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industrial crisis in britain imminent following order to close mines a despatch from london says yet be reached before the strike which bntu drew a step nearer to an in- might prove a catastrophe definitely- dustrial crisis arousing the gloomiest s t iespite the rosy aning to tho cloud foreboding when the executive of the jver pessimists insist that no miners federation decided on thurs- agreement is likely through the usual i day night to instruct the miners in all bargaining channels since each sido districts to cease work on july 31 is selfishly concerned with its own j if theso instructions become effective interests to the exclusion of considera bly tho minimum number of mentions of general welfare sufficient to ensure the safety of thei the prevailing gloom is well ex- pits and feed the mine ponies will con- pressed in a london times editorial tinuo their duties which declares that the strike if it this action hy the miners federa- materializes will be a disaster of tion follows the posting at the pit immeasureablo magnitude which can heads in south wales and elsewhere give satisfaction to noro but britains by tho mine owners of revised terms enemies of employment to become operative august 1 which are most unpalatable to the employees despite the pessimism hero this action does not mean that hopes cf settlement by negotiation must be de finitely abandoned the miners have placed their case unreservedly in the hands of the general council of the trade union congress which has re quested an interview with the prime minister in view of the govern ments anxiety to bring the warring miners and employers together there lis a possibility that an agreement may it would be foolish to cherish any illusions or expect any result from a resumption of negotiations con tinues the editorial the remedy for the present state of the industry pro posed by the owners is longer hours and lower wages and the miners will not hear of either they have made no proposals of their own and their attitude is purely negative they simply will not listen to the terms put forward by tho owners who decline to offer any others this moans that both sides are marching steadily and deliberately to battle william hoss rodger bank manager at st davids oat with his heroic wife and daughter mary- mrs rodger fatally shot the bauult who attacked her husband drowning accoidents in various localities tourists perish as launch burns two hamilton men windsor girl ridgetown boy lose lives hamilton july 26 alex goodale of buffalo was drowned at the beach this afternoon and alwin adams who lived at 56 kenilworth avenue north was drowned at long beach this even ing mr goodale was hero visiting his brother c j goodale 170 burris st they went to tho beach this after noon tho visiting brother who was said to be a fairly good swimmer went in bathing off the beach power house he was ssen to be in distress and sank before aid could reach him his body was recovered adwin adams was drowned this afternoon while swimming in lake brie at long beach near burnbay his chum leslie nutley also of ham ilton was almost overcome trying to rescue him adams and nutley were out in a boat in ten feet of water windsor july 26 while four men looked on impotent to help because they could not swim miss edna mary morloy 19 years old daughter of mr and mrs edward morley riverside toronto man and wife be lieved lost at stony lake summer resort peterboro uly 26 thomas walsh and his wife of toronto are both be lieved to havo perished when their motor launch took ire on stony lake today the tragedy was witnessed by john thompson who rushed to the rescue but arrived too late the bodies have not been recovered thompson was trolling when ho passed a motor launch containing a man and a woman travelling in the opposite direction when the launch was about a quarter of a mile away ho looked around and saw the couple frantically endeavoring to put out a fire in the bow thompson saw the woman leap into the water while the man continued hi3 desperate fight then he too jumped a moment later there was a terrific explosion water was thrown high in the air and frag ments of the launch were scattered in all directions when thompson arrived at the scene there was no sign of the couple and very little of tho wreckage was to be found he cruised around for western crops saskatchewan cooperativo weekly re- improved by raini indicates generally good condi tions very good in centre and east there is no rust damage anywhere any anxiety over moisture is relieved tho crop in manitoba is making fast and sbmo wheat will be ready next week hurled over niagara cliffs by robbers toronto man found dying near falls having dragged himself half a mile the markets toronto man wheat no 1 north 168 no 2 north 1tj4 no 8 north j 5159 no 4 wheat not quoted i man oats no 3 cw not quoted niagara fas ont july 26 jj j fej 58c no 2 feed 51c robbed of his money and watch aii all the above cif bay ports bert e dunk 203 audrey avenue j am corn track toronto no 2 was assaulted and thrown over the yellow 122 niagara bank on friday evening and millfeed del montreal freights was found only this afternoon in a included bran per ton 28 dying condition with his back broken jjj tap 36 in several places toronto tourists ont oats48 to 50c fob shipping found the unfortunate man after he points had pulled himself using his fingers- ont wheat 120 to 123 fob only a distance of half a mile from shipping points according to freights where he landed ho was taken to the local hospital he may live for several days but his recovery is prac tically impossible barley malting 74 to 77c buckwheat no 3 78c rye no 2 nominal man flour first pat 880 to- great activity everywhere in preparation for coming harvest a despatch from winnipeg says favorable crop weather is pre valent throughout western canada from manitoba westward copier wea ther rules not a single district report ing a temperature higher than 88 heavy rains cover tho whole wheat growing area from medicine hat to the rockies from one edge of the prairies to the other has commenced the hum of railway activity which precedes har vesting the crop and which is felt from the atlantic to the pacific freight engines and box cars are being called west from eastern can ada cars which have been lying idle for months are being renovated and men who are accustomed to the work of transporting heavy ship ments of grain are getting into over alls the cpr and tho canadian na tional report 50000 box cars each with adequate motive power for all rolling stock ready the crop outlook in saskatchewan was much improved by good rains macmillan arctic expedition ready to proceed to etah although he was found at two g d sec p 830 toronto oclock this afternoon it was not until j 0 cscnto 90 per cent this evening that he was able to mako da per barrel in carlots toronto a statement of what had occurred j 575 seaboard in bulk 550 tonight he gave a statement his straw carlots per ton s to 850 story is that on friday evening hej screenings standard recleaned f went over the river and was in a dive ob bay ports per ton 21 where he had several drink it wasj hay no 2 per ton 13 to 14 suggested to him that he had better f- lvmi 11 to 12 mixed per get ataxi and one was brought for ton to fgi lower 8fesssl him dunk and the taxidriver gotj sff tt 8 intotho car and another man was 2 stiltons 26 to 27c old largo later picked up and accompanied them 28 to 29e twins 29 to 30c triplete they came over tho lower bridge butj 29 to 31c instead of driving up bridge street butter finest creamery prints to the hotel where dunk was board- j 40c no 1 creamery 40c no 2 ing the car continued down the river 37 to 88c dairy prints 27 to 29c road dunk began to get suspicious e fresh extras in cartons 41 to 42c loose 40 to 41c fresh firsts when he saw everything dark and an argument started at fosters flats just past the niagara glen the car waa stopped and they all got out the two men knocked dunk down robbed him of 40 and his watch then swung him over the cliff dunk landed haif way down the washington dc july 26 the macmillah arctic expedition has now apparently jumped its last hurdle and is ready to proceed from umanak greenland to etah its main base for 2 zl a week the cables have been kept busy a f h uy f m between washington and copenhagen until f gjfflf h be in an effort to insure a supply of coal came thirsty hejound he cou d use for the peary at umanak with the result that governor rosendahl of greenland proceeded from godhaven diski island to umanak on the peary in order to make certain that the nec essary coal was forthcoming the peary was due to arrive at umanak at 7 oclock this morning and planned to take on the coal and pro ceed forthwith to etah the bowdoin left godhaven yesterday at 11 am northward bound only his fingers he dragged himself to where water was trickling and scooped a hole in the ground so he 87 to 38c seconds 32 to 33c dressed poultry chickens spring lb 30 to 35c hens over 4 to 5 lbs 22 to 24c do 3 to 4 lbs 20c roosters 18c ducklings 27 to 80c beans can handplcked lb 6c primes 6c maple produce syrup per imp gal 240 per 5gal in 230 per gal maple sugar lb 25 to 26c honey 60lb tins 18c per lb 10lb tins 13c 5lb tins 14c 2- lb tins 15 to 16c smoked meats hams med s2 to 83c cooked hams 47 to 50c smoked rolls 22c cottage 23 to 25c break- i could get some there he lay all day fast bacon 30 to 34c snecial brand saturday and this morning he con- b tacon 37c backs boneless tinually called for help but although it is possible to save money by be ing so busy earning it that you havent time to spend it he could hear the trolley cars passing overhead his cries were unanswered scared that he would never be found today he started crawling and pull ing himself along the muddy ground ho had crawled about half a mile when he was found on a muddy path near the pebbly beach this afternoon by toronto tourists dunk is employed by the hydro 36 to 42n cured meats long clear bacon 50 to 70 lbs 22 70 to 90 lbs 2050 20 lbs and up 1960 lightweight rolls in barrels 2960 heavyweight rolls 2460 per barrel lard pure tierces 18 to 18cj tubs 18 to 19c pails 19 to 19c prints 20 to 20c shortening tierces 14c tubs 14c pails 15c blocks 16c heavy steers choice 8 to 825 do good 725 to 775 butcher was drowned in the detroit river safc- half an hour and then returned to urday afternoon ridgetown july 26 caught in an undertow gordon parish the 14-year- old son of james parish a farmer residing near st thomas was drown ed in lake erie at rondeau park this check up all the camping partiss that report the tragedy close inquiry failed to identify mr and mrs walsh among any gueste at tho summer hotels or among hold ers of cottages but it is impossible to afternoon the accident occurred about 4 oclock the youth had been in bathing only a few moments when he was seen struggling swimmers nearby rushed to his aid but they were too late british women succeed men in sports world a despatch from london says tho spoils in the malo athletic world which britain perhaps in consequence of the war toll appears unable to reap are being offset by a new epoch on the feminine side at meets in paris and brussels british women carried off the honors in competition with trench and bel gian athletes and last week at stam ford bridge they again demonstrated their- superiority by beating worlds records woman athletic clubs aro being formed everywhere efforts have been mado to point out the danger to wom anhood of strenuous endeavors but line the lake for miles port of london may be opened to biggest ships a despatch from london says american tourists in england a few years hence may be able to begin their hurried sightseeing of the old world by walking from the gangplank into the historic tower of london as tho port of london authorities are considering a plan for dredging the thames to accommodate the largest passonger vessels the port councils engineers recent ly submitted a report declaring that tho river could be mado available for largo tonnage ships as far as tho tower bridge xw a comparatively moderate sum and that there is suffi cient property availableat the bridge to warrant building docks there tho council has not yet completed ita plans but it appears likely that action will be taken when trado con ditions are better tho project would require about three years the river would be dredged from tilbury to crossword puzzle such efforts always havo been ovor- t mis j thotowor alisvnceotaboulwenty miles at a cost of approximately 2000000 or about 9700000 scrts that little harm can be done if tho training is carried on scientific ally public and commercial sentiment scorns to favor the project although there is certain to be hostility from i- r tho railroads and other interests de- expanding into continent j pendent upon coastal haulage hawaiian islands v a despatch from washington say3 mother nature will produco a fairsized continent in tho midpacific it was predicted by edwin fairfax naulty of now york who has studied earth movements for my years ho with his dream3 unfufted of jjg d bays ho is convinced that the hawai- j a quarter of a mi d f inn islands gradually and quietly are being pushed upward and within a hunt for riches ends as indian chief dies a despatch from montreal says generation will comprise a high and dry territory as largo as japan mr naulty predicted that tho pro cess would bo unaccompanied by any serious earth shocks answer to au veiks puzzle clalrlllolchmffihleltilclololpl w mumm imsm a blsh ftfitdb i iuebsik a cbis3 tail lars his share in tho heritage of the six nation indians chief michael twoaxe was buried in caughnawaga thursday chief- twoaxe a lawabiding des cendant of the oncefeared iroquois was one of a group on tho reserve who tried to push the claim of the six nations for 4000000000 compensa- tion from the state of new york for j tho loss of rights which had been their j forefathers before tho white mans i invasion claims were also to bo pre- j seated to the federal government of j tho united states and to the state of i vormont it is estimated among ui3 j indians that through the division each i would come into tho possession of a fortuno of 250000 said louis beau- i vais magistrate of tho village this hopo was born about fourteen or fif- j teen years ago when certain lawyers visited this and other reserves and collected the sum of 100000 to fight for settlement of the claim horizontal 1 to plot together 6 a city in westchester co new york 11 a sentence acknowledging a debt abbr 12 interjection 14 a greasy liquid 15 to twist or bend 17 to sing in a hearty way 19 to put in some public place 21 a southern state of u s abbr 22 a dwarf 23 interjection 24 a burglar 26 a building material 28 contraction of ever 29 personal pronoun neuter 31 a title in portugal and brazil 32 a continent abbr 34 indefinite article 35 electrical term abbr 37 a theological degree abbr 38 bare 41 a famous palace in parla 44 a whatnot 43 aseaults 47 a little island in inland waters 48 a color 50 an outfit as of tools 61 girls name 65 not far 57 murmurs as a stream 60 girls name 63 avarice 64 a mountain in thessaly on which pellon was piled by giants 67 side sheltered from wind 69 mans name 70 part of verb to be 71 a mixture or medley 72 capital of gallcla the international syndicate vertical 1 a domeatlo animal 2 an optical illusion 3 a sharp explosive noise 4 girls name familiar is pulled in pieces 6 part of an egg 7 negative 8 untanned calfskin 9 god hebrew 10 a collection 13 to lift up 16 epoch 17 to make as an edging 18 to tell an untruth 20 mans name familiar 24 affirmation 25 small country s e of russia 26 city of belgium destroyed by germans in 1914 27 to- finish 29 pertaining to that which is interior 30 a dish of green vegetables 33 about abbr 34 combining form manlng air 36 a kind of lettuce 37 the supreme god of the babylonians 39 american assn for the ad vancement of science abbr 40 to steep or soak 42 a river in s w wales 43 a solemn ceremony 44 a sense organ 46 title of a knight 49 a live coal 82 a game of cards 53 silence by force 64 mans name familiar 56 a stupid person 68 a kind of cheese 69 loyal faithful sect 60 a lyrical book of old testa ment abbr 61 sick 62 a great body of water 64 sphere 65 to look 66 a month abbr 68 prefix same as in 70 part 91 verb to b electric commission toronto and steers choice 7 to 725 do good came here to do special wire work he 650 to 7 do med 6 to 625 do is 35 yearsof age and has a wife and c 550 to 6 buicher heifers three children in toronto he was k- i to 7 m m able to give a good description of fltffg xice fbovvft assailants and the niagara falls n fair to good 54 to 450 callner and police have been notified cutters 2 to 250 butcher bulls gd 450 to 550 do fair 375 to 4 v bologna 3 to 350 feeding steers aviator plunges gd 625 to 675 ad fair 450 to into st ci air rtvfr 5 calvea choice 9 to 10 do hi lj 01 vm mvrk mcd 7 to s d0j c 4 t0 660 milch cow3 choice 70 to 80 do fair similar accident never before to 50 springers choice 75 to happened in the air service j leavietanvsotofi prince of wales pays visit i lambs ig to 1650 do med 15 to trw voll f nvj 1550 do bucks 14 to 1450 do tovalley ot diamonds 12 t fl3 h thi smo a despatch from mt oiemen3 fed and watered 1325 do fob mich says lieut harmon j nori w276 do country points 1250 do- ton marine corps flier attached to off cars seiect pmium 255 this station for special training was montreal recovering from the effects of phing- oats can wests no 2 68c ing into the st clair ship channel n 31 do fe at a sdeed of sbctv miles nn hour 62c flour man spring wheat pats at a speed ol sixty miles an hour flrst iu0 secon 860 do when his engine ran out of gas and 8tr bakers 840 do winter pats the pump on tho reserve tank faied choice 620 to 640 rolled oats to work i bag 90 lbs 305 to 375 bran fellow pilots here feel that nor- 132825 shorts 3025 middlings ton had a miraculous escape from 3625- hay no 2 per ton car lots death in an accident the like of which 1 has never been known in the air ser- eselg ftnestivwestei 23c finest vice he was rescued by the prompt ggkur suvj 1 efforts of captain frank p sinmrt 37 to 37y bcconds 36 t0 3 of the dredge thomas a lees of sar- eggs storage seconds 41c fresh nia whv also salvaged the airplane firsts 38c norton with lieut matthews in a second plane was returning wednes- d day noon from washington just asj nsu8 keveals vast he was over the head of lake st clair surplus of german women and was preparing to make his land- ing on tho field his engine which had a despatch from berlin says been working perfectly stopped dead what is to become of germanys his gasoline gaugo registered zero surplus of women this is the inter- tuming on tho reserve norton wait- esting question raised by tho prelim- ed for the engine to pick up i inary returns of tho recent census tried the hand pump and it too failed indicating that there aro about 2- to work nortons report stated 250000 moro women than men duo largely to tho ravages of the war among the moro conservative fam ilies which believe that a womans only worthwhile calling is to be a wife- there is consternation tho families cape town union of south africa had already considered tho chances for july 26 the royaj train arrived here their daughters marrying wore iimit- today after a tenweeks tour of the od bv the f act thnt the lfld l t union the prince of waits left tho ot th inherited wealth during the train at worcester last night and is initio period making the dowries proceeding by automobile today emaw tho census shows that the through the most picturesque districts chances of these girls aro even worse of tho western province with anow- the feared capped mountains in the background progressive- women claim to see in there will bo a complete absence of tho preponderance of females the pos- coremonial in cape town during the sbiity of womans further cmancipa- princes stay prior to his embarka- tlon an her entering into fields of hon wednesday for south america i w heretofore reserved for men j they hope by sheer numbers to forco 1 tho men to accept equality of the french to evacuate essen l3 ono catefrory of german district jtnd ot month women not affected by the relative j strength of the sexes tho widow iii a despatch from paris says j possesrif of a furnished home of all it is officially announced that essen women she has the least difficulty in will be completely evacuated by tho marrying if she so desires with french troops by july 31 j homes at a great premium through- thc withdrawal of the troops of oc- 0 germany and with dowries prob- cupation from the ruhr has thus far lematical the male marriago candi- been without incident except at dates take to such widows with bochum whero the people staged a avidity demonstration necessitating tho inter- j j ference of the police who used their apicture ot health requires a happy aidoarms there were no casualties frame of mind c m i prince of wales completes south african tour