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fiftyone killed in mine disaster in indiana explosion of gas takea heavy toll at sullivan ind crews handicapped by fumes in efforts to bring victims out sullivan ind feb 20 in an ex- pitxfon of gas that wrought the greatest mine disaster in the history of the indiana coal fields 51 men were killed almost instantly at 1045 oclock this morning in the city coal com pany mino on the outskirts of this city there were 121 miners in the mino at the time of ths explosion which occurred in the third ami fourth en tries north where most of the men were at work who were killed rescue crows went to work at once and the rescue team of tha united states bur eau of mines at vincerines ind reached the scene of the disaster by motor truck at 1145 oclock in the morning ono hour after the terrific explosion they were on the bottom in 35 minutes after arrival miners who wero inju brought to the surface at once the work of bringing out the dead proceeded slowly the bodies being brought out singly rescue workers were handicapped by fumes of gas which flooded the mine immediately after the explosion tremendous crowds thronged the scene soon after the word of the dis- crossword puzzle aster spread throughout the town and surrounding communities and auto mobiles were parked along the roads leading to the shaft for distances of several miles wives and children of miners cm- ployed in the shaft crowded about seeking information and groups of wailing sobbing women and children clustered about as the news was broken that 01 of the men were known to be dead a signal to the hoisting engineer was received within three minutes after the explosion but ono of the cages was caught on the bottom by wreckage and miners wero forced to climb into the shaft to the bottom and cut away the wreckage before the hoisting engine could bo used but one cage was being used as a result the surface a row of waiting ambu lances removed the dead to the city sheer courage and heroism marked the work of rescuers who braved the deadly fumes of gas and descended time after timeinto the mine to bring out the dead many wero overcome and several wero carried from the mine kings medical advisers say influenza somewhat severe slowly recovering from attack will take few weeks cruise in mediterranean ioncon feb 22 king george mediterranean and it is not question- miisi on recovery from his present ed that their advice will be followed iilness betake himself out of the the official bulletin reads ligorous english climate as a pre- tho king passed a fair day thera caution against the possibility of a is still a rise of temperature in the secmd attack of influenza which is evening but the slow progress con- very prevalent in england at the- tinues present time at its onset the influenza which so the kings physicians lord attacked his majesty was somewhat dawson sir mifsom recs and sir severe the bronchitis extending to frederick stanley hewett have ruled tho base of tho lungs a form of the three physicians paid their cus- malady which is apt to bo tedious and tomaiy morning and evening visits resistant to tho palace today and after a rather long consultation issued a but letin at s oclock this evening reveal in order to secure complete res toration of health and fitness we ad vise when the stage of convalescence ing for the first time how very severe has been reached that his majesty the bronchial attack had been and shall proceed to the south of eruopa britain to increase air force strength sjnoos og 2000000 additional to be spent and reserve built on territorial basis a despatch from london says great britain proposes to spend an additional 2000000 on her air force next year bringing the estimates un to 21319300 the strength of the air force will bo raised from 54 to 61 squadrons all the seven new ones being added to the present home de fence force of 18 it is also planned toward tho end of the year to add four flights or half squadrons to those assigned to the navy and to reduce the air garrison of irak as soon as the boundary ouestions there are set tled steps are to bo taken to build up an air reserve on the territorial basis active officers may if they wish pass on certain conditions into a special reserve and these reinforced by civ ilians recruited for the purpose will form the reserve squadrons up to the present time it lias been possible to furnish all the pilots needed for these auxiliary duties from temporary officers trained and certificated in the war but the supply of these has come to an end and young men who have sever been up in the air will be in vited to take up territorial duties the vote for technical equipment and research is increased by 703000 and it is pointed out how aeroplanes tend to advance in power complexity end cost experimental work will be carried on with 12 types of planes and 12 types of engines two airship3 are to be constructed by tho government one in the shads of a private firm and a series of ex perimental flights will be carried out by the r33 while the r36 is to be reconditioned for a flight to egypt a small sum is included in the esti- mates for light aeroplane clubs to en- courago flying by amateurs boy loses life when home catches fire two others heroically res cued by passerby chance of recovery a despatch from st catherines says one of the saddest fatalities that has occurred for a long time moved the city to its depthson thurs day night when billy park the nineyearold son of exalderman wm w park was suffocated on thursday night and the lives of two other chil dren endangered when the house caught fire and was almost completely destroyed mr and mrs park had left the three children at home while they went to a dance that was being held at the rotary club passing the house which is situated on queen street about the centre of the city about 11 oclock thursday night frank mot ley a returned soldier saw the smoke coming from the building and heard the screams of the children breaking a window he heroically forced his way to the room where the threo children were and carried them from tho blaz ing building tho children wero immediately rushed to the hospital and though every effort was made to save the lives of am it was found that billy tho middle one of the three boys was dead the two other children are in the hospital where doctors state they have a chance of recovering the origin of tho fire is in doubt but thought to have been caused by an overheated pipe the parents were immediately notified of the tragic oc currence and are overcome with grief at the fatality that has occurred suggestions for solving crossword puzzles start out by filling in the words of which you feel reasonably bare these will give you a clue to other words crossing them and they in turn to still others a letter belongs in each whits space words starting at tho numbered squares and running either horizontally or vertically or both horizontal 1 pushed 6 small containers for liquid 11 a unit of weight 12 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test 41 regard 42 scalawags 43 with sloping ends 44 line the roof of 45 limit 46 pertaining to the eyes pi 48 a legislative body 61 sun god 53 cabbage salad 64 comparative value 56 product of a tree 59 possessive pronoun 61 a common carrier abbr 64 printers name for mixed type why recovery was so slow the physicians have advised the king to spend tho remainder of the winter in a yachting cruise in the and cruise in his vacht for a few weeks signed hewett rees dawson he weeks markets toronto man wheat no 1 north 210u no 2 north 204 no 3 north 201 h no 4 wheat 190 vi man oats no 2 cw 72c no 3 cw 68e extra no 1 feed 09c no 1 feed 6gc no 2 feed 62 c all the above cifbav ports am corn track toronto no 2i yellow 145 mod 10 to 12 do culls s to 9 hogs thick smooths fed and watered 1135 to 1145 do fob 1075 to 1085 do country points 1050 to 1005 do off cars 1175 to 1185 select premium 222 to 225 millfeed del montreal freights 8- bags included bran per ton 31 saf- montreal oats can west no 2 79 c no 3 73c extra no 1 feed 70 flour man spring wheat pats lsts 1070 2nds 1020 strong bakers 10 winter pats choice 835 to per ton i3l shorts per ton 33 middlings 39 good feed flour per bag 240 ont oats no 2 white 57 to 59c ont wheat no 2 winter 160 to 105 no 3 winter 158 to 162 no 1 commercial 157 to 161 fob shipping points according to freights barley malting 89 to 93c buckwheat no 2 80 to 84c rye no 2 134 to 139 man flour first pat 1070 to ronto do second pat 1020 toronto ont flour 90 per cent pat 815 in bags montreal or toronto do ex port nominal cotton bags cif straw carlots per ton 850 to 9 screenings standard recleaned f ob bay ports per ton 28 hay no 2 per ton 1450 no 8 rolled oats- bran 3125 bags 90 lbs shoru 3825 middlings 3925 hay no 2 per ton car lots 14 to 15 butter no 1 pasteurized 30 to 31c no 1 creamery 29 to 30c seconds 28 to 29c eggs fresh extras 55c fresh firsts 52c mounted police force dwindles each year only 58 officers and 962 men on roll in canada last year a despatch from ottawa says the canadian mounted police force decreases numerically year by year per ton ii50to 1250 mfxedpor in is tiie forco j 73 officers and ton 1150 to 12 cheese new large 23c twins 23ic triplets 24c stiltons 21c old large 24 to 25c twins 25 to 26c trip lets 26 to 27c butter finest creamery prints 34 to 36c no 1 creamery 33 to 34c no 2 31 to 33c dairy prints 26 to 28c e fresh extras in cartons 52c loose 50c fresh firsts 48c 1598 men on its roster in 1924 there wero only 58 officers and 962 men the number of horses used by the fa mous ranger3 dropped from 942 in 1920 to 433 in 1924 tho number of cases handled by the mounties however increased about 86 per cent last year the actual num- i her was 30680 more than a third of opium conference ends long existence canadian potatoes banned after probe risk of introducing beetle in britain was cause of embargo wheat crop grading lower than last year a despatch from ottawa says last years crop seamed to many peo ple to have been a rather short one but the record of grain inspections ex tending over tho lat 24 years shows that only four times has the number of this crop years inspections been exceeded tho wheat crop is not grading nearly as high as it did last year tho january inspections show that only 46o7 per cent of tho cars in spected graded no 3 northern or better during the six months ending january the percentage was 69 as compared with 85 for the correspond- london feb 22 in connection with the ban on the importation of canadian potatoes by the british gov ernment the canadian press has learned from the ministry of agricul ture that when the order was made ing period a year ago regarding potatoes from the united states it was recognized that consid eration would have to be given to tho necessity for similar action with re gard to canadiangrown tuber french airman wins life weds war godmother t i unuaum vvii romance inquiries were accordingly made as i jf r i to a happy ending in the m to tho prevalence of the beetle in the pmfl ri ru u rnlntoinmvinr hli mi f ih 1w pcnrd rench avl ten nations affix their sig natures to all three instru ments adopted a despatch from geneva says terminating a long and laborious ex istence marked by crises and thriks rivalling those of the famous genoa conference the international opium conference adjourned on thursday sine die all the delegates harassed and worn out by several months ne gotiations manifested their content that at last things were over those who affixed their signatures to all threo instruments adopted by tho conference tho antinarcotic con vention proper the protocol and the final act which contains a series of resolutions were australia belgium great britain greece japan luxem bourg the netherlands persia por tugal and siam both greece and per sia signed ad referendum solution of last weeks puzzle live poultry hens over 4 to 5 lbs the servico is stationed in ontario 72 18c do 3 to 4 lbs 13c roosters 12c being at headquarters in ottawa and two children die in burning home mother absent at time at bedside of another son alexandria feb 22 while their father was absent in vermont and their mother was at the bedside of a boihdtand hungary merely sub- e so a hospital scribed to the final act the german p 12 pa eml a plenipotentiary informed inquirers t cmdren o a swsb that he would sign he walked several wero burned to death when times into the protocol chamber sat fir3 destroyed their home hero this in a chair with pen in hand doliber- morning miss massia in charge of ducklings 5 lbs and up 18c dressed poultry hens over 4 to 5 lbs 25c do 8 to 4 lbs 16c spring chickens 4 lbs and over mf 35c do corn fed 32c roosters 18c duck lings 5 lbs and up 25c turkeys 35c beans can handpicked lb 6 primes 6c maple products syrup per imp gal 240 per 5gal tin 230 per gal maple sugar lb 25 to 26c honey 00lb tins 13c per lb 10lb tins 13c 5lb tins 14c 2- lb tins 15 to 16c smoked meats hams med 25 to 26c cooked hams 37 to 38c smoked rolls 18 to 20c cottage rolls 21 to 23c breakfast bacon 23 to 27c spe cial brand breakfast bacon 29 to 31c backs boneless 33 to 36c cured moats long clear bacon 50 to 70 lbs 1750 70 to 90 lbs 1680 90 lbs and up 1550 lightweight rolls in barrels 33 heavyweight rolls 27 lard pure tierces 18 to 184c tubs 18i to 19c pails 18 to 19c prints 21 to 22c shortening tierces 14 to 15c tubs 14 to 15wc pails 15i to 15c prints 16 to 17c choice heavy steers 775 to 825 butcher steers choice 8675 to 725 do good 625 to 675 do med 550 to 6 do com 450 to 525 butcher heifers choice 675 to 7 do good 6 to 650 do med 5 to 575 do com 450 to 5 butcher cows choice 460 to 525 do fair to good 350 to 4 canners and cutters 225 to 275 butcher bulls good 295 in ontario generally there are 192 in saskatchewan 128 in alberta 109 in british columbia 51 in mani toba 40 in the yukon 52 in the north west territories 32 in the maritimes 27 in quebec and an even dozen dis tributed over the unclassified hinter land around baffin ellesmere and north devon islands canadian crew saved by italian steamship norfolk va feb 22 rtscue of the crow of ten men from tho disabled and sinking canadian trawler canada by the italian steamship artena in a position northwest of bermuda vras reported in a wireless message picked up tonight by the naval communica- tions radio station 1 ated and then walked affixing his signature out without an unusual war romance has come michael olearv vc held potatogrowing districts of the lo- alor and i ij mile emma bon who was his god- minion it appears as a result that n i u jr continued imputation of canadian poj jis l tntocs involves the risk of introducing t p the beetle into this country the mini s ll tjl c istry of agriculture accordingly is tory is that two years ago sued diatel for the admission of any i rocks off the sicilian coast near pan- rn b of on alien smuggling charge mother during the war says a paris the house and children in the absence of their parents narrowly escaped with her life the firs broke out about 2 oclock in the morning from an unknown origin and the housekeeper 5425 to 525 do fair 375 to i bologna 250 to 325 feeding steers good 575 to 650 do fnir 475 to 550 stockers good 450 to 550 do fair 4 to 425 calves choice 11 to 12 do med 7 to j winnipeg man with a total earn wasl do grassers 350 to 450 milch ed revenue of 10603580 and a total 982386900 in wealth i which cannot be tajced a despatch from ottawa says dominion of canada taxfreo bonds outstanding at present total 982- 386900 it was stated in tho house of commons on thursday by the acting minister of finance in answer to a question from j a wallace fproi gressive norfolk why is a native of a country in africa like a poor irishman he jives in ashantee a shanty i ill z t i s despaired of life and gave up i the order winch operates hnme a h j c ely but provsion has been made iie was fiyin to s jn rcerts that may have been sdy m wr thc shipped i roclcs tle konnn coast ne vf e tellaria the machine caught fire and from rhtintvv f p o burned for irom the uinimvy concerning jl duvation of the embargo cows choice 60 to 70 fair cows to buffalo ny feb 22 sergeant michael oleary holder of the vic- awakened to find the building in flame and filled with smoke ffijti endeavors to reach the sleepmg clu- bic 450 to 625 bulls flames and 3 to 4 good ewe lambss1450 to dren wero cut off by the toria cross and other awards for gal- sh fl0m houe crying for bucks 1250 to 1350 do lantry during the world war was held for the federal grand jury by united states commissioner keating yesterday on a charge of conspiracy to smuggle aliens into the united states 0icry whose home is in fort erie ont was formerly employed at i briigjburg ont as a railroad police incurred expenditure of 10470l85 the manitoba government closed its fiscal year august 31 1924 showing a net excess of current revenue over current expenditure of 133395 i mounties report perilous rescue thc children the house was compately destroyed and the furni- i ture was a total loss the little todies were recovered later mr iacomb was absent on a busii i i c a despatch from ottawa says separated from the drifting ice by- l1feanddeath struggle in far north frozen milk delivered on strings in alasl the milkman here doesnt about spilling his milk says a nome d despatch he calls from house to kl fachces uay steps house and delivers a block of frozen reindeer milk or cream equal to a pint or a quart a white cord frozen into thc block of milk serves as a handle to facilitate delivering tho blocks of milk and cream are tastily wrapped in oiled paper looking for all the world like ice cream one feature about tho milk business hero is that so long aa it remairw frozen as carnival approaches rio de janeiro has started training for thc carnival social clubs through out tho city with the exception of thc aristocratic suburbs on tho ocean beaches are now giving dances every saturday night and tho people are staging- street battles of confetti m doumergue bachelor causes florists to grieve lady byng decorated girl who saved man from bull j j the owners of the flower shops in prcjcott feb 22 in the palm the madeleine district doikt care much room of tho chateau laurier at ot- who is prcsidont of france so long tawa margaret a casselman of j as he is married says a paris do- mountain township was presented by spatch her excellency ldy byng of vimyl a bachelor president has no flowers with a humara society modal in rcc- j sent him they point out and since m cgnuon of bravery displayed in tav- doumergue ha held the position they ing s d thorpe on sept 17 from be- have lost trade which they ruefully amateur orchestras and bands are there is no dnonitcn in thc quan- practicing american jazz and theng gored to death by an angry bull j fstimatc at nearly sooooo f rncs a uty or qnrj i maxixe the brazilian national dancoj at the risk of her own life yvar with thc ellesmere island detachment was impossible to move the noise travelled 050 miles in 47 days under made by thc grinding ice was deafen- most perilous circumstances ing and the pressure was increased the following paragraph is typical by a gale from the southwest early of the concise report we remained in the morning the following day the in camp until 3 pm on the 29lb wail- 1 wind dropped and we succeeded in ing for the ieeleads to cloic we then getting our outfit on the firm ice by came vithin haif a mile of shore here noon of the 30th the balance if tiso we found thc movement of the ice day and late in the afternoon ft the more rapid rnd we were kept busy 31st was spent in drying our clothes for several hours moving our kit from and equipment a succession of such ice pan to ico pan upon nearing the incident make up tho 47 days patrol jhoreve were confronted by a perpon- carried on by staff srgevvt a h dicular wall of ico 30 to 40 feet high joy