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Exeter Times, 1916-4-20, Page 2RAIDS ON BRITISH TRENCHES TO THE NORTHEAST OF CARNEY Three Time the Germans Attacked, bat Were on Each Occasion Repulsed, A. despatch. from London says:- r nany German dead beingg left in ellet WhileJ fi the infantry lxtn around St.f txenchea g g Eloi has ceased for the time being the London Uel clatlSailL tc leratl halingt ! un- artillery n artillery of both sides is busy in that der Thursdayy's date says: p sector,, and there bus been consider "In feeling out the strength of the able trench mortar activity. The en- British in the 'Ypres sector the enemy emy ;aided the British treadles t•eceived a shuck. dust before night La Boisselle after a heavy buanliard» ! fall he delivered a spirited local at- ; tack on what was reported to be a • enent, in which he used lachrymatory , weak British position, but the effort shells. He was driven out, although was repulsed after a lienee hand -to- : the British lost a few prisoners. The hand fight. capture of a few men working on the "It le certain that the enemy will! British front wire was the net result ma, n.in these isolated d efforts. gained by the Germane ant"German troops and guns, especial - tacks Wednesday night north-east of 'v guise, continua to arrive on the Carney. The attackers reached the 'Veer front, where, I believe, the zaexb British trenches, but were driven back great battle may be expected." Markets. of the. World . straight rollers, $5.30 to $5.40; do.' $5.90: Winter patents, choice, $6,00; ! bage, $2.45 to $2.50. Rolled oats--! Bble. $5.00 to $5.10; do. bags, 90 lbs. dt tf Brea s u s. $2.35 to 32.40. Bran, $24. Shorts„ Toronto, April 18. --Manitoba Wheat 326. Middlings, 828 to 1.30. 1tioLTillie„ northern, new crop, $1.111, $80 to lr Hay - No. 2, per ton, Car; store, Fort William; No. 2, $1.14%; lots, $20. to $20.50. Cheese -Finest No. 8. $1.10%4. , westerns, 181.1 to 1$! c; finest east-' Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 430, in erns, 17% to 18e. Batter-eChoicest k store, Fart �i'illiann; No. 3, 410 ex- rrearnery, 33 to 331„c; seconds, 30 to; tra No. 1 feed, 41c; No. 1 feed, 40e. 81?: e. Eggs --Fresh, 26 to 27e. i American corn -No, 2, 83e. Potatoes -Per bag, car lits, $1.'75 to Canadian corn -Feed, 08c. to 70e. $1.80. Ontario oats -No. 3 white, 4314c. to 45c; commercial oats, 4214t to e4e. ' Winnipeg Grain. Ontario wheat -No. 2, winter, 31.02 - Cash: -Wheat -No. 1 Northern, to 31.04; No. 2 commercial, 99c. to $1.1014; No. 2, do., $1.1484; No. 3, do,, 31.01; No. 8 commercial, 97c to 99c: 81.10%; No. 4, $1.079/4; No. 5, 99V4c; feed wheat, 86e to 88c. No, 6, 91140; feed, 8G14c. Oats- No. Peas -According to sample, 31.20 2, C.W., 42%; No. 4, do., 41e; extra to $1.50; No. 2 nominal, car lots, 31.70. No. 1 feed, 41e; No. 1 feed, 39c; No. Barley -Good malting, Glc. to 03e; 2. do., 39c. Barley -No. 3, 63c; No. feed barley, 59c. to 62c. 4, 58c; rejected, 50c; feed, 50c, Flak Buckwheat -690. to 70e. -No. 1 N.-W.C., $1.91; No. 2 J.W., Rye -No. 1 commercial, 89c to 90c; 31.88. rejected rye, 68e. to 87e., according to sample. United States Markets. t Manitoba flour -First patents, in' Minneapolis, April 18. -Wheal-- jute bags, 36.50; second patents, in May. 31.22 to 31.2214; July, 31,21 %. jute, $6; strong bakers', in jute, $5.90, No. 1 hard, $1.27%; No. 1 Northern,' Toronto. $1.2416 to $1.2618; No. 2 Northern, Ontario flour -Winter, $4.15 to $1.2158 to $1.2418. Corn- No. 3 $4.25, track, Toronto, according to yellow, 75 to 760. Oats -No. 3 white, sample; seaboard, $4.35 to $4.35, prompt shipment. 42 to 4212c. Flour unchanged; ship-; Millfeed ments, 67.404 bbls. Bran, 318.25 to. -Car lots delivered Mont- $19.00. 1 real freights. Bran, per tan, $25; Duluth, April 18. -Wheat --No. 1! shorts, $26; good feed flour, per bag, hard, $1.2314; No. 1 Northern, 31.21 $1.60 to $1.70; middlings $27. to $1.23%; No. 2 Northern, $1.16% to; Hay -Baled, No. 1 track, Toronto, $17 to 318; No. 2, 314 to 315; straw, 31.19%. Linseed -Cash. $2.15% to'. 36.50 to 37. Country Produce. $2.16%; May, 32.153/x.; July, 32.16%. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, April 18. -Choice heavy' Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 29 to steers, $8.50 to 38.90; Butchers' cat 32e; inferior, 25 to 26c; creamery tie, choice, $8.15 to $8.35; dc'" good, TROOPS CANADA ; GERMANS 7. prints, 35 to 37c; solids, 33 to 34c. $7,60 to $7.85; do., medium, 325 to I ORrT �ftt►ti S PARIS vitpa� f,1/1'1, a MA 077 d 11COi' "CV/4V ...at/ UT k 7 're eft i f aim G d na Rei 7C}NQ q� k r 1idF AU rt SIVA tort.r tlaxa xiq es `` DlalEl'ai 'C?!lt`s �' •irid'it+: „urfid, A +a ALT,PP0 it AN S xsyl,as auk rrvar, or, es- U{m;u + asjl:ulkj+ r- 'segisdiada e 1. - Via, s pr i ,Ir; Kerrneesheh ' t (� a n. fh$irtktn t dQ ^ ti:. . `wr :dues e r AWL. iA3nAp, u so 1ppa o Kerte, <r l74= -r -----.1 i�C E91:Pi`:7r rErt t: 43l FIUI't,e . tbr.e 13eG<.tIC%U� 87 'Vass /ea es as nuocour - h •xrll. Nait4edee._ pn c 7T17e es''� ffCh kartco a ORICIAN 5T JEAI 5 PRt HOME {A Z'ONNeat pe st;e ie'rteeesf • id'tli Wr Pott. 1 SS e• WY T`SCHABTra•. ZANvoaahe RME.S5INES WfialeE7 eel PLOF,rie, 4,o (ih MENilE.RES-yr" 5ECGRRai: , r ; SF :lithBULGF'R.IP Ro. °SoFlA F ti • .a �4 � E cion -N64 0MltNe,S 1't2a dteet;l£;'1 / °tease Peet vJ 4J' SBURGHAS �ONSTANTt OW. ilU R/��!``ROAN AL satteanvosmumesootoursoassoustrua • THE WEEK'S DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WAR. In the early part of the week the Germans made great efforts to break down the -defences of Verdun both to the east and the west of the Meuse. Almost daily simultaneous attacks were made in the region of Douaumont and Vaux on the east and along the Avocourt-Cumieres front on the west. Dead Man's ,Hill, about mid -way between these two places, was the scene of the heaviest fighting, the ravines leading up to the hill enticing the Germans to try an enveloping movement on both sides. They did manage to get a footing .on the western side of the foot of the hill, but there was great loss of men from the well -directed French fire. • At the middle of the week the French straightened out their line, and the enemy contented himself with frontal attacks which brought no benefit to him. The end of the week sees the operations on both sides hinder- ed by wet and foggy weather, though at places artillery duels are taking place. The British forces have been engaged further west. The Germans have again and again made an attempt to re -capture the crater positions at St. Eloi taken from them on March 27. These were given over to Cana- dian troops to hold, and the Germans not only have been unable to regain possession of them, but they have suffered heavy losses in all the attacks they have made. They reported some days ago that they had recaptur- ed the positions, bat if they did they did not hold them long for the Canadians re -took them and advanced into the enemy's territory, capturing some prisoners. On other parts of the British front the fighting has been mostly made up of artillery duels. Fears have been frequently expressed in London as to the condition of the force of General Townshend which has been shut up in Kut -el -Amara for 129 days. The relieving force under Sir Percy Lake has been handicapped through the flooding of the Tigris, but Sir Percy Lake was able to report on Friday that he had been in conflict with the Turks and had driven them back three miles in places. He also reported that his force had caused severe damage to the enemy when waters from the flood entered the Turkish trenches and caused them to leave. The Russians are preparing for an advance on Trebizond, the Turkish port on the Black Sea. The Turks are making every effort to protect the city of Baiburt, which is at the junction of the chief roads between Er- zerum and Trebizond. The capture of Baiburt would facilitate the movement of the Czar's armies toward Trebizond. The Portuguese have entered into the fight to take some of Germany's colonial possessions from her, and have puha force into the field to operate against German East Africa. Already they have been successful to some degree. It would appear that the denials of the Germans that a German submarine sank the Sussex, are proved to be false. Both the French and United States governments claim to have the name of the enemy craft which fired the torpedo, as well as the name of the commander. E ggs-New-laid, 24e; do., in car- $7.50; do., common, 36.60 to $6.75; tons, 25 to 26c. butchers' bulls, choice, 37.25 to 37.75; Honey -Prices in 10 to G0 -lb tins, 13 do., good bulls, 36.85 to $7.00; do., to 14c. Combs -No. 1, 32.75 to 33; rough bulls,$4.65 to butchers'• No. 2 'l9 25 to 0'� 40 g 35.15; Beans-Txad the latter for hand-picked. :$6.10; do common $5.25 to U. 75- ' " ' cows, cho=se $6.75 to $7.50• do., good! Latest Action Against the Germans. Costly to the Latter, Too. e quiet at $4 to 34,40, $6.25 to 6.50; do., medium, $5.85 to SUFFERED SEVERELY Poultry -Chickens, 21 to 22c; fowls, stockers, 700 to 850 lbs. 36.60 to 37.25; 18 to 20c; ducks, 24 to 25c; geese, 18 choice feeders, dehorned, 950 to 1,000 to 20c; turkeys, 25c. lbs. 37.15 to 37.50; canners and cut - Cheese -Large, 19c; twins, 19%c. tens, 33.75 to 34.25; milkers, choice, Maple syrup -$1.40 per imperial eac375.00 to $100.00; do., tom. and gallon. med. each $40.00 to 360.00; springers Potatoes -Car lots of Ontario, 31.80 350.00 to 3100.00; light ewes $8.50 to to $1.85, and New Brunswicks at 31.90 $8,50; sheep, heavy, $6.00 to $7.50; to 31.95 per bag, on track. i yearlings, 310.50 to 312.50; bucks and Provisions. ' culls, 33.50 to 34.50; lambs, choice, 311.00 to 313.00; spring lambs, $5.00, Wholesalers are selling to the to 313.00; calves, good to choice, 39.25 trade as follows:- . to 310.50; do., medium, 37.25 to 38.50; Smoked Meats -Rolls, 17%c. to 18c; hogs, fed and watered, $11.30; do., hams, medium 21c to 22c; heavy, 17c., weighed off cars, 311.65 to 311.75; do., to 20c; breakfast becon, 21 to 24c.; f.o.b., 310.95. backs, plain, 25c to 26c; backs, bone- ,, Montreal, April 18. - Butchers' less, 28 to 29c. ' steers, choice, 38.75 to 39; good, $8,25 Green Meats -Out of pickle, lc. less: to 38.50; fair, $7.25 to 37.50; medium than smoked. 36,75 to 37; common, 36.25 to 36.50; Dry Salted Meats -Long clear' canners, $5 to 35.75; butchers' cows, bacon, in tons, 16%c.; in cases, 17c.; choice, 37.50 to 37.75; good, 37 to clear bellies, 18c.; fat backs, 15%c. . $7.25; common, $6 to $6.25; butchers' Lard -Pure, tierces, 15140 to 15%c; ; bulls, choice, 38 to 38.25; good, 37.50 tubs, 15%c to 15%e; pails, 15344c to to 37.75; medium, $7 to 37.25; milch' 16c; compound Iard, tierces, 133fdc; , cows choice, each, 385 to 390; medium, tubs, 14c; pails, 14%c. i each, $75 to $80. Sheep, 38 to 38.50; lambs, 111/40 to 12c; spring lambs, $5 Moutreal Markets. . to 312 each. Hogs, off cars, 311.90 to Montreal, April 18.-Corn-Ameri- ' $12. Calves, 6c. to 8c. can No. 2 yellow, 85 to 86c. Oats - Canadian Western, No. 2, 52172 to 530; GERMAN SUGAR. RATION No. 3, 50 i to 51c; extra No. 1 feed ' TWO POUNDS A MONTH. 5012 to 51c; No. 2 local white, 50c; ! -- No. 3 local white, 49c; No. 4 local, white ! A despatch from Berlin says: The 48e. Barley ---Manitoba feed, 68 to' sugar ratio has been fixed at one kilo - 71c; nxalt'ng, 75 to 77c. Flour -Mane' gram (2.20 pounds) per person per itoba Spring wheat patents, firsts,' month, according to the Overseas 36.60; seconds, $6.10; strong bakers', News Agency. A despatch from London says: De- tails received here of fighting for cra- ters, in which the Canadians suffered severely, show that at one spot five mines in direct line and close to- gether were sprung against the Ger- mans, whose defence consequently was momentarily .completely shattered. The Canadians then rushed forward to occupy the ground thus rendered un- tenable. The advance was supported by artillery. The observer declares that the fire from the guns so close together and working incessantly was like a terrace of houses on fire. The Canadians secured ground for the time being, after which the struggle continued, with varying success on each side, as is always the case in such operations. If the Canadian losses were severe there is no doubt the enemy lost many more. NEW GER AN SUBMARINES DO NOT DIFFER FROM THE OLD Stories of Super U -Boats and Underwater Boats Without Periscopes Purely Imaginary. A despatch from London says: The Germans are not using either super - submarines or under -water boats with- out periscopes in their new campaign, according to the best informed navy authorities here. It was pointed out Sal Wednesday in naval sources that German submarines are following their toeual course, and that there' :is no evidence that they are able to tra- vel greater distances than previously 'was the case, or to stay out longer. The chief difference in the neve came ! paign, according to British naval of- ' firers, lies in the fact that more ships lave being torpedoed without warning. This developmentunexpected was not j by the naval authorities, who predicts ed a greater loss in ships as the sea- ' son advanced. The Admiralty officials evidently are not greatly worried over the de- struction of tonnage, asserting that additional mercantile tonnage needed can be built by a system of adjust - Ment which will not interfere with the British naval programme GERMAN SECURITIES SEIZED BY BRITAIN. Value of Those Intercepted in Mails Last Month £2,000,000. A despatch from London says; Sir Edward Grey, the British Foreign -Sec- retary, replying to a question in the House of Commons on Thursday, ctifx- firmed the statement published la month that the value of the securities' in the letter post. between Holland and'. the United States was £2,000,000 sten-. ling. Protests, he added, had been made by neutral countries, and dis- cussion with them was proceeding. 3 MORE ARRESTS FOR E PREP ARING D R ANOTHER ATTACK 1 Paris Paper Says Enemy is Weakening Other Fronts To Strengthen Arrny at Verdun. A despatch from Paris says: After an unprecedented struggle of 5,2 days the first battle of Verdun may be considered ended, in the opinion of French military critics. These critics also agree that the next phase of the German assault is being prepared with the utmost deliberation. The continued bombardment of the French lines to the west of Hill No. 204, a small attack on Thursday night south of Douaumont, on the east side of the Meuse, and two artillery . engagements in the region of Mort }femme on Friday are looked upon as only an interlude. As showing the extent of the Ger- man preparations for the next attack The Petit Parisien is authority for the statement that seven new German divisions arrived at the Verdun front last Sunday. Five of these divisions (100,000 men) were immediately thrown into battle, while the other two were used later. The net result of all these efforts was the capture of 500 yards of trenches on the north slope of Dead Man Hill (Mort Homme) at the cost of 30,000 men. The Echo de Paris says that troops which were formerly facing the Brit- ish have been sent to Verdun. "It is certain," says this paper, "that the Germans are now weaken- ing other , parts of their line bo strengthen their front at Verdun." CASUALTIES ON BOTH SIDES. Details of Clash Between Carranzas and Americans. A despatch from El Paso, Texas, says: First actual entrance of United States troops in force into a Mexican town resulted 3n an open clash and bloodshed on both sides on Tuesday. The trouble occurred at Parra], a min- ing camp south-east of Chihuahua City, and one United States soldier !was killed and several wounded. Mexi- Icans precipated the trouble by open- ing fire on the Americans as they were 'withdrawing from the city. The Americans returned the fire. The Car- ranza soldiers forming the garrison THE SUSSEX SANK BY GERMANS Definite Statement Made by Ministry of Marine. A despatch from Paris says: The German submarine which torpedoed the Channel liner Sussex was sunk on April 5, it was officially announced on Thursday. The U-boat's identity is fully known to the French Govern- ment. Its commander and crew are understood to be prisoners in a pris- on camp of the allies. did not participate, but used their The official Press Bureau of tho m th r own people a fol - best efforts to cal of Ministry -of Marine Issued tlr BOMB OUTRAGES.and restore order, according to re- lowing statement on Thursday in re- P.rosecuting Attorney Believes Ring- leaders Still at Large. A despatch frorn New York says: Three mare arrests were made on Thursday night in connection with the alleged conspiracy to destroy ships carrying war munitions to the Entente allies by placing "fire bombs" in their cargoes. Warrants, it was announced, are out for two others, thus involving nine persons altogether. BRITISH COAL OUTPUT FAILS. A despatch from London says: An official White Paper issued on Wed- nesday says that the year's output of coal in Great Britain was 253,188,000 bons, a decrease of nearly 12,500,000 tone, compared with the previous year. ports from Carranza sources, ply to the German claims that the • - «Vr unsex was not torpedoed: -- e could publish the name of the BRITAIN PROHIBITS THE commander and the number of the EXPORT op PIG mOm submarine which attacked the Sus- ' sex, as well as the story of her jour.- t A despatch from London says: The neyings prior to the crime. . British Government on Friday even- "This submarine was destroyed on" ing proclaimed an absolube prohibi- April 5, and her officers and crew I tion of the export to any destination confirn1 alt the information we pos- se matter." ss in of all this kinds ofpigi • nearly1 tonandah, kinds of steel'. The prohibition on ; ,� steel applies especially to the varlet)/ 2,500,000 BRITISH A.RE used by railroads and shipbvil:ders, i including rails, sleepers, springs, NOW IN FRANCE. wheels, axles, tubes, girders, ingots, A Lyndon Daily News des itch bare angles and rods and of pprates from Paris states that the French more than an eighth i eh in g th of an n i Bulletin ries Armes says the British thickness. The exportation of soapi army in` Franco, whieh uumbored but b t n more o oneper cent, . g than+ i 60,000 in August of 1914, now mine. of glycerine is prohibited. bers 2,500 000, RUSSIAN ARTILLERY FROM SUNSETAS AIDED BY AWES British, French, and Japanese help in the Bombardments. A despatch from Copenhagen says: French, eixch British and Jaa n n officers z ors are assisting in the direction of the Russian artillery, which •accounts for tho increased efficiency in that branch of the Russian tunny, imy, says a despatch from Petrograd. :Russian artillery is now said to be on a pair with that of Germany. 'German losses around Lake Nareez are staid to be colossal. '1 STEELNETS '.1'l) TRAP BRITISH SUBMARINES. Germans Guarding Entrance to Ia tic Against Allies' Boats. A despatch from Copenhagen :ay The Norwegian Shipping .• Gazette sa g pp 8 the German navy has stopped the 1 south passageway.uuih o'f T Sound (the strait between Denma and Sweden) not merely by the usu mine obstructions, hub also by steel nets designed to trap British subma- rines seeking to enter the Baltic. Danish torpedo ,says Ship o uo b ..1 1 0 s the p y 7 : r ping C,.,i..ette, are vti zi :Ilanb the opo ations to make sure that obstructio. are not placed in Danish territori waters. i1'Rtt'r THE WES'T'ERN Puma a ARE DOING. Progress of the Great West To14 in a Few. Pointed Paragraphs. It is proposed to -start a $20,000 cannery on the Peek estate, Nanaimo, At Kash) dealers who fell wend are compelled to take out a, business 11 - cense. The C, N. construction department at Port Mann is erecting a 1,000 -ton ice house. In the logging industries of 13 C over 4,000 white men are cmplcuc;d and no Orientals. South Vancouver is givie a num- b. 1--b ' ex of free garden allotments !~f a, pro- ' ro.. Ispective gardeners. s:1 Small fruit -growers of Vancouver ys n- hc rk couver city a live stock auction mart al for that city and the •Fraser valley. A three-year-old corn -fed hog re- cently killed in Naramata, B.C., tipped the scales, dressed, at about 500 lbs. At New Westminster the box menu - industry, , Opel factoring 1\11rch last year en - ns joyed an excellent season, promises al oven greater development tl ie year, Tho Bluebell mine workers, liundel, B.C., sent 3116 to the Red Cross in February, besides donations of cloth- ing. Very fete unoccupied houses are to e be found in Penticton, and new resi- Island are seekingprotection • i p o !,tion <Lt,auast commission merchants. It is proposed to establish in Van - WORLD'S CEREAL YIELD IN EXCESS OF NEEDS. A despatch from Rome says: Th world's cereal yield, including that o the war countries of Europe and also their probable requirements, is, ac- cording to the report of the Interna- tional Institute of Agriculture for 1915-16, in excess of the averag yearly' requirements during the fiv years period proceeding the war, after allowances have been made for in- creases in population. The wheat ex- cess is 141,000,000 quintals, oats, 21,- 000,000 and maize,` 28,000,000. GERMANY FIGHTING FOR BEST TERMS. Banker Says Teuton Financiers Real- ize They Can't Win. A despatch from Paris says: Wil- Iiem Foley, the Geneva representative of N. W. Halsey & Co., of New York arrived in Paris on Wednesday. He said that he saw at Frankfort on March 6 a partner in a' firm of New York bankers, who told him that Ger- man financiers are convinced that Germany no longer has any chance of final victory, although the war may continue for eighteen months more. Germany is fighting for the best pos- sible terms. e dents are finding it difficult to obtain f habitations. In Vancouver on account of war- time conditions, 32 public school teach- ers and 7 supervisors will be dispen- sed with. For selling a quantity of cocaine to e a fellow -countryman, Song, a China- man, was fined $100 and costs in the Vancouver police court. Burnaby has 201 families of soldiers on the list of the local patriotic com- mittee receiving assistance from the Canadian Patriotic Fund. • Twenty-five per cent' of the resi- dents of the Kitsumkalcm Valley, in northern British Columbia, have en- listed for service overseas. A Bowen Island youth, G. Davie, became paralyzed from the waist down after eating a poisonous onion - like root, which he discovered in a ' field. He will recover An inkstand made under fire from German bullets was recently received by the Mayor of Winnipeg from Sergt. Hunter of that city, who is in 44 the 7th Canadian Battalion. The Crow's Nest Pass Lumber Company, of Wardner, will open a logging camp near Caithness and Gal- loway and will employ when the camp is running full swing 100 men. Prohibitionists from all parts of British Columbia are planning a con- vention in Victoria to counteract the campaigning which, they say, is now being done by the liquor forces. Including the Norwegian bark Lind - field, the latest neutral victim of the twar zone, no less than nine grain ves- sels from the Columbia river have been sunk since hostilities began in Europe. Provincial Police are trying to locate the owner of a gasoline launch which was tied up In the Fraser river at the foot of Twelfth street, New Westminster, in November last and mysteriously abandoned.. Victoria will have in operation the largest telescope in the world, at the new Dominion Government Observa- tory at Little Saanich Mountain. Com- plete with mirror and attachments the instrument will weigh 60 tons. Leopold Arthur Bernays, who now holds the rank of a commander in the navy, and has been - created a Com- panion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, left New Westminster ae a private in the first overseas con- tingent. - EMPIRE'S RESOURCES BEING MOBILIZED. A despatch from London says: The vast resources of the entire British Empire are to be put into the field on the side of the allies. - Bonar Law, Secretary of State for the Colonies, announced in Parliament on Wednes- day that "steps are already being tak- en to bring the whole strength of the Empire into co-operation with the allies." The Government is already in consultation with the overseas Do- minions on the subject. CARSON WILL ADVOCATE GENERAL COMPULSION. A despatch from -London says: Sir Edward Carson has given notice that he will introduce a motion in the House of Commons to amend the Mili- tary Service Act so as to require as far as possible equal sacrifices by all men of military age by making all liable to service. The Daily Mail says the question of - general compulsion will be brought to a head by the mo- tion, which will be debated on April 19. PREMIER ASQUITII DENIES HIDING ZEPPS' RAVAGES. A despatch from London says: Premier Asquith denied on Thursday that the number of deaths caused by Zeppelin raids had been kept from public knowledge. He was asked in the House of Commons by Noel Pem- berton -Billing whether it was with the consent of the Government that "the actual number of deaths from Zeppelin raids has been withheld from the public. "The exact figures have been collected by the police and pub- lished," Mr. Asquith replied. AUSTRIAN ARISTOCRACY PRAYING FOR PEACE. A despatch from London says: The Central News reeeived a despatch from Vienna to the effect that 500 members of the Austrian aristoeracy, together with the Archbishop of Vien- ne, and sixteen Archdukes and Arch- duchesses, assembled in the sanctuary of the cathedral to pray for peace. ----e---- "RAZOR" BULLETS USED IN VERDUN CAMPAIGN. A despatch from London says: The Crown Prince is using "razor Wallets" itt Verdun. Each bullet weighs an eighth of an ounce and has a triangu- lar steel blade As sliarp as a razor, which makes an ugly woand and one difficult to heal. 4' RUSSIANS BEAT TURIKS IN SIX-DAY BATTLE. A despatch from Petrograd says:: The following official statement was . issued on Friday: - "Caucasus front -Fighting con- tinues west of Erzerum. Turkish at- tacks against the centre of the Cau- casus army, which lasted six days, were all repulsed. The enemy sus- tained heavy losses, and everywhere is falling back in disorder, energetic- ally pursued by our troops." *14 Train Youths of 18 Years. A despatch from London says: The Daily News Parliamentary come. *oxidant states that the Cabinet is against general compulsory militar 7 service and will recommend the imme- diate training of youths of the age of? eighteen. - 17,000 French Taken at Verdun. A despa+.ch from Paris says; The claim of the German War -Office- tha 35,876 prisoners have beers capture at Verdun wasdo reed on Thursdayb the French War Office. According to the French War Office the Garments have captured less than 17,000 French at Verdun including wounded. When the average man attempts tc etand on his dignity ho is apt to dew cover that his feet are too large for the pude' til.