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saskatchewan villages suffer i crops destroyed by wind and hail moose jaw sask a cyclone ac companied by hail which struck the village of expanse 34 miks south west of moose jaw demolished build ings in the vikagoand surrounding stroyed 200 each practically every build ing in the village was damaged the curling rink two barns and six gar ages were among the buildings de- territory and destroyed or damaged 7000 acres of crops damage to pro perty is estimated at many thousands of dollars wire communication with the vil lage was suddenly cut and it was 24 hours later when wires had been re stored that news of the storm was re ceived here telephone poles were leveeed and scattered over the streets of expanse no reports of deaths or injuries have been received the path of the storm extended from nearly weyburn as far north as raildon at eastevan the saskatchewan co operative company wheat elevator was damaged to the extent of 3000 small buildings were completely demolished while many residences re ported damages to the extent of over six miles west of weyburn 20 tele phone poles were blown down bail don reported considerable damage from hail at crestwynd a strip of territory 50 miles longhand five miles j wide was swept by the cyclone and 3000 acres of grain damaged the damage to grain is estimated at from 30 per cent to 100 per cent a total of 1000 acres of the crop was- com pletely destroyed at old wives a residence and barn on the farm of george pukes were completely de molished the buildings were scatter ed into small pieces which were strewn over a large area telephone poles were blown down in this dis trict hail accompanied the cyclonic wind and most of the windows in the ef fected areas were smashed king albert appointed dictator to save franc brussels king albert by virtue of n overwhelming majority in the chamber and a unanimous vote in the senate in whioh socialist depu tes and senators concurred has be- come the financial dictator of his own kingdom for a period of six months premier jaspar put the full powers bill granting the king authority to institute by decree measures to save the franc through both houses inside of an hour during the short debate on the bill the exchange market was highly nerv ous and showed fluctuations the offi cial closing figure of the franc was 211 to the pound sterling and 4350 to the dollar a decree will be issued within a few years providing for the use of bread very similar to that used in war time the railways telephones and telegiaphs will be turned over to pri vate companies for operation king albert is expected to be a goodnatured dictator and m theunis and m francqui both of whom are very prominent financiers of belgium wlll be the real powers behind the throne some idea of the crisis which the soo visited by- spectacular storm trees in peterboro damaged by high winds electrical storm destroys barn sault sto mark- ont july 18 one of the most spectacular electri cal storms that ever visited the sault area did thousands of dollars dam age early yesterday morning it is impossible as yet to place an esti mate of the losses incurred by private citizens and concerns in the area af fected but the figure will bo heavy during the first halfhour of the storm about onesixth of an inch of rain fell and the electrical display was awesomo in the early stages of the storm the roof of st johns mem orial hall john street was struck by lightning and practically removed by the wind the church was also damaged and the chimney was blown from tho rectory this is about tho largest individual loss reported in the city roads in the area near tho city were blocked my fallen trees revising officers vested with powers of judge hamilton judge w t evans chief revision officer for east and west hamilton and wentworth coun ty received instructions from o m biggar chief federal election offi cer ottawa to the effect that revision bank depositor shot by bandfr painter saves cash of winni peg bank robbers make escape the markets toronto man wheat no 1 nortb tl70 no 2 north 165 no 3 north 160 m man oats no 2 cw nominal no winnipeg menthe three- heavily 3 not ted no x 48c n armed robbers who attempted to rob 2 feed 45uc western grain quot- a portage avenue branch of tho roy- tions in cif ports al bank of canada are still at large am corn track toronto no 2 whke john matheson a customer of yellow 92c no 8 yellow 00c the bank hovers between life and mu montrea f death at thegenrl hospital mathen b per ton 25 milverton ont july 18 a severe electrical storm passing a few miles north of hero yesterday afternoon destroyed the barn of alen cook one mile east of peffers and did other damage in that locality r w han nah hydro lineman of ltstowel while working on the line five miles north of milverton received a severe country has passed through and theghock wn us the phone lmmed- lack of confidence among small inves- 1 jatoly following tho storm he was tors and workingmen is to be found rendered unconscious and suffered in the announcement that between burns on the legs and arm3 he was carl qustef ekman onco a stone cutter is now prime minister of sweden 0 no peace in sight nsh in british stride rr t london peace in he coal fieldsga not yet in sight the govcrnmentgaftd mine owners have been confident that after the eight hours bill was enacted the miners would flock to work this confidence has not been realized for there is no sign of- the men resuming except in very small numbers the feature of the day was the an nouncement that the trades union congress has agreed to give all pos sible assistance to the striking miners the congress will raise funds to sup port the miners in their struggle against longer hours and reduced wages religious and other bodies have been endeavoring to find some new way out of the deadlock a sugges tion advanced by several bishops was that of a truce of four months bede- clared during which the miners would work at the old wages and hours while new terms were being negotiated this plan however would have in volved continuance of the subsidy by the government costing about 2000- 000 per month and was therefore not acceptable to the government from the side of the mine owners clearly no concession is coming sir adam nimmo prominent coal owner and vicepresident of the minlngasr sociation which represents tho own ers in a public speech insisted there were only two alternatives either re duced wages or increased hours officers in the forthcoming dominion eson received a bullet in the abdomen j v jfj s elections will be vested with wider dis- when grapple with one of the rob- h lit l hs slippt middlings 80 cretionary powers as regards the bora ynu w p striking off from and the adding of city and provincial police com- ont good milling wheat 9128 to names to the voters lists bined to comb the city and- surround- s130 foi shipping points- according revision officers it was stated in jng district for the robbers who fled to freights the communication from mr biggar j an automobile after the shooting barley malting 60 to 62c will havo the powers of ajudgo of a mathesona attack unon the robber buckwheat nominal court of record where a voters name is to be struck off tho lists two days notice shall be required when a name is added a revision officer need not insist upon the attend ance of the person in question his re latives or- employer so kvig as the officer satisfies himself that such a person is entitled to have his name added to tho voters lists such ap plicants however must provide satis factory reasons for nonattendance be fore a revision officer these reasons may be given by an agent this it was explained is arever- sion to the former custom whereby political parties or candidates could instruct their agents to add the names to the lists of all such persons the agents swear are entitled to vote the municipal lists used in the last civic election of 1926 will be the basis for the voters lists in the coming federal elections judge evan3 stated part 3- of the 1924 lists will also be used persons whose names do not appear on parts 1 and 2 of the 1925 lists or part 8 of the 1924 lists will be obliged to register if they wish to vote rye no 2 85o man flourfirst pat ronto do 2nd pat 3820 ont flour toronto 90 per cent 170 to- forest fires burst into fresh activity mathesona attack upon the robber trio caused them to flee without any loot j the gunmen chose one of the busi est hours of the day for the attempted patent per barrel in carlots toronto robbery the bank is situated a short 590 seaboard in bulk 590 distance from the heart of the citys- straw carlots per ton 9 to 950 business district and while the mid- cheese new large 20c twins morning traffic streamed past the 21c triplets 22c stiltons 25c old doors the three men uncouth andj twins 29c tn 80c rough in appearance walked in and butter finest creamery prints ohne sfftvt zzft sss 8 of the starred staff and two ousto- eggs extras in cartons 88 mers who were in the bank at the to 40c fresh extras loose 86c fresh time the manager of the bank j h fraser admonisnedhls staff to keep firsts 82cjfrosh seconds 29c live pololfy- chiclens spring lb 30c nenjh3vei 6 lbs 24o do 4 to banff- windermere highway is closed to tourist traffic calgary july 18 roaring into action again after a comparative per iod of inactivity forest fires in the j vicin the cool heasked the robbers to avoid6 lbs 4cdo 3 to 4 lbs 20c roost- bloodshed and not to begin shooting j ers 20c ducklings 5 lbs and up 30c turkeys 30c dressed poultry chickens spring lb 40c chickens storage 36c hens over 5 lbs 27c do 4 to 5 lbs 27c do 3 to 4 lbs 26c roosters 25c ducklings 6 lbs and up 85c turkeys 40c beans can handplckea s2b0 par bushel primes 240 per bushel maple produce syrup per imp gal 230- to 240 per 6gai 225 to 230 per gal maple sugar lb 25 to 26c maple syrup new per gal 240 honey 60lb tins 11 to 12c per lb 10lb tins 11 to 12c 5lb tins 11 to 12c 2lb tins 14 to 14c smoked meats hams med 34 to sccjcooked hams 162 to 55c smoked that they could help themselves his remarks diverted the attention of the robber trio from john mathe son a painter who was standing near the teller cage and he chose the mo ment to grapple with the man stand ing in front of the teller without any hesitation the robber firod ashot into malkesdks body and as he crumpled to the floor the three men made a dash for the door building permits show an increase seven per cent advance in sixtythree cities during june rolls 25c cottage 31 to 32c break fast bacon 85 to 40c special brand breakfast bacon 39 to 4zc backs boneless 42 to 47c cured meat3 long clear bacon 60 to 70 lbs 2425 to to 90 lbs 2375 80 lbs and up 2284 lightweight r- ii x rolls in barrels 4250 heavyweight icinity of wardle creek jumped from i three canadian crtie3 is shown for 39 50 per bl he southwest side last saturday and last month as compared with mayj lard pure tierces 18 to 18c ottawa ont july 18 an in crease of seven per cent in the value of building permits issued by aixty last night were tearing into the dense the total building authorized in june j tubs 18 to 19cpailb 19 to 19c timber areas lying towards vermilion was 18572238 while in the pre- prints 20 to 21c shortening tierces crossing on the banffwindermere vious month the value of building per- 14 to 16c tubs 15 to 15c pails highway late saturday arid afflmits stood at 18537932 last 16 to 16c blocks 17 to 17c sunday traffic over the highway was months authorizations also show a prohibited fires which were three miles south of vermilion crossing mostly spurt heaviyrbteers choice 77 to 8 july 1 and 13 while the francwas tumbling rapidly more than five mil lion francs were withdrawn from the public savings bank in antwerp alone the foreign exchange market will b one of the first features of tho present situation to be attended by the royal dictator in the future in order to obtain foreign currency for imports bils of lading as well as in voices must be presented killed by train as horses bolt resuscitated with difficulty and was taken to stratford for treatment it is thought the hydro line and tele phone wire became crossed peterboro ont july 18 the high winds of yesterday afternoon did a lot of damage to trees in the city one immense maple at the corner of monaghan road and charlotte street lost a limb as large as anjrdinary tree blocking traffic in and out the highway for an hour or more an other tree opposite st marys con- canadian agnes rose wins international medal ottawa the central experimental farm at ottawa has added another achievement in plant breeding the agnes rose bred at tho farm has brought the honor of the first award of the walter van fleet gold medal offered by the american rose society suffered chinese editor is 40 on his third birthday lence originated on this continent the agnes js a beautiful pale yellow flower with outer petals of a delicate fires but which for a time were ex- reported that they had issued over tromely dangerous were quelled on 1800 permits for dwellings estimated saturday and at that time fire-fight- j to cost approximately 8000000 and ing authorities believed the crisis had more than 3100 permits for other been passed during saturday night buildings valued a over 9800000 strong winds biew up and put tho in may authorizations included near- fighters hurriedly into action in the ly 1950 dwellings and almost 4000 wardle creek vicinity situated mid- other buildings valued at apnrgxirn- way between kootenay and vermilion ately 9600000 and8200000 re- crossing at kootenay crossing the spectively flro is under fiim coivtro and most during june there were increases of the men have rushed to wardle over may in the value of building creels i permits issued in prince edward is- gainof252 percent over june 1925 1 d eood 725 to 750 butcher c t a -i- j- steers choice 725 to 760 do some fortyfive cites according to 0j 85 to do com 4 to the dominion bureau of statistics 5 75 butcher heifers choice 7 to 775 do good 676 to 7 butcher cows choice 650 to 675 do fair to good 4 to 625 butcher tulty good 550to 6 bolognas 350 to 4 can- ners and cutters 250 to 4 good milch cows 85 to 96 springers choice 9600 to 11500 inedcowb s45 to 60 feeders good 660 to 7iido faiiya5ntd 6 calves choice 11 to 12 good 960 to 1050 do light 550 to 9 good lambs 1560 to 16 do med 13 to 14 do culls 13 to 14 good light sheep 6 to 7 heavy sheep and lucks 4 to 550 liogs thick smooths tlioy fought saturday night and ail land ontario alberta aritt british fej j wa 1436 do fob for an outdoor rose of highest excel- sunday as tho flames ripped down columbia british columbia6 gain 1375 do country points 1350 do tho mountainsides to the roads and was the most pronounced registering then started toeat toward vermilion 348- per cent or 859056 of tho from a quiet and seemingly smaill declines in tho remaining provinces creamy salmon hue the flowers urejfl t flames changed within a few that of 101 per cent or 856479 shanghai kingsmlll sze editor of one of shanghais newspapers is an unfortunate man although he recent ly reached the age of 40 he has had only three birthdays what is more his next birthday wont come round until may 2d 1944 sze was a victim of the peciillaritios of the chinese calendar which is very borne singly and in great profusion they aro fragrant and bloom early but only once in the season the dis tinction of breeding the rose goes to tho late dr william saunders the cross which produced the roso was made in 1900 between rosa rugosa and persian yellow orillia takes lead in hours to a roaring mass efforts are in quebec was the largest but the being directed to saving the bridges loss of 478 per cent in nova scotia and roads on cars 1475 do thick fatsfob 1325 select premium 281 montreal oats can west no 2 61 c do no 3 56c do extra no 1 feed 67c flour man spring wheat pats lsts 870 do 2nds 820 do strong bakers 8 do winter pats choice farmers discover losses when thief returns goods buildings authorized the other pro vinces recorded increases in ontario was proportionately greater as compared with june of last year new brunswick and quebec 650 to 860 roled oats hte 90 register reductions in theyaue of ljsjtjs 2 per ton car lots 17 to 18 1 cheese finest wests 17 to ottawa ottawa police have an unthe gain was 238 per cent or 1- 17 finest casts 17 to 17vsc usual prisoner in fact they are won- 639256 but alberta showed the butter no 1 pasteurizedsceggs plans for jubilee dering if they should not page dlo- greatest proportionate increase igenes jimmie ileiison is tho man 1253 per cent or 446230 of vent one on hunter street near the conservatory of music and one back farmer dragged to his death the charlabond apartments all on crossing near tillson- burg tillsonburg wellington hillikor ged 71 yearsj and a prominent farm- er of this district was instantly killed on tho michigan central tracks eight miles east of tillsonburg when struck by passengar train no 93 going west ho lived with his son and when last seen alive was unhooking a team of horses from a wagon to cross the tracks to another part of the farm whin only one horse showed up at the barn at 1 oclock an investigation was started and his mangled body was found alongside the track to gether with one of the horses which was also killed it is believed the horses bolted dragging tho unfor- turote man on the tracks ho is survived by his widow two sons carl who runs the farm and been only threo second fourth moons iag from coast to coast in the project cap the wholo affair several farmers shadows which appen lloyd who is employed on the cnr he optimistically hopes that ho may v 0 george is chairman of the did not know they had been robbed 00 ankle giving the plumpest anklo twelve months through children roach- and one daughter mrs john wade be able to have another birthday be- j committee and t g king secretary- until the police and jimmie brought an apparently graceful arch and tho j in earning age or widows remarry- oriliia organization is completed in question and is on remand on a- j of a general commltteo to promote a theft charge henson had taken some camouflaged hosiery national and suitable celebration of secondhand goods and was summoned canadas diamond jubilee july 1 on a minor charge police however 1927 this movsment to promote a gasped when jimmie confessed that he graces miladys ankle fro6h extras 38c fresh firsts 32c fair quality veal calves 8 to 850 hogs good quality lots 1575 j 1781281 was expended for mothers allowances during 1925 the sum of 1781281 was exoended under the mothers al- london camouflage such as was inaccurate and requires the periodic fitting celebration of the sixtieth an- was the man who had been carrying usort the war is being utilized insertion of intercalary moons and niversarylf confederation is fostered on a series of thefts which have puzjn the makeup of hosiery for fat years in order to straighten things out j the executives of all the service zled thom for mouths and offered to an he was born in the second fourth clubs and organizations in orillia lii- toke thom to a spot whore goods lay j silk i i introduced i lowance act in ontario this being an moon chinese month of the thlr- eluding the town council and board of hlddon truo to his word he led them w are guaranteed to make tho fat- increase of 73387 over the previous tcenth year of kwang hsu which was trade steps will bo taken immediate- to a right of way along tho railway in est an look slim the effect is j y a e l may 18s7 since that time thero have iy to interest every city town and vil- jnepeau township also to farms to o produced by means of handpainted 1 were 4185 beneficiarie the number v shadows which appear on either side of beneficiaries cut off during the of mkldne foro ho dies i treasurer hack their stolen property 1 plumpest leg a slim outline ing being 828 mutt and jeff by bud fisher fool questions and ajjoolish answer m