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SE mat cin Ba -attacks aimed at its recap: ments were denounced as absoiubely fa : i With the successful countering of Thursday's assault French critics gen- erally veneve that the third Battle of Verdun has passed its crest. Although there was no mistaking the despera- tion and fury of the German attempt, observers say that its cumulative ef- fect was far less than that of the earlier struggles at Douamont and Vaux. In the operations against Le Mort dup, French reea h , throwing forward of : 2 Sis EN k a general austion : Pike Prince's army. With the ter. rible slaughter exacted during twenty days at Douamont and Vanx, even the German commanders have resitat- ed in sacrificing great masses of men | for significant gains. Infantry at- tacks have grown constantly fewer with a consequent loss of vigor and elan in the . troops. Indeed it would be difficult to de- scribe the general jubilation in Paris. There is no longer any uncertainty about-the fate of the battle. The last doubt; and it can be admitted now that + Ontario wheat--No, car lot, $1.to $1.02 cial, 98¢ to '$ hy No. No. dn 93 to 96¢c; feed : to according to freights o Peas--No. 2, $1.60; &~cordir sample, $1 "to $1.80, ace ' freights outside. Barley--Malting, 60 to 57 to 60¢, according to side. ; Buckwhea cording to freights outside. ~ . Rye--No. 1 commercial, 85 to 86c; rejected, according to sample, 82 to freights out- | t---Nominal, 68 to 69c, ac-| § Homme the speed and energy of the even in high quarters there were mis- earlier drive has been lacking. Not givings, that the great fortress could only was the artillery fire much less withstand the 42 centimetre Krupps intense, but the whole battle dragged and the terrible skodas has been swept inexcusably. 'When the batteries had aside, The big gun has been met and done their best to destroy the French' conquered by men and other guns. AIM AT BAGPAD FROM THE NORTH Russians in a Virtual Co-operation With the British at Kut. A despatch from Petrograd says: The Russian troops in Persia are now so far advanced toward the Mesopo- tamian frontier that they may be said to be in virtual co-operation with the Britsh at Kut-el-Amara, where General Townsend's forces have been beseiged for several months, and the campaign against Bagdad has be- come two-fold, with the likelihood of the Russians being as important ' a factor in the Mesopotamia operations as their allies. Before the Russian penetration through the mountain passes of the Kermanshah region it was generally held that the chief aim of the Rus- sian operations on the extreme southern front was, effectively and once for all, to crush German influ- ence and ambitions in Persia, and only the most visionary critics® here conceived the possibility of Russia's Mountain provinces ina hmBAL ER important role in Mesopotamian af- fairs. The latest news, however, of the "success of the Russians in working their way through the passes of the formidable range which acts as a na- tural boundary between Persia and Turkey, shows that the Russians are in a position to convert their poten- tial threats against Mesopotamia into a positive menace, The Turkish 'reinforcements which were sent from Bagdad and Mosul, by way of Suleimanieh and Sehna, tp threaten the flank of the Russian forces at Kermanshah and make a further Russian advance dangerous, have been compelled to withdraw on account of British pressure from the ° South and Russian activity in the north, which some time ago resulted in 'the capture of Bitlis. The Rus- sians, therefore, are now opposed only by frontal resistance, against which they have advanced through all but one of the difficult passes of the: mountains separating them from | Mesopotamia. FEERReTTAT IRAN RIOTS IN HUNGARY; " ALL BAKERIES CLOSED Disorders Occur on the Roumanian Frontier, A. despatch from Milan, Italy, says: Reports from Budapest state that dis- FIVE ASSAULTS BEATEN BACK i New Attempt to Break Through the Defences North of Verdun. A despatch from Paris says: - An- other determined effort was made by the Germans Thursday night to cap- ture the fort and village of Vaux, to the north of Verdun. Large numbers of men were used by the attacking forces, who delivered five separate assaults against the 'positions. Each assault was broken down by the French fire curtain and machine-gun fire, with heavy losses to the attack- ers. {The new attempt to break through the French defences at this point was preceded by a renewal of violent ar- tillery fire directed against the fort and the whole system of French de- fences in thig sector. At 8 o'clock the German infantry debouched from its trenches under cover of the ar- tillery and moved in sections against the village of Vaux, against the slopes leading up -to -the fort, and against I SA A 4 rnd sd Ln 0) {roadway south-east of the village. All told, two attacks were made against the village, two against the slopes leading to the fort, and one to gain position of the road. There were no infantry action in the Verdun region on Friday. The artillery fire 'was intense in the Douaumont and Damloup regions, on the east bank of the Meuse, and intermittent on the west bank and in the Woevre. The dininution of the fire vn the west bank was noted Thursday night and reported in Friday afternoon's com- munique, which said that after the costly check suffered by the Germans attacking Le Mort Homme no further attack had been made in this sector. Thursday night a French detach- ment made a surprise attack on a salient of the German lines in the wood of Mort Mare, west of Pont-a- Mousson, taking some prisoners. nits ce Wl LAUDS "PROUD FLEET" IN KIEL CANAL President of Reichtag Pays Tribute to German Navy. A despatch from London says: At the opening of the German Reichtag on Wednesday, says Reuter's Amster- dam' "correspondent, Dr. 'Johannes Kaempf, President of the Reichtag,| paid a eulogistic tribute to the abil- ity of the German leaders and to the bravery of the German troops "who 84¢, according to freights outside. Manitoba flour--First" patents, 'in jute bags ) jute bags, $6; strong bakers', bags, $5.80, Toronto, Ontario flour---Winter, g bo sample, $4.15 to $4.80, track, Torén- to; $4.16 to $4.25, bulk seaboard, prompt shipment, Millfeed--Car lots, delivered Mont- real freights--Bran, per ton, $24; shorts, per ton, $25; middlings, per ton, $26; good feed flour, per bag, -$1.60 to $1.70. : Country Produce. Butter--Fresh dairy, 28 to 8lc; in- ferior, 23 to 26c; creamery prints, 34 to 36c; solids, 32 to 34e, Eggs--New-laid, 29 to 80¢; do., in cartons, 31 to 82¢. Beans--$4.10 to $4.40, the latter for hand-picked. Z y Poultry--Chickens, 19 to 20c; fowls, 15 to 16¢; ducks, 17 to 20c; geese, 18 to 20¢; turkeys, 23 to 25c. Cheese--Large, 19¢; twins 19%c. Potatoes--Car lots of 'Ontarios quoted at $1.70 to $1.75, and = New Brunswicks at $1.80 to $1.90 per bag, on track. * Seed Prices Steady. Wholesalers are selling to the coun try trade:--No. 1 red clover, cwt., $26 to $28; No. 2 do., $24.50 to $26.50; No. 8 do., $24; No. 1 alsike, ewt.,-$21 to $22; No. 2 do., $18 to $19; No. 8 do., $16; No. 1 alfalfa, cwt, $26 to $28; No. 2 do, $22; No. 8 do., $19; No. 1 timothy, ewt.,; $12 to $14; No. 2 do., $10 to $11; No. 8 do., $9.50 to £10. aii AT CL WiNipes- Greta No. 1 Northern, $1.08%; No. 2, doi, $1.06%; No. 8, do., $1.03%; No, 4, $1.00%; No. 5, 91%¢; No. 6, 84%4c, Oats--No. 2 C.W.,, 418%c¢; No. 8, do, 39%c; extra No. 1 feed, 89%¢c; No. 1 feed, 38%c; No. 2, do., 375%c. Bar- ley--No.' 8, 60c; No. 4, bbc; rejected, blc; feed, ble. Flax--No. 1 N.-W.C., $2.02%; No. 2 C.W., $1.99%. Montreal Markets. Montreal, Mar. 31.---Oats--Canad- ian Western, No. 2, 50% to blc; dd, No. 8, 48% to 49¢; extra No. 1 feed, 48% to 49¢; No. 2 local white, 47% to 48¢; No, 3 local white, 46% to 47¢; No. 4 local white, 456% to 46¢. Barley --Man, feed, 66¢; malting, 75 to 7c. Flour--Man. spring wheat patents, 'bakers', $5.90; winter patents, choice, $6.80; . straight rollers, $5.70 to $56.80; do., bags, $2.66 to $2.75. Roll ed oats--Barrels, $5.05; do., bags, 90 pounds, $2.85. Bran--$28.50 to $24, Shorts--Middlings, $28 to $30. Moul= lie--$31 to $33. Hay--No. 2 car lots, $20 to $20.50. = United States Markets. Minneapolis, ' Mar. 8¥.--Wheat--- May--$1.11%; July, hard, $1.16%; No." 1' Northern, $1.12% to $1.14%; No. 2 Northern, , $6.50; second patents, in| 2 in jute Winnipeg, Mar, 21.--Cash--Wheat | firsts, $6.60; seconds, $6.10; strong |$10 per ton, |! [per ewt. Calves, 8 to 10c per Ib, fon Hh; No. 1 $1.08% to $1.11%. Corn--No. 3 yel-| Nepmiemas Deluged With Applica- tions for Official Positions. A despatch from Ottawa says: It is announced by the Militia Depart- ment that recruiting is going on briskly throughout the country and the different units are being filled up in. the regular way, by applying to Ithe commanding officers of each bat- lon. * The department, however, is |positions of paymaster,' chaplain or 'quartermaster in the Canadian expedi- deluged with direct application for| of the Russian fle ) east and south and tection of 'the fleet. practically the only place of import- ance left to the Turks on Sea. tls fall is declared io im g ent, and indeed ib has been ected that the place would be ser with only a show of defence, = HIGHER TAX FOR GERMANS. As Much as Thirty Per Cent. of In : come Taken in Saxony. Hs A despatch from Dresden, Saxon; 'says: Th Saxony The Finance Committee 'of the tionary forces. The number of ap- plications is already far in excess of vacancies: ~~. ©. w RUSSIA TO ARRAIGN (hh : FORMER WAR MINISTER | A despatch from London says: Em- peror Nicholas has. approved the de- cision of the commission of inquiry to bring evidence of alleged illegal i acts of former Minister of War Gen, Soukhomlinoff before the judicial de- "i {partment of the Imperial Council {with a view to the arraignment on a charge of being responsible for the shortage of munitions for the Russian army, says Reuter's Petrograd cor- Gesieral Joffre. 2D A war conference is reported to n in progress on the Western front a | French Army 'Headquarters. oriad EATHS IN BELGRADE FROM, ASIATIC CHOLERA A despatch from London says: As- Britain is represented by Sir Douglas}! iatic cholera has broken out at Bel- Haig, commander-in-chief of the grade, according to an Athens des- 'British forces in France; Russia by}! patch to the Exchange Telegraph Gen. Gilinsky, aide-de-camp to the, Company. Fifty cases have been re- Russian Eniperor; Belgium by = the ported daily and thirty: deaths have chief of the general staff, and Serbia | occurred. The ' people of Belgrade by Premier Pachitch. '|are suffering from a shortage of pro- | visions, and sanitary conditions are $10.90 to $11; do, fob, $1.15 te" ter a THREE BRITISH AIRMEN © ¢ FALL TO DEATH A despatch from London says: Three British airmen, Lieuts," John- stone, Beaumont and Laidlaw, were J killed on Friday in accidents while on J experimental flights. Lieuts. Jobn- $12 stone and Beaumont were killed on the east coast of Scotland, and Lieut: Laidlaw at the Hendon Aerodrome. YOUTHS OF 18 CALLED Montreal, Mar, 21.--Choice steer: at $8 to $8.26; good at $7.50 te $7.75, fair at $6.50 to $7, and com- mon at: $5.60 to $6; while butchers; 'cows sold at from $5.25 to $7, ang bulls from $5.50 to $7.26 per 100 Ibs. Hogs, $11.10 to $11.35 ewt. weighed off cars. Sheep, § to $8.50, and lambs $11.75 to . and at 4% to 5% foi : : = NDLAND WILL Second Chamber of P Friday voted the income tax es that - $2,200 come tax schedules upward: ; persons receiving YT mar ks annually shall pay ten per cent, and those receiving 50,000 marks shall contribute thirty per 'c their incomes to the Stater™ supporting three or more childre: having incomes. less than 5,000 marks are exempted from the increase and will pay at the old rate. : de LEY rs Nd A CENT A MILE. iis Rate for US. Farm Laborers. A despatch from Montreal says: It is understood in transportation circles == here that the Canadian railways have = agreed to the request of the Canadian Government to grant the rate of a cent a mile in Canada for American = farm: laborers, who are expected to come to Canada in large numbers owing to. the active campaign now be-' ing carried on in the United States = by the Department of the Tnterior,. = Lo : FRENCH PARLIAMENT: a APPROVES PORTUGAL A despatch from Paris Chamber of Deration pac. ly 'passed a resolution sympathy for and consid C Portugal, "which has joined the allie in he defence 3f the cause of iberty." The President Chamber, Paul Deschanel, will mit the resolution to the Po Parliament. = = BULGARIA OBJECTS i) KING OF Canadian Railways Have Agreed on. = TO AUSTRIAN COLORS tress is becoming painfully evident aré shattering the enemy's front in J -- in many Hungarian towns, Arad, con- the west" "Our thoughts are with taining 70,000 inhabitants, was forty- them," Dr. Kaempf is quoted as hav- two days without bread or flour, All ing added, "no less than with our bakeries were closed. The Mayor tele- proud fleet, which by so many deeds : INCREASE CONTING low, 76 to 76c. Oats--No. 8 white, 42 STE 0 ---- il to 42%c.. Flour unchanged; ship:| A pespatch from St. John's, Nfld |; ments, 74,062 bbls. Bran, $18.25 to Governor Davidson, in open $18.96. i. fd 4 Legislature on Thu: . phoned to Budapest asking for flour and was told that none could be sup- plied.- It is feared riots will follow. Disorders have broken out at Talac on the Roumanian frontier. A mob ' broke into "the puses, smashed the shop windows and clamored for bread. - 'Soldiers were called out to and recently b ments and the hap the Moewe has proved that our sail- ors Br least he equal of the bold. est ea fighters in any age or We at home must prove the newest war loan suc 'that the the gallant achieve: m Duluth, ppy home-coming of | hard, ing the Colonial day announced his intention to en A the newly: enacted pro "effect af