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FRENCH OFFENSIVE ON SOMME SHOWS MASTERLY PRECISION ric Steady Gains Being Made While Losses in Operations Have Been Reduced to Minimum. ,» .,: A despatch from Paris Says: â€" "The operations on the Somme on Wednes- day were merely a detail of the offen- sive and of only local bearing," a high military officer explained to the Associated Press, "but signifieance is derived from the fact that) the Ger- mans did not counter-attack as usual. Never before have they failed to re- act when successfully attacked, and their failure to do so in this case is either a sig^n of weakness, or, more likely, because of confusion of orders. "The precision with which the French offensive has been carried out Is shown by the fact tjhat every ob- jective desigrnated in advance of an action has been reached. At Maure- pas a certain number of houses were selected, and every one of them was captured and occupied; it never was intended to attempt the occupation of the entire village. "One consequence of this precision in the French operations is the reduc- tion of losses to a minimum. The operations in Artois and in Cham- pagne cost five times more than all the ground gained on the Somme. The purpose is to destroy the German forces, and the Franco-British defen- sive also has accomplished the feat of holding on the western front the grreatcr possible portion of the Ger- man forces. "It is fallacious to figure out the probable duration of hostilities on French soil by computing the average : surface of ground gained per day. ' Every time an action takes placef even though the gain may be no more than a hundred yards or so, ; the opposition is beaten. He loses ' heavily and the weakening moral ef- fect cannot be measured in yards. It is a cumulative effect which sooner or later will wear the enemy down so that he will be unable to hold the I French gains to a few hundred I yards." Markets of the World Breatlatnffa. Toronto. Aur, 'i'i. â€" Manitoba wheat â€" No. 1 Noitliern. »1.34i : No. 2 do., $1,521; No. 3 do.. $l.47i, on truck Bay ports. ! Munltohii oat» â€" No. 2 C.W.. 65c ; No. i S C.W., 54c: extra No. 1 feed, 54c;; No. 1 feed. 53c. on track bay ports. i American corn â€" No. 3 yellow. 'JSbc on track Toronto. I Ontario oats â€" No. 3 white. 51 to 52c, nominal, iiccordlnn tn frelRhts outside. Ontario wheat â€" No. 1 pommi>r--^lal. ! $1.18 to J1.20 ; No. 2 do.. J1.14 to $1.15 ; No. 3 do.. $1.10 to $1.12 ; feed. USc. to $1.00, according to frelKhts outside ; new crop. No. 2, $1.22 to $1.2B. Peasâ€" No. 2 nominal. $1.85 to $1.95, according to frelRlitB out'ide. Barley â€" MaltlnK barlev. nominal ; feed barley. nominal, according to freights outside. Buckwheat â€" Nominal. accordlnB to freights outside. Ryeâ€" No. 2. now. 98c to $1.00 : No. 1 I commercial. nominal, according to frelslita outside. 1 Manitoba flour â€" First patents. In Jute I bags, $8.10 ; second patents. In Jute 1 bags, $7.60 ; strong bakers'. In jute bags. $7.40. Ti-ronto. Ontario flour â€" Now Winter, according to sample. $5.50 to $5. GO, nominal. In 1 bags, track Toronto, prntnpt shipment ; j new, $5.40 to $5.50. nominal, bulk sea- ; board, p'-ompt shipment. I Mlllfeed â€" Oar lots, delivered Montreal I freights, bags Included â€" Bran, per ton, j $24 ; shorts, per ton, $26 to $27 ; mid- dlings, per ton, $27 to $28 : good feed flour, per bag, $1.80 to $1.85. Hay â€" New No. 1. per ton. $10 to $12 ; No. 2. per ton, $9 to $9.60. on track To- ronto. Straw â€" Car lots, per ton. $6 to $7, on track Toronto. RUSSIANS READY FOR NEW DRIVE GERMANS FLED IN FACE OF FIRE Couiitry Trodnoa â€" TUniolMale. Wholesaler." were yesturday making the following quotations : Butter â€" Fresh dairy, choice. 27 to 28c : Inferior, 24 to 2Bo : creamery prints. 33 30c ; do., In Troops on Central Portion Front Are Splendidly Equipped. of' A despatch from the Russian Armies on the Central Russian front, saysr The continued success of Gen- eral Brussiloff's two powerful move- ments, which gradually are envolop- ing Kovel and Lemberg, have begun to have a marked effect on the situa- tion in the central portion of the front which, except for small Russian gains in the lake region of Dvinsk, has remained virtually unaltered since the Russians fell back last Au- gust to the line from Dvinsk \o the Pinsk marshes. The Austrian line now has receded so far before the re- peated thrusts of the south-western Russian forces in Southern Poland and Galicia that the Germans are in danger of a flanking movement from the south and the automatic retire- ment of the forces opposed to the Russian centre. Despite the desultory bursts of ac- tivity at various points Russian offi- cers say there are many indications that the Germans are prepared to abandon their present line on this part of the front at any moment. « WANT MAXIMUM FIXED. Quebec Labor Council Petitions Sir Robert Borden. A despatch from Quebec says: The Quebec District Council of Federated Trades and Labor at a meeting on Tuesday night decided to petition the Right Hon. Premier Borden, asking his Government to fix a maximum price for the sale of meat, potatoes, bread and all everyday life neces- sities. The prices lately have been on a constant soar in the district, while the wages have not kept pace with the cost of living. . 9 The Government building at the Canadian National Exhibition has 48,400 square feet of exhibit space. Losses in Counter-Attacks on the Somme Described as Enormous. A despatch from London says: The nightly despatch from British head- quarters on the Somme front de- scribes the sanguinary defeat of pow- ; erful German counter-attacks on Thursday. In one of these attacks the Germans advanced six deep, but were taken under so heavy a fire that they fled in retreat before even reach- . ing the British lines. Their losses ' are described as enormous. ' General Haig also announces the seizure of a 100-yard trench north- west of Bazentin-le-Petit at the prow of the British advance toward the Martinpuich heights. Counter-attacks delivered from the latter region, he asserts, were unsuccessful. | The French announce that they spent the day in consolidating the captured ground, while General Haig reports the further penetration for .300 yards of the German front west of the High Wood. to 34c ; anlids. 31 to 32c Eggs â€" New-laid, 29 to cartons. 33 to 35e. Beans â€" $4.60 to $5. the latter for hand- picked. Cheese â€" New. large. 18i to ISic ; twins, 18i to 183c ; triplets. ISJ to 19c. Dressed poultry â€" Chickens, 27 to 29c ; fowl, 21 to 22c. Live poultryâ€" Chickens, 20 to 22c ; fowl, 18 to 19o. Potatoes â€" Virginia, new, barrel, $4.75 to S5.0U. Honey â€" Five-pound tins, 12i to 13c ; do.. 10-lb.. 12 to 124n. Maple Syrupâ€" $1.50 Ion. 'GERMAN LABORING CLASSES . ARE ON THE VERGE OF REVOLT w a A Authorities Endeavoring to Trace Some of Pamphlets Adv(K;ating Peace at Any Price. A despatch from Rotterdam says: Throughout Germany the authorities have their hands full confiscating and trying to trace the source of pam- 1 phlets advocating peace at any price. 1 This symptom of revolt among a i large section of the people recently I assumed alarming proportions. A j few days ago there was a house-to- '. house search in Berlin, resulting in i the arrests of an editor and printer i associated wi+h the Socialist organiz- ation. Strongtst measures, however, failed to suppress this form of agita- tion against war, which is so wide- spread as to baffle the efforts of tljt military and police. It is proof ot the existence of a great undercurrent of discontent which approaches re- I bcllion among the working classes of ' Germany. ! The well informed Cologne corre- spondent of the Tyd writes: 1 4'("omplete removal of the censor- I ship may be expected shortly, as the authorities can no longer oppose the increasing stream of protests and the bitter agitation among the people. The only result of the Government's measures of suppression is the ap- pearance in succession of secretly produced pamphlets distributed from hand to hand, which are increasing the prevailing unrest and the general deling of collapse. Removing the ctfhsorship would be a safety valve, l<)r the feeling is now increasing in bitterness among the laboring classes." FIVE MEN KILLED BIG OFFENSIVE IN FAQORY FIRE IN THE BALKANS per Imperial gal- Pro vlolona â€" WliolmialB. Cured meats and lard were quoted as follows : â€" • Bacon â€" Long clear. 18 to 18ic per lb. Hams â€" Medium. 24 to 25c : do., heavy. 20t to 21c ; rolls. 19 to 19tc ; breakfast bacon. 25 to 27c : backs, plain, 25c ; boneless backs. 27 to 2Su. Cooked ham. 30 to 36c. Lard â€" Pure lard, tierces. 16J to 17c ; tubs. 17 to 174o ; palls. 17} to 17Ja. Compound. 14 to 14ic. POISONING HORSES INTENDED FOR BRITAIN A despatKh from New York says: â€" A plot to poison the big shipments of horses from Kansas City for the ' use of the British Government, is be- I ing investigated by secret service j operators of the Santa Fe Railroad and other roads which transport the ^ horses to Newport News, where they ^ embark for England. For more than a month a great number of horses, although leaving Kansas City in per- I feet condition, have been arriving at I Covington, Ky., the first stopping I place, either ill or dead. Autopsies I by British veterinaries disclose ars- enic poisoning. More than 10,000 horses a month are leaving the La- throp, Missouri, concentration camp over t)he Santa Fe Railway and the work of the mysterious poisoner al- ready has cost the British Govern- ment more than $100,000. Montreal Markats. Montreal. August 22. â€" Corn â€" Ameri- can No. 2 yellow, 96 to 97c. Oats â€" Canadian Western No. 2. 57c ; Canadian Western No. 3. 5Gic ; No. 2 local white. B6|c. Flour â€" .Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts. $8.20 ; seconds. $7.70 : strong bakers', $7.50 ; Winter patents, choice. $7.00 ; straight rollers. $6.20 to $6.40 ; straight rollers, bags, $2.90 to $3.00. Rolled oats â€" Barrels. $5.65 to $5.7S: bags. 90 lbs.. |2.7« to $2.76. Bran â€"$24 : shorts, $26 : middlings, $28 ; MoulUle, $31 to $34. Hay. No. 2. per ton. car lots. $17. Cheese- â€" Finest Westerns. 18J to 18jc ; flnest easterns, 18 to ISio. Butter â€" Choicest creamery. 33i to 34o ; seconds. 32J to 33c. Bggs â€" Fresh, 36o ; selected, 33c : No, 1 stock, 30o ; No. I stock, 27c. Brig. General Bird, C.B. Photographed at a recent vestituro by the King at Buckingham Palace. Picture shows Brigadier-General Bird, C.B., wearing the gold upright stripe on his left arm to show he has been wounded. Wlnnloeir Oraln. Winnipeg. Aug. 22. â€" Cash quotations : â€" No. 1 Northern, $1.4US ; .No. 2 North- ern, $1 44i : No. 3 Northern, $1.3I>J ; No. 4, »1.34J ; No. 6, $1.27} ; No. 6, $1.16SI : feed, $1.11J. Oatsâ€" No. 2 C.W.. 48c ; No. 3 C.W., 47ic ; uxtra No. 1 feed, 47i : No. 1 feed. 46ic : No. 2 feed, 46to. Uarley â€" No. 3, TSc ; No. 4. 74c ; rejected, 6»c : feed, 6Sc. Flax â€" No. 1 N.W.C.. $1.93 ; No. 3 C.W.. $1.94t TToitM States Markats. MlnneaiiiiUs, Aug. 22. â€" Wheat â€" Sep- tember, $1,494; December, $1.47* to $1.47i ; No. 1 hard. $1,664 ; No. 1 .Northern. $1.50i to $1,554 ; No. 2 North- ern. $1,474 to il.Sli. Cornâ€" No. 8 yel- low, 82 to 83o. Unls â€" No. 3 white. 42i to 42>. Flourâ€" unchanged. Bran â€" $19.26 to $20.50. Duluth. Aug. 22. â€" Linseed, on track. $2.1.'i4 to $2.16 : to arrive. $2.1.54 ; Sep- tember. $2,164 asked ; October. 2.164 bid ; November. $2.16i bid ; December. $2,164 asked. Wheat â€" No. 1 hard, $1,544 ; No. 1 Northern. $1,524 to $1,534; No. 2 Northern. $1,484 to $1,604 ; Sep- tember. $1,604. SUBMARINE WARFARE RESUMED AGAINST MERCHANT SHIPS Campaign Follows German Note to the United States Respecting Boats Carrying Guns. A despatch from Paris says: â€" Ger- many's submarine warfare against merchant ships is again in full swing, •ccording to the naval expert of the Paris Temps. The temps declares that this new submarine campaign follows the German note to the United States of Feb. 10, in which it was said: "Merchant ships carrying guns cannot be considered as peaceful ' ships." According to the Temps, the I Germans are now acting under this j notice, ajnd it) says that three days ago Uie Italian ship Plata repulsed i with gunfire attacks of an enemy sub- 1 marine. Tlie article concludes with I an emphatic declaration that a simil- iar course will be followed by other commanders of allied merchant ships, undismayed by "the murder of Capt. Fryatt" VERY EXTENSIVE FOOD FRAUDS ARE UNEARTHED IN GERMANY Traffickers, Several of Whom Were Government Officials, Sold at Profit of 300 Per Cent. A despatch from The Hague says: ^19 new German "War Usury Bu- reau" has justified its existence by revealing surprising details of wide- ly ramified food frauds, according to reports received here. The frauds are said to involve a half-dozen leaders and a hundred accomplices. These men are said to have smuggled hun- dreds of tons of wheat, rye, and bar- ley flour from the province of West Prussia to Berlin, where it was oold at a profit of 300 per cent. The existence of the flour, reports sajr, was concealed from Government stock-takers by all manner of arti- fices, and was shipped on night trains as potatoes or machinery. Among the accomplices and ringleaders were several Government officials and several station masters, who are charged with connivance in the fraud by consigning flour under false de- scriptions. German newspapers are demanding exemplary punishment for the men arrested. Ut* stock Markttl. Toronto. Aug. 22 â€" Choice heavy steers, $8.15 to $8.86 ; good heavy steers, $7.76 to $8.00 ; butchers' cattle, good, $7.90 to $8.15 : do, medium, $7.26 to $7.60 : do., common, $6.36 to $6.60 i butchers' bulls, choice, $7.26 to $7,50 ; do., good bulls, $6.66 to $6.75 do., rough bulla, $4.60 to $5.00 ; butchers' cows, choice, $6.86 to $7.00 ; do., good, $6.60 to $6.65 ; do., medium, $6.76 to $8.10 ; stockers, 700 to 850 lbs., $6.00 to $6.36; choice feeders, dehorned, $6.30 to $7.00 ; can- ners and cutters, $3.50 to $4.60 ; Milkers choice, each, $70.00 to $90.00 ; do., com. and med.. each, $40.00 to $60.00 ; Spring- ers, $50.00 to $90.00 : light ewes, $7.66 to $8.50 ; sheep, heav $4.60 to $5.36 ; spring lambs, per lb.. 124 to 13c ; calves, good to choice, $10.60 to $12.00 ; do . medium, $9.00 to $10.00 ; hogs, fed and watered. $13.00 ; do., weighed OIT cars. $13.25 ; do., f.o.b.. $12.36 to $12.40. Montreal, Aug. 22. â€" First cla.ss steers. $7 50 to $8 ; medium steers, $6 to $6 ; cows. $5 to $6.76 ; butcher bulls, $4.60 to $6.75 ; canning bulls. $4.60 to $6 ; canning cows. $4.50 to $5 ; milk calves, 8c to 10c ; hogs. $10 to $12.76 ; lambs, 9a. to 10c ; sheep, 6c. to "Jo. BRITISH ZEPPELINS ATTAIN GREAT SPEED. New Airships Are Superior to the German Dirigible. A despatch from London says: The Daily Express features an article by its naval expert on "our new Zeppe- lins," which .says: "During the past week I have watched the great Brit- ish airships at work, and, although I am unable to make practical com- parisons with the German Zeppelins, our new airships certainly seem mar- vellously rigid and beautifully de- signed. Mariners who have made close observations of German dirig- ibles consider our new airships cap- able of being handled more readily, of finer model and altogether less cumbersome than the German type. The British airships, moreover, at- tain an amazingly high speed. GERMAN SHIPS RAN TO COVER High Seas Fleet Put Back to Port on Sighting British Boats. A despatch from London says: â€" i Two British light cruisers, the Not- j tingham and Falmouth, were sunk on . Saturday in the North Sea by German submarines while the vessels were searching for the German high seas fleet, said to comprise fifteen war- ships, including large cruisers. One German submarine was destroyed by the British, while another was ram- med and possibly sunk, according to the Armiralty statement, which fol- lows: "Reports from our lookout squad- rons and others units showed that there was considerable activity on the part of the enemy in the North Sea Saturday, the 19th. "The German high seas fleet came out, but learning from their scouts that the British forces were in con- siderable strength, the enemy avoid- ed an engagement and returned to port. "In searching for the enemy we lost two cruisers by submarine attacks â€" H.M.S. Nottingham, Captain C. B. Miller, and H.M.S. Falmouth, Captain John Edwards. "All the officers of the former were saved, but 38 of the crew are missing. All the officers and men of the Falmouth were saved, but one leading stoker, Norman Fry, died of injuries. ".\ii enemy submarine was restroy- ed and another was rammed and pos- sibly sunk. "There is no truth in the German statement that a British destroyer was sunk and a British battleship damaged." Powder Company's Blending House at Drummondville Destroyed; Loss .$20,000. A despatch from Montreal says: â€" 1 Five men are dead, six are in a criti- cal condition, eight are in Montreal hospitals more or less seriously in- jured, and several others are suffering from minor burns as the result of a file at the plant of the Aetna Chemi- cal Company's powder factory at Drummondville, Que., about 1.30 Sun- [ day morning. The fire, which is said to have been caused by an electric spark from the conveyer belt igniting , the powder in one of the bins in the I blending house, completely destroyed the blending house, the material loss being estimated at $20,000. The fire will not affect the output of the fac- tory, as all the other buildings at the plant escaped the flumes. FAK.MER IS OWNER I OF GRAIN IN STORAGE. Question Which Has Arisen in Inter- I pretation of Grain .^ct. I [ A despatch from Ottawa says: I Prof. A. Magill, chairman of the I Grain Commission, and Mr. Staples, of the same body, are in the capital conferring with the Government rela- tive to an important question which has arisen in connection with the in- terpretation of the Grain Act. The issue is whether grain dealers are em- powered to treat grain in storage with them as their own. Hitherto they have been doing this, selling the grain and replacing it with other I grain of the same grade. The farm- ers cleaim that they have no right to ! do this, that they can move the grain, | birt not sell it without authority. The matter has been taken up with Hon. f Arthur Meighen, who, it is under- stood, has given his opinion in favor of the farmers' contention, and has been referred to the Justice Depart- ment. Smallest day's attendance at the Canadian National Exhibition in 1915, ' 28,000 on Opening Day; largest, 141,-! 000 on Labor Day. ) Allies From Salonica Engage Enemy on 150-Mile Front. A despatch from Paris says: â€" Re- ports received here from Salonica show that the general engagement which began on Friday is continuing with intensity over an extended front, running from Fiorina, near Monastir, to the River Struma. This repres- ents an irregular line measuring up- wards of 150 miles. Gen. Sarrail is directing the united operations of the allies, with Gen. Cordonnier commanding the French troops. The operations have been long expected as a part of the co- ordinated offensive of the allies on all fronts. Its opening follows the ar- rival of Gen. Cordonnier after ex- tended conferences with officials here. The ad\-ices received in Paris indi- cate that the Germans and Bulgar- ians are seeking to anticipate the movement by taking the offensive on the left, where the Serbians had mov- ed up to within 25 miles of Monastir, holding Fiorina as an observation post. Their orders were not to at- tempt to retain Fiorina if they were attacked. The Serbian War Office says the Bulgarians were repulsed and thrown back on their old posi- tions, but that later the Serbians, fol- lowing their instructions, evacuated Fiorina. Thereupon the town and the .station of Fiorina were occupied by the Bulgarians. Thi) Serbians retired slowly, and later delivered a heavy counter-at- tack against a large Bulgarian force which was debouching from Fiorina toward Banica, Fighting continues in this region. In the centre French and British forces near Lake Doiran followed an intense bombardment with infantry attcks, in which the British contin- gent occupied the .strategic point of DoUi'/.oli. Further east the French right rushed a seri»!s of small villages in much the same manner as the French right carried the villages on the Somme front Reports in general show a condi- tion of affairs along the whole line which is regarded here as satisfac- tory for the allies. There is every indication that the preliminary opera- tions are extending rapidly. ROUMANIA FRIENDLY TOWARD BULGARIA A despatch from London says : â€" Bulgarian and Roumanian relatrions have become more friendly, according to a telegram from Sofia, transmitted by Reuter's Amsterdam correspond- ent. The readiness of the Rouman- ian Government to agree t» the ex- change of goods between the two countries is very favorably comment- ed upon in the Budgarian capital, says the despatch. BRITISH AND FRENCH GUNS UNITED IN THEIR THUNDER German First Line Was Broken Everywhere and the Second at Many Points TO FIX CENTRE SPAN OF QUEBEC BRIDGE. A despatch from Ottawa says: It is expected that between Sept. 14 and 16 the great centre span of the Que- bec bridge will be floated into posi- tion. This will pave the way for the opening of the structure early next year. WILSON WILL WITHDRAW \ TROOPS FROM MEXICO A despatch from Washington says: , â€" President Wilson has taken the first steps towards withdrawing General Pershing's expeditionary force from Mexico. High army officials predict- : ed on Saturday that all American troops would be out of Mexico by September liith. BRITISH DECORATION FOR BELGIAN QUEEN. A despatch from London says: ; King George, during his recent visit | to Belgian headquarters, decorated 1 Queen Elizabeth of Belgium with the Royal Red Cross of the First Class, i says a Government press bureau statement on Wednesday. o Belgian Troops Capture Karcma A despatch from Havre says: A brigade of Belgian troops has cap- tured and occupied the Port of Kare- ma on the eastern bank of Lake Tan- ganyika, German East Africa, says an official Belgian announcement. Karema is about 125 miles south of Ujiji. A despatch from the British Army in France says; â€" With the skies clear for artillery observations, following the hea\Tr rains, the English and French attacked the German lines on Friday afternoon along the entire front from the Anvre to t)he Somme, where their blows during the past two weeks have broken the German first line everywhere and the second line at many points. From the ridge above Pozieres, where the battered stone ruins of a windmill stand, to the highest, point on the horizon, along the edgres of bloody High Wood, and thence along Delville or Devil's Wood to the lower levels of the river valley, where there, has been no cessation in the fighting or the pounding of the guns, day afber day, there was a continuous cloud ofi smoke from the bursting shells as the. British and French g^uns united in their thunders. The British made gains on either side of Guillemont, where the Ger- mans -still hold the fortifications of their old second line and have their iioaviest concentration of guns. TRANSFER SMELTING INDUSTRY FROM GERMANY TO BRITAIN England Enters Into .Vgreemcnt With Australia for Supply of Zinc Concentrates and Spelter. A despatch from London says: An agreement has been reached between Great Britjiin and Australia, under which Great Britain contracts to pur- chase 100,000 tons of zinc concen- trates and 45,000 tons of spelter an- nually from Australia during the period of the war, and for ten years afterward. 1 The effect of the agreement will be to ensure the transfer of the smelting industry from Germany to British I hands. The amount involved in the agreement exceeds £25,000,000, cover- j ing more than half of Australia's an- nual output. Tl e remainder of the output is expected to bo t^iken over by France and Belgiiun.