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the Salien and British Hold Positions Gallantly Along the Sides Claim 45,000 Prisoners despatch from London says:-- e desperate efforts of the French British to stem the tide against e invaders have served only to slow the rate of speed of the German ance; the defenders of the heights of the Marne seem to have been swept aside in the rush of the enemy toward the road to Paris, and the has been reached on a ten- mile front. Aside from the move- ment of the German armies south- ward, two other significant incidents of the tremendous battle have occur- ved. One is that the Germans have extended their attack to the morth- west, along the Ailette River, from _ which the French have fallen back for some distance. The other is that the battle has extended to the east of Rheims, which city, during the first few days of the battle, formed the ex- treme eastern end of the line of bat- tle. Along the sides of the salient form- ed by the rapid German advance to the Marne, the French and British have been holding their positions gal- jantly. South of Soissons the French have defended their line with such vigor that the Germans have not made much impression upon it. On the other side of the battle area, the British are still holding the forts © Rheims and positions just west of that war-stricken city. There is a statement in the French report on Friday night which may mean that Chateau Thierry has been captured or outflanked. This would mark the beginning of a turning movement toward Paris. : Paris, in its report on Friday night, * says that German attacks on French positions on the right bank of the Aflette River have been repulsed. It is. admitted that the Germans have reached the Marne, light detachments having penetrated as far as the river between Charteves and Joulgonne. On the right flank of the battle area the situation is unchanged, which is also the condition west and north of Rheims. More than 45,000. prisoners, over 400 guns, and thousands of ma- chine guns have been taken by the Germans, according to the Berlin of- ficial communication issued on Friday. 2 Beginning of Drive. A despatch from the French Armies in France says: The Germans in the Champagne pushed farther towards the River Marne on Thursday. The intention ¢f the Teutons probably is to secure a position enabling them to turn to the westward with the bulk of their attacking armies. The ef- forts of the Germans since their first rapic advance appear to take a fan- like movement. The principal col- umn of the Teuton divisions seems to be thrusting in the direction of Free- en-Tardenois, which now is under a heavy fire. v 1,000 PARIS CHILDREN REMOVED TO COUNTRY. A despatch from Paris says: The removal of children from Paris was begun on Thursday morning when 1,000 children from the Montmartre district of the city were placed on 'board a special train, bound for a vacation colony in the Department of Allier, in Central France. This is the first action taken under a plan for removing Paris children from the possibility of harm from a long-range gun shell striking a school filled with pupils, as a church where worship wes in progress was struck on Good Friday last. mmv-- i ---- GERMANS ARE USING NEW LONG-RANGE GUN. A despatch from Paris says: Exam- ~ ination of the shells discharged by the Germans in the long-range bom- bardment of Paris, which began again on Monday, indicates that new guns are being used. Larger shells .are being employed than fermerly, the calibre of the guns being 24-centi- _ 'metre (9% inches) instead of 21. "The powder charge is greater, and the detonation louder, but the force of the explosion does net seem to have increased. A shell exploded only 'a dozen yards from a man seated on a bench, and did not injure him. t--Germans + and Over 400 Guns. On both flanks also strong forces pg of are engaged. The first, of these cap- tured Soissons. On * the eastern flank, however, they are meeting with the sternest defence from the Franco- British forces, which, nevertheless, have been obliged to realign in order to keep the froht straight." rol Allied reserves are now taking up positions in the battle-line. "They. are being thrown in to strengthen the defending forces where they are weakest in preparation for. the plac- ing of a barrier to a further German advance. A despatch from London says: On the fourth day of the fighting the German Crown Pfince's army failed to gain any considerable ground. On|. oi both fangs of the 80-mile fighting front, the allied troops refused to give up further territory, despite persist- ent enemy attacks, while in the cen- tre, between Fere-en-Tardenois and Vesily, about seven miles north of the Marne, the French resgrves have checked the German thrustiin the di- rection of Chateau Thierry. It would appear that the allied reserves have come into action as planned and have made their power felt. Soissons is regarded as more vital to the allies because of its importance to the Montdidier-Amiens line than 7| the other end of the front. The French are holding the high ground on the fortified plateau of Bellu and Men- tagne, commanding the southern and south-western exit from the city, from whence the main roads run to Villers Cotterets. The possession of Chateau Thierry and absolute. com- mand of Soissons and its arteries would not only hold out a distinct threat to Paris, but would enable the enemy to link up his battle fronts on the Aisne and Somme, widening out his original salient so that for the purposes of a counter-attack it would cease to be a salient at all. The danger is by no means. past, and hot fighting continues 'along |2 the whole front, - especially to the southward, the German official state- ment claiming that they are fighting their way toward the Marne from Fere-en-Tardenois. According to the statement the enemy claims to have taken 85,000 prisoners and a tre- mendous amount of booty in cannon and material, > A despatéh from London says: Telegrams from Amsterdam indicate that the enemy is preparing the Ger- man public in advance for the slowing down which seems to have occurred son Thursday. Military writers, gen- erally supposed to be in direct touch with the German high command, suggest that tounter-measures which Foch will undertake will, in the next few days, slow down, if not bring to a standstill, the German advance. They 'suggest that a new offensive must be looked for on another part of the front. . ANOTHER AIR RAID ON PARIS FAILED. A despatch from Paris says: Some airplanes crossed the line in the di- rection of Paris on Thursday night.| The alarm was sounded at 11 o'clock, and the "all clear" signal was given at mjdnight. The enemy machines were under a heavy fire from the de- fences of Paris, and some bombs were dropped on the region about the city. There were no casualties. reer A een < ? RAISED 67,800 MEN UNBER SERVICE ACT. A despatch from Toronto says: It was announced unofficially that since the Military Service Act was put into operation last October it has pro- duced 67,800 of the 100,000 required under its provisions. This takes in all men who have reported from all points in the Dominion under all drafts. mene Arnett > AERIAL POSTAL SERVICE BETWEEN PARIS AND LONDON. A despatch from Paris says: Avia- tors De Vienne and Lorgnat flew from 'Paris to London and back in a hydro- airplane in three hours and ten min- utes, carrying mail. It was the first trip in connection with an aerial post- al service between England and France which is being organized. Tr : bE} re ts--Nos 2 81c; No, 3 white, 79 to 80c,.a to treights outside. wi ' 0 nter, per re Mont- wheat--No. car lot, $2. ; basis in sto , " ' eal. Peas--Nominal, Barle Mal g, $1. ateordio to fre hd Rye--No. 2, $2.10, 'outside frei y nitoba flour--War $10,95; new bags, Toronto, Ontario flour--War quality, $10.65, new bags, Toronto and ontreal its, prompt, shipment. lifeed--Car lots-=Delivered Mont- freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, $36; shorts, per ton, $40. Hay--No. 1, Jer n, $15.50. to 16,50; mixed, $18.00 to $14.00, track oronto. Straw--Car lots; per ton, $8.00 to $8.50, track Toronto. ---- Country Produce--Wholesale Butter--Creamery, solids, per lb, 42 to 42%c; prints, "per 1b., 48 to 48%c; dairy, per Ib., 36 to 87c. Eggs--New-laid, 83 to de. Pou oosters, 23 to 26c; fowl, 28 to 80c; ducks, 28 to 30c; turkeys, 27 to 30c. Wholesalers are selling to the re- tail trade at the following rices:-- Cheese--New, large, Bh to 24c; twins, 23% to d4%c; old, large, 25% to 26¢c; twin 26 to 26%ec. Buttet-Fresh, dairy, choice, 40 to 42¢; creamery prin, 'resh made, 456 to 47¢; solids, 44 to d5c. Margarine--82 to 84c. lb. Eggs--New laid, 40 to 4lc; new laid, in cartons, 43 to 46c. Dressed poultry--Spring 70c; roosters, 28c; fowl, turkeys, 40 to 46¢. Live poultry--Spring chickens, 60c; roosters, 26¢; turkeys, 30c; hens, 38 to 87c. Beans -- Canadian, = hand-picked, bushel, $8.76; imp. hand-picked, Burma or Indian, $6.76 to $7.25; Japan, $8.25 to $8.50; Limas 19 to ec. Maple syru 14-1b, tins, 10 a case, $14.50; imperial gallon tins, per tin, $2.26; imperial five-gallon cans, per can, $10.60; 15-gallon kegs, per gal, $2.00; maple sugar, 1-1b, box, pure, per lb, 24 to 26be. to: $1.42, ide. according to chickens, 38 to 40c; Provisions--Wholesale Smoked meats--Hams, medium, 86 to 88c; do., heavy, 30 to 32¢; cooked, 49 to b0es rolls, 82 to 83c; breakfast bacon, 41 to 44c; backs, plain, 4 to 46¢; boneless 48 to 49c. ; Cured meats--Long clear bacon, 50 to 8lc; clear bellies, 29 to 30c. Lard--Pure, tierces, 81% to 82¢c; tubs, 81% to 32%c; pails, 82 to 82%; prints, 33 to 88%ec, Compound ierces, 26 to 26%c; tubs, 26% to 96% c; pails, 26% to 27c; prints, 27% to 28¢ J ne Montreal Markets Montreal, June 4.--Oats Canadian Western, No. 2, 93c; do, No. 8, 89%c; extra No. 1 feed, 86%c. Flour, new: standard Spring wheat grade, 10.95 to $11.06. Rolled oats, bags, Ths., $4.86 to $5.00. Bran, $36. Shorts, $40. Mouillie, $72. Hay, No. 2. per ton, car lots, $15.50. . Live Stock Markets Toronto, June -4=Extra choice heavy steers, $15.00 to $16.00; choice heavy steers, $14.00 to $14.25; but- chers® cattle, choice, $14.00 to $14.25; do., good, $13.26 to $13.50; do., medium, $12.00 to $12.50; do. com. mon, $11.00 to $11.25; butchers' bulls, choice, $12.00 to $13.00; do., ood bulls, $11.00 to $11.50; do., medium bulls, $10.26 to $10.50; do., rough bulls, $7.50 to $8.50; butchers' cows, choice, $12.00 to $18.00; do., good $11.00 to $11.50; do., medium, $10.28 to $10.50; stockers, $9.50 to $11.26; feeders, $11.26 to $12.00; canners and cutters, --$6.00 to $7.26; milkers, good to choice, $90.00 to $140.00; li ewes, $15.00 to $18.60; lambs, $20.00 to $21.00; good to choice, $14.00 to $15.80; hogs, fed and wa- tered, $20.00; do., weighed off cars, $20.25; do, £.0.b., $19.00. Montreal, June 4.--Choice steers, 14.76 to $16.26; good steers, $12.00 14. Choice butcher cows, $11.00 to $11.50; poorer grades, $9.50 to $12.00. Butchers' bulls were, $9.00 to $13.00; sheep, $18.00 to $15.00; Spring lambs, .00 to $12.00 each. Choice hogs, $2 50; sows, $18.00 to $19.00. ; ------m Keep the hoe and cultivator going to keep down the weeds that will be very troublesome if allowed to get the start of the gardener. Loosening the quality; | - One of the big guns which helped the Canadians go check the G erman advance in Flanders MARNE NOT CROSSED AT ANY POINT. A despatch from London says: Latest reports from the front state that the Germans have not crossed the Marne at any point; that on the southern bank French reserves in large numbers are holding command- ing positions, while all "the bridges have been blown up for many miles to the west of Chateau Thierry. To the north-west of Chateau Thierry, the Germans, following the line of the Ourcq, are reported as having reached Neuilly, with the evident in- tention of attempting a drive between the Marne and the great wooded dis- trict surrounding Villers Cotteres, which affords a strong defensive po- sition to the French holding the line south-west of Soissons. ie BRITISH CASUALTIES 166,000 FOR MAY. Although Listed Last Month Were Victims -of Somme and Flanders. A despatch from London says: Casualties in the British ranks re- ported during the month of May veached-a total of 166,802. The 18sses were divided as follows: Killed or died of wounds: Officers, 1,586; men, 20,618. Wounded or missing: Officers, 6,182; men, 138,566. British casualties reported week by week have recently been running near the 40,000 mark, evidently repre- genting the losses sustained during the heavy fighting that started with the beginning of the Gérman offen- sive in March. a -------- Last Message by Pigeon Told Fate of Three Battalions. A gespatch, from British Head- quarters in France says: just to hand tells of the heroic con- duct of three. French battalions, which" were surrounded in the Forest of Pinon Monday. They entrenched themselves, determined to resist un- til the end, Succor could not be sent them. Thelr rifles and machine guns were heard for many hours. The last message from them came Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock by carrier pigeon. It said:they would hold o until the last. It is probable that 'when their ammunition became ex- 'hausted the survivors were captured. ee pene. POWDER MAGAZINE EXPLODED BY AIRMEN AT ZEEBRUGGE. A despatch from Amsterdam says: A long, heavy aerial attack was made on Zeebrugge Thursday night, and at about 1 o'clock Friday morning there was a tremendous crash and the con- cussion was felt by the entire neigh- borhood. Flames rose High in the air, and it is supposed that a powder 'magazine was exploded, according to soil aerates it and conserves the mois- pure. Doings THE QuesTIoN \S, \ How AM | GOING TO ET RID OF THAT CAT ON " a Flushing despatch to the Tele- A _ story | CANADIAN HOSPITAL BOMBED MEN: MANY KILLED 'AND Building Collapsed Burying Inmates:--Majority of Patients Were Rescued by Heroic Men Who A despatch from the British Army in France says: Early on Thursday morning German airmen bombed #n- other haspital--this time a Canadian institution--and exacted a consider- able toll of casualties. Among those killed by the explosion or flames was an American medical officer who was administering an anesthetic to a British officer in the operating room when that part of the hospital was demolished.. The raid occurred at 10.30 o'clock in the morning. ¥ The hospital attacked was a large one. It had been in tence since the early days of the war and was mafked byshuge Red Cross signs. On the storey above the main floor were the office and patients' room, and above them were members of the hospital personnel. Part of the wing was 'demolished by the terrific explo- sion, and many unfortunate people were killed and wounded when the building collapsed and buried them. Strange to say, those who. were on the top floor had better luck than' those below them, and several escap- ed because they fell en top of the de- bris. Risked Lives to Reach Them. operate on an aviation officer when the crash came. All those in the room were buried under an avalanche of brick and woodwork. The demo- lished wing caught fire and burned fiercely with many victims still pin- ned in the wreckage. ~ Nothing more awful has occurred in the annals of the hospital service since the war began. Every avail- able person in the neighborhood was called out to assist in the rescue work,' and two fire brigades were called in. With the assistance of ladders and other fire apparatus the hospital pro- sented what was left of the big wing. Scores of people worked frenzied- ly at the flaming mass of twisted timbers in their attempts to reach ose entombed, and many uncon- scious forms were carried out by heroic men who risked their lives to reach them. Excellent work on the part of the firemen finally resulted in hehe fire being extinguished, but there were still many' people, including more than one sister, buried in the The surgeons were just about to GREEKS STRIKE HEAVY BLOW ON THE Capture 1,500 Germans and Bulgarians With Quantities of War 'Material--Advance A despatch from "London says:-- More than 1,500 German and Bulgar- ian prisoners, among them 33 officers, and a large quantity of war materials,' have been captured by Greek troops on the Macedonian front. The official statement from Salonica says: "Greek troops, supported by French |ly artille;v, have captured the strong enemy positions of Srka Di Leger on the Struma front on-a width of twelve kilometres and toa depth of two kilo- metres. More than 1,500 Bulgarian and German prisoners were taken, in- cluding 88 officers. , A large quantity of material also was captured." The French official report describ- ing the battle says: 3 "Greek troops, supported by French artillery, attacked enemy positions of great strength of Srka Di Legen, south of the Struma, Over the whole of the front of the attack, which mea- sures 12 kilometres, and to a depth ruins. There was no hope that they were alive. . ; MACEDONIAN FRONT on Seven-Mile Front. of 2 kilometres, the infantry captured in the first rush the first position. . the enemy, reaching all of their obi tives and passing them at cep points. ~The enemy reacted strongly; with violent artillery fire, and at- tempted west of 'Srka Di Legen a counter-attack, which failed complete- . "More than 1,600 prisoners (Bul- garians and Germans), including 83 officers, have been counted up to the present. . Important war materials have fallen into our hands, The Greek troops, and the French soldiers which were to-operating with them have shown the finest spirit in spite! of unfavorable atmospheric conditions. "The aerial forces took an active part in the battle, using their ma- chine guns at a low altitude on the Bulgarian reserves. They have bomb= arded with success railway stations in the( Vardar valley and the aviation ground at Hudovo." ; BYAR WOUNDED