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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1918-06-20, Page 2GERMAN ATTACKS BETWEEN OISE AND AISNE MET WITH FAILURE Grilling Gun Fire Foreed Assaulting Troops to Fall BackAi though Hospice Wa:i Taken by Foe. A despatch frum the French Army in France says:—Continued attempts by the Germane to extend their lino on the Oime on Wednesday met with disastrous failure. They tried to get around Pont L'Eveque by camellia the Oise in the neighborhood of the north. - en -mot point of Carlepont Wood, when the small hill, Montelngaehe, stands out like n bastion, but the French lrove them limit immediately they left the protection of their lines. The sector between the Oise and the Aisne oleo found the allies very ac- tive. They are determined to hold this and are displaying the greatest energy in improving their positione, at the same time capturing small batehes of prisoners, most of whom tallow signs of terrible fatigue and privation. A despatch from the British Army in France, says:—An enemy attack againet the French in the neighbor- hood of Leen on Wednesday night met with a repulse, although the Ger- mans apparently succeeded in captur- ing Locre Hospice, which lies just south-east of the village. The operation was a local one, with Locre as its objective. The Hospiee was gainer atter herd fiehting, but when the assaulting oops tried to advance further they :ne 'up against such a grilling ma• chine -gun fire and artillery fire that they were fureed to abandon the at- tempt And fall beck to the Hospice, whh4i at the latest reports, they were still holding. This bit of ground, with the buildings, has changed hands innumerable times within the past few weeks. Loose and the Hnepiee lie well up on a slope which culminates in the important elevation known as Mont Rouge, to the west, Numerous raide are being attempt- ed by the Germans along the British front with the,purpose of taking Pri- soners from whom the enemy, per. haps, hopes to learn whether the bat- tle of the Aisne has brought about any change in the disposition of the allied troops. Several raids were started last night. They proved costly failures. At 1 ondock Thursday morning the grey coats essayed a raiding thrust near Morlancourt. They found the British ready. The Germans were re- pulsed with considerable losses. RHINE CITIES PLOT TO MURDER AGAIN BOMBED BRITISH MISSION British Airmen Caused Enor- mous Destruction in Enemy Territory. despatch from London says: The British official communication dealing with aviation issued on Thursday night says: "Wednesday night our long-distance bombing machines again attacked the Mete -So olons station triangle and also the railway sidings at Thionville, dropping five tons of bombs with good results, although the visibility was in- different. Thursday morning the rail- way station at Soblenz was heavily at- tacked by us. Good bursts were ob- creed on the railway line. All the mchines emerged safely. -"The fine weather of Wednesday nabled our airmen to carry out much hotographic, reconnaissance and ar- illery work. Twenty tons of bombs ere dropped on different targets, in- cluding damps and railway billets, he Armentieres and Roye stations .nd the Zeebrugge seaplane base. "In addition, our long-distance day- ombing machines heavily attacked e railway station and barracks at reves and the Metz-Sablons railway le ation, and the railways at Kafthaus, H turning without loss. "Seven hostile machines and three erman observation balloons were tot down during the day by our air- , en, and three hostile airplanes were ven down out of control. Four of r machines are missing. "'Wednesday night 13 tons of bombs o dropped by us on the St. Quen- Poesinghe, Cambrai and Armen - es stations. All our machines urnecL" In Spite of Fact That German Government Promised Safe Conduct. A despatch from London says:—Cir- cumstances surrounding the sinking of the Koningen Regentes are in the highest degree suspicious and suggest an atrocity from which it was thought even the Germans would shrink. The Koningen Regentes, the Sindorm and the Zeeland Railed together—all Dutch ships having a safe conduct from the German admiralty and starting. from Boston for Lincolnshire according to the agreement.. The Koningen was the meet comfortable ship of the three and the British e01111/11eSt011 of 11 per- son going to Holland to confer with a German commission on the repatria- tion of prisoners of war would in the natural course of things have been ex - mated to mail in her. But for some nexplained reason they went in the indorm. The Koninger, was sunk about 1 a.m., either by a torpedo or a mine when off the Dutch coast. Acounts are incomplete, but the fact hat the principal ship of a convoy, on latch the British mission, including orae Secretary Cave, would ordinar- ly have been, was apparently torpedo - d, and that the sailing of these ships nd their routes were arranged with he German Admiralty, constitute, when taken in coniunetion with what Maple sugar, per pound, 24 to 25e. is known of the enemy', methods of. — warfare, a chain of circumstances urgently demanding. explanation. Provisions—Wholesale Barrelled Meats—Pickled pork, $49; 437,000 TONS BACON AND RAM mess pork, $47. REACH BRITAIN FROM AMERICA Green Meats—Out of pielcle, lc less 1 11 OTHER AMERICAN STEAMER UBMARINED OFF MARYLAND. ashington, D.C.. June 9,—The eerican steamer Pinar del Rio, 07 tons, was sunk by a German marine 70 miles off the coast of ryland yesterday mornings One of boats, with the captain and seven - ix of the crew, is miss- ; another, with sixteen men, has ed on the Virginian comet. G -RANGE GUNS STILL SHELLING PARIS aris, June 9.—The Germans born - ed the Paris district again to -day t ong-range guns. e Matin says there were :some .• ms of yesterday's bombardment, 7-777-7m7:774m.;;;;571 'POSITION OF ALLIES LEAVES EFrom The Middle West: LIME ROOM FOR MANOEUVR I A Western Canadian trooper escort ing a party of German prisoners captured in Flenders. Markets of the World BRITISH CAPTURE Breadstuffs Toronto, June 11.-3lanitoba wheat —No. 1 Northern, $2.23t4,• No. 2 do, $2.204; No, do., $2.171,4; No. 4 wheat, $2.10%; in store Fort Wil - ham, including 2S4c tax. Manitoba oats—No. 2 C.W., 830; No. 3 C.W., 80c; extra No. 1 feed, 80c; No. 1 feed, 77c, in store Fort American corn—No, 3 yellow, kiln dried, nominal; No, 4 yellow, kiln dried, nominal,. Ontario oats—No. 2 white, 79 to 80c; No. 3 white, 78 to 79c, according to freights outside, Peas—Nominal-, 13ar1ey—Malting, $1.35 to 31,37, ac- cording to freights outside. Buckwheat—$1.80, according to freights outside. Rye—No. 2 32.09, aceordinte to freights outside. Manitoba flour—War gual 310.95, new bags, Toronto. Ontario flour—War quality, 310.65, new bags, Toronto and Mont- real freights, prompt shipment. Millfeed — Car lots — Delivered Montreal freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, 335.00; shorts, per ton, $40.00. Hay—No. 1, per ton, 315.50 to 316 . 50; mixed, $13 . 00 to 314.00, track Toronto Straw—Car lots, per ton, 38,00 to $8.60, track Toronto. Count ry Produee—W holesale Eggs, new laid, 40e; selected, new laid, 43 to 44c; cartons, 44 to 45c. Butter—Creamery, solids, 44 to 45c; do,, prints, 45 to 46c; do., fresh made, 46 to 47c; choice dairy prints, 41 to 42c; ordinary dairy prints, 88 to 40c; lsakerst 86 to 38c. Oleomargarine best grade ,) 32 to 34c, Cheese—New, large, 23112 to 24c; twins, 23%. to 24Vsc; spring -made, large, 25% to 26c; twins, 26 to 26tic. Beans—Canadian, px•ime, bushel, 37.50 to Woo. Foreign, hand-pick- ed, bushel, $6.76 to 3'7.00. Comb Honey—Choice, 16 oz., $3.50 per dozen; 12 oz., 33.00 per dozen., sec- onds and dark comb, $2.50 to 32.75. Maple Syrup—Imperial gallons, $2.251 5 -gallon tins, $2.10 per gallon. than smoked. A despatch 'from ondon says:— Smoked Meatas—Rts, 32 to 3 hams, medium, 7 to c; heavy, 30 John R. Clynce, Parliamentary Secre- ge . h tary of the Ministry of Food, told the plain, 43 to 44c; Uicks, boiteles, 46 tci House of Commons on Thursday that 48c. Breakfast bacon, 40 to 44c. Cot - no efforts of the German submarines,. tags rolls, 36 to 36c. however severe, could menace the civi- Dry Stilted Meats—Long clears, in lian population of Great Britain. He tons, 30e; in cases, 30e- clear bellies, said that 457,000 tons of bacon and 28 to 28SSc; fat backs, 25c. ham recently had been imported from aiLard—Pure, tierces, 31 to 32c; tubs, to 32t4c; pails, 3114i to 3217tc; America. 1 -ib., prints, 33 to 3331c. Shortening, tierces. 211 to 2614c; tubs, 26,4 to PARIS .AGAIN RAIDED 26S4e; pails, 2611 to 27c; 1-1b,, prints, BY GERMAN .AIRMEN 27ie to 28e. A depsateh from Paris en,,: --Ger- man airplanes raided the Parte district Thursday night through a heavy de- fensive barrage. Some bombs were dropped. One person i$ reported dead and several wounded. Material damage was done. The "all dear" was sounded at 12.20 a.m, Friday. EMY RESUMED OFFENSIVE ON TWENTY -MI • Montreal Markets Moiltreal, June 11.—Oats--Cana- dian Western, No. 2, 93 to 9331e; ex- tra Nof feed 90 to °Otte Flour— New Government standard Sprin wheat grade, $10,96 to 311.05. Rolle oats—Bags, 90 lbs., 34.85 to $5.00. Bran. 335.00, Shorts, 340.00. Moult - lie, 372,00. Hay—No. 2, per ton, car lots, $15,50. Live Stock Markets Termite, June 11,—Extra choice iRflNT heavy steers, 315.00 to 316,00. choice heavy steers, 314,00 to 314,25; but- chers' cattle, choice, 314.00 to $14.25; do., good, $13.25 to $13.60; do, med- ium, 312,00 to 312,50; do., conunon, $11.00 to 311.25; butcher' bulls choice, 312,00 to 3 . 0, do., goo bulls, 311,00 to $11,75; do., medium bulls, $10,25 to $10.50; do., rough 37.50 to 38.60; butchers' cows, choice, 312.00 to 313.00,• do., good, $11.00 to $11.50; doe medium $10,26 o $10,50; etockers, $9.50 to $11.25; seders, 311.26 to 11112.00; canners and .utters, $6,00 to 37.25; milkers, good o choice, 390.00 to , 140.00; do„ cons! and , '06. to. 300.00 to 3140.00; light er'vel, W7.5(1 Ito 319.50; lambs, 320,00 to $21.00; calves, good to choice, 314.00 to; $15.50; hogs, fed and watered, 318.50; do., weighed off cars, $18,76; clo., 317.50. Montreal, :Mee 11.—Steers, 316.00; ; thiee cows, 311.50 to $10.00; choice I biiIls, 312,00. Calves, 11.2.00 to 315.00, per 100 pounds. Sheep, 314.00 per 100 pounds; spring lambs from 319.00 to 321.00. Choice select hop off rare, ich Make Desperate Resistance Against Foe Attack Between Noyon and Montdidier With Paris as Objective. mien, June 9.—The armies of n Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria 1 are hitting the allied line tin a ffensive, with Paris apparently objective, Between Montdidier oyon, over a front of about y miles, preceded, as metal, by a bombardment with shells of all eit and with noxious gases, the '0 initial manoeuvre evidently view the bending back of the rent toward the town of Se on the northern wing, and to - the railroad junction of Corn - an the southern flank, getting the Oise River and driving west toward th Fre h it 1. French troops are resisting the with their wonted valor, The ns, on their right, and in the have been able to penetrate o for distances ranging front rds of a mile south of Mont- e relatively two and a half t Itessons-sur-Matt in the Thence to Noyon, however, ed line is holding strongly, With the British Army in France,' June 9,—Thus far the attack launch- ed by the Germane this morning against the French between Noyon t and Montdidier has developed no con- junctive operation on the British I front, though heavy bombardments set night and early to -day against the British right gave promise for a time of a more extensive enemy of- feesive. It may be that :for the Mo- ment the German high command is . content with a southerly drive - bee tweet' Montdidier and Noyou, with the idea of capturing Compiegne with its 13(075 ansi . Alf,1 ening out the salient ehich the enemy hes driven into the French front between Sots - sons and Rheims. It would be unsafe to predict at this juncture that attacks would not boil up further north, Certainly von Hindenburg has for a considerable; period had his effectives ready for a drive against part of the British front, STRONG POSITION Carry Out Well Planned Attack West of Voormezeele. With the British Army in France, June 9,—BrItish troops Saturday car- ried out a well planned attack west of Voormezeebe and captured a strong position held by the enemy. The operation was a minceone, but the de- fences secured greatly improved the allied lint in this sector, which has been the scene of continual thrusts and counter -thrusts since von Hinden- burg began his offensive in Flanders About fifty prisoners were taken. The attack was launched at five o'clock and was sueeessfully completed in a short Hine. The German artillery was active Met night between Givenchy and the Ro- becq and in the Givenchy sector the Germans attempted a rilict, which was sharply repulsed. During the eight the British conducted a raid of consid- erable size against the .enemy trenches south of Beaumont -Hamel. The opera- tion was entirely successful and thirty prisoners were brought. hack. 1n this same sector the Germans essayed a b raid after a heavy bombardment, but were thrown back. lqust Fight Where They Stand But There is Not the Slightest Reason For Despondeney. A despatch from British Head querten 10 1 France says; Betwee May 81 and jam 3, the German made considerable progress betwee Noyon and Chateau Thierry, timely four to five miles between Soiseon and Chateau Thierry and one to tw miles between Noyon and Soissons Their Attacks on the rest of the so Ilea have been 10011, On June 1 the enemy attacked wit tanks sooth-4704t of Rheims in orde to capture high ftround, but the at tack failed and the French regainer the lost ground and eaptured tout tanks, The Germans have hesitated to melte a direct attack on Plaints, as it long had been prepared with vari ous fortifications, The French have barricaded the streets and the under- ground defences would matte the city very difficult to capture, Except for the moral effect:, the Germans would gain very little by the capture of Rheims unless they could drive the French hack as far ns the important railway junction on the high ground. Since June 3 the Ger- mans have made only local efforts to capture the crossings of the Oise, -1the Aisne and the °um, The French neresistanee has been much strength - e n ortant eued nuc tl ha ley Ne mate p n counter-attacks, capturing sever; , hundred Prisoners, The enemy's pro • gress therefore, has been checked an o the immediate danger -is over, There are some signs that the Ger mane intend to continue the froem attack between the Marne and Mold 1 dither, but these signs at present 1' indefinite end the Germane may Oil - hope to thrust westward toward Ami I ens or other parts cif the line, By re treating, our hne has been lengthen- ed, which is a disadvantage for us, as we are numerically inferior. Also, as - we have several vulnerable points and fighting on the outer lines, we cannot keep such lurge reserves concentrat- ed as can the Germens. We have to spread out our reserves more than we like, while the enemy can keep his concentrated :for immediate use in at- tack. Moreover, we now have been driven so far back that we have not much room to manoeuvre and must fight where we stand. There is, how- ever, not the slightest reason for despondency. ti BETWEEN ONTARIO AND mu. TWO COUTBilliA. Items From Froviates Where Muir Ontario Hoye and Girls Are Wing, Children's .playgromuls are it to' be restricted in Winnipeg, but the ex - pensee will be • Winnipeg Childree's- Home wants , regular graiit from the dine F.xpen. 1 lest year mounted to NSA°. The wateritosks depertment e Lethbridge !liana ne to-»l1;1sta dell . of 311,960.86, The Manitoba (tovernennt has to tatively decided that W ie elpeg sh; be a city of automatee telephones, Since the Royal Plying Ceres 4tari. ed training Ceneda, 2,25n western men have passed the Winninste depot. Railway shopmen of Winnipeg Wa311. wages increased from the preeent. rate of 38 cents to 54 cent" for e , nine -hour day. Lethbridge is to have a sleek of a tificial limbs for amputation euses, order that \eastern soldiers may fitted near their homes. Capt, A. V. Cashman, Calgary, home on leave, and reports a search of military dentists in France tin England, Wage inereasee, aggregating 382 000, and affecting between 800 and 900 employes of the Winnipeg Street Railway, have been put throogh, 10. 1'. 11 SUBMARINE USED TORPEDO IN SINKING- 'PHIS VESSEL. A despatch from Washington says: The sinking of • the British freighter TiarpatInan, of 2,800 tons, 100 miles off the Virginia Capes, at 9 o'clock on Wednesday, was announced on Thurs- day night. The entire ere* was Tee - cued by the steamer Palmer. The submarine used a torpedo. One mem- ber of the British crew was injured, Arabs Rail Railway in Egypt Damaging 11 For Ten Miles. A despatch from London says:—An official communication issued on Fri- day night says: "An Arab column of Sherif Peisal's army raided the El Hasa and Farafreh railway stations (Egypt), May 25. stations were temporarily occupied. The station buildings were wrecked and tlie per- manent way very seriously damaged ver 0 length of 15 kilometres, 'One hundred and twenty-five pri- soners, including three officers, and fourmachine guns were captured." • FOCH WISELY BIDING MS TIME BEFORE, USING ALL HIS FORCE A despatch from Paris says: The German lessee grow more serious daily, but they are still numerically super*, on the whole front, and may be able to embark upon a new offen- sive in some other sector, perhaps Montdidier-Noyon. The French Com- mand is therefore wisely biding its time before putting forth all its efs lents, Both Bulgarians and Turks May be Used 011 West Front. Amsterdam, June 9,—Unity of mili- tary command has been extended from Germany and Austria to em- brace Bulgaria and Turkey, the Deutsche Tages Zeitung of Berlin re- PREPARING EARLY FOR NEXT VICTORY LOAN. A despatch from Ottawa says: The Minister of Finance is giving early attention to the details connected with the next Victory Loan, which it is thought will be issued about October or November next, It is his inten- tion this year to have, if possible, the bonds engraved and ready for deliv- ery' at the time of the flotation, so that subscribers upon paying in full -at any time may receive their securi- ties. Ibis will do away with an im- mense amount of work connected with the issue and surrender of interim certificates, and will also greatly econ- omize the clerical labor, -which in the last issue was very great. The Victory loan of last fall had to be organized very quickly in order to meeb the • ted dfou' large British credits for the purchase of munitions and foodstuffs in Can- ada. Tbis year the problem is known well in advante, and preparations for the issue are already under way. STEFANSSON TO REACH VICTORIA THIS MONTH. eign Minister, Baron Burton. A despatch from Ottawa says: PLIGHT OF FOE be111 15' 0? ATZEEBRUGGE escloino;, 1-fiutphta;iaayn iser:ibvTlyigo Entrance to Harbor Is Rapidly Silting Up and Channel Being Closed by Action of Nature. London, June 9.—The plight of the Germans at the Belgian submarine base of Zeebrugge, in consequence of the measures taken by the British navy to blockade the port, is even more serious than has been believed heretofore. Photographs just taken from airplanes show that the en- • trance to the harbor is rapidly silting up, and that. accordingly the British effort • to close the channel is being. reinforced by nature. The sunken vessel inside the break -I water which was at first believed to. be an enemy destroyer, now appears; to be a large dredger. The loss ofe this ship evidently has crippled the Germans in their attempts to ,clear the channel. ARMORED U-BOATS IN U. 8. WATERS — - Paris, June 9.—.A.ceording to a Zurich telegram to Le Temps to -night, it is stated by The Neue Prete Presse of Vienna that the German submarines now operating off the American coast are of the type known as armored submarines, They have a tonnage of from 2,500 to 3,000 and a speed of between 12 and 15 knots. These boats take, it is stated, 20 days to &roes the Atlantic, end carry p revisions for two months. INCREASED GUN FIRE ALONG THE PIAVE Red.& June. 9.—"There has ben in- creased reciprocal artillery fire astride he Piave and in the region of the ports. The Supreme War Council of c the Central Powers will have the s right to, transfer troops from one army to another. This WaS brought c about, the newspaper states, by the e recent visit to Constantinople and c Sofia of the Austro-Hungarian For- f eilet," says an official statement is- ued yesterday by the War Office. 'Our aviators surprised an aviation amp between the Piave and the Lie- nza and the railway station at Cal - !mezzo while in full activity and el- ectively bombed thern. Ten hostile machines were downed." 'gee:act:lima senliefoinomrecveiiivbeidaili%tietZ AMERICAN MARINES ATTACK SUCCESS. MARINES son, the Arctic explorer, to the effect that he expects to reach Victoria ear-, ly this month, Stefansson reported FULLY IN CHATEAU THIERRY SECTOR from Fort Yukon, Where he had gone from Herschel Island, on recovering Hold All Important High Ground and Captured Large Number from an attack of typhoid, He and of Prisoners. his party were ordered to return to civilization with their scientific celiac- . tions, and detailed reports of new A despatch from the American discoveries made during their four Arniy in Picardy says: American =- years in the Arctic. Stefansson in- eines attacked the Germans at dawn tnnates that- he will probably give a on Thursday morning and gained 3% short lecture- tour on his return. kilos over a four -kilometre front, and capturing 100 prisoners in the Cha- teau Thierry sector. The French, at - backing at the same time on the left, took 160 prisoners. The Americans now hold all the im- pottant high ground north-west of BURDEN OF WAR WILL OUTLAST GENERATIONS. A despatch. from London Lays:- ! Right. Hon. Boner Law, in the course of hie comments on the double in- come tax, said that the war was go - leg to leave a financial burden which would. outlast many geueretions. What would have to be considered was how each part of the Empire ehould bear its own burden, and, having re- gard for the immense natural re- sources of the dominions, he thought they would be better able to hear their shun than the Mother Country .would be able to bear hers. LONDON AND PARIS ' AIR MAIL SERVICE, Paris, June 9. -!-An eerie] -peeled seta vice between London and Paris hos been successfully inamemitteda The aviator, Iiegnat, concluded his third round trip yesterday in five hours and -fifteen minutes. The return voyage was rendered . difficult ening to the :dieing head wind and deep air pookets. "My observer and myself were real- ty seaeick, as timbal) pitched end toss- ed on a heavy sea," said -Lorgnat, after landing. 120,0 to 320.50 per .100. pounds. .1 ............-...tes---„-- I To aid in feeding the soldiers (leer- seas eat mere cereals, fish, potatocel and veg,etablee. It's -patriotic, 1 A service ltd $4 held in St.. Paul's 1 Cathedral iwho have fellervin the war. 1 u memory of the nurses tuituus instruction out of school hours to those who wish to teach on permits. Western Canadians over -bought their flour needs in the month of Jan- uary alone by 119,630 barrels, accord- ing to figures on file in the local food ' board offices. Sixty men went to the home of Henry Wilners, a German in David- son, Sask., and made him kiss the Union Jack and give 3100 to the mili- tary The Winnipeg Street Railway cern- p11113' provided free street c•ars for sol- diers' mothers and women's auxiliary members from the market square to St. Matthew's ehureh, to attend the soldiers' memorial service. Flight -Lieut. Arthur Thomas Cow ley, san of the late Rev. Canon Cow- ley, for many years rector of St Jamss' Augliean Chiereh, Wimiipere tree •recently been released by the. Germans and is now in Holland. The Army and Navy 'Veterans of Winnipeg propose to raise a work bat- talion. The Royal Northwest Mounted Po- lice are endeavoring to recruit cc full brigade in the West. Major :Jennings will take overseas a drat of the Royal North West Mounted Police of 756 men. Twc, young girls at Ribstone, Alta., planted one hundred and thuty-five acres of wheat. The Alberta Government will spend $25.000 in Manitoba in an ef- fort to educate householders in this province in the use of western coal. "Earn and Give" pledges have been made by 1,901 Manitoba boys. This means that by October, 1,901 boys will earn and give $19,010 to the Y.M.C.A. Red Triangle fund. Manitoba provincial districts are led by Gilbert Plains with 136 signed pledges to its credit, Grandview has 108, Brandon has 75, Portage la Prairie 89 and Winnipeg 631 •pledge. FOR BETTER PRAIRIE HOMES. An Example Which Some Parts of Ontario, Might Profitably Follow. The demands that were made &tr- ee the year on the Mitchell Nurseries t Coaldale, twelve miles from Leth- Ocige, for trees, shrub e and small ruit slants give evidence that, farm - re' households are improving their oma surroundings and adding to heir material comfort, says the an- ual report of the Lethbridge Board I Trade. The men folks on the farm re usually indifferent in each matters nd they do not seem to appreciate to fact that the money value of a arm is greatly increased. if the house nd buildings are surrounded with rees; for so long as the human eye ill invitingly wander to a bluff of rees, so long will an asset of this ature have an actual money value; le farm animals and pooltry, too, ppreciate the shade. The womenfolks have too long been ontented with promises that the trees ill be planted "next year"; but trees o not grow on promises, although my always do well on summerfal- lowed land. The bleak and uninviting. appear- ance of the country school houses could be entirely changed by the dos erative effort of a few public spirit-. farmers, who might very readily range among themselves to surn- erfellow a Strip of land in the hotel grounds, get the trees heeled the fall, and set them out in the Hewing spring. The teacher and Milers would be glad to look nfter e work of keeping the ground cultis While tlic lasses of the Americo's. rated 10.emiserve the moisture for necessarily have been heavy owing to the geowth of the trees afterwards, the nature of the fighting, the Ger- man dead is piled three deep hi plaees, A number of timeline guns were add - 11 b h 11 A despatch from London sags: a sive of the American and French troops against the Germans in the regior north-west of Chateau Thierry, where in the past two days severe de- ,a :feats have been inflicted on the en- emy. Battling shoulder to shoulder over front of six miles from Vinly, which lies juat to the north-west of Veuilly- le-Poterie, to Bouresehes, the Ameri-, a Chateau Thierry, nes and French have captured the The marines agam attacked at 6 towns of Veuilly-le-Poterie and Bou - o'clock on Thursday afternoon and the rosettes and also made progress all battle is gill raging. along the front, Previously Torcy had tc., The fight started at 3.54 o'clock on fallen into the hands of the Amelia Thursday morning, and the Amen- cans, cans had attained all their objectives Nowhere on this battle line have the by 7.48 o'clock. The Americans have Germans been able to stay the efforts been pressing the Germans so hard of the allied troops. that the enemy has been forced to A despatch from the American ,?,1d) , throwIl three eW divisions of his best Anny in Picardythe says: As result ' troops in the line during tte the last nog? atihlsttheetwoenm ntteackyr s ithebytdiesumldh Americaan three dayshat- Scan after the attack of Thursday tle north-west of Chateau Thierry, morning the Americans carried Hill 300 prisonera were captured and the 142 (about two-thirds of a mile south Americans extended their line over a of Torcy), the highest point: in this front of about six miles to it depth vicinity and swept on and stopped at or nearly Ilea miles, t h the foot of a wheat field on the other side, from where they raked the Ger- mans with marline 'glum One en- tire enemy machine gun company was almost annihilated. The Germans had claimed French uniforms, but the Antemeaue, forewarued, poured vol- leys or fire into them, One German soldier haul 32 wounds. Among those captured were two officers. There has been 110 let-up in the eon- oluntary Rationing system. ed to the American bootY At e meeting hi Toronto, Mr. H. B. Thomson, chairman of the Canada Food Board, said that a voluntary ra- tion system would be introduced in Canada, a committee in each province The German prisoners taken by the Americans, many of whom were mereboys, boys, had only been in the line foe two days. Some of them WOte the white bands of the Prussian Guard. settling the scale of rationing.