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n. NAVAL BATTLE IN NORTH Four German Destroyers Sunk by British Mosquito Fleet A despatdh from London says: A British mosquito fleet sank four German destroyers off the coast of Holland, swiftly avenging the loss of the light cruiser Hawke. The Admiralty announces that the Bri- tish casualties were one officer and four men wound-ed. The damage to the British destroyers was slight. There are 31 survivors from the German destroyers, all of whom are risoners of war. The fast, new ight cruiser Undaunted, with the destroyers Loyal, Legion, Lennox and Lance, the fleet commanded by Izic-wt.â€"Uommand~er George Seyâ€" mour, were attacked by the Ger- man destroyer fleet while on patrol duty off the estuary of the River Ems. The battle which followed was short and fierce. The six-inch and four-inch guns of the.Undauntâ€" ed riddled the German destroyers, and the British destroyers. come loted the destruction. Apparent y the engagement lasted only a few minutes. Lie-ut-Commander Sey~ mour is the hero of the day. Enor- mous crowds gathered at the bulleâ€" tin boards and cheered his name, demanding details of the victory. What most thrillsand pleases the people is the intimation that the forces engaged were nearly equal, since it is assumed that more than the four German destroyers which were sunk attacked the Undaunted and her torpedo destroyers. It re- mains true, as for generations past, that when the fighting is on top of the water the British carry off the victory. Every important German success has been an underwater thrust. For several weeks German destroyers from Kiel and from the Heligoland base have been active in the estuary of the Ems, protect- ed in their operations by numerous submarines and mine-s. The sup- position is that Dent-Commander Seymour received orders to venture darineg in the hope of cutting off a fleet of such destroyers. The Undvaunted, Lieutâ€"Comman- der Seymour’s flagship, was built at Fairfi-eld in 1913, and went into commission early this year. She is 10 feet long, has a displacement of 3,600 tons and has a speed of 30 knots developed from engines of 37,000 horsepower. She carries .two 6-inch guns, four 4-inch guns on broadside mountings, and a battery of quick-firers. With cruisers of her class, the Aurora type, she has been assigned to patrol duty, for which she was especially fitted on account of her great speed. The victory does much to even the score between Germany and England. The Admiralty asserts that the Germans have lost four cruisers, nine destroyers, one tor- pedo boart, three submarines and eight fast merchant ships armed as commerce destroyers, a rtotal of 25 useful war vessels. The British losses have been three almored cruisers, three light cruisers and a torpedo gun-boat destroyed and a light cruiser disabled. The British have lost more in tonnage and in officers and men, but, the prepon- derance of strength has been main- tained. The news of the British cruiser Undaunlted’s victory was received With great rejoicing at H-arwich. She did not leave that port until Saturday morning, and at six o’clock the same evening came the news that four German destroyers had been sunk. , A GERMAN FACTORY RAIDED. Equipped with Concrete Founda- tionsâ€"Had Never Been Used. A de-spatch from Edinburgh says: A large factory here owned by a German was raided by the military authorities. It was built ten years ago and, although it was capable of accommodating 500 hands, there were never more than six workmen to be seen and these were all Ger- mans, The builders of the factory state that perhaps $150,000 was spent on concrete'Afoundations, the proprietor explaining that enor- mously heavy machinery would be required for the'facto-ry. The ma- chinery never arrived and the fac- tory_was never started. The police received a wireless receiving apparâ€" atus and a quantity of wire at the residence of Prof, Arthur Sohuster- near Wokinghlam, in Berkshire. Prof. Schuster, who is a brother of Sir_Felix Schuster, governor of the Unlon of London and Smith’s Bank, admitted to th epolice that he could receive messages from Berlin or the \Eiffel Tower in Paris with this ap- paratus. Prof. St‘huster is a fel- low of the Royal Society, and also secretary Olf the organization. He is a son of Francis Joseph Schuster and was born at Frankfortron- Main . THE COST OF LIVING. Five Per Cent. Increase in Canada Since War Began. A d-espatch from Ottawa says: The cost of living in Canada has ljumped by nearly 5 per cent. since the outbreak of the war. The Labor Department’s index number showing the general level of prices at the end of September is 140.7, as compared with 135.5, at the end of July. Most of the rise took place during the first three weeks of the war, and during the past three weeks there has been a general steadiness in prices. Retail prices are reported to have been, on I'the whole, steady in September, after the first upward movement follow- In flour and sugar further advances occurred last month in most of the cities. Rents were reported downwards in some fifteen localities throughout the Do- minion. ing the war. __.x«____ Took German Gunboat. 'A despatch from London says: Adespa-tch to the Central News from Melbourne says that advices gun- the of the capture of a German boat have been received by Government from New Guinea. CRUISER SUNK BY ENEMY Only 73, Including But the No A despath from L1,-F.Ci0[l The British cruiser Hawke. launch- ed in 1891, was sunk :1 torpedo from a Germnnvsubmariuo in the northern waters of the North Sea. Of her crew, which numbered as many as 5+1. only 73 survivors have been reported, including a lieuten- ant-commander and three warrant officers. The Theseus, a sister says: cruiser of the Hawke. also was at-' tacked by the submarine, but escap- ed undamaged, the torpedo, in this case. going wide of its mark. The survivors reported by the Admiralty are Lieut.~Commander Robert R. Rosoman. Boatswuiu Sydney Ausâ€" tin, Gunner James Dennis, Acting Gunner Harry Evitt and 69 memâ€" bers of the crew. Commander R0- somun and twenty men were saved hy a ruff. the others being picked up by a trawler and landed at Aberdeen. Among the missing are Captain M. P. Williams. Comâ€" mander B. A. Pratt Barlow and eight naval cadet-s. One of the rescued noncommis- sioned officers, Boarswain Sydney Austin. of the Hawks, bears a charmed life. Twice he has touch- One Officer, Saved From rth Sea ed shoulders with death. He was in boatswain of the Hogue’s crew l when that cruiser was toroedoed on .Sept. 22. He jumped into the sea ltliat day and kept. afloat until lgood luck took him int-o a trawler. ‘His grim experience was repeated as nearlv as could be possible. So that within three weeks virtuallyw he has twice escaped with remnants of crews destroyed by the Germans. It is presumed that the German lsubmarine, with the boldness which has characterized the operations of the Unter See Bot-es. took advent age of an early morning fog and at» tacked the scout ships somewhere off the coast of Scotland. The 5110- ' Cess of the German submarine. com» in; so quickly after the achieveâ€" ment of the US) in destroying the (,‘ressy. Hogue and Aboukir on {Sept 22, is particularly note- worthy. because the blow appears German naval base, and in spite of the increased vigilance of British commanders. It. is probable that the German submarine ventured fully ‘230 miles from the mouth of the River Elbe and sank the Hawke in the region of the Dogger Banks. his 7 to have been delivered far from the A 315A NANT SUCCESSâ€"ls FOR THE ALLIES Series of Blows Delivered Against Generals Von Bochm and \'on Kluk. A d-csp-atch from Paris says: The allies have recaptured Armentieres alter seizing the approaches thereto, and in Belgium the Gerâ€" mans have been prevented from crossing the River ster, and their advance toward Dunkirk stopped. The Germans are in great force. 400 guns, 40,000 infantry and some cavalry having been rushed from Ostend to the Yser. These troops had been drawn from all quarters, from Luneville, Nancy and Brus- sels, and were weary from. incesâ€" sant marching and fighting. While King Albert’s army, with support from a. new British army and from French marines and de- tachments from General Joffre’s line in France, checked the Gerâ€" ‘ man advance along the seacoast. the lett, wing of the allies in Northern France mad-e notable progress, 'de- liven'ng a series of blows agalns't von Boehm and von Kluk which forced the Germans to surrender Armenti-eres and villages to the south. Amen-tiercs is an impor- tant railway junction on the Bel- gian frontier north-west of Lille. General Joffre, according to ofli- cilal reports, has driven the German right wing about 19 miles to the north-east in recent fighting. In some points the allies have gained 30 miles. These succeSses, slowly gained, have so straightened the allied line that it now. runs practi- cally nonth and south from Nieuâ€" port and Ypres, in Belgium, to Ar- mentieres, Arras, Albeth Roye and Lassigny. The information strengthens the impression formed on previous days that the Germans are subordintating all operations elsewhere to their plan of advancâ€" ing toward Paris through Northern France; weakening their lines in the cent-re and in .the east to give power to the new offensive in Bel- gium, and rthat General Joffre is meeting the situation by heavily re- inforcing his left wing and never surrendering the initiative. __.__px«__ OUR MILLS NEED WOOL. British Prohibition Against Export- ing May Be Relaxed. A despatch from Ottawa says: There is a strong possibility that the new British regulation prohibiting the export of wool will be relaxed to some extent to enable Canadian mills to obltain needed supplies. The prohibition as announced was absolute, and its operation threat- ened to affect seriously the Canaâ€" dian mills, which have been largely dependent upon wool from Great Britain. Negotiations have been in progress lbetween Ottawa. and Lon- don with a. view to such an arrange- ment as would permit the release of a supply of wool sufiicient to en- able Canadian mills to continue in operation, especially having regard to the placing of orders with these mills for articles of woollen clothing for the equipment of troops in the field. It is understood that such an arrangement is being made. 110,000 CANAblANS Anne New Contingents Will Leave for Europe at Regu- lar Intervals ‘ A dcspatch from Ottawa says: flee That a force of 30,000 men will be keppt continuously in training in Canada, and that contingents of 10,000 each will be despatched to the front at regular intervals, is the gist of an announcement made by the Government. This outlines the whole plan gov- erning [the rendering of aid by Canada to the Mother Country in the present crisis, and will not be changed unless the War Office so advises. The first 10,000 men will likely be sent in December, and further instalments of the same number will be respatched at regu- lar intervals until the War Office advrses discontinuance. The place of each contingent of 10,000 sent to the front will be taken by another similar body of men enrolled for training, so that there will always be 30,000 men under arms in the Dominion. During the past week the Gov- ernment have continuously had under consideration the organiza- tion of a second contingent. The Prime Minister, the Acting Minis- ter of Militia, and the sub-commit- It-aly’s Navy Ready for Service. A delspaatch from Rome says-z During the period of mobilizing of the army and naval force the move ments of the fleet has been withheld from the public, but the Duke of the Abruzzi, the oommanderâ€"in-chief of the Italian Navy, now announces AIRMEN’S FINE EXPLOIT- l of the Privy Council. had a lengthy conference on Saturday with Col. Gwatkin, chief of the general staff. and Col. Denise-n, adjutanutâ€"general, respecting the following questions: l.â€"â€"The defence of Canada against any probable raid or attack by land or sea. 2._â€"Th(‘ training. organization, equipment and diosplaztch of funther expeditionary forces. ‘ No Question of Men. There is no question about the officers and men available. Many thousands throughout Canada are. eager for an. opportunity to go to the front. The response to the call of duty throughout the country has, been most inspiring. Two considerations have to be taken into account in connection w1tih the despatchinzg of further ex- peditionary forces: (a) the provi- sion of rides. guns, ammunition and other equipment: (b) the abil- ity of [the British Government to receive further co‘ntingevnlts and‘ glve them the necessary final train- ing having regnrd to the enormous force which is being organized and trained in the British Islands. that six divisions have been fomd,’ each commanded by a. rearâ€"admiral,l and each consisting of direndnoughltsl or other battleships, firstâ€"class or, second-class cruisers, training ships and old type war vessels, besides,l torpedo boaxts, submarines and scout ships, and a destroyer flotilla attached to each division. Details of Brilliant Work in Routing Division of German Cavalry A despatc‘h from Paris says: The most dashing exploit of the French airmen since the beginning of the war was the complete rout of a division of German cavalry whom they shelled from the air, as briefly announced in official communica- tions on Wednesday. The avta- tors pursued the cavalrymen all day, ceaselessly pouring bombs on them and inflicting heavy losses. Additional details from the north show fthe Germans had crossed the frontier and were advancing to- ward the Hazebrouck region in the early morning when they were met by a. stronger French force. The preliminary skirmish-es were in fa- for of the French. The Germans, seeing the road absolutely barred, began an orderly retreat. The French general, while harrying their rear with his own cavalry, or- dered an air squadron to give chase and convert the retrealt into a rout with bombs. The effect on the enemy was devastating. The Frenchmen showered the deadly missiles upon the dense mass of Here i\ one if the most tragic pictures received from the war zone. prisoners. lians~mazxy Ll: Them too old for the Belgian armyâ€"being marched out by the In Cold bll -;(l because they had engaged in guerilla warfare against the 4 words. they were 1;) be murdered for the sin of defending their own lltrlll") agains: 1‘1." During the Fi'anc«)-PI‘11.~':~..:in war Thourauil: of fact that the Germans allowed an American photographer to take tlli. ' United States shows that this slaughter of civilians. instead of impri- airing them. 2. most approved German methods of warfare. curs, as The French Volunteers who were unable to secure uniforms were called, To the German the uniform is the thing. cavalry. and as ugly gaps appeared where the dragoons and cuiras- siers became strewn across the road in a horrible mass, panic spread among the Germans. Tlhey gab loped furiously toward the frontier,i vainly atitempting to escape the, bombs. The compact division was soon dispersed, squadrons dashing off across country in different direc- tions in order to baflle the aerial foe. This had the effect of reduc- ing the losses, though the aviators maintained the pursuit till night- fall, annihilalting several squad: rons. Numerous horses were killed, while some riders miraculously es< caped. Many others were strewn along the countryside in ghastly heaps, some killed instantly, some wounded and some kicked to death by the horses as they strug- gled on the roadside in agony, The unexpected air attack abs/0‘, lut-ely demoralized the Germans. and horseless stragglers captured the next day were in a pi‘tinble state of horror. “Plain!” “91132 .llill‘flli‘tl to Execution for Defending 'l‘hv‘ir llmuvs‘. It shows :1 group of Belgian civiâ€" (,§c1n::ins t) be shot down ha ens svldiersâ€"in other invadzrs. The priure for public in!) in the ~ 1") a". rd with the Franc-Tir- were shot. when taken