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labor party to assume government for first time in history of britain london jan 21 tonight for the third time in a hundred years a bri tish government was overthrown on the floor of the house ot commons by a vote in reply to the kings address that the present ministers did not have the confidence of parliament i the climax after a weeks debate came in a crowded excited house when a division was taken on ramsay macdonalds no confidence amend ment howls and bhouts of joy from labor benches when labor tellers were seen standing on tho right before the speaker a sign labor had won prevented announcement of the figures for several minutes the vote was 32s for labor 256 for the government a majority of 72 the labor vote was polled solidly while only nine liberals voted to keep bald win lu power and seven others were paired with conservatives mr baldwin will go to the king to morrow and resign then he will pre sumably announce his resignation in the commons it depends on mac- donald when the house is convened again in view of the railway strike it is reported he will summon parliament to vote confidence in the labor cab inet not later than february 5th j ramsay macdonald who will head the new labor govern ment ot great britain meanwhile although mr baldwin will have resigned he will have to deal with the strike the macdonald ad ministration not beginning until the new premier gets a vote of confidence 1 and firemen on british railways out on strike london monday jan 21 a strike of the railway enginemen comprising engineers and firenen started at mid night the announcement of the strike was made at the headquarters ot tho organization tho strike was called without the support of the national union ot rail reached a basis wusch the railway companies regarded as acceptable but as it failed to meet the approval of tho enginemens union there was no alter native but to adhert to their circular issued friday denouncing the strike preparations are in progres for motor services for the distribution ot atlantic storm takes toll of six lives two mining engineers burned staying in shack at kirkland lake overnight on way to rouyn camp kirkland lake ont jan 20 trapped whenthe shack in which they were spending the night caught fire two american mining engineers and promoters well known in the north ern ontario camps lost their lives ear- jy this morning the victims were william f greene buffalo ny aged about 50 years and george snowdon andrews ot washington dc aged about 55 years tho two men arrived hero on satur day on their way to the new camp at rouyn and stayed for the night in the i fore their vessel foundered off nor damage to liners and delay in reaching port as result of gale a despatch from new york says stories of the havoc wrought by the storm and the 70mile gale that tore the shenandoah from her moorings as it swept over the north atlantic coast were told by arriving vessels and by coast guardsmen five per sons are known to have lost their lives when the barge plymouth went down two miles off long branch more for tunate the crew of the danish freigh ter normania were rescued by the steamship henry e mallory just be- how the dixmude met its fate the great dirigible airship the dixmude which with a french crew of half a hundred has disappeared mysteriously is now believed to have been struck by lightning far above the clouds during a terrific storm over africa romance and tragedy mingle in the story ot the airship which was surren dered by germany and applied by france for her own use defying the elements of the air it started oil on a long cruise and except for the finding ot the body of its commander there is no trace ot the missing ship the sketch shows what apparently happened to the dixmude far up in the air office of the kirkland combine mining company of which mr greene was general manager about 230 am an employee of the company named la- roque saw smoke pouring out ot the building and roused andy w grier- son superintendent of the company whoso house was adjacent to the of fice but was untouched by the fire grierson and laroquo made a heroic effort to rescue the two mining en gineers and succeeded in getting greene out but he was unconscious from the smoke and soon died the flames spread so rapidly that it was impossible to save andrews whose body was entirely burned only char red bones remaining f f greene in addition to being general manager of the kirkland com bine was financially interested in the greene kirkland and lebei oro mines in the district and also in the stabell mine at rouyn g s andrews formerly a resident of new liskeard had been identified with mining in the north since the early cobalt days and formerly lived in new liskeard tho fire is supposed to have been started by an overheated stove folk on friday the cunard liner ansonia reached new york from liverpool by way of boston with two starboard lifeboats stove in and with her bulkhead be neath the rail of the promenade deck crumpled at least six ocean liners will be late in their arrival here as a result of the storm world fight against opium launched another titled woman joins british labor mexican rebels hold up express train freight train laden with ammunition captured by revolutionists a despatch from mexico city says rebels held up a passenger train at aragon station early thurs day morning the express car was robbed of 40000 pesos after forcing passengers to leave the train the rebels placed signals for a clear track in order to attack a freight train carrying ammunition which was following the passenger train from laredo the engineer of the freight train when attacked by tho rebels unable to see the passenger train opened the throttle in an effort to escape and the engine of the freight plowed half way through the pullman coach attached to the pas senger train the freight train carried a number a despatch from london says the british labor party now has an- other titled woman adherent to share that honor with the countess of war- of pieces of artillery machine guns wick lady mary murray wife of and ammunition shipped from the the liberal prof gilbert murray and states the rebels after searching a daughter of the earl of carlisle the freight train dismantled the can- has written the oxford liberal asso- no and carried off the machine guns station here that she has joined the and ammunition in large quantities labor party it is announced her what they were unable to remove was brother tho hon geoffrey howard burned together with two freight mpha3 long been one of the liberal cars whips of tho house of commons but j treasury department officials con- tho family of carlisle and howard firmed a report that the mexican gov- has always been noted for its ability ornment has purchased four destroy ers from the united states govern ment and that they are expected to arrive at tampico early next week where they will be manned by mex ican crews it was asserted that a part of the american crews will re main for some time to instruct the mexican crews the arrival of the destroyers is expected to end quickly the rebel blockade of tampico tho war department stated that ho rebels have three old mexican fcimboats outside of that port to differ amicably in politics r e ice imprisoned vessels supplied by aeroplane a despatch from christiania ays aeroplajies arc carrying sup plies to 50 ships that are now wedged jn tho ico in the cattegat and off tho danish coast the aircraft drop sacks of food and other stores near the imprisoned vessels first international opium conference arranged by league of nations a despatch from paris says a world fight against opium and tho narcotic drug evil took definite form on thursday when the league jt na tions issued invitations to the first in ternational opium conference to be held at geneva the first monday in november and a second conference on the third monday of tho me month the first conference will indud- delegates from countries having far eastern possessions where opium- smoking exists the second confer ence which will include representa- t nractically all countries of the world will push the hhprue conven tion decision to secure a broad agree ment concerning opium and its deriv atives and definitely limit tho pro duction of opium a report that prof manley o hud son of the harvard law school may have won the bok peace plan prize has created interest in league oi na tion circles prof hudson was at tached to the legal section of the league during the summer months of last year 1 philadelphia surgeon re moves tack from childs lung philadelphia jan 20 undergoing an operation without tho use ot an anaesthetic and cooing and squealing an hour later in apparent joy an nouncement was made at the univer sity hospital that cletus moore eight- monthsold baby who was rushed from st louis to philadelphia for removal of a tack in his lung would recover and would be able to return to his home within the course ot a tew days dr jackson in an interview follow ing the operation described tho meth od giving in detail how ho tack was removed in brief and stripped of the medical verbiage the child was placed on the operating table and a hollow tube in serted through its mouth into the lung cavity previous exposures made by roentgen rays having defined the lo cation ot tho tack the tubo which is equipped with a small light at the end was placed near the tack and then through this a pair ot forceps was lnsertod they reachod the tack and it was pulled back through tho tube thus avoiding any further tearing of tho babys lung tissues how to treat your town praise it improve it talk about it be publicspirited tell about its business men remember it is your home take a real home pride in it tell of its natural advantages help the public officers do the most good when strangers come to town use them well support local institutions that benefit your town dont call your best citizens frauds and impostors look ahead of self when all the town is to be considered waymen and the railway clerks or- food supplies and other essentials ganization the members of which will while the strike ipsts continue at work unless coercion is london jan 21 although tha employed to force them to take tho strike inaugurated at midnight last strikers places night by the members of the assoc- passengers who left last night on ated societies of locomotive en- port strike meetings at all the big slneers and flrement has failed thus railway centres but it will be lmpos- far t0 tle ud the countrys rail com- sible to discover how far the strike mu enormous inconvenience has been effective for some hours naa been caused to all classes of tho passengers who left last nighe on community throughout the country in long distance journeys were warned lona the situation was aggravated by the railway officials that they might this afternoon and tonight by a not reach their destinations and most steady downpour ot rain of the companies issued posters an- pitiful scenes were witnessed after nouncing a curtailment of the services the ciose of business hours at tha and that goods and merchandise could railway stations where the greatest only be handled at tho senders risk amount of suburban traffic is handled among the first effects ot the strike tho restricted train services necessi- in london was tho stoppage ot the tated long and tedious waiting and ter- usual midnight trains -to- scotland ridle crushing when the commuter north wales and other points and endeavored to board the few trains consequent inability to despatch early j which departed likewise the bus and- editlons of the lorian rnorring papers tube services were badly congested by rail tho newspaper managers it is difficult at present to ascertain have made the best preparations posjto what extent the strike is affecting sible beforehand to meet this contia- j the general train services but appar- gency and the streets around lon- ently only about fifty per cent of the dons newspaper row were lined with i usual trains are being run motors ot all kinds hired to carry j the railway managers claim how- papers int the country dlstirct3 ever that the situation is improving j h thoma3 general secretary and j hourly during the day almost all the c t cramp president in behalf ot railways were able to maintain fairly the national union of railwaymen f good service despite the tact that a have issued a statement declaring that j great majority of the enginemen be- the intervention meeting called yester- longing to the association had ceased day by the trades union congress work the weeks markets nine months trade of canada shows big increase a despatch from ottawa says a summary of canadian trade pre toronto manitoba wheat no 1 northern 111 manitoba oats no 3 cw 46c no 1 extra feed 45c manivjba barley nominal all the above track bay ports ontario barley 63 to 65c american corn no 2 yellow 98c buckwheat no 2 69 to 72c ontario rye no 2 70 to 72c poas sample 145 to 150 millfeed del montreal freights bags included bran per ton 28 shorts per ton 31 middlings 37 good feed hour 210 ontario wheat no 2 white 93 to 95c outside ontario no 2 white oats 38to 40c ontario corn nominal v ontario flour ninety per cent pat in jute bags montreal prompt ship ment 460 toronto basis 460 bulk seaboard 425 man flour 1st pats in jute sacks 620 per barrlel 2nd pats 570 hay extra no 2 timothy per ton pared by the department of customs track toronto 1450 to 15 no 2 and excise shows that for the nine 1450 no 3 1250 mixed 12 months ending december 1923 can ada imported 678211000 worth of merchandise for consumption as straw car lots per ton 9 cheese new large 21 to 22c twins 22 to 22c triplets 22 to against 577260000 worth imported stiltons 24 to 25c old large in the same period of 1922 f5 to 30c twins 29 to 31c triplets oo to oliq montreal oats can west no 2 55 to 55c no 8 52 to 53c extra no 1 feed 51c no 2 local white 48 to 49c flour man spring wheat pats lsts 620 2nds 570 strong bakers 550 winter pats choice 565 to 575 rolled oats bags 90 lbs 305 bran 2825 shorts 3125 middlings 3725 hay per ton car lots 15 to 16 cheese finest westerns 17c butter no 1 creamery 42 to 42 c no 1 pasteurized 43 to 43c eggs storage extras 40c no 1 stock 35c no 2 stock 28 to 30c potatoes per bag car lots 140 med to com steers 525 to 550 com dairy type cows 275 to 310 canners 150 com bologna bulls 250 to 3 medto com veal calves 9 better ones 10 lambs 10 hogs thick smooth and butcher type 850 during the same period of 1923 1 butter finest creamery prints 46 only woman in the world holding sea captains license a despatch from new york says aye aye madam thus does the crew of tho good schooner ruth martin answer their skipper what is more they take a certain pride in the unusual saluta tion because mrs jennie e crocker of cliftondale mass is said to be the only woman in the world holding a captains license for an oceangoing sailing vessel and another certificate entitling her to act as first mate of any steamship afloat nelson a canadas domestic exports were val- to 47c no 1 creamery 43 to 45c no ued at 815861000 as against 732- 2 42 to 43c 576000 in 1922 foreign merchandise eggs extras fresh in cartons exported during the nine months am52to 58c fresh extras loose 50 crocker lord and master of captain crocker ashore is her first mate afloat mrs crocker has sailed oil the seas of the world with her husband since they were married 19 years ago ounted to 10389000 as compared 51c extras storage in cartons 43c with 10649000 in the corresponding extras 40 to 41c firsts 35 to 36c period of 1922 imports and exports sec 29 hq ul r v n jl live poultry spring chickens 4 t and overf 28c r chickens 3 to 4 836000 in 1922 as against 1309 458 to pound paid by britain for us liberty bonds a despatch from london says the approximate rate at which the 92000000 paid by great ritain to the united states last december were purchased was 458 to the pound neville chamberlain chancellor of tho exchequer explained on thurs day payment was actually made in liberty bonds purchased at a dis count asquith advises liberals to support no confidence motion french army strength less than pre- war standard a despatch from paris says as a crowning piece of news inconnecl tion with tho economies being made to restore the value of the franc the french government announced that the standing army 01 france has been reduced to 350000 which is 200000 less than the prewar standards the french officials claim that the reduced asiny gives fiance the dis tinction of being the tnly world power a despatch from london says ato but if labor negotiates its first former premier asquith leader of hurdlo of a railway strike n second i except germany which has a smaller and more difficult obstacle awaits it army today than i cftre the war do- in the form of the miners attitude daring that the fniv disprove tho a dockers strike is also pronounc- charge that france n militaristically cd inevitable by labor experts and creasing its armed forces the sky has suddenly become clouded is going on the with many important wage disputes ocean floor subsided the political situal apparently produced by the approach- as result of ear earthquake lbs 22c hens over 5 lbs 22c do 4 to 5 lbs 15c do 3 to 4 lbs 15c roosters 15c ducklings over 5 lbs 19c do 4 to 5 lbs 18c iurkcysi young 10 lbs and up 22c dressed poultry spring chickens 4 lbs and over 30c chickens 3 to 4 lbs 25c hens over 5 lbs 28c do 4 to 5 lbs 24c do 3 to 4 lbs 18c roosters 18c ducklings over 5 lbs 24c do 4 to 5 lbs 25c turkeys young 10 lbs and up 28 to 32c geese 22c beans canadian handpicked lb 7c primes 6c maple products syrup per imp gal 250 per 6gai tin 240 per gal maple sugar lb 25c honey 60lb tins 11 to 12c per lb 10lb tins 11 to 12c 6lb tins 12 to 13c 2lb tins 3 to 14c comb honey per dozen no 1 375 to 4 no 2 325 to 350 smoked meats hams med 25 to 27c cooked hams 37 to 39c smoked rolls 19 to 21c cottage rolls 22 to 24c breakfast bacon 25 to 27c spe cial brand breakfast bacon 30 to 33c backs boneless 30 to 35c cured meats long clear bacon 50 two merchant ships believed sunk by old mines a despatch from hamburg says instruments of the war harmless for years are believed to have found vic tims at last in two merchant ships in the north sea these vessels with all hands are thought to have been sunk by the floating english mines which once constituted part of the blockade of the north sea against the german fleet mines have been brought to tho surface during recent violent storms in tho north and baltic seas a num ber have been picked up and exploded to assist in tho breaking up of huge ice fields in landlocked coastal waters 4 alberta farmers to form new cooperative plan tho liberals in a speech in the house of commons advised liberals to vote in favor of labor nnd voted conservative and a few ab stained from voting while this debate real storm centre of tion lies in the threatened railwnyj ing advent of h labor government trike and the belief of the workers that the still more serious menace of a their own cabinet must support their coal strike grew more ominous on demands thursday the miners vote in favor j labors no confidence motion in disclosed that at ono point off oshimai lias thrown in her lot with the british u t lt agreement the form of an amendment to the nd- island the bed of the ocean has sub- libor party the now earl was id that ended tho 1921 strike was an- dress m reply to the kings speech lided 200fcet for a distance of eight can t jnnn t vjx ot 510 wm presented by john r clyncs who miles to the east of oshima the sccom oumu irgauo ai eiewawa u n tn m wn 000 to 305000 demand higher wage scored i the baldwin government both damaged cable had to be fished up camp and during the war commended i d tiered s7 do fo hzl3- the agreement docs not expire until for what it had i done and what it did f b newly created abv more than tho fourth and twelfth canadian in- do suntry pointe do sfleftv april 17 so the crisis is not smmedlinot do during tho last twelve month 4000 feet deep tontry brigades at different periods 60 new earl of warwick lord brooke who has succeeded to a despatch from tokio says tho the ancient estates of tho earl of war- repairing of deep sea cables severed- wick his mother is tho famous by the earthquake of september 1 has socialist countess of warwick who in barrels 37 heavyweight rolls 32 lard pure tierces 17 to 17c tubs 17 to 18c pails 18 to 18c prints 19 to 20c shortening tierces j 14 to 15c tubs 15 to 15c pails 15 to 16c prints 17 to 18c heavy steer3 choice 7 to 775 1 butcher stors choice 650 to 7 do good 6 to 625 do med 5 to i575 do com 450 to 5 butcher i heifers choice 625 to 7 do med j5 to 6 do com 450 to 5 but cher cows choice 475 to 525 do 1 med 360 to 4 canners and cutters 125 to 2 butcher bulls choice 425 to 525 do com 2 to 3 fecdi ing steers good 550 to 850 do fair 4 to 5 stockors good 4 to 475 do fair 350 to 4 milkers nnd springers 70 to 100 calves choice 11 to 1250 do med 8 to 950 do com 5 to 7 do grassers 3 to 450 inmbs choice ewes 12 to 1250 do bucks 1050 to 11 cnneiul913as zmmilr7thv g f f j f second mounted brigade at petewawa to so 3 f 1 a ti r a despatch from edmonton says farmers of alberta for cooperativo marketing of general farm products under one board which would be dis tinct from the board in charge of ths wheat pool tho annual convention adopted unanimously a resolution ask ing the executive to appoint a com mittee of seven to survey a field of cooperative marketing with power to organize tho different commodities under the cooperative marketing sys tem it was the belief that eggs poultry and other products were not availablo in alberta in quantities which would justify the overhead of individual pools but that one pool might have control profitably of tho several com modities tf during 1923 the occidental fruit co british columbia shipped three hundred and ten cars of fruit and vegetables from kelovna made up of one hundred and thirty cars of canned goods and btw hundred nnd eight ars of frh fruits and vege table