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ITALY TO ENTER THE WAR k Vote of 407 to 74 on Bill Authorizing War Measures â-  A despatch from Rom© says: Italy took the first definite step to- ward ih€r entry into the European war on the side of the alldes Thurs- day when, by a vote of 407 to 74 of the deputies present at the re- opening of Parliasnemt, fali power was granted to the Government to deal with all public matters after the declaration of war against Aus- tria, and authorizing the nece-s- Barj' extraordinary expenditure. It was reported from Milan that the Austrian fleet at Pola, the Aus- trian naval base in the Adriatic, is under steam and waiting only the actual outbreaJc of hostilities to proceed to Veniice and bombard that ancient city. In anticipation of such an action the authorities for several weeks have been en- gaged in removing the art trea- sures from the galleries and churches of Venice. The movement of Italian troops toward the northern and eastern frontiers proceeds apaoe. Gkn Cadorna, the chief of staff, is at Vicenza to take full command of the 1,700,000 soldiers now in tite northern zone. Passenger traffic on the railroads leading to the Aus- trian frontiers has been reduced to a minimum. Fifty express and sJow trains have been suppressed in the South, while in Centrail and Northern Italy not even freight trains are running, the lines being devoted exclusiveily to military transport. Italian refugees from Pola report that the Austrian police broke into their houses and seized itiheir furni- ture. Practically the entire male population of the port, the refugees said, has been pressed into military service, and the women and chil- dren of Italian nationality fear they will be placed in detention camps or in prison. Martial law has been proclaimed all along the Littoral. Italian citizens who left Fiume for Venice on May 11 were seen off by a large crowd, who shouted, "Come back soon." PRiC(S OF FARM PRODUCTS â-  CPORT!! rROM THE LEAOINC TRAOI CENTRES OF AMERICA. Breaditufft. Toronto. Slay 25. â€"•Manitoba wheatâ€" No. I No.^theni, »1.64 1-4; No. 8 Northern, tl.61 1-4; No. i Northern. $1.59 1-4. tirack. lake port«. ITanitoba oatsâ€" No 2 C.W., 66 3-4c; No. i C.W.- 64 l-4c; extra No. 1 fpinl, 64 1.4c; Ko. 1 fpwi. 63 l-2c, track, lake i)ort«. Aniern'on cornâ€" No. 2 yoUow. 7dc, track, like pr,rt» Canadian cornâ€" No. 2 ycKow, 79c. track, loronlo. Ontario oa;a-N<j. ?. white, 6D to 61e; No I vliito. 59 to 6'"f. outniie. Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per car lot, $1.4j to SI. 46. outfcide. Pmbâ€" No 2 noinitial, per car lots. $1.60 to $1.65, outsiile Baa-ley- Good maltins barley. 7J to 75c; leecl bur'py, 65 to 73c. ouiiiiilo. Biu^kwhi-atâ€" Nominal, car lots, 77 to 79c, eulai:<lo Rye -.No 2. nrralnal. $1.15 to $1.17. out- â- tde. Manitoba fiour -F.n't pntenls. in Jute bags. $a.;0: nccond paii-iits. n jule bage. 17.60; stro.'is b.T.^rnB', in jnle b;i!?«. $7.40, Toronto: in co;ion bags, id- more. Ontario Hon. -Winter, 90.ptr ci>«t. pat- ently ?6 to M.'O. eeab-aril, or Toronto tmiK<iti« ir. bastf. JlilUeed-Car lotisâ€" Bran, per ton, $26; iborle. per ton, $23; midUl-.uic«. per ton. $W: good feed Hoar, per bag. $2.05 deliv- ered Montrial {rcig>htii. Country Produca. Butterâ€" Thero in a fairly gi>o<l market, with offerfngB iiicre;tBing. Choice dairy, H to 26c; -nforior, 21 to 25c; creamery print8, S2 to 33c; do., eolidii, 28 to 30c. EggBâ€" 'Phe market ia fairly active and •aey, with nales a.t 21 to 23c per doaen. Is case lots. Be<ui« The market is quiet at $3.10 to 13.15 for prime, and $3.20 to S3. 25 for band-{)iokod. Poultry -("hickeiiB, drctsed. 20c; Spring ehit-kens, 50t-; fowl. 13 to 15c: turkeys. dretji'ed. 20 to 21c. Chet^t^e -The miirket is firm, being quoted at 19 i-Ac for large, and at 20c for twine Potatoesâ€" Ontario, 55 to 60o per bat. onl of store, and 45o in car lote. NeT Bruntiwickii. car loUi, 55 to 60c per bof. United States Markets. Minneapolis. May 25.â€" Wheatâ€" No. 1 haa-d. $1.58 7-8: No. 1 Northern. $1.51 7-8 to $1.57 7.8: No. 2 Northern. $1.47 3-4 to $1.54 3-8; JtUy, $1.44. Corn-No. 3 yedlow, 69 3-4 to 70c. Oats -No. 3 -white, 58 1-4 to 50 3-4c. Flour and bran unchanged. Duluth, Mian.. May 25. -Wlheat-No. 1 hard, $1.55 1-2; No. 1 Northern, $1.54 1-2; No. 2 Northern, $1.47 1-2 to $1.50 1-2; July, $1.49 Linseed, $1.94 1-2; July, $1.96 1-2. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, May 25.â€" Butohers' cattle. choice, $8.10 to $8.40; do., good, $7.40 to $7.90, do., medium, $6.85 to $7.25: do., common, $6.25 to $6.75; bulchcru' bulls, choice, $6.60 to $7.50; do. good bulle. $6 to $6.75; do., rough bullB. $5 to $5.75; butchers' cows, choice, $6.60 to $7.35; do., goo<l. $6 to $6.35; do., medium, $J.Z5 to $5.75; do., common. $4.75 to $5.26; tecders. good. $6.50 to $7.50; Btoi-kerw, 700 to 1.000 IbB.. $6.25 to $7.50; c:i.nncns and cutlers. $4 to $5; milkers, cJioice, each, $60 to -SlOO: do., common and me<liu:n, e;icli, S35 to 845: spriiiBeru. S50 to $75; light ewes, $7 to $8; do., heavy, $5 to $6.30: do., bucks, $3.50 to $4.50: yearling lambs, $5 to $10: calvs. $4.50 to $10; hog*, fed and water- e<l. $9.40 to $9.45; do., off cars, $9.65 to $9.75: do., to.h.. $8. Montreal. May 25.â€" There Were no choice steers or. the market, but the <iemand was good for the bent offered, and sates were made at S8.25 to $8.50. and Ihe lower Brad«i sold down to $6 to $6.50, while butcilier coa-m brought from $6.25 to $8, and bulla from $6 to $8.25 per cwt. The ofTerings of smuJl meats were larger than thoy have oeen of late, for which there -va« a good demand, an<i an active trade wuA done in Spring lambs at $4 to $8 each. Yearlingis sold at $8.75 to $9.25 per cwt.. and ewe itheep at $7 to $7.50. Calves met with an active demand at prices riuiging from $1.50 to $10 each, as to size u.nd quality. The tone of the market for hoffs was firm, with a good demand from packePH, and salex of selected lots wore made at $9.75 to $10 per owt.. weighed off cars. Provisions. Cur'Hl mc<its aro quoted as foUowB:â€" Baoon, long clear, 13 3-4 to \Av. per lb. in case lote. Hamsâ€" Medium. 17 to 17 l-2o; 4o.. hoavy, 14 1-2 to 15c; rolls, 14 to 14 l-2c; breakfast ba«on, 18 to 20c; baeks. 21 to Be: bonelctw backs, 23c. Lardâ€" The market is quiet, with prices â- teaxly: pure Urd. tubs, 11 3-4 to 12e: do., p*il3. 12 to 12 l-fc). Comijound. tubs 9 3-4 to 10c ; do., paile, 10 to 10 l-4c. Baled Hay and Straw. Straw is quoted at $7.50 to $8.50 a ton ta wtr lote delivered on track here. Hay-No. 1 hay is quoted at $17.50; No. t at $15.50. and No. 3 at $13 to $13.50. Business In Montreal. Montreal, May 25.â€" CKWnâ€" American No. I yellow. 82 to 83c. Oatsâ€" Canadian West- ern. No. 3, 67 to 67 l-2c; extra No. 1 feed, Sr to 67 l-2o; No. 2 local white. 66 1-2 to 67c ; No. 3 local white. 66 to 66 l-2c: No. 4 local «1tite. 64 1-2 to 65c. Barley -Malting, 88c. Hour -M,xmtaba Spring wheat patents, Bmte. $8.20; secondis, $7.70; strong bakers', IT. 50; Winter patents. ohoice, $7.90; straight rollers, $7.40 to $7.50; do., ba»s. $J.50 to $3.60. Rolled oats -Bbls.. $7 to »7.15; bogs. 90 lbs., $3.35. Bran. $26. Bborte, $28. Middilin^s, $33 to $34. Mouil- lie, $35 to $38. H«jâ€" No. 2, per ton, oar lots. $19 to $20.50. Cheese- Finest wc«t- e«-n«. 18 3-4 to. 19 1-4; finest eaaterns, 18 1-4 to 18 l-2c. Butter -C^hoicost creamery, U 1-2 to 32c; seconds, 30 3-4 to 31c. Kggsâ€" Fl-tsh. 22 to 23c; selected, M to 25c ; No. 2 •tock, 20c. Potatoesâ€"Per bag, car lots, tt l-2c. Dreaaed Ihogsâ€" Abattoir killed, •U 75 to $11. Porkâ€" Heavy Canada, rfiort iu«K«8. bbls., 35 to 45 pieces, $28.50: Canada diort-cu't back, bbls., 45 to 55 pieces, $28. Lard -Compound, tierces, 375 lb»., 9 l-2c; wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 10c: pure, tierces, 176 lbs. 11 l-2c; pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 12c. NEW REGULATIONS AS TO PASSPORTS Must Contain the Portrait of the Wife of the Man to Whom It li* I.ssued. A despatch from London says: The Home Office is enforcing new .regulations regarding pa.ssport». Heretofore it has only been neces- sary fo-f a man to have his own por- trait on his pa.-isport. Tlie new re- quirements call for the portraits of wives and children over 14 years of age. The new requirements were first enforced at Liverpool, where sev- eral paseeng-ers had difficulty in securing the necrt«a/ry photographs and havng them officially attached to the passport and stamped by the Unted States Consul, so that they might be permitted to sail. The Embassy has investigated and found . that in the future the new requirements must be strictly adhered to. Through the press the American Emhassy has called the attention of all Americans in the United Kinigdom to the new rules, and urges them, if the regulations have not been complied with, to take the necessary steps without delay by calling at the Embassy or at the nearest Consulate with the photographs. Pracbis,ing apothecaries are ex- empt from service on juries. FAILURE OFTHE CAMPAIGN Has No Reserves to Support Qen. Eichorn's Army in Extreme North, it Has Been Driven Back A despatch from Petrograd says : Oermany's chief difficulty is lack of men and this now threatens faikire of the entire campaign against Rus- sia. She has no reserves to sup- port Gen. Eiohorn's army in the extreme north and it has been steadily driven back until now the Russians are Sighting near tho frontier station of Wirballen. Matters are even worse in the ex- treme south, near Bukowina, where the Austrian attempt to out- flaoik the Ruissians and approach Lember^ from the east has been Itself outflanked. Th« Russians are pursiuinig th-© enemy, who is making a disorderly retreat across (be woods of tihe lower Carpatliians i.n.to the flat lands of Eastern Hun- gary. Moreover, Diraitrieft's army, which su-ooessfully holds the wesit bank of the San from. Peremysl southward to the woody swamps of the Dniester -and has Germany there on the defensive, has enabled Ivanoff to extend his line unbroken from Opabow in South Poland to Kolomea in East Galicia. Over this 200-mile line the enemy has probably 35 corps, of which 15 are German, which are operating heire in a frontal attack. They failed and lost large nuTO.bers on the San wihile attenipting-to estab- lish themsalves on the right bftnk, they have Drought heavy artillery by motor traction against the west- ern sector guns of P©remy»l. •»• '^â- ^%^;"r-it^- :Si-' :'^r»^*-. ',â- ':. 'â- K'f:'- A Large .Hotor Truck Which la to Be Tukori to France by the Army Senice Corps. BOMBS BROPPED UPON PEREMYSL Great Rattle in thr K.ust Is Cen- tered .Vroiind the (iaiician Fortress. . j A despatch from Liiindon says : Fighting oA the greatest intens-ity ! is contiiiUiiig at almost every point | on the iJOO-inile section of the Rus- sian battle front in Soutli Poland j and Middle Ualicia. The region of ' Jaroslau, on the San to tlie north of Peremysl, continues, however, to be the principal storm centre. At this point strong forces of Ger- mans have swarmed at;ross the river and cstablislhcd themsselves along the former Russian fortified lino. Peremysl has been bombard- ed from the air. The communications of Peremysl with Lemberg and the main Rus- sian army app<'ar to be still intact, according to the. latest official in- formation from Petrograd, the Ger- mans not having succeeded so far in carrying the apex of their wedge across tlte San into the territory to the east of the fortress. South of Jaroslau, according to the Russian communication, tlio forces of Grand Uuke Nicholiis "have pressed the: enemy somewhat on both banks of ! the San," showmg rftat the Rus- | sians at least aro holding their own in tliis section. Befbre Peremjnsl itself, and further south, incessant attacks have been made by the en- emy, who succeeded in taking sev- eral advanced Russian trenches at one point in the northern foothills of tlie Carpathians. Beyond the Central Galician bat- tle region, on the Bukowina front, the Austrians nave made a series of attack.^, all of which have been re- pulsed with great loss, and the Rus- I sians appear to be continuing their I offenwive with considerable success Demands No Eulogy of the Kaiser < Public Appeals to Board of Education to Eliminate It From Ciiicago School Books A despatch from Chicago says : , the subject, and the Board of Edu- Mass meetings and public appeals oation will be a.siced to undo the . ,, D J t I? 1 t; , 4- „i;â„¢; ' wrong that lias been done," said to the Board of Education to elimi- ,,, ,." . „ ,. , ., „ . Vladimir Geringor, editor of the nate the eulogy of the German Kai- i)„ji^. Svornotit. "It is not a for- iier-from the Public School speller eign language ques-tjon. It is are being planned. With the ex- purely an .American pniposition. ception of the German newspapers Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, in tlie in- the various other foreign language , terview, points out that the Board newspapers of the city are uniting | of Education is the place to .appeal in a demand that the Board of Edu- to, and that is where we will go. cation either cause the page in the i We will also ask Mrs. Young to ex- speller containing the eulogistic plain why no othc* ruler is oulo- te.xt on tjhe Kaiser be cut out, or gizcd. Further, in the next few to liav© the entire edition of the days we will issue the facts regard- speller destroyed. "There will be meetings. 600B PROGRESS IN DARDANELLES Strong Positions Still Bar Alliei^ Way to the Narrows, However. A despatch from London say»l Steady progress by tJhe allied troop* on the Gallipoli Peninsula is r«- p<jrted, although they apparently have not yet captured tlie Turkish Ijositions which bar their way to tlie Narrows of the Dardanelles. An unofficial despatch report* blio landing of fresih troops on th« Asiatic side of the straitsâ€" a mov« designed, doubtless, to prevent tha Turks from sending any more rein- forcements from the eastern to tha western side. The despatch reads: "The allies disembarked freafa troops ner Kum Kale, on the Asisr tic coast of the Dardanelles. H also has been learned there that the Turks on tlie Gallip<jli Peninsula, who for weeks have lacked artillery ammunition, have obtained an abundant supply of shells in tha past few days. The following has been received from the Mediterranean force : "General Cox's brigade i-epulsed with- heavy loss an attack on his position made on May 12. .•\ doubla company of Gurkhas advanced ov«« half a mile. The ground thus won was consolidated during the nighl in spite of very strong counter- attacks. The Lancashire territorial divi- sion have made considerable pro- gress. Our howitzer battery, with the aid of aeroplanes, blew up tha ammunition wagons of the Turkish heavy liruwitzers, and later made a direct hit on one of the guns in front of the .Australian and Ne-w Zealand army corps. The enemy trenches and a new gun emplao»- ment w-ere demolished by howitzer fire. Every day sees an improvement in tlie .\nglo-French position. Tha enemy are i-eported as having lost very heavily." Government Enquiry Into Crucifixion Story A despatch from London says: In tile House of Commons Harold J. Teiinant, Parliamentarj- Under- Secretary for War, announced that the Government was enquir- re so- lutions and communications upon ing the gvranasium and school life | '"K '^^^ ,'''«' aH^-gftio" t-h^t Ger- - - â€" mans had remov<*d tlie figure ol Christ from a large village crucifix. of the Kaiser, which will show up something more." CORRESPOMIENCE FOR PRI- SONERS. Instructions Re AddressiiiK Postal Matter to Gomiany. 1. Letters (letters should be left open), postcards and jxmtaJ par- cels should be addressed as fol- lows : â€" 1. Rank, i.".'*'als, name; 2. Regiment, or otlier unit ; 3. British (or Canadian, French, Belgian or Russian) prisoner of war; 4. Place of internment; 5. Germany. Place of internment should be stated always, if i)ossible, and par- cels cannot be accepted unJe«3 place of internmient is stated. All addresses musit be in ink. 2. Communications should be lim- ited ito private and faimly news and to necessary business communica- tions, and should not be sent too frequently. No refeirences to the naval, military or political situa- tion or to navaJ or military move- ments and organizations are al- lowed. Letters or postcards con- taining suoh references will not be delivered. 3. Friends of prisoners of wair are advised to .send postcards in pre- ference to letters, as postcards are less likely to be delayed If letters aro sent, they should not exceed in length two sides of a sheet of n-ote paper and should oont*,in nothing but tJi© siheet of note paper On no account shouild the writing be crassed 4. Letters cannot for the present be accepted for registration. 5. Poetage need not be paid either on tetters or parcels addresse<l to prisoners of war. 6. No letters sliould be enclosed in parcels, and newspapers must not on any account be sent. S<i far as is knov.-ji thei-e is no restriction on the contents of parcels; tobacco ma(y be aent and wiU be admitted duty free, but food stuffs of a per- isliabl*! character should not be sent. Parcels should not exceed II lbs. in weight. 7. Remittances can be made by money order to prisoners of war. Instructions as to how to pnx;eed can be obtained from pcjstmasters of accounting post offices. The tran.smission of coin, either in let- ters or parcels, is expressly pro- hibited. Postal ntjtcs and bank notes sliould not be .sent. 8. It must hi- understood that no Ruarantee of the delivery of either parcels or letters can bo given and that the Post Office accepts no responsibility. In any ca-se, con- siderable delay may take place, and failure to receive an acknowledge- ment should not necessarily be taken as an indication that letters and parcels sent have not been de- livered. 9. So far as is known, prisoners of war in Germany are allowed to write letters or postcards from time to time ; but they may not ahvays have facilities for doing so,- and the fact that no comimunication is re- ceived from them need not give rise to an.xiety. (iERMAN PIBLK'ATIONS. and fastened a wounded Canttdian sergeant to the cross. Kihh' Names of BattlcshipH. Customs Oint'OPs Huve Been Ad-j The custom of ^?iving Bible naanen vised to Exercise Vigilance. ' to men-of-war at one time prevail- A despatch from Ottawa says:-j'ed extensively in the British Navy. Customs officers at all ports of en- ! There is only one vessel, the battle- try in Canada have been notifi#d i ship Goliath, now sunk, with a Bub- by the departmeut to exercise Heal ap!>ellaLion. The names are greater vigilance toward the e.xclu- , <^'hierty pagan, like Hercules, or ad- sion of German publications. "Bhe i jectival. lik(! .Audacious. In t;hd entry of these publications has been IVlh century, however, the British France Will Settle For Cargo of Dacia prohibited under the proclamations relative to trading with the enemy, hut .some are fin<ling tiheir way in by mail and express. Special refer- ence is made to a book entitled "Fur Vaterland Uiid Ehre" or "For Fatherland and Honor," which is said to have been distri- buted extensively through Ontario by a St. Louis publishing firm. Naval Fleet included vessels named .Aibraha'm, Benjamin, I'jphraim, John the Baptist. Jonathan, King David, Ruth, and Solomon. In Nelson's time there was both an .'Vdam and Eve, and an l'"den. bui by then the use of Biblical naanei for engines of destruction began to be out of favor. .Vt a still earlier date the practice was very much . » r» I " " ' more common. One warship, ooim- Prisoners Exchange missioned in the time of Henry Revoked by Germany vill., bore the najne ,>f Christ, and among the fighting fleet of Heairy A despatch from Paris says : .A law has been proiuu'lga.tcd, accord- ing to the Temps, opening a ci"edit for the pajTnent of the cargo of the steamship Uacia, formerly of the Hamburg- American Line, but later under American i-egister, which was seized by a French warship on February 27. The cargo of cotton, however, was not confiscated, ow- ing to an agreement existing be- tween the French and British na- val authorities. "The law projxjses," says the Temps, "that the value oif the car- go be reimbur.'ied to the American owners." YIELDS BIG RETLRN, Receipts Since War Tax Been me Effective Arc $171,003. A despatch from Ottawa says : A further indication of the successful working of the war measures is found in the already heavy collec- tions under the War Revenue Act by the Department of Inland Reve- nue. The receipts since the war tax became effective in March to May 18 have been $171,063. This by no means represents all the new reve- nue from tlie stomp ta.xes, as in many ca-ses postage stamps have been and are being used. The war stamp revenue in the Inland Reve- nue Denartment a!';:'.?^wn.s ife'li!j570 in March and !fl45,00S in April. The total inland revenue in March wna $1,828,79-1, and in .April $1,138,598, a decline of about ,$420,000. _ 4< .About 14,400 degrees Fahretiiheit is the temperatuTe of the sun. A despatch from I-iondon says -. Correspondence between the Bri- tish Minister at tlie Vatican and the F-oreign Office discloses the f;ict that Grermany has revoked the agree- ment made at the request of the Pope for the exchange of Britisih and German civilian and incapaci- tated prisoners independently of the question of military age. The Prussian Minister at the Vatican has explained tJiat the ac- tion was taken because Great Bri- tain was not treating German sub- marine prisoners as or<iinary pri- soners of war. V.'s time were ships named Jesus, Holy Ghost, Peter, Paul and Pater- noster. Quito Remote. ' 'Shure, then, you are related to Barney O'Brien?" "Very distantly. Barney wa« ma mother's first child â€" I wias tha siventeenth." Beetles will depart like magic il ground borax mi.xed with brown su- gar is laid about the hearth or other haunts. RESERVES BEING BROUGHT UP All the Big Guns of the Enemy on the Belgian Coast Transferred to th^ Canal A deapiatch from fjondon says -. The Daily Mail's correspondent at Amsterdam cables that the Ger- mans have held the .xllies in check just beyond the east bank of the Y.ser CanaJ by bringing up large reserves of men and artillery. He says that all the big guns of tha Germans on the Belgian coast ex- cept their aircraft pieces have been transferred to the Ysor, while aU the Landsturm at Bruges, equipped with new rifles, have gone with them. THE KAISER HAD A CLOSE CALL Heavy Shell Burst Among the nachine5, Killing Kaiser's Chauffeur and Destroying Motors ^ A despatch from Geneva says : The German Emperor and hi* staff had a narrow escape while watch- ing the operations in a village near the River San, in Galicia. Accord- ing to a despatch from Budapest, a heavy shell burst 500 yards away. It fell among some automobiles, destroying several machines, in- cluding the Emueror's, and killinj his chauffeur. The Emperor had left his car only Mi minutes before. A«i more Hus.sian shells were fall- ing in the neighborhood, the Em- peror and his staff left hastily it machijies which they conunan deere^.