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(ION ShouRITIES RATION LIMITED > HEAD OFFICE. TORONTO 2¢ xiNo sv. £, 3 oe & ~_ DOMINON TROOPS RAD GERMAN _ TRENCHES IN LENS SECTOR Capture Prisoners and Guns--Enemy. i Enemy Afrald to Meet Canadians ig Hand-to-Hand Fight. A deapateh from "London says: Canadian troops in the region of Lens in have dttacked enemy trenches' with success and taken 14 prisoners, according to the: British official com- munication issued Friday evening. On the other hand attempted enemy raids near Passchendaele and south of the Menin road were repulsed by the British. A despatch from Canadian. Army Headquarters says: Canada in France celebrated the beginning of real base- ball weather by a double-header on Friday night, in which 14 prisoners and two machine guns were captured. The raids were eminently successful, only one feature marring the opera- tions. The Huns ran so fast that our men had little opportunity to fight, and had to be satisfied largely with bombing operations, in which the en- emy dugouts and machine gun -em- placements were destroyed. The attacks were carried out sim- ultaneously in the neighborhood of Bois Hugo. In both cases the 'op. erations were completed within half an hour 'after our barrage. opened. |gide of a deep salient in the Italian fo Aes, It is impossible to give any estimate of the Hun casualties, as he held his | the Bacchiglione River may indicate | the approach of a serious blow at the | been heavy as his crowded 'support Iiglinns there in the hope of opening tubs, 29 front line lightly, but they must have and reserve areas were subjected thirty minutes' intense barrage from our heavies, field guns and machine guns, with also some assistaficé from our Stokes. The reluctance of the Boche to} meet Canadians in- hand-to-hand fighting is confirmed by prisoners, who say they were instructed to leave po- sitions in the event 6f our raids Early Thursday morning a lieuten- ant and fifteen men, supported by ar- tilléry €nd trench mortar fize, raided an enemy trench in Avion, but - the post was found unoccupied, tha raiders having. no other opposition than that offered by distant hostile - snipers. They returned to our lines without a casualty. © GREAT BRITAIN AND UNITED STATES TAKE OVER DUTCH SHIPS Allies Seize Million Tons of Holland' of Holland's Shipping Under Inter- national Law. A despatch from Washington says: --A million tons of Dutch ships now held in ports the world over through Holland's fear of Germany's threat to sink them if they venture out will be brought into the service of the United States and Great Britain at ' once. The United States and Great Bi tain will take them over under inter- national law, availing themselves of a sovereign right which Germany her- self has. hitherto exercised under the same authority. * ALLIED GOVERNMENTS 'WILL PLACE GERMAN PRISONERS IN DANGER ZONE Will Locate Them in Areas Which Enemy Bomb in Reprisal For Like Action on Part of the Enemy. . J A dvepateh from London says: Ger- man prisoners of war are to be distri- buted over areas which the enemy's aircraft are subjecting to attack in their air raids, according to 'the Even- ing News on Thursday. ; "This," gays the News, "is" being done because the allied Governments have learned that prisoners of their nationalities in Germah hands already have, beer #0 placed in all towns whichs the German Government considers likely to be attacked." - Factory Building Wanted Factory Building with Rallroad "Sid- ing, '02 one with several acres of ground. bole dimensions, of buildings, and an inventor machinery or equipment which goes with - the Nalin. Sate approximate ross. 1s mean & new industry r your town. Builders and Contractor's nt al alue want ted. dress 8. P.0. Box 96, : Sorouse The ruts are deep in road and lane, The fields are soggy with the rain, = The skies are low and grim and gray, The cattle in the barnyard stay; Has man the courage and the pluck To dream of mastering such muck? It mus} be so, for even now The farmer's scouring up his plow! '| 3 Turkish Armes 'of, Trebizond, ish "Armenia. + Height to the East of Kake Gir da Blown Up by Austrian . #® _» Invader. ; A despatch from London says: The 'Adgtriong report that Motnt Pasubio; on the mountainous section of the Ital- ian battle line, has been blown up sian until thelr evaciation, of: Pre * J pg UA i 284 Be 23%c; + in Sartons, 49 ~ and that Austrian forces have Qceu~ | i pied the ground. Mount Jasubio is east of Lake Garda and on the left line. Tts position or the left 'bank of into the . Bacchiglione Valley Nand 'turning the flank 'of the Italian armies guarding theilower Pigve, tee lp ppm 3 LEMONS WHITEN AND 'Make this beauty - fotion cheaply for "~your face, neck, arms and hands. Atithe cost of a small jar of ofdinary cold creim one can prepare a. full quarter pint of the most wondefful lemon skin softener and compléxion beautifier, by 'squeezing the juice of two fresh lemons into a botile' con- taining three ounces of orchard white. Care should be taken 'to strain the juice through a fine cloth so no lemon | pulp gets in, then this lotion will keep, fresh for months. Every woman 'knows that lemon juice Is used th BEAUTIFY THE SKIN [$11 Pham Ne 21 o 290, turk KT "a to esalers" are. selling to the retall % ol trade at the followin frices os iNew, Tatas 43 1 3 to 283c; Xo rly chi i Se twin, Win 28 to oo hold utter--Fre ry; ce, ; creamery prints; 51 to 530; ha a to Sta, Margar neat to 2 Eggs--New 1 tyes Mili. ted . olifokens: | 3% §) a: own, 30 to $3c; turkeys, 10 i] 10, 4 JY fas 30 h , bee 20 /t0 38 rn ehigen % b oy vebne Chadian § : Bin mp. a pl or Indian, $7; ! Japan, $8 to 0) Limas, 19 to 20 Y Yd WR . Brovisionais P Smoked meats-- ams, med, a 0: do., "heavy, 2% to 30¢; odoked, | 35¢ oT Ole, 122 to 300; bi Tea baeo; Racks, plain, 42 Bd 43c; ies! br Cured meaty "Log clear bacon, 98 o cle: oe. "a0% to a "to Med 30 to Compan tierces, isi to i her fo J to 264c;. palls, 26 to Montreal 'Markets. $ 'Montreal Mar. 19-«Oats-~Canadia western, No. 8, $1,083: extra No, 1 feed, $1083; 'NO. 2 local white, $1.08; Noi 3 do; $1.04; No, 4, do. $1.03. Floun--New. Etandard Spring wheat grade, $11 .20. Rolled oats, bags, 90 1bs., Bran, $25. Sho $40. Moullie, 560 je $62. , per. ton, car 'lots, $17 "$5.80: (Winnipeg Grain Jo 'Winnipe, og; os Yr. 18-=Cash ~priceés;-- Oats---No. ,978¢; No, 3, do., § extra Ne. i feed 'o2ic; No. 1 teed, 90 No. 2, Jo. 88ic; rejec $1.67; feed, $1.64. "--No, -W. .963; No. 2 CW 8.013; No. 4 CW, 3.748. . United Stites kets Minnea) sapolis, Merch con No, 3 he 80 to $1.85. Stes 3 Fhite, & Jlour---Unehai Fad' Bran Mar, 19] inseed--w$4: 27 to $4.27; arrive, $4: May, $4.31; asked; 1; October. "$8.85 bia, sh in," hh July, $4. Live Stodk obk Marketa Toronto, Man, Ji; ata choice heavy - beach and remove such blemishessas freckles, 'sallowness~ and tan and is thd ideal skim softener, whitener-and | 4 beautifier. 2 Just try it! = Get three ounces of orchard white at any drug storé and. two lamang from 'the grocer and make | up a quarter pint of this sweetly fras grant lemon lotlon and massage it! Fdaily into the face, neck, arms and' hands. It is marvelous to smoothen rough, red handd. > mil mrs REPORT ON PILOTAGE AT PORT OF HALIFAX: A despatch fiom O Ottawa says: The report of the commission which en- quired into pilotage at the port of Halifax, as the result of allegations made following the recent disaster, wad given out by Hon. C. C. Ballan- tyne, Minister of Marine. The com- missioners made a number of recom- mendations, the most important being that legislation should be enacted ap pointing the Minister of . Marine the pilotage authority for the district of Halifax. Thi§ recommendation .is tbased onthe finding of the commis- sioners "that the administration of. the pilotage service by the present able." Ler "The commissioners Yurther® 'recom- mend that a superintendent having a Bea-going experience with a clean record should be immediately 'placed in full'charge of the district to reor- and administer its affairs and fd 41 | doi, Ito $8. ! | dende, Germany and Austria will di- sommigsion 'has been Found unfavorss r ee et steers, $11.85 to $12.36; do., good heavy, 40 to nh 8 Ydichers cattle, holes. to do., good, iy A an $10.26 Ab 10:50; 2 oman. 30.20 io 45.50: Dut tolers' chofce, $10 to S10 ,60; h bulls, $9 to $9.26; 0., medium (Enea 7.85 to $8.50; do, rough bulls; $6.60 to 7; Ne: Sows, choice, $10 to $10.50; good, v 9; go. medium, $8 30: 3 ackers, $7.60 to $8.50; feed~ rs, 38 to ; canners aot cutters, £0 $6.60; here good to Shotee, & 3 $140; do., com. and med., $oringers, 8 $90 to aia; i abe os eep, i ings, $11.76 he $19. lambs, $18 to 19.60; calves, ba to. Shale 18 to 3% hogs. wat ered, $20; Jo. ghed oft Cats: 320.58 do., f.0.b., $19 buts; GRAIN FROWUREAINE x TO BE EQUALLY DIVIDED. A despatch from Washington says: According to an official despatch re- ceived from Copenhagen on Thursday and quoting from the National Ti- st 26. on 286; | a a ATc; mew td, 1 10 to | ce; SH Er The All-Russian Congress of Soviets, meeting on "Thursday," by a vote of 453 to 80, decided to ratify the peace! ¢ treaty with the Central Powers. M. Byazonov, a prominent. Bolshe- - | viki theorist, and representatives of all the professional unions resigned from the Bolsheviki party afer the vote. By the peace terms Russia must give up Poland, Courlapd, Livonif; Eathonia and the Ukraine. = In "Asia Minor. the Russians are, compelled to retire from Armenia and to cede to the Turks the Russian districts of Batoum, Kars and Erivan. Russia must renounce all claims to the occupied territories in Europe, Germany and Austria-Hungary to de- cide the fate of these'regions in agree- | ment with their "populations, = The "Russian - army must be demobilizied and Russian warships' are to be dis- armed. a 'despatch from Moscow, saysi--/| RUSSIA CONGRESS RATIFIES TREATY: CAPITAL REMO' REMOVED T0 MOSCOW Only 30 Out of 483 Voied oT ABaiuat Gelinas Conditions--After 200 Years Government is ek in Historic City ,-) the Black od paltie Seas and gping y 8! nder compuls a new ao] 1 treaty, ~ a of a most favored nation treatment, oh least until 1926. Mos has again become the offi- cial of Russia. It was Peter the x who movéd the seat of Gov- ernment, from Moscety to Petrograd; his name city, which he founded, and after 200 years the Government has | been transferred by its present head, Nikolai, Lenine, batk to historic capital in the heart of Russia. * A despatch from Petrograd says: -- The Caucasus Government has issued a statement in which it refuses to en- dorse the Brest-Litovsk peace treaty, which cedes Kars, Batoum and Arda- han to Turkey, and declares that peace with Turkey can only be sign' ed by the Caucasus Government, which has sent its own delegation to Trebizond to difcuss peace. ; There is literally no vide like the present, for there is no time but the present. Keep 'provisions which rats and | mice will attack in rat' proof ang mouse iid containers. + vide equally until July 31st the a of grain available in Ukraine, ing the early part of this périod Aus- tria will have two-thirds and Germany one-third of all grain obtained. Dur- ing the second half the proportion will be abyersed. . : ey 54 CONCRETE SHIPS TO BE BUILT BY FIRM, A déspatchy from a Pacific Port says: successful was the launching there on ursday of the world's largest reinforced concrete ship that | 94 her builders announced "they imme. Past diately would begin construction of 54 | similar ships of larger size, and ex- that all 'would be Sompleed. Dur- LTS; OVER 7 - - Themselves A desphion 'Yrom Loblonuaye: The superiority of the British airmen over . Their work during the 'has been almost mar- Jast In 'Since March 1, on all fronts, machines have been destroyed or ve down out of egnital. The Lon. espondent reports "AIRMEN SHOW MARVELOUS 100 PLANES DO Superiority of Air Eorces Every Every Day. More Manifest Showing. Masters of the Situation, * of commiiSsion on b7 were commit & he stem. is 'becoming more manifest | dition, the Navel two of these being seaplanes over ng fight 'in which two | hve oman t five 0) "ot Britis during the san