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BRITISH AND FRENCH SMASH THE GERMANS Total Number of Prisoners Taken by His Trcwips to Date 3,500 â€" Germans Admit a Kctirement - â- ^ British and French smasri ',he Gitups London. July 2.â€" The "big push" of the atlio- continues with unabated \ enei-jfy and increasing gains. Through- out the day the Germans have been pi.isheil slt'ii'lily back until to-night the French are within .six miles of Peronne, a vital point on the main fe«dir|T railway f the Germans and the cenU" of a system of radiating hii^hroads They have recaptured the villages if Curhi and Frise, and have broken into the German second lino of defenv OS at a number of points. Tho Rriti>h, operating on u fiftcen- jnile front to the north, have captur- I ! the village of Fricourt and pushed fiuther tiistward toward the Ba- p;iume-Peronne hi^rhroad, which now i« le.ss than sever, miles away. Ill the tirst thirty-six hours of their Picnrdy drive the French and Brit- ish have captured more than 9,500 German prisoners, cleared fifty square miles of French territory of the invaders, and have carried eleven villages and a complicated series of entrenchments and redoubts which the Germans have been more than twenty months constructing. "Situation is Favorable." The situation at t4ie end of the sec- ond day is summed up in a sentence by the British Headquarters. "The gcneriil situation may be regarderi as favorable,"' .says the report received in London to-night from Gen. Ilaig in France. The day was one of cfyisolidation rather than of the surging rushes whi<h yesterday carrip<l the allies more than two miles deep into German lines at .some point.^. The greatest progress during the day was record- ed st-ut+i of the Pomtne, between that •iver and Assevillers, by the French CHATSWORTH HALL, DERBYSHIRE OWNED BY DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE and east of Albert by the British centre. On the northern end of the British front, around and below Gommccourt, the Germans are ofTering the strong- est resistance. Berlin's firr.t official worl en the fighting, received here to- day, aniiounce.s heavy losses for the Uritish from Gommecourt to Lo Boi!<clle and "no advantages worthy of mention." ^ British Take Fricourt. In front of Albert", however, des- pite strong German rCRistancc, the Rritish to-day -completed their cap- ture of Fricourt, which had been pra- ctically surrounded in the first rush of t'he offensive, by the capture of La Boisellc arid Mametz. The town was strongly defended, being in reality a small field fortress, defended by an elaborate system. of redoubts and en- trenchments. Pressing through the village the British maile an advance toward the east. The extent of this advance is not made clear by des- patches so far at hand. Germans Admit Reverse. The Berlin statement, admitting that the Teutons were forced to abandon their entire sysbem of first line trenches on both banks of the Somme for some distance north and south, states that the troops witih- drawn took up spccialy prepared posi- tions some distance to the rear. It is likely thab it is this series of trenchci? into which the French report having penetrated during to-day. Over the twenty-five-mile battle line the air fleets of the opposing armies are unusually active. The French have carrie<l out a .series of rai'is on important points held by the Germans behind the front. MAGNIFICENT COUNTRY RESIDENCE OF CAN \DA'S NEW GOVERNOR-GENERAL. ITALIANS GAIN .j MORE SUCCESSES I Three I.ofty Heights Taken by Cadorna's Troops A despatch from London says : â€" i Further successes are claimed by Rome. The lofty heights of Monte [ Giamondo, north of Fusin, and Monte i Cr.viojo, have been seized by TJeneral ] â-  .. Inriia's troops^^ying between the : 1 ' jna and Af tic^^iese positions gi^e < "Tlit^ Italians c^mnanA of a wide j stretch of territory. A furiher gain l!i their sweep across the Asiago Pla- ' teau also is claimed by the Italians. They have occupied the southern side of the Assa Valley and now are storm- ing the slopes of Monte Rasca, Monte tnterrotto and Monte Mosciagh. In addition they have reached the Gal- tamara Valley, having carried the <lc- fcnsive position of Monte Colombara. (H KEN VICTORIA OF SWEDEN HAD A NARROW ESCAPE A despatch from Berlin says : â€" Queen Victoria of Sweden, sister of Grand Duke Friedrich II. of Baden, was at the Castle in Karlsruhe during the recent French air raid on that German city, when 110 persons were killed by bombs, says an Overseas News Agency despatch from Karls- ruhe. She escaped harm, however, as on the occasion of the previous raid, when she also was in the city. KITCHEN REFUSE ' FOR GERMAN CO^ A despatch from Amsterdam says : â€" German newspapers received here contain an order of the Federal Coun- cil compelling towns and communities exceeding 40,000 inhaldtants to collect kitchen refuse from all households. The refuse is to be sent to a Govern- ment factory, there to be converted into condensed food for milch cowa. INTENSITY OF BRITISH FIRE FRIGHTFUL AT CERTAIN POINTS First ^ emy Trenches .Straightened Out and Munition De- pots Five Miles in the Kear Hlown Up. / A despatch from Paris says :â€" The correspondent of La Liberte at the Britii-h front says : ' The intensity of the British artillery at certain points is frightful. Shell follows shell at only u few seconds interval. The efficacy of the fire has been noted , by reconnoitring parties. Not only first line trenches have been wrecked over a considerable area and some of them entirely straighened out, but the second line and third line defences ^ have come under the British fire. Two ' munition depots five miles in the rear ! have been blown up. The prisoners ; brought back by the Briti.sh appear to be stunned." | The correspondent after highly ' praising the British trench raiders : and the general spirit of the army, i adds : | " The British flying corps lately has \ been very successful. Time and HKain German aircraft have attempted to cross the allies' lines to spy out pre- parations, and each time has had to retreat, pursued by British airmen. Since the beginning of the week Bri- tish aircraft have destroyed five (jerman aeroplanes." Major Moraht, the German military critic, commenting in a recent issue of the Berlin Tngeblatt on the Bri- tish activity in Flanders and Northern France, says : " We believe that when tho Eri.rlish really make up their minds to undertake a great statogical ofl"ensive the end of the British army will certainly be in sight. We do not wish to underrate the seriousness of such a fight. Neither, on the other hand, do we want to allow the British to frighten us. The British army has not, and never will, have the opera- tive strength to drive us out of Northern France and Belgium." SMASHING BLOW ON TEUTON LINE Austrians Hurled Back on the Kolomea Front and South- ward. ^ A despatch from London says : â€" The Russians again are hammering their way toward Kolomea. With slow but sure strokes, before which the Austrian lines, weak without the support of German troops, are crumb- ling, the Czar's forces are closing up- on the Galician stronghold, the key to Lembcrg. " On Thu; =day General Lctchitzky, after artillery preparation," says Pet- rograil's official statement, " inflicted upon the enemy, despitg. his desperate resistance, a great defeat in the re- gion between the Rivers Dneister and Pruth, and took possession of three lines of trenches." Over a front of 25 miles the Rus- sian masses were hurled at the oppos- ing lines. Fierce battling followed, in which artillery combat gave way to hand-to-hand fighting. Austrian re- serves were hastily rushed to the threatened sector. With these new forces the Russian onslaught was halted, but in the evening the Czar's troops renewed the assault with fresh vigor, and drove their weilge through the Austrian line. V^kpna admits that the^'^eutin forcc< Jfero compelled to rqlire " from !^:4V of their front at Kolomea and ^H|th- ward." â-  «> :r HALIFAX GOES DRY ^^ >* AFTER 169 YEARS Forty-six Bars Were losed !..aBt Night â€" Liquor Men May Fight. A despatch from Halifax says: â€" The \f> li(|uor saloons in this city clos- ed up on Thursday night to remain closed, in comequence of the prohibi- tion law passed at the last session of the Legislature making Halifax "dry" as well aa the rest of fche province. It is 1(19 years since Halifax was found- ed, and for the first time it will bo impossible legally to obtain a drink in any 'public house. - â€" •:• • THREE PEOPLE DROWNED. Canoi'ing Tragedy on the .Jacques Near St. Catherine, Quebec. A despatch from Quebec .says: â€" Three persons were drowned on Thursday morning while canoeing on the River Jactiues Cartier near Saint Catiherine, They are Mrs. Guillot, whose husband is manager for Nar- ceau and Company, dry goods dealers, of this city; M. Jobin, formerly a farmer of L'Kvenement, and hi.s son, aged sixteen. It is thought that the canoe capsized in rough water. CANADA'S NEW COV.-CENERAL DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE. LOST STRIPES, NOT HIS UFE German Socialist Dismissed From Army and Given Thirty Months. A despatch from Berlin says : â€" Dr. Karl Liebknecht, the Socialist leader, was sentenced on Wednesday to thirty months penal servitude and dismissal from the army for attempted high treason, gross insubordination and re- sistance to the authorities. The court adopted the view that Dr. Liebknecht was guided by fanaticism and not by unpatriotic feeling, and therefore im- posed the lowest penalty on him. Dr. Liebknecht is entitled to appeal from the sentence. •shoes ARE IDEAL rOR CAMPING^ ALV/AYS RESTFUL AMD COOL WORM BY EKEftV MflKOER OF THE FAMILY SOLO anr all good shoe dealers KEEP POOR KITCHENS OPEN INDEFINITELY A despatch from The Hague, via London, says: â€" The municipality of Berlin has decided to keep open inde- finitely the municipal poor kitchens, which in previous years were open only during the winter months, clos- ing at the end of March. This year the closing has been postponed, month after month, under pressure of the needs 'of the poor people, and it has now been finally decided to keep the kitchens open for an indefinite period. The Von»aerts says the kitchens are crowded tfs in mid-vjjnter and that there are man'/ comitlaints rejfarding the insufficiency of the rations served. Markets of t!ie World Breadatuffi. Toronto. July 4:- -Manitoba wheat â€" No. 1 Northprn. $1.1S; No. 2. do.. $1161; No. 3. do., 11.123, tr.-ick. Hay i.orts. Manitolia oat.sâ€" .\o. 2. C. W., 52ic; No. 3, do.. 52e; extra No. 1 teed, 61c: No. 1 feed. 50c; No. 2, do.. 49c, track. Bay porta. Aiiierlcan corn â€" No. 3 yellow, 811<\ track, Hay iiorta; 85c. track, Toronto. Ontario oats â€" No. 3 white, 4S to 49c. according to frplBhts outside. Oniurio wheat â€" No. 1 commercial. 98 to 99c: No. 2, do. 94 to 9Cc; No. 3. do.. S8 to 9(ic; feed, S3 to S6c. nominal, ac- cording to frelchl.s outside. Peas â€" No. 2 nominal. $1.75 to $1.80 ac- , cordlns to snniple, $1.25 to $1 50. ac- cording to freislits outside. I barley â€" MalthiB, 65 to 66c: feed 60 lo I 62c. Hccordlns to freights outside. ! Uuckwheat â€" Nominal, "o to 71''. ac- cording to frelBhtK outside. Kye. â€" No. 1 comrtierclal, 94 to 95c. ac- coi'iilnR to frclKhls out.'^Itle. Manitoba flour â€" Klrst patent.", in Jute baKs. $6.50; second patent.", In Jute basra. ! $6; ."itronK b«Uers'. In juli* bags, $5. SO. Toronto. Ontario (lour â€" Winter, according to sample. $4.05 to 14.15. in bags, track, Toronto, prompt shipment; $4 to $t.lO, bulk, se.iboard. prompt shipment. Mlllfeed â€" Car lots, delivered Montreal freights, bag.s Includt-d â€" l!ran. P'i'r ton. $20 to $21; shorts, per ton. $24 to $25: middlings, per ton. $25 to $26; good teed flour, per bag, $1.65 to 11.60. Ootmtiy Frodnc*. Uutter â€" Fresh dairy, choice. 25 to 27o; Inferior, 23 to 24c; creamery prints. 29 to 31c; inferior. 2S to 29c. Kggs â€" Steady to Arm: new-laid. 2S to 29c; do., in cartons, 30 to 32c. Heansâ€" $4.25 to $4.50, the latter for i hand-plclied. ] Cheese â€" New, larg.'. ISc: twins. ISic. Aluple syrup â€" Prli-es are steady at I $1.40 to $1.60 per Imperial gallon. I Dressed poultry â€" Chickens. 25 to 27c;'" ! fowl. 23 to 25c. Potatoes â€" Ontarlos quoted in car lota ' at $1.85. and New Urunswlcks at $2.16. per bag; Westerns, $1.95. Montreal Markets. Montreal, Jiilv 4. â€" Corn â€" .\merlcan No. 2 yellow, S3 to S4c. Oatsâ€" Can- adian western. No. 2. 544c; do.. No. S, 53c; extra No. f feed, 63c; No. 2 local wlUte, 52|c; No. 3 do.. 61|c: No. 4 A?).. 601c. Harkyâ€" -Malting. 75 to 7«c. Flour â€" Man. Si.rlng wheat pRienta. flrst!., $6.60, seconds. $6.1u; strong bak- ers'. $5.90; Winter i)atenls. choiciv $6. to $6.26; straight rollers. J5.10 to $5.60; do., hugs. $2.40 to $2.05. Itollel oats. BERLIN EXPECTS CUMAX OF WAR ON BRITISH FRONT Impressed by Great Activity of Haig's Forces, Which Includes Several Attacks With (Jas. A despatch from Berlin says ; â€" The Intensified artillery activity on the British front is believed here lo her- ald the long-expected great British offensive. If the British mean busi- ness at this time they should find the Germans in a state of prepared- ness. The correspondent is in n posi- tion to know that tho German line in the fai' west has not liecn weal^ened as tho result of having to rush help to the Austrians, and that operations at Verdun are being continue<l systema- tically 'n the face of the poisibility of a British offenslire. I Military circles here are calmly confident that Great Britain's great- est effort will meet the fate of the previous offensives, but theio is keen Interest to see Kitchener's new armies in action. The general opinion is that a sujircmo test of strength between tho Ilrili.sh and German armies dur- , ing the coming summer will mark the climax of the war. In the expectation df perhaps de- cisive military events on all fronts, peace talk has never been ao dead as I it is to-day. ROUMANIAN FOOD RIOTS Four Killed in Fight With ^olice at Galatz. A despatch from Amsterdam says : â€" According to Bucharest despatches in German newspapers received here, four persons were killed and five wounded by the police at Galatz, Roumnnia, Monday, while reprpsent- ing a demonstration of workingmen against the high prices of foodstuffs. The despatches add that the working- men of Galatz declared a general strike Sunday, owing to the authori- ties having prohibited meetings and demonstrations in protest against the high cost of living. SPLKNDII) imiTISH GIFT I'O CANADIAN SOLDIERS A despatch from London says : â€" Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, presented a silk Union Jack and a sil- ver shield to the General Officer (!om- manding the ("anadiiin forces on Sat- urday. The color.s and shield are the gift of women and children In the United Kingdom and will remain at Shorncliffe until the close of the war. when they will be taken to Canada? A couvenir, in commemoration of Lord Kitchener, was also given to each dis- abled soldier. ' THOMAS KELLY FOUND GUILH t Of Theft, KeceivinK and Obtain- In by I\ Ise Pretences. I A despatch from Winnipeg says: â€" ' j Thomas Kelly has been found quilty of theft, receiving, atxl obtaining money ; by false pretences. A verdict of guilty on four out of the five counts in I the indictment on the charges arising ' out of the contracts for bhe erection ' of the Manitoba Parliament Buildings, i was found by the jury in the Assize] Court on Thui-sday afternoon at 5 o'clock, after it had deliberat«cd for three hours. BRITISH WOUNDED IN LONDON ALREADY The first batch of wounded from the British front in France arrived at! Charing Cross stwtion this evening. An enormous crowd assembled at the station and the police had consider- j able difficulty in securing passage for the Red Cross vehicles through the cheering, flag-waving people. ♦- TURKS DRIVEN BACK IN BAGDAD DIRECTION A despatch from Petrograd says : â€" The Russians continue to make pro- gress in the Caucasus. " South of Lake Urumiah we pushed back the Turks from the region of Bann toward the Turco-Persian frontier. In the direction of Bagdad we have defeated the Turks, driving them toward the fortified region of Kalavstrahine." eese â€" Finest Westerns, 161) to 17c; du., east- erns, 16i to 161c. Butter, choicest creamery. 30c: seconds, 29c. ISkkb. selected. 33c; No. 1 stock. 2Sc; No. % stock. 26c. I'otatoes per bag. car Iota, $1.1)6. _<.- ONLY MUNITIONS FACTORY IN ROUMANIA DESTROYED A despatch from Bucharest to Lon- don says that the only munitoins fac- tory in Roumania has been destroyed. The destruction is laid to a plot of German aivl Bulgarian agents. All the machinery in the plant and mil- lions of shell.4 were destroyed. PRUSSIAN LOSSES APPROACH 3,000,000 A despatch from Amsterdam says : â€" " Tho latest Prussian casuality lists covering the period from June 8 to 20 bring the total of Prussian losses to 2,740,190. This figure is not believed to include the losses at Verdun." A woman's work is never finished if she is tryir\g to reform some man. IRISH OUTLOOK IS MORE HOPEFUL A despatch from London says : â€" " The Irish outlook generally is more hopeful. The Daily Mail predicts an amicable settlement. The Daily Chronicle, on the other hand, says that Lord Lansdowne, Minister without portfolio, and Walter Long, president of the local Government Board, have resigned. Some other papers say that no one has resigned from the Cabinet except Lord Selborne. ^ Fish Changes Color. In siam there are small fresh- water fi.sh so pugnacious that when two of them are placed near each oth- er they begin to fight. When the fi.sh is quiet its colors are dull, but when excited it is of a metallic brilliance. Wlnnlpter Oiala. Winnipeg, July 4. - Cash quotations: â€" Wheatâ€" .No. 1 Northern. $1.1"?; No. 2 Northern. $1.09; No. 3 Northern. $1,068: No. 4. $1.00; No. 5. n4ic; No. 6, OOJc; feed, 86|c. Oatsâ€" No. 2 CW'., 461c; No. 3 C.W.. 46c; extra No. 1 feed, 45ic; No. 1 feed. 441c; No. 2 feed 42ic. llar- leyâ€" No. 3, 691c; No. 4. 641c; rejected. 60lc; feed, 60ic, Fla.xâ€" No. 1 N. W. C. $1.57i; No. 2 C. W.. $1.54J. United State â-  Markets. Minneapolis. July 4. -Wheat â€" July, $1,068; .Se|>teniber. $1.07j: No. 1 hard. $1,131: No. 1 Northern. $1,071 to $1.09|: No. 2 Northern, $1,051 to $1,071. Corn â€" No. 3 yellow. 70 to 77c. Oatsâ€" No. 3 white. 371 to 37i|c. Flour unchanired: Khipnients. 56,60s bbl.s. Bran. $17.00 to $ltl.OO. Duluth Jtily 4. -Wheatâ€" On track, No. 1 hard. $1.W1; Not 1 Northern. $1,091; No 2 Northern, $1,013 to $1.06J: No. 1 .Northern, to arrive, $I.03J; No. 3 Northern, on track, »6i|c to $1 023. Uln- 8eed--t)n track. $l.7Sl; to arrive. $I7S|; July. $1.7S1 asked: September. $1,811 a.iked; October. $1.S0J bid. Novenibei. $1,811,', i,ia. Uv« Stock Markets. Toronto. July 4.- t'holee heavv .steers $10.00 to $10.50; Kood heavy steers. $9.40 to $9.90; bulcheiV cattle, cholee. $9.5C to $9.76; do,, good. $910 to $9.35; do., medium. $S.s5 to $9.00; <io.. common. $.S.00 to $S.25; butchers' bulls, choice, $S.35 to $S.50; do,. Rood bulls, $7.45 to 57.65: do, rnuRh builH, $4.75 to $5.25; butchern' cow.m, choice, $K.U() to $8.25; do., medium, JO.:', to $a«7.'i. stockera, 700 lo sr.o lbs. $6.75 to'$7.75; choice fceder.K. dehorned. 960 to 1.000 lbs. $S.2B to $S.S5; catuiers. choice, each. $75.00 to $100.00; do., com. and med., each, $40.00 to $00.00; sprlnser.M. $60.00 to $100.00: lU'ht ewes. $9.00 to $10.0ii; .sheep, heavy. $6.00 to $8.00: spring li^mb!!. per lb., 121c to I4e; calves. Rood to choice $9.50 to $12.00; do., nii-dliini, $7.25 to $8. ."I); hoR.s. fed and watered $ll.-|ii to $11.50; do., welshed off cars, $1165 lo $11.75; do., f. o. b.. $10.90. Montreal. July 4. â€" Hutchers' steera choice. $9.75 to $10; medium. $S.70 to $9.25: common to fair $7.70 to $8.26' roiiKh, $0 Ici $7; luills. choice, $7.50 tc $S,25: fair to Rood, $6.75 to $7.15; nTed- him $5 7,') to $6.50: cows, choice, $7 tc ?»: f:ilr to Rood, $5.90 to $0.65: canneri iind cutterK, $;!.S5 to 4.S5. .Sheep. 7c t4 74c; ."sprlnB lambs, $5 to $8 each. CalVeT ehoi<e. Ojc to 10c: medium. 81 to 9c. floss-, seleet.s. .5ll.;i5 to $11.60; rougha anil mixed lots. $11 to $11.25. GERMAN PAPER PAYS TRIBUTE TO CANADIAN GALLANTRY One General and Several Officers, It Says, Preferred Death to Surrender. A despatci'. from London says : â€" The Cologne Volkzeitung, describing the gallant stand made by the Cana- dians at Ypres at the beginning of the month, says many of them made an obstinate resistance, preferring to be killed rather than surrender. One general and several officers wh» re- fused to give in were killed. The general drew his sword, and when a sergeant demanded his surrender he cut him through the face, whereupon an infantryman bayoneted him. Many such groups who resisted desperately and refused all mercy had to be cleared out with bombs.