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4 RUSSIAN GENERAL ESCAPES ? FROM AUSTRIAN PRISON CAMP _|NEWS BY MAIL FROM TRE. Great Rejoicing Throughout Czar’s Kingdom Over Return of One of Bravest Officers in Army. A cs a from” hago “says en, Kornil who was red Dukla ase . ” april, 1915, te reach. r escaping fe roman ‘Aus- trian prison camp at Gen. Korniloff was Kept prisoner for 17 months. He finally managed | to procure a private’s wee ant in these clothes, with the Czech soldier, contrived out with a working momentary inatten- i te they | obtained civilian clothing and ‘contin ued their journey afoot, helped by aj; perfect knowledge of German. General's flight was soon dis-|b covered, and a large reward was of- fered for his recapture. It. wa: dangerous travel besa by night. Tn the a time they hid and suf extreme ‘hones for days tog thee subsisting on berries. One day the soldier venice into a village | in quest of food. He was surrounded by gendarmes and shot in attempting | who was rapidly ap- ‘caching complete exhaustion, con- | Wes tinued his journey slone On the 26th et a pal Bae the Russian frontier. is great rejoicing throughout Rasa over Korniloff’s return, ‘tion for bravery is een y that of Soy. other officer in the Hesaian him Bg WHEAT CROP | 168,811,000 BUS. |x: PRENCH “MERCHANT MARINE GROWS. Tee THE WAR. despatch from New York says: oo. anual report of. the le Transatlantic, better ki in the woods | wiser Division Compas Di From Erin's Green Ise LAND’S SHORES. Happenings in the Emerald Isle of Interest to Irish- men. ty of officers and. men of the are assisting ~ Bel- tt in a recruiting campaign nore 0 af] Ireland. | body of troops was reviewed lin the Phoonk Park by Field-Marshal {Lord French, Somuagse ea or the reer Force: Mtoataata “Alexis Pollard, D.L., jot vKingstar py s carte Pollet. rom Movote Pana aig nome and killed. |. A movemen en initlated pe lo have: some vecant land aitjecaut to ‘the City utilized for cultivai ion. sum of $10,000 was ised at a recent garden fete at ip of the British Red Cross S e fund for Comforts for Belgian He aiers, At Victoria Barracks, Cork, a dis- artial was held to pes against five civilians for ing Paeents likely to cause diva fection toe His Majesty. ard of Guardians appointed | i. McKenna, Ballylinan, sere wn | officer of Monastereyan MAJORS. E. WELLER 'From the Smiset Coast! BUILDER OF CANALS}, « ato, SeDE 2 19 Manltabewncat-— Nort Worinesne gba ;_ No. 2 Northern 635 ; No. 3. Noctiten, a 604; No. s or ‘0. 2 CONTRACTOR IN CHARGE OF NEW|3 UV ne ech Tteod, b64e 7 WELLAND CANAL. Si aes Tyellow, 928e, No U white, 80'to G2e, secording to e, 60 to 52c, o Gretghisoulsiie Saves 5 Was Member cf Bisley Team in 1896] ‘Ontario wheat—New crop, 2 and Served in North-West ahaa etn comitneFeiah anes ; 2 No. 8 0 ial, $1, 20, eas—No. 2, © $2.10, according Py 2 $2.0 to freights, outsid Barley—Malting, 80 to 7c, nominal ; feed, 30 to §2c, nominal, according) to ier, on whose shoul ie St in frelghts outside Maj. ders rests the main burden of t mammoth construction work now progress on the new Welland Ship]. Buel ‘Acwheat--Nominal, according to Canal, is a native of Ontario, having| freghts outs! ae See been born at uaonenre in thls roe 1 pi new. 3 ‘0 i some 56 ye ‘ aaed tod Frefet ee ‘homfaaly‘accoeding “to Pans a et ar olen e wit! ‘aniteba flour—First patents, it 3 of oe ES bass, $8.00; second ma Patent in dice'page, honors in 1883, taking vil engineering, physics, and artil- een constantly in the strong Tor Ontario ‘Howe—New winter, accordi to sample, $6.25, in bags, track, Toronte Prompt ‘shipment ; mew. according to Sample, $6.25, bulk seaboard, prompt Millfeed—Car tots, delivered Montreal freights, bags included—Bran, per ton, $28; shorts, per ton, $29; ‘nldchina, het ‘ton, $30; good feed flour, per resent date, the construction of the ‘Lawrence perintending en- nected with per ton, $10. 12 + No. 2 oe tone ny to $9.50. tracks “oranto; Straw— $7 to $8, track Tor an Welland Ship tren Country Proan Butter—Fresh aly case 30 to 820 piaterior, 24,to 250; cheamery pridis, 33 to solide; 34 to 35e. Hage Noweiald, 84 10. 5c ; tons, 38 to toe Dressed poultry—Chickens, 25 to 27¢ mated, to cost $50,000,0 Yeeted Speriene. do, car- she French ae made public hers in aha _rostenation ron gensed Pou Preliminary Estimate of Yield, fe Wednesday night, shows t | through illness of Dr. Ri Se | tom poultry Chickens, 17 to 180; rariee’s:rigeclade nisin Mie |; About ten employees of the wens vil, af fo 180; ducks, 13 to Ibe. re of the Wheat Crop. instead of diminished since the war GT@nge Burial Board suddenly str twin Bid to Bites tipietsy 218 to ade: ‘A despatch from Otta + In|began, in spite of Germany's sub-| cause of the trouble is said to be 128 to t3e | ae ee # a @ bulletin issued the yee and Marine warfare, er VeS-/so much with wages as with condl- tins, 14 to 320; bap. At fo 1140 tistics Office publishes the first S¢l8, the company has bet meet 8 of employment, Le GPmh honeys Helect,. 32:40 tp N or preliminary estimate of the yield Placed in commission a mo oder: s-| In answer to an enquiry made by spotntnes —Onta ios British of the op. ‘After a reference Senger steamship of 14,800 eae the United States regarding the or. Columbia Rose 5. 42; New Bruns: yield in the western|it has maintained an "uninterrupted der-in-Council restricting entrance to ge anh oe tae 30; primes, pat oi tie baUetlt sixes passenger and freight service etween |Ireland,, the h Government has $5. Tn Ontario and Quebee grain yields |France and the western hemisphere. |Statod thet the onion is not directed have been greatly reduced by drought | Despite an almost total absence of |*#ty Re item ROLE dindked tmeets SHamnar mbandine Ae-to in Sint, but in the Maritime Pro. ture travel; a reduction of west Dublin at the battle of Horn Reef, and 26c ; do., heavy, 22 to 28e; cooked. 35 in British Columbia ard emigration traffic, and losses in-| which was presented ancl faokae ORGa aah crew ee condition “td the crops has con. | eurre submarine activity, |of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce, ye fo £704 shonslemky 25200, ined te. betduite fav) the report shows a substantial pro-|has now been placed in the Conversa- Pickled or-dried cured theate, 1 cent a orable. less than d., Tovin: outta teacteons' the Feports ot fit, due to large freight traffic: ion Room of the Chamber. ‘Smoked smieats—Long cleat. bacon: -ncpreniih dental <tiat aga * Private P. O’Brien, R.LR., who re- to T8he ber tb. t 13. aE f ‘ centr ee. from Germany, where ae Pure Lard, tierees, 17 to 173¢ ; is a prptne tese aeons ng NO RICE FOR KAISER a prisoner, for twenty-one pe REL OR pe aad sea S pil eel Fas "4 aster Soy ee pee BN FROM SWITZERLAND. Eth has dled at his home in Ennls oe ‘ corthy.’ His funeral was attended by Montreal Markets. of flax will fail to produce any crop| 4 Teas somal Paris says: The fe gompsny a of the Connaught Rang Montreal, Sept. 19-—Oats Canadian of grain. These centa; | cana. é : per Bes Tepre-| Swiss export commission has refused | t a meeting of Londonderry County Fos Be, a 3 Re ‘ bi ib cosh rca rg el he bape onal request of the Kaiser “to gounell Ja ealered pass Ores amet “Sxtanitoba Aaa ee ot 11482, 8 of spring wheat,|furich lis table with rice, Baron (that considerable damage to roads an ba. Spring: wheat ,000 acres of oats and 69,100 acre: |bridges in the county had been, caused ; Winter patents: x omberg, the German Minister at straight {s consequently _esti- | fy Se eit by a cloudburst. It was estimated that watealgnt rollers $220" t3 mated that the total yield of wheat!,. thocise wiss Government it would take $40,000 to repair the 18, S485 16 $505; bag of 90 this year will be 168,811,000 bushels | Suthorize the “thipment of 200 dasage 90; allliteed Dra, $26 : esta haccastaghiree iad 100 pounds of rice for the consumption of| A mass meeting of the rank and file sho ae ; i tdi moulitie, c te areate boul the Emperor and his family, but the |of the Dublin Metropolitan Police was e a Fae pe ts cit hha dt taaaein 6,803, 0 |export commission, bein; by an | secently held in Kelvin Street Police 208 0 2080. But- sier and 164 acres last | Sreement with the allies was unable ae considering cond ne ng forward hoes, mpleoteds age yield per acre is 16% bushels, as compare: wenty-nine bushels last year, and 15.67 bushels in 1914. peaa ah a eae NEW SILVER MEDAL FOR ARMY SERVICE. Badge te ‘Awarded to Nurses and luntary Aid Members. atch from Ottawa say is Tearned unofficially that Cauadisn/ soldiers, in common with those of the er dominions, the colonies, and India, are to receive a new silver me- dal on leaving the army. The new medal, which has the puneiial of of his ness—arising from such service. A badge is being awarded members of Queen Alexandra’s Military Ser- ice, to members ot ntary Nursing Service, to members of the voluntary aid detachment, and to civ- ilians attached to the Royal Army Medical Corps. PERS” Se’ Serta CHAPLAINS RE BADLY WOUNDED. A despatch trom London says: In- formation cheat He the Canadian 1 despatches, has been killed i ‘ oss show, the injuries received i . “Bmathe battlefield ‘by Fat O'Gor- (UE areca ae ood nee of pias, to be beclvute PAPEE Gadilliiates. fractured femur and wounds in his left arm ond hip. |5!X MONTHS GIVEN ba Fanaa chaplain, who was wounded last week, is an inmate of the hospital at Boulogn gun- shot wound in the leg. . POINCARE’S THANKS TO BRITISH KING. despatch from London says: Provident Poincare talegranlied King George in reference t ward of wale pee Cross to "te town of 2 French army has_ received mith Lier mo high testimony of | the august soverei - ee a pies ‘friendly allied country.” The King in reply, said: , ‘was.a real pleasure for me award the Mil RE Cross to the heroie town of ny whose name ever. shall evoke Soatteesdi ta tecollec- | tons of victory in her glorious re- | sistance against the stubborn and fa pinta attacks of the common Painless eee is the ett of i drawing it mf ”|to comply with the requ Abstatiy Sanam ROUMANIAN GENERAL Overseas News announ ment on Wednesday, General Bessara- besku, commander taka, attempted to sta 1 ‘The b cape in a an ral was drowned in Danube. a ay aie MINNESOTA GETS $1,250,000 FROM J. J. HILL ESTATE. A despatch from St: Paul, , Minn., James J. Hill. the State. amsey county so declared on Tues- day, BEST GERMAN AIRMAN KILLED IN ACTION. leutenant, For. interfering ruiting woRe, N.Y, was. sentenced by y Judge y to six mont first in-Cour Council SER At NS SE ALL BELGIAN MALES TO GO TO GERMANY. A despatch from Havre says: eral von Bissing,, Militar of Belgium, is sendin, Beleian males between ‘the ages of 18 and 85, Recently 1,200 were taken Pon tlae WORLD'S HEGRE RECORD iS AGAIN EXCEEDED. Gen- A despatch from “Siti Italy, says: Aviator Repini, with two passengers on Thursday beat the" pet height record, visitng 6,300 metres (more than 20,000 feet), ptt SR An opportunity is frequently run - earth by a hustler, while a lazy mai is sitting on the fence paris for it to come along. . FOOD RIOTS IN HAMBURG, ANGRY WOMEN RAID SHOPS = Down With the Junkers !” “Down With People’s Torturers !” Cried the Mob. Amsterdam despatch to the Ex- and vegetables, while another crowd strated befor Hie gies Telegraph Company, London, | demon: Town Hall shouting: 4 th the ses baa riots at ‘Down, with the poople’s Gnehvd ae Sat ‘y Sa » Accord- -seven women Wer eee. to pen of angry i Two <palipemsn were badly in- women rai ops = whieh had been Rese owing to @ shortage of sree Say sacs 3 thrown, win- DROWNED IN DANUBE. |Je 2 ‘A despatch from Berlin says: Ac-|@ Procession of some fifty young girls cording to reports from Sofia, says an ih ce- the recently captured Roumanian Rs aed of a vga La i Test fortification. as Bulan acter, ‘the advices state, the the says: Minnesota will receive approxi- an inheritance the of It ‘vill be the meee in the history of robate Court officials of A despatch from Amsterdam says: Fahlbusch, TO U. 8. DISTURBER. ‘A despatch from Montreal says: with on Craig Street, Arthur Holland, of Os- ae on in ii i? a fine of $50, this being the e here under the new Order- | futures es strenuous, cloudy, perhaps, but it ‘will ere is a as war bonus. e anniversary of the funeral of Jeremiah OD: an Rossa, the Fen- lof the AS 10 marched ei Drumandra to alae Cemeter ye age CITY OF BORDEAUX. car lots, ee bag, $1.50 to He was Sigg in charge of the strous break in the Her Ancient and "Modern Architecture | Are Both Famous. The name of Poorer has gone abi earth, borne on the} ive a nizable derivatives on the French sardine. Hence it is semethine ofa seach Ae is by sea. of France, though it is from the ocean. ie tril road Garonne is in oe eeavaleiiat you will treasure. The | P’ a wiet stream maki its unhurrie way through eps ae, pen is like some slow like egies journey which posits you at your destination dusty injand cramped, with a cinder in your / OM left eye. In our great ports we number the wharves and treat them accordingly. ity to ong and decorate a oes by no other title than 17 or 79. a pleasant sight. well kept and well designed; the great bridge of Bordeaux, with its seven- een arches, stretshed from bank bank like a mig! The city itself is aii, bustling, busy and cheerful. It is not oppress- past nor Se oetied abou the the present is. somew! 38 3 8 = a8 Ey g (Sit deal o! e found in Bordeaux; the Sows Paildangs are giyen due space to di Be y their magnificent sairtiouhs but the city does not rest: on the fame it-might draw from the rang. craft ern, struc- —_—— A Minor Detail. acquitted | of murder, On it nds Lawyer— We oved. that his Taine pees ‘spent aS ae in an asl Seer Wife—‘But he didn’t, did he are He was doctor | there,. but we had not time to bring thab fact out.” Not He . “Can your husband drive a car?” se with fine scorn. “Why, Lawyer's Wife—“So your client was | engine wha' Corn: cr. aire Vein 8 Minneapolis, | tember, $1,625 ten days, and t! Ss min less ee three weeks afte: his other claims 9. ‘No. “white, Bran, was the original inventor of rs 665 Peiniosses conerete poles for electric Si an as His Great Daring. Major Weller’s great daring and re- $8.49, 't0 38. by e a tug boat and the! Dati, Ranutoe é $7. trip was made in November, w Pegs We We oe ds 02 So. | weather is usually cold and the lake o ae, i neal $5.1 Tost $8.00 to. $0.50 dehorned, 0 to $4.51 land $40.00 arises ‘$50: 0 to 4 springs I .00 sheep, _b —Choice . steers, 0 to the Post. tch from London “military police carried out an : shirkers from military | atte! to his Sie constitution, he ually brought back to Dorie: but without serious cogitation on’his part of such | says? he his ari pvercome difficult situation His Fine Tasanaehls Major Weller was a splendid marks- man, haying been, as mentioned above, of the Bisley Team of 1896, ring has) ‘kc ra fi men attended. Everyone apparently | of military age including . reporters, jor -| man in the absence of this, a wire Weller-in a married Miss) o¢eq: or s wer wiehead of Kings $002] icing only two slackers, who son as ae daugh; e@ son its W. Weller ers. The son, 18) Geclared themselves Irishmen and not liable to BREINETA HOR, graduated: from BS: 3 Twa BRITISH cuvakae KILLED AT THE FRONT. sae despatch from. an Loniion says: Two rigadier-generals eye eke Killed in test lists printed et 5 cS Hugh Clifford here Henry Mur- ray Phillpotts. Costs More, | “®). “I've tried to teach my boy the se st setae id thing well, I ei know. | He used to bub now he pehaye for ten’ cents, want can’t even drive a nail.” and may -be ab) pu blaze in its once by aie of sheer speed. ts a quarter.” A deci ;| ported in the 65 cents to $1 per box rs,|for active om: exten- |}. hi Me hack he jockeys’ bookmakers, bettors, race- Fee ae rch thine ne. tine ono | course officials and grooms was come) just mentioned, he would often enter-| Pelled ive an account of himself | WITHDRAWAL TO. IN German eee of the A despatch from Paris says: its victories last week the French of- fensive has sohlerse what th mans a: s impossible. It has driven a wedge fey: through the or- iginal Soe aa ron nt, has definitely “broken ine” of boasted impreg- nable Toteatine stretching across ‘rance from beyond the north-west- fe frontier to “the limits of Switzer- land, The village of uses and VAbbe Wood far it were clearly behind Theres ass trenches which aerial observation showed to be barring the Fre: Sczpnie cotbanee ba egan. That under ne menace of the onrushing French le the Germans have hastily con- neal other lines still further in rear of the lost positions does not ract from e. moral value of the acre that filled nee battle- with enthusi eme! ab as_ is the of the latest. success, weary aavaue its strategic NER LINE ae OF DOUAI, CAMBRAI AND LAON of the Front” in Western Theatre Ex- d to be Forced at Once. ects are even more important still. Highroad No. He, “a the great arteries feeding in front Has “been cut between Baw ae » and by their advance. beyond Hill 76 the Frencl enace directly and already sweep with their artillery main roi aris to Lille Some the loss of which is seen to force the German high command 0 connie pes aioe the necessity. of a withdray Cambrai, ery t ening of the front” that is expected here to mark the beginning of the nch advance when the | end. Of more immediate value is that under rth, which eth it from all tions exce| communication trenches or by dangerous night trans- Sew instead of being “before Per- onne,” the French are at its very gates. -|FROM SUNSET COAST WHAT THE WESTERN PEOPLE ARE DOING. Progress of the Great West Told a Few Pointed Paragraphs. A large choir is to be organized in Vancouv Work has started in the new C.N. R. depot in Vancouver. is to nay a new steel omprise ayae xis bee book of the grain area in British Columbia, The sockeye salmon are et moving but slowly into the Fraser river. The recent outbreak of diphtheria is well under control in South Van- ouver. ‘ided searcity of labor is re- Columbia. The seventh annual exhibition wrth ‘deen mine, near Meritt, a goon ae shipping three rarloads a week to Gre eee New Westming’ c_ market last week apple ice ices’ inged from Ninety-seven tots were disposed of x sale in Burnaby recently, the at a ta: | amount. reals ine neat ‘wenty-four a4 Batis com- Agate ahi British Vaneduver, one night last w ‘A new tifle range has-been opened in South Saanich, which 4s “said to be the finest in the Canadian west, Only, four South Vancouver families | eived assistance from. the muni-| cipal relief office during: the ast $0 si Prince. Rupert the heads and vy ith ‘ea resu “re rge shipments of cattle are com- ‘e from the Cariboo fancouver, and at least are -expected during the C. Lashmer, of the . Surrey many years, has enlisted service with the Army Medical Corps 0-0-0-0h | Bo-0-0-ho-00!” As the childish wail rang through the house the anxious mother sprang p eatoatig into she hall she 6.35, com net ie oo te 5 fete le m the garden and carring a brok- Pesipe takie “oul f the wat |B sith f tram hae $4.00, oh aren gee al aby ese h ing to the coldness of the water, cattle 0 and, cows at $3.18 | ard matter, darling?” she he was unable to accomplish the task| to $4.85, Ontarlo lambs at $10.50 to #11. asked ae eS at once, and was ve 3 th boat | Sheep brow to $7.50 per!) «0 _o.0-0] pap a ” howled the again. In a short tim ain went | ewt. | 10g, and the 5 Lage at weir down, and. guotapdad to: arflelly free:| lower grates Bt trom ae per, 1h. | child, Willie's broken my do-ol ing the propeller, but not suffic elenthy| F140" an the lower fra Sac Vio. to ‘The naughty boy! How ever did os enable it to be orern ts It wi per cwt., hed of e do it? hecessary, for him. tg be raised anid — “cL hit him on ve head wiv it!” owered five times before the task was| BIG RAID FOR SHIRKERS was the slow respon completed, and by that time he was AT FAMOUS RACE-COURSE. completely exhausted and indifferent. — Oatddne. to the si Sin f the elements. With) Military Police Start Drive as Horses ¥ careful 5 seas —Now, hoys, I mai to see if any-of you can make mplete seatines out of two words; patil hav- | First boy—T can, Miss «_heasher-—Very well, Robert. s hear your sentence. ee pirsh boy—Write sieht Teacher—Very good, Second boy—Say, Miss Smith, 1 can beat that, ol ee three words of it—wri right. | Third tay (excite ly Let ue gee A baby cuts his teeth before he is on speaking terms with them lumber camps of British Vaioivine throught 911 000 people the | N° TAKE NO PRISONERS. ORDER 10 GERMANS Soldiers Instructed to Despatch Them With Bayonet. A despatch to. New York says? From official British sources The New y the or- 0 With the transition came a ,photo- near Stu etter, PH (eanslited, follows: “And now we had three days’ rest, and I could get nothing a all to drink Tt is very dis- we are obliged ‘ee fticially ‘proper Englishmen against u have orders to tal to eae them all with th which I would not be sorry to, do, they are always getting more Pacis from us, and what do they do with them?” “ 3,324,719 TONS OF SHIPS SUNK. Neutrals Have Lost a Total Tonnage of 247,427.” The Bureau Veritas ‘(the French | Lioyd’s Shipping News) has just. is- | sued the statistics of all ships sunk or seized from the beg ning of the war until the end of April, 1916. The losses-amount to er cent. of the world’s shipping, if the total of shipping, sai or steam is placed at 50,000,000 ton: hip: totaldgiven ave 1,204 steamships Bay 790 tons 271 sailing vessels. 189,929 tons Making 1,475 ships and 3,824,719 tons. Neutrals have lost 180 ships (247,- 427 tons). Ths leeen among the Entente al lies have been: as Russian. . ron rang Portuguese The losses of the have been: Germany Austria, t have been added to tle fleet of the Allies, while Germany has destroyed hav is teamships (19,9: | (21.806 tons), ef Russia 51 190, 598 five SU Strong Point, “Why have. you never rattled, colonel 2”. “Because I feel “that A man cannot a good husband and at the same good warrior.” "You Ritriok the advantage of he {ing always in training.” Tlie GIANT RUSSIAN | AEROPLANES A Reuter despatch from Petrograd to London says that four giant Rus- sian aeroplanes of the Murometz type bombarded a German seaplane | ° betas on Lake Angern, in the Gulf vel ae seein seaplanes Bee izes rodsl4 were dis- The dropped 73 bom! seni ge attire a smoke, | 5) wh soon Ber the seaplane | cl erman machines attacked the Rus-' i DESTROY 8 GERMAN MACHINES An Enemy Seaplane Station Was Successfully Bombed on Like Angern, in the Guif of Riga. athe machines, but were aot, put to ht with machin During tho, taming and: ain Aight ht not arr an out of sian aeroplanes reamed sitey ns of | withstandipe they shelled a na f brevis cession the corre, len! , me with sr ae ed take no prisoners, Dae %, 4 q