Advance to Gates of ---- gpd Scores of pturing Conan Que of the Most Brilliant Thousands Pieces of Work in the War. A despatch from London With wonderful ward western side of the salient formed by the German advance in May, and drove back the enemy pell-mell every- ere or made them prisoners. The depth of the advance certainly fs several miles on the average. Man thousand prisoners were taken, 20 vil- pate Secupied and several score guns The allied commander-in-chief had Permitted the enemy to exhaust a large portion of his forces in striking the blows on. both sides of Rheims which were intended to be heavy en- ough to weaken the French army. The Ow was successfully parried, and be- fore the Germans recovered sufficient- ; --|ly to fill the great gap in their ranks and make an effort, the allies bounded back and staggered them with a lightning-like diversion from the Marne to the Aisne. Thousands of prisoners, scores of cannon, hundreds of machine guns and much other material fell into the hands of the allied troops. Besides gaining possession of the heights dom- inating Soissons from the south a cou- ple dozen viilages were reconquered by the allies, who on Thursday were engaged in severe fighting which dis- concerted the enemy along the whole line from Chateau Thierry to Soissons. e French counter-attack is re- garded here as one of the most bril- liant pieces of work in the war, and it is believed that the results will prove extremely valuable; as the French have obtained most important strate- gic positions. EXPECT A STRONG COUNTER-ATTACK London Critics Think That Ger- mans Are Not Yet Beaten Nor Ready to Give Up. A despatch from London says:-- There is a strong note of relief and of gratitude in the newspaper comment on Friday morning on Gen. Foch's successful counter-stroke between Soissons and. Chateau Thierry, which fs hailed as the most cheering news for a 12-month--news which it fs ad- mitted seemed at first too good to be rue Hearty tributes are paid to Gen. Foch's fine strategy and leadership, while in several of the newspapers emphasis is laid on the view that his success has been due to the reorgani- zation which placed the allied com- mand under one head. The courage and dash of the Franco- ENEMY -TAKEN "BY SURPRISE Officers Captured While Asleep and Men Engaged in Rice Harvesting. A despatch from the French front in France says:--The French-American attack along the broad front north of the Marne was an absolute surprise. Many German officers were captured while asleep and numbers of the men were taken while harvesting rice. The greatest stupefaction was created among all the enemy troops holding the lines at the suddenness of the at- tack. Some of the prisoners declare they had been told that it was impos- sible for the allies to carry out any operation in the way of an offensive for some time. Many tanks partici- pated in the attack, having been able to take up their posicions during the terrific storm which prevailed. The rhe in troops, ¢ operating with American troops also are warmly praised The rejoicings over Thursday's events, however, are tempered by the; belief expressed by the newspapers that the Germans have not yet been' ey by no means have exhausted their forces. The opinion is put forward that the Ger- | mans thug far have engaged "er se of their total strategic reserves of tween 70 and 80 divisions. What wil happen when these are brought into action is awaited with keen interest by the military writers. It is clear from the despatches a the front that there is no illusion of a victory already achieved, and that a fierce German effort is expected to} follow as a counter to General Foch's initial success. Seemingly nobody, on the front or in well informed quar- ters here expects the German high command to abandon the game until the last card is played. ' VAST SHIPYARDS OPPOSITE QUEBEC: Big Concern Begins Work on! New Plant at Point Levis. A despatch from Quebee says:-- With a capital of five million dollars, a new shipbuilding concern has bee 'ormed, and will operate one of the largest shipyards in America on the} shores of the St. Lawrence, opposite Quebee city. The new concern will take in a number of actually existing firms, among which are some Ontario companies. The new syndicate will comprise the Federal Shipbuilding Co. of Sarnia, the Dominion Shipbuilding Co. of Collingwood, and Dussault & Hutchison of Levis and a number of old country French capitalists. firm will build steel vessels for the French Government, and the building of the docks and yards has been start- The Federal and Dominion Ship- | | building Companies will cease building ships in Ontario. | _--_<, ------__ | Production and self-denial are the guns that will get the Huns. © bers in the future. | fifteerMminutes heir French comrauc.. in the as<ault- did brilliant work. Around Courchamp, north-west of Chateau Theirry, the German resist- ,4nce was more obstinate than on any 'other part of EE EEN Bais Paris line. ' ANZACS DELIVER SURPRISE ATTACK Made Easy Seeks of Trench- es and 33 Prisoners. a conducteors. Items From Provinces Where Many Ontario Boys ond Girls Are Living. recentlysreported wounded. John Lavin, Norwood Hotel, Win- nipeg, was fined $200 on a liquor charge. Hon. W. E. Knowles has been elect- ed Provincial Secretary of Saskatche- wan. Moose Jaw has collected $37,650, which is approximately 88 per cent. of her business levy. Four thousand three "hundred and ainety-six Alberta men were drafted Lieut. J. E. Robertson, Calgary, was |! Markets of the World " Breadatuffs Patinke, July 23.--Ma nitoba wheat No. 1 Northern, $2.22%; No. 2 North- ern, $2.20%; No. 3 Northern, $2.17%; $2.10%, in store Fort No. 3 C.W., 89c; extra a 1 feed, Bbc, in store Fort wi American corn--No. 3 yellow, kila dried, nominal; No. 4 yellow, kiln dried, nominal. Ontario oats--No. 1 white, 86 to 87¢, nominal; No. 3 white, 85 to 86c, nom- inal, according to creighs ts outside. Ontario wheat--No Winter, per car lot, $2.25, basis in store Montreal. Peas NG. 2, nominal, according to si rm taide. j Barley--Malting, $1.85 to $1.37, Buckwheat). 80, nominal. during the month of May. W. A. Shepard has been business manager of the Army Navy Veterans in Winnipeg. Sergt. W. A. .Still, of Winnipeg, at. ter three years overseas, had a leave | of only sixty hours in Winnipeg be- fore returning to France. The United Farmers of Alberta, to increase their membership, held about elected and © vince in one week Mary E. Bowles won a claim of $12,- nipeg in connection with the death of | lison in 1915. Manitoba sheep breeders are send- ing their wool crop at the rate of about ~ Moose Jew, Saskatelanenn, pate found that * women n make good street ¢ car pO Here is one of the conductorettes snapped on duty. the WAR PRISONERS EXCHANGE ACT Covers Civilians tutional as wen as Military Captives. A despatch from The Hague says:-- The text of the exchange of prisoners ' agreement between the British and German delegations, which was signed on July 14, contains provisions for sioned officers and men--British affd German prisoners of war--and those interned in Holland, as well as civi- lians interned in Holland and Switzer- land. The latter will leave the coun-) try where they are interned. he new arrangement provides that non-commissioned officers will be ex- changed direct, instead of being in- German and British ice rs of war and civilians interned Holland will leave that country, wirtet their places will be taken by Peso have been prisoners for more! than eighteen months, and other pris- oners in poor health. The number of persons to be intern- ! A despatch from the British Armies in the Field says:--Further advances have been made by the Australian! forces east of Amiens. On Wednes- day night they quietly annexed a strip of German defences a third of a mile deep on a front of more than a mile! south-east of Villers-Brettonmeaux, | outh of the Somme. Two field guns, were captured by them, in addition to | 33 prisoners, one of whom was an of-| ficer. | The guns apparently had _ been abandoned by the engmy when they were left exposed near the front line by the last Australian attack, and the Germans were unable to remove them. This has been the only movement on the British f front in the last 24 hours. --$--_--___-- .50 PER CENT. C: ARRIED IN BRITISH SHIPS A despatch from London says:--Of the 637,929 American troops brought to Europe in the months of April, May and June, 350,956 were carried in British ships, according to a statement made in the House of Commons by Sir Leo Money, parliamentary secretary to the Ministry of Shipping. He add- e "Arrangements are being made whereby we hope to carry larger num- EW YORK BELL RINGS VICTORY N A despatch from New York says:-- bell in the City Hall tower was Hylan for on Thursday afternoon in celebration of the victorious Ameri- can advance on the French front. The ordered rung by Mayor od, in accordance with the agreement of 1917, amounts to 7,500 sick or wounded British officers and about 2,500 German officers "Miss-Rule" in Russia. That hor-' rible female, "Ann Kay," still reigns supreme. Many excellent judges believe that Russia would be) better governed under that stern, no-| nonsense--about-him fellow, known as "Dick Tator." | | tniddle of June was COST OF LIVING CONTINUES UPWARD TENDENCY} A despatch from { Ottawa says:--A Sager ape of the upward tendency in} cost of living is shown in the La- Sor Department's report on = , Prices for the month of June. perenne cost of a family budget - taple foods in some sixty cities at the $12.77, as com- ny with $12.66 for May, $11.89 for, une, 1917, and $7.35 for June, 1914. i retail prices the advance in meats, coal, wood, coal oil and eggs continu- the exchange of officers, non-commis-| ed, but there were declines in butter, milk and potatoes. In wholesale prices the departmental | index number was up to 280.6, as com- jdue to a rise of freight rates, it is to pared with 275.8 in May. The chief increases for the month were in fruits and vegetables, and in fuel, the last sessilis din [ON THE REGAIN TERRITORY /ON THE eoee © OF THE MARNE f A despatch drom London says:-- News from the other sections of the ifront was good on Thursday. The Germans have nowhere made any pro- gress, and 'several of thejr attacks have been broken up with heavy losses. West of Rheims the French have re- gained an important bit of territory on sh bank of the Marne River. This es them an observation point down the ig nee Valley, and enabled their artillery to enfilade a long stretch of the German lines. "Vision is the art of seeing things inviedble."--Jonathan swift. Wise wives will not waste. es i pen & z *, peer entre: sneer otters 7 ere i ee -- 4 The Prince 'of "Wales His Royal Highness won hig with all ranks. aviator, that he had no intention of marrying anybody but a gifl the limits of the British Empire Incidentally it may be stated that the Prince told a F on the > Italian rs ot. ¢ 'lat Moose '5,000 pounds a day. Over 40,000 unds has already been sent in to ng Co-operative Wool | Clearing depo James tetcn, chief engineer at the | Oddfellows temple, Winnipeg, after hree years of work, has perfected an singtticnl device by which houses may be heated as cheap or cheaper, than with hot water or steam During the fiscal year of 1917-1918, } there has been more than fifty per cent. increase in the immigration from | th e U.S. coming through at Coutts, the principal port of eeipicd = Alberta, over the previous fiscal y Recent rains have erate helped ee! Saskatchewan crops. Swimming places are -- to |provided In Moose Jaw in the near future. Hay buyers at Meath Park, Sask., were recently offering $8 to $12 in the stack. A big programme Is being lined up for the fall fair and "stampede" in Lethbridge. --. | ling Lake, Sask., has killed more dogs than wolves. Lake Isle, Alberta, farmers are complaining of poor roads and broken and rotten bridges, Practically $400,000 was received for the Red Cross In Saskatchewan in the recent big drive. Cattle ranchers around Lethbridge report that the animals are in ex- ceedingly good condition. Slaughter of caribou by timber Public schools' staff will hereafter; join the staff ata salary of $800 a year, advancing $50 each year till the maximum of $1,100 s reached. One hundred and fifty local Bt veterans sang "Pack Up Troubles" during an all-night sirname Jaw, while they waited the opening of the Doininion Lands office | to file land claims early in the morn- | ing. A wonderful war worker is Mrs. Pollard of Rose Ridge, Alberta, who, ° though blind, does her own house-' work, raises chickens, knits sweaters and socks, and has lately completed a Red Cross hand-knitted quilt, which has upon it all the flags of the allies upon a background of khaki, tence Front of Gen. Mangin Attack Measures About 28 Miles' A despatch from vn Paris says:----"The front upon which Gen. Mangin attack- ed on Thursday morning measures about 28 miles," says the Temps. "The enemy was totally surprised. The at lery preparation. | advancing infantry." e'ghty meetings throughout the pro- ; 000 damages against the city of Win', her husband in a police wagon col-} ' Dressed poultry--Spring chickens, ve | Poison placed for wolves at ean taf€k was made virtually without artil-| Our infantry, sup-| Rye--No. $1.90, nominal. ; Manitoba flour-- War quality, sf on Toronto. ; tario flour -- War quality, 'nk 65, in bags, 1 aie and Toronto, prosere shipm Millf mate" lots, Galiversd Mon- +. per ton; ae $40 per ton. ay--No. 1, $13 to $14 per ton, mt... Toronto; mixed, $11 to $12 per ton, track Toron Straw--Car "ery '$8 to $8.50 per ton, track Toronto. Country Preduce--Wholesale Butter--Creamery, solids, a lb., 42 0 42%e; prints, per Ibo, 42% t o 43c; ce roosters, 22c; fowls, 23 to 28c; Sacblings, 33c; turkeys, 29 to 32c. Live poultry--Roosters, 18c; fowl, 21 to 26c; ineidina, Ib., 30c; turkeys, 27 to 30c. Spring chickens 40 to 42c. Wholesalers are selling to the re- 'tail trade at the following prices:-- egy ogg large, 2314 to 24c; twins, 23% to 24%e; os large, 254 to 26c; twin, 26 to 2614 Butter--Fresh, dairy, "het. 40 to 7 creamery prints, fresh made, 45 o 4c; solids, 44 to 45c r " Margarine 28 to 32c. --No. 1's, 48 to 49; in cartons, set ry 54 Deased poultry---Spring chickens, 55c; roosters, 25¢e; fowl, 34 to 35c; tur- Nae 5 40 to 45c Live poultry---Spting chickens, 50c; _ roosters, 22 to 25c; turkeys, 30c; 'hens, 30 to 32c. . eans -- eae ey hand-picked, bushel, $8.00; imp., hand- mee. Burma or Indian, '$6. ee mee $8.5 to $8.75; Limas, 18 to Honey-comb---C baie, "Ié oz., $3. od per dozen; 12 oz., $3 per dozen; onds and dark comb, $2. 50 to ° $3. 75. Maple syrup-- 814 -Ib. tins, 10 to a eames $14.50; imperial gation tins, per , $2.25; imperial ve-gallon cans, $10. 50; 15-gallon kegs, per gal., $2. gar, 1-lb, box, pure, per lb., 24 to 2 Previstting--Whslesale Smoked meats--Hams, medium, 36 to 38c; do, heavy, 30 to $2c; cooked, 50 to 5lc; rolls, 32 to 33c; breakfast Seo, 41 to 44c; Ay plain, 44 to oF boneless, 48 to 49c. Cured meats--Long clear 'meals 30 to 3lc; clear bellies, 29 to Lard--Pure, tierces, 30 % aries tubs, 3044 to 31c; pails, 30% to 31% wolves is said to have begn heavy in| Prints on vier Compound the northwest provinces last winter. tierces, tie Oem py te Stine 28 to | Winnipeg is asking its citizens for Bic' P iii = $1,000,000 for the water project. The chemi city will pay 6% per cent. for the Montreal Markets money. Montreal, July 23. pr phcd ig Ceo Grade a of the Lethbridge | We stern, No. $1.02; extra No. | feed, 96c. Flour----New standard seat, 1$10.95 to $11. 05. ae oats--Bagss, a4 Ibs., $5.25 to $5.30. Bran, $35.00. | Shorts, $40.00. Mouillie, $67.00. Hay ea 5 --No, Ne per' ton, car lots, $14.50 to Live Stock Markets (al, July 23. ae ce heary s, $13.75 to $14.5 s butchers? cat- te, ge $13.25 to 313. 50; do, good, | $12. 75 ut his 18.00; do, medium, $11.75 to $12.2 common, $9.25 to , $10.00; butchers' bulls, choice, s.82 to $11.50; o, Z bulls, $10.75 to '$11.00; do, medium bulls, $10.25 to $10. 50: do, rough ool $7.50 to $8.50; do, good, $10.75 to $11.00; do, age is $8.50 to $9. 95: do, common, , $7. to $8. BOs stockers, $8.00 to (ve Be feeders, $10.50 to $11.00; | canners and cutters, $5.50 to $6.50; milkers, good to choice, ye oF 00 to $125. 00; do, com. and med., $65.00 to 5.00; springers, $90.00 to yet 00; fight ewes, $13.00 to $16.00; yeas: poet ie oO to $17.00; spring lam 2034 1c; calves, $13.50 to gn 75: Hers, "fed "and watered, $18.00; do, { weighed off cars, $18.7 -->--_--_--_--- Raise a freight-saving, year-around, h praise by his easy democratic manners, ported by many tanks, advanced rapid-' cellar- -and-pit garden. rench ly under the protection of a barrage! within , fire, which was extended before the er of pourage, as of invention,"--Sir "Necessity, my friend, is the moth- Walter Scott. a The Doings of the Duffs. mrnncenncnenreo---- HELEN, DAY, WHAT Do Jf WE Go ovT UTTLE CANOE IT IS SUCH A NIKE Yov SAY FOR A RIDE F VLL Go AND GET THE CANOE IN SHAPE AND YOU Come DOWN AS SOON AS You'RE READN THIS 1S THE SAY, TOM, | ASKED MRs, SMITH TO GO ALONG WITH is \T ALLRIGHT &