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across the Atlantic, 'made round-trip 'Ontario Cabinet Minister Had 4 wegretted. He was widely known and 'of life until he reached a position of 'agement to.those in"need. worker, a AR SS Newfoundland-Vancouver In Columbia 8s Planned By Atlantic Fliers New York.--Capt. J. Errol Boyd, of Toronto, who. piloted the monoplane Columbia on its second flight across ~ the Atisatic J few weeks'ago and is now its owner, will try within the next few weeks to fly the vessel with- out a atop from St. John's, Nfld, to Vancouver, B,C., according to John A. O'Brien, ter of Boyd's ocean flight. With Boyd will be Lieut. Har- ry Connor, his navigator on the At- lantic hop. The Columbia has twice been flown flights from New York to Havana and New York to Bermuda, and has been in a few crack-ups. ° It will be the first non-stop flight across Canada from ocean to ocean. Previous flights have started from easy stages to the Pacific Coast. Dismantled, the Columbia is now en route to Montreal on the liner Duchess of Bedford, which is also bringing Boyd and Connor back for their Mont- real welcome. The plane will be re assembled at Montreal. The exact date of the Stary has not been set. Animals Destroyed In Barn Fire Men Heard to Threaten They Would Start Blaze When Refused Entrance Richmond Hill, Nov. 16.--Police "were on. the lookout for two knights of the road, following an outbreak of fire in a barn owner by J. H. Dunlop and Son early this morning, in which $3,000 damage was caused. The pair Hon. Fred T. Smye Dead at Hamilton Been Ill Three Months Hamilton--Hon., Fred T. Smye, M.P.P. for West Hamilton and minis- ter without portfolio in the Ontario Cabinet, died shortly after four o'clock on Saturday afternoon at his home, 51 Aberdeen Avenue,' #As he had been ill for more than three months, his passing was not un- Montreal or Ottawa anil proceeded by are alleged to have threatened to destroy the buildings early Saturday) evening when James Bufler, man, refused to let them in. Although the sparks were blown by a fairly strong east wind, the brigade, under Chief H. J, Mills. pre- vented other buildings from catch-| ing fire except for the Dunlop house, which was slightly burned. Around eight o'clock Saturday night, Butler heard noises while making his| rounds of the buildings and discover- ed two hoboes at the loor. They de- manded to be allowed to enter. After telling them that he was unable to comply with their request, they de- manded money for food. Failing that, they said, they would get in by some' means, Butler closed the door, whereupon the palrihurled brick through a win- { dow with the parting threat that they would destroy the property. Butler notified Chief Sid. Barraclough, who faile¢ to find them after a diligent] search in the vicinity. At one o'clock Sunday morning, when the watchman was making his! rounds again, he noticed a fire over by a barn a quarter of a mile inao| expected, During the past week, he had but few conscious moments and hope for his recovery was abandoned by his physician a week ago Saturday. The funeral was held on Tuesday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock in the Church of the Ascension. Not only in Hamilton, but through- out Ontario and the Dominion the, death of Hon. Fred T. Smye will be had a host of friends. His success was entirely due to his undertakings, He advanced rung by rung on the ladder prominence and honor. Hon. Mr, Smye was, in the true sense of the term, a self-made man and, always mindful of his experiences and reverses in his <early struggles, was willing to extend & helping hand and words of encour- Wherever he served, his capacity for work and his keen executive powers wera pecognized, and the im- portant offices to which he was named were tributes to his ability. as an ad- ministrator. As a boy he took a keen interest in political affairs, and all his lifewwvas a staunch Conservative and an active The brigade was called, but the blaze had gained such headway barn was destroyed. Two horses, which had been remov- ed from the barn, wandered back in again to finish their slumbers and perished in the flames. Two cows were also destroyed. A freight train, north-bound, passed by after the fire and i: is thought the two wanderers escaped on it. [Iire- men suffered slight burns while fight- ing the blaze. that the, Elected in 1926 It was not until 1926 that he agreed to seek public office, although on numerous previous occasions he had béen urged to do so. In the provincial general election of that year he was elected by a substantial majority as the representative for West Hamilton, succeeding the late A, C, Garden, On Dec. 19, 1928, the West Hamilton M.P.P. was named Minister without portfolio in the Ferguson Government, which post he held at the time of his death. During his tenure of office he served on practically all important committees of the Legislature. The late Mr. Smye was a life-long member of the Church.of the Ascen- sion (Anglican) and his mother is the Lakes Are Lashed Storm Signals Fly and 100 watoh-| SS View of King and Queen as they drove down Whitehall in state coach during recent opening of British parliament, Expert Explains Foggy Weather Britain and Iraq Sign Friendly Pact | Warm Days, Cool Nights id Will Run For 2° 25 Years After: Considerable Moisture in Latter Joins League of Air Is Combination Nations "ns . W hich Brings Murky Bagdad, Traq.--In a special session Atmsophere the Iraq Chamber of Deputies recent-| ly ratified tha Anglo-lraq treaty by 6) Warm days, cool nights, plus con: 13, the Sen siderale moisture in the combination of circumstances, accord | ing to John Patterson, Meteorological Service Directar, is responsible for the heavy foz describ2d as rolling in on St. Catharines, and the duplicate condition experienced in Toronto, late! last week. Mr. Pattetson, however, would not concur in the statement from Si. Catharines that "there has been more fog this autumn than any one can re- member." He demurred in that con- nection: "People don't remember those things very long. The Meteorological Service Director could not predict the termination of the murky weather, but expressed the opinion that a change in the wind, heavy rain, cold, or warm sunshine would effect a change. In some re- spects, he said, the fog which South- The treaty, operative gue of Nations cognize the i in five years. new air bases, The equipment Great Britai ented by an mats. B 40 Mil G 1 ern Ontario hag been experiencing is We LCA, n fhe World . kind of radiation fog. at 1s sald o be the oldes y e ale a Y.M.C.A. in the world is in Glasgow, B.S Scotland, Here, in 1824, talking to Aged Bicyclist Hurt - a group of you when It provides for and to withdraw iraq will lease to Great Britain three ed by local troops at Britain" be British, ad it will be trained by iv a British advisory military take precedenc senses Glasgow Claims Oldest i ate subsequently voting air--this apnroval by 11 to 5. which will become Iraq enters the Lea- will run for 25 years. Great Britain to re- ndependence of Iraq, British troops with- which will be protect: expense of the Iraq army will mission. n also will Ambassador, e over all r will diplo- who ng an across a break- be repres- Englishmen Building Racer For International Speed Bid Captain Campbell Hopes to Exceed Ségrave Record with Car Being Secretly Constructed While U. S. Challengers Prepare With 300 Mile-an-Hour Craft London --"Somewhera in England" ting them built in America under lic a secret car is being built which Cap-| ense. Several light car manufact- tain Malcolm Campbell hopes to, urers have been approached and have create a new world's speed record. | signified approval of this project. The attempt will be made next year: Asked if he thought the present re- at Daytona Beach. cord of 231 miles an hour was likely Captain Campbell will christen the to be broken, he replied "Most cer- car Bluebird II. The greatest secrecy | tainly. I think," he added, "we are is being obsérved regarding the ar.| going to get far greater speeds in the Details of construction will not be near future." available for several months. Americans Prepare for Race .. Told of Rivals' Cars Hollywood, Calif.--Three hundred Captain Campbell said it was im- nilles an hour is the latest aim of portant that none of the competitors Americans who next February at should know anything about his car| Daytona Beach, Fla, will challenge at present, He said he had already] the motor car speed supremacy of learned that there would be two, or, Great Britain, possibly three. One car, he is in- Harlan Pengler and Peter DePaolo, formed, is a Packard with two en-| veteran speedway drivers, are wateh- gines totaling 2,500 horsepower, while; ing the construction of a car here Ee will have four Liberty en-! which it is hoped will develop such gines. Another car will have four en-| speed in an assault on 'he 231.36 gines, while an Australian competitor | viles an hour record of the lata Major, is building a car equipped with Napier Seg super-charged engines. The machine wil! be powered with Concerning his own car. Captain, two twenty-four cylinder, double igni Campbell said certain wind tests had, tion power units, which are to drive a been applied and all had proved satis. | body and chassis thirty-two feet in factory. The car is twenty-five feet! \angth. long and very low. It is under four; The body will be of the d feet in height from the driver's head experiments have to the ground. stable and non-resistant to alr, There are a number of peculiarities | hook-up of these two gisan gn that proved tue mosl but the motors, | 100 Million Fish Found in Michigan | powils of Salt Water Species That Swam Over Inland Sea Unearthed at Alpena Ann Arbor, Mich.--Discovery of fos- sils and plates and other parts from armored fish, sald to have existed and battled nearly 10),000,000 years ago, was made recently near Alpena it has been disclosed at the University of Michigan museum here by Professor E. C. Case who, with two other as- sociates, are making a study of the species. The fossils, first ever to be found im Michigan, were brought here by Pro. fessors Case, G. M. Ehlers and R. C. Hussey, after the trio had found them in a stone quarry in the northern part of the state. It is believed the find constitutes the first of its kind in his- tory and will prove to be of great scientific value. According to the museum head they were salt water fish, which swam over the present state of Michigan and sur- rounding territory in the great inunda- tions which at various times came from the Gulf of Mexico, the Artie | Ocean and the Pacific. From what data can be obtained the fish are said te have been heavily armed about the head with the rest of the body vir | tually unprotected. Although no definite estimate can | be made, it is thought the f reach. in.the car's construction, one of which | each of which develops 1,206 hor go.| ed a length of probably three and ones is expected to increase the comfort! power, will be something of a depar half feet and old records show tha ix and safety of pilots in airplanes, such! tyra from anything tried before ome cases they measured more than as Schneider trophy machines, as well] pe craft will have a four wheel] thirty feet. . An attempt will be mada as racing automobiles. In addition' drive, with one motor attached to thet to obtain a more comp laction to creating a new speed record, Cap-| front wheels and the other to the rear | of the prehistoric species tain Campbell hopes to help the Brit No jce-cooling system is contemplated Rt ish motor industry. as ordinary water cooling has proved . he said he realized that any suc- a in tests * | Gifts Little Girls Con Maka cessful attempt to set a world's speed Ihatoad ot" sllE casings: for. the As a nother of four girls, a int. record, apart from bringing prestige! o\ 1 aq used by Major Segrave, | ng is "give grandma and anus » $m to the country from which the cari oq vo niv cotton brie Ures. with] thing i have heen planning and | originated, could also be of great help] thin. rablar thrond: have beau teste i! stdying for several . weeks on just to the trade in that country, but i and found efficient $2 wat they could do or me Ras | know seemed to him that, in the past. it] Fenglor and DeFaolo hope to have that Grandma is Just ol shioned had seldom, if ever, been the direct | enough to want a square dust cloth cause of increased sales at Daytona Boach bv January 15, for 0 ate a he y th completed machine on the sand for her dusting. oldest living member of the congre- He held office there and also associated himself with the work of the Synod and Laymen's As- sociation, being president of the lat- gation to-day. ter body at the time of death, He was a director of the Commer: cial Travellers' Association of Canada for many years and chief officer for { Hamilton; past president of the Irish Protestant Benevolent Society, mem- i ber of the Masonic Order, Knights of , ; Pythias and Foresters, Hamilton Club, ! Royal Hamilton Yacht Club, Ancaster Golf and Country Club, Thistle Club and Canadian Club. Surviving besides his' mother are his widow and one son, Fred T. Smye, : site) min U. S. Workless Estimated at 3,400,000 in September Washington, Nov. ment was April, The total does not include persons working less than the normal work- day or work-week. "This figure is only an estimate," "It is based on the approximate number of 2,500,000 persons reported without jobs by the 'unemployment census of last April." Figures for October were not avail: able. but the department added that the number without work usually in' the department said. creases in that month, 16.--Unemploy- estimatel to-day by the commerce department at 3,400,000 in September, an increase of 900,000 over the census bureau's estimate of last By Motor in Chatham Chatham, Nov. 16--W., B. Wells, aged over 80, clerk of the division court here, 1s in St. Joseph's hospital unconscious 'and in a critical condi- tion, as a result of injuries suffered Saturday night, when, riding his bicycle toward his home on Victoria avenue, he was struck by a motor car driven by Clayton Mackness of Turnerville. The 'accident occurred at the intersection of Grand Avenue Wells is suffering from concussion of the brain, a fractura of the collar fast table, David ismith formed the Glasgow Y.M.C.A,, which later spread throughout Scotland, and in 1877 join- ed two other organizations Instru- mental in founding Y.M.C.A.'8 in Great Britain, France and America. The Glasgow Y.M.C.A. today has five large institutions in addition to a "Holiday House," built at a cost of about $200,000, and a permanent holl- day camp for its members. fini ciimiieoree A lady of haughty manier had just purchased a postage stamp at the Vessels Are Scudding For Shelter Chicago--A 40-mile-an-hour gale lashed fhe Great Lakes Sunday night in the first heavy storm of the Win- ter. Storm signals flew all over the lake region, ships scudded dor shelter and the waves 'pounded breakwaters and shore line buildings _disastrously, par- ticularly on the western edge of Lake Michigan where the storm centred. More than 100 boats were on the lakes. . The radio corporation flashed bone and cuts about the head, nose| substation. warnings to all equipped with wire ,,q jis. "Must 1 stick it on, myself?" she less. No ships reported themselves > asked. in distress, however, despite the ion ' : heavy: seas, It is written that the meek shall in-| "Positively not, madam," replied the clerk. "It will accomplish more if you stick it on the letter." herit the earth, and that's the only way they'llrever get It. A The edge of the, storm swept through Chicago, to blow down many chim- neys and signs. Sunday strollers spent much of thelr time chasing their hats, while motorists. . found them- selves in an unusual number of acci- dents because of the heavy wind. Temperature remained moderate, but the weather bureau predicted that theromometers would shortly drop precipitately. einen Monster of the Bush Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.--Nelson Me- Gregor of Blind River has shot the largest deer on record in Algoma. Tt weighed 325 pounds, dressed. The deer was shot near Lake Matinenda, and it took five men to remove the ~ ) monster from the bush, Champion Pullet Desert "Stonehenge" Found s By British Indian Officer Cairo.--A grim, rocky plateau, 6,000 feet high, like that described in Conan "Lost World," has been' ex- _ plored for the first time by Major 'Ralph Bagnold of the Indian Royal Signal Corps, who recently returned to Calro from the Libyan Desert. Major Bagnold 1s the first European to have set eyes on the plateau, which . wag first discovered by Arabs in 1923, land named Owenat. On top he found a 'people belonging to a negro tribe from Central Africa, Northeast of the tocks he. discovered y a remarkable 'before, Doyle's wena circle of stones, standing 3 feet high and 27 inches wide, similar in forma- tion to Stonehenge in England. The circle is in the desert mear the Su- danese border, 150 miles from the 'nearest water, The toute back to the Nile led alos | an old slave route, which was clearly marked by skeletons of camels, and there were mbre than 200 skeletons to every mile, Major Bagnold sald. Im- portant additions to the maps of the desert were made by Major Bagnold, 'who traversed territory never crossed h #: - i . Mr, and Mrs. Whiting of Port Kells, British Columbia, with champion wiiite leghorn pullet which laid 357 eggs in 395 days. Contest was held at Agassiz experimental farm. Wholesale provision dealers are quoting the following pr ices to retail --Hams, med., 28 to 36c; cooked loins, 48 to H2c; smoked rolls, 34c; breakfast bacon, 26 to 40c; backs, pea-mealed, 34c; 20 smoked, 44 wo H0c. Pork loins, 24%c; shoulders, butts, 22c; hams, 20 to 22¢. meate--Long clear bacon 50 to 70 1bs., 22¢; 70 to 90 lbs., 20c; 90 to 110 Ibs., 9c Heavyweight rolls s, 40c; lightweight rolls, 25c¢. Lard--Pure, tierces, 16%c; tubs, 17c; pails, 17%c; prints, 18 to 18%¢. Shortening--Tierces, 12%ec; tubs, 13c; pails, 13%ec. Special pastry shortening--Tierces, 15c; tubs, 16%ec; pails, 16¢. GRAIN QUOTATIONS Grain dealers on the Toronto Board of Trade are making the following quotations for car lots: Manitoba wheat--No 1 hard, No. 1 Northern, 72¢; No. 2 do, 69 No. 3 do, 67¢ (c.iif. Goderich and Bas 19¢; 72 ports). Man. oats--No, 1 feed, 30%ec; No. 2, 281%ec. . Argentine corn--T4e (cif. Port Colborne). Millfeed, del, Montreal freights, bags included-- Bran, per ton, $21.25; shorts, per ton, $22.25; middlings, $29.25. Ontario grain-- W heat, 68¢; barley, 83c; oats, 28¢; rye, 46¢; buckwheat, Paralysis Deaths Total 50 to Date Dis-| 625 Cases Are Reported ease Now on Wane, | Officials Say Infantile paralysis has taken a toll of 50 lives this year out of a total of 625 cases, as compared with 529 cases and 26 deaths in 1929, officials of the department of health revealed recent ly. ' » That the disease is definitely on wane was shown, officials said, by the | fact that for the week ending Nov.| 8, only 17 cases were"reported in tho | province. Four deaths were includ ed in this number. occurred In Toronto. In October there were 174 cases and | 18 deaths in Ontario a+ compared with 105 cases and five the similar period in 1929. is falling off at the rate of 10 cases a week, it was said Ten of the cases | deaths for The disease penn American women's anuual beauty bill is $750,000,000, indicating that women are running Into big figures 5dc. trying to avoid them. Cattle of | 'uture May Have w= Specially Prepared Diet Ottawa. --Balance. dicts for cattle, so that more and juiclai ~teaks may re- sult, is a subject being Investigated here at the Central Dominion experi: mental farm. Just exactly what. hap- pens wher a steer swallows food and how it is transformed into choicg cuts of prime beef is a matter that science ing odd and unfamiliar accoutrements, Digestion stalls arg being used to determine the digestibility of certain foods -- whether a certain type of clover hay produces better or worse beef steak than another variety. It's all a question of balanced diets, the sclentists say, and with the aid of the strange-looking equipment they hope | a teat pitched in tha doo So one girl is mak ing dust cloths from 38-inch squares Plans Demonstration Here jon spins, : 5 | of cheesecloth. The hems are being British light cars, he ferls, are} It has not been decided who WHHL fished with the running stiteh in supreme, and his idea is to take with pil » the racer, DePaolo has driven contrasting color--lavender for ona, him when he leaves for the United | since 11 He won the nali wal driv- green and yellow for the other two States several of these cars with al inz c! pionship_in 1925 These are to be folded in neat Squares view to demonstrating their capabili- Fangler never has appeared on the aud tied with satin ribbon In tis | ties with the udtimate object of get-!sjeedways since an Injory in 1 | combined colors Ee = | One girl put two 12-inch M k HAY AND STRAW PRICES | of the cheese cloth together, The ar ets Dealers in hay and straw are offer-| the edges in. and fini shed sr ing shippers for carload lots delivered, | button Mole stitch in colo PRODUCE QUOTATIONS t ack, Toronto, the following prices: | butterfly was outlined in one corner . i ; No. timethy hay, ton, 814; No.| and this made a very pleasing wash Toront» dealers are buying pt yduce 3. do Q + ar} straw | ix fo ; o . ¢ i ices yD ¥ ! »| cloth The third girl found a plain at the following prices: ton, $8: : 2 - ip ound > Eggs--Ungraded, returned, ! piece of medium stiff bristle board fresh extras, 50 to fresh firsts, pasted a small calendar in one corner 46 to 48c; seconds, 28 to 30¢; pullet | and printed a cute verse beside it extras, 40 to 42c. ste 4 A group picture of the four girly was Butter--No. 1 Ontario creamery | to toad. i mounted in the centre and a pretty solids, 30 to 30%c¢; No. 9 ! butcher heifers, choi ribbon run through the top and tied Churning cream--Special, 33c; No. $7.50; do. fair 2 goad, $6 Ue ate a how Tiers. handy. litte cal 1, 32¢; No. 2, 29¢c. do, com., $4 . butcher COWS ler ; A 5 4 pi ig : Cheese--No. 1 large, colcred, HRT good to choice, $ : do, med. endar yw Grandma's « cis full o fined and government graded, 14% to 1.50; canners an d ¢ utte rs, $ emaorie » 15c. butcher bul I'he fourth girl, only th ears old, . Quotations to poultry shippers. are do, bolor wanted to do something, too So, as follow with mothet's help in guiding her Poultry, alive--Fatted hens 5, over H 205 stocke small fingers, she took a red plece of Ibs., 19¢; over 4 to 5 lbs. 3 goud to ch [ blotting paper. also ong in & 3% to 4 'Ibs., 13¢; under | & i ed, $10 to ous vel These were r chickens, over 5 lbs., 18¢; over ? do, gra ar An Bit 0 . ee Bos, 15c; over 4 to 4% Tos 34, 50; ilke 5515 Bor a v Ng Tan eu nd Fuh fing is 13¢; under 4 lbs, 1lc. Broilers, 1% | $60 to $100; lambs, choice, And yellow Hn Ns, wae x ng oy to 21% lbs, 17c. Ducklings (white), buck lambs, $6 to 7; sheep, | done, too, . she hoasted s ie over 5 1k 16¢; over 4 to 5 Ibs., i] $4.50; hogs, basen, w.oc., | grandma - will have a wouderfu colored, . less, Geese and turkey s,| $11; do. trucked in, Hoc C sri Christmas' this yvear.--A Reade ntarket prices, w.o.c.; do, butchers, Tie per i Gun waite - i re > -- count Do, selects, $1 pev~hog prem PROVISION PRICES. tam | Indian Couple Prefer Tent In Winter purks, S.D.--White men may seak the shelter of houses and the warmth of a modern furnace when winter comes, Lut Planty Hor and his wife, full-blooded Sioux It ns, n Win- ner, S.D., express their preference for the tents in which their forefathers lived. The aged couple, who have probably annlver- live In rd of the golden wedding than ten y passed their by more sary log house which the g« aut pro. vided for them in 187% ither cam' speak English, but through au inter preter, Planty Horse made it known that he and his 8 are more old campfire nly They eat ym and » a hlanket ta than eighty 'vears y over a a ke on t ound with protect them, REEISRT e "During the past ten y The Optimeter," "some § tle, 51,081 calves, 696,345 hogs, 258,- 044 sheep and 15,112 horses were handled through the Moose Jaw acs yards, according to figures compu Saskafchewan by the Southern Co- operative Stock Yards. © In othee words, more sheep and swine were handled through the local yards im the period under review than the ea- tire number of sheep and swine pres- ent in Saskatchewan in 1929." Im that year there were in Saskatchewan 1,166,913 cattle, 207,651 sheep, 599, 099 swipe and 1,122,7 horses. ------ As the express thundered through : a wayside station one of the passen- rs leaning out of a window oveg: falanced and fell out of the tram' Fortunately, he landed on a heap of sand and did not do himself a 53 sd deal of harm. A porter went to rescue. "What am I going to do now?" asked the victim, rubbing himself ten. derly. The porter picked up his {8 probing. For the purpose an elabor-| to devise a diet that will make certain | ticket, which had fallen to the ground. ate mechanical contrivance has been constructed in which four he £3. rae locking bullocks stand all day, wear- Canadian beef #0 desirable the rést of gerious-| the world will ba willing to pay almost any price to secure a cut of it, "You're all right, mister," he said, casually, "This ticks. allows a break | of journey."