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womans premonition saves twelve lives peculiar ether freak enables hamilton woman to hear signal that passed all coastal stations lucky hunch radio costal stations missed an bos when coastal patrol boat bl wirelessed for aid on a 700 meter wavelength duo to some unexplain- able freak of ether waves it remained- for an amateur a mere listener in like you or i to hear clicking in her homemade set get a hunch it was an sos call and secure services of j a local fan to read the morse andj so save the lives of twelve heard strange ticking the incident almost defies belief yet there are many facts to substan tiate it thursday night at 730 oclock as mrs park sat listening to the radio she heard a ticking como from the loudspeaker she immediately recognized it n3 a message of some bort in the morse code she feared too that it was an sos call as she had heard the same sound before and then read next day of disaster at sea this strange message was picked up by her radio at 700 metres and it per sisted until after midnight there was no response when mr parke re turned home about 11 oclock he was told of the strange call and he too was convinced it was some message in morse mr park knew a friend who could interpret the morse code and this friend was rushed to th parks home in trouble in trouble ho listened to the call and this was his interpretation of it boat in trouble in trouble water in hold lights out battery down shaft gone that was all that could be gathered early friday morning mrs parke phoned tho operators at the local cnr telegraphs and they rushed the strange news to toronto toronto flashed it to the atlantic coast word camo back that efforts wero being made to locate the stricken craft and irarn its name tho proper authorities at last tuned in on the appeal and a message hours later read on our way three cruisers in tow two knots latitude 23 longitude 20 back about mid night as near as could bo determined the boats position in the foregoing mes sage would be in hamilton bay off tho coast of labrador itself a strange coincidence inasmuch as the only point to get her cry in the night was hamilton ont another message picked up advised that the bl was rescued by tho coast guards g134 g24 and b129 tho radio set in tho parko home is an amateur production made by mrs parkes brother lloyds marine insurance thanked mrs parkcs and wanted to know the make of the set used ireland suffers too the 3ea can hit heavy blows fierce storms sweeping great britain have not left ireland undamaged tho promenado at whitehead county antrim smashed by heavy seas during the severe gales old london suffers abnormal tides and floods thousands driven from home while loss is reported very heavy many notable places are flooded and end not yet twenty drowned just an idea a view of one of englands super air lines this one carries is in luxury weather prophet at it again bowe3 of owen sound in mail and empire article forcasts future for 1926 a harmless nut january first ten days very cold strong winds heavy snow falls bal- anco very mild and calm february first fifteen days quite mild and calm about 17th cold and unsettled 21th strong winds rain snow and quite cold march first few days tho finish of tho february storm then real mild and dry to about the twentyfourth then cold windy and wet april about the sixth a very de cided storm of wind rain and heavy snow very cold this storm will be followed by very mild and dry wea ther for tho balance of tho month may first week very strong and cold winds rains and a very probable snow storm with some frost june first few days mild about tho sixth very strong winds heavy rains and frost3 in northern districts july first week strong winds and heavy rains balanco very warm calm and dry conditions conducivo to it can do no harm to give the fore casts of bowes but we must realize that even sir frederick stuppart one of the worlds greatest meteorologists would not undertake such n job harmle33 bunk is the only name to give such twaddle but lots of us take ourselves too seriously and a laugh docs us all good owen sound ont j b bowes owen sound weather forecaster 13 to tho foro with his long distanco wea ther prognostications for 1928 and the j thunderstorms first part of 1929 mr bowes has august first half average tompor- boen busy for weeks in calculating his aturc and quite dry strong winds forecasts for tho next twelve months with rain about tho lgth to 22nd with and is satisfied that ho will not bo j balanco mild very far out ho bases all his pre- september average temperature dictions on scientific principles he calm and dry to about the 20th then claims and maintains that he cannot cool winds with rain go far wrong at any time j october about averngo tempera with regard to 1927 ho admits that turo calm and dry to about tho 20th he was a little bit off in tho spring thon very strong persistent winds predictions but that taken as a whole heavy rains nnd a very decided snow his forecast of n fairly dry season storm will fill in tho last ten days of camo true a glance at the 1928 fore- tho month casts goe3 to show that there is notj november first few days will sco a great deal of chango from that of tho finish of tho octobor storm bal- tho past year and that the coming anco very decidedly dry nnd warm year is going to bo another dry ono i decembor first ten days quite dry although ho docs not think that it is j worm and cnlm next ffitecn days will going to bo dry enough to bo at all have a very decided storm of strong london tho port of london auth orities issued a warning that a repe tition of the days devastating thames flood is possiblo during the next few days the tides will be of increasing height until tuesday and as sorms are forecast and flood conditions from christmas snows prevail in tho thames valley the danger to london continues the danger was past for tho day when tho ebb tide began at 135 am the river was a foot above normal london flood deaths in the lon don district caused by tho sudden ris ing of tho thames saturday after an abnormal time had reach 20 atnoon saturday the deaths wero distributed as fol lows fifteen in the westminster area two in putney two in hammersmith and one in bermondsoy crowds gathered along tho victoria embankment at noon to see whether the abnormal high tide would recur london through tho rushing down of flood waters from the upper reaches combined with a high spring tide tho thames burst its boundaries throughout london oarly saturday morning exacting a serious toll of lives and causing immense property damage already eleven bodies lio in westminster mortuary and fears are entertained that many more aro trap ped and drowned in tho heart of tho metropolis since thousands of fam ilies in basements had little or no warning of peril tho worst flooded section is the crowded area between grosvenor road from lambeth foot bridge to vauxhall bridge and hero every house is flooded among tho hood of another high tide during the afternoon it is feared the loss of life may bo found to bo much higher when hundreds of basement dwellings now unappioachable aro emptied an other danger lies in tho possibility of tho subsidence of tho foundations of buildings in this area several houses aro reported to have collapsed up tho river as far as putney at noon tho death toll was estimat ed at twenty tho thames is rising fast nnd the police are moving people out wholesale in the westminster area tower moat flooded for tho first timo in living memory tho ancient moat of the tower of london contains water a great wave moro than a flood a torrent as tha governor col burgess des cribed it came with a roar into tho old moat flooding the ground floors of all tho buildings and putting the sunk en drill ground under twenty feet of water instantly tho bugles rang out and the historic beefeaters in pajamas instead of their famous tudor cos tumes stood to arms with the soldiers in the garrison and remained for hours working in the water nono of the treasures preserved at the tower wore damaged tho tate gallery was not so fortun ate the ground floor was flooded and an irreparable loss to art was suffered when- 15000 sketches by turner were ruined several pictures of great value in the directors office aro still under ten feet of water and aro prob ably destroyed tho turner sketches were left to the nation by the artist and arranged by john ruskin re cently one turner drawing fetched palace yard at lambeth palace a mediaovial wall was carried fifteen feet into tho archbishop of canter burys gardens the boot a dally says that italians play ex cellent football why shouldnt theyt look at tho shape of their country passing show reduced express rate instituted parcels of 1 5 pounds are now- cheaper to send charges on oxpress parcels whoa weight la cot la excea sot 15 pounds and not over sh feet in length width and depth were reduced on jan 1 tho arrangement under which tha ex press companies give protection against loss and damage up to 50 on such parcels without extra charge is also continued the reduced rates are calculated upon packages ranging from 5 pound or less 6 to 10 and 11 to 15 pounds inclusive the three maritime pro vinces are linked as one between points in the same province the rates are from 30 cents to a maximum of go cents according to weight between points in adjoining provinces from 40 cents to a maximum of so cents and botwen more distantly separated provinces the rate is from 50 cental to a maximum of 155 for the great- est distance good3 prohibited under tho regular tlon and to which tho regulations will not apply are money bonds bullion securities uo animals birds fowl iced goods and liquid oils and groasos unless packed in sufficient absorbent material to fully absorb the content should the container bo broken a packago will not bo accepted whose length and girth combined exceed six feet gay pariee paris by night at christmas magasins du louvre the greatest departmental store of the prof- capital with its xnias electrical display ontario will not become dry again results of liquor control eminently satisfoctory declares ferguson atlantic city nj premior fergu son of ontario said hero that scven months of government control cf the known tragedies is that of tho four 57500 at auction tho destroyed col harding sisters who were drowned while asleep in a basement on gro venor road the power stations for the piccadilly tube and several other underground lines aro flooded and travel is slow and difficult notablo places inundated include woolwich arsenal the tate gallery lots road power station both houses of par liament the tower of london water loo hospital st thomas hospital and blackwall tunnel under the thames in parts of lambeth the water is four feet deep and a raging torrent the city engineer stntes thero is a likeli- lection represent tho greatest mass of work in existence by any great master and is valued at about 7000000 punished there is now a state la against drunkenness whereas the fense was formerly punished by loca pollco courts as against municipal ordiance records of the courts will reveal that cases of drunkenness have in creased that does not indicate that there g more drunkenness now than before the new regime but rather that tho drunkards are being cheekel up formally it was customary for i police courts to turn loose large muu- sale of liquor in that province had bers of taoao anestoa or intoxica convinced him that th o province tundirthe law now ineltect this would never return to the old condil tlons before the new law went into effect ho said thero was a spirit of lawlessness developing crimes of a serious character being directly traceable to the situation after a full decado tho government of which i was prlmo minister began to in- a great collection of paintings in as tq eluding most of the famous works of for aotornmont contro of liquor englishmen and many masterpieces i tha ptovlng aote wag of french paintings in the last cen- d6mand for u 0ur not j3 tho sale of liquors on the con- trary wo endeavor to restrain it in the form of control our pooplo on tho next floor up which was not flooded parliament basement flooded for themost part aro temporate those who abuse tho prlvllcgo of ob- four feet of water stood in the taining liquors under government basements of tho houses of parlia- permits are doprlved of it and those ment and as much invaded the old who indulge in drunkenness are the result of the death blow harmful to tho farm crops covers northern hemi sphere these forecasts aro for any part of tho northern homisphero located in tho samo relative position between tho equator nnd tho polo ns north amor- icn nnd nro not to bo applied to coun tries or areas which receivo their persistent wind rain and snow de cidedly cold last fow days milder january 1920 first threo weeks very mild february 1929 quite mild tho strongest winds ovor tho wholo globo will bo in tho first week in janu ary nnd- tho following dates february 22 march 24 april g licnt from tho torrid or ocean cur- m juno g and 29 july august rents such as great britain or the 1g soptembor 28 october 21 and 28 british columbin toast mr bowc3 december 13 18 and 21 is vory proud of his record of past years notwithstanding the many criti cisms which havo bcon levelled at him nnd ho is prepared ho says to stand back of any predictions ho makes ad mitting that no person can mako a perfect forecast of woathor conditions for a year following aro his fore casts its ontiroly proper to give our mur- dorora plonty of rope provided the rope is proporly appllodarkansas gazette speaking of clean journalism just bocauso news is current doesnt say that it must ba shocking oannot be done tipsy and appear punished those who becomo in public must ha city of liverpool i trains her boys object being to make them good canadian citizens liverpool liverpool city counci decided to adopt a schomo for thj training of prospective boy migrants to canada ono member of the coun- cil objected that boys trained in engi land for canadian farm work had to j milk wooden cows nnd harness timber i horses councillor richardson said boys sent to canada coull savo500 in fivo years out of wages of 150 a year and then receivo grants of 500 each- from tho canadian government to en- nblo them to set up independently such boys ho said wero too good to bo lost to this country tho council however decided to try tho training scheme the bow of the cutter paulding a vlow of the unfortunate cutter that sank tho s4 near capo cod showing the damage done in tho accident s outside the pale i london daily news lib while russia and groat britain remain at daggors drawn there can ho no pros- poet of roal disarmament in europo nor any sonso of socurlty for euro pean states great or small the first essential to a settled peace is to bring russia within tho pale and thon with in tho loaguo that is a mission which groat britain is in a better po sition to accomplish than nny othor power the coal crises in britain london times ind fully a twelfth of tho people of great britain aro directly dopendont on coal min ing for their livelihood tho sovoro nnd contlnuod depression of an indus try holding so large a place in tho na tional economy is a matter of deop concern to the wlolo country but this concern is belittled nnd may bo thwarted if it is made tho sport of party interests and tho pivot of partyj manoeuvres although colonel lindbergh is in the peoples thought associated so closely with being up in the air al most all the time ho is so far as his actual experlonce is concerned ap- parcntly never op in tha air at alv