HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1918-07-04, Page 3'TEUTON FORCES NO LONGER
OUTNUMBER THE FRENCH TROOPS
Rheims is Regarded as a Local Offensive and the German Objec-
tive as Still Paris and the Channel Porti.
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fire on the enemy's lines and cam-
munications, thereby greatly impeding
the advance of hie shock reeex've
troops.
Clnix•many's impressions of the su-
porior quality of French reeistane'e
are revealed by letters found on
prisoners made in the recent attack.
One of these is typical of the morula
of the. German soldier, This letter
says, Enthusiasm and ardor have
disappeared. Tho German army now
begins to realize that the time of
easy victories has passed, tend that
it will again see its soldier's piled.up
into walls of corpses. The memory
of Verdun is being refreshed.
French military circles regard the
German ttttarek at Rheims .as a local
action. They believe their main -ef-
fort will stilt be either northward to-
ward the Channel ports or southward
toward Paris.
A despatch from Paris says; The
heavy defeat of the Germans in the
Rheims salient again thews that every
'time the French have had in front of
diem rnore or less equal forces and
have not been overpowered by num-
ber's the Germans have boon made to
'feel the superior fighting quality of
'the polies. Never, in the opinion of
:French military authorities, will the
£lernnnns break through these lines.
At Rheims, as at Noyon, the enemy
fell sheet of his elemental eurprise.
'Everything bad been carefully prepar-
ed. French batteries of field and
'heavy gums, which had been placed in
position, quickly answered the Ger-
man bombardment, French air pi-
lots, who had previously reconnoitred
the country, picked out the German
reserves and bombed thein, had sig-
nalled their presence to the French
,guns, which poured forth a murdering
AUSTRIAN ARMY
SHORT OF FOOD
(Prisoners Ate on First Day All
Rations Intended to Last Un-
til They Reached Italian
• Stores.
A despatch from Italian Army
Headquarters, says: ---At the begin-
ning of the offensive the Austrians
in the front line each received three
rations of meat, one for each day of
the attack until they reached the
Italian stores. They were so hungry,
however, that they ate all of them the
first day.
During a tour of the battlefront the
correspondent talked with an Austriap
prisoner, a member of a manufactur-
ing firm with offices in all the great
world centres.
"I have been fighting for forty
months," said the prisoner. "First,
on the Russian front, where I had an
easy time, and now here, where the
Italians are making things too hot for
us. There is no food for the people
of Austria, and next to none for the
army. I had but a few pieces of
bread and potatoes before the fight
and since the fight began I have had
none.
"The army cannot last more than
a couple of months at the best, There
are no good officers left. We have
plenty _of ammunition, but no one to
use it properly,"
The Italian losses 'were compara-
tively small, while to the known Aus-
trian losses will have to be added the
many Austrian dead which still en-
cumber the wooded mountain sides.
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BRITISH DAILY DEMOLISH
ZEEBRUGGE REPAIRS.
A despatch from Amsterdam says:
The entrance to the harbor at -Zee-
brugge is blocked, according to
Lieuts. George Coward and John Read,
of the British Royal Air Fo`t•Fce, who
landed in the Province of Zeeland,
Monday, and are to be interned at
The Hague. In an interview publish-
ed in the Telegraaf, they say the Ger-
mans are working day and night to
clear the passage, but each night
British aviators demolish the Ger-
man's progress. The cement ships
sunk in the harbor are still there, and
the Germans are afraid to blow them
up for fear they will also destroy the
sluices. The lieutenants assert that
no submarines can enter or leave Zee-
brugge. The blockade of Ostend is
not so complete, but the Germans are
having great trouble there.
tiff
MILITARY SERVICE ACT
HAS SUPPLIED 74,102.
A despatch from Ottawa says; The
following statement was issued on
Thursday by the Department of Mil-
itia and Defence:
"In connection with the recent pub-,
fished returns, covering the opera-
tions of the Military Service Act, it
is evident from some of the comment
in the press that the form in which
the statement was made out has led
to misunderstanding as to the total
number of men obtained in relation to
the 100,000 reinforcements authoriz-
ed by the statute.
"Tho total number of mon obtain-
ed by the machinery of the Military
Service Act up to June 19 was 57,295,
to which may be added for the pur-
pose of detr_mining the number of
men available, 16,807 who have re-
ported voluntarily,"
21 Destroyers, Many U -Boats
Penned Up In Bruges Canal.
A despatch from London says
Twenty-one German destroyers, a
large number of submarines and nu-
merous auxiliary craft are penned up
in the Bruges Canal clocks as the re-
sult of the recent British naval oper-
ations at Zeebrugge; the German sub-
marine base on the Belgian coact,
Thomas J. Macnamara, Financial See-
retary of the Admiralty, made this
announeement in the House of Com-
mons, and said that the operations
were more successful than at first
had been supposed. He added that
the German craft were now the sub-
ject of constant bombing. Is
FIELD DAY FOR
SCOTTISH TROOPS
('ut Whirlwind Swath Through
German Defences on Hall -
Mile Front.
With the British Armies in the
Field, June 23. -Scottish troops yes-
terday held a field day in the German
trenches south-west of .Gavrelle, car-
rying out an extensive and highly suc-
cessful raid along a 700 -yard front.
The Germans were taken complete-
ly by surprise, and before . they re-
covered from the shock the Scots had
cut a whirlwind swath through their
defencea to a depth of 400 yards and
returxi&i to their own trenches, leav-
ing a trail of death and destruction
behind.
The enemy was caught in his dug-
outs and every underground shelter
in the big area affected was blown
to atoms, the occupants losing their
lives in all cases without knowing
whence the blow had come. Those
caught in the open trenches fared
no better, and scores fell before well -
wielded rifles and bayonets.
This raid was one of many under-
taken during the week, and these in-
cursions into enemy territory, to -
gather vvtih some small operations
for the improvement of local posi-
tions constituted the only infantry
activity along the British front.
The Germans also have been busy
trying to capture posts or raid the
British lines to enable them to iden-
tify the troops opposing them, but
their attempts fared badly, due to
the extreme watchfulness of the de-
fenders.
The British artillery and airmen
have continued their ceaseless pun-
ishment of the Germans, and have
been getting the most satisfactory
results. Hindenburg is maintaining
his troops and artillery in a state of
preparedness for a possible attack at
various points.
NEW ENEMY DE'irICE
OF FRIGHTFULNESS
A despatch from Paris says:-"Flie-
gerntans," a device of frightfulness, is
the name given by the Germans to a
recently perfected bomb which, ac-
cording to their own claims, will
multiply one hundredfold the precision
and effect of night bombardments. The
bomb weighs less than two pounds, en-
abling an aviator to carry hundreds at
a single trip and is said to be employ-
ed especially against crowds of peo-
ple. Instructions found on the person,
of a German aviation officer made pri-j
sorer the other day say that in order
to get the greatest efficiency and per-
mit the low flying aviator 'to see the
result obeined, the' following method
is employed: First, the aviator must
throw several incendiary bombs on
the object of attack. After a pause
of sonic minutes to permit the crowd
to gather around the burning object,
as they naturally would in order to
extinguish the flames, the aviators
must swoop down and throw this
fliegermaus into the midst of the
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TORONTO TO MONTREAL
FLIGHT IN 270 MINUTES.
A despatob from Montreal says:
Capt. Bryan Peck arrived in Montreal
via airship front Leaside, Toronto, at
noon on Friday. He flew the 330
miles in four hours and 80 minutes,
the last half of the trip being in a
furious gale. He was accompanied by
a corporal on the trip. The aviator
landed at Bois Franc, where a guard
of soldiers took over charge of the
machine until the trip back to Leaside
begins on Monday,
]ENTIRE ITALIAN CASUALTIES
DO NOT EXCEED 40,000 MEN.
Rome, June 23.-A semi-official
note Issued teeday says; "The enemy,
obliged to hide the disastrous failure
of his offensive, has had to resort to
falsifications. Thus the Austrian Male 1
chit communication of June 22 an-
nounced the capture of 40,000 prison -
ere. The truth is that this figure re- $
presents the entire Italian losses iu $
filled, Wounded and missing,"
ANGEMOIS
A New Use For the Gas Mask.
An American soldier In camp somewhere" who does not intend to weep
while he's peeling onions.
Markets of the World
Breadstuffs
Toronto, June 25 -Manitoba wheat
-No. 1 Northern, $2.23%; No. 2 do.,
wheat, $2.10%; istoreFort �rWilllam,
including 21,4c tax.
Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 86afie
No. 8 C.W., 834; extra No. 1 feed
88%e; No. 1 feed, 801/se, in store For
William.
American corn -No. 3 yellow, kil
dried nominal; No. 4 yellow, kiln
dried, nominal.
Ontario oats -No, 2 white, 79 t
80c; No. 8 white, 78 to 79c, according
to freights outside.
Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter pex
car lot, $2.22; basis in store Montreal
Peas -Nominal.
Barley -Malting, $1.18 to $1.20, ac-
cording to freights outside.
Buckwheat -$1.80, according' to
freights outside.
Rye -No. 22, $1.90, according to
freights outside.
Manitoba flour - War quality,
$10.95; new bags, Toronto and Mont-
real freights, prompt shipment.
Ontario flour -War quality, $10.65,
in bags, Toronto and Montreal;
prompt shipment.
Millfeed-Car lots -Delivered Mont-
real freights, bags included: Bran, per
ton, 835.00; shorts, per ton, $40.00.
Hay -No. 1, per ton, $13.50 to
$14.50; mixed, $12.00 to $13.00.
track Toronto.
Straw -Car lots, per ton, $8.00 to
$8.50, track Toronto.
Live Stock Markets
Toronto, June 25 -Extra choice
heavy steers, $15.50 to $16.00; choice
heavy steers, $14.50 to $14.75; but-
chers' cattle, choice, $14.50 to $5.00;
do., good, $13.75 to $14.00; do, med-
ium, $12.00 to 812.50; do, common,
$11.00 to $11.25• butchers' bulls,
choice, $12.00 to $12.50; do., good
bulls, $11.00 to $11.50; do., rough
bulls, 87.50 to $8.50; butchers' cows,
choice, $12.00 to $12.50; do. good,
to1$10.50;$sto kers,o$9 25rto $11 00
a feeders, $10.00 to }11.50; canners
and cutters, $5.50 to $7.50; milkers,
good to choice, $90.00 to $140:00; do.,
o tom, and med. $65.00 to $80.00;
springers, $90.00 to $140.00; light
ewes, $16.25 to $17.00; yearlings,
$18.50 to $20.00; spring lambs, 23
to 25c; calves, $10.00 to $17.25; hogs,
' fed and watered, $18.00; do., weighed
off cars, $18.25; do., f.o.b., $17.00.
Montreal, June 25 -Choice steers,
$13.50 to $1.5.50; good steers, $11.00
to $13.00; choice butchers' cows $10,00
to $12.50; poorer quality, $7.00 to
$9.50; butchers' bulls, $8.00 to $12.00;
milk -fed calves, •$9.50 to $15.00; select
hogs $19.00 to $19.50.
Country Produce -Wholesale
Butter -Creamery, solids, per lb.,
42% to 43c; prints, per Ib., 43 to
431,6e; dairy, per lb., 35 to 86c.
`-Eggs-New laid, 36 to 87c.
Poultry -Roosters, 23 to 25c; fowl,
28 to 30e; ducks, 25 to 30c; turkeys,
27 to 30c.
Wholesalers are selling to the retail
trade at the following prices:-
Cheese-New,
rices:Cheese-New, large, 23% to 24c;
twins, 280'4 to 241/4c; old, large, 25t,5
to 26c; twin 26 to 26l,4c.
Butter -Fresh, dairy, choice, 40 to
42c; creamery prints, fresh made, 45
to 47c; solids, 44 to 45c,
Margarine -28 to 83c lb.
Eggs -New laid, 40 to 41c; new laid,
in cartons, 44 to 45c.
Dressed poultry -Spring chickens,
G5c; roosters, 28c; fowl, 38 to 40c;
turkeys, 40 to 45c.
Live poultry -Spring chickens, 55c;
roosters, 26c; turkeys, 80c; hens, 33 to
34c.
Beans - Canadian, hand-picked,
bushel, $8,76; ...imp„ hand-picked,
Burma or Indian, $6.75; Japan, $8.50
to $8.75; Limas, 18 to 20c.
Maple syrup -34.-1b, tins, 10 to a
case, $14.50; imperial gallon tins, per
tin, $2.25; imperial five -gallon cans,
per can, $10.50; 15 -gallon kegs, per
gal., $2.00; maple sugar 1-1b, box,
pure, per lb„ 24 to 25c,
Provisions -W itolesla le
Smoked meats -Hams, medium, 36
to 38c; do., heavy, 80 to 32c; cooked,
50 to G1c; rolls, 32 to 33c; breakfast
bacon, 41 to 44c; backs, plain 44 to
45c; boneless 48 to 40c.
Cured meats --•Long clear bacon, 30
to 81c; clear bellies, 29 -to 30c,
Lard -Pure, tierces, 30% to 311nic;
tubs, 31 to 8135c; pails, 311% to 3104c;
prints, 320'4c; to 3814c, Compound
tierces, 26 to 2644,c; tubs 26% to
2691.c; pails, 2601 to 27c; prints, 28
to 281itc.
Montreal Markets
Montreal, June 25, -Oats --Cana-
dian Westeem No, 2, 971Fac; extra No,
feed, 941i11e, blow' -New standard
rade $10.95 to $11.05, Rolled oats
-Bags, 90 lbs, $5.10 to $5.15, Bran,
85 00 Shorts $40.00. Mouillie,
70.00. Hay -No. 2, per ton, car
ots, $15.50.
BIG WHEAT ACREAGE
LN SASKATCHEWAN.
A despatch from Regina, Sask.,
says: Saskatchewan has approximate-
ly 9,222,000 acres sown to wheat this
year, according to the preliminary
estimate made by the Provincial De-
partment of Agriculture. This is
949,000 acres more than tete province
cultivated to wheat last 'year. Tak-
ing as a basis the average yield of
wheat for the last ten years 1741t
bushels to the acre, with a good har-
vest, Saskatchewan should add to
the world supply this Auturn more
than one hundred and sixty million
bushels of wheat.
Four million six hundred and two
thousand acres have been sown in
Saskatchewan to oats and six hundred
and sixty-three thousand five hundred
acres to barley. No estimate has been
made of flax acreage. These figures
represent an increase of nearly eighty
thousand acres sown to oats and six
thousand five hundred increase in the
barley acreage.
FOOD .BOARD'S REMINDER OF
STARVATION IN FRANCE.
A despatch from Ottawa says: A
bulletin issued by the Canada Food
Board rads as follows:
The population of France, our
ally in this war, was about 39,000,000
when the war broke out. About 7,-
000,000 able-bodied mot were cots -
scripted, 1,000,000 have since been
killed, and over 1,000,000 more were
put out of action. Agricultural pro-
duction has dropped to Nearly one-
third, Women, children, old men and
crippled soldiers are struggling to
till the fields of France. Horses were
also conscripted for military service,
and French Women hitched themselves e
to the places and harrows in place of t
draft annuals. Frenchmen are fight
lag Germans, French women are
fighting starvation. Deaths from
starvation among the allies in Europe
since the war are estimated at 4,-
790,000. t
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ITALIAN TRANSPORT TOR.
PEDOED-- 6140 PERISHED. $
A despatch front Paris says: The n
transport Santa Anna, proceeding
from Bizeria for Malta, was torpedoed s
and sunk, according 'to the Havas u
Agency, There were on board 2,150
soldiers and native workmen, of
whom 1,512 were saved,
AUSTRIANS RETREATING ACROSS. NEWS FROM ENGLAND
- TUE PIAVE RIVER IN DISORDER NI WS - BY MAIL APO10'7'' JOh N
i:nlitlnri (.'ontpletely Rout the 'Invaders From the Morttello to the
Adriatic With Great LOSS to the Enebny,
ht 111 ut Army Headquarters in
Nor thorn Italy, ,June '2:i, --From Mons
tello to the to the merit)' has been
defeated and f'oreccl by the Italian
troops to cross the Piave 'River in dir-
r. rder.
London., June 20, --With losses al-
ready estimated at '2(10,000 killed,
wounded and prisoner,: in one week's
fighting, Austrian's greatest army is
falling' back acmes the Piave in groat
cot r'usiae. The Italian troops are
,closely pursuing, eating up the rc-I
treating columns. Allied airmail are
raising them with mechlue gun:; turd'
the Italian artillery is keeping them
under fire. The Austrian losses tire,
certain to be greatly moiler:: The re -i
ferenc•e in the Austrian. offieial report
to the rushing waters of the Piave be-
ing responsible for the inability to
bring up supplies and reinforcemente t
was intended to prepare the Austrian
PULL! ANI) 111$ I'EO1I.k1
Occurrences in the Land 'That Rclgnw
and German peoples for the news of Supretite in the Comfier,
the retreat, Whether the battle was cis".' Wor►d,
broken off by the Austrians to await
the arrival of Clarinet,. stesistance or The London Times Red Cross Fund
whether it will prove to be a definite now amounts tosll9,876,871.
j rout the results of the next few days' Two Jewish bakers were lined 450
f righting will demonstrate. Disaffec- each at Plymouth, for making white
tion among the Crccho--Slovaks, which brad.
i has been reported from the front, and In one month, 11te.Britlsh Saloniki
trio food situation of .the Empire may forme subscribed f19.L,478 in War
i have been contributory causes to the Savings,
collapse of. the Austrian army, ' Miss Emma'Liverton hue been ap
The drive was the most ambitious pointed collector of rates at Cadeleigh,
one that Austria has undertaken, and Devon,
from the first day is was evident that; A Southeircl woman wire lined 41 for
alone.
was ton big a. task for her to handle continuing to use her dead lodger's
alone, The Germans apparently have . sugar card.
sent no uid, although the move is said, Fifty-five thousand Belgians leave
to have been dictated from Berlin, and, found employment through the labor
it should he xemambered that when- exchanges since January, 1915.
ever Austria has fought alone she has' a;x German prisoners who escaped
been defeated, even by little Serbia, in from Knockaloe Camp, Isle of Man;
the first year of the war. h 1
ave+ teen recaptured, nearly dead
TANKS IN RAD FOR NOT TO BE CALLED from hunger.
THE lRST TME
British Carry Out Successful
Attack Near Bucquoy and
Take Prisoners.
With the British Army in France,
June 23. -An enemy attempt to cap-
ture some Brleish positions on the high
ground east of Strazeele this morning
met with a complete reverse. The at-
tack was a local one and was preceded
by a heavy bombardment that began
about 6 o'clock and was maintained
with great intensity for a consider-
able time.
At the conclusion of the artillery
preparation, the German infantry
along a narrow sector surged forward
for the assault, but as they pushed up
the incline which led from their own
trenches to the more elevated British
defences they encountered such a tor-
nado of machine-gun and rifle fire
that, after struggling ahead a little
they were forced to retire.
During the night the British con
ducted a raid near Bucquoy witl
tanks, whcih had never been used for
raiding purposes before. The big
engines went over the top shortly be-
fore midnight, followed by infantry.
The riflemen met with strong oppo-
sition and were held up by a heavy
machine-gun fire, but the tanks pro-
ceeded on their business and for two
hours trundled about the enemy ter-
ritory, leaving the mark of their guns
wherever they went. What casualties
were inflicted on the enemy are not
certain, but the tanks did good execu-
tion and prisoners were brought back,
BRITAIN SPENDS
$34,400,000 DAILY.
A despatch from London says:
Great Britain's daily average expendi-
ture during the current financial quar-
ter was 46,848,000 (84,400,000), said
Andrew Boner Law, Chancellor of the
Exchequer, in introducing a vote of
credit for £500,000,000 ($2,500,000,-
000) in the House of Commons.
Mr. Bonar Law said that the pre-
sent vote, which would bring the to-
tal war credits to £7,342,000,000,
would cover expenditures until the
end of August.
The debt due Great Britain from
her allies is 11,370,000,000, Mr. Bonar
Law said, while the dominions owe
£206,000,000.
The death in action is reported of
Major Malcolm Wingate, D,S.O., M.G.,
BEFORHARVEST "missioner for Egypt.
E No white gloves could be given the
$ magistrate at Birkenhead Police Court
when there were no cases for trial, as
no white gloves were obtainable.
Fifty -Five Thousand Men of 19 Henry Partridge, a J.P., of Polity -
seal, of Age Register
seal, was fined £40 for not putting 00 -
For Service. der cultivation twenty acres of his
land.
A despatch from Ottawa says; j Lieut. Exley and Sergt. Beadle,
Fifty -live thousand mon of nineteen Royal Air Service, were drowned when
years of age have registered for ser- ,their machine fell into the see off the
vice under the Military Service Act, !southwest coast.
and, as indicated, it is not the inter- I Exemption from school has been
tion of the Government to call any of granted to five hundred boys, to assist
the men to the colors probably before to weed the Government Etas crops.
the harvest is over, Tho Port of London authority has
Xeen satisfaction is expressed with granted the use of the steamer His
the way in which the young men re- Majesty to give river trips to wound-
sponded to the call to register. In a ed and convalescent men.
number of cases the number of regis-Colonel Charles Pinkham has been
trations was considerably higher than elected for the flftlt time chairman of
the estimated possible registration, Willesden District Council.
Over the Dominion as a whole actual Asher Harris, an Abertillery trades -
registration was 98.11 per cent, of the man, eras fined £10 for being in pos-
session of twenty-seven pounds of
sugar.
The Shoreditch tribunal has a
scheme to run oneman businesses by
a committee, and so release more
young men.
Rowland Brierly, a farmer of Clad -
by, Leicestershire, was fined x10 for
failing to plough up nine acres of land
as requested.
In Green Park, Lord Crewe present-
ed medals of the Order of the British
Empire, to 54 workers, oxen and wo-
men.
Two escaped German prisoners
were arrested in a Portsmouth suburb
while trying to make their escape in
a ship bound for a neutral port.
The Strood Council, Kent, employe
two women road -sweepers in the vil-
lago of Luddesdown.
The timber on six acres of land at-
tached to the Cape Hill Lunatic
Asylum has been sold so that the land
may be cultivated.
Fifty thousand young eels have been
purchased by the Thames Angling
Preservation Society, for the waters
under their control.
The street lamps will not be light-
ed during the summer at Ealing and
Hanwell except in plain roads and a
few other places.
Sir F. E. Smith, the Attorney -Gen-
eral for England, has placed his house
in Grosvenor Gardens at the disposal
of the American Red Cross.
A Lewis soldier, writing from a Ger-
man prison camp, says: "As I can do•
nothing for my country now, please
put my savings in the War Loan."
Military Crosses have been awarded
to Rev. William Carroll, temporary
chaplain to the forces, and Rev. E.
F. Paget, chaplain to the South
African Forces.
estimated possible registration.
Registrations by districts were as
follows, the return for Quebec dis-
tricts still being ,incomplete:
London, 5,883; Toronto, 9,248;
1 Kingston, 5,261; Hull, 916; Montreal,
924; St. John, 3,018; Charlottetown,
878; Kenora, 309; Winnipeg, 3,198;
Vancouver, 8,018; Regina, 5,042; Cal-
gary, 3,194; total, 55,281.
Improved conditions in the Province
of Quebec are reflected in the Mont-
real and Hull figures. In Montreal
actual registration was 108.77 of the
estimate, and in Hull 91..23 per cent.
Estimated possible registration for
the Dominion was 56,244,
DAMAGE BY FROST
IN NEW BRUNSWICK.
A despatch from Fredericton, N.B.,
says: From all sections of the pro-
vince come reports to the Department
of Agriculture that heavy frosts on
Thursday night have ruined crops.
Buckwheat has been laid low and must
be replanted. Potatoes have been af-
fected, but it is thought they will
recover. Beans, corn and tomato
plants were nipped, T.he,temperature
at the lowest point on Thursday night
was 32 degrees.
CANARY. ISLANDERS
DYING OF POISON
A despatch from Havana says: The
Cuban Consul at Santa Cruz, Tenerif-
fe, reports officially that many Canary
Islanders have been poisoned by drink-
ing wines and liquors fortified with
alcohol from drums found floating
about the islands.
It is believed these drums were cast
afloat by neutral ships to furnish C-
hoate with fuel. Blindness and death
were caused by drinking this stuff, the
Preston's which would result from
he drinking of wood alcohol,'
GNOTHER B114 HARYJI&C
OF THE SEA.
A despatch from Ottawa says: The
Mal value in first hands of sea fish
ended in Canada during the month of
iMfay was $2,238,626, as compared with
2,161,571 for the same month last
ear, according to the monthly state-
ment issued from the Department of r
the Naval Service. The 'statement c
ays that the fishing was carried on b
nder favorable conditions this year,
but in the more easterly parts of Nova d
Scotia ice, which was slow in leaving
the coast, interfered with operations. i
AIR ROUTE TO
EUROPE PLANNED
British Air Council Organizes
Service From United. States
to Begin About September.
A despatch from Washington sayst
-Establishment of an air route to
Europe from the United States in
order to bring the full force of Ameri-
can effort in the air to bear against
Germany has been decided upon as a
definite project by the British Air
Council, the new organization into
which all British Air Service has been
merged. This was disclosed on Friday
by Major-General William Brancker,
Controller of Equipment on the coun-
cil, who is in Washington to discuss
this and other projects relating to air
warfare with American offioials.
Plans for an initial flight across the
Atlantic in August, September or Oc-
tober of this year are already well ad-
vanced. American co-operation is
sora ht and Gen. Brancker hopes that
the first machine to make the cross-
ing will carry both British and Ameri-
can pilots, At least three British pi-
lots, regarded as qualified for the trip,
are now here and several types of ma-
chines produced in England have am-
ple fuel capacity for the 40 hours of
flying it is estimated the trip would
take.
FOUR MILLION TONS .
OF COAL FOR CANADA
A despatch from Washington says:
-Arrangements to ship 28,000,000
tons of coal to North-western States
and portions of Canadavia the Great
Lakes were made 'to -day by the Fuel
and Railroad Adnnittistrations. Ap-
proximately four pillion tons of tnis
quantity will (o to Cnnada.
Argentina Covered With SnowFor First Time in History.
Buenos Aires, Juno 23. --Snow fell
for an hour here this afternoon, This
is said to be the first time in the his-
tory of the country that enough snow
has fallen to make the ground white.
i'wo-Thirds of I'-Iioats Launched
Are at the Bottom of the tea.
Paris, June 23, -Two-thirds of the
German submarines launched are al-
acly at the bottom of the sea, at-
ording to a statement made to the
eputies by the Under-Secretary of
the Navy. "And," continued the Un-
er-Secretary, "we are destroying
them twice as fast as they are build -
ng them."
Thereupon the Whole Party
Went Over to the Italian Lines
A despatch with the Italian Armies,
says: -The Italian soldiers tell hum-
orous stories of captures effected by
persuading the Austrians that they
will be well fed. One Italian officer
who had been wounded and picked up
by a group of Austrians who intended
to make him prisoner explained how
foolish they were. He said: "Come
with me, and you will get meat, wine
and real bread," Thereupon the whole
party went over to the Italian lines.
Teutons Garbed as Italians
Put to Death When Captur'ed,-
A despatch from Rome says; Ital-
ian military officials learned before
the Austrian offensive began that the
Austrians had dressed Italian-speak-
ing soldiers in Italian uniforms in or-
der to throw them at v. suitable mo,
merit into the Entente allied lines so
as to provoke panic and disorder. Cap-
tured Austrians so garbed were exe-
cuted after a drumhead court -
mar -tial, in accordance with the laws of.
Wel'.
PARIS AIR DEFENCE
'VASTLY IMPROVED.
A despatch from Paris says: The
Germans have attempted 14 air raids
upon Paris since Jan. 31, but only
twenty-two of the more than three
hundred machines which took part
have succeeded in flying over the
city, according to a record of the en-
emy efforts. Nile of the twenty-two
machines were brought down,