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-^~i THE RUSSIAN BALTIC FUEET SINKS ELEVEN GERMAN SHIPS A New $12,000,000 Battle Cruiser and Ten Other Vessels Sunk or Badly Darr.aged A despatch from London says: Furthermore, they were token com Russian naval forces in the Gulf o* Riga have won a decided victory over the German fleet which penetrated the Gulf on August 19, according to ofFicial Petrograd despatches. The great German battle cruiser Moltke, one of the finest ships of her kind afloat, was destroyed by the Russian ships, as well as three German cruis- ers and seven- torpedo boats, all un- named. It would appear from the Petro- grad despatches that the admiral in command of the Russian naval forces in the Gulf of Riga permitted the Ger- man fleet to work its way through the narrow entrance to the gulf, when at his leisure he directed the attack that cost the Germans so dearly. Not only, according to Petrograd, did the Rus- sian fleet overwhelm the German forces, but having destroyed the bul- wark of the German battle line, final- ly drove the invaders to flight from the gulf and into the comparatively open waters of the baltic. But the Russian victory did not end with the defeat of the German naval forces. The invading fleet was accompanied by four enormous trans- ports, all crammed with troops. These troops attempted to make a landing on the shores of Pernov Bay, on the north-eastern shoulder of the Gulf of Riga. Either the accompanying war- ships were unable to support the land- ing of the troops or the Russian pletely by surprise. How they accom- plished the utter defeat of a force which must have numbered some 8,000 men, aided by the gunfire of convoying warships, and later cap- tured the transports as well is not ex- plained. This account of Russian successes in the Gulf of Riga was supplied by the President of the Duma, M. V. Rod- sianko, at Petrograd. The Russian fleet, says the Petro- grad despatches, was greatly aided in its attack on the German naval forces by British submarines and destroyers. This news has been received with the greatest enthusiasm by the British public, who are overjoyed that British warships participated in what seems to be a very important defeat to the Germans. The Daily Mail's correspondent at Petrograd telegraphs that the news- papers containing the news of the vic- tory of the Russian fleet are selling as fast as they can be printed. The people fill the streets talking in groups, congratulating each other, and even crying for joy in some cases. The German fleet in the Baltic is still strong in spite of the whipping it has had. There are eight battleships and nine cruisers left, but this defeat, in which the British destroyers are said to have played a very useful part, must at all events delay opera- tions. It has put a fresh heart into the Russian fleet/ and in the nation. strategy in some way overcame the , â-  _ -^f _* n.„ ^/^..,ar.f „^„.„?/„„ „* n , „ *„-land has come just at the moment advantage of German naval guns, for the troops were permitted to land and were then attacked and exterminated by the Russian forces at that point. The Petrograd despatches say that the Russian troops at Pernov did not even have the support of artillery. when good news was needed. The battle which has resulted so disastrously to the Germans had been in progress for two or three days. Nothing respecting the operations in this region has been cabled to-day from Berlin. Markets Of The World i Montr!atTug^%4-c':rn-Ameri- I can No. 2 yellow, 90 to 91c. Oatsâ€" Breadstuffs. I Canadian western. No. 3, 61^ to 62c. m t„ .„„ „, xr' 1 M.,,.*v.«,.r. Oats â€" Extra No. 1 feed, 61% to 62c; Si^ir N^ f Nn7th.;n SI fflS^' No. 2, local white, 61c; No. 3 local li J m' Ji «, S^i ' f ^Iv^^i white, 60c; No. 4, local white, 59c. No. 3 Northern, $1.25^. on track lake pi^^r^Man. Spring wheat patents, ports; 2c more for immediate de- ^^^^^^ ^.^^g. /^^^^^^^ ^^.^Q. ^^^^^g i/^'m V 1. XT n r^â- aT ei„. bakers', $6.40; Winter patents, Manitoba oats-No. 2 C.W., 61c; hoice, $6.25; straight rollers, $5.60 No. 3 CW., 59c; extra No. 1 feed, 58c, ^^ ^^ J straight rollers, bags, on track lake ports j2.65 to $2.75. Rolled oats, barrels, American corn-No. 2 yellow, 86c, jg 36; do., bags. 90 lbs.. $2.90 to on track lake ports. 53. Bran, $26 to $26 . 50. Shorts, $28. Canadian corn-No 2 yellow, nom- Middlings, $33 to $34. Mouillie, $35 inal, on track Toronto. ^„ ^^^ ^^ ^^_ ^ ^ ^^^ l„t3 «°"M"°Q°^,^-r^«\^ 'n^L-n^ ?16 to $17. Cheese, finest western, 68c; No 3 white 56 to 57c, according {^^ to 12%c; finest easterns, 11% to freights outside Ontario wheat- to 12 %c. Butter, choicest creamery. :-No. 2 Winter, per 971^ to "7%c- do seconds 26 1^ to «r lot. nominal, $1.15; new. $1.04 2ScEgS.fresh\ 27 to 2V; select- ed. 26c; No. 1 stock, 23c; No. 2 stock to $1.05, according to freights out side. Peas â€" No. 2, nominal. Barley â€" Good malting barley, nom- inal; feed barley, 60c, according to freights outside. Buckwheat â€" Nominal, car lots. Rye â€" No. 2, nominal. Manitoba flour â€" First patents, in 20c. Dressed hogs, abattoir killed, $13.50 to $14. Pork, heavy Canada short mess, bbls., 35 to 45 pieces, $29; Canada short cut back, bbls., 45 to 55 pieces, $28.50. Lard, compound, tierces, 375 lbs., 10c; wood pails, 20 lbs., net, lOVic; pure, tierces, 375 lbs.. â- â€žL' 12; pure, wood pails. 20 lbs. net. 13 jute bags. $7; second patents, in j"'"=, »„ -101/ » bags. $6.50; strong bakers', in jutO| ^^ ^•^^"- wf m!re.^°' '^°'°"*°' '" '°"°" \ ^ive Stock Market. Ontario flourâ€" Winter, ?0 per cent. Toronto, Aug. 24.â€" Best patents, $4.60; do., new. $4.10; sea- (steers, $8.60 to board, or Toronto freights in bags. heavy .85; butchers' cat- tle, choice. $8 to $8.35; do., good, Milifeedâ€" Car lots, delivered Mont-! $7.40 to $7.60; do., medium, $6.50 real freights. Bran, $27 per ton;: to $7.20; do., common, $5.25 to $5.80; shorts, $29 per ton; middlings, $30 butchers' bulls, choice, $6.75 to $7.50; per ton; good feed flour, $1.90 per| do., good bulls, $6 to $6.50; do., rough bag. bulls, $5.25 to $5.75; butchers' cows, choice, $6.50 to $7.26; do., good. Country Produce $6.35 to $6.50; do., medium. $5.25 to Butter-Fresh dairy. 25 to 26c; in- ?6; do., ^ommon, $4.50 to $5; feed- , . on i. oo„. »„... ..,.:»»., ' ers, good. So.oU to .'fi.uU; stocliers ferior. 20 to 22c creamery prints. ,„„' ^» o^^ ^;,„ 4,. <,|^%„ 5*7 ^r^. ,„„. 28 to 29 V2: do., solids, 26 to 27c. Eggs â€" No. 1, 22 to 23c per doz., in . case lots; extras at 24 to 25c. Honey â€" No. 1 light (wholesale), 10 700 to 900 lbs., $6.25 to $7.25; can- ners and cutters, $4 to $5.25, milk- ers, choice, each, $65 to $100; do., common and medium, each, $35 to to ll%c; do., mtii: \T%"tT"l5c;?50; Springers .f to $9o^; light Combr (wholesale), per dozen. No. 1, ewes, $b to $7; do., bucks._$3.50 to $1.50 to $2; No. 2. $1 to $2. $4.50; yearling lambs. $7 to 18c. Cheese â€" Large, 15 to 15%c; 15% to 15%c for twins. Old cheese, 21 %c. Provisions. Bacon â€" Long clear, 14 to 14%c per lb., in case lots. Hams â€" Medium. 18 to 18%c; do., heavy, 14V^ to 15c; rolls, 15 to 16c; breakfast bacon. 20 j packers for canning stock was good $9.10; do., f.o.b.. $8.65 to $8.70. Montreal, Aug. 24. â€" The demand from local buyers for the best steers on the market was good and sales of such were made at $7 . 75, and the low- er grades ran^ced from that down to $5.50, while Dutchers' «ows brought from $4.50 to $7, and bulls from $4.50 to $7.50 per cwt. The demand from GERMANY SECURED THIS BASE \ JUST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO X^*enty-flve yca.19, ago yest<>r<lay (;re«t Britiiin iiii<i (iemiaiiy t^oncluded the deal by niiich HolBoIand pasi«<l Into Teuton banda, II la uavi known as the cnuUe uf the Gernuin navy. ITALY DECLARES WAR ON TURKEY Ambassadors Have Been Handed Their Passports and Have Departed. FORTRESS RAZED IN TWO WEEKS Russian Stronghold on the Vistula Narew Rivers Has Been Captured. A despatch from London says: The Novo A despatch from Rome says: Italy declared war on Turkey Saturday. , ., ,„„,,„„„ „* The Turkish Ambassador to Rome, ! S^'-"^"" »* ^^^ ^°'^''-^l °{. ^ ^ Naby Bey, has been handed his pass- ! Georgievsk which was left behind by ports. Marchese Garroni, the Italian ! Grand Duke Nicholas when he com- to 23c; backs, plain, 22 to 23c; bone less backs, 25 to 26c. Lard â€" The market is quiet; pure lard, tubs, 11% to 12 %c; do., pails, 12 to 12%c; compound, tubs, 10 to 10%c; do., pails, 10% to 10>^c. Baled Hay and Straw. Baled hay â€" New, No. 1, per ton, $17 to $19; No. 2, ton, $16 to $16; baled straw, ton, $7. and sales of bulls were made at $4 to $4.50. and cows at $3.50 to $4 per cwt. An activo trade was done in lambs at $7.50 to $8.25 per cwt.. and a few round lots of very common stock were sold as low as $6 . 65. while sheep brought from $4 to $5.50. The demand for calves was good at from $5 to $20 each as to size and quality. Hogs, $9.40 to $9.50; rougher lots, $9 to $9.30 per cwt., weighed off cars. LONDONERS RUSH TO ENLIST FOLLOWING ZEPPELIN RAID 500 Join Colore at One Point and Similar Reports Were Received From Other Parts of City A despatch from London says: When London knew about the recent Zeppelin raid, which killed ten per- sons, thousands walked or rode in taxis and tramcars to the scene. The vast throng had every appearance of B crowd out on a bank holiday. If the Zeppelin;] were intended to frighten trary effect, and simply stirred up the public as no other event of the war has done. Recruiting has taken a sharp spurt all over London. At the Horse Guards' parade nearly 500 en- listed and were despatched to the various depots before the following midday. Similar reports were re- the r"P>'--^ice the raid has had a con- ceived from other parts of th* dtjr. Ambassador to Constantinople, has been instructed to notify the Turkish Government of Italy's intention and immediately to demand his right of safe conduct from the country. The Italian Government has sent to all its representatives abroad a circu- lar setting forth the ((uestions at issue between Italy and Turkey. The des- patches closes with these words: "In view of these obvious infrac- tions of categorical promises made by the Ottoman Government and follow- ing up on our ultimatum of August 3 provoked by evasions of the Ottoman Government, particularly with regard to the free departure of Italian sub- jects from Asia Minor, the Italian Government has sent instructions to its Ambassador at Constantinople to declare war upon Turkey." Prepaiations for an extensive cam- paign against Turkey are known to have been completed. The military Authorities, however, are maintaining the strictest secrecy regarding the objective of their plans; While the date on which the operations will be- gin is as little known as the objective, it is generally supposed that active warfare against Turkey will com- mence as soon as Premier Salandra returns from the Austrian front, where he went to consult with King Victor Emmanuel. * The Athenian Areopagus, or court of law, used to sit in darkness. People with musical tastes general- ly have large and prominent ears. In trying to raise one chick an old hen makes exactly as much fuss as she would in bringing up a dozen. menced the evacuation of Poland to delay the advance of German invad- ers, after accomplishing its task for just a fortnight, has succumbed to the heavy siege artillery of the Ger- mans, which throughout the war has made every fort attacked by it un- tenable. The official German statement an- nounces that the complete garrison consisted of 85,000 men and six gen- erals. "Of these more than 20,000 were captured in the final battle alone," continues the statement. This raises the question as to whether the rest of the garrison succeeded in es- caping and joining the main Russian forces, which are believed to be still intact and retreating in good order. Over 700 guns M»ere captured. The spoils have not yet been esti- mated, but they probably are large, as it had been hoped by the Russians that the earthworks around the forti- fied camp would enable it to hold out much longer than it has done. It is now expected by the military obser- vers that the other Russian fortresses, such as Brest-Litovsk, Grodno and Ossowetz, either will be captured or given up. After the fall of Kovno Field Mar- shal von Hindenburg's army com- menced again an offensive along the whole front from the Gulf of Riga to Kovno, with the object of taking Riga and the whole Warsaw-Petrograd railway from Vilna northward. South of Kovno as far as Grodno the Russian armies, after the fall of Kovno, fell back toward the Niemen River. WHITE STAR UNER ARABIC SUNK WITHOUT WARNING Act Is Loolced Upon As a Deliberate Ctiallenge to Neutrals â€" Grave Near Lusitania KITCHENER VISITS THE FRONT AND INSPECTS THE BATTLE LINE Particular Attention Was Paid to Conditions in tlie Cliampagne and tlie Woevre A despatch from Paris says: A year of war the enemy no longer has joint inspection of parts of the west- illusions of winning. Ho predicts in- ern battle line was made by Lord *"""' dissentions among his enemies ,,.. , _ ,„.,., CI i. I which he hopes will occur. Already Kitchener, Great Britain s Secretary | ^^ j^ endeavoring to incite neutrals of War, and Alexander Millerand, the • a^j places before belligerents veiled French War Minister. They were I innuendoes of peace, accompanied part of the time by Gen. ' "Let me assure you France is Joffre and Sir John French, Com- united. People, Parliament and Gov- manders-in-Chief of the French and ! ernment never have been more firmly British armies. The military leaders ' determined, in close accord with our paid particular attention to conditions ; heroic and faithful allies, never to in the Champagne and the Wrfevre. â-  lay down our arms until the day ar- An official .lote, which gives details â-  rives when we shall have attained our of the trip, says Lord Kitchener and goal, and if the road to Tipperary is M. Millerand were greatly impressed j long, the price is sufficiently high to by the splendid appearance ' of the justify us paying for all the delays, troops and their high morale. Sev- j difficulties and sadnesses along the eral conferences were held, but the road, because the price is the libera- nature of them is not disclosed. tion of the world." Speaking at the close of a dinner j Lord Kitchener, speaking in French, M. Millerand declares he felt highly thanked M. Millerand for his kind- honored by Lord Kitchener's visit to nesa in extending an invitation to France, and was glad to learn from i visit the French front, and said that the British Field Marshal's own lips â-  after seeing the splendid troops of of the complete accord uniting the ; Gen. .Joffre he could understand the two nations. Addressing the British '• French victories. He closed by de- War Minister directly, he said: ! daring that Great Britain was ro- "Yours is not the only voice which | solved to make the greatest possible praises our soldiers, for the enemy j effort to aid France and to carry the also gives theni their due. After a I war to a finish. A despatch from London says: The White Star liner Arabic, one day out from Liverpool, was sunk 30 miles off Queenstown by a German submarine, the torpedo sending her to the bot- tom within ten minutes after the ex- plosive missive pierced her side. Pour hundred and twenty-three ! souls 'were on board â€" 180 passengers ; and 243 crew. After floating around in lifeboats for some hours the victims were pick- ' ed up by the steamer Primrose and ; taken to Queenstown in the morning. This first big victim of the German submarine since the Lusitania was sent to the bottom had no warning, and the fact that there was not great- ! er loss of life is due to the wonderful training and discipline of the crew under Captain Finch. White Star officials say there were 26 Americans aboard, 10 passengers and 16 of the crew. So far as can be learned the Arabic carried no securities. Two British ships reached Queens- town with about 375 survivors. Of these 174 were passengers and 217 . crew. The rescued included 140 Bri- 'â-  tish, 26 residents of the United States, three French one Belgian, three Russians, one Spaniard and one New Zealander. Passengers arriving in Queenstown were in practically an exhausted con- dition, due to fright and exposure. None were able to save any belong- ings, being ordered to take to the boats some time before the torpedo actually hit the steamer. The Arabic was struck on the star- board side about 100 feet from the stern, one torpedo being sufficient to do the work. Fortunately for thoa* on board, the weather was fair and the sev. calm. But the item which counted ^for most in saving so many of the passengers was the splendid team work and efficiency of the crew, who managed to load 16 lifeboats and lower them safely before the steamer turned over. The Arabic's grave is about fortj miles south of. the spot where tht Lusitania lies. She went down 6fi miles south-east of FaStnet Rock and 55 miles south of Old Head of Kin- sale, both on the south coast of Ire- land, in a region where German sub- marines have been active since th« opening of the war zone decreed. Saw Vessel Torpedoed. Some survivors, according to re- ports received here, say that they had just witnessed the torpedoing of a British steamer, presumably the Dun- sley, and that this had caused great alarm on board the Arabic. In their ffight the passengers had rushed for life preservers and had barely adjust- ed them when the German submarine , turned its torpedo against the ves- ; sel's side. Ten lifeboats and a number of lif« rafts were quickly got over the sida of the steamer, and into these a large number of passengers and members of the crew scrambled. Many of the passengers, however, fell into the wa- ter, but the#. got hold of the rafts , and clung to them and later were rescued. One woman who fell into the sea screamed pitifully for help. The weather and tidal conditions being I favorable, two sailors swam to her assistance and succeeded in lifting her upon a raft. ALLIED ADVANCE NEW YORK PRESS WAS SIX MILES ON THE SITUATION Landing of Troops at Suvia Bay Was a Brilliant Coup for the British. A despatch from Athens says: De- tails show that in the latest opera- tions on the Gallipoli Peninsula the landing at SuvIa Bay was one of the most brilliant pieces of work yet car- ried through during this war. The battle which followed the successful disembarkation of troops was one of the most stubborn and sanguinary battles yet fought for the possession of Hellespont and Constantinople. The chief point about the latest achievement is that it was a complete and staggcrint, surprise. The turks had anticipated a new attack on the Asiatic side, and they had been fever- ishly fortifying the coastline as far south as Point Baba. Never before in military operations has any enemy been so completely hoodwinked. The utmost secrecy as to the allies' plan was preserved, the various units composing the landing force departing from their several bases each unknown to the other. They composed the largest force ever yet thrown from the sea directly into a hostile country. « The navy took charge of the land- ing, and hardly had the anchors found resting places in the sandy sea bot- tom than hundreds of small boats, pinnaces, launches, etc., wore making swiftly and silently for the shore. Every soldier carried three days' ra- tions, as well as entrenching tools. As the men landed they formed and advanced on both sides of what the map gives as a salt lake, but which, during the burning days of summer, is a heat-baked, salt-encrusted, un- even desert. Daylight came, and still the work was proceeding. With the greatest possible speed artillery and supplies in vast quantities were put on shore, and still no opposition was experienced. Unlike experiences at Seddul Bahr and Gaba Tepe, the warships were silent, and for 24 hours the landing operations was carried out without a single, shot from big guns or rifles being fired. The northern section of the great force moved forward in a north-easterly direction, and the southern section advanced in a south- eastern direction toward the left of the "Anzac" lines. The only Turks on the spot, an observation post of. 50 men, surrendered to the first comers, and no enemy was reported in sight until almost nightfall, when our ad- vanced forces were six miles ininnd. "Only One Road Remains Open" Declares the New York Tribune. A Despatch from New York says: Under the caption "Deliberately Un- friendly," the New York Tribune says editorially: "In every detail the German attack upon the Arabic fulfills President Wilson's definition of an act 'deliber- ately unfriendly' to the United States. "Since this is the case, only one road remains open to Mr. Wilson; there is only one course that he can follow with dignity and with honor. Without delay, further protest, any diplomatic exchange whatsoever, the German Ambassador in Washington should receive his passports, the American Ambassador in Berlin should be recalled. "It is time to have done with a na- tion which has repudiated every scrap of international law. It is time to have done with a State which has adopted a policy which is alike a chal- lenge to humanity and a negation of all that civilization means. If the would-be murderer misses, if his bul- let goes astray, does society less cer- tainly incarcerate him ? It is not the fault of the German commander that every American on the Arabic was not drowned. All that the assassin could do was done. All that the but- cher could do to make the massacre complete was done. If chance spared Americans, it was chance alone. "The time has come now to act. To talk further is to encourage, not avoid, murder. It is to compound with infamy and continue relations with savagery. It is to write our- selves down willing victims, as con- senting to the continued slaughter of Americans. In the crime of the Ara- bic the last thin disguise has slipped from the German beast, and we see the fact as it is â€" but we see it un- afraid." The World says editorially: "Is the destruction of the Arabic Germany's official reply to the American note?" SANK GERMAN CRUISER. A despatch from London says: Renter's correspondent in Petrograd sends the following Russian state- ment: A British submarine has suc- cessfully torpedoed a German cruiser in the Baltic. . * Sunflowers are sometimes used in the manufacture of cigars. OVER 1,300 CANADIANS ARE PRISONERS OF WAR A despatch from London says: A return received here gives the total number of Canadian prisoners of war in all parts of Germany up to last week as 1,305. Six hundred and thirty-six of thesi are at Giessen, 168 at Hanover, 157 at Muiister, 53 at Sennelager, 87 at Meschede, 48 at Pnderborn, 46 at Ohrdruf, and 14 at Oberhausen. The remainder are distributed among Bel- gium and North-\vest Germany. * ^4 "What do you think of the two can- didates?" asked one elector of an- other during a recent contest. "What do I think of them?" was the reply. "Well, when I look at them I thank Heaven that onlv one of them can get in." Turkey Threatens a Separate Peace With Allies A despatch from Rome says: Despatches from Bucharest assert that Turkey is threatening to make a separate peace with the allies unless the Teutonic powers succeed in supplying her with ammunition.