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counted. The official estimate on'Fri- day gives 7,500, and on Saturday 1,200 were counted. The Germans with cus~ tomary mendaclty announce effegtive yaw-is, April 8.â€"'l‘he Germans ap- , bombardment of “depots, batteries and pear determined that Rheims shall not f troop centres}, form an exception to the wholesale' . . I . ., destruction of French towns and vil-l thh a View to decxease the “whim lag?S within range of their guns. Last casualties the Government has decided week the. devoted city was mercilessly j on the evacuation of Rheims by all in~ shelled. On Wednesday from 2 in the habitants whose presence in the town afternoon over 2,000 shells were a is not indispensable. Women and chil- counted. The official estimate on Fri- i dren will be taken to the rear. A no- day gives 7,500, and on Saturday 1,200 ; tice to this effect has been posted and were counted. The Germans with cus~ :1 the inhabitants requested to make pre- tomary mendaclty announce effective , partitions for departure without delay. ports rubbc able ( an m r A despatch from Londo A case in the Prize' Court that on one voyage the carried 87 cases of dental on another voyage 48 cases ‘ in possession of the passen several other ships from ports cycle tubes, rubber ; rubber boots were found i1 able. quantities. The com" glvm gram found fact 1 flour EVERY PASSENGER LA DEN “’ITH U] r grammes of each person brea is to fore cord VVed program would be $6,750,000,000. 0f the five billion to be raised by a bond issue, $3,000,000,000, it was de- finitely stated to-night, would be loan- ed to the Entente allies. The entire issue, House and Senate leaders have agreed, will bear interest at the rate of 31/2 per cent. It is proposed to make the loan to the allies at this interest rate they have been compelled to pay or. their previous issues. SWISS BREAD CARI) AFTER GERMAN MODEL German Artillery is Methodically Destroying th French City. Under this program Congress will be called upon to raise war revenue to the extent of $1,750,000,000 through new and increased measures of taxa- tion during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918. This is exclusive of the five billion bound issue, authorization for which will be sought of Congress this week. The total demand upon the financial resources of the country dur- ing the first year of war under this program would be $6,750,000,000. 0f the five billion to be raised bv a Washington, April 8.‘â€"President Wilson’ policy, outlined in his address to Congress, of'paying America’s war bill so far as possible while the war is being waked, leaving a minimum debt to posterity, was reflected in a virtual decision by leaders in the House and Senate to raise fifty per cent. of the first year’s expenditures by taxation. WAN T0 ALLEES V $3,®%0,0€B®,®%6 One Form of Aid Decided Upon at Washington Large squadrons of British aero- planes were sent up over the German lines, for the purpose of photographâ€" ing the new German positions and: bombarding strategic points behind the front. These formations were flanked by other squadrons of fighting aeroplanes, and numerous battles took place. The British report 28 machines missing, the greater part of which number were shot down in combat beâ€" hind the enemy lines. Berlin re- ports that 44 allied machines were deâ€" London, April 8.â€"In the two and a half years of this war there have been many battles on a scale fer outdistancâ€" ing those of any other wars in the matter of men employed, the pro- digious use of guns and ammunition, and territory covered, but there never yet has been such a battle as that fought yesterday in the air. {AEN E] BRITISH REâ€"ESTABLISII BEYOND QUESTION THEIR AIR SUPREMACY Aviators by Hundreds Fly Over German Linesâ€"Photographs Taken, and Over Fifty Hostile Machines Shot Down. I to pa a necessity owing to the that Switzerland’s imports of have. been reduced by one-half. atch from Berne says: A ‘d after the German pattern nti‘oduced in Switzerland be- »nd of the present month, ac- ) an announcement made on ,y. There will be 225 of flour per day issued for on, of which oneâ€"quarter :ed for cooking purposes and *ters for bread-making, thus inn}: bread allowance of 270 The bread card has been goo The Germar '38“ CWE EELLS 0N RE ondon says NIH H {ELEANS GREEREE} W LEAVE Helligolav rubber and were found tgel‘s. On RUBB Amer Idemn BER A despatch from London says: The routing of the Turks at Gaza by Sir Charles Dobell has been followed with keen interest by Canadians here. This victory, together with the successful campaign against the Cameroons in Africa, carries Canadian participation in the war to all quarters of the war. CANADIAN SOLDIERS A despatch from London says:â€" An official communication issued by the Serbian War Office, received here, reports that enemy aviators bombard- ed Monastir on Sunday with asphyxi- ating gas bombs. Forty-seven per- sons were killed and twenty-nine wounded. The killed and wounded consisted mostly of women and chil- dren. Many houses were destroyed. A despatch from New York says: â€"Americans returning on Wednesday from Berlin and other German cities on the Spanish liner Alfonso XII. said they were confident that Germany would be compelled to plead for peace before the end of the year, because the masses of: the people were starv- ing. Up to the present the lack of food has only affected the civil popula- tion, but now it has spread to the army. When the soldiers have their ration cut in half they will realize that the war is going against them, the passengers said, and this may lead to a revolt. MANY CIVILIANS KILLED BY BOMBS IN MONASTIR Lack of Food Has New Spread to Kaiser’s Beloved Soldiers. PEOPLE. (PF fiAE’EBEJRQ [WINS ON MEWS Kaltschmidt was taken to Port Huron and lodged in the county jail, where he was searched, registered and placed in a cell. He admitted that he was born in Germany, that he had served as an officer in a cavalry regi- ment of the Kaiser. A despatch from Detroit says:â€" Albert Carl Kaltschmidt, notorious fugitive from Canadian justice, was arrested at the home of his sister in Marine City, Mich., on Friday night on a warrant issued by United States Federal courts, which charges sedition. SERMAN FLOWER RUN T0 EARTEE Instigator of Dynamite Outrages in Windsor and Walkerville. The bombarding squadrons were also highly successful in their day's work. Seventeen raids were carried out on enemy airdromes, ammunition depots arid railways, over eight tons of bombs being dropped. That the British accomplished their purpose-that of photographing and mapping the new German positions and the country behinflethe linesâ€"is indicated by General Haig’s statement to-night that large tracts of the enemy's country for many miles in the rear have been photographed, over 1,700 photographs being taken behind the lines. stroyed. The Germans lost 15 aero- planes and ten balloons, while the British drove to the ground 31 addi- tional machines, a large proportion of which, General Haig report to-nig'ht, “must have been totally destroyed.” ARE ON ALL FRONTS. ie Devoted ent adds that Prince Lvoff, Premier in the Provisional Government, has so in- formed a deputation of women who waited upon him. WOMEN WILL VOTE Women will be allowed to vote in the elections to the Constituent As- sembly in Russia, says Renter's Petra- grad correspondent. The correspond- London Renter‘s Petrograd cor- respondent says: “The provisional Government has ordered the release of 500 hostages captured in enemy terâ€" ritory. The Government considers it an injustice to imprison people whose only offence is fidelity to their own states.” RL off cars. 73516 $1515 to $15.1 to $10 $11M dc feed, $1.05. Oats-â€" 3 C.W.. 66ic; extra 1 feed. 643C; No. 1 No.73, 7571.10; No. 4 $1.20. Buckwheatâ€"No. 2. $1.32. Flour â€"Man. spring wheat patents. firsts. $10.40; seconds. $9.90; strong bakers’. $9.70; winter patents. choice. $9.50: straight rollers, $8.70 to $9; (10.. bags. $4.20 to $4.35. Rolled oatsâ€"â€"Ban-els. $7.45; 60.. bags. 90 lbs., $3.60. Bran. $36 to $38. Shorts, $39 to $40. Middlings. $41 to $42. Mouillie. $45 to $50. Hayâ€"â€" No. 2. per ton, car lots, $13.50. VVlnni; \Vheatâ€"‘ $1.20 29 to 320; ha: less, 35 to 36c tubs, 24; to 242C; pails, 243 to 250; pound. tierces. 172 to 180. Cured meatsâ€"Long clear bacon. 22¢ per lb; clear bellies. 20 to 20§c Provisionsâ€"Wholesale Smoked meatsâ€"Hams. medium 28c; (10.. heavy. 247 to 25¢; gopkeé large, 28k; twins Honeyâ€"\Vhite < to 15c; 5-lb. tin: GO-Ib., 13c: buckw 10lc. Comb honey weight. per: (192.. Butter- creamery 430. Eggsâ€"NeWâ€"laid‘ in cartons. 410 of Cartons. 39c. Live poultryâ€"Fowl. 1b.. 20 to 250; chickens. 20 to 25c. Dressed poultryâ€"Chickens, 22 to 26¢; fowl, 20 to 22¢; ducks. 22 to 25c; squabs. per (102.. $4.00 to $4.50; turkeys.v25 to Novrtherni. VSi‘VSK sked; July, 51.92 dlings. per ton. $43 to $45; 2006 flour. per bag. $2.70 to $2.80. Hayâ€"Extra No. 2. per ton. $11 $12; mixed. per ton. $8.50 to $11. Toronto. Strawâ€"Car lots. per ton. $7 to track Toronto. heights outside. Barleyâ€"Malting, $1.21 to $1.23. ac- cording to freights outside. Buckwheat â€" $1.35. according to Heights outside. Ryeâ€"No. 2. $1.58 to 81.60. according to freights outside. Manitoba flourâ€"First patents. in Jute bagS. $10; second patents. 1n jute bags. $9.50: strong bakers'. in jute bags. $9.10. Toronto. Ontario flourâ€"Winter. according to sample. $8.00 to $8.10. in bags. track Toronto, prompt shipment; $7.75 to $7.80. bulk seaboard. export grade. Mlllfeedâ€"Car lots, delivered Montreal freights. bags includedâ€"Bran. per ton. $38; shorts. per ton. $40 to $42; mid- dlinzs. Der ton. $43 to $45; 200d feed $12 Tor Breadstufl‘u Toronto. Apr. 10â€"Manitoba Whe N0. 1 Northern, $2.20}: No. 2, (10.. $2. No. 3. (10.. $2.103: No. 4 Wheat. 3 nominal. Vtrack Bay? ports; __ 7’ 'Mnfi'fibtiafiééitsiâ€"i‘ivd} ’ 2 ' C.W.. 7: 3 C.VV., Hie; extra. No. 1 fee No, 1 feed. 75k, alLrallA deli_\_'ere American cornâ€"No. 3 yellow. $1.37, track. Toronto. subject to embargo. Ontario oatsâ€"No. 2 white. 70 to 720. nominal: No. 3 white. 69 to 71_c. nomi- nal. according to freights outSIde. Ontario wheatâ€"No. 2 Winter. per car lot. $1.92 to $1.94; No. 3. do...$1.90 to $1.92. according to freights outsmg. Peasâ€"No. 2, nominal. accordlng to Markets of the World ugh ush ush $1( orthern Montreal. Apr. 10â€"Oatsâ€"C.W., No. 2. c; C.\V., Na 3, 76¢; extra No. 1 feed. 0. Barley-Man. feed, $1.06; making, .20. Buckwheatâ€"No. 2. $1.32. Flour Man. spring wheat patents. firsts, SSIA RELEASES 500 ENEMY HOSTAG Cheeseâ€"New. large. 2 '§ to 272C; tripleitsL 00 milkers. go‘ (10.. com. an springers. $50 3 S11; sheep. tatoes- insâ€"Imported . $6.25: Canm $3.30 to $3.40 'to' $7.2 rolls nipeg. Apr. loâ€"Cash quotations:â€" :â€"â€"No. 1 Northern. “.993; No. 2 Isrn, $1.95!}; No. 3 Northern, $1.8M; $1.803; No. 5. $1.613; No.‘ 6, $1.313; 1 5 Oatsâ€"No. 2 0.1V” 6712c; No. .. ‘seic; extra. No. 1 feed. 663:0: No. . 6490; No. 2 feed. 640. Barleyâ€" $1.10; No. 4. $1.03; rejected. 870.; S70. Flaxâ€"N0. 1 N.V\'.C.. $2.713: C.VV.. $2.671 ‘ E'mbs' }0: ho; :dium bulls. Country Produceâ€"Wholfaale United States )atsâ€"No. 3 hanged. Br‘ ADI“ 10--‘\‘ . 1 Northern Pure lard, tierces, 24} to 24?:0; to 242C; pails, 243 to 250; com- erces. 172 to 180. meatsâ€"Long clear bacon. 21 to â€"\Vhite clover. 2é-lb. tins. 14) 5-11). figs, 1450; 10-1b_. 13h; c: buckwheat. 60-11). tins. 10 to mb honeyâ€"extra fine and heavy aex‘ doz.. $2.75; select, $2.50 to 3. 2. $2 to $2.25. asâ€"On track Ontario, per bag. \Tew Brunswick Delawares, per Live Stock Markets canners and cutten Fresh dairy. ( )rints. 43 to 4 Montreal Markets AT COMING ELECTION Winnipeg Grain ported. hand-picked. per Canadian, hand-picked. pet to $7.50; Canadian pr' es, ; Limas. per 1b.. 13 to She. rhâ€"No yr. 24 to 25c; cooked. 38 to to 250; breakfast bacon. ks, plain. 32Vto 33c; bone- 10â€"Extra 512: choice Apr. July 2 to 315; s'he'e 16.50 to 316.75. wheat patents. firsts $9.90; strong bakers’ )atents, choice. $9.50: $847Q7to $9; (10.. bags ed to choice (1 med., each to $110; 11g heavy, $8.50 ‘ $16.00: $16.25 3 $1.92. Cashâ€"N0. :3; No. 1 Northern. 2 Northern. $1.9M 3 yellow. $1.23 to white. 63 to 65¢. an. $37.00 to $38.00. v'heatâ€"No. 1 hard, , $2.02 to $206: No $1.98; May. $1.98 bulls, 51 :us. $9.25 25. :9 $8 Ontario. 2k Delaw Albertas. Markets 10â€"Wheatâ€"May chok utchers ) $10.50 Choice 0 $11.2 feéd do‘ Chi he: s,te ch( W.. 78h; Nc 2! 40 to, olids, 4 lce. $10.65 [0.40; do., common, hoice. $10 [to $9.75; bu'tchéfi‘ do.. good to $7 $5.25 to . $85 to x. $40 to ht ewes. fed and weighed per bag steers :al lowef }ES. $7.50 50 to track (10.; and $7i 41c 2.01 out at “AELEES FIND LARGE NWBERS v 6F ENEMY DEAD AS m: “One of our Black Sea boats landed troops near the mouth of the River Termeh, 08 vents (38 miles) east of on Turkish territory on the Black Sea coast at a point: about 140 miles west of Trebizond, it is announced officially. The statement follows: I’etrograd, April 8.â€"â€"-A small Rus- sian force made a landing yesterday The Germans lost severely in the operations between Arras and St. A despatch from London says: British efforts to reach the Cambrai- St. Quentin high road and drive a salient into the German lines between these two important points, outflankâ€" ing both, continue successfully. In operations near Ronssoy, ten miles north of St. Quentin, Field Marshal Haig"s men have captured Lempire, five miles east of the Cambrai-St. Quentin road and 13 miles south-west of Cambrai. Prisoners were taken by the British and large numbers of Ger- man dead are reported by London to have been found in the captured posi- tions. SWEAR RUSSHAN FORCE LAWS 140 MILE-S WEST 0F EREBIZGND Ten Sailing Ships Loaded With Valuable (‘argoes Also Captured in the Black Sea. -" The principal activity of the French troops was staged on the Belgian front. The German positions near London, April 8.â€"Only two opera- tions took place on the battle front during the last twenty-four hours that might be classed as of military importance. Last night the British advanced on a front of some 3,000 yards north of the village of Louver- val, in the neighborhood of the Ba- paume-Cambrai road, strengthening their position in this region to a con- siderable extent. Haig’s Troops Gain Near Ba- paume-Cambrai Road ALLEES ADVANSE 0N WEST FRGNT A despatch from Copenhagen says: America’s entry into the war evidently has had an immediate and strong ef- fect upon the reform movement in Germany. The conviction that the instant modernization of the Prussian Constitution and the proclamation of a more democratic basis of govern- ment and diplomacy in the empire, without waiting for the end of the war, is necessary as a military and political measure to counteract the “tempest of the world’s public opinv ion,” as the Vorwaerts puts it, is evidâ€" ently gaining ground in all except re- During the forenoon Vice-Presi- dent Marshall signed the resolution in the Senate and President Wilson sub- sequently affixed his signature and set in motion the Government’s newly- planned machinery for mustering military, naval and economic forces into an aggressive war against Ger- Eritish Continue Attacks North of St. Quentin and Capture An- other Villageâ€"French Progress Near Rheims. A despatch from Washington says: â€"â€"The resolution-declaration that a state of war exists between the United States and Germany already passed by the Senate passed the House shortly after 3 o’clock Friday morning by a vote of 373 to 50, and war between the United States and Germany became an actuality. Modernization of Prussian Constitution Necessary to Counteract “Tempest of World’s Public Opinion.” GERMAN REFORM MOVEMENT AHDED BY U. S. EN'E'NY INTO WAR PRESIDENT WILSIIN SIGNS WAR BILL THREE-MILE LIMIT RGIIND U. S. ENDS Machinery to Aid Allies is Immediately Acceleratedâ€"Navy Plans to Relieve Entente Warships of Patrol Duty Off Atlantic Coast. Samsoon. (Samsoon is 180 miles west of Trebizoond.) Our troops burned a Turkish observation post. “The same torpedo boat captured ten sailing ships loaded with valuablt' cargoes and took them to Trebizond. French troops continue to recover ground captured by the Germans northâ€"west of Rheims, where Berlin reports 827 French prisoners were taken in the capture of French posi- tions. Paris reports that grenade atâ€" tacks have brought French successes in reconquering lost ground east of Sapigneul. Elsewhere south of the Somme there-has been no infantry ac- tion of moment. “One of our submarines has sunk a sailing ship in the Bosphorus region." Quentin during the past Week, Lon- don reports. Many German dead were found by the advancing British troops. South-east of Arras the British have made progress northâ€"east of Noreuil after stiff fighting. East of Arras and near Wytschaete the British have can ried out raids. A despatch from ' London says :â€" The Ministry of Labor, in conjunction with the War Pensions Statutory Com- mittee, is establishing trade advisory committees of equal numbers of em- ployers and work people representa- tives in the principal trades, to ad- vise concerning the training and em- ployment of disabled soldiers within these trades. The establishment of these cemmittees is intended to insure that schemes for training disabled men shall be fully considered by the inter- ests concerned. Lombartzyde were penetrated at two points. In the trenches, which had been completely destroyed by the fire of the French batteries, “numerous German dead” were found, according to the Paris communique. STEPS TAKEN IN BRITAIN TO TRAIN CRIPPLED SOLDIERS actionary circles. The demand that Germany follow the example of Austria-Hungary and declare itself in favor of a peace without annexations is heard from moderate Liberals as well as from Socialist quarters. This demand no longer represents alone the belief of many thinking persons that annexation, except for slight frontier alterations, would be against the real interests of Germany, but also the realization that after the United States joined the ranks of the enemy the time had passed when Germany could hope to dictate terms of peace or even moderate terms. many. The resolution passed the House in the same form as adopted by the Senate Wednesday night. It de- clares that a state of war exists, and directs the President to employ all naval and military forces of the United States and resources of the Govern- ment to carry on war to a successful conclusion. Orders for the seizure of all Ger- man ships in American ports went out immediately upon the passage of the war resolution. The vessels will be held for the present as a measure of safety. So far there has been no decision as to Whether the Government shall take them over and pay for them after the war. ‘EEEY ADVANCE The demand that