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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1925-05-14, Page 2GERMANY PLANS TO CARRY SHIP.. PING RATE WAR INTO BRITAIN A. despatch from London says:- >laus for carrying the shipping war 4ftgainst British companies intothe enemy's country were made by the direction of four of the largest Ger- man steamship lines at a conference just concluded here states The Morn - in Post. Under the Scheme adopted it likely that every large German liner plying between Hamburg and North, Central and South America. and the Far East will call at a British port to capture as much British and French trade as possible. The four companies represented by these man- aging directors at the urgent confer- ence in onferencein London are: the Hugo Stinnes Steamship Line, the:Hamburg-Anier- ika Line, the Sudamerikanisch and Norddeutseher Lloyd. It .was decided to use Plymouth as' the central port for shipping from (..,ermany during the first few months of, the campaign, but if th4 British Admiralty permits alterations at ,.Dover, this port may become the most generally used. Southampton will, continue to be used by the Hamburg- American amburgAmerican : Line for some of its New York traffic, and possibly by .the Norddeutscher Lloyd Another important step was an- nounced on Thursday, when the Ham- burg -Amerika made it known that the company is building'' a sister ship to the Deutschland of 21,000 tons to run between Hamburg ,and New York. This new ship will be called the Ham- burg; and will enter service within the next year, calling at Boulogne and 1 P blaze stare n e Admiral o >' Theatre shortly before ei h HALF OF QUEBEC TOWN DESTROYED BY FIRE One Citizen Killed in Course of Dynamiting Operations to Check Flames -23 Build- ings Destroyed. A despatch from Quebec' says: - Twenty -three stores and residences, - three moving-pictu e.liouses, the offi- ces of three doctors, one bank and one factory constitute theetoll of the con- flagration that swept the Town of St, Joseph d'Alma, 125 miles north of here, news of` which. reached Quebec:' Aehilas Pelchat lost his life, while two' other men, Etienne Desbiens and" A. E. Harvey, were3seriously :injured.' The property loss, at present avail- able estimates, exceeds $1,000,000.' The town comprised about seven buildings, and over half of them have beeneither destroyed completely or ei er e seriously damaged by the flames. The Si D t Sturdee Picture T y g f the fleet and victor over the of • BULLET PIERCED HEART WHILE CLEANING PISTOL ,Prominent St. Thomas Law- yer, Who Served Overseas, Killed in His Home. A despatch from St. Thomas, Ont„ says; -Two army pistols, relics of the great war, cost Marthrell H. McLach lin, prominent lawyer,' his life here on Thursday, when in the act of clean- ing , them, one exploded, the bullet piercing his heart. After lunching at noon with his wife and mother at his residence, 1 Wellington St., Mr. McLachlin' decid- ed to spend the remaining part of the luncheon period cleaning two, heavy calibre revolvers that he used as all officer in France. He had fin- ished cleaning one of the guns.and' was working on the other when it, was discharged. His' wife, formerly Miss Dorothy Smith, daughter of Dr. Rt. Hon. W. F. Massey, P,C., F. W. Smith, was in an adjoining Last of war -time Premiers, who passed room when the explosion occurred, and away in Wellington on Sundae. accompanied by Mr. McLachlin's mos! a ther, she rushed•into the living room LAST OF WAR -TIME. and found him lying on the floor in PREMIERS PASSES a pool of blood. His legal partner, W. L. Wickett died earlythis year and Mr. McLach- Rt. Hon. W. F. Massey Dies in lin had just completed the taking over of the business. Enlisting with the 70th regiment, during the early stages of the late ' 1 k last night Fortunately there Germans at the battle of Falkland Is - wasoc as I lands, who died recently. avis no show in veneers,"Handicap- - ped by scarcity of water and the lack of adequate fire -fighting facilities, HERO OF FALKLAND the citizens with bucket brigades had little or no effect on the flames, which spread rapidly to the neighboring buildings_; i Telephone' communication with Roberval ceased shortly after the out- break as the exchange was consumed' by the flames. 'For eight hours the inhabitants of St. Joseph` d'Alma strove to master the progress of the fire, but wan un- able to get it under control until about 8 o'clock in the morning. In an effort to prevent destruction of the ontire town, recourse was made to dynamiting buildings. It was ,during one of these_ explosions' that Pelchat was killed. The house of Thomas Louis Collard was' being blown up when Pelchat, unable to escape before the detonation, was buried in'the ruins. _ New Zealand Following Operation. Wellington, N.Z., May 10. -Rt. war, Mr. McLachlin served during Hon. William Ferguson Massey, Pre - the Somme drive in France and re- Mier of New Zealand, died to -day. - turning to Canada at the close of the Mr. Massey was the last of the war - war served for a tme with the W.O. time Premiers in office. He became R.S. at Quebec. He was active in head of the Dominion Government in reorganizing the Elgin regiment, be 1912 and, despite war and post-war Ing commissioned es Captain. He was a changes, which one by one threw the member of St. David's. lodge, No. 802, elder leaders out of power, his posi- A.F. and A.M., and of the St. Thomas tion - remained secure. Golf Club. Besides his wife and mo- ther, he is survived by one brother, Archie McLachlin, of Montreal, Que. HIS MAJESTY OPENS EMPIRE EXHIBITION 110,000 Pass the Turnstiles as Compared With 63,000 at 1924 Opening. London, May 10, -The British Em- pire Exhibition at Wembley went into a second and revised edition Saturday, when King George formally opened it before a crowd of 90,000 persons, who bitions in the war, for New Zealand packed the big stadium. Millions of troops took German Santoa in Septem- others who were unable to visit "the ber, 1914. heart heart of the Empire in miniature," heard the King's speech over the radio. The speech was .re -broadcast by .stations in the British Isles to carry the King's words throughout the Empire. King George officiated to the ac- companiment of roaring artillery and the music of massed bands aggregat- ing 1,200 musicians. • Four Persons Drown in St. Croix River The Premier was. born 69 years ago in the village of Limavady, near Lon- donderry, Ireland. He emigrated to New Zealand when he was 14 years old and followed the occupation of a farmer. Mr. Massey visited the American continent several times. His last visit was in 1028 when he was on his way to London to attend an Iinperial•con- ference. With Massey at the head of its Government, New Zealand made new records; it floated war loans with ease; it was the first British Dominion to strike a blow at German Colonial am- St. Stephen, N.B. May 10. -Four persons were drowned and two suffer- ed serious shock when their boat over- turned in the St. Croix River this afternoon. The dead are: Miss Mar- ion Vickery, aged 21, Calais, ,Me.; Miss Helen Kyle, aged 17, Calais, Me.; Murray McKay, aged 15, St, Stephen; George Stevens, aged 19, also of St. Stephen. Miss Virginia Vickery of Calais and Granville Craft of St. Stephen, who were immersed in.the lay water of the river for several minutes until their reserve, by -the crew of a' passing schooner, are expected to recover. The party were attempting to trans- fer themselves in a' tender from a motor boat to the shore when the Lender capsized. Professor Takes Passage on Cattle Boat to England Kingston, May 10. -Prof. James A. Roy, head of the English Department at Queen's University, has set an ex- ample to his students by arranging to go' to Europe this summer on a cattle boat: With two recent graduates -Gerald Graham of Markham and, D, Rankin, son of A. M. Rankin, M.P.P. Prof. Roy 'left for Montreal on Saturday to become one of the valets to the cattle the:Turcom n, on a being shipped g im els safely the an a s After escorting Y to England the professor end his com- panions plan to cycle through France, Switzerland, Italy and Germany to see the people, and, 'so far as it is pos- ISLANDS PASSES AWAY Sir Doveton Sturdee Was Ad- miral of Fleet and Fought at Jutland. - A despatch from London says: - Sir Doveton Sturdee, admiral of the fleet, who commanded the British squadron in the battle of - Faikiand Islands in 1914 and later participated in the battle of Jutland, died on Thursday. He was sixty-six -years old. ' According to Senatir De Veber of' Lethbridge, a St. John man, the late Admiral Sturdee was a native of St. John, N.B. The senator claimed that he was a schoolmate of Sturdee, who left St. John in 1869 with three other young boys, ate enter the Imperial navy. 70 -YEAR-OLD MAN BRUTALLY SLAIN Storekeeper of Bethel, N.B.,. Murdered Outside His Own ,Natio. - A despatch from St. George, N.B., says:- A; Hanaelpecicer, 70 -year-old storekeeper of Bethel, a small settle- =ment five milds from here, on the road to St. Andrews, was brutally murder- ed' outside his own home, :and police constables, and ,others are scouring this' section' of Charlotte County, in search of ;en unnamed young man, who is suspected' of committing .the crime. Handel ecicer's head was smashed p to a pulp. Apparently the murderer used as a cluli.a piece of beech wood, found near the door of the victim's barn. Blood: and finger -prints were noticeable on this weapoh. The young man sought was seen entering Hansel- pecker's store. According to the re- ports which reached here, Hansel - Ostrich Feathers Decorate Germany's April 'Payment Town on Prince's Arrival ` Made Under Dawes Plan A despatch from George, Cape' Col- Berlin, May 10. -Great Britain re- vivedsays: -The Prince .of theosWalet ar- eeived 26,500,000 marks on repara- rived here, in the midst of ostrich tions acccunt from Germany under the country. The entire place was a riot Dawes plan during April, according of ostrich feathers, even the enginedto the report of Seymour, Parker pulling the Royal trains being de- Gil- bert,Agent-General for. Reparations. corated with them. France's share was 33;000,000 marks. The Prince was welcomed by a com- Since Sept 1, when the Dawes plan mango of 150 local farmers, all of became o erative,.France has received them_ wearing feathers in their hats. 8 After the reception the feathers worn 267,697;382 gold marks, or more than by the Burghers all were handed to one million paper francs. German the eldest Burgher, who presented payments for the eight months total them to the Prince as a gift.649,010,066 gold marks. Second Victim Succumbs to. Monoxide Gas at Ottawa A despatch from Ottawa says: - As the funeral of Sidney Morgan, of this city, victim of monoxide gas pois- oning. while driving on Saturday in a closed car with a leaky exhaust heater, was being held here Thursday after- noon, Thorpe Brown, aged 28, of Kazubazua, Que,, one of his compan- ions in the car, died in a local hospi- tal. Gilman Brown, a brother, who was the third occupant of the car, is expected to survive. The three men were overcome by the gas on Saturday afternoon while driving in the Gatineau hills. ' They managed to get out of the car and fell unconscious in the road. Passers- by thought they were intoxicated and their condition was not' realized until Sunday morning, when _ they were rushed to the hospital. Morgan died on Sunday evening, but hope had been entertained for the recovery of the Brown brothers. ` Town of Mayo, in Yukon, Destroyed -by Fire Edmonton, Alta, May 10. -Accord- ing to information received in the city to -day by radio, the Town of Mayo, Yukon Territory, at the head of the Stewart River, was practically burned out by afire which commenced Saturday night and',continued un- abated to -day. At the time of receipt of the radio message fire was still raging. Radio Head -Sets Cause of Skin Disease' of Ear A despatch from Berlin says:-- Irritation ays:- Irritation,ef the skin of the.ear from radio head -sets has becorhe so fre- quent that German medical men,in- vestigating n- q ti`' `n its characteristics,found yes gats g f it it deserved a new name, They .,'christened, it "Radioderma- titre. The disease is caused from use sible,'study conditions. None of the of ear-piecos,- made of. material con- iliree will carry mare than $150. taining coal tar and anthracene oiL 'CROSS -WORD PUZZLE E®® ®�� ®aa i lli5 INTERNATIONAL OVNO CATS SUGGESTIONS FOR. SOLVING CROSS -WORD PUZZLES Start out by filling in the words of which you fee reasonably sure. These will glve•.you a clue to other' words crossing them; and they in turn to still others. A letter belongs in each white space,. words starting at the numbered squares and running either horizontally or vertically or both:' HORIZONTAL. 58 -Measure of length 69 -To sell .Inernall quentltlee 60 -Pertaining to the horse e --To trade. 4 -To make a great ahold of Ir -To poke sharply 18 -To Imitate 10 -Man's name (abbr.) ,12-A musical `medley 14 -Active ,15 -What mammals are usually covered with • 116 -To distil,,as dew, .upon ail -Suffix used to form superlatives 119=-Dlaloyaf. 20 -The busy Insect 21 -Honey -eating bird (Hawaiian) 23 -An island possession of U. S. (ahbr.) ,24-A measure of welght 5 -Prefix, name as "in"'. 26 -Interpretation I28 -A South Atlantic. State (abbr.) Ia9 -Porkers $0'-J-soob's' brother (Bible) - ;$8-lnterJectfon • $8 -Knowledge. 144 -Preposition . 142 -Funny word. for "head" 44-Rrefbi.;; meaning "not" ,145-A measure of capacity (abbr.) ,46 -Part of the body • • • ,47. -Sharp sounds of a horn ,47.--Sharp I + -=Familiar flower, 61 Ibirth. byb 63-Englishrlver, f • '64 -To coolacek ovf er the coals • 656 -To make a shrill sound 66 -Human beings J. �b7-A sum total (abbr.) VERTICAL 1 -•Whalebone 2 -Stay, remain 3 -Anger 4 -An animal's skin 5-Dld business, traded 8 --LA great:American Inventor 7-A middleman ' 9-A part•of •a flower 11 -To. twist vlolontiy 13-0;d English (abbr.) 16-interJeotlon ,17 -Sorrow 19 -Away from 22 -Single 23 -Disease of chickens 26 -Knave 27 -Month of Jewish calendar 31-A small breed of chickens 32 -Bull, dark=brown color 33' -Lithesome - 34-A mild falsehood 35=To' force 37-A cabinet member 39-A country of Europe (abbr.) 40 -Not in 41 -Threefold 43 -A -famous American pioneer 6 -Forel n 4 g . (abbr.) -A.wal ht a as a (. ) 49-A salt inland sea in Russian Turkestan' ' 50-A hawk -like bird 52 -Aloft THE MARKETS .- TORONTO.' Man. wheat -No. 1 North, $1.86i� ;' No. 2' North., 31.831/2; No. 3 North.; $1,781/z;:"No.:4 wheat, $1.51. situation is not such a; serious prob Man. oats -No. 2 CW, not quoted; lom in Canada as at other times, but. No. 3 CW, 613c; extra No. 1 feed, it is necessary. for those who have to 01%c; No, 1•feed, 6Gbzc; No, 2 feed, 53eac. to be alive to All the above c.i.f. bay ports. I American corn, track , Toronto -No, ing division o1 th Mined e 2 yellow, $1,2$. d ble Millfeed--Det., Montreai freights, bags included. Bran, per ton, nomin- al; shorts, per ton,' nominal; middl- ings, nominal; good feed flour, per bag, nominal. il Ontario oats-Nominal,f,C.b• ship t Natural Resources Bulletin. The Natural Resources Intelligence. Service of tho Dent. of the `Interior et Ottawa says: With the arrival of spring the fuel provide the. following season's supply the situation. The Do- minion Fuel: Board and the fuel tests. o Dept. ofme are, and have been for some considerable time, carrying on investigations and tests for various kinds of coal for their heating qualities. and also for their coking qualities. Canada, in the m om s, t`welve;montlis ending February last,. P On . wheat -No. 2 winter, nominal; imported 3,912,129 tans of American No; 3 winter,not quoted; 'No. 1 com- anthracite coal, valued at $35,020, 152. q shippingused almost entirely for do - points, not quoted, f.o.b:; .This'•Was-. r to freights. stic heating. • Due to periodical points;aeco ding R me g t ryuoted• strikes and other disturbamees fn Buckwheat -No. 2, nominal.. , Rye -No. 2, nominal. Man, flour, first ,pat,; $9.80, To- ronto; -do, second pat., $9.80, Toronto. Ont. flour -90 per cent. patent, Barley -Malting, no the anthracite' mining- areas of the Un- ited States+ this fuel supply is no longer absolutely dependable, and it is necessary therefore that Canada provide herself with substitutes. The series • of tests are being made• upon various types of fuels, with a view to determining their relative• values when burned' in standard types• of hot water house -heating furnaces. .Thesb tests, which are' still In pro- gress are being made upon the oar ions `types ef.anthracite, American,, , Welsh and Scotch; various typos of coke, gas coke and' Metallurgical coke, coke made in by-product ovens, tweet,- high ome high grade, low volatile bituminous or semi -bituminous coals, and a repre- sentative series of Alberta coals, - sThe results' of tests; to date have shown that the British anthracite, the cokes and certain of the high grade low volatile bituminous coals, ineiud- it g the Alberta coals of the Cnnraore - class, appear to have u higher heating value than the average American an thr. acite sold at Ottawa, that is, it re- quires a smaller quantity of these fuels than it,: does of American an- thracite to deliver a unit quantity' of heat. It requires from one, ton to three-quarters of a ton of these coals to -deliver the same quantity of heat as ' one ton of the average American anthracite sold in 'Ottawa. pecker asked; the young „man .to aid nominal, in bags, Montreal or To - him in cutting some wood. The two ionto. 0 "to left the store and proceeded to tackle '' Straw-Oarlots, per ton, • $8.0, They;worked only a few minutes, how- Screenings Standard, recleaned, f.o.b. bay ports, per ton, $24.00 ever,' because when Sergeant Riox HeyNe, '2, per ton, $13:00 to found: the body of Hanselpecker at ,$14.00;- No. 3, per ton, $11.00' to. four o'clock, there were only three or $12.00; mixed, per ton,$9.00 to four cuts of wood on the ground. $11.00; lower grades, $6.00 to $9.00. After lulling Hanselpecker, -the Cheese -New, large, 20 tp `20eac; twins, 21 to 22c• til plots, to 23c, the woodpile, rising a crosscut •saw. $8 59` eclean murderer entered the store and rifled t I p Stiltone, 23 to 24c. Old, large, 27 to 28c; twins, 28 to 2.9c; triplets, 28 to 30c. . Butter -Finest creamery prints, 37 to 38c; No. '1 creamery, 36 to 37c; No. 2, 35 to 36c; Dairy prints, 29 to 80c.' Eggs -Fresh extras, in cartons, 35 to 86e; loose, 33e;- fresh :firsts, 31c; seconds, 27c. Live poultry -Hens, over 4 to 5 los., 20c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 18c; spring bonds in the New York market is a - chickens, 4 lbs. and, over, M.P., 24c; tractiai attention in'connection with do, corn fed, 22c; roosters, 15e; duck - the return of Great Britain to the kings, 5 lbs, and up, 225. Dressed poultry -Chickens, spring, gold standardaud the advance of ster- ling exchange practically to par. The 8 'to 4 lbs., 22e; spring chickens, general interpretation is that Great 4 lbs. and over, M•F.:, 25c; do, corn Britain is effectively preventing the export of capital, though no official measures in that direction have been taken. The mere passing o£ the word among British banking end stock ex- change houses that tl;e Bank of Eng- land frowns on foreign security per - chases, at. the present stage of.Brit- ish financing, is sufficient to check the outflow of money. With the British so recently re the small cash drawer. OLD' LAND. CALLS HALT IN EXPORT OF GOLD Britain Has Need•of Large Re- serves of Capital at Home. A despatch from New York says:- Marked ays; Marked decrease in.British buying of y r kti t fed, 32c; roosters, 20c; ducklings, 5 lbs. and up; 27c. Beans -Canadian, handpicked, lb.,. 6lierc;,;primes, 6e. -: Maple products -Syrup, per im- perial gal., 52.40; per 5 -gal. tin $2.30 per gal.; maple sugar, lb., 25,.to 26c. Honey -60 -lb. tins, 183 s per. lb.; 10-1b. tins, 134e; 5-1b. tins, 14c; 2.;'z - lb. tins, l'eae to 16c. Smoked meats -Hams, med.,, 30e; cooked hams, 46c; smoked rolls; 22e; M St. George's, Hanover Square, London, Celebrates Founding. A despatch from London says:- of 240; breakfast bacon, 28 to London's fashionable church, St. turned to the gold standard, tho need 32c; special brand breakfast bacon, George's, Hanover Square, celebrated of large reserves of capital at home 35c backs, boneless, 35 to 42c. its bicentenary. recently with a spocial is seen, both to fortify -Great Britain Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 50 series' of services. Often called 'St. in the competition fox, foreign trade 'to 70 lbs., $22; 70 to 90 lbs., $20.50;- Cupid's Church" in the latter :part and in the maintenance of exchange. 20 'lbs.. and up. $19.50; lightweight of the lasthurchtury, St. George's is It 's pointed out that, in the present rolls, in barrels, 540.50,,heavyweight popular stage,. heavy British participation in rolls, $35.50 per bbl. American -securities, necessitating the Lard -Pure tierces,' 18c; tubs, selling of sterling, would? increase the 183tc; P i:s, 19c; •prints, 20c; short difficulties of the Bank of England in ening ii refs, 143' c; tubs, 15c; pails,. maintaining the exchange market 14tAic; prints, 160. without the use of its gold reserves. Heavy steers, choice, $7.75 to 58.10; do, good, $7.26 to 57.75; butcher steers, years the average has been about 300. The demand by London for securi- choice, 57 to 57,50;. do' good, 56.25 Included among the latter was that of ties here, particularly "some issues of tq 56.75; do, me., $6 to $6.50; do, cam., Theodore Roosevelt, who described foreign dollar bonds, has not stopped $5.50 .to $6; butcher heifers, �+ completely, however, and bond dealers choice, $7 to $7.50; do, med., $6 to himself in the register as a ,ranch say tirgt it is not likely to do so, 56.50; do, com., :$5.50 to $6; butcher pian when he walked over from since there is no means of absolute cows,+ehoice,,$6...t o 56.50; do, fair to Br'own's Hotel in a howler hat to be cod 4,50 to $.50. canners and :cut- married to Edith hermit, Carew. still o ular for fashionable' weddings,' and second only to St. Margaret's, Westminster. Sixty years ago as many as'1,000 weddings took place each year at St. George's, but during the last fifty eonbrol over the international flow of tats,' $2.50 to -52.76; butcher bulls, capital,. and such operations are en good, 54.50 to $5,50; do, fair, 53.75 to couraged by the price spread in se- 54; bologna, 52.50 to $3.26; feetting, curities here and abroad. steers good, $6.50 to $7; do, fair, 55 a to 56.x25; stockers; good, 55.50 to $6; Brampton Man ICilled While do, fair, $5 to 55.50; calves, choice, Removing 'Wall Paper $10 to $11; do, med., $7 to $9; do, common, 54.50 to 56.00; milch A despatch from Brampton says:- tows, choice, ger70 to $80; do, fair, $40 Albert Dolphin, formerly of Toronto and a resident of Brampton for the past two months, met death suddenly Thursday afternoon.. He fell from a piece of board, supported on ladders, on which he was standing to remove paper from a ceiling, struck a • rung, and broke it, a fragment of the ladder penetrating his abdomen and causing a Hemorrhage which resulted in death a. short time after the accident. His companion, Harry Edis, who was assisting him, was also thrown down and badly shaken up but was otherwise uninjured., The registers are rich in signatures of other prominent hien, as well as royalties. The signatures of King Ed- ward and Queen Alexandra, :.alongside those of the present Kin;, and Quern, are recorded -against the wedding of a ,# member of the Gosford family. The signatures of four Prime Ministers of to $ 50, springers, choice, 375 to $90; England are iso thor•e, inscribed at good light sheep, 58.50 to $10; heavies the wodding of -Remy Asquith, now and bucks, $5.50 to 57.50; good ewe laced Oxford, to his present wife. lambs, $14 to $15.50; do, med., 510 toSpey aye Lord Roseberv, iililiam L v- $12; io culls, 58.00 to $9.00; spring Sgt Gladstone Henry tis uith and lambs, each, 58 to $14.50; hogs, thick , ' q smooths; fed and watered, 511.70; Arthur Balfour, now Lord Balfour. ,do, f.o.lt, 511• do, country points, Officials of the church assert that if 510.75; do; off ears 51210; select all the couples who have been marrie.l peamium, 52.29, at the famous old edifice during the MONTREAL. last forty years had been present at • Oats, CW, No. 2, 7Clec; CW, No. the bicentenary services, the congre 8, 68',tzc; extra N61. feed, Glc. Fleur, gation' would have numbered about 12,000. 1,750 New Settlers Are ^_ Landed atuebec ay, No. 2, -per ton, car :lots, $14. to .-� Q $1H5 A despatch from Jonkoping, Saes. - Man. spring wheat pats, firsts, 59.80; -do, seconds, 59.30; strong.. bakers', $9.10; winter pats., choice, $7.60 to $7.70 rolled oats, bag 00 lbs.; $8.40; bran, 526.25 to $27.25; shorts, $28.25 to 529:25; middlings, 334.25 to $85,26-. The World's Greatest Match Makers Quebec, May 10, -Five transatlan- tic1 creamery, 32c; seconds, Slee Eggs, man; woman and chid in the world liners came into Quebec during the fresh specials, 35. to 36c: fresh extras, is now being turned rut by the fee - week -end with a total passenger list 84c'fresh firsts, 31.0. Potatoes, per £Dries owned and controlled by the of 2,600, of which 1,750 here new set, bag, car lots, 50c. Swedish Match Corpozation, accorcl- a number of , selected families wird lots of;med. "and fairly good venis, $G; have 'come .to the eouirtry under the British family farm settlement scheme. Butter, No. 1 pasteurized, 38e; No. den, says: -A match st day for every tiers. Among the 1,750 persons Were Canners, $2_to $2.50: calves, mixed ing to a'.eeport issued here. Phe '.average output now 'amounts to 30,000 matches a second, or 10,- 000,000,000 boxes -n year.. If placed in a -single pile the match boxes made. in dight -months would reach from the earth teethe moon, it is Li r:gad.' Practically all the Sat: materials Millions Dying ,of Starvation ' used for match, making in Swstlen Prince of ;Wales Visits, Former Seat of Rebellion Graaffreinet, Union • of South Africa, May 10. -The Prince of Wales to -day, continuing his tour of Cape Colony, spent an hour here, .the for- mer centre of rebellion against Brit- ish rule. He received a great popular demonstration, being acclaimed by wild cheering when he arrived on the Royal train. Solution-ofsiast week's'urt'e, 11121119t:9'®6®��®IgS3 1:1®�01®11i;3':.7MU� all MVO Ciliall- annacuiti NOW 1312112611111113 121,4i51113,1,41: a DRIB GU- ©111MODD® ZI .1212112 �- ®�711122 WOO LI Vii® lar: , ®_.alp +�,��,ryry [14 E . •, g��}{ ear lap, i.' "01: %�n® ..r N .?::, IG'9 NZ zul . I6�Bal1��..®�. OD u®®®Mlitil >s7 iii1H12,44 moms umu ;® M t ©n®'.;en OMMUDI 11 El -WOMEN good calves, $7; thin drinkers, below $5.00. , CHINESE PROVINCE SWEPT BY •FAMINE have to'be imported -the a t ,n wood In Sixty Districts ` Of comes chiefly from Rusora. Kweichou. A despatch from London say s - British Society Offers P;"l e Hundreds of Chinese are dead and millions -dying from starvation, and for Ink -to Tattoo Pigs the .population is resorting toronni- balism in Kweichou Province, Chiiia, .A despatch from -London says: - according: to'a despatch to The Daily Pigs , in, .England are 10 .be tattooed Express, for identification purposes. Several The roads are covered with the dead inks already have been tried out, but enddying, and families, struggling the idea has notas yet been perfected, forward to the towns, drop off" one by therefore to star ttlate'-furtl further interest one from exhaustion. The leaves end the scientificresearch committee of barlc have been etripped from, the the Large Black Pig Society has offer- trees, .and many are now living on ed a'reward for a satisfactory system grass and human flesh. e Of tattooing. The foreign missionaries are debt -The present system of ear notches their utmost, but,as the rice crop has or' numbered ribbons for registration not been harvested, it is impossible to -of pigs is very unsarisfatory, , says relieve the entire districts, madY parts society, 'which recently has been ofwhich -have been de olNlateclby he�ur ing ink manufacturers to turn out - fleeing -natives. The money. of the a.proclnct which would make possible Provincial Treasury , has been ex -I not only the tattooing of black pigs„ hausted. The famine area includes but Berkshire, orblonde pigs, as well sixty districts. I as differc?rit kinds en' uatla,.