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ANOTHER BRITISH VICTORY IN THE TIGRIS CAMPAIGN One Division Operates on Each Bank of River, andj During Day Five Lines of Trenches Were Tal<en. ' A dospalch from London says: The following official shitement was issued on Thursday: â€" "Oeneral Lake reports that the Ti- gris corps under the command of Lleiit. -General Sir George F. Gor- ringi-, wlio Bucceeded General Aylmer, attat-ked the enemy's entrenched posi- tion at Umm-el-Henna on Wednesday. Our frj-ri<:hes had been pushed forward by means: of saps to within 100 yards of the enemy's position, and the lead- ing liatlalions of the 13th Division then •ushcd the enemy's first and second lines in quick succession. "Thf third line was captured by 6 o'clock in the morning under the support of artillery and machine gun fire. The 13th Division continued Aeir victorious advance, and by 7 'a.m. had dr;ven the enemy out of his: : fourth ami fifth line?. j "Aeroplane reL-onnaissances then re- ! ported that the enemy was strongly j reinforcing hi.^ entrenchments at Fe- j lahie and Saniiayyat, positions <j,000 , ! and 12,000 yards, respectively, from â-  the front trenches at Umm-el-Henna. ; .As those positions could only be ap- j preached over very open ground, Gen- ! eral Gorringe ordered a further at- j tack deferred until evening. i I "In the mc-Bntime, on the right bank, the 3nl Division, under General ' Keary, captured the enemy's trenches ' opposite the Felahie position. Dur- ' j ing the afternoon the enemy on this ' bank made a strong counter-attack ' , with infantry and cavalry, supported by guns. This counter-attack was successfully repulsed, and the po.-*ition ' , won was consolidated." REVENUE INCREASE GIVE UP SALIENT FORH MILUONS: OF BETHINCOURT Total for the Fi.«ical Year Knding j French, by Evacuating the Position, March 31st Was Kstahlish Continuous ^S£*^g^j2iiStL -^â- â- -^'â- â- â- ^ !6 PEOPLE MURDERED NEAR SASKATOON Farm \iiinials .Vlso i>hot Down and Buildings Set on I- ire. A despatch from Saskatoon, Saak., says: A whole family of six was wip- ed out in the Wakaw district on Wed- nesday nij^ht. when Prokop Manchure, his wife, a brother-in-law and three children were murdered, the house burned over their dying bodies, and 'â-  their animals shot down and left bo , perish in the burning buildings. The crime v.as di.;oovpre<l when a neighbor ' walking out of his house on Thursday ' morning, saw the still-smoking ruins ; of the Manchure homestead. The j crime was evidently committed by a madman, in whose hands the rifle I found in the ruins had evidently been ' used with terrible effect. No trace of , the murderer has been discovered. "GERMAN HUMANITY LEAGUE" AROUSED . Strone .Manifesto Denouncini; "Brutal Militarium of Prussia." th* $171,248,668. A despatch from Ottawa says : An hicrease in revenue of $39,530,000 for the fiscal year ending March 31st is shown by fhe financial statement for the month of March and the tn-elve inonths ending then, which has just been rublished. The total revenue was ? 171 ,248,668; expenditures show- ed a decrease, those on consolidated fund account being $9,500,000 less and capital expenditures about $3,500,000 less. The year's revenue was not only nearly forty millions more than the previous twelve months, but it was over a million dollars more than the estimate of the Finance Minister in his budget speech over a month ago. The increase in revenue was contri- buted to by $22,480,000 of an advance in Customs receipts; $1,000,000 in excise revenue, and $5,570,000 in post- office receipts. For March the Cus- toms revenue totalled $9,978,138, or over two millions more than the same month la.st year, when it was $7,- 066,479. War expenditures are, of course, incrca-sing, and totalled $24,032,296 last month and $134,650,000 for the fiscal year as far as has been estim- alK'd. During the year there has been an increa.^e of about $147,000,000 in the net debt. NOT THE DANGEROUS ALIENS. Only Destitute Ones May Work on Farms; to be Reasonably Paid. A despatch from Ottawa says: The suggestion that interned alien enemies should be released to help in Canadian farming operations does not propose to include those interned for offensive reasons, but only those taken in charge because of destitution. Farm- ers would have to pay them reason- ably for their work. Some such have already been released for service. Line. I A despatch from Paris says: The' village of Bethincourt forming the ape.\ of the salient on the western ^ bank of the Meuse, against which the ; Germans have been pounding for days with hea\-y artillery and with fre- quent infantry attacks, was evacuat- . ed by the French on Saturday night, and Sunday the new line withstood the most furious assaults which have been made by the Crown Prince's army in . many days. As now established, the French line in this sector runs from the Avocourt redoubt along the wood- ed slopes to the west of Hill 304, fol- lows the Forges creek, to the north- east of Haucourt, and joins the posi- tions already held to the south of the ' crossing of the Bethincourt-Esnes and | Bethincourt-Chattancourt roads. i I CHILDREN BURNED TO DE.XTH. i Were Takinu Part in an Amateur I'erformance in England. .\ despatch from London says: Five child performers were burned to death ' on the stage of the Garrkk Theatre, ' at Hereford, Friday night. It was a ; children's entertainment to provide comforts for the soldiers. The cur- tain fell on the final scene and the audience wa< departing, when tho cry of "Firel" was raised. A panic en- sued. Many in the audience were crusheil, but none seriously injured. The tire was confined to the stage, where the performers were wearing dresses covered with cotton wool for a snow scene. The flames spread fu- riously and the children ran frantical- ly about the stage with their gar- ments on fire. THE WEEK-.S DEVELOl'MENTS LN THE WAR. The Germans still continue to hammer away at the defences of Vei-dun, but their progress is slow. Indeed it would seem from the tactics adopted by General Joffre tfaat som.e of the so-called successes obtained by the Germans are prepared for them by the French in order to lead them in well-set traps. On Friday night of last week the Germans began a violent attack on the village of Vaux. There was a severe fight in which the enemy lost heavily, and when the French gave up the position there was only a ruined village. On Monday the French opened an attack on Vaux and recaptured it and on Tuesday the Germans star>?d a heavy artillery bombardment of the position. This was kept up for several hours, after which the German infantry came up to the assault. The French had their machine guns in position and their infantry well en- trenched and kept up a constant fire on the advancing Germans. With great persistence these stuck to their task and were mowed down by the heavy lire. Finally they \vithdrew from the attack. But it wou'.d seem that the Germans prefer now to make separate attacks on certain positions at one time in place of a general attack on all the defences of the city. At the time they were being driven back from their second advance against Vau.x on the east side of the Meuse they made an attack on the French position at Haucourt between Malancourt and Bethincourt. In this they were repulsed. Many other small attacks have been carried on through tho week. General Sir Percy Lake sent an important despatch to London on Wednes.iay stating that early that morn- ing he had attacked and captured a strongly fortified position of the Turks at Umm-el-Henna below Kut-el- .\mara. This news gives hope tliat the forces of General Townshend which have been shut up in Kut-el-Amara since last December will soon be relieved, as the-captured position is the last really strong one between Sir Percy Lake's forces and the beleaguered troops. The Germans again made several air-raids over the British Isles durinj: the week-end, and some consider- able damage was done to human life, but no military damage was obtained. One of the Zeppelins was brought down in the Thames and her crew captured. Holland's action in rapidly mobilizing her army at the time she was ha \ ing a dispute w^ith Germany has caused the Kaiser to withdraw some of his troops from other fields and station them along the Dutch border. The frontier of Holland and Belgium also is being made ready for any atta.k on that part. It would seem that the Germans are learning a lesson from their heavy losses around Verdun, for they have somewhat changed their style of infantry attack. In the fighting on Tuesday last they advanced against the French, not in serried ranks, but) in extended formation, making short bounds forward in comparatively small bodies as occasion oflTered. The French, however, have of late been attaining a superiority of fire, and the Germans got to a position in th» at>tack on Chauffeur Wood near Douamont. within fifty yards of the French. .\n assault was out of the question. Retin'ment was equally out of the question, and the advanced lines of Germans had to lie on the surface of the ground, or in whatever trenches they could dig while lying, but all the time under an etfective fire of musketry and shrapnel. .A. liespat'-h from Rotterdam says: In a counterblast to the German Chan- cellor's Reichstag speech, the so-call- ed "German Humanity League" on Friday issued a raanife.'^to urging all Germans in neutral States to strive to the uttermost to deliver Germany from the "savage and bruta! militar- ism of Prussia." The manifesto charges that the German Government has broken "every rule of civilized communities, diplomatic honesty and international obligations," and is re sponsible "for the colossal carnage of domestic grief, financial ruin and eco- nomic misery which, like a nightmare from hell, distracts the German peo- ple." + LOSSES 200,000 BEFORE VERDUN Germans Have Sacrificed Great«a( ' Force in Whole Ramte of Warfare. TURK MINISTERS SEEKING PEACE? A despatch from Milan says: News is received from Berne that the Turk- ish Under-Secretary for Foreign Af- fairs and Reshand Pasha have wired for Osman Effendi, former Turkish Mirtister of Posts, to join them imme- diately. They are said to have already had conversations with unofficial dele- gates regarding proposals for a sepa- rate peace. MARCONI INVENTION FOR USE OF ALLIES. Wizard of Wireless Has Perfected Improvements. A despatch from Paris says: Gugli- elmo Marconi has invented a special apparatus based on a new principle which is destined to make a sensation- al change in the operation of acro- ' planes and dirigibles. This announce- ' ment has just been made, according to a Rome despatch to the Journal des Dehats. Marconi has at the same ' time carried on important wireless telegraphy researches with great suc- ! cess. His inventions will bo imme- I diately employed by the Italian army, after which they will be placed at the disposition of Italy's allies. The Leading Markets Brcadstuffa. Toronto, April 11. â€" Manitoba Wheat â€"No. 1 Northern, $1,164; No. 2, do., $1,144; No. 3, do., $i.ll4, in store. Fort William. Manitoba oatsâ€" -No. 2 C.W., 43c.; No. 3, do., 41c.; extra No. 1 feed, 41c,; No. 1 feed, 40o, in store. Fort WiUiam. American corn â€" No. 3 yellow, 334c, track, Toronto. Canadian corn â€" Feed, 68 to 70c. on track, Toronto. Ontario oat* â€" No. 3 white, 44 to 45c; commercial. 43 to 44c, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat â€" No. 2 winter, bacon, 21 to 26c; boneless 174 to 18c; breakfast 24c; backs, plain, 25 to backs, 28 to 29c. Lard â€" Pure lard, tierces, 15Vi to 164c, and pails, \o\ to 16c; com- pound. 13\ to U^hC .\ despatch from Pans says: Th« German losses before Verdun up U the present time have reached th« huge total of 200,000 men, one of th« greatest battle losses in the whoU j range of warfare, according to esti- mates made public here to-day from a weighed off cars, $11.40 to $11.50; do.,! semi-official source â€" "the result ol f.o.b., $10.65. I careful enquiry made m the highest Montreal, April 11.â€" Butcher steeds ' quarters, in which the figures hav« â€"Best, $8 to $8.25; gothl, $7.60 to $8; 'been rigorously checked and verified." fair, $7.25 to $7.50; medium, $7 to| +., Montreal Markets. GERMAN FORCE SURROUNDED AND OBUGED TO SURRENDER Qerneal Smuts Wins An Important Succe.<5 for the British in East Africa. A despatch from London says: An- other success for the British in East Africa is reported by Lieut.-General Jan C. Smuts, commander of the Brit- ish expedition operating against the Germans in the following despatch: "As the result of a movement on the I afternoon of Monday, mounted troops. I under Gen. Vanderventer, successfully j surprised a German force with ma- I chine guns stationed in a mountain stronghold in the Arusha region. This force was surrounded during the course of Tuesday and surrendered Thursday morning. car lot. $1.02 to $1.04; No. 1 com- mercial, 99c. to $1.01; No. 2. do., 97 to 99c; No. 3, do., 94 to 95c; feed wheat. 86 to 88c, according to freights out- side. Peas â€" No. 2, $1.50; according to sample, $1 to $1.30, according to freights outside. Barley -Malting, 62 to ('."c; feed, 59 to C2c, according to freights out- side. Buckwheat â€" 69 to 70c, according to freights outside. Rye â€" No. 1 commercial, 88 to 89c; rejected, according to sample, 84 to 8Cc, according to freights outside. Manitoba fiour â€" First patents, in jute bags. $6.50; second patents, in jute bags, $6; strong bakers' in jute bags, $5.80, Toronto. Ontario flour â€" Winter, according to sample, $4.15 to $4.25, track, Toronto; $4.25 to ?4.35, 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, Jl.HO to $1.70. >Kintreal. .\pril 11. â€" Corn â€" .\meri- 'can No. 2 yellow, 85 to 86c. Oats â€" â-  Canadian Western, No. 2, 52 4 to 53c; No. 3, 504 to 51c; extra No. 1 I feed, 504 to 51c.; No. 2 local white, 50c; No. 3 local white, 49c: No. 4 I local white, 48c. Barley â€" Manitoba feed, 08 to 71c; malting, 75 to 77c. Flour â€" Manitoba Spring wheat pat- 1 ents, firsts, $6.60; seconds, $6.10; per strong bakers', $5.90; Winter patents, $7.40; rough, $6.76 to $7.25. Butcher! bulls, best, $6.70 to $7.20; medium. $6.10 to $6.60; common, $5.60; can-- ners, $4 to $5. Hogs â€" Selects., $11.25 to $11.75; roughs and mixed lots, $10.50 to $11; common. $10.25; sows, $7.85 to $8.10. Sheepâ€" 6c. to' 8c.; lambs, $9 to $12. Calvesâ€" Milk, fed, $7 to $9. choice, $6.00; straight rollers. $5.30 to $5.40; do., bags, $2.45 to $2.50. Roll- etl oatsâ€" Bbls, $5.00 to $5.10; do, bags 90 lbs, $2.35 to $2.40. Bran, $24. Shorts. $26. Middlings. $28. to $S0. Mouillie. $30 to $35. Hayâ€" No. ^ptr ton, car lots, $20,00 to $20.50. Chees* â€"Finest westerns, 184 to 18\c; fin- est easterns, 18 to 18 "^c. Butter â€" Choicest creamery. 33 to .''4c: seconds, 30 to 3l4e. Eggsâ€" Fresh, 26 to 27c. Potatoes â€" Per bag, car lots, $1.75 to $1.80. GOVERNMENT STARTS THRIFT CAMPAIGN A despatch from Ottawa says: The Government's thrift and production ' campaign has been inaugurated in a notice issued on Friday night urging increased production in all lines. The preiliction is made that there will be no absolute and enduring congestion, and that after the war there will be demands not for gt^'n only, but for all ENEMY HURLS THOUSANDS OF SHELLS INTO RHEIM& A despatch from Paris says: Th« systematic bombardment of the city of Rheims was resumed three week« ago and continues with increasing in- tensity. A thousand shells fell In th« town on Friday. The Prefect ha« sent away all the inmates of homea for the aged, and taken other meas- ures to avoid further loss of life. TEUTON U-BO.\T RAM.MED BY RUSSIAN. Destroyed at Scene of the Sinking ol the Portugal. \ despatch from Petrograd says: The torpedo-boat destroyer Strogi has rammed an enemy submarine near the spot where the hospital ship Port- other products. Ample ocean tonnage ugal was sunk (in the Black Sea>, ac- will be available, and European coun- ' cording to the official announcement tries will look to Canada first. on Sunday. United States Markets. | Minneanolis. .\pril 11. â€" Wheat- May, $1.19% to $1.19H; July, $1.02%; No. 1 hard, $1.24\; No. 1 Northern, $1.20»4 to $1.23 1* ; No. 2 Northern. $1.16** to $1.20^. Cornâ€" No. 3 yel- low, 75 to 76c. Oatsâ€" No. 3 white, 42 to 424c. Flour unchanged. Bran â€" $18.25 to $19.00. Duluth, .A.pril 11.â€" Wheatâ€" No. I hard, $1,224; No. 1 Northern, $1.19H to 1.204; No. 2 Northern, $1,154 to $1,184. Linseedâ€" Cash, $2.13 to $2,134: Mav, $2.13; July, $2.14. BIG BAHLE ON THE YSER FROM YPRES TO THE COAST German* Are Making E.xtensive Preparations for a nighty Struggle at an Early Date. BLOCKADE RUNNE CAUGHT WITH CARGO OF RAW RUBBER Ship From Brazil, With no Tons on Board, Seized Off the Orkney Islahds. A despatch from London says: The Brazillian steamer Saldanha do Gama, which sailed from Para, Brazil, Feb. 6, for New York with a cargo of 120 tons of raw rubber, has been selxed This is believed to be a deliberate case of attempted blockade running, the officials here contending that a steamer fromk Para for New Yor could never have gotten so far off Country Produce. | Butter- Fresh dairy, choice, 29 to ,'!2c; inferior, 25 to 26c; creamery prints, 35 to 37c; solids, 33 to 34e. Eggs â€" New-laid, 23 to 24c; do., in cartons, 24 to 25c. Honeyâ€" Prices in 10 to 60-lb. tins, 13 to 14c. Combsâ€" No. 1. $2.75 to $3; No. 2, $2.25 to $2.40. Beans- $4 to $4.40, the latter for hand-picked. Poultryâ€" Chickens, 21 to 22c; fowls, 18 to 19c; ducks, 20 to 22c; geese, 18 to 20c; turkeys, 25c. Cheese â€" Large, 19c; twins, 19 Vie. Live Stock MarkeU. Toronto, April 11. â€" Choice hea,vy steers, $8.35 to $8.75; butchers' cat- tle, choice, $8.00 to $8.25; do., good, $7.75 to $7.85; do., medium, $7.25 to $7.60; do., common. $6.60 to $6.75; butchers' bulls, choice, $7.25 to $7.50; do., good bulls. $6.85 to $7.00; dti.. rough hulls, $4.65 to $5.15; butchers' cows, choice, $6.75 to $7.25; do., good, $6.25 to $6.50; do., medium, $5.85 to $6.10; do., common, $5,25 to $5.75; Stockers, 700 to 850 lbs., $6.60 to $7.25; Choice feeders, dehorned, 950 to 1,000 \hs., $7.15 to $7.50; Canners and cutters, $3.75 to $4.50; milkers, choice. .\ despatch from London says: The Daily Mail Rotterdam correspondent states that a big battle on the Y'ser front may be expected shortly. He states that he has reliable information that the Germans are making exten- sive preparations for a severe strug- gle between Ypres and the coast. The entire coast area ha? been strong- ly reinforced. In towns behiml the lines, such as Bruges. Ghent, and Deynze. new German troops includ- ing tho latest levies, have been sta- tioned. Hospital accommodations have been trebled. While tho eyes and ears of the world are turned toward Verdun, Germany is contemplating a mighty effort either by or ;\Kain?t the Hritish. TOOK BACK BUT ONE CRATER IN FURIOUS ST. ELOl ATTACK Maple syrupâ€" $1.10 per 84-gallon each, $75.00 to $100.00; do., com. and tin. Potatoes â€" Car lots of Ontario, $1.80 to $1.86, and New Brunswicks at $1.90 to $1.95 per bag, on track. off the Orkney Islands by a British her course. This is the first seizure patrol boat. The ship and her cargo | madt by the Admiralty of a complete h;iv;« bt-en placed in the priie couri : cargo oif rubber. Provisions. Bacon, long clear, 164 to 17c per lb., in case lots. Hams â€" Medium, 21 to 22c; do., heavy, 17 to 20o; rolls.lhogs med., each, $40.00 to $60.00; springers, $50.00 to $100,00; light ewes, $8.50 to $9.50; sheep, heavy, $6.00 to $7.50; yearlings, $10.50 to 12.00; bucks and culls, $3.50 to $4.60; lambs, choice, $11.00 to $13.00; spring lambs, $7.00 to 10.50; calves, gi>od to choice, $9.00 to $10.00; do., medium, $7.25 to $8.50; fed and watered, $10.95; do.. British Hold Nearly All th: Grouni Clained Prom the Germans, on March 27. a (ground three out A despatch from London says; The j ^onsidernble porliuii oi' the three-day assault by the Germans | cainci! .March 27, including against the positions captured from ; nf tour of the main line craters." (•hem by the British on March 27 did! Tho Sritisli comnimiinuc also re not prolit the enemy much Sir Doug- port.; the captuie nt a hostile Fokkc:- las Haig reports under d.nte of Sun- ' ni^uu'piaiM-. The ni!«>t, who was on- day: "At St, F.loi our troops hold a wouiuietl, wa.s made j>nsontr.