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Z PPELIN RAIDS ON
BIRO IN PIR
1E DAYS
iiitary Damage Occasioned, Although 60 Civil.,
fans Were Killed and 166 injured.
London, Monday,, April 3.—Two
more raids by Zeppelin dirigible bal-
loons occurred on Great Britain on
Saturday anti Sunday nights, making
three maids on successive nights. At
least 10 persons were killed and about
100 others injured in the Saturday
night raid, which was over the north-
east coast of England.
The coast of Scotland and the
northern and south-eastern counties
of England were attacked by Zep-
peli;is Sunday night.
Bombs were dropped at various
points.
A coreeepondent in a northeast
coast town says that a Zeppelin was
sighted there at 11 o'clock Saturday
night. It dropped 14 explosive and
seven incendiary bombs. Ten men,
three women and three children were
killed and 25 persons were seriously
injured. In addition, about 80 others
received minor injuries.
A tramcar inspector was killed and
a woman tram conductor had a leg
blown off. Several houses were wreck-
ed in one street. One house was -com-
pletely wrecked, but the family of five
managed to scramble out without se-
rious injury.
With the exception of the big raid
of January 31, when the casualties
aggregated 67 persons killed and 117
injured, the Zeppelins raids of Friday
and Saturday nights caused greater
loss of life than any previous aerial
attack this year. The loss of life by
Sunday's raid is unknown.
The total casualties for the two
nights, according to an official report,
were 59 persons killed and 166
wounded.
VERDUN ATTL S 2 HUN C M AM S
STILL RAGING BL
CFSwere announced on Thursday, The
VIEL L w WOUNDED
BAND IN FLIGHT
United States Troops Surprise
Scatter the Mexican
Outlaws.
and
A despatch from El Paso says
Poncho Villa, the Mexican bandit lead-
er, wounded in the hip, escaped from
the United States troops in his first
clash with them on, Wednesday.
Villa lost 30 men killed, two machine
guns and a number of saddles and
rifles, also some horses. The. Ameri-
cans lost four men wounded. The
battle • took place in the edge of the
town of Guerrero, capital of the dis-
trict dominated by Villa in the days
when as a bandit he defied the forces
of Porfirio Diaz for years. Villa was
taken from the field in a carriage,
limping, according to reports of the
United States officers with Col. Dodd,
confirmed by Mexicans made prisoners
by the Americans.
WITH RIGHT LEG GONE,
CORPORAL FIGHTS.
Amazing Act of Courage on British
Front—V.C.'s Conferred.
A despatch from London says ;Six
new awards of the Victoria Cross'
most amazing act.of courage was that
of Corporal Cotter, of the Sixth East
Germans Penetrate Caillette Wood, British Mine Explosions at St. Eloi Kent Regiment. When his right leg
had been blown off at the knee, and
Northeast of City. Ilave Terrific Effect on Foe he also had been wounded in both
A despatch Trenches. arms, he made his way unaided fox+
1 h froin London says: The fifty yards .to a mine chater and
Germans are still carrying en strong A despatch from British Head- steadied the men who were holding it.
offensive operations northeast and 1 quarters says: German prisoners He controlled their fire, issued orders
northwest of Verdun. About four and captured near St. Eloi on Saturday and altered the dispositions of his mein
one-half miles northeast of the fort- last after we wrecked their trenches to meet a fresh counter-attack by the
res tl
s soy penetrated tho Caillette by a series of mine explosions, pared -
Wood, just outside Font Douamont, ed to -day before being taken down to
after a violent bombardment. From the base. These men were lucky in
part of this wood the French, in an their escape, from death. • The ex -
immediate counter-attack, drove back' plosion of our mines was so terrific
the invaders, • !that it shook. the ground six miles
Another powerful attack was de- away and its effect upon the German
livered against that portion of the ; trenches was volcanic. Tons of earth
Avocourt Wood held by the French, I were flung up hundreds of feet high,
but here the French barrier fire and carrying away trenches, dugouts and
machine guns held the Germans ' sandbags.
without •gain. A Jaeger regiment which was hold -
The French have' now entirely ing • this part of the line suffered manent provision for the care of
evacuated the village of Vaux and heavy losses. .A captured officer says graves of officers and men. in Pranee
have •drawn their line south of the , that two companies of his battalion and Belgium. The Prince of Wales
town, but in its immediate outskirts„t were bloWn to pieces. The earth is president. It was decided that no
Berlin says that northeast of Hau-1 was so disrupted that the communi- •permanent memorials will be erected
court, between Malancourt • and Le !Cation trenches were choked up and in any British military cemetery dur-
Mor t Homme, the Germans have en- there was no possibility of escape for ing the continuance of hostilities, or
tlrcl, cleared the French from about' the men who remained alive in the until the military situation should ap-
1,000 yards of trenches, where they; first and second lines of this ector, pear to justify giving the necessary
had remained since March 30. nor for any supports to be sent up to sanction. All requests for informa-
1• On the other sectors about Verdun prevent the occupation of the craters tion regarding graves of officers and
there have been only intermittent and trenches by the British, who still linen fallen in France andBelgium
'bombardments; artillery duels have hold this ground. The Germans sur- I should continue to be addressed
ressed to
eharactc:rieed the fighting along the victors were caught in the trap, and general ue5 registration,
h oadqarte g,
LARGE INCREASE IN •
BRITISH REVENUE.
Property and . Income Tax Are Re-
sponsible for Increase of
;358,921,000. • .
A despatch from London says: At
the close of the financial year on
Thursdaiy night ,the Government is-
sued a report showing that the total
revenue of the United Kingdom for
the year amounted to 2336,766,824, be-
ing an increase. of +'110,072,744 over
last• year. The largest increase was
in property and income tax, including
the supertax which was .i558,921,000.
h11A..RRI1 D,'MEN CALLED
•
TO JOIN COLORS.
A despateh from London says : Nine
groups 'of married men who attested
for service under the• Derby plan are
to join the colors on May 5, The
groups concerned are numbers 33 to
41, consisting' of men from 27 to 3•
years of age. It is the calling out of
these men before all eligible single
men have joined the army that has
caused so 'mueh'agitation throughout.
the country. In consequence of this
feeling an earlier summons isauerl
these risen was 'cancelled.
PUBLIC •CELEBRATION
OF BATTLE OF YPRES.
Private Citizens Asked to Fly Flags
on Anniversary of Great Struggle.
A despatch from Ottawa says : The
riniversary .of the Battle of Ypres,
e famous struggle of April 22, 1915,
hen the Canadian fought a great and .Sit' John Haig's Forces Now Hold One-fourth of the
anent, and successful fight against
e Huns, will be celebrated officially Entire Western Front.
Canada by the hoisting of flags on
1 public buildings. •A despatch from London says: The! area. At present the British are
official communications having re-' probably holding something like one-
OH'I'EN ANOTHER LINK-vealcd the fact that the British armies; fourth of the ontire length of the
IN .BRITISH' IELOt•'1i AJ)I:, have taken over a length of the line; western front, extending in an inn -
enemy. For ,two hours he held the
position, and allowed his wounds to
be roughly dressed only after the at-
tack had quieted down.
•
COMMITTEE TO CARE
FOR BRITISH GRAVES
A despatch from London says: A
national committee has been appoint-
ed by the Government for making per -
1 crnaxl(ler o,. the front. , in a dazed ,condition were taken psis-
Aireraft have been very active' overs easily enough. The exact num-
e round Verdun. The French brought, ber of them is still uncertain, as men
down three Herman machines, but are still being brought down •but the
Berlin asserts that the aerial combats number is about 200 with several of -
;Imes, resulted in • their favor. Both ficers.
sides have been busily engaged in f
stropping bombs on military estab-++
Iislnm'nt+ .at various points.
WOlil�:N WORK ON DOCKS
r,
AT BRITISH PORTS.
• action at Verdun. Ile distinguished
A d ep It -1i 'from Liverpood says : himself in Africa where he served with
Women arc now being employed at the Marchand expedition.
the Liverpool docks, handling cotton
imports an,l other bagged: goods. At •
the- Leyland Line docks nearly 100 BRITISH- CASUALTIES
FRENCH GENERAL
KILLED AT VERDUN
•
A despatch from Paris says: Gen.
emit Larrgeau, one of the youngest
French brigadiers, has been killed in
women are now working. Fears were IN MARCH 20,421.
entertained that the Dockers' Union
would r•aisc difficulties, but these have A despatch from London says: Brit- •
been smoothed over and the women ish casualties in March, as conprleil
x • � pay as from published xe rs s, amounted
the men. 1,107 officers and 19,317 men.
are'xeceiving the same rate of f r thebl' 1 d l' t Tinted
BELEAGUERED FORCE AT KUT
HEARTENED KING'S MESSAGE
Gen. Townsend Assured That Every Possible Effort
is Being Made to Send Relief.
A deepatch :from London says; An
Official announcement says the follow-
ing message was despatched by Bing
George to General Townsend, in com-
mand of the British troops at Kul -el-
Amara:
"I, together with all your fellow
countrymen, continue to follow ' with
admiration the gallant fighting of the'
troops under your command against
great odds. Every possible effort is
being made to support your splendid
resistance,"
RUS A . O ITAL SHIP
SU MA INED BLACK SEA
Wounded Soldiers on Board at the Time and Red
Cross Was Painted on Vessel.
,e deepetell from Paris says: • The
heepit<il :;kip'. Portugal has been sunk
it the Blank yea by a German tor- j1
been, hoist, nr aubtaxarine.. The Porta -I
t,..: -ba l a large. e• number of wouritlod 1
aboard, according to an announcement
of the official press bureau on Thurs-
day night. It is said that the Portu-
gal had 11cd Cross signs conspicuous-
ly displayed.
a
th
w
th
in
al
CANADIANS �. ARMS
NU R ABOUT 6), J
Of zgo,oao Who Have Joined the Colors .. O0 Are
Out of Action Through Casualties or Other Causes.
A despatch from Ottawa says: Cas-
ualties of every description among
the Canadian forces since the out-
break of war total 22,000, and the
wastage apart from casualties has
been 21,700, This makes a total of
43,700 men, out of 290,000 who have
joined, the colors to date, who cannot
now be numbered in the effective
fighting force. The Canadian army
actually under arms at the present
time is therefore about 246,000 men.
Of these 112,000 are overseas, either
in Great Britain or at the front, while
in training in Canada there are ap-
proximately 134,000, counting those
on guard duty, on Headquarters staff.
These were among the interesting
facts given to the Commons Thurs-
day by Sir Robert Borden in reply to
a series of questions by Hon. Charles
Marcia. In regard to Mr. Mardi's
question as to whether the Govern-
ment had decided to enlist 500,000
Canadians for overseas service, after
consulting the British authorities, the
Prime Minister said that the Govern-
ment always took pains to ascertain
the views of the Imperial authorities,
particularly the War Office, with re-
gard to these matters before coming
to any decision. Nothing had hap-
pened since that decision, be addecj,
to induce the Government to change
its mind as to the number bo be en-
listed,
With regard to the question as to
how long it took the Canadian troops
Ito be ready for the fronb from the
date of enlistment, the Premier said
that the period varied. Six monthe
might be taken as a minimum for in-
fantry, but other arms of the service
required a longer period before they
were ready to go to the front.
I The total expenditure by Canada
tfor war purposes up to the end of
February, Sir Robert said, has aggre-
gated $187,000,000, nob taking into
account the millions of dollars which
Great Britain has spent on behalf of
Canada for munitions of various
kinds supplied to the Canadian forces
at the front through the War Office.
The accounting for these will not be
made until the war is over.
In reply to Mr, Boulay, the Pre-
mier said that the members of the
Military Hospitals Commission served
without salary, but that they were al-
lowed $10 per day and railway fare
while engaged on the business of the ,
Commission.
The L g V k
I3readstuffH.
Toronto,- April 4,—Manitoba
wheat --New crop, No, 1 Northern,
:1.11; No. 2 Northern, $1,08r/a; No.
2 Northern, $1,06, in store Fort Wil.,
Hans.
Manitoba gats—No, 2 C.W., 421%;.
No. 3 C.W., 40%%c; extra No. 1 feed,
40x%e; No. 1 feed, 39i/ac; in store Fort
William.
American corn—No. $ yellow, 8140,
track Toronto.
Canadian corn—Feed, 68 to 70;
track Toronto.
Ontario oats—No, 3 white, 48 to
44c; commercial, 42 to 48c, according
to freights outside,
Ontario wheat -No, 2 Winter, per
car lot, $1 to $1.02; No. 1 commercial,
96 to 98e; No. 2 commercial, 94 to 96e;
No, 3 commercial, 91 to 92e; fend
wheat, 85 to 87c, according to freights
outside.'
Peas --No. 2, $1.60; peas, according
to sample, $1 to $1.30, according to
freights outside.
Barley—Malting, 62 to 64c; feed
barley, 59 to 62c, according bo freights
outside.
Buckwheat -68 to 60e, according to
freikht-
Rye—No. 1 commercial, 86 to 87c;
rejected, according to sample, 83 to
185c, aecording to freights outside.
Manitoba flour—First patents, in
jute bags, $6.50; seeon.d patents, in
jute bags, $6; strong bakers', in jute
bags, 85.80, Toronto.
Ontario flour—Winter, according to
sample, $3.95 to $4.05, track Toronto;
I $4.10 to $4.20, bulk seaboard, prompt
shipment.
Millfeed—Car lots, delivered Mont-
real freights—Bran, per ton, $25;
shorts, per ton, $26; middlings, per
ton, $27; good feed flour, per bag,
$1,60 to $1.70.
STRIKERS DELAY
BRITISH CANS
CAT. S AUCNESS.
KILT AT FRONT!
Lloyd George Makes Sensational Second Son of Baron Shaughnessy.
Charge in British House of I Was Ilii by Shrapnel.
Commons.
A despatch from London says:
A despatch from London says: Dur- ` Captain Alfred Shaughnessy, of the
ing a discussion of the Clyde strike 60th Regiment, the second son
in the House of Commons Thursday Baron Shaughnessy, was killed
night David Lloyd George, the Muni-
tions re
Minister, declared that the big meat at frontgin France withce his
guns which the army wanted has been ment It theis only a few weeks sin
held up through all its stagesi of urdaCaptain Shaughnessy went over to
manufacturehg and that the ntrikers France with the 60th battalion, after
were holding up most important guns having completed an officers' train-
stri needed by the army. That the Clyde ing course at Shornciiffe. With his
strike caused a ferment out of all { fellow -officers and men, he was one
proportion to the number of men in- of the most popular, and the Irish
volved is explained by Mr. Lloyd I company which he commanded was
noted for its efficiency. His death
was the result of a shrapnel wound.
_.._ 7.--.--_..
BRITISH VICTIMS OF
U-BOATS IN MARCH.
Country Produce.
Butter—Fresh dairy, 28 to 8lc; in-
ferior, 23 to 25c; creamery prints,
34 to 36c; solids, 32 to 34e.
Eggs—New-laid, 25 to 26c; do., in
of cartons, 27 to 28c..
in Honey—Prices in 10 to 60-1b. tins,
gi- 13 to 14c. Combs—No. 1, $2.75 to
at- $3; No. 2, $2.25 to $2.40.
ce Beans—$4.10 to $4.40, the latter
for. hand-picked.
George's statement that it was re-
sponsible for holding up guns needed
at the British front.
GERMANY MUST ACCEPT
DRASTIC PEACE TERMS.
A despatch from. Paris says: An 38 Vessels Sunk and 124 Lives Lost
official communication referring to During Last Month.
the British eonquest.of German East A despatch from London says: The
Africa says: "This is Germany's last
colony. The enemy has large sums unities to British shipping reporte
invested there in railways and other in March shows that nineteen steam
exploitations. The complete conquest ers aggregating -44,609 tons we
of the colony is only a matter of time, sunk by enemy warships. Ten steam
and cannot be long delayed. Cense ers of 13,927 tons were sunk by mine
quently • the colonial empire created One steamer of 2,131 tons was sun
at such cost by Germany will disap- either by an enemy warship or a min
pear, and Germany will no longer have Forty-three lives were lost in the ca
an outlet out of Europe. It is easy of the steamers sunk by warships an
to see the important bearing this fact eighty-one in steamers sunk by min
will have at the conclusion of peace. -- .r_,
Every time in the course of our his -1 SOLDIER SETTLERS
tory•that we have lost colonies, even'.OFFERED FREE LAN
when there had been successes on the ' —
Continent, we have had to accept dis- l A despatch from London says: Th
estrous terms of peace. It is probable; British South Africa Company has an
similar events will have similar re- ' nounced a grant of 500,000 acres o
sults in the case of Germany.” . free land to soldier -settlers from over
seas after the war. The cornpen
RUSSIA HAS ORDERED agrees to provide expert advice an
MUNITIONS ENQUIRY supervision, to aid them in getting
good start in their new homes.
A despatch from Petrograd says:
The Council of the Empire, recogniz- KING SUBSCRIBES $500,000
ing the ncessity of investigating the., FOR WAR PURPOSES
recent insufficiency of munitions at
the Russian front, has ordered the A despatch from London says:
opening of a preliminary inquiry into King George has placed £100,000 at
accusations against Gen Soukhomlin- the disposal of the Treasury. A let-
off, formerly Minister of War, and ter accompanying the donation says:
against Gen. Kouzmine-Korowaieif "It is the King's wish that this sum,
Chief of' the Artillery Department. which he gives in consequence of the
--+1� _ — war, should be applied in whatever
High C is best attained by treading manner deemed best in the opinion of
on a cat's tail. his Majesty's Government."
Board of Trade's) summary of cas-
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Provisions.
Bacon, long clear, 1614 to 1614c per
lb. in case lots. Hams—Medium, 20
to 21c; do., heavy, 15 to 17c; roils, 17
to 17xac; breakfast bacon, 21 to 24c;
backs, plain, 25 to 26c; boneless backs,
28 to 29c.
Lard—Pure lard, tierces, 18% to
14e, and pails, 14%c; compound, 13
to 14c.
Poultry—Chickens; 21 to 22c; fowls,
18 to 19c; ducks, 20 to 22c; geese, 18
to 20c; turkeys, 95c,
Cheese -Large, 19c; twins, 191
jc.
Potatoes—Car lots of Ontario, $1,80
to $7.8.55, and New Brunswicks at
$1.90 to $1.95 per bag, on track.
Montreal Markets,
Montreal, April 4.—Corn—Ameri-
can No. 2 yellow, 84 to 85c. Oats—
Canadian Western. No. 2, 52c; No. 3,
50c; extra No. 1 feed, 50c; No. 2 local
d , white, 481,e e; No. 3 local white, 471/2e;
es. No. 4 local white, 46%c. Barley—
Manitoba feed, 66 to 67c; malting, '75
I
to 77c. Flour—Manitoba Spring wheat
D patents, firsts, $6.60; secondh $6.10;
strong bakers', $5.90; Winter patents,
e choice, $6.10; straight rollers, $5.50
r- to $5.60; do., bags, $2.55 to $2.60.
f Rolled oats--Bbls., $5 to $5.05; do.,
bags, 90 lbs., $2.35. Bran, $24.
y Shorts!, $26. Middlings, $28 to $30.
d 1 Mouillie, $30 to $33. Hay—No. 2, per
a ton, car Iots, $20 to $20.50, Cheese--
Finest westerns, 18% to 10c; finest
easterns, 1814 to 18%. Butter—
! Choicest creamery, 33 to 34e; seconds,
. 30 to 32e. Eggs—Fresh, 27c. Pota-
I toes—Per bag, car lots, $1.75 to
I $1.80.
BRITISH AT HAND
BUT IT IS NOT YET ARRIVED
TI
woononair
previously held by the French," says broken line from the Yser to the Sorn-
A. despatch •Crone London says: Reuter's correspondent at the British ! ere.
Great Britain has put in cosec; an or- headquarter, in France, "I am per- • "Although the hour of the British
der -in -Council under which neither a1 mittecl to, make reference to it. ;army may be at hand, it is not yet.
vessel nor her cargo is immune from "The naw dispositions worr earrie& Nor is there any reason to believe
capture for a breach of the blockade out with great skill ani secrecy, and that the Germans will succeed by
on t}: <ole ground that the weasel at the result of them has been tan re- their attacks on Verdun in upsetting
The moment is on her way to anon- lease of large French forces who were' the pre-arraned s • the 1 g strategy of the great
blockaded ;port, manifestly of great value to another coming offensive."
Live Stock Markets.
Toronto, . April 4.—Choice heavy
steers„ $8.35 to $8.75; butchers' cat -
tie, choice, $8 to $8.25; do., good,
$7.75 to $7.85; do., medium, $7.15 to
1$7.50; do., common, 86.60 to $6.75;
butchers' bulls, choice, $7.25 to $7.50;
do., good bulls, $6.85 to $7; do,, rough
bulls, $4.65 to $5.15; butchers' cows,
choice, $6.75 to $7.25; do., good,
$6.25 to $6.550; do., medium, $5.85 to
$6.10; do., common, $5.215 to $5.75;
stockers, 700 to 850 lbs,, $6.60 to
$7,25; choice feeders, dchorned, 950
to 1,000 lbs., $7.15 to $7,50; canner s
and cutters, $3.75 to $4.50; milkers,
choice, each, $75 to $100; do., common
and medium, each, $40 to $60; spring-
ers, $50 to $100; light ewes, $8,50 to
$0.50; sheep, heavy, $6 to $7.50;
yearlings, $10.50 to $12; bucks and
culls, $8.50 to 84.50; Iambs, choice,
$11 to $12,50; spring lambs, $ 7 to
$10.50; calves, .good to choice, $8.50
to $10.25; do., medium, $7 to $8.50;
hogs, fed and watered, $10.85; do.,
weighed off ears, $11,25; do,,
$10.50.
A lean may be a good talker and
still have serious impediments in his
thoughts,