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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1916-6-8, Page 2BIG AITL.E IN NORTH SES British Loss Three Dreadnoughts, Three Cruisers and Bight Destroyers ---Germans Admit One Battleship, Two Cruisers. London, June 3 (Saturday),—The Admiralty issued the following sup- eelemtary official statement on the North Sea battle shortly after midnight, "From a further report from the Commander-in-chief of the Grand Fleet the Admiralty ascertains that bur total losses in destroyers were eight, 1 "The Commander-in-chief reports that it is now possible to form a closer estimate of the losses and damage suffered by the enemy fleet. "A Dreadnought battlship of the Kaiser class was blown up in an attack by British destroyers, and another Dreadnought of the battleship Kaiser class is believed to have been sunkbygunfire. Derfflinger Blown TJp. "Of three German battle cruisers, two of which, it is believed, were the Derfflinger and Lutzow, one was blown up, another which was heav- ily engaged by the battle fleet was seen to be disabled and stopped, and the third was eobserved to be seriously damaged. "A German light cruiser and six German destroyers were sunk, and at least two German light cruisers were seen disabled. "The Commander-in-chief further reports that repeated hits were ob- served on three other German battleships that were engaged. "The report adds that a German submarine was rammed and sunk." Six British Cruisers Lost, The text. of the Admiralty announcement issued Friday afternoon fol- lows : "On the afternoon of Wednesday, the 31st of May, a naval engagement took place off the coast of Jutland. The British ships on which the brunt of the fighting fell were the battle cruiser fleet and some cruisers and light cruisers, supported by four fast battleships. Among these the losses were heavy. The German battle fleet, aided by low visibility, avoided a prolonged action with our main forces. As soon as these appeared on the scene the enemy returned to port, though not before receiving severe dam- age from our battleships. "The ?rattle cruisers Queen Mary, Indefatigable and Invincible, and the cruisers Defence and Black Prince were sunk. The Warrior was dis- abled, and after being towed for eorae time had to be abandoned by her crew. It is also known that the destroyers Tipperary, Turbulent, Fortune, Sl'z rrow Hawk and Ardent were lost, and six others are not yet accounted for. No British battleships or light cruisers were sunk. Enemy Losses Are Serious. "The enemy's losses were serious. At least one battle cruiser was des- stroyed, and one was severely damaged. One battleship is reported to have been sunk by our destroyers. During the night attack two light cruisers were disabled and probably sunk. The exact number of enemy destroyer d spored of during the action cannot be ascertained with any cer- tainty, but must have been large." BRITISH VESSELS LOST. Ton- Speed, Comple- Ship Class. nage. knots. ment. Built Queen Marr Battle Cruiser ...26,350 31 1,000 • 1914 Indefatigable Battle Cruiser ...18,750 26 750 1911 Invincible .Battle Cruiser ...17,250 25 '750 1908 Defence Cruiser . .14,600 23 '755 1908 Black Prince.....Cruiser 13,550 23 720 1906 Warrior .Cruiser 13,550 23 704 1905 Tipperary Destroyer . 1,850 32 160 New Turbulent .Destroyer . 1,850 32 160 New Ardent Destroyer . 1,850 32 1.42 1913 Fortune Destroyer ' . 935 30 129 1913 Sparrow Hawk....Destroyer . 935 30 129 1913 Two other British destroyers are missing. With the exception of the crew of the Warrior there is nothing to show that the crews of any other of the vessels were saved, apart from a few men picked up by the Germans. GERMAN SHIPS ADMITTED LOST. Tons. Speed, Comple- Ship. Class. nage. knots. ment. • Built Pommern Battleship 13,200 18 '700 1907 Frauenlob .Cruiser . 2,600 201/2 270 1901 Wiesbaden Cruiser . . • • • A British Admiralty report, issued this (Saturday) morning, states that a German battleship of he Kaiser class is believed to have been blown up, and another Dreadnought of the same class sunk, and that of three bat- tle cruisers engaged one, probably the Derflinger, was blown up and the other two disabled. A German light cruiser and at leasb six German de- stroyers were sunk. NEW SUPER ZEPP. Fitted With Seven Motors and Four Machine Guns. A despatch from Zurich says :—Re- ports Re- ports have reached Zurich from Romenshorn, a Swiss town on Lake Constance, that a new super Zeppelin, 750 feet long, has been seen when making trial flights over the lake. The total capacity of the airship is 54,000 cubic metres, or about double that of Zeppelins of the earlier type, The new craft is fitted with seven motors, four armoured gondolas, ma- chine guns, small cannon and appara- tus for dropping bombs and discharg- ing aerial torpedoes. It weighs forty tons, is able to rise 15,000 feet, and has a long range of action. ALLIES TO TIGHTEN GERMAN BLOCKADE A despatch from Paris says:— Lord ays:Lord Robert Cecil, British War Trade Minister, arrived here on Wednesday to confer with Premier Briand and Denys Cochin, French blockade Min- ister, as to the hest methods of tight- ening the blockade of Germany, • ZEPP SMASHED • NEAR SALONIEI A despatch from London says: -- A Cenral News despatch from Ams- terdam says that a German Zeppelin, descending near Veles, on the Salonika front, came in contact with some trees and was destroyed. AUS T RAS DANS CLEARING EGYPT OF HOSTILE TRIBESMEN Cavalry and Aeroplanes Inflict Heavy Losses on Enemy Dur- ing His Retreat. A despatch from London says: The Australians are rapidly clearing Egypt of hostile tribesmen under Turk and German leaders. The Official Press Bureau gave out the folowing report on Thursday: "The commander-in-chief in Egypt reports that mounted Anzacs (Aus- tralian and New Zealand troops) drove the enemy eastward from the coast of Bir Sahuana, 20 miles from Quatia' (in Egypt 25 miles east of bhe Suez Canal), on May 81, the enemy, who was followed up by aeroplanes, losing heavily." KILLING EN AND BABIES BY GERMAN AEROPLANES Open French ' Tow T p. Bombarded and Many Civilians Met Death. A despatch from Paris says: On Thursday afternoon a group of Ger- man aeroplanes dropped several bombs on the open town of Bar le Due, Eighteen of the civilian population were killed, of" whom two were women. and four children.Twenty-five perms sons were wounded among whom were six women and eleven children. An A.viatik attacked by French aeroplanes, was compelled to land in the French lines south of Berne- court, in the region of Toul. The two enemy aviators were made prisoner. Bol avia. PR%GOTtN, ' * De^'nR•9ISSAR KAYALA '' • AtoniKr���/ reef?e '' �1'/Lar ess. THE WEEK'S DEVEL OPMENTS IN THE WAR. During the week Saloniki and. the Balkan situation there came promin- ently to the fore after being practi- cally out of the news columns for sev- eral months. An advance by Bul- garian- forces over the Greek border was announced. Thid movement was made along' the Valley of the Struma river (as shown in the map) and was not halted until a strong position on the heights on the Greek side of the border had been occupied. The delay here was momentary and the next day French headquarters announced that the Bulgarians had occupied Ru peIi, Dragotin, and were advancing from Demir-Hissar: Kavala was thought to be the objective. Two army corps, officered and bolstered up by Germans were being Lased in this movement. ,Simultaneously Greece ' became very angry and there were gild demonstrations hostile to the in. vaders. Incidental to the movement on to Greek soil, came the news that 100,000 Serbians, re -equipped and now well nourished, had been landed at Saloniki by French transports, and were ready again. for what the future might bring in the way of fighting. Parts of this force already have been engaged. The Italians have not had things their own way for the past few weeks. Their losses have been heavy in men and to some extent. in territory also. Big guns that General Cadorna can- non match, have created havoc at times, and retirement has been neces- sary. The Austrians attacking in three columns south from Trent an- nounced the capture of two towns, Ar- siero and Asiago, and large numbers of men and guns. These two towns are important railway bases for sup- plies ab the foot of the mountains, But General Cadorna hopes to hold the enemy on the plains. There the enemy guns will not, he says be 'so vastly superior. He will then also be able to use more troops. to advantage. Fighting at Verdun during the past week has been 'as severe as at any time during the three months it has continued: The French appear to have the situation well in hand al- though, German attacks have won same small. gains. New formations of Gerznans have been thrown pell mell against the heroic defenders only to be hurled back in confusion. The French first line trenches have been entered several times but at once counter attacks were organized with the result that before the en- gagement ended net result was slight. In an official review of several days fighting the French war offices sets. ,down the result as "a costly check for' the Germans." This was per, haps the heaviest fighting of the war for it is said that the enemy con- centrated along three miles of French front, between hill 804 and the Meuse, "mare and heavier guns and denser masses of troops" than in any pre- vious attack. Austrian eeseeves to the number of 80,000 have been ob- served among German troops at Douamont and, other points of the line, On Wednesday the French re- ported la bombandnuent of "unheard- of violence." Thus does the Verdun fighting continue day after day, ap- parently becoming more bitter and entailing greater losses to both sides as the 100th day of the engagement is passed. • In other theatres of war, despatches have told of a check to the great Rus- sian enveloping movement in Syria; and that General Smuts, operating in East Africa, has again defeated a strong German force. He still has heavy fighting ahead of him, however, and that campaign promises to be lengthy. CSO LIS REVENUES SHOW BM IN CREASE For First Two Months Nearly $10,000,000 Over Last Year's Period. A despatch from Ottawa says:— The Customs revenue of Canada for the first two months of the fiscal year show an increase of nearly ten millions of dollars. The revende for the month just ended accounted for the larger proportion of this increase, the Customs collections reaching a total of $13,054,381, as compared with $7,315,923 for the corresponding month in the previous fiscal year, an increase of $6,738,457.74. The re- turns are regarded as highly satis- factory as the figures include an en- • ermous net increase after allowing for drawbacks on re-exported muni- tions and similar commodities. For the first two months of the „iseal period the revenue has been $23,400,- 953,23, 23,400,-953,23, an increase of $9,808,662.51. GERMAN CROP OUTLOOK WORSE THAN REPORTED Drought Worse Than in 1915 And Blights and Frosts Damage Crops. A despatch from London says •r— It has been stated that the German Government expects a crop in 1916 estimated at 35 per cent. better than in 1915. The Berliner Neueste Nach- riehten prints a statement to the ef- fect that the harvest prospects "un- doubtedly have been overestimated," and says : "The outlook in the east- ern provinces is far less' favorable than represented. Certainly the crop will not exceed that of 1915. The drought is worse than in 1915, and. blights and frosts have greatly dam- aged the crops. The rye crop will be from 10 to 15 per cent, below that of 1915 The newspaper adlde: "Apart from local troubles there has been a great overestimate of the har- vest generally, especially in relation to food questions as discussed in the Reichstag. Such overestimation is imschievous, • tending to induce the population to neglect to exercise the necessary economy." KING GEORGE'S MEMORY. Caused Surprise in. Accident Ward of British Hospital. King George's wonderful memory' for faces was again demonstrated on I a recent trip through the accident ward of a great London hospital, Two years before on a visit to the same hospital, he talked to a patient with a broken leg. This time he re- cognized the same man. "You were here last time I came," said the King, "but you were in that bed over there." "Yes, your Majesty," replied the man, "it's the other Ieg this time." TO AWARD DAMAGES TO DUBLIN VICTIMM,IS A despatch from London says; Herbert L. Samuel, the Home Seere- tary, has gone to Dublin to take charge of the question of the rebuild- ing of houses destroyed during the re- cent revolt and the eceepensation of. owners of buildings for the damage, done their premises during the up- rising CROWN PRINCE TO GET ANSWER WHEN THE PROPER FOUR COMES • But Allies Will Not Take Hasty Improvised Offensive Doomed to Failure. A despatch from Paris says:— Marcel Rutin, in the Echo de Paris, writes: "I am asked on every side whether an offensive to 'relieve our troops at Verdun may nothave been expected on our side, and especially on our al- lies' side. From what I can learn the greatest patience must be observed. The hour will come when the enemy will pay dearly for his Verdun mad- ness. "Our brave soldiers at Verdun must still surfer and withstand for some time. If the enemy expects• some hastily improvised offensive which is doomed to failure from us or the Brit- ish or the Russians, he once more fails to understand the psychology that the war has ripened by the allies' experience. When . everything is ready, with artillery, munitions and reserves, we, with our allies, will give the Crown Prince his answer." BRITISH PREPARE LIGHTNING STRUCK DECISIVE BLOW TROOPS ON MO Perfect Accord Between Haig's and Joffre's Staffs. A despatch from Paris says: A very high authority here denies one of the favorite suggestions of the agitators, namely, that there is lack of co-oper- ation between the French and British General Staffs: On the contrary, it is with the French Staff's accord that the British methodically continue pre- parations, and decline to be hurried into action before the psychological moment. This authority characterizes as a shameful lie the allegation that the British are indifferent to the French sacrifices at Verdun, and says that the difficulty has been to restrain the British until the appointed time. When the day comes ---it is, perhaps, not far distant—the critics will be silenced and the rest of the world as- tonished, BEATS HENS' RECORDS. Industrious Toad Lays 1,000 Eggs Annually and Lives 40 Years. The toad lives from 10 to 40 years,. and it can lay more than 1,000 eggs a year. Ib has lived two years with- out food, but cannot live long under water. It never takes dead or mo- tionless food. It captures and de- vours wasps, yellowjackets, ants, beetles, worms, spiders, snails, bugs, grasshoppers, crickets, weevils, cater- pillars, moths, etc. In 24 hours the toad consumes enough food to fill its stomach. four times. A single toad will in three months devour more - than 10,000 insects. If every ten of these would have done 1 cent damage, the toad has saved $100. Evidently ,the toad is a valu- able friend to the farmer, gardener, and fruit grower, and can be made especially useful in the greenhouse, garden and berry patch. .•s BRITISH LOSSES HEAVIER FOR MAY A despatch from London sayst... British casualties in May were much heavier than in either of the two pre- ceding months. The total from all fields of operation, as compiled from published lists, is 1,70 officers and 28,470 men. The total in March, in- cluding n- 1 li cit c Ing officers and men, wa's 20,424, and in April, 20,511. , ' �A Coot, Cosy paid e©rnro ¢takie won VERTNEVER, OF THE FAMOLY SOLD BY ALL Gt7911 SHOE DEAL1SnS Markets of the• oI M Hreadetuffs, Toronto, June 6.—Manitoba wheat— No. 1 Northern, $1.1S; No, 2, $1,171; No. 3, 31.128 on track, Bay Ports. Manitoba oats—No. 2 C.W., 51c; No. 8 do„ 60e; extra No. 1 feed, 50e; No, 1 feed, 49c, on traok, Bay ports. American corn—No. 2 yellow, SO4c, on track, Toronto. Ontario oats --No. 3 white, 47 to 43e, outside. Ontario wheat --No. 1 commercial, 31,00 to $1.01; No. 2 do:, 93 to 99e; No. 8 do., 94 to 050• feed wheat, 90 to 91e, nominal, according to freights outside. Peas—No, 2, 31.70; according to sam- ple, $1,25 to 31.60, according to freights outside. Barley—Malting 070; feed; 63 to 04c, according to freights outside. Buckwheat --70 to 71c, according to freights outside. Rye—No. 1 commercial nominally, 02 to 93e, according to freights outside. Manitoba flour—First patents, in jute bags, 36.70; second patents, in jute hags, To30.20; strong bakers, in jute bags, 50, ronto. Ontario flour—Winter, according to sample, $4,30 to 33,40, in bags, on track, Toronto, 34.35 to 34.45, in bulk, sea - 1 board, prompt shipment. Millfeed—Car lots, delivered Montreal freights—Bran, her ton, 323; shorts, per ton, 326; middlings, per ton. 325 to 326, good feed dour, per bag, 31.70 to $1,76. One Man Killed and Many Soldiers Rendered Unconscious. A despatch from- Niagara Falls, Ont., says :—One soldier was instant- ly killed and some fifty others more or less injured when a, bolt of lightn,- ing ,struck near a field kitchen at Brack's Monument early on Friday afternoon. At least a dozen of the injured are seiiausly hurt, but none of them is expected to die: ,A11 the injured are in the camp hospital, at Niagara -on -the -Lake. The men were on the usual weekly route march • and had just finished their nooneday meal, and were stand- ing around endeavoring to obtain what shelter they could from the heavy downpour. The rain was one of the worst ever experienced in this sec- tion. It was almost a cloudburst and was accompanied by severe flashes of lightning. There was a field kit- chen in the roadway back of the par- ade rounds, and the sely iers who. were shocked by the flash were stand- ing partly under a small maple tree and on the windward'side of the field kitchen. Some wefe still eating. The lightning had been playing all around them, and following the first heavy downpour the atmosphere was filled with a dense yawn more like steam than a fog, and it was impos- sible to see across the grounds. Sukle denly there was a vivid flash of electricity followed by .a sharp cracking sound, and the men were bowled over like so many tenpins., Pte, Creser, who was killed outright was standing close to a small ,maple tree not over two inches in diameter. NEED MUNITIONS : DEFER HOLIDAY A despatch from London says :— The Whitnionday Bank holiday, fall- ing on June 12, has been officially postponed until August 8 for all classes. Premier Asquith made this announcement in the House of Com- mons on Wednesday, stating that ow- ing to the urgent munitions require- ments it was proposed, by proclama- tion, to postpone the holiday- The banking interests were agreeable to the arrangement, lie said. Quickly adjusted molds for concrete steps have been patented. Country Produce. Butter—Fresh dairy, choice, 24 to 27c; inferior, ee to 24c; creamers' prints, 29 to 31c; inferior, 28 to 29c. Eggs—New-laid, 24 to 25e; do., in car- tons, 25 to 26c. Beans—$4 to 54.50, the latter for handpicked.. Cheese—New, large, 19c; twins, Maple syrup—Prices are .'teadY at $1,40 to $1,50 per Imperial gallon. Honey—Combs—No. 1, 32.75 to $3; No. 2, 32.00 to $2.40, Dressed poultry—Chickens, 25 to 270; fowl. 20 to 22c. Potatoes—Ontarios 31.75 to $1.30, and New Brunswicks, at 51.95 to 32.00 per bag. Provisions. Bacon, long clear, 151e, per ib. Hams —Medium, 286 to 248e; do„ heavy, 208 to 218c; rolls, 19 to 194c; breakfast bacon, 241 to 264o; backs, plain, 208 to 274e; boneless backs, 298 to 304e, Lard—Pure lard, tierces, 17c; and pails, 174c; compound, 14 to 148c. Montreal Markets. Montreal, June 6.—Corn—American No. 2 yellow, SO to- 32e. Oats—Canadian Western, No. 2, 531c; do., No. 3, 52e; extra. No. 1 feed, 52c; No. 2 local white, 61o; No. 3, do., 50c; No. 4, do., 49c. l3ar- ley—Manitoba feed, 68 to 72c; malting, 74 to 76e. Flour—Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $6.80; do.. seconds, $6 30; strong bakers', 56.10 ; )1'1 titer rollers' 55.100 to' 55.60; 36.25;o,in straight 52.40 to 52.6e, Rolled oats -13 ls, 54.75 to 55.45; bag of 90 lbs. $2.2ce 6 to $2.60. Millfeed—Bran, 323 to 524; shorts, 526; middlings, $23 to 530; mouli- lie, 330 to 535. Hay—No. 2,per ton,' car lots, 520,60 to 521.60. Chese—Fin- est westerns, 181 to 19e; do., eastern, 178 to 18e. Butter—Choicest cream- ery, 306. to 31c; seconds, 294 to 30c. Eggs—Fresh, 25 to 26c; selected, 27 to 28c; No. 1 stock, 24 to 25c: No. 2, do., 23 to 24e. Potatoes—Per bug, car lots, 31.70 to $1.76. FROM SUNSET COAST WHAT Tan WES',CERN PEOPLE ARE DOING. Progress- of the Great West Tuld in, a Few Pointed Paragraphs. Fire at Port Haney destroyed an oil house of the Port Haney Lumber Co. Pte. Ivan Kinloch, well known in Victoria, is among those killed hi ac- tion, John Power Grant, profesnal skater, of Nelson, B.C., has joined the colors. The Abbotsford Creamery has been leased for a term of 3 years to a firm from Victoria. Major, the Rev. G. H. Andrews, Victoria, will go overseas as chaplailk, . to Victoria Fusiliers, x' Lieut. Geo. Buchanan, barristerson 'of George C, Buchanan, Haney, 'Was_.^ killed in action. Seattle is desirous of an act similar to that prevailing in British Columbia —The Bowser Liquor Act. Ten or twelve employes of the Western Canada Power Co. at Stave, Lake, have struck for higher pay. Eleven negroes, mostly' railroad porters, were arrested by detectives in a raid on a colored club in Van- couver. Fire among his hen -houses de- stroyed 'some 890 chickens belonging to Mr. S. Bacon, South Westminster. Vancouver business men are ar- ranging to make a trade tour of all the coast •towns of the Province in June. Pte. S. W. Green was killed and Pte. S. E. Taylor wounded when their • automobile hit a motorcycle at Van- couver. • James Frain, Indiana, is making efforts to locate his father, Peter Frain, who is, or was recently, in Vancouver. Private cable advices announce that Pte. Dudley Durrant, of Van- couver, is missing. He is believed to be a prisoner. An examination of pear tree in- sect is to be made under Government auspices in order to keep the pest out of the Dominion. • Second Lieut. Earle, well known and very popular in Victoria, has been officially reported killed whilst flying over German lines. The name of Pte. Harry Walker, Oakalla, Burnably, appears in the case �. ualty list. He is believed to have dice , of spinal meningitis. O.P.R. liner "Japan" was aground 1 off entrance to Kobe Harbor for a Ishort time while on passage from Hong Kong to Victoria. Murdock McIntyre, proprietor of the Coldwater Hotel, Vancouver, has presented the 172nd Cariboo Rangers of Kamloops with a pet bear for a mascot. 1 Winnipeg Grain. Winnipeg, June 6.—Cash quotations: —Wheat—No. 1 Northern, 51.11?1; No. 2 Northern, 31.11; No, 3 Northern, 31.064; No. 4, 31.003; No: 5, 958e; No. 6, 90c; feed, 84c. Oats—No. 2, C.W., 453c; No. 3 C.W., 444c; extra No. 1 Ted, 443c; No, 1 feecl, 434c; No. 2 feed, 41c. Barley not quoted. Flax—No. 1 $1.641; No. 2 C.W., $1.614, United States Markekts. Minneapolis, June. 6.—Wheat--May, $1,128; July, 51.123 to 31.1.2$; No. 1 hard, 51.193; No. 1 Northern 51,128 to 31,133; No. 2 Northern, $1.093 to 51.133. Corn —No. 3 yellow, 72 to 73e. Oats --No. 8 white, 88 to 381e. Flour --Fancy patents, 10 lower, quoted at •$6.10; first clears. 100 Iower, quoted at 34.80; oth- er grades unchanged; shipments, 64,730 bbls. Bran, 319.10 to 519.60. Duluth, June 6.—Wheat—No. 1 hard, Northern.To 512 7, tone 31 1031.13Linseecl 2 Cash, 51.084; May and July, 51,304, Live Stock Markets. Toronto, June 6.—Choice heavy steers, 59.60 to 5$9,85; butcher steers, choice, 39.25 to $9.40; do.. good, 59.00 to 59,25; do„ medium, 58.50 to 38.85; do., com- mon, 57.76 to 58.00; heifers, good to choice, 38.50 to $9.00; do:, medium, 57.50 to 38.00; butcher cows, choice, $7,50 to 53.00; do., good, 56.75 to $6.50; butcher bulls, choice 37.50 to $8.00; do., good, $5.60 to 30.00; do., medium, $5.00 to $5,60; do.. rough bolona, $4,40 to 54,60; feeders, 900 to 1,000 lbs, 38.00 to 38;25; do., bulls, 35.60 to 56.00; stockers, 700 to 800 lbs„ 57.00 to 57.15; do., med. 650 to 750 lbs„ $7,00 to 37.50; do„ light, 6110 to 850 lbs„ $6.00 to $6.60; canners, 54,00 to 54.25;• cutters, $4.50 to $4.75; milkers, choice, each 560.00 to 85.00; sheep, light, clipped, 57.50 to 38,00; d0,; heavy, clip- ped, $100 $6.25 510 60; d75; do.. , • hetavy, unelipne0, $8.60 to 39.60' spring lamb's', fat, 60 to 75 lbs., $10.50 to 311,50; do,, medium, 36,00 to 59.00; calves $9.00 to $12.50; hogs, fed and watered, 510.75 to $10.85; do., weighed off cars, $11..00 to 511.15; do„ f.o,b. 510.15 to $10.25. 'Montreal, June 6.—.Choice steers $0,26 to 59,50; good at 58.75 to. 33, and the lower grapes at from 50,75 to 58,25. Butcher cows, $6.26 to $8, and bulls from 35.75 to 58, bulls • from 36,76 to fi•otn 36,76 to 38.25 pea' 100 hounds, M this reduction the demand from selected hogs, 317.:26 to 511.50 per 100 pouncds, lveighed off ears, choice lots 81e. to 9#e; good at 78e to Se per pound live wolght, spring lambs from 85 to :$8 each, and old sheep 88.50 to .59 per 100 pounds, ALL RUSSIANS OVER 19 CALLED To THE COLORS A despatch from London sayst--: A.lI 'Russians above the age of nine- teen, according to a Petrograd des. patch to The Times, have been called to the colors for immediate service. The age limit at which liability for mil'trvy serin1ee begins, in Russia,has hitherto been twenty, MAKING FINAL SPAN OF .QUEBEC BRIDGE Completion of Undertaking is Ex- *, pected by End of Summer. A despatch from Ottawa says:— f The huge middle span of the Quebec Bridge will be in place this Summer, or in the early Fall, completing the shore -to -shore steel of the world's greatest bridge. The south share span is nearly completed. The long middle span is being fabricated it, the shore shops and will be floats.,* into position on haevy pontoons now being built at Sorel. It will be built to meet exactly the two shore spans and in being raised above the pontoons will be bolted into position thus completing the bridge. BIG ADDITIONS MADE TO BARRED IMPORTS Prohibition Against Starch And ' Potato Flour is Removed. A despatch from London says :— A Royal proclamation issued on Thursday extends the list of articles the importation of which is prohibit- ed, except under special license. The new prohibitions will become effective June 8 and include carpet sweepers, cash registers, Iawn mowers, sewing machines, stoves and ranges, wring- ers and mangles, toilet articles con- taining glycerine, metal bath tubs, beer, hops, matches, aluminum goods and leather goods, except bel boots, shoes and gloves. The ro hibitiolt which had been imposed on the importation of starch, farina and potato flour has been removed, TO BE COMMISSIONER OF WAR TAXATION Act to be Administered From Ottawa With Officials for Provinces. • A despatch from Ottawa says: -- An order -in -Council has been passed appointing Me, R. W. Breadner Com- missioner of Taxation and Mr. ,Tames A. Ressell as Assistant Commissioner of Taxation. The administration of . the new btlsiness profits war tax 1916, will be under their charge, The act . will be administered from Ottawa with the assistance of officials ap- pointed to net in the several provinces. The staff is now eoniplete, and re- turns froth business firms and cor porations teal be called for forthwith,