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.__._ ,_ ._._._~.W, TEU'I'ONS "ATTACK FRENCH POSlTIONS lN ALSACE AND LORRAINE 1: Enemy Sustained Severe Losses 9 and Failed to Gain Territory in Either Lorraine or in Upper Alsace. A despatch from London mans against the French lines in Alsace-Lorraine were delivered on Thursday. Although they did not reach the dimensions of a general of-] fensive. the French War Office de- scribes them as “serious” and “pow- says:â€"â€"_ The long-expected attacks by the Gerâ€"t In the Lorraine attack, which was directed against the trenches north of Reillions, and which comâ€" pletely failed, the Germans left num- erous dead on the ground. In Upper Alsace positions south-west of Altd )ki'rch were attacked, but met with no 1 success. 1 erful." LEADlNG MARKETS Breadstnfis Toronto. Dec. 21â€"hManltoba whcatlâ€" No. 1 Norman. $2.231; No. 2. do, 552.20%: No. 3. do., 52.17;: No. 4 wheat. $3.11)}. in 'store Fort \\’illiam. including: 210 tax. . ' Manitoba oatsâ€"No. 2 (‘.\\'.. 80c: 3 C.\\’.. 76k: No. 1 extra feed. 701m 1 feed. 739cm in store Fort \Villiain. American cornâ€"No. 3 yellow, nominal. Ontario outs-No, 2. white. 77 to 78c. nominal; No. 3. (10.. 76 to 77c. nominal. according to freights outside. Ontario \rheat»â€"New. NO. 52.22: basis, in store Montreal. Peasâ€"No. 2. $3.70 to $3.50, according to freights outside. No. No. 0 Winter. Barleyâ€"Maltin . $1.29 to $1.30. acâ€" cording to Help:th odtside. _ Buckwheatâ€"$1.50 to $1.55. according to freights outside. Ryeâ€"No. 2. $1.78, according to Heights ‘ outside. , Manitoba flourvâ€"First patents. in ,iute bags. $11.50; 2nd. (10.. $11; strong bak- ers'. do. $10.60. Toronto. Ontario flour-â€"\Vinter. according to Sample. $0.95, in hairs. Montreal; $0.75. Toronto: $9.70 bulk. seaboard. prompt shipment. delivered Montreal ton. (10.. Milli‘eedâ€"(‘ar lots. freights. bags~includedâ€"Bran. her 335: shorts. (10.. $40: middlings. $45 to $40; good feed flour. her bag. $3.25. Havâ€"â€"-No. 1. new. per ton. $15.50 to $16.60: _mixed. (10., $13 to $15. track Toronto. Straw-~Car lots. per ton. $9 to $0.50. Country Produceâ€"Wholesale Butt'er~â€"Creamery. solids. per 1b.. 421 to 43c: prints. per 1b.. 43 to Allie; dairy. Der 1b.. 34 to 36c. Eggsâ€"Fresh gathered eggs. 48 to 50c. ‘ Poultryâ€"Turkeys, dressed. 1b.. 28 to 300; geese, dressed, 1b., 19 to 210. Potatoes â€" Wholsalers are paying growers and country shippers $1.75 for first-class stock, f.o.b., outside points. Wholesalers are selling to the retail trade at the following prices:â€" . Cheeseâ€"New. large. 23 to‘ 2331c; twins. 231 to 2310; {early cheese. 26; to 20c; large twin. 26 to 2610. Butter-"Fresh dairy. choice. 40 to 41c; creamery prints. 45 to .4613: solids. 44 to 45c. ‘ Margarineâ€"32c 1b. Eggsâ€"New laid, in cartons. 60 to 65c: No. 1 storage, 43 to He; select storage,’ 47 to 48¢. ' Dressed poultryâ€"Spring chickens, 2'1 to 28c: milk-fed chickens, 11)., 30c; fowl. 22 to 25c; souabs. per doz., $4 to $4.50; turkeys. 350: ducks. Spring. 25 to 270; geese. 24c. Live poultryâ€"Turkeys. 250: Spring chickens. 113., 20c: hens. 16 to 20¢; du ks. Spring, 20 to 22c; geese, 18c. iloneyâ€"Combm-Extra fine. 16 02.. $3.60; 12 02.. $3: No. 2. 3:30 to $2.50. Strainedâ€"Tins. 21‘s and 5‘ , 19 to 191C per lb: 10's. 181 to 190; 60's. 18 to 18k. Beansâ€"Canadian. _ $5 to 5x; imported hand-picked. $6.00 to $7; Limas. 17 to 171c. Provisionsâ€"Wholesale Smoked meatsâ€"Hams. medium. 30 to 810; do.. heavy. 20 to 27¢; cooked. 41 to 2c: rolls, 27 to 280; breakfast bacon. is to 420', backs. plain. 40 to 41c; bone- less. 43 to Me. _ Cured meatsâ€"Long clear bacon. 21k to 230 lb‘. clear bellies. 263 to 270. Lardâ€"Pure lard. tieijces. 281: to 29c: tubs. 283 to 291C; pails, 29 to 293m compound. tierces, 241 to 25c; tubs. 2“ to 2530; pulls. 26 to 251m Montreal Markets Montreal. Dec. 24â€"Oat.‘.â€"Canadian “festern, No. 3. 89M: extra '0. 1 feed, 89M; No. 2 local white. Me No. 83c. Flourâ€"Manitoba Sp ng wheat patents. firsts. $11.60; seconds. 511.10; strong bakers“. $10.90: straight rollers, bags. $5.20 to $5.371. Rolled Oatsâ€"vBag of 90 lbs. $5.30. Millteedâ€"Bran. $35; shorts. $40 to $42: mlddlings. $18 to $50; inouillie. $56 to $58. Hay .\‘o. 2. per ton. cur lots. $15.50. Cheeseâ€"Finest Westerns. 213C; (10.. easterns. :11c. Butterâ€"choicest creamery. 421 to 43c; seconds. 413 10 42c. Eggsâ€"Fresh, 54 to 650: selected. 45c: No. 1 stock. 41c; No. 2, (10.. 37 to 381:. Potatoesâ€"Per Ling. gar lots. $1.00 to ‘2. Winnipeg Grain \\'innipeg. Dec. illâ€"Cash quotations-â€" Oats-No. 2 C.\‘\'.. 800: No. 3 C.\V.. THC; extra No. 1 feed. Talc; No. 1 feed. Isle; No. 2 feed. 7010. Barleyâ€"No. 3 C.\V.. $1.34; No. 4 t‘.\\’.. $1.229: rejected and feed. $1.15. Flaxâ€"No. 1 N.\\'.C.. $3.111}; N0. '2 L‘.\\'.. $3.06!: No. 3 C.\\'., $2.305. United States Marketa Minneapolis. Dec. 24-~â€"Corn~ Np. 3 - yellow. $1.60 to $1.65. ()atsriâ€"Au. 3 white. "-51 to 7610 Flour tlln‘ltnn‘l’cd.’ Brain $40 to $40.50. Live Stock Markets Toronto. Dec. 24~Extra choirs» inury steers. $11.26 to $13, (10.. Iirood heavy. $10.76 to $11: butchers" cattle. choice. $10.50 to $10.76; (10.. good. $0.00 to $1.0: do. medium. $9 to $9.25; 00.. ("unit-nun. $8.26 to $8.50; butchers‘ bulls. choice. 9 to $10; (10.. good bulls. St to SS 0.. medium bulls. $7.10 to $7.35: rough bulls. $52310 $6.25: cows, choice, $9.50 to $10: $8.50 to $0: (10.. (10.. .75 . :9 medium. stocliers. $7.25 to $5.75: $10: Gunners and cutters. 5 1;» {n inilkers. good to choice. $95 to 0.. com. and med. $75 to $90: Spl‘illgfi 90 to $130; llght ewes. $1: in :14 Sheep. heavy, $6 to 3175' )‘earlin 812.2510 $13.25: lambs. 51.325 1.. $1 ‘ Calves. good to choice. $13.50 In 51 hogs. fed and watered. $18: tln.. \\‘elL‘lled Off curs. $1835; (10... f.0.b._ $17. _‘__‘__..._..__..._ American Potash. The production of potash in the United States is rapidly increasing, according to figures given out by the United States Geological Survey. The production of 1917,‘ it is stated, will probably be in excess of 25,000 tons. -17: But this is only 10 per cent. of the average normal yearly consumption of the country. Before the war potash could be bought for $40 a ton, but since its importation from Germany ceased it has risen to $450 a ton. hand-picked. bush..l 3. (10., i 95; No. ‘ 'l-ntchers' . sand , to $>:' .gofa inn on SACRED " BY runs Famous Treasure of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre Stolen. A despatch from Washington, D.C., says: An official despatch received .here from France says\that the Turks ibefore surremlering Jerusalem to the {British brutally mistreated Christian fpriests, carried off the famous treas- ure ofrthe Church of the Holy Sepul- chre, valued at millions of dollars, and Isent to Berlin the church's celebrated -ostensory of brilliants. l Monsignor Camassei, the Patriarch [of Jerusalem, is said to have been deâ€" posed from his office, and Father Picâ€" cardo, an Italian priest, to have died ifrom the effects of Turkish brutalities. l The Church of the Holy Sepulchre ;had remained unmolested heretofore iduring‘ all the centuries of Moslem occupation of Jerusalem. i The same despatch told of indignaâ€" tion among Mussulmans of Asia Minor over the action of a German general in establishing staff head- .quarters in the great mosque of the iCity of Aleppo, near the Syrian / ' border. -HP-" .r $50,000 FOR HALIFAX SENT BY HONG KONG. A despatch from Ottawa says: Fur- ther evidences of practical sympathy ,with the Halifax sufferers are to hand. The Governorâ€"General has received a cablegram from Walter Long, Secre- .t'ary for the Colonies, stating that Hong Kong had given ten thousand ipounds “with expressions of deep sym- [pathy of the colony in the terrible dis- l’aster which has befallen them.” ; The Governor-\General has also re- ceived a cablegram from the Governor of British Guiana that the combined oted five thousand The .cablegram adds: “The people 0 Brit- ‘ishGuiana have heard with gre test concern of disaster which has 'fallen Halifax and desire. to ‘their sympathy." . A despatch from Kingston, Jamaica, says: The Island Coun\cil has voted £19,000 for the relief of the sufflel‘ers from the recent hurricane in Janfaica .and £1,000 for that of the survivors of the Halifax disaster. Their Excellencies the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire have left on a ,special train for Halifax, where they will visit the hospitals and take steps Ste help the sufferers in the city of the {great disaster. 1 o ;court there has v ldollars in aid of the sufferers. l iSpins a Thread To Fasten Itself To a Rock.‘ Plenty of worms live in the sea, and some of them are very beautiful creatures. Which latter fact ought to ‘be consoling to ourselves, inasmuch as there are naturalists who contend that the earliest ancestor of the human figurative and poeticalâ€"is a bivalve ha" and native to the Mediterranean. gIt spins a silk so beautiful that in an~ j cient days the fibre was reserved ex» ‘clusively for the wearing of royal garâ€" ments. This silk is spun by the mollusk to furnish an anchor~line, by which it ,fastens itself to Cleaned, dried and passed through combs. it is reduced to delicate threads lustrous brownishâ€"yellow ings and other articles. A pair stockings of this material to-day costs $6. I o . c... #7, Joann DUKE NICHOLAS l .11' HEAD or A GREAT Amtvl ‘ A despatch from London sayszâ€"A Idesbatch to the Exchange Telegraph .Company from Hapazanda 5that Kerensky with an army is now marching against Moscow, ; great army of Royalists in the (‘auâ€" . casus. l â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"g:o 3 Brazilian G0vernment has decided to I send the six best units of the Brazilian 1 Navy to European waters. be- . convey l SILK WORM OF THE SEA. " race was a marine worm. ‘ But the so-callet “silkworm of the sea”â€"-the designation being purely ‘ 'mollusk properly known as the “pina a convenient rock. ‘ It is extremely fine and very strong. hue, . which are woveii into gloves, stock-.' of. reports ' ' .‘ while ‘ or two and a half times that of 1916. [Grand Duke. Nicholas has gathered a1 l l i l i 1 . l I. l l l i i dRMANsSAu f Incident in the Halifax Tragedy. A Two sailors digging for bodies, th e one on the left looking for the remains of his wife and two children which he finally found. UNDER CGXER 01:106. 1 Succeed in Taking Advance Post East of Messines. . A despatch from London says:â€" The official report from Field-Marshal Hai-g’s headquarters Thursday night, reads: ‘ “The enemy raided one of our posts, early Thursday morning, north-east of Hargicourt, and Thursday after- noonfimder cover of fog, succeeded in capturing one of our advanced posts east of Messines. Other hostile raid- ing parties attempted to approach our lines during the day north-east of Armentieres and north of the Menin Road, butxwere driven off by ou1l fire. We captured a few prisoners and a machine gun. A few prisoners were taken and many casualties inflicted onl the enemy in the .course of patrol en-l counters Wednesday night south-eastl of Cambrai. ‘ Our own and the enemy’s ; artillery was active on Thursday. “A raid attempted by the enemy last night south-east, of Laventie (north of Arras) was‘ repulsed byi Portuguese troops. \Except for hos-l tile artillery activity in the neighbor- hood of Passchendaele, there is noth- ing further to report." __ {a To Women. I wish I could say something to you to make you realize your worth, and the high price you ought to set on yourself. Do you know you are the one thing i the world the man wantsi most of all? He may give his timei and labor and money for other things,‘ but for you he will give his soul. ? Hold ’l'hciu Ital; !â€" ’hi i it) sits _ [N 1918 Famous French Aviator Per- fecting Plans for Contem- plated Flight. A (lespatch from London says: The: Daily Sketch of Paris says that Jean Navarre, the famous French airman, now out of the army, is busy perfect- ing plans for a flight across the At- lantic. The announcement is made. that Navarre will most ,probably set out to conquer the ocean next sum- mer. All the preliminary arrangements for the flight have been completed. Navarre will‘ use one of the machines which the American expert, «Glenn .Curtiss, has been working on for some time. Navarre says he will succeed or lose his life in the attempt. « ’9 ALLIES To TAKE SURPLUS CANADIAN FLOUR AND MEAL. A despatch from Calgary says: It is learned that the purchasing repre- sentatives of the allied Governments have arranged to take all the surplus flour and oatmeal manufactured by the mills of Canada, and that already every mill in the Dominion is work- ing to capacity and will continue to do so until the war is over. The Calgary ‘- mills are grinding night and day, and the surplus above Canada’s requirements apportioned to those plants is being turned oven. to the purchasing agents for the allied Governments by the managements in the East. ladelphia Public Ledger. 3 nuns" 1$5,000,000 FOR m » RALEFAX RELIEF : l l l :Dominion Government Appro- priation For Sufferers ‘ From Explosion. A despatch from Ottawa says: The Government has decided to vote $5,- 000,000 for relief of the Halifax suf- ferers. This includes the appropria- tion of $1,000,000 already made. An- inouncement of the Government‘s in- ‘tention was contained in a statement issued by Sir Robert Borden on Thurs- day night. which reads: “Including the million dollars al- iready appropriated for immediate aid to those who have suffered from the irecent appalling disaster at Halifax, the Government intend to make a to- ,tal contribution of five million dollars. ,As the calamity was the result of .conditions arising out of the war, it iis felt that a special duty rests upon ,, immediate / the Government to afford aid in this large measure.” 9 0 Soon CRISIS u GREAT BRlTAlN .Both- Rich and Poor/Oblfged to Stand in Line For Necessities. A despatch from’I.ondon says: The food question in Britain is rapidly -ap- proaching a crisis. The fourth winter of the war finds the public, rich and poor alike, driven to .stand for long hours to secure daily necessities such as tea, butter, margarine and sugar, of which the minutest portion is doled tout to each_ customer regardless of the size of the family or actual needs. This condition exists in nearly every large city of the co ry and ‘it is worse in London. wh e the situation is so serious and public opin- ion has risen to such a pitch that 1prompt official action to relieve the isituation has been promised and will isoon be forthcoming. ' l .5--- _ VAIN tuner , . BY Tlill'l'ONS Enemy Forces Repulsed by the Allies on Italian Front. A despatch from Rome says: Com- lplete repulse of Wednesday's attack by the Austroâ€"German forces. which ‘was delivered’ on the Tassonâ€"(‘ol Del iOrso front. between the Brenta and ithe Piave. was announced by the “lat Ofiice on Thursday. The enemy suf- fered heavy losses. New attempts by the enemy to cross the Piave Verchia \verc frustrated. . The place where the enemy gained a foothold, on the west bank of the fold Piave, and was driven back to the water’s edge. is the nearest point he has approached to Venice, but this ‘is not regarded as a serious menace to the city. as the remaining stretch is [‘a marsh of lagoons, and the occupied lpoint is within range of the warships off the mouth of the river. When washing white woodwork put a little turpentine into the water and it will be a great help.