.26. I Hiiy â€" No. 1. new. per tot) $11.00 to $1150; mixed, do.. $8 to $9 50. track Toronto. .Straw â€" Car lots, per ten. $7 to $7,60. track Toronto, Conntry Prodnce^Wholeaal* Hotter â€" Cri'Hmerv, enllds, per lb, 39 lo 31'Jc; prlnt.s. per lb. 3'Ji to 40c; diilry, per lb., 33 to 34c. F(rgsâ€" I'er doz.. 40 to 41c. Whi'lesaler.s are selling to the retail trade at the following prices :- â€" Cheeseâ€" New, large. 23 to 23 Jc; twins, 23J to 23Jc; triplets. 23J to 24c; old. large. 30c; twins. 30ic; triplets. JOJc. Hutter â€" Fresh dairy, choice. 39 to 40c; creamery printn. 42 to 43c; solids. 411 to 4 2r. [ Kggs â€" New laid. In rnrtons. 52 to 64c: .out of cartons, 46 to 47c. I Pres.xed poultry- -Spring chickens. 25 'to SOc: fowl, 20 to 22c; squabs, per doi., I $4 to $4 60; turkeys. 25 to 30c; ducks. .â- Spring. '-'2c I Live poultry â€" Spring chickens, lb.. :2c; hens, 20 lo 22c; ducks. SprUiK, 20c. I Honev - Comb â€" Kxtra flris, 16 os.. $3.25; 12 OS. $2.75; No. 2. $2 40 to $2 50. .Strained -Tins, 2J's i.nd B's. 17c per lb; 10s. Ifijc; 60'.s. 15J to 16c. Henna-â€" No Canadian beans on market I until last of October; Imported hand- ' picked. $7.75 per bush: I.lmas. per lb.. ' IB to l«c. I Potatoes, on track â€" Ontario, per bag, $1.!JU to $1.S5. ProTlaiona â€" ITIiolaaala Smoked meats â€" Hams, medium. 30 to jSlc; do., heaw, 26 to 27c; cooked, 41 to '42c; rolls. 27 to 2Sc; breakfast bacon. an to 40c; backs, idaln, 3S to 39c; bofie- IcNs, 42 to 43c, Cured meats- Long cloar bacon. 27 to l27ic lb; clear bellies. 26J to 27o. I I.ard â€" l^lro lard, tierces. 26 to 26Jc; tubs 2iiJ to 26Jc: palls. 26| to 27c: ! compound, tierces, 20 to 20Jc; tubs, 201 to 20 Jc; i)alls, 20* to 21c. Uontraal Karkata Montreal. .Sci.t. 25 Oatsâ€" Canadian \\eslern. No. 2. 77Jc; .No. 3. 761c; extra No. 1 food, 76ic; No. 2 local white, 70c; No, 3 local white, 69c, liarlev â€" Manl- tolin feed. $1 29; malting, $1.33. Flour-â€" Manitoba Spring wheat )>atent.s. firsts. $11.60: socoiulN. $11,10; MtrouK bakers'. $10 90; Winter fatent.H. choice. $12.00; straight rollers. $1150 to $11. SO; do, I bags, $6 60 to $5,75. Kolled oats - Hbls.. , fS.TO to $9.00; do., bags, 90 Ib.s.. $1.20 to $4.40. llran, $34.00 to $,rtl,00. Shorts $40.00, Middlings. $4S.oo to $50.00. Moullllo, $56.00 to $60,00, Havâ€" No. 2 â-  I»r ton, c* lots, $10.50 to $ll!. Cheese 1- Fli\e,Mt Westerns, 213c; Miie<t Kast- ierns, 211c, Hutterâ€" Choicest cream, rv, 134 to 4;f<'; seconds, 411 to 42c. KgKS-^- Frosh. 53 to 54c; Selected, 47 to 4Sc- No, 1 .stock. 43 to 44c; .NO. 2 stock. 4a to 41c, Potatoes â€" Per bag, car lots. $1.55 to $1.60. Wheatâ€" No. 2 Northern. $2.18: No. 3, do.. $2.15; No. 4. $2.10; No. 5. $1.91: No. 6. $1.S1: feed. $1.70. Oatsâ€" No. 1 1 C,W., 67c; No. 3. do.. 66c; extra No. 1 i feed, 66c: Na 1 feed. 64c: No. 2. do.. I esjc. Barleyâ€" No. 3. $1.20; No. 4. $1.16; I rejected. $1.12; feed, $1,12. Flaxâ€" No. 1 N.-WC, $3.27; No. 2 C,W., $3 21; No. I 3. do,, $3.10. Vnlted V.nttu Xarketa Minneapolis, ^ept. 25 â€" Corn â€" No. 3 yellow. $2.06 to $2. OS. Oats â€" No. i white 5» to 69ic. Flour â€" Unchanged. Uranâ€" $30.60 to $32. r)uluth. Sept. 25 â€" Linseed â€" $3 441; September. $3,441 bid; October. $3.«41 bid: November. $3,431 bid; Uecemlier. $3,901 bid. •^••- â-  XJve Stock ISarkata Toronto. Sept. 25 â€" Kxtra choice heavy .steers, $11.10 lo $12; do,, good heavy. $10,25 to $10.75; butchers' cattle, choice, $9,75 to $10.25: d.i.. good. $9 to $9.40: ido., medium, $S.25 to $8.65; dO . common. , $6.75 to $7.4U; butchers' bulla, choice. i$S.30 to $8.65: do., good bulls. $7.40 to I $7.86; do, medium bulls, $8.85 to $7.10: Ido.. rough bulla. $D to $6; butchers' 'cows, choice. $8 to $8.25. do., good, 1$7.35 to 17.60; do., medium, $6.60 to i$6 75; Btockers. $7.50 to $9.25; feeders. ' $« to $9; canners and cutters, $5 to $550; milkers, good to choice. $100 to i $135; do., com, and med.. $75 to $85; I Springera. $90 to $135; light ewes, $'.',60 Ito $11.50: sheep, heavy, $5,76 to $7,50; yearlings. $11 to $12; <'alvfs. good to choice. $14,60 to $15.25; Spring lambs. $15.75; hogs, fed and watered. $17.50 to $iS: do., ott cars. $17.75. do., f.o.b.. $16.50. Montreal. Sept. 25 â€" Choice sti-ers. $10.50: good, $9,76 to $10; lower grade.f, h: butchers' cows. $6.50 to $8 50; bulls. $7.25 to $900; canning bulls, i $6 to $6.2&: cows. $5 to $5.30. Ontario lanibs, $14,75 to $15 25; (Jucbec lambs, i$13R0 to $14 50; sheep $8.60 to $10; choice milk-fed calves, $14 to $15; lower grades, $9 to $1S; selected hogs. $17.50 to $18. Winnipeg Oraln Winnipeg, Sept. 25 - Cash prices â€" COSTA RICA BREAKS W ITH TEUTONS. A despatch from San Jose. Costa Rica, says: The Costa Rican Ciovern- ment by an official act on Friday : afternoon severed diplomatic relations , with (Icrmany. Passports were hand- . ] ed to the diplomatic and Coni^ular re- ; presentatives of Germany here and I the Costa Rican legation and Consuls ! in Germany were recalled. The peo- ple and the newspapers stronply ap- proved of the Government's action. .A. despatch from San Jose said thai ] diplomatic relations between Costa I Rica and Germany were considered I severed because President Tinoco had , discovered that German residents j there had joined with the followers of I former President Gontales in conspir- j ing against the Government. 1 -^ : BLOCKADE MEASURES WILL BE MORE RIGID. A despatch from London says: I Lord Robert Cecil, l?riti,sh Minister of I Blockade, and Albert Metin, under- ' secretary of the French Foreign Of- fice in charge of blockade matters, had a conference here with the object of gaininK closer co-operation from the United States in npolicy which aims at exercisin); m,^re rigid pres- sure on the enemy. This polic>* will be carried out without interference with the economic condition of neu- tral countries. M^bo S3o±xx|giSi oiT ^Ixe II3iuLir3a ft â- T". 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