The Seaforth News, 1917-04-05, Page 2FALL OF ST. QUENTIN AND LAON NEAR !Markets of the World TURKS ROUTED
ALLIES TAKE STRONG POINTS
Dreadstntre
Tn'Onto, April 3-•-61 t Obit ‘r 11,1i1
No. 1, Northern, 22.09: No, 6. $2.05/1 No,
2, 5 99; No. 4 wholl, 51.90track itaY
ports.
British in Tremendouslimash Advance Several Miles, Occupying Atkoti,k01.11 outs.
• i.to; extra, No. I feed, 726c; No, 4,
Numerous Villages --French Push Germans Back.teed, ?lie, all roil delivered.
Amerlean LW». No 2 Yellow, 51.29,
leapt( Toronto sublect 1111, 1
London, April 1. -The two wedges , increese in the intensity of the fight -
driven into the German line north) ing ell along the line. 1
and south of the important hese city 1 The British have swept forward
a St, Quentin may force its evacua- mere than three miles over 13) seven-
tion within the next few bours. 1 mile front toward the city, while the;
Despatches from. British correspon- [ French were battliug along headed for
dente on the etettern from report that ' the Rune goal, and both allied forces!
the GerinIms have destroyed a large, have penetrated very close to the per-
part of St. Quentin by fire and explo-Imanent German defence line. On
pives, They add that the Germans Saterday the British took flue villages
twee looted all the treasures from pr1! and towns, including' the important
vate housee, museums and picture gal -4,0311.10 of Vermand, The others were
leries. It is believed, warding to ' Heudicourt. Steemille, Marteville and
these tulcices, that the cathedral up to , Soyecourt; and following the ta.pture,
the present lees not been damaged. 1 of Heudicourt, the British forces made
The city is menaced by a vigorous considerable prOgTeSS 051,2 of that
onward sweep of Field Marshall Haig's! point, capturing prisoners and ma -1
1
troops south from Peronne and an chia
ne guns, ((ltd Tested for the night,
smI
, '
eally determined French minium, in Heavy fighting took place Sunday j (
force upward from Hain and Guiseard. west of St, Quentin, resulting in the
The rate of speed which these two capture by the British of the village
armies have shown in the last few, of &ivy. Later, British troops at- , 4
days seriously threatens St Quentin tacked Savy wood, about a nine from .4
On three sides. An improvement in the village and only two miles from St.!
the weather resulted in a tremendous 1 Quentin, and occupied that poeitiot.
Ontario oats -Ni,, 2 white, 67 10 119e,
1.1
?vitent 2 Winter,. per 1
lot, 133.87 $1.87. lo‘cortlin$gl'it11;frtiN'it'll3
1'9,19 - No. 2, nominal' it'o'c'112'111 •
freights outside, 'R
•6Ialthlg. 51.21 to 131.28.330 (0)'
ing to freights outside,
'Witt i•J; 21.32, Bee o ng
ltY0---140. 2, 51.51 to 21.63, 1101'0111h
30 1'roi)(3,11'11!1111d°:
•- patents, in 311
!ALAI, $10; ,..4eond ',atoms, in jute bag
Y,.trotO; bakers' in jute bags, $11.1
ontarlo 11our-Winter, Recording t
saillide, 57. ,o, in hags t .1 9, t
prompt shipment; $7.35..
export snuff,.
re,1,111ifeett- l'ar lots, delivered Mont
rreinhts, bogs inviuded-lirun. pe
1328;,i?tort, VI' 501/4 $10: 8.104 fee
1,1t;y121.1xn :4;;.'21.°31.):
6...n. $11.10 1.
,nit,i,xed, per ton, 52,60 1311,
Sir,*W—ettr lots, per ton, 57 to 57.50
rack Toronto.
Country Prodnoe--Wholosale
lititter-Peesh
,1 1013', olloice, 30 to
creatnerY prints. 43 to 45e; solids
2 to 43o,
fldAftn•-,i..:4:47,-,!altl, in cartons, 40o; out
11 -11t, -e piailtry.---Powl, lb., 20 to 25e;
Dree.4tre'd (:).11.11t2rr;-,---t`hicketts, 23 to 26e;
THAW ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT
IN HOLY LANDi HALTS "DASH FOR PETROGRAD
Army of 20,000 Crushingly De- Lin Rumania Still' Fighting Continues in the Uzul Valley Region--,
feated by British
Germans Capture Ridge.
• Force.
A despateh front London esco2tiolth:030-y1:0::
68rd
The
of- ,20
ir The defeat of a Turkish army of
'0 00(1 men and the rapture of
to !eoldiers, ineluding the general
mending the enemy's force 311111
entire divisional staff of the
° . Turkish division in Paleetine was
g ficially reported on Thoreday,
r' battle took place near the hstorie
• of (eau, Heim, casualties were
1. !Dieted oe the enemy. Gaza is
o miles north 01' the Egyptian -Sy
Ltundary and about 48 miles south
west of Jerusalem,
"The New Crusade,"
0 The newspapers comment
thueinsticelly on the British viet
( which naturally opens the way
much Biblical and historical reference
Tend comparison. "The New Crusade"
and "Fight for the Holy Land" are
I amen& the headlines, Jerusalem is as-
sumed in some quarters to be the ltn-
mediate objective of the invaders.
, Other commentators, however, think
the British aim first at securing the
whole roast of Palestine,
In any case the newspapers con -
I eider the blow dealt the Turks near
I Gaza will seriously cripple the efreots
22 RUSSIAN AEROPLANES
owl. 2(1 to 22o: ducks, 22 to 25c; squabs,
per doz.. $4.(1t) to 54,34; turkeys, 25 to
23e; geese. 13 to 20o,
• Vheese--,New, large, 203 10 27.0;
twIllo, 27 to- 274c; triplets, 071 to 273c;
RAID RUIYLANIAN PORT!. none.r-Willte clover, 2b -lb, tins, 14
N old, large, 28c; twills, 263 tO 231c.
• 1to 143e; 6-11). tins, 14v; 10-1b., Me;
69-1b.. 13; buckwheat, 00.1b. tins. Ph to
10..'. Golub honey -extra ithe and heavy
wet ht ) • 1 " selet, .....50 to
Bombs Were Dropped on the Piers and Docks at Braila, and i ; :- -'
22 7e• No 2 5. to . ',••
" - ,
-'o.at e.--011-tarin','-;:e.r bag,
. New 13nrunsivick Dela wares. Par bag,
Great Fires Caused. .53.40 to 53.60; Albertas, per bug, 53.25.
Beans -Imported. httnd-piolted per i
1 A despatch from London says: An
early Spring thaw on the Rimier)
front, from the 13altic Sen to the Car-
pathian Mountains, hes rendered im-
possible for the present any attaelc in
force by the Germans against the Rus -
Sinn& This seemingly puts at naught
for the time being at least, the re- ,
port intentions of the Germans to
attempt to force their way front the
lADVANCE IN FRANCE
en-
. Riga region toward Petrograd. Minor
Ioperations tire lit progress, however.
In Rumania fighting (=Hewes in
the Uzul Valley region, Here the
Germans have captured from the Rus-
sians a strongly entrenched ridge, and
held it in despite numerous counter-
attacks, according to Berlin. Ono hun-
dred prisoners and machine guns and
mine throwers fell into the hands of
the Germans,
afT NORTH OF SOISSONS
of Emperor William's visit to Pales-
tine and. his entry into Jerusalem 19
s:
to
IYears ago. Of this the Times say
'The political dreams which led
that visit are now in the process
being shattered. The Holy Land,
Would seem, is on the eve of beh
rescued from the regime whi
through centuries has held it
bondage,"
The warmer in which the British
have pushed railroads across the
desert is considered a remarkable
achievement. Apparently hundreds
of miles of railroad have been con-
structed across the desert since las
August,
RUSH TO WESTERN LANDS.
Figures for the Week Double Those o
the Same Week Last Year.
A despatch from Winnipeg says :-
ermanent immigration into Canad
or the week a • 27 mor
bush., Sees c an, land -picked, per
bush., 57.35 to $7.5u; Canaille .1 •
. 71 pi rites,
.00 to 27 23; Limas. per 1b., 123 to 130.
Petrograd, April 1.-A squadron of in penetrating the Ressien trenches in 157
Russian aeroplanes, consisting of 22 the region of Rirlibaba, in the South -1
machines, made a raid on Braila (Rue
official
Carpathians, says the Russian 1
statement issued to -day, but 28,
mania). Bombs were dropped on piers, '
docks and stores, causing' great fires. ter -attack and the . T • 1, s
Provisions --Wholesale
Smoked ineats---11ams. medium, 25 to
0; do., heavy, 23 to 24v; cooked, 37 to
; rens, 2'3 to 240; breakfast bacon, !
to 32c: backs, plain, 31 to 82e; bone- '
s, 13 to 34e
they were ejected bv a Russian couns
Harassed by the aeroplanes boats left stored. Near Odobechtl, Southern! tul 2 238*'; Ilri;! '2231. .[(,), all,`;
travr . i .,-;. •
Braila and sailed up the Daeube. you,Nprtrid, tierceS, 174 tO 17iC, 1
After making repeated attacks Aus- stroyed by Riessian aeroplanes and
Moldavia, a Teuton airship was dej 20(i..:g. irat,4-.-i.Leng,:lear bacon, ee to ,
bent s, 19/ to 20c.
• Montreal Markets
Montreal. Aptil 3-0ats-Clanadlan
tra No, 1. feed, 750. Earley -...--Man. feed,.
western, No. 2, 761o; do., No. 3, 75e; ex.- I.
Spring wheat pat ents, firsts, $10.10; •
train forces yesterday were successful anti-aircraft guns.
TURKS TRAPPED
ish arMiett are being squeezed. To -
(lay's report shows that less than sixty
miles now separates the advance
BEYOND BAGDAD guard of the British
and Russians.
British and Russians, Working
Together, Smash Them.
London, April 1.-A series of Turk
defeats and retreats in Mesopotamia
is chronicled in official reports from
General Maude, breaking the silence
of the last fortnight. The Turkish!
army in Persia and one army in Mes-
opotamia seem inextricably caught
in the British -Russian trap, though
the force defeated at Kut has now
been reinforced, and has attempted
not only a stand 85 miles north of
Bagdad, but the envelopment of a
British force, with the result that the
'Turk s were defeated and put to flight. d
This fighting was on Thursday.
The reports cover fighting sev-
eral separate, yet related, sectors,
which are, roughly. the right, centre, D
and left wings of General Maude's
northward advance. The right wing is
east of the Tigris, northeast of Bag-
dad,
The centre is astride the Tigris,
21.06; malting, $1.36. Flour -Map. 1
seconds, $9.60; strong bakers'. 59.30; P
In Touch With Foe on a Long
Front.
A despatch from London says: All
reports now indicate that contact is
everywhere established between the
opposing armies along the Hindenburg
line. But there is a distinct lull oc-
curring while the advancing armie
are bringing up their heavy guns an
supplies and generally consolidatin
their positions.
The weather has certainly hamper
g
of ed operations in the last few days,
ig not intend to make a big attack until
:he! tbhuetyin any circumstances the allies do
are again able to out -gun the
in enemy.
Despite this the British gained an
important suecess on Friday, captur-
ing the village of Ruyalcourt, which
brings their line more than eight miles
east of Bapaume. The official British
report speaks of sharp fighting, both
t at this point and farther south in the
neighborhood of Heudicourt, where a
batch of Gorman prisoners were
'brought in. The villages of Sorel -le -
1 tan and Fins, on the line toward
! Cambrai, have also been occupied by
1 Haig's troops. A German counter-
attack flung at the new British posi- I
[ Hon at Neuville-Bourjenval, captured 1
'Winter patents, choice, 59.26; straight 'f
into meersopnton1Sall afrin.nlmy pheaiSsiCar,081.75d, pieet:
ao mi.1!,°ba'es, 90 lbs., $3.60 toi3 600 ' t
net oats-Barrel:1, $7 5 t
t , I
only line' oafild Is raP-
of the
'oilers,
,miles north
tourriii eand tThhoeh modems can only
Turks. 'rhe
idly
dosio ot this region
to the wnalll,
surrounded a'nbdacfkosrced to stir -
!render.
NORTH SEA DANGER ZONE
EXTENDED BY BRITAIN
London, April 1. -The British Ad
miralty announcea that, in view of the
unrestricted use of mines and sub-
marines by the Germans and the sink -
ng of merchantmen without any re-
gard for the safety of their crewe, the
'exec of the North Sea which is ren-
ered dangerous to all shipping by
perations against the enemy will be
xtended on and after April 1,"
OUKHOBORS WISH
TO RETURN TO RUSSIA I
The Russian provisional Govern..!
lent, says a Reuter's despatch from [
etrograd, is disposed sympathetically!
ward the wish expressed by the 10,-
00 Doukhobors in Canada to return to :
ussia. The question of their liability
military service will be determined
y the judicial committee of the pro -
85 miles north of 13agdad; the left is to
on the Euphrates, west of the Tigris, 0
many miles northwest of Bagdad.
Between the advancing right wing to
and the Russians pressing to join with b
it on the Persian border two Turk- ,
sional Government,
GERMANS EVACUATING ALSACE
han doubles the returns for the Sam
an. to 53.6. Shorts $39 to .33
see Hay. No. '2, per ton, ear lots, 513.50. !In
Cheese-S'inest westerns, 265 to 27o; t
easterns, 251 to 26e. Eutter-OhoioestIJ
Eggs--tresh, 380. Potatoes, per
Middlings. $41 to 242. Mcittillle. 545 to , I
100,000 MORE MEN
BY RE-EXAMINATION
Legislation With This Object
Made Necessary by the
Military Situation.
A despatch from London says; A
bill giving the military authorities
power to order re-examination of men
previously rejected for military
vice and also of men who already h
served and been discharged in coi
quence of wounds or illness,
moved in the House of Commons
Thursday on second reading by Ch
eellor Bonar Law. The Chance
said the bill was an absolute ne
city owing to the military situation
Arrangements were made 1
August which it was hoped wo
give the military authorities the m
required, but owing to the subraar
menace it had proved impossible
obtain the men expected from ag
culture. or from the Admiralty and
shipbuilding yards, The recruits
tained, he said, had fallen short of t
number estimated by not less th
100,000.
In' e e arrange-
ments made, not only by the Briti
' Commander -in -Chief, but in conjun
tion with the French, the Chancell
continued, such a falling off was mo
serious. To a considerable degree t
short 1 b
ser -
ave
120'
Was
on
an -
nor
COS -
est labor is our crying need at this
old
'moment."
81)
inc
to
ri-
tolbte.
an
he
5,000 FARM
WORKERS WANTED
Britain to Organize for Produc9
tion to the Last Ounce, '
A de/match from London sayst
'Five thousand skilled American
fanners on English soil would go It
long Ivey toward combating German's(
plan to starve us into submission
through her eubraterines," Sir Arthur
Leo, head of the newly -formed Food
Production Department, told the As.,
soelated Press correspondent, !'I told
you recently," Sir Arthur continned,
"that we intended to bring from
America some two thousand tractor
ploughs for eight ploughing, We need
the skilled American femora to sane
plement them."
Sir Arthur Lee was British Mill-
tary Attache with the United States
army during the Spanieb-American
war, rind later Military Attache at the
British Embassy in Washington. He
has seen service in the present war,
His present post is an outgrowth. of
the intensified submarine warfare be-
gun on February 1. Sir Arthur is
charged with the gigantic task of
making every available foot of soil
produce its maximum amount of
-God.
"I hope that we may be able to ab'
ract to these shores at least five
housand ((killed farmers from the
United States," said Sir Arthur, "We
will, of course, get some Skilled agri-
ultural help from Canada -from the
eat northwest --and we are already
eneflting to some extent by the
bor of Canadian farmers who have
ome over to fight for us. But we
annot have too many. Skilled farm
go
12
la
0
Sir Arthur said the introduction of
the American tractors on the large
scale contemplated would also wit-
neita the more universal employment
of women on the land. "I hope to
see," he said, "as many of our wo-
men cultivating the soil as I saw
French women on the land of glorious
France during one of my recent visits.
There I saw nothing but women,They
sh I were everywhere. The pictere. spoke
c- 1 volumes for France's efforts. Our
"1 women are just as patriotic and will
st
he
a on the 28th, was beaten off lwith loss.
g o ier a
01
MANY AMERICANS
ee last year, aCcOrdlng to figures
• 1 change in the employment of men hi
ssued on Thursday by Dominion Im-
igration officials. During the week
upt ended 1,255 persons entered the
ountry to settle on Western lands as
creamery. 43c; seconds, 40 to 410,1c
ompared with 611 last year. They
car lots, 52.60 to $3.10. le
• -- 11n.
Winnipeg Gral 1111
Winnipeg. A toll 3 - cash piques - i st
Wheat --Nu. 1 Norther», 51.911; No: 2,
do,, do., 51.572; No, 3. Om, 81•Slk, No, 4: ; 0
OM); No, 8, Si..04: No. 6, 51,21211,-iu
feed, 51.92/. Oats -No, 2 C'.10., 6404 No. l;
3, do., 1120; extra No. 1 feed, tilic; NO, 1 1 ea
feed, 6160 No. 2. do., 60c. Barley -No. ,
5, 51.07i; No. 4. $1; reJectecl, 87e; feed,
87e. Plax-No, 1 N,w.c.. 52.825: No. 2
C.1.V.. 52.587. 'M
•ought with them actual cash total -
$15D,981. Last year's figures
tow cash amounting to only $91,658.
f the total number of people entering
ring the week 6138 were farmers and
rill laborers,
—•••
United States Markets
51. 0 I.9s8; Itt)>', ..3 . st-
'114nr"111189' A1111 3"6-ArileatalrlaY
. 0, 1 hard. 52.058 to $2.092; No,
Northern, 51.988 to 52.028; No. 2 North
ern, 51.942 to 52.058. Corn- No. 3 gel
low. 21.16} to $1.183, oats -No. 3 white
602 to 625,,, FlOur unchanged.
llran-
035.00 to $35.50.
Duluth, AprIl 3-1Vheat---No. 1 hard,
$1.951; No, 1 Northern, 51.741; No. 2
Northern. 11.151 to $1.1111; 161ny. $1.901•
July, 51.848 asked. Linseed. 52.3115;
Man 52.902; July. 22,92,
ONTREAL FUNERAL
CONDUCTED BY BOAT.
A despatch from MOntreal Says:,
Streets flooded by the Spring thaw ne-
• cessitated a funeral in Tercet, a sub-
urb of Montreal, being conducted in
boats on Thursday. The police, who
assumed charge of the funeral ar- ,
rangements, secured the boats and
' took them to the home of the deceas-
ed. The boat conveying the casket
was rowed through the streets till
higher ground was reached by the of- !
ficere and was followed by ten boats
containing the mourners
Live stock Markets
Toronto, April 3-raticy bahy bervem,
613 to 1314; choice Easter steers, 511.75
to 5151 Photos heavy steers, 511 to
511.50; good heavy steers, 510.40 to
515.60; butchers' ca t tl e, choice, 510.40
to 510,75; dn., good, $10 to $1e.15; do.,
$9.110 to 59.75: do., common.
$s.40 to 59: butehers' bulls, choice,
to 51o: do.. good bulls, $8.S5 to 39; do,
nedium 57.75 to 58,25; do., rough
)ulls. 26 Co 56.49: butehers' cows, ehol e
FLOUR SUBSTITUTE
GERMANY DISCOVERY
despatch fro711 Berlin saysi-Ger-
chemists have discovered a f
hod for making a flour substitute ! s
of linden and beechbuds. They
n that the substitute has the nutri- n
•barley out, with four :1
s its fat percentage. a
b
N CANNOT .!ci's
' e
A
eao $10: good. 8.3.50 to .5ti 55' au
• do., medium, $7 to 27.25; stocker,. 5';.56 M
to 20,3 5_; feeth-rs, 5V6 to 510.25; can. met
11015 Anil C11 I 1.01,4 V, 6 5
tr, 1,1701t4 ,$S'571,(1 51* 12.00;
nt
SAY ADVICES FROM ZURICH i.,:inl.p!;.1.0itIrds1 1,1ipt c!s.14
.•
KILLED 13Y SUB
the army itself, and by using behind
the lines, to a greater extent than
ever before, men unfit to go on the' STILL IN THE REAR
fill the gaps on the land if only they
are shown the way."
NS
firing line. The shortage has been
made good further by employment of
women behind the lines but never-
, theless the bill was absolutely neces- British 'Will Not Make General
0.
Two British Vessels Sunk With-
out Warning—Official Re-
port to Washington.
Washington, April 1. -Two British
steamers, the Snowdon Range and the
Booth liner Crispin, both with Ameri-
cans aboard, of whom a number are
unaccounted for, were reported to the
State Department yesterday to have
been sunk without warning by a sub-
marine.
On the Crispin the torpedo which A
struck the engine room, killed gee men
two of whom are believed to have been
Americane. I It
la
sar
The Chancellor said 11 would enabl
the military authorities to deal wit
1,000,000 men, and they estimated tha
at least 100,000 men would be avail
able within the next three months
They were proceeding on the principl
hat every fit man should go on th
ring line.
e Attack Until These
Arrive.
t
I TheGermans
despatch fromoLondon says1-
e alone- the front overl° now entrenchedph
e - and British have been advancing which the French
oac-
cording
to a statement on Thursday
by Major-General le. D. Maurice, chief
War Office,
director of military operatio _s at the
He 111.5(1 that whether the positions
taken up by the Germar.s fcrmed the
imt CI) advertised Hindenburg line
would not be revealed until the French
and British armies had brought up
' their • heavy artillery,
"Our advance hies slackened, owing
to the difficulty of feeding the troops
in the devastated country," said Gen.
!
Maurice, "We are also suffering
I from the fact that we must cover the
1 Somme battlefield, while our allies
I have clearer ground, They also have
I the advantage of not coming into
touch with the enemy in as short a
distance as our forces, for in reeking
a straight line, the Germans had to
withdraw to a greater depth on the
French front than in ours.
Mee we are still engaging the
Germans in the open there is no doubt
they have reached a trench line from
which they are not likely to withdraw
until we bring up cur trench destroy-
ing gees. Hence we are hard'y like-
ly to know whether this forms the
much -advertised Ilindenbure; line un-
til we are prepared to assault it. In
the meantime our forces are not great
enough, nor have they had time en-
ough to build an oppoeinee line of
trenches."
fi
RAILWAY WORKERS
WORKERS
• 10 TILL THE FARMS
TRADE OF CANADA
IS ALMOST DOUBLE. I)
rrangements Perfected With Rail-
way Companies In the West.
A despatch from Winnipeg says:
ealizing the seriousness of the farm
bor shortage in the West, the rail -
ways have made a joint arrangement
y which hundreds of track workers
NV
fetal Will Reach About Two Billion fa
ill be available for work on the
rms this Spring. The railway com-
panies included in the scheme are the
anaclian Pacific, Grand Trunk Pacific,
nadian Northern, and those of the
Dollars for Fiscal Year.
C
Ottawa, April 1. -Canada's fiscal 1 Ca
year closed on Saturday. Exact figures M
g the Hudson Bay contract work. It ,
calves, gt.0,1 to choice. 612.5e to 215; time
lambs. r 1101,,e, $14.25 to 115.25: d •
Generally Believed That Here, as on ihe Samme, FrOnt Will be watered. 315.25 to $105m do, ,,,,„igued
medium, '1e,so to .612.5o, bogs, fed 527;1
Withdrawn. 6100treal, April :1-- Steers 00 to 411-
' aerm' tql , if, $3
117',.5t. to 016.3t, for good seleot,i
or its operations will not be available 'In
cArthur interests, the latter includ-
or a few days, but it may safely be !ha
tated that when they are published lin
hey will show the revenue of the Do. I se
iinion in 918-17 to have been the WO
argest its history. They will also 1 the
how the trade of Canada to have 1800
een nearly twice that of 1914-15. The I or
rdinary revenue of the Dominion it
stnted, in the twelve months which e
nded on Saturday, amounted to about
A des
Daily News despatch from Rotterdam
says that persistent reports are being
received from Switzerland that the
Germans are evacuating Mulhouse
end other places in Alsace.
TI
Rotterdamsehe Courant states that
information has reaehed Zurich that
the Germans have been busy
some days oe this operation.
$ been decided by officials of these;
es that during the work of Spring!
eding, or other necessary farm
rk, aiming toward more production
railways will not attempt any
rk along the line of improvements
betterments.
ISER WILLIAM
IN DOCTOR'S CARE.,
news agency despatch from Berne
510.30 to 116.71. do. f,o.b., 81 0•HU
bun, 137 to 6.1,1. ,oW, $7 SP; Can:
,patch from London says: A
ie Zurich correspondent of Nieuwe
1.•••••••••
Many officials have left Mulhouse, '!?
and machinery has been taken away
from the factories. It is etated that
the population is going to the Black
Forest in groups at a time.
The whole of the Baden bank of the
Rhine, as well as the district of Lau -
teen SS to iambs. $13 to 213.,0.
g ems! ewe. ete 1.3,50.
ANC AS THEY
fenburg, has been deelared a war WAITED DEATH
ione. It is generally believed that
front will be withdrawn,
her, as on the Somme, the German British soldiers uphold the
FRENCH WIN IN CHAMPAGNE
POSITIONS LOST
Tradition of the "German statements are exaggerat-
ed, but tio one suggests that the sub- ITALY ASKS RESERV Si OF 200 000
Teu
STARVE BRITAIN
$280,000,000. or $100,000,000 more I
Ian that of 1914-15. The revenue of
tl
th
al
ton Hopes Are Illusory, Says tu
the First Lord. pa
[ ex
A despatch from London says: D
answer to questions from the repre- fo
sentative of the Associated Press eon
00016118 German submarine activities
,Sir Edward Carson Filed. Lord of th
Admiralty, said: reta
O past year will be sufficient to meet to
1 the ordinary and capital ependi- Kai
res of the country, and, in addition, mil
y fifty or sixty million dollars of the i
New York on Wednesday says:
ser William is suffering front a!
d form of diabetes and is uder-1
go ng treatment at Homburg, accor(1-
penditures for war purposes. The
1 total trade of the Dominion will be
und to have reached about two
- lion dollars, or a billion dollars more
than that of the fiscal year in which
e the war began,
ing to wireless despatches reeeived A
here. His physicians were said to
have given assuvances that with a i
careful regime of treatment they can
effect a cure, but worry is said to be
rding the Emperor's recovery.
Birkenhead.
A despatch front London says; The
British transport Tyntlareus, with a
MARCH 28 1:111trricil°,11strolfielLChen 'fillindedkOstil'eltergiarnr:119t
off Cape Aulha, the southernmost
"We Threw Out the Enemy and Captured 63 Prisoners," Says
Official Report.
A despatch from Paris says: -The
Frenth troops in Champagne in a
countr-attack have expelled the Ger-
Mans from positions they captured
March 28, according to the French of-
tieiab eenanunication issued to -night,
North of the Somme and between the
SOMMO and the Oise the Germans '
bombarded French positions. The
conunanieation says:
"To the west of Maisons de Chm-
etigne a spirited counter-attack by (mi.
Leceps permitted as to throw out the
'03101)10 from the elements of trenches
in which he took a footing on the 28th
of March. During this aetion we
captured 03 prisoners."
401 Shells Throwe into Rheims in One
Day.
A deepatch from Paris eays: rhe
city of Rheims for the past few days
1 n object of special attack !
on the part of German artillery, On
Wednesday 401 shells were th •
I owe
into the city,
point of Africa, The men were par-
! aded on dek, and after refl.-call ht`01.1
to sing 66'hlle they waited for the ship
to eink. The Tyndareus, however, was
, saved and the troops were transferred
to two reScuing steamers, having up-
held, as expressed in the official Ad-
miralty report, "the cherished tratii-
lion of the Birkenhead."
GRAN'rED PER'31ISSION
TO 1.1Vle IN CRINIEA.
A despatch from Petrograd says:
TI C • a. ei anted the re-;
quest of Maria lectodorovna, the form-
er EMpre‘ts of Rut sia and
the mother of the dentset' Emperor, to
reside et Liradia, in the Crimea.
tAY TAx CAN'ADIANS
WPIO CROSS BORDER.
A despatch from Ottawa says: Some
misunderstanding seems to exist as
egards the proposed head tax
-
marine warfare does not cause very
serious damage, both to neutrals and
belligepente. The lose, however, do
not exeeed the estimates on which we
have based our policy, and after the
most careful tonsideration it is abun-
dantly clear that Garman hopes of
. g is out are quite illusory. So
far neutral countries have suffered
more from German methods than have
belligerents."
WOMAN A FRENCH ATTACHE.
Mlle. Jeanne Tardy First of Sex to
Hold Position.
A despatch from Paris says: -M,
Metin, lender Secretary of the Min-
iiitry of France, has appointed Mlle,
Jeenne Tardy as an attache in h'e d
partntent. ThiS Will be the first time
in the history of France tin 1. a woman
ha $ held such a poeition, Mlle. Tardy
h880.
olds university degreee in letters and
i 1
n Canadians entering the United
fates. It is not a Canadian, but an
merican regulation. Heretofore,
I foreigners enteving the United States,
excepting Canadians, have been sub -
FROM HER WESTERN ALLIES '.1.ct to the head tax of $4. There has
; been 110 tax on Canadians or on any
person who had resided a year or more
1 in
i• Believes Enemy is Preparing to Direct Its Chief Concerted Action : A.
Against Her,
31111
to
this country. Under the new
mericee regulations to take effect
ay 1 the head tax is increased to $8
d it is understood it may be applied
Canadians entering the United
States for residence. Authoritiee here
e in doubt 115 to the exact effect of
c regulations, but it, is understood
'Indians visiting the United States
y 011181))identification cards, other -
e they may have to p1157 11213 head
which will be refended if they
urn within a certain specified per- .
Veiled qtal 4 IT y
s
y have bol yet been apprised of the
Teatime to be framed on the
3720,
A despatch from Rome says: The
possibility that the enemy will direct
its chief blow against Italy continues
to be the principal object of discus-
sion in the Italian press. The Tribune
contains a bong article by its editor,
who argues that the allies must be
prepared to support Italy with a re-
serve army should the Germans join
with the Austrians in an offensive
a greed scle. He urges that a cern-
plete organization should be estabhsh-
ed which a strategic reserve from
the Western allies of ten or twenty •
divisions, eith transport, be got ay
ready $o that it eould be thrown into
Fiction at the danger point. He seems re
, to doubt whether the danger of a gene ! ma
eral attack on the Italian front has wj
! been realized by Italy's allies, but it tse
iS Mit clear why he should, Sir Wil- set
liam Robertson's visit to Italy 8110111(1 fod
remove thie, 1311)185?o ably be 1811-; the
en for granted if gs_. Cadorna thinks rog
he may require help he has already sts
asked for it, There is no disposition
on the part of the allied eommends to 'le t Man '15,13,1lieve his own
minimize the hnportance 0r 1.1
inn front.
oat of
10 tat- Wee, hew 111/15115? others would got
114,
sec