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Al its gv ry 45 OPERATORS _ the subject. A despatch from Ottawa says: 8 o'clock Friday morning the _-- division on the tion Bill re- sulted in the defeat of the sub-| amendment of J. A. Barrette, of Joliette, calling for the six months' hoist, by a vote of Es 163, yeas 9, a Government majority of 154. The following voted for > Bar- retts amendment: Messrs. Achim of Labelle, Barrétte of Berthier, Belle-|- mare of Maskinonge, Boulay of Ri- mouski, Descarries of Jacques Car- tier, Gerard of Chicoutimi, Guilbault of Joliette, Paquet of L'Islet and Pa- tenaude of Hochelaga, the ex-Secre- tary of State. Ninety Conservatives, including J. H. Rainville, the Deputy Speaker, and seventy-three Liberals opposed the andydment. - HAVE GONE DOWN Gallant Acts of Wireless Opera- tors in Remaining With Sinking Ships. A despatch from London says: -- The Marconi Internationa! Marine Communication Co., at its meeting on Wednesday declared a dividend total- ling fifteen per cent. for the year The number of ships now installed is 1,855, and the 'operators employed 8,847, of which 388 have been saved from ves- sels sunk, 46 have been drowned, 29 injured, one killed and 19 taken pris- oners. Many gallant acts of opera- tors sticking to sinking ships and send- ing ship's positions, thereby ensuring the picking up of the boats in a com- paratively few hours, were recorded. One operator was torpedoed three times in three months, and is still un- hurt and ready to go to sea again, but was rewarded and put ashore. ree ein, AFRICAN GERMANS DRIVEN BACK General Retirement of Enemy From All Positions in East Africa. A despatch from London says:-- Under the pressure of British forces advancing from Gilwa, the Germans + in German East Africa have evacuated strongly held positions 'south of the Ngaura River, says an 'official state- ment issued on Wednesday night. The positions extended from Gimamba Hill, on the shore of Beaver Hafen, to Makangaga, and the Germans retired a distance of from seven to nine miles. The official report indicates a gen- eral retirement of the enemy forces in other fields of operations in German East Africa. --eeee ENEMY RAIDERS BROUGHT DOWN A despatch from London says :-- Two of a squadron of fourteen ma- chines that took part in an air raid on Harwich were brought down ablaze by British naval aircraft and a third machine was damaged, it is officially announced. All the British airmen who engaged Reforondter Defeated by 48 Majority--6 Months RE De. | _ feated by 154. the Germans ony safely from their fights. "The Laurier referendum amend- ment was voted down by 110 to 62, a Government wajority of 48. Bain the, Government gio of the ouse Rodgighe For "an Messrs, Patenaude, Barette, Paquet, a | Girard, Gilbault, Bellemarre, Boulay, and Descarries voted with the leader of the Oppositjpn. Nineteen Liberals voted with the Government. The Liberals who voted against the referendum were: Messre. Guthrie, Pardee, Graham, Carvell, Maclean (of Halifax), Cruise, Charlton, Turiff, Nesbitt, 'MacNutt, MacLean (of Sun- bury), McCraney, Loggie, Clark, Bu- chanan, Douglas, Champagne Neeley and Duncan Ross. The.vote on "The Military Service Act of 1917" was 118 yea and B55 nay. Majority, 63. Se [FOOD BLOCKADE IS SUCCESSFUL Entry of United States Into the War Stops Importation Through Neutrals. i A despatch from London says :-- Discussing in the House of Lords on Wednesday the question of com- modities reaching enemy countries through neutrals, Viscou=t Milner, member of the War Cabinet, referred to America's entry into the war as considerably checking this leakage. He expressed the conviction that the importation into Germany of com- modities from neutral coungxies, which had previously been imported into these neutral countries from overseas, had been completely stopped by the blockade and the pressure. the allies had been able to exert on the neutrals. Undoubtedly, he said, there was still considerable export from neutrals into Germany, but it Wak entirely the neu- trals' own home products. ----eid ene GERMANS COIN EXCUSE TO MALTREAT BELGIANS A despatch from London says::--A despatch to the Times from The Hague says that as a reprisal for the alleged ill-treatment of Germans by Belgians in German East Africa, Germans have seized 28 distinguished Belgians an removed them without warning to their notorious punishment camp in Germany. They all had directorial or other connections in the Congo, among them being the 70-year-old Count Jean d'Oultremont, the -late King Leopold's Lord Chamberlain; also M. d'Ursel, who is aged 67. Se fe et BRITISH CONTINGENT FROM U. S. IN ENGLAND A despatch from London says:--A contingent of 103 British residents of the United States who have just ar- rived in Great Britain to join the British army, was reviewed by Gen- eral Sir Francis Lloyd on the Horse Guards' parade on Friday morning. ai A home evaporator makes it possi- ble to save considerable fruit on the farm that otherwise would go to waste. The evaporator is placed over the kitchen stove so that no extra fuel is consumed. Dried apples, peaches, plums, raspberries, blackberries, cher- ries, etc., are preserved in this way with little trouble. In the winter the dried fruit soaked overnight in fresh water makes excellent sauce when stewed, also pies and puddings. { GERMANS SLAIN FROM START OF WAR TO MARCH TOTAL 1,500,000 63,222 Enemy Prisoners'and 509 Guns Have Been Taken on the Western Front in Six Weeks, A despatch from Paris says: The total number of Germans killed from the beginning of the war to March, 1917, is not less than 1,500,000, ac- cording to an estimate reached by French general headquarters, This computation has been made after careful study of documents bearing on guns. From April 15 to Jone 80 the Franco-British troops on the western front captured 68,222 prisoners, in- cluding are offers, says an official summary operations issued on Thursday. The war material taken'in the same period includes 509 guhs, | the 508 trench mortars and 1318 machine (developed afresh on Friday. A dopa fom Connien quarters in says: the pithead F over] a outposts in Avion, disa ee tae. It had been for some time a mark for Sf heavy artillery, but whether the ction was caused by our ghells known. If they anticipated a further immediate advance of our men they may have blown up the Wares themselves, for it is their policy leave behind them nothing that SY ouid aid in speedy resumption of mining operations in this important coal |;J area. Our casualties have been very light during the past two weeks,-smd exceptionally so in the killed and missing classes. rises GERMAN TROOPS . THROWN BACK Strongest Offensive Since Ver- |, dun Broken Down Everywhere. A despatch from French Front in France says:--After their strongest mans found themselves on Thursday thrown back everywhere aleng an-11- mile front on the leaving the ground thickly" stre with their dead and haying failed to take even one French soldier prisoner, The French lines remained 'intact, and the French commanding general, who watched the operations through- out from the front trenches, was able to declare that not a single-yard of territory had been lost. RUSSIANS RENEW J Massed Assaults Malle Befween Zborow and Koniuchy. : A despatch from London says:-- The battle in Eastern Galicia between the Teutonic forces and the Russians After a great artillery battle on the front earlier in the week massed" assaults, were delivered by the Russians on German positions between Zborow and Koniuchy, and at Brzezany. | --pr 3 U. S. CAN MAKE TEAR GAS. Damage is Done by the Irritating Dust From Lily Seed. Dr. J. N. Rose, associate curator of plants in the National Museum at Washington, has secured in Vene- zuela specimens of "sabadilla" a Venezuelan plant of the lily family, from the seeds of which are produc- tear-producing gases used by the Germans in the present war. It is stated that the dust from § the seed in the field" irritates the eyes, throat, and especially the nose, so much that the mative laborers are obliged to wear masks. "Tt has been reported that the Ger- mans bought all the available supply § of these seeds before the declaration of war. Both the sabadilla seeds and | all preparations 'compounded from ¢ them are now, however, declared con-| traband by England. © Another plant of the same genus |} grows wild in Texas, and some t- anists believe that should a ni for sabadilla arise here it could easily be cultivated in Texas and in other southern states. etfs EXPECTS FAIR CROP IN. SASKATCHEWAN A Soipateh from Regina, Sask., says:--Hon. W. R. Motherwell, Mini- ster of Agriculture for Saskatchewan, stated on Friday that, despite reports of damage to the crop in some districts of the province, he looked for a crop of last year, providing really fav- orable weather conditions: prevails b be- i tween now and haryest. _\ "a | Tom= pip You TAKE } MY MAGAZINES or by the Germans themselves is not' offensive effort since Verdun the Ger- | Chemist desDumes by FIGHT IN GALICIA: where the Russians made their assault' ed some of _the asphyxiating and! tof of equa) or even better volume than' HE Ti. ke 1s, 343 ot ton. 3% Hour. por a No. 2, per! ton, 12.50 to Ten. Dor tom 30 to' $11. track Siraw--Car Jot; per ton, 39, trébk To- nel 1b., 85 Pa whims tter--Creamery, solids, oer or Yds 53 to, 36c; Bu to Joss Bins per 1b, oper doz... 98 5 Io 29¢. ol to. the rota trade at ts & Jollowing edo eese--N. 23 to ize; Yin, 22§ to 38ic: ripe to 28jc; old, large, 80c; twins, ote: triplets, 80dc. Fiteerpresh dairy he cre. er, 0 IC; , Ei Ny in a 37 to 88c; oye 4 poultry pd hickens, 35 esse ultr; Dp! chicke fowl, 22 to 4 sguabs, per doz ns. 35; 0 $4.60; tur! 08 oe tyruevs, 36 to chickens, 1b, 20 to 280} ens, 18 to 20c. on --Comb--Extra fine and eavy Felent, pe doz, ' Ba $2.50 to Bea. Deli ported, * hand-picked, $9. 00 5 $9.50 per Poem: i' Limas, per 1b., 19 to ® > otatoes Red Star, new, bbl. $8.00 to fin North Carolinas, new, bbl, $8 0 $8. Provisions--Wholesale Smoked meats--Hams, medium, 30 fo ic; do., heavy, 26 to 27¢; cooked, 41 to 420; rolls, 27 to 28c; ast bacon, Ja to 36. less, 8 Cured oan clear bacon, 26 to 2ede per 1b; clear bellies, 26 to 26c rd--Pure lard, tlerces, 37 to Gr a} A 27% to 27d¢; 18, 274 to 27%cy compound, tlerces. 2¥ic; tubs, 21%c; pails, 22c. Montreal Markets resto: No. 3 July 10--Oats--Canadian | Western," No. 1 to, Sus; do., Cana- dian Westepn, hols to 80ic: extra No. 1 Jeed, Barley--Man. feed, $1.18. Flour--Man. Spring wheat strong bakers', $11. Sholcs: 12.60; i do., bags, $6.76 5.90. yo $9.00 fi ti Jo. 90 lbs, $4.36 to A Mian 5 se to $3. Shorts, - ' $88, Moulille, $44 to $47. ton, car lots; $12.60 to ay Nn Finest osterne, 21%c; do. finest east- erns, Mic. tter--Cholcest 'creamery, 36¢c; do. Oa: 84c. Bees Selovte 37¢; qo. No. 1 stock, 33 to 34dc; | stock, 23 80c. Potatoes--per i car lots, $4. '5s to $4.60. X inter patents, pH ht rollers, $12 to to § Rolled 'Winnipeg Grain Winnipe. July, 10--Cash quotations-- Wheat--N: orthern, $2.20; No, 2 orthern, 2.175 No, 3 Northern, 213; No. 4, ji 3. No. 5, $1.76; (Seed, JL.10 Oats--No. 2 Cw 18] ok No. 72 jo; + 1 toed, ae i Neo. 3 iH 0. [rejected '$1.10. ° Flax--No. , ti No. 2 C.W." $2613; No 8 Basis contraet for yheat--July, 2.18; August (first half), $2.1. United States Markets Minneapolis, July 10--Wheat--July closed i September, $1.85; cash-- (No, 1 hard, $2.42 to fn Ne. 1 Nopt |ern, $2.32 to $2.42; No. 2, $2.22 to 2. Corn--No. 8 yellow, 4 Ti to $1.76. Oats--No. 3 white, 1a) to "Tle. Flour-- Fancy. patents, 0; first clears, gh Joahsr a unchanged. Bran ! or July 10--~Wheat--No, 1 hard, 2.26; No, 1 Northern, $2.26; No. 2, do., 2.20. Linseed--$2.77; duly, $2.77; eptember, $2.76; tober, $2. Live Stock Markets Toronto, uy 10--Cholice heavy steers, $10. to $11.25; butchers' cal noice, Ju. 50 to $11; do., medium, 2 to $9.75; do. common, $8.25 to SHIA bulls, do., good bulls, $8 to $8.50; bulls, $7.60 to $8; de., rough bulls, fo. 1; bitelers! COWS, choles; 33.10 to $9 oi Or Hoon , $7.60 to $8; med! 0; stockers, $6 Lo '$8; rR # 45 $9.10; canners and cutters, 0 | es $6; rn Sood to choice, $90 to $95; do., com. and med. $40 to $50; SD hers, $80 to 950; aht ewes; $8 to 50; shest, Jeat "$6 to $7.50; Year $300 0 $9; calves, good ghotos, Ad to $15. 80; Spring lai Jam, 15 c; lambs, yearlings, : $16. 50; hogs," fed and Watered, ais. St Sos weighed off cars, $17; do. f.0. July 10-Choice steers, Jats ire cia' ¥00d, $11 to $11.26; fair. 10 to 3 Jommon, 9 to $9.76 echo = $10; ls. Js. 50 caies. to $10 80 id au io Met meen 3 3 we weights, $15, 5 to $ 275 WAS, BRITISH MINE-SWEEPER ' LosT IN "MEDITERRANEAN Te. A despatch from om Limdon says:--A British mine-sweeper struck a mine 4}. and sank in the Mediterranean Sea on | Bri Wednesday with the probable loss ten members of her crew, says.an of- ficial announcement issued on Friday night. _ Tt a boy carn ¥ n cents he wants EL he is not willing to trust:the rich est man alive, okt , Se: i Racks, plain, 36 to 8c: bone- patents, firsts, $12. So _do., seconds, $1277 ., |ments in | attanded X ended by representa ed eet "that has Pew done, and outlined briefly + should to the allies and neu-] tral coun 000 this year 460,000, Ee {of the things he expects to be done price or i and the United States] bushels of wheat, but will be 160,000,* | the co yun 000 bushels short, without allowing' for loss in transport. ; From one-third to two-fifths of CH BEAT BACK * A despatch from Paris says:--After hecking the latest effort of the Ger- 'man Crown Prince in Champagne, the French took the offénsive and succeed- ed™In straightening out their lide in the region of Mont Haut and Mont m Carnillet. Gen, Petain's men held to their gains, despite four strong at- tacks hurled against-them, and which hey Ye repulsed with heayy loss. hing his attack from the opera- Bug on the front north of the Aisne did not help the Crown Prince, as his CHINA IN THROES OF CIVIL WAR Struggle Between President and Newly Made Emperor. "A despatch from San Francisco says:--China is in the throes of civil war and a battle is being fought be- tween troops of the southern provinces - | fighting for the preservation of the re- ; public, and the northern forces of the young Emperor, according to cable ad- vices received hereon Wednesday by the Chinese Nationalist League. The first clash was announced as ha: occurred on Tuesday by officials pra league, who claim the source of its in- formation is unquestionable. The advices ofi Wednesday state that President Li Yuan Hung is safe in Pekin and Vice-President Fung Kuck Jung is directing troop. move- anking. According to the despatches the soldiers of President Li in the Chi- nese ground. pee rn | If there is a low spot that has been too wet for ordinary seeding sow mil- let. Hay will be on the light Side ang. millet will help. out. ATTACKS N Crown Prince's orc) /Are 'Reprised With Heavy. Ides Violent - Artillery Engagements Near Soissons. So ele Hl BRITISH TROOPS _ capital are steadily gaining |- effort in Chanpagis, west of Mont Carnillet and south.gast of Tahure failed, as did his recent heavy attacks north of the Chemin-des-Dames. * - Gen. Petain responded to the Ger- an effort by attempting and succeed- ing irl reducing salients in. his line to® the east of the scene of the Teyton at- os i tack. The French not only prisoners, but beat off © at tacks, showing that the Ge at tached a ~td the French - gains, MOVE | FORWARD Make Gains in Fanders, and at Messines Ridge. A despatch from Lon: In an ok against the 'south-west of Hollebeke, in i and on the northern end of the recent British advance against the Messines Ridge, Field Marshal Haig's troops have driven the Germans back on a front of 600 yards. The gain was made south-west of Hollebeke (near g | the Ypres Canal). Prisoners were -. e | captured in raids in Nieuport vicinity. In City Streets. "Do you cycle?" asked the insur. ance agent. "No," replied the applicant for a policy. "Ever race in a motor boat 2" "No. » "Drive much in an n automobile?" "Never. " "Ever go up in an airéhip an ~'Never want to." -- "Sdrry we can't insure you. There's too much risk inguring mere' pedes- trians.' Re BRITISH TAKE 117, 776 PRISONERS * ve AND 739 FIELD % Figures For All Theatres of War Since the Outbreakic-Not a -~ Single Gun Lost on French Front. in Two ops. Sr 2. N fe mrrs------_ A despatch. from London says: | the western front in "the first fow Thursday by Gen. months of the war, not one gun hav- Maurice, Director of British Militaxy | ing been lost sifice April, 1915. Since Operations, form a-basis of some jllu- | April first of this year British and In the whole | French together on the western front Sheatrs of war since the outbreak the | captured 509 field and heavy } have taken 739 German field | 508 trench ons, 1,818 guns and lost 133, of which thirty: guns, nc the Bet Figures given on minating comparisons. seven have been recaptured. thirty-seven are not losses 96 in as t oi guns, 'agains ninety-six, uded in he in among figure 739, making the total British captured in : 780 | Prisoners captured by n Germans. Of these! British forces number S08, these \ty-four werd lost on including | 'Indian and nati os i oS British' 'have taken nore native le ca are not i