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canadians capture the fortified village of fresnoy infantry reached enemys dugouts before he could emerge and hundreds were forced to surrender markets of the world a despatch from canadian army headquarters says shortly before dawn on thursday morning a cana dian column composed o veteran bre4tntf toronto may s manitoba wheat no 1 northern 2911 no s do no 3 do sj no 4 wheat 252l track bay ports ii manitoba oats no 2 cw s2ic no- 3 civ 8tic extra no 1 teed hie no 1 feed 80c all rail delivered american corn no i yellow im nominal subject to embargo track to- ontarlo oats no 2 white 74 to 76c nominal no 3 white 73 to 6c noml- o freights outsld per ear jis76 to 273 according to frelghtsoutslde posted men between the font line jano u1pi according to trench and the enemys supports ana u maning ji35 to 5137 ac- begin to fight they speedily discov- naj according to freights outside ered that the canadians afterwmg ontario eaxo2 tdmf over the wire and trench sysem had nt line troops carried the fortified village of i cut the germans on the front line off jcordtojreikhts outside presnoyenartoi3 by storm stories of prisoners and of our own men thus cut off w wounded as to what occurred in freslish provinces of pru surren- noy and the trenches which protected an entire pr t itagree that the enemy who as at dered under these arleux had taken over the defence through officers with them but while oiily a few hours before the assault the greater part of the prisoners were had largely sought shelter from the j take in this way otners surrender fearful shellfire to which he was sub- t live no z nss to 180 nominal ac- from all chance to secure help ine cording to freights outside ere from the rhen- manitoba hour first patents in jute bags 1320 second patents j in jute jected by descending into deep dug outs and to the cellars of housc3 our infantry followed closely behind the bursting shells and reached the en emys dugouts before he could emerge for the occupants of the dugout that meant either surrender at once or ed only when they could no longer jj to 3 ju carry a rifle or operate a machine gun a captured enemy officer said there was not time to bring the machine guns of his company into action be- forejhe men were overwhelmed the capture of fresnoy carried the canadians almost a mile further than horrible death by the bombing of the before on the way to douai which is dugou l some of the germans holding only a little more than eight miles the tvench to the north of fresnoy j due east from the further point did emerge from their dugouts and thursdays advance of bags 1370 strong bakers in jute bags 1230 toronto ontario hour winter accordinb to sample 1150 to 1160 in bans track toronto prompt shipment millfecd car lots delivered montreal freights bans included uran per ton 42 shorts per ton 40 middlings per ton sis good reed hour per bag per ton ss to 9 track toronto hay extra no 2 per ton 51150 to 1350 mixed per ton ss50 to 11 track toronto april loss exceeds 100001 fighting on the western front disastrous for huns without s british finance carries heavy war load without any additional taxes a despatch from london great britains war budget says for the a despatch from the french armies correspondent says after seeing aj number of estimates which broadly agree i believe that the recently fsca yjar wmch antrew bonal law published figures of 100000 tor the chancelior of the exc introduc- total german losses in april appears houge of commollg on wed very far below the reality it may i containcd no surp and be but half of the truth the er- changes from the existing taxa- man forces on april 1 stood a l0 t than did the previous war budget lows total of german divisions 219 nq forms f taxation were pr0 on western front 143 on other fronts russian rumanian and macedonian 76 there was on the western front on april 1 a general reserve of fortyfour divisions iut the german divisions are not what they were the process of attrition brought them down to little if any more than half their former strength we shall be justifi ed in saying that the german general resrves in the west did not exceed a figure between 440000 and 500000 men after the great retreat and be fore the beginning of the allied of fensive but this was virtually the only general reserve s country produce wholesale butter fresh dairy choice 39 to 40c creamery prints 13 to 45c solids 42 to 43c lggs newlaid in cartons 40 to- 41c out of cartons 3sc dressed poultry chickens 26 to 2sc fowl 24 to 25c ducks 22 to 25c squabs per doz 400 to 450 turkeys 30 co 32c cheese new large 27 to 27jc twins 271 to 273c triplets 27j to 2sc old large 2sjc twins 2s2c honey white clover 2511 tins 141 to 15c 5lb tins 14jo 10lb13lc 00- lb 13c buckwheat 60lb tins 10 to io40 comb honey extra tine and heavy weight per doz 275 select 250 to 275 no 2 2 to 225 maplo syrup imperial gallon si 65 to 175 1otatoes on track ontario per bag 400 new brunswick delaware per bag 425 albertas per bag 375 to 400 beans imported handpicked per bush 650 canadian handpicked per bush 775 to 800 canadian primes per bush 750 llmas per lb 17 to isc fighting resumed along a front of 18 miles more of original hindenburg line penetrated and rolled up by british troops posed the only changes were in creased excess profits tax which was raised to 80 per cent from 00 per cent the placing of excess profits on munition works on the same basis an increase of tobacco duty by is lod in the pound and increased entertain ment taxes on the higherpriced tickets economy in the employment of ships by government impressment of all vessels except small coasters at fixed rates of pay also was announced albertas wheat crop well over 50 million bu a close second to great yield of 1915 according to cpryestimatc a despatch from calgary says a computation of the grain movement of the province since september 1 1916 has just teen compiled by the canadian pacific railway general superintendents office in this city it indicates that a total of 54000000 bushels of all grain were transported from old scotland notes of interest from her banks and braes- what is going on in the highlands and lowlands of anld t scotia dr james r riddell has been ap pointed lecturer in electrical diag nosis and therapeutics at the glas gow royal infirmary great excitement was caused in falkirk when an explosion in the carron iron works blew the roof off one of the furnace houses the offer of sir hugh and lady alico shaw stewart of a portion of their mansion at ardgowan as a hospital has been accepted by the government sir murdoch macdonald has been appointed adviser on public works in egypt retaining the under secre taryship in tho same department perth is at present taking great interest in the approaching marriage of miss beatrice christianpullan and major w a gillam dso ksob pipe major aitken argylls who recently received the dcm for gal lant conduct has been presented with 15 war loan stock by the stirling town council permission has been given by the dunfermline dean of guild court for the erection of 1000 houses at rosyth by the scottish national hous ing company lieut j a craig invergeldie was in command of a draft from the cameron highlanders on board the ivernia when she was sunk he escaped but eleven perished one of russias big men fight for kaiser with hearts blood of reichstag says united states is a mighty enemy a despatch from amsterdam says the german reichstag resumed its heroes of vimy ridge stirring talcs of bravery of our can adian troops the pause in the forward move has permitted the completion of the re cords of conspicuous bravery in the re cent action writes our own canadian war correspondenfon april 2gth here are some examples first is the story of a corporal in a patrol j which had come under the enemy rifle and machine gun fire so heavy i that to remain where they were provisions wholesalo dry salted meats long clear bacon in tons 301c in cases 21c clear bel lies 23c fat backs 24c smoked meats kolls 27k- liams medium 29c to 201c heavy 2cc to 27c cooked hams 40c backs plain 33c backs boneless 25c to 36c green meats out of pickle lc less than smoked lard pure lard tierces 253 to 26c tubs 26 to 261c palls 261 to 26ic compound tierces 20i to 205c tubs 201 to 2o3c pails 20s to 21c cured meats long clear bacon 21 to 22c per lb clear bellies 20 to 20jc montreal markets montreal may s oats canadian western no 2 sic do no 3 703c meant extermination while to retire do extri no 1 feed 703c barley man was extremely difficult because of feed 5112 flour man spring wheat i patents firsts 1450 seconds 1400 lack of cover in strong bakers 13 so winter patents choice 1375 straight rollers 51320 to 1350 do bags 5635 to 5650 rolled oats barrels 5s25 to s50 do bags 90 lbs 5400 to 425 bran 43 shorts 46 middlings 54s to 50 mouillle 52 to 55 hay no 2 per ton car lots 1350 cheese linest westerns 27 to 27ic do ilneat easterns 26 to 263c butter choicest creamery 414 to 42c seconds 39 to 40c eggs fresh 40c do jv9lstgh3 iotatoesyer bag car lots 375 to stcs new minister of foreign affairs is an interesting personality j louis s friedland associate editor of the russian review of new york writes as follows of paul n milyukoff president russias new minister of foreign af- fairs j prof milyukoff is the most interest- 1 ing and enigmatic figure in the russian cabinet milyukoff is one of the few men of academic training who havo made session on wednesday the presid ent of the chamber dr johannes kaempf in his opening address j speaking of the entry of the united states into the war said a new and 1 mighty opponent hair joined the ranks of germanys enemies president i wilson in a message to congress on 1 april 2 he declared said he was wag ing war against the germans in the interests of mankind and on the ground of justice without truest hearts blood he said we establish the german kais- crdom and with our truest hearts blood we shall fight for the kaiser and the empire renewed applause what our forefathers fought for and longed for what we have achieved on j the battlefield will not perish even at president wilsons word qf command we decline all interference by a foreign government in our internal affairs if all signs are not mislead ing the decisive point of the worlds war is approaching we see our deathdefying troops withstanding tho enemys assaults our uboats will show england how germans can avenge her nefarious starvation war 4 4 4 4 paul xikolaivitch miluukott had plan to embroil states and mexico light thrown on germar propaganda led by rintelen good in practical politics ir this as g in other things he is not unlike presi- g j rintc of tha dent wilson german navy to embroil this country the academic experiences of the two men are somewhat similar mi ineffectunl etol of former re- yukoff was educated in moscow um- sentative frank buchanan to m- versity- and became lecturer in his- the t of s gompers tory there he was not long in earn- president of the american federation s a writer o uuok j lab tq vent thj russian history an maiiufactm lranaportation urer but his liberal 1 munitions this country were ing distinction as a writer of books and articles on as a popular lecturer views brought him visitations from ht j fe m conspiracy trial of the police and he was forced to give u tw0 men and six othel herc on up his post wednesday the defendants are in 1893 he was called by the young ch strikes de principality of bulgaria to organize alfies the state college of sofia along um- m trade in this coa versity lines at sofia milyukoff through the activities of labors na- ifflcult because of a raade stud of the balkan question j y chis corporal exposed ri tll f tionai ieace council 01 wnicn iur e of the enemv sav- u ir the foremost au- buchanan was first pres lne sav ithorities on balkan affairs on his himself to the fir ing as he did so when they see me to petrogradj milyukoff led you j the life of a litterateur but at the inception of the liberal movement in m russia he threw himself into the which a surgeon was called up to a k f organiza and soon be- battery position to dress a jcameja has stn cwm they will all fire on me and boys can then make for cover of the same sort is an incident no slackening in war on part of russia a despatch from metrograd says the russian provisional government wound under heavy fire and in liberal league the leaders of which j shell attack ho found it impossible cfau the ed to sec through his gas mask well 1r v o n if a despatch from british headquar ters in france says the battle has flared up again and the germans are again getting heavy punishment wej 2gfe attacked thursday morning while it was still dark the fighting raged all day on a front reaching from the north of arleux to beyond bullecourt a distance of 12 miles almost sum- winnipeg grain 1 r winnipeg may s cash prices knowing that lie lis wheat no 1 northern 2821 no 2 doing so the surgeon northern 2771 no 3 northern 2721 no 4 5240 no 5 20s no 6 175 feed 137 no 4 special 230 no 5 special 2 os no 1 manitoba on track 260 oats no 2 cw 723c no 3 c v 713c extra no 1 feed 713c no 1 foed 701c barley cash not quoted flax no 1 nwc 53031 no 3 cw 295 on track 306 were an able and resourceful speaker mer heat prevailed with a thick haze making it impossible to see anything i and making the observation of the ar i tillery difficult it is not possible as yet to give a definite account of the gains but it appears we won import- ant successes and captured the village clo3e sec0k to u of fresnoy and apparently bulle- p y court besides making a considerable advance on the greater part of the line between these places taking a few hundred prisoners of whom 300 have come down province since september 1 1916 or since the new crop came in of the total of 54000000 bushels of all grains 35000000 bushels wheat while the great bulk of the re maining portion was oats 1 taking these figures as a basis it seems not unreasonable to suppose were 1 fancy united states markoto minneapolis may s wheat may 521 july 522sj cash no 1 hard 781 to 2s21 no 1 northern 2661 272i no 2 northern 2591 to 21 corn no 3 yellow 5151 to 153 no 3 while 691 to 71c flour patents 14 lirst clears 12 other grades unchanged bran 2950 to 4000 ilve stook markets that the wheat production for the last steerssii75 1200 german subs within another year one hnudred german plungers de stroyed by the entente allies a despatch from new york says it is more than likely that germany- has on the ways and approaching com pletion not tower than 500 submarines of the u53 class and that within six months she will havo about too sub marines afloat and in twelve months 1200 evidence at hajid indicalesthe german yards have room to keep work on 530 submarines of the u53 class constantly under way british airmen now supreme kxtra choice heavy 1250 choice heavy season was at leapt well over the fiftv 1 leers 1135 to 511 65 good heavy i steers 1065 to 1075 butchers cattle million mark which would make a choice 51l35uollc5 do good 1050 great vield of the 10 1075 do medium 975 to 1015 do common ss5 to 915 butchers hulls choice 1050 to 11 do good bulls 965 to 10 do medium hulls s50 to 9 do rough hulls 610 to 650 butchers cows choice 1000 to 1050 do good 9 10 5975 do medium 7 to 725 stockers 750 to 9 feeders 950 lo 1025 calmer and i cutters 550 to 625 milkers good lo j choice 500 to 11000 do com and beat the kendevils in bpectacular mc each 1000 to 56000 springers i 6000 to suooo light ewes 1200 to 1600 sheep heavy ss50 to 1000 calves good to choice 1200 to 1300 spring lambs each 5s0o to 1300 lambs choice 1450 to 1625 do medium 10 50 to 1250 hogs fed and watered 1700 do weighed off cars 1725 do fob 1625 montreal may s choice steers and helrers 1175 lo 1225 good 975 to 1075 butchers cows 5s50 to 1050 bulls 950 to 1150 calves 550 10 i 1100 sheep 1000 lo 1100 yearling i lambs 1450 to 1550 spring lambs s0o to 1200 hogs 1725 to 1750 mask in order that he might minis let to a wounded man of the picturesque side of notable bravery wherein the object was the destruction of the enemy perhaps the most conspicuous case was that of a lieutenant of a machine gun company in the attack on la folie farm so impetuous was the young fellow that he reached the objective l m llfe he has a wide knowledge of european removed ml vrsnmra his stosjs not of- esenta- countries a iinrg ine allies that tha in government in russia can- chane jie 1 afford a pretext for any slacken- the evolution of nations and govern- j in nthe part of russia in the com- i ments has not helped to make him j mon struggle of all the ent allies i sanguine in his firith in drastic meas ures he is neither a demagogue nor a visionary his imagination does not march in sevenleague boots but his most characteristic and ad mirable quality is a sort of downright doggedness in this he resembles british transport arcadian sunk 1279 board the vessel drowned were a despatch fronj london says with his men ahead of the infantry guchloft the new minister of war british transport arcadian was hal lies a despatch from british headquar ters in france says the british air men taking full advantage of the long spell of good weather are continuing their relentless offensive aloft both by- day and night fighting within three days they have accounted for 55 enemy machines anddiave carried out many enterprise behind the german lines the german soldiers dislike the continuous presence of the british well 1 never exclaimed the fore- airplanes for many unposted letters man ruefully and to think ive hoist- captured during the infantry attacks ed moren a million chests o tea in the nbt after the attack but insisted dwell upon the uneasiness the mal fifteen years with that ere rope on staying with the battalion till they j william strulhers in the whom he was supposed to be sup porting with seven of his men and an unknown sergeant of another command he proceeded to bomb the enemy dugouts in the first one he found over 150 germans with seven officers all of whom promptly sur rendered to this little group of nine sending his men back with the pris oners he entered with the sergeant another dugout a german officer there threw a bomb as they entered killing the sergeant and smashing the lieutenants rifle the lieuten ant then with his revolver shot and killed throe german officers in the dugouts later in the morning he took out a lewis gun and disposed of the enemy who were enfilading our line a lieutenant who was hit early in an attack so that he could not stand followed his men on his hands and knees directing them one of the most picturesque figures was that of a colonel no longer young who led his battalion with the bag pipes going on before playing the cock 0 the north the colonel was so ill that he had to go- to the hospital i hear the robins hear the robins firstlings of sunk in the mediterranean by a sub marine on april 15 it is believed 279 men were drowned spring i arcadian was of p000 tons that yesterday so warm a promise s aul w owned by the royal m mail packet co before beingt con- but that today such promise has sliewas employed in tourist gainsaid traffic between new york and tha i hear the robins as they cuddling est indies cling to leafless boughs while n6w the must be only usedy snowflakes bring j as seed or human food again a wintry mood oer hill and glade v i a despatch from london says and sky and earth in such grey the food controller lord devonport whiteness fade j has ordered that after may 9 maize as would make summer songsters barley and oats and their products are chines cause and nothing never happened before i l k over lhe ri loth to sing yet hark these robins have no keen dismay their chirping is like talk that children use when at some ghostly makebelieve in play they feign a terror that they do not feel sham secrets whisper give each other news of horrors that they know to be unreal boston j to be used only for seed or for human andanimal food tapioca sago and arrowroot will be restricted to use as human food transcript hes hunting yet at a certain public school it was tho custom for the teachers to write on the blackboard any instruction they desired the janitor toreccivc one evening while cleaning a room the janitor saw written find the greatest common denom inator hullo he exclaimed is thdt thing lost again tla poiaiigsi o fcjs io-olf-