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MMMHMAMMMa*! ii ] ^ ->mwn i|Mi* ' r f ITALIANS TORPEDO LARGE AUSTRIAN DREADNOUGHT AT POU One of Austria's Four Big Battleships Sunk by Italian Torpedo Boat Seaplanes Also Destroyed in Simultaneous Air Fight. A despatch from Waahinsrton saye: •â€" The Italian Embaasy late on Thurs- day afternoon received from Rome an cfficial communication confirming the press report of the destruction of an Austiian Preadnoufrht of the Viribus Unitas type at the Austrian naval b«so at Pola on Wednesday morning by Italian officers who were able to penclrutc the hai-bor successfully in h small Italian torjwdo boat. The bjessago to the Embassy read: "In the early hours of May 14 Cap- tain Mario da Vignola of Medina, Antonio Milani of Lo<li, Francesco Anselmi of Syracuse and Giuseppe Corrias of Cagliari, in a small tor- pedo boat, with admirable individual ipirit of sacrifice and extraordinary Inilitary and naval skill eluding the ientinels and searchlights constantly searching the water, succeeded in penetrating the well protected and fortified military port of Pola and iuccL'ssfully tfjrpedoed a large Aus- Irian Dreadnought of the Viribus Unitas type. "Simultaneously, lUilian seaplane fcquadi-ons attacked Austrian battle- planes over Pola, brought down two and forced several others down out of control. The Italian machines all returned safely to their bases." There are four Austrian battle.ships of the Viribus Unitas class, whlcb comprised the largest and most mod- ern fighting vessels completed for the Austrian navy up to the time the European war broke out. The other ships of the class are the Tegctthof, the Prinz Eugen and the Ezent Isth- van. The nameship was completed in October, 1912, and the others at intei-vals between then and the be- ginning of the war, with the exception of the Szent Isthvan, which was not finished until 1915. Each battleship of the class dis- places 20,000 tons, is 525 feet long over all, 89 feet beam and 28 feet draught. Their armament oomprises twelve 12-inch and twelve 5.9-inch guns in the main battery, with eigh- teen 11-pounders and various smaller guns, and from two to six torpedo tubes. The complement of the bat- tleships ranges from 962 to 988 men. All are heavily armored, and are classed as Dreadnoughts. The Viri- bus Unitas developed a speed of 20.9 knots on her trial trip. of f. Germany is Now Menacing Holland. The above map shows the reasons why both mouths of the Rhine are in Holland and the southern secli<« Holland forms a barrier between Germany and Belgium. Markets of the World FIRST AIRPLANE MAIL SERVICE Inaugurated Between Wiushing- ton, Philadelphia and New York. A despatch from Washington says: The first regular air mail service in the world has been successfully launched between Washington, the ^alion's (Capital; Philadelphia, • the ^radle of American independence, and Js'ew York, the metropolis of the na- tion. Three of the four airplanes util- ized in the inauguration of the ser- vice delivered safely, and on time, the mail entrusted to their care. One Of threeâ€" that which left the Polo grounds in Washington in the pres- ence of Presi<lent and Mrs. Wilson, Postmaster-General Burleson and i)ther high officials â€" failed only be- tause of a broken propeller, which forced the machine to land in Mary- and after it had made a brilliant fly- ing start from Washington. PL.WT TO REFINE s M( KEL AND COPPER. A despatch from Ottawa says: The contract for the construction of a Oit^kol and copper refining plant at Deschenes, Que., for the British- American Nickel ("orporation, calls for completion of the job before the Inow flies. The buildings and machinery will cost ovi'r $1,000,000. It is understood ^at both British and Norwegian in- terests are back of the scheme. PAPER FROM SALT MARSH GRASS If Britain's Experiments Prove Successful Good Supply Will Be Available. A despatch from London says: â€" - The new regulations limiting the sup- ply of news-print paper and forbid- ding returns by newsdealcrj after June 15th, has caused renewed in- terest in the problem of substitutes. The Controller of Paper Supplies has decided to allow the newspapers of Middlesex, Kent and Surrey to collect waste paper from subscribers for the purpose of tapping a new source of supply. The Controller also is interested irt experiments which are being made with saw<hisit with the design of re- making old paper with a large per- centage of sawdust. Experiments are also being made in the manufac- ture of paper from salt-marsh grass, whicAi is abundant in the estuaries of the south coast. If these experi- ments are successful a plentifpl sup- ply of material will be available. 37 PLANES DOWNED BY BRITISH IN ONE DAY. A despatch from London says: â€" Thirty-seven German airplanes, 25 of which were destroyed, were accounted for by British airmen on Wednesday. The official statement on aerial oper- ations on Thursday night reports a marked increase in the activities of both aerial forces on the western front. The Biitish continue to" bom- bard railway stations and billets be- hind the German lines. Breads! uffs Toronto, Hnv 21. â€" Manitoba wheat --Nl. 1 N.irthern, $2.23'2; No. 2 do., $2.20i,b; No. 3 do., $2.17%; No. 4 wheat, $2.10%; in store Fort William, including 2'2C. tax. Manitoba oatsâ€" No. 2 C.W., SO^c; No. 3 C.W., 77>/4c; extra No. 1 feed, 77 Uc; No. 1 feed, 74 '/ac, in store Fort William. American corn â€" No. 3 yellow, kiln dried, nominal; No. 4 yellow, kiln dried, nominal. Ontario oats â€"No. 2 white, 80 to 81c; No. 3 white, 79 to 80c, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat-^-No. 2. Winter, per car lot, $2.22; basis in store Montreal. Peas â€" Nominal . Barleyâ€" Malting, $1..';0 to $1.51, according to freights outside. Buckwheat- $1.84 to $1 .86, accord- ing to freights outside. Ryeâ€" No. 2, $2.30, according to freights outside. Manitoba ' flour â€" War quality, $10.95; new bags, Toronto. Ontario flour â€" War quality, $10.65, new bags, Toronto and Montreal freights, prompt shipment. Millfeed â€" C-ar lots â€" Delivered Mon- treal freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, $35; shorts, per ton. $40. Hay -No. 1. per ton, $16.00 to $17.00; mixed, $14.00 to $15.00, track Toronto. Straw â€" Car lots, per ton, $8.50 to $9.00, track Toronto. Country Produceâ€" .Wholeeale Eggs, new-laid, 41 to 42c; selected, new-laid, 44 to 4uc; cartons, 45 to 46c. Butter â€" Creamery, solids, 44 to 45c; do., prints 46 to 46c; do., fresh made, 46 to 47c; choice dpiry prints, 41 to 42c; ordinary dairy print.*, 38 to 40c; bakers', 36' to 38c; oleomargarine (best grade), 82 to 34c. Cheeseâ€" New, large, 23% to 24c; twins, 23% to 24',4c; spring made, large, 25% to 26c; twins, 26 to 26 %c. I Beansâ€" Canadian, prime, bushel, j $7.50 to $8.00. Foreign, hand-picked, i bushel, $6.75 to .$7.00. i Comb Honey â€" Choice, 16 oz., $3.50 per dozen; 12 oz., $3 per dozen; sec- ; ends and dark comb, $2.50 to $2.75. Maple Syrup â€" Imperial gallons, ' $2.25; 5-gallon tins, $2.10 per gallon. Maple sugar, per pound, 24 to 25c. Provision-s â€" Wholesale Barrelled Meatsâ€" Pickled pork, $49; mess pork, $47. I Green Meats â€" Out of pickle, Ic lesa than smoked . Smoked Meatsâ€" Rolls. 32 to 33c; i hams, medium, 37 to 38c; heavy, 30 to 31c; cooked hams, 49 to 50c; backs, ! plain, 43 to 41c; backs, boneless, 46 to 48c. Breakfast bacon, 40 to 44c. Cottage, rolls, 35 to 36c. I Dry Salted Meats â€" Long clears, in tons, 30c; in cases, SOMsc; clear bellies, i 28 to 28%c; fat backs, 2.5c. Lard â€" Pure, tierces, 31 to 32c; tubs, I31U to .32V4c; pails, 3IV2 to 32%c; ' 1-lb. prints, 33 to S3%c. Shortening. [ tierees, 26 to 26ViiC; tubs, 26'/i to I 26%c; pails, 26% to 27c; 1-lb. prints, I 27% to 28c. ' Montreal Markets Montreal, May 21. â€" Oats â€" Oana- ' dian Western. No. 2, 92%c; No. 3, ,90c; extra No. 1 feed, 90e: No. 3 ! looal white, 84MiC. Flourâ€" New stand- I ard Spring wheat grade, $10.95 to : $11.05. Rolled oatsâ€" Bags. 90 lbs, $5.25 to $5.85. Bran, $35.00. Shorts, ! $40.00. Middlings, $18.00 to $50.00. j Mouiliie, $60.00 to $62.00. Hayâ€" No. 2, per ton, car lots, $17.00. I Live Stock Markets I Toronto, May 21. â€" Extra choice heavy steers, $14.50 to $16.00; choice heavy steers, $13.60 to $14.00; good I heavy steers, $13.00 to $13.25; but- Ichers' cattle, choice, $13,25 to $13.75; ITALIANS LAUNCH STRONG OFFENSIVE i ON THE ASIAGO PLATEAU Take Initiative With View To Break L'p Arrangements For Teu- tonic A.ssault â€" British Troops Also Defeat Austrians. A despatch from London says: Among the rugged peaks of the Asl- ^ ago Plateau, east of the Brenta River, the Italian front has again flamed up , Into violent action. The aggressive has been taken by the Italians, how- ever, and the Austro-German forces, ^stead of launching their long-ex- •^ected assault on the Italian linos, , lave been compelled to flght hard to I naiiiiain the positions where they I la\ e stood since last November. Till! fighting .seems to have centred Cm the comparatively short section of Uie battle-line between .Monte Asa- â- >ne and Monte Pertica. These two Beigbts, about three miles apart, rise (0 an altitude of about 5,000 feet, iyhile between them there is a sort Af "siadiile" on which the Teuton forces have taken up strong positions. JBotli the Vienna and Rome officials' itatements tell of liitter fighting on this particular front, the latter stat- ing that the Italian soldiers have en- tered Austrian trenches on Monte .\salone In two places. The fact that the lUlian armies have taken the initiative in the j fighting would seem to indicate that j they have sought to cairy the fight- I Ing to the enemy in such a way as 1 to break up any an'angements f or | the launching of a strong Teutonic assault. While the fighting has been fierc* east of the Brenta, the whole Italinn 1 line from Lake (iarda to the Piave , and thence to the sea has been mark- ed by patrol ongHgements, In which the British participated, and whloh appear to be isolated actions, but which may be component parts of a plan of campaign in that theatre of the war. Nowhere have the Italian lines bean reached by attacking parties of Austriani. 9 do., good, $12.00 to $12.25; do., medium, $11.65 to $11.85; do., com- mon, $11 . 00 to $11.25: butchers' bulls, choice, $12.00 to $13.00; do., good bulls, $11.00 to $11.60; do., medium 1 bulls, $10.25 to $10.60; do., rough bulls, $7.50 to $8.50; butchers' cows, choice, $12.00 to $13.00; do., good, ' $11.00 to $11.50; do., medium, $10.25 to $10.50; stockers, $9.50 to $11.25: feeders, $11.25 to 12.00; canners and i cutters, $6.25 to $7.50; milkers, good ! to choice, $90.00 to $140.00; do., com. and med., $65.00 to $80.00; springers, ; $90.00 to $140.00; ligljt ewes, $15.00 to $18.00; lambs, $17.00 to $22.00; calves, good to choice, $14.00 to [ $16.00; hoes, fed and watered, $21.00; do., weighed off cars, $21.25; do., f.o. b., $20.00. i Montreal, May 21. â€" Choice siteera, $13 to $14; good, do., $12 to $12.50; medium, do., $10 to $12; choice butch- i ers' bulls, $11 to $12; good, do., $10 to $10.50; medium, do., $9 to $10; choice butchers' cows, $11 to $11.50; good, do., $10 to $11; medium, do., $9 to $9.50. Calvesâ€" Milk-fed, $12 to $14; good, S8.50 to $11. Sheepâ€" $10 to $13; lambs, $16 to $17. Hog-s- Choice selects, off cars, $22; sows, S20 to $20. ,50. * HERO OF THE CLOUDS. Lieut. Fonck is a Remarkably Cool and Daring Fighter. Lieut. Fonck, who in one day brought down 6 Hun airplanes and wlw recently took a leading place among the French aces, was credited unoffi- cially nearly a month ago with hav- ing shot down 34 German machines. He is described as a remarkably cool and daring fighter. Recently he fought two German machines in a squadron of eight, felled one of them and put the other to flight. A year ago Lieut. Fonck was un- known as a fighting aviator. He en- tered the aerial service as pilot of an airplane regulating artillery fire. After more than 500 hours, of flight over the line and two victories over German planes which had interfered with his work, he was sent into a squadron of purssuit planes. Eight days later, on May 13, 1917, ho be- came an ace, being cited officially as having destroyed his fifth airplane. He is 23 years old. WEST GETTING NEEDED RAINFALL General Showers Relieve Anxie- ty Regarding Crops. A despatch from Winnipei: sayi: Rains have been fairly general over northern Alberta, northern and cen- tral Saskatchewan and western Mani- toba, while heavy rains in southern and central Alberta have been follow- ed by a snowstorm. There are Indi- cations that the precipitation area will cover southern Manitoba, where it is badly needed. With all the wheat In and a good start on seeding of coarse grains, nothing could be more propitiou/ than a general heavy rain- fall. Owing to the very early spring and the dry March the land needed moisture to an extent unu.sual at this time, for although there is plenty in the ground, the top soil was very dry and on light land there had been con- siderable drifting. Any anxiety of that score is now relieved. Brandon, Man., May 16.â€" "Th* ', rainfall last night was very beneficial ! for the crops," declared Superintend- ent McKillican of the Experimental Farm to-day. ''It came at a tim« when it would do the maximum ' amount of good." .A.n electrical storm of about an , hour's duration raged over this city and district just before mid- night. The rainfall was about three- j tenths of an inch and the moistur* I was heartily welcomed. OVER $12,000,000 FOR THE RED CROSS 1 1,917 Subscriptions More Than i Doubled Those of 1916. j A despatch from London says: Ac- ' cording to Router's, Limited, the re- port of the British Red Cross fund for 1917, just issued, shows that the ! response to the appeal from overseas and at home resulted in a gross I amount of £2,577,888, as compared with £1,210,037 in 1916. With the I exception of enemy countries, vir- , tually every country in the v/orld fig- ures in the list. j The collection throughout th^i In- I dian Empire realized i"280,000. 1 The home return shows an increase over 1916, being more than £700,000, I &a against £400,000. The result in i Ireland was particularly good, the ; total, £111,807, being nearly five times the amount collected in 1916. A British anti-aircraft gun which is playing havoc with German air- fihips In France. Many of these are also in position in England and have been of great value in air raids. ARMY OF 1,500.000 BEI'OIIE END OF 1918. A despatch from Paris says: -I'he United States has promised to liave 1,500,01)0 fightiuK men in France by the end of 1918, says L'Homme Libre, Premier Clemcii«eau's newspaper. These troops, it adds. mui«t have their own organization and services, which will mean at least 2,000,000 specialists, workers, men in the quartermaster's department and others. TO JOIN PALESTINE A.NU CAIRO BY RAIL. A despatch from Cairo says: The swing bridge over the Suez Canal at Kantara has been completed, afford- ing direct railway communication from Cairo toward Palestine. • <' Half of Russia to Remain Untitled. ,\ despatch from Samara, Russia, says: Less than half the tillable land of European Russia remaining in control of the Bolshevik Government will lie cultivated this year. General unrest among the peasants, the un- settled conditions of land distribution, and shortage of seed, horses and agri- cultural implements are responsible for this condition of aflfairs. KAISER TOOK DECORATION BACK WITH HIM. A despatch from British Headquar- ters in France says: A German non- commipsioneii officer captured lately throws light on the disappointment the Germans sustained in their unsuc- cessful attack on the Belgian front on April 17th. He says the operation was designed to develop into a great flank-turning movement. So certain was the high command of success that the Kaiser came to the Yser to wit- ness the battle, having in his pocket the "Eicheulaus," the next highest German decoration to the Ordre Pout Merite, which he designed to bestow upon the general directing the attack. But when the Kaiser left the Yser th« Eicheulaus still tinkled in his pocket 172 BRITISH SHIPS ELUDED U-BOAT ATTACKS, A despatch from London says: "On the whole, the general trend of the warfare against submarines has pro- gressed quite satisfactorily since January 1st," Doctor Macnamara, fin- ancial secretary of the .Admiralty has announced in the House of Commons. MacNamara said that 172 steamers were unsuccessfully attacketl by Ger- man submarines l)etween January 11th and April 30ih. __,> QUEBEC CITY NOW HAS NO DRUNKS. .\ despatch from Quebec says: Re- corder Dery still finds time hanging heavily on his hands since the bars went out of existence. Yeeterday not ' a single case of drunkenness was vp j for disposal before him and the old court-room seems kind of lonesome. In fact, drunks have been conspicuous by the absence there since May 1, only one offender having made his 1 bow before the tribunal within 14 days,