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british line holding counter attacks begin with success enemy thrown back all along front british reserves regain terrain including strategical villages a despatch from london says wednesday nights news from the battlefront confirms the hopeful im pression formed early in the day that the british now appear to be on a line they are able to hold firmly at least on the somme and the ancre rivers further south in the royenoyon region the situation is less well de fined but it is stated that both the french and british are bringing up reserves there the correspondents also are showing greater confidence that the enemy will bo held on this terrain i the german official communica tion of wednesday night was signific antly brief and reserved it reports the crossing of the ancre but only re fers to tuesdays events while the british war office statement shows that the germans who had crossed that stream were thrown back to day in counterattacks the news from the somme front is distinctly encouraging the british having recaptured morlancourt and chipilly and ad nnced to proyart the infantry fighting along the major portion of tha british front in the new battle zone showed a marked slowing down on wednesday mornj ing indicating that the first phase of j the german offensive here has been finished from the southern sectors however came word that the ger- mans were still pressing the attack with great fury against the unwaver ing defence the enemy has paused in the northern sector probably to rcor- ganize and bring forward muchneed ed artillery before beginning the second round against the stiffening opposition of the british hard local battles were still in progress but the first fury of the get- man onslaught had spent itself scvj eral attacks which the germans es sayed were smashed and at sailly-le- j sec where the germans gained a foot- ing the british on wednesday morn ing delivered a smashing counterat tack which pushed the invaders back the spirit of optimism is higher along the front at the present time brave part played by french the anglofrench line holds through heroic deeds of poilus a despatch from the french armies 28 british ships sunk by uboats submarine war in connection with big german drive a despatch from london says sub marines and mines have increased 3 239 airplanes brought dom by british in seven days british aviators dropped 30 tons of bombs and work havoc among enemy troops a despatch from london says the situation as they occurred official report on aerial operations on twenty hostile machines were wednesday night says i b dov air rating and tw others were shot down by antiaircraft great concentrations of our air- twelve of ours are missing planes were carried out on wednesday the night our nightflying over points threatened by the enemy squ3 kept up a continuous st and masses of our machines attacked taek on thc cne troops in ba- with machinegun fire and bombs the paume cambrai and peronne seven- enemy infantry and cavalry ty thousand rounds were fired by thirty tons of bombs were dropped them twentyfour tons of bomb3 by us and hundreds of thousands of were dropped on important centres of rounds of ammunition were fired into j the battle front in addition four the enemy while this fighting was tons of bombs were dropped on the maintained throughout the day our j valenciennes railway station through infantry airplanes kept watch along which the enemys troop trains were the front and reported changes in the passing on the way to the front huns do not have all the say when it comes to ordinance here are some of the latest production of the french munition shops says the german effort by a ter- tlleir weekly toll of british shipping rifie rush to get between french and thc admiraltys report shows that in british forces with the object of de- the last week 28 merchantmen were feating each separately has failed up to the present and is likely to con tinue to fail the fighting qualities of the allied soldiers have served to stay the impulsive advance and to day the anglofrench line is on strong positions the next few days may change the situation entirely as the allies have had time to get their manoeuvring reserve to take the initiative noyon was evacuated late tuesday night in good order and the french took up a position near by thc correspondent passed on wed nesday among troops who have borne a great share in the fighting of the last five days everywhere cheer fulness was to be found and perfect confidence in the future nowhere has the correspondent seen such spendid morale among troops after long- hard fighting more especially when those troops had to fall back both officers and men whether french or british tell narratives of wonderful heroism on the part of the individuals and units the gunners of a battery of french 75s in the neighborhood of chauny were surrounded for three days with out food but fought until the last round was fired then taking advan tage of some confusion among the germans in the course of the third night they somehow made their way through their encircling force and es caped carrying their wounded com rades with them this is merely one instance among many similar daring deeds seedingieason early in west week of mild weather sees spring work under way a despatch from winnipeg says the weather in the prairie provinces has been springlike for the past fort night exceptionally mild for march and there is every prospect of a very early seeding this year in the bran don district of southern manitoba seeding will be general within a week if the mild weather holds it was g7 degrees fahrenheit at moose jaw and it is raining at this and a number of points at practical ly every point on thc prairie temper atures have been well above 50 de grees for a week or so at thc pacific coast it has been about lo degrees colder sunk 16 of the vessels being 1600 tons or over and 12 under that ton nage one fishing vessel was lost nineteen merchantmen were unsuc cessfully attacked the arrivals at ports in the united kingdom number ed 2471 sailings 2488 the admiralty report for the pre vious week showed the loss of 17 british merchantmen by mine or sub marine while for several weeks pre ceding that the weekly loss was 18 germans would destroy british army says haig a despatch from london says field marshal haig has issued the fol lowing special order of the day dated march 23 to all ranks of the british army in france and flonders we are again at a crisis in the war the enemy has collected on this front every available division and is aiming at the destruc tion of the british army we have already inflicted on the enemy in the course of the last few days a very heavy loss and the french are send- j ing troops as quickly as possible to our support i i feel that every one in the army i fully realizing how much depends on the exertions and steadfastness of each one of us will do his utmost to prevent the enemy from attaining his object value of northern france 1 why germany hangs desperately to this rich region france will never consent to a peace that does not at least restore her northern districts to her for the reason that her national industries cannot be rebuilt to their prewar standard with out thc wealth that those provinces hold at present germany holds them at a great sacrifice of life because they contain the richest products of the soil and underground stratas i this territory according to lec tures pour tour paris supplied one fourth of frances wheat crops mn 1912 in 1913 it furnished 87 per cent i of the sugar beets for the distilleries from erins green isle markets of the world news from england news by mail from lands shores ire- happenings in the emerald isle interest to irish- of the late major w c hall 19th royal irish rifles was buried with military honors in clanallon church yard thomas hamilton jp raphoe has been notified that his son lieutenant and 24 per cent of the beets used for j ha been led in action- feeding purposes several farmers were fined various the invaded regions gave france 90 k at limerick petty ses- per cent of its iron ore and 83 per sl0 for scitos strbw wlthout a per cent of its castiron half of the m breaastufrs toronto april 2 manitoba wheat no 1 northern 2234 no 2 do s220s no 3 do 217 no 4 wheat 2105 in store fort william including 25e tax manitoba oats no 2 cw 9ssc no 3 cw 913c extra no 1 feed 903c no 1 feed s9ie in store fort william american corn the war board in the united states prohibit importation ontario oats no 2 white 93 to 91c no 3 white 92 to 93c according to freights outside ontario wheat no 2 winter per car lot 222 basis in store montreal pens no 2 360 to 370 according to freights outside j barley malting 176 to 178 ac cording to freights outside buckwheat 1s3 to 185 according to freights outside i bonds for its townsman private t ii llye no 2 225 according to freight i v i- outside page vc manitoba flour war quality 1110 i edwin jeffry a local milkman was new bags toronto n 7 ontario- flour war quality 1070 i fined 50 at lincoln for selling adul- new bags toronto and montreal freights prompt shipment millfced car lots delivered news by mail about john bull and his people occurrences in the lund that reigns supreme in the commer cial world the halstead workhouse essex will be closed owing to the decline of pauperism tiverton has a fund to buywar mont- bran per pcgsboro house a fine old tipper- ary mansion has been sold by auction to nicholas maher a tipperary solici tor samuel gedge of waterside derry j real freights bags included bra i ton 3540 shorts per ton 1040 hay no 1 per ton 17 to 1s mixed 14 to 16 track toronto straw car lots per ton 650 to 9 track toronto country produce wholesale kggs current receipts cases return able 38 to 40c butter creamery solids 4s5 to 49c creamery prints 49 to 50c dairy 34 to 3sc iivo poultry buying price delivered toronto chickens 27c milk fed 30c hens 35 lbs un 22c hens 3j to 6 lb 25 to 2sc hens over 5 lbs 30c roosters 20c ducklings 25c turkeys 30c dressed poultry chickens 30c milk fed 32c hens 3j lbs un 25c hens 35 to 5 lbs 30c roosters 20 to 25c duck lings 27c turkeys 35c cheese new largo 23 to 235c twins 235 to 233c spring jnade large 25 to territory of 550000 looms whirring before the war only 50000 are now turning german losses 100000 50 per cent of effectives iron foundries are located in this cap tured land of 55000 shops devoted to the weav- 1 ing of wool 45000 are held by the i germans ninetyfour per cent of vfini ed h en tshilhntrs for not having 26c tw to265c the spinning mills of combed wool are was j sh s lno having beilns prime bushel 750 wi- ui tti r a price list displayed on his potatoes to 8 fore gn handpicked bushel lost over half of the mills spinning recentlv at stranorlar 075 to 7 carded wool are found in the occupied w som recently at stranonar honey choice 16 oz 350 per ulster realized the sum of 129 per dozen 12 oz 3 per dozen seconds and acre dark comb 250 to 275 the remains of the late john doug- t v i las a member of the dublin city in cotton the same storv is true of i i rm i council were interred ill glasnevm 35c 7525000 looms m france 4475000 are j cemetery several business people of dublin were heavily fined for exceeding the retailers profits allowed by the food controller w m c mcdonald limerick has sent 100 to be spent in the cultivaj tion of plots on the lands of derry- n montreal markets vj montreal april 2 oats canadian nockane western no 3 si 07 j extra no 1 feed mother twelve months leave of 1075 no 2 local white 107 no 3 x t t local white 1043 no 4 local white absence has been granted to dr j ji03 vi new russell magee ramc by the derry wheat grade 1x10 guardians in the huns grasp and of 140000 me chanics in the work 81000 were taken the loss in dwelling houses fac tories warehouses and shops has been enormous thirtyeight per cent of french factories are in german hands 23 per cent of the total number of dwelling houses in france are destroy ed the total damage done to north ern france is estimated at 95225871 francs germany has with systematic pre cision destroyed everything that she could not use and used everything not worth destroying the coal and iron mines have made possible the german offensives provisions wholesalo smoked meats hams medium 34 to do heavy 2s to 30c cooked 45 to 47c rolls 30 to 31c breakfast bacon 40 to 42c backs plain 42 to 43c bone less 45 to 46c cured meats long clear bacon 2s to 29c clear bellies 27 to 28c lard pure lard tierces 30 to 305c tubs 30 toi303c palls 305 to 31c compound tierces 255 to 26c tubs 253 to 261c palls 26 to 261c a renowned speller ay despatch from british head quarters in france says from the j average of casualties in the various j the worlds champion spelled 15000 terated milk although 104 years of age mrs granny lambert of gloucester road edmonton is still hale and hearty private arthur hutt vc of coven try has been given 250 in war bonds by his employers and 500 by the city the aldershot town council havo opened a communal kitchen for wo men workers and children at a cost of 250 a bill has been introduced in the manx house of keys to provide for local option in the isle of man owing to illhealth sir george bu chanan the british ambassador to russia is returning to his home berkshire school children have col lected 50 tons of horse chestnuts for munitions 19000 eggs and invested 5000 in war savings peter maddor who claimed to be the oldest freemason in england died recently at his home in jbootles- the steamer wandle while mnkinfi her 500th trip from the tyne ram aground off flamborough head during a fog the proceeds of prize court sales or ships and cargoes by the admiralti since the beginning of the wai amountsto over 11000000 major d watts morgan dso haj been nominated by the miners as can4 didate for the new parliamentary dij vision of east rhondda a fire at layhams farm west m german units as given by prisoners one arrives at the conclusion that the enemy has lost 50 per cent of these what the boys can do 25000 soldiers of the soil should pro duce 5000000 bushels of wheat previous experience has shown that there are few of the phases of farm work the older boys cannot accom- iplish their main worth perhaps ilics in the fact that by attending to 1120 oats bags 90 lbs 560 bran 3540 shorts 1040 middlings 4s to 50 moulllie 60 to 62 hay no 2 per i ton car lots s17 standard spring j w kent destroyed about three wheat winnipeg grain winnipeg april 2 oats no 2 cw 933c no 3 cw 913c extra no 1 feed 903c no 1 feed s9jc barley no 3 cw 165 no 4 160 reject ed 146 feed 140 flax no 1 nwc 394 no 2 cw 3895 no 3 cw 3715 unthreshed hundred tons of oats and barley philip gordzinsky a russian baker at mile end was fined 100 at the london sessions for selling bread less than four hours old a wild goose which wasshot on the thurne at martham was found to con tain five roach one of which was six and onehalf inches long w uiii v f united states markets words correctly htt minneapolis april 2 corn no 3 yel- in tne lact tnat dy auenmng to ow s t0 1 83 oats no 2 white wi j vviiv m professor david jones the worlds the chores looking after feeding and an to 92ic flour unchanged bran- men tntomciarbriyisrstatementof j champion speller recently retired on a milking of cows weeding and such api tuesday said it had been established wellearned pension after school j other lighter but necessary farm work 429 arrive 421 that more than 70 german divisions teaching for fifty years in missouri they release the regular farm labor 4 linseed 421 to may4424 july asked october 365 asked had been engaged in the battle the present strength of a german division for thirtythree years thc champion for the more strenuous farm tasks issued an annual challenge to all com- i reports of work done last year show in iilve stock markets toronto april 2 choice heavy steers 1225 to 1275 good heavy steers 1175 to 12 yearlings 1250 to 1350 butchers cattle choice 1150 to 11 s6 succeeded seeding weeding raking mowing do good 11 to 1136 do medium his record is 15000 words correctly planting churning and delivery of f buufeissssi to spelled straight off the reel at one sit- cream and milk general farm chores 11 do good bulls 925 to 960 do ting without a single mistake pro- 1 feeding of all live stock and the let- o ltcncr ssh fessor jones had defeated in spelling j ters received from farmers who had choice 1025 to 11 do good 925 to contests heads of universities famous these older boys assisting them jold sfxialibfta s0so teachers scholars authors and pro- no onlv of the good work done but canners and cutters 6 to 7 milkers a despatch from london says the fessional proof readers and his side- lico ofih n of iko snmn f rood to choice 90 to 125 do com is 12000 men7so that a loss of 50 per t0 s a him many tried j that the soldiers of the soil looked cent would mean casualties in ex- j to wrest from him his title but none after the hoeing harrowing lighter butchen cess of 400000 for the germans less than a week of fighting admit suffering dire privations women of canada the kitchen is your fort food will win or lose the war tenacity of the british resistance in the big encounter german prisoners say exceeded anything the germans deemed possible they complain of great privations on account of lack of supplies and extreme weariness also is telling heavily owing to thc dense masses of supporting troops however thc enemy is able to replen ish his forward line with fresh units board is loaded with silver cups and other similar trophies won all over the country at the once popular spell ing bees with him spelling is an art just as music or painting or sculpture is an art with others he pounces on and treasures a rare and difficult word as eagerly as an enthusiast does on a scarce and elusive butterfly inlsn nf tho rlpsirn of thojn onmo firm c00u io cnoice ju to lzo uo com i also ot tne uesire ot inese same larm- aml mcd iosi to j springers 90 to ers to havethe boys help another year 125 the productive capacity of 25000 boys on the farm according to author ity should be equal to at least five million bushels of wheat if we take the labor of one boy as equal to the cultivation of ten acres of wheat at light ewes 1350 to 16 year lings 1176 to 1276 lombs 18 to 2060 calves good to choice 16 to 1750 hogs fed and watered 21 do weighed off cars 2125 do fob 20 to 2025 montreal april 2 choice steers 11 to 13 good steers 10 to 1050 med 9 to 10 choice heifers 10 to 12 good cows 9 to 11 medium 850 it ilk to tho icro- which enl- choice butchers hulls s to 11 can- twenty bushels to tne acre wnicn cal- nera catt 560 to 025 milkfed culation it would appear is conserva- calves 7 to 14 sheep 11 to 13 hvc lambs 14 to 17 cholce select hogs off cars 21 to 22 s19 to 1980 what maple trees have you every average maple tree will pro duce about five pounds of stjg-arjri- season if 200000 farmers in ontario que- bes new brunswick and nova scotia were to each tap 100 trees we would have this year 20000000 trees pro ducing 20000000 trees at five pounds per tree will produce 100000000 pounds of sugar this will provide thc entire supply of sugar for canada for about three months and would be worth ap proximately 15000000 isnt it worth while as an invest ment aside from the fact that every pound produced is helping the food situation 4 a recent patent covers a piano or organ keyboard that can bo moved laterally for transposing a musical composition written in one key to an other ffii