The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

T DEJECTION ,000 Women Mirch Through Unter den Linden Crying ¢ Peace," : _ A despatch from London says: De- spatches from Basle quote the Swiss | Mewspapers as commenting that the slump on the Frankfort Bourse, fol- lowing a weck of great buoyancy, re- flects the financial opinion of Germany regarding the situation at Verdun. 'Rotterdam correspondent of the London Daily Mail telegraphs. The German newspapers have ceas- ed to be jubilant over the campaign , Against Verdun. The Koelnische of March 1, under the caption, "The Dramé of Verdun," was content to . give optimistic extracts from the Freach papers. The Fraskfurfer Zei- also. ennfined itself to replying to cles in the French and British press, thereby preparing its readers for failure. Practically all the Ger- A -- man papers while declaring that the French are hiding their fear under op- timistic reports, print consoling ac- | cownts from their own correspondents in neutral countries purporting to show the "excellent effect" of the Ger- man offensive. The latter papers ig- | "nore Verdun and turn their attention to conscription in Great Britain and : the German war loan. The Copenhagen corr the Daily Mail says: The reports reaching Berlin of great losses at Verdun, notwithstanding the attempts of the newspapers to be chéerful, have caused general dejection, especially among women. On the night of Feb. 29 ten thopsand women marched through Unter den Linden erying "Bread" and "Peace." The police dis- persed the manifestants. dant P of Se -- BITLIS FALLS 70 THE RUSSIANS Armenian City at the Extremity of "Lake Van Captured by Assault. .A despatch from London says: The Russians took by storm on Thursday night the fortified city of Bitlis, in the Armenian Taurus. Bitlis les 110 - miles south of Erzerum, the great Armenian fortress captured by them on February 15. The army of Grand Duke Nicholas has thus covered with- in a little more than two weeks more than one-fourth of the distance of Erzerum to Bagdad, which is: about 500 miles. With the capture of Bit- ligsthe menace to the Mesopotamian capital becomes, therefore, more than tangible, and relief for the still sur- rétinded main British army at Kut- el-Amara assumes the light of a not far distant possibility. The Russians captured at Bitlis six Turkish guns ant' many prisoners, among them 17 officers, one a regimental commander. Turkish defending army, the bulk of which may, as at Erzerum, have edéaped, seems to be in' full flight 'southwards, .". a ihe, NS. AS RETURNED SOLDIERS 1 IN CIVIL SERVICE , A despatch from Ottawa says: Some 279 returnéd soldiers have so fay.been given employment in the var- io ranches of the civil service dur- i tHe 1ast fiscal year. 'Of these 260 ¥ive: been 'employed in the Militia Department and .19 in other depart- men ue . MXTOR-GENERAL GORRINGE amv; WOUNDED AT THE FRONT Fo -- A despatch from London says: Ma- n. George Gorringe is mention- ed in a casualty list just made public here, as having been wounded in the GRAIN FROM ROUMANIA » ---- A despatch from Copenhagen says: The transport of grain from Roumania to Austria and Germany has cora- menced, according to a Berlin des- patch, Seven thousand freight cars were sent to Roumania from Austria and Germany, of which six thousand are already loaded. The total pur- chase aggregated 50,000 carloads. * KNITTING FOR SOLDIERS AT AGE OF EIGHTY-FIVE A despatch from Brantford says: Although 85 years of age, Mrs, John Lyle, of Darling Street, mother of two boys now at the front, has knitted 108 pairs of socks for soldiers and made 6 quilts for Belgians, and she is still working. : lit GOVERNMENT WILL BUY NO MORE HORSES. A despatch from Ottawa says: The Government tloes not intend purchas- ing any more horses for military pur- poses in Canada during the summer. i This was stated in the House on i Thursday in reply to an Opposition question. There are 1,769 on hand in the various divisional areas, + MAID UNDER ARREST . FOR "DOPING" COFFEE. A despatch from Quebec says: Mu- riel Goudreau, of this city, 18 years of age, a maid at Mr. Romeo Faguy's here, was arrested on Thursday charg- ed with attempting to poison the { whole family by doping the coffee | with tincture of iodine. She pleads not guilty. RETRY ERAN GERMANY THREATENS THE PORTUGUESE A despatch from London says: Ger- many has sent an ultimatum to Por- ' tugal demanding the restoration with- Lin 48 hours of the German ships re- "cently seized by that country, accord- 'ing to a despatch from Madrid to Reu- | ters Telegram Co. vm Mesopotamia. ~ CANADA CAN EASILY x3 FULLY : PROVIDE | 1,000,000 RECRUITS 63 Per Cent. of Males From 19 to 40 Will Remain A despatch from Ottawa, says: Sir Foster told Mr. Ethier, mem- After 500,000 Have Been Raised. population EN ROUTE TO GERMANY PIARBEKR Ti positions of great strength. Seq \ BULGARW anne nye LE Ee No THE WEEK'S DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WAR. The German offensive in the neighborhood of Verdun developed during the past ten days into a determined drive toward the fortress. Reckless of the cost in men, a large German force was thrown repeatedly against the French positions and succeeded in occupying a number of villages and considerable terrain, although at terrific loss. The French withdrew from their advanced positions to'prepared positions of greater strength, in so do- ing inflicting enormous losses upon their opponents. - The German drive, directed originally against the French positions almost directly north of Verdun, shifted to the east where further advances were made. Here, again, however, the French checked the enemy's drive toward the fortress, and, despite some withdrawals, occupy The German offensive at Verdun is taken as th» first move in an atbempt to secure.a favorable decision on the Western front before the British and French complete preparations for their Spring campaign. Appar- ently the Teutons are risking everything upon the outcome of the contest in the west. There is a feeling now that other theatres of war are of only minor importance. -Events of tremendous importance are impending on the Western Front. These may be accompanied by 'enemy naval activity and air operations on a scale hitherto unattempted. News from other fronts has been meagre. The Italians have completed their evacuation of Du- razzo and the town is now probably in Bulgarian hands. Markets of the World Breadstuffs. new crop--No. 1 Northern, $1.08%; No. 2, $1.06; No. 8, $1.04, in store Fort William. Manitoba oats--No. 2. C.W., 39%¢; 87%ec; No. 1 feed, 86¢, i store Fort William, American corn--No. 3 yellow, T9¢, o track Toronto. Canadian corn--Feed, 71 to 73¢, oi track, Toronto. : Ontario oats--No. 3 white, 40 to dlc; commercial, 39 to 40c, according to freights outside. : Ontario wheat--No, 2 Winter, per car lot, 97 to 99¢; slightly sprouted jand tough, according to sample, 93 to 95c; sprouted, smutty and tough, according to sample, 90 to 92¢; feed wheat, 83 to 85c, according to freights outside. Peas--No. 2, $1.50; sample, $1 to $1.25, freights outside. Barley--Malting barley, 61 to 63c; feed barley, 56 to 58¢, according to | freights outside. .. Buckwheat--T70 to Tle, to 'freights outside. Rye--No. 1 commercial, 87 to 88c; irejected, according to sample, 82 to 84c, according to freights outside. Manitoba flour--First patents, jute bags, $6.80; second patents, jute bags, $6.30; strong bakers', jute bags, $6.10, Toronto. Ontario flour--Winter, according to sample, $4.30 to $4.40, on track To- ronto; $4.25 to $4.80, bulk seaboard, prompt shipment. Millfeed, car lots, delivered Mont- real freights--Bran, per ton, $25; shorts, per ton, $26; middlings, per ton, $27; good feed flour, per ~bag, $1.60 to $1.70. Country Produce. Butter--Fresh dairy, 27 to 80¢; in- ferior, 23 to 26c; creamery prints, 34 to 86¢; solids, 32 to 84c. : Eggs--Storage, 28 to 24c per doz; selects, 26 to 27c; new-laid, 29 to 30e, case lots. ° Honey--Prices, in 10 to 60-lb. tins, 12% to 13c. Combs--No. 1, $2.75 to $3; No. 2, $2.25 to $2.40. Beans--$4.20 to $4.40. "3 Poultry--Chickens, ry to 20c; fowls, 15 to 16¢; ducks, 17 to 20c; geese, 17 to 20c; turkeys, 23 to 27c. : according to according to according in in in Potatoes--Car lots quoted at $1.70 to $1.75, and New ks at $1.80 to $1.90 Toronto, Mar. 7.--Manitoba wheat, No. 3 C.W., 37%; extra No. 1° feed, |' A despatch from London says: The British have won an important victory in Flanders.. Not only have the half- mile of trenches lost a fortnight ago 'pheen recaptured, but a salient of the German line-was also seized and con- solidated, a counter-attack launched some hours later proving futile. Near- ly 200 prisoners were taken by the BRITISH DRIVE BACK ENEMY AND TAKE MANY PRISONERS Lost Trenches at the Bluff of the Ypres-Comines Canal Recaptured : salient in the German line. A coun- ter-attack launched by the enemy some hours later was repulsed. Ger- man mine galleries in the captured trenches were destroyed. We have taken 180 prisoners, including four officers. - There has been much artil- lery activity on both sides from Vierstraat to Boesinghe." Cheese--Large, 19¢c; 19%e. | ut ae British, including four officers. The official statement reads: "We captured the trénches at the bluff of ; the Ypres-Comines Canal, which were lost Feb. 14, and also captured a small The capture of 800 yards of British positions south-east of Ypres, after heavy artillery bombardments, was claimed in the German official state- ment of Feb. 15. and bucks, $6.50 to $8; hogs, fed and watered, $9.60; do., f.o.b., $9.15; do., weighed at plant, $9.90. Montreal, Mar. 7.--Butcher steers, best, $7 to $7.50; good, $6.50 to $7; air, $6 to $6.50; medium, $5.75 to $6; butcher bulls, best, $5.75 to $6.25; Jaedinm, $5.25 Ba $6.75; canners, $4; : butcher cows, besb, $6.25; good, $6; Winnipeg Grain. fair, $6.75; rough, $4.25 to. $5.50, Winnipeg, Mar, 7.--Cash "prices:~--| canners, $3 to $3.50. Sheep, 5 to Te; No. 1 Northern, $1.08%; No. 2, do., lambs, 8 to 9%c. Hogs, selects, $10 $1.05%; No. 3, do., $1.08% 99%¢c; No: 5, 91%c. Oats--No. 2 $9.25 to $9.90; common, $9; sows, C.W., 89%c; No. 8, do, 87%¢; extra $7.50 to $7.75. Calves, milk fed, 8 No. 1 feed, 37%c; No. 1 feed, 85%c; to 9%c} grass fed, 4% to 5%c. No. 2 do., 84%c. Barley--No. 2, 60c; | | fx at via : ; No._4, bbe; feed, 50c. Flax--No. 1 z ® | N.-W.C,, $2.04; No. 2 C.W,, $2.01. LOANS TO FARMERS. United States Markets. Commons Banking Committe Reports Minneapolis, March 7.--Wheat-- Favorably on Bill, May, $1.10%; July, $1.10%; No. 1 hard, $1.14%; No. 1 Northern, A despatch from Ottawa says: The $1.11% to $1.13%; No. 2, do. Banking and Commerce Committee of $1.07% to $1.10%. Corn--No. 8 yel- the House of Commons on Wednesday low, 76, to 76c... Oats--No, 8 white, 'Dtorning reported "on Sir Thomas 39% to 40c. Flour--Fancy patents 15¢ White's bill extending to the banks higher, quoted at $6.40; first clears the power to loan money to farmers 15¢ higher, quoted at $4.80; other On the security of live stock, and con: grades: unchanged; shipments, 68,895 tinuing to force the existing powers | barrels, Bran--$18 ; 'of the banks in reference to loans on "Duluth, 'No. 1 the security of grain. The bill now 4) 3 : 1 2 $1.09%. 2, per ton, car lots, $20 to $20.50. Cheese--Finést westerns, 18% to 19¢; do., easterns, 18% to 18%ec. Butter-- Choicest creamery, 33% to 34%4e¢; sec- onds, 81% to 82%c. Eggs--Fresh, 82; selecbed, 26 to 27c; No. 1 stock, 24 to. 26¢; No. 2, do., 21 to 22¢. Pota- toes--Per bag, car lots, $1.80. | ; No. 4, to $10.75; roughs and mixed lots, : "No signs of a Submarine were no- ticed either before or after the si ing. La Provence was armed wi metres." ; mn 100,000,000 BUSHELS STILL TO BE MOVED, Nearly 300,000,000 Bushels of 1915 Crop Taken From West. A despatch from Winnipeg says: After six months of the movement of the 1915 crop of Western Canada, there have been taken out of the West 272,116,000 bushels of the total crop of 721,000,000 bushels. There remain in the country elevators 55,019,000 bushels, the remainder being in gran- aries on the farms and on the land generally. According to the most re- liable estimates obtainable from the West between 100,000,000 and 115,- 000,000 bushels of all grains, although these figures chiefly represent wheat. The present rate of movement aver- ages some 500 cars a day passing through Winnipeg. At this rate it would require nearly 200 days more to complete the movement of the pre- sent crop. | id . GERMAN ASSUMPTION MERE DESIRE TO KILL. % Sir Edward Grey Points Ouf That Teutons Are Wholly Unjustified. A despatch from London says: Sir Edward Grey, Secretary for Foreign . Affairs, authorizes for publication the following statement: "The assumption apparently made by the German Go- vernment that all British merchant ships are armed is entirely. incorrect. Practically all British merchant ships employed in trade between the United States of America and the United Kingdom have hitherto been unarmed. The claim, therefore, made by the German Government to sink all Brit- ish merchant ships at sight because of their armament' is one which cannot possibly be- justified. This is clearly" proved by the statement issued on Tuesday night giving a list of Brit- ish and neutral unarmed merchant "ships which have been torpedoed by German submarines without warn- ing." RE Sey ; eh ae SE ITALY WILL DEFY GERMANY'S a a A despatch from Rome says? : 1 Italian Ambassador at Washington, Count Macchi, has been instructed to notify the American Government that; notwithstanding the.German and Aus- trian decrees regarding the sinking of armed merchantmen, Italian mer- chantmen will continue to carry arma- "ment, . The Ambassador also has been ¥ al ih a v rh Patient--""You believe in don't you, doctor?" Doctor --"Rather! I always pre : patients who call me out in the middle . of the night when there's nothing the matter with them." $2.20; May, $2.20; July, $2.29. 0