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â- â- 'T**='''^*PiPR' THE FRENC H MAKE BIG GAINS Qen. Pau'5 Armies Have Command of All Heights on Left Bank of Thur River A despaU-h from the Vosges, says : The latest and last operations of the French troops in Alsa<-e have given them command of all the heights on the left bank of the Thur River, from Thann to Gebwciler and Sulz. Muell.ausen, with its factory chim- neys only eight miles »w*y, is still in the hands of the troops of Gener- al Deiniling, the fajnous commander of Strassburg. The Germans have been making encrgptic efforts to re- pel the French advance in Alsace, and along the foot of the Vosges there is a growing suspicion tliat several army corps liave been brought from other parts of the fighting line, probably from Rus- sian Poland, to reinforce the Ger- man troops in Alsace. Their num- bers, at any rate, are constantly on the increase. There is no doubt that the enemy is making a determ- ined effort against the positions of the Vosges conquered by the French, but the Frendi are not only holding what they conquered â€" they arc advancing. A very important action recently took plaee in which cavalry and heavy and light artil- lery in considerable numbers were engaged, and showed themselves fully equal to the forces opposed to them. The entire action lusted from 9 a.m. to long after dark. The French and German losses were about equal, but the advantage was with the French, as they occupied a village, wliich was their objective and also the woods for a consider- able distance around, which com- mand the German positions. DIES TO RESCUE COMRADE Lieut. Lawrence Had Transferred to Regulars From First Contingent a Few Weeks Ago . A despatch from London says : Second Lieut. M. E. Lawrence, who appears among the killed in the latest casualty list, was the only surviving son of the late Hon. H. A. Lawrence and grandson of Uaron Lawrence, of the Punjab. For the last four years he had been living in British Columbia. He enlisted in the 88tli Victoria Fusiliers on the day war wns declared, and came to Kngland with tiie first C'ana<liaii contingent. On landing he heard that his yuung brotlit-r. w!io had a coniiiiis- sio[i in the Kind's i{oya! Uille Corp*, had lieen killed in action on the. Aij^ne. He was offered and ncM'i'tfd a coniiiii^siun in his bro- ther's regiment, and joined the Si.\th Battalion at Sheerness early in November, and was sent to France. After a few weeks he was killed in Flanders while leading a storm- ing party which was ordered to take an important position. His com- manding officer writes: "On reaching the position he found that a brother officer, who had led another storming party, was in need of assistance, as he had lost more than half of his men. lyawrence dashed ovor the interven- ing 70 yards with sirme of his men, and was no doubt responsible for >;ettLng buck his brother-officer, who had bean left alone ajid would have been <'ut off." FAMINE !N GERMAN CITIES The C'overnment Is About to Prohibit Baking in Private Houses \ drspati-li from Paris says: The bri-aii fumine in Germany appears to be gr(jwing in inicnsity, acc<ird- ing to reports reacliiiig here. The Burf.'<.Mia.'-l« r of Dortmund, in West- phalia, declared at a meeting of the city officials : 'Kxlnine ec<inomy in the con* KurnpiKin of bread, and particularly the limitation to what is only strict I \ iie<ehsary, as regards both bread and all other bakery wares, if the condition of German victory." The Cologne Gazette, comment- ing on the situation, calls on the military authorities to forbid the manufacture <>l all bread except for war piirp<j»es. The Copenhagen correspondent of the Tempts says the prohibition on night work by Berlin bakers has proved to have no effect, as tho housewives are buying enormous 8t<x'ks of flour and arc baking brea<l themselves. He says the Govern- ment is, therefore, about to prohi- bit baking in private houses. lUMIIslI I \KMKIl IMIOSIMKS. MH.VLK STEALS Iir(;i: IllOY. niL'bc"! Prices Are Oliltiineil for ( ro|)M anil tor Cattle. A despatch from Ixuidon says: After many years of depression the British fnniier is enjoying prosper- ity. I^ery thing he raises is quickly ia<Iabi<' nt prices which are gradu- ally climbing higher and higher. Wheat and <iats, which are the sta- ble crops of most Mnglish farmers, are fetching excellent prices, while the live sto<'k which they fattened tor th:' lulidav miirket was taken at figure* which have not been t<iii<he(l in many years. Perinhes, However, Cnrrying Away 5,nt)0-|)<>iind Load. A despatch from St. J«)hn, N.B., says : Roaring Hull Buoy, which with its anchor weighs 5,000 pounds, was i'arried away by a whale, ac- cording to officers of the Canadian Goveniment sU'amer Lanstiowne, in port, on Tiies<lay from a search for the missing guide to mariners. The Lan.s<lowiu! found a dead whale 50 feet long entangled in tlie chain of the buoy, which had been dragged a l<ing distance. The whale appar i-ntly die<l from exhaustion. WILL NOT GO TO FRONT FOR MONTH Canadians Were to Have Been Transferred Next Week, But a Change Had Been Made in Plans A despatch fnim l^mdon Bays: Although the intention of the au- thorities was to send the (Canadian troops t<- the front this week, a change has been made in the plans. and a delay of at least a month is now probable. An excejitional ho nor has fallen to the Allan liner Alsatioii, which appears in the lat- est navy list as the flagship <if llear- Admiral l)u<lley de Chair. Hesides i)eiiig <jnc of the newest an<l liaiid- soiiicst ships <,)ii the Mersey, the Al- satian has a iriiiscr stern, giving her the appearance of a war vessel. aii<l earning for her the nicknunie of "the «riiis('r" when she fir.s.|. ap- peared. The word wtt«>red in jest now applies in n'ality. WIRELESS STATION IN PANAMA Canal Zone Police Qot Tip From British Ministe, and Acted on It A despatch from Panama says : The canal zone police have discov- «r««l a wireletB telegraph plant on the top of a tall buiUling in the heart of Panama. The plant was destroyed by the authorities, v>ho ceolared that it belonged to a Dan lA West Indian negro, who they bali«v«d was a etiideinit in wireleM toUfraphy. (complaint was made reoaotly by tite British Mini«ter, Sir Charles Mallett, of the exis- tence of a wireleas station in Pana ma, and he gave tlie police its ap proximate location. After a search of several days it was finally locat- ed. For some time it has been sus- pected that there was another hid- den wireleee plant in the Dariem region, but British an<l Japanese lomdiiig parties have failed to find it. PRICES CF FARM PII0DUCI3 REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA. Breadstuffs. ToronU), Jan. 19, Flourâ€" Manitoba firn pateiitB. $7.30. in (utc bagB: second pat- ent*. $6.80; Htrone bakers', $6.60; Ontario â- wheat Hour. 90 piT c«nt. patents, quoted a.t $5.10 to $5.20. ucuboard. Wheat-Manitoba No. 1 Northern. $1.44; No. 2 at $1.41, and No. J at $1.37; Ontario vrhoat, No. 2,t $1.27 o $1.30, at outeide points. Oa.'B -Ontario. 52 to 5Jo. outside, and at 55 to 5fc on traoli, Toronto. Western Can- ada. No. 2. at 63 l-2c. and No. 3 at 60 l-2c. B&.rley-66 to 69<'. outeido. â- llye-»1.06 to $1.07. outside. P«ic -No. 2 quoted at $1.75 to $1.85, out- side. (Jorn-No. 3 now American, 78 to 78 l-3c, all rail, Toronto freight. Buckwheat No. 2 at 78 to BOc, outeide. Bran and shorts Bran, $25 to $26 a ton, and shorts at $27 *o $28. Boiled oata.â€" Car lota, per hag of 90 lbs, $3 to $3.20. Country Produce. Butter-Prices rule firm. Choice dairy. 24 to 25c T inferior. 20 to 21c; creamery prints, JO to 31c; do., solids. 28 1-2 to 29e; farmers' neparator. 26 to 27c. Kps» .New-laid, in cartons, 36 to 38c ; se- lci^t«, 31 to 32c; storage, 29 to 30c. Uoneyâ€" 12 to 13c ix'r lb. for strained: No. 1 honeycomb. $2.75 pe^r do«en; No. 2, $2.25. Poultry- ChickenH. drc«scd, 13 to 15c; ducks, dressed, ilb. 14 to 16c; fowl. 10 to Uc; gieee, 14 to 15c; turkeys, dreseod, 18 to 20c. C'hei*câ€" New large. 16 l-4c; twins, 16 3-4c. Beans-Prime, bushel, $2.50 to $2.70; hand-picki-d. $2.75 to $2.85. Potatoi«-Ontr\rio<». 65 to 70c per bag, out of Btori; .'.5 to 60c in car Jota. New Bruiiswicks, ce-r 'ot«. 60 to 65c per bag. Provisions. Baconâ€" liong clear. 13 1-2 tc, 14 l-4e per lb., in case lots. Bamsâ€" Medium. 16 to 17c; do., heavy. 14 1-2 to 15c ; rolls. 14 to 14 l-Zc: breakfast bacon. 17 1-2 to 18c; backfl, 20 to 21c; bonelcBS backs. 22 to 25c. Lardâ€" Market quiet at 11 M ^o 11 l-2c for tierces, and at 11 J-4 to 12c for tubs and pails. Compounds, 9 1-4 to 9 l-2c. Baled Hay and Straw. Dealers arc paying as follows for car lot deliveries on tr.ick liere; Straw is quoted at $7 50 to $8 a ton. In car lots, on track here. Hay- No. 1 new hay id quoted at S16.50 to $17, on tr-ick here; No. 2 at $15 to $15.50, and No 3 at $13 to $13.50. Winnipeg Grain. Winnipeg. Jan. 19. C,i*h:-Wheat -No. 1 Northern. $1.34 1-4; No. 2 Norther.i. $1.3! 1-4; No 3 Northern. $1.28; No. 4 $1.24; No. 5, $1.20; No. 6. $1.15; feed. $1.11. Oats- No. 2 C.W.. 56 l-4c; No. J C.W.. 53 l-2c; ex- tra No. 1 feed. 53 l-2c; No. 1 feed. 53c; No. 2 feed. 52c. Barleyâ€" No. J. 70 1-Zc; No. 4. 66 1.ac; feed. 6Ic. Fl.\x-No. 1 N.W.C.. $1.53; No. 2 C.W.. $1.50. Montreal Markets. MaTtreal. Jan. 19. Corn- .\mRrican Vo 2 yellow. 81 to 82c. Oa4« -Canadian West- ern. No. 2. fjc; (Canadian Western, No 3, 62c; extra No. 1 feed. 62 12c: No. 2 Uical â- white. 56 l-2c; No. 3 local white, 55 l-2c; No. 4 local white. 54c. Barley- Manitoba feed. 70c; malting. 77 to 78c flourâ€" Mani- toba Rpring wheal patents, flrwts. $7.20; i<«v>nd«. $6.70; strong bakers'. $6.50; Win- ter patents, choice. $6.50; straight rollers, $5.90 to $6; ftraight roller*, hags, $2.75 to $2.85. Rolled oats, barrels. $6.40 to $6.50; rolled oats bags. 90 lbs., $3 to $3.10. Bran $25. Rhorte $27. Middlings $30. Mouillie. $J3 to $34. Hay. No. 2. per ton. car lots. $19 to $20. Oheese Finewt wctiternfl. 15 7-8 to 16<': finest easterns. 15 5-8 to 15 3-4<-. Butter Choicest creamery, 30 to 30 l-2i': •econdrf. 29 to 29 l-2c. Kggs rFeah. 45 to ,50f. selerted. 31 to 32c; No 1 stwk. 28 to 29e; No. 2 stock. 25 to 26i'. Potatoes, per bag. car lots. 6Cc. Unit't: States Markets. Minneapolis. Jan. 19. Wheat -No. 1 hurd. $1.39 3-4; No. 1 Northern. $1.34 1-4 to $1.39 14; No 2 Nopthorn. $1.31 i-4 to $1,39 1-4; May $1,36 1-4. Corn No. 3 ye|. low. 14 to 65<v Oa.ts No. 2 white. 50 to 50 l-2c. Flour and bran unchanged. Dnluth, Minn.. .Ian. 19. Wheat No. 1 hard. »!.37 1.4: No. 1 N<irlherii. $1,36 1-4: No, 2 N<»rlhern. $1.33 1-4 to »1.,V4 14; May. $1.38 1-4. Linseed, $1.30 14; May, $1.81 1-4. Live Stock Markets, Toronto. ,)an. 19 Odd choice hutoher cows brought $6.25 to $6.75, but the bulk sold between $5.50 and $6.25, with common at $5 to $5.50. Cutters brought $4 35 to ti and canners $3.75 to $4.35, with the avsr- age a littl<> ower. Bewt tiUx'keni sold be- tween $6.50 and $7, medium to good b» t.ween $5.75 and $6.50 and common $5 25 to $5.75. flalvci nold at $8 to $10 for veals. Beat l.xmhn at $9.30 and others ikt $9.15. Sheep, $6.25. Iiarge lots of hogs went at $7.50 fed and wau«ted and at $7.90 to $8 on the off car baisis. Montreal, Jan. 19. -Prime heevee, 7 1-4 to 7 1.2c; medium. 5 1-2 to 7c; common. 4 1-2 to 5 l-4c; nnm. $35 to $85 ea^^h. one fine springer fetching $100; calves. 5 to 8c; â-º henp. 5c; lamlw. 7 1-2 to 0<'; hog*. 8 to 8 l-4c. CANADIAN TROOPS FIGHT VALIANTLY Ratdtlion Charged Kneniy willi Ray* ont'ts and Won Treiiehex "For Canaila and Old Kiit;land." A despatch from London says: The Canadian regiment at the front has distinguished itself in a stirring ba.yonet charge at a, place near Ypres, known as "Dead Man's Al- ley," according to the l.)aily Ohrooi- icle's correspondent in North-east France. "Tho Germans," the cor- respondent says, "had moved a great ma-ss of men against this spot on the liritisih front. Mud helped the thin British linfe to hold, but the honors were barely even until the Canadian regiment hurried up from the rear. Suddenly there â- was heard a roar of voices and a long line of slouch-hatted men with fixed bayonets rusihed forward with the battle cry 'For Canada and Old England.' "The Germans broke be- fore the charges, which carried everything before it. Trench after trench felJ, and the Canadians did not ceasie until the Germans broug'hit up their artillery. The ground gained extended over a mile in front." The Canadian losses were two killed and fourteen Wounded. SEVENTY T OWNS IN RUINS Italian Earthquake Took Twenty Thousand Lives in.Ihirty Seconds CANADIANS ARE NOW BriLETED Marked Retferiiient of (ienoral Health in Cantidinn Contin- gent is >'oted. A despatch from Ixindon says : The billeting of the Canadians has resulted in a marked improvement of the general health conditions in the contingent at Sali.sbury and the extension of the .billeting system is pr(K;eediiig. The outbreak of men- ingitis is believe<l to have been checked. ^Major Verret. C-ol. Cur- rie and Lieut. Murray are arrang- ing the detjiils «7i a C^anadian ba.se post-office at London. « A despatch from Rome says: Twenty thousand lives lest, thirty Uiousand persons injured, a million homeless and in need of relief, 78 towns and villages wholly or partly destroyed, a territory 300 miles lonj; and extending frum the Adria- tic to the Tyrrhenian Sea devastat- ed, irreplaceable works of art ruin- ed â€" this is tihe measure of the catas- trophe caused by the earthquake which held Central Italy in a merci- less grip for 30 seconds Thursday morning. As the hours go by and communi- cation with the outlying districts is restored, appeals U}r aid from every section are pouring into Rome, and are being answered instantly by the Government, the people and the clergy. The King, the Pope and the Premier Salandra are among the leaders in the great work of relief, and trains are being sent as fast as possible with doctors, nurses and supplies to every part of the shaken area. The greatest damage done was at Avezzano, 50 miles east of Rome, which was totally destroyed, â- with a total loss of life of more than 8,000. In this district the scenes parallel those of Messina in 1908, when 76,000 persons perished. I The King left for that city by automobile, and will renmin there until the distress is alleviated. In Rume the damege was relative- ly small, not a single life being lost, At Naples and Florence, whioh also felt the shock, there were no casual- j ties and very little destruction. "The" district of Sulmona is bad- ly damaged, and the victims are ' numerous. Twenty persons are i killed and many injured at Villago. j Rescue work has been started at I Popli and Pentina, where many houses are damaged. "The dama:ge is extensive at Aquila and Isola Delliri. and many small towns in the province of Rome. The village of Sora has been razed. "Loss of life has been feared at Chieti and other towiia in the pro- vince of the Abnizzi, but it is be- lieved that disaster will not be so great as at first apprehended." The opening of partial communi- cation throughout the- district from Ferrara. north of Bologna, to Na- ples, brings somewhat more reas- suring news, but also gives th^ in- formation that the track of the quake was greater than at first be- lieved. REFUSED TO INSU RE CARGO First Time on Record Where Washington Govern- ment WouIJ Not Insure an American Vessel »KIT.\I\ W.VNT.S KN(;iNKF,RS. Qiialiiled Men for >'«vnl Servioo Ad- verJiMcd For. .\ <ies|)atch from Ottawa says: The Hritish Admiralty has notified the Caiiiuliau Murine aiul Naval De- partments that there a.re op<'iiings in the liriti.sh naval serviw for a (•onsideriibie number of ({ualified marine engineers. They are neixl- e<i as artificers and for other lininchcs of the service. German Socialists to Fight War? A despatch from Havre says : It is generally known that the Social- ist Deputy, Dr. Liebknecht, wh'O alone in the Reichstag, vot^ed against the military credits, incur- red blame as a result. Already the state of affairs has changed. Dr. Liebknecht has just informed the chiefs among the International So- cialists that a .serious movement against war is manifesting itself among Germtm Socialists, and that almost unanimously the Federations share his point of view and declare themselves against war. German South-west Africa Invaded A despatch from London says: The forces of the Union of South Africa have occupied Swakopmund, German South-west Africa, accord- ing to the Pretoria corres|>onJent t>f Renter's Telegram Company. Swakopmund is a port of oa.ll at the mouth of the Swakop River. It is a trn<lmg and mission station, and is connected by rail with Wind- hoek. A despatch from Washington says : The sudden turmoil over the Dacia and the request of the State Depart- ment that Great Britain permit the vessel to discharge her cargo at Rotterdam instead of Bremen were due to the refusal of tlie Govern- ment war risk bureau to insure the Dacia ajid her cargo. This lervsi! completely upset the plans of the owners of the cotton about to be shipped, for having obtained con- sent of the Department of Com- merce to the admission of the Dacia to American registry, they had taken it for granted that consistent action would be obtained from the Government war risk bureau and insurance written as desired. The insurance was refused on the ground that inasmuch as the British Government had indicated objec- tions to the Dacia engaging in trade with Germany, her arrest on the high seas was practically a certain- ty and she was not, therefore, a good risk. The fact that the de- partment had seen fit to "OK" the transaction to the extent of grant- ing American registry did not in- fluence the war risk bureau and the Dacia was denied her risk. Members of Congress who were informed of the refus^al of the war risk bureau expressed great inter- est. It was said to be the first case where the bureau has refused to give insurance to an American ves- sel. M MBEU CIT DFCKEASKD. Kevival of Trade in the Cheaper (iruiloM is Fxp(>(ted. .â- \ despatch from Ottaw a says : Reviewing the lumber trade of the Ottawa Valley, John .\ird, assistant general manager of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, says the cut is estiinntod at 375.000. (X)0 feet, or 100,000.000 feet less than for 1913. owing principally to low water con- ditions. In other sections of the province the decrease is propor- tionately greater. Dealing with the market condition.s. he predicts a revival of trade next spring in the cheaper grades, but foresees oven lower prices than in 1914 for higher grade lumber. Love that feeds on beauty alone soon starves to death. Canadian Infantry Transtcrrcd \ de.spatnh from Salisbury Plnin|lcnce of cerehro spinal meningitis, says: The Sling P^.titation camp of | The Fourth Infantry Brigade has the Canadian contingent has been j removo<l to Tidworth Barracks on c<)ndemi\rd on account of the preva- I that account. ENEMY MASSES 500,flJ TROOPS Seasoned Fiphters Sent to the .Visiie to Make Fintil FITort. I uder Kaiser's IHreclioii. A desjvatch from Amsterdam says : It is reported that the Germana have concentrat^^^ a half a million men on tlK>ir lines between Flan- ders and Hheims for the purpose of breaking through by brute force, no matter what the cost. The scheme has been aided by the fact that floods on the Lys and the Aisno forced the allies to withdraw in two or three important places. In Flan- ders flot>ds hold the Belgians and French in check, and the Germans bcilieve that second line troops can maintain their front there â- while the seasonini fighters are sent to Soisstms and along the Aisne. Gen. von Falketihayn, chief of staff of the German army, is at the front with the KaistM', accortling to informa- tion received here from Brussels. The harbor at Zcebrugge has been hea\ily miivtxl and the town has been transformed into a fortress, as has also Knocke and other places on the coa^t. The German trtx>ps on the coa-sit are conuuandcd by Gen. von .-Vrnim. HON FY FOR GERMAKY. Swedish Authority Says She (J rows .More Fornitdable. A despatch from Stockholm says: Germany, instead of suffering ex- haustion after m*)nths of war, has betNiine more formidable than ever, according to Lieut. Col. Bouveng, Chief of the Swedish Military .\(a- demy, who sp?nt two and a Ikt.II mouths at the theatre of war with the German army. "I deem Ger- many's military resources tt> be in- exhaustible," says Lieut. -Col. Bou- veng in The .-Xftenbladet. "It is im- possible U> doubt that the German army could perform tasks still more difficult than those whioh are con- fronting it to-day." Train Wreck in Germany Kills Many Soldiers on Their Way to French Dattleflolds.' An express train running at high speed and carrying rtvany soldiers who had recovered from their wouikIs to Much an extent that they were returning to the French battlefields, was wreeked near Stendal when it ran into the rear end of a freight train. Tlie cars of the passenger train telescoped and were totally wrecked. Many of the returning soldiers were killed or aenously and mortally injured. W.\S SHOT ro UKATIf. Von Fidkenhnvii's Son Killed in an Air Raid. A despat*'h from Paris says : Cap- tain vtm Falkenhayn, son of the act- ing chief of general staff i>f the Ger- man arnv^v, was shot to deatii oy a French aviator whlls making "in aerial reconnaissance over Ainiens on Sunday, aocordisg to « despatch from that city.