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GERMAN PICKED TROOPS MOWN DOWN IN ASSAULTS ON FRENCH In Northern Belgium the British Engage in Artillery Duels With Enemv. A despatch from London says: Ap- 1 parontly the Gerinans are intent on â-  breaking the French line between Soissons and Rhoims, having delivered another tromendous assault from north-east of Craonne to east of Hur- tobise. Into the fray were thrown picked troops, who were mown down everywhere, and the attack, like others that had preceded it, failed. Near St. Quentin, where for .some the situation has been calm, the Ger- mans also delivered attack.s on a front of about a half-mile. Here they suc- ceeded in penetrating French fir.st-line positions, only to be expelled from them in a counter-attack. There has been no diminution in the artillery duels between the British and Germans in Northern Belgium, nor in the ceasel-.'ss small attacks the British have been making against German trenches for many days. Around Monchy-le-Preux these infant- ry attacks have resulted in the Brit- ish regaining all the ground they lost to the Germans east of Arras July 11. BIG DEVELOPMENT GERMAN LOSSES IN JUNE TRADE, TOTAL 4,500,000 Returns For Month Show In- crease in Exports and Imports. A despatch from Ottawa, says: â€" The figures for June continue to show a remarkable development in both ex- ports and imports. For June the total trade amounted to $213,800,908,' compared with $102,035,400 in June, 1916. Exports for the past month totalled $116,285,841, and imports $97,- , 515,Ot)7. During June there was ex- ported foreign merchandise to the value of $3,725,324, as compared with $54,- 347,307 in the corresponding month last year. The toUl trade for the first three months of the fiscal year was $022,407,781, and for the same period last year $431,026,215. <. VON TIRPITZ RALLYING Ol'I'ONENTS OF PEACE. A despatch from Copenhagen says: Admiral von Tirpitz has telegraphed an appeal to Ernst Bassermann, the national Liberal leader, who is now an invalid, to leave the sanitarium where he Is under treatment and assist in ' the fight against the bloc resolution in the Reichstag, which will come ' up Friday. The von Tirpitz message' says: I "No passing food difficulties or war weariness must be allowed to soften the German people's determin- ! ation and render possible a peace which would threaten the future of Germany and its working classes. The j bulk of the national Liberals will probably vote against the non-an- nexationist resolution." BKITISII BLOCKADE TUOLULES HOLLAND A despatch from The Hague says; â€" The question of the new British dan- ger zone has assumed a serious aspect so far as Dutch shipping is concern- ed . It is now obvious that unless the Geiman Government is willing to change the so-called safety channel farther west, that Is nearer the Ger- man coast, Dutch overseas shipping will be at a complete standstill, as is the case at present. The Dutch Gov- ernment has approached Germany on this question,' and Is expecting an answer shortly. AUTONOMY HILL I'ASSED BY DIET OF FINLAND A despatch from Helsingfors, Fin- land, says:â€" The Finnish Diet having by a vote of l<i5 to 27 votes declared the necessity of immediately voting on j the autonomy bill, adopted it forthwith in full by a vote of 130 to 55. | The Diet rejected by a vote of 104 j to 80 an amendment by Deputy Cuallas proposing that the bill should be submitted for the approbation of the Russian I'rovisi.^nal Government. fy BERLIN HOTEL GUESTS RISK LOSS OF SHOES. A despatch from Berlin says: The time-honored custom among hotel guests of depositing one's footwear in the corridor outside the door to have 'it polisheil, is likely to come into dis- use for the time being. The growing demand for shoes, even castoflfs, has encouraged thefts of footwear in hotels. Figures Represent Casualties Announced in Official Lists of Berlin. London, July 18.â€" The German casualties for Jiice, says the Times, were 106,547; killed, 29,000; missing, 37,000; severely wounded, 21,000. The total casualties are now four and a half millions. The killed 9'e over a million; prisoners, 310,000; minsing, 275,000; severely wounded, 591,000. These figures represent the casualties announced in the German official lists. •>- â€" DRIED FRUIT SUPPLIED TO TEUTONS BY SWEDEN A despatch from London says: â€" In the Prize Court the Attorney-General asked for the condemnation of some 1,800 tons of dried fruits from New York and San Franci.sco, seized on the stearmers San Francisco and Pacific, consigned to the Swedish Victualling Commission, a Govern- ment department, but alliged to be intended for export to Germany. Before the war, said the Attorney- General, the annual requirements of | Sweden in these commodities was t 6,500 tons, but in 1916 the imports had, totaled 11,550 tons, while for the first half of 1916, 6,500 tons had been im- 1 ported. Besides this, he added, Swe- 1 den had on hand before the war 11,- 000 tons of these fruits, yet in the Summer of 1916 no dried fruits re- mained in Sweden. The inference was that guarantee not to re-export fruits had been Lystematically broken. QUEBEC BRIDGE SPAN READY IN SEPTEMBER A desiiaich from Monlr.?ul says: â€" The anniversary of the disastrous at- tempt of last year, Scpteml er 11, may be the time chosen for tryln;; anew to hoist into position th ; huge central span of the big Quentc bridge. The new span is well under way at Sillery, being now aboJt one-third completed â€" and it is expected that it will be finished in September, No change has been made in (he m.ethod of putting it in place. Every care is being taken to assure that there bif no defect in the material which could cause another disaster. Government engineers visit the scene of the work every week to supervise the construction of the span. • - .> â€" DECLARES THAT LENWE IS GERMAN AGENT. A despatch from Petrograd says: A letter from Gen. KrussilofT's chief of staff states tVut Nikolai Lenine, the Radical Socialist leader, is an agent of the German general staff. The evi- dence was traced through the confes- sion of Lieut. Frmolenko that he was sent to the front of the sixth Russian army to make a propaganda in favor of an early peace with Germany. Le- nine's task was to compromise the Provisional Government In the eyes of the people by every possible means. Funds were sent through the inter- mediary of an employee of the Ger- man legation at Stockholm. The al- leged chief German agent in Russia is Maxsta Koslovsky, to whose ac- count, it is stated, 2,000,000 roubles arc now standing Markets of the World Br«adatiUr« Toronto. July 24 â€" Manitoba wheat â€" No. 1 Northnrn. $2 83J; No. 2 Norlliern, $2,604, nominal, track Bay ports Manitoba oatsi â€" No. 3 C.W,. 824c, track F*a.v portH. Ainerkiin corn â€" No. 3 yellow, 12.03, nonilnul, track Toroiiti). Onturli) ont.") â€" No offlolul quotatlnnt). Ontario wheal â€" No. 2 Winter, per car lot, $2.45 to $2.60: No. S. $2.43 to $2.48, uocordlriK to frelshtB uut.slde. Pea.s â€" No. 2. numinal, accorJIrig to frelKhLs outslilB. Ilarlcy â€" Maltlnsr. nominal, according ti> freights outslJe. Rye â€" No. 2. nominal, according to frclKhta out.sldo. Manitoba Hour â€" Flr.it patents. In Jute l>aRM, $12.90; second patents. In Jute bugs, $12.40; strong bakers'. In Juto bags, $12.00 Ontarlii Hour â€" Winter, according to .-"ample, |1(».55 to $10.65. In bags, track, Tiiriinto, prompt .Hhlpmcnt. .Mlllfeed â€" Car IdIh delivered Montreal freights, bug.s Included â€" Uran. per ton. $SB; short.s, i>er ton. $40 to $41; mid- dlings, iier ton, $44 to $45; good feed Hour, per hag. $3.25. Hayâ€" Kxtra No 2, per ton $12 00 to $12.50; mixed, per ton. $9 to $11. track Toronto. Straw â€" Car lotB. per ton. $S.50 to $9. track Toronto. Coantry Produca â€" Wholeiale Rotter â€" Creamei'v Kolld.s. per U),. 34 to 34Jc. prints, per lb, 34J to 35c; dairy, per lb. 2S to 29c. l-7ggs â€" I'er doz,, 32 to 33c. Cheese â€" -Vew. large. 22j to 23'-. twins. 22i to 234c; triplets, 23 to 234<-: old, large, 30c; twins. 30ic; triplets. 304o. Dressed poultry â€" .Spring chlcken.s, 30e; fowl. 20 \.'> 22c; aquabs, per doz.. $4.00 to $4.50; turkey.s. 25 to 30c. ducks. Spring. 23c. Live poultry â€" Spring chickens, lb.. 22c; h.'ns, 16 to ISc; ducks. .Spring. 18c. Honey â€" Comb â€" Extra fine and heavy weight, per doz,, $2 76. select. $2,50 to $2 7r,; No 2. $2 to $2.25 Heans â€" Imported, hand-picked. $9.00 to $9 60 per bu.fh: I.lmas. â- orT lb.. 18 to 19c. 'otatoesâ€" Red .'ttar. new. bbl.. $ $8.00; .North Carollnns. now. bbl. $ to $8 0<i. second.s, bbl. $6 50 to $6.75 FrovlBloua â€" WholaaaU Smoked meats â€" Hiim», medium. 30 to 31c; do., heavy. 26 to 27c; cooked. 41 to 42c; rolls. 27 to 28c; breakfast bacon, 33 to 36c: backs, plain. 36 to 37o. bone- less, 39 to 40c. Cured meatJ* â€" I..ong clear bacon. 26 to 261c per lb. clear bellies. 25 to 26c. Uard â€" Pure bird, tierces. 26i| to 27c; tubs. 27 to 274c: palls. 274 to 27Sc; compound. tierces. 21c; tubs. 2Uc; palls. 214c. Montr«»l Markets Montroal. Julv 24 â€" Oal« â€" Canjidlan western. No. 2. S2}c; do.. No 3. Sljc; extra No. 1 feed. 81Jc. Barley â€" Man. feed, $1 26. Flour â€" Man. S|>ring wheat patents, Itrsls, $13. seconds. $12 50; strong bakers'. $12 30; Winter patents, choice, $13.25; straight rollers, 112 50 to $12 80; do.. hags. $6 00 to $6 15. Rolled oats â€" Barrels. $9.00 to $9.36; do. bags. 90 lt>M.. $4.40 to $4 50. Branâ€" $35 to $36. Shorts â€" $40 to $41 Middlingsâ€" $40 to $42. Moulllle. $44 to $4!t. Hay- No 2. per ton. car lots. $11 to $11.50. Cheese â€" Finest westerns. 21 Jc; do., easterns. 214c. Butter â€" Choice cream- ery. 36c, se<'ondi. 35o. Eggsâ€" Fresh. 42c; selected. S9c, No. 1 stock.. 36 to 36c; No. 2 nTmtk. 30 to 32c Potatoesâ€" per bag, car Kits, $2 to $6 Winnipeg Oraln Winnipeg. Julv 24 â€" C.ish price* : Whent â€" No. 1 .Northern, $2 42. No. %. <lo. $2 39; No, 3. do.. $2.36; No. 4. $2.24, No. 5, $2.01J; No. 8. $1.82: feed. $1 46. Basis contract. July. $2.42: .\ugu.'<t. $2 37. Oatsâ€" No 2 C.W., 75Jc; No. 3. C.W.. 73<c; extra No 1 feed. 73jc; No. 1 feed 7flilc; No. 2 feed, 6S|c. Bar- leyâ€"No 3. $1 26: No. 4, $1.22, rejected. $1.11; feed. $1 11. Flaxâ€" N.. 1 .V W CV. Xt.'St: No 2 C. W. $2.88; .No. 3 C.W., $2 73 United States Markets MIniioiiiiolls, Julv 24 â€" Wheatâ€" July, $2r,7, September, $2.07; No. 1 hard. $2 75. No. 1 Norlhein. $2 60 to $2.70: No 2. do.. $2.50 to $2.60. Cornâ€" .No 3 yellow, $1 94 to $1 95 Oats â€" No. 3 white. 75| to 764i'. Flour unchanged. Ilranâ€" $31.00 to $32.00. Dululh. Julv 24 â€" Wheat â€" No. 1 hard. $2.59; No. 1 Northern. $2.58; No. 2. do.. $2 63. I.lnsced â€" $3.07: Julv. $3.07; September. $3.UIJ; October $3 "54 Iiive Stock Markets Toronto, Julv 24 -Kxtra choice steers. $11 25 to $12. choice heavy steers. $10 60 to $11 10; Imtchers' cattle, choice, $10 60 to $11, do., good. $10 25 to $10.40. do., medium. $9 to $9.50, do., common. $8 to $8.60; butchers' hulls, choice. $8 75 to $9 26. do., good hulls, $8 to $8,25; do., niedltiin bulls, $7 26 to $7,70; do., rough bulls $6 to $6. butchers' <ows, choice. $8.50 to $9; do., good. $7.60 to $8. do., medium. $7 to $750: ntocker.s, $6.35 to $8; fee<lers, $8 to $9,10, canners and cutters, $5,75 to $6; milkers, good to choli-c $80 to $100; do. com. ai\d med,, i $40 to $50; B(>rlngers. $80 to $110; light ewes $8.36 to $9.65; sheep, heavy, $6 to $7.50, vearlliigs. $10 to $11; calves, gooil to choice. $14 to $15; siiring lambs. $15 75 ti> $16.50; laftibH. yearlings $9 to $10 5ii; hogs, fed and watereil. $15 75 to $16 do. weighed off cars. $16 to $16.25; do., fob, $15 to $16.26. , , .,, Mimtreiil, Julv 24â€" Si)rlng Inmbs, $13: sheet) $7.50 to $S; inllk-fed calves, $13, gras<-fe<l $7; good iiuality intlk-fed calves. $U; cliolce select hogs, $16,50 lo $16 for long run. ami $15,25 to $1650 for short run: sows. $13.25 to $14; »t;igs. $12 to $12.25 9 Successes in East Africa. A despatch frtim London says: â€" Describing operations from July 11 to ir>, an official statement from head- quarters in East Africa reports the continued success of the encircling movement of columns working south- ward of Kilwa against enemy forces established on the line of Itahikale- Utlgeri. BRrriSH PRICES LARGELY REDUCED FoodX'ontrolIer, Baron Rhondda, Takes Steps to Reduce the Profits of Middlemen. A despatch from London says: â€" A reduction of 25 per cent, in the price of bread at an early date was an- nounced by Baron Rhondda, Food Con- troller. A graduated reduction in the price of meat for the army and civil- ians, which, by January, will mean a 30 per cent, decrease from the amount j now paid, also was announced. In ! discussing th'ese reductions with the j Associated Press, Baron Rhondda said: I "Steps have been taken to control i the profits of butchers and' others in a manner to -ensure that the benefit ] will accrue to' the consumer. The , Food Controller is handicapped to a I certain extent by a lack of knowledge I of what the United States expects to ; do. Consequently, exhaustive price- fixings are now difficult. It is hard ; for us to fix our prices until the United â-  States has fixed hers. I "We have done much toward re- i ducing the consumption of bread through economy. Twenty per cent. I less bread is consumed now than last j year through a stoppage of waste and I other elements. This has been done, ! notwithstanding the recent shortage ; in potatoes, which, happily, are plenti- ful now, and reduced In price. INVERTED RAIN. How a Shower of Machine Gun Bullets Looked to an Aviator. It will be easily understood, writes Mr. C. G. Grey in Tales of the Flying Services, that before a bullet that has been shot straight upward begins to fall there must be a point where it stands dead still, and that for the last part of its upward path it travels very slowly. One officer of my acquain- tance told me, after some months of war, that his most curious experience was when once, and once only, he dis- covered the exact extreme range point. He was flying along quite peacefully on a bright, sunny morning at an alti- tude of a little over eight thousand feet, without worrying about anything, when suddenly he saw something bright dart past the side of the ma- chine, lie began to look about him and saw, a shade belo\»^lm and a trifle to one side, a whole stream of little bright things glittering in the sun. Then he realized he had just struck a level that happened to be the ex- treme vertical range of a machine gun that was making uncommonly good shooting. Other bullets from rifles and other machine guns also flashed into view as he flew along, and when his eyes caught the right focus he could follow the slow, topmost part of their movement for a considerable dis- tance. "It looked," he said, "just as if it were ruining upward," and the phenomenon was so novel that he quite forgot for a time that the "raindrops" indicated that he was unpopular with some one below. NEW GERMAN CHANCELLOR SAYS WAR WAS FORCED UPON Dr. Michaelis in His Inaugural Address to the Reichstag Declarec That Submarine Campaign is a Lawful Measure. A despatch from Copenhagen says: Dr. Michaelis, the new Imperial Ger- man Chancellor, in his address to the Reichstag Thursday afternoon, de- clared his adhesion to Germany's sub- marine campaign, asserting it to be I a lawful measure, justifiably adopted for shortening the war. Dr. Michaelis opened his Reichstag speech ^vith a hearty tribute to Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, the retiring Imperial Chancellor, whose work, he said, history would appreciate. The Chancellor declared that the war was forced upon unwilling Ger- many by the Russian mobilization, \ and that the submarine war was also forced upon Germany bj^ Great Britain's illegal blockade-starvation war. The faint hope that America, at the head of the neutrals, would check Great Britain's illegality was vain, Germany's final attempt to avoid the extremity by a peace offer failed, and the submarine campaign was adopted, said the Chancellor. The submarines, the speaker con- tinued, had done all and more than had been expected, and the false pro- phets who had predicted the end of the war at a definite time had done a disservice to the Fatherlatid. BRITISH ADVANCE IN MESOPOTAMIA Inflicted Loss on Turks and Travelled 12 Miles Up Euph- rates in 10 Days. A despatch from London says: â€" An official report relating to the Mes- opotamian campaign shows a consid- erable British advance. The report reads: â€" "On July 11 one of our columns en- gaged a "Turkish force in the direc- tion of Ramadies, on the Euphrates. After a short action, in which con- siderable loss was inflicted on the Turks, a further advance was broken off by us owing to the extreme heat. As a result of these operations we have been able to advance about 12 miles up the Euphrates in the last ten days." V.C. WAS CONFERRED FOR FIGHTING U-BO.VTS. A despatch from London says: In London list of naval heroes mentioned for various services performed, ga- zetted on Friday, appear the names of more than fifty men variously honor- ed for meritorious action against en- emy submarines. The names ^of two recipients of Victoria Crosses are in- cluded in the list. "" SWEDEN SUPPLYING IRON ORE TO GERMANY. A despatch from New York says: A special cable from London says: "Authoritative information enables the World correspondent to state that j Germany has contracted for 1,600,000 â-  tons of high-grade hematite (an oxide of Iron) from Sweden for the coming year. This particular ore is essential for German purposes as the only kind available for the manufacture of ma- chinery and tools, and it is carried across the Baltic Sea. "The ships are convoyed by Swedish warships until they are taken up by German â- warships, showing the ex- ceptional importance which both Ger- many and Sweden attach to the trade. "The British navy cannot hinder this trade, and the Russians have been powerless to do so, espevially of late. As a means of enabling Ger- many to continue fighting, it is of vi- tal moment, so tlje question has been raised here whether America may de- cide to give Sweden the choice be- tween getting American food sup- : plies or of ceasing to assist Germany j by sending her this essential war material." DISUNION IN RUSSIAN ARMY Is Cause of German Success Sn Eastern Galicia. A despatch ^ from London says: â€" Disaffection among Russian troops has resulted in an important gain 4t ground by the Germans and Austrians in the region of Zlochoff, east of Lem- berg, the Galician capital. Persistent German attacks at first were repulsed by the Russians. Later a Russian regiment near the centre of the line voluntarily left its trenches and retired, forcing the other units on the line to fall back. This movement, Petrograd says, gave the Germans op- portunity for developing their move- ment. Some Russian troops are re- ported to have refused to obey their commanders under the influence of the extremists who brought about the recent disorders in the Russian capi- tal. Prince Leopold led the .\u3tro- German advance in person, and his troops, Berlin says, occupied three zones of defence and captured "a few thousand" prisoners. North-west of Halicz the Russians have evacuated Bludniki. Near Brze- zany, between Halicz and Zlochoff, the Russians have repulsed German efforts. A Russian offensive move- ment near Novica, south of Kalusz., brought no important gain. ^ KERENSKY BECOMES PREMIER OF RUSSIA A despatch from Petrograd says: â€" The Bourse Gazette announces that Premier Lvoff has resigned, and that Alexander F. Kerensky has been ap- pointed Premier, but will temporarily retain his portfolio of Minister of War and Marine. M. Tzretelli has been appointed to the post of Minister of the Interior, which was held by M. Lvoff, but will retain his portfolio of Minister o.f Posts and Telegraphs. M. Nckrasoff has been named pro- visionally as Minister of Justice in place of M. Pereviziff, who resigned Thursday. The most economical way of pre- paring fish is by steaming. -* Co-operative buying is one way to economize. HOLD SECRET SESSION TO DISCUSS OFFENSIVE A despatch from Paris says: â€" The Senate on Thursilay convened in secret session to hear interpellations by various Senators concerning the French offensive in the Aisne and in I Champagne, begun April KJ last, and regarding the medical service during the battles. â€" « CANADIANS ONLY 1,500 YARDS FROM THE HEART OF LENS Gallant Troops Are Advancing Against Strongly Fortified Posi- tions in Centre of City. Before going into an enterprise take heed lo consider where you are coming out. Paxils a.-o quite as important as entrances. Wesley College, Winnipeg, is now without a faculty, all the professors having resigned in accordance with the requests made by the board of gov- ernors. Reconstruction of the facul- ty will take place upon the arrival of Dr. RIddell, new president of the col- lege, from Edmonton. A despatch from Canadian Army Headquarters says: Early on Friday morning Canadian troops holding the front between Avion and Lens in the flooded area established a post well to the north of any hitherto occupied. There was little retaliation from the Germans. The new post is only 1,500 yards from the heart of Lens. The German defence of Lens is worthy of a better cause. As our pa- trols push forward through the mass of crumbling rubbish which now marks the site of one of France's greatest pre-war industrial communi- ties eviilcnce is found everywhere that the enemy intends to hold the centre of the city until his losses become un- endurable. The front line Is marked by rows of houses that have been pulled down to add by their debris to the strength of the cellars wherein the Germans sheUer from the incessant artillery fire directed against them. Wire en- I tanglements have been constructed I around these houses, so that each is a self-contained strong point with a sub- ; torranean exit in the rear for its gar- rison. Provided with good machlne- i gun emplacements houses so fortified ' prove a hard nut to crack, and there I are now thousands of such houses in 1 the Lens salient. V