GERMANS HAVE NO SOLID GROUND Coming Offensive Must Be Launched From Low Ground. A despatch from the French Armies in France says: While await- ing the opening of the expected new German offensive the French and British are creating great. confusion in the German plans by local opera- tions which already have brought about an improvement in their defen- sive positions. The Gérmans had hoped to have positions at solid points.pn the Flan- ders hills, on the Villers-Bretonneux plateau, and on the Grivesnes and Mailly-Raineval heights and Le Ple- mont and Renaud hills from which to launch their attack. Not only have these positions remained in the hands of the Entente allied troops, but in the vicinity of them the French and British recently have gained ground. The activity of German airplanes and the exceptional violence of the artillery ,bombardment on the Avre and in the region of Albert are the only indications of the coming blow. e Germans have between Zonne- beke and Noyon nearly one-third of their whole strength in France, viz., 64 divisions out of a total of 210. They have carried out a redistribution of their forces along the whole front. They have notably withdrawn con- siderably in the rear. All the official reports, British, French and German, refer to the in- tense artillery fire along the front. The chief zones under. gunfire, ac- tording to the Berlin report, were Kemmel district, both sides of the Lys and between Arras and Albert. The last report from the French War Office mentions heavy artillery fire in the Somme region and near Noyon, where there was terrific fighting early In April. ee eee HARVEST PROSPECTS BEST IN TWENTY YEARS. A despatch from Paris says: Pro- spects for the coming harvest in France are better than any year since 1898. Victor Boret, Food Minister, Informed the Associated Press upon his return from a week-end tour in the country. "Unless unforeseen situations arise between now and harvest time," he added, "actual restrictions on f consumption will not be increased. I may even say that we are approach- ing the end of the era of restriction and that the restrictions at present in force gradually will be eliminated. "But I want men for the harvest, If they can be obtained I can pro- mise they will diminish the importa- tions of cereals and release import- ant tonnage." Pere Sense eens CANNING TRADE UNDER LICENSE. A despatch from Ottawa says: The canning trade wil! be brought under the license system of the Food Board by June 15. On and after that date it will be illegal for any. person who has not first secur a "canner's manufacturer's license" to engage in the manufacture, for sale, of canned or preserved fruits or vegetables, meats, poultry, soups, s rT grains or products made therefrom, jellies, jams, sauces, pickles, condensed, evaporated, dried, powdered or can- ned milk, or dried, evaporated or de- siccated vegetables or fruits. --_--> ARRANGE RATIONING FOR DANISH PEOPLE. A despatch from Washington says: A Danish commission has just landed at a Canadian port on its way to Washington to continue negotiations looking to the rationing of Denmark and to the release of Danish ships to the United States. So far the United States and Denmark have come to no definite ag food shipments to Denmark 'and cargoes are going forward under a temporary arrangement. nitetaencaitiniin TEN THOUSAND TON SHIP FOR EVERY WORKING DAY. A despatch from Detroit says: During the month of May there has been delivered the equivalent of a 10,000-ton ship for every working day, according to Charles M. Schwab, Director-General of the United States Bhipbuilding Programme, in a recent address here. |FROM OLD s SOOTLAND i \ NOTES OF INTEREST FROM HE® BANKS AND BRAES. What fs Going On in the Highlands and Lowlands of Auld Scotia. The Distinguished Conduct Medal has been won by Sergeant Mann, R. ' A.M.C., Dundee. | The dexth took place recently in Ballathie of Sir John Wolfe Barry, a falnous civil engineer. | At a patriotic sale held at Mary-| coulter House, Kincardineshire, over ; £260 was realized. | Captain John Wilson Lawson, son of W. H. Lawson, Union Bank, Dun- ning, has been awarded the Military) Toss. An anonymous donor has given £5,000 in War Bonds to endow tw beds in Arbroath Hospital in memory of the donor's father and mother. Sir William Robertson, Lord Lieu-| tenant of Fife, recently opened a car-|°"y nival at Cupar under the auspices of the Voluntary Workers' Association. | A. Rae, Douglasfield, Murthly, | has donated £500 to the Perth Royal, Infirmary in memory of his son, the. late Lieut. W. A. Rae, killed in ac- tion. The death took place recently at Strichen of John Sleigh, at 92 years of age, and he was probably the old- est constable in the United King- om. d 'Corporal D. Fletcher, Australians, son of the late Charles Fletcher, Inverhouse, has been Meritorious Service Medal. The Royal Red Cross has been, awarded to Sister M.S. McDonald, ' Grantown-on- -Spey, in eneaicants of services rendered in Franc The women of Fife "sso 'agreed to provide the labor for harvesting the! flax crop and to train women as rab- | bit trapvers. Rebert Dollar, of San Francisco, | sent £3,000 to go toward the erection of public baths in his native town, Falkirk. Lieut. Ronald M. Donaldson, Can- adians, who was recently awarded the Military Cross, is a native of Burnt- island. The Leggatsden estate, near In- vesamsay, was recently sold to Don- ald Mustard, a solicitor of Elgin, for £9,100. Corporal Colin Barron, of the Cana- dian Infantry, who has been awarded | to the Victoria Cross, is a native of, Boyndie. | The Military Cross has heen award- ed to Lieut. Vivian F. Murdoch, son aan of Rev. A. G. Murdoch, U.F. minister) 913°, g of Glaes, Sister M. Mitchell, R.B.C., F bers, has left for service in Italy - charge of a party of nurses. Corp. J. C. Jamieson, son of D. Jamieson, Bridge of Don, has been; awarded the Military Medal. | The late Miss Ellis, of Devonside, | left the sum of £146 as prizes for . the pupils of Banff Academy. G. Kinninmonth Burntisland, has been elected to the Town Council $40 to succeed John Robb, resigned. Brig.-General Cheape, the laird of Wellfield, Strathmigio, has been | awarded the D.S.O. for gallantry. A successful concert was given by the Tullochgorum Club, of Kinross, in aid of Kinross Nursing Association. | a FEAR RHINE CITIES WILL BE LAID IN RUINS.| A despatch from th the French Armies | in France says: Captured Germans! testify to the brilliant work of the | Entente aviators, who, they say, ! leave the Germans no peace. Fears! are expressed regarding future oper-! ations on the Rhine cities, which they believe will be laid in-ruins. The Ger- ; mans declare their anti-aircraft de-' fences are insufficient to prevent the allies visiting the Teuton camps, can- } | | tonments, depots, and _ airdromes, | where, they say, enormous damage already has been done. PLENTY OF SoIsTURE R ALBERTA CROP. | A despatch from Calgary says: ports received from Central and_ Southern Alberta show that the whole | district has had lots of rain to carry | the crop through until July. Oat | seeding is 80 per cent. completed. ' Wheat is well above the ground. The. season is a good two weeks advanced over the average. awarded the] bak | per ton, car lots, wa Bie; Noi' feed, ig ae William. cg American cnn 3 y i dri a = nominal; No. 4 yellow, dried, nominal. ato Ontario oats--No. 2 white, 9 Bic; No. 3 white, 79 to 80c, accopding to freights outside. Ontario wheat--No. 2, Winte red lot, $2.22; basis in store Oh "Peas--Nomin Ba rey -- Malin $1. ra hee $1. 50, according to fr 'alin on Buckebeat--<t. 80, eer to freights outside. Rye--No. 2, $2.15, according to freights ou utside. y $1085; nem bade Parate quality , new Ontario flour--War quality, $10.65 bags, Toronto ant Montreal new freight prompt shipm illfeed--Car tote Delivered Mont- | peal' freights, bags included: per ton, oe 00; shorts, per ton, a per 00 to Hay--N ton, $16. $17. $17,005" mi mixed, $14.00 to $15.00, oro: teree tar lots, per ton, $8.50 to Ca $9. 00, track Toronto. Country Produces--Wholesale 3 ' rge, 23% to 24e; twins, 23% to odie, spring-made, large, 25% to 26c; twins, 26 to 26%. Fexne--Dane dian, prime, bushel, $7.50 to $8. Foreign, hand- picked, : bushel, $6.75 to $7. Comb Honey--Choice, 16 0z., By 50 per dozen; 12 oz., $3 per doze onds and dark comb, $2.50 to 2. 75. Maple Syrup--I mperial nee $2. 26 5-gallon tins, $2.10 Fag Maple sugar, per el 24 to Provisions--Wholesale Barrelled parte -- Pinkie' pork, $49; mess pork, $47 Green Meat--Out of pickle, 1c lesa than smoked. Smoked Meats--Rolls, 82 to 88¢; ao medium, 387 ie gd navy 30 to c; cooked hams, pla 48 a 44c; 'nace, bonclene reakfas con, 44c, Caters rolls, 85 to 86c. Dry Salted Meats--Lon 0. 2 CW. & ses aa 'extra No. 1 Teed,' "| the Commander-in- Chief. +| Inspections and parades marked the : 5 bane 25 to $11.60; butchers' 7 bull, choice, $12.00 to $13.00; do. F om Er G le | bulls, $11.00 to $11.50; do. thon ns ureen Is bulls; $10.25 to $10.66; do.,, rough 5 | choice, $12.00 to $18 OO de, coca |NEWS BY MAIL FROM IRE- 1 $11.00 to $11.50; do., medium $10.25 LAND'S SHORES. , % $10.50; stockers, $9.50 to $11.25; ---- O28 to $12.00; canners and pee. |i cote, $00.00 iH 140. Dorr dhe -- Happenings in the Emerald Isle of and med., $65.00 to $80.00; ; ish- $90.00 to $140.00; itehe pei $15.00 eee | £18.50; lambs $17.00 to $22.00 men $16.00; hors, fea and wekocet. $20: 50;|_,4 shipbuilding yard is to be start, | do., es off cars, $21.00; bi ed in Drogheda under the auspices of f.o.b., Monta Nay 28.--Choice steers, $11 to $13.50 per 100 pounds; choice cows, $9.50 to $10.50 per 100 pounds, common, $10.50 to $5.50; for 8 ners. Butchers' bulls, $9 'to $10. Calves, choice milk-fed, $18.25 per 100 om common $10 "to $12; sheep an English syndicate. The Thomastown Council will dis- possess all tenants of laborers' cot- tages who do not till at least half their plots. While a farmer was ploughing in a field at Ballysopp, near New Ross, the plough turned up a gold sovereign, date of 1795. eee ee aoe The Derry War Hospital Supply GEN HAIG VISITS Depot, formerly a ladies' school, has * been acquired as a hostel for ship- yard workers. When Sergeant John Miney, V.C., paid a short visit to his home in Rath- downy, he was presented with a purse of £100. A large portion of untenanted land | on the Olphert estate near Faicarragh | is now Ani ploughed up for tillage | purpos The Westmeath Committee of Agri- culture have granted a loan of £350, for improving Balrath mill for the. grinding of oatmeal. Four men lost their lives from the | effects ~~ -as fumes in the hold of a. ship which recently arrived at the | North Wall of Dublin. Two salmon weighing thirty pounds | each were caught in the River Shan- non above Limerick. During the year 1917, the New Ross division of the British Red Cross So- ciety collected over £300. CANADIAN TROOPS The Dominion Forces Celebrated May 24th With Baseball Game. A despatch from Canadian Army Headquarters in the Field says: The nadian force has again been hon- ored by a short, unofficial visit from Sir Doug- las Haig spoke in the warmest terms of Canadian war services, and Can- ada will be as gratified as was the anadian Commander at his high appreciation of the Canadian forces. visit, which was truly of a social na- re. Save for increased artillery activity in one sector and some <a hos- | tile gas shelling, there is nothing out-| arrow, Ballyhaunis, of Mrs. side the usual patrol activity to re-' port on the Canadian front. | We are enjoying a spell of delight- see-| ful Summer weather. Concerts, sports | oq in thirty-three thousand trees hav- and garden parties, featured an ee been planted in the county last graced by the attendance of Canadian i yea nurses from near and distant Cana- dian casualty clearing stations, are | general throughout the back areas. May 24 was featured by a _ double- header baseball game. Coen, The Roscommon County Commit- Thomas Duggan, J.P., and Hugh Ryan, have hees appointed as the delegates Of the North Tipperary | County Council on the Council Agriculture. = M. J. Collins, of Kingstown, has! LOSSES TO. SHIPPING been elected a member of the Rath-!| DURING MONTH OF APRIL. | down Board of Guardians in the aed) of the late James McCartlin. Owing to the large acreage under | crop in the Curry district, Sligo, an old and digcarded mill will be reno- vated and put in working order. Captain Maurice Balfe, of the South A despatch from London says: The | Admiralty official statement gives the losses of British, allied and neutral | merchant tonnage due to enemy ac- tion and marine risk in April as fol- The death occurred recently at Le-, who had reached the age of 108 = | ' tee's tree planting scheme has result- | j of | INCREASE OF CANADIAN EX PORTSTO GREAT BRITAIN < Y¥4°-000 000 .** 85:000 '000 340-000-000 \ | | { 5 8 0 9 og oie) Cw a = 1 | { | i | 1 | LBS: Dz LOS: 165° Soicar BUTTER EGGS CHEESE GEEF ZFIoUR How Canad& is Feeding the Allies. Food Controller Thomson gives the ove figures as the increased exports of foodstuffs by Canada in 1917 as compared with pre-war time. i The Spartan Mothers. The mothers of the crowded towns, The mothers of the farms, They sit alone with patient eyes And empty loving arms. 'The boys they used to rock to sleap | In haste have buckled on The stern accoutrements of war, And with their blessings gone. 'To one her son will come again, A bearded soldier bold, Upon his breast perhaps a cross Of shining bronze or gold, And. one will hear a halting step tons, 800: in pp 80%; Hies, | lows: African Expeditionary Force, is home 28 to 28440; fat backs, A Tons. | from France on a short visit to his Pes hig and Prohistie ing hi bibs, British . ....+.++++++e+++e++ 220,709) father, Major ae Castlerea. Who lett his in Francs 2 oo Rips : i See 84,393 | Mr.. Geoghan, of Ballyhay, has tak- yes France, : --------1 en over Bank Rab cae Win wove Geb her boy' ~ Montreal Markets Montreal, May 28.--Oats, Canadian western No. y hg do., No. 8, 94e; extra No. 1 Flour, ni standard Spring wheat grade, $10.95 11.05. Rolled oats, bags, ar ey $5 15 to $5.30 $85. Mouillie, $73. Hay, No? 2, 7. Live Stock | Markets oronto, May 28.--Extra ines steers, $15.00 to $16 choice heavy steers, $14.00 to $14. 25: poy cattle, choice, -- -| for weeks and is always an acceptable gift. Sevens coats SUD LUe "Clearances in and out of ports, 7,- 040,809 gross tons. FORTY-FOUR KILLED IN AIR RAID ON LONDON. 'the mat of Ireland at Ballina, succeeding Mr. Maginn, who has retired. Clonmel plotholders, to the number of two hundred, have formed a Plot- holders' Association and elected R. Stapleton as president. Power has been given to the Agri- cultural Boards of Ireland to take possession of unoccupied lands and lands not properly cultivated. a d WASTE USED FOR RAW COTTON. A despatch from London says: The casualties in Sunday night's air raid are given in a supplemental state- ment as 44 killed and 179 injured. a nes Why not plan ahead to use potted plants or bouquets of flowers with which to make birthday gifts? A! beautiful potted plant will add cheer | and color to the home of your friend! Germany Also Produces Yarns From Mixture of Woollen Rags. o raw cotton is now being used jfor the production of goods any- where in Germany, says the annual report of a firm in Munich. A fair -- -- = -- number of looms still continue to run with yarns produced from waste cot- ton, cotton rags or a mixture of, these with woolen rags. A very serious view is taken of the! position which will have to be faced } when the war is over. It is pointed out that, in consequence of the de-| preciation of the German mark, raw cotton, even if it could be freely ship- ped from America to Bremen, would | cost German spinners more than! $1,250,000,000 a year. Under such | conditions, it is considered inev "--eon that German spinners will have curtail their consumption of cotton very materially for some years after the war. Reports which have beep published regarding the possibility of the net- tle fiber indystry are said to be great- ly exagge aged. This year the land under nettle cultivation will be about 50,000 acres, yielding not more than 15,000 tons, or less than 3 per cent. of (Gir workers on the land parade in L veget ondon. the ables. Note the chickens and the normal German cotton reawire| ments. Unlatch the gate again And tread the garden path between The lilacs wet with rain. His picture framed in gilt below e flag upon the wall, A letter, or a battered sword, Or medal will be all. The Spartan mothergs--not a one Regrets the glorious hour Her darling marched ane? to break The Kaiser's evil pow "Would that I had," car erally cry, "Another son to give, That generations yet unborn In safety may live." Pettitt nen THE TELEPHOT. Novel Instrument Enabling One to See Speaker Over the Telephone. Among the inventions of the near future, according to the Electrical | Exper imenter, will be the telephot-- an instrument which, when attached | to our present telephone system, will enable a person to see the likeness of jthe one on the other end during a conversation. | The obstacle which has presented | most difficulty is that of producing the | desired result with a minimum of $1.25 a pound, so that to cover the! wires and a machine of simple organ- pre-war requirements of raw cotton |; ation, would entail an expenditure of about! ake it adaptable to our present tele- This will have to be done to 'phone system where messages are 'sent and received over a circuit of two wires. The future telephot will have to be an instrument provided with a fluorescent. soreen or plate. The face of the speaker will be recorded on this and the impuses sent electrically to the other end, where they will be re- translated. In order that the person may see the speaker's face it will have to be illuminated, for if it were dark no impulses would be recorded. A light will therefore have to be at- a to the be telephat. ene The Doings ef the Duffs. BUT TOM You DIDN'Y PHONE HER. ALLRIGHT TOM Now You FELLOWS 7 MAKE NourRsSELYES NO-WHAT Do You THINK THIS [sav B PLACE 4S, A'HOTEL THAT Yoo CAN BRING A FLOCK (G BUT HELEN,LISTEN, GUESS YOULL Arad TO EXCUSE os AND OUR J LEFTY YESTERDAY,