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ing ana ties ast. of The 1. = VurlAWA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 192 PAGE SEVEN PRINCE OF WALES VISIT SCENES OF BRITAIN'S MISERY /Heir to Throne Spends Day Tramping in Hunger Districts N Eng, Jan, 31.=If the Prince of Wales cver encountered more mud than yesterday, it surely must have been while he was in ac- tive service in Flanders. His day was spent in a number of mining villages, some distance from Newcastle, which are in an even more woeful state than those visited Tuesday. Soon af- ter leaving his car, the Prince pau- sed to turn up his trousers, but the oozy fluid penetrated his socks and covered his ankles, Not long afterward 200 children were paraded before him at his re- quest. Many of the little tots had only canvas shoes until more substan- tial ones are provided out of the Lord Mayor's. Fund, The whole tour yesterday was con- ducted under conditions of informal- ity and unexpectedness, similar to the arrangements Tuesday, The Prince's program was known to no one out- side himself and his sccretary. As Tuesday, the cottagers, despite their overty, in every case returned his earty handshake with a smile, and readily accorded him access to their dwellings. One good woman indeed protested, he 1 children are not dressed yet, re" 3 "Never mind," answered the Prince, catching up from the threshold a 2- year-old toddler in a grubby night- dress, At Seaton Burn, the Prince found a colony where the men had had on- ly ten months' work in five years, Nevertheless, yesterday's tour was not entirely depressing. At Ashington the Prince saw a model collie which was doing fairly well throug its overseas trade. He took luncheon in a sandwich shop there, At Wall- send he found 400 young miners learning the hairdressing business, while they receive the national un- employment pay and a training al- nce of 60 cents a day, Yesterday was the second day of 'the Prince's informal inspection of the distressed mining areas of Eng- land. As patron of the Lord Mayor's Fund which has been raised for the miners' relief, his Royal Highness wants to get first-hand knowledge of nditions, He drops in on the min- ng villages unexpectedly in order that nothing may be done to conceal e true conditions, and tramps a- ut visiting the miners and their fa- ilies in their cottages, LE DISTRIBUTED IN 46 LANGUAGES oronto, Jan, 31, -- Published in y languages and carried to the rmost parts of the earth, 146,929 es of the Scriptures were cireu- during the year 1928, by the r Canada Bible Society, was striking report presented at ighty-ninth annual meeting held tly. Since its foundation fin 'A the society has circulated 4, 6 copies of the Scriptures, The miation of 1928, which shows an ewca mn of copies of the Seriptures society was the provision of 169 cgbles in Braille, and 33 in Moon, for 'he blind, and foreign Scriptures In 46 languages. Free grants of Beriptures were made by the Board pf Directors to numerous organiza- tions and institutions, The financial report stated that the total receipts for sales of Seriptures during the year totalled $29,969.04, including rounter sales, $5,652.73; customers' sccounts, $12,433.65; colportage, $11, 723.11, and branch depositories at $169. The income through the Agency Department for the year to- alled $58,132.75, including Toronto, $11,239.85; outside, $46,892.90. Among the officers are: Theron &ibson, President; Rev. Canon T. R. .D'Meara, 1st Vice-President; P. W, 0. Broderick, Treasurer; Grant Hel- liwell and Rev. John McNicol, B.A, B.D., Honorary Secretaries; Cyril G. Btevens, Business Manager and Min- ste Secretary. Becretary, DECLINE EXPECTED IN AGRICULTURAL PROSPERITY IN US. Washington, Jan. 31.--A warning that the prices of beef cattle have reached their peak, and that fresh meat may be supplanted in the food markets of this country by vege- tables and dairy produets, prediction that competition from Canada and other countries will weaken the world market for export grain, a hint that the hited States Government expects a decline in prosperity in the United States within 12 months, all are contained in the "agricultural outlook for 1929, prepared by the staff of the bureau of agricultural economics assisted by representatives of agricultural colleges and extension services." The report predicts that in spite of continued unemployment there will be no significant decrease in the purchasing Jove for agricultural products in Great Britain next year. Discussing foreign competition the report says: "The tendency toward expansion in wheat production is particularly noticeable in Canada and Argentina, It seems probable, how- ever, that the low prices prevailing during the present year may cause some curtailment in wheat acreage for® 1929-1930." No immediate effect is anticipated from gradually increas- ing wheat acreage in Russia, says the report, STERN MEASURES AGAINST THREAT OF COMMUNISTS Announcement Made by the Viceroy of India in Speech From Throne New Delhi, India, Jan, 31.--His Excellency Lord Irwin, Viceroy of India, in the Speech from the Throne at the re-openi of the A bly expressed the relief felt throughout India at the news of the King's pro- ress, His Majesty had enthroned imself in the hearts of his people, who prayed he might be spared for many years to guide their destinies, jis Tv added. It was emphasized the policy of the government would be scrupulous non-intervention in Afghanistan. An earnest hope was expressed for the early restoration of peace and order in the turbulent state so that India would again have on her northwest frontier a peaceful, strong and united country, Lord Irwin also announced the appointment of a royal commission to investigate labor problems in In- dia, with Rt. Hon. J. H. Whitley, former Speaker of the British House of Commons, as chairman, Mr. Whitley has special qualifications, having been the first merchant--a cotton-spinner--in 650 years to oc- cupy the Speakership and having been the originator of the joint coun- cils for settlement of industrial dis- putes in Great Britain, The government has decided to reintroduce proposals to deal with Communist agents from abroad, in- cluding provision of power to con- fiscate or cofitrol remittances from Communist sources outside India, the Viceroy continued, This forecasts sterner measures to deal with the Communist threat in India, A previously-drawn up pub- lic safety bill, rejected by one vote in the assembly last year, provided for removal from India of Bolshevist agents who were not Indian or Bri- tish subjects or subjects of the In- dian states. PARAGUAY READY TO SUBMIT TO HAGUE Asuncion, Paraguay, Jan. 31.--Dr. Geronimo ~~ Zubizarreta, Paraguay foreign minister, commenting to the United Press on Bolivia's recent pro- posal to submit the Chaco difficulties to the World Court, at the Hague, said Paraguay had repeatedly signi- fied her readiness to submit the question to any arbitral proceedings with a view to gaining a peaceful settlement, However, Zubizarreta said he be- lieved the present proceedings on the protocol before the Washington Pan American conference ought not to be hindered in any manner, bag of Snowdrift Flour. wheat. It is a gitent Flour, MAKES BEAUTIFUL BREA AND BISCUITS Luck with your Baking goes with Ssowdrift Flows. STANDARD MILLING CO. OF CANADA LIMITED Toronto, Montreal, Quebec, Saint John, Halifax WW SNOWRIT EARY has touched her wand to every PALLISER AND EMPRESS EXTENSIONS Q ver the signature of E, W. Bea man and president of the Pacific Railway, has come the announcement extensions are to be made to the otel at Calgary and the Em '] that lar Palliser Hotel at Vancouver and that the accommodation will be ready for occupancy before the peak of the present years tourist This is good news, not only to the irectly concerned where a total of more than four million dollars will be spent in the work, but to a vast legion in all corners of the earth to whom the Canadian traffic, two cities more West is a lodestone, When Calgary read of the four floors which wi , chairs anadian additional additional add 200 rooms with bath to the city's accommodation it thought of Stampede week, and the thousands who pour in from all points of the compass, clamourin; for accommodation and joining the mill of Cow week and sport of the early 80's, Its tr , Indians and old-timers who for one op back to the color, romance, gaiety Calgary is a steadily progressive city, e and commerce continue to expand, It is a great city of the plains and the Palliser will be as spacious and beautiful as is fitting to city and the times, The "Empress" addition of 270 rooms with bath shown above will also be appreciated by an ever in- number to whom the quiet English city of the Pacific coast holds annual appeal, The new wing creasi When these will be a beautiful structure carrying out the chateau | Canadian owned w e of architecture exemplified by the old building, en, however, its walls become ivy clad and its stone lines and traceries are covered by the foliage world, it will lose nothing and fit still more with the back- ground of holly hedges and box-wood trimmings, Canadians may take still more pride in a chain of from coast to coast an comfort and appointments is second to none in the two extensions are completed, rated hotels which extends in point of view of service, and o RADIO TELEPHONY MAY BE UTILIZED FOR U.S. AIRFLAKES Great Lakes, Ili, Jan, 31 -- Radio te.ephony is expecied to re- place telegrapuy in government communication with commercia; airplanes in trans-continen ai light, Broadcasting stations, it has been announced at the na,al train- ing station here, will be piaced in operation by the deparument o. Commerce at a dozen poin s along the transcontinental airway route. Already stations for raulo te.e- phone conversation with planes have been established at Cleve- land, Bellefonte, Pa,, and Hadley PFie.d, N.J. Other stations will he se, up in Chicago, Bryan, Ohio, Omaha and North Platte, Neir., Cheyenne and Rock Springs, Wyo., Balt Lake City, Eiko and Reno, Nev,, and Oakland, Cal, At hourly intervals this chain of stations will send out weather reports and information on land- ing conditions to aircraft in flight, STEEL USED IN NEW RAIL FREIGHT CARS Radical Construction Changes by Displacement of Wood Montreal, Jan, 31, -- Steel is re- placing wood in freight service and 7,600 of the new freight ears now on order for the Canadian Pacific Railway will set a new standard in grain and general freight service, it id learned here, The new cars, wi a capacity of 2,000 bushels of wheat will have little, if any, more weight than the familiar box CATS, and besides giving longer service will enable the grain movement to be speeded up. Leakage will be eliminated, as the riveting of all Joints and connections eliminates all nails and screws, giving a perman- ently tight car with greater rigidity. The roof is of steel. Inside the cars will be lined with wood. A new type of truck with a east steel frame wil give an additional degree of safety, These truck side frames which have been introduced as a new standard of the Canadian Pacific are one integral casting, the elimination of parts in the cars as a ' whole being one of the most - worney features, ate orty feet, six inches in length, b eight feet, seven inches in height, ro eight feet, seven inches and a half wide, the cars will be loaded through fivefoot side doors to a eapacity of 120,000 pounds, PHYSICIAN HAS AN EXCELLENT RECORD Scarboro, Ont., Jan .31.--A re- cord surely has been made by Dr. R. Hunter Robinson, of this place, 82 years of age. He is the oldest sur- viving house surgeon of Toronto pital. Type of the be- loved family physician, born in Brad- ford, Ont, he specialized in "help- ing those suffering mental afflic- tion" Every Thursday he visits the Queen Street Asylum and ministers to the patients" taking with him Madame Jones, a well-known Toron- to contralto, who sings to the unfor- tunate ones. Thus he chooses to give benefit of his matured experi- ence to mental and nervous cases, ng whom he has been singular- 14 Celiina St. SOLD IN USHAWA BY COOPER SMITH COMPANY ly successful for many years. During his 54 years of practice he never lost 2 mother or infant in upwards of 1200 maternity cases which he attended. USUAL DECREASE IN EMPLOYMENT Pronounced Curtailment Noted On First Of New Year Ottawa, Jan, 31.--As is customary at the beginning of the year, em- ployment on Jan. 1, 1929, showed a pronounced curtailment which involy- ed practically the same proportion of the aggregate staffs as that indi- cated on Jan, 1, 1928. Activity in re- cent months has been at an excep- tionally high level, so that many em- ployers took advantage of the oppor- tunity of closing their entire plants during the holiday season for neces- sary repairs and inventories, as well as to provide a vacation for their staffs. The year-end epidemics of in- fluenza which prevailed in many arcas, also resulted in reduced em- ployment. Despite these factors, the situation continues better than on the corresponding date in any other year since the record was instituted in 1920. The Dominion Bureau of Statistics tabulated returns from 6,358 firms, whose payrolls declined 918,780 at the beginning of January. persons, Manufacturing, construction, trans- portation, mining and logging report- ed pronounced seasonal contractions as 'compared with December, while trade and services registered im- provement, Drop in Quebec All provinces recorded declines those in Quebec and Ontario, where manufacturers are especially import- ant in the industrial distribution, be- ing most extensive. There was a further and larger re- cession in employment in the Mari- time provinces, chicfly in manufazc- ting and construction, while mining was also rather slacker. On the other hand, logging and transportation showed seasonally heightened activ- ity. Statements were received from 494 firms cmploying 068,688 persons, compared with 72,149 at the begin- ning of December, tions had heen noted on Jan. 1, 1928, but the index was then several points lower. The decrease in Quebec was less than on the same date in 1928, and the situation continued much more favorable than on Jan. 1 of any other year since this series was instituted in 1920. Manufacturing (notably of tobacco products, food, lumber, pulp and paper, electric current and build- ing materials), construction and transportation reported especially pronounced losses, but the tendency was also downward in logging, min- ing and trade. In many cases, opera- tions will have been resumed early in the new year. The labor forces of the 1,420 co-operating employers ag- gregated 251,092 workers, as against 272,588 on Dec. 1, 1928. Greatest Decline Manufacturing, construction and transportation showed the greatest curtailment in Ontario. Within the manufacturing division, textiles, food, iron and steel and Jumber reported the most extensive shrinkage. Log- ging, however, recorded an advance, and trade, though mot at the pre- Christmas peak, was nevertheless con- siderably busier than at the begin- ning of December. A combined pay- roll of 391,422 persons was employed by the 2918 firms whose returns were received, and who had 415613 on their staffs on Dec. 1. These con- tractions involved a rather smaller proportion of the reported employes than was the case on Jan. 1, 1928, while the index continued higher than on the same date in other years 1 of the record. from 983,698 persons on Dec. 1 to a decrease of approximately 65000 Smaller reduc- | ESTABLISHES SCHOOL The Pas, Man., Jan, 31,--S8trand- ed at Port Nelson on his way to vork Factory owing to the early treeze-up, a school teacher, to pass the time, started a school for Cree Indians at Nelson. Though quite unofficial and possibly temporary, it is neverthel:ss a well-establish- FOR CREE INDIANS |p PRACTICE OF GRAIN MIXING DISCUSSED Saskatchewan Farmer Gives Royal Commission Historical Review Moose Jaw, Sask, Jan, 31.---Sit- tings of the Saskatchewan Grain Ine quiry Commission at this point came to a close yestenday with 25 wit- nesses having given evidence since the inquiry opened: on Wednesday last. The chief witness of the closing day, J. A, Mamarg, for over 20 years a det in the agricultural world of the province, and for a dozen years head of the old Grain Growerg' As- sociation of Saskatchewan. : Mr, Mamarg gave to the commis- sion an historical review of what has led up to the practice of mixing of grain in the private terminals at the head of the lakes, submitting that the creation of the sample wheat market years ago was the direct cause, "Mixing did not come as the result of the Turgeon Commission," he said, The introduction of the sample mar- ket system was bound to bring with it the practice of mixing. Some o the leaders of the farmers' movement 20 years ago, myseli among them, saw this quite clearly, and we fought the sample market day and night, It came, however. It has gone, and has left us the heritage of a practice which is seriously threatening the supremacy of Canadian wheat on the markets of the world," Mr. Mamarg strongly urged the commissioners to carry their investi- gations to the Old Country in order that they might ascertain at first hand the value of the Canadian cer- tificate final, now being called into question by the importers, and also just what happens to Canadian wheat to cause it to reach the importing countries in an allegedly degraded condition. ; Considerable evidence was given of "dirty" grain cars, the charge being made that one farmers' organization has to pay $4 a car in order to make them fit for conveying grain from country points, U.S. WOMAN TO GIVE EVIDENCE IN BRITAIN London, Jan, 31.--The Daily Ex- ress said that Southampton police investigating the murder of Vivian "PIONEER OF PIONEERS" IS DEAD; WAS WELL OVER CENTURY MARK Peace River, Alta, Jan. 31.--Felix Shaw, known throughout the north as "Old Akenum," whose travels are said to have taken him into evefy nook. and corner of western and northern Canada, died here recently. His exact age was unknown, but friends believe he was well past the century mark. He could speak flu- ently all native dialects of northern tribes as well as French, but he never mastered English sufficiently to converse with any but intimate friends, and he could neither read nor write. : Up to within a few weeks before . his death he would shoulder a heavy rifle and get a moose or deer within a few hours. Traveling at a pace envied by many younger men, over the hills and through the bush tirc- lessly, he never returned empty , handed. As a young man Felix Shaw ace companied Lord Simpson as canoe man along the Red River course and along the other numerous waterways selected by the old Hudson's Bay company officials at that time, To sightscers here he would be pointed out and receive much atten- tion as Priam the oldest human be- ing in the north country, His friends say he was the pioneer of all pion- eers. Nessiter, New York tunnel engineer, were turning to a New York woman for aid, and might summon her from America. The woman's name has not been revealed but she had previously fig- ured in the investigation as the au- thor of - letters found on Nessiter's body and was described as a middle aged woman who was a lecturer at an American University. {| QUEBEC TREASURER WARNS SPECULATORS Quebec, Jan, 31.--"The new year begins under favorable aus- pices, financial and commercial leaders who have surveyed the git- uation all being enthusiastic over the future of Canada," declared Hon. Jacob Nicol, Provincial Trea- surer, in the course of his Budget speech delivered in the Quebec Legislative Assembly Tuesday, The Minister announced a sur- plus of $1,986,557, after $1,000, 000 of revenue had heen used to reduce debt, "I took occasion to say last year that easy money had induced many of our people to enter the specu- lating field, Warnings have been given by well-informed men, men in authority, but all this has gone by the board, It is evident that this speculation cannot go on for- ever, and I fear that some wh may not he able to lose will be caught in the end. We believe that the money which has gone to swell the paper value of stocks could be better employed in the de- velopment of our basic industries, '"Hydro-electric ' developments have placed Canada, and more par- ticularly Quebec, among the lead- ing producers of the world, We hope that as a result Montreal, Quebec and our other cities will be able to enjoy as cheap power and light as can be had anywhere." REWARD RESCUERS OF FLORIDA. GREW $12,000 Distributed Between Captain, Mate and Life- boat Men New York, Jan, 81,--The rescu- ers of the Italian freighter Flori- da have some $12,000 material re- ward for their heroism. The funds were raised through public subscription by Paul Block, newspaper publisher. Capt, George Fried of the rescue ship America received $5,000; Chief Of- ficer Manning, who commanded the lifeboat that took off the 32 mem- hers of the Florida's crew, $2,600; and $4,600 was divided among the eight members of the lifeboat's crew and chief wireless operator, Additional contributions are ex- pected to make funds available for evéry member of the America's crew, In addition Capt. Fried probab- ly added a neat sum to his income by his endgrsement of a brand of cigarettes, ed seat of learning. So eager are the Cree s~holars and so quickly are they learning Engish that a movement is now qn foot to have the provincial gov- ernment aid in making the school permanent, Al the beginning the ' teacher knew no Cree and his pupils were 1uablo to speak English Patlent- ly the teacher overcame this handi- cap by the use of objects, He would hand something to a scho- lar, saying: "You take this." Then he would say "give it to me." It wes not long before the pupills understood the meaning of the woids, and sho tly the whole class was "giving" and "taking" and talking English while doing so. SWITZERLAND AS CANADIAN MARKET Trade Balance Heavily in Favor of Dominion, Reports Show Montreal, Jan, 31.--According to Swiss statistics, it was learned trom the Swiss Consulate this | morning, Swiss trade with Cana- da shows a heavy balance in favor of the Dominion. Wheat accounts for 90 per cent. of the total Cana- dian imports, with additional small quantities of rubber goods, fish, and miscellaneous manufac- tured articles. As a purchaser of Canadian goods the position of the Swiss Republic is not appreciated in the Dominion owing to the bulk of Can- ladian exports which are consum- ed there being shown in statistical publications as shipments to sea- board coutries, which, in actual point of fact, are only points of transhipment. In 1927 the imports of the coun- try, per capita, reached $124.73 and the exports $98.43, thus making an aggregate of $223.16--a figure which is only exceeded in Europe by the Netherlands and Denmark. Switzerland imported more goods thap either the Union of South Africa or Brazil, although they are many times greater in size. Its exports for 1927 exceeded 'those of either South Africa or New Zealand and were equal roughly to almost one-third of Canada's total export trade. 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