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PANNING ST. LAY ENCE AT QUE-
1EAKS WflHDISAS',14,u
ee, Lives 1.1,Ost While iWelve PeraMis Are Marooned on
Floes With Little Hope f itettI.O.
A despatch from Quebec says:—
When the ice bridge which spans the
St Lawrence between Quebec and
Levis parted, abet -it 6.50 Thursday
evening, fifteen persons were trapped
and of these three residents of Levis
are missing and it is supposed have
perished. There were some 200 per-
• sons on the bridge twenty minutes be-
• fore it broke, but the majority ha.d
been warned of their danger by the
police. No one is reported missing
from Quebec City, but it is not known
if all visitors are accounted for.
At this hour it is stated that there
is ne hope of saving anyone else who
may be on the floating ice. There were
about fifteen people on the ice bridge
when the break occurred: Seven were
rescued on the Levis side of the river,
three o.f them beiag hauled out of the
water by employes of the Quebec and
Levis Perry Co., right close to the
shore. Four others who were thrown
into the miter by the snapping of the
bridge managed to get back to the ice
and theriee.to land.
At two o'clock Thursday afternoon,
attractedeby the phenomenon of the
ice bridge, crbwds of people gathered
on the two shores of the river and
„many of the more adventurous began
to make the trip across. From the
,
Dufferin Terrace in front ef the Cha-
teau Frontenac, a large gachering or
Quebec pcopie anti visitors to the an-
cient capiIal assembled to watch the
unwonted sp cc t a cle. The brillignt
winter sunshine an the glittering snow
and ice of the river made a remark-
able contrast with the deep blue of
the sky, making a picture of beauty.
The bridge at that time appeared to
be very solid and the ice was estimat-
ed to be very thick owing to the fact
that floes of ice piled and jainnied in
every conceivable form and; shapct
had been frozen together during the
night. •To anyone not an , inhabitant,
of the city or viewing it for the first
time, it would have been difficult to
tell vhere the river began and the
shores ended, excePt for the fact of
the buildings on either side. The St.
Lawrence here is nearly a mile in
; width, while the strength of the cur-
rent is such as to make the freezing
solid Of the river a matter of rare
Occurrence.
Measures are being taken to forra
a chainof vessels a. little further
down to intercept floating ice. It is
feared, however, that some of the un-
fortunate may have last their lives
, by trying to ,juiriP from section to
section as it disintegrated.
ALL -NATIONS REQUIRED
• TO SIGII ARMS PACT
Universal Accord Necessary
So That the Other Countries
Might Have Easy Mind.
A despatch from Geneva • says
Joseph C. Drew, United States Minis-
ter -to Switzeilancl, who is acting as
unefficial observer at the sessions of
the Disarmament • Commission of the
League of Nations, on Thursday stet,-
• ed anew the position of cordial sym-
• pathy of the •United States 'Govern-
ment for the control of the traffic in
arm.
Mr. Grew eXplained that the 'United
States objected, among othet things,
• to the St. Gei-main Treaty, _because
this treaty would prevent the United
States forwarding arms to Latin-
American States which had not sign-
ed the, convention. -
Viscount Cecil of Clailwood, repre-
senting Great Britain, replied ,that,
although the TJnited States was not
shipping airy considerable amount of
arms, it was also true that all States
must sign the prcipo.sed convention be-
fore any single State would consent
to enforcing its terms. The . was
in:cessity for Obtaining universal ac-
cord, including the United States—in
spite of •that cometry!s fine record—
so that the other countries would feel
easy in, mind.
• Signor. Schanzer, Italy, supported
Viscount Cecil's arguments.
Ainter,s No Longer Get
;mil
Quick Divorces in France
A despatch from Paris says
Thanks to Preniier Poincare's person-
al inte.rvention, "two -minute divorces"
for Americans are a thing of the past
in Franee.
The principals must now prove first
of all that their grounds for divorce
are admitted in their native state. Aa
a matter of fact, this provision is in
the existing law, but in practice e
such embarrassing questions have
been put to applicants.vThe judges
had discretionary, almost arbitrary,
powers for deciding whether or not
there were • sufficient grounds for
granting the divorce.
• But new regulations issued -by the
•
Ministry of Justice remind thejudges
of the formality existing in the
French law and enjoining observance.
Consequently Americans seeking di-
vorce will be compelled to -produce
legal certificates satisfying the French
tribunal that the motives invoked are
such as would be sufficient to obtain
•- a divorce at home. These certificates
will have to he obtained by a rnenaber
of the American Bar. The new regu-
lations apply to suits now pending.
British Youths Encouraged
to Settle on Canadian Farm
A despatch from London says:—A
party of public school boys left Lan-
don on Thursday night en route to
Canada where they will settle on the
land. Bullteley Evans, Honorary Sec-
retary of the Public. Schools Employ-
ment Blireau, who saw the bays off,
explained that one of the latest acti-
vities of the bureat had been to intro-
duce to head, masters of schools in
Britain Prof, Lockheed of McGill Uni-
versity, who was here to encourage
British youths to settle on land in
Canada,
Frugal Diet Used by Finnish
Skater Champion of Europe
-----
A despatch from Paris says: -L
Thunberg, the Finnish skater, who. is
champion of Europe, is living' modest-
ly at Chamonix in a little hotel dur-
ing the Olymple winter sports, in
which he is a competitor. He lives on
a frugal fare of dried y fish, biscuits
and apples. To this fare he attributes
his perfect condition and wonderful
powers a enduratae:
viAt?
Hon. P. J. A. Cardin •
Member for Richelieu, who has be-
come a member of the federal cabinet
as minister of marine and fisheries.
Remarkable Egineering ro-
ject Begun by France
A despatch from. Paale says I—
After having' passod the chanabev of
Deputies, the French P.112:62 hag adop-
ted a bill granting the initial financial
backing for one of the most remark-
able schemes in the annals of eleetrical
engineering—nothing less than ,har-
nessing the tides of the 13rittany
coast in order to • produce electric
power.
• This first undertaking of tide -
harnessing on a large ocale wil1 be
made at Aber-Wrach, in the Denart-
-ment of Finisterre, where there -is a
great difference in the high arid low
water levels at the mouth of the River
Di ris ton I oera say that the lent
will generate sufficient electricity in
the first two years after it is COM--
pietecl to more thrai pay for the coat
of construction, vthich placed at
28,000,000 francs.
If this • s so It will mean that this
far -away corner of picturesque Brit -
and that electric railways will provide
market towns. •-
• The specifications provide for the
construction of two dams, one of which
will harness the tides and the other
the river. The one at the Mouth of
the estuary will be 150 metres long
equipped with three turbines in the
middle, effective at high and low water,
and working at the four tidal periods
in each twenty-four hours.
The maximum rise and fall of,
twenty-five feet at this point provides
the basis for the estimate that 8,600
horsepower dailY can be developed
from the turbines operating the dyna-
mos which will generate the current.
A second dam thirty-five meters
high will be built three kilometers in-
land, insuring a fall of water at all
tany will become electrically 'lighted
taamsportaf.ion ' for farm produce to
NEW CHAIR FOR MR. SPEAKER
„
When. Hon. Joseph Thompson, official referee of Ontario's political bat-
tles, took 'his place in the provincial house at the opening of the legialaturse
this chair was waiting for him. It was built by disabled soldiers.
FAIL TO DISPLAY
COLORS Aa• HALF-MAST
German Embassy at Washing-
ton FailS in Re<pect to L t
President Wilson,.
A despatch from 'Washington
says :—Tho German Embassy contin-
ues' to -refrain from displaying the
German national colors at half-mast.
Throughoa Washington the flags
of many nations, in fact, those of all
the other EmbasSies and Legations,
are still. half -masted as a -mark of
respect for the late President Wood-
row Wilson. Their colors were so
diaplayed harataliataily after the .e.,._.th •
of Mr. Wilson Was aniattuneed Sunday.
The colors • of the German Embassy
were displayed only for a brief pesloci
Wednesday atter-n(4n, :frail 12.30*
o'clock, when work ended in the Gov-
ernment departments, until the fun-•
eral was over. On Thursday 'the flag-
pole en the German Embassy was en-
tirely bare. The colors of the French,
British,' Belgian, Spanish and other
.... a e
. .
times ,from eight tO twenty-nine, met-
ers, stifficient to generate approxi-
mately 3,500 horsepower daily. Work-
ing toget;her, the two 'stations will pro-
vide annually 11,000,000 kilowatt
hours.
British "Dye Bible".Replaces
• German VVork on Subject
A despatch from London says :—A
book that cost more than 5,000 to
produde has just been published,here.
This is the "Dyers Bible," as it is
known in tho industry, an iedex to
colors, which replaces the German
work of Pr fese Gustav S
The, last edition of Schultz's work
dealt with 1,001 colors; the new Brits
ish work covers 1,236 synthetic dyes
' and 87 natural dyes, mineralpiginents,
etc., which appear under more than.
20,000 trademarks, all duly indexed.
This index alone has taken three years
•
• to complcte. '
Experts in every dyemalsing country
helped with the peoofe, -with the aingle
exception of Germany, which refused
to assist the ,work in any way. age , •
Einbassies, and all the Legations, con-
tinued to be half -masted. •
. •
N•ew Vaccine Successful
EraArating Malady
despatchfrom Paris says—The
French Acadeiny of IVIeclictine has been
notified that an entirely new methocl
of vaccination against dysentery, tried
ont among refugees an Greece, has
resulted in eradicating that malady in
1,11.e coneentiation calriPs, In vrar the
disease has often proved more devas-
tating' to field armies than battle
1 .
Dr. AYsn- Gautier, head physician
ancl7secrotary of the League of Na-
tions commission charged with fight-
ing epidemics Greece, invented the
new method of vacciriation by which
th r d d through th
inouth. The hypoderinic method waa
abandoned on account of serious re-
action a it produced.
kt Piraeus and Saloniki 30,000 pre-
ventive vaccination s have brought
about total immunity In the refugee
colony during the last summer and
autumn. From the curative point of
view the vaccine tgave remarkable re-
-sults in all forms of the malady.
Historic French Chateaus
Falling Into Ruins
A despatch from Paris says: ---
There exists in France a certain part
of the country cbvered with chateaus
and country houses. Its violet horizons
and green slopes and wide pastures
form a back round for these baronial
g- . .
halls which is unique in its way. In
the time of Honorius this region was
called Aquitania; in the Middle Ages
it was La GuYenne. The section where
are most of the chateaus now is Peri-
gord, and is composed of three prov-
inces—Dordogne Garonne and Cor-
reze.
• Re -we -old. ftefea that a proviriee whose
illages hsa-i. such high-soundi
11
names as fat -aura Ayen, Noail-
.
les, Segue, iil,ar.erine, llautefort, Pom-
padour, Brantome and Jurriiihue
sheuld be a most aristocratic centre,
ut unibatunately dennot .so. All
these edifices are empty and ',the
cradles where the greatest names of
France were born. ase desecrated
• Some of thein have been chained,
notably the Chateau de Jurnilhae,
which, after being sold, has been re-
duced .to small dvtelling 'houses and
throuch the court of henor there now
runs a 8treet-ear line.
Ths aftea 11g -sing seen Within their
walls longa and queens, princes, dusli-
esses, counts and mazehienessea, many
now stand in thuina.
,
Italy Recognizes Soviet
• Government of Russia
A despatch from Rome says:—The
representatives of the Italian and
Russian Governments -signed the com-
mercial treaty en Thursday, and thus,
in conformity with Premier Musso-
lini's previous decision, established.cle
jure recognition • of Russia. The
Italian Government' will immediately
appoint an Ambassador to •Russia,
thus restoring diplom.atic relations,
Brrtish Pienucr Refuses
Double__Salary for Office
A despatch from London says 1 --
Premier MacDonald has decided to
take a single salary of only 25,000, al-
though filling the dual office of First
Lord of the Treastiry ancl Foreign
Secretary, which carry a salary of
a
oast to C
Halifax; N.S.—The prducts of Nova
Scotia during 1923 yielded in revenue
about ono hundred and sixty-eight
million dollars, divided de follows:
coal., $36,410,000; coke and by-pro-
ducts, $8,286,000; gold and other min-
erals, ,.$225,000; gypoutn, limestone,
etc., $3,195,200; building niaterialo an&
clay products, $1,940,500; iron and
steel products, $12,620,000; lialleries,
511,779,300; manufactures, ships and
freights, $53,185,000; Preducts of the
:farm, - 520,045,100; products of the
forests, 512,350,600; game and furs,
$780,000; touristr travel, '$6,000,000;
'grand toial, 5107,846,700.
Fredericton, N.B.—Surveys for a
hydro transmieSion line, whith Would,
connect up the north shore counties
from Campbellton south with the pro-
posed hydro development at Grand
Falls on the St John River, • and
would also provide for construction
of a highway • across the northern
counties of the province from Camp -I
•
bellton, In Restigouche county, to St.,
Leonard's, or Echnundston, in Mada-
waska county, are expected to be ord-
ered following a conference here be-
tween officials of the Provincial Gov-
ernment and the Hydro -Electric Com-
mission.
• Quebec, Que.—The value of the
Quebec field crop for the year 1923- is
placed at $133,187,400 in the final
bulletin issued by the provincial chief
statistician, as coinpared with $165,-
159,500 for the preceding year. The
area and yield are not responsible for
that deerease judging by the bulletin,
-but the decrease in price,s, whichl
have been constant for the -last four
Years. In 1919, for instance, the value
of crop was plaeed at $320,000,000.
Fort renthWilsl,iolili,IP?itZ71324% the ifierasprt
fou :
grain inspections in the west have
greatly exceeded those of similar time
In' other years. Between September
1 and December 31, there was inspect-
ed •a total of 227,454 cars. This repre-
sents an increase from 195,451 in the
same period in 1922 and 'from 146,-
059 cars in 1921. I
Winnipeg, Man.—The movement of
grain in Western Canada continues
heavy, the volume in transit being on
the averake about double that- being
!Moved this time a year ago. The chief
' factor in this connection is, of course,
the year's heavy' yield in the Province
• of Alberta. During the period Jan-
uary 8 to 14, inclp.sive, total loadingi,
grain on the C.P.R. averaged dea-
1 ears daily.
eskatoon, Soske—An animal re-
of great value in invcstigatirlg varloaa
diseases affecting ,the live stock of
Saskatchewan, is being built by the
University of ,Saskatchewan. '
Calgary, t,e-Calgary no has
10,645 telephones, or one for every
4,5 persons. This is belietved to be a
,world's record. In Alberta there are
53/191 telephone stations, of yrhieh
20,282 are rural. Canada as a whole
is . pretty well supplied with tele-
phones, there being 9,8 for every 100
of the population, while Britain has
only 2.8.
• Vancouver, B.C.—In view of the
very great `impetus, that _grain has
given shipping at Varicouver, the
Port of New Westminster is' pa g
e T n
to develop the Fraser River and make
it an entirely practically deep sea
harbor. There are reports that graia
elevators will bedmilt there this sum-
oner and the authorities are .,11 dealTorr^
g to persuade the Government' to
deepen the channel and build jetties
and wharves..
VAN,P1,•Viy,1:
Adolfo De La Huerta.
The rebellion of Adolfo De La
Huerta has collapsed. The .rebel lead-
er, with several friends, has fled the
country for parts unknown aboard
steamer. His troops are 'evacuating
. ,
Vera Cruz, insurgent base, and stream-
.
'hag out onto:the .istitimus .of Tehuante-
pec.
Alberta's exports to the 'United
States last year 'were 54,431,875, as
eempared. with 55,362,410 in the pre-
ceding year, the c.lecrease being attri-
buted te the adveese duties on wheat varsity authorized the installatio
dr the 19
e en1P11a,sizes t ,
mrnportnce -the development'
of natueal -esourees • which is
'taking place in Canada and the
art they are taking in provid-
ing a credit for' what we neces-
sarily have to impoi
Agricultural rind vegetable
products are the outstanding
features of •our exports, while
animal products come third in
value of our shipments. Those
two, however, represent exports
which do not directly cohstitute
n impovcrisbment of Canada.
pltINipTw000do,d,iniscluidhiengseclounindheirn rit•mns_l
portanee of our exports, while
minerals • as a class also bulk
large. In both these classes,
however, 01.11' Capii ftl stock
being drawn upon to a large ex-
tent ---in the -case of the latter
we are exporting what we cana
not replace -tinder any condition
• Our forests are being denuded
especially in Ontario and Qius;;,'
bee, at a much more rapid ra
than new growth is takingtplact
or reforestation is providing a'
future ,supply. •• `
In practically all out rnanue,
factured products, the influencei
• of our water -powers enters, and• kt
while it does not appear, directlyf
as an export, it eonstitutes one
of the most valuable natural ,re -
Sources we postie.ss and one
which in large measure, enables
us to make such v. creditable
showing as an exporting nation
in competition with the world.
Aircraft in Canada.
The formal opening of the new
Aerodynamics Laboratory of the 1.14-
versity of Toronto took place on Febe
uary 8tii. The installation of the
wind channel at Toronto was first
proposed by Professor Parkin in a
report to the authorities early in 1917.
Subsequently, as a result of a trip
of inspection to American laborator-p„.
ies, a further report was preserrpe
in June, 1917, embodying certainl':
commendations, as a result of w
the Board of Governors of the
search 'laboratory, which should prove, and cat-tl-e. the laboratory and voted, the ne
• .
,Weekly
—as -as sassy
a rket Report
TORONTO.
Manitoba wheat—No: 1 Northern,
51.13 .
1 Manitoba, oats --No. 8 CW., 471ie
No, 1 feed 46lic.
Maniseba barley—NoMinal.
All the 'above track, bay pe-rts.
Ontario barle-y-65 to 7Qc. e„.• -
Amer. corn—No. 2 yellerw, 981/20
Buckwheat—No. 2, 76 to 80e:
Ontario rye—No. 8, 75 to 794:
Peas—Ne. 2, 51.45 to 51,50.
Monteeal trelihtt),
good feed 2.10.
bags included: Bien, per ten, 28i
,shorts, per ton, 80; middlings, $36
Ontario wheat—Ne. 2 white, 97 to
$1, outside. •-
Ontario No. 2 white eats -41 to 48e.
Ontario corn—Nominal.
Ontario flour—Ninetyper cent
In jute bags, Monttea , prompt oh D-
ment, 54.60; Toronto basis, $4,6N
bulk seaboard, $4.25.
Man. flour--1.st pats, in jute seeks,
56.20p t $5 70
Ha —Extra No. 2 timothy, per ton,
• • tracky, Tdronto, $14.50 to 51,51.11o. 2,
$14.60; No. 3, • 512.50 I Mixed., $'4.504
Straw—Carlots, per ton, $9.50.
Standard aeCleaned screening,
'
bay ports, per ton, $20. '
Cheese --New, large, 211/2 to 220e
twins', 22 ,to 221/2c; etriplets, 221/2 to
28c; Stiltons 24 to 25e. Old, large,
25 to 30c. twin, 26 to 310; triplets
27 to 32c.
Butter—Finest creamery prints, 46
to 470; No. 1 creamery, 43 to 45c; No,
2, 42 to 43e. • '
• Eggs—Extras, fresh, in cartons,
58 'ta -59e; fresh extras, loose, 56 to
'• stor
'57c; fresh ,firsta . 52 .to 58e; extras,
15,000 apiece.
. _
,
In cartons, 46 to 41e; extras
ase
ata
A
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Despite recent thawS, the ise ni ountain ander Niagara Falls is growing rapidly: Dredging and the ate of
icebreakers, however, heel) the ice broken at Chippataa and the writer supply to the I-Iyclre canal is normal.
43 to 44e-; firsts, 89 to 40c; seconds,
SO to 82c.
Live Poultry—Spring chickens, 4
ilss. and over, 28c; chsekens, 8 to 4
le. 28c. hens over 5 lbs 22c- de
,
4 to 5 lbs„ 15c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 150;
roosters, 15; ducklings, over 5 lbs.,
19c* do 4 to 5 lbs., 18c; turkeys,
,
Young, 1.9 lbs. and. up, 22e.
Dressed poultry --Spring chickens,
4 lbs. and over 80e; chickens, 8 to 4
lbs. 25e.; hens, over 5 lbse, 28c; •do,
4 tia' 5 Ilis„ 24e; do, 3 to lbs..„ 18c;
toosters, 18ej dAe,klings, over 5 lbs„
9.4e; do, 4 t -o lbe, 25e; turkeys,
Young, 10 Ibs. and tip, 28 to 820;
ge4se, 28e. •
Beans—Canadian, handpicked, Ilse
paprilme-eps,ro6a4.-acets. —Syrup, per imp.
gal., 52.50; per 5-ga1. tin, 52.40 per
gal,; maple sugar, lb., 25e.
Honey -69 -lb. tins, 11 to 12e per
Ib. ; 10-lbe tins, 11 to 12c; 5 -lb. tins,
j.2 to 18e; 21/2-1b. tins, 13 to 14c; comb
honey, Per dozen, No. 1, $3.75 to 54;
No. 2, 58.25 to 53.50.• „
Smoked meats--Hanas, med., 25 to
27c; cooked Mame, 37 to 39c smoked
rolls, 19 to 21c; cottage rol s, 22 to
24c; breakfast bacon, 25 to 27c; spe-
cial brand breakfast bacon, 30 to 33c;
backs, boneless, 30 to 35c.
utoCi7uoreidbsm, meats—.50Long tcoleacior blba:.o,n5s1.350;
90 lbs. and up, 517; lightweight rolls,
In barrels $37; heavyweight rolls
Lard—Ptire tierces, 16 to 161/2c;
tuba, 161/2 to 17c; pails, 17 to 171/2c;
tints, 18 to 19c: shortening tierces,
141/e. to 14qc; tubs, 14 to 1.5c;
15 to 151/2c; prints, '17 to 171/2c.
Heavy steers, choice, $7 to 57.75;
butchers steers, choice, 0.25 to 57;
do, good, $5.75 to 6; do, med., 54.75 to
55; do, com., $4.25 to 54.50; butcher
heifers, choice, $6 to 56.75; do, med.,
$4.75 to 55.25; do., com., 54.50 to 55;
butcher cows, choice, 54.75 to 55; do,
med., $3.50 to $4; canners and cut-
ters, 51.25 to 52; butcher bulls, choice,
$4.25 to $5.25; do, com., 52 to 53;
feeding steers, good, $5.50 to 56.50;
do, fair, 54 to 55; stockers, good, 54
to 54.75; do, fair, 53.50 to 54; milkers
and springers, $70 to 5100; calves,
choice, 512 to $13,50; do, med., 59 to
511; do, com., 55 to 57; do, grassers,
53, to -54.50; lambs, choice ewes, 512
to 513.50; do,, bucks, $10.50 to $12; do,
culls, $7 to $8; sheep, light ewes, $7.50
to $8; do, fat, heavy, $4 to $4.50; do,
culls, $2 to $3; hogs, fed and watered,
58; do, fe.in, $7.50; do, countay points,
$7.25; do, seleetii $8.80
MONTREAL.
Oats. Can. West, No. 2, 50%-e; do,
Can. West., No. 3, 66c; do, extra No.
1 feed, .581/2c; do, No. 2 local white,
52•Vic, Flour, Man. spring wheat
pato., his, 56.80; do,, 2nds, $5.80; do,
strong bakers, 55.00; do, winter pats.,
choice, 55.65, to $5.75. Rolled oats,
bag 90 lbs., 55.05. Bran, 528,25; shorts,
1530.25; Middlings, 536.25. Hay,' per
ton, car lots, 516. • '
Rutter, No. 1 pasteurized, 411/3 to
42c; do, No. 1 creatnery, 41. to 411/2
do, seconds, 46 to'401/2c. Egga, stot-
age ektras, 42c; de, storage firsts, 36e;
do, Storage seconds, 30c; do, freak ex-
tras, 60c; do, fre.sh firsts, 50c, •
• Potatoes, Per bag, ,atir lots, $1.35
+0 51.40.
There a.re many uses for aircraft in
Canada. In thsir lase for forest DEL.
t r01 and fire nr to4e1p arra
has played a rirtaitle$10
occupi1a1ng, posi ion. •
the 1922 season 'sere seventy-six
were spotted by aireraft and pron;».
ly extinguished either by the crp,
-themselves er repotted to the l'1?
and fire fighters despatched to
scene, often in aircraft.' For aeriaV
,photography and surveying Canada
has made great use of the aeroplane,
and employs them for boundary, geo-
logical and timber surveys, irrigation
and water power studies and •town
tplanning. Other uses developed for
aircraft in Canada include the trans-
portation of men and supplies to in-
accessible points such as mining
eat:Ts, mail carrying, and in cus,forns
patrol for the prevention of smug -a
gling.
In acIditien to the purely aeront-
ical work, inany other problems in
connection with air flow have been
studied.' Thus, for the meteorologi-
cal service wind velocity meters were
studied, and as a result, a new and
improved type designed, which is be-
ing adopted in the Canadian and Am-
erican services. Tests of roof yen-
•tilators and chimneys have also been
made. •Prof. Parkin is assisted Er
H. C. Crane, B.A.Sc., a graduate et
the University in electrical and m-e-
chanical engineering. Toward the end
of the -war Mr. Crane was employed -
in the production and designing des
partments • of the Canadian Aero-
planes Limited on the manufacture a
large flying boats for the United
States submarine patrol' work. ,Until,
the completion of the new aerody-
namics laboratory, research Work
could only be carried out during the
'vacation period, but now Mr: Ciasui
is engaged throughout the whole year
In re -search work. The esteem in.
which Canadian trained research men
are held is demonstratedtby the ata
tractive offer which Mr. Crane re-
ceived from the United States War
Department to take charge of their
new wind.ehannal at Dayton, Ohio.
ra-•
China's War Indemnity from
Gennany Set at $100,000,000
A despatch from Shanghai says
:—
The North China Daily Newa says
that Germany and China have reaehea
an agreement under whih Germans
war indemnity to China is fixed at
$100,000,000, less the claims' of the
• Deutsche Asiatische Batik and other
German firms for property confiscate&
by China on entering the war. The
net amount payable to China will ba
$45,000,000, of which Germany will,
pay Pekin 513,000,000 at preseat
I banked in London and the remaindolt
Tain,pe. and Ifultuang Pailwy
bands.
Tourist traffic to SitagavaY
couver will he Very ItteavY thiS yea
Ali jsutelyrers aro rellorted bhciked ful
to
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