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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1924-02-07, Page 3DEATH COMES PEACEFUL TQ .P ESIDEN , OODR Washington, Feb.., 3.—Woodrow. Wilson, twenty-eighth President of the United States, from 1918 to 1921,' died to -day. With the whole world watching at. his bedside as for the last three days, • the distinguished American,' recog- nized as one of the great men of his country and his trine, came peacefully to his end at 11.15 o'clock this morn- ing.' Mr. Wilson's life ebbed away in the sleep .into which he sank yester- day. The last sentence he uttered) was on Friday, when he said; address- ing hie physician, "I am a broken piece of machinery, Grayson. When the machine is broken—I am ready to go" President Coolidge, after calling at the S street house, in company with Mrs. Coolidge, issued a proclamation of thirty days' official, mourning for the death of Mr. Wilson, during which period the flags on all United States Government buildings throughout the world will be flown et half-mast, and official entertainment will - be sus- pended. In this proclamation President Coolidge paid Mr. Wilson one of the highest tributes he ever received, "As President of the United States," said Mr. Coolidge, "he was 'LSO The -Late -Woodrow W ikon he conceived thein. His acts were prompted by high motives, and his , sincerity of .purpose cannot be ques tinned. He led the nation through the terrific struggle of the World War with a lofty idealism which never, failed hien. IIe gave utterance to the' aspiration of humanity with an elo pence which held the attention of; all the earth, and made the United moved by an earnest desire to promote States a new and enlarged influence the best interests of the country as in the destiny of mankind:", CANADA WINS WORLD TITLE IN HOCKEY GAME Brilliant Combination Sweeps Through United States Defence. Chamonix, France, Feb. 3.—Canada A despatch from New York says.— Premier of Georgia, won the blue ribbon event of the 1924 Three and a half clays late, after There are ten other federal com- Olympic winter games and added ten fighting her way through the storm- missars. points to her score when the Dominion west passage of her history, the S.S. In addition to the Council of Com - hockey team to -day defeated the Cleveland arrived on Thursday with missars, Parliament ha.8 named an United States iit the final of .the tho tragic tale of one passenger lost executive committee of twenty-one hockey series by a score of 6 to 1. at sea and two women badly injured It was a fast and furious contest from as a result of the ship's buffeting. start to finish, and when Paul Locq Franz Klinech, an electrician of of Belgium, the referee, blew his Vienna, was washed overboard by a whistle and the game was over the towering wave that swept the ship United States players were physically January 23. He and five other third - exhausted and stumbling from fatigue, class passengers received the full The smoothness and finish of the force of the water mountain as they Canadian offensive combination over- stood at the after rail watching the whelmed the brilliant individual play .tumultuous sea. Klinech -was swept away before he could shout for help. Two of the, women in the party were dashed against the rail so violently that they suffered severe hurts. The ship's officers say they sighted a huge iceberg 900 miles off Labrador. It was drifting southward. TRUSTEES FOR RANTING 'RESEARCH 'FOUNDATION Left: Mr. John W. Rogers, of the National Insurance Agency, and right: Mr. Charles • S. MacDonald, general manager of the Confederation Life In- surance Company, two of the men selected to serve as trustees of the Bent- ing Research Foundation, an organisation which will raise funds to provide financial support for the scientific research, particularly the Basting and Best Chair of medical research. Dr. W. D. Gallica chief surgeon of the Sick Children's Hospital, is also a member of the board. • RYKOFF SUCCEEDS been unable to attend any of the SOVIET GOVT. recent conferences of.hte Soviet lead- ers. Idle peasant origin is counted upon, to win the support of the pea - sante. He is a strict adherent to Leninism, and has few, if any, active antagonists in the Communist party. Chosen Head of Council of Commissars With Four Assistants. Moscow, Fob. 3: Ivanovitch Rylioff, the newly chosen head of the Council Foundations. Laid' for 1 ASSENGERS BUFFS of Commissars, will have four assist Vancouver Radio Masts an is—Leo Kameneff, who also is CROSSING ATLANTIC 1 • man of the Council of Labor and Canada from Coast to Coast CU$TQ,.. i A RECEIPTS RIG I; Charlottetown, .. P.E,L—According the; gold mines, in the same 'period, .Returns Show, Gain 141 - to 1to the. American Consular agent here •paid a total of $35,790,494. Ten Months in Canndl,1 there were 2,600 silver foxee shipped. Winnipeg, Man.—Reports showing • 12v-enu11°.Je. during front 1923 f Prince Edward Is (that 41500'automobiles were licensed 1 'd't American points In addition, in Manitoba last years also show sta- A despatch from Ottawa saY? ais 'o a large number were shipped to points tistics that 37 per cent.:of all auto- Customs and' Excise' revenue';fer; in Canada, as well as a shipment to mobiles in the Dominion are owned by Dominion in'the month of J nu Scotland and another to Germany. farmers, with 16 per. cent. owned' by this year showed a not increase af'$„ There .was keen demand for breeding business men, 16 per cent. by travel -169;843.13 over .then sem month ;t1 stock, buyers being here from as far ; lers and the balance of scattered own-', 1923 and. for the- ten months of t west as California and British Col- `ership. , fiscal year of 1925-24 the Customs str umbia. I ' Regina, Sask.—Production of Excise revenue showed an increase o: Windsor, N.S,-There. is every' creamery .'butter in Saskatchewan $23,415,176.92 over the snipe polio, prospect that gypsum exports from passed the 10,000,000 poimds mark in the fiscal year ending March 3L quarries near here will be materially for the first time' with the returns re -,1 The January' Customs and Dxci;: increased during 1924, in view of the ceived for 1923 up, to the 30th•of No -.revenue in 1024 and 1923 are as,fd amalgamation between the local vember. The production for that lows, respectively: Customs trope` quarry company and the United month was 444,844 pounds,, making duties,- $10,232,727.07 and, $ ,825 States Gypsum Co., of Chicago. The the output for the eleven months of 193.87, an increase of $407,323.0 latter company formerly brought, the year 10,121,702 pounds, an in-' Excise taxes, $10,239,029.59 and $1;0: their plaster from interior New York, crease of 1,651,795 pounds, or 18.1' 095,446.28,,an increase of $143,583.3,`y State points to'their mills on the At- i per cent: over the corresponding per- Excise duties, $8,119,297.55 and $,�', lantic seaboard, but in view' of the: rod of 1922. 486,100.28, an increase 01 $633197.2,1 merger it is quite logical to conclude that their wants will now be more largely sulplied from Nova Scotia. St. John, N.B.—Contract to build Calgary,' Alta: -From October 29, sundry collections, $95,275.26 au when- the Alberta wheat pool was $110,035.91, a decrease of ' $14,760;ai organized,. until the end of December, For the ten months—April, 192 approximately 14,000,000 bushels of to January 81, 1924—and for the ctrl the frost -proof potato shed in West wheat had been received from. mem- months ending January 31,;1923, th St. John has been awarded by the bers of that organization, according Customs and Excise revenues were ,a Department of Public Works to a. rto a statement made by the provincial follows, respectively: Customs impo" P. Moncton construction company. The manager. duties, $111,483,984,14 and $109,02. Work will extend over six weeks. Vancouver, B.C.—Vancouver has 160.46, an increase of $2,462,773.6 .,9 Quebec, Que.—One of the biggest shipped and booked for shipment to Excise taxes, $106,911,020.66 and $a8 seasons in the history of hunting in date almost 50,000,000 bushels of the 069,619.02, an increase of $18,84 the Province of Quebec, is the report 1923 crop. Last year's total crop 401.64; Excise - duty, $83,167,62l 4 of the provincial huntingbureau in movement through this port was ap-and'$31,238,864,89, an increase of $]. P , referring to the big game season, proximately 19,000,000 bushels. Up 929,262.24; sundry collections, $1,14,0 287.54 and, $964,548.19, an increase $181,739.36. Totals, $252;708,868;/ and $229,293,692.05, an 'increase $23,415,176.92, which closed at the end of last year. Ib is calculated by the department that the number of huntsmen who went into the , Quebec hunting grounds during the past season con - stituted a record number, e LairCobalt, Ont.—Dividends ' paid by Defence; M. Tsurpa, Commissar of Vancouver, Feb. B.—The first 'step gold and silver mines of Northern On - r His- Food Supplies,`in' the erection of the wireless station tario up to the end of 1922 amounted. Stormiest Voyage of Heand chairman of the u, at Vancouver, unit of the Royal Can to $123,248,438. Dividends paid dur- tor Reports S.S.Cleveland, State Planning fCommissionthe; M. Ch r .adieu Air Force, has been completed ing 1923 amounted to - $9,206,376, ye pbar, chairman of the Ukraine Goun- at New York. cil of Commissars, and M. Orkalasvili, in tho laying of cement foundation for making total disbursements of $132; the masts. Steel for the masts, which 449,810, The silver mines paid $96; will be 100 feet tall, has arrived from the east, and they will be erected shortly. The new station will contain both wireless and radio sending and re- members, seven from the Council of calving apparatus and will be power - Nationalities seven from the Federal ful enough to communicate with High Council, and seven jointly chosen. M. River, Alta., nearly 500 mils east ICalenin, "the Russian peasant presi- dent," is retained as chairman of the executive committee, with M. Petroff Icy, president of the Ukraine Central Committee, and M. Tcherbiakoft',, president of the White Russia Com- mittee, as co -presidents. By the new Federal constitution both the Council of Commissars and the executive committee are invested with executive and legislative powers betweensessions of parliament. Prob- ably never in history has a Parlia- ment and Governmentbeen so quickly chosen. Everything moved as though manipulated by strings. Itylcoff, who is in ill health, has of the United States. As regularly as though conducted by well-oiled ma- chinery the puck passed from Smith to McCaffery to Watson or from Munro to Smith to Watson and into the net. Drury, who scored the tally for the United States, did so after a single-handed dash down the ice. Munro and Ramsay made an al- most impregnable l-inostimpregnable defence for the Can- adian goal and smothered the indi- vidual efforts of the United States forwards with efficiency; There was little love lost between the two teams, rivals since the Olym- pic hockey commenced. The game Canal has been awarded by the Gov bad not proceeded more than two ernment to Quinlan, Robertson & Co. minutes when Watson was blending of Mo 1 f $10,500,000 This Cheese—New large, 211/2 to 22c. Montreal Contractors Awarded Welland Canal Job St. Catharines, Feb. 8.—Word was received here that the contract for section eight of the Welland Ship Eskimos Need Snow for Building Igloos A. despatch from Noorvik, Alaska, says:—An unprecedented mild Winter_ with little precipitation here has re- sulted in a scarcity of building ma- terial. Local Eskimo newly-weds who coutomplate setting uphousekeeping have been forced to journey to Kovak, where there is plenty of igloo snow. Exchanging whale and walrus blub- ber for the material, many shipments or sledge loads of snow have been brought here. PT GROUP SETTLEME CANADA TO �. ® � SCHEME OF WESTERN AUST to the end of December the port had shipped 12,984,767 bushels of grain and additional shipments and book- ings for the next few months amount to 86,400,275 bushels, giving a total of 48,885,042 bushels. Dawson, Y.T.—That the gold out- put Si, the Yukon Territory will be - greater this year than last, is the opinion of Dr. Alfred Thompson, M. P„ for the Yukon. The silver -lead camp at Mayo and Reno Hill would contribute a total of 8,000 tons, he 063,820 up to the end of 1923, while said, Weekly Market Report � TORONTO. Manitoba wheat—No. 1 Northern, $1.11. Manitoba `oats—No. 8 CW., 46�.4c; No. 1 extra feed, 46c. Mani.abe barley—Nominal. All the above track, bay ports. Ontario barley -65 to 67c.' American corn—No. 2 yellow, 97e. Buckwheat—No. 2, 72 to 75e., Ontario Rye—No. 8, '72 to 74c. Peas—No. 2, $1.45 to $1.50. Millfeed—Del., Montreal freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, $28; shorts, per ton, $30; middlings, $86; good feed flour, 2.10. Ontario wheat—No. 2 white, 95 to 98c, outside. Ontario, No. 2 white oats -40 to 42c. Ontario corn—Nominal. Ontario flour—Ninety per cent pat., in jute bags, Montreal, prompt ship- ment, $4,60; Toren:, basis, $4.60; bulk seaboard, $4.25. Man. flour—lst pats, in jute sacks, $6.20 per barrel; 2nd pats., $5.70. Hay—Extra No. 2 timothy, per ton, track, Toronto, $14.50 to $15; No. 2, $14,50; No. 8, $12.50; mixed, $12.50. Straw—Car lots, per ton, $9. Mon lea or • from the nose, and Rice was stretched firm did some work on the canal dur- out on the ice after a collision with ing the. war. The price to be paid is Smith. Tho United States fought under what was expected, as it was hard. in the opening session 'when they believed here fourteen millions would were fresh, and frequently Rice, Ma be nearer the figure. The company Carthy or Drury, getting tho ]Suck will, it is understood, proceed at once in United States territory, rushed making preparations for opening ex - down the ice only to be blocked hard cavation work on a lenge scale in the by the Canadian defence. Then began the regular action of the Canadian combination in all its perfection,,heart-breaking to the Un- ited States. The puck seemed to pass ceaselessly between the sticks of the Canadian forwards. Hard back - checking, was of Iittle avail. The fast skating and stickhandling of Uncle Sam's representatives was futile against the relentless. Canadian ma- chine. The thousands of spectators. who filled the stands watching the hardest and swiftest hockey that. Eurooxa had ever seen were thrilled by tlul.a •desper- ate stand made by the 'Urged States under the pressure off"rae better co- ordinated Canadian +",•tam. Time after time cheers braised:Aim the crowd as Drury or' Rice e';a`•hed away far rush- es into Canadi1 n territory, only to be foiled as hey,'.-Qached Ramsay or Mun- ro. Shots;' from outside the'line of point;taare easy: for Cameron. Court ter-r;jeers rose as; the popular Can- edtris penetrated the United• States -lines and drove their bullet -like. shots at Lacroix.. The final team standings in the Olympic hockey tournament for the championship of the world, with goals scored for and against, is as 'follows: W. L 'For,' -:Agit. Canada . 5. 0" .110 3 United States. 4 1 . 73 . 6 Great Britain. 3 2 .41 38 Sweden 2 3 21 49 Czechoslovakia 1 2 14 41 Prance ,,.. ,, 1 2 9 42' Belgium . 0 8 8 46 Switzerland 0 3 ' 8 42 Outlook is Brighter . for British Trade A despatch from' London says:— Contracts amounting to 814,000,000 are about, to be distributed by'the London and Midland Railway in con- nection with reconstruction.: This alone indicates that the country has grounds. for optimism over the trade outlook. Sheffield is now making; a larger output and orders are coming to Tyneside from all quarters. Both there and on the Clyde there is a dis- tinct revival of shipbuilding. sprmg. The construction of section eight involves the destruction of a good. part of. Port Colborne's business see - tion, and the buying of the property needed will involve a considerable sum. Help thy brother's boat across, and lel thine own.-lias reached the shore. Hin4g,fi'roverb. A despatch arm London says: -A now phase in the history of coloniza-1 tion in which' Canada will be inter- ested was inaugurated by the de- parture from Plymouth on Thursdayf of 20 families selected by counties ion participate in the group settlement scheme in Western Australia. Can- I ada's interest is that through the en-; terprise of the Canadian National' Railway she will shortly make a. some -1 what similar experiment. Thursday's party will proceed to a belt of virgin forest. This group scheme aims at breaking down the barriers of isola- tion,.besetting the pioneer worker in unpeopled parts of the Empire. The ground is surveyed and blocks pegged out by State officials' before the ar- rival of the' immigrants.. Roads through the forest are made and a twins, 22 to 2i1/2c; triplets, 223¢ .to water supply secured., Each group 28c; Stiltons, 24 to 25c. Old, large, works together under the guidance of 25 to 30c; twins; 26 to 31c; triplets, expert Australian foremen until a 27 to $2c. certain stage of development is reach- Butter—Finest creamery prints 46 1 48t 45 •' ben employed to 47c; No. creamery, o 45e; 'No. ed 1410405 true akin is oma in felling trees.' In two years suffi- 2, 42 to 43c. s—Ex tras, crest progress is made en allow the 58 E togg 59c• fresh eetrasfresh, looinse carton56 tos, dissolution of the group, each mem- 57e; fresh firsts, 52 to 58c; 'extras, ber then entering into possession of storage, in cartons, 44e; extras, 41 to 100 or 160 acres of first grade land 42c; firsts, 36 to 37c; seconds, 29 to with a bungalow and live stock, the 31c. cost of which, 81,000, he will gradu- Beans—Canadian, handpicked, lb., 7c• primes 61/2c. ally repay to the Australian State. Live poultry—Sprin, chickens, 4 Accession to the existing groups of lbs. and over, 28e; chickens, 8 to 4 a party selected by the county plan lbs., 22c; hens, over 5 lbs., 22c; do, will be augmented by a regular flow 4 to 5 lbs., 15c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 15e; of such families. Devon and Corn- roosters, 15c; ducklings, over 5.lbs., wall having been the first to make ar- 19c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 18c; turkeys, rangements with Western Australia. young, 10 lbs. and up, 22c. • ROYAL;PROCESSION ARRIVES AT HOUSE OF COMMONS lone or a With and eresnon• the RingRamsay MacDonald, to form Britain's December, will have a g \�itl Dome a d c Y opened what will go down in history first Labor cabinet, The fate of the short "life, it has already seen far- es a historic sessi el on. of parliament, new ministry will be in the hands of reaching changes In British politics. on .January 15, The Conservatives the Rouse of Commons when it re -Above -the royal procession is Shown were then In office. A week laterassembles on February 12. Whetherarriving at the House of Coiirmons, his Majesty sent for: the Socialist,the present.parliament, elected ho Dressed poultry—Spring chickens, 4 lbs. and over 80c; chickens, 3 to 4 lbs., 25c; hens, over 5 lbs., 28c; do, 4 t 5 ibe., 240; do, 3 to 4 lbs,, 18c; roosters, 18c; ducklings, over 5 lbs., 24c;. do, 4 to 5 lbs., 25c; turkeys, young, 10 lbs. and up, 28 to 32c; geese, 22c. to $8,; do, fat, heavy, $4 to $4.50; do, culls, $2 to $3; hogs, fed and watered, Maple products=Syrup, per imp. gal., $2.50; per 5 -gal. tin, $2.40 per gal.; maple sugar, lb., 25c. Honey -60 -lb. tins, 11 to 12e per lb.; 10 -Ib. tins 11 to 12c; 5-1b. tins, 12 to 13c; 21/2 -ib. tins, 13 to 14c; comb honey, per dozen, No 1, $3.75 to $4; No. 2, $3.25 to $3.50. Smoked meats—Hams, med., 25 to 27c; cooked harts, 3.7 to 39c; smoked rolls, 19 to 21c; cottage rolls, 22 to 24c; breakfast bacon, 25 to 27c; spe- cial brand breakfast bacon, 30 to 33c; backs, boneless, 30 to 85c. :. culls, $7 to $8; sheep, light ewes, $7.50 $7.76; ,do, f.o.b., $7.25; do, country points, $7; do, selects, $8.50. MONTREAL. Oats—Can. west., No. 2, 55 to 56c; do, No. 3, 521/2 to 53c; do, extra No. 1 feed, 51c; do, No. 2 local white, 481/2 to 49c. Flour—Man. spring wheat pats., hats, $6.20; ands, $5.70; strong bakers' $5.50• winter pats. choice, $5.65 to $5.76; rolled oats, Begs, 90 lbs., $3.05; bran, $28.25; shorts, $30.25. Middlings, $36.25. Hay, per ton, car lots, 816. Hogs, $8.50 to $8.75. Course Afloat for Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve A despatch from Ottawa says:— Six weeks' training aboard the spe- cial service squadron of the Royal Navy will be given to one officer and 20 men of the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve during the tour of the squadron in American waters. The members of the Canadian Reserve will be chosen from the different com- pany headquarters of the R.C.N.V.R. throughout Canada and will be taken aboard the Hood and Repulse, or the five light cruisers which will accom- pany those battleships on their visit to Esquimault, B.C., on June 21. The Canadians will take part in the train- ing aboard the British ships during 'the cruise, which ends at Halifax on 'August 5. Badges of Honor in France Increasing in Cost A despatch from Paris says:—Like everything else, the price of glory is going up in France. Hereafter the persons who have earned the high privilege of being included within the ranks of the Legion of Honor will have to pay more for their insignia. Department of the urgent need' The next President of France will quinine with which to combat the have to pay 919 francs for his Grand Cross instead of 708, as he would were he elected last week. Other prices an- nounced in the Journal Officiel include forty-two francs instead of a mere thirty-four, for the crosses of the Chevaliers; 288 francs, against 179, for Officers; the cross of the Com - minders has risen from 398 francs to 520 and the medallion of the Grand Officers from 155 to 186 francs. SPECIAL COMMISSION TO FIX--BOUNDAR Terms of Fiume Setticme Officially Published An- 'nexation-by Italy. A despatch from Rome says: terms of the Fiume settlement we. officially published on Thong' morning: The chief points in the s`= Clement are as follows: Both sides, realizing the impossib ity of making Fiume a free city, agr to its annexation by Italy, Its' recognizes Jugo-Slav sovereignty ov Porto Barres and the Fiume del, which she agrees to evacuate with two clays after ratification of the s tiement, A special commission will fina settle details of the frontier betwe Plume and Jugo-Slavia. It will in ify the Rapallo' treaty Iine whi gives Juge-Slavia a group of ern villages. _Italy will evacuate th. towns when the line is definitely fix' Italy accords Jago-Slavla- a iii, year lease on that part of the of Fiume called Thaon di Revel' B with exclusive, unlimited use of magazines called the Grande Na and the Genova, together with e cent spaces, ,iugo-Slavia will pa yearly rent of one gold lira. Italianshipswill be given freed of transit through the adjacent Ju Slavian waters upon payment of yearly lease of one gold dinar. Fight Malaria in Greece With Tons of Quini A, despatch from Washing says;—A shipment of .10,000,000'6 grain tablets and 2,000 pounds powdered quinine will be, sent f New York to Fieraeus by the A lean Red Cross on February 9th, relieve the epidemic of malaria w is threatening Greece. This shipm of mere than five tons of quinin the first to be sent to Greece, and of the largest ever made, Tho donation of medicine was m in response to the cabled request tho American Charge D'Affaires' Athens, who has advised the S Canada's Foodstuffs in Demand in Germany A despatch from Ottawa says:-- Germany ays:—Germany is buying Canadian food- stuffs. Official advices. here indicate that the introduction of stable cur - Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 50 rency conditions has resulted in an to 70 lbs., $18;50; 70, to 90 lbs., $18; increased demand for imported food - 90 lbs. and up, $17; lightweight rolls, stuffs in Germany, and a; good busi- in barrels, $37; 'heavyweight rolls, 32rieaa has been Bono in many lines of $ Lard—Pure tierces, 17 to ,171/2c; tubs, 171/2 to 1,8c; pails, 18 to 18/c; prints, 19 to 20c; shortening tierces, 141/4 to 151/2c; tubs, 15 to 15/c; pails, 15% to 16c • prints 171/2 to 18c. Heavy steers,. choice, $7 to $7.75; butchers steers, choice, $6.25 to. $6.75; do, good, $5.75 to 6; do, med., $4.75 to $5; do, coma, $4.25 to $4.50; butcher heifers, choice, $6 to $6.75; do, med., $4.75 to $5.25; do, com., $4.50 to $5; butcher cows, choice, $4.75 to $5; do, med., $3.50 to $4; canners and cut- ters, 81.25 to $2; butcher bulls, choice, $4.25 to $5.25; do, com., $2 to $3; feeding steers, good, '$5.50 to $6.50; do, fair, $4 to $5; stockers, good, $4 to $4.75; do, fair, $3.50 to $4; milkers and springers, $70 to $100; : calve, choice, $12 to $13.50; do, med,, $90 $11; do,'com., $5 to $7; do, grassers, $3 to $4.50; 'lambs choice ewes $12.75 Canadian food products, such as flour, packing house products, evaporated milk, boxed apples, and canned salmon: Arab -Jewish Entente Cordiale in Process of Formation A despatch from Jerusalem says:— The first attempt, at establishing what may amount to an Arab -Jewish en- tente cordial was made this ' week when' representatives of Arab peoples. and a Jewish delegation from Jeru- salem met in Amman. The entente, it is said, would' be based on a moder- ate interpretation of the Balfour de- cision and the co-operation of the world Jewry in the solution of gen- to $13.50; o, bucks, $10.75 to $12; do, eral Arab problems, idly increasing' malaria epidemic,, United States diplomatic represe` tive declared that more deaths reported from . weakened resist due to malaria than from malnu tion. Fund Sought to Repair Damage of 11 A despatch from London says: s001118 rather late in the day to ag for funds to repair damage, don= an earthquake in 1185, but the what the Dean of Lincoln Cathe le now doing. The reason for the lay .is that although cracks in towers and naves of Lincoln Cetus are believed by engineers to bo'•d�;: the earthquake of seven coati they were not actually disco e lin`, serious until just before'; tfiei, Sbbn -after the armistice an' , wad .made to collect $50,000 't6'•j Oho cathedral. Of this .827',OU0s ally was collected, but " the wd, proving more expensive than the estimates Indicated, 817,000 ham' been spent on the first tower a16 Ships- to the number of -.6,692 rived in Montreal` in 1923,,as•- 6,988 in 1922, and' 5,641 In 1921; cording to the annual report'o! harbor. master. >British aidkp in the majority, followed byl..., United States, Italy, Denni land, Prance. In all• some;" n / foreign: ationswere represent ships in, this port during ,_ year,.