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'man Aircraft--No Damage + 437 Tafied fn lost Sere Raid Yet Made Ove England hy Gor: of Military or Naval Value. a rad ; aeroplanes London shortly after eleven on. nesday morning and dropped thi bombs. The casualties in the raid, it is officially announced, numbered 97 killed and 437 wounded. Killed. ~ Man. .... ih 66 sesesvesnnne se nrarevevas 18 . . 4 No damage of a military or naval nature was done. The raid over the city lasted about fifteen minutes. The largest humber of casualties occurred in the East End, but the downtown busitiéss: sestion \ section was was Aer visited by CHRISTIANS ARE FORCED TO FIGHT Germans in Full Control of Tur- key and Everyone is Being Mobilized. A despatch from Amsterdam says: --An Armenian who has arrived in Holland fron Constantinople gives the Telegraaf particulars of the condi- tions in the Turkish Empire. He de- picts the administration as wholly under German control. While the Ministers themselves are Ottomans, the vice-Ministers, who really manage the Ministries, are Germans, Turkish inscriptions have been removed from the offices of the Ministries and re- placed with notices in German. The Germans have in short estab- lished themselves as masters of Tur- key. An espionage service under German supervision is at work in Con- stantinope. Christian families espe- cially are spied upon. Everyone is being mobilized--men, children and even one-eyed men and men without fingers. Enver Pasha has summon- ed to the colors all men under 51, in- cluding members of the Christian population. This action was taken after the visit of Prince Waldemar of Prussia, who in October brought a marshal's baton to the Sultan in the Kaiser's name and pressed on the Sultan the enactment of this law. Christians in Turkey were dispensed from military service for the whole period of the war under a law passed when hostilities began on condition that they paid £45. © A year ago Christians were made pay an addition- al £80. Having thus paid £76 exemp- tion, the Christians are now compelled to serve. SRSISELEY Ranh ty PRESENT BREAD RATIONS UNTIL THE NEW HARVEST A despatch from London says: -- Berlin despatches say the food depart- ment has announced that since the spring sowing had terminated and a better survery of the old harvest was possible, and conferences concerning the import of Rumanian grain had oc- curred, the possibility was assured that the present bread rations would be continued until the new "harvest. Potatoes, which are scarce, will be replaced by flour or bread. three of the raiders and considerable damage was occasion -| struck a schoo a large number of cl dren and wounding scores of others. . In his statement Chancellor Bonar Law said twelve to fifteen aeroplanes '| crossed the coast of North Foreland and proceeded across Essex to Lon- don. Two bombs were dropped on North Foreland, and at 11.80 o'clock the bombs began to drop in the East End of London. Thirteen bombs fell in the city. The Chancellor said all the anti- aircraft guns defending London were brought into action, and that a large number of aeroplanes went up in pur- suit of the raiders, Several engage- ments occurred in the air, but the results at present are uncertain. RE ROYAL FAMILY LEAVE GREECE Pro-German Politicians and Mili- tary Leaders Also Must Go. Ad tch from London says:--It has been decided that all the members of the Hellenic Royal family, except the new King, will leave Greece, ac- companied by the most prominent pro- German politicians and military lead- ers who form part of the entourage of former king Constantine: . No'indication has yet reached Lon- don as to the line of policy Eleutherios the change in sovereignty in Greece, but he alréady has declared that at the end of the war he intended fo leave to a Greek national convention a revision &f the constitution which would aid in depriving the sovereign of the possibility of again interfering with the wishes of the people as ex- pressed by their representatives * in Parliament. Former King Constantine left Athens on Thursday to embark on a British warship. Constantine was aca companied by the former queen and crown prince and other members of the family. They left the city by motor car. Prof. Gorgios Streit, former adviser of the Greek Foreign Office, went with Constantine as his secre- tary. 120 CHILD VICTIMS OF GERMAN AIRMEN. A .despatch from London says: Sir George Cave, Home Secretary, an- nounced in the House of Commons that the latest reports of the casual- ties in Wednesday's air raid showed that 104 persons had been killed and 154 seriously and 269 slightly injured. Altogether, he said, 120 children were killed or injured. eR) WS, WILL MAKE ATHENS WHOLLY VENIZELIST. A despatch from Salonica says: It is expected that the Venizelist Gov- ernment will soon be transferred to Athens and will convoke the Chamber of Deputies elected in May, 1915, which the followers of former Pre- mier Venizelos maintained was dis- solved illegally by King Constantine. N ANOTHER BIG BRITISH SUCCESS te ON BOTH EXTREMES OF FRONT Gen. Haig Captures Further Positions on Hindenburg Line Northwest of Bullecourt--Advances on 7-Mile Front South and East of Messines. ' A despatch from London says:-- The British forces on Friday delivered an attack upon and captured further portions of the Hindenburg line north- west of Bullecourt, despite the resist- ance of the Germans, why suffered heavy losses, according, to the official communication on Friday night. The British struck, aaother blow Thursday night on the front near Messines, the War Office announced earlier on Friday. They gained , all their objectives, advancing south and east of Messines and astride the Ypres-Comines Canal. The British now occupy the former front trenches of the Germans from the River Lys to the River Warnave. As a result of Thursday night's oper- ations and the constant pressure ex- erted, the British have advanced their lines from 500 to 1,000 yards on a front of seven miles, Items From Som Where Many Oné bomb | Venizelos intends to adopt regarding ' ue © Ontario Boys and Girls Are telephone employes are on a ton. | A Big Ranchers' Fair and Livestock Stout will be weld in Moose Jay iin Winnipeg Public Library now has 76 books printed for the use of the blind, et 0 Calgaryn officers, Wiki are Capt. D: B. me 'and ¥ Lieut. A. C, Landale. The only woman nominated in the | Alberta election contest was Mrs Me- Kinney, of Claresholm. Three bread firms in 'Mode Jaw | © have amalgamated to be known as the Moose Jaw Bread Company. The buildings and storage tanks of Jaw have been destroyed by fire to the extent of $6,000. During the month of May nearly 3,000 children were vaccinated in the City of Winnipeg. The average was more than 126 a day. * The Manitoba Board of Health plan to have all abattoirs and slaughter houses in the province duly licensed and under inspection by July 1st. SUCCESS OF U.S." LIBERTY LOAN Expected To Go -Well Beyond the $2,000,000,000 Mark A despatch from Washington says: --The Liberty Loan campaign entered the home stretch on Thursday 'with every indication that the tremendous thirtieth day drive throughout the na- tion would result in getting well be- yond the $2,000,000,000 goal, Frém coast to coast the story that poured in to the treasury all day was the same, a story of whirlwind finish. Telegrams told of tolling bells and shrieking whistles across the continent marking the last day of the campaign; of redoubled efforts by the many agencies at work for the loan's suc- cess, of enthusiasm at its highest pitch, of long waiting lines of sub- scribers in thousands of banks in every state of the Union. ISTIC COST OF LIVING IN MAY HAD FURTHER INCREASE A despatch from Ottawa says:-- The Labor Bureau reports a further increase in the cost of living during May. Grain and flour showed the greatest increases, but meats and ma- terials were higher in many lines. The usuaj seasonaj decreases in the prices of dairy products were very slight. In retail prices of foods the cost of a weekly family budget rose from $10. 7 to $11.82. In May, 1916, the same budget cost $8.37 and in 1915 $7.84. In wholesale prices the index figure stood for May at 240, compared with 228.7 for April and 183.3 for May, 1916. ties MR. SANDFORD EVANS TO BE FOOD CONTROLLER. A despatch from Ottawa says: W. Sandford Evans, chairman of the Georgian Bay Canal Commission, has been requested to accept the position of food controller for Canada during the war. The Order-in-Council de- fining the duties and powers of con- troller has been submitted to Mr. Evans, who wil make any recommend- ations he 'confliders necessary to en- sure success to this proposal to regu- late prices and distribution of food supplies. » RUSS TO PUNISH FURTHER DEFECTIONS. A despatch from Petrograd says The Provisional Government has is- sued a decree declaring all acts of military disorder to be insubordina- ttion, including refusal to fight, and also incitement to fight against the Government. Such acts, says the de- cree, are punishable by long sentences to Servite Whe itentiary and the deprivation o its to proj % and also the right to receive land ph, w= | the Western Oil Company, at Moose | 900,600 force of Turks to the porih of Aden correspondents. The reporte Prairie Provinces = state Spring there is very backvard, seeding is consequently late. } end of May sévere frosts cut ons the growing ng wheat plant; Raj rapid recovery was pated. needed for the on of later sown. crops and of wheat sown on stubble. sown a 'wheat for 1917 is pr acres, as compared with 14, oy 1916. Thus, the area sown this year, whilst nearly 10 per cent. less than the area sown for 1916: is Showy four per cent. moré than the vested for 1916. In lig at these. figures revised returns of the census of 1916 have been included for Mani- toba; for Saskatchewan and Alberta completed. As compared with the areas for 1916, the returns this |? year indicate small increases under "I wheat in each of the Atlantic pro-i7 vinces and in British Columbia and an increase of 25,000 acres in Quebec; but for each of the remaining pro- vinces decre: are reported to the extent of 154,000 acres .in Ontario, 254,000 acres in Manitoba, 927,000 acres in Saskatchewan and 158,000 acres in Alberta. GERMAN TUNNEL similar revisions have not yet been | %, aad gb ry yr 50 o, nto, wo freights, kis 3. Daas ii good hal 2,90. re pkg Ina ar 2, rack Toronts lots, Toronto: ' Montreal, Be i SPA on to 0 per ton, sii Na , 36% dairy, to Filed a 10, the retall vei heat Country Proguce--Wholesale Butter Creamery; solids, to to ¥7e; gy b., 87 to , 34 to 3bc. eo selll fol Sowing ice, 88 | 3d soll ns, 4 0; Shickens, 60c; RAE Ys p< to. §: 80; Jyrkeys, 2 ib... 4 to 46c; $, Bens: Ay ate: tins, 24ic; Dieta; Z4hc; dass large, 20%c; twins, i J triplets soe ro eight, doz, x 4, 5; , ond to 26. e 8; Potatoes On 435; Alber 8, bag, trade ole t -- ro riats, 4 creame! Pegs_e w-latd, of cartons, 40c. 24 to 36c; fine heav select, $2.50 to Eo al lon, $1.76. per bag, $4. 90." PB, 8, Yas | red, hand-picked, $9.00 to $9.60 per ope Limas, per 1b, 19 to 20c. . Proviso Smoked meats--Hams, medium, 30 to 31c; do. heavy, 26 to 27c; cooked, 41 to 420; rolls, 27 to 28c; breakfast bacon, 33 to 86c; backs, plain, 36 to 37c; bone- tess, 89 to 4 Lard--Pure 'lard, tierces, 2ie; tubs, 27%¢c 1s, 28c; Sonipound, tierces, 21dc: tubs, 213c; pails, 2 ured meats--Lon ne Xi) bacon, 26 to 264c per 1b; clear bellies, 24 to 25c. > Montreal Markets 19 --Oats--Canadian STRUCK BY SHELL Montreal, June 'Western, No. 2, 783. do., No. 3; 17¢c; extra No. 1 feed, 77c. Barley--Man. feed, $1.20. Flour--Man. Spring wheat | atents, firsts, $13.90; do. seconds, 4 40; strong bakers', $13.20; Winter Mark Ten Miles Distant. A despatch from London says: This story of modern Warfare is relat- ed by an official authority who has been on the front in Champagne: "On May 20 the French prepared to rush the impregnable positions on Mount Cornillet and Mount Teton: showed an immense system of tunnels i which apparently concealed German put a shell in the entrance. "The gun started firing thousand pound shells and the infantry was or- dered to advance at a certain minute. Two hours before the time set for the advance a half ton shell planted itself squarely in the mouth of the tunnel, killing half of the men inside, block- ading the exist and wrecking the transverse corridors. The French ad-! vanced and took several hundreds of prisoners without suffering a loss. "Two months ago a French attack on Moronvillers failed because this impregnéble tunnel could not be cap- tured." BRITISH CAPTURE FORT AT RED SEA : Turks Driven Tak in Advance fo From Gulf of Aden. A despatch from London says:-- Fort Saliff, on the east shore of the Red Sea, has been captured by British warships, it was officially announced Thursday evening. Fort_Saliff is on Kamaran Bay, in Yemen province, south-western Ara- bia. Large rock salt works are locat- ed there. The captured fort 'lies about 176 miles north of the Gulf of Aden. A has been long in the way of the British in attempts they have made to ad- vance from t city. The purpose of the seizure of Fort Saliff may be in facilitation of a movement to work in French Half-Ton Projectile Hits (876; Photographs taken by their aviators, reserves. A single entrance was lo-.§ cated and the operator of a French 16- inch gun fen miles away was told to 1 Thslce, jas. 75; stisl it. rollers, 0 $6.40. bs., ad- 4.36. Bran, $34. ings, $42 to $44. Mootiite, $46 to 2k 'Hay--No. 2, per ton, car lots, $18 Cheese--Finest westerns, Hie: finest easterns, 213c. Butter--Cholcest creamery, 383 to 89c; seconds, 374 to 88c. Eggs--Selected, 40c; No, 1 stock, No. 2 stock, 84 to 36c. Potatoes Per bag, car lots, $4.26 to $4.50. X ---- 'Winnipeg Grain Winni eg, June ws dnaid jiiotations--- Wheat--No. 1 Northern, $2.02; 2 Northern. 3.89; N Northern, Li 86; 0. NO. $2.43; oad 18; No. i fon $1.35. Oats 2 CW, cw. 6 87lc; Sktra No. 2 feed, 1 feed, 6Bdc: 2 feed, G3ac. aici No. No. 8, $1.30 No ged 1.25; Be tad, 1.09; feed, $1. 09. Flax--No. 1 N. Ww.C., 2.33; No. 2 C.W., $2.83%; No, 3 CW, United States Markets Minneapolis, June 19--Wheat-<July, $2.5 September, $1.95%; cash, No. 1 hard $3.20 to $3.25; No. 1 Nopthern: 10 to $3.16; No. 2 Northern, jz 00 t Corn--No. 3 " 1.663% 1. $83. Flour--Fancy patens, $15.60; first clears, Ho 430d Ml, others unchanged. Bran, $26.60 0 Duluth, June 19--Wheat--No, 1 hard, $3.01, nominal; No. 1 Northern, $3.00, nominal; No. 2 Northern, $2.35, nominal July, $2. .63, nominal. Linseed--$3.1 ve Stock Markets October, $2.90. ° . Toronto, June 19--Choice heavy steers $11.35 to $11.76; good heavy steers, $11" i 11.25; butchers' cattle, choice, $10.90 11,267 do., good, $10.65 to $10.85; do., bid Hy $9.60 to $10; do., common, $8.25 to 3 38; butchers' bulls, choice, $10 to bu 9 to $6.10; butchers' cows, choice, $10.25; dg. ood, $9 to $9.60; do., Ho $8 to $8.60; stockers, $7.50 to $8.50; fooders, $9.25 to $9. ers and cutters, . 35 50 to, Jot 50; ilkefs, 8004 fo ¢ choice, +R to 0; do, com. and 0 to $60. springers, 15 Hehe ewes, 50 to $9. Bhesh heavy, $7 to $8; yearlings, $11. 50 ; calves, good to choice, $13 to ring lambs, each, 16c to 18ic; oice, $16 to $16; do., Medium, ; hogs, fed and Vadered , $16.50; weighed off cars, $16.76; . do., f.0.b., Montreal, June 19 ihe 8.50 ih Sid Fo 0 Bort lambs, 0 Hi ; select hogs, $15.75 iH $16. Yo id A hu) . . Worth While. - Here are a few things that Marshall Field considered worth remembering: The Value of Time. The Success of Perseverance. The Pleasure of Working. . The Dignity of Simplicity. The Worth of Character. The Power of Kindnoss, The Obligation of Duty. The Wisdom of 'behind 'this force! ANd 1SEPINES 0 or dis- der the coming land redistribution. ud onomy . The Virtue HT The Improvement v | accomplished withou IRISH REBELS Teor 50 marked throught The increase in assets for the yeas : amounted: to 524,760,196 \ 26% bringing the total a $121, 130, 568, and enxolling the Merchants Bank among Canada's Hundred Mil- lion Dollar Institutions. the more creditable since it has been " amalgamation with or absorption of any other bank. Notable among the assets are over "|'Ten Million Dollars in Dominion and Imperial war obligations, indicating that the Bank is doing its share to- ward carrying the financial burdens of the nation. The assets do not in- clude any mortgages, while real estate other than Bank premises, and over- due debts, amount to only $443,236, or less than 2-5 of one per cent. of The total assets. deposits, which have now reached a total of $92,102,071. Such :. . increase is also an. evidénce 5 healthy state of business, and of a general practice of thrift. This marked fnerease in the funds" and the gradual clearing of the fin- ancial horizon, put the Bank in posi~ tion to extend its loaning and discount- ing business by many millions, auto- matically placing the earning power of the Bank upon a much improv, plane. The profits for the year: ried forward consequently increase from $260,984 to after providing for the usual divi. dends, the Government War Tax on note cireulation, donations to Patriotic and Red Cross Funds, contributions to Officers' Pension Fund, and writing off $100,000 from Bank Premises account. During the year the General Manager, Mr. E. F. Hebden, was ad- vanced to the position of Managing Director, while 'the Montreal Manager, Mr. D. C. Macarow, was appointed General Manager. In speaking of the annual statement, the latter referred with pardonable pride, to the fact that of 874 male members of the staff of military age at the beginning of the war, 520, or 59%, had enlisted and gone overseas. iA es ARE SET | Britain Releases All The ers Without Reservation A despatch from London says:-%In the House of Commens on Friday Mr. Bonar Law, ' Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, announced the Government's decision to release Irish political pris- soners. He said the the Government had long and anxiously. considered the position of thé-Irish political prison- ers, and had arrived at the decision which it was now his duty to an: nourice. The Government felt, after Zi carefully considel ering the approaching session of the convention of the Irish- men themselves, when they would meet to settle-the difficult problem of the future administration of their country, Sat this great experiment would new © in the relations between Fl , the United Kingdom Talent The Joy of Originating, and the Em LIFT THAT Box ouT SAY Tom, ;PALS'S umd Sour IN THe. | YARD NYT Nou GIVE HIM A QUARTER AND GET HIM TO HELP YoU OF THe. BASEMENT f y Tavs A GoD HUNCH, LL. PO THAT 'This is all = The confidence of the public i : Merchants Bank of Canada was s i ingly shown by the 27% inc Mn;