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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1925-08-20, Page 3K. PASSES AFTER LOCA ;OUGHT BATTLE TO REGAIN HEALTH Hyci to Knight Succumbs Unexpectedly at His Home :in Lon dq,m on Saturday -Directed Affairs of Great Enterprise to the Lest.' Loe,don, Ont,, Aug. 16. -Sir Adam Beck, founder of the Ontario ,%•iydro- Electeic Power Systems and chairman of the Operating Commission since its establishment, for twenty-five yearseone of the most forceful char- acter:: in the public life of. London and the province and an internation- ally linown.apostle-of municipal own- ership, died last night at 10. o'clock at hie residence, "Headley." For two weeks it had been known \that Sir Adam's brief aeration of strength derived from blood .trans- fusions in the Johns Hopkins Hos- pital at Baltimore was ebbing from him .anil that pernicious anaemia, with which he was strickou late in the Autumn, had run the inevitable course. He personally requested of the newspapers that no : mention of his condition should be made until the end. As a result, the, announce- ment: was received with surprise as great as the, regret occasionedbyhis passing. Nearly a week ago Sir Adam lapsed into a state of ...spina, from which he occasionally reived only to relapse again. Thursday night he was able to recognize those around him, but from that time until his death it became a question of how long his heart would be able tomain- tain the spark of life, Iris only child, Mrs. Stratheara Hay, of Toronto, formerly- Miss Marion, and her hus- band had been with him continuously for the past three weeks. With them at the bedside when the end came were Sir Adam's brother, Mr. J. Fritz Beck, of Toronto, Chief Engineer F. A. Gaby of the Hydro -Electric Power Commission of -Ontario, and Miss S. B. Yenning, who formanyyears has been Sir Adam's trusted private sec- retary. The illness with which Sir Adam Bock was stricken last Autumn is ascribed to, irreparable fatigue pre- cipitated by strain and overwork. Sir Adam, just before his departure for Aikens, South Carolina, to visit Dr. and Mrs. John Todd of Montreal at their Winter home, held the belief that his condition wasa matter mere- ly of overwork, nervous disorder and !WINDSOR MAN DEAD ^- - 2 PERSONS ARRESTED I he Late Sir Adam Beck resultant poor circulation. He hoped that :a few weeks' rest in the South would accomplish u complete recup eration, and though he had talked of retiring this year Prom The chairman- ship of the Hydro -Electric Power Commission, her had . a program of public service which he believed' would engage him for the next fifteen years. The news of his death saddened the people of Ontario,, regardless of political affiliations, for in his passing London has lost a brilliant, devoted and distinguished representative, On- tario a dominating champion of popu- lar rights; and Canada a native son and statesman whose name and fame, by his achievements, have been im- perishably inscribed in the annals of the nation. The death of Sir Adam,' through the termination of a rather prolong- ed and severe illness, is to his -friends a sudden and little -expected ending of a strenuous career. On June 20 he celebrated his sixty-eighth birthday shortly after his return from the Johns Hopkins Hospital at Baltimore, where his condition first assumed a serious aspect. PRINCE OF WALES AT MONTEVIDEO British Heir Accorded Great Welcome by 'Capital of Uruguay. A despatch from Montevideo sa 'e:- A-wolcome unprecedented in the an naffs' of Montevideo was accorded the Prince of Wales on Friday, when he "touched the Uruguayan shame on his voyage from South Africa. Transferring early .in the morning from the battleship Repulse to the cruiser Curlew, the Prince reached the pier here at 10- o'clock. Thousands of Uruguayans lined the shore and ,the dockeand cheered the royal visitor. Foreign Minister Blanco boarded the Curlew officially to welcome the heir apparent to the British throne in the name of the Urguayan Government and people. Tho royal visitor, landed at 11 o'clock and was received by PAresident Serrato and members of his cabinet and other high personages. The party then motored to Govern- ment Palace through streets linecl-wlth Cheering people and with bands at various points along the route blaring the British National Anthem. Arriving at the palace, the Prince reviewed the troops from a balcony. His appear- ance qn the balcony was a signal for renewed cheering and applause. Later, he was entertained at an. informal luncheon given by President Serrate at a restaurant in the Prado,or muni- cipal perk. There were nes speakers. After the luncheon the Prince attend- ed the cattle -show. A gaily decorated fleet of trigs and motor boats and craft off' all descrip- tions went out to meet the Curlew. A deafening chorus of sirens saluted the Roy ears while guns were fired off and pennants dipped. Conversation was eine onaible but there was no doubt t boat the enthusiasm df the snasicto.r lenient. Malls Curlew neared the quay dense masses off' ,cheering people could be seen held back from the tloclt by: cavalry and mounted ;police whose bright uniforms and fluttering red and blue pennons made the scene pictur- - 'esque, In front of tile crowd' was an impos- ing battery of cadieras and movie men, who began grinding as his Royal I3igh- ness atepped down the gang plank. The enthusiastic demonstration con tinned throughout the day and into'the night. Wherever the Prince's car ap- eeared a'nrultitude sprang up as if by magic and cheered themselves lioerie. $87,000 PAYROLL STOLEN BY THUGS Five Gunmen in Winnipeg At- tack Cashier of Electric Company. Winnipeg, Man„ Aug. 14. -What Winnipeg police describe as the' most daring daylight robbery in the history of the city was ,staged here this morn- ing by five armed robbers annexing the payroll of the Winnipeg Electric Ceinpany, amounting to approximately $87,000. The robbery, apparently cleverly planned, was carried out in full view of scores of pedple within a few yards of the city's busiest thoroughfares,: Richard Shaw, assistant cashier of the .company, was about to enter the Electric Railway Chambers with the pouch containing the semi-monthly wages of the comeeny's 1,550 em- ployees when he wag halted by a well- dressed man who ordered him to hand over the money bag. Sizing up the situation, Shaw attempted to force,his way into the building, but was frus- trated by another hold-up man, who slugged him over the head with the butt end of his revolver. Leaving the cashier prostrate on the floor, the rob- bers bolted with three ether confede- rates, commandeered the compj,ny's "bank car, ordering the chauffeur to "drive like hell." A few blocks, from the scene of the hold-up the thugs stopped the car and 'after ordering tine driver out, disap- peared. Police Watoh Border. ' Detachments of the Mounties have rushed to the International border and patrols 'guarded every thoroughfare leading out of the city. Shaw, who was unconscions for more than an hour after the bludgeoning, sustained a nasty scalp wound, but his condition is not regarded as serious,. So carefully -.was the robbery pre- pared and so exactly executed by each of the participants, that the police are nowworking on the theory that at least one of the robbers was a former company. employee. Pedestrians who witnessed• the ac- tual assault upon. Shaw attempted to intervene but were kept away by threatening gestures of the despera- does. Women screamed as one of the ilrings brought the cashier to earth with the butt end of his revolver. The cries att Acted the tittention of A._Wet- i son, whose oflidesi are across the street trona the Electric Chambers. Ile tele- phoned for the police, who Were on the scene less than thee minutes: after the actual robbery. Motorcycle police- men combed the city for inure than four hours but returned without -hav- ing found any trace al the robbers' car. When I was a boy, the adventurous youth ran away to seta No one rune away to sea now. -Sir Martin .Con- way, M.P. Woman Shot in Leg Supposed- ly in Attempt at Suicide. A dpspatch.from Windsor •sem . C,aytdii.McMullen, 32 years old, pro- prietor of a battery service station at London Street and Carron Avenue, was shot arid instantly killed as'he stood on the lawn in front of his home at 322 Ellis Avenue, shortly after 9 o'clock' Thurethey night. Mrs. Ruth Janisse, 3.0, and -her husband, how ard, 32, the latter an employe of Goueau''. B•rothers'. garage, located acroen the street from the battery •sta- tion, are both under arrest in connec-I. tion with the shooting. Mrs. Janisse, a bullet wound in her left leg, is under police guard at Grace Hospital and her husband oc eupies a cell at police headquarters. The story as pieced together -by' Windsor and Provincial,, Police is that shortly before nine o'clock an auto-, mobile with curtains drawn drew up in front of the McMullen home on Ellis Ave. Janisse jumped out and knocked at the door, McMullen ans- wering the knock. Then as the two men walked slowly towards the dark- ened automobile a single shot rang out and McMullen crumpled to the lawn, a bullet through his heart. Then as Janisse leaped into his. machine' the revolver spoke again, a woman screamed and at once the automobile aped away. A few min- utes later Janisse assisted his wife into Grace Hospital, explaining that she had accidentally shot herself. Meanwhile neighbors had telephon- ed an alarm to police headquarters and police who hurried to the scene found' McMullen,, lying ,t lead, blood dyeing the grass ,around him. A mo- ment later the McMullen telephone rang .and Janisse at the hospital in- quired as to MoMullen's condition. Whentold he was dead he hung up the receiver. Before he could leave the hospital Motorcycle Officer Reginald O'Neil arrived and snapped the handcuffs on his wrists. A pearl -handled .32 cal- ibre revolver with two chambers empty was found in his pocket, police say. Questioned at headquarters, Janisse told the police that his wife had shot McMullen "for something he Cornwall Woman Killed. Cornwall; Ont., 'Aug. 16. -Mrs. Jo- 6eph Wood, aged 78, died' this morn- ing from' injuries received last night when she was knocked down by ,en automobile at "a street intersection. did to tier." McMullen's body was removed to a private morgue where it was viewed by Coroner Dr. A. Crasweller. , Two Trainmen Killed in Head-on Collision Lethbridge, Alta., Aug. 16. -In a head-on collision between a Canadian Pacific Railway passenger local and a light pusher engine near Cowley, Alta., Saturday, two members of the engine crews were killed and two passengers' injured. Engineer Middleton of the pusher locomotive and Fireman I{endall of the passenger train were killed. , Ac- cording to reports received none of, the passengers was seriously injured. Miss Amy Price, South Wales' school teacher, who has won a free trip CANADA'S FIELD CROPS WORTH $400,000,000 MORE THAN 1924 HARVEST A despatch from Ottawa says: - Canada's •Held crops this year will be worth nearly $400,000,000 snore than ltt 1924. The actual value of the 1924 yields was $919,730,000, while the value for the present year ie estimat- ed at $1,318,664,907. The volume of the 1025 crop is computed do the basis of the official report of the con- dition of crops on Aug. L The value is computed from the prices of grains at present prevailing for October de- livery, and the estimate of the, value of the other,': crops Sia based on the average price; over the last, five. years. There are a few more than 600,000 agricultural families in the Domin- ion; which meane that each family will have added to the country's Wealth ' a little. over $600 more than last year. -This year's wheat yield;; is -estimat- ed on the basis of October delivery prices to be worth $544,385,800, as compared` with the 'actual •value of $320,362,000 in 1924; oats, $223,168,- 600, as compared with .$200,6$8,000; through Canaria. The tour was the barley, 76,120,000, as against $61,- prize 61;prize for the "child education" comps- 760,000; rye, $15,486,744, as compar- tition. ed with $15,676,000;: flax, $20,625,» 818, as against $18 849 000 Two'Girls Injured in Auto Crash at Prescott A despatch from Prescott, Ont, says: -Helena Quinn, age nine, and Margaret Quinn, age seven, daugh- ters of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Quinn, who resided about five miles east of Prescott on the main highway, were serioualyinjured when they were struck by a car driven by a Cardinal man Wednesday evening. The little girls were returning from a picnic with a neighbor, Aaron Scott, who let thein out ofhis car at their own gate with the usual warning, "look out for the cars."' The two little girls, hand in hand, ran from behind Mr. Scott's car to reach their home and were struck by a passing automobile and hurled into the ditch. '-'Helena suffered 'terrible scalp wounds and has not regained con- sciousness and the extent of her In- juries have not yet been determined. Little hope is entertained for her re- covery. Margaret sustained a broken arm, injuries to herhead and face and several cuts and bruises about the body. It is expected that she will recover. Old -Time Cobalt Miner Killed in Vipond Mine Cobalt Ont Aug. 16. -Norman Isnor, formerly captain at the Kerr Lake and Drummond Mines here, and an old-time Cobalter, was killed yes- terday at the Vipond Mine,. Perm - nine., where he was shift boss. He fell down a chutes. Deceased was Mewl 55 years old and a native of Nova Scotia. 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The • total estimated value of the five principal 'grains this year , is $879,726,362, as compared 'with last year's actual value of $615,337,000,, or a gain of over $260,000,000, ' Of the other field crops for this year the largest increase will be in hay and' clover, the estimated value for this year. being $282,118,550, as compared with an actual value in 1924 of '.$165,587,000.' Potatoes will also show , a considerable gain, this year's value being estimated at $67,- 479;400, as compared with $47,965,- 000 last year. Other field crops showing gains are: Peas, $6,538,422, as compared with $5,676,000 last year; beans, $3,- 701:,555, as compared with $3,306,000; mixed grains, $24,805,000, as com- pared with om-]ared'with 522,626,000; turnips, $25,- 652,250, 25,-652,250, as compared with 517,- 884,000. Four yields this year will show slight declines in value, according to present estimates. They axe as fol- lows: Buckwheat, 510,135,800, as compared with 510,149,000.; corn, $12,724,000, as against $14,227;000; alfalfa, 513,722,003, as against $14,- 705,000; and sugar beets, 52,056,560, as compared with $2 268 000 Mothers' Allowances Total $149,898 in July A despatch from Toronto saysi-- Under the provisions of the Ontario Mothers' Allowance Ac't, 4,184 moth- ers others throughout the province,; with 12,- 786 dependent children in their care, received during July, 1925, the sum of$ 149x 898.. The number of children in each home ranges from two to eleven. In 662 homes there are four children; in 816 homes therm are five children; in 182'homes there are six children; in 69 homes there are seven children; in 17 homes there are eight children; in 7, homes there are nine children; in 1 home there is eleven children. The causes of dependency of the mothers are the death, total and per- manent incapacitation, or desertion for a period in excess of five years of the fathers of the children. Of the beneficiaries: 3,393 are wi- dows; 522 are wives of incapacitated husbands; 169 are deserted wives for a period of five years and upward; and 110 are foster mothers to orphans. Owen Sound Man Killed by Dropping Cement Bucket Owen Sound, Ont., Aug. 16, -Wil f• red George, 24 years of age, single, was almost instantly killed yesterday morning when he was struck on the head by the cement bucket used in the construction of the Groat Lakes Ele- vator here, George was employed by the con struction company to clean out debris from the bottom of the wood trestle on which was operated the bucket which takes the cement from the ground to the top of the elevator. His head was caught between one of the braces of the treats and the de- scending bucket. Three Bathers Drowned in St. Lawrence River Montreal,, Aug. 16. --Throe people Zeit thein lives whine bathing in the St. Lawrence River to -day. Actrien Nadon, luted 17, got beyond his depth and sank before help could reach him. Tho body was recovered, Florence Chamalllard, aged 15, was seh.c'd in the swift current and lost. her life. Romeo Pouliot, aged 21, was seised with cramps and sank before his friendcould reach him. The li dy was recovered. Ontario's Oldest Postmaster Passes at Age of Ninety A despatch from Brockville says:-- George ays:-George Ferguson, aged 90, .probably the oldest Postmaster in Ontario, died suddenly at his home is Bishop's Mills, where he had -been Postmaster :and merchant for half a century. In earlier 'life hetaught school after arrival from Leitrim, Ireland. Police Department Entered by Burglar A. _despatch from Paris says: -The perfect of the Paris police made the humiliating discovery on Friday that a burglar had broken into the lost ar- ticles department of the perfecture building and carried away several 'ar- ticles of value. Answe`r•to last week's puzz;e: 'i ' ne • Klin© A- orzr�ur�.;d�ryn® EZIGIO 2, ILIE �.t RIMI®L7 ©on®r�©® -l1a VIN ` ©® MEW ®�14®® s : t, IMANIMESeif 61111b1,0101iSliailatilElal vol•, ®RClu L 11®®1. or ra-Airargovasio1�� ®RINVI ® i - ®msElit s i ITOINg r � is r miEmu THE MARKETS . TORONTO. Man. wheat --No. 1 North., 51.84; No. 2 North., $1.811/1; No. 3 North., h Man. oats -No. 8 CW, 58c; No. feed, 56e; No. 2 feed, 551/ac. All the above c.i.f. bay ports. Am, 5corn, track, .Toronto -No. 2 yellow, 1,22, Millfeed-included: Del.; MBranontreal,per freights, poi , $28; shorts per ton, $30• middlings, 586; good feed flour, per �iag, 52.30. Ont. oats -48 to 60e, f.o.b. shipping ton bagsnts. Ont. wheat -$1.32 to $1.37, f.o.b. shipping points, according to freights. Barley -Malting, 74 to 770. Buckwheat --No. 8, 78e. Rye -No. 2, nominal Man. flour, first pat., $9.80, To- ronto; do, second pat., $8.80, Toronto. Pastry flour, bags, $6.30. Ont. flour -Toronto, 90 per cent. pats:, per barrel, in carlots, Toronto, 56.80; seaboard, in bulk, $6.30. Straw-Carlots, per ton, 58 to $8.60. Screenings -Standard, recleaned, f. o.b.: bay ports, per ton, $18 to $20. Hay -No. 2, per ton, $13 to $14; No. 3, per ton, 511 to $12; mixed, per ton, $9 to 511; lower. grades, $6 to $9. Cheese -New, large, 24 to 24%e; twins, 241,¢ to 25c;. triplets„ 26 td 2534c. Stiltons, 26 to 27c. Old, large, 28 to 29e; twins, 29 to 80c; triplets, 29 to 31c. Butter -Finest creamery prints, 40cl No. 1 creamery, 40e; No. '2, 37'1 to 38c. Dairy prints, 27 to 29c. ]eggs -Fresh extras, in cartons, 41 to 42c; loose, 40 to 41c; fresh firsts, 87 to 88c; seconds, 82 to 83c. - Dressed poultry -Chickens, spring, Ib., 80 to 35c; hens, over 4 to 5 lbs, 22 to 24c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 20e; roosters, 180; ducklings, 5lbs. and up, 27 to 30c. Beans -Can., handpicked, lb., 61 e; primes, Gc. Maple produce -Syrup, per imp. gal., $2.40; per 5 -gal. tin, 52.80 per gal.; maple sugar, ib., 25 to 26c. Honey -60-1b. tins, ' 131% per lb.; 10 -Ib. tins, 181,%c; 6 -ib. tins, 14c; 2% lb. tins, 15'4 to 16c. Smoked meats -Hams, med., 32 to 380; cooked hams, 47 to 50c; smoked rolls, 22c; cottage, 23 to 25c; break- fast bacon, 82 to 36c; special brand breakfast bacon, 38 to 89c; backs, boneless, 36 to 42c. Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 50 to 70 lbs., 522 ; 70 to 90 lbs, $20.50; 20 lbs. and up, $19.50; lightweight rolls, ,in barrels, $29.50; heavyweight rolls, $24.50 per barrel. Lard -Pure tierces, 18 to 18%xc; tubs, 181,e to 19c; pails, 19 to 19itc; prints, 50 to 20%c; shortening, tierces, 141%; tubs, 15c; pails, 15%e; blocks, ' Heavy choice steers $8 to $8.50; do, good, $7.25 to v$7.75; butcher steers, choice, $7.25 to $8; do, good, 56.60 to $7.15; do, med., $5.50 to 56; do, com., $4.50 to $5.25; butcher heif- ers, choice, $7 to $7.75; do, mel„ $5.50 to 56; do, com., 54.50 to 55.25; butcher cows, choice, $4.50 to $6.35; do, fair to good, $4 to $4.50; canners and cutters, $2 to $2.60; butcher bulls, gd., 54.50 to 55.50; do, fair, $8.76 to $4; bologna, $3 to $3.50; feeding steers, good, 56 to $0.25; do, f air, 54.50 to $5.26; calves, choice, $10 to 511.50; do, med., $8 to $9.60; do, -com., $4.50 'to 55.50;, milch cows, choice, $70 to $80; do fair, $40 to choice, $70 choice, $75 to 500; good light sheep, $7 to 58; heavies and bucks, 55 to $6; good lambs, 514.75 to $16; do, med„ 513.76 to $14; do, bucks, $12.95 to 518; do, culls, $11 to 512; hogs, thick smooth, fed and watered, 512.36; do, f.o.b., $12.75; do, country points, 512.50; do, `off cars, 518.75; select premium, 52.50. 51.74; No, 4 w eat, not quoted. MacMlL LAN DELAYED • BY ARCTIC STORIMS Only Seventeen Days -a .Fly- ing Weather in Prospect in Wilds of the North, A '"despatch from Washington says :-Equipped with airplanes cap - Wile of: sailing smoothly; over hazards once thought impassable, the Mc- Millan Arctic Expedition, neverthe- less has found the natural laws of the North constantly blocking his pro- gress. ' With only seventeen days of flying weather in prospect, Commander Donald B. MacMillan and his chief aide, Lieut. -Commander R. E. Byrd are hecmning impatient while low- lyir•g clouds, snows and logs obscure the territory where they hope to establish .a base on the Polar Sea from which to explore an unmapped' area covering 1;,0001000 square miles. Inaddition to these troubles, fail- ure to find a beach near Etah from which the .planes could hop off has been a disappointment. Under pre- sent .conditions the machine must take off from the ice -infested waters, and to do so they must unload much precious!fuel. This has resulted in reducing their cruising radius from 1,000 to 700 miles. With such a situation to contend' with, those in charge of the expedi- tion feel it is essential that an inter- mediate base be established, and the planes have skimmed over the jagged, snow -clad peaks and down deep, nar- row valleys in search .of a landing base at which fuel and food could be. cached. • The most favorable condi- tions were found Monday at Beitstad Ford, a •small inlet running in a westerly direction from Hayes Fjord, but Lieut- Commander Byrd has ad- vised against a flight to that point until the snow and the fogs cease. • MONTREAL. Oats, No. 2 CW, 70'%.e; No. 3 CW, 63%0; extra No. 1 feed, 64%xc. Flour, Man. spring wheat pats., firsts, $9.80; seconds, $8.80; strong bakers', $8.60; winter pats., choice, 56.70 to. 56.80. Rolled oats, bag 90 lbs., 53:85 to $3.95. Bran, $28.25. Shorts, $80.26, Mid- dlings,. 586.26. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lore, $14. Cheese, finest welts, 2214c; finest easts, 22380. Butter, No. 1 pasteur- ized, 884 to 38%c; No. 1 creamery, 37% to 57%c; seconds, 86% to 36%c. Eggs, fresh extras, 41c; fresh firsts, 38e. Calves, med. to fair, 58.50; lambs good, $13; hogs, straight lots, $18.75 to $14;. sows $11.50. Minister Drowned as Canoe Capsizes on N. Setskatchewan' A. despatch from Prince Albert, Sask., says :-Fatal disaster has over- taken the canoe party which recently. left Edmonton on a voyage along the North Saskatchewan River to Win- nipeg. Two of the party have arrived here with news that Rev. Alfred Johnson of Mirror Lake, Alta., one of the pad- dlers, had been drowned near the La- conia Falls, twenty-four miles east of Prince' Albert According to the story of the sur- vivors, the canoe capsized in the stormy waters. The three men clung to the upturned craft and- weie car- ried more than a half -mile down- stream. . Johnson decided ho would make an attempt to reach shore. They saw him` disappear beneath a wave a short dietaries from shore. The surviving members -IL S. Pat- ton, Professor . of Economics at the University of Alberta, and Wallace Forgie of Calgary -reached safety after much difficulty, Birth Rate in Canada Remains at Low Level A. despatch from Ottawa says: - The birth rate in Canada in March of the present, year was lower than in the four preceding years, accord- ing to a statement issued by the Do- minion Bureau of Statistics. Total births for the registration area of Canada, which does not include the Province of Quebec, numbered 13,325, - being 6,810 males ' and 6,515 females. In March, 1924, total births were 14,- 157. In March, 1923, they totalled 14,254, in March, 1922, 15,129, and in March, 1921, 15,261. Of the total living births reported 13,008 were single births, 157 twins and 1 triplet, In nine- of the cities reporting, there were fewer births hi ddIaarch of the present year than in. March, 1924, while in only two cities, London and Windsor, was the number of Iiving births reported equal to or greater in March, 1925, than in March, 1921. United States Crops Show Lower -Production A despatch from Washington says: -Despite an increased area of 2.3 per cent. planted to principal crops this year, total production was estimated by the Dept. of Agriculture as 8 per cent.' lower than -last year, due to decreased yields per acre. Yields per acre showed a reduction for all principal crops of 6.4 per cent. compared with the 10 -year average, and 4.5 per tent. under last year's crop. Prospects for yields, the De- partment said, had not been so low. at , this time of year in the last 12 years with the exception of 1921. Spring wheat is expected to run over the five-year average yield per acre by about one-tenth' of a bushel. Seek Interpretation of Will Century Old A despatch from Baltimore says: - Jerome N. Bonaparte of New York and his Wife, Mrs. Blanohe Bonaparte, aro made defendants in a suit flied in Bal- timore City Court to interpret the will of Betsy Patterson, a Baltimore belle of more thiin a century age, who mar- ried Jerome Bonaparte, brother of the Emperor Napoleon. On the court's in- terpretati0n of the meaning of certain in addition to Ring Ceorge, the list Provisions of the will depends the man- of Royal yachtsmen includes the mon- 1 nor of distribution of Arty -six ground archs of Spain, Italy, Denmark and rents in Baltimore, said to represent Persia. I a value of many thousand dollars. 1`5f