HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1918-04-11, Page 2TROOPS PATROL STREETS
OF QUEBEC WITH RIFLES LOADED
Mobs .Attacked Newspaper and A'.S.A, Registrar's OIfces-7
Destroy' i 1
Military Records.,
Quebec, Brush ,t0 9n anti -con- dims had quieting effect ml the mob.
Tht troops made u cordon nround the
iturium Theatre, while the Arentan
wo•' ed to get the fire under entre'.
(Later Despatches.)
Quebec, Que„ March 81, ---Three
which the ofilee a are 'twitted are ad- people were shot and slights f wound-
jacent to the Auditorium Theatre, and ed during a renewal of the anti -con -
it c.tught firs. The intention of the
aria -con-
scription riots here to -night, The
0•owd, it is heiloved, was to destroy shouting took place during a mix-up
all .the epeords of cases w'hic'h have
• been hoard its the exemption snorts.
• Rioting broke out afresh at 0 o'clock
Lobel mobs of young men paraded the
Mate street of the city. The unruly
element M the throng soon got the
upper hand and attacks were made
• Upon the newspaper offices of the
•Chronicle Publishing Company and
•l'Ev eirement, two papers which have
supported the Military Service Art,
the enforcement of which causal the
outbreak last night, when three Feder-
al policemen, engaged in rounding up
absentees from duty, were savagely
attacked and badly mauled.
The crowd, after visiting the news
• paper offices, rushed up to the Gov- it is understood, to take charge of the
eminent offices, which are in the military arrangements for maintain -
same building with the Auditorium ing order in the City of Quebec. He
Theatre. Men broke in the doors of the will reach Quebec to -night or to -mor -
Registrar under the Military -Service row morning, and he will immediately
Aet and destroyed the furniture and assume command, with the title of
records there. In the excitement a Military Governor and with wide
stove was knocked over and the build- Powers to quell disorder. Certain
ing set •an fire, The firemen got the troops will he under his orders,
blaze in the Registrar's office ender • General Landry, who has been in conn
control, mand of the Quebec military district,
The militia were given orders to will remain in command of the Quebec
• tern out. The militia were ordered to garrison, but will leave the task of
load their rifles and to fir bayonets. dealing with possible further out -
T -he troops marched through the' breaks of mob violence to the new
• streets. and the appearance of the sol- Military Governor.
scription riot broke out in Quebec to-
night. An angry mob destroyed two
newspaper offices and wrecked the pre-
mises of the local -Registrar under the
Military Service Ant; The building in
between the rebellious element and
soldiers who were removing fire -arms
front n'hardware store. The wxnnd-
ed are Arthur Quart and the Misses
Roach. They were walking along a
street several blocks away from
whore the melee was taking place,
The military derided to remove all
firearms from all hardware stores fol-
lowing the raid on an establishment
)handling guns and ammunition in the
early hours of this morning. The fire-
arms were taken to the citadel.
Ottawa, March 31. ---Major-General
F. L. Lessard, who has been Inspector -
General of Militia Forces in Canada,
has been selected by the Government,
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239 AIRPLANES BROUGHT DOWN
BY BRITISH IN SEVEN DAYS
British Avi.tfiors Dropped 30 Tons of Bombs and Work Havoc
Among Enemy Troops.
?� despateh from London says: The
official report on aerial operations on
Wednesday night says:
1 U.S,reat concentrations of our sne-
erer points threatened tIy the enemy,.
NEVER BREAK'. IN s BATTLE LINE. and masses s attaeked
with machine-gun fire our (and bombs the
Anglo-French Junction is Now
Covered by Strong
Allied Forces.
'London, March 29.-'Telegrr.r,llin
.front French army hradque.rter: this
evening Reuter's correspondent says:
"The situation is now clearer these
at any time since the beginning of the
effeneive. The enemy, arrested in
mid .course, has abandoned marching
straight upon ob.jertivos and breaking
down resistance by overwhelming
numbers. lie is striking at estimated
weak spots in order to drive us hack as
15 ' as possible before he himself is
brought to a standstill. Thus the en-
emy drive down the Oise valley is fie-
rily arrested. Attempts to crass the
Oise farther north failed and the
bridges are 11010 destroyed.
•"rhe village of Pont I'Eveque, be-
low Noyon, has been recaptured and
the enemy driven from the height,
above Susey, north-west of Noyon.
"The enemy's capture of Montdhdler
Oras just ton latae for him to profit by
it e French forces were able to en-
gage the Germans to the west and
bring the advance to a standstill, thus
nullifying their efforts to pierce the
junction of the Anglo-French armies.
The hinge between the English and
French armies will never he broken,
as the junction is now covered by
French forces strong enough to meet
all eventualities.
• GERMANS CROSSED BRIDGE ()1•'
BODIES OF 'I'HEIT.t OWN DEAD.
enemy infantry and cavalry.
"TId
Entire Force to Assist the Allies
in Great issue.
With the American Army in Prance, -A1
March 31.-1 the American troops
• have been turned over to the allies.
They may soon be fighting side by
1 side with the French and British in
the battle raging in Northern France.
!Great activity of many sorts is under
' way- in the whole American rune.
Trains of motor trucks, miles long,
loaded with Americans, are passing
through the towns. On other roads,
'mile after mile of marching Americans
are on the move. •
Too much may not be said about
the number and position of American
troops• because of military reasons. It
is no violation of censorship, however,
i to say that more than .100,000 Ameri-
' can- fighting men. fully equipped and
intensively trained in the school of
actual battle conditions, are available
at once to be thrown into places to
strengthen the British and french
lines.
With the french Army. March 1e -
At one point on the Crozet Canal,
where the Germans eventually gained
5 crossing, they made 1(3 different. et -
tacks .on. one day. Finally the British
corps which was • holding the position
fell back, absolutely exhausted, and
the Germans crossed over a bridge of
piled -up bodies of their ren corm
rades,
EXPECTED TO CAP-
TURE 1k,1 \S Y
E
RIDGE
Ten
German ( n Divisions Took Part
in the Assault, But Enemy
Met Severe Defeat.
1 teat.
j A despateh from Field Marshal
Haig says: "it is known from captur-
I ed documents that the German attack
astride the Scarps had for its objective
the capture of Vimy hide and Arras.
'this attack was carried otit by at j
v
1,.(.t. six divisions in the 1'r,aht line,;
with 101.11' assault divisions in support.,
Despite the force of the attack the im-'
r pression made upon our battle Desi-;
is was inconsiderable, and the tight-
ing resulted in a severe defeat for the
erenly."
11rty tons of hem were droppr
by us and hundreds of thousands of
rounds of ammunition were fired into
the enemy. While this fighting was
maintained throughout the day, our
infantry airplanes kept watch along
the front and reported changes in the
situation as they occurred,
"Twenty hostile machines were
brought down in air fighting and two
others were shot down by anti-aircraft
guns. Twelve of ours are missing..
1 "During the night our night, -flying
'squadrons kept up a eont.inuous at-
jtacit on the enemy's troops in 13a-
paalne; Cambrai and Peronne. Seven-
(ty-five thousand•rounds were fired by
!them. Twenty-four tons of bombs
were dropped on important centres of
the battle front. In addition, four
tons of bombs were dropped on the
Valenciennes railway station, through
which the enemy's troop trains were
lemming 011 the way to the front."
BRAVE
PART CATEGORY B
PLAYEDR .:
FRENCH
The Anglo-French Line Holds
Through. Heroic Deeds
of Peilus.
A despatch from the French Armies
says: --The German effort by a ter
ritic rush to Izet between 1'reneh and
British forces, with the object of de-
feating each separately, has failed up
to the present, and is likely to con-
tinue to fail. The fighting qualities
of the allied soldiers have served to
stay the impulsive advance, and to-
day the Anglo-French lire is en
strong positions.
The next few days may .Mange the
situation entirely, as the allies have
had time to get their "manoeuvring
reserve" to take the initiative. Noyon
was evacuated late Tuesday night in
good order, and the French took up a
position near by.
The correspondent passed on Wed-
nesday among troops who have borne
a great share in the fighting 'of the
last five days. Everywhere cheer-
fulness. was to be found and perfect
confidence in the future.. Nowhere
has the correspondent seen such
spendid morale among troops after
long, hard fighting, more especially
when those troops had to fall back.
Both officers and men, whether
French ur British, -tell narratives of
wonderful heroism on tete part of the
individuals and units. -
The gunners of a buttery of French
76's, in the neighborhood of ('hanny,
- 1 were surrounded for three days, with -
BRITISH LINE HOLDING; COUNTER_ out food, but fought until the Test
!round was fired; then taking adyan
TO SERVE
Exemption Machinery Will be
Put Into Service Throughout
Canada.
Ottawa, Ont„ March 29.-1Respond-
ing to a demand from the military
authorities, the Military Service
Council has decided to call up for ser-
vice men in medical Category 13, under
the Military Service Act. Category
13 men are liable for overseas, but not
for combatant service. Tlit, re be-
ing called out because of the n sity
of securing men for railway eonstrue-
tion and similar service.
"A denten(' for men for railway con-
struction and other similar work has
arisen, and it has therefore become
necessary to draft all men in medical
Category 13 in respect of whom no
other grounds for exemption exist.
The Military Service Council is
therefore issuing instructions to re
-
1 gistrars to take immediate steps to
call up such men.
"Linder the procedure heretofore
adopted, questions arising in regard
to the exemption of men in medical
Category 13 on other grounds were
P
medical
category should b� called
1, y c
up, and these men, as well as theft•
employers and relatives will there -
less, 45 to 40c.
RITISH AND FRENCH RECAPTURE TOWNS
IN BRILLIANT COUNTER, AT ACKS
i Ilieft Troops Regain Mol'ettil, Monchel and Other '!'tents With
Pr/Sinners, . Ikt11rt4.loliL f. tltanerk, 1'\'hl.e Iitfilctint; Heavy Losses
on the Enemy.
Landoll, March 1,1, -'The e::ccllent 111011)) etc Sutmne toward Amiens, the
news front the British front to -day
clue red the Paster Crowds 1het
thronged the street:; in the bright.
sunny weather,and sustained the fool-
ing r,f. c'onfidtnce J(1 the -result of the
greet trestle which leas peeveiled all
along,
The official dasplltehes show Hatt
from the region of i.itc Somme south-
ward to where tits bottle line turns
eastward, furious til,liting len'1 con-
tinued on various sectors, but every-
where the enemy has been held tend
even pushed binds at some points,
Nowhere has he been able, although
he continued to throw great maases
of men into the fray, to gain groifth
British machine guns and riflemen, as
in Boys past, again tore great holes in
the ranks of the field of grey as they
endeavored to press on.
So great have been the losses of the
Germans in front o:l'the British, north
of the Somme, that. Sunday saw then'
unwilling again to take up the gage
o1' battle. Along the Scrape the
British themselves went on the offen-
sive, enc' to the east of Arras captor-
ed the village of Feuehy. On the
southern end of the line, whore von
'Hindenburg is endeavoring to pierce
through to the old German positions
tis alley' stood before his retreat in
191)1, the British and French troops
fighting together have met the enemy
in furious combats, but everywhere
defeated him with sanguinary losses,
Paris, March 31. --French troops
are new meeting the shock of German
attacks on a 50 -mile ''cont. Foiled
at Arras in the attempt to take that
place trent the British and disorganize
the northern British litre, and finding
ihenlselve5 able t0 advance only step
by step at great cost hi their thrust
(hemline h)tve turned southward tool
tined heavy rpass0:t upon the- french
'in the Montdidicr *01110u.
It c4 here, from Moretti], 10 miles
nw•Lh-(vest of Bloutdidich•, in a rury-
ink' line around the latter place Igor
contented to beyond La igehy, needy
115 alike 11Wa,3, that the battle weer
raging at hist accounts. \'lulent tts.
emelt 1 were delivered upon the ',relish
Mies, which developed a powerful re -
;
e
'sietem01) and were further stronyl 108-
ed by the arrival of fresh reserves.
I The initial force of the impact,
however, was suft'ieleni to drive the
French- 1,114.1, :short distances at and
neral' the point of the salient. Nab -
'
big westward front the branch of the
Avre, which rens 111 a north-westerly
direction frau] Montdidier, the enemy
forced his way -into several villages
within a stretch of about five miles
along the front.
The advance reached a maximum of
al)out three miles in this sector. South
of 141ontclidiol' the wedge else was fur-
ther driven in about two miles.
On Saturday night and Sunday,
however, the French hit hack, recap-
tured Ayeneourt, Moreuil and Molichel
and gained considerable ground In the
region of Orvillers, according to the
official communication from' the War•,
Office. Moreuil, captured by the
Germans, was retaken by the French,
again taken by the Germans, - and
filially carried in a bayonet charge by
I''rench and British troops. Plemont
was also taken and with it 700 prison
ern.
The German ant was apparently to
drive westward from Montdidier in a
further attempt at cutting in on
Amiens from the south. The attempt,
however, was c•unlpletely frustrated
1,y' the French counter-attacks.
LEADING MARKETS
&readeengs
Toronto, April 2•--alanitol,3 wheal --
No, 1 Northern, 92.226; No. 2, do., 32.204;
Nq. 3, do,. 12.172; No. 4 wheat, $2,106;
In stele Port 4(1111a n,, lnetud ing 235 las.
Manitoba oats -No. 2 .-'.W, 92541; No,
3 ,'.W., 91•.^,7; extra No, 1 feed. 1100M
Nu, 1 feed, 80;5•, in store Fort William.
American earn ---The War Board in the
united steam., prohibit linportatluns
I at t, h l t
Ontario Uate--Na. 2 white. 93 It 945;
;co. 3 white, 92 to 935, according to
freights outside,
Ontario wheat -No. 2 Whiter. per s.
lot, 92.22: basis in store Montreal.
1'oas-Nn. 2, 93.50 to 53,70, r,ezording
to freights outside,
Halle-3taltiug, $1.76 to 5.1.72, ac'-
cordiug to fruit/01s outside.
13uelcwheat- --51.02, to 11.05, aer•or'ing
to freights outside.
Ftye--.Nn, 2, 52.25, sr:cording fu freight
ou)slde.
Manitoba. (lour'-lvnr ((0011t\', (11.10,.
new bags. Toronto.
Ontario flour -War quality. 910.10.
new- bags, fornutn tu(1 _1Io)Lreal
freights, prompt shipment.
Miilreed-Car lot('--d)clsa or r,1 Mont-
real freights, 110.385 111411)5)1: Beau, per
ton. $35.40; shorts, ;uR 00n, 140.40-
17ay No, 1, per ton $17 to 115;
Int0ed, 014 to $16, tr•nek 9;4.101 t0,
Straw'-Ca0 13115, 4251' 04,G4
10 $0,
trek Toronto.
Country Produce -Wholesale
l:gga--c'arr'ent receipts, eases return-
able, 93 ter 407.,
lhtttcr-t'reannery-, solids, 491 to 49u'
ereanlc'ry�, prints, 49 to 505'; dairy, 34
to 38<•,
Live poultry -Buying N'1,'e, delivered,
Toronto:1'hi11tens 271; mills (''ed, 20e;
neon, 31 lbs, un., 337; irr-n5. 38 to 5 Ib..
36 to 20c; (lens, ver lbs., 30e;
roosters, 20e; ducklings, 2265; trkeys,
30e.
llressad Poultry --,'Mertens. Oen.: nine
fed 32c; hens, 81 MS. ell.. 25e; hens, 30
to 5 lbs,• 901; roosters,20 to 261; dunk -
he s 310.
n 4, - tot
ti r
, Le ve-' Aew, large, '3 to 232e; twins,
230 to 2350': spring made, large, 25 to
«Oe; twins, 209 to 203'.
Tloans -r rtuadill, prime, bnnhal, 97.50
to 91; ferelgn, hand -pinked, bushel,
90.55 to 47.
r'0'nt, hem.0-.050111,-16 n.;., 99.50 Per
dnaen' 12 us 03 per dozen; seconds and
dark roma, 52.00 to 52.75.
'stponed until men in 111e same
BRITISH MAKE
28 BRITISH SHIPS
SUNK U.BATS'
Submarine War in Connection,
Big '
With l3ih German .1!71.(0.
A despatch, from London says: Snb-
(11arh10H kind mines have increased
then' weekly toll of British shipping.
The Admb•ulty't, report shows that in
the laet (05571 :8 merchantmen iv(4r0
stir], 16 of 110 vessels being 1.;11011
tone or over and 12 uncle" tllilt ton -
((1(7 , One fishing ems cl tem lest.
Ni ((15(11 G,,,':b10115)t 1'1 were uneue-
eon'Iully 'tt[t 1, I. '10 'al•e at
porta in the Veiled h 111(' ate mania -
eel 2,477, sail ng•4 2,488. -
The Admiralty report i The pre-
-sloes week showed the" lose of 17
British merchantmen by -rine or suit -
marine, while 1'nl' several Week11 pre-
vedi1l7 that the weekly lose wee 1.$.
VALUE O]'' NOItTITERN PRA 'C13, -
Why Germany Hangs Desperately to.
Thr., Rich Region.
France will clever enneent to a peace
that does not at least restore her
nertllern districts to her for the reason
that her national industries cannot be.
rebuilt: to their pre-war standard with-
out the wealth that these provinee5
hold. At present Germany hulcds them
at a great sacrifice of life bemuse they -
contain the richest products of the
soil and uudergrunnd strains,
This territory, ((0000ding to Lec-
tures poul''700 (Parris), supplied one-
fourth of France's wheat crops in.
1912. In 1 01 i it furnished 7 per cent,
of the sugar beete for the distilleries
and 24 per -cent. of the beets used for
feeding purp0se5.
The invaded regions gave Frame, 90'
per cent:. of its iron ore and 88 per•
cent. of its east -iron. Halt of the.
iron foundries are located in this cap -ma
timed land,
Of �0,0o0 •shops devoted to ate ing of of wool, 45,000 are held by tlr'
Germans. Ninety-four per cent. of
the ;pinning mills of coalbed tt-aol are
lost; over half of the mill: spinel i0
carded 10001 are found in the of 'pie 1
territory. 01' 5511.000 loon's whirring
be: Ire the \tar only 50,000 are n0-;
turn nig.
ADVANCE I ASIA Ii cotton (1)1' 1(111 efoe 1 truce Of
ASIA 7.52fi_1)00luon18in'Frace4,175.000aro
in the Tluns' grasp.:: d of 140,000 rue-
chttnic•s hi the wort. 37,000 0re+.' ti1(5(9,
The 1u.42 in dwelling houses, fac-
turies, wureI-ouees aad 0h0ps has been
enormous, Thirty-eight per sent, of
Preach factories are in German hand':
23 per cent, of the total number of
dwelling as's
1 e 1,1, o t in France are clestroc-
ed. The total damage done to north
ern Frame ante i'i (stinlateti at 91,225,8"1
f oa nee.
Germany has, with i'ystematic pre-
cision, destroyed everything that eh
could not use and used everything not
worth destroying. The coal and iron
mine.5 have made possible the Genian
often eives,
Several Miles of the Hedjaz
Railway '!torn Up in Palestine.
London, March St -Fresh sue'-
! ('e •5's have liven scoreda
s ( 1 y ( a or 1 by i1, i,rr i,1,
t
1 in Mcs0pot2811 , and Palestine, the
liar Otl'ice announced yesterday
.y
a1'ternocn.
The official statement on the op-
; erations in Mesopotamia follows:
"Our troops permed the rem-
nants of the Turkish forte which was
defeated neer Khan-Baghcladi and
midday on Thursday had advanced be-
yond Anah, 83 miles north-west of
lilt.
Fun particulars of the (raptures
;have not yet been received, but they
are of great importance. Large de-
f pots at Iladitalh and at Anah have
fallen into our heels, containing
1 quantities of ammunition, mine -throw-
ors, gems, ete. The number of prfs-
I overs has been increased to 5.000."
"On Thursday and Friday our op-
erations east of the Jordan continn-
ed successfully, in spite of the stub-
born opposition of the enemy. Col-
onial mounted troops destroyed ser -
era' miles of the track of the Hedjaz
railway. Two hostile airplanes
were destroyed.
"On Thursday we attacked west-
ward of the Jordan and the left
centre of Dur line was advanced two
miles on a front of eight miles. we
occupied Beir Simlul, lihumnl Ei-
13ueid."
CANADIANS UNDER
r --
A RENOWNED SPELLER.
The World's Champion Spelled };(.090'
Words Correctly.
Professor David Jones, the world's
champion spells -, recently retired on :.
well-earned pension after school
teaching for fifty years in Missouri.
For thirty-three years the champion
issued an annual challenge to all conf-
ers to spelt against him. Many tried
to wrest from him his title, but none
succeeded.
His termed is 15,000 words correctly
spelled straight off the reel at one sit-
ting without a single mistake. Pro-
fessor Jones hard defeated in spelling
contests 'reads of universities, ferneee
teachers, scholars, authors, and • pro-
fessional proof readers, and his Side -
beard is loaded with silver •u
bo 5 cps and
other similar trophies, wan all over
lie country at the once popular "spell -
fore be given an opportunity of
Provisions --Wholesale
Smoked meats -Mains, medium.
ase; do, boat y, 20 t, 305; nuked
477.; ,•ells, 30 to 31., br•,nitfast
40 to 42e; heels, plain, 42 to 4117;.
34 to
. 45 t.o,
bacon, ;
bowie-
semirg claims for their exemption." 2:h`Ilolru° j;ellle, P tor_igc�)nenn, 23 to l31'i111An# Work of Dominion
t tree- 7'1(0 lord, tierces, '10 1" 3017: Cavae• r. in Capturing
tubs, 90} 1) ro;c: palls. 900 to 317•; 3 .Hilt.
l FIRE ing' bees."
HEAVY P
centrum' [levees, 263 to 9G1: tubs. 617,
t0111inT.4\S \\'OL'LD t)] 5T1i0Y to 461;1; nous. 26 to 2935. \Vitt the French Army, •Murch 31.
BRITISH ARMY, SAYS 2lATG•. - I. -The elaseness of the co -Operation
___ r3ontreal Markets between the French and British cum-
ATTACKS
tags of some confusion among the Field Marshal Haig has issued the fol- 91.070, Ne, 2 101401 white, $1.01'
�TTACRS BEGINWITH SUCCESS Germane the coursef i1, tithedwhile.i 1"11a
A despatch from T.tendon says: 1301,11 ,1Aril 4-oats--r',,uadian menders and trop
}V,-ot„rn, 70, :f\ 51.073: cxu•a Ntl [reed Ps w•ts well illustr
I h}, an incident which occurred r -
,5r ens ut h o e rr lowing special order of the day, dated lncat n. 4 l whets 1011117 ata southern art od'the front.
night, they somehow macre their way March 23: 51 os 2,•lour. -New standarSprnrg P
through their encircling force and es- "To all ranks of the British army in
Enemy Thrown Back AiI Along Front -British Reserves Regain i caped, carrying their (vonndecl cam- }rants and Flonders: Vt a are again at
Terrain. Including Strategical Villages. wades vvitlt them. 'This is merely one a crisis fn the war. '1'he enemy has
instance among many similar daring
deeds.
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A despatch from London says:- The infantry fighting along the
Wednesday night's news from the major portion of the British front in
haste -front confirms the hopeful im- the new battle Rene showed a marked
pression formed early in the day that slowing down 0.1 Wednesday morn -
the British now appear to be on a line ing, indicating that the first phase of
they are able to hold firmly, at (east the German ult'ensiye here has been
on the Somme and the Ancre Rivers. fi810110d. „Prom the southern sectors,
Further south in the Roye-Noyon however, came word that the (ler-
region the situation is less well de- mans were still pressing the attack
fined, but it is stated that both the with great fury against the umt'aver-•
French and British are bringing up ing defence,
reserves thele. The correspondents The enemy has paused in the •
also are showing greater confidence northern sector, probably to rem. -
that the enemy will be held on this ganize and bring forward much -need -
terrain, ed artillery before beginning the
The German official communiea-. second round against the stiffening
tion of Wednesday night was signlfic opposition of elle British.
antly brief and reserved. It reports i Hard local battles were still in
the crossing of the .'here, but only re -:progress, but the first fury of the Gar-
ters to Ttt„sdey's events, while the man onslaught had spent. itself. See -
British 'War Office statement shows, era] attacks which the Germans es-
ihat the Germane who had crossed sayed were smashed, and at. Sailly-Le-
that stream were thrown back to -!See, where the Germans ginned a foot-
day in counter-attacks, ling, the British on Wednesday morn -
The news from the S0':1me front is I ing delivered a smashing counter -at -
distinctly 'encouraging, the British tock, which pushed the invaders back,
having recaptured Morlancourt and I The spirit (11 optimism is higher
C1lipoly, and advanced to Proyart. relong the front. at the present, tinlc,
SEEDING SEASON
collected on this front every exailable
division and is aiming at the destruc-
tion of the Britisli'artny. We have
already inflicted on the enemy, in the
course of the hist 1o`\:" day's, a very
heavy lov,o, and the french are send -
EARLY IN
M UT 7111' inf; Troops at. quickly as possible to
fft IYi 9F 2)J lour support,
"I feel that every one lithe army,
fully realizing how much depends on
Week of Mild Weather Sees the exertion, and eteudfaatness of
each one of us, will do his utmost to
prevent the enemy from attaining his
objeca
A1) 111' SI'FFlI LING
DIRE PRIVATIONS.
A c,aapatc•h from London say,•: The
'tenacity of the British resistance in
the big ono:water, German prisoners
say, exceeded anything the Germans
deemed possible.. They 00tnpdain of
great privations, on account of lack
of supplies, and eittreme weariness
also 12 telling 1learily, Owing to the
dense messes of supporting troops,
however, the enemy is able to replen-
ish his forward line with fresh units.
Spring \\'ork Under Way.
A. despateh I'rnm \i"fnnipeg
The weather in the Prairie Prov'ncss
has been Springlike for the past fort-
night, exceptionally mild for March,
and there is every prospect of a-very
early seeding this year. In -the Bran-
don dietr•i'1 of southern itlanitcba
seeding will be general within a week
if the mild weather bolds.
It was 67 degrees Fahrenheit at
foo;e JaW, and it is raining at this;
end a number of points; At practical-
ly every point on the prairies temper-
atures have been well above 50 de-
grees for a week or so. At the Pacific
(mast it has been tholrt 10 degrees
colder.
grade, 511.]0 1tl 511,10, troller I'11e•. Ge1'mains tyel•N observed taking up
Outs-n0.ga, 911 1111., $
6,60. ]il•an--585.40. lositiolla on a hi11
Nltorts $40.40. Atiddltngs. 548 to G0. , ami a small de-
Mouilhle. s60 to 502, tray -OOn, pov tachment of Canadian coo;tlrymen„
ten. car lore. 017. _ Iwho the previous day found t.hem-
Wh»utuea Grain selves with the French tinny corpsr5
With him spelling to an art, just as
music or painting or srtllpture is an
art with others. .Ile pounces on ami
treasures it rare and difficult word as
eagerly as an enthusiast does on e
scarce and elusive butterfly.
GERMAN LOSSES 400.000,
30 PER CENT. OF EFFECT/VES.
A. despatch from British. 11ead-
quarters in France says: From the
average of casualties in the. various
Gelman units, as given by p?isoners,•
one arrives at the conclusion. that the
enemy has lost 50 per cent, of these
nen. 'The official British statement of
Tuesday said it had been ehtahlished
:hat more titan 70 German divisions
led been engaged in the battle. The
resent strength of a Geenlan division
s 12,000 men, so that a loss of 50 per
est, would mean casualties in ex -
etas of 400,000 for the Germane in
ess than a week of fighting.
1
w-Innihr g, nnrll 2 311.411 oats -No. 2 email orders to occupy the sunnnit.
Me;
908 \�.-11 feed,, 0: ]•6 Mg•- Dismount•ing, they clambered tip the i
Nd' 381.46;" 115 ; 11nn. 4, 81,10x -avert- 1lfllside, but shortly afterwards were I
ed, 53.94; No, 8 e',1F„ 511.39:; \e.
driven oil, The commanding general'
x3.51,. , orderer' them to 1015118 immediately i
i to the hill. The Canadians muuuted c
Sl titch states Markets 11011' horses and rode t:0 1110 suoun.itc
nlinneo.0o71L, April 2' -corn --Nn, a ye1- ander the heaviest lire and held the ' I
low'51'75 to %1'63 Oats.---No,white.
$33,14. 'L general retirement.
nolo t1, April 2 -Linseed $4,21 to
$4.20; arrest. 94.21; .May, $4,34; .31)15, •..._g,-.. _-.
94`4.22 081.511, October, 4:I asked. ONEONESYNCfA( LTLAltlid FEATURE
"neve Stook Markets i _ l)1'" THE BR 71 7(1 DEFENCE s
932 to 902e. /1,1 ' unchange "
. linin - 9001(ion until ordered to ,join ill the
1 , r1nt, April 2 Choice tea., y' veer l•s,
11025 In 91276; good Kealy 9tee1.5,
11,70 to $12; yearlings, $12,60 to $$13.50;
butchers' cattle, shores. $11,50 to 311.96;
do„ good, 911 to 51.1,35; do,. medium.
10.6,) to $10.76; do common. 09,25 to
1145; bUteh el•t.' 1,011,', chtd'v, 510.26 to
ndht,115
]' alt 9 , u . , I•
1 ., g $ .2r r 9.71 17
$
medium bu115, $7.86 lu 5R5U' cin„ ruugri
bulls, 50 10 to $7; hrnieltet5 totes,
choice, 920,26 to $11; do., gto(1 $11,26 10
99.00; do medium, 98 to 9,8.90; smelt -
ere, $9 to 95,20; feeders, $1),511 (0) 910,.0;
canners and cutlers, 90 to 37; ((((5ers
good to choles, 950 to 5126; do., eons.
and mel'., .05 to 980; sringers, 990 10
9$126; 11 ht ewes. 1(3.00 to 516; year-
111rgs, 911,30 to 912.70: lambs, ,{{13 to
920.60; eslve,.- goad to choler., $10 to
$17.50; huge, fed and watered, $21; do.,
weighed off cars, $21.20; 00., t,o.b„ 52.0
to 320 25.
What Maple 'trees Have You?
Every average maple 080 Will pro -
Mee about five politick of engem fn
5115011.
If 250,000 farmers in Ontario, QUO -
New Bronswiek and i:ovti Scotia
were t.o each tap 100 trees, We would
have this year 20,000,000 tree. pro-
ik 1ng.
20,000.0011 teeea at five pounds per
rte will ,produce 100,000,000 p,nnl(0•
f sugar,
With the British t sli A1•nn in France,' I
March i1,--.0io of the most 5pecta-'
cular features of the 13ritish defence
last week was when a little iu'my,,
composed largely of an 0tld assort-'
ment of troops who had hoer hastily
lt
assembled and had 11 vital stretch of i e
front 10 11o1d ((1111 maintain against
meatus Ge0hnan onslaughts until re-
irtforeements arrived.
the enemy adeanced in force and
hurled thrnlswh'v5, time -after time,
ago inet lite British line in 1113s region,
bill found 110 weal( spots,
e -
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organ keyboard that can be 11100011
laterally for transposing a musical
composition written be one key t)) en -
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