’ BRITISH LINE HOLDING; COUNTER- ~ ATTACKS BEGIN WITH SUCCESS “Enemy Thrown Back All Along Front—British Reserves Regain ‘ ‘ : ea Terrain, Including Strategical Villages. 3 i 239 AIRPLANES BROUGHT DOWN BY BRITISH IN SEVEN DAYS British Aviators Dropped 30 Tons 1 30 Tons of Bombs and Work Hayoe Among Enemy- Troops. > A despatch from eae sore The infantry fighting along the A despatch from London says? The | situation as they occurred. ‘Twent Wednesday night’sy news the | major portion of the British front in ae battlefront confirms the hopeful im-| the a battle zone showed a marked cee on Se ee uate ee va deity ot ear ession formed early in the day that | slow Wednesday morn- Saga ee bee others were shot down by anti-sirraft “Great col air- a line | ing, sadiontitie that He = ue a ntrai lanes were eee iy Sh Waitieeday ns. Twelve of ours are missing, old firmly, Gt least the erman, offensive her P ‘on the Somme and the Anefe Rivers. |finished. had ee over points threatened by the enemy, square ‘he eh ee nus 8 A) Further south in the Roye-Noyon however, came word that the Ger. Suitelinsce of car aghinea tacked eee a, ous ith machine-gun tee ant boabd tho enemy infantry and caval e e situation is less well de-/mans were s e attad that both the |with great fury against the Mee 2 Sa ty- French and British are bringing up mee ie eee “Thirty tons of bombs were dropped | them. four t reserves thi The correspondents | has paused in the by us and hundreds of thousands of | were dropped on acrppEtene centres of also are showing greater confidene ech Tecan pttbabky tobe rounds of ammunition were fired into ie battle front. e e that the enemy will be held on this terraii ‘The German. official communiea- | seco tion of Wednesday night was Seg onpstion of the Brit antly brief and reserved. — It r i local. atties wore atill in the crossing of the Ancre, but beset re- 4 Stirs but the first fury of the Ger- fers to Tuesday's events, while the i British War Office statement shows' eral attacks which tl that the Germans whi were thrown back day in counter-a¥1 ws from the Cee front is! ing delivered a smashin; : distinctly- encouraging, the British teck, wie sh i a i am, having recaptured Morlancourt~ and|. The s eee ser vars eck = acca He. eee Liter 3 UW, Biden extra, Chipilly, and advanced to Proyart. ‘| along 4 fears ey present time, do not have all the say when it comes to Ordinance. Here are o No, 1 feed, 894¢, in Store “Fort otro —_ = some ree ‘the latest epsilon of the French “munition shops, a Boar antes BRAVE PART 28 BRITISH SHIPS 7 rom Erin’s Green Isle |?" wistxe, 2 sytem pe m3 asis) in ‘ttore Bontee al. PLAYED BY FRENCH SUNK Y Why Germany Hange pereines to > t $2.25 basis in to $3.70, secording B U- Bi A This Rich Regi 5 Pad notte $1.76 to $1.78, ac- NEWS BY MAIL FROM oe cording to p Trel ent outaide, 83. to a i eee sats $1.85, according ”” it: LACIE SHORE: SeONo, 2, $2.28, according to freight ganize and’ bring forward much-need- artillery before beginning th ® round against the stiffening teh. the front and aber ae in the| passing on the way to the front.” Markets of the World BULL AND HIS PEOPLE. Occurrences in the Lund That Reigns Supreme in the Commer- cia! World. The Halstead Workhouse, Essex, will be closed owing to the decline of pauperism. Tiverton has a fund to buy War ee for its townsman, Private 'T. H. io oats— white, 92 ee 3c, Prelents outside. VALUE OF NORTHERN FRANCE. a a never patent to a peace The Anglo-French, Line Wolls|Submarine War in Comestion Ste asc vte fo ern With Bi Through Heroic Dee ig German Drive. that her national industries cannot bi = wlio ear quality, $11.10, ae Jeffry, a local milkman, was Ww of Poilus. despatch from London says: Sub-| rebuilt to their pre-war standard vvith- Happenings in the Emerald Isle of Ontario. flower auaiity, $10.70, |fined Le am Lincoln for selling adul- A Sul A despatch from the French eee tines and mines have inereased| ut the wealth that ‘Montreal-|terat foe ee Interest to Irish- at} try, has been given £250 in War Bonds To i freigh it ship at German ‘effort by a their weekly toll of British shipping. hold. At present Germany hol m Frc te roma “Heo cea Mo: Alough 404 years of a ‘3 veel ae is Admiralty’s repo ‘ows that in| 4 great sacrifice of life because they men. fs, bags included ; Gran. Der “Granny” Lambert, © of aie eens) ritish forces, with the object of nas a last week 28 merc] Goes ets sain as richest Pee e late Major W. C. Hal 6. ot mt ie Sir to $18; )road, Edmonton). is still hale and | erry Second t feating each separately, has failed up| sunk, 16 of the vessels cabeing 90m cola Savane a = re Trish Rifles, a ae at mse Cat $16. trace om $8.80 to. $9, "Pa Fe a acre higher an a ly te -|tons or ary eye Saat ton- : enters honors in Clanallon chureh-| track Toront vets ete SESE e fishing vessel was lo to ghting qualities | nage. = of the ailied “soldiers have served to| Nineteen merchantmen were wi mas Hamilton, J.P., Raphoe, has Country. Proauce—Wnols tke employers ® nd £500 by the city. i e is th of France’ Mane at| 1912. In 1918 it eee sip ar een eres ee {he Impulsive advance, and to- cessfully attacked, The arr eH Peete he Aldershot own Counell hav day. the Angle French Tin ports {n the United Kingdom number-| of the sugar beets for the tinieres huni ai Lieutenant a is ctlsinory, ada 483, fo, 4g; | opened a, communal Kitchen for wo- ntoig st ed 2A, sailings 2,488, ; Ape per cent. of the beets used for “Sen er Hi) ! rs be eet an BOGE es cee ee ate Wet tales» | then workers an ae aa ee a eaek ve ‘he next fe Ww pane 3 may change #! ne| ‘The At sisal report fe the ‘pre ceeding purposes, aah aS se ina Petty Ses + | *°rive poultrs—Buying price, delivered, | of ‘Toronto: Hees 2' milk fed, ee sitaation entirel; ie the allies ive vious eae ae The amet ee pave France 90 f ieorontes Cy Fee to 8 A Dill has been apa in ha tae. | British iainetor feb: eee es iron ore and 5 83 vee one tor selling straw without a per- j25" s, Secr - he oi th | Manx House of Key: rovide for ” = i =i roosters, 20c; ducklings. 251 HY 1 option in the of} ee Sat to take he “initiative: Noyon | marine, while for pees weeks -pre-|-Cent. 0° 1s cast DORs i 1d Tipper- | 80e jocal op le was evacuated late Tuesday are in mie ing that the weekly loss was 18. | {ron ees are located in this cap- ean uses ae ces pee cae pe wing to ill- health, Sir Gone Hes tured ed, | ; on ‘1 onder, and the French took pte chaeger res + (04 56000 shops devoted to the went to Bae Maher, a Tipper | Russia, is returnin| ie. Ae ee children have col- ‘The correspondent passed on Wed- GERMANS WOULD DESTROY ing ‘ot wool, 45,000 are ee ay "Samuel Gedge, of Waterside, Derry, 224 10. pring, eat? fake: BENG | Berkshin nesday-among troops who have borne | RITISH ARMY, SAYS HAIG. s.” Ninety-four was fined ten shillings for not havi 26c; 254. to 264c. MS |lected 50 Hage of horse chestnuts for ae share in the fighting of the| the sinning mil of combed wool ar 4 price list displayed on his potatoes. — DOG uate shel) pe oN sees and invested last five days. Everywhere cheer-| A patch from: London says: i ‘a x. oe hee of the mills bee Tear sold recently at Stranorlar, $o.78 se sr oaedea ahs 000 in war saving: aa fulness was to be found and perfect Iield eres eet cia foley SEA Ome re son ese, orsan Ulster, realized the sum of £129 per Font foe gona ta0 Beal Pete or, who claimed to be Se ue rise Nes tieral acne apctaliander of the day; dated [Perens OF DOOD loose whirring on dark comb, 32:00 0 aie” cert Fréemagon in Bngland, the correspondent seen such | March 23: poctore: mle: War only 50,000 are now The vematis of ae fate koh Don, Meee SA died recently. at his home n Beotles, Bai spendid morale among troops-after| “To all ranks sf the British army in naan Peaeee (188, einer the Dublin Cit Bey singed ene es The steamer Wandle, ile ealne Jong, hard fighting, more especially France and Flonders: We ate again at eee ne a dar | Council, were interred in Glasnevin | 350; 4 28,10 3 2 her 500th trip from when those troops had k./a exis! ar. The yas oreo looms nk Reance eC ArS. Gentetery. ee off Flamborough Head during ce} 0 to 4 everal business Eneaate of Dublin |iess. hhether |e Cerone ereee available | 8 the Huns? grasp, and of 140,000 me- ‘ were heavily fined for exceeding the | ,90™. mia ollected on this front ev ake availal ork 81, 000 Sere taken, men, : tell ee, of | division nee The proceeds of Prize or sales on e Hosiorstt Air NEWS FROM ENGLAND |= ee ave BY MAIL ABOUT JOHN | 1 -|“TAKE COVER!” TECHNIQUE OF HUN AIR RAIDS ON LONDO! Many Factors Essential in Bomb Dropping and Chance of Intended Hits is Small. German air res have caused Lon: buil crets dog, and taking the phonograp! her arm, marsbals the family into the, Ares ‘brought about.a con OWL n; Notwithstanding its repalaive appear- ant ‘ pterodactyl ue a mild creature in seek rison to modern aiplene caren upward of . dozen oe aling S. apne ie many breibis imple- mel of aans which this war ou: See, ee cepa for destruction is snormi in comparison with its size, The chief heudleatt in its use by aviat- ors is the difficulty of making it hit the target. Increased Accuracy Offset. e | thr wi fall straight down, but will _con- tinue to move for a time in the direc- tion of the flying machine. This means be the bomb thrower oe calculate ast the second he must drop the bom betas he reaches his tar: The moment a bomb ii is dropped from distance in front which the bomb must be released. Many Essential Factors. mi itish army. 3 s_in vawellin ships and cargoes by dmiralty| In dropping bor an aviator mi iia on the part of ae ee peaiaan ie paves ais tories, coe ihiaes and shops ee soe 8 act eis allowed by the Food wanes the poate ie the | take into account not only, gravitatfor rs of a battery of French|course’of the last few daysy a very) r ences Telaty at ee ee ae M, 6, MeDonald, Limerick, Has] ounts to over £11,000,000. d his own velocity, but also # 185) in the neighborhood of Chauny, heavy loss, and the French Bre sede lay ae cent, of the total aul ta sent $10 o be spent.in the cultiva- es 0 Watts Morgan, D.S.0,,has | winds. ind conditions betweer were surrounded for three days, with- |ing troops as qu sty oa parle ta Ge Ree Sen eee oe ao |tioel Tagine eras n nominated by iaers as ean-|the airplane and the earth may vary BE Hoa has foughes anti Uaclant| pada welling houses in France ate destt0¥-|yengekane, diate for the new Parliamentary di-| greatly. This would greatly invenet round was fired; then, taking advan-| “I feel Eeieieters ore tates akeny, fea. pT a eae ee Another twelve months! leave of si 4 | vision of East Rhondda. "| the trajectory or eurve of the path o! tage of some ¢ ion among” the| fully realizing ho’ sh depends on| france bp setnatsh 3f sence has been>gtanted. to MG 8 Nae oe an fire at Layham’s farm, West) the tates bomb. ecaans in the course of the third the exertions and steadfastness of)" Gorn SwgA Ce the ee Wheat grade, F1L10,to $120. He ied | Wickham, Kent, destroyed about three order to deans Bins ye to - i many has, with systematic pre- pee $560. rar 0. tendrea tons. a unthreshed wheat, telende b jator? must night, they somehow made their way! « e of us, will do his utmost to| < eet Bee Bars Guardians. : Wiidditngs, 348 t9 480. b ugh ‘ele encircling force and ¢s-| prevent the enemy from attaining his pon oe tk ata ete af she ce eee Shahitiie, $60. to $02. Hay 2, ‘per [oats and bar nor at what helen “he is flying. For e Bean carryin; ir wounded com-| object.” oe BA aac and us' ee geese A 5 | fon, car lots, $17. a ‘Philp Godin, brat er this purpose pele eaat aie des wi a is iron | ARE NED SPEL’ at Mile End, was fine at e: wiator mus at linge shan So ae soe | os hives have Soawerbie de came ee eee sennnlpot Soe xo, 2 Wy te Sessions for | selling bres | speed eis travelling, ‘This he can ae. e1 7} rs. ig e World’ Pian 3 extra es: 7 ld. rm a i - taste WHAT THE BOYS CAN DO: oa The Wo: ie oy oe og 15.000 ae SAltisoneb: weiss HaCaT pCR Barley: 60; rejec No. =e USING ANNOU. CEMENTS. 25,000 Soldiers of the Soil Should Pro- duce 5,000,000 Bushels of Wheat. $1.45 Professor David Tee the Sori’ Sve Cited by an Pai Weekly News: j champion speller, recently retire SEEDING SEASON tain five roach, one of which was six and one-half-inches long. E AREY IN WEST: Previous serene has show eet e well- paces penne © : sel noel Unitea Stat \there are few of the phases of farm Neaching for. Afty years:ta. Miasou auinneapolls, Api 2 Bae aes 6 oe oe older hers cannot accom-| Tt was at & Beet ete ee an a thirty-three years the cham: mpion Be ny GN Gaede wpraeeen. we genie, SODA WATER IN DESERT. Et ae wien wort pechenss sued an annual challenge to all com- ’ wee Week of Mila Weather Sees | Hees tn the fact, hat by rts aene | pee st aaa eae ees vee “ siz aul, |British and Hindu Regiments in Asia | : | gest from im Bis le, but fe Abie aapia amen ge OY Oa Spring Work Under Way. ie Hees cena he # as coding tn | at a certain Bast End mission hall an eee ? : = Minor Supplied With This Beverage. A des; Vesoxt oe Winnipeg says: | other lighter but aoa tava work ie Seren minded speaker said, “While | ine See is 15,000 words correctly | Five Beet etl “Jerusalem was captured with soda ‘he weather in the Prairie Provinces | they release the regular farm lal wit ag ering out the notices We | food. heavy : mies who tool has been ‘Springlike for the past fort- for the mere. somone arm aaa: will sing a hym 50 t faceious. re- Je done last year show ancashire congregation were ago by this an- night, pai poae mild for March, | Reports o : SHOW | scan oe a aot lane a to $1 11, medium, ponent to is, and tl vary Bees ect of a very that the Soldiers of the Soi 9b long. BBC DY i 2 arly seeing this year. In the Braz after the heeuusstmerowins ghter | DomCemene:, Tt Basbody. bas toe ier ae tok a ne Hindu fighting men in that parching district Seton Manitobal seeding, weeding, raking, “moving, poe ae ee o fous struggle across the desert was held up seeding will he eaaties within a geste planting) churning and delivery of | “¥™' a it 935. the main by the plentiful supply of if the ‘mild eee ‘olds. ream and milk, general farm chores,|Wa"° 1) 2 r wo! ove 8.50; stocks soda water which enabled the men to 8 67 Fahrenheit at/ feeding of all tive stock, ae the let- pleas Latins the country at the once popular “spell ¢ at 9605 | withstand the terrible heat an oae |ters received from farmer hat sot ph tes ing bees. com: | was found to be infinitely <5 | body has es a namely they should mart, just as : thi At practical-| these With him spelling ri bors atelatine nom told | Bee to $18 0 ly every point on the prairies temper-| not only of the good work done but | #° to | mu: inting or seulpture is. an wi to to $1276; lambs, $18 to|” Every regiment in atures have been a above 50 de-| also of the desire of these same farm.| During an “ronouneement of a sale : Te pou and § Be ese as to - at an carries jts soda water making diber e , $21.20 rked: “Mrs. or a week 0 At the fo.b: $20 an a daily ration af two bottles gre i A per | that 8 coast it has been, "about 10 degrees} ‘The productive capacity of 25,0 0) ea ma eee Tuesdays | eteors, $11°lman is dealt out. Itds reguar ed asl tt has) been nated that tha bore drop colder. boys on the farm, according to author- | 7 wai shan Rees | searce and elusive butter Q to $10.50; ‘med, “naps ad in one instance ped by the Germans in gla = 4 ity, should be equal to at least five |(¥" Y ile, Beis cepa tore subs sepa wight 0; |W a Turkish attack threatened el quently dig a hole in the ground ms GEBMAN LOSSES 00,00 {million bushels of wheat, if we take| Scription to repair, the ehuveh chimes, é bulls, gh to $11; can: take a eannon and a soda water ma-| or six feet in denth, but fall to-do any VER CUNT, OF EEFECTIVES, | the labor of one boy as equal to/the| Tin coco g a tees ell ere eles tar Manip. Liven: Have 250! nbep, $11"to 14; chine the Hindus gave the former no great amount of damage when they cultivation of ten acres of wheat vo ne s ie ests ae ped is Bee average maple tree will pro- ce ect hogs, (thought and risked life and limb- to critter le their radius of de- A. despatch from British Head- |twenty bushels to the acre; which cal-|* 000 ® fre, ox home ott a | duea_ about: five pounds of sugar in a haul the latter to. safe | struction is so limited, the force quarters in France says: From the pee ulation it would appear 1s conserva- oh ot a hee Tekan snd the | 5380 | é ae was found wi eatin «the the explosion will shatter . window averse of casualties i ee RCS lad 2 a BERERE a arnetaly TE 200,000 farmers in Ontario, Que: A or Sian iano oF troops. with this Yarm_ of liquid ne: | panes r halt a mile around i iat ter —— ar e move * German units, as given by smal ‘olen, eee d There is but | bes. New Brunswick va Scotia i eae = ‘Gane a nasil freshment. Sains to the poisoning st {bomb at es same He 01 fall in one arrives at the Conclusion that the | ADMIT SUFFERING cer demining iy home eee oe 100. is ees, we wold. late Don the wells by the Turks, whose natural the middle of a road whicl enemy has lost 50 per cent. of these | DIRE PRIVATIONS.| that ey are alive at aining fo. SNOW inave this year 20,000,000 trees pro- CoNEON sition written in one Key to a Vagery has been amplified by Ger-!tween stone walls it would no ot ae The official British statement of le Lord to wat eee eal j ducing jot other. man kultur, ‘The machines wall never [dawn he wall on either side of the Tuesday said it had been establis! ed | ‘A despatch from Pa Lacdore hae The loyd Geor fe f-telling 20,000, 000 tees at five pounds per Sir John Bennett. Ipwes. in 1842 {be dropped ve tropical military | road, more than 70 German divisons | enacity of jee Tesistance in No leee ai eator core i oie tare will produce 100,000 Wounds took out the first patent for the mak-|units now, say British officers, so fi Perhaps if the bombs cold be been engaged in the battle. © | the big. enco in prisoners] one time he cavried on ive cam- | Of SUE: ling of superphosphate, or acid phos-|ly have they teat “established in ae that they would explode above pee strength of a German dyin say, éxceeded anything Rane Cartan paign against Scatlain-wahep, and-at This mail provide the 2uee supe ly phate as we Ae, eu. it, and - | affections of the men. ir eet Sheen und ae ie ae 4a 12,000 men, 80 that a las of of 50 per d possible. They complain of | one Taectinoes ste chaieiman Vee pier coe canada ee ebole fret lished eee fs oS a belie ot thie Os doles at ein rake! cen of bo Weortee apt etl €X+) great privations, on. account of lack) said: Or have te intediues the Meriber! Mantney ane He aoe worth | ap at aa bis Lhe farmers 27 oticed you got unand gave el rhe aL duels frighirulneel the, Ger fess of 400,000, for th in! of supplies, and weariness | forAhe Carnatvon Boroughs, who will | Proximately Se,00 th eee ee ita tady your, seat i_tH0- trameny &Me- ans have not been very suetessfl fy eas than a-week of fighting. jase is telling heavily. Owing to the| reply to the bishop on Welsh Disestab| at Haete ee ee pete “a OS ain ane at in ety Nay.” Sines childhood T have baine vamiuanwtieh do'n’eiaat deh) SR He i a | ment, aside from the fac! very practices a e i Waid Coriatie ihe: klfclian ere CRE as sna a in pheeaae ushon ae one Tee i pound produced is helping the food 1914 the British Isles were using resisted ‘a Woman with astrap inh ito farm, Casualties resulting from a your fort. fa et i idgest bigots in creation, Hut 2 Utuation? over 3,000,000 tons annually. mb raid'are frequently caused by 2 oo Spel. Wik or A aa ata Gorward line with fresh units; |haye a match for him to-night!” The Doings of the Duffs. . Waa WHAT TIME: was, HE To YES, (Ve DEEN WAITING RERE 4 SINCE SIX b ocrock FoR JUST AS 1 EXPECTED, ToM’s NoT HERE! Z2yau Pn im fig DUFF, ARE Abed WAITING FOR SOME How D0 YOU Do MRS. | nee at Martham, was found to con- | tahce. quired to cover a certain definite dis- wnce. He can oe this distance cd from airplanes nit reason why they are ee mis- em ul} the eee of the G Da fives the percussion fuse dg is falling. The Gotha’s airplane’ 's bomb carry- or twelve fifty ally two anda half times xothe. Tee ee mage Done in Water. Be {are capable of doing far greater Karm BEANS, used ciuibat the enemy air- at ig one of the reasons why e a @angerous to any. the open during “A Good Ret 3 Gane ear oe ae of eee ned when hi A re; WARNS CIVILIANS