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RM1LWAY C LL SION AT NORTH BAY;
15 KILLED, 25 INBRED
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Second Section of No..1 .,i'., .E; piess for Vancouver Dash-
es Into first Section `I'h*r e,uh Failure of Engine
to Operate 1: ecezue of Severe Frost.
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North Bay, Ont„ Jan. 25,-Fifteen1
are dead and a large number injured'
as the result of one of the worst train!
wrecks in the history of this division
of the Canadian Pacific Railway,;
which occurred at Carbeil, 11 miles'
east- of here, this morning. No, 1,
Canadian Pacific express for Van-
couver, due here at 10 a.m., was run-
ning in two sections, No. 1 section!
became stalled owing to failure of the'
engine to make steam under the con-
dition of severe- frost obtaining, and'
No. 2 section came round a curve en
it, the locomotive of No. 2 section
telescoping the rear sleeper of No.• 1•
section.
Itis stated that torpedoes had been
placed and either precautions tnketi
by the crew of the stalled train, but
it is too early, and there is as yet
too ornuch confusion existing to be
.certain on this point. The two, sec-!
tions. it is st^tc*rl, were rennin:,' closes
together, I it h+ pe e,ers on thin
stalled train were killed outright. and
seven others dicd after their removal
on the way to the hospital her:. At;
the hospital it is reported that, none!
of the injured there ere fatally hurt,i
RUSH TO AFRICAN
',.DIAMOND FIELDS
So far as known all the casualties
aro immigrants for Western Canada,
ar residents of the West on the way
home from Europe,
'Among those , killed were Mrs.
Peden and her two young sons, who
were on their way to Vancouver.
The two boys were Milled outright.
Mrs. Peden clied after removal from
tho wrack,
Others in hospital here ineludle
Miss Dorothy Kean, injuries to back;
Me. and Mrs. Klenne, and Mrs.
Klenne, senior and a bride and groom,
naines not yet learned.
Nearly all the passengers on the
train Were western people, or sett-
lers for the West, a.rnrl..:a11 the casu-
alties, tivcre in ' tho Feer Pullman,
which was telescoped. it is assumed
from the I•ntt .' f;ut than the rear
section of the train could •rot have
tar<n rulittiai
at fall- ,_need when it
came in collision; with the leading
t
porion. '•l)sal t a ,it of the le como-
tive duo 'to fli lv • c ; d w : +her,
is given as th. tau o, " i , scc-
ticti having been stalled, • The acci-
dent oeeurr d et 10.:10 this rierniiTg,
and at that hour the thermometer
steed at 22 below ero.
cope e ,it:h the antteipated rush to
Tlaring, and a tote ns -hip to receive the
new :community is being laid out.
Taungs is situated about 40 miles
south of Vrybuig .i nd about 100 miles
north of Kimberley, the last-named
place fatuous for its great diamond ,
mines...
'Farm 'hnipleinents From •
Canada Admitted Free
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A- despatch from London says: -
The Greek Government has decided to
admit agricultural implements from
Canada free of agricultural
during 1920.
The Dominion has been making fairly
large shipments of this class of goods,
and .in all has •done .nearly $40,000,000
worth of trade with Greece.
Masked Murderers
• ' Wound Constables
London, Jan. • 25. -Armed men
wearing masks attacked the police
barracks at Baltinglass, County
Wicklow, this evening and .shot. and
wounded 'one constable severely and
another slightly. The miscreants es-
caped.
Amazing Stories Afloat Con
cerium, Rich Diggings.in
Bechuanaland.
Johannesburg, 'South Africa, .Jan,
25.-Tlaring, a waterless, treeless and
virtually gameless desert near Taungs
in Bechuanaland, promises to be the'
scene of %he biggest diamond clairn-
staking rush in South African history.
It is understood that Tlaring will be
proclaimed open •for diamond' digging
about March 20.
Amazing stories are afloat concern-'
ing the wonderful richness of the dise!
trict,,and prospectly diggers from the'
Cape to the Zambesi and Mozambique, I
and • even the Congo, are preparing to;
try their luck in the new field. Des-
pite warnings of possible failure, men
are '1 ia,denir,g•bgood jobs in various'
parts of the country in order to ,bel
ire
Lo stake out claims when the
proclamation is issued. Hundreds of
women also are arranging to go to:
the new diggings.
The Government is preparing to
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Grain and Live Stock
Breadstu£fs. .,
Toronto, Jan. 27. -Manitoba wheat
--No. 1 Northern, $2.77; No. 3 North-
ern, $2.73, in 'store Fort William.
' Manitoba oats-No..2 C.W., 931/4c:
No. 3 C.W., 90x/Ve; extra No. 1 feed
901 ,e; No. 1 feed, 881/4c; No. 2 feed,
,85144, in store Fort William.
Manitoba barley --No. 3 C.W.,
$1-79%; No. 4 C.W.;' $1.49; rejected,
$1,35%; feed, $1.351/, in store Fort
1V,illiarn,
American corn -No. 3 yellow, $1.78;
No. 4 yellow, $1.75, track, Toronto,
prompt shipment.
Ontario oats -No. 3 white, 98c to
,$1, according to freights outside.
Ontario wheat -No. 1 winter, per
oar lot, $2 to $2.01; No. 2 do., $1.97
to $2.03; No. 3 do., $1.93 to 81.94,,f,o.b.
tghipping points, according to freights.
Ontario wheat -No. 1 Spring, $2.02
to $2.08; No. 2 Spring, $1.99 to $2.05;
o. 3 Spring, $1.95 to $2.01, f.o.b.
Shipping points according to freights.
Peas -No. 2, $3.00,
Barley -Malting, $1.80 to $1.82, ac-
cording to freights outside.
Buckwheat -$1.45 to $1.48, accord-
ing to freights outside.
Rye -No. 3, $1.85 to $1.88, accord -
$ng to freights outside.
Manitoba flour -Government sten-
. dard, $13.25, Toronto,
Ontario flour--Governnment stan-
idard, $9,65 to $9.85, Montreal and To-
, pronto, in jute bags. Prompt shipment.
Millfeed - Car lots - Delivered
Montreal freight, bags included
Bran, per ton, $45; shorts, per ton,
45g; good feed flour, $3.60 to $3.75.
Hay --No. 1, per ton, $26.50; mixed,
per ton, $25, track, Toronto.
Straw -Car lots, per ton, $16.00 to
#17, track, Toronto.
Country Produce -Wholesale.
Eggs, No. 1, 60c to 61c; new laid,1
$0c to 85c; selects, 67c to 68c;, uBtter
--Creamery prints, 67c to 68c; choice,1
airy prints, 59c to 60ce ordinary
airy prints, 500 to 53c; batters„ 45c
50c• oleomargarine
(best grade),
8c to 3.7c. Cheese -New, large,
11/t to 2c; old, large 33%c to 34c.
Xapple Syrup -Per 5 -gal. tin, $4 per
.Callon do. one -gal. tin, $4.25.
Honey -White -60'e, 25c to 26e;
10's, 26e to 27c • 5's, 27c to 28c,
Ruckwheat-60'•s, 19c to 20c.
• Provisions -Wholesale.
Smoked meats --Rolls, 80c to 31e;
airs, medium, 35c to 360; heavy, 330
$4c; cooked hams, 48c to 50c; ,�
Reim plain, 49c to 50e; backs, bone -
ss, 510 to' 54c; breakfast bacon, 42c
to 46c; cottage rolls, 33c to 34c.
Barrelled Meats -Pickled pork, $46;
mess pork, $45,
Green Meats -Out of pickle, lc less
than smoked.
Dry Salted Meats -Long clear, in
tons, 32%c; in cases, 28c to 29c; clear
bellies, 27e to 28%c fat 'backs, 32c to
33e.
Lard -Tierces, 31e to 311/2e; tubs,
81%c to 32e; pails, 31%c to 321/4c;
prints, 32/c to 33c. Compound lard,
tierces, 281/ to 29c; tubs, 29c to
291/c; prints, 30c to 301/c.
Montreal Markets.
Montreal, Jan. 27. -Oats, extra No.
1 feed, $1.08. Flour Man., new stan-
dard grade, $13.25 to $13.55. Rolled
oats bags 90 lbs., $5.15 to $5.25. Bran,
$45.25. • Shorts, $52.25. Hay, No. 2,
per ton, carlots, $25 to $26. Cheeses
finest easterns, 30c to%c. Butter,
choicest creamery, 651,ie to 66c. But-
ter, seconds, 62c to 63c. Eggs, fresh,
87e to 90c; do selected, 62c; do. No.
1 stock, 54c; do. No. 2 stock, 51e to
52c. Potatoes, per bag carlots, $3.50
to $4.50.
Live Stock Markets.
Toronto, Jan. 27. -Choice heavy
steers, $14.50'° to $15; good heavy
steers, $13 to $14; butchers' cattle,
choice, $12.25 to $13; do,, good, $11.50
to $12;; do., medium, $10.25 to $11;
do,common, $8 to $9.25; bulls, choice,
11, to $11.50; do., medium, $10.50 to
11.50; do., rough, $7 to $7.25; butcher
cows, choice, $9.50 to $10; do,, good,
$9.75 to $10,25; do., medium, $8.75 to
$9.25; do., common, $7 to $7.50; stock-
ers, $7,50 to $10; feeders, $10 to
$11.50; canners and cutters, $5.25 to
$6,50; nni1kers, good to choice, $110
to $175; do., come and med., $65 to
$75; springers, $90 to $175; sheep,
$6 to $12.50; lambs, per cwt.,$14.50
to $19.50; calves good to choice, 18.50
to $22; hogs, fed and watered, $18 to
$18.25; do., eighed off cars„ $18.25
to $ 8,50; do., f.o.b,, $17 to $17.25 do.,
do., to farmers, $16.75 to .$17.
Montreal, Jan, 27, -Butcher steers,
good;: $13 to $13.75; medium, $11 to
$12.50; common, , 8.50 to 11;5butcher
heifers, medium, $8.50 to 510,50; com-
mon, $6.50 to $9.25; butcher cows
medium, 86.50 to $9.50; canners, $5.251
to $5.50• cutters, $5.75 to $6.50; but-
cher bulls, common, $7.50 to $9. Good
veal, $15 to $17.50; medium, $12 to
$15; grass, $7,50 to $8. Ewes, $9.00
to $10; lambs, good, $16.50; common,
, ]5.50 to16.50. Hogs, off car
weights, selects, $19 to 19.50; lights,
$19.50; sows, $15,50. $
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RE -OPENING OF 1;O UVAIIJ UNIVERSITY
,Belgian workmen fixing up new cropper tram lines outside of ruined
library. The Germans took away the copper wires when in occupation of
the town.
es as a, ee9re
he YIdd P ' q it l
The - Bureau of 'Statistics estimates
the total yield of wheat for the Do-
minion at 196,361,000 bushels. At an
average price of $2.00 per bushel, this
means that Canada's wheat crop this
year is worth about $400,000,000.
The total area sown to wheat was
19,141,337 acres, which makes the
yield per acre, 1025 bushels. Of this,
18,462,444 acres were sown to spring
wheat, the yield from this being 181,-
228,000 bushels,,the fall wheat yield-
ing 16,133,000. The estimates. show
that the total 1919'crop is 7,000,000
bushels in excess of that for the .year
1918.
In point, of both yield and value,
Saskatchewan leads among the prov-
inces. Of the total product it is
credited with 97,933,000 bushels, or
slightly over 50 per cent. This should
be worth about $200,000,000, or at
least one-half of the entire value of
the -wheat crop of the whole Domin-
ion.
Manitoba conies second with 43,
206,050 bushels, all of this with the
exception of 93,000 bushels being
spring wheat. The value is approxi-
mately $90,000,000, The acreage was
2,880,331, or about 100,000 less than
in 1918. The average yield was 15
bushels per acre.
Alberta's yield was 26,131,000 bu-
shels, of which all but 680,000 bushels
was spring wheat. The vat}re stands
at about $53,000,000. The 'area sown
was 400;000 acres in excess of that
of 1918, and the average yield 6.25
bushels per adre.
British Columbia's crop was 1,431,-
000 bushels.
Ontario's wheat crop is worth
about $47,000,000, the yield being 20,-
892,000 bushels. The fall crop was
especially heavy, amounting to 15,-
023,000 bushels. Spring wheat aver-
aged 16.50 bushels per acre, and fall
wheat 24.25.
All of Quebec's wheat was of the
spring variety, and amounted to 4,-
394,000 bushels, ata value of 88,800,-
000. The yield was about 2,000,000
below that of 1918, due to a much re-
duced acreage.
The maritime provinces produced
2,284,000 bushels of wheat, of which
about 900,000 are credited to Prince
Edward Island.
In point of importance in produc-
tion, the provinces rank this year as
follows: --Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Al-
berta, Ontario, Quebec, British Col-
umbia, Prince Edward Island, New
Brunswick, Nava Scotia.
One of the most notable develop-
ments of the last 50 years in the life
of the Dominion has been the shift-
ing of the grain -growing centre from
the eastern to the prairie provinces,
70 German Planes
Destroyed in Fire
Berlin, Jan, 25. --Some seventy air-
planes, including two giant machines,
which were lying in hangars at
Warnenneende, Mecklenburg -Schwer-
in, were destroyed last night in afire
which raged there. The origin of the
blaze .is not known.
Leaves tidily One Survivor
In What Was Family of Six
North Bay, Ont., Jan. 25. -The
death of Mrs. Susan Peden and her two
boys in the train wreck at Corbeil
leaves one survivor in what was a
few years ago a happy family. Her
husband had taken up land in Alberta,
and is in Calgary awaiting the ar-
rival of wife and sons, Two older
boys were killed in France.
Command of ..•rntnsh Army
To Revert to Army Council
A despatch from London says:-
Field Marshal Haig will retire Feb.
1, when the post of Commander -in -
Chief will be. abolished. With the
abolition of this post, the command of
the army will revert to the Army
Council, as in pre-war days.
People Dead From Hunger
Picked Lip in the Streets
A despatch from London says: -
Diplomatic advices from Budapest
state that the Hungarian food stocks
are at the lowest point yet recorded,
and that persons who have succumbed
to: starvation are being picked up in
the streets,
Keep snow away from young ever-
greens and low growing shrubs, so the
branches will not be weighted down
and broken.
WILL NOT GI'B'E
UP EX -KAISER
Holland's Refusal to End Ef-
forts to Extradite Wilheh i.'
A despatch from London says: -
In authoritative -quarteee the opinion
was expressed to a correspondent
that the Dutch Government's refusal
to surrender the tax -Kaiser to the Al-
lies for trial would probably result in
no further attempt to extradite him.
But the next step is up to Premier
Lloyd George, who initiated the de-
mand just about a year ago to ensure
the re-election of his Government,
Unless public opinion demand it, and
of• this there is not the slightest evi-
denee now, it is declared the Premier
will make no effort to secure Allied
adhesion to a plan to demand that
Germany herself. ask 'or his extradi-
tion. It is suggested ti 't the Allies'
next move may be the rte:• ;-,atch of a
further note to the Butch Govern-
ment, expres'hi' ' the hope that the
former li;,nperor's plate of internment
be such as to afford no opportunity
for him to do any herrn in the fixture.
There will net :loubt be some de-
mand by the "Ilene the Kaiser" fac-
tion here to kor , a led t eerF c to Dais
promises but tlVelVe months have
made a groat t def ren e in the temper
of the , lectcrate. The few -extt _mists
would be satisfied with - a "strew
1%ai er" trial, ns a tour`, proc•eerding
with hien absent, has herrn ch'iracter-
ized.
Nor do those. r. -ho clamor for econ-
omy see anything but useless exr'enrii-
ture ,in hali:i r an iroginary Kaiser
before a tribunal where some legal
lights would air their abilities at the
public cost. The Dutch decision has
been fully expected. The premier
has gone through the motions of ob-
taining a trial, to make good an• elec-
tion promise, but there are many in
his retinue who see in the Dutch re-
fusal a• way out of an embarrassing
situation,
Oil -Fuel Passenger Ships
To Conine Up St. Lawrence
A despatch from Montreal, says: -
Robert Reford, head of the well-
known steamship line, states that the
St. Lawrence will soon have oil fuel
passenger steamers coming up to
Montreal. The Cunard Montreal -
London service will, he announces, be
resumed just as soon as the new ships
now building are completed. There
are six of these ships now on the
stocks, and it is hoped that some of
least of them will be ready for the
next navigation season. All of them
are being fitted up as oil burners.
Red Cavalry Enter
Persia and -India
YANerwommyo
London, Jan. 25.-A wireless mes-
sage from Warsaw, undated, gives a
Bolshevik rumor that Red cavalry
have entered Persia and India.
Signalling by Radio.
Successful tests of railway signal-
ling by a new system based on radio
telegraphy recently were carried out
in France.
Grasshoppers have their ears on
their front legs.
Kingfishers make their nests of
fish -bones.
CANADA HAS LARGE SHARE
N UPKEEP LEAGUE NATiONS
Will Bear Same Proportion of Expense as Britain and More
Than Belgium or the Al gen tuna -Dominion's Delegate
Will Have' P . ; ,..- *ent Residence at Geneva.
A despatch from Lond Nays:--' assembly, the place of meeting of
Canada will have to pay as much to -1 which has not yet beer decided. eAl-
ward the upkeep of the League of fix d for thisogathering,litsis derbded
Nations as Britain, and more than'
that the admission of Argentina,
Belgium, Brazil, the Argentine Re -i Chile, Colombia, Paraguay and Peru,
public and other countries whose pop- who have signified their desire to
ulations equal that of the Dominion join the League, will be considered.
or is even greater. This was one of The future of Russia may also be a
some interesting paints brought out in subject, as well as the matter of man -
an interview with Sir Herbert Ames, dates for German Africa, and the re -
whose position is connected with fi- salt of the Washington Labor confer -
naming the League, The reason why ence.
Canada has to bear a relatively large Ultimately a permanent home for
proportion of the expense of the main- the league is contemplated in Geneva,
tenance is that it was decided to al)- and it will then be necessary for Cart -
portion the cost according to the elass-
ada, like other members, to keep her
ification of the International Postal delegate permanently in residence
Union, and Canada is ranked by the there to guard her interests. Such a
I. P. U. as a first-class power. Sir delegate trust evidently be a member
Herbert Ames is Canada's sole repre- of the Government in power and will
sentativo on the League staff. change when the Goverininent changes.
The appointment of the Dominion's For the assembly in April he will
representative an the deliberative take with him a staff expertly versed
body of the League Assembly must in Canadian affairs. The hope has
be made within the next few months, been expressed in London that if Sir
as he must attend the first meeting, Robert Borden decides he cannot con -
and that is . now expected to take tinue as Primo Minister, he will be -
in April. A meeting of the council corn the Canadian delegate to the
was held in Paris the week before League or take an appointment in
last and 'another will take place in the International I•Iigh Court of ,Tus-
London soon. Then will tonne the tiae in conzieetion with it.
Birds at the Front.
Althou.gh the number of wild crepe
tures actually killed in the war ap-
pears to have been comparatively
small, writes Mr, H. Thoburn -Clarke,
many little tragedies have come with-
in the immediate ken of the close ob-
server.
1 spent many idle hours watching a
great barn owl dodge up and down in
the moonlight. 1 evert approached
the ancient ruin of a pigeon cot, which
was all that remained of a large shed,
and listened to the noisy snorings of
his ffuffy brood, The cot was supportt,
ed by such precarious remains of
walls that none of us would venture
to climb up and peep into it, but we
could see the gleam of the mother
bird's round eyes, and heard her an-
gry remarks upon our intrusion.
Evidently, the Germans thought
that the cot concealed cur gun, for one
evening, just at sunset, a couple of
"whiz -bangs", carne over and landed
close beside it, and another shot, more
successfully aimed, ripped off a carter
of the roof and shattered the ruined
wall,
•As we watched the filling debris,
tile great nwl flew out with a rush and
disappeared. His mete followed more
slowly. She fluttered round the ruins,
then settled, and endeavored to enter
one of the openings. Obviously, she
was liadlY wounded, for her wings
droiTed hc;ivily, and she maintained
with dliui city her perch on the edge
of the ruined -wall, Yet. even in her
grievvuaiy hurt condition, she was
anxiously seeking for her young owl-
ets.
Her mate soon came b tak-, and it
vele pleasing to see his anxiety. Fie
tried to steady her h;ald upon the
crurahli ug wall and evidently urged
her to seek shelter in flight.
When the f,.Aeble claws finally re-
laxed their hold, and she slipped down
OIL the .stones beneath, he would not
leave her body for hours; he lingered
beside her, even bringing her dead
field mice in the hope of rousing her
from her last sleep, until just before
dawn, when he flew off in the direc-
tion of the German lines. Later we
heard an indignant protest from an
owlet and rescued him from a corner
of the ruined nest. His baby brother
had been crushed by a failing brick.
World Air Tours Proposed.
A large British company, financially
well supported and in which Messrs.
Vickers are said to be interested, pro-
poses to put into execution a world
embracing plan for passenger airship
transportation. Routes have been
planned so that no important city will
be more than ten days' air journey
from London, the following being the
chief main lines and times occupied
in making flights from London: -
London to Miles Days
New York 3,000 2
San Francisco 6,200 43
Cairo 2,050. 1'�$a
Colombo . , , 6,450 4}�
Perth (Australia) 5600 7
Nairobi . , 4,150 211s
Capetown „ . 6,850 51 t
The trip from London to Capetown
will include a twelve hour stop at
Nairobi. Cairo and Lisbon are to be
two of the traffic junctions, the form-
er, which will be reached from Lon-
don by way of Tunis, for the southern
route to Capetown by way 6f Nairobi,
and for the eastern route to Sydney
by way of Aden, Colombo and Perth.
West of London the first stop is to be
at Lisbon, whence the trip to New
York and San Francisco will proceed
by way of the Azores and to Rio de
Janeiro by way of Sierra Leone.
It is pointed out that while the
speed of airships is less than that of
aeroplanes it is five times greater
than that of the average ocean liner,
and a non-stop flight up to 10,000
miles is possible. The proposed
fares from London will be: ---To New
York, $243; to Capetown. $876; and
to Australia, $696. This, is approxi-
mately eight cents a mile. Mail will
be carried at six cents .an ounce,
CRAFT WORKERS
FOR CANADA
Flax, .Hosiery and Lace Opera-
tors Arriving From Europe.
A despatch from London, says: -
As a result of new industries and the
development of others, Canada is bee
ginning to draw heavily on craft
workers of Britain and the Continent
for skilled workmen. As is known,1
the Dominion regulations governing
the admission of laborers and artisans
are very strict, and were recently
made stricter by the increase of this
amount oflanding 1 ndin .mit •
ney this class
of emigrant is obliged to possess. No
workmen are allowed to enter Canari
unless they are of tine kind not pia-
curable there, and unless there is the
guarantee of a job and housing facil-
ities. Asa result of the great growth
of manufacturing in the Dominion
during the war, however, and mot
particularly of the projected estab-
lishment of industries net indigenous
to the country, the Immigration Dee
parttnent has recently been receiving
numerous applications for skilled
craft••smen. •