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A despatch from Ottawa says: Cas- 3 of every description among Canadian forces since the out- 'wastage apart from cabualties has en 21,700." This makes a total of e t of 290,000 who have ir colors to date, who canrot now be numbered in the effective fighting force, The Canadian army actually under arms at the present time is therefore about 246,000 men. Of these 112,000 are overseas, either in Great Britain or at the front, while in training in Canada there are ap- proximately 134,000, counting those on guard duty, on Headquarters staff. These were-among the interesting facts given to the Commons Thurs- _ day by Sir Robert Borden in reply to a series of questions by Hon, Charles 'Marcil. In regard to Mr. Marcil's question as to whether the Govern- ment had decided to enlist 500,000 Canadians for overseas service, after consulting the British authorities, the Prime Minister said that the Govern- ment always took pains to ascertain the views of the Imperial authorities, particularly the War Office, with re- gard to these matters before coming to any decision. to indice the Government to' With regard to the question as to how long it took the Canadian troops to be ready for the fronp from the daté of enlistment, the Premier said might be taken as a minimum for ins: fantry, but other 'arms of the service required a longer period before they were ready to e front. The totale apditure by Canada for war purposes up to the end of February, Sir Robert said, has aggre- gated $187,000,000, nob taking into account, the millions of dollars which Great Britain has spent on behalf of Canada for munitions of various kinds supplied to the Canadian forces at the front through the War Office. The accounting for these will not be made until the war is over, In reply to Mr. Boulay, the Pre- mier said that the members of the Military Hospitals Commission served without salary, but that they were al- lowed $10 per day and railway fare while engaged on the business of the Commission. rr VILLA WOUNDED BAND IN FLIGHT United States Troops Surprise and Scatter the Mexican Outlaws. A despagch from El Paso says: Pancho Villa, the Mexican bandit lead- er, wounded in the hip, escaped from the United States 'troops in his first clash with them on Wednesday. Villa lost 80 men killed, two machine guns and a number of saddles and rifles, also some horses. The Ameri- cans lost four men wounded. The battle took place in the edge of the . town of Guerrero, capital of the dis- trict dominated by Villa in the days when as a bandit he defied the forces of Porfirio Diaz for years. Villa was taken from the field in a carriage, limping, according to reports of the United States officers with Col. Dodd, confirmed by Mexicans made prisoners by the Americans. title LARGE INCREASE IN BRITISH REVENUE. Property and Income Tax Are Re- sponsible for Increase of 7. £58,921,000. A despatch from London says: At the close of .the financial year . on Thursday night the Government -is-! sued a report showing that the total : revenue of the United Kingdom for the year amounted to £336,766,824, be- ing an increase of £110,072,744 over last year, The largest increase was in property and income tax, including the supertax which was £68,921,000, MARRIED MEN CALLED TO JOIN COLORS. A despatch from London says : Nine groups of married men who attested for service under the Derby plan are to: join the colors on. May 5. The groups concerned are numbers 33 to 41, consisting of men from 27 to 3° years of age. It is the calling out of these men before all eligible. single men have joined the army that has caused so much agitation throughout the country. In consequence of this feeling an earlier summons issued t these men was cancelled. rp RUSSIA HAS ORDERED' ' MUNITIONS ENQUIRY A despatch from' Petrograd says: The Council of the Empire, recogniz- ~ ing the ncessity of investigating the recent insufficiency of munitions at _ the Russian front, has ordered the opening of a preliminary inquiry into accusations against Gen Soukhomlin- formerly Minister of 'War, and Kouzmine-Korowaieff, of the Artillery Department. 5s "er 9 GENERAL * KILLED AT VERDUN rr, espateh from Paris says: Gen. STRIKERS DELAY ~~ BRITISH GUNS Lloyd George Makes Sensational Charge in British House of Commons. A despatch from London says: Dur- ing a- discussion. of the Clyde strike in the House of Commons Thursday night David Lloyd George, the Muni- tions Minister, declared that the: big guns which the army wanted has been {held up through all its stages of manufacture and that the strikers were holding up most important guns needed by the army. That the Clyde strike caused a ferment out of all proportion to the number of men in- volved is explained by Mr. Lloyd George's statement that it was re- sponsible for holding up guns needed | at the British front. WITH RIGHT LEG GONE, * CORPORAL FIGHTS. Amazing Act of Courage on British Front--V.C.'s Conferred. A despatch from London says :Six {|new awards of the Victoria Gross were announced on Thursday. The most amazing act of courage was that of Corporal Cotter, of the Sixth East Kent Regiment. When his right leg 'had been blown off at the knee, and he also had been wounded in both arms, he niade his way unaided for fifty yards to a mine chater and steadied the men who were holding it. He controlled their fire, issued orders and altered the dispositions of his men to meet a fresh counter-attack by the enemy. For two hours he held the position, and allowed his wounds to be roughly dressed only after the at- tack had quieted Sows, ; i COMMITTEE TO "CARE : FOR BRITISH GRAVES A despatch from London says: A national committee has been appoint- ed by the Government for making per- manent provision for the. care of graves of officers and men in France and Belgium. The Prince of Wales is president. It was decided thab no permanent memorials will be erectéd in any British military cemetery dur- ing the continuance of hostilities, or until the military situation should ap- pear to justify giving the necessary sanction, All requests for informa- tion regarding graves of officers and men fallen in France and Belgium should continue te be addressed to the director of graves Yegistration, general headquarters, et PUBLIC CELEBRATION ; . OF BATTLE OF YPRES. Private Citizens Asked to Fly Flags on Anniversary of Great Struggle. - A despatch from Ottawa says : The anniversary of the Battle of Ypres, the famous struggle of April 22, Toi, "youngest | when the Canadian fought a great and | gallant, d successful fe Ha wil So celebrated Nothing ad aps pened since that decision, -he added, 'change | its mind as to the number to be en- listed 2 : that the period yaried. ' Six months | Copyright by. Th These 'are t: of Trakish fighting wen. The | ET cur as am the. Turks saptired Aco British during recent fighting £m "He JHE me i Breadstuffs. Toronto, April 4--Manitoba wheat--New crop, No. 1 Northern, {$1.11; No.'2 Northern, $1.08%; No. 3 Northern, $1.06, in store Fort Wwil- liam. Manitoba oats--No. 2 C.W., 42%¢; No, 3 C.W., 403%c; extra No.1 feed, 40%c; No. 1 feed, '8914e, i in store Fort William, - American corn--No. 3 yellow, 813%e¢, track Toronto. LEN Canadian corn--Feed, 68 to 70¢, track Toronto, Ontario oats--No. 8 white, 44c; commercial, 42 to 43c, to freights outside, Ontario wheat--No. 2 Winter, per' car lot, $1 to $1.02; No. 1 commercial, : 96 to 98¢; No. 2 commercial, 94 to 96¢; No. 8 commercial, 91 to "926: feed wheat, 85 to 87c, according to freights outside. Peas--No. 2, $1.60; peas, according to sample, $1 to $1.30, according to \ freights outside, * Barley--Malting, 62 to 64c; feed barley, b9 to 62¢, according % freights outside, Buckwheat--68 to 69c, according to freights outside. Ryeé--No. 1 commercial, 86 to 87c; rejected, according to sample, 83 to 85¢, according to freights outside. Manitoba flour--Firsh patents, in jute bags, $6.50; second patents, in jute bags, $6; strong bakers', in jute bags, $6.80, Toronto. * Ontario flour--Winter, according to sample, $3.96 to $4.05, track Toronto; $4.10 to $4.20, bulk seaboard, prompt shipment. Millfeed--Car lots, delivered Mont- real freights--Bran, per ton, $26; shorts, per ton, $26; middlings, per ton, $27; good feed flour, per bag, $1.60 to $1.70. 43 to according Country Produce. Butter--Fresh dairy, 28 to 81¢; in- ferior, 28 to 2be; creamery prints, 84 to 36¢; solids, 32 to 34c. Eggs-=New-laid, 25 to 26c; do., in cantons, 27 to 28c. Honby---~ Prices in 10 to 60-1b. tins, 138 to 1dc. Combs--No. 1, $2. 75 to $3; No: 2, $2.26 to $2.40. Beans--$4.10 to $4.40, the latter for hand-picked. Poultry---Chickens, 21 to 22¢; fowlsh 18 to 19¢; ducks, 20 to 22¢; geese, 18 to 20c; turkeys, 26c. Cheese--Large, 19¢; twins, 19%e¢. Potatoes--Car lots of Ontario, $1.80 to $1.85, and New Brunswicks af $1.90 to $1.95 per bag, on track. Provisions, Bacon, long clear, 16% to fone per Ib. in case lots, Hams--Medium, 20 to 21c; do, heavy, 15 to 17¢; rolls, 17 to 17%ec; breakfast bacon, 21 to 24c; backs, plain, 26 to 26c; boneless backs, 28 to 29c. Lard--Pure lard, tierces, 18% to 14e, and pails, the; compound, 13 to 4c. "Montreal Markets. | Montrbat," Aptl 4.=Cors-Ameris can No. 2 yellow, 84 to 85c. Oats-- 'Canadian Western, No. 2, 52¢; No: 3 60; extra No. 1 feed, 50¢c; No. 2 local white, 48%¢; No. 8 local white, AT%e; | to 86. H '| rough 'mixed lots, $10.25 to] No. 4 local white, 46%c.. Barley-- | Manitoba feed, 66 to 67c;, malting, 76 | "77¢. Flour--Manitoba Spring wheat Markets of the World | HOUR OF BRITISH AT HAND BUT IT IS a ~ NOT YET ARRIVED Sir. John Haig's Forces Now Hold One-fourth of the Entire" Western Front. ; A despatch from London says: The official communications having re- vealed the fact that the British armies have taken over a length of the line | previously held by the French," says Reuter's correspondent at the British | headquarters in. France, "I am per- mitted to make reference to it. lo "The new dispositions weve carried ut with great skill and secrecy, and the result of them has been the re- lease of large French forces who were manifestly of great value to another area, . At present the British are probably holding something like one~ fourth of the entire length of the western front, extending in an un-|- broken line from the Yser to the Som- me. "Although the 'hour. of the British army may be at hand, it is not yet. Nor is there any reason to believe that the Germans will succeed by their attacks on Verdun in' upsetting the pre-arranged strategy of the great Coming offensive" 987%c; No. 6, 856%c; feed, 80%c. Oats --No. 2 C:W., 41%c; No.-8 CW. 39%c; extra No. 1 feed, 39%¢c; No: 1 feed, 88% c; No. 2 feed, 8%7%¢. Bat- ley--No. 8, 69¢; No. 4, b4%c; reje b1c; feed, Ble. Flax--Nog 1 $1.92%; No. 2 Cw. $1.89%. Minneapolis Wheat - Minneapolis, April 4.--Wheat-- May, $1.14% to $1.14%; July, $1.14%; No. 1 hard, $1.19%; No. 1 Northern, $1.14% to $1.17%; No, 2 Northern, $1.11% to $1. 14%. Corn --No. 8 yellow, 78 to 74c. Oats--No. 8 white, 41 to 41%c. TFlour--Fancy patents, ten cents higher, quoted at $6.85; first and second clears un- changed. Shipments, 61,370 barrels. Bran, $18 to $18.50. + Live Stock Markets. Toronto, April 4.--Choice heavy steers,, $8.35 to $8.76; butchers' cat- tle, choice, $8 to $8.26; do., good, | $7.75 to $7.85; do., medium, $7.15 to | $7.60; do., common, $6.60 to $6.75; butchers' bulls, choice, $7.26 to $7. 50; do,, good bulls, $6.86 to $7; do. rough . bulls, $4.65 to $5.16; butchers' cows, choice, $6.76 to $7. 26; do., good, $6.25 to $6.50; do., medium, $5.86 to $6.10; do, common, $5.25 to $5.76; stockers,' 700. to 850. 1bs., $6.60 to $7.25; choice feeders, dehorned, 950 to 1,000 Ibs., $7.15 to $7.50; canners and cutters, $3.75 to $4. 50; milkers, choice, each, $76 to $100; do., common and medium, each, $40 to $60; spring- ers, $50 to $100; Tight ewes, $8.50 to $9.60; sheep, heavy, $6 to' $7.60; yearlings; $10.50 to $12; bucks and culls, $8.50 to $4.50; lambs, choice, $11 to $12.50; spring lambs, $7 to $10.50; calves, "good to choice, $8.50 to $10. '25; do., medium, $7 to $8.50; hogs; fed and watered, $10.85; do. weighed off cars, $11. 25; 'do., f.0.b. $10.50. best, $7 to $8; good, $7.40 to $7.66 fais $7.06 to $7.25; medium, $6.50 to §7; rough, $6 to $6.75. lle, '$6. 25 to $6.75; medium, $6 fol, $6.78 3, Sotuston, $5.253 canriers,. elects, $11 to $11.50; | $10.76; common, $104 so $8. Sheep, $6 to $8; lam! Calves, milk fed, W.C, 1 2 HUN COMPANIES « BLOWN T T0 PIECES British Mine Explosions at St. Eloi Have Terrific Effect on Foe A despatch from British Head- quarters says: an prisoners captured near St. Eloi on Saturday last after we wrecked their trenches by a series of mine explosions, parad- ed to-day before being taken downto the base. These men were lucky in their escape from death. The ~ex- plosion of our minés was so terrific that it shook the ground six miles 'away and its effect upon' the German trenches was volcanic, Tons.of earth were flung up hundreds of feet high, carrying away trenches, dugouts and sandbags. A Jaeger regiment which was hold- ing this part of the line suffered heavy losses. A captured officer says that two companies of his battalion were blown to pieces. The 'was go disrupted that the communi- cation trenches were choked. up and there was no possibility of escape for She Sen Who Nmalie Nite in Sl first and second of this ector, nor for Any supports to be sent up to the occupation of the craters and trenches by the British, who still hold this ground. The Germans sur- vivors were caught in the trap, and in a dazed condition were taken pris- oners easily enough. The exact num- ber of them is still uncertain, as men are still being braught down but the number is about 200 with several of- Montreal, April 4.--Butchers' Raped 'WILL 'NEVER ATTACK SALONICA DEFENCES. pie way of aks temporary D customs RECEIPTS | SHOW BIG IHORBASE. Department' Returns Place Figures at $25,000000 Over Last 2 Year. A despatch from Ottawa says: A. twenty-five million dollar increase in customs receipts during the fiscal' year, which ended March 31, is shown by figures issued by the 'Cistoms De- partment. The total receipts for the twelve months were: $102,600;621, as compared with $78,262,685, or. an increase of $24,347,085 for the year. The March statement itself shows an on) of $3,307,109. The total receipts during the month were $1 668,234, as compared with $7,8 during the same month last y turns from the Finance Dep confirm' the 'statement made ome days ago, that the total revenue re- : ceipts for the fiscal year will exceed Sir Thomas White's estimate by fron. three to four million dollars. The total Tevenue, including that from the war taxation, will be in the neighborhood of $175,000,000, acu WOMEN WORK ON DOCKS : AT BRITISH PORTS, A despatch from Liverpood says i Women are now being employed * at the Liverpool docks, handling cotton imports and other bagged goods. At the Leyland Line docks nearly 100: women #re now working. Fears were. entertained that the Dockers' Union would raise difficulties, but these have | been smoothed over and the women are receiving the same rate of pay as the men. : el earth BIG RUSSIAN. VICTORY: TERRIB tor, our detachments bei cupied the heights on the' left bank of the River Oghen Deére sustained during Monday night a series of des- perate enemy counter-attacks. All of them were repulsed, and th zetrest leaving behind prisoners nd f in direction' of Erzendjan." ¥ We SERIE RE ts SOLDIER SETTLERS _ OFFERED