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voice of the press canada the empire and the world at large canaoa another peddler gyp one day the past week a tall mid- aieaged man with a moustache called dti places of business aud private resi dences selling what was described as x new kind ot mucilage in stick form as the demonstration seemed con ducing a good many people bought nd paid a dime for the patented iticker but after the stranger had gone his way and trials were made of tho glue it was fouud to be useless as a matter ot fact the supposed solidi fied mucilage appeared to be nothing but a resinous mixture with no adhe- ve qualities at all the patented sticker was wrapped in a small label bearing the supposed address of the manufacturers in toronto st marys journalargus new highs during the month of october just closed a total volume ot 203515 tons of traqlc passed inward and outward at this port this is a new record for halifax harbor and the figures exceed tho previous record established in august of this year alien a total of 177000 tons was handled these traf fic increases are not spasmodic but are being sustained week by week and month by month and lie would be a sorry pessimist indeed who would fail to find in figures of this kind reason for great encouragement aud satisfac tion halifax herald the bith of telephone people of the united states claim that that country is where the idea of the telephone was conceived and the claim is still maintained not withstanding that dr alexander bell stated publicly at brantford and later at boston that the conception of the telephone took place during the sum mer visit to his fathers residence in brantford in 1st j and the apparatus was just as it was subsequently made a onemembrane telephone on either end the experiment ot august 10 1s7u made from brantford to paris was the irst transmission the first clear aud intelligible transmission ot speech over the real line that has ever been made milvertou sun plan not understood latest estimates place the popula tion of the united states at 130000- 000 aud the new yorker observes that by a remarkable coincidence this is exactly the number of people who do not understand roosevelts gold- purchase plan hamilton spectator the equal of the best that comes from canada and for breeding purposes it will be found advisable for british fox farms to improve the breed by the oc casional importation ot the best stock from canadian ranches canada loudon disadvantages and advantages it 13 indeed gratifying to learn that the transcanada highway between pembroke and north bay is practical ly liulshed aud that by december 15th it is expected that all the work will be done and the men sent to other points this will assure us of far greater tourist traffic and it will be interest ing to watch us development in due time the highway through the algon quin park will have been finished as well and with its terminus at this point we should then know what the tourist traffic actually means to on tario while no doubt this pembroke- north bay highway could have been constructed at a much less cost had the work been done by contract labor yet the fact remains that had it not been for this depression and relief employment given to the thousands of men this work would not have been completed for the next twenty years pembroke standard the empire australias north the presence in adelaide of the manager ot victoria downs station in the ord river country has drawn at tention to the vast estate australia has in the north the area of the pro perty which is controlled by bovril australian estates an english com pany is 11000 square miles half as big again as wales at present it car ries 1s0000 head of cattle which are driven 300 miles into wyndham to the meat works the white population of the vast track is below 50 empire press unious australian news letter a winner unwise the st marys journalargus voices a protest against th custom of remov ing hats during funeral services a custom which has resulted in many deaths it should be possible to con duct a funeral service without causing more funerals and to pay respect to the dead without injury to the living the uncovering of heads in inclement weather is unnecessary and unwise toronto star weekly buy madeincanada a useful campaign which has been in force for some years is now being pursued all over canada the cam paign to buy canadian goods it is not necessary to push chauvinism to the point ot boycotting all merchandise of foreign origin this is neither possiblo nor practical nevertheless it is rea sonable each time we get the oppor tunity to show our preference for wlnl is manufactured in our own coun try by our own fellow citizens la tribune sherbrooke o the instinct of the land everyone engaged in an urban pur suit has j vital interest in seeing that industry prospers what is so as tounding is that this manifest truth does not appea to be recognized in such a way that is as to provoke any action except by a very few people that so many people seem not to know what is going on u the country that in short the agricultural interests find so few people to interpret them in ur ban centres this singular phenom enon a particularly strang one in a coutry where the urban population is still from its origins so close to the soil is perhaps due to the fact that a very small number ot citizens have retained their country connections in franco and in britain many people who occupy eminent positions in the liberal professions or in business pos sess lands which they themselves work or get others to work for them thus they know tho daily lives of farmers and the repercussion of high and low prices with u3 this is far too raro an occurrence le devoir montreal hail dauntless derreen hats off to dauntless derreen m ii rutledges white leghorn hen which at agassiz laid it3 367th egg and tied the worlds championship egglaying record of no drone 5h of port kells also of british columbia during the last week or more daunt- dorreen was an international figure she chased cadborosaurus off the headlines of the continental press she became a topic of conversation on the elevated and in the subways of new york bets were offered on her prospects of eclipsing the champion ship and then when she missed a day because she overworked herself on a particularly large egg on her pros pects of equalling the record if she had only put a little less into that big egg and left enough for a smaller one she would have overmatched no drone victoria times one editor to another from the columns of the st cath arines standard we lifted this the whistles blew in stratford yes terday morning and it is a real plea sure to report that the editor of the stratford beaconherald is awake once again all of which is quite correct and as soon as we can truthfully do so we shall be pleased to publish a similar report about the editor of the stand ard stratford beaconherald noted varsity football star victim of gunmans bullet athlete sees bridge party porchclimber through window goes outside and chal- him to come down man leaps to ground pulls gun fires into copps abdomen and flees johnny copp 22yearold plunging which the thief stood the man leap- mrs f m whan 216 garden ave toronto with her red tabby skippy first prize winner of its class at the royal winter fair skippy gained seven points on his championship baseball bats tariff changed canada lowers rate on hick ory from us oranges from spain ottawa dec 3 three changes in the tariff all reductions of rates were announced here today by orders-in- council two were designed to pro mote trade with the united states the other with spain because suitable hickory for base ball bats could not be obtained in can ada a rate of 10 per cent was listed for intermediate and general tariffs the british preference remaining free rates of 10 per cent in the inter mediate and general classifications for discs used in the manufacture of auto mobile wheels were established the british preference remaining free the intermediate rate on seville oranges used in the manufacture of marmalade was made free the same as the british preference the gen eral rate remained at 35 cents a cubic foot based on the size and weight of the container bitter oranges are available only in spain freezes to death beside his home values herself highly the girl at lynn mass who an nounces that she will marry any man who will support her parents and her ten brothers and sisters must bo sort of mixed up what she wants to marry is the rockefeller foundation macon telegraph two gunmen hold up kitchener street car kitchener police are searching for the two masked gunmen who held up garwood daynard operator ot the bridgeport car of the kitchener street railway and escaped with be tween 20 and 30 on sjnday night daynard stopped to take on what he believed were two passengers at a crossing near the outskirts of the city late upon boarding the car the men brandished weapons rifled the operators pockets removed the fare box and escaped in an automo bile relief in saskatchewan regina immediate introduction of a policy of medical and hospital re lief for the 1933 drought area in saskatchewan has been announced by c b daniel general manager of the saskatchewan relief commission plans provide tor increased grants for hospitalization of indigent pati ents canadian fox best recently the saint john telegraph- journal published the statement that tho quality of tho furs fron tho foxes reared in germany were not ti3 good as thoso from canada on making en quiries in london from the most auth oritative sources it appoars that this statement is corroborated silver fox pelts received from germany and sold in the london mnrket are reported to bo not of moro than average quality tho superiority claimed for canadian ox pelts is indisputable at any rate so far as pelts ot gorman or scan dinavian origin aro concerned it is held by many experts that even the best britishbred foxos arc not quite motorists and insurance while everyone discusses what steps should bo taken to lessen the appal ling loss of life on the roads it is worth while also to consider whether the compulsory insurance provisions in the road traffic act have proved as satisfactory as wo had hoped in guaranteeing compensation to road accident victims or their dependents recent cases in the courts have shown that the underwriters are not legally liable to pay compensation in cases where a condition laid down in the policy has not been fulfilled by the owner of the car if for instance at the time of the accident the car in sured for private purposes is being used for trade purposes tho fact that the motorist carries an insuanco cer tificate doe3 not help the victim now statesman and nation the united states toll insects take tho annual loss caused in the united states by insects is estimated by tho department ot agriculture to reach a total ot 52000000000 with out insecticides according to dr henry g knight chief of the bureau ot chemistry and soils it would be impossible to feed the world as society is organized today only by concert ed war on predatory insects which dis- put possession of the earth with man can society oe protected against fa mine and pestilence the damage to growing plants caused by insects every year in tills country is estimated to average 10 per cent of their value dr knight places the loss to fores trees alone at 100000000 annually washington post bride shot dead worcester mass mrs viola cote 17 a bride of less than five weeks died from bullet wounds which ac cording to the police were inflicted on her by her husband edward a cote 20 who has been arrested farmers body found within 200 yards of house alliston dec 3 within hailing dis tance ot his home crippled thomas walker of stanton was found frozen to death by searchers yesterday the middleaged farmer had set out friday to lay traps on the river behind his farm an injured hip which at times made movement im possible made his progress slow but he managed to reach the stream and set his snares as lie was returning home he suf fered from the hip injury it is be lieved and attempted to hobble back to his home using his gun as a crutch the crutch was found beside the dead man the muzzle plugged with mud when witlin 200 yards of bis farmhouse he became exhausted and fell when he did not return home fri day night relatives and neighbors were worried it wag turning cold and the crippled farmer was not ac customed to stay out in the fields at night if he cried for help after he fell none heard him yesterday a search party found the frozen body in a field close to the house and running halt of the varsity inter collegiate championship football team was shot and fatally wounded by a burglar whom- he tackled in the back yard of his fathers home at 96 welles- ley street while thi fourthye medical stu dent aud orchestra leader was iyiug with only a fighting chance for life iu wellesley hospital police were en gaged in one of the most intense man hunts they have ever staged try to stop hemorrhages shortly before one oclock saturday morning copp was taken from the operating room where for three hours drs john mcdonald geoge gillan aud j w rush aided by the young mans father dr charles j copp prominent surgeon had sought to stop the terri fic hemorrhages which had ensued from the wound in five places the young athletes intestines had been perforated by the bullet i two blood transfusions the donois both members ot tho varsity football team had been administered during the night to combat the weakness from loss ot blood every member of the first and second blue and white teams had appeared at the hospital to volunteer assistance and had received tests three of them were retained as donors police concentrated iu a wide semicircle around the district of wellesley and church streets every police cruiser dozens of motorcycles and scores of plainclothes and uniformed men were scattered in au intensive hunt for a bridge party burglar who had climbed p a seeond- storey window of the houso in which mrs copp was entertaining several friends at bridge copp saw the burglar through a win dow in his fathers secondfloor bed room and went outside challenging him to come down from the ledge on ontario men capture leading poultry awards toronto ontario poultrymen have taken all the leading awards for chickens at the royal winter fair a white wyandotte cock shown by thos b cotton of lambton mills was selected as the champion bird of the show and the champion bantam a silver duckwing cockerel owned by george hay of toronto f g brook and son london ont showed the best pen and best young pair both white wyandottes and w j robert of hamilton showed the best cock hen cockerel and pullet these were white oringtons church folk saving 300000 cents a day toronto by christmas the comp troller of finance at ottawa should find some of the 20000000 new bronze coppers he has missed throughout the dominion rev peter bryce in charge of the centameal boxes of the missionary and maintenance fund of tho united church reports that there are 100- 000 of such boxes among church members into each box goes three cents a day one cent for each meal and these will be released at christmas no fatalities ed to the groun and they engaged in a scuffle for a minute or two the man pulled a jl fired a shot into copps abdomen and fled over a back fence into a lane copp staggered in to tho kitchen of his home coolly stretched out on the floor and asked that a doctor be called police were notified and while i ambulance was coming the young man gave them a complete account of his encounter he was then removed to wellesley hospital accompanied by his mother and sister his father returning homo an hour later was notified by newspapermen and in spector douglas marshall of the shoot ing and went to the hcspital where hj assisted the surgeons who were seek- iug to save his sous life johnny copp died sunday morning death ended the courageous fight cf tho young athlete at 210 oclock des pite every effort ot surgeons to pro long his life loss of blood had weak ened his splendid physical condition rendering it unable to withstand the shock of the oper ions wlich sought to save him and sunday toronto paid tribute to the young man church pulpits made reference to hi death thousands of persons telephoned newspaper offices his home and wellesley hospital a public funeral for which all lectures were suspended at the university ot toronto during the afternoon was held in convocation hall at 3 m tuesday it was atlei d by the mayor and city council in a body transfusions in vain seven fellow students members of the varsity football team aid of the alpha delta phi fraternity to which johnny belonged aided medical science in its fight against death transfusions of three quarts of blood were made by the surgeons in au ef fort to replace the blood lost by the young athlete autos of 1934 to have knees refute widow in bridge game ely culbertsons suggestion not taken seriously by others cincinnati o dee 3 the sug- i the markets produce prices toronto dealers are buying produce at the following prices eggs graded cases free fresh ex tras 33c fresh firsts 28c pullets 23c seconds hie ungraded cases le- turned 32c for fresh extras 27c fvr i fresh firsts 7c for se6 is pullet gestion of ely culbertson that a29 iiri widow be introduced into contract bridge was tossed out of the window- today by experts assembling for the national championships of th ameri can bridge league to add a zest of uncertainty to the game and promote more skilful play by the declarer culbertson last week suggested that each p aver should be dealt 12 cards and the widow should contain four cards the win ner of the auction selecting one car from the widow and giving one to each of the other players most absurd was the comment of p hal sims originator of the sys tem used by a majority of the na tional champions bottle foils hamilton bandit grocer jumps counter and swings at gunman hamiton dec 3 reaching for a pop bottle instead of the casli dan cook owner of a grocer store at 642 john street north defied au armed bandit saturday night and frustrat ed a robbery stick em up and make commanded the tliluiaccd abuut 21 years of age ill think it ovei cook calmly re marked grubbing a bolile he jump ed over the counter and swung ai the llctpailsj trie prints tlmv it fast thug ot butter ontario creamery solids no 1 2 hi to 21c no 2 21 to 21 4c churning creamspecial 20c no 1 19c no 2 17c fob shippin points cheese no 1 large colored pai-af- fined and government graded 9ie twins 10c triplets lokc poultry a grade alive spring chickens over 6 lbs 12c over 5 to g lbs lie over 1 to 5 lbs 10c over 2 to 4 lbs 3e broilers over 114 to 2 lbs 10c fatted hens over 5 lbs lie over 4 to 5 bs 10c over 3 to 4 lbs 8c over 3 to 3 lbs 7c old roosters over 5 lbs 6c domestic rabbits over 4 lbs 8c white duck lings over 5 lbs 8c do 4 to 5 lbs 6c guinea fowl per pair 75c poultry a grade dressed spring chickens over 6 lbs 19c over 5 to 6 lbs 18c over 4 to 5 lbs 16c over 2 to 4 lbs 13c broilers over 1 tfi 2 lbs inc fatted hens over 5 lbs 13c over 4 to 5 lbs 12c over 3vi to 4 lbs 10c over 3 to 3 lbs 9c old roosters over 5 lbs 8c domestic -ab- bits over 4 lbs 12c white ducklings over 5 lbs lie do 4 to 5 lbs 9c colored 2c less young turkeys 8 to 15 lbs 15c do over 15 lbs 14c young geese 8 to 11 lbs 9c b grade poultry 2c lb less than a c grade 2c lb less than b wholesale provisions wholesale provision dealers are quoting the following prices to retail dealers pork hams 14c shouders lie butts 12ic pork loins 15mc pic nics lovic lard pure- tierces 10 vic maker explains means easier riding will cost more new york striking changes will bn made in the front wheel assembly ot the automobiles manufactured by general motors next year it has been announced by mrs alfred p sloan jr president of the corporation these changes will make for a new type of front axles aud spritigs de signed to afford easier riding and greater safety mr sloan said the 1931 models would bo built so that each wheel woud absorb the road shock with out transmitting it to other parts of the frame engineers call it independent front wheel suspension mr sloan continued but the simplest way to explain it is to say that we have put knees on our automobiles the front wheels correspond to the legs and feet of a man they are the parts that get over the ground in the past all auomobiles hava been stiffjointed the front wheel joined by a heavy ibeam axle aud stiff front springs have communicat ed every jar and jolt to each other and to the chassis when you hit a bump it caused the frout of the car to tilt the rear to pitch and the passengers to be jounced now genera motors has pioneer ed an entirely new front wheel as sembly perfected by more than two years of engineering work iu our laboratories and on our general motors proving ground the old type front axle and the stiff front spring are gone each front wheel will be attach ed individually to the chassis by its own soft spring when it encoun ters a bump or a hole it will rise or fall independently as your leg it lifted or straightened bt its knee with out affecting your other leg or the equilibrium of your lody the re suit will be that the wheel not the passenger will get the jar mr sloan added that the 193 models would be roomier than those of this year without much change ol wheel base also the price arrange ment will be upward from 50 or automobiles in the 500 leass thip advance in price mr sloan said will be made necessary by the change in the front axe and wheel asem bly and by the rising cost of produc tion undtr the national recover administration code woudbe robber the bandit ran from the door puuiod his automatic back in his coat pocket and escaped in a car the license plate was dirty and the number was not obtain ed but cook said that an old model machine with a wornout motor had been used tubs tubs the citizens of crookston minn wok up one morning to find five houses and a hatchery something like this just a landslide nobody bur badenpowell to visit canada next autumn russisn women go from business to opera or the 1 new york the same dress tin russian woman wears to work b day goes to the opera or theatre b night says tatiana alexeevua km la secretary of the board of the com misariat for education at moscow- she is here with her husband wil helm a kurtz president of intouiist the soviet state travel bureau f yes said the young mrs kurtz whose fair cheeks glowed with rud diness the women over there al work so they pay little attention te what you call fashion they pick out a style that suit their position jersey silk aud woo are worn most though russia ha many silk factories our women often go directly tc the theatre or opera from work and wear the same clothes the stage and opeia are popular there moscow has opera houses there isnt a deal of night life though veij tlnei grea doctors prefer women to men patients toronto women die harder thai men despite the fact they are- cal ed the weaker sex foi this reasoi doctors prefer women patients t men this assurance was qivei the annual meeting of the ontarii womens institutes by hon dr james robb ontario minister oi health dr robb spoke of child mortality and pleaded with the women to take a greater interest in its causes out of every 100 children who died be fore they reached the age of five he said 57 wore boys and 43 girls women aud girls have more vir illty than men and boys minister every medical ottawa announcement ot a visit to canada in september and october 1934 by lord badcupowel wjrd head or the boy scout movement was made by his excellency the earl ot bessborough chief scout for can- ada at the semiannual meeting of the executive committee ot the can adian general council ot tho boy scouts association the governor- general presided lord badenpowell will bo accompanied by lady baden- i owell world chief guide the two leaders will meet scouters and guid- ers and review boy scouts and girl guides at various points across the dominion at tile conclusion of the tour they will sail from vancouver for australia shortening tierces 9v4c 10c pails lie prints 10c live stock quotations steers up to 1050 lbs good and choice 375 to 425 do med 325 to 375 do com 150 to 3 steers oyer 1050 lbs good and choice 4 to i j pl loyloclo 475 do med 350 to 4 do com j a man 250 to 325 heifers good and choice 375 to 425 do med 325 tc 375 do com 150 to 3 fed calves good and choice 050 to 7 do med 450 to 6 cows good 225 to 275 do med 2 to 225 jo cm 150 to 2 canners and cutters 75c to 125 bull- good 2 to 225 do com 150 to 175 stocker and feeder steers good 3 to 325 do com 175 to 275 milkers and springers 25 to 50 calves good and choice veals 6 to 7 do com and med 360 to 550 grassers 2 to 250 hogs bacon fob 550 do off said the man will a woman scottish girls sing at foot of lighthouse trucks o75 do off cars 6 good ewe and wether iambs 7 do med t in connection with the celebration of the centenary of giruleness lght- house aberdeen scotland fi her girls sang mariners hymns at the foot of the lighthouse the lighthouse which itnmls on n rocky promontory of the kincardine- shire coast adjoining iho entrance to aberdeen barber was first lit oil oct 15 1s33 and with the exciption of wiir has eouli- 050 to 675 do bucks 550 to 6i ued ever iucc flashing acroj thi culls 450 to 550 sheep good light i north sea 225 to 3 do heavies 2 to 225 the service of eomirehioral do culls 1 to 150 held in a marque erected lighthouse and with- the aid speakers a sreit gtillfrtng was able to follow to rv river- drying up from the uwuean it- south africas long drought is a mu filed roar of wan i eiiu causing maiy livers to dry up and the young vcieeot ti it i ca tlo are wandering over the llm- choir as ley sans pouo which fjrinj part of the bech- strong to saw iri jur uaaliiid bolder to wandeiers ivvary ii vvaj ar tle toad- ciisu dns cams is vth