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ontario legislature opens 17th session on second of february toronto the first session of on- form of strengthening certain girder tarios seventeenth legislature wi supports and g nr j i- r l o a until jan 15 at the eariiest ine open on wednesday feb 2 an an- l scjsionf it is confidently felt nouncement to this effect was made j considerably longer than did by premier ferguson following a two- fcodr council with his cabinet the february opening will mark one of the first official appearances of the new lieutenantgovernor of the the last which occupied less than eight weeks besides the government control pol icy various important taxation re ductions have been promised by the province w d ross who will sue- j government for the session which is ceed his honor col harry coekshutt now announced a reduction of 5 in office early next month mr ross j per year in motor license fees has al- on this occasion will execute the time- ready been effected by order-in-coun- honored formality of delivering the cil but the legislature will also have speech from the throne the identity to pass the increased municipal inj of the house members who are to come tax exemptions which the gov- move and second the address in reply ernment has pledged itself to effect f wfil not be made known it was learn- j and will also have to approve the cut ed from the prime minister until in tho amusement taxes which has after the first of the new year jbeen announced while the house opens a full week the new parliament when it con- earlier this year than it did last there venes will be the first one based upon 4s little doubt but that the inaugural redistributed ontario in place of ceremonies would have been held still the 111 members representing the od tarto in succession to col henry cockshutt and mrs ross earlier had not some necessary altera- j constituencies there will be 112 mem- i tions to the assembly chamber inter- jbers representing tho newalignment fered these alterations take the of the ridings three lose ims when train strikes sedan at level crossing mrs new occupants of government house mr w d ross who ha3 been appointed lieutenantgovernor ot on- both mr and ross are natives of nova scotia but have lived in toronto for several canada considering an air mail system postmastergeneral to make definite announcement in near future saint john nb proposals look- norwich couple killed by train christmas journey brought to fatal termination by level- crossing accident woodstock mrs w e maedel of ing to tho establishment of an air j norwich was instantly killed and her mail system in canada are under con- husband w e maedel received in- slderation by tho postoffice depart- juries from which he died several ment hon p j veniot postmaster- hours later when their automobile general said at bathurst in an inter- was struck by a canadian national view over long distance telephone j railway passenger train at the level- the matter he added is only crossing on the provincial highway in the tentative stage as yet and a de- between eastwood and gobies six finite policy has not been adopted but mices cast of woodstock about 2 pm we have it in hand and expect to make 0 december 22nd it defiinte announcement in tho near i mr and mrs maedel left their home future j in norwich shortly after noon and a fair trial he said would likely bo j wer0 proceeding cast to spend the given tho carrying of mails by air- christmas holidays with friends and plane probably on a small basis at relatives when the accident occurred first but if conditions and results they had just got onto the crossing years windsor ont dec j6 two young windsor men and a young woman the fiancee of one of them were hurled to death this afternoon when the sedan in which they were riding stalled on the canadian national tracks at the village of puce 20 miles east of windsor and was struck by west- bousu wabash passenger train no 8 enroute from buffalo to detroit the men were kiuedinstantly and the girl died two hours fetter at hotel dieu here the dead harold purser 21 years old 1328 ouelette avenue aubrey hammerton 1728 church street lillian barkley 19 detroit parser was a son of gordon purser the engine of the car actually stalled or the machine could not be moved over the crossing which was slippery because of ice beneath a light enow- covering probably never weibe known persons on the platform at puce which is only a small flag sta tion saw tho auto drive on the cross ing heard the whistle of the on-rish- ing passenger train and turning were horrified to see the big loco motive its whistle shrieking madly and brakes grinding impotently crash into the- standing car v the impact was terrific tho auto was tossed 200 feet to one side of he tracks a mass of tangled wreckage whilo the heavy train ground to a stop several hundred yards further on rescuera hurried to the spot at once canadian government protests radio pirating in united states according to members of the crew wiien the passenger express caine up behind them the engine striking the rear of the car both occupants were thrown out of the automobile which i landed in the ditch a mass of wreck- wirranted it the system likely would be increased iy- coal famine gave half of england a chilly christmas windsor england dec 26 even jgo mrs maedels head struck his majesty was affected by the coal j h fen and she was dead wh famine the result of the long strike p u l train crew mr which gave half of england a shiver- j ma landed alongside the fence and ing christmas j nis head was nlso senousy injured the king and his family had h was take to the woodstock gen- enough coal lor their fireplaces at i era hospital where he died about 5 sandringham castle but the cars 0 j oclock without regaining conscious- coal which his majesty ordered for j ne 800 aged and poor persons at wind- 1 mr maedel was a wellknown busi- sorwcio delayed and discovered flnl man in tho village of norwich ally at sidings at nuneaton at tho llved there practically al his kings special request the coal was j lif he was ajs0 fo several years rushed to windsor and arrived in a member of the norwich town coun ting to provide a continuous fire for cil he was between 55 and 60 years most of the kings wards a and mrs maedel was about the j same age they are survived by four canada included on beam eons wireless communication ottawa pirating of canadian radio channels by united states broadcasting stations is driving the radio listeners of the dominion to des peration and bringing a flood of com plaints to the radio branch of the dept of marine and fisheries ac cording to lieutenantcommander c p edwards director of radio for the dominion of canada the situation is steadily going from bad to worse under arrangement with the un ited states dept of commerce can ada is supposed to have the use of seventeen waves six exclusive and eleven jointly with the united states stations but since the zenith radio i state of affairs and it is hoped that corporation of chicago flouted the i an amicable settlement which will be order of the united states dept of fair to all concerned may be reached commerce to keep off the exclusive i within the next month canadian wave of 3295 metres and was vindicated by a united states court canadian broadcasting stations no longer enjoy freedom from inter ference broadcasts from london ont are almost completely spoiled by hetero dyning from the zenith station at chicago and stations throughout canada are similarly affected by rivals in the united states broadcast ing on the same wavelength the canadian government radio dept is taking the matter up in a friendly way with hon herbert hoov er at washington with a view to remedying this very unsatisfactory member of a windsor plumbing firm but could do little mis3 barkley was and hammertons father is a r breathing slightly but was uncon- hammerton young hammerton and scious the two men were dead both miss barkley were soon to have been bodies being disfigured a private married ambulance brought the dying girl to as near as can be learned the three tho hospital here but she passed away young people in pursers car started without regaining consciousness cor- out for a drive after dinner proceed- oner dr c w hoare of walkeryiuo ing up the river front road whether will hold an inquest tomorrow xilil the markets automobile wrecked in sixtyfoot plun sydney nsw experiments hav ing proved tho feasibility of beam wireless communication between great britain and australia tho marconi co expects to inaugurate service on n commercial scale between the two countries beginning in march communication witlu canada will probably bo opened some six or eight weeks afterwards denmark returns to gold standard copenhagen denmark denmark has formally relumed to the gold standard at all events in her dealings with foreign countries the danish parliament adopted a measure per mitting tho conversion of danish notes into gom at a fixed rate begin ning jnnuary 1 this step by den mark was only a question of time as tho krone reached par a few months ago but a cabinet crisis intervened early in december ti o canadas leather output largest in five years ottawa canadas leather industry continues to show improvement ac cording to reports issued by the do minion bureau of statistics the value of tho output by canadian tan neries during 1925 wns 26141217 on increase over the preceding year of 185542 or two per cent prices for all kinds of leather averaged about tho same in 1925 as in 1924 there wero 101 tanneries aperating in can- ada last year aviator ends long flight in zero weather sioux lookout dec 26 captain h a oakes completed the last leg of a 1700mile flight from peterboro new jersey when they landed here in a pokker monoplane christmas after noon they left peterboro dec 16 making the flight in easy stages the last lap was begun from camp borden dec 21 but forced landings because of blizzards and cold delayed the plane the plane will be used by a transportation company in service to the gold fiields tho flight is consid ered notable because made across open country in temperature mostly below zero hamilton dec 26 edwin b wheels and the engine were also vir- gastle his wife and an 11yearoldj tually demolished mr gastle suffered daughter escaped death as by a mir- scratches and bruises mrs gastle acle before noon on christmas day complained today of injuries to one when their automobile in collision i arm she was unable to raise it her with another vehicle on the ancaster j daughter escaped with minor injuries mountain plunged over a 60foot emi bankment and was wrecked by rude world war pigeon hero gladys bron and missbark d helped save battle field of ancaster occupants of the other car also were injured miss- brown suffered a broken ankle and injuries to her back their ear did not leave the road mr and mrs gastle and daughter were flung from the car after it turn ed over once and luckily escaped being pinned under its heavy weight when it turned over a second time strange toronto man wheat no 1 north 147 no 2 north 144 no 3 north 139- man oats no 2 cw nominal no 3 not quoted no 1 feed 63e no 2 feed nominal western grain quota tions in eft ports am corn track toronto no 2 yellow 91c no 8 yellow 90c millfeed del montreal freights bags included bran per ton 3125 shorts per ton 3325 middlings 4025 good feed flour per bag 230 ontario oats 50c fob shipping points ont good milling wheat 128 fo b shipping points according to freights barley malting 6g to 64c buckwheat 75c nominal rye no 2 90c man flour first pat 8 rontpdo second pat 750 ont flour toronto 99 per cent pttent per barrel in carlot3itoronto 555 seaboardin bulk 555 cheese new large 20 to 20c twins 20 to 21c triplets 22c stil tons 23c old large 25c twins 26c triplets 27c old stiltons 28c 11- to- 12c tubs 13 to 13 pails 12 to 13c blocks 14 to 14c heavy export steers 665 to 50j heavy steers good 625 to 6i50 butcher steers choice 650 to 785 do fair to good 5fc5 to 625 do com 4 to 5 butcher heifers choice 625 to 7 do f airetotgood 55r to 6 do com 4 to 5 butcher cows good to choice 5 to 525- do com to med 3 to 4 do cantfer3 and cutters 225 to 275 butcher bulls good to choice 425 to 5- do med 350 to 4 dc bolognas 350 to 385 baby beef 10 to 11 feeders choice 550 to 580 do fair 5 to 525 stockers choice 75 to 5 do fair to med 4 to 450 milch cows 70 to 85 spring ers 90 to 120 plain to med cows 45 to 65 calves choice 1150 to 1250 do med 7 to 10 do com and grassers 4 to s5 lambs choice 1050 to 1150 bucks 760 to 850 sheep choice 6 to 650 jo heavies r to 5 do culls 250 hogs to- thick smooth fed and watered 1075 dofob 1025 do country points 10 do off cars 1115 select prem ium per hog 210 1 paris one of the feathered heroes of the great war a- carrier pigeon which helped save verdun has just died of old age the bird had a wound stripe on its leg band and was one of the governments pensioners having been given a home by a grateful na tion through a barrage of shrapnel the ackunu ymie 6 pigeon in 1916 carried a message that to say they were able to walk to the i j kept froideterrehiii from being cap- top of the embankment where another- t e tured in an order of the day the car passed and conveyed them to brantfordwhere they had christmas i ar p ibs j fot y i- i maintained communication with the dinner with friends front line when all human means the accident happened near bui- f in its flight through the bar- ners ice cream paror on the long the pige hit by a shell hill which the provincial highway fo- splinter that carried away its claws lows from dundas road to brantfod the pi will be mounted and plnc- three cars figured in the accident c i tho verdun war museum one car was stationary its owner was adjusting chains the road was o iryv mr gastle- was upbound a snow falls at vancouver grassers montreal oats can west noi 2 77 no 69c flour man spring wheat pats butter finertcreamwy prints 44 firs seconds 750 strong bak- to 45c no 1 creamery 43 to14cnof 2 42 to 43c dairy prints 34 to 35cv fe ff m 9 eggs fresh extras in cartons 72 fo bran 3125 shorts 3325 to 73c fresh extras loose 70c fresh middings 40 l25 hay no 2 per firsts 63 to 65c fresh seconds 38 to ton car lots 1450 39c fresh pullets 52 to 53c storage v v to extras 45c do firsts 42c do seconds i no j pteurized poultry dressed chickens spring squabs 1 to 1 lbs 32 to 38c do spring over 4 lbs 30 to 35c do spring 3 to 4 lbs 32 to 35c do spring 2 to 3 ibs 30 to 33c do spring 2 to 2 lbs 30c hens over 5 lbs 28c do 4 to 5lbs 26c do 3 to 4 lbs 24c roosters 22c turkeys geese 28c ducklings 5 bs and up 82c beans can handpicked 360 to 390 bushel primes 345 to 360 maple products syrup per imp gal 225 to 230 per 6gal 215 to 225 por gal male sugrr lb 25 to 26c honey 60lb tins 12 to 13c 10- lb tins vlvz to 13c 5lb tins 13 to 13c 2lb tins 15c comb honey r to 450 per doz smoked meats hams med 28 to 30c cooked hams 42c smoked rolls 40 eggs storage extian 47c storage firsts 44c storage sec onds 39 to 40c fresh specials 75c fresh extras 65e veal calves 10 to 11 5 veteran authorengineer passes away in ottawa ottawa j h e secrctan veteran civil engineer noted author and ra conteur died suddenly here on dec 22nd aged 72 he was for many years on the surveying staff of the canadian pacific railway under sir william van home and was associat ed with the construction of the rail way disabled by rheumatism in the lato 90s ho visited the yukon and 25c breakfast bacon 32 to 35c backs r boneless 33 to 40c latel wrote a nui of books whch hird car driven by miss gladys i3rown cf ariaster in- which mi- barkneld of the samo village was a passenger was downbound white christmas on coast 5 the automobile driven by miss brown it is said skidded and crashed into mr gastles car the latter car was swerved toward tho edge of the steep embankment mr gastle made fran- worlds oldest legislator on duty at ottawa canada has what she believos to be the oldest legislator in the world he is on the verge of one hundred years of ago ho is hon goerge castmir dessaulles who was born in 1827 lnrhsnapped off three stout highway quebec province and ho turned up p03 ran over the cable and plunged for the scnato sitting walking in un- to tho boulders many feet below qlded j the top of the car was crashed in 1 both doors were torn off the front ice cream is sold i at 40 below zero vancouver bc dec 26 resi dents of vancouver and the lower as both upbound and downbound mainland of british columbia enjoyed vehiclesvjreached the stationary car a white christmas for tho first timo in many years snow which fell on thursday to a depth of six or seven inhes although quite soft remained over the holidays under a temperaturo that hovered between a minimum of tic efforts to stop his heavy carbut32 dwgres and a maximum of 36 de grees above zero to the gret delight of the younger residents today the snow began to disappear rapidly under a rising temperature rain and sleet circle alaska with tho thcrmoi meter at 40 below ice cream sold rapidly at 175 a quart here today it was said to be the first shipment of that delicacy from scattlo to any point within the arctic circle i canada uses new treatymaking powers in pact with czechoslovakia cured meats long clear bacon 50 to 70 lbs 23 70 to 90 lbs 2150 20 lbs and up 2234 lightweight rolls in barrels 4250 heavyweight rolls 3950 per bbl lard pure tierces 14 to 15 c tubs 16 to 16c pails 16 to 17c prints 17 to 18c shortening tierces aro considered period authoritativo of the people are hungering for the greaj truths taught by tho bible campbell morgan jt three firemen killed n when winnipeg theatre red winnipeg tragedy has overtaken searchers were forced to aa britbh navy with out reserve force of ships of the line ottawa ont a commercial trade treaty between canada and czecho slovakia has been negotiated and ap proved by the cabinet according to an announcement from tho dept of finance the statement issued by the department points out that it is temporary character continuing for a period of 15 months or until threb months notico of denunciation has been given by either party it is stated that before the expiration of the agreement negotiations will be be gun for a more general and definite- j tho first commercial agreement to be j convention for the regulation of com- concluded sincb canada obtained newl mercial relations between tho two london britains navy for the far superior to many vessels now in treatymaking powers at the recent j countries first time in two centuries finds her- 1 navies of foreign powers they have i imperial conference negotiations canadian goods that are given most self without a reserve force of ships j however bctsn outclassed by the post- were conducted by james a russell favored national treatment on impor- of the line the prewar fleet save jutland typo which wiil replace tariff commissioner who is now injtation into czcchoslovakia arc flour for four ships of tho iron duke class has disappeared according to the avai correspond ent 01 the westminster gazette four o bono and jy 8000000 are to ixs thrown intojmcr of j927 they the discard in the near future these guns in thrco turrets being the first tho canadian intermediate tariff ships the centurion king george british fighting craft to have their the new rates became effective on the homes of twelve winnipeg famil ies whose plans for a gay christmas- tide have given way to mourning and grief in tho most disastrous fire from the standpoint of human casualties ex- porienced here three lives were lost and nine persons injured when the winnipeg theatre at notro damo and adelaide streets was destroyed early on dec 23 the building which was j one of the landmarks of the city is a total loss the damage is estimated i at 125000 the victims nil firemen were bur ied beneath tons of debris when two of the walls and the ceiling collapsed under tho force of sevcralstreams of water the dead donald melville robert stewart and r s shearer- the injured a smith r c kirk both seriously alex brown j g brass david williamson r turner g h gilmour arthur stewart and j budge the bodies of the three victims wero recovered from the ruins after several hours of search shearer and stew art had been badly burned while mel- hunt for the three men who answer the roll call it is not yet definitely known tho firo originated tho buildingj been vacant for the past five weev but a watchman was kept on the prem ises it was during the watchmans temporary absence that the outbreak occurred y v thunderer nnct ajax and they ore guns disposed in this way them they wili be discarded in ac- europe tho dept of finance itacs wheat hosiery wrapping paper bar- cordance with tho naval pact signed that canada obtains the lowest rates 1 ley oats rye buckwheat malt peas at washington five years ago of duty given avy country by czccho- fresh and dried apples all kinds of tho superdreadnoughts nelson slovakia on a list of some 71 com- j fish including canned fish lard butjville was crushed beneath beams and workers fought frantically entrance to the building and carry 16inch czcchoslovakian goods the benefits of j tools rubber footwear rubber tires j several firemen and volunteers nar- hv f ti r-j- it it zinc engines and motors adding rowly escaped death os a second wall machines automobiles and various crumpled from tho opposito side tho january 1 the agreement is of a other items j injured were rushed to hospital and able to take xray films of human body new york a radiologist of uni versity college london working with two motionpicture experts has dis covered a method of taking xray cinematograph films of the human body according to an official british despatch tho problem of producing sufficiently strong illumination for moving pictures without injuring the skin of the subject has it is said been overcome farmers complete harvest on christmas day milton ont dec 26 some farm ers in tho lower part of haiton coun ty completed their harvest on christ mas day by hauling in tho grain in the sheaf which had been too vet to haul in during the regular bluest time