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| States! Chamonix, France, Feb. 8.--Canada won the blue ribbon event of the 1924 ter games and added ten EEEIFEEE 'hockey series by a score of 6 to 1, a fast and furious contest from 0 fi i h, and when Paul Locq atigue. of the ® ; y: commenced. Watson was bleeding ; stretche n after a collision with mith nited States fought hard in'the opening session when they 'were: fresh, and frequently Rice, Mc: erthy on Dury, getting the: puck "down the ice only to be blocked hard he Ganado defates. action of hen. began regular action o Gi mR AT a ction, r to n- ED | Mr. Charles's. MacDor States Gypsum | TRUSTEES FOR BANTING RESEARCH FOUNDATION Left: Mr. John W. Rog h nal Insurance Agency, and right: er of the Confederation Life In- surance Company, two of the men selected to serve as trustees of the Bant- | ing Research Foundation, an organization which Will raise funds to provide His acts 'purpose cannot be ques-| ane Wali RYKOF lofty idealism which never | P PE A = i CROSSING ATLANTIC . Cleveland, York. A despatch from New York sayst-- Three and a half days late, after fighting her way through the storm- i Jods of her history, the 8.8. Clevaan arrived on "Thursday with the tragic tale of one passenger lost' at sea and two women badly injured as a result of the ship's buffeting. Franz Klinech, an electrician of Vienna, was washed overboard by a towering wave that swept the ship January 28. He and five other third- class passengers received the full force of the water mountain as they stood at the after rail watching the tumultuous sea. Klinech was swept away before he could shout. for hel Ba TI treal Contractors Awarded Welland Canal Job St. Catharines, Feb. 8--Word was received here that the contract for section eight of the Welland Ship a awarded by the Gov- ernment to Quinlan, Robertson & Co. of Montreal for $10,600,000. This d| firm did some work on the canal dur- ing the war. The price to be paid is under what was expected, as it w. believed here fourteen millions wou! be nearer the figure. The company will, it is understood, proceed at once preparations for. -eX- cavation work on a large scale in the The construction of section eight involves the destruction of a good part of Port Colborne's business sec- tion, and the buying of the property _ Help thy brother's boat across, and lo! thine own has reached the shore. --Hindu Proverb. {of Commissars, will have four assist- 1d| financial support for the scientific research, particularly the Banting and Best Chair of medical research. Dr. W. H. Galle, chiet surgeon of the Sick Children's Hospital, 1a also a member of the board. ' SUCCEEDS tnsble attend any of the / 410% recent conferences of hte Soviet lead- IN SOVIET GOVT. ers. His peasant origin is counted upon to win the support of the pea- sants, He is a strict adherent to Leninism, and has few, if any, active antagonists-in the Communist party. ------ mitt Foundations Laid for Vancouver Radio Masts Vancouver, Feb. 8.--The first step {in the erection of the wireless station | at Vancouver, unit of the Royal Can. | adian Air Force, has been completed in the laying of cement foundation for 'Moscow, Feb. 3--Ivanovitech Rykoff, the newly chosen head of the Council, 'ants--Leo Kameneff, who also is chairman of the Council of Labor and Defence; M. Tsurpa, Commissar of Food Supplies, and chairman of the State Planning Commission; M. Chur- bar, chairman of the Ukraine Coun- cil 'of Commissars, and M. Orkalasvili, Premier of Georgia. There are ten other federal com- missars. In addition to the Council of Com- migsars, Parliament has named an executive committee of twenty-one members, seven from the Council of | 'Nationalities, seven' from the FedéPal Council, and geven jointly chosen. M. Kalenin, "the Russian peasant presi- dent," is retained as chairman of the executive committee, with M. Petroff- ky, president of the Ukraine Central Committee, and M. Tcherbiakoff, président of the White Russia Com- mittee, as co-presiderits. By the new Federal constitution both the Council of Commissars and the executive committee are invested with executive and legislative powers between sessions of parliament. Prob- ably never in history has a Parlia- ment and Government been so quickly chosen. Everything moved as though|ber for the material, many shipments manipulated by strings. or sledge loads of snow have been gs. Rykoff, who 18 in ill health, has|brought here. will be 100 feet tall, has arrived from the east, and they will be erected shortly. * The, new station will contain both wireless and radio sending and re- iving apparatus and will be power- ul enough to communicate with High River, Alta. nearly 500 miles east. RE . Eskimos Need Snow for Building Igloos A despatch from Noorvik, Alaska, says:--An unpretedented mild Winter with little precipitation here has re- sulted in a seareity of building ma- terial. Local Eskimo newly-weds who have been forced to journey to Kovak, where there is plenty of igloo snow. Exchanging whale and walrus blub- CANADA TO ADOPT GROUP SETTLEMENT SCHEME OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA A despatch from London says:--A through the forest are made and a new phase in the history of coloniza-| water supply secured. Each group tion in which Canada will be inter-| works together under the guidance of 'ested was inaugurated by the de-|expert Australian foremen until a from Plymouth on Thursday certain stage of development is ri of 20 families selected by counties to| ed. 'Motor traction is being employed participate in 'the group settlement|in felling trees. In two years suffi- scheme in Western Australia. Can-|clent progress is made to allow the ada's interest is that through the en-| dissolution of the group, each mem- terprise of the 'Canadian National ber then entering into possession of Railway she will shortly make a some-| 100 or 160 acres of first grade land what similar experiment. Thursday's | with a bungalow and live stogk, the party will proceed to a: belt of virgin cost of which, £1,000, he will gradu- forest. This group scheme aims at|ally repay to the Australian State. breaking down the barriers of isola-| Accession to the existing groups of tion besetting the pioneer worker in|a party selected by the county plan unpeopled parts of the Empire. The|will be augmented by a regular flow ground is surveyed and blocks pegged| of such families. Devon and Corn- out by State officials before the ar-| wall having been the first to make ar- rival of the immigrants. Roads|rangements with Western Australia. 190 Ibs. and up, $17; lightwei barrels, $87; fay Sas {Bushes fo the, provincial hunting bureau, in the masts, Steel for the masts, which' 449 815. contemplate setting up housekeeping' ghorts, per ton, $30; middlings, $86; each.-| amalgamation 'quarry 02 pounds, sn in- 796 pounds, or 18.1 corresponding per- latter company formerly br ar. 10,12 their plaster from interior New | crease of 1,651 State points to their mills on the At-| per cent. over lantic seaboard, but in view of the iod of 1922, merger it is quite logical to conclude| Calgary, Alta.--From October 29, that their wants will now be more when the Alberta wheat pool was largely supplied from Nova Scotia. |organized, until the end of December, St. John, N.B.--Contract to build approximately 14,000,000 bushels of the frost-proof potato shed in West wheat had been received from mem- St. John has been awarded by the bers of that organization, according Department of Public Works to a|to a statement made by the provincial Moncton construction company. The manager. work will extend over six weeks. Vancouver, B.C.--Vancouver has Qusbée, Que--One of the biggest shipped and booked for shipment to| seasons in the history of hunting in | date almost 50,000,000 bushels of the the Province of Quebec, is the report 1928 crop. Last year's total crop | fnovement through this port was ap- proximately 19,000,000 bushels. Up which closed at the end of last year.|to the end of December the port had It is calculated by the, department | shipped 12,984,767 bushels of grain that the riumber of huntsmen who! and additional shipments and book- went into the Quebec hunting|ings for the next few months amount grounds during the past season con-|to 86,400,276 bushels, giving g total stituted a record number. of 48,385,042 bushels. Oobalt, Ont.--Dividends paid by! Dawson, Y.T.--That the gold out- gold and silver mines of Northern On. put in the Yukon Territory will be tario up to the end of 1922 amounted | greater this year than last, is the to $128,248,488. Dividends paid dur-|opinion of Dm=Alfred Thompson, M. {ing 19283 amounted to $9,206,876, P., for the Yukon. The silver-lead | making total disbursements of $132,.| camp at Mayo and Reno Hill would The silver mines paid $96,-| contribute a total of 8,000 tons, he | 063,820 up to the end of 1928, while said. referring to the big game season, Weekdy Market Report culls, $7 to $8; sheep, light ewes, $7.50 7.76; do, f.o.b.,, $7.26; do, country oints, $7; do, selects, $8.50. MONTREAL. Oats--Can. west, No. 2, 55 to 66¢c; do, No, 8, 623% to 63c; do, extra No. 1 feed, 61c; do, No. 2 local white, 48% to 49¢. Flour--Man. spring wheat ps: 1sts, $6.20; 2nds, $5.70; strong ey 000i Witter pass, choice, Ontario Rye--No. 8, 72 to Tde. .66 to $6.76; rolled oats, bags, 90 Peas-No 2; $1.45 to $1.50, Ibs, $8.06; bran, $28.25; i , Millfeed--Del,, Montreal freights,|$30.25. Middlings, $36.25. Hay, per ags included: Bran, per ton, $28; ton, car lots, $16. Hogs, $8.50 to $8 Sera cefiianreses sons Course Afloat for Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve A despatch from Ottawa says: -- Six weeks' training aboard the spe- ment, $4.60; Toron's> basis, $4. cial service squadron of the Royal bulk seaboard, $4.25. Navy will be given to one officer and Man, flour--1st pats, in jute sacks, 20 men of the Royal Canadian Naval $6.20 per barrel; 2nd pats, $5.70. Volunteer Reserve during the tour of Hay-- Extra No. 2 Himothys per tom, | the squadron in American waters. track, Toronto, $14:50 to $16; No. 2,{ mp» FT ot eve $14,505 No: 8; $12.50; mixed, $12.60, [-*- 18 ENLIEIN 0 L'1e LANAc An teserve Straw--Car lots, per ton, $9. will be chosén from the different com- Cheese--New, large, 21% to 22¢;|Pany headquarters of the R.C.N.V.R. |Svins, 22 to 22%c; triplets, 22% to| throughout Canada and will be taken 28c; Stiltons, 24 to 26¢. 'Old, large, | aboard the Hood and Repulse, or the 125 to- 80c; twins, 26 to 8lc; triplets, | five light cruisers which will accom- 27 to 82c. pany those battleships on their visit Butter--Finest creamery prints, 46 | t, Esquimault, B.C., on June 21. The 3 ies No! . creamery, 48 to 46¢; No: | conadians will take part in the train- ' Eggs--Extras, fresh, in cartons, ing aboard the British ships during {68 to 69c; fresh extras, loose, 58 tothe cruise, which enda at Halifax on !67c; fresh firsts, 62 to b3c; extras,|'August 5. storage, in cartons, d44c; extras, 41 to mies tmp (32e3 firsts, 86 to 87c; seconds, 29 to Badges of Honor in France Increasing in Cost bad TORONTO. $ Manitoba wheat--No, 1 Northern, p $1.11 Manitoba oats--No, 3 CW., 46%c; No. 1 extra feed, 46c. Mani'sba barley--Nominal, All the above track, bay ports. Ontario barley--65 to 67c. American corn--No. 2 yellow, 97c. Buckwheat--No, 2, 72 to 7c. bi good feed flour, 2.10, Ontario wheat---No. 2 white, 95 to 98e, outside. Ontario, No. 2 white oats--40 to 42¢. Ontario ¢orn--Nominal, Ontirio flour--Ninety per cent pat., in jute bags, Montreal, prompt s ip: ec. Beans--Canadian, handpicked, Ib, Te; primes, 6%e. five poultry--Spring chickens, 4 A despatch from Paris says:--Like 1bs.' and over, 28c; chickens, 8 to 4{everything else, the price of glory is Ibs, 22c; hens, over b lbs. 22¢; do, going up in France. Hereafter the 48 Ei TE to Fg 1! ina i came Sh igh 19¢; do, 4 to 5 Ibs, 18c; turkeys, privilege of being included within the young, 10 Ibs. and up, 22c. ranks of the Legion of Honor will Dressed poultry--Spring chickens, have to pay more for their insignia. 4 Ibs. and over 80c; chickens, 3 to 4| The next President of France will ra er at ra for te Grand 4 to 6 lbs, 24c; do, 8, ¢; | Cross instead of 708, as he would were roosters, 18¢; ducklings, over § 1bs., | he elected last week. Other prices an- 24c¢; do, 4 5 YI ot fork a, nounced in the Journal Officiel include young, h y i | forty-two francs instead of a mere geese, 22¢. thirt AR . y-four, for the crosses of the AER riod A 1] Jo J450; do Chevaliers; 288 francs, against 179, aple products--Syru er imp. |for Officers; the cross of the Com- Map. y Pp al, $2.60; per aL , 2,40 per | manders has risen from 898 francs to gal, § pe pe gal; maple sugar, lb., 25c. 520 and the medallion of the Grand one ef rig 1 Rr Rl Officers from 166 to 186 francs. 12 'to 18e; 2%-ib. tins, 13 to 14¢; comb Da a ---- ' hone, 5 Joven, No, 1, $3.75 to $4; Canada s Foudstifs G a, 2, $3. 00, m mand in German Smoked meats--Hams, med., 25 to ¥ 27¢; cooked harms, 37 to 39¢c; smoked rolls, 19 to 21¢; cot! rolls, 22 to 24¢; breakfast bacon to 27; s cial brand breakfast bacon, 30 to 33c; backs, boneless, 80 to 8b. Cured meats-- to 70 1bs,, $18.50; 70 to 90 I A despatch from Ottawa says:-- Germany is buying Canadian food stuffs. Official advices here indicate that the introduction of stable cur- , $18; | increased demand for imported food- rolls | sy in 'Germany, and a good busi- i Team do af foes; | pt . an products, such as. flour, 1 on 1 18% 187se. | packing house products, evaporated to R0c; #lerces, \milk, boxed apples, and canned to 16de; tube 15 40 154at Fil nis : : Li 5 hy . ret en eer---- y steers; to $7.75; Arab-Jewish Entente Cordiale eer otoe, $0.35 tn $010. J sation yood, $5.75 to 8; do, med., $4.75 to do, com., $4.26 wR butcher A despatch from Jerusalem says:-- 63 3 "The first attempt at establishing what nners cut | : 6 iy tente cordial was made this week : bulls £holce: | when representatives of Arab $5. to $0.50: and a Jewish y Long clear bacon, 50! reney conditions has resulted in an are may amount to an Arab-Jewish en-| rived ue in 1924:and 1923 are. lows, respectively: Customs i | . P ; duties, $10,282,727.07 and : vl an increase of $407,828.20, Excise taxes, $10,289,029.69. and $10, 095,446.28, an increase of $143,688.81) { Excise duties, $8,119,207.65 and $2,» 486,100.28, an increase of $683,197.27 1 sundry collections, $05,275.26 an $110,086.91, a decrease of $14,760.65. |" For the ten menths--April, 1928, te January 81, 1924--and for the ten | months ending January 81, 1028, the . 'Customs and Excise revenues were as | follows, respectively: Customs import duties, $111,488,084.14 and $109,021, 160.45, an increase of $2,462,773.60; | Excise taxes, $106,011,020.66 and $884 069,619.02, an increase of $18,841. 401.04; Excise duty, $33,167,626,08 and $31,288,864.89, an increase of $1, 020,262.24; sundry collections, $1,146, 287.64 and $064,548.10, an increase of $181,780.85. Totals, $252,708,868.97 and $220,208,602.06, an increase of $28,4165,176.92, i Mp -- | SPECIAL COMMISSION TO FIX BOUNDARY | Terms of Fiume Settlement Officially Published -- An- nexation by Italy. A despatch frem Rome says: --The terms of the Flume settlement were officially published on Thursday morning. The chief points in the sets tlement are as follows: Both sides, realizing the impossibil ity of making Fiume a free city, agree te ita annexation by Italy, Italy recognizes Jugo-Slav sovereignty over Porto Barres and the Fiume delta, which she agrees to evacuate within two days after ratification of the sets tlement, A speelal commission will finally settle details of the frontier between Flume and Jugo-Slavia. It will mod. ify the Rapallo treaty line which gives Juge-Slavia a group of small villages. Italy will evacuate these towns when the line is definitely fixed, aly accords Jugo-Slavia a fifty year lease on that part of the por | of Flume called Thaon di Revel Basin, with exelusive, unlimited use of he magasines ealled the Grande Na and the Genova, together with a cent spaces, Jugo-Slavia will pay = yearly rent of one gold lira. Italian ships will be given freedom of transit threugh the adjacent Juge- Slavian waters upon payment of a yearly lease of ene gold dinar, RENIN | SMR Fight Malaria in Greece With Tons of Quinine A despatch from Washington says:--A shipment of 10,000,000 five. grain tablets and 2,000 pounds of powdered quinine will be sent from New York to Pleraeus by the Amer. fcan Red Cross on February 0th to | relieve the epidemic of malaria which ia threatening Greece. This shipment of more than five tons of quinine is the first to be sent to Greece, and one of the largest ever made. The donation of medicine was made in response to the cabled request of | the American Charge D'Affaires at | Athens, who has advised the State | Department of the urgent need of, | quinine with which to combat the rap-| | idly Increasing malaria epidemic. The, { United States diplomatic representa-! tive declared that more deaths are {reported from weakened resistance due to malaria than from malnutri.| tion. 1 ef : Fund Sought to Repair Damage of 1185; A despatch from London says:--It seems rather late in the day to appeal for funds to repair damage done by an earthquake in 1185, but that is what the Dean of Lincoln Cathedral, is now doing. The reason for the de- lay is that although cracks in the towers and naves of Lincoln Cathedral the earthquake of seven centuries they tere not actually discovered to. bo serious until just before the war. Soon after the armistice an effort estimates indicated, £17,000 having been spent on the first tower alone.