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MANITOBA TROOPS IN VIGOROUS ATTACK ON LENS the South-West and Open Way - Capture Important Positions to Towards Heart of City on the GAIN GROUND South After Stubborn Battle. A despatch from Canadian Army many bombardments, was also attack- Headquarters in France, says:--An-|©4- other turn of the screw was made on Thursday morning on the south-west front of Lens. At three o'clock, after a short,,\but intense bombardment, the Manitoba troops attacked the Green Grassier, a huge heap of pit refuse on the north banks of the Souchez River, by which our advance into Lens from the south was barred. The Fosse St. Louis, which consists of a tangle of pithead machinery, shot to pieces by Manitobans went forward from 200 to 400 yards and sees the way towards the heart of the city on the south as the other advances of the ~ week had done on the north and wi will also enable our men with their machine guns a wide tract of country to the south of the Souchez River, now occupied by the enemy, in- cluding the mining village of St. Antoine. oO Ln] FISH FROM NORTHERN LAKES People of Gators' to be Supplied Direct From Lake Waters. A despatch from Toronto says: Fish has become so popular an article of diet in Ontario that it is to receive immediate Government recognition, and the nationalization of the finny denizens of the inland waters is well under way. on. F. G. Macdiarmid, Provincial Minister of Public Works, in co-opera- tion with the Food Controller, has an- nounced the intention of the Ontario Government to develop large areas of the reserved waters of Ontario as a permanent source of fish food supply for the people of the Province. As a beginning of this important national undertaking, lakes like Nipissing and Nepigon will be immediately develop- ed. The resources of these important waters have been ascertained, and while it is not at present possible to state with exactness the quantity of fish obtainable for public use, it is known that the added food supply which will be secured for the people of Ontario will in the aggregate several million pounds, ters are whitefish, trout, pickerel and sturgeon, of which whitefish is the most abundant. HUN AVIATORS BOMB HOSPITAL Twenty Nurses Killed in De- liberate Outrage. A despatch from London says :-- Under the headline, "Twenty-two Killed by Bombs in French Hospital| This course might be necessary, Airman's Deliberate Purpose," the Times prints the following from Gerald Campbell, dated Verdun front, Wednesday evening: "In the bom- bardment by German aeroplanes of the French hospital, news of which has al- ready been telegraphed, 22 people were killed and 60 wounded. Most of the victims were hospital nurses and orderlies, but there were also some wounded soldiers. In one part of the hospital grounds were lodged 180 wounded German prisoners in care of the very orderlies who were done to death by the German airman. All of them escaped untouched. SALE OF POULTRY FOR THE BELGIANS. A despatch from Toronto says: The Canadian Poultrymen's Belgian Re- lief Association are"going to hold a sale of pure bred poultry at the Can- adian National Exhibition, Toronto, on Labor Day, September 8rd, 1917 Any Ontario breeders . who have not already donated still have time to help along this good work by sending their donations to Raymond E. Burton, R.R. No. 2, Hamilton, Ont., who will forward shipping instruc- tions and tags. This work is authorized by the Allies' Agricultural Relief Committee, of which Dr. Robertson, of Ottawa, is chairman, and is backed by the Do- minion and allied Governments. All proceeds will go for Ahe relief of wives and families of Belgian poultrymemin the devastated regions. This will also be a_ chance for SHELL ORDERS DWINDLING to Do Night Work. A despatch from Ottawa says: To- wards the close of 1916 the capacity for producing munitions in Great Bri- tain had so increased that the Minister of Munitions advised that it was un- necessary to continue the production f£ munitions in the United States for British account, except for a few spe- cial lines. The production in Canada, however, was continued as before. The Minister has now advised that it is unnecessary to continue produc- tion in Canada on the present scale. He has directed that certain lines shall be discontinued; that other lines shall be produced in lessened quanti- ties, while some lines are to be con- tinued as at present. The effect of this will be to stop the production of shells and components at some plants which are now produc- ing sizes no longer required. The other plants' night work will be discon- tinued. MUST EXERCISE Sir George Foster Makes State- ment Presenting Fuel Situation. A despatch from Ottawa says: An intimation that both Canada and _ the United States might have to be placed on "coal rations" was contained in statement upon the fuel which Sir George Foster made in the Commons in reply to a question by Mr. W. E. Knowles, of Moose Jaw. the Minister of Trade and Commerce said, On a front of about 700 yards the | #?. stat The possession of Green "Grassier b e Only a Few Plants Will Continue 7 ECONOMY IN COAL: situation | so as to distinguish between absolute-! _ Markets of the World Toronto, Aug, ORY tay lat 3g wheat-- As Py Northern, $2.40; 2 Northern, $2.40; No. 8 hecrehire: 32. 40; No. 4 wie, $2.36, nominal, in store Fort Wil- Mam. Manitoba cee ee 2 c.W., 70ic, noml- nal, track, Bay American corn--No. 3 yellow, nomi- nal, track Toron Ontario oatenoNo official hag tes et Manitoba wheat--No. Northern, On wheat--New No. 2, $2. 1B $2.2 20, nosis L eas-- ai minal, according to freights o Sriey-- Mal gz. new $1.20 to $1. 28, according to" fr eights outside. inal, teeients outs according to tobe flour--First patents; in jute second paten in jute strong baker: s in jute according to Toronto, crop, 8, 31 bags, $12.00. Qntario flour--Winter, 1a peck in bags, track prompt shipment; new crop, Milifeed--Car lots, delivered Montreal r . per ddlings, per ton, $45 to $46; er 3.25. Hay--Extra No. 2, $12.00; mixed, per ton, $9 to ---- a per ton, $11.50 to $10, track Straw--Car lots, per ton, $7 to $7.50, track' Toronto auntry Prodnce--Wholesale Butter--Creamery, 7. per Ib., to 394c pred per 'i 394 to 40c; airy, per 1 31c. ges--Per 39 0 40c. W nolessiers are se Hing to the retail owing gice c oone--New, large, 224 to dae; twins, 222 to 23%c; triplets, 23 to old, 1AE EO, Ww tter--_Freah dairy, smoice, 36 to 37c: cremmery prints, 42 to 43c; solids, 41 to --New laid, ae ftom 49 to 0c; out of cartons, 44 Dressed BOLLE BpETnN chickens, 25 to 30c; fowl, 20c; squabs, per doz., $4.00 | to $4.50; turkeys, 26 to 30c; ducks. Spring, 2 Live poulty--Spring chickens, 1b., 2 to 22c; hens, 18 to 20c; ducks, Spring. c. oney--Comb--Extra fine and heav Ae rae per doz., $2.76; select, $2.50 to No. 2, $2 to $2.25; tins, 24's an 6's, lic. per Beans--lrime white, $8.50 per bush; imported hand-pic ea... $9.26 per bush; » fh Potatoes, Red 25; North Carolinas, bbl, $6.25; tario, bag, $2.40 to $2.60. Star, bbl. On- Provisions--Wholesale ked ee te at medium, 30 to --Long clear eon 26 to to 26c; pails, 26 'to 264c; on , 20bc; tubs, 20¥c; palls, Montreal Markets Montr sig 28----( ate---Canayian StS, 3.00; strong ba rs', $12.30; a sftralgne rollers, | $6.00 ¢t e 565 Rolled cats--Barrels, hx 00 to $9. rh bag 90 te $4.40 $4.50. P37. soles hy te $43. sis to $20. a ay ° si. a ? Ca westerns, 21 pure, wood pal Is, 20 lbs. mee 25 to ' 2686. | preggers Grain --Cash santa "Northern, No Ww innipe g. ly necessary services and those not) o necessary. Further, he stated a distinct call would have to be made_ food was being saved. WAR SAVING CERTIFICATES OF TEN DOLLARS ISSUED. A despatch from an Ottawn says: The! $ sue of a new war savings certificate of a denomination of only $10. issue will come within reach of the most modest investor. Hitherto the} lowest certificate had been for $25. The new certificate will sell at $8.60, | placed on sale banks and money order pacer ope in Canada. | to Up to date, $10,000,000 has been' made available forthe purposes of the war through the sale of war savings certificates. More than 140,000 certi- ficates in the demnominations of $25, $50 and $100 have been sold since last January. During the past several months, sales have ranged from $200,000 to $300,000 a week. r ai Sail ADDED TAX IS PLACE ON INCOMES IN U.S. try's wealth won a decisive victory | when the Senate by a vote of 7 | to 0, to all interests to save coal just as)---- Minister of ae announces the is-| it A despatch from wn! Washington says: ; lambs. Advocates of conscription of the coun-, fed, $7 to $9; ho feed, } 4; No. 2 C.W., $3.29; No. 3 cw. United States Markets Minne apolls. eb 'Flour--une hanged. Du Aug. September. - = ° - Le J ~ ern, $2.40. nominal; 36 36, nominal. No. 2 Northern, Live Stock Markets Toronto, Aug. 28--Extra choice heavy y o $7.50; rout 33. oe to $8.50; do., good. $7.90; do medium, $6.65 to stockers, $6.60 ta $8. a0; feeders, $7.75 to $9; canners and cutters, o $6.25; milkers, good to choice, $ . m $8Q to $125; That the French language is more) adopted the Gerry amendment to the! suitable for telephoning than English | on. | visited Moncton August 10th and did ag, }much damage. From the Ocean Shore BITS OF NEWS FROM THB MARITIME PROVINCES. Items of Interest From Places Lap- ped By Waves of the Atlantic. A man-eating shark was caught at Glace Bay. New -potatoes are cheaper now Fredericton than old ones. The Grand Lodge I.0.0.F. will hold its next session at Kentville, N.S. The Nova Scotia retail merchants have been holding their annual session in Halifax. A violent wind and in rain storm The funeral of Gunner Smith, of Fredericton, who died after returning from the front, was the largest ever seen in Fredericton. Harbormaster Alword, of St. John, is prepared to guarantee accommoda- tion for all coal-laden steamers which are brought into port. The Department of Mines, Ottawa, has published a report by F. W. Gray on "The Coal Fields and the Coal industry of Nova Scotia." heavy wind storm which swept through the Annapolis Valley of | lantic, with very little food to keep Hoar Treadwell, who was . fl e been saved cars connect from Montreal and soli-| August 2lst and, A de is | | ernment reports of - . : of ee Nova Scotia, seriously reduced the apple crop in that province a. | Six days drifting in the broad At- them alive and without hope of being saved, was the thrilling experience of two French fishermen. They were engaged in fishing off the Banks of Newfoundland. A big steamer stranded near Hali- oard were nearly 600 KING GEORGE SENDS A despatch from London says: King George has sent a telegram to King Ferdinand of Rumania, express- ing admiration for the resistance the Rumanians and Russians are offering to the enemy and expressing confi- dence that the efforts will not go un- rewarded. The telegram says: "At a time when Your Majesty is engaged in a bitter.struggle in de- fence of your country, I desire to con- vey to you the admiration of the Brit- ish peoples for the magnificent way in which the allied armies under your command have fought and for the MESSAGE OF -- CONGRATULATION TO. RUMANIA British Peoples Watch With Admiratio Admiration the Gallant Stand Made by King Ferdinand's Troops. very gallant resistance they are mak- ing to the assault of the enemy. "The British peoples are closely following the course of the great bat- tle now raging and trust in the valor of the Rumanian and Russian troops under. the leadership of Your Majesty ~ o bring the, enemy's efforts to nought. "British forces in the west, in co- operation with their gallant French comrades, are striking hard at the common enemy and will continue by all means in their power to render all possible assistance to Your Majesty's forces, their allies." BRITISH MAKE GAINS AT YPRES Ypres-Menin Road the Scene of Strenuous Battles. A despatch from London says: The British continue their methodical fighting on the Ypres-Menin road. During the past 24 hours they have made gains over their front, varying in depth from a quarter to half a mile, notwithstanding the tenacious resist- ance of the legions of Crown Prince Rupprecht. Perry Robinson, telegraphing to the Times under date of Thursday, re- fers to the scattered fighting on the Flanders front as follows: "The most valuable advance, though not '500 wounded soldiers. Splendid order was maintained and all were rescued. Not even the men in the cats violat- | ed the splendid traditions of the Bri-| '\tish in cases of this kind. The New Brunswick Government is} keeping a sharp lookout for smallpox | sampacte from Maine. The type of | disease is mild and as yet no deaths) | have resulted. 'las A police officer was injured while The attending a fire in Fredericton. fire was caused by rats, and office Sturgeon was struck by the hind Me | wheel of the motor truck. The Newfoundland Legislature was | ™ | | prorogued August 8th, but a new ses-. | sion opened the following week to in- $3 'troduce the business profits tax. drowned | August 8rd, might hav ; r {had there been a pulmotor handy. wish, Spree sisters of Sydney are leaders mn n three classes this year in the Gov- Academy examin- | ations. They are Misses Margaret,' | Helen and -- Bannerman. "CROWN PRINCE APPEALS FOR AID Germans Reeling Under Blows | at Lens and Verdun. A despatch from London says: Reuter's _correspondent at British} army headquarters in France 'reeling under the smashing blows at Lens and in Flanders, where they: have massed troops to the weakening of other parts of the line. The mag-| nificent success of the French at Ver- ; dun is causing the Germans the gra- : vest concern, and there is reason io.. believe that the Crown Prince is call- .| ing upon Prince Rupprecht for suc-} ; cor." The German prisoners now total | 7,639, while 24 guns were also cap-! ture me rs, MILLIONS OF CROSSES HA IVEN BY EMPEROR. been ice heavy. to $7.50; yearlings. $ to ves, good to choice, $13.50 to $15; 8 & lambs, $15 to $15.60; hogs, fed and watered. $19.50; do., welghed oft | A despatch from / Amsterdam says $ 9.7 16; a f.0.b., 518.26. te | Deputy Marquardt, of the German| I rea Aug. 28--C ce 8 $10.50 to $il; good steers, S10 't to $10.25: ' Reichstag, fecently proposed that a air, ste * : to $9 commen. | |; more extensive distribution of iron! -60 to $8.25 vutchers' cows, $6.2 o : gree wile $7 to $9. canning. bulls, | Crosses be made. Emperor William , $6.40 to $6.50; cows, $6.25 to $5.50; On- has caused to be published the fact arlo mite BT de a ing 1 that 2,250,000 crosses of the second choice milk- fed calves. $11 to $13; grass- | class had been distributed . up to O88. 18.50 to $18.75 June 1. ---- ----__ >» | "What are all those photographs of tele- | 0 {| graphs: "The Germans are assuredly ards in depth, was made in the des- perately-contested region of Glencorse | wood and Inverness copse' where | | the strategical value of the high| | ground made the determination of the Germans evident to hold it as long ias possible regardless of expenditure | of life. These two small woods have |seen almost as prolonged severe fight- Lied as Delville wood 'and High woods t year. Neither is yet wholly in our possession," --__--__--_. | HARVESTERS, READ THIS! | The best way to the harvest fields of Western Canada is by the Canadian 'Northern Railway. Special through |trains will be operated from Toronto ' 28rd and 30th. Also from diane '10.30 p.m., August 28th. Throu ette. Going dates: NEW SWISS-GERMAN PACT IS ARRANGED Teutons Seek Loan From Swiss In Return For Supply of Coal. A despatch from Paris says: A wireless despatch from Zurich says a new economic convention between Switzerland and Germany was con- cluded a signed on Monday evening at Ber Recent despatches from European capitals indicated that a hitch in the sonnoatiis relations between Germany and Switzerland had been straighten- ed out by Switzerland agreeing to ad- vance Germany 40,000,000 francs monthly for - months at the rate | of 5 p.c. Germany in return was to |supply Switzerland with 200,000 tons | of coal monthly. The financial expert of the Berlin Tageblatt, referring to this financial arrangement, said it was inspired by the fact that Germany's imports from | Switzerland were so considerable as |to outweigh the value of Germany's icoal and iron exports, even at the in- creased prices. The writer said Ger- perfected a similar other neutrals, arrangement notably Holland. RUSS YIELD RIGA TO FOE Evacuated Positions Without ' Offering Battle. spatch from London says:-- Angust 30th, from Canadian North- | East of Riga the Russians have fallen 'ern stations and agencies, Toronto land north to Sudbury and Milnet,' Ont., | Ont., inclusive, including branches; 'back before the enemy along the sg 'from Raggedzem, on the Gulf of R and east to Chaffey's Locks, 'through Tukkum and Kammern to 'the upper reaches of the River Aa. Fight- | from all stations on Algoma Eastern ing is going on a scant 20 miles east Railway. August t 23rd and August of Riga, in the Lake Babit sector. The | 80th, from Toronto and all Canadian German official communication, in an- St. C Northern and N., = agencies, west and south of To-! g 28th. From all Cana- | positions without offering battle, pre- = stig August . and T. Rail- | nouncing_ German gains in this re- on, says the Russians evacuated orthern stations in Quebec ex-' viously having destroyed villages be- pen pe of St. Raymond Rivierre a Pierre. to ario, Hawkesbury sore inclusive; and from all tric-lighted colonist cars and lune! {counter cars, especially designed and, hind them From all Canadian | Ping stations and agencies in' mans To the south of Volhynia the Ger- also have delivered attacks a Capreol | against the Russians for gains of ter- "Pembroke and North Bay line) and tawa to Brockville, Elgin and West- | eoynter-attacks. were dislodged in n the Rumanian /ritory, but later New theatre the Russia-Rumanian troops York Central R.R. stations in Canada.'}aye taken the offensive | The equipment will consist of elec-' .octors in various or repulsed Teutonic allied ;counter-attacks. No important gains this region have been made by t . -in |cater to the needs of large er = pene of th ecctatant combatants. 'me f Wi n at moderate rates. West o 'nipeg the demand for labor is great) ° along the lines of the Canadian North- | jern Railway and the wages are cor- | respondingly high. | Passenger Dept., Montreal, Que., an Toronto, Ont. es KORNILOFF SUCCEEDS IN DISCIPLINING ARMY. A despatch from om Petrograd Lieut.-Gen. Korniloff, says: All particulars from nearest C.N.R. agent or General d commander-in- | TTALIANS GAIN ON VAST FRONT 16,000 Prisoners Taken in Drive 'n Trieste. A despatch from London s : On both the northern and southern nds lof the battle line in the Austro-Italian theatre the Italians have pressed for- |chief of the Russian armies, has is-! ward their line for considerable new | sued orders for a resumption of strict gains against the !the free time of the soldiers Austrians. The » | counter-attacks of the Austrians are violence, ldevyoted to gymnastics, drills and! nowhere have they been able to dis- games, and for a cessation of all dis- | lodge the Italians. ' An instance of cussions. The order contains the state-! this is the holding for three days un- me "Henceforth the only language | der most vicious counter-strokes of a n the army is command," significant in view of the abolition of: south-east of Dossofait. This is'strong Austrian position captured More than breeders to buy stock from some of} War Revenue Bill, raising $40,000,000 has been proved since London and young men you have in your album?" " " i j "Oh, the use of the word "command" since 16,000 prisoners already have been the best flocks in Ontario and Quebec. ! additional revenue from incomes. | Paris were linked by telephones. | sack + s my collection of souvenir | the revolution. | eetcan by the Italians. Khe Doings of the Duffs. | > ' ; > HELLO, LS THIS You cHaRLIE £ | WONDER WHAT HONEST, TOM,!M ALL OVER. | CURIOSITY 1S WOMENS GREAT HOW ARE You? -- SAY, iD Nou " BEING MAD - PERHAPS | CARRIED \__ ! 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