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,Secretary of Governor- witting and receiving telegtutphic /��
General Dien of Pneumonia tries egos without the slightest hint Ontario Farmers
dranee, iJ a 71 Y
Ottawa, Ont,—W ithitt {t few months Thi'p' meatus, ho explained, thatl it,
wiil,soon be goSittble io.e`s�abtimh such
of his conung te' Canada as private eimglt eel aorircps'with Australia,`'
socraitarg to the Goternor-G=eneral, India Sputa Affiiva and other di t t. Form
B O 'b , 14T. .
0 11 s orae •VO,M•C diedhereof sen
double pneumonia. His death cLines
ame countries starved by. beans stations, and er. Along t(� 7 ,est et •
oe both services use the same
with tragic anddenness. Up till a few ti will
CANTONESE NOT GOV-
ERNMENT OF UNITED
CHINA,
Chamberlain Sets Forth Speci-
fic Concessions Offered to
China No New Treaty
Embodying These Changes
•... Can be. Made Until China
Has a. Recognized Govern-
ment
1,
London, Jan. t30.—Foreign Secre-
tary Sir Austen Chamberlain, speak-
ifeg••litst -night•• iirBirminghntn,ofterect '..
tee: grant aUt e princrpal Olintoo, Na
tioiiaiist dentalids %virile refusing to
recognaie:the"Cantonese as the Goae
epi'irinent -a€' anitcd Glia a •
Although • : no aeritral Gove`riiiiteu
lexists; hrssa'id,;"the demand for;ttsa;Ey
reuitsion htls;;become :so.'ucsiste ti sand
is Afun�da'mentally so reasonable that
we must try to negotiate this change
withtheeen�tenuding Governments in a
vortex of civil war."
Chamberlain: then' offered .speciti-
cally:
1.—To permit 'modern Chinese
courts to deal with cases involving the
British.
2.—mo Apply in British' courta in
China Aetrng modern Chineseacivii
and comnterciol codes and subordinate
logielation "
3.—To "maker Briti,sli subjects liable
to pay regular Chinese taxation, not
involving discrimination against the
British This would include taxation
levied under the national tariff and, ao
far as we alone can effect such an.ob-
ject, removes the last obstacle to•full
autonomy."
;Charles -Chase
t•f >:-ygar old .coned on,tia•1 • nesae•:tget tri
deuce Ontario +pnemter's who' ta.` on rho'
3o?T; ag'ain.for, the session o4, the legis-.
Tatum, d�e.pi•te a btud•fiiil'nMltitr}t 3hreat-
ened to put, lthu permanently out of
commission
In the future may regard the state-
ment as the equivalent of the first for-
eign recognibion of her' indeperadenoe
and equality with other nations.
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'ONTARIO : FIRE
LO
WAS i
9
Provincial Fire Marshal `Re-
ports Decrease of $1,300,000 f
from 1925.
days ago he was at hie desk, and last c7°mmttJaica one tui • be shoal
t
week he paid a businese visit to Mon-
treat. Dumping Dutyis Raised
Mr. Osborne was 40 years old,' I• Ie 1 To Protect Apple Growers NEW ORGANIZATION IS
had been associated with. Lord Will- LAUNCHED IN
ingden .for smile yearsHe was also • Ottawa. ---The Minister of Customs
connected with the British `diplomatic 'has issued an order which will raise CHATHAM.'
service for some yearsin"STngapolie:F'the leases for the application of dump..
His widow is private secretary to ing 'duty 75 cents per box on all im-
Lady^ Willingdon and is a relative ,pf portatione of apples grown west of
Her Excellency. It ie understood that Chicago and imported from points
the funeral*will take place in Ottawa east thereof. The order amends a
previous order ire regard to the dump-
ing duty on apples. Under the pre-
vious order, it was found, the dump
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Beam System Described
As Non -Interfering One ing duty could be evaded in certain
cases. The purpose of the amend
London, Jan. 30.—William Marconi anent, it is inthmated at the Depart -
describing the rapid' developanents of meet of Customs, is to prevent the
evasion.
the beam system, in the course of at __
Speech, staid thatrho recent expert- Returned, Tourist (to his friend -
meters between England and Canada „
:peeved:,it,avas. possible., ;to .,maintain. esti I liked Paris and home, but the
eabily' a: clear shriuttanaousteieihbte best•paa:t of -the rntee.,tlrlrig•,xves-the
P , trig over Aeries; mase dealt, wlretever
oourereation and', High=speed teens- ,
SoilIw.ifyon go !o F,cyreiro.'
E
ASE IN:BRIE` IS
EI
ASD MARES
BRED
Glasgow Suffers All the Casualties
Reported—Storixt Swept
Entire Length of Great Britain With Wind Velocity
• of 95 Miles Per Hour.
Glasgow, Seotiand.--Eight persons ageable and was )laced
Were killed and 100 injured, in Gies- I ander tow for
J Queenstown.
goW alone in a southerly hurricane, Considerub damage oma o was •e r
g r 'o ter-
Which i•
rch-
swept
Great Britain .front at Belfast, *here 12 persons were in -
Land's End, the southeruost of Eng- juredeby flying debris. ..The collier
hand, to John O'Groats, on the north- Eneiskilien is believed •lost in the
ernntost tip of Scotland. Irish sea. •
The stoup was especially severe in All parts of England reported clam -
Scotland,
and the districts north of age. Roofs were blown off houses anic
Edinburgh -as well as all Ireland, and; trees uprooted in the rural districts,
the Scilly Isles were completely cut off where isolated casualties occur d.
ram telegraphic and telephonic cont- The: damage in London was slight
munication with, London. London, Jan 3.0.. -The death tolls
The Chats Obseavatory et Paisley of the great rain and windstorm which
registered •a record gust of 95 miles f swept Great Britain. from the south of
an hour. 'England to the northern ti • of Scot-
Severalp
old
houses b ,
BS Cbl
la
Se '
dm
Glass- Friday p land F
zJ a
d
srti
d Saturday,
Yto-night
'bW t
and g pedestrians and vehicles were had reacher, 20, with 2.00 injured ' by
tossed about by .the violent winds. flying debris.
Street cars were overturned- and a Nineteen of the deaths werein Scot -
section of the roof of the Central Rail-. land, while one was in Armagh, In-
road station was lifted, • land.
Firemen were busy all day extricat.Further clams es has been reported
g t
ing victims from debris and ambo- while despatches from more remote
lances were busy handling street case- towns showed the great extent of the
fettles caused by the Showers' of wreck- storm area.
age, Police were forced to barricade Earl
the .most Y yesterday London was visited i -
dangerous points;. • by a winter tTauriderstorm '
Ait express train washic unpin -
At
p running from cedentecl severity during which hon-
North Berwick to Newcastle was stop- deeds of wireless aerials trees
ped for 40 minutes near Dunbar byfences
violent winds and n and i .coney pots werershurled injured
, privet was dri'veu the air. Several parsons'wcre injured
through the windows of the coaches, by falling shop signs and pieces of
pelting the passengers. The passengers masonry.
later said that the -cars rocked like Almost 150 long distance telephone
ships and that they had seen hay -' lines its England and seven of the 18
ricks from neighboring farms whirl- Paris lines were disabled. Although
ing through the air. torrenbial rain fell in London, Scot -
Outgoing .troop ships on their way land and northern England had a
to China encountered rough seas. A regular blizzard which added to the
Lloyds despatch from:Port Talbot, difficulties of clearing up the debris
.Wales, said the destroyer Sylph was scattered during the storm. The Ox -
blown ashore at Alleravon, but that ford and Cambridge boat crews braved
the crew was saved. the weather for practice on the
The Dominion Shipping Co. steam Thames,, but found the going excoed-
e Lord Strathcona beraine -unman- ingly bard,
4.—•R gardaag British concession Toronto.—The toll of damages
areae, to "enter into local arrange: which fire exacted in Ontario during
meate acee reeng to the particular ch.-) the 12 months of 1926 is placed in
cumetances of each port, either for figures which the Provincial Fire Mar-
reybeealgamation of the •administration t steal has compiled at $12,585,909. The
with that of..adjacent• .areas- under total is lower by 81,800,000 than the
Chinese oontrof or for some other ma- 1925 total of $43,840,000. Despite
thud ofi handing over 'selmtaustration this. increased loss, however, the num
to the Chinese while assuring the Brit- her of fires during .the past year iiia
lisp oohxnunity seine voice in muttc:ipal declared. to have bean 497 greater -fn
neatterse, -number,. the comparative figures being
Having thus'olfered virtually. every, '.10,883 and 10,885.
thing demanded by Canton Chamber- By classification store fifes were
ila.iai suid there cart for the moment be most destructive, iiltlibi gh- goat most
no.-•iievr treaty'. embodying these numerous during -the pest yepr, Dant-
" iaeigoe, bec•auso a treaty can be made age totalling $3,037,000 was caused by
only with a• recognized' Government, 1,157 fires cowing under this heading.
and no Goverhmeat can be stated now Damage totalling 82,902,000 was caus
to be the Government of Chinet, ed by 432 factory fires: damage total -
These remarkable proposals, entire- ling $2,430,000 was caused by 7,524
ly unexpected in their complete aban. residential fires, and damage totalling
a'orareent of the previous position, im- 812215,000 was caused by 557 barn
mediately following the .despatch of 'fires,
British forces to Shanghai, proves, •ac-
oerdtn,g'to Cluambetlain, the pacific in- Immigration to Canada,
- 4etntions of the British and the fart Increased 60 Per Cent.
that the troops were moved to Shang-
hat only . as a precaution in view of O tti+wa Izmnigrution to Canada
far the calendar year 1926
the Hankow incident, when Chamber- ' a amounted
lain sats, massacre was averted only to 136,984, compared with 84,000 for
by the withdrawal of the defence force the calehdar year 1925, an increase of
front the. eeseceasiott, 60 per 'cent. This information is made
Chansberiaizt e speech may fairly be
public in an official statement by the
declared to be one of the most import- Dept of Immigration and Colordea
asst stetent:oitts of policy its tine Pres- tion, During the year just•ended 48,-
ent generation, Britain has gone far-
ther than tho United States or any
°theta Power has gone, incl.°,otse dipio-
teat 'remarked last night that Chitin cotnttrnes 6G 2 1
819 British immigrants arrived in
Canedei The number frons the United
-States • wee 20,941•, and: fioni other
TORONTO
• h'Ian, wheat -No: 1_Notth., $1;54;.
�• • iVo: 2 North,, $1T3;.) No. •3 North,,.
London Suffers Big L oss $1,42, ,
M_an, anis-Na. 2 CW, nominal; No:
��S 1 •• • 3, .not quoted; No, 1 feed 62e. No,
Sl -di' 2feed, nominal;Westerngrainquota-
Fit e of incendiary Origin
•auses13
$ 5,000. Damage
to Crystal Palace—Village
of Mount Brydges 'Loses
.Between $12,000 and $15,-
000 in Serious Blaze.
y'.oirdon, Ont•, Jan. et0.--Ffre,.
tiibu l t
g t to by of incendiary oriry•irt, at
4 o'clock this morning tetally:'cPe-
ebroyed the main building of the Woo -
torn Psit;'known as the Cs•ystal Pal -
sen, in Queen's Park, Dundas Street
t,
at,'
Tho
structure
w
a
s erected
in rn
eraands north of Victoria P1tl,wisestaro fart wail removed from
• and it.was •of.frame, with stone fcran-'
-dnt'ons, The loss to the Pair Boardt
i'ails. 1
out'12
�, G,400, with -an,idditiou,al
loss o:t $10,000, which is. berue by ex
hibit. r5 =
o � Who had :permanentexhibits
in. the building. ' Sixt' thottss
Y std dol-
lars insurance wasearer •'e o 1.
ca rr d
b
th..
Y
• Pair Board pard nn the palace. "
Two o pion }e:;iili:ng on Florence ;ty
Street saw,the blaze as they were on''1
their way. home, •and ttik'ned in the, a
Marin from -e box. They claim it.
started on the north, or Dundas sines t
side, but that it spread with lightning I a
rapidity, anti soon enveloped the whole; i
building. All'tike_ fire appa'ratsis, man -I In
•ped by the dayand night 1 f
Platoons,' g p 1
fought the fire, and rood work t k was
dome in keeping the flames from ea
spreading' to the acres of frame fejt' Pa•�t c
buildings and houses -in the vicinity. It
The. ro lr.'•t'
i ., wn _illuminated, .� aLc,
d ',
h
asL
Lon-
dote L n
q
1 and ,e
was
seen ten alike Jles
awe ', Ten t
y 0
1
houses Were firers by sparks at differ -
ens times, but wore saved by,•the•are-
nten with. hand chemicals, a special
squad having bean detailed for that
purpose. The gale that was blowing
also carried the embers to, Dundas
street,premism, aid thefirsinen had a
difficult time saving these,
While the fire was at its height an
Urgent appeal came from Mount
Brydges, fi.Hieeti miles to the wort,
where a serious blaze hail broken out,
Chief Aitken, howeter„couldsnotren=
der any 'assistance, Brat, because of.
the fire in the city, and, weird, be-,
CROSS the meals wore covered with ace,
and thei
uppaJatus would have skidded
into the ditch before it had gorse a
mile..
Left e
t) t '
heir own rP� • •
...out
res the
people of Mount Bi•yd'gee, with a vat
unto r.:brigade•of mare: thine 2Q0 seen.
of the village and - eminers,,who had
driven to the :scene when aroused b
Y
the Mount 13rydges telephone . n er-
atnm, successfully f•onght the haloes
and confined the' duxmage to the gett-�
era
1 store,
occupied by Stewart Mc-
Callum., Callus, whose loss is $7,000, and
Eich is. owned by Frank Toles. Tho
louse .e of. W.Imus to the south, was �
iso partially destroyed. 'Janet Mc-
Callum, the 14 -year-old 8au ,titer of
he storekeeper•, discovered the fire,•i
nd the. family escaped from the bulli-
ng building• in their ni ht
g ,clothes. Mr.
nes is sit invalid, and was carried
tons the lime% by not •hbors.
1t
I.
It is -said -:that for lifbeen minutes
n odd Bance pump enftused to work be
tome it had become rusty through 1
tee of use The total. loss• iu all
a
uar'tevs is eel:Heated at betwee
^in $1E2i_
00 and $15,000..
Mons, in c.i.f. ports,
Am. cora, track, Toronto—No. 2
old yellow, 89c; No. 8, old yellow, 87c.
Millfeed—Del. Montreal freights,
bags included: Bran, per. ton,. $32,251
shorts, per ton, $84.25; middlings
$40.26:
Ontario oats, 50e, f.o.b. shipping
points.
Ont. 'ood'millin+ wheat-$
.1.80 f.o.b. shipping i wheat—$1.28 to
$ pI g points, according
to freights.
,Barley --Malting, 60 to 64c.
Buckwheat --79e, nominal.
Rye—No.. 2, $1.00.
Man, flour—First pat., $8,20, To-
ronto; do, second pat., 37.70. •
Ont. flout—Toronto, 99 per cent.
patent, per barrel, in carlots, Toronto,
35.60;' seaboard, in bulk, 35.60.
Cheese—New, large, :10 to 20%%a;
twins, 20% to 21e; triplets, 22c.: Stf!-
tons, 23e. Old, large, 25e twins, 26c;I
ri l• 2 4
t r.ts 7c
O:d ..triton
p s 28c.
Batter—Finest creamery. prints, 45:
to 46c; No. 1 creamery, 44 to 45e; No.
43 Dairy 2,to44c.a r prints, its
34 to -3
Y P sc,
3
I;g�'s—Fresh extras,'fn. carte ns, 60
to 621; •fresh extras, loose, 58 to 60e;
fresh firsts, >8 to hoc; :frsh seconds,
42 to_'43e ;fresh pullers, 49 to 50t.
Storage extras, 50c; do, 'firsts, 47c;
4
seconds 1., to
s 43e.
*.
Pcul.ty, dressed --Chickens, 5 lbs.
and up, iOc; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 38c; do, 3
to 4 lbs., 36c; do, 2% to 3% lbs., 35c;
do, g to 23 lbs. 36c hens, over 5 lbs.,
02c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 30e; do 3 to 4
lbs., 28c; roosters, 29c; :turkeys, 42
to 46c; ducklings, 5 lbs. and up, 36
to 38e.
Beans—Can, hand-picked, $3.60 t
o$3,90 bushel; primes, $3,45 o
33.60,
lefairle products—Syrup, per imp.
sae, ';$2 25 to 32.30; per G gal., $2,15
to 32.25 per gal,; maple sugar, Ib
to 26e. g , , 25
HoseY•-00-1b. tins 1.2
z
to 13c;`10•,
lb, tins, 12% to 12c;5 -ib. tins, 13 to
133 ,c,, 2u lb ,
tins. k in o.
Comb honey -43.40 f0 n $4,50 per doze c
Smoked meats -Hams, used„ 28 to $
80c; cooked hams, 42o;stocked rolls.
f.5c; breakfast haoon, 32. to see; backs,
boneless, 33 to 40c.
Cured meats—Long clear. totem, 60
to '70 lbs., $22; '70 to 90 lbs.,. $20.50;
2035 lbs. and up, 321.34; lightweight
Tolls, in barrels, $41,50; 11eavyweialit
rolls 388,54 per bbl.
Lard—Pure tierces, 15 to 15%c;,
tubs, 16. to 163%c; pails, 16;% to 17e;
prints, 17% to 1Sa; shortening tierces,
129 to 13%e; tubs, 18;5 to 14c; pails,
14 to 14,5c; blacks and tans, 15?% to
16c.
Heavy export steers, $7 to $7.65;
heavy steers, good, $6.25 to. $6.501
butcher steers, choice, $7 to 37.25;,
do, fair to good, $6.25 to $6.75; do;.
come 34.75 to 35; butcher heifers;
choice, $7 to 37.25; do, fair to good,
35.50 to 36; do con., 34,60 to 35; but-
cher cows, goon to choice, e5 to $5,75;
do, com, to; used. $3:50 to 34:60; do,
canters and cutters, 32;25 to 32,75;
butcher bulls, good' to choice, 35, :to
3525; de med., 34 to 34.75; do, bolog-
nes, $3.5b to $3,80; baby beet, $8 to
310; feeders, choice, $5,50 to 35.80; do,
fair; 35 to 35:26; stockers, , choice,
34.75 to 35; do, fair to rated., 34 to
34.50 mileh.cows,..$G5 to 880: spring.
Province Wide Campaign
Starts to Secure Five -Year
Contracts -- First Contract
Signed by President Gilroy.
Clhathanm. -,Ontario's grain pool,
modelled on the same lines as the
same . lines as the Prairie organiza-
tions, was launched at a meeting of
300 Rent farmers hero on Thursday.
The first . contract—disposing of all
grain grown for the next five years—
wee sigzied:ljrPeesident'idari . Gtlee
Of .the Ilnftes1 ' Y .r --.e
axtiiers Co-operative
Gerapany, while 8'.• L.,. Agnew' of 'Coin's
bet signedthe'second.
The, Ontario pool it .was explained,
will. work in -conjunction . with the
three.
'Western�pools mid when itis
1nily,:erganieed it •is:hoped When
'the
greater portion of the grain grown
from the Ottawa River to the Rocky
Mountains will be marketed through
one central organization in the hands
of the producers themselves'
•
VIce-Admiral Alexandc I ci it
r s n at
Comsmandsr of• tiro 'British China. stet-.
,tan• Hnudi•eiis of marines -are-reaty
to leave for China near the end of the
month, it is reported from Landon,
The form of contract adopted is, Manitoba Wheat Pool; •J. J, Morrison,
very similar to that of the Manitoba Secretary- of the U.I ,0.;. J. S. Jeffrey,
Wheat Pool:. The grower who signs Manager of the Grain Department of
irp agrees to dispose of all his grain
through the pool foe a term of five
yearn, Exceptions will be made in
C. P. Burnell, president .of the
the United Farmers' Co-operative Co.,
and Mr. Gilroy were the. principal
speakers.
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"FLU” EPIDEMIC
GRIPS
JJ��,
BRITAIN ,
People Stand in Line for Burial
Certificates iii Poorer
Sections,
London.—A wintry spell last week
caused the recent epidemic of influ-
enza which • has been prevalent in
many parts of Europe to tighten Its
grip on Great Britain, 667 deaths be-
ing reported in Britain for one week.
The official death roll of the County
of London huts shown a steady increase
during the past throe weeks, the fig
ores being 72, 137 and 197. These,
reports from 105 large towns apart
from London for the same period of
time show 172, 326 and 470 deaths,
In some of the poorer districts of
London people have had to stand in
lino to obtain death certificates, while
there is hardly a public department or
business house part of whose staff ie
not en the sick list.
Hundreds of school teachers are i11,
while some small shops'in the East.
End:heve^'put up- their shutters: afid
placarded:their ' doors: :"The whole
family is ill of -influenza. Will reopen
when•. better.°
• Some' -of tho .country; .districts are
badly
Y stricken, Half the schools have
been closed in Nottinghamshire, while
liaif•kha•'pplice farce eat Dorsetshiro •i's `
sick, There is hardly a household in
the village of Northamptonshire witielt
has escaped. All the public officials
at Penntaennrarvr, Carharvon, Wales,
have been stricken.
During the last flue weeks there
have
e
r
v been
500 more deaths the
foam -
n n
fluenza than for the corresponding
period lust year.
A bulletin issued by the Health
certain cases: A farrier sailing pedi- Ina short address Mr: Morrison Section of the League of Nations,
,greed seed grain can do so without, deelared that the farmez•s of Ontario which hie, been following the influenza
pertniesion of the
pool, while a farmer were just .turning their attention. to epidemic closely, shower! widespread
who desires to sell a quantity of grain marketing. Ile maintained that un- prevalence of the illness in England
to'a neighbor for the latter's own use lass the farmers adopted co-operative and Vales. The bulletin reported
will be able to secure permission from marketing, rot only in Ontario, but in
that the epidemic rues cantiuuing rzt
the local committees. It is purposed other parts of the world, farmers will Denmark, The Motherlands and Swltr-
to appoint captains for each county
and canvassers from each township,
and: a campaign will bo conducted sim-
ultaneously the various counties for
e0ntraets, Iii the meantime, however,
those who desire to sign aro privil-
eged to do se.
As far as possible the grain will
be handled through the elevators al-
ready established. A conference was
held' previous to the meeting between
the co-operative company officials and
elevator men of the district, at which
the,.forme/• requested that the pool
grain be handledaswell as that nob
:purchased by the pool. 4 meeting was
held subsequently by the elevator roes,
and It is understood that a proposition
will be submitted to the company.
never receive their just dues.
This is the first of a series of nteet-
Ings in the interests of the pool that
will be held throughout tate province!
erland, was increasing fn Bulgaria"
and diminishing in ,Spain.
this longer. !RATES a
is Dead in Bermuda
1.3ermuda PACIFIC CABLES
G s C. ;MacDougall, wao
I
Mai. Gen. MacDougall
Hamilton, , Jan. 80.-111-0.-1
General
Jame
commanded the Canadian Training i Canadian Costs C
Division uit S1lornclitra,-England, ;n i Cut from 48
1915-16, died at the King• Edward. Cents to. 38 Cents Per .Word,
Hospital here to -day. I Sydney Th Pacific Cable Board,
Itferj; General Maoi7ou;all was born • ' • e.. ace to ale oar ,
its -Toronto ,in 186e "IID taking advantage or the increased ca-
Canaduts + joined the parity, of the. new duplicated sections
Canadian permanent force io 1885; has decided te`rodudo
served in South Africa hope through- tlta contmezehal
Out the European war, g rater Prem si 1; ale rates between
America and Australia .will benefit
most.
The cable rate front Sydney to Chi-
cago, which was formerly 61 cents a
word, now will be 45 cents a word; to
New York, 48 cents, as against the
old rate of 64 cents, and the rate to
San Francisco has been reduecd front
56 to 40 cents.
The Canadian raters have been re-
duced frons 48 cents to 38 cants a
word, and the United Kingdom rates
from G0 cents to 48 amts.
Tho deferred rates isvii! be half of
these figures. The press rate has also
i lieeia reduced, but the other special
rates remain uucltanged,
!Horne Wrecked in Paris
13y Gas Explosion
Paris, Ont—An A.ti explosion of natur-
al gas practically destroyed the brick'
veneer dwelling of P. M. Lee of Gov-
. ernor'.s .Road, just on the outskirts of
Paris.
itilr.
T-eo went dawn to the cellar. for
some fruit and struck a match, when
the explosion occurred; the force of
which was felt across the river nearly
hall a mile away,
How Mr. Lee escaped with his life
is a mystery, es also is the fact that
the escaping gets was not detected
the house, 21-. Lee's sister, who wee
led standing near the cellar door, was
thrown some distance by ,the Lorce .of
the explosion, and is suffering from.
shock.
The loss will amount to several,
thalamic' dollars.
Increase, Is Requested
in Bounty for Wolves..
. Kingston. — Frontenac County
Council passed a resolution calling on
the Ontario On do Cover
tlnient to 172Cr
0
iso
the bounty on wolves. The resolution
was moved lay.. .7. D. Flake at the
1
St. Lawrence sea. Way
J
Urged by Americans
As Necessity
REGIONAL CONFERENCE •
HEARS FAVORABLE
SPEECH.
Ex -Governor of Iowa Talcs
650 Delegates That Water-
way Would Mean Emanci-
pation of 40,000,000 Peo-
ple in Mid -West States.
Muskegon, Mich.—"The c nononic
feasibility, soundness and necessity
and the engineering practicability of
the Great Lakes -St, Lawrence water-
way have been proved, and. the first.
and major duty now confronting us f5 -
an immediate treaty with Canada pro -1
viding for an early opening of the con.tt
nectioe $o, the sea, President William! The hate Henry May Boland
+ 5S(JFi170]' tilR'll, whi d
Heading, es -Governor of Iowa, said to, ,41 e ll•knotvn tet
the 650 delegates to the Regional Con- I a_t Montreal on Jan. 26.
Terence of tate Great Lakes -SI Law -
Opposition of the Now York ince
renee Tidewater Association, in yes•.!
stun here,
Diversion of lake waters by the!
Chleago Sanitary District sons- bit by!
William George Bruce vP the W scop-.'
sin Tidewater 5•_,__ atlon, tvlrn sited;i
1
ers, $80 h $100,. plain to med. cows, The Chicego dnereion is nee only
$40 to , GO ca v
to $14• do med. 39 to a menace to out national welfare, but
f , v $12.50• do
,I
- , a ciolatio of nae
coin. f nnatural i. i•
and ira law
grassers, to 'tG• lambs,
Which is
-3r � n s
-3 1 e_, choice, 813
choice,1
r
i .a0 to 12
$ bucks $ v
r
9 to
heavies heepi choice, $6.50 to $7.GOe do,
r , -34,30 to $b; do, culls, 3,l to
$3.50 hogs 'thick and smooth, fed and
watered 311,60; do, fob,' 311; do,
country pe7itrts, $10.76; do, off cars,
311.90; select premium, per hog, $2.29,
MONTREAL.
international
r
1
It 1tS. 5
.co )e. If
air
of ,
1 the
.tt
Great Takes waters belong to (,:utitda, i
and we deny time the Secretary oP'
War, ed it
en the s a
Congress r r, ,+
ss f li
K v the United
n, t,�
States, has any right to authorize the
tic
diversion Canada cath never fully
approve the St. Lawrence tysiferway
until the Chicago water steal le die-;
Oats—Can. west., No. 2. 75c; do, eontntue<i." 1
No.' 3,67e, Fleur, ivi �.r•
an. ne
Ca •7.1a
s •' i
nr Will n be v
Will ' ,
nt 11 ��•
1 Ii •,
G
CGS-
v
g
mi
1
wheat pats., n
P .
ists,
8.�0
>ti
$ o elude a l .t n.,
2ncis, d treaty aStates!
t
d w'
with , the United
rYrr
d
$r.70; do, strong bakers' $750 do to provide t Great L 1 it
.1
rr
vets fathering the all-American route'
via the New York barge canal was
touched by two speakers. The first de-
cl it•cd the opposition to bo factional
and without national support, but R.
J 214Leen of Detroit took a different
attitude.
Ire said New 7'ork
ere
a�
$ to
z le
a et
are net �� Ab favorable ab1
e to he
t al -
1
Asn
e: trio route, The St. Lawrence water-
way would troy° them second oceat
Dort, Ruffolo, Th. r
The Co npletion of tht.
project, many of them believe, woul
cvu •0 an uve;ntttal greater traffic o
the large canal and result in an in
rt e ,,f medians of dollars in their
expo, J C and 1i tltlef '
D internal trade,
9 .le
1t would be ace
e i ncipation W 40,.
000,i90 lendlockod people 1n the.Mid
le West," President' Hauling said.
:Air. Beed told the delegates tat
& z it
tvo ild mean the difference between
Bankruptcy and a reasonable prosper•-
ty io tee agricultural, States of the
Middle West. He said also that i1
veu r
l.i menu freight: saving of '12"/
elite n every bushel of wheat mark -
7 ted uy Minnesota .farmers.
Frank II, Keefer characterized as
all wrong" Premier•. Taschereau's
tterance that dovelownent, o:f the St,
l,aw or c' a
r c s at 'seaway would mean
Dint control by Canada and the Un -
s -d Staten oP what, after all, is a,
emotion waterway, •
, Township of Clarendon and Miller,:.
wino claims that the wolves are beconi.-
ing so plentiful in the North that
they axe a serious menace to live
stock. A copy of the resolution was
sent to W. D. Black representative for
rontenac-Addington, ton and to Ron, n• G.
Howarth Ferguson, Premier. -• 6. -7 --
Fruit Crops
i.Inin'ur _
P 3 ed
by Low Temperatures
Si. Catharines,—'pith .the meretir
Y
going oil
3 g y to six below zero in
.chi
s
section, according Lo the official road= ings s at•
the
Cit
Hall, leading. Y r fruit
g,
growers Were positive' in their asser-
tions that the peach buds were un-
harmed. "There is no danger u. to
fifteen below. zero" saida
Manager
Bl n:
ow of the St Catharines Cold
Storage Co, Ile said he had l teard of
nothing lower than six below ittt10
Niagara peach belt.
winter pats., choice, $6.1A to 86.16, ace ora Tran Lakes -to -the-
l sea canal vex. the St, .La1sreticc Pivcr
Holed oats, hag 90 lbs., $3,fi6. Bran until diversion or w step tions the •
$40.25. Hay, No. F 2, per tone carlots' Gre, Great lakes by Chicago is caudal ac I
314.50. 1 cording to Mr. Bruce. He said be' i
Cheese, finestevests, 19 to i9t!,c. had been nppt•isell or Canada's at; -
c In
a
fr
Butte N n
Butter, a. 1.
pasteurized,
1544 e. p 41 to
Eggs, Stora •e extras
i , {,' 48c; storage
firsts, 46e; stoz•agso seconds, 40 to:41cl
•es91 extras, 58c; fresh firsts, 5;3c:
deh
f
t I.I•f
, ICecfe ,
y t.
A to,
telegram was xei�efved front Iloi�-
Secretary e
Vert •IID •
Diel, ceCrcLary.of Cornuierce,
saying' that authoritative economic
and engi»eecing.authvrhtles had chosen
ueker, or miry ualit � '10 t a ricer and east i the
e toe I
quality, $ 11
,
`F
io ect 7 1
1 J 1 d'
h I Ll
thick l
1 •
. Com. cows, $3.50 to $4,60; calves I the "vital 1
1 f b'1•'
cgs; hic c smooths $12 with ii S2 et a is app au nit ie wo k of
Pet' the anode to ottation tn. awakening
g premium els selects atnrl a v0c per
:th,
•
wt. cut on shops, oz• $12 flat; sows tercet of afiddle Westerners in the it
10. scheme