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Emma 31me BLOW IN 313mm IN BRELLIANT OFFENSIVE British Army Under Gen. Sir Herbert Plumer Captured Hun Posi_- tions on Messines Ridge and Take 5,000 Prisoners. A despatch from London sayszâ€"i In One of the most elaborately plan-E ned and daringly executed manoeuvres} of the war, Sir Douglas Haig‘s forces': have dealt a mighty blow against thel German line in Belgium, and been re-! worded with notable gains in terrain' and the capture of more than 5,000 prisoners and numerous guns of various calibre. In addition they in-‘ flicted heavy casualties on the Ger-l mans. l Over a front of more than nine miles extending from the region of Ypres southward and nearly to Armentieres, the British started their drive in the early hours of Thursday morning and at nightfall had everywhere advanced their line, capturing villages and nu- merous points of vantage, among the latter the Messines-Wytschaete ridge, which commands the surrounding plains for miles and which for two and a half years has been a troubleâ€" some salient. Our Troops Inflict Heayy Losses on the Enemy The villages of Messines and Wyts- chaete fell into the hands 0'? the Brit- ish during the attack, and the British CANADEAN RAH) Canadian Army Headquarters, June 10.â€"â€"A trench raid upon a scale much larger than any hitherto undertaken by Canadian corps was most successâ€" fully carried out during Friday night in the neighborhood of the Souchez river. The plan of operations excluded the holding of any of the ground oc- cupied, except some elements of trenches between the Bois de Riau- mont and the Souchez river at- tacked early in the evening. The desired ground here was obtained after a stiff fight. At this point the Souchez River had been dammed by the enemy with the object of pro- viding a strong defensive flank. The Canadians, attacking from the south of the river, after hand-to-hand en- counters took the German trenches immediately to the north. The troops to the north had a very stiff fight beâ€" fore they reached their objective, the enemy making full use of well- placed machine gun positions in the ruins of the houses and pit heads along the line of the advance. The cool determination of our men brought them‘ victory, and by ten o’clock the enemy trenches were firmly held. § Aft'er occupying the enemy’s first line and support trenches for two hours, in which time they were sys- tematically wrecked, our men re- turned before dawn this morning to their former positions. CWNTERMTACK UN§U€CES$FUL More Than 7,000 Hun Prisoners â€"-British Air and Trench Raids. London, June 10.~â€"-The Germans de- livered a powerful counter-attack on Friday night on a front of six miles south of Ypres. Large forces, com- posed mainly of fresh reseyves, were thrown into the battle in an attempt to win back the ridge of Messines. The enemy was repulsed at all points, the War Office announces, although the battle lasted until midnight. The most severe fighting took place east of Messines and in« the neighborâ€" hood of Klein Zillebeke Ypres). Here, accord ficiai advices from the fl mans succeeded in penet on em de': tle retak an aviut ing tinu ans succeeded in need British pos Th m tms rcglon sine; eeds 7,600, 'while a g guns are still buriet ris. There has been r slight rious 1 total number this region battle over ritish machi s losing thei Sfifim‘i (BF LENS ay m '16 ver the ‘imseif: “I’ll try to 1 every-thing that’s onsumption.” Th as colli Lives. \ In t} mg 'lell' 1e 3 unof he Ger essines. points, though rse of 1t the 'Ol' 1185 011 011 aY er 16,400 PRISONERS even pressed on eastward from Wyts- chaete and occupied the village of Oosttaverne and trenches east of the village on a front of more than five miles. Probably never in history was an attack launched with greater pre- paration. For days the Wytscha‘ete salient had been the objective of the British guns, which had hurled tons of steel upon it. When the time for the attack came the British loosed n'iines containing 600 tons of high exâ€" plosives in front of the German po- sitions, the detonations being heard 130 miles away in England. With consternation reigning among the Germans and under a curtain 01 fire, English, Irish, New Zealand and Australian infantrymen, with “tanks” to aid them, started across the open. The Germans offered only slight re- sistance, and everywhere were beaten off, even late in the afternoon, when they had somewhat regained their c'omposure and attempted a counter- attack near the southern end of the line, which was broken up by the Brit- ish artillery fire . FRANCE MBST HAVE AHEMEâ€"LGRRAWE Germany Declares That Restora- tion of French Province Will Not be Granted. REJSSEA REJECTS HEN PEACE PLAN Council of Soldiers and Workmen Denounces the Proposals. ' Pertograd, June 10.â€"The Council of Soldiers’ and Workmen announces that the German commander~in-chief on the eastern front sent a wireless message inviting the Russain aymies A 'despatch from Berlin says: The French Chamber’s decision that the war must continue until Prussian mili- tarism is destroyed and Alsace-Lor- raine regained caused the greatest indignation all over Germany, and not the least among the Socialists. For some time one could notice a decided change in the attitude of the large German classes toward France, who even to the beginning of the present year had displayed something akin to compassion. German papers preâ€" serve rather a forced calmness in dis- cussing the proceedings in the French Chamber, though all of them Without any exception emphasize the stereo- typed phrase, “Alsace-Lorraine was German, is German, and will remain German forever, no matter what the Chamber may decide." Vorwaerts feels perhaps the hardest, because it says that even French Socialists who recently were ready to sit down with German Socialists at Stockholm and discuss with them peace without an- nexation now seem to have identified themselves with the war aims of the capitalist classes. to a separate armistice and propbsing that they enter into secret pourparlers with the German leaders. The coun- cil denounces the proposals. In the telegram, the council’s an- nouncement states, the German com; mander proposed to show the armies a way toward an honorable peace and a means of ceasing to wage war with- out a break with the Entente allies. OSTEND‘HARBOR A despatch from London sayszâ€"A series of photographic plates of the bombardment of Ostend,which have'ar- rived in London, afford a remarkable example of the development of photo- graphic observation and record by aeroplanes. They show in undeniâ€" able fashion that the British bombard- ment of Ostend last Tuesday was the most successful thing of its kind yet accomplished,ensuring that Ostend will he crippled as a useful German base for weeks, if not permanently. German Counter-attacks Repulsed â€"- Gains Are Consolidated. A despatch from London says: The forces in Belgium have consolidated their gains of Thursday, and during Friday successfully warded off Ger- man countebattac‘xs in the region of Oosttaveme and Messines, according to the British ofl‘icial communication issued Friday evening. More than 6,400 prisoners, among them 132 offi- cers, have already been counted. WRECKED IN RAID SO FAR COUNTED WK!) NORTECUFFE HEAD OF M38510?! Prince Lvofl’. A new photo of the Premier of Rus- sia, who is having troubles all his own trying to hold all elements of the Russians together. Succeeds Balfour as Chief of the British Mission to the United States. A despatch from London says: Lord Northcliffe, at the request of the War Cabinet, has accepted the positioniof head of the British war mission in the United States in suc- cession to Arthur J. Balfour, who is to return to his duties at the Foreign Ofiice. EAL? MELLEQN ARE Lord Northclifl’e’s task will be to co-ordinate the various British mis- sions, and act in concert with the mis- sions of the Entente allies and of the American and Canadian Govern- ments. He has made many visits to the United States and Canada. He was born at Chapelizod, county Dub- lin, July 15, 1865. Lord Northclifl’e is well known as a writer and newspaper proprietor. He controls, among other journals, The London Times and London Daily Mail. He has a controlling interest in great Newfoundland paper mills and the Imperial Paper Mills at Gravesend, near London. He has long taken an active part in British poli- tical affairs, and recently has been engaged in vigorous support of Pre-‘ mier Lloyd George’s Home Rule for Ireland. Canada Can Draw on British Subjects in United States. A despatch from Ottawa says: Ex- tensive arrangements have been com- pleted by which British subjects in the United States may join the Can- adian Expeditionary Force. Various centres of recruiting have been opened in American cities, including New York, Boston, Rochester, Buffalo, De- troit, Chicago, etc. British subjects, of whom a complete list is in the posâ€" session of the United States Govern- ment since the registration day in the States, can proceed to any of these centres, pass a preliminary medical examination, and, if fit, are sent on to,the headquarters of the military district in Canada that is nearest to them. Many Important Plants Throughout the Country Are Idle. A despatch from London says: A despatch to the Central News from Christiania says that great demon- strations against the unsatisfgctory food situation were held throughout Norway lately. The Government. with a view to preventing rioting, pro- hibited the sale of alcoholic bever- Norway lately. The Government. with a view to preventing rioting, pro- hibited the sale of alcoholic bever- ages for three days, and as a result of this order the restaurants were closed. The despatch adds that all stores in Christiania shut their doors, that the gas works and electrical plants are idle, and that nearly all workmen are striking. ...._.. -o-,:,_. SHIP OF ARGENTINA IS SUNK BY U-BOAT. ‘â€" . A despatch from Paris says: The Argentine sailing ship Oriama was sunk by a submarine in the Mediter- ranean on Wednesday, according to an announcement made by the Ministry of Marine Thursday night. The crew was saved by a French ship. The submarine first shelled the ship and then sent men on board who fixed bombs in her hold and exploded them, sending the ship to the bottom. Germans Much Shaken by British Gun Fire and Half Furnished. A deepatch fi'om British Headquar- ters in France says: Prisoners have kept coming in on Friday in increas- ing hundreds. Dazed by nearly a week of most terrifying gun fire and half tarnished as a reeeit of the “starâ€" vation barrage” the British had kept on their lines of communication and supply, these men upon reaching the cool, grassy spots within the barbed wire stockades eneeesd for their anti- cipated arrival, strbpfi themselves to the waist, tore of thdr heavy trench boots and flung themselves on the ground, where they soon were lost in :the heavy sleep of complete ex- [haustiom For them the war is over, and their relief at being out of it was only too apparent. The men who had seen most of .their military serviee on the Russian ffrc-nt were the most demoralized of all. ages for three days, and as a result of this order the restaurants were closed. The despatch adds that all stores in Christianla shut their doors, that the gas works and electrical plants are idle, and that nearly all workmen are striking. NORWAY PARALYZED AVAELABEE EN U. S. BY FOOD STRIKES. Breadutun'a Toronto, June 12â€"Manitoba wheatâ€" No official quotations. Manitoba oatsâ€"No official quotations. American cornâ€"No. 2 yellow. $1.83. nominal. track Toronto. Ontario oatsâ€"No official quotations. N0. 8 white. no official quotations. Ontario wheatâ€"No. 2 \Yinter. ‘Qexj‘cor $2.53. according to Heights outside, Manitoba. flourâ€"First patents. in jute bags, 13.00; second patents. in iute bags, 12.60; strong bakers‘. in ute bags, $12.10. Toronto. Ontario flourâ€"Winter, according to sample, $11.00 to $11.10. in bags. track Toronto. prompt shipment. Peakâ€"No. 2, nominal, according to freights outside. Barleyâ€"Making, nominal, according to freights outside. Ryeâ€"No. 2. $2.00, nominal. according to freights outside. Millfeedâ€"Car lots, delivered Montreal freights. bags includedâ€"Bran. per ton. $35; shorts. per ton, $41: middlinga per ton. 845; good feed flour. per, bag. $2.80 to $2.90. Markets of the World Hay $14.00 Toron Toronto Straw ronto. E gsâ€"Per 0102., 36 to 370. V holesalers are selling to trade at the following prices Butterâ€"Fresh dairy. choice, igeamery prints. 42 to 44c; S< c. out of cartons. 41 to 420. Dressed poultryâ€"Spring chickens, 600: fowl, 24 to 260; squabs. per (101.. 54-00 to $4.50; turkeys. 25 to 300. Live poultryâ€"Spring chickens, 1b.. 40 to 45c; hens. 1b.. 22 to 25c. Cheeseâ€"New, large, 24; to 250: twins. 24! to 2610; triplets, 25 to 2510: 01d, large, 30¢; twins. 30ic. Honeyâ€"Combâ€"Extra fine and heavy WeightnperA d9z., 82.76; select. 52.60 to Country Produceâ€"Wholesalt Butterâ€"Creamery, solids. per 1b to 37c: rims. per lb” 37 to 371:0; peg 1b.. 37 to §4C. $2.75; No. 2, $2 to $2.35. aple syrupâ€"Imperial gallon. $1.75. otatoes-r-On track. Ontario. per bag $4.25; New Brunswick Delawares, per bag. $4.40; Albertas, per bag, $4.00; P‘ ELI. reds. bag. $4.00. A .‘ <mnrnb‘ Lardâ€"Pure lab tubs. 271 to 2750 compound. tierces to 722k} pails. 22_ BeVaVn’sâ€"Limkb‘ofted. hand-r $9.00 per bush; Limas, per 310; do., heavy. 2 420; rolls. 27 to 33 to 86¢: backs, less, 39 to 400. Montreal. June 12â€"Oats. Canadlan Western. No. 2 7930; do.. No. 8. 771m; extra. No. 1 fee , 77m. Barleyâ€"melting, $1.18 to $1.20. Flour, Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts. $13.10; seconds. $12.60; strong bakers’. $12.40; Winter patents, dhoice. $13.75; straight rollers. $13.00 to $13.30; do., bags, $6.25 to $6.40. Rolled oats. barrels, $8.90; (10., bags. 90 lbs.. $4.35. Bran, $36 to $38. Shorts, $44. Middll gs. $46 to $60. Moulllle. $60 to $55. Iay. No. 2. per ton. car lots. $13 to $13.50. Cheese. finest westerns, 20 to 20:0; 60. finest easterns. 19 to 19 c. Butter, choicest creamery, 389 to 3 c; 60.. seconds. 37} to 38c. Eggs. fresh. 42 to 43¢. Potatoes. per bag. car lots. $4.00 Winnipeg. June 12â€"â€"_Cash prices :â€" go. 1 Northern. $2.49; No. 2. do.. 2.46; o. 3. (10., $2.41; No. 4, $2.29; 0. 5. $204; No. 6. 1.71; feed. 1.32. Oatsâ€"â€" No. 2 CJ‘V. 6 EC: No. 3. 0., 6830; ex- tra N0. 1 feed. 6730; No. 1 feed, 6450; No. 2, do.. 6330. Barleyâ€"No, 3. $1.26; No. 4. $1.20; rejected. 1.05; feed, $1.06. Flaxâ€"No. 1 N.-\V.C.. 3 .023: No. 1 C.\V.. $2.97: N04 3. do‘. $2.79. Basis contractâ€"â€" VVheatâ€"June, $2.46; July, $2.41. Mlnnesxpolls. June 12â€"VVlleatâ€"July. $2.40; September. 9.86; cashâ€"No. 1 hard, $2.95: No. 1 Northern. $2.85 to $2.95; No, 2, (10., $2.76 to 32.85. Cornâ€" No. 3 yellow. $1.623 to $1.635. Oatsâ€" No. 3 white. 62% to 63!. Flourâ€"Un- chan ed. Branâ€" 24 to $25. Du uth. June 1 â€"â€"â€"VVlwatâ€"â€"-Nol 1 hard. $2.64; No. 1 Nortlmrn. $8.78 to $2.83. nominal; No. 2. (30.. $2.73. nominal; July. $2.43. nominal. Ltuoedflflla; July, 1325; September. $310. Cur-ed {meatsâ€"I 25ic per lb; clear {6 $4.25 Toronto, June iBâ€"Chdoe heavy steers. $11375 to 312; good heavy steers, $11.40 to $11.60: butchers‘ ozttle, choice, 11.40 to $11.60; do.. good, 10.60 to $1]; do.. medium. $9.85 to §10L do.. common, 89 to $9.25: butchers bulls, choice, $10.50 to $11; do.. €004 b 15. $9.75 to 810; do.. medium bu ls $8.6 to $9; do.. rough bulls. 6.40 to $6.50: butchers“ cows, choice, 10.36 lb 311' do. good, $9.25 to :10; (10., medium, lg to $8.75; stockers. 7.60 to $9; feeders, 9.50 to $1035; canners and cutters. $5.50 to $6.50; milk- era, good to choice. 9010 $126; do.. com. and med.. each. N to $60; springers, $85 to $110: light ewes, $12 to $13; sheep. heavy, $8 to 89; calve good to choice. :12 to $14; airing lambs. each. 16c to Sc; lambs, c oice, $15 to $16; do..med1um. $11 1081250; hogs, fed and watered, $16; do.. weighed off cars, $16.25; do, 1.91)., $16,125.“ Montreal, June 12- 511.50 to $12: good. 211 grades. $8.50 to $10. 0; 6 to 500. per cwt. lower butchers' bulls. $9.2A5 to HUN PRISONERS Eggsâ€"New-lajd. In ‘cAartons Provisionsâ€"Wholesale Smoked meatsâ€"Ham; medipml 50 to â€"Extra mixed. â€"Car United States Markets Live Stock “Mkotl Montreal Markets Winnipeg Grain lots. per ton. $9, track To- No. 2, per ton. $13.00 to per ton, $9 to $11.60. track Produceâ€"Wholesale 6t< '2slc'; breakf plain, 36 to 1. Heroes 'to 2'zac. .ong clear bacon. 25 to bellies. 24 to 25¢. PREDICT DEFEAT-l A despatch from London says :â€" [Word was received here on Friday “km by Britifih G““:that tWo Belgian Relief Commission “If Fan‘iShed- vboats have reached Rotterdam from m kifish Headquar-gHalifax with 10,000 tons of wheat. aye: Prisoners have ‘ These are the first boats to‘cross the m Friday in increas-{Atlantlc for some time and their can Dazed by nearly algoes will be welcomed in Belgium, rrifih‘m gun fire and where there has been a shortage of Iai quotatfons. o, 2 \Vinter. per car No. 3 (10.. $2.48 to 12â€"Choice steers. 111 to £11.25: lower 30; butchars' cows. war at $8 to $1025: erces, 27 to 27k; pails. 27a to 280; | to 22¢; tube, 21! $11 picked. $8.50 to 1‘ 1b.. 19 to 20¢. oked. 41 t: ‘nst bacon 37c; bone 38 to 39c; lids, 41 t0 44 to 450 the retail ‘ July, July, steers. $11.40 11.40 1‘. do. ion. 89 $10.50 0 $10; rough cows, 9.26 to ockers. $10.25; milk- |.. com. lngers, 0 $13; ood to . each. 0 $16: ed and 1‘ cars. steers. lower . q A despatch from London says: ‘Eight of eighteen German aeroplanes that took part in Tuesday’s air raid on Essex and Kent were driven down by British airmen. Four of these were to a certainty completely destroyed, while two others are believed to have been put totally out of commission. Of the eighteen machines that started in the raid two were brought down near the British coast after hav- ’ing dropped their bombs. as reported in the official British statement. The remaining sixteen were engaged by iten naval airmen from Dunkirk, who in a great battle over the sea destroy- ‘ed two more of the Germans and drove down another four, two of ‘which, it is reasonable to believe, were completely put out of action. ,, 36) dairy, TWO BRITISH SHIPS ARE TGRPEDOED Submarines Sink Southland and Manchester Without Warning. A despatch from London says: The‘ British steamer Southland, from Livâ€"' erpool, for Philadelphia, in ballast, was torpedoed without warning on: June 4. She had six Americans on board, one of whom is missing. The gun crew on the Southland fired ten shots at the submarine after the first torpedo was fired. A second tor- pedo was fired by the submarine, and? it caused an explosion in the magad zine, which killed eight men. - Two boats, containing forty men, are still missing. The rest of the crew of 159 has been landed. Two Americans were killed when the British steamer Manchester Miller, loaded with cotton, was torpedoed on June 5. The other members of the crew, including several Americans, were landed. The steamer Manchester Miller {measured 4,234 tons, and was built at Newcastle in 1903. She was owned in Manchester, and was last reported as arriving at Philadelphia on March 9 from Manchester. NQESE GE BATTLE HEARD IN ENGLAND Lloyd George Hears Explosion in the British Attack at His Home. A despatchfrom London says: The tremendous explosions which opened the British attack on Wytschaete bend were heard by David Lloyd George, the British Premier, who was staying for the night at his residence, Walton Heath. The plans for the attack had been long maturing, and when the pre- parations were perfected the Premier was acquainted with the exact hour it was intended to open it. Accordingly, on retiring last night, Mr. Lloyd George gave orders to be called at3 am. Thursday morning, on the chance of being able to hear the explosions. The Premier and other members of his household clearly heard the tremendous detonations, as also did persons at the Premier’s of- ficial residence in London, who sup- posed they were the sounds of heavy guns, until later they learned from the despatches that they came from the explosion of mines. . From London to the region where the British mines were exploded along the German front the distance ranges from 130 to 140 miles. EEGHT QERMAN RAEfiERS SEW Hun Air Squadron Attack on the English Coast Was Routed. WHEAT FROM HALIFAX “ HAS REACHED HOLLAND A despatch from Washington says: One hundred American aviators from the Navy Flying Corps have arrived safely in France, according to a state~ ment issued on Friday by Secretary? of the Navy Daniels. They are first of the American fighting forces to reach France. 100 AV German thoroughneSS should Jverlook the fact that one of the m reasons that France is popular is it is essentially a courteous nation ‘erea IATORS FROM S. ARRIVE IN FRANCE. oum not the many hat