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thirteen injured in auto collision on highway near st thomas a despatch from st thomas ont says thirteen people were injured on the highway wednesday night last week in a headon collision between a heavy touring car and a light sedan a few hundred yards north of thejision village of union between st thomas and port staney five ofthose taken to the hospital when the two cars collided are still there c l weidman 08 gerrard st london ont is in the worst condition one hip being either dislocated or frac tured xray photographs were made to learn just what the extent of weid- mans injuries are weidman was also badly bruised about the body and his back and chest hurt the others in the hospital are mrs d man frank wisnoski aged five years earl walk er and roy howarth all of this city the two cars are a total wreck fire completed the destruction of the tour ing car about 2 oclock in the morning the touring car was driven by wil liam howarth jr of this city he claims that he was on his right side of the road and that the other car headed straight for him turning to the other side of the road at the last minute but too late to avoid a col- with howarth were earl walker and frank wisnoski in the front seat and his mother mrs mann roy how arth audrey mann of this city and savilla schultz and wesley schultz 10 and 5 years old of rochester ny who were visiting with mrs mann their grandmother all the occupante of the back seat were thrown from tho j car by the force of the impact savilla schultz being rendered unconscious shortly after being taken to the hos pital sho regained consciousness and then was taken to the home of mrs mann with weidman were his young son and ethel and margaret marshall all of london they wore taken home mtr mann is at present working in detroit damage from fires in ontario on decline fire marshals halfyearly figures show drop of 1484247 in total a despatch from toronto says j the toll of damage occasioned by fires continues to show a steady decline in ontario figures for the first six njonths of 1925 issued by the provin- cial fire marshal revealed a total loss of 6148463 as compared with a total loss of 6632710 for the corres ponding period of last year the de crease being 81484247 for the month of juno past the total loss was 974689 as compared with 81260640 for the same month a year ago the decrease being 285951 duringthe month of june the chief fires in ontario were one at hagers- ville in which the loss was 99500 one at the minaki inn at kenora in which the loss was 200000 and one at the bartletts storo in windsor in which the loss was 57430 y so far during 1925 factories have been the principal sufferers in ontario fires some 194 of them have been visited by flames with resultant loss of 2315384 closely following them in the matter of damage incurred come retail business places 579 of which have been the scene of confla grations with consequent loss of 006173 during the halfyear 1 1 hove been 3650 dwellings onfire j ijafcymotorists invited to which the damage has run to 1660- hudson bay territory 400 farmers barns to the number of 354 have been affected by outbreaks a procession of tourists driving jtnv department has into the picturesque northland on their health improved as result of trip prince of wales terminates south african visit and sails for s america a despatch f ronv cape town union of south africa says the prince of wales looking bronzed and much more robust than when he came to south africa sailed from simons town the naval station for south america at four oclock wednesday afternoon he will go by way of st helena the prince said he never felt bet ter in his life and had enjoyed the climate enormously i feel that i have got to know something about south africa he re marked and i hope i can now be re garded as a good south african prior to sailing the prince knighted reaf admiral fitzmaurice command erinchief of the african station on the quarterdeck of the flagship birm ingham in the presence of the gover norgeneral the earl of athlone and the ships officers there is a fervent hope throughout south africa that the prince may re turn in a private capacity and par ticularly that ho may eventually be come a south african farmer as he is a canadian fanner chief bull head earl ha1g this photograph of the famous british sov dler was taken at the calgary stampede been 481000 maniac who had terrorized north is captured own family motor cars fitted with flanged rims to grip the rails of the hudson bay line is the ingenious scheme proposed by r m haultain a railway construction engineer of winnipeg mr haultain believes that such a despatch from sudbury says after terrorizing the district about copper cliff and murray mine for traffic over the government railway j some weeks john kiupani a polack will present no difficulties to ob- 43 years of age who has been roam- viato any danger of accidents he ing about for some time in a crazed would placard the line to the effect state of mind is now in custody and j that the odd days of the month would has beer committed to an insane be reserved for northbound traffic asylum by magistrate stoddart of copper ciiff the man who is thought to have caused a fire which destroyed a large barn and other buildings on a garson township farm some days ago wielded an axe and threw large stones and the even days for southbound each car would be required to carry a light derailing shoe to provide for emergencies the investment on the part of the railway company for flanged rims in- his tight against capture by the trailers steering gear locks etc police would be negligible declared mr strategy had to be resorted to in j haultain when compared with the order to effect the capture of the increased revenue obtained from maniac two of the policemen engag- j freighting cars to different ing his attention from the front while chief walsh of copper cliff stole upon him from behind during the hectic pursuit the man called out to the police to shoot him that he want ed to die along the hudson bay line points to celebrate zeppelins twentyfifth jubilee a despatch from friedrichshaven says tho twentyfifth anniversary of the first zeppelin flight will be cele brated inthis city in august on his first flight count zeppelin succeed ed in remaining in the air twenty minutes to tho coming celebration prominent personalities in the world of economics and scienco will be in vited count fednlnand von zeppelin was born at constance in baden ger many in 1838 during the american civil war he served as a volunteer in the union army it was whlo he was in america that homado his first ascent in a balloon he died in ber lin in 1917 canadas rate for suicides lowest in the world autoists average one killing daily in great britain a despatch from new york says california cities have far more sui cides per year in proportion to popu lation than have any other cities in the country according to statistics compiled by a life insurancocxpert san diego ho says had a rate of 452 per 100000 population in 1924 while next in eighty cities he tabu lates comes san francisco with 378 tho combined rate of the eighty cities tabulated is 153 brooklyn had a rate of 103 englands rate for 1923 was only 103 while a sup posedly representative group of ger man cities had a rate of 502 in 1919 tho latest year for which figures are j availnbie the rate in canadian pro vinces and newfoundland for 1923 was 74 earl haig and party get hearty sendoff filed marshal expresses desire to visit canada again a despatch from montreal says earl halg famous british field mar shal concluded a tour of canada dur ing whiqh he has worked for the con solidation in canada into one branch of the british empire service league a biennial convention of which was held under his presidency in ottawa this year a military guard of honor a military band and- hundreds of civilians as sembled to give the field marshal a sendoff at montreal he was- accom panied by countess halg and a group of delegates from all parts of the bri tish empire to the leagues convention in ottawa i have enjoyed my visit more than i can tell said earl halg as he went aboard the llner i am more than satisfied that the thousands of brave canadian exservice men will join in the british empire service league you have all been so kind to me that i shall put forth every effort to come again you have a wonderful country and as i said in a recent first divorce granted in northern wilds a despatch from edmonton says his honor judge dubuc acting as stipendiary magistrate for the northwest territories who has re turned to the city from fort smith has granted the first divorce ever given in the far north sitting at fort smith judge dubuc heard tho application of ernest gowen hudsons bay post manager at fort good hope for a divorce from his wife on the usual statutory grounds a decree to become absolute in three months was granted fort good hope is on the mac- u s penitentiaries full of criminals little change in number of lawbreakers in canada during last four years a despatch from washington says figures made public by the dept of commerce showing that england is closing prisons on account of a decrease in crime make a strik ing comparison with the increase of crime in the united states the criminal statistics of england have been compiled by alfred nut ting of the staff of the american con sulategeneral at london more than twenty prisons in eng land and wales mr nutting renprts practically a third of the total have been closed since 1914 and he adds there aronow only 40 prisons in uss in the country and these are by no means fully occupied while england is putting signs of to let on its prisons in all parts of the united states prisons are over flowing the increase in the population of federal prisons in the united states may be gathered from the following dept of justice figures 1918 1925 atalanta 1000 3258 leavenworth 1200 8294 mcneil sland 300 618 7170 totals 2500 a despatch from ottawa says the penitentiary population of can ada has varied only a few hundred during the past four years and the 1924 figure is lower than the two pre ceding years in the penitentiaries controlled by the dept of justice there were in 1921 2150 prisoners in 1922 there were 2640 prisoners in 1923 there were 2480 and last year there was a drop to 2225 of the total penitentiary popula tion of canada la3t year 692 were at kenzie river 1300 mite fmmtte fton- 551 were at st vincent de 1 paul 26g at dorchester 199 in man itoba 224 in british columbia and the markets end of steel at waterways and 1600 miles north of edmonton 5 britain and us share sulgrave manor site in saskatchewan says the automobile is adjunct to crime a despatch from london says sulgrave manor george washingtons ancestral home will belong to both the united states and england vis count lee of fareham made this an nouncement at a reception at sul grave to members of the american so- speech we consider canada the key- c 0 colonial dames stone of the dominion thetfee to the deeds to the home commoner mctarf a bnrlght its not goodbye but au revoir i are h in this country at present of the n6w york pol r he said to his guard of honor as he but they wtn handed over to a i z w uu a w ment here in the course of a discus sion on the prevalence of- crime the a despatch from quebec says the greatest adjuncts to crime are tho automobile and the pistol and at the next session of the new york state legislature i will recommend that the penalties for all major crimes com- mitted with the aid of either of these be doubled wherever possible said shook their hands england plans long radio a despatch from london says in addition to the big radio station now being built at rugby the post master general is planning to erect another highpower station at win board of three trustees of whom two are americans and one a briton her sensitive husband she was one of the oldfashioned wives and she spoke as one yes she said speaking of her hus band to a friend hes a wonderful thorpe near skegness on the east man but so sensitive why do you coast this station when completed i know every time he sees me chopping to double the punishments for all is expected to be used for communica tiori with australia and india means of preventing it and of curbing the activities of the habitual criminal commissioner enright said the auto mobile made it easier to commit a crime and easier to escape afterwards it has also opened up a new avenue of crimes that of stealing cars mr enright expressed the belief that i kindling he has to go and shut himself crimes committed with the aid of the indoor crossword puzzle automobile or pistol would act as a deterrent to many who now use these adjuncts naturally in the case of murder the punishment could not be doubled but with a decrease in the number of crimes committed with auto mobiles or pistols there would be an attendance decrease in murders by far the majority of murders were not toronto man wheat no 1 north 172 no 2 north 170 no 3 north- 164 no 4 wheat not quoted man oats no 3 cw not footed no 1 feed 54c no 2 feed 02c au the above clf bay ports am corn track toronto no 2 yellow 124 millfeed del montreal freights bags included bran per ton 28 shorts per ton 30 middlings 36 good feed flour per bag 230 ont oats 18 to 60c fob shipping points ont wheat 125 to 130 fob shipping points according to freights barley malting 74 to 77c v buckwheat no 3 78c rye no 2 nominal man flour first pat 910 toronto do second pat 860 toronto pas- try flour bags 610 ont flour toronto 90 per cent pats per barrel in cariots toronto 570 seaboard in bulk not quoted straw carlots per ton 8 to 860 screenings standard recleaned f ob bay ports per ton 21 hay no 2 per ton 13 to 14 no 3 per ton 11 to 12 mixed per ton 9 to 1l lower grades 6 to 9 cheese new large 24 to 24c twins 24 to 25c triplets 25 to 25c stiltons 26 to 27c old large 28 to 29c twins 29 to 30c triplets 29 to sic butter finest creamery prints 40c no 1 creamery 40c no 2 37 to s8c dairy prints 27 to 29c eggs fresh extras in cartons 41 to 42c loose 40 to 41c j fresh firsts 37 to 38c seconds32 to 33c dressed poultry chickens spring lb 30 to 35o hens over 4 to 5 lbs 22 to 24c do 8 to 4 lbs 20c roosters 18c ducklings 27 to 30c beans can handpicked lb 6c primes 6c maple produce syrup per imp gal 240 per 5gal tin 280 per gal maple sugar lb 25 to 26c honey 60lb tins 18 c per lb 10lb tins 13c 5lb tins14c 2- lb tins 15 to 16c smoked meats hams med 32 to 33c cooked hams 47 to 50c smoked rolls 22c cottage 23 to 26c break fast bacon 30 to s4c soeclal brand breakfast bacon 87c kacks boneless 86 to 42c cured meat long char bacon 50 to 70 lbs 70 to 90 lbs 2050 20 lbs and up 1950 lightweight rolls in barrels 2960 heavyweight rolls 2450 per barrel lard pure tierces 18 to 18c tubs 18 to 19c pail3 19 to 19c prints 20 to 20c shortening tierces 14c tubs 15c pails 15c blocks 16c heavy steers choice 8 to 825 do good 725 to 775 butcher steers choice 7 to 725 do good 650 to 7 do med 550 to 6 do com 450 to 525 butcher heifers choice 675 to 725 do med 550 to 6 do com 450 to 525 butcher cows choice 450 to 5 do fair to good 4 to 450 canners and cutters 2 to 260 butcher bulls gd 450 to 550 do fair 376 to 4 bologna 3 to 350 feeding steers good 6 to 626 do fair 460 to 525 calves choice 950 to 11 do med 7 to 9 do com 450 to 560 milch cows choice 70 to 80 do fair 40 to 50 springers choice 76 to 90 good light sheep 550 to 650 heavies and bucks 360 to 450 good lambs 1660 to 1575 do med 15 to 1525 do bucks 13 to 1375 do culls 11 to 12 hogs thick smooths fed and watered 1360 do f ob 13 do country points 1275 do off cars 14 select premium 255 knee breeches urged by chancellor luther of germany chancellor luther of germany dooi not believe nature intended thnt men should wear long trousers he is an ardent champion of the short breeches of tho bavarian and tyrolcse moun taineers what a horribe fashion herr tuther exclaimed recently to a group pedestrians and motorists are hnv- ing an unhappy timo on tho winding roads of great britain accidents are increasing daily nino persons being killed and twentyono injured last week the death rate averages oro day hi- evidence- indicates that careless our legs look liko stilts by jointies driving by now car holders who are trousers which tako no account that tnoreasing 2000 weekly is tho chief j the human tody is endowed with kueos cause while carelessness by thoso who j which berd and add graco to our fut is contributory especially at movement cfurves in the oad where there aro no how much more becoming are j of foreign orrespondents to make suggestions for solving crossword puzzles start out by filling in the words of which you el reasonably sure these will give you a clue to other words crossing them and they in turn to still others a letter belongs in each white space words starting at the numbered squares and running either horizontally or vertically or both i ixt i vertical sidewalks luring the first three months of 1525 1s5 persons were idiei ja the treets of london alone knee breeches which not ony nro iet- icr adapted to the human form but also are more hygienic a horizontal 1 tortures 4 circles 7 springy 10 to plerco 11 to makejevel 13 to pucker 15 petition 18 llttie child 13 a ditch 21 recess in a church 23 organ of body 24 disputant over trifle 25 hard fat 27 donated 29 small barrels 30 regaled 33 culinary herb 34tho jury 36 belonging to you 38 to scrutlnlzo 40 destroyer 41 hereifuf 42 fairy 1 dowdyish woman 2 still f 3 sudden blow 4 to split asunder 5 frozen dessert 6 siope 8 to border upon 9 trial 10 to fix a mast 12 midday 14 to make rough 16 to pass by degrees 17 the waste from burning 19 placed on a wall 20 to coincide 22 to corrode 23 ailing distance in rco 26 unbeautlful 28 outlet 29hlllock 30 dia 31 a table 33 twomasted vessel 34 low murmuring sound 35 fabrications 37 to be under obligation 39 swarm of young fish montreal oats can wests no 2 69c do no 3 62c extra no 1 feed preconceived and so with a lessening 63uc flour man spring wheat pat m ii i firsts 910 seconds 860 strong lolao qylo nt of opportunity there would be fewer capital offences curzon will endows familys ancestral estate a despatch from london says because he attached high value to the survival of tho landed artisocracy of great britain tho late marquis curzon of kedleston established in his will which is available for public inspection at somerset house a kedleston trust to preserve his an cestral estate for his family after explaining it was not person al vanity but a hope for the continua- j long trip bycanoe 0 tion of englands nobility and gentry lord curzon added i desire that my famity which has j j rj 4ir jv i u ii a despatch from edmonton alta owned and resided at kedleston hall t says from edmonton to winnipeg for longer than 800 years shall con- 1 j t 4 14 4 by canoe is the trip being undertaken tmue to ive there and to maintain i r 4 4 by wallace forgle former executive tho traditions of a not unworthy past i t ri tt 4u 4 4 4 secretary of the alberta boys work- he expressed hope that future-own- bakers 840 winter pats choice 620 to 640 rolled oats bag 90 lbs 365 to 375 bran 2825 shorts 3025 middlings 3626 hay no 2 per ton car lots 14 cheese finest wests 21 to 22c finest easts 21 to 21c butter no 1 pasteurized 38c no 1 cream ery 87 to 37c seconds 86 to 36c eggs fresh extras 41c fresh firsts 38c cows med quality 350 to 4 calves fairly good 8 do common veals 6 mixed lots of com drinkers and grassers 5 lambs med13 hogs mixed lots 14 to 1425 sows 10 to 31050 undertaken by boys ers of kedleston would equally ac knowledge this obligation board harold f patlon of thestaff of the university of alberta and al fred j johnson who has been in camps the hardy adventurers cast off on tho commencement of thelrs 1000mlio canoe jaunt down uiesas katchewan to iako winnipeg the boys hope to make the trip to winnipeg city in 15 days paddling down the saskatchewan to cumber buried at kedleston en march 26 kedleston about four miles north i of derby capital of derbyshire is a i classical mansion built in 176965 1 from designs of jams paine and rob- 1 ert adam it contains a valuable col- lection of paintings the church con- i tains a lino series of monuments of tho curzon family and a beautiful memorial chapel to lord curzoris j aml h 0 lake winnl tfjb jt was propose at this point to take tie steamer to the mouth of the rod river from whence they will paddle against the current to winnipeg passing prince albert and lo pas through tho grand raplds to their destination british air line carries 25000 passengers first year britains cir transportation- com pany the imperial airways which came into existence may 1924 rc- cently completed 1000000 inkes of flying during the past twelve months airplanes xarrying 10ogc worth of bullion 15000 passengers and 1000 tons of freight havo flown across tho- channel at 100 miles an hoon 0 babnetabbhvg ml- l airgi mttmpitiy