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m TEUTON FORCES NO LONGER OUTNUMBER THE FRENCH TROOPS |W!WjMP!WBBy-''"^'''^'-^V; . ' . WSPI M-'. -^'y^-:-"^'--->^yw . i ii wi »t t J ^.^)iwrraW|W < ^y-^^â- "''•'«'^^ ^n^w^ â- â€¢â- ^â- ^•â- â- ^r»^'wv^*^^ Rheims Is ReKurdod as a Local Offensive and the German Objec- tive a8 Still Paris and the Channel Ports. A despatch from Paris says: The heavy defeat of the Ciermans in the Rheims salient iicain shows that every time the French have had in front of them more or less cciual forces and i have not been overpowered by num- bers the Germans have been made to feel the superior fijrhting quality of the poilus. Never, in the opinion of French military authorities, will the Germans break through these lines. ' At Rheims, as at Noyon, the enemy ' fell short of his elemental surpri^'e. Everything had been carefully propar- ' ed. French batterie.i of field and heavy guns, which had been placed in position, quickly answered the Ger- ' man bombardment. French air pi- lots, who had previously reconnoitred the country, picked out the Gorman ' reserves and bombed them, had sig- nalled their presence to the French guns, which poured forth a murdering (ire on the enemy's line.s and com- munications, thereby greatly impeding the advance of his shock reserve troops. Germany's impressions of the su- perior quality of French resistance are revealed by letters found on prisoners made in the recent attack. One of these is typical of the morale of the German soldier. This letter says: Enthusiasm and ardor have disappeared. The (Jcrman army now begins to realize that the time of easy victories has passed, and that it will again sec its soldiers piled up into walls of corpses. The memory of Ver<lun is being refreshed. French military circles regard the German attack at Rheims as a local action. They believe their main ef- fort will still be cither northward to- ward the channel ports or southward toward Paris. AUSTRIAN ARMY lAIR ROUTE TO SHORT OF food; EUROPE PLANNED Prisoners Ate on First Day All Rations Intended to Last Un- til They Reached Italian Stores. A despatch from Italian Army Headquarters, says: â€" .\t the begin- ning of the offensive the Austrians In the front line each received three rations of meat, one for each day of the attack until they reached the Italian stores. They were so hungry, however, that they ate all of them the first day. During a tour of the battlefronl the rorrcspondent talked w-ith an Austrian pri."soner, a member of a manufactur- ing firm with offices in all the great world centres. "I have been fighting for forty months," said the prisoner. "First, on the Russian front, where I had an easy time, and now here, where the Italians are making things too hot for ns. There is no food for the people of Austria, and next to none for the army. I had but a few pieces of bread and potatoes before the fight and since the fight began I have had none. "The army cannot last more than a couple of months at the best. There are no good officers left. We have plenty of ammunition, but no one to use it properly." The Italian losses were compara- tively small, while to the known Aus- trian losses will have to be added the many Austrian dead which still en- ctimber the wooded mountain sides. MILITARY SERVICE ACT HA.S SUPPLIED 74,102. A despatch from Ottawa says: The following stfitement was Issued on Thursday by the Department of Mil- itia and Drfence: "In connection with the recent pub- lished returns, covering the opera- tions of the Military Service Act, it Is evident from some of the comment in the press that the form in which the statement was made out has led to misunderstanding as to the total number of men obtained in relation to the 100,000 reinforcements authoriz- ed by the statute. "The total number of men obtain- ed by the machinery of the Military Service Act up to June 19 was 57,295, to which may be added for the pur- pose of determining the number of men available, 16,807 who have re- ported voluntarily." British Air Council Organizes Service From United States to Begin About September. A despatch from Washington says: â€" Establishment of an air route to Europe from the United States in order to bring the full force of Ameri- can effort in the air to bear against Germany has been decided upon as a defin'lto project by the British Air Council, the new organization into which all British Air Service has been merged. This was disclosed on Friday by Major-General William Brancker, Controller of Equipment on the coun- cil, who is in Washington to discuss this and other projects relating to air warfare with American officials. Plans for an initial flight across the Atlantic in Augoist, September or Oc- tober of this year are already well ad- vanced. American co-operation is sought and Gen. Brancker hopes that the first machine to make the cross- ing will carry both British and Ameri- can pilots. At lea.s-t three British pi- lots, regarded as qualified for the trip, are now here and several types of ma- chines produced in England have am- ple fuel capacity for the 40 hours of flying it is estimated the trip would take. AUSTRIAN LINE DRIVEN IN BEFORE ITALIAN ONSLAUGHT Further Gains on Piave River and Towns Recaptured by Allie»â€" Enemy is Now Twenty Miles From Venice. A New I so 1 or the (.as Mabk. , An American soldier in camp "somewhere" who does not intend while he's peeling onions. to weep Markets of the World! gal., $2.00; maple sugar 1-lb. box, pure, per lb., 24 to 25c. 11 Destroyers, Many U-Boats Penned Up In Bruges Canal. A despatch from London says Twenty-one German destroyers, a large number of submarines and nu- pierous auxiliary craft are penned up In the Bruges Canal docks as the re- sult of the recent British naval oper- ations at Zeebrugge, the German sub- marine base on the Belgian coast. Thomas J. Macnamara, Financial Sec- retary of the Admiralty, made this announcement In the House of Com- mons, and said that the operations were more succcssftil than at first had been supposed. He added that the German craft were now the sub- ject of constant bombing. BUITISH DAILY DEMOLISH ZEEBRUGGE REPAIRS. A despatch from Amsterdam says: The entrance to the harbor at Zee- brugge is blocked, according to Lieuts. George Coward and John Read, of the British Royal Air Force, who landed in the Province of Zecland, Monday, and are to be interned at The Hague. In an interview publish- ed in the Telegraaf, they say the Ger- mans are working day and night to clear the passage, but each night British aviators demolish the Ger- man's progress. The cement ships sunk in the harbor are still there, and the Germans are afraid to blow them up for fear they will also destroy the sluices. The lieutenants assert that no submarines can enter or leave Zee- brugge. The blockade of Ostend is not so complete, but the Germans are having great trouble there. FOOD BOARD'S REMINDER OF STARVATION IN FRANCE. A despatch from Ottawa says: A l)ulletin issued by the Canada Food Boani reads as follows: The population of France, our ally in this war, was about 39,000,000 when the war broke out. About 7,- 000,000 able-bodied men were con- scripted, 1,000,000 have since been killed, and over 1,000,000 more were put out of action. Agricultural pro- duction has dropped to nearly 0|^- thlrd. Women, children, old men and crippled soldiers are struggling to till the fields of France. Horses were also conscripted for military service, and French women hitched themselves to the plows and harrows in place of draft animals. Frenchmen are fight- ing Germans, Fren<'h women are fighting starvation. Deaths from starvation among the allies in Europe since the war are estimated at 4,- TOO'OOO. Breadstuffs Toronto, June 25â€" Manitoba wheat , â€" No. 1 Northern, $2.23 >^; No. 2 do., !$2.20%; No. 3 do., ??.17»^; No. 4 i wheat, $2.10H ; in store Fort William, including 2%c tax. Manitoba oatsâ€" No. 2 C.W., 86Hc; No. 3 C.W., 83%c; extra No. 1 feed, 8314c; No. 1 feed, 80l^c, 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, 79 to 80cj No. 3 white, 78 to 79c, according to freights outside. Ontario wheatâ€" No. 2 Winter, per car lot, $2.22; basis in store Montreal. Peas â€" Nominal. Barleyâ€" Malting, $1.18 to $1.20, ac- cording to freights outside. Buckwheat â€" $1.80, according to freights outside. Ryeâ€" No. 22, $1.90, according to freights outside. Manitoba flour â€" War quality, $10.95; new b:igs, Toronto and Mont- real freights, prompt shipment. Ontario flour â€" War quality, $10.65, in bags, Toronto and Montreal; prompt shipment. Millfeed-Car lots â€" Delivered Mont- real freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, $35.00; shorts, per ton, $40.00. Hayâ€" No. 1, per ton, 913.50 to $14.50; mixed. $12.00 to $13.00. track Toronto. Strawâ€" Car lots, per ton, $8.00 to $8.50, track Toronto. Country Produce â€" Wholesale Butter â€" Creamery, soiida, per lb., 42 1/4 to 48c; prints, per lb., 43 to 48Mic; dairy, per lb., .35 to 3fic. Eggsâ€" New laid, 36 to 37c. Poultry- Roosters, 23 to 25c; fowl, 28 to 30c; ducks, 25 to 30o; turkeys, 27 to 30c. Wholesalers are selling to the retail trade at the following prices: â€" Cheese -New, large, 2.S'/i to 24c; twins, 23% to 24>4c; old, large, 25'^ to 2«c; twin 20 to 26MiC. Butter -Fresh, dairy, choice, 40 to 42c; creamery prints, fresh made, 45 to 47c; solids, 44 to 45c. Margarineâ€" 28 to 33c lb. Eggs- New laid, 40 to 41c; new laid, in cartons, 44 to 48c. nre,sscd poultryâ€" Spring chickens, Gr>c; roosters, 28t!; fowl, 38 to 40c; turkeys, 40 to 45c. Live poultry â€"Spring chickens, 55c; roosters, 'J6c; turkeys, .tOc; hens, 33 to 84c. Beans - Canadian, hand-picked, bushel, $a.7f>; imp., hand-picked, Burma or Indian, $6.75; .Japan, $8.50 to $8.75; Limas, 18 to 20c. Maple syrup- -SH-lb. tins, 10 to a case, $14.50) imperial gallon tins, per tin, $2.25; imperial five-gallon cans, per can, $10.50; 15-gallon kegs, per I Provisions â€" Wholesale Smoked meats â€" Hams, medium, 38 to 38c; do., heavy, 30 to 32c; cooked, ! 50 to 51c; rolls, 32 to 33c; breakfast 1 bacon, 41 to 44c; backs, plain 44 to i 45c; boneless 48 to 49c. j Cured meats â€" Long clear bacon, 30 ' to 31e: clear bellies, 29 to .30c. I Lardâ€" Pure, tierce.s, 30% to 31 ^c; ' tubs, 31 to 31%c; pails, 31 14 to 31%c: j prints, 32% c; to 83 Vic. Compound I tierces, 26 to 26%c; tubs, 26V4 to i 26%c; pails, 26% to 27c; prints, 28 j to 28«^c. I Montreal .Markets I Montreal, .luno 25. â€" Oatsâ€" Cana- , dian Wester.i, No. 2, 97%c; extra No. II feed,. 94 Vic Flour â€" New st^andard grade $)0.9.'S to $11.05. Rolled oats â€"Bags, 90 lbs. $5.10 to $6.15. Bran, $35.00. Shorts, $40.00. Mouillie, $70.00. Hay-No. 2, per ton, car lots, $15.50. Live Stock Markets Toronto, June 25 â€" Extra choice heavy steers, $15.50 to $16.00; choice heavy steers, $14.50 to $14.75; but- chers' cattle, choice, $14.60 to $15.00; do., good, $13.75 to $14.00; do, med- ium, $12.00 to $12.60; do, common, $11.00 to $11.25; butcher.s' bulls, choice, $12.00 to $12.60; do., good bulls, $11.00 to $11.50; do., rough bulls, $7.50 to $8.50; butchers' cows, choice, $12.00 to $12.50; do. good, $11.50 to $11.75; do., medium, $10.00 to $10.50; stockers, $9.26 to $11.00; feeders, $10.00 to $11.50; canners and cutters, $5.50 to $7.50; milkers, good to choice, $90,00 to $140.00: do., com. and nied. $65.00 to $80.00; springers, $90.00 to $140.00; light ewes, $10.25 to $17.00; yearlings, $18.50 to $20.00; spring lambs, 23 to 2.5c; calves, $10.00 to $17.25; hogs, fed and watered, $18.00; do., weighed off cars, $18.25; do., f.o.b,, $17.00. Montreal, .Tune 25 -Choice steers, $13.50 to $15.50; good steers, $11.00 to $13.00; choice butchers' cows $10.00 to $12.50; poorer qualitv, $7.00 to $9.50: butchers' bulls, $8.00 to $12.00; milk -fed calves, $9.50 to $15.00; select hogs $19.00 to $19.50. A despatch from London says: â€" To all outward appearances the Austrian offensive in the Italian theatre thus far has met with failure all along the front from the Venetian Alps to the Adriatic Sea. In the hill region additional ground has been recaptured from the invaders, while along the Piave River, where ii.tensive fighting in in progress, at some points with fluctuating results, the balance toward ultimate victory seems to sway in favor of the Italian arms. South and east of A.<;iago the French and Italians, in brilliant counter-of- fensives, have retaken Pennar, Bertigo and Costalungs, past which the Aus- trians had hoped to push their front and gain the Astico River Valley, which leads to Vicenza on the plains below. Still farther south, between Fos- salta and San Dona di Piave, the Italians have farther pushed back the invaders, and unofficial reports assert that they have recaptured the village of Capo Sile, lying on the edge of the marsh region, some twenty miles east of historic Venice. It is not outside the range of pos- sibility that a large number of the Austrians are in a fair way to be tak- en prisoner by the Italians, for a large number of the pontoon bridges which they threw across the Piave River over the 14Vi-mile front between the Conegiano Railway bridge and the Zenson loop have been carried away on the bosom of the swollen stream. At any rate the loss of these bridges will necessarily seriously impede the rein- forcement of the Austrians on the west bank of the stream apd the re- plenishment of their supplies. A despatch from Rome says: Ital- ian forces on Thursday continued their counter-offensive on the Piave River front in the region of Fagara and Zenson, and gained further ground from the Austro-Hungarians, the Italian War Office announced on Friday. The Austro-Hungariang launched five heavy attacks on the Italian lines at Losson, to the west of San Dona di Piave. Exhausted by their exception- ally heavy losses, the attackers were forced to retire in the face of the Ital- ian resistance. Enemy pressure con- tinued strongly on the Montello, but everywhere the invaders were checked and the Italians counter-attacking, re- gained ground. A despatch from Italian Headquar- ters in Northern Italy says: Fresh rains have turned the Piave River into a swirling, yellow flood, which moves silently, but swiftly, dealing a fateful blow to the Austrians on its western bank, tearing up the com- munication lines and preventing suc- cor being given the shattered divisions struggling under the steady pounding of the Italian guns of the Duke of Aosta's third army. The satisfaction of the Italians over the present situation is matched only by the anger of the Austrian com- mand. According to prisoners, the swollen river has been the culmina- tion of a series of difficulties which prevented the Austrians from mak- ing headway either in Montello pla- teau or that section of the country ly- ing between the Treviso-Mestre and the San Dona di Piave-Mestre rail- way lines, where the fighting has been hard and cruel all the week, with the Austrians sorely pressed at every point and harassed on both sides oj the river by the Italian small guna and also huge pieces belonging to the navy, mounted upon floats, which move about the waterway at will. NEW ENEMY DEVICE OF FRIGHTFULNESS A despatch from Paris says: â€" "Flie-| I germaus," a device of frightfulness, is ' j the name given by the Germans to a 1 recently perfected bomb which, ac- j cording to their crwn claiims, will multiply one hundredfold the precision and effect of night bombardments. The bomb weighs less than two pounds, en- abling an aviator to carry hundreds at a single trip and Is said to be employ- ed especially against crowds of peo- ple. Instructions found on the person of a German aviation officer made pri- soner the other day say that in order to get the greatest efficiency and per- mit the low flying aviator to see the result obained, the following method Is employed : First, the aviator must throw several Incendiary bombs on the object of attack. After a pause of gome minutes to permit the crowd to gather around the burning object, as they naturally would in order to extinguish the flames, the aviators must swoop down and throw this fliegermaus into the midst of the group. ^ BRITAIN SPENDS $34,400,000 DAILY. A despatch from London says: Great Britain's dally average expendi- ture during the current financial quar- ter was £6,848,000 (34,400,000), said Andrew Bonar Law, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in introducing a vote of credit for £500,000,000 ($2,500,000,- 000) in the HouBe of Commons. Mr. Bonar Law said that the pre- sent vote, which would bring the to- tal war credits to £7,342,000,000, would cover expenditures until the end of August. The debt due Great Britain from her allies Is £1,870,000,000, Mr. Bonar Law said, while the dominions owe £206,000,000. DAMAGE BY FROST IN NEW BRUN.SWICK. A despatch from Fredericton, N.B., says: From all sections of the pro- vince come reports to the Department of Agriculture that heavy frosts on Thursday night have ruined crops. Buckwheat has been laid low and must be replanted. Potatoes have been af- 1 fected, but it is thought they will ( recover. Beans, corn and tomato! plants were nipped. The temperature , at the lowest point on Thursday night ; was 32 degrees. " i TORONTO TO MONTREAL FLIGHT IN 270 MINUTES. A despatch from Montreal says: Capt. Bryan Peek arrived in Montreal via airship from Leaside, Toronto, at noon on Friday. He flew the 330 miles In four hours and 80 minutes, the last half of the trip being in a furious gale. He was accompanied by a corporal on the trip. The aviator landed at Bois Franc, where a guard of soldiers took over charge of the machine until the trip back to Leaside begins on Monday. NOT TO BE CALLED BEFORE HARVEST Fifty-Five Thousand Men of 19 Years of Age Register For Service. A despatch from Ottawa says: Fifty-five thousand men of nineteen years of age have registered for ser- vice under the Military Service Act, and, as indicated, it is not the inten- tion of the Government to call any of the men to the colors probably before the harvest is over. Keen satisfaction is expressed with the way in which the young men re- sponded to the call to register. In a number of cases the number of regis- trations wa»- considerably higher than the estimated possible registration. Over the Dominion as a whole actual registration was 98.11 per cent, of the estimated possible registration. Registrations by districts were a» follows, the return for Quebec dis- tricts still being incomplete: London, 5,883; Toronto. 9,248; Kingston, 5.261; Hull, 916; Montreal, 924; St. John, 3,018; Charlottetown, 878; Kenora, 309; Winnipeg, 3,198; Vancouver, 3,018; Regina, 5,042; Cal- gary, 3,194; total, 55,281. Improved conditions in the Provinc« of Quebec are reflected in the Mont» real and Hull figures. In Montreal actual registration was 103.77 of the estimate, and in Hull 91.23 per cent. Estimated possible registration for the Dominion was 56,244. FOUR MILLION TONS OF COAL FOR CANADA A despatch from Washington saysj â€"Arrangements to ship 28,000,000 tons of coal to North-western States and portions of Canada via the Great Lakes were made to-day by the Fuel and Railroad Administrations. .\p. proximately four million tons of tnla quantity will go to Canada. ITALIAN TRANSPORT TOR- PEDOEDâ€" 640 PERISHED. A despatch from Paris says: The transport Sant« Anna, proceeding from Bizeria for Malta, was torpedoed and sunk, according to the Havas Agency. There were on board 2,150 soldiers and native workmen, ol whom 1,612 were saved. ^Flx.43 X)o±xi.s;fli of -t>li.e T^-VL-fPm. I'MsoiNe Toser kid OF THAT BLAMED CAT NOW MLiei/E MEj pRiHicm* pucKcoFPee TO LCAVe cirtAM For a cat TOO Ml>C- -^ I MAVt IT, ILLBUW A Poa, AK6 tXXiS ^ ,;xHATe cats ,\ ///<l'|'i'im\\V\ i V'' t .^^