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* 1 BRILLIANT BRITISH OFFENSIVE MIGHTY BLOW IN BELGIUM Britons, Led by Gen. Sir Herbert Plumer, Occupy Girma Posi- tions on the Messines-Wytschaete Ridge. x despatch fxom London says:—Jj a and daringly executed manoeuvres of the war, Sir Douglas Haig’s forces. have dealt a mighty blow against the German line in Belgium, and been re- ‘ous tip aohiition: thay in d heavy casualties on the Ger- various calibre. flicte mal \ extending from the region of Ypr ward and nearly to Armentieres; the British started their drive in th at nightfall had Agta advanced their line, capturing village: merous points of vantage, among the latter the Messines-Wytschaete ridge, which the surrounding and a half years has been © trouble- some salient The villages of Messines and Wyts- chaete fell into the hands of the Brit- ish during the attack, and the British sday morning and | th ‘0| off, even late in the. aftern even pressed ons eastward from ‘Wyts-! eres on a front \of more than five iles. bly never in pintory was an id wi ™ Probab attack launche pre- Wytschacto rit of steel upon it. the attack came the British loosed | { aoe eotealning 600 tons of high ex- in front of the German po- With consternation reigning among Gariate and un curtain on fire, English, Irish, New Zed and Australian infantrymen, with “tanks” |P® they had somewhat regained Tiel witch wan bends ap by iis Brite ish artillery fire GERMANY “ANGRY AT FRENCH DEMAND Will Not Accede to Restoration of Alsace-Lorraine. A-despatch from Berlin says: French Chambe ‘The the greates| among the Socialists. ime one could notice a decided eases in the attitude of the large German classes toward Fr: who even to the beginning of the present year had displayed something akin| m, Chamber, though all of them without any exception emphasize the stereo- Spped phrases “Alsace: Lorraine erman, and oie remain Ger pas one: no matter Ohamber may decide.” fae perhaps the hardest, because it says that even French Socialists who recently were ready to sit sees bia German Socialists at ‘Sto itockholi discuss with them peace without nexation now seem to have identified themselves with the war aims of capitalist classes. Pet AY eae SIFTON WINS IN ALBERTA. Liberal Government About Same Majority as at ¢ Sia tates, can proceed to any “ton Returned by CANADA CAN DRAW ON HALF MILLION British Subjects in United States _ Liable for Service. A despatch from Ottawa says: Ex- tensive arrangements have been com- pleted by which British subjects in centres of recruiting have been opened in American: cities, including New York, Boston, Roche: troit, Chicago, ete. whom a asneticae being heard] land. —New-l ir out ‘Of cartons, 41 to, 420. Drea: Markets of | the World no at sone 2 Manttobe wheat— 9 official quot cate fticial quotations. a ) yellow, $1.88, in jute second patents, in jute strong bakers’, in inter, according to 11,00 to $11.10,'in bags, track to oss ‘tside. ights, bags included—Bran, eee to fir ahora, Det, tobi $4tt middlings, per rH feed flour, per bag, $2.80 32.0 we mxtra No. 2 per ton, $13.00. to ; mixed, per ton, $9 to $11.50, track ‘oronto. i Straw—Car lots, per tont 39, track To- jour, eesild Produce—Wholes r—Creamery, solids, is te hist me ™,, 87 to c. er ie a, TOS ate, Butter— gyeameryaprints, laid, in cartons, 44 to 450; ns, 60c; 4.00 ged. oultry—Spring chicke! 088 pape, per dom, pring ehickens, 1b, 40 to a pe oes pe aa Cereatn 28 to 2bie; old, Hon ‘omb—Extra fine and heavy doz.,, $2.75; select, $2.50 to to 25¢; twins, $4.25; New Brunswick "Delawares, Der bag, $4. ae ae” Der bag. $400; 2. reds, bai VE peta ene Ae hand-picked, $8.50 to $9.00 per bush; Limas, per Ib,, 19 to 20c. Provisions—Wholesale Smoked meats—Hams, mediu $10; do, heavy, 26, to. 2c; eaued. 42 to reakfast bacon, aa to 860; , Beto st; bone: 1eg3, 39 to 40c. }—“Pure lard, tlerces, 27 to 27%c: are Te te athe pails, 213 to. 236; 0: aig fe. 20; tubs, 2 to 2 Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 25 to AbAG per Ib; shear bellies, 24 to Bbc, Canadian ntre: oatern, of session of the Uni ent since the Face ‘aay in the of these entres, pass a ‘preliminary medical mi district in Canada that is nearest to them. 8 HUN RAIDERS WERE SHOT DOWN) . on English Coast Routed. despatch from London says: Eight of eighteen German eae: that took part in Tuesday’s air raid nt were driven down Attack of German Air Squadron ey Re trong ‘bak olce, a nm im i. $430." Bran, 44. Migalings. ue 3° $50. i to $56, Hay, ‘Winniper Grain pdVinniper, June 12—Cash rn, $2.49; No. 2 oe vneat—June, $4. 46 United States Markets Minnegpolis, | June 12—Wheat— July, September, $1. ash— ‘ting, eat | the new features in the ‘| fare which this 00 j |proved one of the most From Erin’s Green Isle NEWS BY MAIL FROM IRE- LAND'S SHORES. Happenings in the eae Isle at] 2 Inter: sees to Irisl- ’ The price of oe has dropped in the Athlone market from £5 to £3 per ton. ee raging in the hills a of mmel_has destroyed large quanti- tn of heather. Fire has destroyed Ballintemple House, Co. om, the residence of Sir Richard A decision Me rears reached by the Enniscorthy Guardians not to put the uesinaee Act in force until after the The he Garrick- on-Suir Guardians are paying one shilling and sixpence a gal- lon for the milk supplied to the Work- oe in'the works of William For-/ t1 ioe building contractor of Ennis- cans did damage to the extent of an series of concerts in aid of t ‘Athlone War Hospital Supply aie realized the sum ‘ord United tural society, Gecided to hold ow this year on July 26th, of Trim, has report- Agricul- one e itis to the Local Government Boa Tobacconists of Belfast and district ave decided to adopt a scale of prices similar to that of Dublin and district. en County Hospital. WwW: as been opened in Newry Hospital, by Sir John Ross of Bladensburg, in honor of the late Earl of Kilmorey. pti eiriy Seires NOVELTIES IN WARFARE. Devices ae Serve Useful Purpose to e British Empire. accel eres Minister of Defence of the Union of South Africa, said some interesting ching ent Hae of war- war ieee apie: There was the submarine, which had deadly in- struments of warfare ever invented, He: | and we ow far.it was going, in lite recent developments, to undermine ic: | the very foundation of sea-power. He ould have to turn pare Giiaition to thin prope innovation in this war had been wireless ‘telegraphy. He Vl had ba spel experience of that in his campaign in East Africa, No tele- Pee (see ce taibhnne cant sear lle these mobile troops over swamps an mountains and rivers, and the wire- less was the only means of keeping up| am <s ard, 428 BU to ction. is rl iS ie Aer: Ker i Fallow. “i: ais to # Son communication. - a 3 A duaaic trom Bimonton Alta | "Et "ing auate “atin hel Sahat Bast at elgg Pt |g tt a ae adi as thy eadership. of ee Sed abet Ben tera a a 10 44h, | ng to prove the most import tae ear after hay-! nominal ; July, |mot only from the as been returned to power in Alberta ing dropped their bombs, as reported $2-43. nominal, ° Linseed —$8. mg) uly, view, but afterwards, in ti peace, would have about the same proportion of seats as formerly—88 out om at Beaver River, ‘e Hon, Wilfrid Gariepy is the Cnaitate NORWAY PARALYZED BY FOOD STRIKES. Many Important Plants Throughout the Country Are Idle. despatch from London says: despatch to the Central News from Christiania says that great demon- strations against the unsatisfactory food einer Bitah held throughout lorway overnment. with a vier “ Preventing ‘Lope akg hibited lcoholic _bever- ages eco th sand asa ey of this order tl rants — closed. The despatch adds that all and electrical plants are idle, and that nearly all workmen are striking. SHIP OF ARGENTINA IS SUNK BY U-Boar, | Drown A despatch from P Paris sags: Argentine sailing ship Oriama was ink by a Ler in the eet | ranean on Wedn eet Gnnouteemient made by the Ministry | of Marine Thursday night. The crew was saved by a French ship. | ma The submarine first shelled Hi hen Rotsivn tn hey Weldebad exgloded thon ale $/in the official British sefe the remaining sixteen were fictae by n naval airmen from Dunkirk, who OUR ENEMY, Thin HOUSE FLY, Department of Public Health Urges War on Common Foe. From time to time a good many | § nasty but bg facts ieee been given ates Ba summ cai to this, pea filthy insect, and ask you to kill them and spare them e fly is a peed skaters freon: in filth, particulart; eats filth and py it ening ng ‘soil with The product of t will find a few adults now in cellars, attics, jer and other out of the way Pp! In warm weather the fly lays ie At in manure or organic refuse, ai in 6 to 8 he jours its eggs hatch into h grow ase, and in five days more the | to, adult fly emerges to c pa op an ab- tive existence for several wi fore is to kill the breed, e.g., fermenting ciot The great way to control Tee there- Live Stock Markets ronto, June 12——Cholce heavy steers, ina ene: oe over the sea destroy- i, 73 i S127 ROE: hoes s. Steates EEA: ax% his ans and | i fats butchers, Aa oe choles, a age Eines another ale two of the ye sont Sout A which, it is reasonable to bales were ts $11; ‘et ulle, $0.8 completely put out of action. do. iki bal is, $8.1 $ do's Snel ers and. ers, mood to. choles, '$90'to $12 . com, an Sab to 980s, woringere, e Mught ewes, $12 to Sia: eavy, $8 to $9; calves good to holes Pr) to “$14; spring lambs, cach 16e to 18c; lambs, choice, $15 to $16; Qe: meaiuta, $11 to $12.50; hogs, fea and Watered, 416; | do. weighed ‘oft cars, ‘do, Siontresi’ “Sure Atoors, sige to $12; good, $11 to 61126; lower aden, $8.50 to $10.50; ‘butchers! come, 6 to Boe. ber owt: lower at $8 to $10.26; butchers’ bulls, $9.25 to $11 at NO LOVE FOR THE TURK. pact in the development of the human race, and 01 the most efficient instru- ments ever discovered elp e space and time was a g! to us than it_was to any other State. If we could turn ses war devices to uses in peace we would do a very great thing for thi i Commas Snememehe lel we belonged. Tribal Group on Lower Tigris Accept British Administration. t the great, tribal the lower Tigris w come pletely under British control. known as the Albu Muhammad. an didependant: sangy the Albu Mu-| aim: of ancient oe but forthe last nike Sedona y have had a separate existence on ihe ‘Tigris etween Amarah and Wzra’s Tomb, thelg headquarters. being. the little n of Gatat com- It i ieee lives in active conflict and made sub- mission to British forces as soon as pth ve Lapin themselves vegetable and putrifying animal mat- ter, bedding of poultry pens, garbage anure piles, ete. alee filth to accumulate we an see ‘lie The| jure pile our yard ot Hitghbows may breed enough flies. ae a few days to worry you all summer. | last eighteen months | Hiei Taye ints themselves reason- ably loyal, willing to meet: unusual Hemonds for labor on road and railway, writes the British eye-wit- ness with the army. i groups of; | ve. 7 Hewensvers began a strike at Esch, LUXEMBURG STRIKES AGAINST THE HUNS. High Cost of Living and Refusal to that a general strike ha to the high cost of living and the re-| |fusal of prop! prietors of factories, ‘mostly Germans, fa result of the insecurity of their fac- faving ftomiattacls by allied air craft. Five thousand workmen, says the dlegs of severe warnings by the| an com! ler. The strike! spread es ark and German| once occupied five of the | ptinvieat industrial communities. or ‘These are the times the (wise farmers says to Himeelfs “Pil try. to raise on my farm everything that’s} heeded for home consumpti iG -|thick growth, the Government had appointed a com- | #0und! ft is being obtained from as {all amounts to 29,347.4 cubic Prince Lyoff. new photo of the Premier of Rus- Hee ee oie having troubles all his 07 to hold all elements of the tasteae together. CANADA'S GRAIN CROP Coming Harvest Will protebhy Yield 275,000,000 Bushel: When Vice-President ee Bury of le an inspection of the erts for estimates of the wheat yield of that year. The high- est he could get was 230,000,000 bush- els. With eye pacticed at Judging. the he fecundity of the soil, at the high and excellence of the plant and {ts luxuriant appear- ance. He said Canada would raise 240,000,000 bushels of wheat’ and felt that it would raise 300,000,000. In June, »1916, a. private estimate meee the Canadian crop at 220,000,- ushels. . Notwithstanding a con- oe avalanche of unfavorable re- ret! of Government figures. The 1915 crop yielded 160,000,000 bushels. Seiad than the public estimate ot Bury, and the 1916 crop has produced ap- proximately 220, Canada’s Spring wheat creased from 4,977,000 acres in 1906 to 13,643,000 acres in 1916 area from 2,309,000 acres to 6,976,000 acres. Manitoba’s wheat area is less now than it was in 5 Saskatchewan's acreage times as large as it was 10 Alberta has also felt the pressure of is four eastern and southern popul: wae now has 29,000 aeres on which wheat has been raised where she only had 140,000 acres in 190, ‘There hive been offiéial-and.numer- ous private ae oh of percentage of acreage sown ear’s crop. is doubiful if there are reliable figures | even of acreage. The interior, or hinterland, farmer helped by moisture, Played havoc with the estimates 1915 d came to the re: ae made for 1916. The settler miles distant from the railroad, pone from the public highway, ts still and will be for many years an element to be reckoned with in the statistical le is the m: adds 100 or 200 carloads a day Summer time to inspections ace wheat. Experts familiar. with the outlook e coming crop place the probable. er at 275,000,000 bushels. in the of old DISCOVERIES AND INVENTIONS. ‘hen water boils in a Japanese in- ventor's kettle the bubbles strike me- tallic bars Produce musical A vehicle which he claims will pare as an automobile, motor boat or air- ae has been invented by a Debs me plour with which bread can be made sugar beets in France asthe result of scientists’ ex- periments. A telephone lineman has figured that in ascending poles more. than 800 miles twelve yeafs. picture: molding stamped ; from sheet. ‘sap is intended to nailed to a wall before the plaster is applied, the latter helping to support the weight it carries. access the drawers. in a new kitchen cabinet are mounted in ; in the last fs | 008: 2arp araifent DNA oumabe tog | forward when the table top of the; an English scientist's | estimate the world’s total annyal rain- miles, of which less than one-foirth drains through rivers into the ocean. To enable an automobile to pull it-; self out of a mudhole there has been ; tape which, is} invented a reel of broad when fastened to a mired wheel, unwound by i: to form a dry DRREAY: cut woman Shas of a pad of waxed paper, oe aS single sheets can be re- oved when soiled, and for a waxed paver rolling pin “lth a cardboard ports, this was adhered to in the face * | explosions. e Tt the explosion ee min that | ¥! he has climbed ;some LORD: NORTHCLIFFE. | - SUCCEEDS BALFOUR Takes Position of Head of Bri- Mission to the bees States. London says: Lord None aurer ae the request of the War Cabinet, has accepted position of head of the British war mission in the United Sabie in. suc- cession to Arthur J. Balfour, who is to return to his di duties at the Foreign Office. Lord Northcliffe’s task will be to co-ordinate the various British mis- sions, and act in concert the mis- sions of the Entente allies and of the eerie oe Canadian: overn- ments.. He has nlade many visits to the Tailed oe and Canada. H orn at Chapelizod, county Dub- iin, hy 15, 1865. Lor 4 Northeliffe is well ors stieond propri The London Timi mn Di Mail. He has a controlling ‘interest in great Newfoundland paper mills Heal affairs, ail vans hae engaged in vigorous support of Pre- mier Lloyd George's Home Rule for |ed Ireland, LLOYD. GEORGE HEARS BATTLE Sounds of Explosion of British Attack Heard in London. he despatch from Lone 8a) mendous explosions which 0; the British attack on Wyts Te were heard by He Lloyd ee the British Premier, who was sta: for the night at his Sore) Walton Heath. The plans for the attack had been long maturing, and sah the pre- parations were pestered the Premi was acquainted with a exact hour | it was intended to oj Apoabinglia: on rein Wee ight | Mr. Lloyd Geo: called at 3 Bis The Lina eeainee the chancé of being able to vee ithe ara) Tbe e Premie! emn| his household ee |posed they were the sounds of heavy po tnt later they learned from “despatches that they came from 88. | From London to the region where ihe RaEGt citide eek GEIR atte the German front the distance ranges from 180 to 140 mi CANADA'S CATTLE TRADE From the Farm Is Looked For imals in Canada were oe crop 0! 5 ere ar men increase in animal farm. This |turn far {n excess of even the possible grain yield. Over nine-tenths of the entire pack- ne business of the prairie provinces me by. three concerns—one Bec a subsidiary of the Swift Co., Chicago, Two of these companies during the war, and hav. ater! share of the animal prod trade, amounting to $127,000,- ab fr the Laat twelve out logs and cattle on the hoof are at times shipped in large quantities to oO shipments of cattle to be fattened in the States, have for ws constituted an important ‘element in the Canadian cattle trade, \Chicago and Minneapolis: dealers are frequently “heavy buyere ‘aion tock Yards, St. Boniface, chief cattle market of the western pro- | vinces, Production, especially of hogs, has ‘fluctuated widely. From gine, 1016, to ‘June, 1916, horses deci [mitch cows 68,000, cattle ry 100, fier /73,000 and hog: |arouna $1750, there has been strong Ds rotator) Keke beer to eal improvident ell brood ‘toe! nh feed prices ie have discoura; aie that indhintey, | Roughly estimated iho are 8,000,- 1000 cattle and 2,800,000 hogs in the ‘Dominion, Canada ae an expanse of {pasture land, with innumerable water- courses, on such @.great scale as to make 30,000,000. cattle and 28,000,000 hogs appear within the bounds of near |by probability. German. thoroughness should j overlook the fact that-one of the mi aie that France is popular is that it is essentially a courteous nation. ae em, sending the ship to the bottom. } The Doings of the Duffs. Poor OUVIA LS IN SAY HELEN, ‘| GUESS OLIVIA HAS BROKEN HER GARTER - Yi HAD BETTER"GIVE > R THIS’ ON SHE HAS ON Bra Nov’RE THE LIMIT — ON A PAIR. OF HE aaa (sit Socks — eh m of heard the tremendous detoi nati ‘ions, as]. —_— tri ‘Ten-fold Increase in Animal Products t of affairs who look for a-tenfold thee ere 6 - | Young racts of grazing land and |“ ay now the ‘FROM OLD D SCOTLAND NOTES OF INTEREST FROM iat BANKS AND BRAES. What is Going On in the Highlands! and Lowlands of Auld Scotia, —~ ~ / The citizens of Kirkconnel have’ raised £85 for the limbless soldiers and Pours The s been awarded” suiprer David Wallace of 65 Society eet, ee £400 was raised last year > the Bath; of the Royal Red coe Society. Gourock been entirely free from infectious all ince the be- cnn of the yea Harrison J. Gibb has been ikppeint- ed aes of me Union Bank! Drapes: core Doug! chison Nee for geslogi . | cal Terssesttl -| golf course for the matatidh: of r. wal 5 The Miltary Cross has been award- Lieut. W. P. Lyall, RNVES 4 solicitor of Maeda , Banffshire, The, Crookston Poorhouse has been! 8 5 n-Stew- art, has been awarded the Royal Red ee medal for valuable services ren-! ges Murray, haar Saeor Cath- cart, has been appointed a the Cathcart Parish Council, SONG ON THE WAR PATH. Shortens the Weary Mileage for Foot- sore Infantrymen, t Department of the United states is seen out a book of songs sing in the trenches 4 in France. General eary walliaga. me the footsore, bur- dens fantryman. Every vamp has found itself sooner or later a nest of singing birds. So prone are the Italian soldiery in the Alps to te canto” that often th iption, 1 eal to peak the rattling crags among,” and a United sbing tells how he-once work to get some fatigued Beitiah ieecelon out of ay as man eats ing mans was approaching. Finally She had ‘the repiretiod (he was then a ma- ) to proc a to} ind a whistle, and to this music he and. @ umpeter brought the men out of town i the “Briti ers.” ‘The other day, addressing the training camp at Plattsburg, General Bell said Town To-night’ has a swing to it put. ginger and cold courage in men. Go to it. Sing Not hat reason is pai Men’s Christian PE aditicn budget devoted pane | piano-players, 200. phonogrs Conatines aa "Terrld on their way to the front are accustomed to lift their voices in music-hall dit~ 3, ler’ ythmy sane akin may smsep the regi! its like machine-gun fire; but for. one ae hese are "hundred sane of form and the of the Sentara sera that whol kin, Once in thy father’s arms, ‘ new-born cl Thou dids’t but weep while all About thee smil So live that, sinking in thy last Long sleep, Thou. then ee smile, while all About thee WOMAN NOW IN PERFECT HEALTH What Cane’ ‘From espa a Pinkham Ad tisement. f tuelpile Piokiam mere ene \pers and doclded 6) to try a ott E.Pink- ham's Vegetable Com It worked from the first bottle, so I took also a bottle ia EB, Purifier, and now I am _ bre ay ‘well as Cacerl other woman. , single or married, Leet is ta troubled wi with any ia E. 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