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A despatch from London says :â€" General Haig's troops, continuing their policy of giving the enemy no rest, have carried out a number of successful raids east of Vermeddes and south-east of Ypres. Numerous dug- outs were destroyed and about fifty prisoner; taken, two of them officers. Friday's report from headquarters reads: “We carried out successful raids this morning and last night east of Vermelles and south-east of Ypres. A large number of the enemy's dugouts were destroyed and several prisoners were taken. A hostile attempt to ap- proach our lines south of Armentieres during the night, after a heavy pre- liminary bombardment of our trenches, was caught by our barrage in ‘No Man's Land' and easily repuls- ed. Thirtyâ€"seven prisoners, includ- ing two officers, were taken by us in the last 24 hours at different points along the front. “Our artillery performed much suc- cessful counter-battery work and caused two explosions in the enemy’s lines. Thursday evening an enemy working party in the neighborhood of the Butte de Warlencourt was dis- persed by our file." BREESH ACTIVE AMEND YPRES Dugouts Were Destroyed and Prisoners Taken in Successful Raids. Hm PUSHES HES SUEESS A despatch from Washington says: Austria has not as yet withdrawn or modified her note‘adhering to the Ger- man submarine campaign, it was stat- ed oflicially at the State Department. The possibility that a break with Austria also can be avoided has prac- tically been given up. Despite some differences in Austria’s situation, her strict adhesion to the principles enunciated by Germany, both in a note to this Government and in other com- munications, makes her position practically the same. Officials who have been hoping that a break might be avoided will give no intimation as to why a definite announcement is not made. AUSTRIA STILL STANDS FIRM FOR GERMAN FRIGHTFULNESS. A despatch from London says :â€"-â€" The success of the British squeezing movement which is closing in on Bap- aume both from the west, and south- west was accentuated on Thursday when General Haig’s troops captured the highest point of the Sailly-Saillisel Hill, just northwest 0", the point where the French were held up in the Somme drive last fall. Advsmces are also recorded beyond the village of Grand- court, which was captured on Wednes- day. Referring to this sector, the official statement says: “The ground we have gained on the Ancre since the new year now represents an ad- vance of an average depth of nearly three~quarters of a mile on a front of over three miles.” 0n the crown of tlm elevation at Sailly-Saillisel was an important Gerâ€" man position which the British report declares was captured in its entirety. Seventyâ€"eight prisoners, including two officers, were taken together with a MANY U-BQA'E'S SEFNK 0R TAKEN . BURN TE‘EE PAST THREE DAYS A despntch from London says:â€" Naval officers are sure the next few days 'will See on ofi‘setting of the Teu- ton's grand finale of fireworks. Al- though absolute silence regarding sub- marine operations is the rule among naval men, it is said that the Admiral- ty’s measures are proving effective and that a fair average of submar- ines is being‘ captured or sunk. It. is impossible to get any figures regarding the number of U-boats now preying on commerce, but. it is not 300, 'as some reports from Scandinavian countries have placed it. As London opinion was summed up for the correspondent by a high au- thority: 4“If the United States has not already found cause for war with Germany then thg s‘upply gfich provoc; hours." Submarines Depend Greatly on Their Guns Rather Than On .Torpedoes To Accomplish The Sinking of Ships; Torpedoes Not Reliable. Advances Also Reported Beyond Village of Grandcourtâ€"Takes The Summit of the Sailly-Saillisel Hill. 1e submarm cation withir 1N FRESH um 0N mam: ny figures boats now is not 300, andinavian \tes has war with ines will kin a few 1is spoken of as “in firoéress,” but is lsilent on any further fighting along the Ancre. The British, however, declare that they have made progress on both sides of the Ancre. During the night the Baillescourt Farm, on the road be- tween Beaucourt and Miramont, was attacked and captured, and on the south side 0 the stream a hostile trench near randcourt was carried. These two operations netted an addiâ€" t CANADIAN BUSHMEN FOR WORK IN BRITAIN A despatch from Montreal says :â€" Col. Cecil G. Williams, Assistant Director of Recruitingfor the Dom- inion, announced on Friday that he was about to undertake a special trip acress Canada for the purpose of raising a number of forestry bat- talions in consequence of an urgent request from the War Olfae for a large force of Canadian bushmen for work in England and France. Axe- men, sawyers, sealers, cruisers, tie- men, mill men, teamsters and other men, experienced in lumbering Opera- tions, will be accepted gladly, and as the physical standards are not so stringent as those for infantry and artillery units, many men will be able to join who otherwise would be de- barred fron'i war service. These bat- talions will be sent forward as soon a possible, as they are needed to do preparatory work for the important advances planned for the Spring and Summer. A despatch from Paris says: The Chamber of Deputies on Thursday passed a bill authorizing the Minister of Finance to loan 1,500,000,000 francs to the allies and friendly nations. This is in addition to 2,300,000,000 ad- vanced to the allies and friendly na- tions authorized by the law of De- cember 29, 1915. Deputy Emile Con- stant enquired as to who were “the friendly nations" referred to. The Fln~ ance Minister explained that the ad- vances were made in common, and the question should continue confidential. General Haig also chronicles the re- pulse of German attacks at Gueuede- court and La Bassee and the explosion caused by artillery fire behind the enemy‘s lines near Ypres. FRANCE WILL LOAN tinnal eighty-two prisoners with one officer. That the resumption of the British offensive on the Somme has widened to a front of about seventeen miles is~indicated by the report of a successful raid south of Bouchavesnes, not far“ from Peronne. GERMAN CLERKS GIVEN LEAVE OF ABSENCE A despatch from New York says: â€"â€"Fifteen Germans employed in the Foreign Department of the Guaranty Trust Company, one of the largest banking organi7ations in the country. have been given indefinite leave of absence with pay, it was announced on Wednesday, pending the outcome of the break between the United States and Germany. An officer of the com. pany explained that this action was taken “for reasons of neutrality” and that no reflection on character of the men was meant. ment refers to the engagement Awhigh There is not the slightest doubt in official circles that the Germans will either attempt to sink or actually will sink the first American liner that ven- tures into the restricted area. Sub- marine commanders have received ab- solute orders to sink at sight, it is said, and it will be a miracle if these orders are not followed to the letter. For the last week all wirelese sta- tions, cables and telegraph wires have been crammed with reports as to the effect of the new submarine activity. All show that the submarines now de- pend greatly on their guns rather than on torpedoes to accomplish the sinking of ships. Out of seven torpedoes fired at merchant ships not a single one found its target. The vessels either saw the torpedoes and managed to evade them or the German marks- manship failed. $300,000,000 T0 ALLIES declare that ass on both up; the night ‘1’ 9 to Me. C( )f heavy Weigh" :- 52.50 m 32,75 Potatoesâ€"( It $2.76; New 1 hug. $2.90 to $2 5 to $2.90 )1‘ Beans»~1mx heights outside. Barleyâ€"Maltlng. $1.1 cording to freights out: Buckwheatâ€"$1.28. no to freights outside. Ryeâ€"No. 2. $1.38 (0 to freights outside Manttoba flourâ€"First bags. 5950; second pate $9.00; strong bakers'. in Toronto. Ontario flourâ€"Wintex sample. $7.00 to 3710. Toronto. prompt shipm seaboard. export trade. Millt‘eedâ€"Car lots. de Heights, bags included- :35; shorts. per ton. flour, per bag, $2.70 to S Butterâ€"«Fresh dairy 38c; creamery prints, 42 to 430. Eggsâ€"No. 1 storage age, selects, (6 to 48c: tons, 55 to 66¢: out of Live poultryâ€"Fowl. chickens, 1b.. 18 to 20¢. Dressed pqultrAyâ€"jCh Eer (101.. $4.00 to $4.50; turkeys, 28 tc 3c; geese. 18 to 200. Cheeseâ€"New large. 25; to 260: twins 26 to 261a; triplets. 2s; m 2630; old lar e, 2650; twins. 265 to 27c. oneyâ€"VVhite clover, 2a-1b. tins‘ 14c; 5-H). fins. 13 to 131m; IO-Ib.. 12} to 13¢: 60-lb.. 12 to 130; buckwheat. GO-Ib. tins 9 to Me. Comb honey extra. fine and heavy Wpflgjlt. finer flog. ’82," select 3 C.W'., 65c: extra No. 1 feed. 1. (He, track Bay ports. American cornâ€"No. 3 yellc subject to embargo. Ontario oatsâ€"No, 2 white. f nominal: No. 3 white. 61 to 6 mil. according to freights outs Ontario wheatâ€"No. 2 \Vinte1 Inc, $1.70 to $1.72; No. 3. (10.. $1.70. accgrdlng to‘frgjgms ou flou'r, pe Hayâ€" Straw Toronto fowl Der bush bush $6.50 (NI NO. 1 feed, 68c. Barley-Man Feed, 9H0: mulling. $1.30. Flour-â€"Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts. $9.60: seconds, $9.10; strong bakex's‘. $8.90; \Vlnter patents, chnlcc. 89.25; straight rollers, $8.50 to $8.80; (10.. bass. $4.10 to “.25. Rolled oatsâ€"barrels, $6.96 to $7.15: (10.. bags. 90 lbs, $335 to $3.46. Bx‘anâ€"-$33 to $34. Shortsâ€"$36 to $37. Mlddlings. 338 to $40. Moulllle, $43 to $48. Hayâ€"No. 2, per ton. car lots. 818. Cheeseâ€"~Finest westerns. 26 to 26M: finest eastems. 25 to 25k. Butterâ€"â€" Cllolcest creamery. 43 to 42250: seconds, 39 to 410. Piggyâ€"Fresh. 68 to 600' selected, 460: No. 1 stock. 43c: No. 2 stock. 380. Potatoesâ€"per bag. car lots. $2.75 to $3.00. Mammal. western, Nc tra No. 1 1'6 Mic: ma] 26c to 280: backs: less. 29 to 32c. Lardâ€"Pure la mbs. 213 to 220: pognd, _163 to 17: Winnipeg VVinni eg. Feb. 1.‘ \Vheamâ€" '0. 1 Norther Northern. 31.62;; No. .‘ No. 4. 31.48; No, 5. $1 feed. 90c. Oatsâ€"N0. 2 3 C.\’\'., 522a; extra No. 1. 5030: No.'2, 49k. “K, 93a: No. 4. 83¢: re 75c. Flaxâ€"N0. 01 N.W CW” $3.52. Cured [heat 18er per lb‘: Unitnd States Markets Minneapolis, Feb. 13wVVheat~AMax $1.73: July, $1.70; to $1.71; cash, :‘o. 1 hard, $1.813 to $1.838; No. 1 Northern. $1.743 to $1.775. Cornâ€"~No. 3 yellow. 97% to 9M0. Oatsâ€"No. 3 white, 51? to 5257(27715'10111' unchanged. Bramâ€"$31.00 10-33100 $10.75 to $11.25; 430., good. $10.35 t9 $10.50: butchers' cattle. choice. $10.35 to.510‘60; (10.. good, $9.75 to $10.10: (10., medium. $9.10 to $9.35; (10.. common, $8.15 to $778335;A butclxeg‘s" [19115. choice. Toronto. Feb. leiâ€"Choice heavy steers, ; l I (30., con springer to $10.5 calves. lambs, l 89.76 to 14.60 t 14.90 t 13.85. $8 CO VS' to’$8.20: d1 stockers. $6 $8 to $8.50; $5.40; muke Montreal, Feb. $10.60: good steers bulls. choice. $7.50 $6.60 to 35.76; bu $7.50 to 58.50: KOO cows‘ $525: calves. hay fed. 86 to $7: $7.50 to 89; hogs. hay fed. $7.50 to care. 81‘ 512‘ Michigan High School Hisses “The Watch on the Rhine." A despatch from Albion, Mich, says :-â€"â€"A good mob scene for a movie photographer was obtainable when “The Watch on the Rhine" was an- nounced as the morning song at the Albion High School chapel services on Thursday. Hissing, catâ€"calling and other disturbances greeted the an- nouncement, and with one accord the students stood to their feet and gave the most enthusiastic rendering of "America" ever heard in the vicinity. The German anthem is now taboo as a chapel song. LEABEE‘QG E'EAREE'E‘S Potatoesâ€"Ontario. .76. New Brunswl $2.90 to $100; . 5 to $2.90. Beansâ€"~Impm'ted. Sm to $9. 0: do rough ', cho GERMAN ANTHEM TA BOO oked meatsâ€"Hams. medium do.. heavy. 22 to 23¢; cookec‘ rolls, 21 to 22¢; breakfast 1):: Country Produceâ€"Wholesale $625, imas Provisionsâ€"Wholesale Live Stock Market: L0; (10.. good t , medium bulls bulls, $5.15 to $2 Montreal Markets Feb. 13~Choice steers. i steers, $8 to $10; hutchers’ a. 87.60 to $9; canner's bulls, .75; butchera’ cows. choice. 50; good, $6 to $7; canner's calves‘ mnk fed. $12 (0 $14: to $7; lambs. $13.50; sheep. ; hogs. choice selects. oIY sows and light. 513; Stags. BI orted. h Canadian, Canadian per 1b.. 1 $8.60 to $9} (10.. good. 38 medium. $7.25 to $7.76: ; to $8.00; choice feeders Brem‘latnfi‘s ear ard‘ tierces. 21; to ; pails. 22 to 22ic; pla i'n ,husiastic rendering o 1' heard in the vicinity nthem is now taboo a Long clear bacon. 1 1r bellies, 18 to lsic butcher-5' bul >.. gqodhbul‘lg owl. 1b.. 20c. -Chirkens. film, 22 to 2 $4.50; turk )0. rge. 253 to ts. 26b to 26% to 27¢. track $1.18 breakfast ba 27 (0 280; h: her bag k Uglaw 82¢ All Grain 3â€"Cush prices: ‘11. $1.65; No. 2 3 Northern. $1.57; ,.28; No. 6. “£12; I C.W., 5350; No. , 1 feed, 52%; N0. Barleyâ€"«No. 3 LL ejected. 750: feed $40 thc 1b.. nd-picked. per handâ€"picked. per primes. $6.00 to 3 to 10111:. 2.80. (on. S 12 : Toronto. ton. $9. 44 in Da nt; 5 .S vOats~Canadl choi to 4 atent s. in ‘ ran laid $1.20 Montreal per §0n_ jxéégé All of the Officers and All of the Crew Except Five Went Down With the Vessel. Aâ€".lâ€"~ Dutchers' 300.0; 18 90 1e rota heat ban $1.13 feed No. 2 229C 18 to CODI- ding bulk jute 38' it gDEJKE 0F NflRFGfl HAS PASSEB AWAY x y A despatch from London says :â€" iThe Duke of Norfolk, ranking mem- iber of the English nobility, and the foremost English Catholic, died in London on Sunday. The death of the 1Duke was rather sudden, the first anâ€" inouncement of his serious illness hav. ging been made on Saturday. The lheit to the dukedom, the Earl of IArunclel and Surrey, who is eight years old, comes into an estate es- timated at £300,000 annually. A despatch from London says :â€" In a letter read at the war loan meet- ing on Saturday Viceâ€"Admiral Sir Reginald Bacon, Commander of the Dover patrol, is quoted as saying: “If lyou will try as hard to do your duty fashore by raising a loam as we are doing at sea by sinking submarines iand frustrating other civil devices, ;you will make the loan such a success ithat it will be a knockout blow to the 'lenemy.” official report issued on Sunday night describes briefly a British success against the Turks in Mesopotamia, a new line being occupied by the Brit- ish of about three and a half miles to a depth of more than half a mile. The text of the statement reads: “The British offensive south of Kutâ€" el-Amara was resumed Friday. Un- der cover of a heavy bombardment a portion of the’new Turkish front line west of the Hai River was secured and consolidated in the face of two counâ€" terâ€"attacks and two bombing attacks. Further westward," the statement adds, “Turkish trenches were pene- trated, and by successful bombing work were secured and consolidated along a front of 1,200 yards. A‘despatch from London says: A British torpedo-boat destroyer of an older type, the British Admiralty an- nounced on Friday night, struck a mine in the English Channel'ThurS< day night and sank. All the officers and all of the crew, except five, were BRETiSfi DESTRWER HETS WEE AM) SEREQS EN ENGLESE-i CHANNEL Was Ranking Member of the Nobility of Britain. A despatch from Amsterdam says: -â€"-According to Les Nonvelles of Mae- stricht, Holland, 3 dynamite factory at Schlebuscs, near Cologne, was blown up on January 27, causing the death of 200 persons, mostly women. An explosion last Thursday on the ralway between Aix-la-Chapelle and Louvain, this newspaper reports caused the death or injury of 26 Belgian work« men. MAKE THE LOAN DYNAMITE 1‘ A despatch from Fernie, B.C., says: #Fel‘nie, Michel, Carbondale and Hillâ€" crest miners show a majority of 1,300 in favor of accepting the recent settle- ment on the wage question. MINERS VOTE TO ACCEPT NEW WAGE SCHEDULE [NYERNAL DiFFlCULTlES ARE A despatch from Berne, Switzerland, says: Persons arriving from Germany continue to give accounts of the in- creasing internal difficulties and disâ€" may created by the present crisis. At the same time the people are all taught to believe that it is only neâ€" cessary to hold out three or four months before Great' Britain is re- duced to starvation. This appears to People Taught 1901100 [TE FACTORY BLOWN UP IN GERMANY tch i‘actm'y Which Townshend Held Throughout Siege of ’ Kut Captured by the British. KNOCKOUT FOR FOE WERE from London says: An issued on Sunday night iv a British success figé’ififi BACK 1,21%) YARDS W A ERQN'E‘AGE 6F WEIR MHLES ht to Believe If They Hold Out Three Months Britain Will be Reduced to Starvation. were pen ful bombir consolidat< tish success sopotamia, a by the Brit- half miles to f a mile. The INCREASING IN {QERMANY The California was an armed liner: carrying a single 4.7 gun mounted on the stern. The gunner was just train ing the weapon on the spot where oil bubbles had revealed the presence of {the under-water enemy when a tor- ipedo struck the port side with an ex‘ 'plosion so violent that most of the people aboard were thrown ofi‘ their lfeet, five being killed and a score in- ljured. The submarine fired a second ‘i torpedo, in an apparent effort to accel- ierate the sinking, but the second shot ;missed, although both torpedoes were 'fired from a distance of less than 300 pyards. There was only one America‘n inboard the California, and he is among the survivors. on the enemy was rapidly ( tacks. hea lost. The official statement fellows: “A torpedo-boat destroyer of an older type, employed in patrol duty in the English Channel, struck a mine on Friday night and sank. All the of- ficers were lost. There were five sur- vivors among the crew.” 4i PERESEED 6N CALEWRNHA A despatch from Lyndon says: Forty-one persons perished when the British passenger steamer California, of the Anchor Line, was torpedoed and sunk off the Irish coast, at 9 o’clock Wednesday morning. The ves- sel sank in nine minutes. The strick- en ship was able to send out “S.O.S." calls, and help arrived promptly. Nevertheless five persons were killed by the explosion and 36 were drowned in the launching of lifeboats. Liner Sank in Nine Minutes After Being Hit by Submarine. ENTENTE TO FINISH THE WAR BY THE CLOSE OF SUMMER A despatch from London says :â€" Addressing a meeting in London Wed- nesday night, John Hodge, Minister of Labor, said he thought he was giving away no secret in saying that at the recent conference between representaâ€" tives of the Entente allies the deter- mination had been arrived at to ter- minate the War by the end of Sum‘ Think it all over when you feel like doing something to get even with a neighbor, and then don’t do it. You will be glad from the bottom of your heart to-morrow that you did not. So will he. be the universal article only possibility of sa they profess to believe diate declaration of war States, and the loading using the whole Americ voy them across the A reckon that internal Lli retard American inter too late. repulsed ing ‘s the slon 11!] gland will until hey