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, Mail from Venice a a report ‘ae [Dus Unitis is of 20,000 tone displace- hoe In answer to the watef plane raia on Cuxhaven German aeroplanes on Wednesday raided Dunkirk, and| p, mn hour were | jij for more than’ half a1 * dropping bombs all over the town. According to returns already in, 15 ople illed and _ wounded. ‘The visiting | fleet comprised four aeroplanes, both Maubér Bi Avia~ tes which flew several times across the city, dropping bombs on each journey. Soldiers in the with vigorous rifle aeroplanes sailed a -zopied the streets ig himself, but all got safely away. The bombs fell first on one side and ‘on another. No soon one aeroplane seem to be departing whole with rifle shots and up dense Buildanas bs, wh: cloufle of black Sie er did} cai meine firse vee cations and two more near the ian al’ in_ the aahiaciss of Rosen- daal on a jute factory. ‘The dis- tricts of Coudekeque and of Furnes also many were wounded there. One child had an arm blown off, while another wit ith 2 a) oS g ee pitted the walls a A horse in the Rue Nienport close to the spot where a bomb fell, was mutilated, British NE anob rried the sufferers to the hospital. ing itself in readiness to attack any and windows were smashed in all} of the allies’ oe seeking to § Inolodz, on the Pilica 65 miles directions and tramway lines at|repel the invading fl south of "Wateaw, the Ruéeians ai sthemee andl ycetcied Sapna! Get: i lasibs were made at $7, to, $8, and, cheep man trenches. Further south the c (F FART PRODUCTS at $450 to, $5.80 per owt. “ine quality of | Germans, after a long cannonade, J} he calves on ‘arket was poor, whic a) Na a prices the iar from sto $10 each | Made an infantry assault, which toveize and quality. A etronger feel- | Was repulsed fe, ‘the Russian sees Rrromrs reow rem nraprvo| ing prevailed in the m ket for hogs, and |lery, excepting at one point, wher "BADE CENTRES oF AMERICA pret saeee . Manitoba firet ted a %. a ‘in jute bags, po + $0.90 al —On tarig quot. § dat 52 to Sie 2h fae soremn nada, "No. 2 quoted ‘ab 6 No. Sat a8 [Market “= quiet, with malting rads 0 68, outside. ie mlarket fe etesdy at $1.04 to a ites ouigide. is quiet, with No. 2 a ‘gas ‘te ‘i 65, outside. rican quoted re a rail, “noronto treight whea quoted at 76 to 78, at \d ghorte at §27 to $26. Car lots, per bag of $3 to $3.15. Country Produce. Butter —CHioice dairy, 25 to, me; inferior, 20 to) le: creamery piinte, 29 to golidg, 28 to e: farmers’ cepa Niger New nid, selecta, dozen, 35. to 38; storage, 28 Honey Starker ig fim at 12 to. 130. per Vb. for ined ; i 1 -honeyeomb, $2.75 per dozen; No 2. #2, Poultry—-Chicken sttese to 150; si es Tb. 3 to se: ety 10 to ee 12 to Xie turkeys, dreesed, 18 en New large, 16 1-4c; twine, 16 3-4c. —] bushel, $2.50 to $2.70; cipioked, 98. 15 10 $21 ‘85, aties—Ontarice,. 65 to 700 per. bagy out. of bore, S60. in ear. lots, Now Brune: Wicks, ear lots, 6 to 65¢ per bag. Baled Hay and Straw. Straw is quoted at $7.80 to $8 a. ton, in te. on, track here aye: wr hay. ia quoted at, $16.50 from itech here: NO. $15 $is.50" wha Noo 3 ae 815 to $15.90. Provision: con—Long clear, eee to 14 4e: par le te aie loth Dina 16. to 170; eavy, 14 12 to 150; Palit to i ‘ breaistact "bacon, am 12 2° *rard—Market da stil t0, ik to tor tieroad fama et i118 to pails, Minneapolis Wiest. eat, No. 1 dara, Hows pears itente, 460455 econd clears, $4.30. fag, (Sie Nos 1 hard, ;No. 1 Northern, §1.24 1. H.21 14; December, Tener ‘1.60 34; Decomber,. $1.60 1-4, artes Crain: ‘No; 1. North: ue Stock Markets. .. 5.—Butchers’ cattle, good, medium, $6.50 to $6.75; do. to $6.35; butchers’ bulls, @ $1: do. good. Duley $6.55 ts lo. eae bulls, ‘8 to SS ta 86.76; dos median, $8.00 do. common, ot ee to Lae feeders, t ‘ough bull * pore: #1 30 BT 8b; aio + epmnton, 86 choi 86.5 Eshes etocker ie. 6.15; do. f ‘canneré ind cutters, 0 RAS milkers, choice, each, $75 to sah; do. and medium, §39 to 40; epringens, 850° t0 $90; Lee to S6:do,, heavy, u ry. $4 to. $4. fe a te. ee aks of the French army, £ 11 34 for tubs and | | of ammunitio +] ist | the recent. aerial prices advancs and select oa fuss i wane a8 made “at $e to $8.25 per owt, GENERAL’ s DEY VOTION. Sacrificed Own “Ti ie to Save His Whole Brigade. inspires al m pri- vate eneral, In the mate: eal nature of things, of course, more privates than generals show themselves heroes. All the more reason then to remark the following act of herciem on the part of a gen- eral of brigade. This general had received orders from the highest An equal heroism these orders would mean the practi- cal annihilation of ime brigade, and the general knew s he to peda the cessary are ia authority Ratti iS of life? He could edie: thie wii disobe; rdi- nary man woul rible alternative, But our general had a Frenchman’s keen. judgement, not, my orders are that they: remain waciaities He advanced and fell riddled with bullets. | He bad saved honor and-his le SEND MAIL BY ARROWS. Germans Confiscate Implements. Used to. Avoid-Their Censorship. ‘A despatch from Paris says: The gium, where archery still flourishes. French humorists were amused at this action at the time, but it ap- the arrows to shoot Holland to avoid the German cen- sorship. .|MARITZ DEFEATS LOYALISTS. Rebel Leader Takes 90 Prisoners and Much Ammunition, pat ich from Pretoria says: . Maritz, os rebel lead- @ head: of a rebels. armed with ee guns an four maxims, and defeated 4 Loyalists at Schnit Drift, capturing 90 men, a maxim, and 80,000 rounds a. A des Commander Hewlett Rescued. from ‘London says: were seen approaching the: aeroplane of Bia -commander Francis Hewlett; of Maurice Hewlett, the novel- raid on Cux- aven, and that there is reason to he ;|believe that he was’ saved. by ft Germans. Large Divisions of Aeroplanes Will Operate, In- stead of Raids by a Few Machines at a Time A despatch from New Yorks says: France’ is building two great fleets of, airéraft, . arme with cannon, darts and bom in- vade Germany in the spring, accor-| of ding to Pedro Chapa, a Mexican m the Cunard liner ca eds of sachets carrying omit monoplanes equipped with bombs and steel darts, will be ready to ® ibs, and aiaberbte machines are sweep across the German frontier when winter is passed: he said, The monoplanes-are intended mainly for scout work, and will make of 120 miles an hour. All the aero- panes will have a cruising radiu 0 milés from the frontiers, sai Chapa, and their attack will mot be inthe form of raids by a few ma- chines.as hitherto, but by large di- igtors to man these now being trained in several large cities for the purpose, e) guinary elees® ier to millet a0 +|an offici: | the river, - | reports, ‘by an-impetudus counter- prisoner. In. this engagement. we re.\captured German machine guns and inflicted enormous losses on the rought into action 1 | the last fortaight exosed y| articles of ‘mail addressed for de- a fruitless waste | dia Faeuhr wat voor wimihieatice |? souths imow, aH the. Ger- effort to resume the offensive, is reported in communicat Be from the Sees, of Grand -e Nic] oe nan, aeoanarc the Russian statement, thoyed tor. ra withering fire from he Russian artillery, and en wad to take by assault the ceuat es in front of three Villages east-of saw at Bol “Our. thoops,”* the Grand «-Duke pllnckeniautcerserviVieghcir Bayes nets all of the enemy ‘with -the ex- aapeion of a few, who were made ar) By corps. the enemy RecuFed an Giecisled position. Later he was dislodged and thrown out of this ground by a ae tae soutien attac It is unofficially aired from Petrograd "that the Germen prison- ers ta e Russians during | © 50,000 in number. ——* IN FORWARDING MAIL. Many Letters Intended for Soldiers | Abroad are Insufficiently Prepaid. It is found that a number of let- ters, post-cards, packets and other livery in England, and on the C. nent, more particularly for hate OP thiberpadifigaaty Forde: aro received at the foe Post-office a cea pre: Mail vagttorgitereocnd. ta: Ceci: lonti- fully prepaid at ‘the usual - postal union rates, which for letters is five cents for each additional ounce. In cases where the senders aes letters or. newspapers or other mail matter do. not inom Sena the addressee’ is’ in 01 abroad, the only nee in ae oe can be'sure of it eing fully paid is to pay the postal union adel on it. This is for the reason’ that it is dropossible to_collect ‘any sur- charges placed. on an item of mail Hees from ae addressee if on ac- tive service Al snauificiently prepaid letters, post-cards and packets addressed to tig. “Daitids | axveailionary «force serving on the Continént will be returned to the senders. the rate of postage for par- Fi the General Post-office or one of the postal stations. —— hr___ Made Her Puff. A traveller peek a oes and then, going on the latform, id—“How soon ee ‘. ie train start?’* “Why, there she goes w,’” said er. “You've just missed her.”’ The traveller kept’ on the line and set out in pursuit of the train with all his might. But in two re i ll, said the tra veller, T made her = uff.” “but, by jingo; eens Se Tit For Tat. Here is a good story told by an American. ‘The goose had zarved, and. everybody had tasted . Ttwas excellent. The negro minister, who was the guest of hon- or! could not restrain his enthu- siasm. ‘Dat’s as fine a goose as evah I see, Brudder Williams,” he | said to his host.. “Whar did you pahson }| goose, exhibiting great dignity and mil show me the same ~ considera: tiot suecessively regiments from divers |‘ cels addressed. to the soldiers now | ° € | from th oyna, making remarkable canivan e0llee- tions.in aid of the Russian wound- ed. The ioture ary s the Grand | P, Duchess as a Sister of Mercy of the Greek’ Ohurch.. The Order is called Martha and Mary. ee ARTILLERY DEVELOPMENT, Methods’ Have Been duced in War. New Tntro- The character of the artillery dis closed in the war, from the ma- chine gun to the great siege mor- tars, has introduced largely new methods of warfare, and the stra- tegy of the campaigns is a subject how meaningless, isolated engagements are in the resent conflict, and that the re- sult ig not likely to be settled i any single battle. he subject os military. matter; clog agneareagse ia American, anid in: the’ special- war pockhowin een saedeen arm ee ae where. onthe: Continent smiust\ be | "tthe big aethlotmeny of this war has been the + improvement in artillery and i “the supply service. Ended, at is well named a machine- le ike any other machin- ery toenee. highly developed types require fewer nien, yet accomplish equal or even greater results. specially is this the case with the German fachine gu matic rifle, so phenen ae be artridge as ae rifle, g bands, efor short the oe “of five shots a sabind it great value in stopping. charges rin shooting up any, bodies of the Cccp tat ene mentee Geren have these. gu ns Pp the ground over a8 Seincks il probably be ade. When the signal is received Mere tng Abatealt Ghat ee enemy bas-reashed the:danwer zone, the gun that covers this part of the front can then turn loose a storm of bullets shoe will. wipe out any troops in its path. Ten men Steceae celrie han meets ie wit machine guns as can one hundre men with rifles. Be s the advantage in ma- chine guns, the Germans have so far had an additional i in that their 6-inch siege guns could outrange most of the field guns of the French and. British. But such equipment, wears ox rapidly in ser vice ; the bor worn andi tl shooting is gona ate; guns os captured ; many are broken or-des- troyed. It is'doubtful teed Ger- many can replace. this upon her equipment in sie Ss her great ordnance factories. al+ world to aid in inereasing their me- chanical fighting equipment. At present the Germans are counting on. thei a ssupatiot equip- me! © hold back their armies. ly caught up with Germany ; oo Britain, though far behind, is stead— ily gaining, ‘The situation in Erhinoe seems to point to an early assum; tion cf the _suETeseite by the French ds Britis - despatel:r front. S$ says: Lie felt Col Housiek: orstes a long editorial in the Liberteto-an analy- sis of the action’ SErEabed by the extraordinary, complex system of eel A despatch &s the oe Daily that a°Frenech si torpedoed the 7 Aitapnaes ite nought Viribus Unitis at Pola. said the hull be the Dreadnought | } Austrian Dreadnought Torpedoed was pierced, but thatehe imuoceat |* ed in eee her dock. . The Viri- ari “dnd has a Sheree of a ‘Con! Sea hi iin eae ips tonstituting ss e largest ge the Aust trian nar cS. both. sides. refutes the oresomee oftem put for- ward thabnéither ‘the:Germans nor the alliescan: chope: now for g/ deci= fe. “Qn the ‘contrary’? says; ‘very soon we Shall be in.a posit T to take ee initiative. - ~The: e; both in. he ast ae as re Then 2 aitle! on % ee iB 8 Ea iy 2 Napoleonic principles will prove as decisive as it proved recentiy in SOON TAKE THE INITIATIVE The Germans Must Abandon Their Present Tactics, Says a French Expert Servia, when at the very monient the Austrians believed =abey. had vietory in han e er whelmed. Yet before re g their crushing blow the Servians hedéye" tired some one hundred kilometres. “We do not néed to retire. On the contrary, we are holding firm, and we are preparing, like valiant little Servia, our weapons for the decisive encounter. It is not ite bers that guarantee victory. It determination to win, and above all a steady poss tat of the sole object , the demoralization When ° staff sees the moment t arrived rs blow will be struck.” =! | ho Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodor- Sister of the Tsaritsa who, helped io gaining rapidly in public interest |j can in | n, ‘eat drain} f z deepotia ral |.\‘How does she get along with her bw Fighting for of Their ‘oes. - : aes arraign- the leaders of ee, publiened in fhe United States appeared recently in the Philadelphia Ledger under the. heading of ‘‘Mene, Mone atc Up- harsin. 5 Aes was as foll “The han ing is on nthe wall for German eee the mighty. war empite has a peichen. in the, balances and fou tl yast Shenae of areca built at infinite cost is ae be- foun- & 4 eset ae see Hes should have jee false assumption of remacy propagated a deena tscea The peo- ee are not to blame; for the mass of German men and women, gentle, peaceable, thrifty, industrious and ingenious, the world at ares hag othing but sympatl Been blinded and misled noe as ter caste o! War: ed Aristocrats, hose prestige and place of power could be upheld only by infecting he nation Pritt their own vir “And the pity = it is that a mil- lion blame! useful lives must mit in the nam philosophy in the famous universi- ties, toil in the factories to produce, commodities that all men need, who sai the seas on errands of civilizing comme: nd walk abroad with under the Jindens in thee ool of no quarrel; tow that, Se many there no an: i, aa self- defence, = une ae ever: ught and tuil were compell crush Prussian. militarism. they must remain in arms, at what- ever cost, until that dragon is erush “None dare say that the real, deep soul ermany revealed itt self when gS wher of the ruthless machine rolled over Belgium and left its ahaa tna ‘oh “gir an cae humanity ; the chaste d rich beauty. of "Rheims Cathe- me that’ symphony. in stone, was battered to dust; or when the rules n- and holy shrines were shel out the prescribed notice. were the deeds of A Blood-Drunk Caste, that by a ieonich patrons had to. jts char- jot. The samie eae e the world cannot, must not, halt until the mil- itaristic shorn of its power These Great Britain, and Russia are themselves from. “the milieary easte that man- kind abhors. “On the East, on the West the blood-lust leaders have flung their deluded millions upon unbending lines of steel, mar- tyrs to the glorification of Mar Slowly but: irresistibly that inflex: ible ine is ig closing in upon the deci- of the deluded. And their feudal tenure to. ac Knowledge that the fighting machine has failed. aiser knows. it, and the knowledge has ~sicken him, All the world knows it. but the holdcaust must go on ifonly o the gambler’s ehance of saving the te in a& if the real Ger- ie as oe Fresh Brilliance. Throughout the ign the French artillery have own .the t brilliance snd resource. On: one ate a Germa) jes ane was 80: erly conaentaad that the Fre neh Pitter which it. was shell- ing was unuble te ind. tl many this state tas continued wnt at-last a Ger- shell-bw itself i oe the ground without exp vedi officer ay command of the ee battery a ance dug up the hell. calmly sah e great. rick of the shell exploding ¢ any minutes re rae the time fuse, pig then E his. ow 2 ag: cordingly. Within ee anes German battery was silenced. Avoids Monty; “Do you always leave “a card when you call? & “Noy sometimes it’s an um- breila.” Be " “So you send your. wii ifs to mountains for three months every npr Tt’s great to have none eS; none is certamtly. a grei blessing.” “She is cle mad on the sub- ject of germs, and stetilizes or fi ters everything “in house family?” “Oh, even her relations |are strained.’ Ps av \poisons, a determined effort is i less be canvas tte these caste de-| oi 04, Sted t evening. With that Germeay there a eee “by the opponents on the South and} ned | me, MANAGING WAR ALL RIGHT |British Public Cease Criticism— There i Not : to Fear An Invasion’ A. despatch from London. says: Criticism of the Government’s wat preparations which was rampaiit Barina ths codecs tO war, | has: largely ceased. the services of busi terprises to take p: of supplying the eae an labor urlions’ have volunteered ee watch the execution Go ment spleen = only to see that oper equlj and ‘rations are supplied ‘to the Saude but to pre= vent sweating. Arnold White, a prominent wri- ter and former colonial official, been making a thorough inspection of the training camps for the pur- pose of detecting any ear and mismanagement. Having been a bitter enemy of the Government, his = id tor The War Office eae now enlisted has | s Need, point of view was not prejudiced in its “Having visited 58 earmpe in vari thor. It problems e no conception of the ork | thoroughness, efficiency and silence with which the V and the ae nye of the fleet under ‘Fell coe has ” increased the timid to sleep quietly in their beds.”” DANGER IN FLY POISON Moye on Foot to Prohibit Their Manufacture. Because of the large and increas- ing number of cases where children have been poisoned by various fly ing made by a-number of medical associations and other sources in- er in the health of children to prohibit the eae elas and sale of such produe In less ak ree months during the summer of 1913, forty-seven cases of children being poisoned were reported in the newspapers of teen American states these quite a number proved fatal, nad many others were expected to #88 “The danger to children in the use of fly poisons, lies in the fact that practically all of them contain arsenic in a sufficient quantity to cause death or very serious illness, even when but a little of the pre- paration is swallowed by the child. Children are particularly attract- 0 fly poisons because of ‘the fact that ts customary to mix sugar ison in order to attract the flies. There were undoubtedly a great many cases of soned in this way come to public attention, especially. toms of arsenical poison dren are almost identical with the symp of cholera infantum. deadly infantile disease pre- vails during the fly season and the doctors state that it is practically impossible to determine death was caused-by cholera infan- tum or poison, unless the chil- dren are actually seen drinking or sucking the poison. The authorities in South Africa have already taken’ ste} regu- late ‘and ultimately eliminate the sale of fly poisons, an: of these prepara. tions to secure prohibitory. legisla tion in the various: states at early date. ti ntime, parents having small pies are particularly ae tioned a: of any iinet Su louaicone where it 28 within reach of the children. ———_* He Would Earn It. “Supposing I give you Your sup- per,” said the tired-looking woman, “what will you do to earn “Madam,” said Tired Tim, an ive y you the opportunity: of seeing through a whole» meal without finding fault: with a single thing.” The woman ‘thought for a moment, and then told him to come in and she’ d set the table “T say, oid chap, I’m in. shocking Juck. money badly. an¢ vhaven’t ne Adsit idea where I can get it.” ‘‘Well, I’m glad to hear feat I thought perhaps jou tad an idea you could borrow . from POLICE OF VIENNA CHARGE PEACE MOB Wound Thirty and Arrest Large Number of Anti-War . Rioters. ¥ \despatch front London The Daily Chronicle’s ent at Basel quotes Geneva of serious interaal troubles in Austria and Hungary. A crowd made a demonstration in Vienna, according to these reports, in favor charged the demonstrators in the Praterstrasse, where were threatening the official buildings, and wounded thirty of the manifest- “Since the Servian victory,’ correspondent says, a day passes in Budapest without disturb- ance. Crowds once or twice have turned against the police, shouting ‘Down with Tiza’ (the Bungee Piemier). A major f the Rou- manian population of ‘Transylvipia has refused to be enrolled in jgarian regiments and has appeal led to Roumania-to help them. Sev- eral prominent politicians have dis- appeared from Prague and the po- lice refuse’ information regarding them. “Some students arrested in a-de- monstration are believed to have been shot. “Sedition and mutiny are rife in e coast districts of : Dalmatio: Scores of students have been im+ The remnants of the defeated Aus- 3 “ army are re-forming in-Bos= The new commander, Arch- aie Eugene, is eliminating the Slav. soldiers and is replacing them, with reservesito a total strength of about 1205060 “A hundred” persons: have ‘been arrested at: Sarajevo charged with a revolutionary plot, have ‘been executed on hayes thes they were spying for the Serbs. tne Merely Nodded. In a quiet little country town, so quiet that the silence hurt, a com- mércial traveller entered the gen- through to the’ me of draughts, siseuin; he said, in an energetic whisper, ‘‘there’s two customers in the shop.” /Slocum never took his 3 merely nodded his head’ and whispéred in reply, ‘‘That’s all” right. Keep quiet. and they'll go away again. \ ‘A despatch from: London anys Colonel Grant Morden of Montreal, a ‘ormerly of Toronto, has si pesiea to Engl nd’ after several! eeks | spent at the fro He has Sete escape while ‘A shell burst close beside him, and | his hearing has. been temporarily | he was.in the trenches. | acco’ Seen REMOUNI DEPOT “| Col. Grant Morden Returns From Front, Where H Narrowly Escaped a Bursting Shell 2 impaired by ore concussion. Ina » hig eet village within ae rincess Patricia’s | Deh Tate the first of the Can- adian contingent. [eae to the front, g thei turn te were | ded. a splendid, reception. by their coasodons in anms an he French villagers “A ‘despatch from Copenhagen says: A Berlin message says that the German supreme wat tribunal has sentenced a Brit’ ish war prisoner named Lonsdale to death for as- saulting a German officer at the Doberitz concentration camp. Lons- es dale, it is admitted, “di the ae gene the prison guard beat him / Scdenpun tinued Lisbon says? The Portuguese Government plied details of : ortuguese and German forees in Angola. The German ary tillery attacked Fort Naukilla, and the Portuguese made a steady. re- sistance to the evenly. s entry, which an ene gement be-| Germans Portuguese Forces” Were: Defeated eried 46 tinh ‘their lett great aera ue wing. ‘many: losses. cers were (] ans one is a prisoner. ot as e: Eight Portuguese offi- — led and missing and-