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= Turks suff¢ SECOND LINE " SEIZED BY BRITISH AT THE KUT Turk Losses Were Very Heavy, Four Furiots Counter- Attacks is Which They Launched Being Repulsed. "A despatch from London says: Eleven hundred yards of Turkish first| Amara ; Hoe trenches south-west of Kut-el- Amara and portions of the Turkish * second ling trenches in Mesopotamia have been captured by the British forces in severe fighting, in which the heavy losses, according . to a Brifish official communication is- sued Friday night. ~ tion says! "By a determined assault Friday morning, under cover of an intense bombardment, we seized and consoli- "ated 1,100 yards of the enemy's t line. trenches on the right bank The communica- of the Tigris south-west of Kut-el- and a considerable length of the second line, sustaining only slight losses. "The Turkish forces west of the Hai River thereupon delivered four furious counter-attacks, the first and third being broken. up by-our artillery and machine gun fire. The sécond and fourth attacks gained momentary suc- cesses, but our troops, returning to the offensive, regained much of the ground from which they had been temporarily dislodged. Throughout the day the Turkish losses were ex- tremély heavy, Seventy prisoners were taken." ' PREPARING DRIVE FOR FARM HANDS Two Thousand Workers Will Be x Secured in the United © States. espatch from Toronto says: An- "drive" for farm hands is to be made in the United States this Spring by the officers of the Ontario Depart- ment of Colonization and Immigra- tion. Arrangements have just been complefied to send five agents into the ~ states, three into New York State and two into Michigan. The start is being made over a month earlier than last year and the work will be continued for three months. In that time, it is confidently ex- pected, from fifteen hundred to two thousand farm hands will be secured to meet the pressing scarcity in On- tario. The department's agents will "travel all over the two States, adver- tising in local papers and using. any method that suggests itself to attract men. They are authorized to guaran tee farm work at $35 to $40 a month - for experienced men and $16 to $25 : PEACE WITH VICTORY | for inexperienced men. Last year "about six hundred men were brought into the province as a result of a six but Winter work is be- the farms now the de- yrkers is so large that two ons hive been receiv- anxious to get first on the, men gathered up. Most of them are prepared to sign good men | at once. . 15.08 ONLY SOLUTION. A degpatel from I. London says: The{ Bishop of Sheffield, presiding at: a diocesan conference recently and mak- reference to President Wilson's Sud he tered Xi plete a in the war. He had no be- {put is under hig cobtrol, BRITAIN BUILT 510 SHIPS IN 1916 World's Tonnage Reduced by About Two Hundred Thousand Tons. A despatch from Washington says: Loss to the world's merchant shipping in 1916 through war causés exceeded the total tonnage constructed, accord- ing to estimates prepared on Friday 'by the Federal Bureau of Navigation. Vessels sunk are put at 1,149, of 2,- 082,688 tonnage, and those built at 2,606, of 1,899,943 tons. The net re- duction was about 200,000 tons, or one and one-half per cent. of the world's total. The figures were gathered from many unofficial sources, but are declared to be approximately correct. Great Britain led in ship building with 510 vessels of 619,000 tons. 'United States was second with 1,213 vessels of 560,000 tons. Ships built by all other ¢ountries are given as 782 in number, of 720,868 tons. German construction of 26,000 tons is admit- tedly a low estimate, \ iri NEEDS OF BRITAIN \ TO BE FIRST: SUPPLIED, A despatch from London says: The British Government has refused per- mission to the Hadfields, Limited, to with work on the contract for shells for the American navy "so long as the exigencies of war con: tinue." The announcement is made in the form of an official notice by, Dr. Christopher Addison, the Minister of Munitions, in which attention is called to the fact, that entire steel out- FRANCE TO TO ADVANCE FARES ON RAILROADS A despatch from P Paris says :--Pre- liminary steps toward increasing rail- his | road rates fifteen per cent. were taken Wednesday when the consulting eom- mittee of the French companies and, | Minister of National Subsistence and _| Labor Herriot approved the proposed measures. A bill to increase the rates with evil. will be introduced in the Chamber of ce, | gratified the Government the way for Neville Chamber- in's f plans for mobi- | lzing all industries and cutting down tho number of men working in non- essential trades to. the minimum and increasing to the maximum the effi- ciency of all the vital trades. Mr. Chamberlain's scheme contem- plates dividing Great Britain into oa} districts, Wales and Scotland each constituting a division, the other cen- tres being Leeds, Manchester, Birm-|, ingham, and Bristol. With these|n points as basis, he intends to push all the war work and food production t> the limit of the laborers' capacity and maintain high speed until the war ends. The first cali for volunteers under the National Service rule was made a few days ago. There is no age limit, ed. Speakers are spreading all over the country to carry out a campaign of recruiting similar to the early days of the war, when soldiers for fighting were recruited, As fast as recruits are gathered they will be drafted into battalions according to their fitness for various kinds of work, the strong- est women becoming members of the Land Service Corps and the weaker ones joining the munition-making army. A MILLION DOLLARS IN BANKS UNCLAIMED Balances in Cash or Unpaid Cheques or Drafts Total $1.181,269. A despatch from Ottawa says:-- Several thousand people scattered throughout Canada 'have carelessly forgotten that they have more than one million dollars, all told, in the chartered banks of Canada, The high cost of living, the demands for war contributions, and even the increased $avations have not reminded them of * The annual Blue Book giving the list of unclaimed bank balances was tabled in the Commons on Thursday afternoon'by the Minister of Finance. It shows an aggregate of $960,085 in unclaimed balances, and $171,234 in unpaid certified cheghes or drafts, which have been in the hands of the banks for five years or more without anyone claiming ownership. The amounts of unclaimed deposits vary from a few cents to upwards of $4,000. Since the last report the total of un- claimed balances had increased by $66,000. The Bank of Montreal has the largest total amount of money in its eoffers which nobody seems to want. Its total is $111,279. PARIS IS IN THE GRIP : OF ARCTIC WEATHER. A despatch from Paris says: France is in the grip of the severest cold weather for many years. The thermometer in Paris registered 17 degrees Fahrenheit on Friday and even in southern cities like Marseilles and Bordeaux there were several de- grees of frost. The number of deaths Parisians have been . aggravated by the coal shortage. Edouard Herriot, Minister of National Subsistence, has taken energetic charge of. the situa- tion, co-operating with the city au- thorities. M. Herriot has decided to sell a large part of the reserve stock of fuel to the public and has lent military auto wagons to carry coal to the small dealers who have no convey- ances, The cold has brought packs of wolves into the department, and bears are ravaging the fields in the Loir Valley. : attri rion TRISH-CANADIAN RANGERS RE CHEERED IN DUBLIN. and both men and women are accept- |p from cold and the sufferings of the| No, RR yy The Duchess of Connaugh Irish-| 4 Pub ar ig 3 do. aronta, Jan. 30. $1. ss. Manito 1 Northern, $3.06 2.08; No. 3 do. $1.98; No. irneet ports. Oid crop trading Tic ; No. ani 2 CW, toh, onts--Neo. Vheon '140; 7ho; extra No. Fo 1 food, 6fo, Bay ports. American coen--No. Y yellow, $113, shipment within 30 . Ontario ois Ne. bite, 64 to 68c, : 8 white, 63 to 66¢c, nomli- nai, soc sccoraing to freights outside, ntar! lot, $1.80 to $1.83; io wheat--No. Viuter, first AF $1.80, 0, scoording to freights outside. --No. 2, $0.35, cording treighis outside. ariey--Malting, $1.20 to $1.22, cope to freights outside. Buckwheat--$1.28 to § 3 9, according to Frege outside. Rye--No. 2, $1.40 to $1.42, according to freights outside, Manitoba flour--~First patents, in jute ; second patents, in Jute 9.40 | strong bakers', in jute | $9.00, Toronto. Winter, mecording to sample, $7.40 to $7.60, in bags, track Toronto, prompt shipment ; 26, bulk seaboard, e Xport grade. Millfeed--Car lots, delivered Montreal freights, bags, in cluded--Bran, per ton, 84; shorts, Yer ton, $38 ; good feed , per bag, $2.70 to $2.8 ay---No. 1, per ton, 1 extra No. 2, per ton, $12 to $13.60; mixed, per ton, $10 to $11.50, track Toronto, Straw---Car lots, per ton, $9, track To- ronto. to ac- nominal, Country Produce--Wholesale, Butter--Fresh dairy, choice, 37 to 89¢; creamery prints, 44 to 46c; solids, 43 to _438jc. Eggs--No. 1 storage, 42 to 43c ; age, selects, 44 to 6c ; new-lald, in Sarions, 68 to 60c; out of cartons, 6b to 67 Cheese--Large, 26§ to 26c; to 261c; triplets, 26} to 26fc. Dressed poultry--Chickens, 22 to 24c; fowl , 18 to 20c; ducks, 20 to 22; squabs, per doz, $4.00 to $4.60; tur- keys, 26 to 30c ; geese. 16 to 18c. ive bouliry----Fowl, 16 to 17¢; chlck- ens, 17 to 20c. Honey-- White clover, 2. a ting, 14c; 5-1b. tins, 13 to 13jc; 10-lb, 128 to 18¢c ; 60-1b., 12 to 13c; iantay. 60-1b. tins, ® to die. Comb honey--extra fine and heavy w weight, per doz., $2.76 ; select, $2.60 t No. 2, $2 to $2.35. Ee hari, per bag, $2.60 to $2, 60 ; British Columbia, per bag, $2.60 to $2.76: New Brunswick Delawares, per bag, $2,756 to $3.00. Bi ans--Imported, hand-picked, per $6.26 ; Canadian, hand-picked, bez bush. $7.00 ; Canadlan primes, $6.00 $6.50 ; Limas, per 1b, 10 to 104c. stor- twins, 26 Provisions-- Wholesale. Smoked meats--Hams, medium, 25 to 26¢ ; do., heavy, 22 to 28c; cooked, 84 to 37c ; rolls, 19 to 20c; breakfast bacon, 45 to 28c; backs, plain, 26 to 28c ; boneless, 29 to 32c. Lard--Pure lard, tierces, 213 'to 21§c; tubs, 21% to 22v; pails, 22 to 22ic; compound, 16% to 17c, Cured meats, on, 18ic. clear clear bacon, 18 to per 1b. ellles, 18 to 184c. Montreal Markets Montreal, Jan. 30.--Oats--Canadian Western, No. 2, Tlc; No. 8, 69¢; extri No. 1 feed, 68c. Barley-- Manitoba feed, $1.03; whe Lk 30, t Fes a toba Spring wheat patents, firsts, or strong bakers', $9.30 Li choice, $9.26; stral hi 8.60 to $8.80; do. bags, $4. Rolled cats--Bbls, 7.06 i , $3.40 to $3.50. 0. Middlings, 38.00 to $40.00. Moufilie, $43.00 to 49.00, Hay--No. 2, per ton, car lots, 18.00. Cheese--Finest westerns, 26fc ; finest easterns, 26g. Butter--Cholcest creamery, to 433c; seconds 89 to A%4o, Eggs--Fresh, 50 to bbc ; Selected, 44c; No. 1 stock, 40c ; No. stock, 38c. Potatoes--Per bag, car fot, $2.26 to $2.50 seconds, Winter Toilets, to $7.25 Bran, $38.00. Winnipeg Grain. . Winnipeg, . Jan. _30-----Wheat--No. 1 Northern, $1.79; No. 2, gos $1.76 Li 3, do, $1.71: No. 4. $1. 584 ; No, 1. 374 ; i No. & 31 08h feed, Tlc. Nol CW, 3, do, & fc ; extra No. i feed, She; Fg 1 feed, 5 ; No. 2, do., 63c. Bariey--. 98¢c ---No. 3, No. 4, 82¢; - rejsctad 79¢ ; feed, 79c. Flax-- No. 1 N-W.C, 32.638; No. 2 C.W., $2.60%. ine Sales Markets. 30.--W] heat--Ma glosed i Ba Cas h He 1 Nortlerm a 8 RS \ : 95) 2 North- ern, 5 844 low, . 8 y ta--No. 3 white, 653 to FN © Pour ON ao Bran, $29 phil on Jan. 30.--Wheat 1 hard, 0 so fo » No. JL Northern." $1. i No. 3 Oe oLt to i ay, Linseed--To arrive, $2.903 ; May, $2.93}; July, a a Live Stock Markets Toronto, Jan. 30.---Cholce heavy steers, 10 to $10.75; Shdles heavy steers. $10 8.90 3 do. good 00d, 3 30" to $ al, and 5 Pn pon ga nH cher: et TEN GERMAN AEROPLANES DRIVEN DO N WN BY THE BRITISH Successful Raids Were Also Carried Out Eagt of Loos and North- East of Vermelles. A despatch from London says: | British troops have carried out suc- cessful raids east of Loos and north- east of Vermelles, on the French front, says the official statement is- li sued from British headquarters Fri-| day night, In aerial fights five Ger- | man aeroplanes were destroyed and five others were damaged. The state- ment follows: "Enemy positions east of Loos were raided by us at daybreak Friday | morning, The enemy suffered many | casualties and a number of his dug- ofits were bombed and destroyed. We captured 18 prisoners. We also en- tered the enemy's trenches north- west of Vermelles early Friday morn- ing and again took several prisoners. "On Thursday our aeroplanes suc- cessfully bombed a number of places behind the enemy's lines. There were many air flights, in the course of which five German machines were de- | stroyed, and five others were driven down damaged. One of our aero- planes is missing." NATIONAL CIVILIAN SERVICE © INTRODUCED IN BRIT AN Men Will Only be Called at Present; Women May Be Called Some Time Later. A despatch from London says:-- Neville Chamberlain is ready to launch a scheme of national civilian service. Immediately following an outline of | the authoritative bulk of men requir-| ed for the army to bring the war to as speedy an end as possible that are to be found in munition works, coal mines, shipbuilding, transport work und agriculture an effort is to be] directed to finding a sufficient number | | rate of remuneration will be the stand- {ard rate of pay for the job which the man sent received. There will not he a simultaneous appeal to men and women, Only men will be appealed {to at present. Women may be called {later. The age limits of men will be 16 and 60. It is not intended to take men already engaged in work of na- [tional importance. © Volunteers will go wherever the Director-General may of substitutes for those who have been | ask them to go, but volunteers will not called to military service. volunteers will be called for. At first | be put to other occupations than those The | for which they volunteered. FOUNDER ( OF AGENCY | KILLED BY TRAIN. Late - Anson McKim Was an Out. standing Advertising Figure in Canada. A despatch from Montreal says: Mr. Anson McKim, one of the best- known and most respected citizens of Montreal, was struck and instantly killed by a train at Coteau Junction Friday morning. Mr. McKim had been intending to go to Ottawa for some days, and apparently had taken the Toronto train in mistake, getting off at Coteau Junction to transfer to the other train. The remains were con- veyed to the residence, 23 McGreg Street, from whence the funeral wi take place to-morrow afternoon at| 2.80. His widow and a daughter sur- vive. Mr. McKim was in his 63rd year. atl rma SEVEN TURKISH VESSELS DESTROYED BY RUSSIANS | An official report from Petrograd says:--"On the Black Sea one of our| y | submarines sapk four schooners near the Bosphorus, Three other schoon- |® ers that were encountered by the sub- | | marine were gbliged to beach them- | selves, breaking up in the prevailing | storm." an rte mens i : $300,000 IS PAID FOR | A WESTERN FARM. 1 A despatch from Saskatoon says: | The Weltzen farm, situated eighty | i miles from Saskatoon, on the Elrose C.N.R.) Line, has" een sold to the ttish Wholesalers o-gperative So- to : | ciety for $300,000, all cash. The fom) comprises ten thousand acres, eight thousand of which are under cultiva- | tion. ; "several weeks. VERDUN BATTLE A VIOLENT ONE At Some Points Was in Nature of Hand-to-Hand Combats. A despatch from Paris says:--Ac- cording to late reports of the attack launched by the Crown Prince's forces in the Verdun region recently, several German regiments participated, and at some points the two forces fought hand-to-hand. Altogether the engage- ment appears to have been the mcst important offensive movement under- taken on the Franco-Belgian front in The movement wag launched along a rather wide front, being delivered at four points between Avocourt wood, on the extreme left of the French lines about Verdun, and {Dead Man Hill, a distarce of more than 3% miles, The Germans gained {some ground, but next morning as | the result of a desperate counter-at- tack most of the positions captured by the enemy on Hill 304 were recaptur- eet me WAR TO END IN AUTUMN. { Sir Gilbert Parker Says Economic Col- lapse of Germany Pending. A despatch from Montreal says: | Sir Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist, fand member of the British House of { Commons, arrived in Montreal on | Wednesday from New York, where he landed from a steamer on Sunday. | Sir Gilbert predicts that the war will end nexwmautumn, if not a little earlier than that. The end will come, he says, through the economic collapse of Ger- many and the smashing of the Ger- ! man lines on the western front by the Anglo Regueh fo forces. WEATHER ON BRITISH FRONT COLDEST SINCE WAR BEGAN Soldiers Are Suffering Severely, but the General Health of the. Army is Amazingly Good. A despatch from London says :-- Correspondents on the British front in the freezing of radiators and carbure- tors. Many cars are stranded along