GERMAN 'ATTACKS BETWEEN OSE I AND AISNE MET WITH FAILURE Grilling Gun Fire Forced. i Assaulting | Troope "7 Fall Back Al- though Hospice Was Taken by F A despatch from the French Army in France says:--Continued attempts fighting, by the Germans to extend their lines on the Oise on Wednesday met ble caine up-againet-wock-+-griing WC a chine-gun fire and artillery fire that disastrous. failure. They tried: to around Pont L'Eveque by crossing _The Hospice was (gaia after hard but when the assaulting troops tried to advance further they Oise in the neighborhood of the north-| they were forced to abandon the at- ern-most point of Carlepont Wood,' tempt and fall back to the Hospice, where the small hill, Montalagache, | which at the latest reports, they were This bit of ground, AMERICAN MARINES ATTACK SUCCESS- _ FULLY IN CHATEAU THIERRY SECTOR A despatch from the American Hold All Important -- Magara -- Gigtured Large Number Army in Picardy says: American ma- rines attacked the Germans at dawn on Thursday morning and gained 3% kilos over a four-kilometre front, and capturing 100 prisoners in the Cha- teau Thierry sector. The French, at- tacking at the same time on the ice took 160 prisoners. stands out like a bastion, but the still holding. French drove thei: back immediately with the buildings, has changed hands they left the protection of their lines. ' innumerable times within the past few The sector between the @ise and the weeks. Locre and the Hospice lie Aisne also found the allies very ac-; well up on a slope which culminates tive. They are determined to hold in the important elevation known as this and are displaying the greatest; Mont Rouge, to the west. energy in improving their positions, | Numerous raids are being attempt- at the same time capturing small ed by the Germans along the British batches of prisoners, most -of whom' front with the, purpose of taking pri- show signs of terrible fatigue and|goners from whom the enemy, per- & party of German prisoners nders. A Western Canadian trodpae cap me Chateau Thierry. Thursday morning, and the The Americans now hold all the im- portant high ground north-west The marines again attacked at 5) o'clock on Thursday afternoon and the ' almost battle is still raging. The fight started mt 8.54 o'clock on Ameri- cans had attained all their objectives by 7.45 o'clock. The Americans have been pressing the Germans so hard that the enemy has been forced to throw three new divisions of his best troops in the line during the last three days. Soon after the attack of Thursday morning the Americans carried Hill 142 (about two-thirds of a mile south of Torcy), the highest point in this vicinity and swept on and stopped at the foot of a wheat field on the other side, from where they raked the Ger- mans with machine guns. One en- tire enemy machine gun company was annihilated. The Germans had donned French uniforms, but the Americans, forewarned, poured vol- leys of fire into them. One German soldier had 32 wounds. Among those captured were two officers, privation. A despatch from the British Army in France, says:--An enemy attack against the French in the neighbor- hood of Locre on Wednesday night met with a repulse, although the Ger- mans apparently succeeded in captur-- . which lies just ing Locre Hospicé south-east of the village. The operation was a local one, with Locre as its tse haps, hopes to learn whether the bat- tle of the Aisne has brought about any change in the disposition of the allied troops. Several raids were started last night. They proved costly failures. At 1 o'clock Tinredey morning the; grey coats essayed a raiding thrust near Morlancourt. British ready. The Germans were re- pulsed with considerable losses. RHINE. CITIES AGAIN BOMBED British Airmen Caused Enor- mous Destruction in Enemy Territory. A despatch from London says: The British official communication dealing with aviation issued on Thursday night says: "Wednesday night our long-distance bombing machines again attacked the Metz-Sablons station triangle and also the rajlway sidings at Thionville, dropping five tons of bombs with good results, although the visibility was in- different. Thursday morning the rail- way station at Soblenz was heavily at- tacked by us. Good bursts were ob- served on the railway line. All the machines emerged safely. "The fine weather of Wednesday enabled our airmen to carry out much photographic, reconnaissance and ar- tillery work: Twenty tons of bombs were dropped on different targets, in- cluding dumps and _ railway billets, the Armentieres and Roye stations ng te Zeebrugge' seaplane base. "In addition, our long-distance day- bombing machines heavily attacked the railway station and barracks at _ Treves and the Metz--Sabions railway station, and the railways at Karthaus, returning without loss. "Seven hostile machines and three German observation balloons were shot down during the day by our air- men, and three hostile airplanes were | driven down out of control. Four of our machines are missing. "Wednesday night 18 tons of bombs were dropped by us on the St. Quen- tin, Poesinghe, Cambrai and Armen- tieres stations. All our machines returned." --__--_¢--------. BURDEN OF WAR WILL OUTLAST GENERATIONS. A despatch from London says:-- Right Hon. Bonar Law, in the course of his comments on the double in- come tax, said that the war was go- ing to leave a financial burden which would outlast many What would have to be considered was how each part of the Empire should bear its own burden, and, having re- gard for the immense natural re- sources of the dominions, he thought they would be better able to bear their share than the Mother Country would be able to bear hers. a 457,000 TONS BACON AND HAM REACH BRITAIN FROM AMERICA A despatch from London says:-- John R. Clynes, Parliumentary Secre- tary of the Ministry of Food, told the House of Commons on Thursday that pe efforts of the German submarines, owever severe, could menace the civi- Han population of Great Britain. He paid that 457,000 tons of bacon and generations, | | NEWS FROM ENGLAND NEWS BY MAIL ABOUT JOHN BULL AND HIS PEOPLE Occurrences in the Lund That Reigns Supreme in the Commer- cia} World An order hag been issued prohibit- ing all aliens from addressing or tak- ing part in meetings. The widows and orphans of life- boatmen killed on duty will be paid pensions instead of lump sums. The land in England and Wales un- der wheat is nearly double what it was on the same date last year. An association has been formed in England to collect the combings of long-haired dogs. Mrs. Mary Ann Surrey, # native of Ilford, died recently at the advanced age of 101 years. Lord Clinton has Keeper of the Privy Seal Prince of Wales. The Overseas Club has received been appointed by the of coffee for the British Red memorial is being: A men of the village of Great Easton, near Dunmow, who have fallen in the Cross. war. Lieut. John Francis Harlow, son of J. 3. Harlow, of the Daily Mail staff, has been awarded a bar to his Mili- | tary Cross. | Two members of the Overseas Club have sent cheques for the purchase of aeroplanes for the Overseas Imperial Flotilla. In future the pay will not be atone ped of officers in service whose juries or sickness sre attributable "a the war. The Food Committee of Isiington refused to let a woman accumulate coupons enough to buy bacon for a wedding Ben Tillett stated in an address that a country which can produce wo- men like the British need have no fear for its destinies. Only nine persons could be classi- County Council took a midnight cen- } sus recently. A wedding was the result of an egg with the sender's name and address on it being received by a soldier in an They found the, Markets of the We |_Reroig Jane 1 Manta '$2.2014; No. 8 do., tins No. wheat, etd thes tee Fort Wile! = ---- iam, includin ¢c }es o choice, $14.00 ihe oats ~No, C.W., r p16. ae hogs fos oat etentae' $18. 50, What Is Going On in the Highlands No. 3 C.W cere We 1 f 4 weighed of cars, $18.75; do.,! and Lowlands of Auld 80c; No. 1 hae Tic, in store F 0.b. - 50. William ae Montreal, J une 11---Steers $16.00; Scotia. choice | Aiericin corn--No. 8 yellow, kiln dried, nominal; 0. yellow, ried, ae ntar ts--No. 80c; No. 8 white, 78 to 79c, to Pie aactc at outside, ea! Barley--Malting, $1.85 to fees oe to pbs Fr outside. to freights guise, $2.00, according to faites ociatl rel ts outside. ian inl 2 dO»! kiln! bull vise cows a 2 white, 79 to} 1 scone ice, $12. ie aa 18.0 00; 'doceuee 50; eae 8 dium fie 2 er: ne FROM OLD S SCOTLAND ane NOTES OF INTERSET FROM HER BANKS AND BRAES. to choice, $90.00 to $140 d, $65 et. 'Calves g1200 $15.00. Major A. A. Longden, R.G.A., for- Shee: 4.00 per merly of the Aberdeen Art Gallery, ponte: apring Ja lambs Agel 19.00 has been awarded the D.S.O. oice select hogs off cars,' Robert Wylie has retired from the "00 to $20.50 per 100 pounds. agency of the Union Bank at Banff, ey Gora after nearly fifty years of service. Brigadier-General George Ronald T SCrORY LOAN. Hamilton, M.C., Dragoon Guards, | Fife, has been-awarded the D.S.0. A despatch from € Ottawa says: The' Ten copper coins of the time of Minister Finance is giving early George III. have been found at Durris | PREPARING FOR N. $10.65, baw bags, Toconts and M real freights, or a Be Millfeed Car Delivered Montreal freighte included: cae ton, $35. Kos ys Fe per ton," ie! ton, $15.50 to! $16, 805 Paar $13.00 to $14.00, track] at tion to the details connected with in a good state of preservation. the next Victory Loan, which it is, The Order of Leopold II. has been 'thought will be issued about October awarded to Sergeant Alexander Shep-! wr November next. It is his inten- herd, son of Mrs. Shepherd, Forres. ion this year to have, if possible, the' Stretcher-bearer John Skea, : DELEGATES' SHIP -- STRUCK MINE Were En Route to Anglo-Ger- man War Prisoners' Conference. A despatch*from The Hague says: The hospital ship Koningin Regentes, having on board the British delegates - to the Anglo-German war prisoners' conference at The Hague, struck a mine off the English coast. Four firemen perished, but all others were saved by the hospital ship Sindoro. The delegates aboard the ship were the Home Secretary, Sir George Cave; Baron Newton, Under-Secretary of the Foreign Office, who attended the previous conference; Lieutenant-Gen- eral Sir Herbert Belfield, Director of Prisoners-of-War since 1914, and Mrs. Darley Livingstone, the wife of an English colonel. Mrs. Livingstone, who is an American, is secretary of ea ce jonds engraved and ready for deliv- ery at the time of the flotation, so ap subscribers upon paying in full any time may receive their securi- Black Watch, son of John Skea, Kin- | the Government committee on prison- ross, has Keon awarded the Military ' ers-of-war. She attended the previous Medal. conference, and was active in recover- Inspector Buchan, of the Aberdeen ing English women and children from | Belgium in the early days of the war, from a member in Brazil ane sacks | (best te the | fied as homeless when the London re This will do away with an im- amount of work connected with '|the issue and 'surrender of interim | certificates, and will also greatly econ- Tor Siaw.iCee lots, per ton, $8.00 to}. m $8.50, track Toronto. é _. Country Predacect nee 2 new laid, 40c; aclocted, # nee jee genet os, ae Bitter reamery, solide 44 to a&c,| Victory loan of last fall had to be do, prints, 45 to 46c; do., fresh Ay d very quickly in order to se Sei choice prints, dema: for Ade; oxdinaty dairy rina te British credits for the purchase rade), 22 to' S4e. Hons and foodstuffs in Can- Cheese-- ome re, 23) ook sheen is eo ia 6 , ct. Spr ane 1 oe ts shige are already under way. $7.50 to oO IESE ca ed, bushe '*. 15 to F (GabAnseoN TO REACH CTORIA THIS MONTH. A deaibtch from Ottawa says: Word has been received by the Naval Department from Vilhjalmar Stefans- | $0n, the Arctic explorer, to the effect | that he expects to reach Victoria ear- ; Bec: | fa Map $2.25; FO-calicn | tne, "$2. sie Maple sugar, per pou pound, De rad Provisions--W holesale } "ly'this month. Stefansson reported net a Moste--Picklod Dati ee; ifrom Fort Yukon, where he had gone Green Meste--Out of pickle, le legs' from Herschel Island, on recovering thas smok = attack of typhoid. He and moked Meats--Rolls, 82 to 338¢ his party were ordeal to return to ham ms, bet ig i 34 88c; of ee, 80 to! clvilization with their scientific collec- coo aint, 43 to 44c; backs, boneless, 46 Sy tions, and detailed reports of new 48c, ' Breakfast bacon, 40 to Cot! s made during their four tage rolls °36 to 86¢. years in the Arctic. Stefansson in- Dry Balted Meate--Long clears, in timates that he will probably give « tons, 80c; ine yg beg clear bellies, ' short lecture tour on his return. 28 to 2844c; fat b gs + EE ee ee ate te Pure, ver § 1 to 82c; Whe! FOCH WISELY BIDING HIS TIME 1-lb., prints, a4 fo o | BEFORE USING ALL HIS FORCE eres, 26 to 2 ~ ta 26% comme 26%c; pails, 26% to 27c; 1-Ib., prints, A despatch from Paris says: The ore 0 28c. German losses more serious grow daily, but they are still numerically ro on the whole front, and may be able to embark upon a new offen- Montreal al Markets Montreal, June English hospital. A fifteen months old bull belonging to Dr. Harley, Betcheley, Bucking- hamshire, was sold at the Birming-j| ham show for £2,100. | oe Wimbledon Common will be used to pasture one huydred head of cat- a and five hundred sheep to augment } e local meat supply. ~ special mémoria) service was held at Chiseldon for the officers and men of the Londen Rifles who have fallen in the war. Lieutenant the Hon. W. H. Cubitt, second son of Lord Ashcombe, | died of wounds received in action. Nearly one thousand ~ women are, ham recently had been imported from merica. and more are wanted, now working on the land in iia bulls, sive in some other sector, perhaps pang Malbec te tha to eotes se Montdidier-Noyon. The French com- Spring mand is therefore wisely biding its cats Bags." 80 oe -- tp, eit 06. ars, of. 00.! time before putting forth all its ef- $85.00. ng .00. Mouil-! forts, are "872. 00. Pine 2, per ton, _ wae Rate, ES SUBMARINE USED TORPEDO ies Stock ock Markets IN SINKING THIS VESSEL. Toro June choice 11.--Extr <a heavy in 315.00 to $16.00; choice A despatch from Washington says: teers steers, $14.00 to ™. 25; but- "yout ais hoice. $14.00 to $14. 25; | Harpathian, of 2,800 tons, 100 miles off | | ao. » BO $13. 50; "ah ie | the Virginia Capes, at 9 o'clock on ium, $12.00 to $12.50; do., common,| Wedn , Was announced on Thurs- $11.00 a sii alg ee bulls,! day ni The entire crew was res- ce, $12. oO -UO; do., bulls, 11.60 to $11.75; do., medium | cued by the steamer Palmer, The 10.25 to $10.50; do., rough | submarine used a torpedo. One mem- The sinking of the British freighter | are gh ulls, $7.50 to $8.50; tlechels! cows,' ber of the British crew was injured. police force, has resigned after thirty- | three years' service, on account of ill- | health. John Scrimgeour and Samuel S.} Goudie have been appointed honorary | sheriff -- for the county of | Dundee. Corporal Peter Craft, Royal 'Scots, Bo'ness, "has been awarded the Mili- tary Medal for gallant service lestine. Pal Mrs. Leslie, of Balbeggie, has ceived word Shan: the D.8.0. has bon awarded to her son, Lieut. Norman Leslie, B.N.R. A new industry has been started in Perth, making paper from the reedy grass which grows in profusion on the banks of the T A Carnegie Trust Fellowship has been awarded to Miss Isabella Leitch, M.A., daughter of Mr. Leitch, post- master, Peterhead. Captain Herbtrt Anderson, New Zealand Forces, son of Mrs. Ander- son, Duff avenue, Elgin, has been awarded the Military Cross. Lieut. John T. Shaw, R.F.C., Dun- dee, has been killed in England as the result of a flying accident. There was an urusual scene at the Dufftown golf links when forty-fou teams were employed in breaking up for cropping purposes. Captain Stanley Black Watch, Cleve, Perth, was pre-! sented with the Military Cross Buckingham Palace by the King. | Jack Grant,'son of Dr. Grant, Gran- | town-on-Spey, has been appointed ais sistant resident eta = ne Blue Nile Irrigation Works, | The small village of Wea: Mil- | ton, near Stirling, has sent seventy men to the front, three of whom have, been awarded the Military Medal. it | | andy | Norrie-Miller, | tio PARIS AGAIN RAIDED BY GERMAN AIRMEN A depsatch from Paris says:--Ger- man airplanes raided the Paris district Thursday night through a heavy de- fensive barrage. Some bombs were dropped. One person is reported dead and several wounded. Material re- | #mage was done. The "all clear" was sounded at 12.20 a.m. Friday. a ee HALIFAX PREPARES FOR POSSIBLE RAIDS. A despatch from Halifax, N.S., says: A number of well-known citi- zens, including D. MacGillivray, pres!- dent of the Board of Trade, have re- sponded to an appeal by the Mayor for 200 citizens to enroll as constables for special duty in Halifax in the event of a hostile raid by air or sea. Poilus' Pay. Until recently the French soldier's pay: was almost a negligible quantity. Nominally, he was supposed to re- ceive one cent a day, but he really got only seven cents in cash every ten , 8 cents being deducted on each x or on account of his tobacco ra- Baus little while back, however, (his rate of pay was increased to cents a day, so that he now draws 50 cents for ten days' soldiering. A pitifully small sum it seems to 'us, Nevertheless, the average Poilu is a rare money- -spender, the explena- tion being that not one in a hundred, ty | Probably, is dependant entirely upon his p: has French lad knows that he For saving life in the North Sea, | Will be called upon to serve in the rigs Nicoll, R.N., has been awarded he D.S.M., the Royal Albert, Medal | he | eventuality from a very early age. ced the French Croix de Guerre. The late Miss Jane Smith, Ki va rt ene plemented by the savings of his par- }ents, is sent to him {from his home at regular brief inter- has left £2,000 to be equally divided between the Morningfield Hospital seal the Aberdeen Hospital for Chil- | Lieut. J. G. W. Hendrie, R.F.A., son of the Rev. G. S. Hendrie, Dalmel- | lington, has been awarded the Belgian | | Croix de Guerre. The order of the British Empire has been awarded to Miss Currie, daughter-of Rev. D. Y. Currie, West | ood Z| and vegetables. Mai se, Peebles. 'army in his turn in due course, and starts saving in view of this 'The accumulated money, often sup- in instalments vals, and he spends it right royally, Uetes his point of: view, in wine, cig- ars, extra food, and any amusements that may be going in the way o eatrical or concert ce BS wokntominoeannel To aid in feeding 'the soldiers overs seas eat more cereals, fizh, potatoes It's patrictic. a -- ae Doings of the Duffs. FOLLOWED Me HOM LOOK 'TOM, THIS kiyTew | AND "4 GOING 2 KEEP NOW JUST Look AT THE Fook THING ! . IM pst points , |