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CENTRAL SPAN OF Q BRIDGE Successful Accomplishment of Canada Largest Structure of its Class in the World. A despatch from Quebec says:--The steel structure of the greatest canti- lever bridge ever designed was com- pleted at 3.28 p.m. on Thursday when the big central span of the Quebec bridge was bolted into position. After 11 years 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! bridge, which is 3,239 feet in length,| cost in the 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 great cantilever arms un- til they met 150 feet-above the water in midstream. In 1907, when the UEBEC | BOLTED INTO. PLACE Vast Engineering Feat Gives south cantilever arm was all but com- pleted it collapsed, precipitating more han 100 men into the river. f these, 70 lost their lives. The bridge was then redesigned and the engin- eers determined to avoid the-menace of collapse from cantilever arms o. such great length by building the cen- tral span on oe floating it into central span ended disastrously, when the lifting apparatus broke. This ac- cident cost the lives of eight more men. The pinning up of the central span to the hangers that are to permanent- ly support it marks the successful ac- complishment of an engineering feat without equal in the annals of canti- lever bridge building, and give es to Canada the credit of possessirg a structure the largest, of its class in the world. Markets of the World adstuis onto, Sept. 25--Manitoba wheat-- No. P'Northern: $2. tbe No. 2, do,. $2.18; $2.15; No. 4 wheat, $2.10, in foerr Fort William, Manitoba ornts--No. 2 C.W., 67, store, "Fore Willia am. Amer. oral for n--No. 3 yellow, nominal, track Tor Ontario, tate ita: 2 white, 60c, nomi- n 9c, nominal, according to freights' outside. Ontario wheat--Ne No. $2.17 eae » accor ing x freights Satine rs aaa omin. new. atitt to -$1.20, in to --Ma IH according to rretehis outside. bye --No. 2, $1.70, according to freights out Manitoba ada gh patents, in jute bags, 11.4 strong to, t accordin n bags, track prompt shipme n Millfeed--Car lote--Delive real freight ts. & to Toronto, Mon a middling zs, good feed four, per bag, red . $45 to ie; $3.26, Hay--- $11.50; a pepaton $11.00 to "$8 to $9.50, track » per ton, ae Ae i, ao, --~Car trac ie "Eoront: lots $7 to $7.50, ce--Wholesale solids, per Ib., 94 to Country Produ Butter--Creamery, 39 °o 0c : You Can Do Your Bit in preventing waste by de- manding the whole wheat in breakfast foods and bread. Shredded Wheat Biscuit is 100 per cent. whole wheat grain prepared in a digestible form--contains more real nu- triment than meat or eggs or potatoes and costs much less. Serve with milk or cream, sliced peaches, bananas or other fruits. Made in Canada, 4 efiine "to the retail trade nt 'the. following prices :-- la 3 twins, CHINA OFFERS 300,000 SOLDIERS Would Send Troops to France if Desired. A despatch from Pekin says: An- nouncement is made Government circles that the Chinese Cabinet, pro- vided the Entente powers approved, is willing to send 800,000 'soldiers to France in compliance with the French request. An appeal has been made to the United States to aid China, as the Entente allied}.powers were helped, financially, to equip her troops. A despatch from Tokio says: The Chinese Government has sounded Jap- an on the proposed despatch of Chi- 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 the abroad of Japan' $s "Participation in the! land fighting, the semi-official Timés! « declares that as Japan is not directly | ge menaced Por ve no sufficient t! -- 2% *e LOTS OF oe OIL OR U. S. AND ALLIES. A despatch cam Al Atlantic City, N.J., | says: There is not the slightest dan- | ger of a deficiency in the supply either | of crude oil or its products, kerosene ! 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 expressed that conviction in an address he delivered here before the | War Convention of the American! Chamber of Commerce. i 'permits the projection of gas into the DOZEN BRITISH SHIPS SAVED BY THE SMOKE-BOX SYSTEM A despatch from London says:-- The Press Association hears on high naval authority that the new defen- sive measures against submarine war- fare are meeting with success, justi- fying the hope of a further reduction in the losses, and says it can be stated on official authority that the results of the methods adopted in the past month give cause for growing confidence. an y state- ment dozens of chips have been saved Pe the smoke-box system, which the Adniralty during the past few months has supplied a majority of British merchantmen. LENS GARRISON EAGER TO EVACUATE THE CITY. A despatch from Canadian Army Headquarters in France says: Pres- et 304 oy 38 i "400: | solids, 30ic¢; trip ys. cholee, ereame: ry prints, 42 to 43¢ 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-Chief of the British forces, operating in aie oa 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 bi the, British gee in the war. to 42 EaKs--New laid, in partons, ho rtons. 46 to 47¢ geil me pastry Sprit vz chickens o 'eon per "ick. to 30¢ faike ays, } ring chicken Ib. | ; ducks, Spr roe. 20c. Xtra fine 16 a., 2.7 No $2.40 to $2.50. 8, 2)'s and 6's, ite per Ib: 60's, 154 to 16¢. ----No Canadian beans on market : Imported hand- + Limas, per Potatoes, on track--Ontarlo, per bag, $1.80 to $1.85 tein 20 to 41 to olls ce: b reakfast 'bacon, 'bi aks, ae 38 to 39c; bone- t0 medium, Smoked acid --~Ha he 2¢ ec; cooke rT pt edi ar 6 to 27 ong ele ear paren. 27 to OTe «4. "204 | | present fiscal year is $180,000,000, compound, tubs, 1 res, 20 to 2086; to 204c; » Zlc tle pails, 204 te Montreal Markets sure upon the defences of Lens is u relenting. Posts have again baa pushed out into "No Man's Land" in| advocacy | the region south-east of St. Laurent., Mobile man, The Germans are being literally | queezed out of Lens, and reyaees ome | becoming too great, since the occupa- tion by us of the northern suburbs town from the north as well as from the south and west. RUMANIAN SOLDIERS' WOUNDS DRESSED WITH SAWDUST. A despatch a Washington says: Rumania is so short of medical sup- plies that wounds of her soldiers are being dressed with sawdust, says a cablegram received here from the American Red Cross Commission to Rumania. The cablegram adds that! the Rumanian railroad system is bad-| ly crippled, and that there is urgent jneed for ambulance transport, with drivers and mechanics. GEN. HAIG'S NEW OFFENSIVE IS BIGGEST Marked Success Attended Advance os oneal Troops in Crucial Sector Between Ypres-Roule A despatch from the Armies in France and Belgiuff® says: The British at daybreak on Thursday | launched a heavy offensive against the | ~German defences about the Ypres sa- | BritisH; shed since the allies began the Battle of Flanders on July | penetrated to a depth of a mile, which | is a wonderful achievement, consider- he' IN RECENT MONTHS: Thursday's attack was another fine uccess for British arms. Our troops lient along an extended front, which ' ing the ground advanced over. has its centre around Copse, and astride the road, a little south-east the top the assault proceeded marked success, especially in the cru-! cial sector between the Ypres- Roulers | railway and Hollebeke, where the Bri- tish early in the day had forced their way forward over marshy ground and through woods filled with guns to a_ considerable were continuing the bitter fight in the| neighborhood of the famous Teeceoriuan | Copse, Nun's Wood and Glencorse Wood, where much blood has been prisoners Every shell-hole yielded about a dozen prisoners, | without resistance and machine- | fighting stubbornly. depth, and | the inmates of a semi-concealed roel ter held up our troops for some time by bombing. Inverness | troops reached the Sennebeke-Ghelu- | Ypres-Menin | ,¥elt line, and also advanced of Hooge.' the central parallel of Polygon W ood. | oe From the first moment of going over We are now bombarding the Germans with! who are massed for a counter-attack. beyond | It is believed that will the number of | reach four dentes.| sometimes surrendering | sometimes | In one | jlabor of man aided by sunshine and instance! efforts of heroes who have died for us. There is nothing truer than that. In other instances the electricity from a cloud to unite itself enemy came out with fixed bayonets,! with another kind, in a cloud or in the as the barrage crept towards them. eart ane el British General's assertions, "fer Joffre is erhane pees precited than, any of the French and British officers with the strategic moves planned and being carried out at the present moment. TRY y PAINTING YOUR SHOES. 'MUCH CANADIAN Blick Paint is Said | to Preserve Shoe | Leather Almost Indefinitely. | FOOD NEEDED «: Big inventions sometimes come by| accident, and leather men are to- Ma ay experimenting to prove the claims of Britain Wants 10,000,000 Tons the employee of a Chicago automo-| From Canada and U.S. bile factory that ordinary black paint, | it. 26 properly applied, will preserve shoe) A despatch from London says: In-| ge: No. 3, 764e: extra leather almost indefinitely. The auto- 4uguration of a new food vas ape | Ne Oa BA se ants driven by the advancing campaign in Great Britain was Ap-| tot _ $1. 33 Fi prices of the neighborhood cobbler, n0unced on Thursday by Baron Manitoba coma sas was mending the uppers of his shoes Rhondda, the Food Controller. "If! 10's ater' patents at home one evening. When he was voluntary measures fail," he said, 'J j straight ou' $1 shall have no compunction in putting} ss '70' to $9.00; 0. | derneath the paint showed no signs of aaneet a the il, but wear. Constant walking over the be- in the submarine peri 4 2 'te He smeared drying-room floor, he found, -- s shortage of cereals, meats an ' o rn worked the paint clear through | he soles. est 8 =Chote « at creamery, E gEsS-- 4 aL, tators--Per bag, car lots, No. aron Rhondda made this _state- ore e alt oo Numerous tests since have ap ) correspondents, after telling ve ently demonstrated that when ordin-| thena that the --_-- soot aut ea ary black paint (hard finish), such as! @irements from Canada an may be had from any local dealer, is| United States during the forthcoming . Pi months would be more than $ 7 to sole leather certain changes | 0,000,000 tons, representing an ex- sia aan | 250,000,000. The first coat soaks into the fibers, | penditare of £250, or pores. This process requires at! ------49 least two days | REFUSE SAFE CONDUCT Then a second liberally laid on and FOR GERMAN DIPLOMAT. ; allowed to remain the same length of | Minneapolts, time forms a thick jelly | A despatch from London says: It is! yell Re A third coat gums the surface, and learned that'Great Britain does not at white, 58 a a one will harden perfectly in present intend to approve any applica- | four day. The cost of this initial tion for a safe conduct for Count von S¢ Pigg eek Bh owity srantent E does not exceed 25 cents, Luxburg, the German Minister to Ar- $3. G04 bid. and the shoes, whether new or old, it gentina, whose passports have been is claimed, have a well-prepared pair handed to him by the Argentine Gov-| of soles. The hot sidewalks of sum- ernment. mer will only bake the preparation on | wcesercacsiginntilnacaans still hardtr. If the paint is Peeoogh- ARGENTINA VOTES TO SEVER y dried it cannot come off on rugs RELATIONS WITH GERMANY. or carpets. ~ The secret of the treatment seems | to lie in the thorough drying of each! layer. Winnipeg Grain Winnipeg, Sept. 25--Cash n, 18 3 _Prices-- | 4 heat NO o. 2 No. 3. $2.15; N e w= No. ' 33. 10, ted BSiates a ae pa lo 2.0 Flour inc ica "d. aa ay $3 Poeetther 2 insee b Octe GbBr $3. 434 bid; 5--L id Live Stock Markets Zaronto, 'Soot 2% 5--E a th choice hens y Hy 75 $3.30 to $7.40 to oo s8 A despatch from Buenos Ayres in, says: The Argentine Senate by a vote $7.38 ' of 23 to 1 declared for the breaking $6.78 75; --_--__o--_-- jot of relations with Germany. 4,900 BRITISH KILLED The resolution now goes to the $35: IN ONE WEEK. Chamber of Deputies. There is strong * to $11.50; Coal ina in favor of its final syeartings, pReS to A despatch from London Casualties in the British ranks ported for the week ending Sept. 18 | fo llows: Killed' or died of wounds, 135 offi- cers and 4,755 men; officers wounded r missing, 431, and men wounded or | snieaing, 21,843. aly od to Spine lambs, 5.75; ES, roa and watered, seg to " $: do. off ca $17. KORNILOFF TO BE TRIED 1 BY JURY AT THE wet 0.0, ers, FRONT. A despatch from Petrograd says: : Gen. Korniloff, leader of the recent re- ¢}'35u' t volt, it has been decided definitely, will be tried by court-martial with a ® jury. At the instance of the Council ; of Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates | FURTHER LOANS MADE BY U. | the Government has agreed that the ves, $1 $13: se Ltted hogs, ndes, $9 to $18 a -- oe Agriculture is the science of the rain of the heavens. When we waste bread we waste the A despatch from im Washloston says: . } Loans of $50,000,000 to England and The copper mines of Cyprus, in $20,000,000 to France made by the ancient times the richest in the world, United States Government, bring the are to be re-opened by American capi- , total thus far advanced to the allies' 'up to $2,391,400,000. of in Petrograd, ---- 0% Lightning is the rush of one kind of 413) 52 to Sie; ! --Oats----Cy ins 2dian | . "| Ae _, sued by the Russian War Office. S. GOVERNMENT. | trial shall be held at the front instead | | BIG INCREASE IN CANADA'S TRADE | Total For First Five Months of ian | Fiscal Year $1,128,274,119 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. Reid, 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 768,635,214, 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 | The total imports for August amounted to $91,921,000, as against $72,331,014: for August last year. For the five months of the present fiscal year, ending with August, total imports were valued at 031,859, and for the same last year $322,198,881. With this increase in our import trade has come 2 corresponding increase in revenue for August of $3,075,000, and for the five months, $17,540,000. The export trade shows a corre- sponding increase of from $96,832,- 161 in August last year-to $152,563,- /845 during the corresponding month this year. For five months our ex- ;port trade totalled $672,022,649, am jincrease of $217,291,385 over the same period last year. Fisheries show an increase for the month of $200,- 060 in export, animals and the pro- duce $8,000,000, agricultural pro- , ducts $25,000,000 and manufactures | $27 7,000,000. There was a slight de- siceae in exports of minerals, and $2,000,000 decrease in products of the forests. | . | BLOCK ADE MI MEA ASUR RES. WILL BE MORE RIGID. A despatch from London says: Lord Robert Cecil, British Minister of | 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 gaining cléser co-operation from the United States in a policy which 'aims at exercising more rigid pres- This policy will carried out without interference with the economic condition of neu- , tral countries. samen _RUSSIAN SUCCESS uN RIGA FRONT "| A despatch iene Petro¥rad says:--- The Russians on Wednesdny on the Riga front repulsed an attack by the Germans with great losses to the in- vaders, according to the statement is- The | Rumanians were compelled to abandon | enemy positions that they had oc- ;cupied in the region of Ocna. 3 | During the course Chicago a witness by the name of Francis Dooley was asked concerning the defendant: "Are you related to Thomas Dooley?" "Very distantly," said Francis, "I was me mother's first child; Thomas was the tinth.' of a trial in Khe Doings of the i DIDNoOv MAIL MY LETTER THIS MORNING, Tom ? THAT STR SO Nov wou *} Tom, Youre STUPIDS TIED ING ON ¥, 'Dwe Be THEN WAY IM THe WORLD| DIDN'T Nov MAIL Fy 2" -) THouaHT OF IT A HALF DOZEN TIMES TODAY OUR FiNGER. 1sTien Have: LON'T FORGET IT | THE STRIN On WN Rucer| Hj, hans , BECAUSE YOu ForGo To GIVE IT To ME! N-#