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AWFUL TOLL 0F GERMAN DEAD IN PIERCE COUNTER-ATTACKS Paris, April 22.â€"Repeated desper- ate and vain counter-attacks by the Crown Prince are yielding to Gen. Nivelle a second crop of valuable re- sults, of equal importance to the first fruits of his advance, which consisted in the storming of the German strong- holds along the Soissons-Champagne front. Since it is an axiom that the Allies‘ task is not to drive back the Germans but to destroy the enemy armies, the importance of Hindenburg's madden- ed efforts to retake the lost positions can be gauged. By swiftly hurling forward waves of troops and imbedding them, under cover of the throats of an enormous mass of artillery, in the key positions along the Germans’ front, Gen. Nivelle . 'chine guns of low-flying airplanes. has compelled the German high com- mand to attempt desperate measures to regain their former vantage points, as otherwise the French possession of them means a constant menace to their whole fortified line, and it is in the’ counter-attacks that the full and complete bloody toll is taken of the enemy formations. The losses sustained in counterâ€"at- tacking are far greater than those sufâ€" fered in ordinary attack, or under the bombardment preliminary to an en- emy blow, as for the counter-thrusts the troops must be formed from among men already nerveâ€"shattered by the tremendous artillery pounding, who must be reorganized and grouped under a pitiless enemy gunfire, and then driven forward in attempts to debouch under a criss-cross machine gun fire and the harrying of the ma- Crown Prince are yielding to Gen. Nivelle a second crop of valuable re- sults, of equal importance to the first fruits of his advance, which consisted in the storming of the German strong- holds along the Soissons-Champagne front. Since it is an axiom that the Allies‘ task is not to drive back the Germans but to destroy the enemy armies, the importance of Hindenburg’s madden- ed efforts to retake the lost positions can be gauged. GENERAL HAIG RENEWS DRIVE MAKES GAINS NEAR CAMERA] London, April 22.â€"Fighting activi- ty, almost suspended on the front held by the Crown Prince from Soissons through the Champagne, swung back again to-day to the great segment of the new Hindenburg line faced by the forces of Field Marshal Haig. The British night report tells of clear- ing the wooded angle stubbornly held by the Germans between Hermines and Gonnelieu, about eight miles southwest of Cambrai. Both the day and night bulletins from Berlin emphasize the extreme violence of the British artillery fire at many points on the Arras front, north and Hindenburg, Trying to Stall Off French Threat Along Whole Line, Hits Back With Frenzied Disregard of Losses. EVERY BSCTOR [N BRITAIN A despatch from London says: The War Cabinet decided on Friday that every physician and surgeon and every man with medical training of military age must be qailed up for service immediately. In reference to the calling up of the physicians and surgeons the following oflicifil explanation is given: V “The eiiemy in totai disregard of the accepted tenets of civilized war- Clears Stubbornly Defended Position Between Hermes nelieu, Eight Miles Southwest of Cambrai. General Morale of the Kaiser’s Army Typified by Two Significent ' Incidents. GERMAN GFFEER SANK 0N KNEES A despatch from London says: The London Times correspondent with the French army telegraphs that condiâ€" tions overhead and under foot are as bad as possible. In the course of his despatch, which merely amplifies the present detailed French communiques, he says: “The bombardment that has continued incessantly for days along the front to an extent of 100 miles, added to the formidable length of the English front north of St. Quentin, is, perhaps, the most appalling thing the world has ever seen. . . . Iheard to- day of a captured German officer who Hospitals to be Established Overseas as Result of the Sinking of Hospital Ships. \ “313m London. April 22.-â€"An official com- municntion issued this evening dealâ€" ing with the report last Friday of the advance of the British 'forces north of Wadi Ghuzze, in Southern Pales- V "The-British have consolidated the ground gained and are now in touch with the enemy's main positions cov- About 200 Turkish Prisoners Were Captured in Fighting Which Took Place on the 19th. MESH FGRCE EN PALESTiNE ES IN TOUCEi WITH TE-EE ENEMY BEGGED CAPTGR FQR MERCY CALLED UP FOR SERVE€E Every indicationâ€"the German com- muniques, the heavy gun duels, the revival of scouting in the airâ€"points 'to a renewal of the grand offensive by the British armies in that “rhythmic warfare” which began with the storming of Vimy Ridge. The course the battle may take cannot be predictâ€" ed, but present indications suggest that General Haig is aiming his blow down the valley of the Scarpe to- ward Douai, which is admittedly the British objective, and the northern pier upon which Hindenburg built his retreat from last summer’s battlefield of the Somme. south of the River Scarpe. fare, has deliberately instituted a submarine campaign against hospital ships, and it has therefore become essential that a large number of hosâ€" pitals should be established overseas in the various theatres of war for the treatment of sick and wounded. In or- der to allow this to be done with great rapidity it is essential to secure the services of every doctor that can pos- sibly be spared from the United King- dom.” went down on his knees when taken to beg for mercy. I saw a French oflicer who, with two men, had taken 60 pris- oners, walking about places where he was exposed, not only to shell fire, but to machine gun bullets, as coolly as if he had been in the Place de l’Opera. The difference between the two men exactly typifies the difference between the general morale of the bombarding force that is attacking and the bomâ€" barding force that is being attacked. Not in one place or two, but all along the line the French have shown this morale superiority.” ering Gaza (near the Mediterranean, about 50 miles southâ€"west of Jerusa- lem). This position extends from the soacoast near 'Sheikh Ahmed, through Alimentar to the east of the town, and thence in a south-easterly direction to Abuhariera. About 200 Turkish prisoners were captured the 19th." and Gon- Markets of the World was} 0F CANADEAN nominal. track Bay ports. Manitoba. oatsâ€"No. 2 C.W_. 82( C.W., 810: extra No. 1 feed. 810 teed. 7921c, all rall'dgyvey‘ed. ‘ -‘N- . V‘-, _.__ Ar'nerican édfnâ€"No. 3 3 nominal. subject to embar: ronto. OHfario oatsâ€"No nominal; No. 3 wh nal. according to f}‘ “mun”... nu, ., "WW, ., V, nal. according to freights outside. Ontario Wheatâ€"No. 2 \Vlnter, per 101:, $2.35 to $2.37: No. 3 do.. . ‘ $2.35. according to freing outsige freights outside. Manitoba flourâ€"First patents bags. $11.70; second patent's. bags,. $11.20: strong bakers. bags. $10.80. Toronto. Barleyâ€"Making, $1.35 to $1.37 1m: to freights outside. Ryeâ€"No. '2, $1.85 to $1.87. a ‘0 freights outside. Ontario flourâ€"Winter, according to Sample. $10.10 to $10.20. in bags. track Toronto. prompt shipment. Mlllfeedâ€"Car lots. deHVered Montreal f“Sights. bags includedâ€"Bran. per ton. $39: shorts. per ton, $41 to $43: mid- dlingS. per ton $44 to $46; good feed flour, per bag, $2.80 to $2.90. Hayâ€"Extra No. 2. per ton. $11.50 to $12.50: mixed. per ton. $8.50 to $11. track Toronto. ' Strawâ€"Car lots, per ton. $7 to $8 track Toronto. Butt;;â€"I:‘Vrgsihizrlairy. choice. 40 to 410; :Xéeamery prints. 43 to 45¢: solids. 42 to c. M. ., no.“ out of cartons. 35c. Dressed poultryâ€"Chickens. 26 to 280: fowl. 24 to 260: ducks. 22 to 260: squabs. ger (102., $4.00 to $4.50; turk/eys. 30 to uuu. Cheeseâ€"New. large. 27 to 27ic; twins 271 to 272C; tripets, 273 to 28¢; old. large. 28k; twins. 2820. Honeyâ€"“mite clover. Zi-lb. fins. 14% to 15¢; 5-1b. tins. 14210; 10-lb‘. labc; 60- 1b,, 130; buckwheat, 60â€"11). fins. 10 to 10k. Comb honeyâ€"extra fine and heavy weight. per (102.. $2.75; select. $2.50 to $2.75; No. 2, $2 to $2.25. Maple syrupâ€"Imperial gallon. $1.60 to ' Mable syiim- $1.75. v Potatoesâ€"0n track Ontario, per bag. $3.50; New Brunswick Delawares, per 351%.5 $4.00; 'Albertas. per bag. $3.50 to Beansâ€"Imported. hand-picked. per bush.. $6.25; Canadian. handâ€"picked. per bush., $7.50 to $7.75; Canadian primes. $7.00 to $7.25; Limas, per 1b.. 13 to 131m. Providentâ€"Wholesal- Smoked and cured meats and lard are quoted to the trade by Toronto whole- salers as follonSZ: .. an L- .aauc. o [W .vuv y. ... Smoked meatsâ€"Hams. medium, 28 to 290; do.. heavy, 24 to 25¢; cooked, 89 to 400; rolls, 24 to 250; breakfast bacon. 30 to 330: backs, plain. 33 to 34c; bone- less. 35 to 360. Lardâ€"Pure lard, tierces. 25} to Zfiic; mhn 259 10‘260: nails. 26 to 2650: 00m- Lardâ€"Pure lard, tierces. 25} to tubs, 253 to‘ZGc; pails, 26 to 26k: pound. Heroes. 20 to 20ic. Cured meatsâ€"Long clear bacon. 220 per lb; clear bellies. 20 to 20ic. Montreal, Apr. 24â€"Oatsâ€"Canadian western. No. 2, 81c: (10.. No. 3. 79c: do.. extra No. 1 feed. 79c. Barleyâ€"Manitoba feed, $1.11. Buckwneatâ€"â€"No. 2, $1.35. Flourâ€"Manitoba spring wheat patents. firsts, $12.20; (10., seconds, $11.70: (10.. strong bakers‘. $11.50; winter patents, choice. $11.50: do., straight rollers. $10.80 to $11; do.. bags. $525 to $6.35. Rolled oatsâ€"Barrels, $8.25 to $8.60; (10., bags. 90 lbs. $4 to $4.25. Branâ€"$40 to $42. Shortsâ€"$43 to $44. Middlingsâ€"545 to $47. Moullieâ€"H!) to $54. Hayâ€"No. 2. per ton. car lots, $1360. Potatoesâ€"per bag, car lots. $3.25 to $3.60. steers. $10.50 to $10.60; butchers' cattle. choice, $11.25 to $11.60; 110.. good. $10.40 to $10.60; do., medium. $9.65 to $10; (10., common. $8.75 10:9; butchers bulls, choice, $10 to $10. 5; do., good bulls, $9.25 to $9.75; do. medium bulls, $8.25 to $8.75; (10., rough bulls. $6.40 to $6.50; butchers‘ cows. choice. $10 to $10.25: (10., ood. $8.75 to $9.50: ‘10.. medium. $7 to $ .25; slockers, $7.50 to $9.35; feeders. $9.50 to $10.25; canners and cutters. $5.50 to $6.25; milkers, good to choice. $86 to $110; 60.. com. and med.. each, $40 to $60; 5 ringers. $50 to $110; light ewes. $10 to 14.60: sheep, heavy, $8.50 to $9.50; calves. good to choice. $12.50 ‘io‘$14,75; spring lambs. each $8 to $12; l1umbs, choice. $14.25 to $16; (10.. medium, {$10.50 to $12.50: hogs. fed and watered. £16.40 to $16.50; (10.. weighed oft cars, ’ 16.65 to $16.75; (10.. f.o.b.. $15.75. Montreal. Apr. 24â€"Choice steers.‘. $12.25 to $12.50: good steers. $10.50 tot $11.50; common steers. $9.50 to $10; hutchers‘ cows, $9 to $11: bulls. $9.50 to g 7312; cho‘lce milk-fed calves. $8 to 311;: gunnimon. $5 to $7: shear). $10 to $11;| yeariin lambs. $14.50 to $15.50; spring. .lambs, $8 to $12; hggs. $17 to 817.50. “’innipeg. Apr. 24â€"Cash prices: Wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern, 52.36;; No. 2 Northern. $2.32; No. 3 Northern. $2.20; No. 4, $2.17; '0. 5. $1.98: No. 6 $1.67; reedv $1.18._ Oatsâ€"No. 2 C.VV., 71 c; No. 3 C.'\V.. "who; extra No. 1 feed, 70m; No, 1 feed, 6880; No. 2 feed, 67c. Bar- leyâ€"No. 3. $1.18; No. 4, $1.14; rejected, 96c; feed. 96c. Flaxâ€"No. 1 N.W.C., $2.983; No. 2 C.W., $2.943. Mlnneapolis, Apr. 24â€"‘Wheatâ€"May, $2.271; July, $2.20; cashâ€"N0. 1 hard, $2.5M to 52.53;; No. 1 Northern, 52.4% to $2.4“; No. 2. do.. $2.39§ to $2.471. Cornâ€"No. 3 _yenow. $1.43} to $1.455. Oatsâ€"No. 3 White, 68} to 69:10. Flourâ€" Unchanged. Branâ€"$39 to $40. Duluth, Apr. 24â€"Wheatâ€"No. 1 hard. 32.35%; No. 1 Northern, 2.30} to $2.34}; No. 2, do., 52.261 to $2.2 é; May. $2.26} bid: July. 32.20 bid. Linseedâ€"$3.25 to $3.26; May. $3.24; July, $3.24 bid; Sep- {éifibén “:23 Toronto. AD!" 3. 1 Northern, Eggsâ€"New-lalq‘ in cartons Damage Caused for Many Miles Around, Says One Despatch. Amsterdam, April 23.â€"A terrific explosion occurred in Wilhelmshaven Harbor (Prussia) Friday, according to The Nieue Rotterdamsche Cour- ant. Damage was caused: for many miles around. Wilhelmshaven is one of the main naval depots of Germany, Kiel being l‘ERRIFIC EXPLOSION naval a another CONTROLLER TA LCES ALL FOOD A despatch from London says:â€" The Food Controller is empowered by an order~in-Council to take possession of any factory, or other premises, where food is manufactured. dd, 32.4 Country Produceâ€"Wholesale United States Markets Montreal Markets Idve Stock Markets Winnipeg Grain Breadstufls r. 24â€"Manitoba wheat 1. $2.57: No. 2 do.. $252 475‘, No. 4 wheat. $2.31 Bay, Deftg. v" on,” \Tn AT WILHELMSHAVEN. white Hofin'mal white. _7_4 to : cu. 3 yellow. $1.54v argo. track To- aEcording t0 OVER FACTORIES according 3/7 to 380 $2.33 to accord- o 760. nomi- Nn. No. 21 to heavy heavy heavy cattle. jute jute Jute A despatch from Canadian Head- quarters in France, sayszâ€"Now that the lists of casualties from the actions of the last week re beginning to ap- pear in the Canadian press, it may bring solace to the sad hearts to know how carefully the wounded were handled, and how revet‘ently the deal were buried. Hospital arrangements were made to handle far more than the number actually wounded. Extra ambulances were provided at the front, and many supplementary dress- ing stations were opened. There was little congesti0u anywhere. Over 2,000 who were wounded on the first day were so slightly hit that they were ‘able to walk back to the stations withâ€" lout aid. Despite the extraordinarv condition of th: ground over which the advance was made, the stretcherâ€"bearers found and brought out practically all the wounded before nightfall each day. In only a few cases, where the wounded lay in deep shellholes and had not suf- ficient strength to make their presence known to the search parties, did they remain in the field overnight. TURKS LOST 4,000 BRETISH ONLY 73 It is believed that this prompt handling has resulted in a material reduction under the heading, “Died of Wounds.” Similar systematic care Although Gen. Maude’s Troops Attacked Ottoman Main Position. A despatch from London says:â€" The British forces under Gen. Maude forced a passage of the Shattâ€"el;Ad- hem River, 50 miles south of Bagdad, and attacked the main Turk position, completely routing the enemy, whose casualties were over 4,000, including 1,244 prisoners. The total British casualties were only ’78. Ovm‘ 2,000 Hit on the First Day of the Battle for Vimy Ridge SO Slightly Injured They Walked to Dressing Stations. Problem of Prairie Agriculture is Being Solved Setisfactorily. Ottawa; April 22.â€"â€"The farm labor problem in Western Canada is being satisfactorily solved by the National Service Board in co-operation with the Federal Department of Immigration Iand the Agricultural Departments of the Western Provincial Governments. Many thousands of farm laborers have lalready been brought into the West l‘from the United States and the ma- ‘jority of these will become perman- i ent citizens. The general officer commanding the British forces in Egypt reports in an official statement to the War Office that on April 17th the British advanc- ed north of the Wadi Ghuzze, in Southern Palestine, and captured the Turkish advanced positions along a front of six and one-half miles. The attack was assisted by the fire of warships, and the position gained was consolidated. Fighting was still proceeding at the time the report was sent. The battle now reported follows up the success gained on March 27, at Wadi Ghuzze, near the ancient city of Gaza, when the Turks narrowly esâ€" caped complete disaster. FARM LABOREBS GOVERNMENT EMPLOYS 232 FOOD INSPECTORS. A despatch from Ottawa says: There are now 197 food inspectors employed by the Department of Agri- culture, and 35 employed by the De- partment of Inland Revenue, accordâ€" ing to an answer given Mr. Sinclair, of Guysboro, during the question hour in the Commons on Friday. There was a net increase during the past year of 19 in the number employed by the for- mer department and seven in the number employed by the latter. 75m mamas IN A My TRIED TO cmss mm HflLLAND .A despatch from Amsterdam says: More than 500 German Fusiliers, sailors and Landaturmers on Monday evening tried to cross the Dutch-Bel- gian frontier from the environs of Knocke to near Gn‘zand, Holland, says the Handelsblad, but the at- Were Fired POUR INTO WEST by Uhlatjs With Machine Guns and Thirty-Eight of the Deserters Wounded. DEAD T0 WQUNDED 1 T0 5 was shown in the disposal of the d« who are now believed to bear the markably low ratio of one to wounded. There are two important military cemeteries on the Canadian front, at Carency and Ecoivre. These are con; nected with the trenches by light rail- ways, and the dead customarily are brought there for burial. For the operations of last week additional burying grounds were opened near the front of the line, so that the work of the burial parties might be more quickly done. Each body of our men is given individual burial, and over each of the dead is placed a simple wooden cross, giving his name, rank and identification number. Even if these crosses should be removed, the records of the burial are so complete: that the location of every body can be indicated. The dead are wrapped in blankets before being committed to the earth by the men’s own units, and the burial service is read by a clergy- man of the dead soldier’s own, de- nomination. The army chaplains are so distributed as almost invariably to permit of this reverence for the dead, which is one of the marked character- istics of the British and Canadian troops . Hunger, Co-Opcrating With Ex- ternal Enemies, to Bring Auto- cracy to Terms. ' London, April 22,â€"Hunger, want, and discontent within the German Empire are powerfully co-operating, with external foes to bring the auto- cracy to terms. Demonstrations by the people or by strikers in the City‘ 'of Berlin, almost unknown in times, of peace, and until within a few days quite unknown during war, are un- mistakable evidence of bad condL 'tions. The reports that the first de- monstrations had been brought to an 'end, not by troops, but by concessions to the workers, are not contradicted. ‘The trouble has spread to munition works employing thousands of men upon whom Germany now depends to supply her great armies in the field. GERMANY’S WANT FREEWM’S ALLY GERMANS BROWN OWN WQUNDED Two British Hospital Ships Tor- pedoed Without Warning.- London, April 23.â€"The British hos-‘ pital ships Donegal and Lanfranc,j with many wounded aboard, have been' torpedoed without warning. They‘ were sunk on April 17. Of those on; the Donegal 29 wounded men and 12‘ of the crew are missing. The Land franc carried German wounded as well‘ as British. Of those aboard 19! British and 15 Germans are believed; to have perished. lGerman Residents Under Surveillance} ! in the United States. A despatch from Washington saysz.‘ Approximately three thousand Ger- iman residents of the United States {are under close surveillance, Depart- ‘lment of Justice officials announced on iFriday, because of their activities in ‘behalf of the German Government be-i ifore America’s entry into the war or lbecause of their pro-German gym- pathieE. The placing of Germans on hospitall ships which do not carry the charactâ€"1 eristic signs is one of the methods of reprisal decided upon by the British Government because of the unwarned sinking of these boats of mercy. U. S. IS WATCHING tempted desertion was frustrated after the party had been pursued and attach; ed by Uhlans. The deserters were fired; on by the Uhlans with machine guns.» and in a fight which lasted a halfâ€"hour; 38 of the deserters were woundedThe mounted guards along the front-W ier have since been doubled. ‘ OVER 3,000 SUSPECTS. disposal of the dead, the re- to five