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biography of queen biary ikew forest fires i i in thunder bay written by exfactory girl from factory girl to queens bog- was this fact which decided the ex- rapher is a big step put st is one which factory girl to writs to the queen and t in stirling township andi other in pic river country port arthur ont two nev forest fires in the district were reported to latter given the entree into tho royal homes twelve years ago miss woodward in england and scotland and intro- worked in a south london collar fac- duced to i eoe who had known the tory when the war came she joined queen in her cbilciaod and who had the womens auxiliary army corps been her friends n girlhood the wacs as they were known j as might be expected hiss wood- throughout the british army and rose ward was able to glean a lot of in to be quartermastersergeant when teresting information at windsor cas- the wacs were disbanded she went j te york cottage at sandringham and to south africa working her passage at balmoral the home of britains as a stewardess and it was not until a year or so ago that she returned to london and was taken with the great idea of writing an intimate life of her queen iskly but ihv damage is at present unknown the other is in the pic river country i north of heron bay this fire vasi spotted by hydroplane and men were taken to the scene by planes to reach the firo it was necessary forj tho r to land on whit fish lake following which they eft orf an overland trip of three miles the fire in stirling township has ben under observation for some days royal family when they are in scot land- a year was sient in collecting i i ii but leaped into ferocity fanned by a a mass of material and then the book l jj written the biographer sent it to high wind sandrlngham where the queen was i though much is published about the staying doth the king and queen saying and doings of the prince of read it carefully and they were so wales and his brothers and sister few pleased with the way it was done that people know very much about the inti- they at once gave their consent to its mate life of their royal mother and it publication britains war loans factory blaze injures 13 workmen trapped by flames in quebec village of ste therese vic tims jump from windows montreal thirteen workmen were injured one of whom may die when fire thought to have been caused by a spark from an electric motor de stroyed the piano and gramophone factovy of the colonial piano com pany limited at ste therese about 19 mie3 north of montreal tho flames also destroyed a large water tank of the canadian pacific rail way and burned down some sheds the damage was estimated by ovila hogue secretarytreasurer of the colonial firm at 175000 partly covered by insurance the victims were injured when they were trapped by the flames follow ing an explosion in the top floor of -j- rm j c who is premier of the new government the buiding the men jumped from onh dr w w yen windows or hed on to the sill with the flames licking their hands and of peking a reconstitution of the cab inet of which he was head in 1924 before marshal feng yu hsiang he- faces until ladders could b raised to rescue them the functions of president tsao moiso binette 47 is not expected t t i kun who resigned may 1 to live from injuries he sustained whan ho jumped he and another workman had leaped together and collided as they were taking off with the result that binette landed on his back ho was unconscious when picked up a priest was summoned after binette had been carried to i came dominant the new cabinet as- paris accepts boots in satin kid and silk on march 31 last great britain had outstanding war oans to allies and dominions aggregating 1991- 8sscc0 of these loans 12s238000 were duo from her dominions and col onic chiefly from australia new- zealand and south africa accord ing to advices received from the brit ish information service australia owed s686g000 new zealand owed 28348000 and south africa 11 884000 interest is being paid on all of these loans and in the cases of australia and new zealand an annual sinking fund of the loans to allies 329713000 is stated to be funded and 1533- 937000 unfunded the most impor tant of tho funded ioans is 274750- 000 to italy upon which agreed an nuity payments are being made such payments are aso being made on the 31250000 funded debt of roumania smaller amounts for relief and recon struction aggregating 20369000 arc repayable by installments on princi pal and interest and the same is true of an amount of 3344000 for debts due from southern european coun tries the important unfunded debts are those from russia and france russia is officially stated to be indebted to great britain in the sum of 794- 505000 and france in tho sum of 647106000 less important loans still unfunded are 31400000 due from the serbcroatslovene king dom 23733000 from portugal and 21167000 from greece austria owes for relief- and reconstruction 11887000 the payment of which has been postponed until january 1 after some hesitation paris soe decided in favor of boots and 1 1943 other sums of un neighboring house and the last rites custom shoemakers are making them i amountg are due from the smaller of his church administered 1 ln salln kkl and si f piking re- j countries for a time the entire portion ofjp ami even for danc one st therese lying on the side of of tha ieaa makcrs has designed a canadians honored for achievements toronto professor mclennan and doc- man wheatno 1 north 158 tor charles a d roberts j n s j n 3 north receive royal society j man oats no 2 cw nominal no mllc 8 e quoted no 1 feed 48c no meaaib feed 47c westorn grain quota- ottawa two prominent cana- tions in cif bay ports dians a scientist and an author were am corn track toronto no 2 honored by the royal society of can- 8 3 yellow 83c ada when they liflrtl medals emblematic of outstanding rforts mid achievements in their ine of work 4025 good feed flour per bag 230 iv a parks of toronto president ont oats 44 to 46c fob shipping of the association presented the fla- i points velle medal to professor j c me- ont good milling wheat 134 to lennan of the university of toron- 130 fob shipping points accord ing to freights to and the lome pierce medal to dr charles g d roberts author and poet tho favelle medal donated by sir joseph flavelle for meritorious achievements in science was award ed to professor mclennan not so much for individual achievement as for his consistent fine service in the cause of medical service in toronto he had built up a laboratory that was of inestimable value to canada and the united states dr parks mentioned particularly prof mc- lennans work in extracting helium from natural gas and more recent ly his brilliant discoveries in regard to light from tho aurora borealis during tho war prof mclennan was scientific adviser to the government and it was safe to say now that many of his devices for the discov ery of submarine bombs had assist- ed materially in ending the war dr parks in presenting the lome royalty coming on tour p medal to dr roberts gave within the next fortnight washing- a resume of the authors achieve- ton will welcome crown prince gus- j mmts ad expressed the hopo that fav adolphus and crown princess hq would res in canada in future louise most recent photographs of j dr roberts wa born in frederic- whom aro shown above the crown ton n b and mated at t uni- prlnce who is heir apparent to the versity ojf new brunswick but for throne of sweden will unveil the john a mlmber of vears had resided erickson memorial and then tour the j england united states and canada ho is a sportsman and athlete of ability and i an intellectual of the first rank the crown princess is a first cousin of king george v formerly lady louiso jlountbatten half and half customer i want something suit able for a birthday present salesman well sir we advertise to supply anything from a pin to an elephant customer well show me some thing between the two canada furnishes more than half the worlds exports of wheat in 192526 tho railroad track containing the factory seemed doomed and aid was summoned from montreal later this danger was warded off and the ftre confined to its immediate area divorces in canada total 551 in 1925 in 1924 the total number in dominion was 543 ottawa canada established a ro- cord during 1925 in the number of i divorces granted in any ywr since confederation a total of 551 final high boot in glazed kid it is neither russian nor wellington- ian apparance but essentially parisian and voted to be very chic for a prom- enado ln the bois a paris dress maker who has boon called the best dressed woman in tho city is wearing boots for evenings these evening boots are magnificent affairs in satin soft kid or moire and sometimes stud ded with gems panama influence has dascended from the jiead to the feet charming modelb of panama shoes are being made ln various colors with of kid and adorned with bulgarian designs berlin museum inkstand mocking former kaiser decrees were issued 134 by tho fed- govgen urges canadians to drop parochialism oral parliament to ontario and que bec residents and 417 by tho court to citizens of other provinces in 1924 the total number of divorces ob tained in the dominion was 643 a remarkable feature different from those of other countries was the preponderance of divorces grant ed to husbands rather than to wives final decrees were obtained last year by 279 husbands while 272 were given to wives a legal adoptions during the past year there wore 663 legal adoptions of children ac cording to tho report of mr j j kelso tho provincial officer under the act it is aso interesting to note that of over threo thousand adop tions since tho act was passed in 1921 only twentyeight children had to be returned and some of these weroowing to the death of the adopt ing parent vancouver baron byngs farewell advice to tho canadian people whose governorgeneral he has been for tho past five years is to drop parochial ism and bo true canadians such was the message he gave to a huge luncheon meeting of represen- the english table upon which emper- ro william signed the mobilization or der august 1 1914 for the commence ment of tho world war is now on display in the imperial castle in ber lin eighteen additional rooms of tho castle have just been opened to visit ors the table which came from eng land many years ago as a gift was made out of boards from admiral nelsons flagship an inkstand carv ed from similar wood in the shape of a spanish galleon is inscribed in english with the battle cry england expects every man to do his duty good luck is beaming on black opal owner tho owners of black opals are ex tremely lucky at present contrary to the accepted superstition for the value of these gems is rising as they become tativo vancouver business men more a m flcar nlnes you have the virility of youth and australla prouuce thc ai that quality you call pep which is out and no naw r0urce3 havo becn so good said his excellency is discovered there any fly in tho ointment none that i can see if you will be cana- dian drop petty parochial schemes any old excuse burglar are the people of the house in servant no theyre all out burglar have you paid your license yet swvant we havent any dog burglar well then ive come tune the piano fairly light trade to the end of this summer with moderate purchases by european importing countries prices probably lower than midapril levels unless present crop prospects change iow or moderate carryovers into the new crop year these are the salient points of the world wheat outlook for the next few months the 192526 world wheat crop has been the largest since 1915 if russia is included without russia it is the largest ever reported exceprmn 1923 j international trade has been light dog surpluses genuinely available for ex- i port have been small except in can i ada which has furnished over half to for the benefit of the whole of your country i have tried in my visit to canada to talk unity because i feel it so strongly mora even per haps than you because i see all tho provinces near diligent in germany is a fam ous echo whicli will toss a sound to and fro no less than 70 times some of the stones shown in bond stroet london are priced at about 100000 tho princess mary which is the largest of these gems in exist ence is on display f fmacpherson principal of tho hamilton normal school and one of ontarios best- nown educationists who died on may 15 look high so when you walk in a field look down lest you tramp on a daisys crown i but in a city look always high and watch the hoautifui clomu go by j james stephens in tho rocky road to dublin polish women ban bob polish women have been slow in suc cumbing to bobbed hair just as they always refrain from any oxtonslvo uso of rogue polish girls havo naturally long and beautiful hair which is worn traditionally in two long braids a style that suits their native beauty and makes the polish girl slow to have her hair cut short the total exports the united states has exported little except of durum macaroni wheat and of flour and has imported for home use only mod erate quantities of canadian wheat tho international situation would havo been tighter had europe not hud large domestic crops and had therefore no need to import heavily prospects for the u s crop of 192627 are that it will be larger than in 192526 but that for most of the rest of the northern hemi spheres tho crop will bo somewhat smaller the new harvests are ex pected to relieve tho tension in the wheat trade that has prevailed since november hence the heavy discounts of new crop futures in north america under the may future admirers endow hugo chair of literature at sorbonn as a result of a private subscriptioi raised by admirers of the poet aui novelist the victor hugo chair ha just been inaugurated at the sorboniu with appropriate ceremonies at which tho president of tho republic was re presented tho courses to be given by holders of the chair will bo dovotod to french literature and will be open to tlia pub lic regret has been expressed that the initiative of private citizens met a need which should havo been filled by the state but a subscription of 150000 francs was quickly raised eastbourne england has refused to allow cinemas to open en sunday even ings- barlev malting 62 to 64c buckwheat no 2 72c rje no 2 85c man flour first pat 9 toronto do second oat 850 ont flour toronto 90 per cent pat per barrel in csrots toronto 595 seaboard in bulk 010 straw carlots per ton 9 to s930 screenings standard rccleared f ob bay ports per ton 2250 cbwse new large 20c twins 21c triplets 22c stiltons 23c old large 25c twins 26c triplets 27c butter finest creamery prints 33 to 38vc no 1 creamerv 36 to 37h no 2 34 to 35c dairy prints 21 tz 9c eggs fresh extras in cartons 35 to 3cc fresh extras loose 34c fresh firsts 32c fresh seconds 2s to 29c dressed poultry chickens spring lb 70c chickens lb 35 to 37c hens over 4 to 5 lbs 30c do 3 to 4 lbs 27c roosters 25c ducklings 5 lbs and up 85c turkeys 40c beans can handpicktd s2c0 pet bushel primes 240 per bushel maple produce syrup per imp gal 230 to 240 per 5gal 225 to 230 per gal maple sugar lb 25 to 26c maple syrup new per gal 240 honey 50lb tins 11 to 12c per lb 10lb tins 11 to 12c 5lb tins 12 to 12c 24b tins 14 to i4c smoked meats hams mod 32 to s4c cooked hams 47 to 49c smoked rolls 22c cottage 25 to 27c break fast bacon 32 to 3sc special brand breakfast bacon j3 to 39c backs boneless 39 to 45c cured meats long clear bacon co to 70 lbs 2425 70 to 90 lbs 2375 20 lbs and up 2234 lightweight rolls in barrels 4250 heavyweiijh rolls 3950 per bbl lard pure tierces 17 to 18c tubs 18 to 18c pails 18 to 19- prints 20 to 21c shortening tierces 14 to 15c tubs 15 to 15c pails 16 to 16c blocks 17 to 17c heavy steers choice 750 to 810 do good f7 to 725 butcher oeers choice 7 to 775 butcher heifers choice 650 to 750 do good 600 to 650 do common 500 to 550 butcher cows choice 525 to 640 do fair to good 400 to 500 butcher bulls good 500 to 600 bolognas 350 to 400 canners and cutters 250 to 350 springers choice 95 to 115 good milch cows 85 to 95 medium cows 45 to 60 leeders good 625 to 675 do fair 5 to 6 calves choice 11 to 1250 do good 950 to 1050 do lights 5 to 750 good lambs 14 to 15 do medium 1250 to 13 do culls 10 to 1150 good light sheep 8 to 350 heavy sheep and bucks 550 to 650 hogs thick smooths fed and watered 1410 do fob 1350 do country points 1325 do off cars 1450 do thick fats 13 select premiums 276 montreal oats no 2 cw 61 c noi 3 cw 56c extra no 1 feed 54c flour man spring wheat puts firsts 9 seconds 850 strong bakers 830 winter pats choice 67 to 680 rolled oats bag 90 lbs 320 bran 3125 shorts 3325 mid dlings 4025 hay no 2 per ton car lots 1450 cheese finest westerns 18 t 18c butter no 1 pasteurized 33c eggs fresh extras 36c fresh irsts 33 to 34c potatoes quebec er bag car lots 3 common to fair luality cows 475 medium quality alves 750 good veals 8 hogs 15 to 1525 sows 11 0 brchs old soup shop now closed in london the shutters went up for tho last time recently on birchs famous old soup shop and restaurant in tho shad ow of the royal exchange in cornhlll london which has been a city land mark since 1690 many bentlmentat folk visited the place friday for thelf last moal in a curious survival of lon dont early days tho old shop front which is an ex cellent examplo of early architecture has becn given to the victoria and al bert museum where it will ho pre served mutt and jeff by bud ficher and the cop ought to know if anybody does