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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNEj ONT., THURSDAY. MAY 3, 1917 CROWN LIFE The volume of applications for new insurance during 1916 was by far the Greatest in the History of the Company. That is the best evidence of public esteem. Let us send you some fresh Insurance faots CROWN life insurance co., TORONTO Agents wanted In unrepresented districts JOFFRE ASKS UNITED STATES TO SEND ARMY TO BATTLEFIELD French War Mission Exchanges Views With American Government Officials. A despatch from Washington says: | and Marshal Joffre came to the United --Conferences between members of ] States prepared to give reasons for the French war mission and American the °P™on of French military PAINT RIGHT A. RAMSAY & SQN CO. For wear and beauty of Makers of Fine ^r^V^ .. color they are unsur- Ask your £^ Ramsay Dealer write rn is h gK1 montreal toronto ancouver RUSSIANS FACE FOOD SHORTAGE 2,250,000 HUNS FACES THE WORLD Germans Predominate in Numbers North of Pripet. A despatch from Petrograd says: The Russky Invalid states that the enemy has from 150 to 155 divisions _ of infantry and cavalry on the Russian front (a German division is about 15,-000 men), consisting of eighty-five to ninety German, fifty-five Austrian, and fifteen Turkish and Bulgarian divisions. On the front of Prince Leopold of Bavaria, who commands eleven armies, there are three grouped under Generals Eicchorn, Lisinger and the Austrian General, Boehm Ermolli. He holds two-thirds of the whole front with 105 divisions, while Archduke Joseph commands in Bukowina with fifteen and General Mackensen on the Rumanian front with thirty-five mixed divisions. Only three of the northern armies from Riga to Vilna, and the jk Pinsk army under General Grenau, are purely German, while only one army, under General Kerbach, is Austrian. In the remainder of the Aus-tro-German army the German element is predominant north of Pripet, and the Austrian element south of it. Turkish troops are found in the armies commanded by Generals Bothmer, Falkenhayn and Toschev on the Bukowina, Rumanian and Dobrudja fronts. HOLD GERMAN PRINCE'S BODY FOR A PRICE Britain May Demand in Return Bodies of Nurse Cavell and Capt. Fryatt. A despatch from London, says:-- Lord Robert Cecil, Minister of Blockade, said in reply to a question in the House of Commons on Thursday that a private inquiry had been received through the Sovereign of a neutral power as to whether the body of Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, who died of wounds while a prisoner, could be sent to Germany. The Government, he said, had responded that this was impossible at the present time. It has been suggested by members that the British Government, Lord Robert stated, insist as a condition for granting the request that the bodies of Miss Edith Cavell and Captain Fryatt be returned to England. London despatches late in March reported the death of Prince Friedrich Karl from the wounds he received when shot down by artillery while he was flying in an airplane over the British lines near Peronne. The Prince, who was a cousin of Emperor I William,, bad previously been reported hy Berlin as missing after an air raid ! by the Germans in this vicinity . Government officials for exchanges of views regarding the conduct of the war against Germany began here Thursday after the leading sioners had paid official calls upon President Wilson, Vice-President Marshall and Secretaries Lansing, Baker and Daniels. Of foremost importance was a long talk between Marshall Joffre and members of his staff and Secretary Baker, Gen. Scott, chief of staff, and several other American army officers. Franc, is known to desire the sending of an American expeditionary force to co-operate with her armies, of the Premier of perts that the sending of such a force is advisable. Information regarding the meeting between the military leaders was withheld. Soon after the conch ference Rene Viviani, France, head of thi statement, in v/hich he declared that the co-operation of the United States in the war would mean not only victory for France, which already assured, but a victory of morality and right, which will "forever secure the existence of a world in which all our children shall draw free breath in full peace and undisturbed pursuit of their FOE EXHAUSTED FRENCH MASTERS Germans, Failing in Counterattacks, Leave Allied Troops Alone. A despatch from London says: A mse has settled upon the great battlefield east of Arras--apparently a pause of utter exhaustion on the part of the Germans, who are obliged to rest without recompense to show for their appalling sacrifices of the last the continuation of five days, while the British methodic- , nQW put them firmly BRITISH ARMY IN FRUITFUL LAND Army in Palestine Advances Through Grain and Fruits. Ontario Farmers Eager to Do What They Can. A despatch from Guelph says: Meatless days are staring Ontario in the face, and not only in this Province but all over the world there is a serious shortage of food. Reserve supplies are lower perhaps than they have ever been. Starvation threatens the poorer people in the war zone, where the number of non-producing consumers has been increased by millions. Who is to provide food for the allies? What can Ontario do? Another year like 1916 would bring still higher prices for foodstuffs and possibly starvation to many across the Although seriously handicapped by the great shortage of labor, Ontario's patriotic and progressive farmers are doing their best to "save the situation." Day after day Professor C. A. Zavitz of the Ontario Agricultural College is besieged by mail and telephone with inquiries as to how best the problem can be met. What are the best varieties of seed for Ontario ? What should the farmers of Ontario do? When is the best time to do it, and what is the best method? These are samples of the questions fired at the professor of field husbandry and director of field experiments. Production of food is not keeping pace with consumption. The number of producers of agricultural food materials, in comparison with the non-producing consumers, is rapidly de- I creasing, and a serious situation has . ' been brought about by the war. j Munitions Board and United States j j Shipping Board to Co-operate. J i A despatch from Ottawra says: The Imperial Munitions Board and the United States Shipping Board have j been in consultation during the past fortnight with regard to co-operation in the production of wooden ships in Canada and the United States. Standardized types of vessels have been agreed upon, and ther-i will be a com- j mon schedule of prices and contracts, j Arrangements are now being made to j have a considerable number of wooden ships for ocean transportation built: on the Pacific coast. In Canada R. P.1 Butcliart of Victoria will take charge of the business organization of the industry for the Imperial Munitions ally refortify the objectives the thrust begun on Monday. The German reactions died out front of Gavrelle last night, German bulletins to the contrary notwithstanding. To-day there were attacks whatever and the Brit- A despatch from British Forces in Palestine says: It is over two months since the British troops entered El-Arish, which geographically and historically is the gate of Palestine, and advance has the soil of 1 I the Holy Land. j Progress from the sands of the desert to the sown land was gradual and was marked by three separate stages. The first ended at El-Burg, bringing the troops to the region of Grass. After a year of yellow sand Hay--Extra No. $12.50^ mixed, per u-l.M J ^ ^ton,fl$45 red Mont i ■ i Idling , $li,50' and-plcked, bushel. Canadian, hand-prime, $6.75. to $2.15. Buckwheat honey, 60-lb. lOJc to 11c a pound, .pie syrup--Pure, $1.65 to $1.75 per ,-e poultry--C^bkens, fat, 20c to 22c; fowl, fat, zlcTTbe; chickens, or-inary. 22c; fowl, ordinary. 20 to 22c. Provisions--Wholesale Smoked meats--Hams, medium, 29 to Dc: do., heavy, 25 to 26c; cooked, 39 to 'c: rolls. 2.1 to »«,.; breakfast bacon, Montreal Markets ish sappers were able to_ work undis- the grgen yigtag w&r& goothing and | < turbed, save for bursting German refreghi to the especially with str, l'as the relief afforded by the tamarisk shells. What, fighting there shifted southward on the fine running i treeg riging between ihe gand dunes_ down to St. Quentin. Last night also The gecond wag frQm El.Burg marked the climax of the German . ^ sheik.Zoweid marking the transi. counter-attacks upon the new French j don frQm ^ green meadows to a land of barley fields. Sheik-Zoweid is a mud village, but boasts a fruitful orchard with The renewed German efforts twice Thursday night to loosen the French grip on the Chemin-des-Dames around Cerny, westward of Craonne, wilted, then died away, under the stubborn resistance of the French. Strong German forces were thrown toward the French positions about nightfall along a 2,000-yard front, where the French, as a result of their forward push last week, virtually dominate the valley through which the Ailette stream runs. Farther along towards Craonne, which sits on the road, and commands the main road from Rheims to Laon, on the plain spreading east-lies Hurtebise Farm, which traight rollers, $12 ersternns?a2r5j0to'26„, . > 25c. Butter--Choic. *»".««. Hay--No. 2. i, $3.75 t $4.00. Winnipeg Oraln nnipeg, May 1--Cash prices: Wheat . 1 Northern, $2.60J; No. 2 North-12.561; No. 3 Northern, $2.50J; feed tus hedge, such as surrounds every place of fruitfulness in Palestine. The orchard blossoms were a joy to the eyes of thousands of men who had seen no signs of spring for two years j Tc. W./Isc;0 NcTV c'w"' 7 past. |i_Ned'o ieed' The third stage of the transition rejected si .','„ feed *i'< wa»*rM-Sheik-Zoweid to Rafa, and : i N.W-.c, $3.oi|; n*.' 2 c. marked the entry into the country of wheat. The grass was no longer j } found in patches, but stretching $2.'45| to $2.46; July, $2~.29g, away in undulating plains, like the h|'6^ ,„$2S-J6,„t0 1 North. Klas - . 2.974. Fly Poisons Attract Both Flies yd Babies fly poisons, taken from TJ S. Publio Health Servica The one safe, sure, non-poisonous, efficient fly TAWQiEflOOT I L4-^4^J I .Made in Canada by THE O. & W. THUM COMPANY. Walkerville, Ont. American AcMress: Grand Rapids, Mich. England. With the passing of Rafa the Brit-the British occupa- $1,511. „_ Flour--Far , wnicn . , . - shares with Cerny constant German ]. ar™l ,f. attention, in consequence of its situa- j tlon.of J;*1"*™6' an/ °PT f tion near Craonne, the continued pos- era ln the hlstory of the East" session of which is of great import- I _...__ anee to the Germans. The opposing | artilleries fight an incessant, duel in . ___ this sector, and the Germans are do- TTT ETRAPH CO \ ing their utmost by holding Craonne IIjIULiUIUII 11 \AJ. j to threaten the French advance across the flat lands towarus Laon. 1-30; other grades i $1,493 to 1 to 73c. tichanged. No. 2 Norther $2.50J; July, ! $3.32}; May, S2.5'ii to i ■ 31 i. L inset .3"',: July. Live Stock Markets PROFITED BY WAR Of Total Number Over 60,000 Came From U.S. and 8,000 fr6m Britain. Great Increase in Cable Messages--Express Companies Also Gained. lambs, choice, A despatch from Ottawa says: The A despatch from Ottawa says:--A annual reports of the Railway Depart-total of 75,395 immigrants were ad-; ment on telegraph and express statis-mitted to Canada during the fiscal j tics were tabled in the House on Wed- year 1916-17, Hon. Dr. Roche told Dr.; nesday by Hon. Frank Cochrane. Both f 16.50 to j 16.66; _do'.,_ weighed c Paquet, of LTslet, during the question | telegraph and express companies have hour in the Commons on Thursday, j evidently profited by the war. The Of the number 61,389 came from the j earnings of the telegraph companies United States, 8,282 from Great Brit-1 were the highest of any year since -~ ^DrfHf rh°m C°ntinentf'Jtelegraph statistics in Canada were! A despatch from New York says: i uung the same period 17,988 | tabulated. Gross receipts from oper- The Associated Press says twenty; companies operat- j steamshipSi runners of the German I5..V $85 ■ 9.50 t. 56.25: $110; , m$50nto ! ) Choice. d., each. 0: light EVERY CONFIDENCE REPOSED IN U.S. No Treaties Could Increase the Unbounded Trust Felt by the Allies. A despatch from Washington says: Arthur James Balfour, British Foreign Secretary, stated on Wednesday that the allied Governments,.completely convinced of America's whole-hearted consecration towards the common end of destroying Prussian militarism, would not think of asking the United States to depart from its traditional policies or enter into any formal alliance which might prove embarrassing. "Our confidence in the alliance and the assurances of this Government," Mr. Balfour said, "is not based on such shallow considericiJons as arise from treaties."-Ne- treaty could increase our unbounded confidence -that tha -United States, having come into the war, will see it through to the great end we all hope for." Mr. Balfour, after his first two days here, consented to an interview to express his deep gratitude for the warmth of his reception and his conviction that America's services in the war could not be exaggerated. Standing in the midst or a semi-circle of correspondents, Mr. Balfour spoke with the deepest feeling of the losses already experienced in France and England, and of the gratitude felt in both countries at the decision of tha United States to enter the war. One stroke teeth does as m dull points. the International boundary line between this country and the United States, 172 were rejected at seaports, and 605 immigrants were deported. In the fiscal year 10,246 Canadians were repatriated from the United States, as compared with 11,084 in 1915-16; 18,-011 in 1914-15, and 17,638 in 1913-14. Our yesterdays determine our to- the ' ation of the ing in Canada amounted in 1916 to $6,255,740, as compared with $5,536,-377 in 1915. There was a large increase in receipts from cablegrams, and the report points out that there has been a substantial increase in receipts from this source since 1912, and particularly since the outbreak of the European war. Operating expenses are placed at $4,204,515 for 1916, as against $4,129,165 in 1915. submarine blockade, arrived at this port on Wednesday, and thus made available about sixty thousand tons of space for cargo to Europe. Four of these vessels are among the largest merchantmen afloat. The 32,120-ton passenger ship, built for the Holland-America Line in England, and taken\ over by the British Government in 1914 for war purposes, arrived under a White Star Line name. GERMAN* SUBMARINE SUNK BY U. S. STEAMER. A despatch from London :,ays: Captain Rice, of the American steamship Mongolia, 13.638 tons, which has arrived at a British port, told the Associated Press on Wednesday that tha Mongolia had fired the first gun of the war for the United States. A submarine was about to attack the liner in British waters on April 19. The naval gunners on board made a clean hit at 1,000 yards. The periscope was seen to be shattered. Oil was seen on the water after the submarine disappeared. NURSES WANTED The Doiixgs of the Duffs.