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chinese pirates vc asphyxiated taken by british capt g f kerr dies an unusual story of recent tidal wave havoc bloody battle fought on pas senger craft before destroyers come hong kong the british steamer hatching en route from swatow to hong kong with chinese passengers was attacked off chalang point recent ly by pirates who set the vessel afire the crew beat off the outlaws and completed the voyage the crew waged a bloody battle with the pirates twelve persons were killed and about go native passengers after his return princes banquet his exploit death came insidiously by asphyxia tion sunday evening to capt george f kerr vc of toronto who for three years had defied with impunity the bullets bayonets and gas of the enemy and in so doing had won tho highest honor in the gift of the bri tish crown the victoria cross capt kerr returned a short time leaped overboard and were drowned j ego from england after three week3 of the steamer reached here with its j homage and hospitality as the guest superstructure partly burned away of the prince of wales thirtyeight wounded buccaneers were he was found unconscious by his sent to tho hospital where the condi- wife seated in tho family auto in tho tion of most of them was said to be j garage at the near of the house 3s serious others were brought ashore j cheltenham avenue at about six securely bound and thrown into jail oclock on sunday evening apparent- tho ship was under escort ly the brit- he had been reading a magazine as ish destroyers sirdar and sterling ne ran the engine to warn it up and which had come to its aid the doors had blown shut preventing tho haiching left swatow for this tte escape of deadly carbon monoxidp city vith 300 passengers including an englishman and three american wo men early in the morning 20 or 30 of the pirates who had shipped as passengers sprang upon ihe decks with bloodcurdling yells and attempt ed to seize the ship they stormed the bridge firing revolvers indiscrim inately the bridge however was protected by barbed wire and the officers and indian guards opened fire on the out laws a rapid exchange of shots forced the pirates to retire although they had killed third officer wood ward meanwhile the young chinese radio operator kept- his head and sent out distress calls which were picked up by the destroyer sterling while the destroyer under ull steam was speed ing to the rescue the pirates used kerosene to set fire to the deck and bridge secretary to premier patrick duff cb cvo recently ap pointed principal private secretary to premier macdonald of great britain trinity college toronto win again enviable record for this his toric college in open competition the award of a rhodes scholarship for the province ofontario to mr charles herbert little of trinity college has directed attention to tho fact that this ib the fourth consecu tlve year in which trinity college students have been selected as rhodes scholars two rhodes scholarships are awarded each year in ontario the students of all universities are eligi ble as candidates during tho past four years eight scholarships have rovlnco z from the exhaust police were immediately called when they arrived capt kerr was al ready dead ho had gone to the gar age at about three oclock to warm up the car for his wife was to drive him to the station to meet a train from new york after three hours had passed and he had not returned to the house mrs kerr became anxious and went out to the garage to investigate her phone call brough pcs brown 9 stillwell 536 and ramsay 643 to the scene attempts at resuscitation were con sidered useless capt kerr was 35 year3 of age he leaves his wife and two daughters mary louise ago 4 and a half and janet age two captured four machine guns the daring exploit which won capt kerr his victoria cross capturing singlehanded four enemy machine guns and 31 prisoners was the third display of bravery in less than two months which won him a war decora- tion and two years previously he had won his military medal in august 191s a conspicuous dis play of coolness and courage won him the award of the military cross and a similar incident less than- a month later resulted in an extra bar being added to the mc then on sept 27 came the heroic action which culmin- 1 ated later in the pinning on his breast of the little bronze cross with its terse testimony for valor the official citation is bare of de- tails but it gives the essential points j and leaves no doubt of the merits of i the deed or it worthiness of the covet- ed vc it says ho displayed the most conspicuous bravery and leadership during tho burlon wood operations on sept 27 1918 when in command of the left supporting company in the attack he handled his company with great skill and gave timely support by outflank ing a machine gun which was imped ing the advance rushed strong point terrific storm quebec officers batters europe chase bootleggers british seamanship and cour age has ample chance to manifest itself as coast line surfers london prom the southermost tip of portugal to tho northermost tip of denmark and more especially the shores of england staggering under the unparalleled savagery ijl hurri cane which roared out of the south western seas several days ago all of eastern europe is beginning laborious ly to count as far as can be counted the toll of disastei wind which reached as high a vel ocity as 140 miles an hour has strewn the coasts of portugal france and britain with the battered wreckage of half a hundred ships has destroyed homes and buildings far inland and taken lives incalculable the storm is still raging with dim inished violencebut thd god of the winds is merely stepptngback a trifle for anothor leap ahead according to air ministry reports forecasting fur ther tempests tales of heroism from out of the welter of wreck and disaster with at leas a hundred lives snuffed out at sea stories of heroism of crews saved at incredible risk are fishing schooner plying a strange trade f to tr woi them j though fragmentary already reveal salvage is not uncommon on the sea but for a house to be rescued from tho waves and brought home to safety that when the full tale is told a new what happened at eurin newfoundland after the coast had been devasted by the tidal wave chapter will have been added to tho historic record of the highest tradi tions of british seamanship and cour- ageimmortalized by kiplings we ha strati our best to the seas unrest to the shark and the shearing gull if bkod be the price of admiralty lord gbd we ha paid in full more than 50 shfps bound to or from the ports o britain have suffered damage wreck or distress of 40 specifically renortcd tonight feel ire benefit of the ontario govern- fa f ments 2000000 reduction in the nlw wirt vprvj owl lafifs till breath countin one mary the mother her memories one by auto lkenses in ontario cheaper watched alone when they had opened their trea sures they presented unto him gifts gold and frankincense and myrrh- j she marm the imn ot the christmas j small car owners will pay st matthew this custom of giving love gifts at christmas time has continued through out the centuries it is a beautiful custom this giving of gifts and draw ing together of our loved ones and friends if you would be happy and enjoy this day of days think not of yourself but of others make an ef fort to brighten the life of some un fortunate and the day will bring you many happy returns hour with a little cake and a late bright flower seeing what no one else could see for at her table there still were three 5 others 10 for ensuing rear toronto motorists this month will automobiles yachts and schooners also gathered in from haunts of boot leggers officials believe illegal sale of canadian whiskey about stamped out in province gaspe rum runners quebec life for tho bootlegger and rumrunner in thp province of quebec has become hard and hazard ous for during tho course of threo months alone from august to october sleuths of th equebec liquor commis sion have seized some 35000 gallons of liquor on which tho excise duty alone is valued at ten dollars per gal lon this forming a total of 5350000 in addition to automobiles yachts and schooners aud various other convey ances used in the illegal transporta tion of the smuggled liquor unceasing activity on the part ot quebec liquor commission operatives has driven rumrunners to cover gen erally throughout the province and while there are still cases where very small quantities of liquor are in volved tho big fellows have apparcut- k left quebec for moro hospitable climes last year the gaspe coast was re ported as a haven for rumrunners but a strict watch was maintained there this year and the result is that liquor except the legitimate quebec liquor commission stuff is so hard to get that it is practically nonexist ent the largest haul made during tho year was near st catherines bay not a great distance from quebec where 10000 gallons was discovered scatter ed around in one and two galion con tainers hidden in abandoned boats in may the love of christmas time be with you motor license fees the 1930 licenses ashqrc christmas day has come at last and i am glad tis here for dont you think for this ive waited just a year fissures in the roosl and in the most in distress 13 are j unlikely looking places jr iq3 of life seven i this load war placed upon a sclioon- are sunk rbardoaod or have vanished or and eventually brought to quebec and markers will be ready about de- j srr 3os signals j although quebec liquor comratsiva cember 15 owners of fourcylluder tk0 member of th- cvcwofj inspectors had to aiatmthi watch cars and the lighter sixes will pay ship sixteir craters o t crew twentvtour hours per day- in orderio only 5 this year for their licenses f0 a are defiiitolv kutfwn to prevent as one helping themselves motorists driving cars of from 25 have been lost as the ships fotirdsrcd i aaotfcsr big load was nude right to 3ir horsepower willpay 10 for at eig are knowh to have been within the limits t city of quo- killed inland by flying chimneys and i beo when the schooner a remind seized with 5000 gallons on let us think of christmas only in terms of love touch the fabric of its mystic story and we findtourselves enthralled by its spell and in its- their licenses warp and woof is woveria colorful tj the new system of prefieinstf one day i masterpiecea picture too great for marker numuer3 letters indicat- j only beginning i even a raphael to portray with jus- j ing f origin ottawa has been j the velocity of tho wind is declared i by the weather bureau to have been tice allotted the letters a basec merry year i christmas happy now yet it is only tho simple story of n ij numeral will exceed tho love deep snows and jingling sleigh- j u 9999 bells are not typical of christmas toys and tinsel but represent thej superficial sido feasting does not be- 1 commercial airships speak any of its holiness or its sweet- j lffnion daily heraw lab the present problem is whether or- not we wish merry christmas sjiall we not hope that our wish has caught the truest spirit of the season and so brings a 1 little more of good cheer and happi- later uear the arrascanibral road n t0 j ana i0 yours at thls e the advance was again held up by a strong point lieutenant kerr far in advance of his cocpany rushed this strong point singlehanded and cap tured four machine guns and 31 pris oners his valor throughout this en gagement was inspiring to all time heen awarded in this j these no less than four hare been given to trinity jdollego students this is a unique record for any col lege but especially for one as small v as trinity there aro only 190 men students registered in trinity college that is less than 5 per cent ofthe men students registered in the univer sities of ontario whllo 50 percent of these scholarships have come to trinity mr escott iteid mr lyndon smith and mr ceorgo s cartwrlght elect secon1 and chariovolx third fron- ed rhodes scholars in 1926 1927 and tenac to also figured 2 rf pmnenly in tho hear crop quebec trying to eliminate i bear nuisance bounty of 2760 paid for kiujng of 1 84 bears in i few months quebec one hundred and eighty- four bears on which bounty of 2760 j the years sped by at nazareth has been paid have- fallen in the pro- they seemed no moro than a passing vlnco of quebec before tho rifles and traps of farmers of this province dur- the christmas spirit once more en velopes us in its atmosphere of pea good will and affection it drtws new i ness friends closer and makes old friends love this is christmas airships from a civilian standpoint dearer the best that we are and the something that kindles tho spark are a proposition the best that we have take on now life j within us that peculiar flash which f affirmativehas still to be proved and meaumb1 friendship lives maice the whole world ones kin xo making due allowance for i charity gives love forgives and as wo have never really seen christmas antiairship school of tnought it is for you the old wish aj we must feel it true that the graf zeppelin has flown j round the world and that should an- it is good to relax from the straiq swer tho it cant be done critics and stress of the workaday world to thelc remains the fact that her tako a moment apart from current crew mindful of the limitations of concerns and daily duties and wel- their craft have displayed decided come the christmas spirit bringing antipathy to aer projected polar a wealth of enriching thoughts which st that is not to say that she or jmellow the mind and nourish tho soul her british compeers could not sur- bnnobllng sentiment mount tho difficulties ahead but it it is- good to thrill to tho fantastical dxs suggest that and here one may influences of christraastido that be su the staunchest supporters of makes us all boys again just for to- tc agree the problem is night childhoods laughter happi- j not j solved ness surprises fairy fancies anticipa tions twinkling trees and jingling bells old santy and his span of deer evon unto the chimney story inspiring youthfulness in the spirit of the season do we wish that every wholosomo and light- hearted impulso bo yours this christ mas and sincerely from tho heart everybody at our placo extends to everybody at your placo tho senti ments of tho psalm which sings peace bo within tliy walls and pros perity within thty palaces greater- than any ever previously re corded in england all down tho coast of frarise and spain and portugal a similar tale is told though the main brunt of the storms fury scorns to have been vented upon the british isles telegraph and telephone service be tween italy france and spain was in terrupted as a result of tha storm american cable companies operating in france announced serious delays between paris and new york owing to wires being blown down on land in for tho christ- christmas at nazareth tho house at nazareth year by year a feast was spread child dear there were gay little takes by the j mother made i and a late bright flower at the boys j placo laid j joseph in his kind voice would say taller and taller he grows each day but tho mother with shadows in her clear eys would whisper daily he grows more wise figures for 1 2 months show jump to 2611453000 ottawa canadian trade in the 12 months ending october 31 climbed to 2611453000 this was an advance of 9529000 over tho preceding 12 months the acceleration is moro notable from the fact that exports of grain and its products were down to precepts of nature that is rest and 431228000 from 549570000 tin this special case since man is imports for consumption in the 12 meant to be an intelligent creature i months wcro 1303481000 an in- the more intelligent his acts aw the crease of 101000000 domestic ox- moro ho finds repose in them when port amounted to 1307927000 a de- a child acts onlyn a disorderly dis- crease of 51000000 connected manner his nervous force agricultural and vegetable pro- is under a great strain while on the ducts remained tho chief item of ex- nature v to act in obedience to tho hidden big increase in canadian trade other hand his nervous energy is i positively increased and multiplied by i intelligent actions ing the past fow months or over since tho bounty of fifteen dollars per bear was put into force again owing to the damago wrought by bruin to the sheep industry of tho province as well as to agriculture in general tho lake st john district leads the way with tho largest number of bears killed while snguenay county conio at oxford they will bo joined by mr c h little elected in 1929 next october mr escott rold has al ready won the highest honors at ox ford and been awarded two import ant scholarships thero as is well known the rhodes scholarships aro awarded in accord ance with tho will of tho late mr cecil rhodes to tuq students showing the best scholarship kiulig with man- jiness and qualities of leadership expectations truly we expect too much from life like the blind men who mado a long this bounty of flftoon dollars per bear was rescinded last year on ac count of abuses which had been re- portcdin 1927 but was reestablished during august at the request ofthe department of agriculture following complaints from farmers that their flocks of sheep wero being worried and attacked by bears inorder to prevent an abuse how- every several new regulations were introduced among them being the fact that tho hunter had to produco proof that tho bear had been killed id a certain placo another now factor la that tho municipality wherein tho journey to go ajjd listen to their god bear is k j t0 csontribnte one they sat down on tho steps of tho do 0 tho dounty wh ga triple and when anybody asked anatnll of the slain animal are to he them what they were doing they destroyed cro tho bounty is paidoutr answered we aro waiting and ood g has not said a word but they had not seen in the bronzo gates of the temple were closed and they did not knaw that the voice of god filled tho edifice our god never ceases to speak to us hut nobody thinks of oftcn az the sates maeterlinck history histories make men wise poets witty the mathematics subtle na tural philosophy deep morals grave logic and rhetoric ablo to contend bacon those who planned for veterans future this year board the liquor was confiscated and the skipper of the vessel capt castongay- paid his thousand dollar fine in addition to all the liquor which is turned over to the customs as fast as it is taken by q l cofllcials activities against bootleggers have netted the government about thirty automobiles of all kinds and makes as well as yachts and schooners recently the largest bottling plant ever discovered in tho province of quebec was raided near notre dame du lac and demolished the plant contained three or four electric boi- tllng machines hundreds of cases pc choice liquors johnny walker john halg etc gin of all kipds and vari ous other liqeurs vast boxes tf caps for the bottles thousands of empty bottles labels galore and in fact everything that goes with a bottling plant and involved the expenditure of a considerable sum of money on the part of tho people connected with it all their labor and money was wast ed however for tho liquor is iii the customs warehouse while the remain der of the plant is inqucbec people at the head of the q l c detective service voice the opinion that tho season has been a particular ly good one for them and think that they have done their share in the stamping out of rumrunning in tho province of quebec the majority of which was not real rumrunning but- the illegal sale of canadian liquors to be well handled ports at 524828000 exports of n wood and paper totalled 294917000 icirolt i uliiicl and animal products 140c29000 iron and us products constituted tho leading import item at 348620- 000 agriculturakand vegetable pro ducts wero imported to tho extent of 232757000 and fibres and textiles 204793000 figures have been made available at the dominion bureau of statistics buying of empire goods on increase foodstuffs demand in britain exceeds supplies from c dominions toronto so effective have been the efforts to promote buying of em pire goods in the british isles that now tho demand for foodstuffs actual ly exceeds tho supply frbm tho do minions sad vv a wilson agricul tural prqducts representative for can ada in great britain in an interview here business men importers wholesa tube to canada to be opened next year detroit with the 25000000 tun- nel which will connect this city with windsor ont now threefourths com plete plans havo been finished for handling traffic through this huge ar tery of travel tho tube which ex- tonds under the detroit river will bo opened to traffic next year traffic in tho detroit tubo will bo handled according to the methods which have been found so successful in tho holland tunnel at now york disabled cars will be removed with splitsecond dispatch safeguarding every minute for tho swiftly moving underground traffic expected tho detroit and canada tunnel will be approximately a mile long between portals it consists of a single pass age way thirtyfive feet in overall diameter the roadway is twentytwo feet wide accommodating ono lane of traffic in each direction and a lunc to ers and largo- retailers of foodstuffs in spare for emergency uses traffic ca- great britain who are desirous cf dof pacity is estimated at 1000 vehicles ing what they can to correct the ecou- an hour in each direction omic situation in favor of the empire new problems of air purification aro coming to tho conclusion said and ventilation have- heen met and mr wilson that the remedy largely conquered and engineers are confi nes in the auguratlon ot a policy of dent that air in every section vil be canadian legion officials at the reg1na dominion convention delegates attending third annual convention of canadian legion in reglna saskatchewan paraded to cenotaph in victoria park and placed wreath left to right a e moore sir percy lake james mejoa sergtmajor james robinson and col j l lafiecho sir richard turned ltcol greater production of agricultural goods within tho empire temper a man who cannot command his temper should not think of being a man of business free from carbon monoxide gas selfreverencje solfrevcrcncc eelfknowledgo self control these three lead life to sove reign tower tnenyson