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Paris # despatch from Paris saysi-- killed 'and 50 ty persons were wounded in Wednesday night's air | the _ raid, it is announced officially. One of German machines which raided Paris was brought down. The occup- ants of the aeroplane were made pris- oner. To _ The alarm was given at 1130 o'clock. Bombs were thrown at various points in Paris and the sub- urbs. Material damage is reported. - "Several bombs failed to explode, but others found victims, chiefly wo- men and children. Two hospitals were struck. Several buildings were burned or seriously damaged. Some thirty French aeroplanes went to meet the enemy as soon as the alarm was given, Several com- bats occurred to the north, in which one German machine was downed. The aviators were made prisoner. One French machine, in attempting to "Mother of Russian Cities" Cap- tured by Lenines' Troops. A despatch from Londen says:-- Kiev, which for some tile past has beéh invested by the Bolsheviki troops, who are engaged against the Ukrain- ians, has surrendered, according to an Exchange Telegraph despatch from Petrograd, A despatch to the Exchange Tele- graph from Petrograd, dated Thurs- day, says: "Bolsheviki forces enter- ed Kiev on Wednesday night. They have occupied the arsenal. The town surrendered after four shots had been fired." Kiev, capital of the Government of Kiev, lies on the right bank of the Dnieper. It is called the "Mother of Russian Cities," nnd in 1902 had about 250,000 inhabitants. Recent despatches said that many of the Russian nobility, seeking safety from the Bolsheviki, had taken up their residence in Kiev. s--------ili 15 BRITISH SHIPS SUNK IN THE PAST WEEK A despatch from London says:--An increase in British shipping losses is shown in the official summary issued, which reports the destruction of nine vessels of more than 1,600 tons and six of lesser tonnage. The official statement follows: Arrivals, 2,852; sailings, 2,300; British merchantmen, 1,600 tons or over, sunk by mine or submarine, 9; under 1,600 tons, 6; fishing vessels, 1; British merchant- men unsuccessfully attacked, 8. rossi ---- 11,000,000 SOLDIERS TRANSPORTED BY SEA. - 'A despatch from London'says: The Admiralty announced that since the start of the war nine British trans- ports had been sunk and 9,000 lives lost. During the #amé period 11,000,~ 000 soldiers have been transported, gunner A # "The raid lasted for ; hours. ~~ The night was mild and clear and the moon was brilliant. The streets of the city were soon filled wth crowds of curious persons, who watched the raiders and their, French antagonists circling above and swooping down now and then. At intervals bursts of machine gun fire | were heard. ~ | The French aeroplanes carried bright lights, so that the gunners manning the ground defences could distinguish them. The German aviators signalled each other with rapid flashes. " Explosions of -shells and bombs con- tinued intermittently for two hours, and then gradually died away. At two "o'clock the sirens signalled that all was clear. HUN SHIPS Between 600,000 -and 700,000 | Tons of Enemy Shipping Now in Allied Service. A despatch from Washington says: Secretary Daniels, discussing the de- spatch from the American Navy Head- quarters in France regarding com- mandeered German ships being used to transport American troops abroad, disclosed that between 600,000 and 700,000 tons of former enemy shipping now is actively engaged in augment- ing the expeditionary forces and maintaining their supply. The Leviathan, formerly the Vatar- land, which, with other vessels, have !arrived at Entente ports, is capable | of carrying up to ten thousand troops in a single voyage, Mr. Daniels said, but 8,000 was considered the largest number which could be comfortably acéommodated. In connection with the repair of the Leviathan, it was learn- ed that alterations made by American engineers resulted in the increase of several knots in her speed. se ------e------ GERMANS CONTINUE TO ROB BELGIUM. | A despatch from Washington says: | { Robbing of Belgium and destruction of | Belgian industries by the Germans continue relentlessly, according to de-| spatches to the Belgian Legation here. ! Linen and mattresses are being taken from hotels, boarding-houses and con- vents, and the Belgians are not al- lowed to have wool in their possession. They are offered seaweed as a substi- tute for wool at five cents a pound. caut," is said to have been stripped and its machinery placed in the Ger- man plant known as Rombacher Hutte. RE ---- Mix the fruit with sugar and butter for a fruit cake and it will not settle. GREAT LABOR UPHEAVAL IN GERMANY WORKING CLASSES DISSATISFIED 500,000 in Berlin on Strike--Shipyards and War Factories All * Affected--Authorities Are Minimizing Impertance. A despatch from London says: The political and economical situation in Germany is the leading topic every? where. Apparently a large 'part of the country is in the throes of a "great labor upheaval, due to dissatisfaction "by the working classes over the pro: gress of the peace negotiations a « over internal political conditions gen- "erally. Throughout the country thou- ; s upon thousands of the working eS men and women---have struck, and many of the great manu- 3. and industries are In Berlin alone, nearly 500,000 per- "mons are reported on strike, and hourly those who have quit work are Teceiv- 5 velnforcements. * Likewise in Kiel, fie fret ghipyards centres, at the Tron Works, and in the enish Westphalian "mine region workers have thrown dewn their tools and left their jobs. > A later despatch says: The broad features of the news filtering in on Thursday from Berlin are, first, that the strike movement undoubtedly is extending, and, second, that the Ger- man authorities are endeavoring to minimize its importance. Thus far there has been no news re- garding the decision of the Minister of the Interior, Wallraf, at his confer- enge with Gen. von Stein, commander of the home forces, as to what atti- tude the Government will adopt. (Among the items of news received on Thursday are that the strike has now spread to Munich, Bavaria, where the big Mauser armament works are involved, and that some of the print- ing works engaged in the newspaper / Straw-=Car lots, per ton, USED BY ALLIES & The big electric plant knoWi as "L'Es- | §1 trade in Berlin have struck. 0, 'Winter. ate So di. to VR40. dee siting. $1.50 fo $182, ¢, Buckwhe i % to 31.60, according Rye No. 2, $1.88 to $1.85, according ye--No, 2, ights outside. sto, to fre Manitoba flour--War quality, quality, $10.60, Toronto Irelghts. Toront trelghis, War oron proces Lar los, delet epi rel hy clu n, of 381 shorts, ao... $40; ~~ middlings. do., $46 good feed flour, per bak, ry L per son, $16 to $17; mixed, y 'oronto. ' Con 10 $8.50 to $9. -- Country. Produce-- Wholesale Butter--Creamery, solids, I 1b, 45 to 46c; Jrints, per 1b., 46 to 46ic; dalry, per 1b.. 86 to 37e. Eggs--Fresh gathered eggs, 50 to 52ci new laid, bbe. . - Dressed poultry--Chickens, 26 to 28c; fowl, 23 to 26c; ducks, 23 to 24c; geese, 21 to 22¢; turkeys, 28 to 30c, Potatoes--Wholesalers are paying to growers and country shippers, for first- class stock, f.0.b, outside points, $2.26 to $2.35 for Delawares, and $2 to $2.10 for Ontarios. Wholesalers are selling to the retail trade at the following prices: -- Cheese--New, large, 233 to_24c; twins, to 24ic; early cheese, 264 to 26¢c; large twin, 26 to 26ic. Butter--FTresh dairy, choice, 38 to 39¢; creamery prints, 48 to 49c; solids, 47 to _48c, Margarine--29 to 82c. Pggs--New laid, inefirtons, 65 to 70¢; No. 1 storage, 49 to 50c; select storage, 52_to b53c. 2 Dressed poultry--Spring chickens, 28 to 30c; milk-fed chickens, 30 to _33c; fowl, 26 to 28c; turkeys, 35 to 40c; Sucks. Spring, 27 to 80¢; geese, 26 to Cc. x Live poultry--Turkeys, 30c; Spring chickens, 1b.. 22 to 24c: hens, 22 to 28c; Qucks, Spring, 22 'to 28c: geese, 156 to C. - Honey--Comb--RExtras" fine, 16 oz, $3.60; 12 oz. $3.00; No. 2, $2.40 to $2.50. | Strained--Tins, 24's and §'s, 19 to 19jc per 1b; 10's, 18} to 19¢; 60's, 18 to 18jc. Beans--Canadian, hand-picked, bush $8 to $8.25: impotted, hand-picked, Bu ma or Tndlan, 6 to $7; Japan, $8; Limas. 17 to 17ic. > Potatoes--Delawares, bag, $2.26 to $2.36; Ontarios, bag, $2.10 to $2.25. A Provisions--Wholesale Smoked meats--Hams, medium. 32 to 84c; do. heavy, 26 to 27c; cooked, 44 to 46c; rolls, 28 to 30c; breakfast bacon. 40 to 42c; backs, plain; 43 to 44c; bone- 1ds8, 45 to 46ec. Cured meats--Long clear bacon, 28 to 29¢; clear bellies, 27 to 280. Lard---Pure lard, tlercs, 283 to 29 tubs, 29 to 29i%c: pails, 20% to 290 compound, tlerces, 26ic; tubs, 26 pails, 26c. Cc Cc; Cc; Montreal Markets - Montreal, Feb. 5 -- Oats -- Canadiai 97e; Mah. Spring wheat patents, firsts, seconds, $11.10; strong P straight rollers, bags, i Rolled oats--Bags, $0 , $5.30. Bran --$85, Shorts--$40, Middlings--$48 to $60. -Moulllie--$566 to $58. Hay--N er ton, car lots, $1450 to heese--Finest, it $11.60; 0. 2, $15.50. westerns, 21%e; do easterns, 21ic. Butter--Choicest cream- ery, 47 to 47ic; s, to 46jc. Eggs--Fresh, 68¢; selected, 2c; No, 1 stock, 488; No. 2 stock, 46¢, Potatoes---- Per bag, car lots, $1.90 to $2.25. Winnipeg. Feb. 5--Cash prices Oats--No. 2 CW. 90ic; 3 CW. 843c; extra No. 1 feed, 84}; : feed, 77%c. ley--No. 8, ; rejected and feed, .W.C., 33.35; No. S$ CW, § 06. | 1.26. 2 C.W., 83.213; No. United States Markets Minneapolis, Feb. 5--Corn--No. 8 yel- low, $1.67 to $1.76. Oats--No. 3_ white, 841 to 86#c. Flour unchanged. Bran-- $32.50 Duluth, Feb. 5--Linseed--On track, $3.56 to $3.68; arrive, $3.64; January, jiu asked; May, $3.64 asked; July, v ry 5 Toront 49 asked; October, $3.16 bid. Live Stock Markets 0, Feb, 6--Extra choice heavy 12 to $12.75; do. heavy, butchers' cattle, choice, ., BO 10.25 Je $10.75; 0. 25; 0, com. an Springers, $90 t 2.50 to $15; sheep, heavy, yearli; , $11.76 to $12.75; % H .60; calves, good to choice, $15 to hogs, fed and watered, 3 weighed oft. cars, ., £.0.b., $17.50 to $18. 'eb. oic is 0., good, $11 to $11.60; do., medium, 10 ;to $10.75; choice butchers' cows, ; $9.50 to $10; choice canners' cows, $9. bu! $10 to $10.26; do. 1.60; cattle, $ to $7; Co 12 Go $13; "lamba," $1580 to 31 60: milk-fed calves, $15 to $16; grass-fed, $a $10; choice select hogs, off cars, se emir Hoe Cake--One cup cornmeal, one and a half teaspoons salt and boiling water.' Mix the cornmeal and salt with sufficient -boiling water '(about one cup) to form a stiff batter, then drop it by spoonfuls on a moderate- ly hot griddle. Bake the cakes on both sides. - 5 £15 1 ; butchers' 9.50; ToM, FM GOING TO WEAR. | MY NEW GOWN THIS | evening, How ~ . -- You Hoe Xe { words Sir Eric Campbell Geddes, First 90: [now--since I made my last public - | statement, 'we are sinking submarines . foresee any way in which the situa- do.. | is generally realized. "| states that import supplies are low d ; The ration which the Ministry has in- o | tended to put into force will have to to | be reduced because of the inadequacy ; | meat situation in the United Kingdom IH continues acute, Supplies of fats are ; | ized by the Ministry of Food, but the Belgians constructing a bridge in the flooded district. SUBMARINE HELD, SAYS SIR E. GEDDES First Lord of the Admiralty De- clares Menace Has Been Met. A despatch from London says: "The submarine is held." Thus in four Lord of the Admiralty, on Friday, summarized the results of the first year of Germany's unrestricted sub- marine warfare, which began Febru- ary 1, a year ago. A measure of its failure, he added to the correspondent, was found in the fact that the sinking of merchant ships now had been reduced to a level lower than before Germany cast aside all restraint. "I am an optimist regarding the U-boat war," said Sir Eric, "The sub- marine, restrained and unrestrained, has been met and has not proved in- vineible. I am inclined to think that as fast as Germany can build them'-- my 'curves' are all good, and I cannot tion can be changed excgpt for the bet- ter." ALLIED COUNTRIES IN NEED OF FOOD Situation in Britain, France and Italy More Serious Than a Realized. A despatch from Ottawa says: A cablegram received on Friday by the Food Controller from the British Mini- stry of Food indicated that the food situation in Great Britain, France and Italy is very much more serious than The message and an increase is urgently . npeded. | of suppliés. The cable reads: "The inadequate. Import supplies are low | and an increase is urgently needed. A local rationing scheme is being author- ration contemplated by us will have to be reduced." 4 b itle in the Moyfitains, uring ~ 5,257 Pounds of TALL 2,600 PRISONERS TAKE IMPORTANT HEIGHT AND SEVERAL GUNS Advance Line North-East of Col Del Rosso in Big Offensive on Brenta Front. A despatch from Italian headquar- ters in Northern Italy, says: "The bat- west of the Brenta River, the past two days has been one of the most decisive since the new battle lines were form- ed. There have been sweeping suc- cesses for the Italians, who, after tak- ing three strategic heights, captured the important position of Monte Di val Bella. "The enemy was driven far back from his former front, with very heavy losses. The prisoners taken by the Italians exceed 2,600 men, and more than 100 officers, six cannon, 100 machine guns, and several thousand rifles were captured. A later despatch from Rome says: Bolsheviki Capture Odessa -- Most Important Seaport of Southern R! A despatch from Jassy, Rumania, says:--Odessa was captured by the Bolsheviki Saturday night. The Bol- gheviki troops are now in full control of that city. - i Kighinev, capital of Bessarabia and the scene of Jewish massacres fifteen yéars ago, 'was taken Jan. 27 by Rumanian forces, who weére gent there in response to an appeal for aid from the local Bessarabian Government. Kishinev, with a population in 1897 of about 109,000, is the chief centre of Bessarabia for trade in grain, wool, tallow, hides, and tobacco. It is locat- ed on the Byk River, 856 miles north- west. of Odessa and thirty miles from the Rumanian border. The city pre- BRITISH AIRMEN BOMBARDED _ VILLAGES IN THE MOSELLE V Bombs Dropped on Trains and Buildings in German Districts Visited. The Italians' new position west of the Frenzela Valley on the mountain front was improved on Thursday. The line was advanced slightly north-east of Col Del Rosso. : The text of the statement reads: "In the plateau zone, on the same scene that witnessed in the last few days the: brilliant deeds of the First army, our detachments kept up on Thursday their energetic thrusts south of Asiago. West of the Frenzela Val- ley "they improved their new posi- tion, advancing Fi the way to the riorth-east' of Col Del-Rosso. "Our batteries here kept theéir fh directed behind the enemy's line) . ines cessantly shelling troop movements there. » sents little of interest outside of the motley composition of its population, which consists of Rumanians, Rus- sians, Jews, Bulgarians, Germans, Tartars, and Gypsies. Wine culture | and the growing of tobacco are the chief industries. : Odessa is the most important city and seaport of Southern. Russia and the fo city of the Empire in popu- lation. It is located in the Govern- ment of Kherson, a short distance / east of the mouth of the Dnieper River, . ninety miles, south-west of Kherson, and about 400 miles north- east of Constantinople. ; , ------eee BRITISH LOSSES DURING JANUARY A despateh from London says:-- British casualties re] the month of January totalled 78,017. They were divided as follows: or died of wounds--Officers, 358; 18,698. Wotinded or missing- ficers, 1,205; men, 57,766. ~ FY the ~N eee. A despatch from London says: The War Office, in an elaboration of the report of the. bombing raid made by British aviators inte Ger- four attempts before 'reaching his ob- Jectiv owing to the heavy mist which made fying EN .