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l- foes place desperate on the eastern front teutons may try to save the stanislau situation by a flanking movement to the south a despatch from rotterdam says the present position of the central powers on the eastern front is desper ate and it is within the range of pos sibility that desperate measures may be resorted to those under contcm- austrohungary have been in hand many months lately have been re sumed in berlin and are nearing con clusion the wellinformed military critic of the nieuwe rotterdamsche courant writes the central powers already plation are of a combined political have given evidence that they do not end military character and are quite fear to take thorough measures under apart from calling in turkish aid this last is i learn of substantial character writes leonard spray turkish forces concentrated at lem- berg number probably 150000 shanislau is gravely threatened by the russian advance tho central powers may try to save their position by a flanking movement farther to the south another desperate measure con cerns poland that is all three of the polands the negotiations over the polish question between germany and extraordinary circumstances and any such measures will undoubtedly affect poland it may be supposed that the result of the present negotiations over poland will be directed to securing more men for tho central powers the poles might be supposed to be willing to join the central powers on the fighting line in order that consoli dated autonomy and partial indepen dence bo given them if this object is to be attained the central powers will have to be ready to take some thing more than half measures germans no longer the top tiger 11 but they are fighting like tigers declares lord derby a despatch from london says the allies have been having a jolly good time since i saw you last said the earl of derby undersecretary for war in meeting the newspaper correspondents on wednesday lord derby discussed the present military situation frankly but declined to make any propheciosbeyond the as sertion that he was convinced there was no possibility of the initiative again falling into the hands of the germans it is not a bit of use comparing the casualties on our front with the ground gained continued lord derby as a whole the problem must be considered from the stand point of the effect on other fronts in the first place and in the number of germans we are able to kill we have prevented the sending of vast german forces to the eastern front where the russians are making such impressive progress while it is in- a offensive on twe front htfiritretsff pressure upon verdun i you will recall that last year the germans using their railways to the best advantage sent reinforcements from one front to another with the utmost facility they are not doing this now and will never be able to do it again every austrian killed or captured must be replaced with a german this process cannot go on forever the pendulum now stopped will not again swing for the germans we are killing many germans and this work will eventually end the war it is foolish to belittle our own troops by belittling the germans al though they are no longer the top tiger they are still fighting like tigers for concentrated fury no thing in the war exceeded the fight our troops had with the branden- burgs 5n the somme front while i have no more information concerning the russian victories than you read in the press i am convinced that the operation is tremendously important for you will notice that 2000 germans not austrians have been taken with some of their big guns such a thing does not happen every day we are applying pressure on all sides and will continue to apply it until the successful conclusion of the killing of bares ten zeppelins raid the english and scotch coast a despatch from london says from seven to ten zeppelins took part in the air raid early on wednesday on the east coast of england and south eastern scotland according to an of ficial statement in the afternoon about 160 bombs were dropped and 23 casualties were caused the com manders of the airships seemed in doubt as to their whereabouts as they frequently shut off the engines and hovered in the air for minutes at a time the raider which visited scotland flew over a sparsely populated dis- trist and its bombs were dropped in fields and on hillsides another raid er dropped twentysix bombs in the open ground between two villages one man two women and three chil dren were killed in a northeastern town five men six women and six boys were injured correspondents in the districts visited by the zeppelins telegraph that the airships flew at a great tjsfe ibexweje subjecte to a vi heavy fireaircraft guns which compel tb make a hasty retreat one airship dropped twenty and another incendiary bombs some of which fell into the sea a on all recent raids many of the bombs fell on open ground or into the water as the airships were making off markets of the world bredstuffa s toronto auk 15 manitoba wheat no 1 northern jis9 no 2 do 167 no 3 uo 5152 track bay ports manitoba oats no 2 cw 551c no 3 do 54jc extra no 1 feed 54jc no l feed 54c no 2 da 54c track bay ports american corn no 3 yellow 98c track toronto ontario oats no 3 white 50 to 51c according to freights outside ontario wheat no 1 commercial 5113 to 5115 no 2 do 5110 to 5112 no 3 do 103 to 106 feed 95 to 97c according to freights outside new crop no 2 5115 to 117 j peas no 2 176 to 185 according to sample 125 to 150 according to freights outside barley malting nominal feed nominal i buckwheat nominal i live no 1 commercial 96 to 9sc ac cording to freuhts outside manitoba hour first patents in jute bags 750 second patents in jute bags 7 strong bakers in jute bags 680 toronto i ontario flour new winter according i to sample 5 to 610 in bags track toronto prompt shipment 520 to 530 bulk seaboard prompt shipment mlllteed car lots delivered montreal i freights bags included bran per ton 23 shorts per ton 25 to 2g mid- i dllngs per ton 2c to 27 good feed hour per bag 175 to 185 hay new no 1 per ton 10 to 12 no 2 9 to 950 track toronto straw oar lots per ton 6 to 7 track toronto the government help to fire sufferers federal authorities contribute 100- 000 to relief associations a despatch from ottawa says a message has been received by the government from the president of the northern ontario fire relief as sociation expressing his thanks at the generous contribution of 100000 to tho fire sufferers and asking the government to nominate a member of the board which is to supervise the distribution of the relief this the government does not think necessary as it is confident the money will be wisely expended 8000 people homeless property damage in west virginia cloudburst very heavy a despatch from charleston w va says investigations conducted ever since daybreak in the face of such obstacles aa prostrated telegraph and telephone lines vanished or im passable roads bridges and streams prove that the storm which swept the mining and lumber regions of coal river and its tributaries on wednes day took a toll of more than 100 lives caused property damage of approxi mately 5000000 and made between 8000 and 10000 homeless the flood extended ovor an area of nearly 400 square miles and reached its greatest destructiveness in the valleys of paint and cabin creeks which are lined with coal mines the mines are flood ed and otherwise injured to such an extent that it may be weeks before they can again be operated our commanderinchief general sir douglas haig it is long since the despatches of a british commander have aroused such a thrill throughout the empire as did those from sir douglas haig announcing the commencement of a great british offensive against the germans in france sir douglas haig it will be remembered suc ceeded lord french as commander-in- chief last december he is a fife- shire man and was born in 1861 after his education at clifton brase- nose and sandhurst he entered the 7th hussars in 1885 in the nile expedition of 1898 he fought at the atbara and khartoum and in the south african war during which he was in command of mounted col umns he was present among other actions at elandslaagte paardeberg and the relief of kimberley subse quently in india he was successive ly inspectorgeneral of cavalry di rector of military training at head quarters director of staff duties chief of the staff and a member of the viceroys council in 1912 he became commanderinchief at al- dershot earlier in the present war he was in command of the first army and was ma3y times mentioned with hiihravsvla country produce wholesale butter fresh dairy choice 27 to 2sc inferior 24 to 25c creamery prints 31 to 32c solids 30 to 31c hggs newlaid 2d to 30c do in eartous 33 to 35c beans 450 to 5 the latter for handpicked cheese new large isi to isic twins 185 to lsjc triplets 1sj to 19c dressed poultry chickens 25 to 27c fowl 23 to 25c live poultry chickens 20 to 22c fowl 1r to 19c potatoes virginia new barrel 375 to 400 honey fivepound tins 121 to 13c do 10lb 12 to 125c maple syrup 150 per imperial gal lon provisions wholesale bacon long clear 18 to isic per lb hams medium 24 to 25c do heavy 201 to 21c rolls 19 to 191c breakfast bacon 25 to 27c backs plain 25c boneless backs 27 to 25c cooked ham 35 to 3gc lard pure lard tlrces 1cs to 17c tubs 17 to 171c pails 17i to 171c compound 14 to 141c ontario uninmu s agricultural college ciuelph yoisng man sf you cant go to war co to college learn to increase your earning capacity on the farm learn business methods learn how to produce better crops and better stock learn to grow good fruit better poultry and the best of everything september- to april at the college april to september at home- public school education is sufficient for admission college opens september 19 write for calendar giving particulars creelman bsa g c lld president j this action is to ensue in retaliation for the execution of capt charles fryatt montreal markets montreal aug 15 corn american no 2 yellow 99c to 100 oats cana dian western no 2r 57c no 3 561c extra no 1 feed 561c flour mani toba sprit wheat patents firsts 820 seconds 770 strong bakers 750 winter patents choice 700 straight rollers 020 to 640 do bags 290 to 300 rolled oats bbls 535 to 555 do bags 90 lbs 255 to 265 bran 2400 shorts 2600 middlings 2800 mooillle s3100 to 3400 hay no 2 per ton car lots 1750 to 1s50 cheese finest westerns 18 to isic finest easterns 171 to 173o butter choicest crqamery 32 to 321c seconds 301 to sic eggs fresh 35c selected 33c no 1 stock 32c spatches winnipeg grain winnipeg aug ib cash quotations l wheat no 1 northern slsu no 2 northern 149 i no 3 northern s1441 no 4 1403 no 6 1343 oats no 2 cw i49ic no 3 cw 483c extra nolifisd 483c no 1 feed 49ic jyt rjjv3 -parjey- extent of rust is problematical farmers expect to make as much as in ordinary year a despatch from regina sask says department of agriculture of ficials and other crop experts here state that the grain has reached a stage where it will be impossible to tell much more of the black rust dam- ago until the wheat is threshed c a dunning general manager of the saskatchewan cooperative elevator company nsserts that the damage will not be so extensive that nt the enhanced prico tho farmers will not have more money than under ordinary circumstances chancellor of exchequer mc- kenna reveals financial strength of empire a despatch from london says reginald mckenna chancellor of the exchequer was subjected to criticism in the house of commons on thurs day on the ground of overreliance upon treasury bills his critics argu ing that the large amount of such bills outstanding constituted a danger and that the government ought to have issued another war loan in the course of his reply the chan cellor claimed that great britain was nble to borrow abroad at much lower terms than any other belligerent power he estimated the nations to tal indebtedness at the end of the present financial year to be 3440- 000000 from that amount said the chan cellor the nation was entitled to de duct 800000000 loaned to allies and dominions of the empire the sum left being a burden it could well sus tain as it was practically balanced by tho national income he declared great britain was in the position of a man whose income was 5000 and whose debts amounted to 5000 which was not an alarming position feed 661c no 2 cv united states markets minneapolis aug 16 wheat septem ber 149j december 1493 to 150 no 1 hard 1561 no 1 northern 1501 to 1535 no 2 northern 1468 to 1518 corn no 3 yellow 82 to 83c oats no 3 white 431 to 433c flour fancy patents 790 wood first clears 620 other grades unchanged bran 1900 to 2050 duluth aug 16 unseed on track 213 to 2131 to arrive 213 sep tember 213 asked october 219 asked november 2141 asked ember 212 bid wheat no 1 hard 1531 no 1 northern 1611 to 152 no 2 northern 148 to 149 septenv her 150 a despatch from london says that the british government is con templating the confiscation of all the germanowned property in england in retaliation for the execution of capt charles fryatt of the english liner brussels was revealed in the house of lords on wednesday by lord lansdowno he stated that the government was consulting with fin ancial houses as to the advisability of taking the step the german pro- fabled soldiers aid committee perty in england runs into many hun dreds of millions of dollars alien enemies this country has enjoyed im munity from outrages a despatch from ottawa says that canada has enjoyed a remark able immunity from outrage and at tack by alien enemies within her bor- lsilf7rvl fes wfis the was the eanesaay irom autnori- j fsj s rlfcr- ft i pn rv taiiyo sources have been approached 61c fino l nwc 190 statement madefy kwrrtyvj rr vov w- nrrv nn wednesnav in reviewing the ty p jwhnydtfpanyrffisfc ilvo stock marfcetb toronto aug 15 choice german warships to sink vessels with contrabrand orders given to naval commanders to destroy all bottoms en gaged in trade without distinction a despatch from london says tho german minister at stockholm j has issued in behalf of his govern- j ment a revised list of contrabrand cd to sink all ships bound for enemy ports carrying cargoes which con sist wholly or in part of contrabrand cither absolute or relative the loss to swedish commercial in- i says n despatch from that city to the tcrests from the stoppage by gcr- morning post at the same time it many of timber exports to england is announced that the commanders of i and france the despatch adds is german warships havo been instruct- i estimated at 6000000 infantile paralysis at fort william a despatch from fort william ont says two cases of infantile paralysis have broken out in the city one in the castend of the city and the other in tho municipality of necbing the health authorities are taking every precaution to prevent a spread a large number of children have died within the past few days from sum mer complaint proposal to close lutheran schools a despatch from melbourne aus tralia says the government of vic toria has under consideration a pro posal to close all the lutheran schools in the state it is expected that action will be taken in the near future heavy steers s1s to 885 good heavy steers 775 to 800 butchers cattle zood 790 to 815 do rhodium 726 to 760 do common 635 to s660 butchers bulls choice 725 to 760 do good bulls 666 to 676 do rough bulls 450 to 500 butchers cows choice 686 to 710 do good 650 to 676 do medium 676 to 010 stockers 700 to 850 lbs 600 to 640 choice feeders dehorned 630 to 700 canncrs and cutters 350 to 450 milkers choice each 7000 to 9000 do com and med each 4000 to 6000 springers 5000 to9000 light ewes 765 to 875 sheep heavy 450 to 536 spring lambs per lb lie to use calves good to choice 1050 to 1160 do medium 900 td 1000 hogs fed and watered 1250 to 1265 do weighed oft cars 1276 to 1285 do fob 1175 montreal aug 15 good steers 8 to 825 fair at 7 to 776 and tho lower grades down to 6 to 625 butcher cows from 526 to 7 and bulls from s560 to 725 per cwt lambs at 1050 to 11 per cwt sheep 5660 to 725 per cwt and calves 41 to 7c hogs nt 1275 to 13 and shortrun heavy weights and rough stock at 1175 to 1260 per cwt weighed oft cars herty on wednesday in reviewing the activities of tho justice department during that period contrasting strongly with the ex perience of the- united states which though a neutral country has had bomb outrages and explosions one af ter the other proved to be the work of germans and austrians some of whom were her citizens canada has dec- i had a f ew isolated attempts at such acts of violence and in no case has any serious damage been done there was of course the attempt of werner vanhorn the exgerman army officer from the united states to blow up tho international bridge at the vanceboro maine end extradi tion proceedings were instituted by the justice department but they will have to await the termination of pro ceedings taken by the united states authorities the austrian in canada has prov ed to be a thoroughly inoffensive citi zen said the minister of justice we have released large numbers of them from internment camps as for tho germans we have not had much trouble with them though their sym pathies arc as a rule more strongly with their homeland thtm with the austrians of course we tave taken preventive measures tish 20 will be floated in the united states about a month hence a despatch from new york says several prominent financial interests in this and other large cities it was learned on wednesday from authori- news bt mail about john bull and his people occurrences in the land that relfns supremo ia tho commer cial world the hay and seeds harvest in south lincolnshire has been seriously do- layed by heavy rains tho new south australian govern- ments offices in tho strand were formally opened last week coal tar chemestry is to be a new department from next september at the huddersfield technical college j dudley town council is to compllo a roll of honor of dudley men who fell in the course of the present war i the great vine at hampton court palace which was planted in 175s is now bearing over 500 bunches of grapes i if nothing is done soon to check tho increasing cost of living yorkshire miners will ask for a further increase of wages coldharbour manor forest road sussex has been privately disposed of to sira h hardinge british am bassador to spain at birmingham tribunal exemption 1 was granted 20 firemen conditional on i their continuing to serve in tho city brigade tho death has occurred at kirby stephen at the age of 81 years of miss isabella farraday a descendant of michael farraday miss jennie jackson daughter of a burnley minor has collected during the past twelve months 5500 in cop pers on tho streets in burnley in aid of war funds a church is to bo erected at borden camp near aldershot as a soldiers war memorial all men on active ser vice will bo invited to subscribe to tho fund majgen dalrymple at camberley district council expressed his readi- nes to turn his motor car into a dust refuse cart and personally to collect waste paper classes for the training of disabled i soldiers have been started by the dis abled soldiers aid committee the object is to teach the men how to work at electric power stations a number of girls employed at a london millinery warehouse have en tertained 50 wounded soldiers the programme comprising a brake drive tea and a number of musical items a home ofiieo suggestion that con scientious objectors should be era- ployed on the land was not favorably received by the ceiitral chamber of agriculture at their meeting last week tko king has awarded to col arthur lee mp tho honor of a kcb civil in recognition of service rendered to the military forces in the field in connection with the supply of munitions a memorial to flight sublieut r a j warneford- vc rn the des- h austrian prisoners a beggars brigade a despatch to tho london times from italian headquarters says the austrian prisoners whom i have seen were made up of stalwart youths and men over forty there seemed to be none between they were in the worst possible condition with nothin re sembling a uniform a veritable beg gars brigade and they quite bore out the statements of nn escaped russian with whom i spoke on sun day morning about the extremely bad equipment and food of tho austrian troops on the isonzo very few of these men had moro than one hundred cartridges in their belts which goes to show how unprepared the austri ans were for an attack upon them anthrax in michigan animal near fremont in nowyago county a victim a despatch from lansing says mich most cattle a case of anthrax tho dreaded disease known to the world has been discovered in michi gan an animal near fremont in newyngo county died last saturday with it the case was reported and investigated at the time of tho ani mals death but no announcement was made until wednesday when labor atory tests and the injection of the blood of the dead animal into rab bits and guineapigs proved beyond any question that the trouble was an thrax cial agents of the british govern ment regarding a new loan to that government of between 150000000 and 200000000 the negotiations thus far have not been in the form of general terms but simply as feelers as to how a loan of this sort would be taken in the near future the credit it was learned probably will take a similar form to the french loan recently floated by the same institution noth ing definite could be learned regard ing the terms wall street does not look for an announcement for at least another month it is generally expected that the new loan will be secured by ameri can stocks and bonds which the brit ish government have been mobilizing through the borrowing process according to information available at present an american corporation owned american securities this cor poration will issue its own debentures will be formed to hold the british- against the collateral as in the case of the recent french loan trovjer of a zeppelin has been erected 5 unveiled in brompton cemetery and by lord derby lincolnshire agriculturists are call ing jhe atention of the war office to the injustice to farmers entailed by the prohibition of the sale of this years clip of wool and the terms of fered by the government english clergyman fought in ranks a despatch from london says capt thomas riley who has just died in france from wounds was min- 1500000 tons of ships buiding jggsssssss a despatch from london says broke out with his bishop3 per- lloyds shipping register shows that mission ho returned to burnley his thcro were 410 merchant vessels of a native town in lancashire nnd was tonnage of 1500000 gross under con- gazetted captain in the rfa hnv- struction in the united kingdom at ing previously held the rank of major the end of june in the territorials allied guns active against the bulgars a despatch from saloniki says the heavy nllied guns of the entente al lies have begun a bombardment of tho bulgarian positions at lake doi- ran in greek macedonia it was semi officially announced here on thursday the bombardment was of great effec tiveness fr prussian losses nearly three million a despatch from amstordam snys the latest prussian official casualty list adds c74g1 to tho prussian losses making a total of 2011387 since tho beginning of tho war more russian troops have landed in- france a despatch from brest says an other contingent of russian troops has been landed here the soldiers were given an enthusiastic welcome the first russian troops to land in france arrived at marseilles on april 20 having sailed half way round the world from vladivostok they were followed by three other contingents and after a short rest were sent into the trnches in champagne nothing has been made public officially as to the number of this russian expedi tionary force but unofficial estimates have placed the strength of the first contingent at not less than 20000 men ministry of labor in british cabinet a despatch from london says arthur hendersons new position as labor adviser to the government will bo made regular by legislation in labor circles it is understood that the retention of mr henderson in tho cabinet will menn the creation of a ministry of labor the problems of labor and trado nfter tho war render ing such a step desirable the european war the present struggle may set tho world record if the great war lasts until autumn of 1916 it will have been longer than any great war in europe since the fall of napoleon tho world will not likely ever seo such wars as characterized tho strug gles of european countries several centuries ago when there were hun dred years wars and thirty years wars and twelve years wars the civil war in america lasted four yeara the russojapanese war lasted twelve months tho turemtalian war ran the same length of time the spanishamerican war was a matter of four months the boer war was concluded two and onehalf years af ter it began the crimean war lasted a little more than a year while tho francoprussian war was practically decided in a month the turcogreek war of 1897the serbobulgarian war of 1885 and tho two balkan wars of 191213 wero each concluded within a few weeks ffiipis flirmntsi are clean no stickiness all dealers cbriggssons hamilton jro3fck2ri2i8 queen mary visits maple leaf club a despatch from london says queen mary made an unexpected call at the maple leaf club of the daugh ters of the empire jjranch on tues day and was welcomed by lady drummond who received a pleasing tribute from her majesty on the ex cellent arrangements that are mado for tho soldiers comfort 25000 from canada for kitchener fund a despatch front ottawa says the dominion government has contributed 25000 to the kitchener memorial funr which is being raised through out the empire in commemoration of the great british soldier the thanks of the committee which is hnndlik the matter havo been received 40 carloads of flour from saskatchewan a despatch from ottawa says forty carloads of flour presented to the governpiont by the saskatchewan grain growers association was ship ped to montreal on tuesday by tho trado nnd commerce department it will be sent across the atlantic promptly