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!iSlANS SMASH THROUGH IDIVIDING BRITAIN I LEADING MARKETS TEUTON UNES IN MOLDAVIA! IN SIX DISTRRICTS Many Prisoners and Much Booty Taken From the Invadei-s of Roumnnia and Aastro-German Fortes Compelled to With- draw on Golden Bystritza River Front. Civil Marshalling of Forces to Carry On War at High Pressure. A despatch from New York says : â€" The Sun on Thursday morning publish- BrcaOstnSs. Toronto. Jan. JO. â€" Manitoba wheatâ€" Nhw No. 1 Northern. $2.i)S. No 2 (to., 12.03; No 3 do.. tl.»8; No. 1 whral. %IM. triiok Kay ports. Old crop tradlnn 4c above new crop. Manitoba oata â€" No. 2 C W . 71.: , No. 3 C.W.. STJo; extra No 1 feed. 674.;; No. 1 feed. 67c, tra»;k. Bay porta. American corn â€" No. 3 yelluw. 11.13, shipment within 30 days. dnturli) oat» â€" No. 2 white, 64 to «6c, nominal ; No. 3 white, 63 to 06c, nomi- nal. aci'crdlnB to frelRhts outside. Ontario wheat â€" No. 2 Winter, per car lot. II. Sn to II. S2 ; No. 3 do.. II. 7« to 11.80, a.-rordlng to freights oiitBlde. Pea.-t â€" .\o. 2. |2.3o, according to fr»lshts '»ut,sld.>. Earloyâ€" Halting. 11.20 to 11.22. ac- cording to freights outside. Buckwheatâ€" 11. 2S to 51.30. nominal, according to frelghtn outside. Rye â€" No. 2. tl.40 to n,42, according to freights out.>(lde. London, Jan. 28. â€" Russian forces ' the enemy's fortified positions on a ' ed the following special cable from after artillery preparation assumed ! front of three versta Prisoners and London under Wednesday's date: the otTeniiivef yesterday against the j booty were taken, the e.xtent of which The first steps toward civil mobi- Austro-Qerman fortified positions on 'is being ascertained." lizution indicating Great Britain's both bida of the Kimpolung-Jacobeni j "On account of superior Russian, adamantine determination to fight to read, near the north-western fron- ' pressure directed against the Teuton a finish and to victory have crowded tier of Moldavia, and after stubborn lines in the ileste Canesce sector on o'.it any discussion of the attitude of fiphting broke through the Teuton the Golden ^-stritza riven front, in the United States toward ^iistantl ^anitoba flouj-F^i«t^j,aie^^ lines along a front of nearly two ! Rumania," says to-day's German of- ' PPafe league schemes. bags! h'Ao', stroni; bakers'! ii; Jute miles, .s.-.yrf the official statement ia- ! ficial statement, "the .A.ustro-German ' Labor'.s support, e.tpressed at the bags, J9 00,joronto,.^^^^^ according to sued today by the Russian War De- forces yesterday were compelled to ' Manchester conference, has greatly ! ,0^1.1^, i:.40 to 17 60 in bags track piirtmctit. Prisoners and booty were ' withdraw to positions nearer the east gratified the Government and ^^^ j J^'/boa";, P;°'f„f '^.y'j;''''' ' »' -5. hulk taken by the Russians, the extent of: bank of the river," • pave the way for Neville Chamber- j Mtllfee'dâ€" Car lots, delivered Montreal which ha;) not yet been ascertained. 1 The Rumanian War Office report la'n's fast-maturing plans for rao'^'-j J^'<'»*''3^j,,,^»f%'jJ:"\"^J„*'*^f':*"- ''<fj /°ed The Ru.«ian War Office report j stiid : j lizing all industries and cutting down 3^^; p^^ ^j,^ ,,;„ ,j U^,,' rcuxla; j "In the Kasino valley our troops at- the number of men working In non- "Ruraatiia;! front: Our detach- tacked the enemy, and, in spite of essential trades to the minimum and ments after artillery preparation as- severe cold an<l heavy snow, succeedevi , increasing to the maximum the effi- B'.med the offensive on both sides of alter 11 hours of desperate lighting '"'•'"'^y °f «" the vital trades, the Kimpolyr.g-Jacobeni road, and in dri\ing him south of the Kasino and Mr, Chamberlain's scheme contem- BRITISH TAKE COMMANDING POSITION ON SOMME More Than .'J-iO Prisoner* Taken by (ien. Haig'.s Troops. All the Objective Attacked Being Gained With Slight Losses, While German Casualties Were N'erv Heavy. after a btubhorn fight broke through , Suchitza valleys.' plates dividing Great Britain into six Hay â€" No 1, p«r ton, $12 , extra No. 2. per ton, $13 to 113.50 . mixed, per ton, $10 to $ll,5'i, track Toronto Straw â€" Car lots, per tun. $3, tra. k To- I'jnio. Conntry Froduc* â€" Wltolesala, Huttpr â€" Fr>>»h dairy, chol.'e, 37 to 33.-. i di:!trict.>i, Wales and Scotland each' ^-reiimery prints. 44 to 46c; solid*. 43 constituting a division, the other cen- j "Eggiâ€" \n 1 st<vage. 42 to 43c ; stor- I tres being Leeds, Manchester, Birm- agp. selects. 44 to 46c . n««r-lald, in I . _, „ J D •_. 1 Tir;.u 4.1 ^«_ cartons. 5s to 6"o . out of cartons. 66 ; ingham, and Bristol. With these ,^, 57^, ,.._-..__ _.. - _ _ _. points as basis, he intends to push all! Chee.seâ€" Larg*. 25i to 26c twins, 26 SFIZFD RY RRITISH AT THF KIFT '^^ war work and food production t^-^'J^Vs-d'^p'o^i^tV^-i-^^^^^^^^^^ ULtUdLtl/ 1/1 LflVllllJll ni llllj 1\U I the limit of the laborers' capacity and: fowl . is to 20c . dticks. 24 to 22c; I maintain high speed until the war i^;rif«,-5 ';,r3,;!:'''- ^^4:. l6 tV 18^^^^ '"'â-  I erds. I Llv,> poultry -Fowl, 15 to 17j ; clilck- } The first oali for volunteers under "'nonVv-Whlt- clover, 2J-lh tins, l4o â-  1 the National Ser\-ice rule was made a 5-ib, tins 13 to I34c , i.j-ib. i;j t.i few dav« iifn There is no n^e limit '3*^ H'^lb . 12 t.) 13o . buckwheat, 6l)-lb ewadj,s ago, mere is no age iimu, ^^^^ ,, ,^, ,,j,. cnmi^ hcn.v .-xtra tin.- i and both men and women are accept- and heavy weight, per doJ.. $2 76 ; select. : ed. Speakers are spreading all over '"^^.^ll^.'^lILn.nHo, 'per' llag^ilso ,n the country to carry out a campaign of $2,60 . British Columbia, per bag. $260 recruiting similar to the early davs of '•' *:-'^ •,„ .•":;%"â-  Jl^Y ""*•-'' "-^elawares. ,, " , ... ... ,= u.- l"r bag. $2..o to $3.00. thi' war, when soldiers tor fighting Heansâ€" lni|)..ited. hand-|.lcked. per I were recruited. As fast as recruits f'^"!'- \'i-->, â-  ''anadian. hiiid-pi.ke.1. per t . , , ,,,.,,â- â-  ..^ bush., $. 0<J , Canadian primes, IS.O" 10 are gathered they will be drafted into |s 00 Limas. pe,- !b.. 10 to !â- â€¢Â». battalions accordinjr to their fitness; for various kinds of work, the strong- ProvUlon*â€" Wholegale. est women becoming member, of the! „,f:-^-; ^^rt";!" ".rilSc'^'l^okeS' u Land Service Corps and the weaker | to :!7c ; rolLs. ct to 2"c bre.-ikfast the munition-making ^a.-on. 2.^ t.. 2^- ba -ks. piain. 26 to PART OF OnOMAN SECOND LINE Turk Tosses Were Very Heavy, Four Furious Counter-.Attacks Which They Launched Being Repulsed. A despatch from London ?ays: ' of the Tigri.^ south-west of Kut-el- Eleven hundred yards of Turkish first --Vmara and a considerable length of Hne trenches south-west of Kut-el- |-^« *«'^°"'^ ''"•?' su^tai'iing on'y slight Amara and portions of the Turkish "l^he Turki.sh forces west of the Hai second luie trenches in Mesopotamia River thereupon delivered four furious have been captured by the British ^ counter-attack.s, the first and third forces in severe fighting, in which tho 1 being broken up by our artillery and Turks .suffered heavy losses, according | machine gun fire. The second and to a Briti.<h nfficial communicption is- ' fourth attacks gained momentary suc- sued Frt.l;iy night. The communica- cesses, but our troop.s. returning to tion says: ; the offensive, regained much of the "By a determined assault Friday ground from which they had been morning, under cover of an intense temporarily .iislodged. Throughout bombar.lment, we seized and consoli- the day the Turkish losses were e.x- dated l.lOt) yards of the enemy's tremely heavy. Seventy- first line trenches on the right bank â-  were taken." With the British .Armies in France, Jan. 28.â€" In spite of the hard weather . conditions, a gallant attack was made Saturday by British troops against a strong German point on the Somme, resulting in its capture with three officers and more than 300 men. The Germans apparently did not anticipate an attack and were somewhat off guard, owing perhaps to the heavy frost and strong blizzard s%veeping over the snow-covered field. The Ger- mans remained snugly in their dug- outs, probably believing that the Bri- tish would do the same. Outwardly there was no movement within the British lines, but in the trenches the troops were waiting for a sudden attack, which had been well prepared for and organized before- hand. Suddenly, the ordinary desul- ' tory fire of the British batteries was concentrated in a terrific drumfire, flinging shells of enormous destructive force upon the German trenches anil defensive works. The barbed wire before the German positions was cut as though by sharp ; shears. Followin« the curtain of fire. the English troops went briskly out into "N'o Man's Land." The breath of the men looked like a smokeclou.l a- they went across the field o{ hum- mookv snow and shell crater- '•'!'>d with solid ice. The British troops had been cold but fresh with the heat of battle they moved forward like a machine and carried out the operations with preci- sion and self-control. Trapped in Dugouts. The Germans were trapped in their dugouts. The English boys were over and around the position before the Germans could get up to bomb them or fire upon them with machine guna. The whole garrison of the strongf point surrendered almost without a fight, seemingly thinking that resist- ance was useless. Tne British troops suffered few casualties and sent back the prisoner.^ in triumph. Meanwhile, the German gunner* had seen signals of distress and pre- sently they bet-ame aware of the fact that the strong point had been cap- tured. They came out of their dug- outs and began firing at the captured position, but the visibility was bad, owing 10 ihe whitish fog and the Ger- man drumfire was not so intense as ia former days on the Somme front. The British troops had taken pos- session of the deep undert;round rooms within the German position. In this way, the officers laughingly said, they cclebrate.i the German Emperor's birthday. TEN GERMAN AEROPLANES DRIVEN DOWN BY THE BRITISH ones joining a: my. 2BC . boneless. 2? t.. 32i' Lard â€" I'uri- lajd. tierce.«. 2H t.i 21ie ; tubs, 2U to ::2c , palls, 22 t.j 2:jc ; ^.\RI^ Is IN THE GRIP Cur.d m-a- -Long . Uai- baon. I« to OF .VRCTIC WE.VTHER. »si^' ''«' "^ ' '""• '"'"'<"' '" '' '^*'-'- Successful Raids Were .\lso Carried Out East of Loos and North- East of Vermelles. prisoners J . 1. » r. I Moatr«»l Markats ,\ despatch from Pans says:] ^;^„„r,ai, Jan. 3.. â€".atx- Canadian I France is in th-.> grip of the severest j Western, -N' ' cold weather for many years. The PREPARING DRIVE IBRITAIN BUILT FOR FARM HANDS; 510 SHIPS IN 1916 Two Thousand Workers Will Be [World's Tonnage Reduced by ' !,• . ,\.j 3, 69.- . extra N.\ 1 fe<-d. «Sc Barley JUiittoha feed il.oS , iiialttrig, $1 30 Flour â€" .Manl- thermoraeter in Paris registered 17 tobu Spring wheat patents, arsts, $io Llegrees Fahrenheit on Fnday and ;--;'; ,.«;\j,^„ :^:;^:^ ^^^^.^{^1 even in southern cities like Marseilles ' roUer.t $i.5') to $8.»«i ; d« , bag,>». $4 lo unil R.irrloaiiv there weri. .levornl Ho- <o $4.25. U..lled cats -Hbls. $7o& to and Borueaux tnere were 3e\»rai ae- j, .,5 j^ i^^^^ ;,„ 1^^.. $34.1 to $350 grees of frost. The number of deaths nran $33. uo Shorts. $36 "i Middlings, from cold and the sufferings of thejjvo;; -„»«««„. .-'^^r''.,.. 'cu'rVs! Parij-ians have been aggravated byljuj t"heeS"--Klll,.'»t westerliB. 2Jic thp c.ial ihortaire Fdouard Herrint "nest easterns. 2ie. Hutter -t:'holct»t tne coai si-.ortage. caouaru "P'^'^''"' ; . re«,„..ry 43 to 43J.- , secuds Sfi b Secured In the United States. A despatch from Toronto says: -An- other "ilrive" for farm hands is to be made in the United States this Spring .\bout Two Hundred Thousand Tons. Kbs* I'resh 50 to No 1 st.n'k. 40c , IN'taI"e»-I'er bag .\ despatch from Washinjfton say-: Loss to the world's merchant shipping in 191t> through war causes exceeded by tho oflicers of the Ontario Depart- the total tonnajje constructed, ;.;cord- ment of Cfolunization and Immigra- , ing to estimates prepared on Friday tion. Arrangements have just been I by the Federal Bureau of Navigation, completed to send five agents into the â-  Vessels sunk are put at 1.149, of J,- state,*, three into New York State and 082,('>83 tonnage, and those built at two into Michigan. The start is being | 2,50t>, of l,S!)9,d4a tons. The net re- _ ~ ^' ~ ^"" made over a month earlier than last ductioii was al>out '200,000 tons, or one ARSK.N.M. XT DRESDEN Minister of National Subsistence, has . 40J0 taken energetic charge of the situa- 1 **.'â-  tion, co-operating with the city au-;i,.'j.> thorities, M. Herriot has decided to sell a large part of the reserve stock Wlaalp^e OrHn. of fuel to the public and has lent ^ .,.^V\ her r'$lT«^" .n"!" 2,^!'!" military auto wagons to carry coal to .No 3. do $i,7i . ,Vo 4. $i..\>j sele. led N.I. 2 slock Ii I..IS. $2 25 .\ despatch from London says; British troops have carried 01;'. suc- cessful raids east of Loos and north- east of Vermelles, on the French front, says the official statement is- sued from British headijuarters Fri- day night. In aerial fights five Ger- man aeroplanes were destroye>l and five others were damaged. The state- ' ment follows: "Enemy positions east of Loos were raided by us at daybreak Friday morning. The enemy suffered many .•asualties an.i a number of his dug- outs were bombed an! destr.)yed. We captured \>i prisoner^. We -I'.so en- tered the enemy's trenches north- west of Vermelles early Friday morn- ing and again took several pri3.)ners. â- "On Thursday our aeroplanes suc- cessfully bombed a num';>er of places behind the enemy's lines.- There were many air flights, in the course of which five German machines were de- stroyed, and five others were driven liown du.Tiaged, One of our aero- planes is missing." ij the small dealers who have no convey- | t;',''' ances. The cold has brought packs No of wolves into the department, and j'l,'^. bear-< are ravaging the fields in Loir Vallev. .N.> «, SI 06* . feed. 71.- C W . 57.' No. J, .!o . B;*!! I fee.! 55c No I teed 54.- 53.-. Harley - .V.. S. as.- reie.-led ''J'.- . fee.l. 73c the N.>. 1 N w .• 52 rt3j N., -N.v 1 II, ,N Oat-iâ€" extra .v.). 3 No, 4, Flavâ€" 2 < ' \V . LAURENTIC SUNK VERDUN BAHLE OFF IRISH COAST A VIOLENT ONE year atid the work vrill be continued for three months. thousand farm hands will be secured | f'foat Britain led in ship building with to meet the pressing scarcity in On Unlt*<I states lUrktta. .\ll!\rleB;;"l^^â- â-  Ian -'e Wtuat- .May and one-half per cent, of the world's; KKPOKTKD BLOWN IP ;;^!-e.^l Ji;^6J ,,'ao .V.^'i'i' .'jT."* N.r'i total. The fijrures were gathered . Northei n, Jl.>7J to $l :'ej .\o 2 Noith- In that lime, it is confidently ex- from many unofficial sources, but are 1000 (,erma„ >N omen and Voune Girls_en. »,V'?.J^».. ''.i'.uV N-^/'s t'Sit^ *^5i pected, from fifteen hundred to two ! declared to be appro.ximately correct. „ . ' """ '" , * eri-,nea. . ,^ .^. j,, j,.,^,^,. .j„..i,a„g.l Ui au, $2a ' - - Pans, .Jan. ;i8. - The Dresden arse- to $2» a" Puhjth. Jan s.i - Wheut \.. i hard. .N... I .Voithern. tl â- <« . N-.. ] vessels of .V.0,000 tons. Ships built ^^ » letter taken from a German Lw-eed ,;T..'a,nv; ,2..ot .Mat' $2 13.; by all other countries are given us 7X'2 ^"''*^'"' '^•"^"'^ December 30, in number, of 720.368 ton.s. German The letter was written from Dresden id», stock Market. construction of '^6 000 tons is adtnit ^"*' '"^ writer .sai.i that all the win- Toronto. Jan So â€" ^'holce liea\ n .-steers. " .iows wuh.n a radius of twelve miles. »l%to»J''T5^^cho^ce^hea^^^^^ tedly a low estimate. «â€" tario. Tho department's agents will travel all over the two States, adver- tising in local papers and using any method that suggests itself to attract men. They are authorized to guaran- tee farm work at $36 to $40 a month for experienced men and $15 to $25 for inexperienced men. Last year . M.\N Y .VL'STU! AN SOLDIEK.S about six hundred men were brought into the province as a result of a six weeks' campaign. Although but Winter work is be- ing done on the farms now the de- mand for workers is so large that two liundre*'. applications have been receiv. ed from farmers anxious to get first call on the men gathered up. Most of them are prepared to sign good men on at once. 510 vessels of 619.000 tons. The "*' '"'^ *^" '''"''â- " "P ^â- ''' ^•*^'^"' ''"" $i v< United States was second with l.::i:{ "''•" '"'^* y""''^ «f"'! '*'"^'' a^'ord'"? •'^''-iMe I were broken by the explosion. He tiut.'iiers' ciinie, cl\.noe, $!! 76 to $in..io . ;a<ide.l that the authorities were keep-^"i good. Jk i" u. $«> so . do. meainni, ! . ,^ J J ^,__^ .*, $» 50 to $*.».>, do,, common, $7,75 t .. I^^j^^^^^^, |,y||^_ ch.dce, $S.i5 to mg the news secret, and that no rail- j^ ui IROZEN TO DKATH I.N TRENCHES toad tickets were being issued for V;^'"'. 1 Dresden except for urgent reasons. - •> liRITISII PENSION.S $,:.')0.000.000 .\ YEAR Lun.loii. .Ian. 2S, -When the new 1,^. g.i.id bulW, $7;..i I.' $!i,ili) dc. rough bull,", $5.1.'' to J5 35 . butcher cowH, choic*. $7 7.T to $^.26 . .I.v, good, $7 25 to $7 4.1: .lo., t:iedl»jn $'i 35 t.) $ii .to , Htoclicr*, $i>.25 to $T 25 . choice feeders, $7-75 t.i $'<.oO cnnii'^rM atid .-ut- (er«. $t.73 t.i <5.5o . MUk.ers. .-hol.-e. ea.-h, $:.' lo 5I"0 do .-oni, an.i me. I.. each. 14 > -Hid $•â- '.> »piiMger». $50 ".i hi $l.>n : light fwes. $!« 25 to $l.i .<h.-cii. _..,.,. .^ , „ .. hea\ V $•! t.i $7.50 : .nives, g.io.; ii T::-itish Pensions Minister, G. N. choice. $ii75 to $14; iHinh». .-hoice. Ri.rnes iinfol.4< his new npn<inna f " 5" ''^ $'•'' â-  <<"•• inedluiii, $1)75 t.i Exirnis, unioiiis ms new pensions J,,,;;^ „„«.,. r,.,i „,„) waiere.i. $i4;;5: the wooded Carpathians and scheme next month, it will be found do. weighed . friars, $14 50 , J.i., tob,, Rumania, the .-now In'ing several feet that it will cost the country not less "j,'?,n„.p„| j^,,. 3,.,-choi,.. s,ef,-. $id deep. The temperature is the lowest than t,iO,000,iH)0 a year. .\ccording i.i $10 50 , g..o.i. $;t to sm ciioue known in years, which is true also of t.. Mr, Barnes' forecast of his scheme, 5r5;,''""'*;.arers''*$5" *"';-^;oi.-e'"h;!„.Mlr«' L430 GERM.VN P.-VPERS 1 the northern sectors of the Italian there will be a minimum of i'l per bulls. $s.25 to $';) ; g..o.i, $; 1.. $s . c«n- SUSPEND PUBLICATION.; front and the Balkans. week to widows of soldiei-n. and sai- ;;;;',tf*f, °'' ,V.'i '0 $1 /""'""liuc 1" «',â- ,"{,; On all these fronts both sides ap- 1 'wrs who are unable to do any wage- $ti . ,hoi.e select h..K>. ..iir ,.irs. $14 .'.1 Vienna, .Ian, 28, -Heavy snows and iiten.se cold have resulted in a slack- ening, and here and there a total ces- sation, of the military operations on all the war fronts where .\ustrti- Hiingarian troops are engaped. Bliz- zards prevail in East (lalicia. Buko wina British Auxiliary ("ruL-^er Hit a Mine or Was Submarined. London. Jan, 28. -The l-{ritish uux- ii-ary cruiser Laurentic. of 14.892 tons g;-css. has been sunk by a submarine | or as a result of strikinic a mine. :ic icrding to an official statement issued | lo-night by the British .Xilmiralty. ; Twelve officers and 109 men were -sav- | e.i. j The Laurentic bef'Tc entering the British naval service was in the ser- vice if the Ocean Steam Navigation ' Company of Liverpool. She was â- 'JoO feet long, and was launched at Be! !iKt m 1908, I The .Admiralty statement a.bls that thr vessel went down off the Irish lonst last Thursday 1 pear to be finding the Winter their : earning work, while adequate sums worst enemy. It is almost impossible ] ^^ "'^1 ''o Paid to disfigured and crippled t.. $15 A despatch from London says: The ^7logne Gazette says no tewer tnan , ^^ ^^^ artillery owing to the great r.ien, irrespective of their ability to ' |r|sh.CAN,VI)1AN U VNCFKS •y 1. j:50 German newspapers iind pert- , ^„,j_ ^^j,^ ,^^^, ^,f ^^.„ ^-,.„^^„ i ical.i are no longer able to appear, j ^^^^^ ^^^ plentiful. to return to active civilian life. AKK CHKKKED IN lU B! IN. GREAT BRTTAIN TO REQUISITION NECESSARY FOREIGN SECURITIES too Rl MVNIANS DEAD IN WRECK OF TRAIN. I A <lespatch from Dublin says: Tho , Duchess of Connaught's Own Irish- '~~~ â-  Canadian Rangers. TOO men and 28 Derlin, ,Ian, 28. More than 100 ^fl^....^^ a,.,.jv(,j j,, Dublin Thur^dav Rumanians of high rank lost their .^fj^,,,„„„„ „,„i marched throujrh the lives in a train wreck near the Ru- principal streets to Wellington Har- inanian station of Tshura, according ,..,^.,^,, (,-row(ls of workers watched to a despatch .siii.l by the Overseas t,,^^, man-h along the quays. When Si:\ KN TLKKISH VKSSELS DESTROYED BY Rl SSIANS An official report from Petrograd says: - "On the Black Sea one of our submarines sank four sch. Miners near the Bosphorus. Three other schoon- e.s that were encountered by the sub- m.irine were obliged to beach them- selves, breaking up in the prevailing storm," •> K \rH)N SYSTEM NE.\R IN I NITED KINGDOM. London. .Ian, 2S, â€"William C. An- derson, Labor M.P,. speaking to-day at Leicester, said he was giving away no secret in stalinir that the popula- tion of the I'nite.l Kingdom would at a very early date be put under a ra- tion svstem. \t .Some Points \Va.s in Nature III Hand-to-Hand Combats. A .lespatch from Pans says:â€" Ac- 'ording to late reports of the attack launched by the Crown Prince's forces m the Verdun region recently, several German regiments participated, and a- stme points the two foijces fought hand-to-han.i. .^.llogeiher tne engage- n.i-nt appears to hu, e leen the mist important offensive movement under- ti.ken on the Franco-Belgian front in SLveral weeks. The movement waa launcheil along a rather wide front, beTjf delivered at four points between .â- \,()court wood, on the extreme left of th" French lines about Verdun, and Dead Man Hill, a liistarce of more thiin 3'j miles. The Germans gained s:ime g'ound. but next morning as the result of a desperate counter-at- tack most of the positions captured by the enemy on Hill 304 were reeaptur- e.i. WAR TO E.ND IN AUTUMN. Sir Gilbert Parker Says Economic CqI- lapse of Germany Pending. A despatch from Montreal says: Sir Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist, aiul member of the British House of Commons, arrived in Montreal on Wednesday from New \"ork. where he landed from a steamer on Sunday. Sir Gilbert predicts that the war will end next autumn, if not a little earlier than that. The end will come, he says, through the economic collapse of Ger- many ;ind the smashing of the Ger- man lines on the western front by the .\ng!i.>- French forces. V#tuntary Mobilization Scheme Having Failed, Compulsion is to be Applied to Holders. y ] .-Agency to have been printed in tho I Russki Slovo. The locomotive of a train carrying the Rumanimis to Rus- sia jumped the track and the took fire. A despatch from London says: The Official Gazette announces that by a new order-in-Oouncil the Treasury is sons not ordinarily residents of the GERMAN U-BO.VT FOUNDERS OVV THE NORWEGIAN CtJ.VST London. .Ian, 28 a Cterinan submarine, which foundered off the Norwegian coast, was landed yesterday near Hammcrfest, Norway, United Kingdom. The list of securities required by _ . , , the order will be published within a empowered under the Defence of the f^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ p^^,y ^^^^ ,„ Realm Act to requisition any foreign holders will be required to make a securities which may be required to full return of their holdings. The strengthen Grent Britain's financial terms and conditions under which the position and also to require holders of securities are requisitioned will be ! by a Norwegian motor-boat, nccord- such securititis to make a return on identical with those existing in the ' them to tha Treasury. ; voluntary mobilization scheme, which. The orda^ further forbids the trans- despite the extra two .shillintrsi in- fer or sali of such securities outside come tax levied, apparently failed to the Uidtrf. Kingdom. The order does bring in sufficient securities, and hence ooi apii!/ to securities owned by per- 1 the application of compulsion. the battalion tunie<l into Westmore bind ."street the music of the b.-»nds brought large numbers of people from ^''""'* shops and warehouses. The fine ap- pearance of the men creatcil 8 favor- : able impression, ,Mso at College ; Green and Great George Street crowds collected. From here until Welling- ton Barracks were reached the men! The crew of 34 of were heartily cheered, j WEATHER ON BRITISH FRONT COLDEST SINCE WAR BEGAN MOl NTAIN IS NAMED ,\FTER VPRKS VICIIM. .\ .lesimtch from Ottawa says; The Geographic Board of Canada has giv- Soldiers .Vre SuflferinR Severely, hut tht' (Jeneral Health of the .\rm> is .\ma/.inKly (hmkI. • J in^ to the announcement of the Nor- wejfian Minister of Marine, transmit- ted by the Reuter correspondent at : en the name of Carthew to a moun- Christiana. As the Germans were ; (,„{„ i„ .-Mberta, after Lieut. William transported on a neutral boat, they j M. Ca:th<'.v. an Kdmonton surveyor, will be liberated. j who fell at Vpres. .\ despatch from London says: the freezing of radiators ami carbure- j Correspondents on the British front in ^ors. Many cars are stranded along ! Frunce say the tr.wps are experienc- '""'â- ,'>' 'â- "'"''• '^^'^ ^ol'li^rs. espoeinl- , . , .^. .1 - , '^' ^""-â- 'e in the trc'iches ami on sentrv <v.'j: the most biting weather since the ,,.,«fu ..â- â- â€ž ,.«•«.. . 1 1 . .u' " p<ists, are siittermg severelv. biit the war began. The use of automobiles general health of the army' continuM is rendered almost impossible owing to. aina/.ingly good. i%tr- ^