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A despatch from Canadian Army Headquarters says: Shortly before wn on Thursday morning a Cana- dian column, composed of veteran troops, carried the fortified village of Fresnoy-en-Artois by storm. Stories of prisoners and of our own wounded as to what occurred in Fres- noy, and the trenches which protected it, agree that the enemy, who, as at _ Arleux, had taken over the defence only a few hours before the assault, had largely sought shelter from the fearful shell-fire to which he was sub- jected by descending into deep dug- outs and to the cellars of houses. Our infantry followed closely behind the bursting shells and reached the en- emy's dugouts before he could emerge. For the occupants of the dugout that meant either surrender at once or a horrible death by the bombing of the dugout. Some of the Germans holding the trench to the north of Fresnoy did emerge from their dugouts and Infantry Reached Enemy' s Dugouts Before he Could Emerge and Hundréds Were Forced to Surrender. begin to fight. They speedily disso. ered that the Canadians, after passing over the wire and trench sysiém, had 1 posted men between the trench and the enemy's GE and cut the Germans on the front line off from all chance to secure help. The men thus cut off were from the Bhen- | "°5f ish provinces of Prussia. Practically an entire company of them surren-: dered under these circumstances, | through officers with them, but while the greater part of the prisoners were taken in' this way, others surrender- ed only When they could no longer carry a rifle or operate a machine gun. | A captured enemy officer said there | was not time to bring the machine guns of his company into action be- fore the men were overwhelmed. The capture of Fresnoy carried the Canadians almost a mile further than before on the way to Douai, which is only a little more than eight miles due east from the further point of Thursday's advance. vt ad Th ath Ba vost. No. 2 + ow (ha 0. 001 wi, i N wll geiverel nto, tario oats--No. 2 white. 74 hom nal; No. 8 white, 78 to 6g, idl eae cord; frelghts outside ac ng to fr 8 a e. in ntario. wheat---No. JE 78 to $2.80; No. 8 do, 2. 3, adc re ng to Sretghta outside. eis , nominal, according ein. outs Be. Z tia 35 to $1.37, cording 4h 1.88 to on oN in, to J ghts Suts Man! sop . oy bags, $13 ite 3 ute 70! 30 + pate : ny br $11.60 to 31 Eo Winter in iv Alice Shaw Stewartiol portion a | British: The. Mificeed--Cor 133s ? delivered Montreal hospital has been 0 0 by th po ni HA doar Fas; dal Got ent h Macdonald has been Ly to' o 51 16. y appoiatied Adviser on Public Works per ton, $8 to $9, Non. 32, per ton, $11.50 ti $8.50 to nt lots, Ooh at Ha ay --Extra $12.5 mixed, per ton, 191380 Toronto. Butter--Fresh dairy, enoloe, 39 to Jos: Sieamery prints, 43 to 46c; solids, 42 t Bee s--New-laid, In cartons, 40 to 4lc; ou or Sartons 38c. uitry----Chickens, 26 to 280; fowl, 11 to ducks, 23 to §6c; squabs, per dos, $4.00 to $4.50; turkeys, 80 t - 4 FOE'S APRIL LOSS EXCEEDS 100,000 Fighting on the Western Front Disastrous for Huns. A despatch from the French Armies' |\ correspondent, says:--After seeing a number of estimates whick broadly agree, I believe that the recently published figures of 100,000 for the total German losses in April appears very far below the reality. It may be but half of the truth. The Ger- man forces on April 1 stood as fol- lows: Total of German divisions, 219; on Western front, 143; on other fronts (Russian, Rumanian and Macedonian), 76. There was on the Western front on April 1 a general reserve of forty-four divisions. But the German divisions are not what they were. The process of attrition brought them down to little, if any, more than half their former strength. We shall be justifi- ed in saying that the German general resrves in the West did not exceed a figure between 440,000 and 500,000 men after tha great retrea: and be- fore the beginning of the allied of- fensive, but this was virtually the only general reserve, EE BRITISH AIRMEN NOW A SUPREME Beat the "Red Devils" In Spectacular Battles A despatch from British Headquar- ters in France, says:--The British air- men, taking full advantage of the long spell of good weather, aré continuing their relentless offensive aloft both by day and night fighting. Within three days they have accounted for 56 enemy machines, and have carried out many enterprises behind the German lines. The German soldiers dislike the continuous presence of the British airplanes, for many unposted letters captured during the infantry attacks dwell upon the uneasiness the ma- chines cause. - BURDEN BORNE WITHOUT STRAIN British Finance Carries Heavy War Load Without Any Additional Taxes. A despatch from Londons says:-- Great Britain's war budget for the fiscal year which Andtew Bonar Law, Chancellor of the Exchequer, introduc- ed in the House of Commons on Wed- nesday contdined no 'surprises and fewer changes from the existing taxa- tion than did the previous war budget. No new forms of taxation were pro- posed. The only changes were in- creased excess profits tax, which was raised to 80 per cent. from 60 pert cent.; the placing of excess profits on munition works on the same basis, an increase of tobacco duty by 1s 10d in the pound, and increased entertain- ment taxes on the higher-priced tickets. Economy in the employment of ships by Government impressment of all vessels except small coasters at fixed rates of pay also was announced. me HAD PLAN TO EMBROIL STATES AND MEXICO Light Thrown on Germar Propaganda Led by Rintelen A despatch from New York says: -- Plans 6f Capt. Franz Rintelen, of the Germap navy, to embroil this country in war with Mexico and Japan, and |; the ineffectual efforts of former Re- presentative Frank Buchanan to en- list the support of Samuel Gompers, |W presiden' of the American Federation of Labor, in a project to prevent the manufacture and transportation of munitions in this country, were brought out in the conspiracy trial of these two men and six others here on Wednesday. The defendants are charged with fomenting strikes de- signed to disrupt the Entente allies' munitions trade in (this country through the activities of labor's Na- tional Peace Council, of which Mr. Buchanan was first president, NIVELLE STRIKES A TAKES CRAONNE AND BIG SYSTEM The Total Number of the Teutons Captured is Over 750--Gains Pre Important. A despatch from French headquar-| ters says: French troops in a new of- fensive along the Aisne have captured the village of Craonne and the first German line on a front of two and a half miles northwest of Rheims. | Craonne is at the eastérn end of the Vauclerc Plateau, the scene of much desperate fighting recently, and | its possession by the Germans placed | a salient in the French line paralel- ling the Chemin-des-Dames and the Aisne River. The French not only straightened out their line and gained | HEAVY BLOW - a strategic position of a further ad- vance on the Vauclere Plateau, but' also took more than 1560 prisoners. Advancing northwest of Rheims on | 'a front of two and a half miles the | by ! French carried the first German line and" took six hundred prisoners. ,Craonne is six miles northwest of Berry-au-Bac, which Berlin gives as the western extremity of the Frenth attacking line northwest of Rheims. Berlin asserts that the French attack was repulsed between Berry-au-Bac and Brimont, about six milés north of Rheims, "The Doings Ch arge, 27 to 27ic; twins, 273 to TEN rlpiats. 378 to She; large, 284c; twins, / oney--White pA ah Hus, 14 i 16¢c; Ys 1b. tins, 144c; 10-1b,, 13}¢; 6 18c; buckwheat, Bob, tins, 10 % Bie. Comb honey---extra fine ay Reavy velg ht, pert oa $3. 77 select, $2.60 to, Maple Syrup--Imperial gallon, $1.65 to Potatoes--On track Ontario, per bag, $4.00; New Brunswick Delawares. iy 8 "$4.25; Albertas, per bag, 33.15 ¢ Beans -- Imported, hand- Piok por bush., $6.60; Canadian, hand- per bush, $7.76 to $8.00; Canad) 3 pr Ines, ¢ per~sush. 3 $7.50; ye per 1b, 17 Provisions--Whalbsale Dry Salted Meats--Long clear bacon, in tons, 80ic; in cases, Zic; clear bel- 274c; hams, heavy, 3c to 276; medium, 29¢ to 294c; backs, plain, 33¢; cooked hams, 40c; backs, boneless, 36¢c to Green ~meats--Out of pickle, 1c less than smoked. ard--Pure lard, tlerces, 26% to 26c; tubs, 26 to 26ic; ails, 26% to 26§c gon ound, Jisress 20% to 20dc; tubs, i 208c; pails, 208 to 2lc. ° Cured meats--Long clear bacon, 21 to 22c per 1b; clear bellies, 20 to 20jc. / Montreal Markets so Montreal, May 8. Oats o.oanadian Western, No. 2, 81c; do. 794c; do., extra No. 1 Teed. 340. aries, Man, feed, $1.12. patents, firsts, strong bakers', $18.80; choice, $18.75; aka Jollers, $13.20 to $13.60; do., b 6.36 to $6.50. Rolled oats, barrels, 0 26 os $8.50 0. Rags, 90 1bs., $4.00 0 4.26. Bran, $43. orts, 46. Middlin 48 to $50. Moutllie, 03 30 $66, BS 0. 2, per ton, car lots, 13.50. Cheese, finest Wesierns, 27 to 27%c; do. finest easterns, 26 2630. Butter, choicest creamery, 41 ho 42¢; seconds, 39 to 40c. Eggs, fresh, 40c; do. No. 1 stock, a oF atone: per bag, car lots, $3.76 to $4.00. Wituion Brain Winnipeg, Ma Wheat, No, 1 May nets ah £401; Northern, $2,773; No. 8 Northern, o. 4, $2.40; No. 5, $2.08; No. 6, § feed, $1.87; Nos o special, $2.30; ecial $2.08; 5! Manitoba, on HAD 18 CORE 2 CW, C, Oats, No. feed, 70ic. prices: No, $2. 72: Xo. 5 track, 3 extra No. 1 feed, 7i4c; No. 1 Barley, cash not quoted. Flax, No. 1 NNW.C, a 03%; No. 3 CW. $2.98; on track, $3.0 United Sate Markets Minneapolis, 8.--W Heat, Md, 2.62 $2. Ay Cash: «No. 278% to o Hi 82 0, 1 teen. Ay x to o. Northern, $2.693% to 2. I er No. 3 yellow, $1.61 to 4 53. ats, No. 3 white, 69% to 7lc. Flour, fancy patents, $14; first clears, $12, Other grades unchanged. Bran, $39.50 to $40.0 $ Live Siok Markets Toronto, Ma. ~--Extra choice heavy steers, $11.76 %s TTS 650; choice heavy yo $334 38 to $11.65; good heavy $10 .85 to $10.76; butchers' Sattle, 11.86 to $11.65; do., good, $10.50 5; do. medium, $9.76 to 10.18; common, $8.86 to $9.16; butchers bulls, choice, LY 50 to $11; do., good bulls, $9.65 to $10; do, medium' bulls, 8.50 to $9; do, rough bulls, $6.40 to 6.60; butchers' cows, gholoe, $10. 00 to 10.50; go. good, $9 t do. medium, to $7.26: topkers, $7.50. to 9; Ag $e. 50 to $10.26; canners and cutters, $5.50 to $6.25; iikers, good to choice, $85.00 5 $110.00; do, com. and med., each, $40.00 to $00.00 8! Hngers, do., ort ememen 60.00 to $110.00; light ewes, $12.0 16.00; sheep, heavy, $8.50 OY calves, good to choice $12.00 {o- 13.00; spring lambs, each, oF 00 ies 13.00 lambs, choice, $14.50 to $16.25; do. medium, $10.50 to $12.50; hogs, ue d and atered, $17.00; do. weighed Off cars, 17.25; do., £.0.b., $16.25. Montreal, May 8.--Choice steers and heifers, 3. 75 to siz. 26; good, $9.76 to 1810.76; Uteliere 3 $8.60 to $10.50; | bulls, 4. 3) to Pdi calves, $5.50 to $11.00; sh ep. ha 00 to $11.00; yearling lambs, $14.60 to $15. 20; apring lambs, $8.00 to $12. 90; hogs, $17.2 to $17.50. J ------ ' Seeds of beets, parsnips and carrots |; germinate slowly, and often weeds [BT come up thickly before the plants ap- } excitement was "Falkirk when an i in "Carron Iron Works Blew 1 Sh one of the furnace hi n Egypt, retaining the Under Secre- in Fetp in the same department. Perth is at present taking great interest in the approaching marriage j of Miss Beatrice Christian Pullan and Major W. A. Gillam, D.8.0., ¥.8.0.B. Pipe Major Aitken, Argylls, who recently received the D.C. M. for gal- "lant conduct, has been pr with £15. War Loan stock by the Stirling town council. Permission has been given by the % Dunfermline Dean of Guild Court for the erection of 1,000 houses at Rosyth by the Scottish National Hous- ing Company. 1 Lieut, J. A. Craig, Invergeldie, wag in command of a draft from the Cameron Highlanders on board the er Ivernia when she was sunk. He 9 escaped, ba deyen pefished. Run TORN BY PEACE TALK Acrimonious Controversy Rag- ing in the Fatherland. A despatch from Copenhagén says: --The silence of the German Imperial Chancellor, von Bethmann-Hollweg, concerning Germany's peace terms, if,' as declared, it is based on a desire to avoid disrupting the untiy of feeling in the country by discussion of con- tentious questions and not, as some uncharitable German critics assert, upon the absence of a definite Govern. ment peace policy, has failed of its object. An acrimonious controversy is now raging in Germany between the big annexationists; the little annexa- tionists and the advocates of no an- nexations and indemnity whatever. The Pan-German League has sent circulars to its branches throughout the country asking them to organize meetings everywhere in the interests of "German peace," and against the Socialist peace program. The Con- servatives have introduced an inter- pellation in the Reichstag in an en- - deavor to smoke out von Bethmann- Hollweg and force him to declare him- » | self for or against the Scneidemanni- program. The Radicals have intro- duced a similar interpellation in the Prussian Diet. . -- Qe 1,200 GERMAN SUBS WITHIN ANOTHER YEAR One Hnudred Germdn Plungers De- stroyed by the Entente Allies A despatch from New York says:-- It is more than likely that Germany has on the ways and approaching com- pletion not fewer than 500 submarines of the U-b3 class, and that within six monthg~she will have about 700 sub- marines afloat, and in twelve months 1,200. Evidence at hand indicates the German yards have room to keep work on 630 submarines of the U-53 class constantly under way, aml etemc ts {BRITISH TRANSPORT ARCADIAN SUNK Vessel Were 279 "on Board the Drowned. A despatch from London says :-- The British transport Arcadian" was sunk in the Mediterranean by/a sub- 'marine on April 16. It is believed 279 men were drowned. The Arcadian was of 9,000 tons gross, and was owned by the Royal Mail Packet Co. Before heing con- rorted she was employed in tourist] pear. If a few radish seeds are drop- ped at 'intervals these will mark the rows and allow safe cultivation. - ic between New York and the The offer of Sir 'Hugh and Lady 8 | the fiercest fought in 'the war, '11916, has just | een compiled by the oo BH eT wyiom all the bitisk duty of two giants Ye t line is a stout barrier, especially strong under present. conditions, but the British are battering it successfully. At Bev- and prisoners. | 'quicker gains, ENEMY STOPPED BY TANIDANS Counter-attacks Ain Fres- noy Are All Repulsed. A despatch from Canadian Head. quarters in France says: --Several counter attacks have been made Dy the German infantry on our new positions to the north and south of Fresnoy, but have failed to shake our line. day morning reports show the tions to be again normal with our heavy artillery ammunition preparing the way for the British and Canadian infantry by "taking on" the heavy guns of the enemy in the rear of his lines. To properly appreciate the present position, it must be remembered that the enemy, in the region over which our further advance must be made, has no definite trench system, such as that captured during the past week, until the "Drocourt" line is reached, which is about three miles t) the west of Douai. For four miles to the east of our present front, therefore, the Germans' only shelter from our shell fire is such trenches as he can or has hastily dug here and there, or in the cellars of villages. Their losses un- der these conditions will be distinctly serious. CANADA AND US. ONITE IN TRADE British- and - Americans Hold Important Conference-- Statement by Foster A despatch from Washington says: Direction of Ameridh's vast commer- cial resources in the common struggle against Germany formed the basis of the second formal conference between American officials and the British mis- sion held on Friday i retary Lan- sing's office at the State Department. Two general subjects were taken up: how best and most economically to! marshal the resources for the aid of the allies, and how most certainly to! further restrict-all products getting through'to the aid of the enemy, A ---- ALBERPA'S WHEAT CROP WELL OVER 5 50 MILLION BU. A Close Second to > Great Yield of 1915, According to C.P.R. Estimate, A despatch from Calgary says: --A computation of the grain movement of the Province since Neptemb@r 1, Canadian Pacific Railway General Superintendent's office in this city. It indicates that a total of 54,000,000 bushels of all grain were transported by that company alone within this Province since September 1, 1916, or since the new crop.came in. - Of the total of 54,000,000 bushels of all grains, 35,000,000 bushels were wheat, while the great blk of the re- maining portion was oats. Taking these figures as a basis, it seems not unreasonable to suppose that the wheat production for the last season was at least well over the fifty million mark, which would make a close second to the great yield of the Sel nad on Baar the his fhe { enemy's assaults. Ridin year. snd nothing never ha their success .is the greatest, Jug eas though the other two brought 'more | from court, along the Hindenburg British have nearly ° President of Reichstag Says United States is a : Mighty Enemy. A despatch from Amsterdam says: --The German Reichstag resumed its session on Wednesday. The presid- ent of the Chamber, Dr. Johannes in his opening of the entry of the United States into the war, said a new and. mighty opponent had joined the ranks of Germany's enemies. President Wilson, in a message to Congress on April 2, he declared, said he was wag-! ing war against the Germans in the interests of mankind and on the ground of justice. "Without truest hearts' blood," Pn said, "we establish the German ag erdom and with our truest hearts' blood we shall fight for the Kaiser and the empire. What our forefathers fought for and longed for, what we have achieved on the battlefield, will not perish, even at' President Wilson's word of command.' "We decline all interference by a foreign Government in our internal affairs. If all signs are not mislead- ing the decisive point of the world's war is approaching. We see our death-defying troops withstanding the Qur U-l : show England how Germans e¢ avenge her nefarious starvation war." re reiftin FIGHTING RESUMED ALONG A FRONT OF 18 MILES, - More of Original Hindenburg Line Penetrated and Rolled Up By British Troops. A despatch from British Headquar- ters in France says: The battle has flared. up again, and the Germans are' again getting heavy punishment. We attacked Thursday morning while it was still dark. The fighting raged sii 3 day on a front reaching from the north of Arleux to beyond Bullecourt,! 'a distance of 12 miles. Almost. Sum-| mer eat prevailed, with a thick haze,' making it impossible to see anything, and making the opservation of the ar- tillery difficult. Tt is not possible as yet to give a definite account of the gains, but it appears we won im ant successes and captured the v of Fresnoy, and apparent]; J court, besides making a 'cons advance on the greater part of the ling between these places, taking a fe hundred prisoners, of whom 3800 ha come down. ; rr einen NO SLACKENING IN WAR 'ON PART OF RUSSIA. Fa A despatch from Petrograd says: . The Russian Provisional Government has sent to the Russian' representa- tives in the Entente allied countries a note assuring the "allies that the change in Government in Russia can- not afford a pretext for any 'slacken- ing on the part of Russia in the com- mon. struggle of all the Entente allies. be ens i "Well, I never!" exclaimed the fore. E man ruetully; "and to think I've hoist. ed more'n 8 million hasta o tea in the. last fifteen years with TOM , LooK WERE A ARTE, BRAS i IN ts WINDOW PONT Ted MONEN § IT WouLD INSIDE | NEED A STREET svoes od elev TO Look 600D FOR THE Look \R OF Pa 1esLieve N (Renewed applause.) hat ere: sop ¢