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Extends Along Entire Italian Line From Sugana Valley to Asiago. A despatch from Amsterdam says: The Cologne Gazette‘s correspondent on the Tyrolean front says that the new battle on the Sette Communi Plateau has assumed extraordinary dimensions. Drumfire continued durâ€" Ing the whole night, reaching such violence in the morning that the mountains in all southern Tyrol reâ€" echoed. The battle, says the correâ€" spondent, extends along the entire front from the Sugana Valley to A despatch from, London says: Since the middle of April, when the undersea boat activity recorded its highest toll, 303 British vessels, of which 220 measured more than 1,000 tons, were sunk, the weekly total beâ€" ing as follows: The advances will be made at the rate of twentyâ€"five millions a month during June, July and August. The Imperial authorities regard the conâ€" tinued production of munitions in Canada as of the highest importance in connection with the great offensive now being carried on in France and Flanders. For a certain type of shell the British military authorities prinâ€" cipally depend upon Canada‘s indusâ€" trial establishments whose output has contributed in no small measure to the recent success at the front. These munitions can be purchased in Canâ€" ada only if Canada provides the money by way of loan to the Imperial Treasury. Up to date the Dominion Government has found $250,000,000 and the banks $100,000,000 for the purpose. The credits now established by the Government ensure continued munition orders for months to come. GERMAN FORCES HAVE NOT BEEN WITHDRAWN FROM EAST FRONT Weekly Total Given Since the Middle of April. BATTLE RAGES ON SUMMARY OF SUBMARINE TOLL a further advance of seventyâ€"five milâ€" lion dollars to the Imperial Governâ€" ment to be used for the purchase of munitions and supplies in Canada. Canada Makes Further Advance to Imperial Government to Finance Munitions Here. A despatch from London says:â€" With the recent captures in the Mesâ€" sines region the British now hold all the vantage points along their line on the Francoâ€"Belgian front, as a result of which there has been an enormous decrease in the number of British casualties. When the Germans were stopped in their drive on Calais early in the war they established themselves on such dominating heights as those of the Somme and of Messines. A despatch from Ottawa says: Sir Thomas White has arranged to nu-k_e "All these positions have now been wrested from the Germans," continued Gen. Maurice. _ "Our western front is approximately 130 kilometres 75 MILLIONS FOR WAR SUPPLIES So sa‘d Majorâ€"General F. B. Maurâ€" fce, chief director of military operaâ€" tions at the War Office, in his weekly talk on Thursday. The Teuton Armies Confronting the Russian Troops Are Large as Ever. â€"~ Over Under Week ended 1,600 tons 1,600 tons Aprit 2t ........« 40 15 recAKIAIE 48 ... ....«. %8 13 May & ....... ..« Th 22 NMay 18 ;........ Y 5 May I*>......... § 9 May 38 ......... § 1 Ame«% .......... I8 3 "fune It ........ . i« 10 une it ......... U 5 wl k w k k w OH & «ccceerre< h & ;.......¢ 8 1*>......... 18 2@ ......... 18 C ..«.c««e«. 19 10 ......... t# THE TRENT FRONT. ONTARIO ARCHIVEs TORONTO ' A chain that can be adjusted to | fractions of an inch has been invented | for holding automobile top arms to | save the use of projecting brackets and straps. f & despatch from Paris says:â€"The !big German offensive against the |French line east of Vauxaillon Monâ€" \day, in which trenches were stormed and captured, has gone for naught, for , the French forces in a violent counterâ€" . offensive had regained nearly all their | lost ground Tuesday night. | _ Although the German Crown Prince | had launched his attack with huge efâ€" | fectives, composed of picked troops, }and covered it by a heavy artillery , fire and by bombâ€"dropping aircraft, |‘his tenure of the captured positions | was shortâ€"lived and only a salient, 400 | metres northâ€"east of the Moisy Farm, now remains in his hands. _ In addiâ€" l tion, heavy casualties were inflicted on ,t.he Germans, who left many dead on \the field of battle. TOOLS OF GERMANY EXPELLED FROM GREECE. A despatch from Athens _ says Steps are being taken to rid the country of German propagandists. Thirtyâ€"one of them, including former Premiers and other Ministers . and ofâ€" ficers of the Greek general staff and the reservists have been ordered exâ€" pelled from th country, whil others will be placed under surveillance. Sets Apart Week of June 23 to 30 to Secure 70,000 Soldiers. A despatch from Washington says: President Wilson has put his shoulder behind the wheel of army recruiting in an effort to have the regular army brought to full war strength of 293,â€" 000 men by July 1 next. Secretary Baker on Wednesday announced that the President had by proclamation deâ€" signated the week of June 23, coverâ€" ing the period from June 23 to June 30, as recruiting week for the reguâ€" lar army, and that Brigadierâ€"General William P. McCain, the Adjutantâ€" General of the army, will use the President‘s recruiting proclamation in instructing his recruiting officers to emphasize especially their work in the week designated to fill up the regular army with its added increâ€" ments and the National Guard to war strength. ‘ Likewise, in Champagne, the Crown Prince has been badly battered beâ€" tween Mont Carnillet and Mont Blond. In an attempt to recapture positions previously thken from them, the Gerâ€" mans first were repulsed by the French, who then assumed the offenâ€" sive and advanced their line on a front of more than 600 yards and to a depth in excess of 300 yards. Here also, the Germans lost heavily in men killed or wounded . Score Successes on the Ai and Regain Lost Ground. PRES. WILSON AIDS RECRUITING "That fact is," he added, "that there has been no considerable moveâ€" ment of German troops from the east to the west. _ The Germans have sent fresh units to the western front, but these were made up largely of men called to the colors recently. _ The Germans have been using the people in the occupied territories to replace laborers at home, who are thus reâ€" leased for the army." (about 80 miles) long, and we are in the German trenches for this entire length with the exception of a few sections which total about 25 kiloâ€" metres." He contradicted reports that have been current that the Germans have drawn large forces from the eéastern front to take part in the fighting in France. IN CHAMPAGNE The Doings of the Duiffs. "Doctor," asked the mother of a year old baby, "When should I begin to train my baby?" "Madam," reâ€" plied the doctor; "you have already lost much valuable time. _ His trainâ€" ing should have commenced twentyâ€" five years ago," and this is undeniably true. â€" The child‘s education must begin in the training of the parents. Toronto, ‘June 26â€"Choice heavy steers. $11.60 to $12.10; good heavy steers, :ll to $11.35; butchers‘ cattle, choice, $11 to $11.40; do., good, $10.75 to $10.90; do., medium, $9.60 to $10.10; do., comâ€" mon, $8.25 to $8.8$5; butchers‘ bulls, choice, $10 to $10.50; do., good bulls, $9.25 to $9.50; do., medium bulls, $8 to $8.50; do., rough bulls, $6 to $6.10; butchers‘ cows, choice, $9.50 to $10.00; do.. good, $8.50 to $9; do., medium, $7.50 to $8; stockers, $7.50 to $8.50; feeders, $9.25 to $9.75; canners and cutters, $5.25 to $6.40; milkers, good to choice, $80.00 to $110; do., com. and med., each, $40 to $60; lg;rinzers. $85 to $110; light ewes, $8.50 to $9.50; sheep, heavy, $7.00 to $8.00; yearlings, $11 to ;1!.50: calves, good to choice, $13.00 to $15.00; spring lambs, each, 16c to 17i¢c; lambs, choice, $15 to $16; do., medium, $11.00; hogs, fed and v;éered. $15; do., weighed off cars, $15.25; do., f.0.b., $14.25. _ __ UV PMROPY T PICCTOCRW C L W esw en Montreal, June 26â€"Sheep, $7.50 to $9:; yearllng lambs, $10.50 to $11;. spring lambs, $6 to $8; calves, $7.00 to $12.00; selected hogs, $15.50 to $16; heavyâ€" SelCCIOU MUBTY 11 028%. welghts, $14.50 to $15.00 Minneapolis, _ June 26â€"Wheatâ€"July, $2.17; September, $1.71; cash, No. 1 hard, $2.57 to $2.62; No. 1 Nor., $2.52 to $2.57; No. 2 Nor., $2.37 to $2.47. Cornâ€"No. 3 yellow, $1.60% to $1.624. Flourâ€"Fancy patents, $13.75; first clears, $12. Branâ€"$27 to $28. _ _ _ . Duluth, June 26â€"Wheatâ€"No. 1 hard, $2.34; No. 1 Northern, $2.33; No. 2 Northern, $2.28; July, $2.33. Linseedâ€" $3.06; July, $3.07; September, $3.01. Winnipeg, June 26â€"Cash prices:â€" Wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern, $2.41; No. 2, do., $2.38; No. 3, do., $2.83; No. 4, $2.21; No. 5, $1.98; No. 6, $1.83. Basis conâ€" tractâ€"June, $2.40; July, $2.35; August, (first ha.lf&. $2.30. Oatsâ€"No. 2 C W., 89!::; No. 3, do., 6720; extra No. 1 feed, 67%c; No. 1 feed, 66¢c; No. 2, do., 64c. Barleyâ€"Rejected, _$1.08; feed, $1.08. Flaxâ€"No. 1 N.~â€"W.C,, 22.78; No. 2 C.W., $2.73; No. 3, do., $2.53 . Montreal, June 26â€"Oatsâ€"Canadian Western, No. 2, T9%c; No. 3, 78¢; extra No. 1 feed, 78¢c. Barleyâ€"Manitoba feed, $1.18. Flourâ€"Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $13.50; seconds, $13.00; strong bakers‘, $12.80; Winter patents, choice, $13.25; straight rollers, $12.50 to $12.80; _ do., ba{s. $6.00 to $6.15. Rolled oatsâ€"Bbis., $9.00; do., bags, 90 lbs., $4.35 to $4.40. Bran, $32.00. Shorts, $38.00. Middlings, $40.00 _to $42.00. Mouillte, $44.00 to $49.00. Hayâ€"No. 2, per ton, car lots, $13.00 to $13.50. Cneeseâ€"Finest westerns, 21%c. Butter â€"Choicest creamery, 37 to 37%0; secâ€" onds, 86 to 361c. Eggsâ€"Select, 38¢; No. 1 stock, 35c; No. 2 stock, 32 to 33¢. §"ot5a.toesâ€"l‘er bag, car lots, $4.25 to .50. Smoked meatsâ€"Hams, medium, 30 to 31c; do., heavy, 26 to 27¢; cooked, 41 to 42%¢; rolls, 27 to 28¢; breakfast bacon, 33 to 36¢c; backs, plain, 36 to 37¢; boneless, 39 to 40c. Cured meatsâ€"Long clear bacon, 25 to 25%c per lb; clear bellies, 24 to 25c. Lardâ€"Pure lard, tierces, 274c; tubs, 273('; ails, 28¢; compound, tierces, 2lic; tugs. 21%c; pails, 22c. Strawâ€"Car lots, per ton, $9, track Toronto. . Cneeseâ€"New, large, 23 to 234¢; twins, 234 to 23%c; triplets, zaaf to 24c; old, large, 30¢c; twins, 30ic; triplets, 30%c. _ Live poultryâ€"Spring chickens, lb., 25 to 35¢c; hens, lb., 20 to 22c. e Toronto, June 26â€"Manitoba wheatâ€" No. 1 Northern, $2.58; No. 2 Northern, $2.55, track Bay ports. _ _‘ _ a Ontario wheatâ€"No. 2 Winter, per car lot, $2.55 to $2.60; do., No. 3, $2.53 to $2.58, according to freights outside. Peasâ€"No. 2, nomiznal, according to freights outside. Barleyâ€"Maiting, nominal, according to frelul;vts outside. Ryeâ€"No, 2, $2.00, nominal, according to freights outside. Manitoba flourâ€"First patents, in jute bags, $13.40; _ second patents, in Jute bags, $12.90; _ strong bakers‘, in jute b-.ss. $12.50, Toronto. ntario _ flourâ€"\Winter, according to sample, $11.25 to $11.35, in bags, track Toronto, prompt shipment. 3 Millfeedâ€"Car lots, delivered Montreal freights, bags includedâ€"Bran, per ton, $31; shorts, per ton, $38; middlings, per :on.fl’;%; good feed flour, per bag, $2.89 0 _ $2.90. Butterâ€"Creamery, solids, per lb.. 36 to 37¢c; prints, per lb., 364 to 37i%¢; d%ry. per lb., 31 to 32%c. Egsâ€"Per doz., 29 to 30c. Wrholesalers are selling to the retail trade at the following prices : i _ Dressed poultry â€"Spring â€" chickens, 40r; fowl, 24 to 25¢; squabs, per doz., $4.00 to $4.50; turkeys, 20 to 25c. . _ Honeyâ€"Combâ€"Extra fine and heavy wo%ht. per doz., $2.75; select, $2.50 to $2.75; No. 2, $2 to $2.25. Maple syrupâ€"Imperial gallon, $1.75. Potatoesâ€"On track Ontario, per bag, $4.25 to $4.50; Albertas, per bag,. $4; P.E.I. reds, bag, $4.° dn( ~~ _ Beansâ€"Imported, _ handâ€"picked, $9.00 g;‘)) $9.50 per bush; Limas, per lb., 19 to C. _ Hayâ€"Extra No. 2, per ton, $12.50 to $13.50; mixed, per ton, $9 to $11.50, track Toronto. _ Butterâ€"Fresh dairy, choice, 38 to zgc; creamery prints, 40 to 41c; solids, c. & Eggsâ€"Newâ€"laid, in cartons, 37 to 38¢; out of cartons, 35 to 36c. " Markets of the World Manitoba catsâ€"No. 2 C. W.. T6%c track Bay ports. < American cornâ€"No. 3 yellow; $1.16 nominal, track Toronto. Country Produceâ€"Wholesale 1 HADNT PEeTTER Throw ‘EMm IN THE WasTe PASkET, SOME ONE WILL SVRELY CUT THEMSELVES â€"__ United States Markets Provisionsâ€"Wholesate Live Stock Markets Montreal Markets Official Gazette prints the following beggar approached and asked for letter sent by King Alexander to peip, O. Henry took a coin from his Premier Zaimis: "I am following with | pocket, shielded it from the view of the utmost interest the Government‘s pi, friend, and slipped it into the begâ€" effort to the restoration of the unity !gar'u hand, saying: â€"â€" of the country. _ As for myself, re-i "Here‘s a dollar. Don‘t bother us maining the faithful guardian og the any more." constitutional charter, and convmced' The man walked a few steps away, of the good intentions of the POWrS;,‘cyamined the coin, and seemed uncerâ€" I am willing to coâ€"operate sincerely with them in maintaining tranquilâ€" ity, thus bringing about a reconciliaâ€" tion of the different elements of the nation." A despatch from Petrograd says: The official statement says that fusilâ€" lades and aerial activities have ocâ€" curred on all fronts. > ALL RUSSIAN FRONTS AWAKING INTO ACTION. During the year the General Manager, Mr. E. F. Hebden, was adâ€" vanced to the position of Managing Director, while the Montreal Manager, Mr. D. C. Macarow, was appointed General Manager. In speaking of the annual statement, the latter referred with pardonable pride, to the fact that of 874 male members of the staff of military age at the beginning of the war, 520, or 59%, had enlisted and gone overseas. NEW KING OF GREECE WILLING TO COâ€"OPERATE. This marked increase in the funds and the gradual clearing of the finâ€" ancial horizon, put the Bank in posiâ€" tion to extend its loaning and discountâ€" ing business by many millions, autoâ€" matically placing the earning power of the Bank upon a much improved plane. _ The profits for the year carâ€" ried forward consequently showed an increase from $250,984 to $421,202, after providing for the usual diviâ€" dends, the Government War Tax on note circulation, donations to Patriotic and Red Cross Funds, contributions to Officers‘ Pension Fund, and writing off $100,000 from Bank Premises account, The confidence of the public in the Merchants Bank of Canada was strikâ€" ingly shown by the 27% increase in deposits, which have now reached a total of $92,102,071. Such c.. increase is also an evidence of a healthy state of business, and of a general practice of thrift. Assets Increased by nearly $25,000,000 in the Past Year, while Current Loans, and Discounts Inâ€" creased by $13,902,393. The 54th Annual Statement of the Merchants Banl\ of Canada, just preâ€" sented to the Shareholders, shows most gratifying progress during the year ending April 30th last. _ Not only have Deposits and Assets grown very substantially, but current Loans and Discounts, the measure of the Bank‘s participation in the commercial development of the Dominion, have inâ€" creased over 28%, reaching a total of $62,737,958. This indicates something of the revival of business which has been so marked throughout Canada. The increase in a#Bets for the year amounted to $24,769,195, or over 25% bringing the total assets up to $121,â€" 130, 558, and enrolling the Merchants Bank among Canada‘s Hundred Milâ€" lion Dollar Institutions. This is all the more creditable since it has been accomplished without amalgamation with or absorption of any other bank. Notable among the assets are over Ten Million Dollars in Dominion and Imperial war obligations, indicating that the Bank is doing its share toâ€" ward carrying the financial burdens of the nation. _ The assets do not inâ€" clude any mortgages, while real estate other than Bank premises, and overâ€" due debts, amount to only $443,236, or less than 2â€"5 of one per cent. of the total assets. NOW A HUNNRRED MILLION DOLLAR INSTITUTION. A despatch from Athens says: The NOoPEâ€"I guEss 1 HADN‘T BETTER PVT THEM IN THERE, SOME ANIMALâ€" l MIGRT GET | ze IF 1 THRow ‘Em IN THE eave TRoveH THEN MIGHT SToP UP HE Pipe CANADIAN HEAVY BATTERIES SILENCE GERMAN GUNS Characteristic Incident in Life of Noted Author. « Sydney Porter, who is better known to the multitude of his admiring readâ€" ers as O. Henry, possessed an innate nobleness of nature that prevented him from becoming bitter even after three years in prison on a charge of alleged embezzlement, of which he would have been acquitted had he not fled to South America to escape trial. His charity was boundless and his sympathy with suffering, especially when the sufferer was "down and out," as prompt and as instinctive as the glance of the eye, says Prof. C. A. Smith in his biography of O. Henry. The man walked a few steps away, examined the coin, and seemed uncerâ€" tain what to do. Then he came slowâ€" ly back. ; "Mister," he said, "you were good to me and I don‘t want to take advantage of you. You said this was a dollar. It‘s a twenty dollar gold piece." O. Henry turned upon him indigâ€" nantly. "Don‘t you think I know what a dollar is? I told you not to come back. Get along!" A despatch from Canadian Headâ€" quarters in France says:â€"The enemy is still very nervous along the western front. â€"â€"The slightest sign of an abâ€" rormal movement on the part of the British or Canadian troops brings down what the official report charactâ€" erizes as "hurricane barrage," the enemy depending chiefly upon his guns for the holding of the line. _ To counteract this, our heavy artillery "A cat‘s nine lives are few compared with those of the whintosser. _ The beast may be shot, clubbed, or strung on a pikeâ€"pole without stopping its wriggling, whirling motions or its screams of rage. The only successful way of killing it is to poke it into a flumeâ€"pipe so that all its feet strike the surface. Then it immediately starts off to walk in three different directions at once, and tears itself to pieces." He then continued his conversation, but was plainly mortifiedâ€" for fear that his friend had detected his ruse. An important contribution to our knowledge of natural history has been made by the discovery of a remarkable animal with three sets of legs. Found exclusively in the wildest and least accessible parts of the Coast Range, in California, and reputed a manâ€"eater, it is known as the "whintosser"â€"a name the derivation of which is uncerâ€" The whintosser‘s head is fastened to its body not in the ordinary way, but by a neck that operates in the fashion of a swivel. _ So likewise it is with short, tapering tailâ€"and both head and tail can be spun around at a rate estimated at 100 revolutions a minâ€" ute. The body is long and triangular in section, with three complete sets of legs. "This last," says Mr. Cox, "is a great convenience in an earthquake country. _ If the floor suddenly beâ€" ccmes a ceiling, it does not matter, for the whintosser is always there with the legs. He was talking to a friend on the streets of New York one day when a Remarkable Animal With Three Sets of Legs and Reversible Head. Though rare, the lumbermen of that region have long been acquainted with it, but the first scientific description of this strange creature is given by Mr. William T. Cox, State Forester of Minnesota. While ) TWELVEâ€"LEGGED MANâ€"EATER. NO MISTAKE MADE. the Air Pn Scouts Keep Close Watch and Check on the Moveâ€" ments of the Enemy Batteries. h BETTER Pu-r! I & P ‘EM BACK., | Friend (to professor, whose lecture, | "How to Stop the War," has just conâ€" ‘ cluded)â€"Congratulate you, old man | â€"went splendidly. . At one time durâ€" ing the afternoon I was rather anxiâ€" ous for you. Professorâ€"Thanks. But I don‘t know why you should have | been so _ concerned on my â€" behalf. , Friendâ€"Well, a rumor did go around , the room that the war would be over ‘before your lecture. RUSSIA WILL STAY IN THE FIGHI King George. * A * despatch from London â€"says: Orders of chivalry open to women will be one of the outcomes of the war. It is announced that in recogniâ€" tion of the manifold services renderâ€" ed in connection with the war, both by British subjects and their allies, the King has been pleased to institute two new orders. The first is an order of Knighthood styled "Order of the British Empire." It will follow the precedents of other similar orders and consist of five classes or grades and will be awarded both,to women and men for services rendered to the Emâ€" pire at home and abroad. The first two classes will in the case of men carry the honor of Knighthood, and in the case of women the privilege of prefixing the title "Dame" to their names. The second order, which will be closely restricted as to numbers, will be entitled "Order of Companions of Honor." It will consist of one class only, to which women will be eligible equally with men. It will carry no title. is taking on daily for destruction seyâ€" eral of the enemy‘s more aggressive batteries. . Enemy guns, large and small, are ranged along the Canadian front and in the rear. Some are over six miles behind the enemy trenches, and the duty of the lviabor: ' L L4 C ommutis ad OvEL ©Bm ERTRTTT O CERIOCR trenches, and the duty of the aviators sent out to check up the condition of the German batteries is no sinecure. Its peril seems to be an added attracâ€" tion, for there is no lack of candidates for admission to the ranks of eaglets. Will Resume Offensive and Reâ€" organize the Army. A Canadian Press Despatch from London â€" says: â€" Despatches from Petrograd to the Exchange Teleâ€" graph Company _ say that the Congress of Soldiers‘ and Workâ€" men‘s Delegates from the whole of Russia on Thursday voted confidence in the Provisional Government and unâ€" animously passed a resolution deâ€" manding an immediate resumption of the offensive and the reorganization of the army. _ A War Cabinet was formed, including the leaders of the Russian army and navy and technical representatives . A despatch from Washington says: â€"Ambassador Boris Bakhmeteff, head of the Russian War Mission to the United States, on Thursday formally outlined the political and military proâ€" gram of "New Russia." Speaking for the Russian people and their new Provisional Government, the Russian special plenipotentiary asserted that the new Government in Russia is seekâ€" ing to achieve the same ends as the United States Governmentâ€"universal peace and the preservation of demoâ€" cracyâ€"and gave most emphatic asâ€" surance that Russia will stay in the fight against German autocracy until that aim is won. _ Ambassador Bakâ€" hmeteff‘s speech was interpreted â€" as convincing proof of the determinaâ€" tion of New Russia to spurn all efâ€" forts at separate peace and to stay in the war until its objects have been won. He made plain the distinction between "separate" peace and "univerâ€" sal" peace. ORDERS OF CHIVALRY NOW OPEN TO WOMEN. Two New Distinctions Announced By 1 GyESS a day for all city dorsed by the City couver. Je o The price of bread in now ten cents for a 16â€"0 Lieut, Robert Branks Vancouver, was killed in urday, April 28. It is expected that | th pert will be ready to Alaska run in June. F C ace t One of the largest cannelie» "* Steveston, which was formerly operâ€" ated by the Windsor Company, has been taken over by the Booth Fisherâ€" ies, who are installing four new lines of sanitary machinery. The B. C. Electric Railway has just _ 8 "o AnvngAadnL o Fae . x+ EPm e a C P hung a beautifully framed honor roll of the 452 employes who have gone mthefrontinthehnllofdlebeldol- fice building on Hastings and Carrall Streets, Vancouver. Ammonia concentrators are to be installed in the gas plants of the Vieâ€" toria Gas Company and the Vancouver Gas Companyâ€"at an early date. The Lampton School, Esquimalt, commemorated teachers and pupils who have been killed in action by planting maples at the school. The construction of the Emerson saw and shingle mills in Prince Ruâ€" pert will occupy all summer, and reâ€" present an investment of $300,000. Last week the big sawmill at Golden resumed operations. The mill has mure than twelve million feet of logs on the river bank and in the woods. Deputy appointed lice f°m1 Een o C LCOEC appointed chief of the Vancouver poâ€" lice force, succeeding the late chief, M. B. MacLennan. y One of the largest canneries . at Steveston, which was formerly operâ€" ated by the Windsor Company, has been taken over by the Booth Fisherâ€" LCC 400 ane imubatiline four new lines The jetty on the shore of the South Arm of the Fraser River, just below Steveston, is on the verge of compleâ€" tion, the last unit now being installed. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert 8: McConâ€" nell have received word of the seriâ€" ous wounding of their son, Lieut,. W. F Cmy ORC! VOu, And they look a little battered, too, so we do not bother to repair them and strengthen them continually as we do the actual fighting positions .‘ . we take our sightseers out to a railâ€"head behind the lines and whirl them furiously for 30 or 40 miles in army motor cars, and then stop someâ€" whiten : Th : ue Teag o q Vancouver. Hon. M. A.:Macdonald has moved the second reading of his bill authorizâ€" ing the conveyance of six acres of the old Songhees reserve to the city of Victoria. * The construction of the new military hospital in Vancouver is being rushed so rapidly that tentative arrangements are being made for the formal opening of the building. One of Italy‘s most coveted military decorationsâ€"the silver medal for valorâ€"has been conferred by King Victor Emmanuel upon Capt. E. O. Carew Martin, of Victori®, How parties of "distinguished neuâ€" trals," usually Americans, are "taken to the front" was told recently in a Paris cafe which the "war corresponâ€" dent" frequents, according to a deâ€" spatch to the New York World. "You‘ve no idea how many people, women as well as men, insist on beâ€" ing taken to the front," said the offiâ€" cer who was explaining that it was his official duty to "guide" these parties. "There are men and women who come over here and explain that they have been sewing shirts for soldiers or colâ€" lecting pennies for poilus for a long time and feel that in order to continue carrying on their work properly they should see war waged at first hand. "Well, we have several different places where we take these parties. One is on the old battlefield of the Champagne offensive of the fall of 1915, and more recently we have used. ouroldfiutli-epooifimiitleson- me sector. _ Then up in the Vosges we have a spot where the fighting line to‘â€"‘day_if several miles in front of Where, in a spot about as safe us Chicago. _ There we hand out gas masks to the ladies and gentlemen, although the former usually refuse to put them on because it disarranges thelrluir.mdmhnvetomluto warn them when a gas attack in mets â€" Point Grey will readjust the water department and cut down the staÂ¥f. In Vancouver 1,500 women are enâ€" rolled as fruitâ€"pickers, and in Victoria Sailors‘ Home in Vancover resulted in the sum of $2,873. The "J.R.D." is the newest addiâ€" tion to the halibut fishing fleet of the British Columbia Packers. TTEE 20 EPCME O where :t once was, "There are always plenty of troops behind the lines all along the front, «n thint tho LNE ce q F Fruit crop in B.C. will be heavy this year. In the Okanagan Valley it shows a 30 per cent. increase. SEEING THE BATTLEFIELDS A recent tag day collection for the [qpoig ooo .o fe e roik, that the old tl;nnel.u never have minimum Chief® William McRae was was killed in action on Satâ€" , who is a native son of wn the Fi That Was. fo d m WEAPON _ _ OF STARVAT at FRENCH ECONOMIST‘s IDEA® WARFARE According to the thinker, Yves Guyot, wh as an economist is base years‘ study and resear and financial matters, c have come many able b particularly modern wa simple an elementary th YÂ¥ves Guyot Its carrying on, M. G: rests upon steel and wheat even more than upon the vs In its end, the belligerents world‘s economic resources trolling the world‘s mark« tate a crushing condition « The substance of an interesting terview, given to an American cc spondent, occurs in these words M. Guyot: "We all want peace," he said, only the peace that denies the p bility of future war for at least centuries, when peace will have come the fashion, so that war ca be reborn. It is now a definite tainty that this is to be the full A portion. Bignificance of Liberia‘s Action "Many have smiled, for instanc the Liberian diplomatic break Germany. Liberia is as nothing, have mentally said, and her entr; nonâ€"entry weighs not. And yet beria, in her particular way, is a factor in possibility. First, mot And morally throughout the war. at the moment of peace a factor i tion. For Liberia grows coffee. "When the Boche is thoror beaten by force of arms and an . lutely complete blockade he wi forced to capitulate. He will do with a very bad grace of course. "Sunnose at such a time, afte with a very bad grace "Suppose at such a Boche representatives sented to them every and before a word of a the representatives States arise and say: "*Unless without agree to each and e thing here laid down, tions. disarmament, agree to eac thing here lai tions, disarm as is possible autocracy, I treaty with n treaties in A have a pound veat "And after the repres« the United States have t seats, Brazil and Liberia a the same breath say: ‘The gentiments. â€" Otherwise, n« twentyâ€"five years.‘ And th China denying tea, Japan < Guatemala denying her t ducts, every ally denying mentary thing, all clemer at its command. Even â€" say: ‘We make good cigar don‘t get any for twenty Finally France, which has most, arises and says: *T thing to argue about Everything we have d within two hours, or we . terms anyhow, and you s five years‘ privation.‘ _ "How long, think you, will thi ference last under such condi Just two hours longer, }ingz. the minutes "I do not wish to say the w have used will be used. But J « to say they should be, in sul and that I believe they will be. Neutral Trade Must Be Cont "The idea," continued M. Gu placing a rigorous blockade up many, preventing possible rec« foodstuffs from the United through neutrals, will hasten : of the war. MHolland and the avian countries have without been supplying Germany. Par ly Denmark. And â€" Switzerls least in its northern portions. ar "And so the cot sugar, the steel, t tobacco, every el the command of 1 nied to Germany. upd ouli The pacifist ’.ople are, Y and Johnny. been very nal bed by their : side by side it was now e prits realized mounting th« pale. . "I‘m if T‘dA been Willie, "and Made Effective, Will Bring a Boche, and will t A twoâ€"horse ly reduce the 1 the corn clean. Of the thing 4nto, running | of the worsl. parednc ing sw goin‘ t "and }it TY Germany to Terms wi tighter rmany the en Sa v Preparedi A m the pro f wb n That t W tt ton, the w he tea, the n th nees Wins 1¢ the war. a factor i s coffee. is thorot AK€ h 1ed de nslan reak thing r enti n ntatiy BJ ling O id