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GAS SHELLS IN BOMBARDMENT
''reaneh Dig Up. Buried Money in Ruined Area Recovered Preto.
the. Enemy, Which lad Been Concealed
by Fleeing Civilians.
A deepa•tch from Caiadian Army
eadquarters says: Outside of airplane
activity there is little to report .from
'the advanced areas. Our heavies, 18 -
Pounders, trench mortars, stokes and
machine guns have been active in a
normal harassingfire against enemy
positions, as well as engaging particu-
lar targets. Our'patrols have been out
requently, but have had 'only, one
onflict with the enemy. In this the
Beches were easily overcome. In an-
other instance, it is reported, where a
hostile party was seen by our patrols,
the Iluns preferred to run rather than
Aght,.
The Germans continue to employ
has: For calf an hour on Thursday
Yelorning Loos was treated to ; gas
Shells, The enemy is also using fish -
aails containing gas against some of
ur positions. As a result of his
poisonous activities there is an appre-
ciable amount of gas in "pockets" in
various low-lying parts of our line,
but careful training of our men in the
use of their excellent gas -masks has
done much to reduce casualties from
this source.
Our snipers have been having a
active time, not only getting numer
nus Germans, but also exploding fif
teen stick bombs on the enemy'
trenches, smashing the parapet an
doing other extensive damage.
Searching ainod the debris of wile
had formerly been his home, a return
ed French soldier found 30,000'
franc
(.;;6,000) on Wednesday. Another vil-
lager found 21,000 francs ($4,200)
The men were -assisted' in their dig-
ging operations by four Canadian sol
diers. At least another three-quarters
of a million is said to be buried in the
neighborhood which the French civil-
ians evacuated in August, 1914,' six
hours before the arrival of the Ger-
mans, expecting to return in abort a
fortnight, Now they are corning back
n•
after three a, a half years, to find
the whole; area in ruins, but with their
hoards still untouched.
With the advent of fine weather
baseball materials are appearing by
magic all' over the Canadian front.
Cries of "over the pan" and "at a,
boy" are heard once again 'in the bat
tle area.
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fiRKISli FORCES
IN E. E
Strong Resistance Being Offered
by the Armenians.
A despatch from Loudon says:--
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Armenians are offering resistance to
Turkish troops, according to an of-
ficial Turkish announcement received.
here on Thursday.
In. Palestine attempts of the. Brit-
ish to advance on March 9 and 10 are
said to have been repulsed. An ef-
fort to break through the line of the
Jerusalem -Nablus road failed, the
statement says,
The statement, issued by the. Turk-
ish War Office. on Tuesday, says that
Turkish troops have ' entered Erze-
rum and are extinguishing fires caus-
ed by the Armenians.
Erzeruin, the principal city of
Turkish _Armenia, 120 miles southeast
,of Trebizond, was field -by the Rus-
sians; until their evacuation of Turk-
ish Armenia,
GREATER *ACREAGE
IN 1918
Western Soil Has Also Been
Better Pre cared This Season.
A despatch from Winn egY says:
"TheP three
amount of land in: the
Prairie Provinces prepared for the
homing crop is 20 per cent. greater
than last year. Notonly is there this
increase in the land that will be un-
der cultivation, but it has all been pre
pared in a much better way than in
receding years," said J. Bruce Walk-
er, Coininissioner of Immigration, who
returned on Thursday morning from
an extensive tour of the West.
Mr. Walker's tour was for the pur-
pose of ascertaining the acreage like-
ly to be under cultivation this year and
to look into the labor problem.
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There is literally no time Iike the
present, for there is no time but the
present.
Markets of the
Sreadstuffs
World
'Toronto, Mar. ":19—Manitoba wheat—
No. 1 Northern, $2.23,1; No. 2, do, $2.203;
No. 3, do.. 39.173; No. 4., wheat 39.103;
to store Port William, including 23c
tax:.
•
Manitoba oats—No. 2 C.W., 979c; No.
3 C.V., 933c; extra ,No. 1. feed, 923c;
-No. -1 feed, 903c;, in store Fort William.
American' corn—No, 3 yellow, kiln
dried, 32.10, track, Toronto. •
Ontario oats—No. 2 white, 955 to 26c;
No. 3 white, 94 to 95c, according to
freights outside.
Ontario wheat—No, 2 Winter, per car
lot, 32.22; basis in store Montreal,
Peas—No, 2, 33.70 to .33.80, according
to frelnhts ,outs1de.
Barley—Malting,;31.53 to $1.85, ac-
cording k to freights outside.:
Buckwheat-31.83
uc wheat $1.S3 to $1.85, according
to freights outside.-
Rye --No. 2. 32.50, a c.., ding to.
freights outside.
Manitoba flour—War quality, 311.10,
new bags, Toronto.
Ontario flour—War quality, 310.70,
new bag's, Toronto and Montreal
freights,prompt shipment.
Miliieed — Car lots—D•eliVered Mont-
real; freights, bags included:, Bran, per'.
ton, 335; 'shorts, per ton, $40;
Hay—No 1, per ton, 317 to $15;.
mixed, $14 to 316, track Toronto.
Straw—Car lots, per ton, 38.50 to 39,
track Toronto.
Country produce—Wholesale
Butter ---Creamery, solids. per ib., 48
to 49o; prints, per lb., 49 to 493c; dairy,
per lb., 39 to 40e.
Eggs—New laid, 40 to 41c.
Poultry—Dressed, chickens, 26 to 28c;
fowl, 25 to 27c; "ducks,. 23 to 24c; geese,
21 to 22e; turkeys, 30 ,to 35e.
Wholesalers are selling to the retail
trade at the following- prices:
Cheese—Ne,w, large, 23 to 233c; twins,
233 to 233a; early cheese, 253 to 26e;
large twin,.•26 to 263c.
,Butter—Fresh dairy, choice, 41 to
42e; creamery .prints, 51 to 52c; solids,
49 to 50c,
Margarine -32 to 33c lb.
Eggs—New laid, 46 to 47c; new laid,
in cartons, 49 to 51c.
Dressed pou] try—Mill:-fed chickens,
35 to' 37c; fowl, 30 to, 83c; `turkeys, 40
to 45e. '
Live poultry -Turkeys, 30c.; chickens,
lb., 26 to 28c; hens, 30 to 33c.,
Beans—Canadian, ' hand-picked, bush.",
$5.25 to 38.50; imp, hand-picked, Burma
or'rndia,n,.37; Japan, 3S to $8.25; Limas,•
13 to 20c.
Provisions—Wholesale
Smoked meats—Hams, medium, 54 to
'3o'c; do., heady, 28 to 30c; cooked, 45 -
to 47c; ro11r 28 to 30c; breakfast
bacon, 40 to'42c; backs, plain, 42 to
43c; boneless 4a- to 460
Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 2S to
29c; clear bellies, 27. to 28c.
Lard—Pure lard, tierces, 293 to 30c;
tubs, 293 to SO;c; palls, 30 to 303c•
compound tierces, 253 to 26c; tubs, 25
to 261e; pails, 26. to 263c.
Montreal' Markets
Montreal, \tar. 1..i--Oats—danad;an
western, No. 8, 31,03:34, extra No. 1 feed,
$1.08X; No. 2 local white, $1.05; No. 3
ALIE GOVERNMENTS . WI L P
GERMAN ?O BOE E S RAKER ZONE
Will
Locate Them
inA'e'
1•ia. AreasWhich
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]3onlb in Reprisal Y p .. a.l .fol.
Like Action on Part of the Enemy.
A despatch from London says: Ger-
a prisoners Ger-
mean n p son rs o£ war are to be distri-
buted over areas which 'the enemy's,
aircraft are` subjecting,to attack in
their air raids, according to the Even-
ing News en Thursday. . likely to be attacked." - travelling at the speed of 60 miles an ]lour.
The Double Decker Above.
On the left: A small boy feeding a Pig on a bottle. : Right: Shows a
type ,of wooden yoke used in Oklahoma to„ prevent pigs from routing their
way untlerrail fences and, into pastures not intended for them.
do $1,0.1; No, 4, do., 31.53. Flour—New
staxnd20.ardBSpring oatwheat grade, 311.1.0 to ,`SI AA S
$1,oiled s, bags,. 90 lbs., 35.60.
13ran; 325, Shorts, $40.. Middlings, 48
to 360, lvlouillie, $60 to '$62, Hay, No.
2, per ton, car lots, 317. •
Winnipeg Grain
Winnipeg, Mar, 19—Cash prices:--
Oats—No. 2 C.WV., 373e; No. 3, do„' 933c;
extra No. 1 feed, 9250; No. 1 feed, 90$o;
No, 2, do., 868c; rejected, .31.57; feed,
31.64. Flax—No, 1 N. -W.0., 33.963; No.
2 C.W.; ..$3.913; Nc, 4 C.W,, $3:743,
'United States Markets
Minneapolis, March 13—Corn-No. 3
yellow, 31,80 to 31.35. Oats—No. 3 white,
923 to 933c, Flour --Unchanged. Bran
—$32.98.
Duluth, Mara 19—Linseed-$4.27 to
rr
$4.36; to aive„ 34:27; MaY,' 34.31;.
July, $4.283 asked; October, 33.85 bid.
Live Stook Markets
Toronto, Mar. 19—Extra choice heavy
steers, 311.85 to 312.25; do., good heavy,
$11.45,.to 311.75;' butchers' cattle, choice,
311.40 to 311.75; do., "good,' $10.75 to
$11.25; ',do., medium, 310.26 to 310.50;
do„ common, 39.25 to 39.50; butchers'
bulls, choice, $10 to 310.50; d0,,' good
bulls, 39 to 39.25; do., medium bulls,
$7.85 to 38.50; do., rough bulls, 36.50 to
$7; butchers' cows,, choice, 310 to10.50;.
do., good, 'i 38.75 to 39; do., inediuin, 38
to 38.50; stockers, 37.50 to $8.60;: feed-
ers, 39 to 310; canners and cutlers, 36
to 36,50; milkers, good to choice, 390
to 3140; do., coni. and med., $66; to 380;
springers, 390 to 3140; light ewes,. 313.50'
to 315; sheep, heavy, 36 to $7.25;;'year-
lings, '$11.76 to 312,75,; lambs, 318 to.
to $19.50; calves, good to choice $16_to
$17; hogs, fed and watered, $20; do.,
weighed off cars, $20.26; do., ,o.b., 319.
GRAIN FROM UKRAINE
TO BE EQUALLY DIVIDED.
A despatch from Washington says:
According to an official despatch re-
ceived from Copenhagen on Thursday
and quoting from the National Ti -
elide, Germany and Austria will di-
vide equally until 3•ttly 31st the amount
d
A MERCY
IP
Unsuccessful Attempt to Sink,
Hospital Vessel in British
Channel.
A despatch from London says a—
The hospital ship Guilford Castle was'
attacked unsuccessfully, by a submar=
ine in the Bristol Channel on March
10, it was announced officially on
Thursday
The statement follows:
"The British hospital ship Guilford
Castle, Capt. Thos. M. Lailg, R.N.R.;
homeward bound, was unsuccessfully
attacked by an enemy submarine at
the entrance to the Bristol Channel at
3.35 p.m. on March 10, She ,was fly-
ing Red Cross flags and had all the
hospital lights on.”
Two torpedoes were fired at :the
Guilford Castle, the first missing and
the second hitting the vessel's'bozo.
Although badly damaged, she was
able to reach port. There were many;,
sick and wounded on boards who were
transferred to a hospital.
This is the second submarnie at-
tack on British hospital ships recent-
ly. A fortnight ago the Glenart
Castle was sunk in the Bristol Chan-
nel, about 150 dives being lost. The
sinking, an official announcement said,.
was a violation of the German; pledge
as to the immunity .of hospital ships
in that area. •
The Guilford Castle is a steamship.
of grain available in Ukraine, Dur -'of 8,036 tons groan. The Brlistol.
ing the early part of -this period Aus- Channel, in which the attack was
tria will have two-thirds' and Germany made, is an arra of the Atlantic ex-
one-third of:all grain:obtained. Dur- tending'' into the southwestern part of
,ing the second half the proportion will Great Britain between Wales and En
g
be reversed, land.
Telephone From Train Travelling 60 Miles Per Hour.
Experiments are. being conducted on the Canadian'` Government 'rail
"This,".spays the News, "is being ways month a telephone apparatus that permits verbal messages to be trans -
done because the allied 'Governments refitted to and from moving trains, and have met with'highly gratifying re-
havelearned that prisoners of their sults. Connection between the instrumentrailway ismad-
and ra w y e through the.e
natienalities in German hands alreadycar wheels. It Will be possible for made bet:: e i
r connection to be ave n the train
have been so placed in all towns which instruments and that of any regular tele p hone subscriber. Train s eed"is
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the German Government; considers of no consequence, as satisfactory .results have beem attained with the train
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BRITISH AIRMEN SHOW MARVELOUS
RESULTS; OVER 100 PLANES DOWNED
Superiority of Air Forces Every
Themselves Master's
Day More Manifest Showing
of the Situation.
A despatch from London says: The
superiority of the British airmen over
the enemy is becoming more manifest
day by day. Their work during the
past fortnight has been almost mar-
velous, Since March 1; on all fronts,
120 machines have been destroyed or
driven down out of control. The Lon-
clon. Times correspondent reports that
AMBASSADORIAL
dDRG FELLS'
MISFITS IN ' TIME DIPLOMATIC
SERVICE.
Meir Who Have Been Obnoxious to
Nations to Which They Have
Been Accredited.
I' do not like thee, Dr. Fell,
The reason why I cannot tell;
But 'this alone 'I know full well,
I do not like thee, l~?r.Fell.
The International Diplomatic Ser-
vice has, come in for a .good deal of
criticism during this war, and its re-•
presentatives from the enemy coun-
tries have "het with well-deserved re-
buffs everywhere.
But it is not generally known that
no ambassadorial appointment is ever
made without lrsthaving receivedethe
absolute approval of the Government
to whose country the envoy is nomin-
ated.
There have been several famous in-
stances of breaches of this unwritten
law' of diplomatic etiquette, and the of-
fending •individuals have been very
summarily* pronounced `•`persona non
grata."
Banned by Queen Victoria.
The most - unfortunate affair that
England had to contend with w
we notified the French _Government,
after it proposed sending the late
Marquis of Montebello as-Anibassador
to the- Court of St. Janes; that that
gentleman was undesirable.
It is said that Queen, Victoria's
righteous antipathy against this dip-
lomat dated from the time of the
death of Empress Eugenie's son and
heir, the Prince Imperial. of,France,
when the Marquis was Charge d'Af-
faires' in L`endon. He had declined,,
for fear of being suspected by his
Government of Bonopartistisympath-
ies, to postpone:a large dinner at the"
French Embassy on the night follow-
ing the arrival of the news in Eng-
land that the ill-fated Prince had been
killed in South Africa: by the Zulus.
Queen Victoria was very � eoth, and.
gave expression to her anger in un-
measured terms, exclaiming that "M.
de Montebello should have remember-
ed that it was the great-uncle of the
Prince Imperial who raised his stable-
man of a grandfather to be a duke and
a field-marshal. These favors were.'
surely worth the ''few sauces - that
would have Been wasted if M. de
Montebello had postponed his dinner."
Things Better Left Unsaid.
America has in past years often
been very unfortunate in some of her
diplomatic citizens. It would be. im-
polite- to
m -polite -to mention names; but.it is well
known that one of her envoys ,to a
northern Continental country behaved
in a' most extraordinary and -uncalled-
for manner when he wale first pr t
of commission, on the front, of which
57 were completely destroyed, In ad-
dition, the Naval Squadron bagged 17,
two of these being brought down by
seaplanes over the North Sea, during
a fight in^ which two Britisher's van-
quished five opponents. Less than a
score of British machines were lot
during the same period,
was a multi -millionaire and hailed
from Chicago; was highly amused at
the red Court dress of the gentlemen
present, and, going up to one dignitary
who was rather fat and pompous,
slapped him on the back, .exclaiming,
in full hearing of the company-- pre-
sent:
"Hallo, my fine, fat flamingo]"�
Needless to say; he was not retain- ±.
ed in diplomatics for any great while,
President Cleveland had the morti-
fication, "in 1885, of having an envoy
chosen by him rejected by two Euro-
pean countries. It was Anthony M,
Keily. This `gentleman was first ap-
pointed Minister to Italy without tak-
ing the precaution of sounding ` the
Italian Court beforehand, Someone
dug up an old speech of his, in which
he had denounced the Italian Govern-
ment for depriving the Papacy of its
temporal possessions. Consequently
President Cleveland then nominated
Mr. Kelly as Ambassador to'Austria.
He was not, it turned'out,-even ac-
ceptable by the Austrian • Government,
on the ground that Mrs. Deily was a
Jewess, and, consequently, barred
from the. Viennese. Court,
The Evil Eye.
/Japan also pronounced as persona
non grata Senator Blain, who was no-
minated by ,President Harrison, in
1891, as Minister' to Pekin. He, too,
had, to thank an unfortunate speech of
his' own for his rejection. In it he had
referred to the yellow race yin San
Francisco as The, seeds of death, un-
less
,the -plant can be uprooted' and ex-
aswhen tirpated." ,
The Italians and Spaniards are cre-
dited with being very superstitious,
and they both fought shy of a ,very
distinguished. Dutch diplomat,
and re-
fused him welcome, claiming he had
the "evil eye." And even Constantin-
ople would have' none of him. So Hol-
land was compelled to u
P...,, put the gentle-
man on the retired list,
54 CONCRETE SHIPS
TO BE. BUILT BY FIRM..,
A despatch from a Pacific Port
says: So successful was the launching
here on Thursday of the world's
largest reinforced concrete ship that
P
her builders announced theyimme-
diately
diately would begin construction of 54
similar ships of larger size and ex-
pected that all would be completed
Free Men: For Farre Wol:k..
The Canada] Food Board is prepar-
ing plans for the , mobilization of
labor fors spring seeding operations.
Men familiar with handling horses
will be specially needed' and it es-
sential that they be' secured to work
on the land. For this reason em-
ployers of such labor, in urban
centres, twill be well advised to- con -
side the adoption of co-operative me-
thods of delivery in' order to free the
men capable of driving horses and
especially those with farm e:perience.
Keep provisions which rats and
seen - mice will attack in rat' proof and
ed at the"Court. This gentleman, who mouse proof' containers.
GREAT R.'tITO AND UNITED
STATES TAKE OVERLITCP SHIPS
Allies Seise Million Tons of Holland's Shipping Under Inter-
national ' Law.
A despatch from Washington says:
—A million tons of Dutch ships now
held'in ports the world over through
Holland's fear of Germany's threat to
sink them .if... they venture out will
be brought into the service of. the
United States and Great Britain at
once.
The Unite
ci States and Great Bri-
tain will take them over under niter -
national law, availing themselves of a.
sovereign right' aeshicle'German her-
self has hitherto exercised under the
salve authority.
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