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explosion on us dreadnought takes toll of forhfour ims 1 disaster occurs during naval practice off california be- i tween ten and twenty injured and burned rji despatch from san pedro cat y three officers and fortyone men of the battleship mississippi were swept to death at 1145 am on thursday on the san clemente fleet jjriu grounds off this port when a atoll in one of the 14inch guns tur- fti no 2 exploded prematurely ac cording to semiofficial information mven out from the united states fuamship mexico flagship of the di vision four of the fleet nearly a score of men were injured by the flareback that carried the ter rific charge through the breach of the jun instead of out through the muz- ile the gun crew were preparing to fire asme unit tho great sea fighters powerful broadside when a sailor ailed for the electricity to be turned ott for the charge upon entering the turret ensign smith took with him an air hose which immediately cause flames from the burning debris to shoot forth after flooding the turret with water ensign smith was able to enter all the men were dead at that time their faces swelled and puffed almost be yond recognition by the intense heat identification marks on the cloth ing however was still discernable threequarters of an hour lapsed after the fire in turret no 2 was ob served from the quartermasters deck before entrance into the redhot chamber containing the charred bod ies of the entombed men could be made by ensign smith had the turret which was revolv ing at the time the explosion on- the battleship mississippi occurred mained in the position in which it shot down by chief of band 3000000 robber confesses man near death and others implicated in chicago train robbery arrested one of accused identified by mail clerks calvin coolidge brlggen chas g dawes republican candidato for president republican candidate for vlce-presi- ot united states dent of united states theswitch was thrown on to ignite was at the time of the explosion the tie shell befcre the breech was locked hang fire from the left gun would ed in another moment the interior have gone into the centre of the city of san pedro witnesses aboard the ship said when the gunners hand guiding the controls was wrenched and dying ensign o smith from the uss new mexico was the first man to away by the explosion the guns kept inter the turret no 2 following tho revolving and stopped as they pointed explosion i directly aft canada still retains much alien property custodian has paid claims of h over four million dollars a despatch from ottawa says ajien property worth 9782232 is full in the hands of the canadian cus todian who had paid out claims to talling 4727000 to date figures dealing with alien property were tabl- ed in the house of commons on an order for return it is shown that canada received in cash from gei many austriahungary and other alien countries 5210000 on ac count of indebtedness to enemy nation als canadian citizens paid into the custodian 3397000 in securities j peal estate unrealized property and i other sources 5897451 was realized disbursements out of tho fund are divided into four heads to canadian creditors 250 incumber 709500 was paid to 51 canadian claimants a total of 1592000- cash releases to 950 people totalled 1151000 and 1273- 248 was paid to the- central clearing office for enemy property of the amount still in the hands of the custodian 3087780 is in cash and 200000 is invested in treasury notes 5400811 is in securities and 433635 represents value of property gaston boumergoe elected president of the french republic descendant of old calvinistic family succeeds millerand as head of state premiership accepted by edouard herriot a despatch from paris says gas- and is the first protestant president ton douraergue president of the sen- france has had he is antivatican ate protestant and moderate radical and classed with the left although was elected president of the republic j he has otherwise little in common by the national assembly at verj with the chamber- majority sailles on friday he has had thirty years service chicago june 15 an anonymous telephone message to the police early today began clearing up the 8000- 000 mail robbery perpetrated thurs day night on the north shore j h wayne with several bullets in his body was identified in the county hospital by two mail clerks as one of the bandits who held up the mail and express train of the chicago milwaukee and st paul railroad wayne with three other men and a woman was arrested earlier in an apartment on the north side a confession was obtained it was stated by chief of detectives hughes and capt schoomaker who started for the place where the loot money and bonds was said to be buried the confession is said to have been made by wayne who was at the point of death when the announcement was made the telephone tip sent the police king george displays excellent horsemanship a despatch from aldershot eng says the excellent horsemanship of king george got him out of a tight he defeatedpaul painleve a candijin the chamber and the senate and place and saved him from a possible date of the left bloc and president of is an old office holder he has been serious mishap as the king was the chamber of deputies by 515 to a member of six different cabinets leaving the parade grounds on his 309 the solid left phalanx led by and has held eight different portfolios j charger after reviewing the troops edouard herriot for the radical so- he was premier when the radicals the horse became frightened at the cialists and by leon blum for the so- carried the country just before the cheering crowd- the animal bucked cialists did not even poll the full 360 war and resigned because he favored and nearly collided with a horse rid- votes it expected from the chamber the threeyear military service law den by the duke of connaught beside in opposition to which the radicals the queens carriage had just won the election the king made a second attempt to moth since the war he has opposed re- force his horse to accompany the pro- 1 in the last ave years the gypsy to the north side address a hous occupied by walter mccomb there they found mccomb hia wife wayne and a man who said ha was paul wade of tulsa akla in waynes pockets the police found 1000 bills and in wades possession were new 500 bills while the police were at mccomba a man who gave the name of j ma- honey knocked at the door and was arrested james h watson another early caller at the mccomb flat was arrest- ed in his pockets were found twenty oriethousanddollar bills these are said to have been identified today by serial numbers mrs catherine mc comb wife of the lessee of tho flat gave the police valuable information in the flat were found names let ters incriminating articles and docus ments wayne and wade were hid ing under a bed wayne had been shot twice in the headand-had- gun- shot wounds in the arms and chest gypsy moths menace the forests of quebes r a despatch from quebec says for painleve voting in secret a portion of her- riots forcesbroke away and voted for doumergue with all the senate both left and right and that portion of the chamber which is not pure re publican m herriot will take the premier ship from president doumergue which he refused from president mil lerand although it will not be the triumph anticipated if m painleve had won m doumergue is the descendant of an old calvinist family of nimes while elation is felt over the fact that forest fires this year have affected an area set at only 33 acres jay an offi cial report received from forest rang ers another danger is threatening the national domain the forest protec tion service without delay has taken means to meet and try to prevent in vasion of the southern forests of the province by a fly known as the gypsy sumption of relations with the vati- cession but the animal tprrified moth has been playing havoc with can but later as chairman of the plunged until its royal rider was the forests of the united states first foreign relations committee of the forced to turn back and ride home in the southern sections and in the upper house he supported premier poincares foreign policy there has not been a military de monstration since the war such as that which accompanied the election all the roads around versailles were filled with soldiers because of a threatened demonstration by com munists which did not materialize russians alarmed by outbreak of plague a recent portrait of sirrobert bor den whose name was mentioned in connection with the irish boundary commission bubonic and lung diseases spread by rodents destroy ing vast crop areas a despatch from moscow says outbreaks of the bubonic plague and its variant the lung plague occurring many canadians returning from us statistics show 9000 have come back in past two months while visiting st johns school ealing london the duke of connnnglit presented acertificato ot recommendation to p c blake an old school boy coolidge president dawes vicepresident republicans choose candi- dates for big political campaign a despatch from marietta o aysbriggcn charles g dawes has accepted tho nomination for tho vicepresidency i accept the nomination by the re publican party for the vicepresi dency ho said in a formal statement was obliged to undo its work and find another calvin coolidge was nominated for the presidency on the first ballot taken in the republican national con vention he received 1005 of the 1101 voles rout marion la follett got 3428 of the 29 from wisconsin and 6 of tho a despatch from ottawa says evidence that many canadians are i returning from the united states is i shown by statistics now being corn- year after year in the steppe region pi by the dept i and east of the volga and the appearance colonization the total for the last two of the plague in black sea ports and j months being nearly 9000 the don valley of the ukraine arej it was not until towards the end causing alarm in russian medical of last march that the immigration circles officials began to make an accurate the extension of the plague area ia check on the number of canadians due to the spread of field mice and who were coming back after being in the rodents known as susliks which the united states for six months or are destroying crops on millions of longer in april returns from 148 acres of the best farming land in out of the 171 points along the inter- russia national boundary at which there arc a microbiological institute has been canadian immigration inspectors opened at saratoff to study means of showed that 4084 canadian citizens along a quiet route rj- you cant travel excuse far on a lame last two years toward the northern sections causing losses whiclrare ret at hundreds of millions of dollars ia value by experts combating the plague and to train personnel for medical expeditions be ing rushed to infected areas one of the greatest difficulties in the warfare is the question of trans portation as the regions affected are usually without roads and railroads and hours are precious in preventing the spread of the outbreak the in troduction of the airplane has gone a long way toward solving this prob lem the plague appeared early this year in four steppe provinces astrakhan returned to their own country in may the number from 129 ports was 4839 with 420 ports still to be heard from the figures above quoted do not in clude canadians who have been in the united states for a shorter period than six months photo shows the gallop past ot the 17th lancers when the onearmed general sir walter congreve vs reviewed the 3rd division at salisbury plain the weeks markets rolls 17 to 18c cottage rolls 18 to 20c breakfast bacon 21 to 25c spe- cial brand breakfast bacon 28 to 30c backs boneless 27 to 33c toronto cured meats long clear bacon 50 man wheatno 1 north 117 to 70 lbs 1850 70 to 90 lbs 18 no 3 north 110 90 bs and- up 17 lightweight rolls man oats no 3 cw 44 mc no n barrels37 heavyweight rolls 32 feed 41 c british trade shows signs of brisk revival favorable signs all along the line have renewed confidence and promise better business says a cable from uralsk bukeicff and the kalmuitz london the british industries fair district there were 473 cases of and the empire exhibition at wem- v j which 434 were fatal before the dis- bley are in full swing the budtret i from north dakota hiram was got under control since then it has broken out anew in the amu darya region a congress of bacteriologists and epidemiologists at kiev late in april after listening to a report of prof ziibolotny on the johnson got 10 of the is votes from south dakota as usual the galleries received every mention of la follcttes name en infold nlsnominonh l deeplv appreciate the honor con- wth j0crs nml nls3e3 but they penetration of tho bubonic plaguo in ferred a despatch from convention hall cleveland says charles g dawes of illinois was nominated for the vice- presidency by the republican na tional convention after it once had dominated frank o lowden former governor of illinois and he had re fused to accept tho place in a brief and spectacular fight in which william m butler president 1 coolidgos campaign manager had rtaid to senator reed of pennsylvania iwt must be hoover arid sen reed had replied it cant be done it must be dawes tho dawes supporters marshalled their forces and put the general across for the nomination tjsarlier in the day mr butlers prccs had passed tho word that the administration men desired the nom ination of theodore e burton of jqhio and in the voting which follow- cdtho supporters of frank o lowden ffi illinois ran away with the nomina- jtljn for their man only to havo him doclinc it the nomination of dawes came as the climax to one of tho most pcctacular scenes in republican party history in which tho convention once having nominated a candidate had only laughter for tho name of the ukraine decided that it was nee hiram johnson essary to establish a station at odessa removes tho corporation profits tax and leaves the income and death du ties unchanged the continued high exchango value of the franc reduces continental competition resumption of work in the mines and shipyards and increased bank clearings and lo relative firmness of prices are other hviejl to man barley nominal all the above cif bay ports ont barley g5 to 70c american corn no 2 yellow 95c ont rye 74 to 78c peas no 2 140 to 145 millfeed del montreal freights bags included bran per ton 23 shorts per ton 24- middlings 30 good feed flour 186 ont wheat no 2 white 115 to 120 ont no 2 white oats 39 to 41c ont corn nominal ont flour ninety per cent pat in jute bags montreal prompt ship ment 510 toronto basis 510 bulk seaboard 475 man flour 1st pats in jute sacks 665 per bbl 2nd pats 615 hay extra no 2 timothy per ton track toronto 16 no 2 16 no 8 13 to 14 mixed 11 to 1160 favorable factors straw carlots per ton 950 to 10 screenings standard recleaned f ob bay ports per ton 16 cheese new large 18 to 18c twins 1814 to 19v4c triplets 19 to 20c stiltons- 21c old large 22 to 28c twins 23 to 24c triplets 24 to 25c butter finest creamery prints 35 to 3fic no 1 creamery 34 to 35c no 2 33 to 34c dairy 28 tj 30c eggs extras fresh in cartons 84 to 35c extra loose 32c firsts 29c seconds 25c live poultry hens over 5 lb 26c do 4 to 5 lbs 24c do 3 to 4 lbs 15c spring chickens 2 lbs and over 55c i620 to 630 rolled oats bag 90 roosters isc ducklings over 5 lbs to 3 bran 2826 shorts 26c do 4 to 5 lbs 24c 2425 middlings 3025 hay no dressed poultry hens over 5 lbs 2 p to car lots 1650 to 17 28 do 3 to 4 lbs 18c spring chick- chccss finest westerns 1g to ens 2 lbs and over 60c ducklings 16c finest easterns 16 to lgc over 5 lbs 22c i butter no 1 pasteurized 38c no beans can handpicked lb 6cl- creamery 32c seconds 31c primes 6c jeggs fresh specials 33c fresh ox- maplc products syrup per impatraa 29c fresh firsts 24 to 25c po- gal 250 per 5gnl tin 240 per tatbes per bag car lots 140 to 145r com dairy bulls 3 to 350 thin cws 2 to 350 calves good veals lard pure tierces 14 to 16c tubs 15 to 15c pails 16 to 16c prints 18 to 18c shortening tierces 14 to 14c tubs 14 to 15c pails 15 to 15c prints 16 to 17c export steers choice 775 to 8 do good 750 to 775 export heif ers 725 to 750 baby beeves 760 to 9 butcher steers choice 7 to 776 do good 625 to 675 do med 575 to 6 do com 475 to 5 butcher heifers choice 676 to 760 do med- 626 to 6 do com 476 to 5 butcher cows choice525 to 625 do med 360 to 450 butcher bulls 450 to 525 bolognas 260 to 360 canncrs and cutters 150 to 250 feeding steers choice 6 to 675 do fair 4 to 6 stack ers choice- 5 to 525 do fair 4 to 425 milkers springers choice- 76 to 90 do fair 45 to 60 calves choice 9 to 1050 do med 7 to 775 do com 460 to 550 lambs choice ewes 1660 to 18 dobucks 15 to 1650 do culls 12 to 15 spring lambs ber lb15 to 18c t sheep light ewes- 550 to 760 do culls 350 to 460 hogs fed and watered 8 to 825 do fob 750 to 776 do country points 725 to 750 do select 880 to 903 do off cars long haul 840 to 865 montreal oats can west no 2 50 to 51c do no 3 48 to 49c extra no 1 feed 47 to 48c no 2 local white 44 to 45c flour mnnflpriag wheat pats lsts 6652nds 615 strong bakers 695 winter pats choice photo shows premier macdonald thchome secretary and miss isbbel macdonald at ho opening of the now parliamentary labor club at tufton street westminster gal maple sugar lb 25 to 26c honoy 60lb tins 11 to 11 c per lb 10lb tins 11 to 12c 6lb tins 11 to 12c 2lb tins 12 to 13c comb honey per doz no 1 376 to 4 no 2 325 to 350 smoked meats hams med 23 to 625 to 7 do com suckers 550 to 6 pailfed calves s450 to 4j5 spring iambs per lb 15 to 17c sheep 6 good quality butcher hogs mixed lots 850 to 876 sows 6 to 560 2ic cooked hams 34 to 36c smoked select bacon hog3 i