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he Angerapp to sim ght wart; the sizosed b in the Carpathians hus re "closed, and the Germans River Laborcza, in Northern Hun- ed onward with bulldog: de- ary; while the Germans west of mination.' Every attack ended areaw have been repulsed after |at the Russian trenches, where the 'the most savage fighting. Y (Germans, unable by sheer courage The Russian armies took the of- fensive directly west of Warsaw, at the junction of the Vistula and the kv Reg ed rie centrated fire irom 100 batteries. i kb. va It scoms appar. | The shells fell thickly. - The earth ent that the Russians have assumed seemed to tremble. yen or sight the initiative in this quarter as a projeent es dropped Sunu Be direct result of the severe reverse in almos 4 ® same spot. e Ger they inflicted on the Germans in flank and failed. Near Borjimow the Bolimow. region, when a three- : o % : the Russians attacked furiously. day battle reached its gma, ith They carried three lines of trenches. Upon a front of seven miles, with | Tye: Germans fell in such numbers Borjimow and Goumine as centres : : iled breast- of attack, the Germans concentrat- hat thew bodies were pi ed seven divisions and hurled more ne : : : y playing upon the Russian line. Of than 105,000 of their finest infantry | these the Russians captured four against the Russian line. They de- licen The Gormans were using livered attack after attack, revert-ighells filled with poisonous gases. ing to methods which characterized | When hese exploded near the Rus- their earlier operations in Belgium! ane fumes were thrown off that and France, and deploying great| i, itated the eyes." masses of men over open ground,| When night came on the Germans careless apparently of the terrible! eye broken and exhausted. Some oyed b ifle y and determination to break throu solid hedges of bayonets, broke and' The Germans maintained a con- cost in killed and wounded if the|gstachments maintained themselves |, yay So Warsaw could be Spend. A etail which illustrates the violence and in the town of Goumine. The of the effort is the official statement | Russians struck immediately, deliv- that some of the German divisions|ering fierce counter-attacks with of 16,000 men charged the Russian fregh corps held in reserve. Gou- line on a front only a verst (two-|mine was wrested from the Ger- thirds of a mile) wide. In these sec-|mans. At Woldsayd Lowiecka the tions the German infantry advanced | Germans fought with the fury of de- in close-pressed masses, attacking|spair. Battalions were annihilated, at the double-quick shoulder. to Whole companies were wiped out of shoulder. : existence. The attacks were preceded by ter-| The net result of the three days rific artillery fire, in which the lof battle at Goumine-Borjimow was Germans employed 100 mortars and field guns, probably |positions lost in the past week of six 'hundred cannon in. all: There | renewed German effort. It is esti- seems to be no doubt that Marshal | mated that the Germans lost. at von Hindenburg had ordered Gen-|least 25,000 in killed and wounded, eral Mackenzen to hew through the {and that the Russian casualties Russian line = at any cost. Such |were not much less. Russian mili- fighting had never before been wit- | tary observers, with the meagre de- nessed on the eastern front. tails before them, are likening this Complete preparedness and the |fight to the Baftle of Borodino, steadiness of the Russian infantry| where Napoleon lost his Russian balked the German plans. Warned | campaign. SHIP PURCHASE [Over the irom Cross IS CONDENNED| A despatch from Amsterdam says: mperor William arrived atk Wil- | belmshaven on Thursday. His Ma- §. Chamber of Commerce | jesty inspected © the German sub- marine U-21, going over the vessel personally. He bestowed the de- coration of the Iron Cross upon the : ; members of the submarine's erew. A despatch . from Washington 117.21 is undergoing repairs at Wil- says: The annual convention of thelhelmshaven following her recent ex- Chambers of Commerce of thelyloits in the Irish Sea. United States overwhelmingly op-{". posed President Wilson's Ship Pur- iohase Bill. This vote is regarded here as the most impressive evi dence that has yet appeared as to fe attitude of t g business men of e country toward the propose D I ! en montawnership legislation. |88Y8: Riote growing out of the agi- "Th vote ok cb reps ky | ion 01% Lhe MELB Lied bec imi g shuilding | are ra : shel commiies on the upping | $1, 52" J Cuy went abont jority of this committee, headed by | the streets sacking : the stores. ham Harris: Douglas, . reported | Strong reinforcements 'of troops that ¢'Cidvernment operation is un- have been called 'out to maintain American, is likely to'be more ex- order, = © Ch travagant and exhaustive than pri- wate control, and will seriously in- gerfere with individual initiative as regards the enterprise of our citi- sone" id The U: Denounces the Bill as Un- American. BREAD RIOTS IN ITALY. Crowds Went About 'the Streets Looting the Stores. A despatch from Bassari, Italy, gh 'Ne, 1 Honeycomb, $2.75 fled back to their lines. rj auek to turn the Russian | They had fifty machine guns x a short distance east of Borjimow batteries of | the recapture by the Russians of all{n Butter--Choice dairy, 24 Yo Joel ins { or, 20 to 21c; creamery prints, 31 to + do., solids, 29 to 30c; farmers' argtot; 26 to 27c. Hl ggs--New-laid, in cartons, 34 gsc; selects, 28 to 30c;: storage, 26 Hopey-13, to 13c per 1b. for strained; per dozen; No. " Poultry--Chickens, dressed 8, dressed, 14 to 16¢; fowl lic: geese, 14 to 16c; turkeys, 19 to N " -Cheese--17§ to 18c for large and 18 to 18%c for twins. ; Beans--Prime, bushel, $2.75 to $2.85) hand-picked, $2.90 to $ A BATE Potatoes--Ontaros, 2 out of store, 55 to 60c in car lots. Naw Brunswicks, car lots, 60 to 66¢ per bag. Provisions. . Bacon--Long clear, 134 to 14¢ per 1b. in case lots, ams--Medium, 16 to 17¢; do., heavy, 14% to 15c; rolls, 14 to 11he; breakfast bacon, 173 to 18¢; backs, 20 to 21c; boneless backs, 22 to 28¢c. = Lard--Market quiet; pure, tub, 11% to. ¢; compound, 94 to 10c in tubs and 10 to 10ic in palls, Baled Hay and Straw. Dealers are paying as follows for car lot deliveries on track herei-- Straw, $8 to $8.50 a ton, in car lots . 1 new hay. $17.50 to $18; No, 2 at $15.50 to $i6, and No. 3 at $12.50 to $18.50. 7 Hay--No. Winnipeg Grain. hi Wheat-- 2 Northern, 45%, Flax-- C.W., $1.69. Winnipeg, Feb. 9--Cas No. 1 Northern, $1.50%; No. 1.493; No. 8 Northern, $1. No. 1 N.W.C., $1.62; No. 2 No oats or barley quoted. Montreal Markets. Feb. 9.--Corn--Amerfoan Oats--Canadian sep- | MC CBS dressed. | 65 to 75¢ per bag | Serious Operations - Ae _ About to Recommence A despatch from Petrograd says: A writer in the Invalide Russe, a military organ publisher here, re- marks that in all wars, after a cer- tain time when the 'adverstaries have spent their maximum force, & period of calm follows. . This phe- nomenon is now being repeated in the present war, when these adyer- garies are about to recommence serious operations. <The writer gives statistics showing that the number of trained soldiers in France is 4,000,000; in Germany 4,500,000, in Austro-Hungary: 2,- 250,000, and in Russia 6,250,000 men. The untrained men are in the same order: In France 10,000,000, Ger- many 13,000,000, in Austro-Hungary ocal | 8,000,000, and in Russia 22,000,000. Buckwheat, No. 8730. toba Spring wheat patents, firsts, § seconds, $7.60; strong _ bakers' 3' 40; Winter patents, choice, $8; straight roli- 3.66 to $3.76. s., $3. dlings, $31. Mouillie, $34 to $3' No. 2, per ton, car lots, $ Cheese--Finest westerns, 168 to : finest easterns, 16jc. = Butter---Cholcest creamery, 30 to 30ic; 28% 293c. Eggs--~Fresh, 41 84¢; No. 1 stock, 80c¢; No, 2 stock, '26¢. Potatoes. per bag, car lots, b2%c. United States Markets, Minneapolis, Feb, 9.--Wheat--No. 1 hard, $1.683c; No. 1' Northern, $1.48 to $1.53; 0. 2 Northern, "48 to: $1.50%; May, $1.50 bid. Corn, No. 8 yel- low, 72 to 724c. Oats--No. 1 white, 55% to 56¢. Flour and bran unchanged. b. 9.~--~Wheat--No. 1 hard, No. 1 Northern, $1.561% 62. Linseed cash, ay, $1.893. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Feb. 9~--Good butchers' sold from $7 to $7.40, while mediums sold up to $6.76, with commons between $6 and $6.26. Medium grade milkers sold round $65, The best lambs sold for $8.50. Sheep were steady. Calves sola from $4.50 to $6, and choice from $10 to Jil, Hogs, fed and watered, $8. Montreal, Feb. 9-~Prime beeves - Ti to 8c: medium, 6 to Tic; common, 43 to Bic: cows, $40 to $80 each; calves, 6 to gic: sheep, 4% to bic; lambs, 73 to 3 hogs, 8ic. ei BRITAIN'S RETALIATION. May Take More Stringent Measures | Against German Trade. A despateh from: London says Great Britain has decided that if | 8L tM Zeppelin Victims Cost. $500,000 Per Head A deépateh from Paris says: Ex- rts in aeronautics here insist that the Zeppelins have been a bad in- vestment for Germany. The Zeppe- lin war fleet cost $32,000,000 to build, and so far they have only killed about 60 persons in the coun- tries of Germany's enemies, a rate of about $500,000 per head. : A huge new biplane capable of re- maining in the air for ten hours and carrying a ton of explosives, besides our passengers, is being used by the' (Germans. The engines develops 225 horsepower. The new flying ma- chine. has already attempted sev- eral raids. ; Hoy ICINE FOR LITTLE ONES 7 Baby's Own Tabl 8 are a A GUARANTEED M 'medicine for little ones," They a guaranteed by & Government; st to be absolutely free fio opiates and narcotics found led *'soothing" mixtures. ot possibly do harm--they: al- ways do 'good, Once a mother as e the American steamer Wilhelmina, i now on her 'way with a cargo of foodstuffs for Germany, is intereept- ed, her cargo will be submitted to Ow a prize court, so that the new situ- life: them.' ation arising out of the action .of Germany in ordering that all grain and flour shall be placed under con- trol of the Government may be regularized. 1 Ree THE CANADA, BRITAIN'S NEWEST DR DXO ing them M 5. D iphones, Que., says; | lets saved my little one's when + he was suffering from and I would not be without The Tablets 'are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at cents a box: from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brockville Rs Ades From the fron the Germans, continuous 04 ans over the Dutch | a a. rance, h Soatohin for and. arresting cases they were successful in getting the father; buf; hearing what was the others slipped across the frontier. In purely. out of revenge ri missed the fathers, the Germans promptly arrested'the mothers, tell- ing them that they had better bring plenty of clothes with them, as they were to be sent ta the prisoners' camp in Germgny. The order, how- ever, has now come from General Bissing that this transportation of women has to be delayed. Gives Up the Fight Fri A despatch from Pretoria says: The rebel leader Bezuidenhout and the so-called' "Prophet" Vankens- burg have surrendered to the Bri: tish forces with Lieut.-Col. Kemp. The commando which gave up its arms also included 48 officers and 500 burghers, The rebels capitu- lated at Upingbon.: Vankensburg'e influence is credited = with I largely responsible for the rebel- jon. The announcement states n for and ] the 'of absent youths. In some |Ra%828° being | Italian Peasants = * Going to Germany depting. this employment, in vie of the 'uncertainty in regard t but appar- Italy's foreign policy, | ently many unem Joyed per willing to assume the risk in! Lonsdale 'sSentence Commuted to 20Y that additional surrenders are ex-|20 yei : the death | pected and that Lieut.-Col. 8B. G. Maritz and his men probably. will {di give themselves up before the end | non of the week. A despatch from Geneva Seven sons of an elderly bl Frenchman named Chopard, of the villagewof Chauffout, near the Swiss frontier, were called to thescolors last August and marched away 'to _ For a long while the father heard nothing from them. Beco 7 German