TRENCHES FILLED WITH TURKS ARE BLOWN UP, Losses of the Enemy in the Darda« nelles - Have Been Extremely Heqvy--Ottomans Lack Ammuni- tion, Londen, May 18.--According to a Havas despatch from Athens, advices have been received from Mitylene to the effect that furious fighting con. tinves in the Dardanelles, and that the Turkish losses have been ex- tremely heavy. Shells from the al- Hed fleet are blowing up whole trenches filled with Turkish soldiers, Prisoners admit that the Turks lack munitions of various kinds, The Official Press Bureau here gave out to-day the following Rus- sian official statement: "The Russian Black Sea fleet. destroyed four steam.- ers laden with coal, two tugs and 20 sailing slips and much other damage was done during the bombardment of Keikine, Eregli and Kilemale, "The Turkish cruiser Goeben, which fired 200 ghells at the Russian fleet while it was bombarding the Bospho- rus, with ing a single hit, was herself obligéd to return to the Gold- en Hora with 4 hole in her hull stop- ped up with collision mats. A por- tion of her main deck was torn away and a funnel was damaged. Many of her crew were killed or wounded." Both Carleton Place Canoe Club and Toronto Canoe Club are buying new war canoes this season, One expert says that the reason Walter Johnson is not winning games is that he has acquired a curve ball and relinquished most of his speed in doing do. Roy Ik, the star eatcher of the Chlehap ite Sox, has been sus x or a run in with Umpire Silk "Loughlin at St. Louls on Sunday former heavyweight champion of the world, who has beéen ill of pneumo- nia for the last four days, is said to be past thé crisis of the illness. "Ty" Cobb i$ slowly slugging his way to the top of the American League' batters, and now occupies second place. Fournier, of Chi- cago, formerly of the Royals, leads with aif fiverage ot 433, and Cobb is second With 400, "Mike" Collins, who has been en- deavoring to arouse interest in la- crosse in Stratford, has given up the task, and the Classic City will there fore not have a team this year. Joe Lally, however, hopes to have the schoolboys playing the game. "King Cole, pitcher for the New York Yankees, has been ordered by physicians to his home in Bay City, Mich., after an operation for tumor. Cole may be forced to retire from baseball, --- American Horse Breeder: The av- erage Canadian is a sturdy, seif-reli- ant man, able and willing to take care of his own interests at any stage. Of Inte yours the harness turf has prospered greatly in Canada, so it is not & surprise to learn that a govern- ing body for all Canadian tracks and horses has beem formed. Among the list of missing from the front is thé namie of W, A. Rich- ards, Ottawa, who was in the 2nd Battalion. this is evidently "Billie" Richards, the former Ottawa and Me- Gil} University football star. Rich. ards tén years agu was 'one of the best punters in the Intercollegiate Union, Toronto Star: "No German riders, either bicycle or motor-pacers, or motorcycle racing men, will step a foot on the Motordrome this sea. son," sald Manager Elwood A. Hughes. Fo'has just returned from a trip to Buffalo, where he went spe- cally td make it plain that riders of German nationality would not be welcomed here for the international team pursuit race and the other races carded for Saturday and Mon. day nights at the Motordromne. Occasionally you meet a woman who is so homely that she is willing to admit it, is a failure Solomon's n't count for mueh. At Los Angeles James J, Jeffries, | PRINCIPAL BOAT LINES. ---- That Are Owned Must Be Sold. Principal lake package freight lines owned by the railroads, which must be disposed of by December 1st, aceording to the decision of the Interstate Commerce Commission, follow. These lines do not handle grain or ore or:any of the other bulky commodities in any important volume: Mutual Transit Company --- Has $60,000 capital stock and $3,139,000 bonded debt, All the stock owned by the Mutual Terminal Company, of Buffalo, the stock of which is equally divided between the New York Cen- tral, Delaware, Lackawanna & West- ern, Lehigh Valley and Erie. Owns twelve steel lake steamers of a com- bined tonnage of 40,000 tons, Western Transit Company--Stock $1,000,000, all owned by the New York Central, Bonds, $1,500,000. Owns ten steel steamers of 3,300 to 6,600 tons capacity each, besides six vessels leased to the Rutland Transit Company, This company is said to rank next to the Mutual Transit Com- pany in importance. In 1918 its gross transportantion business was $1,568,227 and net operating reve- nue $119,353; rental of boats to Rut- land Transit Company and miscella- neous income, $73,513; total income, $178,111; bond interest, $52,000; balange, profit, $125,611. Erie & Western Transportation Company--Owns the Anchor Line of lake steamers. Pennsylvania Rafl- road owns $2,229,650 and Northern Central $500,000 of this company's stock, the aggregate being the larg- er part of the outstanding issue. Union Steamboat Line=--Owned by the Erie Railroad, into which the former steamboat corporation was merged. This line operates eight lake vessels, Lehigh Valley Transportation Company--Controlled by the Lehigh Valley Railroad through ownership of $1,610,000 capital stock. This line is understood to rank third in importance among the lake package freight lines. Rutland Transit Company--Entire capital stock $1,000,000, owned b the Rutland Railroad Company,whic is controlled jointly through stock and the New Haven rallroads. tne Land rents six rem the Western Transit Company, he interest of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western in lake ves: sels is Hmited to its one-quarter in- terest in the Mutual Transit Com- pany, déscribed above, LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Prices Paid At The Various Centres. Toronto, May 17.--The run of cat- tle .at the Union Stock Yards to-day was altogether too heavy for local demand and trade was slow. Prices flagged in consequence and all classes of cattle were 25 cents lower. Sheep weak. Spring lambs lower. Calves higher by 26¢. Hogs firm 796 hogs, 289 sheep. medium $6.76 to $7.25, common $6 50, medium $5.50 to $6.25, can- stockers, choice $6.76 to $7.28; choice, each. $65 to $90; springers, $50 to $85; sheep, ewes, §8 to $8.50; bucks and culls, $6 to, $7; lambs, §9 to $10; hogs, fed and watered, $%.- 25; hogs, f.o.b., $8.00; calves, $8 10) $9.50. Montreal Live Stock. Montreal, May dull this morning at the West End Market but the prices for cattle and hogs were still on the ui e. Re- ts were: Cattle, A calves, 700; Prime ee $c to ayer 83%; medium, 6 8.3 i gom- mon, fo to 63%¢; calves, Se to 8 <5 sheep, 5c to 7c; lambs, $5 to § each; hogs 9%¢ to 10¢. Bast Riffale, N. Y., May 17. -- pCattle--Receipts, 3,600; fair ive; prime steers, $8.50 to shipping, $7.75 to $8.35; butchers, $8.25; cows, $7.35. 1,800; $4.50 to $9.50. Hogs~Receipts, 18,500; active; yorkers, $8.15 to $8.25; pigs, $7.90 $8.00; roughs, $6.75 to $6.85; $9. $7.75 to steers, $6.00 to $7.85; cows and : ri to $8.75; calves, $6.50 : $5,000; to $7.90; ; . $1.90; , $7.35; bulk © by Railroads amd §/ ownership by the New York Central } This Receipts: 3,950 cattle, 297 calves, | Butcher cattle, choice $8 to $8.50,] w $6.50; buteher cows, choice $7 to} ners $4 to $5, bulls $7.35 to $7.50; | stockers, light, $6 to $6.50; milkers,} 17.~Trade was} 1660; sheep and lambs, 450; hogs, 1,~} act-| 8.80; , heifers, $5.25 to] Muy Te to $1.95; bulls; active; | heavy, $8.15 to $8.96; mixed, $8.25} ; wethers, 00 to 3 $3.00 to $7.75; sheep, mixed, 5 to $8.00. ooh THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, vu eer) y ou can own an exact duplicate, Turnersor, x, ) of, "Wild Bill? y Carlso on'sreco ord-breaking}Ma 5 he --~ 7 . M lls think of iving it; Jit car gut St Nay SOL t tnt, The Eid Pu uy Double-Shell Sheek. 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