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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1917-06-21, Page 7MR RAIDERS KILL NEARLY 100 ZEPPELIN DROPS IN 15 -MINUTE ATTACK ON LONDON DOWN IN FLAMES \ ' i \ ,...._., \k. 437 Injured in Most Severe Raid YOt IViade Over England by Ger- Two Persons Killed and Sixteen .... ( man Aircraft—No Damage of Military or Naval Value. Injurd in Air Raid on South- , East Coast of England. A despatch from London say e: A three of the raiders and coneiderable London, Terre 17, -Two persons squadron of German aeroplanes raided damage was aecasioned, One bomb were killed and sixteen injured in an London shortly after eleven on Wed- Strilek a 15011001boIlSe, killing a large air raid by two Zeppeline over the needay morning and dropped thirteen number of children and wounding east and south -eat coast of England bombs, The casualties in the mid, it scores of others. I early Sunday morning, One Zeppelin is officially announced, numbered 97 In his statement Chancellor Bonar was brought down in flames, all of hee killed and 4137 woended, Men . 55 'Women , 16 Children 26 Women „ , „ Children , No damage of a military or naval nature was done. The raid over the city lasted about fifteen minutes, The largest number of. casualties .occurred in the East End, but the downtown business section was atso visited by Injured. 223 122 94 CERISTIANS ARE FORCED TO FIGHT Germans in Full Control of Tur- key and Everyone is Being Mobilized. Law said twelve to fifteen aeroplanes crossed the coast of North Foreland and proceeded across Essex to Lon- don. Two bombs were dropped on North Foreland, and at 11.80 o e oc iO the bombs began to drop in the East on the dirigible lasted fully half an End of Landon. Thitteeh bombs fell hour, and people issued from their in the city. houses half-deessed to watch the The Chancellor said all the anti- event. When the black object drift- aircralit 'one defending London were ing iterose the sky from the south - brought into- action, and that a large east to the north -meet was seen to number of aeroplanes Went up in pur- burst in flames the spectators cheer - suit of the raiders. Several engage. ed tumultuously. Pedestrians and manta occurred in the air but the cyclists dashed off in the direction of results a present are runcer'tain. the fallen airship, but owing to the Unexpectedly long distance few suc- ceeded in locating the Zeppelin wl-rich crew perishing. A despatch from an east coast town says that thousands of persons wit- nessed the destruction of the Zeppe- lie The attack by anti-aircraft guns A despatch from Amsterdam says: -An Armenian who has arrived in Holland fron Constantinople gives the Telegrad particulars of the condi- tions in the Turkish Empire. He de- picts tbe administration as wholly under German control. While the Ministers themeelvee are Ottomans, the vice -Ministers, who really manage the Ministries, are Germans. Turkish inscriptions have been removed from the offices of the Ministries and re- placed with notices in German. The Germans have in short estab- lished themselves as masters of Tur- key. An espionage service under German supervision is at Work in Con- stantinopo. Christi:1n families espe- cially are spied upon. Everyone is being mobilized -men, children and even one -eyed men and men without fingers. Enver Pasha has summon- ed to the dolors, all men under 61, in- cluding membersof the Christian population. This action was taken after the visit of 'Prince Waldemar of Prussia, who in October brought a marshal's baton to the Sultan in the Kaiser's name and pressed on the Sultan the enactment of this law. Christians in Turkey were dispensed from, military service for the whole period of theevar under a law passed when . hostilities began on condition that they paid 145.A year ago Christians were made pay -an addition- al £30. Having thus paid £75 exemp- tion, the Christians are now compelled to serve. ROYAL FAMILY fell a few miles from the coas't. It had been first winged by a land gun, LEAVEGREECE ,,L,vivielvlaltebrepfipneiisihnefdobuygx taoertrolaiialsei SUCCESS OF U.S. LIBERTY LOAN Pro -German Politicians and Mili- tary Leaders Also Must Go. A despatch from London says: -It has been decided that all the members of the Hellenic Royal family, except the now Ring, will leave Greece, ac- companied by the most prominent pro - German politicians and .military lead- ers who form part of the entourage of former king Constantine. No indication has. yet reached Lon- don as to the line of policy Eleutherios Venizelos intends to adopt regarding the 'change in sovereignty in Greece, but he already has declared that at the end 'of the war he intended to leave to a Greek national convention a revision of the constitution which would aid in depriving the sovereign of the possibility of again interfering with the wishes ' Of the people as ex-• pressed by their remegentatives in Parliament. Former Ring Constantine left Athens on Thursday t6 embark on a British warship. Constantine was.ae- conmanied by the former queen and crown prince and' other members of the family. They left the city by motor car. Prof. Gorgios Streit, former httviser of the Greek Foreign Office, went with Constantine as his secre- tary. Expected To Go Well Beyond the $2,000,000,000 Mark A deepatch from Washington says: -The Liberty Loan campaign entered the 'home stretch on Thursday with every indication that the tremendous thirtieth day drive throughout the na- tion would result in getting well be- yond the $2,000,000,000 goal. From coast to coast the story that poured in to the treasury all day was the same, a story of whirlwind finish. Telegrams told of tolling bells and shrieking, whistles across the continent marking the last day of the campaign; of redoubled efforts by the many agencies at work for the loan's suc- cess, of enthusiasm at its highest pitch, of long waiting lines of sub- scribers in thousands of banks in every state ofethe Union. WILL MAKE ATHENS WHOLLY VENIZELIST. • --- A despatch from Salonica says: It is expected tha the Venizellst Gov- ernment will soon be transferred to Athens end will convoke the Chamber of Deputies elected in May, 1915, which the followers of former Pre- mier Vereizelos maintained was dis- solved illegally by King Constantine, with her guns. The dirigible deoPped in a field of corn, far from any habitation, and was completely destroyed. All of the erew were killed and their bodies bad - 'ler charred. Some of the men appear- 1.4a2s5;bat117,,teir, per bag, $1.00, . . ed to have jumped from the doomed airehip. Doctors hurried to the spot, 13c;anic-finiported, band -picked, $9.00 10 59.60 per bush; Limas, per lb., 19 to 20c. but their services were needless. Provisious-Wbolesale Markets of the World ee-g Weireetnrfa Toronto, June 10-Kireitoba wheat-, Na, 1 Northern, $2.78l No. 2 do., /2.70, nomlnal, Maier Bay porta Mabitoba oets-466 offleial clOotationa, American corn --No 8 yolloW, 51,82, nominal, traelf. Toronto. ontarie oats -No official guotetions. Ontario wheat -Ne. 0 Winter, Per 081` lot, 52,00 to 22.05; do„ NO. 8, 1'458 to $2.03, aoeordIng' to freights oUtside. Peas -No. 2, nominnl, according to freights outside. ting, nominal, according to freigirts outnicle. Itye-No. 2, 22,00, noininal, aoeording to freights outside. Manitoba flour-girst patents, In lute bags, $13.501 second patents, in late bags, $18.30; strong bakers', in Jute bags, $12.90, Toronto, Ontario flow -Winter, according to sample, $11,60 to $11.00, in bags, traalt Toronto, prompt shiPment. 1VIllifees-Car lots, delivered Montreal freights, bags included -Bran, Per ton, 583; shorts, per ton, $40; middlings Per ton, KM good feed flour, per bag, 52,80 to 22.90. Hay--7Dxtra No. 2, per tort, $12.0o to $10,00; mined, per ton, 60 to $11,50, troch Toronto. Straw -Car lots, per ton, $9, track Toronto. Country Produce -Wholesale Zutter-Crearnery, solids, per lb, 306 to 370; prints per lb., 37 to 3780; d'airy, per 10,, 31 to '22.31 Inggs-Per doz., 34 to 35e. Wholesalers are selling to, the retail trade at the following prioess- Illitter-,greall dairy, choice, 38 to 890; creamery prints, 40 to 410; solids, 40e. 1800 -New -laid, in cartons, 420; Out of cartons, 400, Dressed poultry -Spring chickens, 00e; fowl, 24 to 25c; Squabs, per dez., $4,50 to $4.50; turkey's, 26 to 300, Live poultrypring chickens, lb., 40 to 40e; bons, lb., 20 to 25e. Cheese -New large, 240; twins, WO; triplets, 242c; old, large, Mc; twins, 30o; triplets 3010, lIoney-Comb-Ifixtra fine and heavy weight, per doz., $2.75; select, 22,60 to 32.75; No. 5, 52 to 53,25. Maple syrup -imperial gallon, $1.76. Potatoes --On track Ontario, per bag, GERMANS STRIP WARSHIPS AND TAKE GUNS TO THE FRONT. Paris, June 17. -Artillerymen taken prisoners recently say that many long GERMANS TRAPPED BETWEEN CANAL AND RIVER ON BELGIAN FRONT Enemy Caught in Narrow Triangle Are Retreating With Diffi- culty Over Area of About Eight Square Miles. Londen, Altai l'7, -The British on the Belgian frontier now have the Prussians penned in between the River Lys, which forms the boundary, and the Ypres-Comines, Canal This, with the British line from -Hollebeke to the frontier as the hypothenuse, =hoe an irregular triangle pointing east. The two sides, along the Lys and the Canal, are each about 5 miles long, and this portion of the British line has a length of seven miles, con- stantly narrowing and encircling the Pruerilare. Military men who knoW how din. cult it is to move lerge bodies of troops with all their impedimenta when there is the slightest body of water to cross will appreciate what an obstacle the Lys and the canal form to the retirement of the Prussians or ENGLAND EARINGD HUGE TAX BURDENS BUT RIOINIiSS IS THRIVING DR - SPITE TIES FACT. Revenue For . Last Fiscal Year to their reinforcement by fresh troops Reaches Stupendous Total of should they try to make a stand. Ap- parently they have determined to re- $2,500,000,000. tire at least beyond the canal. Berlin In 1897 the United Kingdom's re - hints at a partial withdrawal in its of - venue was roughly $550,000,000, while Mal deepatchee and the fact that the for the year 1910-11 it nearly thrilled heaviest of the enemy's guns no long- this figure; The war has brought an el' drop shells on the British line is expansion of the public revenue such corroborative of this supposition. as no financial authority could have British forces east of the -Messines imagined possible: For the year 1912 - Ridge, according to to -day's reports, 13 the United Kingdom's revenue was . are engaging the Prussians at both just about $900,000,000. For the first the north and south angles of the tri- full year of the war, that is the year angle they occupy, which has an area ended March, 1916, the revenue was of eight or ton square miles. They approximately $1,500,000,000, and for are astride tho Ypres-Comines Canal the year ended March 10, 1917, it from Klein Zillebeke to Hollebeke . on reached the stupendous total of $2, - the north and are working east from 500,000,000, Gapaard, on the St. Eloi-Lille road. Already they helve pushed north-eaet and are directly north of Warneton, GERMAN TUNNEL STRUCK BY SELL French Half -Ton Projectile Bits Mark Ten Miles Distant. A despatch from London says: This story of modern warfare is relat- ed by an official authority who has been on the front hi Champagne: WHEAT ACREAGE IS SMALLER Crop Conditions at the End of May Were Below the Average A despatch from Ottawa says: The monstreting a capacity to do bum - Census and Statistics Office has issued nese under distressing circumstances, 31c; do,, heaVy, 23 to 27e; coolced. 41 to "On May 20 the French prepared to a preliminary estimate of the epees sown to grain crops this Spring, with to dig up revenues, to carry burdens Sitioiced meats -Danis. medluin, 30 to less, 39 lo los. illet and Mount Teton. a report of their condition on May 31., such as no' fiscal authority on earth played under such a stress. hnpregnable, positions on 33 to 30c; bacics,.plain, 30 to 37e; bone- Mount Cern 420; rolls, 27 tO 2,8c; breakfast bacon, rush the bard -Pare lard, tierces, 2720; tabs, Photographs taken by their aviators as compiled from the returns of crop woLuald5thyaevaeessus:eveetnedue,coualsdidbee fid,oints- ever; pails, 20c; compound, tierces, showed an immense sYStem of tunnels correspondents. The reports from the P Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 25 1,0 which apparently concealed German Prairie Provinces state that the Revenue From Taxation. It must be understood that this $2,- 500,000,000 was the revenue coming from taxation, in one form or another. The receipts from taxation as thus stated are very different from the to- tal receipts of the British Govern- ment for the year ended March, 1917. During •that year from taxation and from loans of all sorts the Govern- ment's receipts were approximately 228,000,000,000. It ' is doubtless perfectly true that England is eating up her capital; but it is also true that the nation is de - GREETINGS TO AMERICAN riussioN Russian Foreign Minister States That People Consider War In - Me; tubs, 214c; palls, 22e. leans, was nearly $350,000,000 more 256e per lb; clear bellies, 24 to 20e. reserves, A. single entrance was to Spring there is very backward, and • At the than the Chancellor of the Exchequer Montreal Markets Montreal, June 10.-oals-Canadlan Western, No, 3, 188e; 3, ; evitable and Will Continue It. exq. n, 1 ffed, 77c. IlaTley—Mani Petrograd, June 17. -"The Russian L 613.40; strcng,•bakerfc., 513.2'0; win ter dered to advance at a certain minute. people consider war inevitable and will eeemAs,sicievoce,pzeaiss,stalf5httoropoers. 40: Two hours before the time set for the oats -Barrels, 59.60; bags, 90 lbs., advance a half ton shell planted itself continue it. The Russians have no imperialistic wishes. We know that 116t8.58. sli.3.rtnd 41:itotitit 5:406 tont squarely in the mouth of the tunnel, No. 2, per ten, car 'lots, 513 to killing half of the men inside, block - you have none. We shall fight to - gather to secure liberty, freedom and 513.50, Cheese-first8wereintli 1, 17a cated and the operator of a French 15- see mg s had estimated in the preparation of inch gun tell miles away was told to end of May severe froste cut down his budget. put a shell in the entrance. the growing wheat plant; but rapid "The gun started firing thousand %et% i$sj 201ierlsiGuVAZIL 't)ri"gseCIliredari, Pound shells and the infantry was or - happiness for all the world. I run iii:=Lneer!Lys, IN' th 1 sTfc; sreoeirm-s, 11719eto happy to say that I do not see any 38c. Illager3Selected, 400; No. 1 stock, moral idea or factor between America rect.; hug,t`'" c2ar =' 41,2t5ot,350.,5t.caa""- and Russia divide us. The two peoples -Russia fighting tyranny and Winnipeg Grain America standing as the oldest demo- I.V.I1SelujiniPeg. 'Tlulgoriegt81.$2V2altatilitits.2. cracy-hand in hand will show the Northern, 53.59; No. 3 Northern, 12.55; 'way to happiness to natione great and feeee.a. 42.2. .6011....giqe..2 coact These ringing. words, expressing the nee. r relec4 attitude of the Russian Government $1.09;I feed, 31.09. Ifp.?.:-No. 1 N.Ny.c., toward America and the American -21132., 0, • 02921; . , Mission, headed•lby Efflux Root, were 'United St—ates Markets voiced to -night by Mr. Tereschtenko, Minneapolis, June 19-Wlicat-JulY, range guns now being user by Minister of Foreign Affairs, respond - Germans have been taken from were. ing for the Connell of Ministers to Mr, MU; ireleerebp.11$1,1,T 01V. IsT0. $3.15: NO. n, atAr to ehips. One prisoner said his e. -um Root's address of sympathy and good -I sido. ter 3.10. Corn -No. 3 yellow, $1.66b to were taken from‘ the Kaiser Barba- will on the part of the American Gov- nmen Iii,8204;00otilers unchanged. Bran, 526.00 The Ameripan Ambassador, David R. Frandis, presented the Root mis-1Lii:eu?-1 2,-;c71"eg=n!- sion to the IVIiniaters in the Marinskyl ern' tinasBe'eac-Vii Palace, explaining that the mission July. 32,03, Live Stock Markets had come to Russia to discover how America can best co-operate with its October, 23.00. ally in forwarding the fight against the common enemy. The presentation recovery was anticipated. Ram was needed for the germination of the later sown crops and of wheat sown on stubble. It is estimated from the reports of correspondents that the total area sumption that the feverish and unna- sown to wheat for 1917 is 13,450,250 tural prosperity of war times will con- tinue, and so has presumed to demand ading the exist and wreeldng- the acres, as compared with 14,897,000 transverse corridors. The French ad- acres, the area sown, and with 12,- sptuibilliefurtNhoebrodcyontsreiebi4ustiotnosaoftii•obitn ththget in he will get theni. Some new duties vanced and took several hundreds of 900,600 acres, the area harvested prisoners without suffering a loss. 1910. Thus, the area sown this year, have been imposed, some taxes have "Two months ago a French attack whilst nearly 10 per cent. less than been increased, some readjustments on Moronvillers failed because this the area sown for 1916, is about four have been made, but the general effect impregnable tunnel could not be Cap- per cent. more than the area har- is a frank acceptance of still larger timed," vested for 1916. In arriving at these burdens and a confident 'expectation figures revised returns of the census that they will be met. 3,000,000 Persons Saving. •In the first two Months of this year completed. As compared with the the class of small investors loaned areas sown for 1916, the returns this about $200,000,000•to the government. year indicate small increases. under There are in England and Wales Government. - wheat in each of the Atlantic pro - I alone on the books of the war savings .11c1 associations between. 2,000,000 and vinees and in British Columbia a an increase of 25,000 acres in Quebece 3,000,000 members, nearly all a them people who had not previously at- tempted systematically to save and who have been induced to do so by the, system of collective savings. The sav- ings associations undertake to 'aggre- gate together the small amounts brought in .by 'their inembere and to invest them in a lump.. Children in the schools, pensioners, tradesmen, la- borers, artisans, waiters, farm work- ers; in fact, every class of people is represented among these millions who are now learning, and lemming to en- joy, the art of saving. • Basis of Prosperity. The basis of the war time prosper- ity is the foreign trade of the coun- try, which has been sustained 'in 'a Bigger 'Burdens Faced. In preparing the new budget this year the Chancellor has been guided by what now seems a reasonable pre - small." / (ST.' ext1 Sgr' Tci•kel`2.: BRITIS9 CAPTURE FORT AT RED SEA rossa, while many others were from I 51.686. onts-No. 8 white, 06 to 681. Flour -Fancy patens 315.50; first clears, the same class of vessels, ie ing between the German infantry and artillery is becoming more intense, and there is general complaint of in- sufficient guns. RUSSIA DECLINES SEPARATE' PEACE Toronto, .7une 19-Clholce heavy steers, was very informal, only a few Russian, to 511.25;010H., to 2101The captured fort lies about 175 goer;1 MVP 80(00 00. .1;00.5550,9;e . butgoahoew.bulijuidls10,4:000:11.:07.Finelyaie f. rmilesce,olforTthurokfs. the tGhtellfof Aden. A north of Arlen Council of Workmen's and Soldiers' officials and the members of the 010d1"m• Delegates Refuses Austria's Offer. American Embassy'''. attenethig. M do.. medida0M bulls, 58 10 $8.50; 00., rougl''i Petrograd, June 17.-A stirring Kerensky, the youthful Minister of ' ia buot:eteg to:viftts,6poice, in attempts rthey have made to ad - has been long in the way of the British proclamation placing the Council of War just back from tbe front, wore ! mili,sm,..,,r• Turks Driven Back in Advance From Gulf of Aden. A despatch from London !says: - Fort Saliff, on the east shore of the Red Sea, has been captured by British warships, it was officially announced Thursday evening. Fort Saliff is on Kamaran Bay, in Yemen province, south-western Ara- bia. Large rock salt works are locat- t(1123114;3?)..1n.M gond thcavy steers, sit ed there. cllum, $8 to KA; stockers', 57.60"tO that City. The purpose and cutters 55 50 to $6.50; milkers, good vance from Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates on the ichaki blouse of a common soldier.' me 58.50; feeders, $9.25 to 59.75; canners of the seizure of Fort Saliff may be in facilitation of a movement to -work in behind this force and capture or dis- perse it. record as irrevocably opposed to a separate peace was adopted to -day by the council. The proclamation was lim prompted by Austrian efforts to lure Russia into a separate peace and ex- horts Russian's to "rally around the banner of revolution and increase the energy of the military power for the defence of freedom." MR. SANDFORD EVANS TO BE FOOD CONTROLLER., SH REBELS ARE SET FREE Britain Releases All the Prison- ers Without Reservation A despatch from London says: -In A despatch from Petrograd says: curred, the possibility was assured the author of Petrograd,Past and Pre- ed and liberalized to an extent that chequer, announced the Government's The Provisional Government has is- that the present bread rations would sent illustrates by mearie of an amuse would not have been, poestele i23.. at been tequested to accept the positiein sued a decree declaring all acts of be continued until the new harvest. ing story. A droshky driver inme short a time but for the stress of war Georgian Bay Canal Commission, has decision to relenee Irish political pris- . ners He said the the Government . eq. Potatoes which are scarce, will be drove a gentleman to a certain bank, conditioner. The blinks particular • h ce of a papers with him, pushed them under eminent determined to keen lineiness to cliotee, 380 to 5110; do., aom and med., each, 540 to 600; springers. 585 to 5710; light ewes, 28,50 to 39.50; sheep, heavy...,27 to $8; yearlings, $11.50 to 513.50; calves, good to choice, 513 to 315; spring lambs, each, 100 to isic; lambs, phoicp, $15 to 216, do., medium, $11; hogs, fed and watered, 515.50; do., weighed oft cars, 515.75; do, f.o.b.. 514,75. Montreal, June 10 -Sheep, peso to 510; yearling lambs, 511150 to $12; spring lambs, 57 to 5101 calves, 57 to 512; select 21000,...5.1.54..75 to 516.25. PRESENT BREAD RATIONS UNTIL THE NEW HARVEST A despatch from London says: - Berlin despatches say the food depart- ment has announced that since the spring sowing had terminated and a better survery of the old harvest was of 191.6 have been included for. Mani- toba; for Saskatchewan and Alberta similar revisions have not Yet been but for each of the remaining pro- vinces. decreases are reported to the extent of 154,000 acres in Ontario, 254,000 acres in Manitoba, 927,000 acres in Saskatchewan and 158,000 acres in Alberta. AN OPPORTUNITY LOST. Story Which Ilhistrates Some Curious Russian Ideas, Russian peasants have tho kind of credulity that arises from a vivid imagination. If you tell one of the daily life in Paris or in London -of the tubes, the underground railways, the telephones -he will tell you plainly that you are jesting with him; but if you should assert that silver and gold marvellous measure by investments were scattered about the streets, he abroad. When the war ends England would believe you implicitly, for he expects to be ready for an e:ra of f or - has heard many stories of the wealth eign trade expansion and maniefacter, of the French and the English. Pairy ing development such as she has not tmental fare; facts concern him very many with her system of certels, and at: lees . enel miracles are his native known before. The exaniples ef Ger- li . of the great American trusts are be - FURTHER DEFECTIONS. The average peasant holds very ing s u possible, and conferences concerning curious ideas on religion. and the will British industrial and commercial RUSS TO PUNISH Sandford Evans, chairman of the Boner Law, Chencellor of the Ex- of the Almighty, a characteristic that methods are even neve. being moderniz- A despatch from Ottawa says: W. the import of Rumanian grain had oc- the House of Commons on Friday Mr. to be in of food controller for Canada during had long and anxiously considered the military disorder Won, iucluding refusal to fight, and the war. The Order -in -Council de- position of the Irish political primer - troller has been submitted to Mr. ars, and had arrived at the decision also incitemeet to fight against the fining tho duties and powers of con - Evans, Who will make any recomraend- whiple it was now his duty to an- Government. Such acte, says the de- ations he considers necessarY to en- nounee. The Government felt, after cree, are punishable by long sentences sure success to thio propoaal to rag carefully considering the approaching to servitude in the penitentiary and late prices and distribution of food session of the convention of the Irish- the deprivation of rights to property, . men. themselves, . when they would and also the right to receive land un - supplies. replimed by flour or bread. His fare, who had money and valuable g the cusbions for safety while he did going on just as extensively. as p09- HereWorth While. are a few things that Marshall his business; but on returning he sible, give valuable assistance and Field considered worth remembering: found to bus dismay that the man had learn a great deal about the nossibili- driven off, taking with him the port- ties of widening their credits and help - The Value of Time. folio, which Contained among other ing enterpriee. • • The Success of Perseverance. The Pleasure of Working. The Dignity of Simplicity. The Worth of Character. Tho Power of Kindness. The Obligation of Duty. The Wisdom of Economy. The Virtue of Patience. The Improvement of Talent, COST OF LIVING IN MAY a separate peace with Germany or The Joy of Originetieg. HAD FURTHER INCREASE Prolonged inactivity on the battlefront Words of Wise Men, to be ignoble treason toward Russiaei The world is a wheel, and it will A despatch from Ottawa says:- allies for which future generations come round all right. ..••eeereefereeeeeeregrre-eree----ereeeriereger—eregeereee••••e"*"e* ANOTHER MG BRITISI SliCCESS der the corning land redistribution. meet to settle the difficult problem of the future administration of their IMMEDIATE OFFENSIVE country, that this great experiment , would mark a new era in the relations . • • between Ireland, the United Kingdom ON 30TH EXTREMES OF FRONT and the EmPire. Gen. Haig Captures Further Positions on Hindenburg Line Northwest of Bullecourt—Advances 'on 7 -Mile Front South and East of MeasineS. A despatch from Lemke says: - The British Forces on Friday delivered an attack upon and captured further portions of the Hindenburg line north - West of Bullecourt, despite the resist- ance of the Germans, whir suffered heavy losses, eccordiee, to the official communication on PrIday niglit. The British stuck mealier blow Thursday night on the front near Mosinee, the War Mao announced BY THE RUSSIAN TROOPS. Petrograd, June 17, -The Duma in secret session has passed a resolution for an immediate offensive by the RUS- Sian troops, The resolution declaims The Labor.. Bureau reports a further never would pardon the Russia of the increeae in the cost of living during resent day. • May. Grain and . flare showed the- ee . earlier on Friday. They gained all greatest increases, but meats and ma- 120 CHILD VICTIMS their objectives, advancing south and terials wove higher in many lilies. The . OF GERMAN AIRMEN. east of Messines and astride the: usual seasonal decreases in the prices• • • , — Vpi'es.Cominies Ciuiul, of dairy products were very slight. ' A despateh from 'Lemke says: Sir The Brit* now occupy the former i In retail prices of• fonds the Cost of a George Cave, Home •Seeretnry, an - front trenches of the Gerneane from weekly family budget mile from ;1110,77 mounced in the House of Commons the River. Lys to the River Warnave. I to .$11,82. In May, 1010, the mune that the. latest reportsof the casual - As a result of Thursday night's *ere budget cost $8,37 and in 1915 $7.84. ties in Wednesday's air raid showed ations and the constant press -are ex- In wholesale prices the imicie figure that 104 persons bad been killed and ertsd, 1111 13 '.'.•1 1 v hewed their stood Tor May ot 210, compared with 104serionely and '209 slightly injured. . . lusts from 500 to 1,000 yards on a 228.7 for April and 183,3 for May,' Altogether, he said, 120 .cluldren were front_of semi miles. 11016. • killed or injured. . Covetousness and love of quarrel- ing are dangerous dispositions in men and nations. Never let your mirth, jubilation or pleasures dull your sympathy for the sorrow, suffering, sickness or indi- genee of other people. You find yotteself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make earnest effort to confer that Pleasure on others? Use radishes mice in a while as a relish, and the family will appreciate it. things notes to the Value of several thousand rubles. .• The owner was, of 0001'S°, in a state of great !perterbation, , and informed the police, who forthwith summoned every clay a number of the thousand • Future Oeteo,ok. . • The old conservatism which so fro- cmently made it easy for competitors to take business away from England is wearing off at an amazing Tate. The drivers in Petrograd to report them- new England that will emerge from selves. Melest they found the miss- the war will be More nearly, self-yes- ing one ana charged him with the Mining and self-containing than any theft; but the Poor fellow was England of modern times. And she! astounded, and -stoutlydenied having will need to be, foe she will. have on, taken either the money or the papers., her hands the business oi' reinstating The police searched the cab, and there, herself in the investment markets of sure enough, wasiehe missing portfolio tho world, the reconstruction of hor with its contents intact. merchantmarine, the continued fity, The owner VMS overjoyed and gave zincing of the huge debt that will han the mail a handsome reward. Bot over her, the reorganization or bee the droshky driver was dumfounded educational syStem at a great cost and could not understand the reasou the provision of homes mei oceum for his patron's generosity. When, tions for mIllione who will be release at last, he learned that the little . fromthe army and from the special leather book had contained a small ized industries (Tented for Neer eervie fortune, his sorrow and disappoint -I But England to -day feels more coeifi anent knew no .bouncle. He could not • dent in her rapacity to 'handle it get over his aetomshment, and finally hanged himself in disgust at the thought that God•had sent him all that money and he had not taken i111 task than she did m those early stag of the war when nobody remotel dreamed that the task would be groat as it hos proved. • '