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QUEEN ELIZABETH 14/'HCH 23OMJ3ARDED DARDANELLES.
Were given a Groat Reception at Liverpool-Sev=
eral Patricias Have Arrived at Hospital -
A 'despatch from London Says: pelted 'the rumors • iron).
The four thousand men of the sec-
ond Canadian expeditionary force
echo have reached England will be
quartared . at Shorncliffe camp,
which is a big improvement over
Salisbury Plain, and the men will
be •more comfortably quartered
than the Canadians who came
across in October. The camp at
Shorncliffe is withins a mile of the
railway station, and is located on
dry soil. There are paved roads
and sidewalks, and there are brick
huts to quarter the troops. The
.camp is also within easy roaoh of
Folkestone, one of the most plea-
. sant and picturesque seaside re
sorts in England.
Although the arrival of the con-
tingent was quietly, effected, the
Canadians were given an enthusi-
astic reception when they reached
Liverpool, the welcome being all
the more hearty because the op-
pearance of the troopships die
hostile
sources,
The hearths of the men on the
voyage is reported to have been
excellent.. On one of the ships a
grand military athletic tourna-
ment was held during . the voyage.
Some of the men seem to fear that
they will not get a chance to go to
the front like the first Canadian
contingent, This is 'mused by the
belief that the war will be over be-
fore their period of training in
England is completed.
Major Hamilton Gault, of the
Princess Patricias, is now a pa-
tient at the Queen's Canadian Hos-
.pital at Shorneliffe. The. Major is
suffering from a bullet wound in
the : right forearm, and is being
treated by Cal. -Surgeon Armour,
who expects that the officer's wish
to soon return to active service
will be gratified.
Several Patricia men who were
wounded in a recent charge on a
German trench were also admitted
to; the Shorncliffe hospital on Sat-
urday.
WOUNDED GERMANS
rt• FILLED THE HOUSES
Dismal Scenes Greeted Russians on
Regaining Town After Three
Days in Enemy's Hands.
A despatch from Petrograd says:
The Russian's on re-entering
Przasnysz after its occupation for
three days by the Germans are de-
ported to have found nearly every
house filled with wounded or sick
German soldiers. In addition there
were Russians who had been prig
loners for four days. Except for
the email service rendered them by
the inhabitants, these men had vir-
tually
irtually been without care.
Hundreds of men had died from
lack of medical services, and their
bodies lay unburied. The streets
were barricaded with a.gricultural
implements and household furniture
and there was a great scarcity of
provisions. Scores of houses had
been riddled by shells, and the
municipal building was party des-
troyed..
Many prisoners are being brought
back to Przasnysz, having been cap-
tured from the German rearguard
by the Russian cavalry. Along the
roads there are evidences of a
hasty retreat.
If a man didn't make an occa-
sional' mistake his friends would
have no kicks coming.
PllOiiRESS: OF THE FREICII
General Joffre Can Do What He Likes With the
Germans in the Argonne
'A despatch from Paris says : • tial statement was issued late on
Progress by the French troops in
the Champagne district, between
Rheims and the Argonne forest,
which has been noted every day for
more than two weeks, has resulted,
according to the official commu-
nique issued on Wednesday ni'gbt,
in the occupation o• a barge section
of• the ground which has been
strongly held by the Germans since
their retreat to the Aisne.
It is believed here that the Ger-
mans are concentrating forces in
Flanders for a new drive at the
Channel ports, notably Calais. This
belief is based on a despatdh from
London saying that the German
commanders have received orders
to stop all traffic on roads -leading
from the interior to Belgium to
West Flanders in order to prevent
the leaking 'out of 'news regarding_
the movement of troops.
The following supplementary off•1
Wednesday night by the French
War Office
"It can be stated that in the Ar-
gonne, where we had been constant-
ly attacked since December, the
roles in the last three weeks have
been reversed. To -day we have
gained the undisputable ascenden-
cy. These local actions, of which
the Argonne is the theatre, show
that more and more the enemy is at
our mercy and that our moral su-
periority is assured.
"We have obtained this result by
a series of limited operations ener-
getically carried out, and although
the German forces which confront
us are extremely courageous, we
feel that .at a given point and mo-
ment we are masters and can do
what we wish."
The statement gives the details of
one of these engageniients, which,
it says, occur daily and show the
splendid ardor of the troop's.
BRITISH TROOPS IflAbT
Neither Typhus Nor' cholera Has Appeared Since
the Beginning of the War
A despatch from London says:
The first six months of the war
passed without a single case of ty-
phus or of cholera in the British
army, including both the expedi-
tionary forces and the troops in the
British training camps. Smallpox
claimed only one victim. in the
United Kingdom, but returns in this
respect have not been given out by
the armies in France and Egypt. Of
184 cases of diphtheria, oaiiy six
ended fatally. S?e far the greatest
cause of mortality among the troops
has been pneumonia, velnch resulted
in 357 deaths, out of 1,508 cases,
As regards other diseiases, 626
eases of typhoid fever and 49 deaths
are reported in the expeditionary
'force, and 262 cases and 47 deaths
in the Camps in the United (Kings
silom- Scarlet fever had only 196
eases and 4 deaths in the expedi-
tionary, force, as against 1,379 cases
•
and 22 deaths in Britain.
Great i
Measles, a disease associated with
children, sent 1,045 recruits to the
English training camp , hospitals,
with 65 deaths, while the seasoned
men on the Continent had only 175
sick from this cause, with two
deaths.
Considering that the British
army, regular and territorial, be-
gan the war with a half million
men, and has 'since expanded to
about 2,500,000, the low death rate
is said to have probably established
a rev rd.
Tare report of the Canadians be-
ing mowed down. by camp sicknesses
proved to be utlfounded, and the
Admiralty naw says in regard to a
'similar rumor affecting the naval
division in training at the Crystal
Palace that only two per cent. of
the 8,000 amen are now on the sick
report.
FEAR MASSACRES IN
THE TURKISH CAPITAL
City is Crowded with Fugitives
from Gallipoli Peninsula and
Sea Coast of Marinora.
Late despatches from Near-Eas't-
ern points to London indicate that
the situation in Constantinople is
becoming increasingly serious as a
result of the success of the attack
on the Dardanelles, which has dri-
ven hundreds of fugitives from the
Gallipoli Peninsula and the Asiatic
side of the strait in terror to the
capital. Foreigners, not even ex-
cludingsGermans, are in a precari-
ous position and massacres of
Christians ,are feared. A message
to the Daily Mail from Sofia -says :
"A trustworthy messenger from
Constantinople who has- arrived at
Dedeagatih says that Constantinople
is greatly alarmed at the attempt
to force the Dardanelles and that
the population refuses to believe
the assurances by the . -,,authorities
and the press'th'at there is no dan-
ger.
."The city is crowded with fugi-
tives from. the Gallipoli Peninsula
and the coast of the Sea of Mar -
mora. The authorities are daily be-'
coming more suspicious of foreign-
ers and Christians and the position
of the Germans in the capital is
precarious.
"Arrests, searches and robberies
are of daily occurrence, and all gold
in the possession of private indivi-
duals and banks is being seized in-
discriminately.
"There is great fear of massacres.
A panic is pending. The vicinity of
Constantinople, including the. Bos-
phorus, Phanarki, Princes Island
and Chatalja, is being constantly
fortified and heavy guns are being
placed in position. Enver Pasha,
leader of the Young Turks and com-
mander in the Caucasus, has re-
turned to Constantinople."
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THE ENEMY'S LOSSES
NOW TOTAL 5,000,000
Estimated German Casualties as
Cale nl,tted by"ihe French
Press Bureau.
A despatch from Paris says : An
official 110 -bo issued by the French
Press Bureau declares that the
German losses ,since the beginning
of Hostilities in killed, wounded,
sick, and pr'isonersp reaches the
enormous total of 3,000,000 men.
This calculation is based on the
known casualties in ten German
regiments.
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Analysis of the ,German lase.
during five months in ten regiments
taken from army corps on both the.
eastern and western German
.fronts, shows a total of 36,281 offi-
cers and soldiers; that is, an aver-
age per regiment of 725 monthly,
says the note. Applying this per-
centage of losses to the entire Ger-
man :army, including the landwehr,
landsturm, new formations and
marines, the deduction is made that
the total German losses during the
seven months of the war must ex-
ceed 3,000,000.
The note continues. "Ewen ad-
mitting that 'certain regiments suf-
fered less' than those mentioned
above, all regiments repeatedly on
one or the other of the two fronts
sometimes on bo'th,' and it is ilia
possible to arrive at a smaller fig-
ure for the total German losses, in
eluding the sick,- than 3,000,000
POiJNBIN AT
Progress
T E TOPS
of Combined Fleets Against the Dar-
danelles Forts
.A despatch from Constantinople''
by way of Berlin and Amsterdam
contains the first admission from
that source -that the Anglo-French'
fleet has had any success. It stays :
"The British battleships com-
pletely outranged the forts, the
guns of which were unable to reply
effectively, so that the battleships
gained part of the desired effect.
Moreover the fleet has received re-
inforcements and now more than
forty big battleships are lying off
the Dardanelles, besides a great
number of small cruisers, torpedo
boats, destroyers and other craft.
"The further advance of the fleet
seems to be impossible owing to the
cutin of mines and the forts. An
attack from land would be welcomed
by the Turks, who have gathered a
strong army composed of their best
troops."
A despatch from Munich says that
Field Marshal Baron von Der Goltz,
who was sent to Constantinople
from Germany to act as the adviser
of the Turkish Government in mili-
tary affairs, has telegraphed to the
German military headquarters ask-
ing for fifty German ,artillery offi-
cers, on the ground that they were.
needed urgently for the defence of
the Dardanelles. The field marshal
received a laconic reply, the des-
patch says, stating that the Ger-
mans needed their artillery oic
ers
and adding :. "Do your best."
PRICES Of FARM P OEJiCI
REPORTS FROM THE LEAnrNO T8AOe
UENTi;I S OF AMERICA.
Rreadstufrs,
Toronto, Karol: 9.-01our bianitob€a first
patents.0;strong. bakers ' $�nd patents,
wheat flour, 90 per Cent, patents, 06 to
06.10. 'seaboard. and at $6.15 to $6.20, To-
ronto freight,
wheat-Manitcba. No, 1 Northern, $1.67;
No, 2 at 11.65, and No. 3 at '$1.61 1.2, On-
tario 'wheat, No. 2, nominal, at $1.40 at
outside points
Oats -Ontario,' 60 to 63o, outside, and at
63 to 64 1-2e, on track, Toronto. Western
Canada, No. 2, as 69 1.2c and No, 3 at
67 1-2e.
Barley -Good malting -grades, 85 to 570:
outside.
lit o--$1.25, outodi e.
1 cna No, 2 Quoted at $1.90 to $2,05, out-
( ova -No.
ut-(,ern-No. 3 now American, 791.2 to 80e,
,all i.•il, Toronto freight.
Iiurkwheat-so 2 at 83 to 87e, outside.
Brun and ho. te--Brian, VI to 028 a ton,
and slioi tcs at 030.
l ol.1ed oatit-Car lots, per bag of 90 lbs..
$3.55.
Country Prodwce.
Butter --Choice dairy. 27 to 2,8,c; ln1'erior,
21 to 23e; creamery prints, 33 1.2 to 35o;
do., solids, 31 to 32e; farmers' separator,
-27 to 28c.
Eggs -New -laid, in cartons, 31 to 32e:
storage, 26 to 27e.
Beans ---$3 to $3.10 for prime, and ;3,15
to $3.20 for hand-picked.
Honey--60-11a-fins sell' at. 12 1.2c, and 10 -
lb. tins ea, 13e. No 1 combs, $3 per docen,
and No, 2, $2.40.
Poultry -Chickens,- dressed, 13 to 15e;
ducks, dressed. 13 to 16c; fowl, 10 to 11c:
geese, 1:` to 13c; turkeys, dressed, 19 to
20e.
Cheese -18 to 18 1.4c for large, and s:t
18 1-4 to 18 1-24 for twine,
Potatoes -:Ontario,. 70 to 750 per bag. out
of store, 60e in car lots. New Brunscvhelts,
car lots, 65e per bag.
German Crown Prince
Said to be in Disgrace.
A despatch from London says:
Speculation as to the long absence
of Crown Prince Frederick William
from the German reports has re-
sulted in numerous rumors. The
Daily Express, which a year ago
told a story of a quarrel between
the Kaiser and his son, prints a
Geneva, despatch ascribing .to an
lnnisbruck source the definite
statement that the Prince is in dis-
grace and is living in Berlin in se-
clusion by order of the Kaiser.
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Biggest Proportion.
Of Irish in the Army.
A despatch from London says:
There are 450,000 men of Irish birth
or descent in Great Britain who are
of military age and 125,000 of them
have already joined the army, ac-
cording to figures prepared by the
secretary of the Irish National
League, This proportion, he as-
serts, is much larger than can, be
shown by any other nationality.
--
All Berlin Theatres
Ordered to Close.
A despatch from Berlin says
The Vossiche Zeitung says it learns
that the Government has decided
to close all the Berlin -theatres
from April 1st. Protests from sev-
eral quarters already have been
lodged.
ZEPPELIN IN SHED
WRECKED BY STORM
Another Was Badly Damaged Dur-
ing a Resent Gale at
Cologne.
A despatch from Geneva says :
Count Zeppelin arrived at at Fried-
richshafen Saturday to hasten the
completion of two Zeppelin dirigi-
ble balloons which are now build-
ing. One of them will be ready in a
few days, it is stated.
It is confirmed that one Zeppelin
was destroyed and another badly
damaged recently ,at Cologne dur-
ing a wind storm which blew down
the balloon sheds. A number of
soldiers were injured in the crash.
It is statedwhere that France and
Germany hereafter will exchange
captured army officers who have
been injured so •severely as to be
incapacitated for further military
service: Heretofore only privates
have been exchanged. ' The inclu-
sion of officers in this arrangement
is believed to be due to the initia-
tive of Prince Maximilian von Ba-
den, who interceded with Emperor
William an behalf of the officers.
The fainter who conserves his
best stock for breeding will profit
greatly, in the future,
People who believe that rock and
rye will cure a cold usually have
one, -
BNAN SIIIJVJABTNE SIINT
The U.8 Sent to the Bottom by Destroyers of the
French Dover Flotilla
-.-- -
A despatch from Paris says: The
German ,submarine U-8 has been
sunk by destroyers belonging to the
Dover flotilla, according. to an-
nouncetnent by the Ministry of Mar-
ine. The crew were token prisoner.
The subm:aiine 'U-8 was built in
1968 and was a vessel of 300 tons
displacement, She had a speed of
18 knots a'bov'e water and 8 knots
submerged. H'or maximum radius
of operations was 1,200 miles. The
vessel carried three torpedo tubes.
Her complement was 12 men.
The U-8 was a sister of the fam-
ous 11-9, which early in the war
sank the British cruisers Hogue,
Aboukir and 'Cressy in the. North
Sea, and in October sent the Bri-
tish crtaisee Hawke to the bottom.
Wreckage picked up late in Febru-
ary off Ohri.stensand belonged to
the U-9, and it was stated in Nor-
way that the submarine had been
lost.
Provisions.
Bacon, long clear, 13 1-2 to 14c per. ib,
in ease lots. Sams -Medium, 17 to 17 1-2e;
do., heavy 14 1-2 to 16e; roils, 14 to 14 1.40;
breakfast bacon;' 18 to 18 1-2c; backs, 20 to
21e; boneless backs, 23e.
Lard Marxet quiet; pure, tub. 11 3.4 to
12c; compound, 9 3.4 to 100 in tubs, and
10 to 10 1-4c in pails.
Baled Nay and Straw.
Dealers are paying as follows for ear -
lot deliveries on track here:
Stray: is quoted at $8 to $8,50 a ton 'n
car lots on track here.
Hay -No. 1 new hay is quoted at $17.50
to $18; No. 2 at $15.50 to $16, and No. 3
at $12.50 to $13.50.
Winnipeg Grain,
Winnipeg, March 9. -Cash -Wheat -No. 1
Northern, $1.431-2; No, 2 Northern,
$1,411-2; No. 3 Northern, $1.381.2; No. 4,
51.34; No. 5, $1.29 3-4; No. 6 $1.25 3-4; feed.
$1.20 3-4. Oats -No. 2 C.W., 61 3.4c; No. 3
O.W. 58 1-2o; extra No. 1 feed, 581-2c.
T'1ax-No. 1 N. -WC., $1.61 3-4; 24o. 2 C.W.,
$1.58 3-4.
Montreal Markets.
Montreal, March 9.--Corn-American No,
2 yollow, 80 to 81c. Oats -Canadian West-
ern. No. 2, 70 1-2o; No. 3, 67 1-2c; extra No.
1 feed, 671.2c; No. 2 lcal white, 65 1-20;
0
4 local
64 2c N
h 1
No. 3 local white,
white, 63 12o. Barley, Man. feed,79 to
80c do.,malting 98e to $1.Flour, Man.
Sipring wheat patents firsts $810 sec-
onds, 07.60; strong bakers',. S7.40;, Winter
Patents, choice 58,30 straight.. rollers,
$7.80 to $8, do.. bags, $3.70 to $3.80. Rolled
oats, barrels, $7.25; do., bags, 90 lbs., 53.60.
Bran $27, .Shorts, 529. 'Middlings $33.
Mouille, $34 to $38. Hay, No. 2, per ton
car lots, $18 to $19. Cheese, finest west
erns, 171-4 to 171-2c; finest eastern, 17
to 171.4. Batter, choicest creamery, 35c;
seconds 34c. Eggs, fresh, 32 to 33e se•
lected, 27 to 28e; No. 1 stook, 24 to 25c: No.
2, 22 to 23e.. Potatoes, per bag, car lots,
50 to 50 1-20.
United. States Markets.
Minneapolis, March 9, -wheat --No. 1
hard, $1.43 7-8; No. 1 Northern, $1.39 3.8
to 51.45 3-8; No. 2 Northern, $1.35 3-8 to
$1.40 7-8; Stay, 51,38 1-4 to $1.38 38. Corn
No, 3 yellow, 69 to 69 1-2c. Oat, -No.. 3
white, 531.4 to 531-2c. Flour and bran
unebanged.
Duluth, Alarch 9.-�vlie:3t Ne, i baud.
$1,45; No. 1 Northern, $1.44; No. 2 North-
ern. $1.39 to $1.41; May, $1.42. Linseed,
Dash 01oso, 51.84 3-4; May, 01.55 3-4; July,
$1.87.
Live Stock Markets. •
Toronto, March 9.-A few fine bullocks
sold at $8, larger lots brought 07.85,
while still other load lots changed hands
ai 57.65 and $7,50. Choice butcher beasts
changed hands at 57.40 to $7.75, with, good
at t'7 to $7.50. Medium, $6,50 to $7, fair
from 56 to $6.50 avid m
rcmon from $5.60
to $6. For better classes of bulls from
the uamo qualit" from .$ ,60 to 56.40. a Med.
iuni rows brought 55 to 03.50. Milkers and
springers changed hande freely at steady
prices. Good stockers, $5.75 to 56.25, with
lower grades at $5 to $5.75. Calves, $8,
to 511 for good and $4 to 58 for inferior.
Lambs, 59 to 010, except for rough stuff,
Sheer), $6 to $7 for light and $5 to 56 for
heavy. Swine, 58.15 off cane being paid in.
most cases
Montreal March 9, --Prime beeves, 71-4.
to 71.2e medium 6 to 71.4c; roninion„
4 3.4 to 5 3.4e. Cows, 540 to $80 act; spring -
ere, 530 to $70 each- Calves, 4 3-4 to 8 1.2c.
Sheep. 5 to 5 1-2c. Lambs, 8 to 8 1.2,;, Boge,
8 1-4 to 8 1.2c.
3.
Shipments of Copper
Tltid+den in Cabbages.
A despatch from Milan says : Not-
withstanding rigid precaution, take
en•by the • authorities to prevent
the re-exportation from Italy' to
belligerent ele ntnations t_ nsof g
oots classed
d
as contraband of war
it has. been
discovered that large ,quantities i E.
'copper have been sent to Berlin
ooncealed in trucks loaded With
cabbages. Officials now have in-
creased their vigilance in ateempt-
ing to check this trade.
FOUR i:'E1US11Fi) :us 'FIll`i ..
Mother and 'Three Children 'Were
Trapped.
A despatch from, Quebec, says:
Four persons perished early on
Wednesday when fire broke out in
a dwelling -house. in Saint Sauva lir
Ward, partly destroying a two-
storybuilding and burning to death
Mrs. Arthur: Talbot, 35, and three
of her children, All the victims
were trapped by the fla.mee 'and
burned beyond recognition,