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.\ 33 tt " The iUht;ntr scene to have centred on the comparatively short section of the battle-line between Monte-Asa- lone and Monte Pertica. These two heights, about three miles apart, rise to an altitude of about 5,000 feet, while between them there is a sort of "saddle" on which the Teuton forces have taken up strong positions. Both the Vienna and Rome onciala' dominant: tell of bitter fitrhting on A despatch from London says: Among the rugged peaks of the Asi- ago “new, east of the Brenta River, the Italian front has again fhuned up into violent action. The aggressive has been tsken by the Italians, how- ever, and the Austro-Gennan forces, intend of launching their long-ex- pected Insult on the Italian lines, have been compelled to fltrht hard to main the positions where they bye stood since last November. mums LAUNCH STRONG OFFENSIVE --eV I (hi TIE ASIAGO PLATEAU The buildings and machinery will cost over $1,000,000. It is understood that both British and Norwegian in- terests are back of the scheme. A despatch from Ottawa says: The contact for the construction of a nickel and copper reflnintt plant at De.ehenes. Que., for the British- American Nickel Corporation, calls for completion of the job before the snow flies. PLA NT TO REFINE Take Initiative With View tonic Assauit-Britis Three of the four airplanes util- ized in the inauguration of the ser- vice delivered sniely. and on time, the mail entrusted to their are. One of three--that which left the Polo grounds in Washington in the pres- ence of President and Mrs. Wilson, Postmaster-General Burleson and other high ofNriau--niled only be- cause of n broken propeller, which forced the machine to land in Mary- land after it had made a brilliant fir- ing start from Washington. 1 Inaugurated Between Washing- ton, Philadelphh and New York. A despatch from Washington says: The first regular air mail service An the world has been successfully hunched between Washington, the nation's Capital; Philadelphia, the cradle of American independence, and New York, the metropolis of the na- tion. 1 FIRST MPUlE MAIL SERVICE “Simultaneously, Italian seaplane 3 'iLidi 'riGuGilrrst- squadrons attacked Austrian battle-'tnatr Unitas developed a planes over Pola, brought down two; knots on her trial trip. Nn the early hours of Key 14 carl tain Mario dn Vignoh of Medina,3 Antonio Milani of Lodi, Francesco‘ Anselmi of Syracuse and fiiiiiiie) Corrine of Catrlinri, in a smell tor-I pedo boat, with admirable indtiduf spirit of "urritice and ni',',tei."t,zi military end naval skill eluding the nominal: and mrchilghte constantlyg "arehintr the water, “needed inf penetrating the well protected until fortified military port of Pol: and sueeessfully torpedoed a large Aus-, trim Dreadnought of the Viribuir' Unitas type. i A despotch from Wallington says: --The Italian Embassy late on Thurs- day afternoon received from Romean odneinl communication emtftrmintr the press report of the destruction of an Austrian Dreadnought of the Viribua Unitas type at the Austrian naval base at Pola on Wednesday morning by Italian officers who were able to penetrate the harbor successfully in a small Italian torpedo boat. The moisture to the Embassy read: One of Austria’s Four Big Battleships Sunk by Italian Torpedo Boat-Seaplane. Also Destroyed in Simultaneous Air Fight. l'l'Al.lANS TORPEDO LARGE . AUSTRIAN IhtlihlmJilfrf AT POLA 4SAN Namath 7 (Tai, mm You CALL ON THE Wu Tma'us TO suites mic We rowan m: . / ammo Hume _ t C -. - . i G !lfil , 1 . [A "', , C t t ERe,2 9 _ ‘O-_ , RI .. . I", I" , =r ' TN 'ia-ts-E: a ' - At ciE-rsLair4"ra'e3 U-d-aacrra=e= a _ , i??, ",r . "ero LT‘" V AGT, -- -. 'ta' NICK EL AND COPPER. £31. View To Break Up Arrangements For Teu- -British Troops Also Defeat Austrians. I A despatch from London tbare'.---. ' Thirty-seven German airplanes, 2lLof ' which were destroyed, were accounted for by British airmen on Wednesday. The official statement on aerial oper- ations on Thursday night reports a (marked increase in the activities of (both aerial forces on the western (front. The British continue to bom- Ibard railway stations and billets be. [hind the German lines. While the fighting has been fierce east of the Brenta, the whole Italian line from Lake Garda to the Piave and thence to the sea has been mark. ed by patrol engagements, in which the British participated, and which appear to be isolated actions, but which may be component parts of I plan of campaign in that theatre of the war. Nowhere have the Italian lines been reached by attapking parties of Austrians. this particular front, the latter stat- ing that the Italian soldiers have en- tered Austrian trenches on Monte Anione in two places. The fact that the Italian armies have taken the initiative in the fighting would seem to indicate that they have sought to carry the fltrht- ing to the enemy in such a way as to break up any arrangements for the launching of a strong Teutonic assault. 37 PLANES DOWNED BY BRITISH IN ONE DAY. _ The Controller also is interested in experiments which are being made with sawdust with the design of re- making old paper with a large per- centage of eawdust. Experiments are also being made in the manufac- ture of paper from salt-marsh grass, which is abundant in the estuaries of, the south coast. If these experi- ments are successful a plentiful 'ec) ply of material will be available. l A despatch from London tbttytg'.-, The new regulations limiting the sup- ply of news-print paper and forbid-1 ding returns by newsdealers after June 15th, has caused renewed in-} terest in the problem of substitutes. The Controller of Paper Supplies has] decided to allow the newspapers of: Middlesex, Kent and Surrey to collect waste paper from subscribers for the! purpose of tapping a new source of I supply. i -l Each battleship of the class dis- ”places 20,000 tons, is 525 feet long Hover all, 89 feet beam and 28 feet "'draught. Their armament comprises (twelve 12-inch and twelve 5.9-inch guns in the main battery, with eigh- ‘teen ll-pounders and various smaller guns, and from two to six torpedo times. The complement of the bat- tleships mnges from 962 to 988 men. [All are heavily armored, and are ,classed as Dreadnoughts. The Viri- ‘bus Unitas developed a speed of 20.9 If Britain's Experiments Prove) Successful Good Supply Will t Be Available. 1 nm FROM SALT MARSH GRASS There are four Austrian battleships I of the Viriblu Unitas class, which} comprised the [street and most mod-) em titrhting vessels completed for thei Austrian new up to the time the! European war broke out. The other! ships of the class are the Tegetthof,i the Prinz Eugen and the Elem, lath-I van. The nameehip was completed! in October. 1912, and the others at: intervals between then and the be-f ginning of the war, with the exception I of the Szent Isthvan, which was not! finished until 1915. I and forced seven! others down out of control. The Italian Mines all returned safely to their hues.” The Doings of the ao T0 ANN 0L0 Le sd isi/iii'c"r'ldl,"'l" couczm momma) an. s WE'tt TAKE ”an. = . rr we CAN'T BACK . IIS OUT NON. :K" " t'lis','j5 IN Ai at = 'l?ltrl, jj' l TE Illill . III1II 'II t. [ 'II III . I II. I" lull-3 . rla),1e.7,t,A,,'E, pl 1°31 191: mm wars A' British anti-aircraft oli%iiilii ships in France. Many of these are 81: been of great value in air raids. Butter-Creamery, solids, 44 to 45c; do., prints 45 to Me; do., fresh made, 46 to 47e; choice dairy prints, 41 to 42e; ordinary dairy prints, 88 to doe; bakers', M to Me; oleomartrtu'inis (best grade), 32 to Me. Eggs, new-laid, 41 to 42e; selected, ne1Heid, 14. to Me; eartpyss, ff to 4t)e. Straw-Car lots, per ton, $8.50 to $9.00, track Toronto. - Hav-ttto. '1. péi‘kohf iiii.'0o' "£0 $17.00; mixed, $14.00 to $15.00, track Toronto. Mmtded--air lotsLDelivered Mon- treal heights, bags included: Bran, peg; ton,“$35; shorts, per tyt,, t40. . Ontalrio f1oui--ilrhaity, $10.65, new bags, Toronto and Montreal frtis.rltty, proppt _-shipn1ent. - -- Buckwheai--tf.% to $1.86, accord- ing to heights outside. Rye-mo, 2, $2.80, according to heights outside. Manitoba flour-War quality, $19.95; new: batrsdi'orottto, , Markets of the World Ontario wheat-No. 2. Winter, per car lot, $2.22; basis in store Montreal. Peas-Nominal . Barley-Waiting, $1.50 to $1.51, acgordjng to frfyrbts outside. Ontario oats-No. 2 white, 80 to 81e; No. 8 white, 79 to 80c, according tofmurltts qutside, - American eorn--No. , yellow, kiln dried, nominal; No. 4 yellow, kiln dried, nominal. Toronto, May 21.--Maniloba wheat --Nc. l Northern $2.28%; No. 2 do., $2.20%; No. a 30., 32.1754: No. 4 Wheat, $2.10%; in store Fort William, 'telydrntr_2%e. tax. Manitoba oats-No. 2 C.W., 80%e; No. 8 C.W., 77%e; extra No. 1 feed, 77%e: No. 1 feed, 74%e, in store Fort William. Germany is Now Men"neing Hound. ' The above map shows the reasOns why both mouths of l" Rhine are in Holland and the southern section of Holland forms a barrier between Germany and Belgium. Country Produee-uWho1eaale Breadtstutrs ich is playing havoc with German air- also in position in England and have Montreal, May 21.-0au--Cangv. dian Western, No.2, 92%c; No. 8, ;90c; extra No. 1 feed, 90c: No. 8 local white, 84%e. Flour-New stand- 'ard Spring wheat grade, $10.95 to ;$11.05. Rolled oats-Bags, 90 lbs, $5.25 to $3135. Bran, $M.00. Sham, $40.00. Middlintrs, $48.00 to $50.00. Mouillie, $60.00 to $62.00. Har-No. 2, per ton, car lots, $17.00. Live Stock Markets l, Toronto, May 21.--Extra choice heavy steers, $14.50 to $16.00; choice‘ heavy steers, $13.50 to $14.00; good heavy steers, $13.00 to $13.25; but. ehers" cattle, choice, $13,25 to $18.75; Ltrrd---Pdre, tierces, 81 to 32c; tuba, 31% to 82%et pails, 31% to 8213e; l-lb. prints, iii to 38%e. Shortening, tierces, 26 to 26%e; tubs, 26% to 26%c; pails, 26% to 27c; l-lb. prints, 27% to 28e. Dry" Salted 'Meats--Ldmr clears, in tons, Me; in cases; 80%e; clear bellies, 28.to ?88..e; fat.traci2fr1s, -- _ Smoked Meats-Rolls, 82 to Me; hams, medium, 87 to Me; heavy, 80 to 81e; cooked hams, 49 to Me: backs, plain, 48 to Me; backs, iriiiiiieiir,' 46 to 48e. Breakfast bacon, 40 it 44c. Cottatrty. No.35 to lik. - A _ Green MutaLiOut of pickle, le less than smoked. Barrelled Metsta--Piekled pork, '4bmestspotk,H7. _ ___ - - 'N uUlaCll' " Vin, *" WI UVWII, ww- ends and éark comb $2.50 to $2.75. Maple gyUpT-%GiGai gallons, '?.25; ii-gallon tins, $2110 per gallon. Maplé sugar, per pirdnd, 21 to%e. Cheese-New, large, 23% to Met twins, 23% to 24%e; spring made, large, 2tut,t? 2,6,ty twins, 26 to,elle. fieini-Ruadia'n, prime, bushU, $7.50 to $8.00. Foreign, hand-picked, buthel, $9.75 to $3.90. _ 7 -- -- Combionei-iehoiee, 16 OB., $3.50 peg doze_n; " OB., Ahptr, dozgp;_gec- Provisions-W holesale Montreal Markets Duffs. A deepen-h from Samara, Rush, ssys: Less than half the tuhble land of European Russia remaining in control of the Bolshevik Government will be cultivated this year. General unrest among the peasants, the un- settled conditions of land distribution, and shortage of seed, horses sud agri- cultural implements are responsible for thh condition of affairs. A despatch from Cairo says: The Iwing bridge over the Suez Canal at 1antara his been completed, “ford- ing direct railway communication from Cairo toward Palestine. These troops, it adds, must have their own organization and services, which will mean at least 2,000,000 specialists, workers. men in the tymrtermaster's department and others. TO JOIN PALESTINE A despatch from Paris tmrst-flhe United States has promised to hue 1,500,000 fltrhtintr men in France by the end of 1918, says L'Homme Libre, Premier Clemenceau’s hemp-per. A year ago Lieut. Fonck was un- known as a fighting aviator. He en- (tered the aerial service as pilot of an airplane regulating artillery ttre. After more than 500 hours of flight over the line and two victories over German planes which had interfered with his work, he was sent into a squadron of pursuit planes. Ei ht days later, on May 13, 1917, he el came an ace, being cited omeftmy " having destroyed his fifth airplane. He is 28 years old. ARMY OF 1.500.000 Hui! of Russia to Remain Lieut. Fonck is n Remuhhly Cool and Daring Fighter. Lieut. Fonck. who in one day brought down 6 Hun airplanes and who recently took a leading place among the French aces, we: credited tsnofh- cially nearly a month ego with hav- ing shot down 84 German machines. He is described as a remarkably cool and daring fltthter. Recently he fought two German machines in a squadron of eight, felled due of them and put the other to flight. l Montreal, May 21.-Choiee steers, $13 to 814; good, do., $12 to $12.60; medium, do. $10 to $12; choice buteh- ers' bulls, sh to $12; good, do., no to $10.50; medium, do., $9 to $10; choice butchers' cows, $11 to $11.60; good, do., $10 to $11; medium, do.) " to $9.50. Ga1vms--Milk-fed, $12 to $14; good, $8.50 to $11. Bheer-8i0 to 18; lambs, $16 to $17. Hog.--. Choice selects, off cars, $22; sows, $20 to $20.50. _ do., good, $12.00 to $12.25; do., medium, $11.65 to $11.86; do., com- mon, $11.00 to $11.25; butchers' bulls, choice, $12.00 to $18.00; do.,e‘food bulls, $11.00 to $11.50; do., m mm bulls, $10.26 to $10.50; do., rough bulls, $7.50 to $8.50- butdlen' com, choice, $12.00 to WTF, do., good, $11.00 to $11.50; 'dJGiaiiuiii', $10.25 to $10.50; stoekers, $9.50 to $11.26; feeders, $11.26 to 12.00; mm. mi cutters, $6.25 to $7.50; milkerl, good to choice, $90.00 to $140.00; do., com. and med., $65.00 to $80.00; springer-s, $90.00 to $140.00; light ewes, $15.00, to $18.00; lambs, $17.00 to $22.00; calves, good to choice, $14.00 to, $16.00; hors, fed and watered, $21.00;‘ do., weighed off can, $21.25; do., to. b., $20.00. . Montreal, May 21.--Choiee steers, HERO OF THE CLOUDS. BEFORE END OF 1918. AND CAIRO BY RAIL. Untilled. A deepth from Quebec says: Re- corder Dery still finds time hanging heurily on his hands since the bars ‘went out of existence. Yesterday not :1 single cue of drunkenness we: up for disposal before him and the old court-room seems kind of lonesome. In feet, drunks heve been compicuous by the ebnence there since May 1, only one offender having mode his bow before the tribunal within 14 dare. \ _ QUEBEC CITY NOW , 172 BRITISH SHIPS 1 ELUDED U-BOAT ATTACKS. A despatch from London says: "On the whole, the general trend of the warfare against submarines has pro- gressed quite satisfactorily since January Ut," Doctor newsman, tin.. ancial secretary of the Admiralty has announced in the House of Commons. MacNamara said that 172 steamers were unsuccessfully attacked by Ger- man submarines between January 11th and April Mth. A (lo-patch from British Headquar- ters in France says: A German non- commissioned omoer captured lately throws light on the disappointment tho Germans sustained in their unsuc- cessful attack on the Belgian front on April 17th. He says the operation was designed to develop Into a great thrnk-turttine movement. Bo certain was the high command of success that the Kaiser came to the Year to wit- ness the battle, having in his pocket the "Eieheulaws," the next highest German decoration to the 0rdre Pour Merite. which he designed to bestow upon the general directing the attack. _ But when the Kaiser left the Yser the, Eicheulaus still tinlded in his pocket: KAISER TOOK DECORATION BACK WITH HIM. The home return shows an increase over 1916, being more than S700,000, as against £400,000. The result in Ireland was particularly good, the total, £111,307, being nearly five times the amount collected in 1916. I Brandon, Mam, Mny 16.-"The [ rainfall Int night m very benedieial ‘for the crops," deeUred Buperintamd- l’ ent MeKil1iean of the Experimental IF‘u'm to-day. "It came at n time (when it would do the maximum Amount of good." The collection throughout l dial! Elnpire realized £280,000 and central Alberta have been follow-I ed by a snowatorm. Them are indi-l cations that the precipitation area I will cover southern Manitoba, where‘ it is badly needed. With all the wheat . in and a good start on seeding of, coarse grains, nothing could be Aorel, propitious than a general heavy rain-! fall. .Owing to the very early apring' and the dry March the la d needed; moiatumsto an extent unuEial at this time, for although there in plenty in! lthe ground, the top soil was very dry} and on light land there had been con-i aiderable drifting. Any anxiety on that acore is now relieved. l A despntch from London says: Ae- cording to Reuter's, Limited, the re- port of the British Red Cross fund for 1917, just issued, shows that the response to the nppeal from overseas and It home resulted in a gross Amount of £2,577,888, " compared with $1,210,037 in 1916. With the exception of enemy countries, vir- tually every country in the world fig- um in the list. OVER $12,000,000 M THE RED CROSS 1,917 Subscriptions More Than Doubled Those of 1916. An electrical storm of about an hour's duration raged over this city and district just before mid- night. The rainfall we: about three- henths of an inch and the moisture was heartily welcomed. . A deepetch from Winnipeg says: Rains have been fairly~ genenl over northern Alberta, northern and cen- tral Sukatchewan and western Mani- toba, while heavy nine in southem General Showers Relieve Anxie- ty Regarding Crops. NEEDED RAINFALL HAS NO DRUNKS the In- Mt trr George IV. The “new a. biih m M 1,863 brilliant "lit 'r"rad., 1m use diamonds, 147 tai/e Manda, 277 MS. 16 sapphires, 11 ml! ad {our rubies. Compieo 'd.t,lt WHO. nut lining and purple ID. - weigh slightly more There Ire no less than Rum "rt 's in the crown of the British hmu 80m. vary famous iewels are inr‘ 1d " in this number. One of tiwse i, " large WM ruby, iriven to I'm: "all tho Buck Prince in 1687 by Irc Puro of Caattie. Another pre'" C. ttf tho aw: in n huge sapplzi'v ytracht b, M W. The renm: I»; ', "An old legend says Hm' never grow so red as fVrr"' a grow. I think it must In bl' poppies. Norfolk poppyhtnc' :'cc-t show no braver tields of Hurt these year-old ttattleerounris, " that}! It my be only {um-3. I' that the dam of color a: e 1'.<l: more unbroken when the, 11,-1.1 y the moot desperate." Since he wrote those “m vi-, " od “I has l'ept once mow m M "tter of the AIN'WR Pr, when nature In: her wny aim poppie- will bloom redder thut in that that land of Franco on tree stamp. “and out mums: a background of Acres of red I'Irrt' , , and so it In all over the hanlvnx ', f a your an. (Altar w of Prince Trandmn I By Nature’- Kindly Touch, 1 A eorretspondent at the from a de.eribed in the London Timv- i manner the transformation that ' nttd the dueling hand of mum'- r. worked on the devastated tum t /-,. of Fume, where the tiirluinv v, dlereeset. The valley of the Axum an, wan hideous imp, year i'iy'vt when the trickle of the stream I from one m-Imnl pool 1.) .. otherthrough a brown wpute “f ‘1. kneaded 'rarth; but now it is a" v w ine rushes, dotted “an m; n A 'meet and hemp, mimony y 21.! n ,": loom-trite. In Avoluy Wood 1». _ l, When the bill now before the 1.: 'iIhture to give the Government t right to secure I. loan of SLOOUAI-M pulled British Columbia will pom“ borrowing Powers to the event . I$11,870,000. I A beautiful new memorial l ‘wu unveiled recently at St. iChurch, Kitsilnno, by Lieut. F. (if the Imperial army, home m. i,furlough. I A mine laid some days ago t lundlur in the north arm n {PM river, British Pollnmbia Mud Ind I herd of hair seal I blown to pieces. A memorial in commemot the Battle of Ypres and a p: vice of intercession for 1! forces but been arr-nag! iry perial Order of Daughter', of pire and the Great War l Mr lactation at Wneouver. Individuals nnd firms interrs herring tUhing In conferring the executive of the B.C. Manuf, " Amuon in Vancouver v view of furthering the agitatmr: named by the llsOCiatiun months ago for unrestricted i, for herring thshine. All that now remains to ma. r. deh Smith'l "Minimum Way.- '1' in the uncut of the Liwiv: Governor of B.C. . Citizens of Vancouver unruly some $60,000 for tubereu% " pm it!“ in the city during the run” (of the Rotary Club. Second Lieutenant Terence ll Manley. R.F.C., who enlisted f Vancouver with the 2nd Heavy A lery, was Accidentally killed “bile ing at Ryan, Kent. Nursing Sitter G. M. I'arsoit loft Victoria in August, 1915. No. 6 General Hospital. Br I‘- home on wombat-n days' " te. John Mcbellm, who wall-: lonely tail. in the days of n d " British Columbia, died at 1h- vanced age of ninety-one at \a The Amerieaa-Cauuuiian fi km- " emtfeeenee is to be held al v, l an for the purpose of protecting Edda}: and salmon in coast water.,. Beret. mny Mullin, a Bmi lumbie hero from Victoria, Wm and with the Victoria Crosr 'n' inttham Pelece by the King, British Columbia's shan- my 250,000 which the Y.M.C.A. 3d. hopes to rain in 191k: for any work is $100,000. Kin Loretta Murph), Nev mint", wu chosen as the eighth queen of the May for tl The hospitals at Victoria Mud]; and: the control of the 1rHr'tt tttt bees taken pyer by the A I: Il s Seven new wooden um.» them the War Caribou tit Canon. have recently hem Primate Day It Vivti,ri.., $1,230” for the Red Cro,, ale of primrosu in the stre Word bu been received :I Otdf1eld, of Elk Lake. irc. ofytrunds received on Aprn mom SUNSET aiii WHAT BLOOD-RED BATH.“ ii.l 13‘ The British Crov, n d the Great West l a Pet Poi-m ' WESTERN rpm“ an DOING. Plugnpln. ter and the w; en launched, ov t tru h by de B ide he IN Majae ' died mm the Tel who m Oll- he he od ll en " n n Imam; wno “can: - UNDER SHELL-l Winkle Chum-wt I P-he Who Hide Mr, W to yourself a beta- two working m " We in the roan m. The rum be - distinct! ht low, mysu'rr d ‘0". passing dull thud as they at behind. Aircraft guns {or there is a h " In the Air. _ Yet one an hear the l - Guildish laughter a little ones. They seen the feet that there is The. yum they have “etc In one little chili "an old. She we: bor chrlek of the shell and the bombardment. s then, that this little one in the danger. Wu Dell It in late in the than: have not yet "turned i! but meal are working dud. All of I Budden th, M. All or I tudder M Gin in even “I of the child, hr and rush into tl out II the command ttee-R-major rave an air: “M to your hor Another order is Mble celerity- In some cases as max “bullwthe horses (to!!! the danger mm "You muut I 1y you couh “lithe m min- of m M up whistle. In bunt. lt in the for: more IChi mortow. Seven men he thirt, horses Meeastrth of the II Ila Round how quickly the to I “for plan that. ugly shel can of traged All pure one would would be l Ipot Ippm M u not corner wn at play. will: m can that r, people they k Her and In The follow union to mu and t could ha I looked across who our bra Mus after the forage upon it, " ehtid of six, 1 man of 3 eyes. We Around hare a swing diatagtce. overhead to be u Mered l Illa in on We Gal across hi when the biz hon: loft! N ad. “I had ea Oution at the bit then, M .0 is dive." “But have y t Inked "Not I word," he mm "u-r-Not a hinge - be alive, she mu I an!!! oniy know'." You CIR. ”Jutty, ttn inn tNS ‘3 shoulder: In en l In out" at front. w" you I. ad one of the m, uh. of artillery" I‘m-nee. The rumble ee Th. little clock 0 M the second h “In Frenchman I. forced a smile a .0 but "Th' work, monsieur M! It in the only hymn. forget!" u h “M . my th Wu], 'WIII ait There w re wh id What M Basin-u m d " h I Smile