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FIGHTING RESUMED JN PICARDY
Di THE ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE ALIENS
t,_lernl-ane> Launch Fresh. Attack AIor'e Nine Miles of the French
Front But Make Only Small. Gains.
A de4paich from Paris says: (ler-
Man troops !umbel ung over 100,000
delivered a tet t ifm attack on Titers-
day against toest.Freneh along a front
of nearly ni,.it un;le14 from t,ri\mince
to north of the Amiens -Hoye Read.'
They were islet with a storm of fire
froth the French guns, nncl atithough
the t r;xaults were repeated time a, ter
time, they succeeded in gaining only a
smell section of ground.- -The remelt
retained Giilesnes, but the Germano
occupied the villages of alailh-, l at oc-
tal and Morisel.
G l mph troupe, who hove been ewe -
May trained all Winter in shock tae -
live, are reported to be going forward
for the incorporation in the regroup -
1l1 process new actively proceeding
in peepitretiou for a general renewal
of the German offensive.
A. despatch from London ,aye:
After several days of comparative in-
activity along the battle front, in Pi-
cardy, bitter fighting has been resum-
ed along the western sector -of the sa-
lient in the lines of the Entente allies.
Attacks by the Germans against the
British and French are admitted to
have yielded some gains to the head
ere in the critical sectors just to the
east of the city of Amiens. In the
neighborhood of Iiamel. the British
•
were forced back slightly.
A despatch from Canadian Bead -
quarters in France says: For lu min-
utes' on Wednesday night our light
and Heavy- guns poured she' --1s into the
enemy front communication hnc -
as-
sembly areas, etc., but no hostile at-
tack developed. The situation eon -
the ees quit along the \'imy-Arras
fru t. Numerous- daring day and
nil'.d, rc t maiesan.es have been car -
lie' out by our patrols, with repeat-
ed cashes with hostile parties.
A, de .patch from the Al ierica)t
Army in Erase '-ays: American
forms Isle now occupying a sector of
the Mee e Heights, south of Verdun.
A despatch from London nays:
iitu'd fighting took plate! north and
south of Albert as the result of a
heavy attack by the Germane, oa the
Btitish lines along u front of 0,0011
'yards, hetwecn Aeolus.' and Delman:-
; court. The Germans .et:..e ceded in
l getting a foothold on n small trian;'.'-
lee bit of territory, just aouth-west of
I Albert, which • brought the attacking
troops clow to the A1be,:-Aurone
railway, but the : iivation was res.or-
rd by a British moister -attar).,
The Gerr mans did not on Friday re -
,!slime their attack c.•f Thursday on th e
French front, north of Montdidiet'.
The French vigorously eonnter-at-
,tacked during the dry, and improved
'their po.itions at several points.
It is apparent that the allies ere
now prepared to give battle to the
; Germano, an They have Jiaed tlu'ir lines
:about 12 miles suet of the city of
Amiens. and it is evident that there
I they have turned at bay against the
invaders, The contour of the moan -
back of the allied line* lends it-
eei+ to defensive tactics. I 1. 1911143
high and is Of a eh:mac:er which eons -
leis attacking force' to expose them-
c:ives to concentrations of fire from
artillery and infanta-.
Markets of
the Fl �1 1 so t
Youthful Turkish Captac.
k ? fere 3t 13,1
pt t o. .1:.1 5: Turks rob tate cradle for the Palestine campaign, Thin e'0. 1') "1700
In ${ 95. Fla'• Nr . 1 \ ll•,:'.,
: N o. 2 .9V.. 13,)144: ", 1 4',41•.. brought in by the British, north of Jerusalem.
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is t 1 Fontes 112.0h11st 11,,I'0)"0',0410.
- Utl tar Ii Whit, 4)2 s" 9.';J:
N . white. 91 to 12e. )90,Y04"41014 to
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0n1000 wheat—No. 2 TVit,tP . n'.r ea
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Peas—No. ). 2, 03.60 to 95.74', o ,ling•
to r, blit.: outside.
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on t'•hte.
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40,,t,r -+.r (,nr., 119,S
to 419: prin11), per 4t.. :.i1.,
w- 11.,. 3119 to 400.
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;carie at the following Lends:
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`d'4 to -2114: eat•1) obte,e. 252 t,
Igo twin. 214 hr tl
0. 41 to 4.0;
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1',pais. 15.440 to 97; JuPau. 11 4- 00 77
Limos. 15 to 4112',
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Provisions—wholesale
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Winnipeg erraln
• Tooting towns elonkthe coast.
Oat. --Na, 2 r,tt., ,141. , _.t4,.
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911 to 112: 11,,!,,1,44.91n.5)) to '
TroOp ')?rain Struck;; and Marty
Soldiers Ikilled—Dante e
5 g
at Treves.
.4. despatch from Amsterdam says: i
—Dcspatehes to Les _Nouvelles stat
that on the oec1siol of the 51st n;Iied
air raid on Coblenz, 243 pet'sonl were
killed and 100 wounded. Great Liam-'
age was done, the railroad station be •
-
ing demolished. In the last raid 012
Treves, 410 were killed and hundreds'
were wounded, the railroad, station'
was damaged and 011•eets in the neigh-
borhood were heaped With ruins,
In the raid last week 1110 C'ologne'
;station was bit and many buildings;
were demolished. A troop train,
standing in the station, rt as str:,cit
and many occupants were killed or
wounded. The Emperor visited the.
spot the following day.
*1,.2,: o':11.—r014 rel' a 17 t0 811; I
1 -•t ),-,- d1',et' /21 So 022.
FIttST '1 -EAI. OF WAR} COST $9.000,000,000.!
More Than Half of U.S.I xpeudiiure `.
Was in. Loan to Allies.
A despatch from Washington says:
Nine l,iliion dollar:, is the approximate
cost to the tnited States of one year
:of year.
:1.101.5 than one-half has gone in I
101700 to llllies and trill he repaid+
eventually. Over one-third has been
spent for the army and military es-
teltlishment4, one-tenth forshiphuild
-
lltg. -
Just one-sixth of th'4 Lig war rost
1 as been raised b - t 1, gun and other
diners. 4O1ree5 a revel -me. toil 'the :
hue name front stale of Liberty'
ir, ds and cu'tifie i es of indei.tt•dness.
BLEW t P RUSSIAN WARSHIPSl
To AVOID CAPTURE 131 ENEMY i
•
-A deep ns It frtPtlrogrtel says:{
—Several Russian warships, 1neuditlg,
Tour sanmar,n s, in the harbor of
ffango, were blown tip by their cent-!
homed mandere, who capture by the! That (pique American Autry.
Germans. • The Mayor of Sukitunt-! harry- (just "out'")—``Listen, Bill Sounds like o10 Fritz Gamin' ever
Hage reports that the Blade Sea fleet' the mud—Squish, squash, squish squash"
torpedo boats are bombarding and f Bill --"'(hat's orl right—that's only the Americans further up a-
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i ERZERUM TAKEN INCREASED 0GT UT
BY
ARMENIANS
0101_ e -
('ANAI)IAN RED ('ROSS GET ET ".i 30;000
.A. despatch fr•oni Washington says:
The American Red Cress on Thurs-
day authorized a gift of $',500,000 to
the Canadian Red Cross for war res
lief wont.
The gift was made wltho+)t restric-
tion, but the American Red ('rose ex -
.pressed the hope that it would be pos-
sible to use the fund for the relief of
the Canadian soldiers at thio front.
The letter a2colitpa213•in5 the contri-
bution expressed true feeling of symp-
athy and admiration of the Anieriean
people for the part taken by he
Red ed Cross end the ('aha tiara
people in the war.
Another Doge Gen Reported.
A despatch from Amsterdam says:
According to Les Nouvelles of Mao-
steberg. another long-range gun, simi-
lar to the one already bdmbarding
Paris, passed through Belgium front
Essen on Monday. The length of the
barrel is from 20 to 25 metres and the
eaiibro is from 20' to 25 centimetres.
OF BRITISH SIPS
'R'allaa .\Trio Beaten in "!'rata
_ Grit';!lira--Odessa lick!
by 'Ru isianti.
A despatch from Landon sum Es -
team, the pllneipai-city 141' 'iu1,i+n
A(mi ni:t, is reported in an Exehtng")
'l'eleemit11 desllateh from Mo :row to
bare kern recept.ared from tho furl:.;
by en c •4ue1,ttn-corps, aided by e
tachmtn er A+nl. tidal volunteers. s P114
.4rme.lu n+ •11,0 are reported to he
holding teller terl'itemiel in the Er;:e-
1710 d1',met.
.1
4144t,l 0$1 from 1'4(rogra)l y
Tett (lemon 105) 41; have been
tln,owa back sixty vomits (49:0 miles)
from Bo0.114, 1, tans anni3Oncrd here
of \vcdne:.day, Likewise, t)l.y have
been driven backs from the 1;rierum-
I. Heris line.
Ukrainian and. German force; seelc-
ing to recapture Odessa and Nieoiaieff
Were repulsed, it was announced on
Wednesday. 'rho Turl:o-Gorman fleet,
headed toward (Nessa, was driven
,bank by. the Russian Blatt% Sea fleet,•
Ratt.rn
Itiacl' Sea, twenty 10110 ca:;t of the
full irh boundary, Erseruni is 111)
17391, e ouch of l3at,ns, and was re-
eentl recaptured by the Turks. limes
n: 100 riles cost of Erzurum,. and
abo/ 111= 041110 111.143117e0 14012111 and
!cut of Basun).-
S
r•ORTAGE OF
Admiralty Says 1,darelt Figures
Constitute a Record.
A. despatch from London says;
PIeebaut tonnage built in shipyards
of 1170 United Kingdom during the
year ending' March ill, was double
ihnt built in the year ending March
31, 1 01 7, In the le:.); year, aveordin5
to a table issued by British A.cin111'alty,
1,037,115 tens were con,trtet*d.
'i'laa moulhi)' tigults for Os I1,t,t
three inontlls 14','01
1tiUUalry` , n8,508I 1'ebrual'y . 100,038
1sI t'eh , 1111,074
The Shipping Controller nlake5 this
eonllneet on the table:
The figures for March co115titute a
record and demonstrate that the
I Ivor1900s have ta1Se11 to heart the a11x-
;leer caused by the comparatively low
output of January and i ebrUary. The
'viten in the shipyards are working
;loyally to maintain this increased
output." -
i, in 't'ransenntasia, on the 4
LABOR IN WEST
Wages For the Season Are. Ex-
pected to hurl From $45
to $EO a Month,
A. rhe Tatch from Winnipeg says: -
•Pror'nei• t armee are able to supply
only half the applications for men 1'e-
! ceived from Manitoba farmers..
.,r.
s., Bowman,.(ission4r of Colon -
isatin)) and Immigration, 1.1 of the
I opinion that available laborers ars
holding' back for higher wages. :dr.
Bowman said that the present scale of
wages fur farm help, $45 to 800 per
month for the' .Eaton's work, which is
general. throughout the West, would,
1,ot be raised,
1
'r0 END SP1 CL LATION !
A despatch from Ottawa says:—!
New regulations of far-reaching im-
portance prepared by the Canada;
Food Board and now effective.
will eliminatefthe speculative clement'
1 from the Caliadian produce business.
The Food Board's ardor definitely
limits the quantities of produce which
r.a dealer may own, or have in storage
fur his account, to hie reasonable re-
f quirements and also makes it impo,-,
si1le for him to carry larger quant
!'ties of food than are required to noe-
1 vide for his Canadian trade require-
ments during the season of scant pro
duction or supply. The holding of '
excessive quantities of produce f19
(storage after the expiration of the
period of scant production is thus
�made illegal and subject to heavy
'penaIties.•
COMES '1'0 DISTRIBUTE
- FIBRE FLAX S1SID.�
CANADA 1001) 13OARI)
A deapateh from Ottawa says:
'Word has been received if Ottawa
that Col. Wayland, of the Canadian
Expeditionary Farce, has been re-
quested by the War Office to imam -
()lately proceed to Canada' to super-
vise the distribution of fibre flax- seed,
which it is anticipated, will, be urg-
ently required in order to supply the
manufacturing needs for airplanes' in
the near future.
An official memorandum issued here
in regard to the matter, states that as
the importance of these supplies can-
not be exaggerated, It is exceedingly
desirable that there shall be cordial
co-operation between the farmers, who
will sots this special flax seed, and
Col. Wayland, who will distribute the
,seed t0 be 101Vn,
•
To renovate black kid glove.: mix a',
few drops of good black ink in a!
teaspoonful of olive oil. Apply this;
with a leather, atul dry then' in the!
sun if possible.
T N TO A!SE
AGE LIMIT TO 50
Nan Ify N\'hich Iden Can Be
Raised Rapidly to Meet
Any Emergency.
A despatch from London says: The
new Military Service Bill will be sub-
ject to alterations up to the last mo-
ment before Parliament reassembles,
•
tato tit
view that requirements in France cull
for even more drastic steps, but the
proposals as at present drafted may
now 1.1e indicated from an
(1authorita-
tit a 001411),
The present proposal is that men
as the Prime Minister ma, e
of 41. to 50 should be subject to'
sei'viee, but the military age will.
not be lowered below 18. It is under-
stood ('•hat• 9.11• GOVCI•mnellt 111 'raft -
lag a scheme has sought to make it
one by which men can be raised untie
„melt rapidity' 70 143 to be able to ,
ena% with an even greater emergency'
than thepresent.
Tt is not intended to tape all men
between 41 and GO for the army
who are not doing national work,
though it is the intention to take a
good many. The power to take all is
wanted in case of a vital emergency.
MST'S BE '
D
ID
THE WAR'S HUT
NIGHT FL! HT'
THE '1.'11At F.IDY OF AN iNITiAEm
EXPERIMENT,
The first Attempt at: Bombardment
by Night Cost 'tiro Brave
French Lives.,
111 this titanic world tear innurner-
111.le hevd1[, deeds are never recounted;
In th0t(Flnld 1 e1. instances -melt have
thrust themselves forward into the
jaws of death, voluntary sacrifices
upon the altar of humanity. -
Lieutenant Henri Iarv&', official
painter of aerial warfare ,for the
French government, w11)1 has since rite'
beginning of the war been a member
of the Escadrille Cipognes, cl ameed to,
be present on the occasion when one.
phase of aerial warfare now quite US -
0111 was inaugurated at the expellee of
two brave lives,
"it was at the beginning of the,
war," said L100tenalt Farre: "They
1401'0 not yet making night raids. I
found myself at Chalons.
"It *as the month of helerUary,.
1975, For !Meets [lays the weather'
had been stormy, so that v'e could
not fly. The nights, however, were
su path,
"Lieutenant Mouchard, commanding -
the V. 13. 101, 14.9.0. desperate over th0• Sete
situation, and '11121113- the idea Came
to Mini that since it 91140 not possibi0'
to fly during the day he would try it-
hnight,
'To do this it waS necessary to light
his way up and to provide It light spot.
for a safe landing place. lie placed
three great cans of gasolene in differ- -
ent parts of the field. These he light-
ed for thi'ee nights in succession. He
dict this 111 safety without having con—
fided a e oril to Itis superior Otfteet',
lige e017e1usions were that one could
mal:e'nlght raids in comparative safe-•
ty. The result of these experiments
1 •
he then confided to his chief cununand--
ant, de Goyas.
" Good !' said his commandant.
'We'll try an experiment to -morrow
eight if the weather 24 fine.'
A. New Ad.,(''at010,
"The nett flight when we were .'I
assembled et gable 91"[ 1at1331'O'() a'1I
talked of tile, new dvontere—night'
414,114119' 1" the notao of rioi,ul:ar,4.
'Eight o'eloe9: struck. 'Ehe night i.p
was as clear as the day. Mouchard
141411• 'Farre, conte is ith me.' Tlle'
('ommun'dant de Goyas gave the c•si1
i
to the escadrille. The taelc5 were oe
tiered to be lighted and all started for
the •rviation
IN C 1 "W'i'
B"While Lieutenant Mouchard madee 1 ADA his preparations a friend of his, Cap -
Order -in -Council Requires Every
Male Person to be Regularly
Employed.
A despatch from Ottawa says: Idle-
ness in Canada is now punishable by
penalty. An order -in -Council read in
the House of Commons by the Prime
Minister en Friday afternoon enacts
that "all persons domiciled in Canada
shall, in the absence o£., reasonable
cause to the contrary, engage in use -
Ad occupations."
It declares that, the `'regulations
are not intended to affect any right
of members of organized Labor asso-
ciations to discontinue their work in
the employment in which they have
been engaged when such discontinu-
ance is occasioned by difzerences
actually arising between trio em-
ployer and the employed," The pur-
pose is to prevent persons capable
of useful work from remaining in
idleness at a time when the country
most urgently requites the services
of all human energy possible.
OVER 100 SOLDIERS ON TRAIN
KILLED IN RAID ON COLOGNE.
A despatch from Geneva'tays: The
recent aerial raids on Cologne. caused
218 deaths;11a1f of whom were 50I -
(Hers, according to the latest reports
received at Basle. The soldier's were
in 0 railway train, bound' for the Pi-
cardy front, and standing at the Col-
ogne station. Pante reigned in the
city for 12 hours, the streets were.cle-
serted, and the population hid in cel-
lars. One report says that a major
was killed.
014, 5/'(- )4FL.Et4,—ToM JUST CAME..
)IDMF ANP ilE Wnr1T STWAI6I3T-UP
To 14is FOOtel 1-1E. sEemeo To
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tain le. Clerk, envious that Mouchard
,hot:ltd make the first night trip, wish-
' cd to go up for a trial himself. Ile
did r.u. Coming down in safety after
five minutes, he said to itfourhard, 'It
isn't at all fine above. There's a fog-
and
ogand 1 advise yuu not to go upl'
"'So much the worse for me,' sag r
1looehard: 'I can't bring out all these
people for nothing.'
^At this moment the , commandant
came over and asked if he were ready.
I Mouchard beckoned to his observer,
)l'aillart. They cranked the motor, At
night, unaccustomed as we woke in 4
those days to night raids and flights..
themachine sediued something from
the inferno *with its noise and sparks.
The motor ran well and they a'ecendedr
wings outstretched, and they (limp-
: peered into the night.
"Before leaving; it had been arrang-
. ed that Mouchard should signal his re-
turn with a little lamp. From time to
!time, above, one saw the blinking light
,that was his signal and followed with
anxious eyc and ear the manoeuvring
far above the clouds.
j "Five minutes had hardly passed
when the weather -began to show it-
' self as described by Captain le Clerk.
The moon hid itself behind motnitaine
of clouds and little.by little flakes of
snow began to fall, -
The Supreme Sacrifice.
j "We could no longer see any spark
• of light from the machine and could -
hear only occasional muffled sounds.
"We were sure that Itionchard eott4ei `.+'e''
no longer distinguish nor beacons
1 burning on the aviation field nor the
ground they lighted up. The sounds
in the air became fainter. It scented
evident that the motor was going far-
ther and farther afield, lost in the sea
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"A chill came over our company.. I
had a foreboding that I should rioter
again see Lieutenant Mouchard. We
no l0ng014 heard the rumble of the mo-
tor,
"Suddenly we observed at a distance
of perhaps fifteen kilometres what
looked to be a shooting star. 11 ap-
proached the earth and almost instant-
ly a flame lighted up for an instant
the whole horizon,
"In horror I Said to the commandant,
qt is Mouchard, who Inas lost control
of his machine,
"We called fon' automobiles tura
rushed at once to the point on the
ground below the flaming star, We
arrived, but we were not tate first. Al-
ready othe'e %tad reached the spot.
General Bauol, commander of an army
corps, was among the who had seen
the fall of the tna[1r le Ile had got-
ten there in time to help remove the
bodies of our friends from the de1ri
tfr
of their avian.
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