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j- gales and floods cause big damage in british isles and france london jan 4 the heavy galo the message sentfriday said she was which has caused great damage in its able to proceed owing to a broken it u u nu throttle valve path through the british isles during the midweek continued on saturday a bizzard was reported in the scot tish highlands reports of distressed shipping con tinued to be received the dutch liner the worst consequences of the gale which ended by blowing itself out to day leaving a trail of disaster in every part of france except the favor ed riviera were the floods in normj andy the river vire has reached veendam bound for new york was the highest mark recorded since 1852 i unable to land its pilot at the isle of an the city of caen is entirely surj wight or plymouth owing to the rounded b floods heavy seas and was compelled to pro- in southern brittany the situation ceed to falmouth where he was land- also is grave the town of pontivyj ed with great difficulty the ships is in a desperate plight being almost carpenter was injured by a huge sea entirely flooded out while at morlaix which struck the liner as it was enter- the central part of the city is flooded ing falmouth bay to depth of two feet a sight which i the british steamer kalimba en has not been seen for 40 years i route to buenos aires also stopped ati the rivers in the northeast of falmouth bay and landed her carfrance and belgium are also very penter who also was severely injured high and at many places are already at bargoed south wales a land- over their banks at bruayenartois slide caused a mineral train to topple the dyke burst and the river flooded over an embankment killing the en- the town in the middle of the night gineer and fireman incidentally 2000 the inhabitants were awakened by the miners will be aid off as the train tocsin and escaped as best they could wreck destroyed the electric power cables connected with the mines a despatch to lloyds from barry abandoning everything hundreds are now without shelter a full gale lashed the french sea- today announced that the united board at brest last night and a tor- states shipping board steamer eeljrential rain flooded the nearby coun- beck which sent out wireless distress try the river elorn overflowed signals off the coast of scotland dur- while the towns of landivisiau cha- ing last fridays storm was proceed- teaulin and quimper were inundated ing for new york the eelbeck in by several feet of water french think columbus did not discover america french savants are investigating the thorny question of who discovered america says a paris despatch in us thanks great britain for aid given world fliers london jan 4 the following mes sage from the united states ambas sador in london to hon austen cause and path of suns eclipse about 9 oclock on the morning of january 24 toronto and a sixty mile strip of territory in western ontario will be in the path ot a total solar eclipse it will be visible only for about two minutes the above map shows the path of the shadow that will rush so swiftly across the continent from duluth to long island the single column drawing shows how the sun and moon caper arouud to cause an eclipse although the relative sizes of tho sun moon and earth are disregarded in the illustration the general truth of the eclipse may be observed because the sun is larger than the moon the shadow of the moon when cast toward the earth comos nearly to a point when it touches the earths surface yet as seen from the point t on the earth the moon because it is nearer looks as largo as the sun and appears completely to cover it just as with a lead pencil a quarter of an inch in diameter held six inches from tho eye you can cover an object a foot in diameter situated 24 feet from the eye in addition to hiding tho sun at t there will be part eclipses between the points xi uui x2 botween pi and p2 tho degree of the eclipse increases as the observer happens to be nearer the belt t a paper read before the college de j chamberlain appears in current fleet france a paper which the french orders press terms sensationa professor j under instructions from the un- meillet states that it was not chris- jitcd states government i have the topher columbus the famous voy- honor to express the deep appreciation ager merely rediscovered a continent of the american government for the j which was known long before his day many courtesies and assistance ex- to other navigators tended by the british authorities to up to the present says professor the american aviators in their recent meillet no serious study of the indi- flight around the world the amer- genous languages of america and of ican government fully realizes that other regions has ever been made but without the cooperation of the var- the ground now is being broken byjious foreign governments over whose french students and a comparison of j territory the flight passed this the vocabularies of a group of cali- 1 achievement would not have been pos- fornia languages and certain polyne- sible and it is therefore particularly sian languages has brought to light happy to express its gratitude to his satisfying and numerous coinci- majestys government for its cordial five firemen hurt in montreal blaze fifteen persons driven from beds in zero weather 150000 property damage a despatch from montreal says four stores four dwellings and a club are in ruins five fire men and a civilian were hurt by falling debris or affected by smoke more than fifteen persons were driven in night attire from their homes in a temperature c degrees below zero as a result of a fire which started in the mens furnishings store of e bernier st hyacinths que damage estimated at between 150- 000 and 200000 is partly covered by insurance only the work of the ire- men aided by hundreds of citizens prevented the destruction of the en tire business section of the town the outbreak was net brought under con- trol for six hours the blaze is be lieved to have been caused by an over heated furnace in the bernier prem ises duke of york shoots rhinoceros in african jungle eart th spaciacle oani4 and numerous dences the vocabulary of the indigenous races of patagonia the lecturer told his colleagues of the college de france shows striking resemblances to that of australian races and it is inter esting to note that these linguistic re semblances parallel almost identically similar resemblances in the arms do mestic utensils and other objects used in the same epoch in america and other regions but these similarities do not date from the time when these continents were connected by land in stead of vast oceans therefore it is to be concluded that navigators sailed over these immense spaces cooperation eighthour day introduced first by czechosiovakia recorded on this crop czechoslovakia was the first indus trial state among the european coun tries to ratify the eighthour conven tion and introduce a statutory eight- hour day a report on hours of labor in czechoslovakia has just been issued by the international labor office the first part of the monograph is wheat reaches highest mark at minneapolis since 1920 a despatch from minneapolis says a carload of wheat sold at the chamber of commerce here on friday j for 221 a bushel giving the first days trading here in 1925 the highest mark reached for wheat since 1920 the previous high postwar cash price was 218 established dec 26 last it is believed that the carload above king boris 0 bulgaria is about to referred to was of fancy spring grade start a round of visits to all the royal which has been selling at a premium courts in europe in search of a royal on the minneapolis market all season br it i said word has gone ahead although this is the highest figure yet that he wants to make tho allied coun tries forget his country was on the other side in the war canadian reunion at los angeles a despatch from los angeles cal herschel island visited by first relief ship in year a despatch from nome alaska says this city will bo the scene of says- heres a gripping plot for a a huge canadian reunion on feb 7 thrilling sea story 1925 according to an announcement for more than a year not a vessel made here by john hooper president had called at herschel island isolated of the canadian tourists society and in the arctic ocean northeast of director of the american tourists as- alaska the few white traders and sociation who estimates that fully 50- trappers living there and several 000 visitors will attend the gathering eskimo colonies were just about ready y the municipal coliseum seating 81- to resign themselves to a diet of seal n 000 will be thrown open for the field blubber and bear meat for the winter day and an openair picnic will be when a strange thing happened held in the exposition grounds ad- 1 the gas power schooner maid of joining j orleans out from seattle since june announcing the reunion a can- 25 trying vainly to reach victoria adian ball was held in the bon ton i land and unspoken by any ship later ballroom on the lick pier santa mon- than august 80 was given up for lost ica recently and which was attended j as were four other arctic boats then b5- 2000 members of the various like santa claus dropping down a mapo leaf societies chimney came the maid of orleans according to the announcement to herschel island frozen in a big ice made here by mr hooper the plans floe the boat fast in the ice is in a i for the reunion were formulated at j safe harbor for the winter on tho the recent conventions of the tourists j schooner are sufficient suplies to keep j association at toronto and at put-in- j the islanders from want until next j bay ohio the chamber of com- summer in return captain klcngen- merce here will assist in working out berg will get a cargo of the white furs plans for the big gathering for which herschel is famous so herschel island is saved and tho a despatch from nairobi says reports from tho shooting camp of the duke and duchess of york at isiolo show a good be ginning hns been made on the way from nairobi however the party were overtaken by a cloudburst fortyono arid onehalf inches of rain fell in a halfhour the duke of yorks biggest success was the shooting of a rhinoceros sev eral miles from the camp accorrpan- ied only by a white hunter he tracked and wounded the rhinoceros which charged the duke waited until tho animal was within 30 yards then he dropped it with a second shot the duke also shot a kongora a zebra ana an impala the camp is surrounded by lios and the party consequently expect to ojtain a good bag the duchess of york has been suc cessful with small game ontario housewife wins prize in english contest acton jan 4 mrs schram of duke of york ducked by ships passengers a despatch from london says passengers on the steamship which dictionaries were ropular took uie du ano duchess of york to gifts for xword fans kenya had the experience of shaving and ducking the kings son and then many persons this christmas have helping him shave and duck the ships acton has received the prize in tho been astonished anddelighted at get- j captain these amenities are part of competition in fruit cakes with the i ting a dictionary of all things in the a ceremonial to which all persons ladies of acton england at a bazaar world for a gift book and the book- crossing the equator for the first time maid of orleans in a harbor there you have it the framework of a thriller halifax chronicle celebrates 100 years of publication aia rll ji here recently john taylor sec- sellers have expressed equal astonish- dovoted to an account of the scope and t i f provisions of the czechoslovakia re public act of 1913 by which the eight- hour day or fortyeighthour week was introduced in the republic the monograph devotes special at ment at the demand for such books rotary of the acton chamber of com merce at acton england writes says a london despatch our people here appreciate veryl it is not any particular thirst for much tho response in the matter of i knowledge or love of learning for its the cake competition should your own sake this tide of buying but acton women folk decide to challenge simply to meet the demond for refer- work in connection with provisions for permanent or temper- 1 tt i cro p ary exemptions this is followed 1 h to moke a worth huste i s americas example the newspapers started this amusement tention to the methods of apply the act in railway undertakings and the z ff 7 c0i en rovwin fj r torn- t0st tlle fututo l w1 n hiv solvm y data concerning the administration of the act the third part of the study deals in some detail with collective agreements regarding hours of work among tho countries already cover ed by this series of publications of the girl who fell from train picked up alive port coquitlam bc jan 4 international labor office are bel- travelling with her mother from vul- gium france germany greit bri- can alta to aancouver harriet tain italy switzerland the netherlands and boy is smothered under falling strawstack sims 10 years old fell from the train near the canadian pacific yards here for the benefit of their readers many usually are subjected the duke was ready and wore run ning pants and a vest for his hazing he then led the assault on the cap tain who was dragged from the bridge and boisterously baptized prince offers to drive while tired chauffeur sleeps a despatch from london says halifax ns jan 1 celebrating 100 years of continuous publication the morning chronicle in association with tho nova scotian today pub lished an edition of 84 pages replete with matter of great historical inter est to canada tho magazine section includes articles by dr archibald macmechan and dr j d logan on joseph howe l perhaps its most brilliant editor and i the chronicles place in the history of i nova scotitis graphically told by dr w e maclellan a former editor the story of rt hon w s field may use ships sirens to save the orchards a despatch from sydney nsw says tho irrigation commission south wales has made available a sum of i money to undertake a unique experi ment it is proposed to make tests with marine signalling apparatus- to see if it will be effective in scaring starlings and other birds from vine- yards and orchards in the irrigation urea the apparatus consists of a siren used by ships in distress and would be operated electrically from the farm the siren iself being placed among the trees or vines canada leads in many minerals the natural resources intelligence service of the dept of the interior says that if canadians would give more serious thought to the great min eral resources of their country they would more fully appreciate them they take too much for granted and appear to think they are not of any individual interest except to a few promoters or others directly interest ed the number of minerals bdth pre- cious and economic in which canada is at present or is rapidly assuming the leadership in production would surprise many of our people if they would but give a little thought to tho subject university college increases tuition fees in tho university of toronto there are four arts colleges viz univer sity college victoria college trinity college and st michaels college of ings career with the newspaper ivtoyd the tho first is the p college jx nrizes for correct solutions i tho n rounds engagements in detail the edition also includes the wllieh is pprted by the government ns prince of wales is called on to j facsimile of the first issue of thel ontario and the other three are and now everybodys doing it cologne will boast largest bell in the world them fulfill often demand long hours of halifax gazette the first newspaper duty on the part of his attendants published in canada but he is uniformly considerate ofl the prince arrived home early one morning and told his chauffeur he would require his car at 7 oclock de- i widening of strand will cost 25000000 per mile a despatch from london says nomination colleges have found that pendent for their revenues on tho re- ligious denominations concerned as is well known- the fees paid by stu dents for many years have covered only about onethird of the actual cost of tuition and in recent years the de nominational coliegest have found that d to death saturdav eonscious cl tn hours the foreign occupation of the cologne we a firm near this citv latc ifer iu serious but itzone it was deemed impracticable be- dont pinned nder a huge is boi vi lxc jhuojnstnn y saskatoon jan 4 arthur vempos was smothered afternoon on when he was stack of straw tho lad crawled into ft deep hole in the side of the stack and the overhanging mass toppled when his companions jumped or it during theif play 4 canadian potatoes find ready market in britain a despatch from cologne says the city of cologne is soon to havi friday her absence was not noticed i the largest bell in the world it will tecting a shadow on the chauffeurs by her mother who was conversing weigh more than twentyfive tns face the prince inquired the reason tne widening of the strand in the they cannot continue to exist on tho with a friend until the train neared the boll has been ready for ship- the man replied that he would not heart of london is an expensive pro- funds available last year victoria vancouver a message sent along the ment from a factory at apolda for have time to clean the car whereupon seeding according to h h gordon college increased her fees from 40 line led to the discovery of the semi- more than a year but on account of the prince replied a forwor london county councillor he to 75 trinity and st michaels well bring the car round at 730 places the cost at 25000000 a mile were anxious to do the same but it trouble to clean it ill drive traffic congestion makes the work was clear to all concerned that four you hop inside and have a sleep necessary a despatch from london says tho barring of american pota- toes becauso of their infection i with a pest and the shortage of english supplies has provided can- 1 adian potato shippers with an oppor- tunity of which they have not been 0low to tako advantage large sup- pllea of tubers have arrived here from canada during the last few weeks from one port alone perth nb i 6000 barrels a week have been re- celved and it is expected that before the seaso closcs at least 1000000 j barrels will reach theso shores ho opcnfng of the 32nd meeting of tho council of tho league of nations in roma j colleges all doing the same work and all being part of the same organiza tion could not have in force different scales of fees students would 11a- 1 turally tend to enrol with the college j having tho smallestfee the problem struck at the very foundation of unl- versity federation to solve this sit- uation university college raised its 1 fee to 75 effective next year even jso the fees in arts are now littlo i more than half those in medicine and j applied science 1200 london children guests of hamilton ontario london jan 1 more than 1200 small guests vcrc entertained at the guildhril today through tho custom- j ary annual benevolence of the chil dren cf hamilton ont tho lord j mayor presided and ho was supported by sheriffs and aldermen oy the city and representatives of tho dominion i of canada