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conference likely contract is lost j during january on to canadian yard rumrunning pact ottawa an industry not usually associated with the prairies orders two new destroyers from british builders no indication of embargo on export of canadian j product ottawa canadas naval force present limited to the destroyers ottawa the house will likely as- champiain and vancouver and a semble either on the 31st of january number of mine sweepers will receive or the following week an access of strength in 1931 when the st lawrence question con- tvo new destroyers of the amazon tlnues to loom large but with little to class are delivered the contract for j sursest that the big scheme is going the new nienowar was given to to be entered upon now neverthe- thorneycroft limited ojf southamp- less anything which pertains to it ton england it was announced her even in part has to bo considered in at a price of 3350000 fifteen shin- relation to the whole it is probably building firms submitted tenders cne because of the intensive fight in pro- of them canadian and the- others brit- gress over the beauharnois project ish thtthe whole issue is being fully re- the destroyers of the amazon viewed as the matter now stands an class are the laest type designed and opinion of the justice department is are armed wh four 47 inch guns and awaited as to whether the essential two antiaircraft guns they have consent of the public works depart- two triple 21inch torpedo tubes the ment called for by the navigable new vessels are 320 feet long have a waters protection act covers work speed of 35 knots and carry a comple- such as is proposed when it is in the went of 155 officers and men nature ot a partial diversion of the special features planned river when this point is cleared up j special features to meet the de- a decision is looked for mards of canadian climatic conditions return of resources will be embodied in the new men-o- by new years day it is expected war consideration must be had of thit correspondence being exchanged tt extremes of climate in canada with the alberta goverdnment on the the offect of sweating question of the return ot its resources hul1 m both summer and winter will bo made public meanwhile an the llfo of the new ships is estimated agreement of secrecy is maintained at although they are be- premier brownlee on arriving here uevpd to be serviceable for twenty stated that in previous interviews y and probably longer there had been a tentative offer to re- lhe new canadian destroyers are sudden change in golds flow across border these were christmas dinners on the hoof in alberta a scene at freemans turkey ranch adjoining the cpk experimental farm at strathmore alta where bun dreds of the birds are raised in the course of the year urn all the resources of the province the first war vessels to be ordered and and continue permanently the subsidy built as such by the canadian govern- j of fome 520000 annually paid in lieu rent ng the great war a large f them when the proposals are an- n of mine sweepers were con- iounced hls offer bootleggers busy wnen me proposals are an- y yv- c it will likely be shown that structcd and employed in the atlantic allege quebec liquor pourins is now definite and official bt yhe general concept of warships ry-i-i- r md that in other respects existing canada has not hitherto built any in into ontario in car load lots tains a personnel adequate to man j ftbeanng to j these ships a considerable number of ss v v s w tho ratings who enlisted in the past and dentficaton marks of few years having been encouraged tojjtfi vmce is reported to be pouring into lots these days lirowing similar same category as the militia forces in f probably in january there will be a am service pensions the conference on the rumrunning treaty tcrms of enlistment are foi with the states the latter desiring pensionable at 11 some more effective method of check- j the danger of the canadian ing the in now of liquor insofar as can sailors abandomng their veeahen was ada is a source of the traffic while iessened b the passage of this bill ource ot me tramc wnne canadian bid t00 high onditlons are sought to be maintain- the routine course of affairs hi it will be for the local govern- t ro canadian navy now con- tnent to determine whether or not t a personnel adequate to man lecept tho offer a deterrent factor in all these west en negotiations seems to be a fear iew nav been encouraged js by one lest it got a less advantageous ffew enlistment by the passage ontario jn bargain than another although the through parliament last session of fto incilenta to be th conditions in each province are not whlch ftced them in the f h same category as the militia forces m j j prince george knocks down his cake for 5310 new york onouueement that american exchange- irving trust co i has received an additional 3000000 toll from canada brlugs the total i known to have been shipped or defin- i itejy erransed for to 11000000 on tie j december movement in addition it i is reported that o large carwlaa bank has engaged 4000000 but fimil proof of this shipment will not be forthcoming until after the new year when the new york federal reserve bnk issues its weekly statement on gold imports and exports of the 13000000 total american exchange irving trust co has received ffiooo- 000 an unannounced bank 5000000 and new york trust co 2000000 tho current situation presents sev eral rather unusual factors in the early fall montreal funds were first quoted at a premium in response to the seasonal requirements for funds to finance the moving of crops at that time it was expected that gold would flow from new york for that purpose pull resulting from high money rates in this centre however proved to be too strong and montreal funds hovered for somo time a trifle above or below par special measures were resorted to in canada then to finance crop demands without undue pressure on the canadian money market during the last two weeks of nov ember some special transactions cou pled with seasonal tendency toward strength in canadian funds proved strong enough to overcome the attrac- tion of the new york money market ttm qf- 1 ea7svi i an1 montreal funds rose quickly to a un st lawrence stl0staitial premium m those two weeks a total of 22000000 gold was withdrawn from new york and sent tc montreal as suddenly as it began however i new terminal prescott out what is to be one of the largest grain elevators in can- auctioning of pisces aboard rd is to bo crectsi1 at fresc6tt out shin rrmos cnorllv sum i tue lav opposite the movement stopped and a reversal dllip brings uoouly 3um jogdeusburg new york sta for british miners canadian federal government 2 tbls of flov set in foreign exchange j elevator which is to be built for the circles attribute this change to sev- for while this seven is for reshipjberengaria on his ment to american destinations osten- new york london prince ceorge youngest anauian reuerai government will era causes completion of tho po- son of king george v who reached 1ave capacity of 3400000 bushels at e transactions mentioned removed southampton on the friday before a approximately 4000000 it this support from canadian exchan of sir christmas enjoyed an ceremony in his honor t of approximately 4000000 it anniversary e erected on a spur of land jut- call rates in new york stiffening to aboard the ou illt0 river so a vessels way home from be able herth on eitler side j dition there v of the elevator for loading or unload- in the market much of it is said to be finding the ships cooks had prepared ang- work is to begin early in 1929 remittances from its wav back to optario bootlegging surprise gift of a large cake for the and tho elevator is to be completed m elsewhere resorts via the short circuit route prince but when it was presented mm to coincide with the opening of counts and is being sold and consumed here him he cut it himself into pieces and he new welland ship canal a pro- about 30000000 gold is expected move- montreal the highest levels in all points in ad- the severe reaction ri resulted in large canada as well as to etreugtnah margin ac- omi r courtes suggests the vvrvbodv would nave liked to in direct contravention of the liquor i requested it to be auctioned off to ject that will represent when finished to come to this city before the a stobfsadogrmndtea contract awarded lo l 9 t this situation is report- augment the london lord mayors an expeiuliture of 115000000 ment has run its course mt of puttlri an en oalo f m t he ewss canadian firm but the one tender rb- p particularly along the fund for relief among the distressed the o enug of the welland ship funds are in supply at about m of 1 luuint an embargo on the export j qf f border and recent raids of windsor british miners it brought 5310 canal will mean that vessels with a discount this compares with the gen- tured oroi establishments are said to have unj th ijrince received greetings from length up to over s00 feet and drawerally accepted cold import point of of canadian manufactured pro- the british bidders stated high duct is yet presented only parlia ment could legislate to that effect nothing in the rowers it has delegat ed to ti3 government authoring any such prohibitory regulation radio channels i a continuance of tho international negotiations about the allocation of radio channels will occur either next mouth or in february meanwhile j the arbitrary assumption at washing ton of control of the air of the ameri can continent and the declaration i there that six channels are quite enough for canada is not only ques tioned but regarded as a presumptu ous assertion of a right of control that doss not exist in a political way the west lamb- tor byelection will call fft attetuion ritut after jjjasryoars day two ssviil then intervene before pol- h h f c ing if there is a contest there apj c pears to be high speculation official of the navy service regarding am evidence that the quelfriends all over the world the ships up to 25 feet of water may sail 1104 of 1 on occasion of the prev- the awarding to the thorneycroft firni bra are well patronized along wireless operators were kept busy all eastward as far as prescott where ious flow of gold to this country rates of the contract for the two new can- detroit river water front day receiving the messages from transshipment of cargoes will bo went even below present quotations adian destroyers the tenders have officials of the quebec liquor com- these among them were messages made to smaller boats that can navi- this was taken as an indication that been under consideration since last when interviewed last night j from the king and queen and an- gate in the canals between prescott the drain on canadian gold reserves august the disparity between the ter the carload shipments story other from the duke of gloucester nd montreal at present the old had seriously depleted them this dc- ritishand canadian tenders ran intoi very much exaggerated who is on his way home from south welland canal now used to link lake pletion has since been partially alle- we know nothing at all about it africa aboard the steamship balmoral erie with lake ontario can accom- viated through imports from england b some hundred thousand dollars it was considered too great to justify tho placing of the order here russia negotiates for ford factory capacity for 100000 cars per year proposed says report moscow tho soviet government is said l b cordeau president of the castle commission there certainly must be t some exaggeration here the liquor q xjf ijjf willjnc bearing our labels may have beenj ouderi w11k1a15 bought bottle by bottle in our stores in the usual way it does not seem i reasonable however that carloads of liquor could be obtained in this way for shipment mr cordeau was inclined to believe that faked and forged labels may have been used by those operators behind the reported shipments makes discovery as to nhat iviii likely happen when parliament assembles the promise again is for the budget com ing early tho tariff boards re ports on the various cases will be in during january changes are expect ed and it is considered wise to let business know as early ts possible what they are to be so that any effects from uncertainty may be removed afghan troops nov in control stvuetion of an automobile factory icufsia the factory would have n capacity of 300000 automcbiles per yst it vss said tho officials said another company had made a similar proposal to the ck vornment a numebr of rcrcrts have origin ated in moscov leiently that for or modate vessels up to 2g0 feet in and natural increase in the countrys length consequently he big latte gold stock through mining operations freighters have to transfer their car- but that anxiety is felt regarding the goes if destined for montreal gold stock of cannda is inferred from the new elevator to be built at the apparent reluctance of canadian prescott will take care of inucli of banks o ship metal here leaving thai the grain from western canada that operation for the most part to date land is s1 via fo william and port to new york institutions arthur at the head of tio groat lakes j to europe via montreal prescott has a population of less than 3000 but now that it has been selected as the terminus of the base iiroin d xiuoorc wikns explorer at freighter boats that sail the great starvation and the newa deception island antarctic says thaf promises to become a much column ho has solved a problem which baffled noro important centre it is 60 miles nation new york nine hundred geographers for many yearsproving from ottawa the canadian capital thousand british miners ar on tho that graham land is separated from ak ls f f- verge of starvation and this is not the polar continent by an icefilled mrart to toronto the wo prin- even frontpage news in our press channel geogiphcrs it is said had clpal canadian raltays tltecana- we enlarge finds that graham separated from polar continent j new york the new york ameri can in a recent copyrighted dispatch from sir hubert wilkius explorer at deception island antarctic says that ho has solved a problem which baffled more important centre experts discuss radium dangers us surgeongeneral plans program to attack in dustrial problem washington health hazards in dian national and the canadian paci- j commercial use of ratium such as tho our headlines for spec- previously thought that the mountain rebels damage kabul power station leaving city without light moscow the first connected ac count of the attempt of afghan rebels to seize kabul has appeared in the newspapers of moscow in the form of a radio message from kabul accord ing to tho message the government troops now have the upper hand and arc bombarding the insurgents who occupied a hill outside kabul six thousand rebel tribesmen burst into the city by surprise on dec 11 and for two or three days the fate of the government hung in the balance since there are few troops in the city ho arrival of reinforcements from kandahar and closer points and the use of airplanes apparently turned the tide in favor of the government forces although the messages states that the battle continues three british airplanes appeared over the city during the fighting one flying low was hit by rifle fire and forccy i to descend to tho airdrome thes airplanes distributed proclamn professing british friendship j afghan people and the inten- ot to intervene in afghan af- arning against any attacks on i missions or consulates rebels damaged kabul electric tacular and dramatic disasters at sea extended without interruption into tho 1c c011ll with the town but for the timeworn conflict of labor heart of tho continent captain and capital the dreary round of wilkins mad tho observation during deal infiuensa is apparently no re- gcneral motor were cons strike and starve or work and starvo a flight in the monoplane san fran- peclnr of persons according to hiilmlnv nlanw n n ti i p a iittl0 less wll havo longer cisco beyond tho volcanic mountains p despatches it has even attacked ports hare never bfen confi med 1 but the moseualjiotice of graham land pahce ffle in two iarge cities the united states two soviet officials v i ossinski and v i myeshlauk recently arrived in berlin and announced they wore on route to the united states to negoti ate a 520000000 automobile deal the two officials were unable to secure passports to enter the united states andieturned to moscow quake is recorded in phillipine group manila pi a violent earthquake rocked the island of mindanao of the philippine group during the week be fore christmas casualties were sur prisingly low according to first ad vices received here mindnnoa is situated at the south ern end of the islands and is one of tho largest of the group ono person was killed and several inured the reports said residents of many towns were startled however as buildings collapsed and the ground cracked most of the damage which was esti mated at more than 100000 was re ported by tho towns of cotabato zanl boanga and davao a straight line from east to west would run through the three towns and would also pierce macaturing volcano which is near the centre of tho island and approximate ly equidistant from cotabato and davao a peaceful view of the river of dispute islsfe2 at least 700 british miners failed to i work of painting luminous watch dials were studied here by 75 scien tists and industrial officiris wo re commended pointmnt of commit tees to dcicniine whit the standard of robustness should bo for a radium worker and to codify and distribute the information the conference was called by sur- gcongceral dimming of tho public health service to determine a pro- granl by which his fficevs may attack this newest medical problem of indus try dr ethclbert steward commission er of labor statistics urged that com mercial use of radium be discontinued entirely ho declared that seven or eight persons had died as a result of woiking with luminous paint contain ing radium that five were under ob servation for suspected radium poison ing and that if others had shown radium activity or somo ill effects all of his he asserted was for a fad leaving the cty without lght blrlkc pa in the uarvc3t fiems th paraguay opping the government radio j 0 western canada j dispute between paraguay and bolivia tke vip5 paraguay flowing through quiet ccewes nivcr through which bolivia sccss an oatlet to lhe atlantic one of lie dominion ambassadors ico maxo in the national review london mr mackenzie king the prime minister of canada will havo seme difficulty in persuading anyone except thoe who desire to bo deceived that the appointment of separate am bassadors for thedilterent dominions in foreigii capitals can conceivably promote the diplomatic unity of tho british empire indeed his enthusi- nv in this cause in which he is cnl- ously followed by conernl hort70g his sooth african colleague can only be irtarprcud is evidence that his heart is not in the british league of na tions however enthusiastic ho may bo tbout the genjva variety i it i tjie phonograph used in tho talking movie tfcnt speaks louucr than words philadelphia inquirer il lil vsl p