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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1923-11-29, Page 2FIRE i D PILLAGE LAY WASTE FAIR FIELDS OF G MAN SILESIA Farm Association Declared Food Boycott at Breslau Against Ail Towns in an Atternapt to Force Resignation of Chan- cellor Stresenlaran and His Cabinet -Town Dwell- ers Retaliated by Stetting Fire to Countryside. A despatch from Berlin says,; -The eminent, h which they would partici- sky of German Silesia is aflame with Pate. All of the big German farmers the reflection of thousands of burningI and most of the smaller farmers are farmhouse's and barns. Nationalist and Monarchist These farmers are opposed bitterly to the In the lurid light of this vast fire, towns where there are strong' Social which is licking up in flames the lair- ist factions supporting Chancellor est fields in Germany, innumerable Streseman: These landlords have been bands of unemployed from the towns fighting Chancellor Streseman ' by and cities of, Silesia are plundering withholding their foodstu1 s, thereby the still smoking houses, and are driv- causing starvation and dissatisfaction, Ing off cattle. which directs itself against the Gov - Along the roads the rifles of the .ernntent police are spitting fire and lead at the A later . despatch from Berlin continuous procession of plunderers says: -Chancellor Streseman is out, moving toward the towns with their booty. The Silesian Landbund, or farm as- sociation, which is intensely National- istic, declared a food boycott at Bres- lau on Thursday nightagainst all towns in Silesia until Chancellor Stresetnann and his Cabinet resign. Immediately the town dwellers, and Tho vote of confidence in his Gov- ernment was defeated on Friday in the Reichstag by 220 to 155. Only a portion of his own People's Party voted to keep him in power. Stresemann's Cabinet has resigned and with the defeat of the Chancellor goes the program of thrusting the Rhineland and Ruhr down Premier particularly the unemployed, met this Poincare's throat and refusing to pay challenge with fire, the only weapon further reparations. Left to them They began their op- Thank God,"Streseman said as he left the Reichstag, "at least the erations in the morning. The proud establishments of scores of Jurkers agreement between the Ruhr indus- and farmers are only ashes, From trialists and the French has been the towns of Wornderf, Jauor, I,iag- Agre�aaiionay unscorrect. nitz and Brieg, . particularly, the un- r y putsch isinformation not impos- employed angrily streamed into the countryside with blazing torches by the thousand. .A. few frightened, lonely farmers who surrendered all their foot. and cult days. I hope to return to Faille - all their cattle without rho t a fight were mentary life and serve the Father - not disturbed. At the big Junker land again. But I beg my fellow Min - estates armed farmhands tried to isters and the newspapers to keep fight off the invaders, but the latter sharp watch for a monarchistic.putsch burned one farm building after an- that seems so likely." other. Houses were plundered and Hunger -crazed mobs from the towns everything taken, valuables as well again devastated the great Junker as food. Scores were killed. estates in Silesia on Friday with flame Thursday these bands are still and sword. burning and plundering lonely estates, The beautiful castle of Herr von but the Junkers and police gradually Berge and Surrendorf zu Herrhers- are forming columns against the in- dorf, one of the oldest and richest cendiaries. At Waldenburg troops families in Germany, located in the clashed' with returning bandits and district of Glogau, was burned early plunderers, killing one and wounding Friday morning by plunderers and the sixteen. The police suffered one dead. family and servants were forced to A meeting at Breslau of the Silesian flee in their night-clothes. This Landbund deliberately decided to castle, which was used by Frederick starve out the cities and towns until the Great as his headquarters in 1770, they went against the Streseman Cab- and was one of the historical land- inet. These stony-hearted Junkers, marks of Silesia, is only a mass of who are mostly country squires with blackened and smoking walls. big estates, declare, with the land- In Adermuehle, incendiaries fired a bunds in other German States, that big mill and saw 700 tons of flour, they cannot support Streseman be- 700 tone of grain and '300 tons of cause he lacks public confidence, and fodder swept up in flames before they must be replaced by a National Gov- could carry any of it off. sible at this moment. e I am going to President Ebert to beseech him to reconstruct the Gov- ernment so that Germany may not be without constituted rule in these diffi- S CANADIAN PORT BEATS WORLD RECORD Head of Lakes Elevators Load 6,700,000 Bushels in Twenty-four Hours. A despatch from Fort William says: -A world record for all time to date is being established by the ele- vators` of the Post William -Port Arthur harbor in the loading of grain into ships. Between midnight on Wednesday and midnight on Thursday 6,700,000 bushels were loaded into boats from stocks in store by elevators in filling orders distributed during the day by the Lake Shippers' Clearance Associa- tion. The previous record of the port was about 6,000,000 bushels and that was the record for the world. There is no other port which can compete with the one at the Canadian •head of the lakes in the rapid hand- ling of grain. About the best that Chicago could do would be about 2,- 000,000 bushels inthe same length of time. Duluth has one very fast eIe- vator,the Great Northern, but here there are many just as fast for a short time, and nearly as fast under an opportunity for continuous op- eration. More than double the number of immigrants' came to Canada during the past six months, as compared with the similar period a year ago, The figures, according to the Department of Immigration, show 94,333 people of all nationalities to have entered Canada during the six months, April September, 1923, while the number was 46,331 for the same. period in 1922. British immigration during the past six months amounted to 51,961, United States 12 055. Goes to South Africa The Earl of Athlone, a distinguished soldier, who won the D.S.O. In the South African War and now goes back to that country as Governor-General. He is a brother of Queen Mary. The Spillers Milling and Associated Industries, Limited, London, England, may establish a large flour mill and wheat exporting business in Western Canada, according to a statement made by L. Lloyd Tanner, secretary of the company, who was recently in Winnipeg investigating conditions in the grain trade. The company are one of the largest concerns of their kind in England and are heavily interested in the Western Canada wheat in- dustry. t PRICELESS RECORDS OF CANADIAN HISTORY 1 Secured for Nothing by Do- minion Archivist in Great Britain and France. A despatch from London ;says; - Dr. A. G. Doughty, Dominion Archi- vist, sailed on Saturday for' Canada after' a most successful raid on the private treasures in England and France, for documents of historical , importance for the Dominion. Can- ada's chief archivist, who, as a tire- less collector for his- department, has won international fame for his ability to 'get, something for nothing, is said to have surpassed himself on this. occasion, Besides Sir' Leicester Harinsworth's gift of the Wolfe Pa- pers, the decision of the Hudson Bay Company to make its record available, and an arrangement for the publica- tion of a series of -biographies of makers of Canada, Mr. Doughty has been promised a mass of other ma- terial' of priceless historical value. It is hoped to obtain from English banks and trading"houses records which will throw a. new light on early commerce with the new world, From France it is hoped to obtain docu- ments relating to the famous company of One Hundred Associates, as .well as papers preserved by descendants of Bigot Talon and other great figures in the early history of new France. More interesting than all, perhaps, is the likelihood of securing a docu- ment signed in Canada in 1535 by Jacques Cartier. It will be the oldest record in all America, antedating that now .possessed by the Canadian Arch- ives, which is dated 1542. The money; values of these collections aggregates! thousands of pounds. Canada is se -1 Burin thea for nothing. g n not g. sir Hamar Greenwood A Canadian who has already madee his mark in Canadian politics and who has entered the present fray as a sup- porter of Mr. Asquith, Ile 1s a native' of Whitby,, Ontario. The' ee�� S Markets TORONTO. Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern, $1.0414. Manitoba oats -No. 3 CW, 421,4c; No. 1 extra feed, 41c. Manitoba barley -Nominal. All the above, track, bay ports. American corn -Track, Toronto, !No. 2 yellow, $1.17. Ontario barley -58 to 60e. Buckwheat -No, 2, 72 to 75c. Ontario rye -No. 2, 73 to 7fia i Peas -Sample, $1.50 to $1.55. Millfeed--Del„ Montreal freights, I bags included: Brat., per ton, $27; shorts, per ton, $30; middlings, $36;' good feed flour, 32.05. i Ontario wheat -No. 2 white, 94 to; 96c, outside. Ont. No. 2 white oats -38 to 40c. Ontario corn -Nominal. Ontario flour -Ninety per cent, pat,, in jute bags, Montreal prompt ship- ment, 34.75; Toronto basis, $4.75; bulk, seaboard, $4.25. Manitoba flour-lst pats., in jute sacks, 36.30 per bbl.; 2nd pats., 35.80. Hay -Extra No. 2 timothy, per ton, track, Toronto, 314,50 to 315; No. 2, 314.50; No, 3, 312.50; mixed, 312. Straw -Car lots, Per ton, 39. Cheese -New, large, 23 to 24c; twins, 24 to 25c; triplets, 25 to 26c; Stiltons, 25 to 26c. OId, large, 30 to 31c; twins, 81 to 82e. Butter -Finest creamery prints, 41 to 43c; No. 1 creamery, 38 to 40c; No. 2, 86 to 38c. Eggs -Extras, fresh, in cartons, 70 to 74c; extras, storage, in cartons, 46 to 47e; extras, 42 to 43c; firsts, 38 to 39c; seconds, 30 to 32e. Live poultry -Spring chickens, 4 lbs. and over, 25c; chickens, 8 to 4 lbs., 22e; hens, over 5 lbs., 22c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 15c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 15e; roosters, 150; ducklings, over 5 lbs., 20c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 18c; turkeys, young, 10 lbs. and up, 28e. Dressed poultry -Spring chickens, 4 lbs. and over, 33c; chickens, 3 to 4 lbs., 30e; hens; over 5 lbs., 28c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 24c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 1.8c; roosters, 1Se; ducklings, over 5 lbs., 280; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 25c; turkeys, young, 10 lbs. and up, 33e. Beans --Canadian hand-picked, lb., 7e; primes, 636c. Maple products -Syrup, per imp. gal., $2.50; per 5 -gal. tin, $2.40 per gal.; maple sugar, lb., 25c. Honey -60 -lb. tins, 12 to 13c per lb.; 10 -Ib. tins, 12 to 13c; 6-1b. tine, l7 to 14c; 2% -lb. tins, 14 to 16e; comb honey, per doz., No. 1, 33.75 to $4; No. 2, $3.25 to $3.50. Smoked meats -Hams, med., 26 to 27c; cooked hams, 39 to 41e; smoked rolls, 21 to 23c; cottage rolls, 22 to 24c; breakfast bacon, 26 to 27c; spe- ial rand breakfast bacon, 30 to 33e; backs, boneless, 30 to 85c. Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 50 to 70 lbs., 318; 70 to 90 lbs., $17,50; 90 lbs. and u316.50; li htwei t P� g ,gh rolls, in'barrels, 336; heavyweight rolls, M. Lard, pure tierces, 18 to 18%0; tubs, 18% to 19c; pails, 19 to 1914ac; prints, 2016 to 213tc; shortening farces, 1531 to 15%c; tubs, 151/ to to 16c;1831e. pails, 16 to 16%c; prints, 18144 Heavy steers, choice, 36.75 to $7.26; butcher steers, choice, 55.75' tc $6; do, cons„ 33 to 34; butcher heifers, choice, 35.75 to $6.25; do, med., 34 to 5; do, corn,, 3 to $3.50; butcher cows, choice, 34 to 84.50; do, med., 33 to $4; can- ners and cutters, $1.50 to 32.50; but - eller bulls, good, $3.50 to 34.00; do, con., $2.50 to 33.50; feeding steers, good, $5 to $5.50; do, fair, $4.50 to 55; stockers, good, 34 to 35; do, fair, 59.50 to $4; milkers and springers, 311; do, med., 3880 to 3110; 1 to5'39; choice, eons, $4 to $6; do, grassers, $3.50 to $4.50; lambs, choice, 310.25 to 31.0.75; do, bucks, $9 to 39.25; do, cons., $8 to $8.50; sheep, light ewes, good,066 to 36.50; do, fat, heavy, 34 to $5; do, culls, 32 to 32.50; hogs. thick, smooth, F,W„ 38.25; do, f.o.b., $7.75; do, country points, $7.50; do, selects, MONTREAL. Oats, Can. West,, No. 2, 55c; No, 3, 54c; extra No. 1 feed„ 52%c; No, 2 keel white, 51,,nc. Flour, Man. spring wheat pats., iris, $6.30; 2rds, 35.80; strong bakers, 35.60; winter pats., choice, $5.75 to 35.85. Rolled oats, bags, 00 lbs., 3,3.05; Bran, $27,25. Shorts, 330.25. Middlings, 336.25. Hay, No. 2, per ten, car lots, :$15 to 316. Cheese, finest westerns, 19,4 to 19%c; finest easterns, 18% to 18%c. Butter, No. 1 creamery, 38 to 883c. Eggs, extras, 40 to 41c; No. 1 stock, 36 to 37e; No. 2 stock, 30 to 32c. Canners, 31.40; cutters, $2 to 32,25; bulls, 32.25 to 32.75; good veal calves, $10; grassers, 33; hogs, thick smooths and butcher, $8,50; sows, $6.60 to $7. Labor Candidate Re-elected Where and HowInsu is . Made. Tucked away in an obscure cornet of the University of Toronto grounds overshadowed by the new electrica engineering building ,and flanked by a row of venerable elms, stands a two storey, red -brick building formerly occupied by the University Y,M,C.A A year or two ago it was planned to remove the building, as, it was not suitable for. any universitypurpose To -day, housing, as it does, the only "Insulin laboratory" in Canada, the building, 'together with its recently installed equipment, is worth upwards of 335,000. The Insulin laboratory is one of the latest chapters in the romance of In- sulin. It stands as a confirmation of the success of the research of Dr. F. G. Banting and his fellow -investiga- tor, Charles H. Best, M.As Its man- agement and operation are in the cap- able hands of Mr, Best, who has, from the beginnings been in charge of the large-scale production of insulin. The laboratory is operated as a division of the famous . Connaught Anti -Toxin laboratories, of which Dr. J. G. Fitz- gerald is director and Dr. R. D. Ref- ries, associate director. The: business administration is in charge of Dr. Fitzgerald and Dr. Defries. Mr. Best is assisted in the new laboratories by D. A. Scott, M.A., as assistant direc- tor, and a staff of twenty-six people working night and day shifts. With the exception of three trained chem- ical technicians, under direction of M. Arthur Wall, who was the first technician to . assist Mr. Best when the manufacture of insulin was begun, and four chemists, the staff is largely technically untrained. During the summer months five medical students were employed in the laboratories and during the winter two students are engaged in part -tine work. The erection of such a completely equipped plant was made possible through the Ontario Government's grant of 325,000, the remaining $10, 000 to 316,000 being secured from funds of the laboratory and from pri- vate donations. The plant is now pro- ducing in the neighborhood of 260,000 units a week for distribution through- out Canada, Ireland, South Africa, Central and South America, New Zea- land, Australia, and other countries where plants have not been establish- ed. The average dosage for the dia- betic patients for whom such,a large quantity of insulin is being prepared. varies from 15 to 20 units a day. The price for which insulin is dis- tributed is, as with other products of the Connaught Laboratories, governed entirely by costs of material and of production. The Connaught Labora- tories are not engaged in commercial business but constitute a department of the University of Toronto. Mr. Best has called attention to the grad- ual fall in the price of insulin, In May, 1923, the material was sold at 5 cents per unit, in June at 3 cents per unit and now at 2 cents per unit. The distribution of insulin is ef- fected through two channels. The first is hospitals which have organ- , ized departments for the administra- tion of insulin. The second is through physicians trained in the use of in- sulin. For these latter a special short course of instruction was provided at the University of Toronto last July under the direction of Professor Dun- can Graham. IThe preliminary stages in the pre- paration of the health -giving extract are conducted in a large laboratory in the north-east corner of the insulin building where beef and pork pan- creas (sweetbreads), fresh from the abattoirs, are first minced in a large meat -grinder, dissolved in vats of alcohol, and then placed in a large basket centrifuge. The liquid is drawn off from the centrifuge and further clarified by filtration through paper in glass funnels. This liquid, con- taining the soluble constituents of the pancreas, is reduced to a small volume by evaporation' of the alcohol and water content in a large vacuum still. The residue contains the insulin. The solution is purified in two chemical laboratories, one on the main floor and one on the second floor, by chemical procedures known as "fractional pre- cipitations:" The purified product is the sterilized, rzed, standardized, and filled into vials for distribution by the Con- naught Laboratories. But the equipment of the . Insulin Laboratory embraces more than the mare processes necessary to produce the serum, A distilling roma on the' main floor contains e large rectifying still, vacuum pumps, and condensers by which the used alcohol is reclaim^d, An oil -burning furnace in the base- ment supplies steam for the vscuuin still and a refrigeration machine cools ,1 the alcohol condenser and manufaa l; tures cakes of ice for small refriger- iters. A largeelectric fan is kept running continuously to ventilate the laboratories and clear the air of al- cohol fumes. On the second floor, in addition to the purification laboratory, thele is • a laboratory in which two. chemists are employed on research work in con- nection with insulin, Clean, well - ventilated rooms are provided for the animals used and a small operating room is near at hand, The preparation of insulin is con- trolled by patents applied for in var- ious countries of the world by the original investigators. These patents have been assigned to the University of Toronto and a committee, appointed by the Board of Governors, is respon- sibie for the administration of patent and other rights and for the promo- tion of efficient production and'distri- , button of insulin in all countries of the i world. The original investigators, I Dr. Banting and Mr. Best, receive no financial benefit front the patent but desired to prevent the filing- of other. patents which might restrict the pre- paration of insulin. In Great Britain I complete patent rights have been as- signed to the ..British Medical Re- Isearch Council and in the United , States the Ely, Lilly Company of Indianapolis has been licensed by the ; University of Toronto to manufacture :insulin. The licensing of other firms lin the United Statesis at present sideration. Rights in all countries except Great Britain have been retained by the University of Toronto. The patents for insulin . have .been obtained largely through, the efforts of C. H. Riches, a patent lawyer of Toronto, who has given his services to the University without charge. In addition to carrying out his du- ties as director of the Insulin Labora- tory, Mr. Best is continuing the fifth year of his course in Medicine, which he interrupted in 1921 to collaborate evith Dr. F. G. Banting in the re- searches which led to the discovery of the insulin treatment of diabetes, to Winnipeg Mayoralty A despatch from Winnipeg says: - S. 3. Farmer, Labor, was re-elected Mayor of Winnipeg on Friday by a majority of 4,899. The unsuccessful candidate was Robert Jacob. The contest was fought on variety; of issues, including the record of Mr.! Farmer as Mayor during the past; year, the platform of the Independent' Labor party, which endorsed his can-! didature, the policy and personnel of. the. Winnipeg Civic Association which brought Mr. Jacob into the field, the alleged intentions of the Winnipeg, Electric Railway in the matter of their city franchise, and the general question of public utilities and the city Hydro system in particular. The sale of the first consignment of Canadian apples 011 the German market within two years, is recorded by L. D. Wilgress, Canadian Trade Commissioner at Hamburg, in a re- port to the Department of Trade and Commerce. Mr. Wilgress states that, with the exception of ten barrels of the best grade sold to a Berlin dealer, who caters to the smart hotel trade, the buyers were Scandinavians or other non -German firms IN RiABBITBORO DlDJA GO To THE RUMMAGE 5ALE- THE CHARITY SoC1t=TY NAD AT CABBAGE -TOWN n if N WELL `YOU MISSED IT I. YOU KNOW THEY ToLD u5 ALL To BRING SOMETHING WE HAD NO USE FOR, BUT WFS `TOO GOOD To 1-r4ROW AWA`,/„• TAN' Wi-IA's DO F ll DON'! KNOW `(OU SUPPcSt MRS. corro1. TAO CJI tAT 7 �--� BROUGHT ? f At the Court of St. James's Frank B. Kellogg, the new United States Ambassador to Great. Britain, who replaces Ambassador Harvey. FREE STATE TO FLOAT £10,000,000 LOAN Money to be Used to Defray Damage Caused by the Late Civil War. A despatch from Dublin says :-A largely attended meeting of the Dub- lin Chamber of Commerce on Friday unanimously endorsed the proposed Free State loan, after listening to a statement by Ernest Blythe, the Fin- ance Minister. Those at the meeting included prac- tically all the heads of Dublin's big business, Mr. Blythe said the attempt to des- troy the State by armed force had been definitely defeated and there was no fear of its renewal, as the Govern- ment had refused all compromise which involved risk. The loan was not for the ordinary expenses of the Government, which would be brought within its revenue, but for the damage caused in the conflict. A loan of 210,000,000 would suffice for the present needs and within a year the Free State's credit would be as good as that of South Africa, which had floated a five per cent, loan at 99%. That Republicans in the Free State had been returned to Parlia-' menu made no difference, for South Africa also had its Repub icans, HER 5BAND `J ----fir- HIS MAJESTY'S SONS TO BE CREATE!) DUKES Prince. Henry and Prince George to Fill Pepzeted Numbers. A despatch from London says:-- Iiing George will create two more royal dukes in the persons of his younger • sons, Prince Henry and Prince George, it is stated by some court intimates. This step has been urged for some titne, as there have been royal dukes in England since the days .of George III„ whose ample'fam- ily supplied seven holders of duke- doms., This number gradually dwindled until in the latter part of Queen Vic- toria's reign they were confined to her three sons, and at the coronation of George V. there were only two -the Prince of Wales as Duke of Cornwall, and the. Duke of Connaught, At pres- ent this has only been supplemented by the creation' of Prince Albert in 1920 as Duke. of York, and the exist- ing number is barely sufficient to offs - elate at the opening of bazaars and the unveiling of monuments and to at- tend to the other duties which fall upon royal 'shoulders. Current rumors have opened up speculation as to the titles which w be chosen from the dist of those wi have been connected generally the royal family. The title of D of Edinburgh is a concession to Sao fish pride and for several centuries has always fallen upon some royal son. This title probablyy will be 'chosen for Prince Henry. It was last borne by the second son of Queen Victoria and discarded when he assumed the German title of his father, the Dulco of Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha. The titles Duke of Kent and Duke of Sussex, which were borne by Queen Victoria's father and uncle respective- ly, and Duke of Gloucester- and Duke of Clarence, all of which are now in abeyance, are expected to.furnish the necessary appellation for Prince George, unless his Majesty decides to break new ground with a hitherto tun - used name for his youngest son. CANADIANS IN HARD ELECTION CONTEST Big Part in British Field Being Taken by Candidates from Dominions. A despatch from London says: - The Empire in one way or another is playing a big part in the general elec- tion. Premier Baldwin has been greatly encouraged in his campaign by messages of appreciation he has been receiving from the Dominions, Canada included. Lord Beaverbrook, after some apparent wavering, has now plumped in his newspaper for an out and out policy of Imperial prefer- ence, no matter by whom expounded. Canadian candidates are in the field for election and most of them are having a hard fight. There will now probably be a three -cornered contest in the Isle of Wight where a straight light between General Seely and Peter MacDonald, a Canadian, had been ex- pected. Col. Maurice Alexander, who last year snatched Southwark from Labor by 2,000 votes, is running against his defeated opponent, Col. Hamilton Gault has set himself a hard task in Taunton, where Sir Arthur Griffith-Boseawen was defeated a year ago. Col. Gault in three weeks' campaigning must bring about a turn- over of 1,600 votes. If personality counts for anything Col, Gault's fight may mot prove altogether a forlorn hope. In his whirhvind campaign he makes good friends and wins votes wherever he goes. He is waging his campaign with the assistance of Gen. MacBrien, Chief of the Canadian Gen.. eral Staff. • Church Scribe Engrossed 19 Royal Wedding Licenses A despatch from Lender' says: - Benjamin Bates Bull has just finished engrossing on heavy parchment his nineteenth royal wedding license since taking up his duties sixty-one years ago in the faculty office of the Arch- bishopof Canterbury. Mr, Bun script is as fine and regular now at 77 as it was when he took up a clerkship as a boy of 16. He drew' up the wed- ding contracts for the marriages of Princess Mary and the Duke of York and hopes it will be his privilege be- fore retiring to prepare the license for the Prince or Wales's wedding. Mr, Bull believes the deterioration in hand writing to -day is due to the abandoi »tent of quill pens, He begins et:grossinc• a royal marriage , liee,s.• in a very metnodic;'l way, the first operation being'the preparation or a dozen quills which, are fashioned s ,•, to give var},np• (lttgrn' • of shneS e. The 'hens, hr had lust wmplete:d is for the wedding of. Prioress Maud. The production of lumber in fIri[ioh Columbia for the first eight months of 1923 was twenty per cent. higher then the best previous record:, 'finis' will easily be the best year in the, his- tory of the lumber industry in the province.. Carrying about a million dollars worth of furs and a number of pas-. sengors, the Hudson's 13ay Company steamer "Baychimo" arrived at Van- couver 'recently from ;l retic waters. The vessel, which operated as a pas- senger carrier during the summer on the Siberian coast, penetrated intts the Arctic as far as North Cape.