nent ind car it» 1$ d How good 1J ‘)’lll" m.;?‘â€: livingâ€"how ft to employ: â€" ~ ’ The castbound trip has been dong 4n an hour and 40 minutes. recently made the westbound trip from Montreal to Toronto in two hours flat. Filoted by V. J. "Shorty" Hatton, th> fast Stearman speed plane took 6 from St. Hubert airdrome at 9.15 a.m. and landed at Toronto airport, Dufferin Street, at 11.15, after travelâ€" ling at a speed of 168 miles an hour, The time is considered particularly fast as westbound planes usually have to contend with the prevailing woesterlies. _ The plane was favored with a fair "tail wind," the pilot statâ€" ed Canadian Airways Plane Deâ€" livers Mail in Two Hours in Montrealâ€"Toronto Trip Toronto â€" Shattering the previous record by half an hour, a Canad‘ad Airways plane carrying the mails, Westbound Plane Sets New Record "It was an interesting experience," she said, "I‘d like to try it again. The wind was surprisingly strong. It must hava been 100 miles an hourâ€" a west wind that blew me about five miles out to sea. I dropped a few times and rose again, always trying to increaso my altitude. "Doing the last few thousand feet, 1t did not seem as it I was moving At all. _I seemed to be staring ut‘ the same fixed point below me. The clouds appeared to be a level mull and I seldom saw the earth." "I felt warm and â€" comfortable throughout," she continued. _ "The thing that amazed me most was the ease of my experience." The airplane made some progress toward the west, "but finally, as far as making distance over the ground was concerned," Miss Nichols said after she landed, "I found myself standing still." In 30 minutes she reached an altitude of 28,500 feet and it took 20 minutes to finish the climb. 418 resp Uro m 72 P2° Women was set Hy Miss mor sSmith whon she reached 27. $ feet a year ago. Th> record ° military airplanes is 43,056 feet, Id by Lieut. Apollo Soucek, of the lited States Navy, and that for mnmercial _ airplanes, 30,457 feat, [d by George Haldeoman. pressed in a reifdsonmsk‘n . Molu.s hour washington.â€"The theory that speed Is harmful to the human system is no more true toâ€"day, when aviation enâ€" gineers look toward machines which will go 1,000 miles an hour, than it was 100 years awn wham uun.l LCB Man Impervious to High S ; s"?““g--- s _A ... x sc oamad ms;‘ ght Line, S‘Yscientists’ B&‘g " _ Ct 2D0UL _ six mileg nbove‘ York and Long Island and set nofficial world record for wo-‘ The sealed barograph installâ€"" the airplane has beon sent to Jursau of Standardsâ€"in Wash-, i for calibration. > altimeters in the airplane ared _ 30,450 and 30,350 _ foot, ‘tively, when she landed after . in the air for an hour and a The previous world altitude M wl sed ioi h Chamber of Commerce points out, _far as can be ascertained, there o been no bad effects manifesting m:â€"elves as a result of such rapidâ€" Should science develop machines cua are capable of 500 or 1,000 or \ more miles an hour, there is no irent reason why man should not ible to withstand Tates suoh as â€" Ne ks w ps and the Aeronautios Chamber of Commerce far as can be ascerta a been no bad effects t nselves as a result of [ Should scienca Aaval.. MCMR ie tin 4 ts ... dn | i 100 years ago when railroads first an to move at fifteen miles an . government scientists say. Man has attained speeds of over miles an hour on the ground and excéeded 350 miles an Ranr in i1 )veT Zcial Record Scet By Aviatrix * .s, however at flight is in a straight line rates such the asumption a No living white man, it has been said, was so familiar with the Indian tribes of the north. In tending the spiritual needs of the frontier naâ€" tives, Father Grouard became a lingâ€" uistic expert, gaining the ability to converso fluently in a dozen different Indian dialects. Archbishop Grouard, Aged } 91, Was Master of Dozen Indian Languages Edmontonâ€"Bearded patriarch of the north, Rt. Rev, Archbishop Emite Grouard, is dead after seven decados of missionary effort in Canada‘s frontier country, At 91 years of ago, the Roman Catholie prelate sucâ€" cumbed on Sunday to a lingering ill. ness at Grouard, Little hamlet in the Peace River country, named in his honor. peed * direction, 5o that it presses up against 3 no the bottom of the container and does en-:not SDill, the blood in the human sys. hich : tem reacts, n lt’ "An aviator in turning rapidly has first | his head toward the center of the cir. an Cle and the lower part of his body in ; the direction of the periphery, Tho >ver , blood from the head, due to the centri. and | fugal force, is sent in the direction of the | the lower ‘arts of the body, which are Air| toward tha outside Of the rirmla ;. s Aat ' whios o. ' Veteran Prelate Dies in Alberta Captain Boyd took the ship from 'l::-x hangar to the beach for the beneâ€" fit of the oil magnate. | _ But Mr. Rockefeller declined with | thanks to take a ride. _ He did, ,however. inspect â€" the ship, â€" asking numerous questions, , Mrs. John Dick ot Toronto, and other members of the Rockefeller party took short hops in the plane, _ "How many members of your family?" "Neighbor John," as he isl allectionately known here, asked Captain Boyd, who told him. ‘ "Well, here‘s a dime for your mother, another for your father, onei for your wife, one each for your four children, and one for yourself," ar.| Rockefelier said as he placed the|} eight shiny coins in the (‘nn;uiian' fller‘s hands. tC With a party of friends, the aged millionaire came from his Ormond Beach home to the veach here to take a look at Captain Boyd‘s moneâ€" plans Columbfa, holder of numerous Daytona Beach, Fla. â€"â€"‘John D. Rockefeller, St., came as near as ho ever did in his life to taking an airplane â€"ride last Fridayâ€"and his prospective _ pilot was none other than Captain J. Erroll Boyd, Canada‘s transatlantic flier. .__For the first time in several years, snow fell in Venice recentlyâ€"four inches of it, Many and picturesque goudolas wore blankeated with white. a thriis » ueul pseg» C M ree uns * . ) Rockefelle;Vi;w? Capt. Boyd‘s Plane high pressure itself. The e sitive to very sure and may under stui ci ... _ 4_ _ 3 â€", _ °0C direction of :the lower marts of the body, which are toward tha outside of the circle in which he turns. The vessels in the lower part ag the body, Particularly the splanchnic arteries of the abdomiâ€" !nal regint, are sufficiently elastic to receive this surplus, and the aviator in making an execeedingly rapid _ turn causes in himself a temporary anemia of the hoad. The blood is withdrawn from the tyes and the brain, and he may becoz.s unconscious or may, as pilots das rihe it, ‘go black. "Anothe element that enters in the very fast plane is the bossibility of dropping uon suddenly under power, I1 diving rapidly from an altitude of ow air pressugre â€"to one of ralertc uns *u0uitis. rd uses Ride But P Canadian Fliee Wi Eight Dimes asls,, _ " #. UHGer power, rapidly from an altitude of Tessure to one of relatively sure another danger presents he ears are particularly senâ€" very rapid changes in presâ€" may readily become injured 1 circumstances." ody, which are the circle in vessels in the Y, particularly resents ith Hutsinpilierâ€""But why did you buy a dachshund for the children?" Haasâ€" enpfefferâ€""So that they can all pet him at once." The greatest fault of a penetrating wit is to go beyond the mark.â€"La Rochefoucauld. It is past all controversy that what costs dearest is, and ought to be, most valued. â€"Cervantes. Constructed by the Belgians, the Katanga railway is now virtually comâ€" pleted, and it is expected that the last few rails will be laid shortly and the line formally opened in May. It will then be possible to travel in comfort from Johannesburg to Lobito Bay on the Atlantic Ocean, four days nearer to England than Cape Town, from any station in the Union or Rhodesia. l Many were skeptical at one time that this line, stretching away from the Congo forests and the great copâ€" per belt of Katanga to the distant Atâ€" lantic, would be completed for many years. Jonanrnesburs, S. Af.â€"The compleâ€" tion by the Belgians of the railway through Western Katanga will bring Johannesburg four days nearer Engâ€" land. Katanga Railway 1 + e + | Eigh-t "h'undred gallons of gasoline, llean Hiclids AnBuTll F M Il NeW All' Lll'.e Lm1{s stored outside the building, failed to O estiv. e P ‘_explode, though the tanks broke futo ’ Tokyo.â€"Two little girls, dressed in | Mex1¢0 and Canada flames short;y; a.t;e;"t:.x‘e blaze started. ; brilliant kimonas, celebrated on March | yem ’ Attracted hvz:menot :;;: Miost "Sbte: 3rd what to them is the finest holiday | International Air Express to HWeHiay daytlihe Mif€H Th TeRre, thoug. j ;;1:::\2 }e:;;:g"'\"I;{el;la":leats:;.it'h";h?; Have Tel’mlnals at Deâ€" ands of persons milled in the vicinity mother and father, the Empress and troit a“c! Brownsâ€" :; fla’:e: ;23; 2';&?%2 ‘:)rutt;:z:: :::: Emperor of Japan. The girls are the ville trayr;le hangar had been levelled Pâ€"‘;“fsg?j Teru fâ€I"‘ Tz;kad ;Hltm t.‘\‘latl-l A new airline, . International Air' Airâ€"mail services from Winnines 2:’â€.;":":"' annual girls‘ doll festiva lExprcss' limited to express and pasâ€" ; were interrupted by the fire. but "only istors » sengers, is to be opened about May momentarily," according to officials. i _ Masters cl the dolimakers art! 1 â€" linking ‘Mekico, with Canada. _ Its elsctag. "righ. | worked for months preparing dolls tor; terminals in the United States will the Princesses‘party. Court chamberâ€"‘ b nwnald & * ; be at Detroit and Brownsville. The lains arranged the do!ls in ceremonial new service, it was learned here will Belglum Honors fashion and prepared for the grand bring the l\\,‘o bordp]‘\: withivy twent * & | ‘ s 1 & 8 1 Â¥â€" dinner at which the Princesses were five qhours of each other. * SOldle!'-P!ge()n Bosts. to their ‘r‘_“:‘â€â€˜"f 8: oo ninp‘l PML.plans as to the route have w« I‘:“"", L s m‘.m:fl"“f"th? l;mp’ne not been announced, but the planes Unveils Memorial at Brussels alnl‘('v:t-h.:vjwd H 197.-mul ;mq menq will make stops at St. Louis, where to 20 000 Birds Killed in the resaote villages parents purâ€" they will connect with the Transâ€" s chased new dolls and arranged cereâ€"! continental and Western Air Lines:; in Great War | monial | parties. Shops t!";(’“gh“ut'Cincinnati. connecting with a diviss| Brussels, Belgiumâ€"Belgium will do | Japan for we‘k. displayed dolls f0t.[jon of American Airways, and Dallas| honor to the 20,000 messenger p:g.! Sale at prices running into tnom'andsinnd Fort Worth, Texas, and Tulsa, onng â€"Eilla.l in tha Amaki surs. of yen each. % ; brilliant kimonas, celebrated on March | 8rd what to them is the finest holiday of the year, the Hina Matsuri, in the | palace â€" where they live with their ’mother and father, the Empress and Emperor of Japan. The girls are the Princesses Teru anc Taka. Hina Matâ€" suri is the annual girls‘ doll festival of Japan. Japan Holds Annual neriorce after collision with Norwegian steamer Bigdis at C mouth of River Elbe. King Winter Visits City of Canals Tired of a canned diet, they apâ€" pealed for fresh food, and over the telephone line which links their staâ€" tion with the lowland they made arâ€" rangements for airplanes to drop supplies for them,. They are studyâ€" ing high altitude air currents. Planes Carry Food To Snowbound Astronomers Tokyo â€"Five observers of the Tokyo Ifeteorological Observatory, snowbound in their hut at the sumâ€" mit of Mt. Fuji since last autumn, are being supplied fresh vegetables and fish by airplane. When the service is opened daily service will be maintained between Brownsville and St. Louis, with rail connections for northbound passenâ€" gers at St. Louis on fast night trains. Other schedules call for daily operaâ€" tion of planes on an allâ€"daylight schedule between Detroit, Cincinnati and Dallas, Further details of the schedules will be announced later, it was said. | _ Final plans as to the route have , not been announced, but the planes | will make stops at St. Louis, where ,they will connect with the Transâ€" continental and Western Air Lines; ’Clncinnati. connecting with a divisâ€" |ion of American Airways, and Dailas |and Fort Worth, Texas, and Tulsa, At Brownsville the line will conâ€" nect with Pat â€"American â€" Airwavrse Equipment for the new line inâ€" cludes several of the new model Ford triâ€"motors and the Northrop lowâ€"wing express and passenger planes. coanections. will diana Airway, Lt« proximately _ be tariffs. UVNIAKIV Arumves TORonNnto s*100 NC line will conâ€" ‘anr ~ American â€" Airways, division, and at Detroit will be made with Canaâ€" Ltd. .The fares will apâ€" beâ€" rail plus Pullman eamer William Wil« is io n h4 of smaller c uxnaven, _ (Eight Planes Burn â€" Crime in Canadaâ€" Sovi | _ In $150,000 Blaze _ ShowsAIncraace M. Since only male descendants of the Japanese Emperors may occupy the throne, Princg Chichibu, younger brother of Emperor Hirohito, reâ€" mains as the heir presumptive of the oldest unbroken royal line in the world. ‘The ling was established in 660 B. C. and Hirohito is the 124th Emperor, ( Tokyo â€" The arrival of a new Princess at the Imperial Palace on March 7th caused all Japan to celâ€" ebrate. Meiey > Wemiigeecedes t Wecante w Belgians, more than any other peoâ€" ple, are pigeon lovers, M. Van Opâ€" pens, viceâ€"president of the National Federation of Pigeon Fanciers, point ed out. y Japan Welcomes The memorial is in the form of a graceful female figure with an extenâ€" ed arm on which a pigeon stands with outspread wings. It has been erected by a national snhsnrintian. _ _A memorial to the soldierâ€"pigeon was unveiled on the square of the pig market where pigeon fanciers have their â€" headguarters, recently. Prince Leopold, the French ambasâ€" sador, and the famous burgomaster Max, were among those present. _ A delegation also attended on behalf of Belgium‘s war allies, led by Britain. Simultaneously with the unveiling, 5,000 pigeons were released from the base of the memorial. 1 Unveils Memorial at Brussels to 20,000 Birds Killed in Great War Brussels, Belgiumâ€"Belgium will d honor to the 20,000 messenger pig eons killed in the Great War. Airâ€"mail services from Winnineg were interrupted by the fire. but "only momentarily," according to officials. Two small Laird planes, only a short time azo, wore ; flameâ€"wrecked debris. The the company‘s fleet, a large ed Fokker cabin machine, destroyed. More than a dozen mechanics and workers escaped from the building without injury as the blaze quickly spread. No one was seriously burned, though minor injuries were reported having beon suffered by firefighters. ‘Three automobiles standing inside the structure also were destroyed. Started in Gas Tank? Witnesses of the outbreak believed the blast occurred in the gasoline tank of one of the planes. Every one in the building hastily deserted as reâ€" sulting flames crept along the gasâ€" soaked floor to other machines. When the first Winnipeg fire brigade â€"arâ€" rived eight planes were in flames,‘ several standing just outside the hanâ€" ’Fieree Flame Consume Hanâ€" Convictions ~24,007 in Last , AU the dignit 5 + > ~ + + ; the modical profe gar at Winnivneg Flying | Year of Recordâ€"21,720 [N¢ ® Eulated 1 ; Field . Previous Year ! ‘There is not m WWinnipeg.â€"A. fleet of seveh West " dttaws â€"titime is on the increase ~~th0‘e ‘are few ern Canada Airways planes and & in Canada, mccording to a report is 4°4 the great Fairchild cabin machine, privately sued by the Dominion Bureau of Sta PRYS!tions ave "» owned, were lost in a fire last week tistics on offences dealt with in the arige. that totally destroyed the company‘s courts during 1929. _ Convietions for _ *"‘s We loarn i hnge hangar at Stevenson Field, St indictable numbered 24,097 in 1929 as *@3DOonCont of th James, causing damage estimated at compared with 21,720 in 1928. At the (“?:_j,_"‘\',:" it Higines! about $150,000. same time. the pecentaze of eonvicâ€" ‘h,;" LM4® T. Flames broke out following an exâ€" tions to charges lIaid was $1.49, the 438 49°s To n plosion in the hangar. highest of the decade. sa‘llsiactorily in a ie " Hhhinm : on ol Mn mannc l 1 s £ New Royal Heiress national subscription 1|| pride of triâ€"motorâ€" also was delivered mong the Over most of the country the ducks and" geese, ~meoking again their acâ€" customed nesting grounds, are pushâ€" ing northward, following closely the retreating ite as it once more ex-’ poses their sprouting food in the ooze of marsh or swamp., Mauu] ,Il prevralent in March. Wolverinu,‘ Mshers, minks, woasels, otters, red foxes, lynxes, and chipmunks are «courting. ‘The young skunks are bo‘ lieved to select their life mates at this time. ~‘Hepatica and spring beauties | aro peepibg up through the leaves in | southern _ woods. Léarn ‘to love them in the woods where they be-l lorg. _ Leave them ‘there to find anâ€" other â€" year.â€"Nature Magazine. Helsingfors, Finland â€" Finland‘s new Parliament building, which reâ€" quired four years for building and cost the equiralent of $2,500,000, was inaugurated recently in the presence of the chairmen and yiceâ€"chairmen of the Estonian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and Lettish Diets. This is not the only agricuitural re cord to be shattered. In January Al berta farmers, during the swoep of the mild wave across the Prairies, concluded thireshing of wheat which had been halted by unfavorable fall weather, ( Several farmers of the district have started cultivation and last week soed drills were at work on the farm of *. C. Thierman, near here sowing wheat. Farmers have no recollection of wheat being seoded in February in any former year, and pioneers say it is a record for the Prairie Provlncel.f Fields have been bare of snow for weeks, and with mild weather prevailâ€" ing for many days, Jand 45 In perfect condition for spring work. $ In Saskatchewan Area Webb, Sask.â€"Agriculturists of this district of southâ€"western Saskatche wan made claim on February 25th of an early seeding record for western Canada. Record Early Seeding To seek his mate by It will soon be time fo clover, By Anne M, Robinson It will soon be time for Bob Wh whistle, It will soon he time for the liums‘ bloom, It will soon be time for the pu thistle Finland Opens Building name 1o i2e commission of crimes.‘. In the morning Although they represented over 57 per boards the ferry a cent. of the population, they are reâ€" school in Newbu: sponsible for only 49 per cent. of the res‘ing on the ri1 crime. Umazrried persons, representâ€" As the ferry pulls ing slightly over 35 por eont. of the the air and . fol population, were responsible for 58 per crumbs which the cent. of the offences committed in the the deck. ~ In th year unde~ review, |he is ready to retu 000 liab in the judicial districts including the cities of Montreal, Toronto and Hamilâ€" ton runs from 300 to 500 per 190,000 population, while in the rural districts the crime rate averages 99 to the 100 â€" *uCreased _1 per cent., while forgery ' advanced by 30 por ceat. In sceking the cause of the growth in criminal terdencies, the conclusion is reached in the deport that crowded cities are one of the most important factors. "As the population inâ€" creases," the report says, "not only does the number of erimes increase, but the per capita rate increases with mathematical regularity. A caloulation shows that, between 1901 and 1929, crime has increased approximately, as the square of the population, anrd. in support of this it may be pointed out that the records show the crime rate With luck and love and come true! All types oi erime appecr to be ad vancing . in about the #same degrce, figures show, although numerically the‘t glows the greatost increase, moving up from T370 in 1928 to 8,777 in the year undor review. Murders show an incease of frem 19 to 28, manâ€" slaughter from 35 to 49, assaults of all kinds from 2673 to 3114. On the other hand offences against decency were reduced from 439 to 402. Burgâ€" lary, shop and housebreaking â€" inâ€" creased 17 per cent. Incendiarism and other malicious acts against property increased 21 per cent., whils forgery advanced by 30 per ceat Married persons appear plov U Wi b Spring Song 1 plum tr omy ve tim reaking â€" inâ€" rdiarism and nst property n plume ) be MLT 47 to be ad > degrce morically increace, tr m pie The man‘ wiped the perspiration from his brow. "Boss," he tearfully replied. "I‘ve been.coming back." "Hallo, George," he cried. "Where have you been all this time? Four days later the house agent came across him tramping along 8 country lane three miles away. to see Lhow the man had fared. B the man was not to be found. Om the lawn he discovered the remaing of a window sash and shutters comâ€" pletely wrecked, but of the watchman there was no sign. A house agent had a farm on his books which was supposed to be haunted, and to prove rumor wrong he decided to engage a man to stay there for one night, ‘The following day he was up carly and went roun@ The young wife was heartbroken. "What‘s the matter?" asked a friend. "Oh, my husband is so absentâ€"minded., After breakfast he left a tip on the table, and when I handed him his bat he gave me another tip." "Well, that‘s nothing to worry about. Jut force of habit." "That‘s what worries me. He kissed me when I gave him his over Sewingâ€"machine needles whicl become blunted can be sharper stitching a few inches through a of sandpaper. 4 *.First Movie Camera kind . Donal do sa dinna Jhere are more people slici the straight and narrow path days. They have to, the tr so heavy.â€"Calgary Herald. There Book,‘ a pond . house at for sale. Browning to 1887. Home of Browning Poughkeepsie, N.Y.â€"A flock of gulls trained by a schoolboy ‘to low a ferryboat from ome shore the Hudson River to the other is tracting the interest of poople a I con and Newburgze, cities on upp* sides of the river 15 miles south Sea Gulls Know Where Dinner Will Be Spread dition pass n made a fly institutions virornmen‘s and the great E:ajofliyit Soviet physiciens ase "workins at fixed salâ€" AU the dignity and author!ty of the modical profession in Soviet Rusâ€" six is regulated by the Government. There is not much private nractiae Pe tt nd d W Medical Pro{fession m be l "Aye, Donald." "A atch did ye mak*" tell ye the truth, A el as Ah expected, k she did either." A mont fore the the surgic no in th in h &4 J Shown at Museum rt Ofered For Sal» p A h arming Warwik It in much private practise The Rir mO invest‘gators, ‘be ; were not recaived in time." ) contains the sta‘eâ€" ho require surgical »st lamentable conâ€" h and a halt may patient obta‘ns a al dopartment." structed in the he moy by hin ogether from a Moscow corâ€" & London Sunday es on to say: lalization of medi ways work out very ctual life was shown f valuntser investiâ€" iMcial organ of the Rabs ‘heya Moskva, ‘vey of the medical h in eacon the & near . they )0 K 1N wher w and i old fa m ernoor th din f1 nt. th n W ad > boat. ake to tod the s was of â€" the imont: 1887, mera w1 bi ring on the large [ the first ‘nly,‘ EN h h I» 13 @1 art h f