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GERMAN CHANCELLOR HAS RESIGNED GOVERNMENT MAY ALSO RESIGN Intervention of Crown Prince Caused Resignation of Betlimann- Hollweg â€" Kaiser Has Not Yet Given His Decision. A despatch from Berne, Switzer- 1 perial proclamation is considered im- land, says: â€" The Voissische Zeituni? minent. of Berlin says the German Imperial Chancellor, Dr. Von Bethmann-HoU- weg, has resigned. Emperor William, the newspaper adds, has postpone<rhi3 decision whether to accept the Chan- cellor's resignation. A telegram from Berlin on Friday says that it was the intervention of the Crown P.-ince that caused the Chancellor to tender his resignation. .\ despatch from Amsterdam says Markets of the World ALL SINGLE MEN TO 35 ONE CLASS Braadatnffs Toronto. July 17- -MBMlli>l)n whi'iit- No. 1 Northcin, $2.44; No. 2 Northtrii. >2. 41* nominal, truck l;av portfl. MRiiltooa outs â€" No. 2 C;.W., 821c. track Huv iiiirlH. American corn â€" No. 3 yellow. Jl.ltK, Iioinlnal. track Tnionto. Ontario outn â€" .No official <iuotatlons. Ontario wlicat â€" No. 2 Winter, per car lot, $2.35 to $2.40: No. 3. $2 33 to $2.38. accordlnR to frclKhts outslile. Peas â€" No. '>, nominal. accordlnB to fielKlit.'* outside. Haiiey â€" MaltliiR. nominal, according to fnlBhtw out.side The Voissische ZeUung and Lokal Anzeiger, both of Berlin, agree that the Chancellor resigned owing to a letter from the Centre or Clerical party, declaring that the conclusion of j ^ » Jf J«; --jj^ ^^i^ peace would be rendered more difficult lia^.s. $11.50. Toiont if he retained his office. Dr. Theobald Theodore Frederic Al- fred Von Bethmann-HoUweg, until hi.s selecjon as Chancellor of the German Empire, was Minister of the Interior, Will Constitute the First Quota Under Military Service Act. A despatch from Ottawa says; All single men in Canada between the ages of 20 and 35 will be called up as one class in the first quota under the Military Service Bill, and all mar- CONSUMPTION OF WHEATTbEET AND BACON MUST BE REBIICED . '•â- â€¢â€¢â- â- â€¢:,: '-â- :^:^:: ' â-  --.^::^ Every Man, Woman and Child in the Dominion'Must Help, Food Controller Hanna â€" Use Perishable Foods. A despatch from Ottawa says: â€" ] f or export. Russia has been endure Hon. W. J. Hanna, the Food Controller, â-  ing four meatless days a week. Hou says that the consumption of wheat, | holds in England are under voluntary .- â€" „ ,.,... , - . , beef and bacon in the Dominion must ' obligation to limit their consumption to'trefKiUs .futsiVe^' "°"''"'"' '»<^^'»'-J'"« ; ried men between those ages will be 1^^^.^^^^^^ ^^ ^^ j^^^^ one-third to ; of meat to two and a half pounds ner Manitoba Hourâ€" First t>atpnts. In jnte ' similarly dealt with as a Single class. ' n^ggj. the needs of the allied aimies person per week, bags. $12.40; Hpcond patcnlH. In Jute | y^jj„ouncement to this effect was mane '" J"t«::_ ..1.- y. „„>!., „„ Thursday Meighen. two big ; in the Commons early on Ontario Hourâ€" ^Vlntcr. according to tnorning by Hon. Arthur sample. $10.20 to $10.30, In lm(?s, track v. u- i, „ l.„. Toronto, prompt shipment I The change which makes Mlllfeed -Car lot.s. delivered Montreal clas.ses of married and single men in frelKlits, liiiK.s included â€" Unin. per ton. ! . , • . ,, , „„,ia $33: slffirt.s, per ton. $38 to $39; mid- ! stead of SIX smaller classes was made (food feed Hour, per â€"A rumor has reached Holland that ; the fourth since Bismarck. He has the entire German Government will been accountable, under the constitu- resign with Imperial Chancellor von tion, only to the Emperor, having Bcthmann-HoUweg, the Main Com- i been a fellow-student of the Kaiser mittee of the Reichstag having re- 'at Bonn. His spectacular entry into fused to vote a war credit unless the the war was in the use of the words Government declares its policy regard- "Scrap of paper" in his final inter- ing peace and reform, which the Gov- . view with the British Ambassador, eriiment has declined to do. An Im- He was born November 29, 1856. GERMAN BASES IN BELGIUM BOMBED BY BRITISH AUICRAFT Docks, Canal Banks, Aerodromes and Ammunition Dumps Were Succe.ssfully Attacked. \ despatch from London says: â€" British airmen in the naval service on Friday night made bombing raids on German aerodromes and other mili- tary objectives in Western Belgium and returned safely to their base, ac- cording to an official announcement of the British Aiimiralty. The text follows: "The naval air service carried out bombing raids on Friday night on the fallowing military objectives: Aertry- cke aerodrome, Houttavem, Nieuw Munster aerodrome, Ghistelles aero- : drome, the railway junction north of Thourout station, the Bruges dock and I the canal bank, and the dumps at the I railway junction south of Ostend har- ^ bor. The visibility was generally ' very poor, consequently observation of the results was difficult. "Bombing attacks also were made on the Solway works at Zeebrugge and I at the base of the Zeebrugge Mole. "Altogether, several tons of bombs ' were dropped, and all our machines, re- i turned safely." BRITISH SHIP RUSSIANS MAKE ^LOWN UP I FURTHER GAINS Internal Explosion Was Cause â€" Heights and Two Villages Cap- Over 700 of Crew Perish. tured North of the Dniester. dlinsH. per ton, $4: bap. $2. SO to $2.90. llav â€" Kxtra No. 2. per ton. tl2.00 to $1260; mixed, per ton, $9 to $11. track Toronto. Straw â€" Car lot.s. per ton. $9. track To- ronto. in response to a general demand by the members of the House that the young lads of 20 to 24 should not be singled out jfnd sent to the front while older men with no more ties or responsibilities were allowed to re- main at home. -<>- Country Frodnca â€" VThoIaaals Hulter â€" Crcanierv solid.';, per lb.. 33 to ' 33Jc; prints, per lb.. 34 to 34ic; dairy, per lb.. 27 to 2Hc. Kkrs â€" I'er doz.. 29 to 30c. | Wbolcsalers are selling to the retail , trade at the followlnK prices : Cheese â€" New. larRe. 221 to 23c; twins, 22J to 2S4c; triplets. 23 to 23Jc; old. large. 30c; twins. 30Jc; triplets. SOJc. Ihitter â€" Fresh dairy, choice. 33 to 34c; creamery prints. 30 to 37c; solids. 35 to Ebkh â€" New-laid. In cartons. 37 to 38c; out of cartons. 35 to S6c. Dressed poultry â€" Spring chickens, 30c; fowl, 22 to 24c; squabs, per doz.. $4.00 to $4.60; turkevs, 25 to 30c. Live |)oultry â€" Spring chickens, lb.. 20 to 22c; hens. 16 to Iflc. Honev â€" Comb â€" Extra line and heavy weight, per doz.. $2.75; select. $2 50 to $2.76; No. 2, $2 to $2.25. Bean.") â€" Imported, hand-picked. $9.00 to $9.50 per bush.; Limus, per lb.. 18 to 19c. [on Friday. The Reichstag has gone Potatoesâ€" Hed Star, new, bbl.. $7.50 to cfrikp and the members have de- $8.00; North I'arollnas, new. bbl.. $7.60 , on Strike, ana me memoers nave ul to $s.oo; seconds, bbl.. $0.50 to $6.75. cided to suspend the labors both of the full House and the main committee un- til the political situation is cleared up. This leaves the war credit bill in abeyance. Emperor William has summoned Field Marshal von Hindenburg, chief SERIOUS NEWS FROM BERLIN Reichstag Has Gone on Strike Until Political Situation is Cleared Up. A despatch from Copenhagen says; â€" Serious news came from Berlin late and people. Full economy in the use "The allies look to Canada to re- of foodstuffs is urged by the Control- j lieve their food shortage. Both the kr, who in his statement says: j producer and the consumer must as- "The consumption of wheat, beef sist to give that relief, the producer and bacon in the Dominion must be by producing and conserving to the ut- reduced by at least one-third to meet most of his capacity, and the consumer the needs of the allied armies and peo- by substituting perishable and conserv- ple. Every man, woman and child in ing for export storeable foods. By Canada is under a direct war obliga- , such joint action the soldiers of tion to assist in that reduction , The | Canada, the Empire and the allies will consumption of flour in England and be strengthened in the struggle for France is being reduced to between ' victory. three and four pounds per person per | "Economy in the use of foodstuffs, week. Canada rnd the United St-ates particularly of wheat, bacon and beef, must reduce their normal consumption ; is imperativ.?. Waste in the hotels, of wheat by 160,000,000 bushels this restaurants, clubs and homes of the year to meet the added requirements : Dominion is a crime." ADDITIONS TO GREEK ARMY Provlslona â€" Wholeials .Smoked mcHts â€" Hams, medium. 30 to 31c; do., heavy. 26 to 27c; cooked. 41 to 42c; rolli^. 27 to 2Sc; breakfast bacon. 33 tg 36c; backs, plain, 36 to 37c; bone- less, 39 to 40c. Cured meats â€" I^ong dear bacon. 26 to 26|c per lb.; clear bellies. 25 to 26c. , ^ , , j Laril â€" rure lard, tlercea, 27 to 271c; ' of the general staff, and General Lud tubs. 27J to 271c; pails. 27J to 273c: com|iound. tierces, 211c; tubs, 21|c; palls. 22c. Senator Jonnart Tells of Impor- tant Plans to Aid Allies. A despatch from Rome says: â€" The Greek army is to be increased from three to ten divLsions, the recruiting and complete equipment of which are to be completed within four months, U.S. FORBffiS TRADE WITH FOE Washington Passes Bill Prohibit- ing All Trade With Central Powers. A despatch from Washington says â€" Without a roll call the Hot^se hai passed the "trading with the enemy' bill, designed to prohibit all commer A despatch from London says: The A despatch from London says; On British battleship Vanguard blew up a front of nearly 50 miles from Halicz and sank on J statement issued British Admiralty. An internal ex- the Dniester, capturing several viU plosion while the ship was at anchor 1 lages and important enemy positions, caused the disaster to the Vanguard Montreal Karketa Montreal, July 17 â€" Oats â€" Canadian Western. No. 2. S2ic: do. .No. 3. Sljc; extra No. 1 feed. Sljcv Flour â€" Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts $1260; do., seconds. $12; strong bakers'. $11.80; Winter patents, choice, $12.75; straight rollers. $12 to $12.30; do., in bags. $5.75 to $5.90. Rolled oats â€" HarreU. $9 to $9.26; bag of 90 lbs.. $4.40 to $4.6U. I Miiifeed â€" hran. 33 to $34; shorts. $38 to $39; middlings. $40 to $42; moulllle. $44 to $49. Hay â€" .No. 2. per ton. car lots. HI. Cheese â€" Finest westerns. 21Jc; do., easterns. 21Jc. Mutter â€" Choicest creamery. 36c; seconds. 36c. Eggs- Fresh. 40c; selected. 37c; No. 1 stock. S3 to 34c; No. 2. do.. 28 to 3Uc. I'otatueM â€" Per baK, car lots, old, $3 to $350. according to plans outlined by Charles ij^, intercourse with Germany and he. C. A. Jonnart, Entente High Comniis- [ ^,,1^^ ^^^-^^ ^^^^ existence of the war sionerm Greece. M. Jonnart has ^he bill makes it unlawful for anj reached Rome on his way to Pans,! ^ ^^.-^^ jj^^ ^^^^^^^ ^j th. where he will lay before the repre- j secretary of Commerce, "to trade 01 - Tu rfi. ^"*r"*^ '"'T' "'i attempt to trade with an enemy. 01 This news should be interpreted in; their forthcoming conference the re- | ^ o^, or on account of, or on behalf of connection with intimations that the suit of his v^rork in Greece, which in- | ^^ j^^. j^^ ^^^^fi^ ^^ ^„ ^„g„y_ ^jt^e, German Government has decided to re- i eludes the abdication of King Con-' fuse to Parliamentarize the Cabinet stantine, and important reforms which and the difficulties reported in connec- he expects to carry out under the new regime of Premier Venizelos. endorff, the chief quartermaster-gen eral, for a conference. Wt&Blpair Qraln Wliinliieg. July 17â€" Cash prices: â€" Iiilu O snu. fin nmcinl to the foothlUs of thc Carpathians the Wheat -.No.' 1 Northern. $2.34; No. 2. July V. says an ""icial advanced westward 'i"»2 3': No. 3. do. $2 2S; No 4. $2 16; ed Friday night bv the .u » advanced westward ^., j ,,93^ ^.^ g ^^^^. ,^,^j ,, 3^ .^aj iiiKio. "} iiiv across the Lomnica, and north across Hasls contractâ€" July. $2 34: August. Only three men of those on board sur- vived, and one of them has since died. Twenty-four ofTicers and 71 men, how- ever, were not on board at the time of the explosion. The British battleship Vanguard displaced li>,2.')0 tons and her com- plement before the war was 870 men. The Vanguard belonged to the St. Vincent class of dreadnoughts and was launched in March, 1909. The Vanguard was 53i! feet long with a beam of 84 foot and a draft of 27 feet. Her armament consistcil of ten 12-inch guns, eighteen four-inch, and four three-pounders in addition to tVec torpedo tubes. 1 KIrst half), $2.29. Oals -.N'o. 2 C.W "flic; No. 3, do., 74lc; extra No 1 feed. 74Jc; No. 1 feed. 73|c; No. 2, do.. 7Hc. North of th* Dniester, in the region j::',!.7-,'ru;Sc*id"$i.^'4" ViJIc'-Vi- N.-WC. $2 77J. No. 2 C \V.. $2.73i No. 3. do.. $2,681. 43.000 PRISONERS IN RUSSIAN DRIVE. of Halicz, says the War Office state- ment, the Russians captured import- ant heights and drove the enemy back to north-east of Ehilus, occupying two villages. South-west of Kalusz, the Russians captured Perchinsko, west of Uoho- rodozany. TTnlttd States Karksts Minneaiiolis. July 17 -Wbeut â€" July I lo.sed $2.28; September, $1 90. Cash â€" No. 1 hard, $2.60 to $2 6,1; No. 1 North- ern, $2 46 to $2 60; No. 2. do., $2.SS to $2,40 Corn -No. 3 yellow, $1.82 to $1 83. Oats N'o. 3 white. 711 to 72ic. . , l>nluth. July 17â€" Wheat â€" .No. 1 bard. In the course of the battles, says the *2 4l. No. 1 Northern. $2 40; No. 2. do.. nfTicinl «ljiti>m»nl iacnorl nn PeiM-.tr l... *2 30. l.lnseed â€" $2.98; July, $2.98, Sep- oiniiai siaitment issued on hrulay by lember. $2.99; October. $2.93. the War OflTice, the Kussian.s captured ten officers and 8.')0 rank and file, ! U»» â- took Markets chiefly Germans. They also took five ' ,,T'.;r,"'.'*"-.-!',''r\, ''-[•-",''•' ;''"''-<^ .steers. 1 1 . i_. »11.20 to $1160; choice lii>m v steers. heavy guns and ten machine guns. ($1060 to $ii.io; butcher.s' cattle choice ^ . $10.60 to $11; do. good, $10.10 to $10.40; Civoat ..1n.,or ;- o,i„„f„i . 1 ''" â-  "icdlum. $9 to $9.60; do., common.! hweet clover is adapted to a wider $8 to $8.60; butcbers- bulls ciudcc. $s 76 range of climatic conditions than any '." •"''•''.â- . "'"â- â€¢. •>'.""' .l'"''"' '^ '" *8 2 (if thc true clovers. tion with the adoption of a peace re- solution. SUPPLYTiTRAL CANADA WITH FISH Special Committee Appointed to Deal With Supply at Fair Prices. A despatch from Ottawa says: â€" Practical steps are being taken by Hon. W. J. Hanna, Food Controller,' to relieve the food shortage of Great Britain and our allies, and to increase the food supply of the Dominiou. A special committee, composed of Mr. G. Frank Beer and Mr. R. Y. Eaton, of Toronto, and Mrs. F. S. Wiley, of Port ."Arthur, has been ap- pointed to deal with the Canadian 'fish problem. Its first business will be to report on the feasibility of providing an ample supply of fresh-wnter fish at : ECONOMY IN USE OF From Petrograd reports, the follow- : ing number of prisoners and guns are shown to have been taken since the I beginning of the Russian offensive in Gnlicia: Prisoners. Guns. In the fighting around Brzezany on July 1 and 2 18,300 .Around Stanislau and Halicz from July 2 to 8 14,000 From July 8 to 11 10,000 29 55 80, directly or indirectly with knowledg« or reasonable cause to believe that th« person with or for, or on account of or on behalf of, or for the benefit of whom such trade is conducted is ar enemy." MUNITIONS IN 1856 AND 1917. Totals 42,300 The.se figures do not include ma- chine guns. Twelve of th^ 55 cannon taken at Halicz are heavy pieces . Three Muskets in Three Months >• Victoria's Protest. The statement that the output of guns and shells in 1917 was more in a single week than it was in the whola of 1914 recalls a letter written by Queen Victoria to Lord Panmurc in 1850, says a London paper. Her Ma- jesty was still young in tho,<e days, and what a Minister of Munitions sha would have made! "The returns of the different departments for the la.^t quarter," she wrote, ".show a lament- • p. Jable deficiency in small arms. Fifty- FLANDERS TOWNS WERE RAI DED BY BRITISH AIRMEN Explosions and Fires Cau.sed by Several Tons of IJombs Dropped on Electric Power Stations. reasonable prices to the consumers of central Canada, while giving legiti- mate returns to the fishermen. « CANADIAN RAILWAYS RAISE CLASS RATES COAL IS URGED. two for the whole of the United . Kingdom is a sadly small reserve to I have in store; we should never be 'short of 500,000." The Queen was struck also with the little work done at Enfield: "It appears that during the whole quarter this new and ex- tensive establishment has completed only three muskets." A de.^patch from Montreal .says:- (Canadian railways are increasing their earliest possible moment, and also to A despatch from London says: â€" Ian electric power station and railway British naval aeroplanes Thursday siding at Zarren were attacked by night carried uut raids on military ob- ' gun-lire from the air and bombs were jects in and near five towns in Fland- dropped on a train near St. Denis- crs, .mys an announcement made by Weatrem. A fire was caused by thc Admiralty. Fires and explosions , bombs dropped near the Ostend elec- wcre causeil by the several tons of: trie power station, and a h bombo dropped by the raiders. The j plosion also was caused statement reads: senaere railway dump, followed by an bombing raids were carried out intense conflagration, which was still I hursday night by naval machines on 1 burning a half-hour later Several \ arssenaere, St. Denis-Westrem, Ghis- ! tons of bombs v/ctc dropped. All the leiies and Ostend. Railway lines and | machines returned safely. â-  ficavy ex- at the Vars- (in , medium bulls, $7 25 to $7,70, do, rouKli bulls, $6 to $«, butcber.s' cows] <'holce. $8.40 to $»: do., Rood, $760 10 $i!'36 'to i'sT;' fiHciers, '$8 to'''$9riV:''oi'ii"-i 'â- ''**â- '' ''«'*•'>' fioâ„¢ points in (Canada to | exercise the strictest economy in the ners and cutlor.s.$5 (o $0; milkers, kcmuI points in the United States in ' use of coal, substituting wood and to choice, $90 u> $96: do., com, an4l med 1 ,- -.., ., 1 , â-  .»•_ t i. -i , $40 to $50: siMlnsers. $80 to $91); i.Kiit ''"« ^''^ the decision recently I coke, wherever possible. ewes, $8.26 to $9 25, sbeep, heavy, $«.on ' given at Wa.shington by the I • to $7.60; yearlliiKS, $8.50 to $9, calves, I ., . ,„ ,. . , .. Kood to choice, $14 to $15 60; ,sprlnK ; '"eceiitly K'^'^n at Washingt.m by the Interstate Commerce Commission on the applic .tion of the -American com- panies for a fifteen per cent, advance. These companies have been allowed something in the neighborhood of from twelve to fourteen per cent., which also will apply to freight con- .sigiicd to tlanada, and in order to maintain thc same relationship, Cai.a- dian railways have advanced their in- ttrnational rates to .he same extent. The new tariff will come into effect betwee,' July 10 and August 1st. A despatch from Ottawa says: Mr. | Magrath, Canadian Fuel Controller, ' . ' '~~ ~* ' in a statement is.sued on Thursday. ^^^'^ '^ "» '^^'^O" ^'h'ch history urges both dome-^tic and indiistriar V'"* •'"'''â- '' ''""'^ '*'*" **'"' ^''''*' users of coal to lose no opportunity of ^""^ '* J"*''fied of her children. Pow- laying in their fuel supply at the ^"^ «"<' responsibility go hand in hand The wider you make the basis of pow- er the more you diffuse and stimulate the sense of responsibility.â€" Mr. Asquith. lambs, lb, Ilic to 17c; lanibs, yo.irilnKS, $9 to $10.60: lioKH, fed and watered, $1625 to $Hi.:i6; ilo., welifhed off cars. il(i.60; do., fob., $15,60, Montreal, July i7- -Choice Ht«*ers $11 to $1160: Kood, $10.60 to $10.76; butchers' cows, $7 60 to $790; sheep, $7,60 to $9; calves, $7 to $12: choli-e seleited boRH, $11)76 to $17; kooiI selects. lioKB, $i(i.50: heavywclKht Iiorh, $15,7.". to $lli. Flea-beetles have in recent years been very destructive to young cab- bage, radish and turnip plants. To- bacco dust, applied freely, will usually drive the pe.st.s away. Lime flavored with Paris green, or »hig-shot, will also help in most cases. Lime and tobacco dust, freely applied, will dis- pose of the radish, cabbage and onioii- n aggot . â-  * / No use to water plants unless you .soak the ground way do^vn to the roo regu than the ordinary sprinkling. RUSSIANS MAKE PROGRESS AGAINST AUSTRO-GERMAN ARMIES Brussiloff's Forces Take the Town of Kaluszâ€" Advance of .20 Miles in Less Than 5 Days. " / ' A despatch from London says :â€" | lusz, after forcing a passage of the Another step in the outflanking of the Lomnica, thoy had advanced twenty Austro-German nimies protecting miles north-westward Trom Stanislau Lemberg on the east has been achieved in five days. In the same tiwe the by the Russians, who have crossed the Kighth Rus.siaii army took Halicz and River Lomnica and captured Kalusz. crossed the Dniester there and began Beyond the Lomnica and south of the an advance between Stanislau and ts. Hoeing or cultivating the soil j Dniester, west of Halicz, General Bohorodozany. A great wedm has •ulaily and often is much better ] Korniloff'.>( advance continues. [been pierced in the Austro-German When the Ru.ssians occupied Ka- i lines south of the Dniester. Hev, wa/terTI I CAN T EAT j THIS ,50UPf J IM VEI?^ SORRV 51 R- )YlCHAM6E IT POR ^00 |'/*\ .5l)f?tN0U WlU fm THI5 AURV3HT HeV, WAITER, COME. I, PACK HERE- IcanV EAT This 5oi)S> e/twer WWATS THE Ti?0U9LE S|1?, ^OV CAMV EAT AMVoF OURSOOPsf I HAVE SpooM a i' ''1 â- I