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^iTifi'yjMiT'W V V t . I .,'ui I. . tt. UliU il â€" W W I I tmmfmmm'mmnmeem \ \ GERMAN AHACKS BETWEEN OISE AND AISNE MET WITH FAILURE GrillinK Gun Fire Forced Assaulting Troops to Full Hack Al- though HoMpice Was Taken by Foe. A despatch from the French Amiy In France says: â€" Continueil attempts by the Germans to extend their lines The Hospice was iruiner after hard fiirhtini;, but when the assaulting , „. ,,. , , ... troops tried to advance further they on the Oise on Wednesday met with . . . ' disastrous failure. They tried to got '"«'"« "P "ga'nst such a JTrilling ma- around Pont L'Kvequo by crossing the chiiie-gun fire and artillery fire that Oise in the Beighlxirhood of the north- they were forced to abandon the at- ern-most point of Carlcpont Wood, tempt and fall back to the Hospice, where the small hill, Montalagiiche, whiA at the latest reports, they were stands out like a bastion, but the still holding. This bit of ground, French drove them back immediately with the buildings, has changed hands they left the protection of their lines, innumerable times within the past few The sector between the Oise and the weeks. Locre and the Hospice lie Aisne also found the allies very ac- tive. They are determined to hold this and are displaying the grealtst energy in improving their positions, I at the same time capturing small well up on a slope which culminates in the important elevatfon known as Mont Rouge, to the west. Numerous raids are being attempt- ed by the (lermans along the British POSITION OF ALLIES LEAVES LHTLE ROOM FOR MANOEUVRE Must Fight Where They Stand But There is Not the Slightest. Reason For Despondency. batches (if prisoners, most of whom front with the. purpose of taking pri. show signs of terrible fatigue and , soners from whom the enemy, per- jirivation. i haps, hopes to learn whether the bat- A despatch from the British Army tie of the Aisne ha.s brought about in France, says:â€" .\n enemy attack any change in the disposition of the •gainst the P'rench in the neighbor- allied troops. hood of Locre on Wednesday night j Several raid.s were started last met with a repulse, although the Ger- night. They proved costly failures. mans apparently succeeded in captur- ; At 1 o'clock Thursday morning the Ing l.ocre Hospice, which lies just ' grey coals essayed a raiding thrust A Western Canadian trooper escorting a party of German prisoners captured in Flanders. A despatch from British Head- j the Aisne and the Ourcq. The French quarters in France says: Between resistance has been much strength- May 31 and June 3, the Germans ' ened, and they have made important made considerable progress between counter-attacks, capturing several Noyon and Chateau Thierry, namely, | hundred prisoners. The enemy's pro- four to five miles between Soissons ! grass therefore, has been checked and and Chateau Thierry and one to two the immediate danger is over, miles between Noyon and Soissons. There are some signs that the Ger- Their attacks on the rest of the sa- mans intend to continue the frontal lient have been local. j attack between the Marne and Mont- On June 1 the enemy attacked with ': didier, but these signs at present are tanks south-east of Rheims in order ; indefinite and the Germans may still to capture high ground, but the at- hope to thrust westward toward Ami- tack failed and the French regained ens or other parts of the line. By re- the lost ground and captured four treating, our line has been letigthen- tanks. The Germans have hesitated ed, which is a disadvantage for us, aa to make a direct attack on Rheims, as we are numerically inferior. Also, aa it long had been prepared with vari- we have several vulnerable points and ous fortifications. The French have fighting on the outer lines, we cannot barricaded the streets and the under- keep such large reserves concentrat- Markets of the World Breadstuffs Toronto, June 11.- -No. 1 Northern, $2.23'/2; No. 2 do., ground defences would make the city ed as can the Germans. We have to spread out our reserves more than we like, while the enemy can keep his concentrated for immediate use in at- tack. Moreover, we now have been driven so far back that we have not •outh-cast of the village. I near Morlancourt. They found the The operation was a local one, with Briti.sh ready. The Germans were re- Locre as its objective. | pulsed with considerable losses. RHINE CITIES AGAIN BOMBED British Airmen Cau-sed Enor- moas Destruction in Enemy Territorj'. A despatch from London says: The British official communication dealing with aviation issued on Thursday night says: "Wednes<Iay night our long-distance PLOT TO MURDER BRITISH MISSION In Spite of Fact That German (iovcrnment Promised Safe Conduct. A despatch from London says: â€" Cir- cum.stances surrounding the sinking of the Koningen Regentes are in the highest degree suspicious and suggest bulls, $10.25 to $10.50; do., rough very difficult to capture bulls, $7.50 to $8.50; butchers' cows. Except for the moral effect, the .n'n'k !'^i?? rn" .^^^'^'^i. ^°-i,2°°'i' Germans would gain very little by $11.00 to $11.50; do., medium $10.25 ..„ „„„,.,„„ „* di,„;.„<, „„i„=„ th/^ to $10.50; stockers, $9.50 to $11.25: the capture of Rheims unless they „ ., , , .1 feeders, $11.25 to $12.00; canners and cou^ '^^ive the French back as far as Manitoba wneat ^^^j^g^jj^ $0.00 to $7.25; milken, good the important railway junction on the much room to manoeuvre and must $2.20Vi- Wo'sIlo" $2 nvT" No ^^i ^° choice, $90.00 to $140.00; do., com. high ground. Since June 3 the Ger- , fight where we stand. There is, how- wheat '$2 lb'/-* in store Fort Wil- ""'' ""'d., $05.00 to $80.00; springers, mans have made only local efforts to ever, not the slightest reason for liam, including"2%c tax j $90.00 to $140.00; light ewes, $17.50 capture the crossings of the Oise, : despondency. Manitoba oats-No. 2 C.W., 83c; ' *«, ^l^'^O; 'f^bs, $20.00 to $21.00; , . . . No. 3 C.W.. 80c; extra No. 1 feed,^'7'^es good to choice $14.00 to 80c; No. 1 ^ed 77c in store Fort ^l^-^^: •i°^^' ^^^ and watered, $18.50; . I oUus Pay. William. ' ' ^ f "' K^^'«r?^'kn°'^ '^^^^' ^^^''^^' ''"•' Until recently the French soldier's American corn-No. 3 yellow, kjln ' ^•?;^,;' *^'-^,°- ii _55t.„s S15 00- ' P«y was almost a negligible quantity, dried, nominal; No. 4 yellow, kiln : , .°""'^^'' '.."J^ci 1 .5^ nn * iT • ' »t . „ ,. » » -^ dried nominal choice cows, $11.50 to $10.00; choice' Nominally, he was supposed to re- Ontario oat^â€" No. 2 white, 79 to ! bulls. $12.00. Calves n2.00 to $15.00 ^^-^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^ j j^^^ ^^ j, 80c- No 3 white 78 to 79c accordinp i P^r 100 pounds. Sheep, $14.00 per to freights outside. 10° pounds; spring lambs from $19.00 got_only seven cents in cash every ten Peasâ€" Nominal. ' to $21.00. Choice select hogs off cars, days, 3 cents being deducted on each Barleyâ€" Malting, $1.35 to $1.37, ac- $20.00 to $20.50 ^per 100 pounds. p^y j^y ^^ account of his tobacco ra- DELEGATES' SHIP STRUCK MINE <^ I PREPARING EARLY to tion. Some little while back, however, FOR NEXT VICTORY LOAN.j his rate of pay was increased to 5 I cents a day, so that he now draws 50 A despatch from Ottawa says: The' cents for ten days' soldiering. Were En Route to Anglo-Ger- man War Prisoners' Conference. cording to freights outside. Buckwheat â€" $1.80, according freights outside. Ryeâ€" No. 2. $2.00, according freights outsicle. | Manitoba flour â€" War qualilty, i - $10.95, new bags, Toronto. ; Minister of Finance is giving early a pitifully small sum It seems to | to the Anglo-German war prisoners' Ontario flourâ€" War .fl4«''ty. ' attention to the details connected with | us. Nevertheless, the average Poilu ' conference at The Hague, struck a^^ A despatch from The Hague says: The hospital ship Koningin Regentes, having on board the British delegate;* the railway siilings at Thionville, dropping five tons of bombs with good results, although the visibility was in- different. Thursday morning the rail- way station at Soblenz was heavily at- tacked by us. Good bursts were ob- served on the railway line. All the machines emerged .safely. "The line weather of Wednesday enabled our airmen to carry out much photographic, reconnaissance and ar- tillery work. Twenty tons of bombs were dropped on <lifferent targets, in- eluding dumps and railway billets, the Armentieres and Roye stations and the Zeebrugge seaplane base. "In ad<lilion, our long-distance day- hombing machines heavily attacked the railway station and barracks at Treves and the Metz-Sablotis railway station, and the railways at Karthaus, returning without loss. "Seven hostile machines and three German observation balloons were shot down during the day by our air- men, and three hostile airplanes were driven down out of control. Four of our machines are missing. "Wednesday night 13 tons of bombs were dropped by us on the .St. Quen- tin, Poesinghe, (^ambrai and Armen- tieres stations. All our machines returned." an atrocity from which It wa.s thought, $10.05, new bag.s, Toronto and Mont- ^ the next Victory Loan, which it is ; is a rare money-spender, the explana- ' mine off the English coast. Four '£!?*I)elivered ' '*'°"Kht will be issued about October tlon being that not one In a hundred, firemen perished, but all others were Montreal freights, bags included: °'' November next. It is his inten- 1 probably, is dependant entirely upon ! saved by the hospital ship Sindoro. bombing machines again attacked the even the Germans would shrink. The ] real freights, prompt shipment. Metz-Sablons station triangle and also ; Koningen Regentes, the Sindorm and I Millfeed â€" Car lots Bran, per ton, $35.00; shorts, per ton'.j tio" 'his year to have, if possible, the ; his pay. the Zeelaiiii sailed together â€" all Dutch ships having a safe conduct from the «4()"()o'' German admiralty and starting from Hayâ€" No. 1, per ton, $15.50 to^ery at the time of the flotation, Boston for Lincolnshire according to , $1(5.50; mixed, $13.00 to $14.00, track: the agreement. The Koningen was : "Toronto ! the most comforUble ship of the three !-- Strawâ€" Car lots, per ton, $8.00 to ; bonds engraved and ready for dellv- 1 Every French lad knows that $8.50, track Toronto. and the British commission of 11 per son going to Holland to confer with a German commission on the repatria- tion of prisoners of war would in the natural course of things have been ex- pected to sail in her. But for some unexplained reason they went in the Sindorm. The Koningen was sunk about 1 a.m., either by a torpedo or a mine I (best grade), 32 to 34c. when off the Dutch coast. Cheese â€" New, large, 23% I The delegates aboard the ship were he ' the Home Secretary, Sir George Cave; *° will be called upon to serve in the I Baron Newton, Under-Secretary of army in his turn in due course, and , the Foreign Office, who attended the he starts saving in view of this previous conference; Lleutenant-Geu- eventuality from a very early age. I eral Sir Herbert Belfleld, Director of The accumulated money, often sup- i Prisoners-of-War since 1914, and Mrs plemented by the savings of his par- i Darley Livingstone, the wife of an ents, is sent to him in instalments ] English colonel. Mrs. Livingstone, from his home at regular brief inter- 1 who is an American, is secretary of vals, and he spends it right royally, i the Government committee on prison- Victory loan of last fall had to be | from his point of view, in wine, cig- I ers-of-war. She attended the previous °'"^""'^^*^ ^^""^ quickly in order to ' grs, extra food, and any amusements j conference, and was active in recover- 42crordiVary "dairy 'pnnts','8Tto'40cV '"'^®* ***^ unexpected demand for | that may be going In the way of I ing English women and children from bakers', 36 to 38c. Oleomargarine 1 large British credits for the purchase j theatrical or concert parties. Belgium in the early days of the war. of munitions and foodstuffs in Can- ^^^^^â€" ^â€" â€" ^^â€" â€" ^-^â€" ^â€"iâ€" ^^â€" ««^_^^.^_^_^_____^^_^^^__ Country Produce â€" Wholesale Eggs, new laid, 40c; selected, new laid, 43 to 44c; cartons, 44 to 45c. Butterâ€" -Creamery, solids, 44 to 45c; do., prints, 45 to 4(jc; do., fresh made, 46 to 47c; choice dairy prints, 41 to that subscribers upon paying in full at any time may receive their securi- ties. This will do away with an im- mense amount of work connected with the issue and surrender of interim certificates, and will al-so greatly econ- omize the clerical labor, which in the last issue was very great. The STEFANSSON TO REACH VI(TORI\ THIS MONTH. A despatch from Ottawa says: Word has been receii'e<l by the Naval Department from Vilhjalmar Stefans- »on, the Arctic explorer, to the effect that ho expects to reach Victoria ear- ly this month. Stefansson reported from Fort Yukon, where he had gone from Herschel Ishind, on recovering from an attack of typhoid. He anil his party were ordered to return to civilization with their scientific collec- tions, and detailed reports of new discoveries made during their four years in lh<! Arctic. Stefansson in- timates that ho will probably give s short lecture tour on his return. Acounts are incomplete, but the fact that the principal .ship of a convoy, on which the British mission, including Home Secretary Cave, would ordinar- ily have been, was apparently torpedo- ed, and that the sailing of these ships aiul tlieir routes wore arranged with the German Admiralty, constitute, i when taken in conjunction with what is known of the enemy's methods of warfare, a chain of circumstances urgently demanding explanation. to 24c; ada. This year the problem is known twins, 23% to 24 '^c; spring-made,' well in advance, and preparations for large, 25 '/a to 20c; twins, 2b to 26Hc. | the issne «rp »lrf.n,lv nnHpr w»^ Beans â€" Canadian, prime, bushel, $7.50 to $8.00. Foreign, hand-pick- ed, bushel, $f>.75-to $7.00. Comb Honey â€" Choice, l(i oz., $3.50 per dozen; 12 oz., $3.00 per dozen; sec the issue are already under way. ^ BURDEN OF WAR WILL OUTLAST GENERATIONS. Arabs Hail Railway in Egypt Damaging It For Ten Mileii'. onds'and dark comb, $2.50 to $2.75. Maple Syrup â€" Imperial gallons, $2.26; 5-gallon tins, $2.10 per gallon. Maple sugar, per pound, 24 to 25c. A despatch from London says:â€" Right Hon. Bonar Law, in the course of his comments on the double in- come tax, said that the war was go- ing to leave a financial burden which would outlast many generations. What would have to be considered was ProviHions â€" WholesaU- Barrelled Meats â€" Pickled pork, $49; '"G?een'^Mem-Out of pickle, Ic less' !«>"' «»<^h ?»>•' °' 'he Empire should than smoked. j "^'^r its own burden, and, having re- Smoked Meatsâ€" Rolls, 32 to 33c; gard for the immense natural re- hams, medium, 37 to 38c; heavy, 30 to! sources of the dominions, he thought A despatch from London says: â€" An 3Ic; cooked hams, 49 to 50c; backs, they would be better able to bear their official communication issued on Fri- ' plain, 43 to 44c; back.s, boneless, 46 to g^are than the Mother Country would day night says: "An Arab column of 48c. Breakfast bacon, 40 to 44c. Cot-I ,..^ .,,.,. ,„ ,.„.. v.„.. Sherif Feisal's army raided the El , ^^«ry"s«l\e.ULu^Long clears, in! /,"'" TL'^^'irl fu ??• ''"*-'"'" tons, 30c: in cases, SOHc: clear bellies,! (Lgypt), May 25. Both .stations were ; 28 to 2»ke; fat backs, he. temporarily occupied. The station! Lardâ€" Pure, tierces, 81 to 32e; tubs,' buildings were wrecked and the per- 3114 to 32Uc; pails, 811^ to 32V4c;| be able to bear hers. « SUBMARINE USED TORPEDO IN SINKING THIS VESSEL. -« 457,000 TONS BACO.N AND HAM IIEACH BRITAIN FROM AMKUK A A <lespatch from London says: â€" .lohn R. Clynes, Parliamentary .Secre- tary of the Ministry of Food, told the House of Commons on Thursday that no efforts uf the (ierniuti submarines, however severe, could menace the civi- lian population of (Jreat Britain. Ho said that 457,000 tuns of bacon and ham ricenlly had lio-n imported from America . manent way very seriously damaged over a length of 15 kilometres. "One hundred and twenty-five pri- soners, including three officers, and four machine guns were captured." PARIS AGAIN RAIDED BY GKU.MAN AIRMEN A depsatch from Paris says: â€" Ger- man airplanes raidcil the Paris district Thursday ninht through a heavy de- fensive barrage. Some bombs were dropped. One person is reported dead and several Wdundi-d. Material damage wa.s done. The "all clear" was sounded at 12.20 a.m. Friday. To aid in feeding the soldiers over- seas eat more cereals, fish, puljitues niid vegetables. ll'.-; patriotic. 1-lb., prints, 33 to 33 '.^c tierces, 2() to 20'^c; 20%c; pails 27% to 28e. Shortening, j A despatch from Washington says AMERICAN MARINES AHACK SUCCESS- FULLY IN CHATEAU THIERRY SEQOR Hold All Important High Ground and Captured Large Number of Prisoners. A despatch from the American Army in Picardy says: American ma- rines attacked the Germans at dawn on Thursday morning and gained 3H kilos over a four-kilometre front, and capturing 100 prisoners in the Cha- teau Thierry sector. The French, at- tacking at the same time on the left, took 160 prisoners. The Americans now hold all the im- portant high ground north-west of Chateau Thierry. The marines again attacked at 6 o'clock on Thursday afternoon and the battle is still raging. The fight started at 3.64 o'clock on Thursday morning, and the Ameri- ^''9ru^'^*97.".''l'lh^''niinf\° '^^^ ^'"'''"'^ °^ ^^' ^"'"*' freighter cans had attained 'all their objectives , 2(.V4 to 27c, 1-lb., prints, u^rpathian, of 2,800 tons. 100 miles off j by 7.45 o'clock. The Americans have Montreal MarkelH Montreal, Juno 11. â€" Oats- i the Virginia Capes, at 9 o'clock on I Wednesday, was announced on Thurs- [ day night. The entire crew was res- - cued by the steamer Palmer. The â-  I submarine used a torpedo. One mem- ber of the British crew was injured. â- Cana- dian Western, No. 2, 93 to 93Vic; ex- tra No. 1 feed, 90 to 90 lie. Flour- New Government standard Spring wheat grade, $10.95 to $11.06. Rolled' « â€" oats Bags, 90 lbs., $4 . 85 to $5.00. ^ Bran, $35.00. Shorts, $40.00. Mouil-! FOCH WISELY BIDING HIS TIME lie, $72.00. Hay-No. 2, per ton, BEFORE USING ALL HIS FORCE car lots, $15.50. been pressing the Germans so hard that the enemy has been forced to throw three new divisions of his best troops in the line during the last three days. Soon after the attack of Thursday morning Uie Americans carried Hill 142 (about two-thirds of a mile south of Torcy), the highest point in this Live Stock Markets A despatch from Paris says: The German losses grow more serious Toronto, June 11. â€" Extra choice; dally, but they are still numerically h(}Uvy steers, $15.00 to $16.00; choice: superior, on the whole front, and may heavy steers, $1:1.0() to $14.25; but-^ i,i. able to embark upon a new offen- chers cattle choice. $1. 00 to $11.25;^ gi,.„ ^„ .^^^ other sector, perhaps do., l'oimI, $13.25 to $1.1.50 do. mod- ,, , ,. ,. xt m i-. l ium, $12.00 to $12.50; ^lo., common.' Montdidier-Noyon. The Freirrh com- $11.00 to $11.25; butchers' bulls, M"""'' '» therefore wisely biding its choice, $12.00 to $13.00; do., good, lime l)efore putting forth nil its ef- l.ulls, $11.00 to $11.75; do., medium furts. A despatch from London says: sive of the American and French troops against the Germans in the region north-west of Chateau Thierry, where in the past two days severe de- feats have been inflicted on the en- emy. Battling shoulder to shoulder over a front of six miles from Vinly, which lies just to the north-west of Vouilly- le-Poterie, to Bouresches, the Ameri- cans and French have captured the towns of VeulUy-le-Poterie and Bou- resches and also made progress all along the front. Previously Torcy had fallen into the hands of the AmerW cans. Nowhere on this battle line have the Germans been able to stay the efforts of the allied troops. A despatch from the American -â- Vrmy in Picardy says: As the result of the two attacks by the .â- \mericana against the enemy in the second bat- tle north-west of Chateau Thierry, 300 prisoners were captured and the Americans extended their line over a front of about six miles to a depth vicinity and swept on and stopped at | of nearly 'i^i miles the foot of a wheat field on the other j While the losses of the Americans side, from where they raked the Gor- ! necessarily have been heavv owing to mans with machine guns. One en- ; the nature of the fighting," the Ger- tire enemy machine gun company was | man dead is piled three deep in places almost annihilated. The Germans ' A number of machine guns were add-^ had donned French uniforms, but the ed to the .\merican booty. Americans, forewarned, poured vol- The German prisoneM taken by the leys of fire into them. One German ; Americans, many of whom were mer soldier had 32 wounds. Among those boys, had onlv been in the line captured were two officers. two days. Some of them There has been no lot-up in the offen re for wore the white bands of the Prussian Guard. ^rixo X>oJLn.i^si oJf -tlixo 33 LOOK Tom .THIS KIT re M 1 Followed me Home AN& I'MOOIMG To KEEP IM jyyr |>oiN6 THIS TO PLEASE Vou