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135 passengers thrown into sea in excursion boat blast a ribbon winner one hundred rescued later three dead recovered thirtytwo persons still missing survivor alleges crew was among first to leave vesselsorch estra tried to calm terrorsticken crowd on glassbottomed shin wrck sinks in shoal waters miami ila fire sank a glassbottomed exeurslor explosion and drummer did its best to quel tne heat panic by playing popular pieces some jumped into the tropica vat- lo miles south of here o tne ivenici j f rj ot fearfil of the danger from of dec 14th and drove the 133 men j sharks stayed on the burning craft women and children with which it until the flanus reached a gasoline k and a second explosion men wu n was laden into the sea it was known later that about 100 persons had besn rescued 3 bodies had been found and 2 are still unaccounted for the craft was the eureka if which had left here earlier in the day for its regular sunday run it was returning after the passengers had spent the day viewing marine life and tion through the glass bottom boat when an explosion occurred i the engineroom and smoke bi gi n i pour forth flames spread quickly panic developed aboard the vesse according to the excited tales of ur vivors the flaraes quickly r through the ship despite the effort of tlose who kept their head- am strove to fight their attempts to quench the blaze witi the contents of drinking water tank and any other utensils that came ti hand were futile an i the h which gripped many of those or balked any organized effort driven back foot by foot the pa sengers and crew- were forced to th rails through the ten minutes iirs threw lent than the sea boat sixes the boat listed and sank li the surrounding waters filled men women and children stru for their lives vio- them into avir with gling vegor- 1 the piilar of smoke and flame from i kg of th the stricken ship caught the eye of 8 w ij owner of the yacht was fishing ten miles ay and he sped to the re reached the scene of t the sea seemed fill as rapidlv as the water this ty p cent could carry the roar of the ried three miles cue wh ic disaster its victims took from p v miller ena as thev ion was car- south where was cruising ann he sped aboard s3 of swam about frriieaiiy or clung to scattered pieces of the wrecked boat a definite checkup on the exact number aboard the eureka ii when the letes broke out was impossible more than the vain attempt to extin- as there was no passenger list while il grish the flames went on a threepiece was also uncertain just how many had orchestra of pianist saxophone playeri been saved ottawa planning new plane rouites in mow the ui winnipegst paul link short ens postal time from prairies ottawa preliminary plans for aviation routes that will make can ada an effective factor in internation al aerial communications involving both europe and asia were announc ed here on dec 12th at the conclu sion of a conference between p stuf- fice officials of canada and the uni ted states the first step in the program has been taken villi the definite decision to put into effect an aerial link be- twees winnipeg and st paul and ati minneapolis p t coolicau assisj taut deputy postmostergencral ia canada and w irving clover assis tant postmastergencai of the uni ted states who have conducted the negotiations announced that subject to approval by the heads oi the de partments a service will be inslitnf- ted states a program is for flying the atlantic with mail via bermuda and the azores depending on weather condi tio mr glover said that flights to bermuda would be made from either new york baltimore or charleston sc thence a hop would be made to the azores and from there to lisbon portugal mail would be carried from lisbon through france into england tenders for the atlantic service already have been asked by the cnhed states government a welldeveloped service is now moving from the east coast of the united states through the west indies into hierica mr glover said lie d the berniudaasores unite desirable metnod of linking with central and south comrades follow policemans bier the markets i rancher earl sells family portraits produce quotations toronto dealers arc buying produce hundreds take part in cere- at the following prices i unable to adopt himself to f cl fcc i tggs ungraded cases returned- p- r- mony lor blain officer l fresh extras 45 to 47c fresh firsts life of aristocrat form- toronto dec lotli while the nl- 40 to 42c seconds 2s to site j er canadian sells art leged slayer of roy mcquilliu toronj k l eaniery to constable who was shot down last livu n stock yards exhibitor bull illion dollars worth of cliampioti chicago for international live stocl iarence moffett in redmond wash tock vcii xpositlbri at union youngest ribbonwinning nt ii sard thousand insane saved by grey nuns theatsyltuit twice once last who the ldaze was at its death trips trigger as lsuest l rys to ed shortly to carry passengers mail from calgary to miami hoars over present methods of munication and 5 tljro4- v show gunskill a npe to alaskj and asia while the details of the winuip g- st paul schedule ivore being worked cut the officials were discussing alsa tie more ambitious scheme to develop 23 y a route from calgaty through fort trick before mcmurrey into alaska and thence day morning into asia it was agreed that unless canada and tiie united states join ed in the development of the asiatic rout- a few years mtgh see serious competition from russia in that re gion russia 5 making consider able strides in aviation mr glover said and 22000 miles of flying is be ing done in that country daily three years are regarded by the of ficials as sufficient time to bring the asiatic service into being ia the meantime definite progress is being made mr coolicau said in setting up aerial communication routes from calgary to vancouver the route through tiie rockies was not he said regarded as particularly difficult as soon as communication is establish ed to the coast by air new link3 be tween canada and the united states would be made at lethbridge alta and vancouver the lethbridge link will be to great falls mont while tiie western extremity o the united states system will be contact ed at seattle from vancouver from prairies east the lights arranged botwot win nipeg and st paul will conrpl 3 the aerial chain between the prairies and the east mail for eastern canada wit bo carried over united states air lines to detroit and will there re enter canadian territory while the schedule has not been settled definite ly m coolicau said that mail from calgary would reach montreal in forty hours a saving of thirtyeight hours a saving of foriy hours would oung harniitonian believe dying after display x ith revolver patients are moved to safety in 20 minutes when whole wing is de stroyed by f ire quebec twenty minutes after broke out in the east wing of michael archangel asylum for fnsane her on dee 11th 1000 in mates had been removed to safety the fire destroyed tho entire wing few a loss esti- a visit d night height andgain this morning to per- souaiiv ccjratulate the nuns on their ollicucy in handling tho situa tion it was stated that the building would hctphued at once hi the the patients were being meantime i fo in with of the institution mated at 700000 the asylum built in isct at beauport a suburb lire st the caret building since 3 com institutii has iv danued by was in ts74 w annex of the main itruction hi 1sg4 the been twice previous- lire the first tune hen it was partially destrovtj with heavy loss of life a rjk ago it was slightly dam- 1j no fatalities occurred the east be effected in mail for toronto ship to shore turning toward the atlantic c dlan officials sco jri shiptoshore flights at belle isle tho answer to the problem of speeding up the move ment of mail to the british isles and k liners pressing the muzzle of ibre revolver against his rigiit roy griffiths of this city aged i was about to demonstrate a party guests early sun- when the firing pin was accidentally released and ho fell to the floor with a bullet through his head the young man was reported to be dying at tiie general hospital late in the evening griffiths was in the home of russell king and had been drinking it was alleged shortly after midnight ho produced a revolver from his hip pocket and despite protests from the other guests insisted on showing his skill in tho handling of the weapon he announced that ho would move the fully loaded chambers by operat ing the trigger and at tho same time prevent the bullets from discharging by clever manipulation of the control at last chamber tho young man boldly placed the gun against his head four times tho barrel advanced a notch as griffiths clicked tho spring ho reached tho fifth and last chamber when tho acci dent occurred tho police found tho victim uncon scious lying on tho floor in a pool of idood with the revolver clasped in his right hand tho pellet had entered just to tho light of the right temple had passed through tho brain and out the top ot corroborative stories were told by guests at the party and after ques tioning they were allowed to go a charge of selling liquor was later laid i against the host kitsell king on nov 22 1925 griffiths had a narrow escape from death when he housed the male patients com- prising half the entire occupants of the institution the blaze was disov- erod by a watchman at 013 imj mediately it becamo known that tho building with its 2000 inmates was j endangered by fire the entire quebec flro department was rushed to the suburb while hundrds of citizens orj tw boys perish 4s ice gives way the p ville breaking through ico mile kilting with companions oil a mlpond on tho moira river near cannftou saturday afternoon clar- enechoigate 13 years old son ot mr aiupiis charles ungate was drown- thursday in performance of his duty lay lighting for his life brother j officers from as far west as tendon and east to peterboro came to pay their last tribute to a fellow j policeman hundreds of spectators lined the i streets in a last gesture of respect as the hearse passed to its final 1 resting place alleged slayir worse a little worse was the condition of jack brokenshire ttyearoid gun man in st josephs hospital accord ing to hospital authorities sunday night on monday the third after the operation for extraction of police bul lets in all probability will decide j jo to 1 whether he will live to face trial tor 20c ovi the murder of pc mcquiliin tor js t doctors said if by evening peritonitis lie has not set in his recovery is practl- ite call assured sunday night his pulse had quick- j yv ened considerably and lie what feverish reaction it was be- lieved to the unusually successful progress he has made since be was operated upon not so good fol lowing a condition too good to be na tural was the report given by his doctor at s oclock sunday trust fund planned establishment of a trust fund of 25000 tor the support of the widow of roy mcquillan police constable murdered thursday night is planned by alderman charles a ward all members ot city council are called upon to donnte slooeah in aj resolution which alderman ward will submit at the last regular m etn4 provides s25 a week in montreal the citizens in a very- short time raised a trust fund of 22- 000 for constable pelletier who was killed under somewhat similar cir- j cumstances the alderman stated we in toronto should easily raise 25000 this would provide the widow with an income of about 2f a week which is little enough on which to raise and educate a couple j ot children tiie text of tiie resolution follows that this council owes the most profound debt of gratitude to the late i police constable roy mcquiliin who j was murdered in the discharge oi his j duty and to the toronto police force i as a whole which has repeatedly demonstrated its readiness at all ftimes to protect tho lives of our citi zens at the cost of its own i and that this council would deem it an extreme injustice and an in human neglect if the family of any police officer were permitted to suffer poverty or want in consequence of his devotion to duty and that in consequence this coun cil is willing to undertake tiie re sponsibility of creating the nucleus of a trust fund ot 25000 more or less to be established by voluntary sub scription for the purpose of provid ing the widow of the late constable roy mcquiliin with an income for life or until she shall marry again such fund upon her death or remar riage to become the properly of tiie police benefit fund thjs special tile n treasures may return to alberta churning cream- 1 gc no 227c cheese no 1 large colored paraf- loudon the tenth lar of egmont fined and government graded 1u to who until january of last year was ijfac j plain frederick j t perceval caua- quotatiors to poultry shippers are dian rancher at priddis alberta is as follows again holding tiie spotlight amongst poultry alive a gracesprmg 1 mobility this time it is not chickens c lbs 18c over o to b lbs itc vcr fi to lb- 15c over 1 to lh romance ot his ovcruht rse avi lbs lc i lbs and under lie trom rancher to earl which i- sicuring patted hens over 5 lbs llc over i him prominence nor the precedent to 0 lbs hie over j to 1 lbs lj which he set amongst the english aris- old roosters over 5 lbs 12e whit trocracy of buying his groceries at tho ducklings over 5 lbs icc over 4 to 5 village store and carrying them la a llp 12c colored duckiii 2c less ilimso ic is the fact that ho guinea iowi per pair si 2a l i mtmsi ot his au grade- poutry 3c less and c grade 7c less than above price- cl itrait young turkevs over if lbs dress- evidently twentynine year- of con- ed 26c over 12 to l lbs oc over templation of the picture of nature in lbs 22c over s o 10 lbs the canadian west with the alberta ver to 8 lbs 17c geese overj foothills in the background is not tho 12 lbs icc al other weights introduction to the masterpieces l- kradfc 8c le and c grate jitisb portraiture conceivably than above prices of m mlk provision tricks of a knc or a reynolds seem feeble provision uers are iu coiiinion is restive noble dealers are following trices to retah ale- smoked meats hams ined 2b to 20c cocked loins 10c smoked rolls 2sc breakfast bacon 25 to 34e back- earkaled 27c do smoked 7c j pork loins 22c shoulders le butt- lsvic hams luuc cured meats ixing clear bacon 50 j to 70 lbs 21c 70 to 0 lb- ific 90 tc 110 lbs 18c heavyweight roils j 18c lightweight rolls 50c j iard pure tierces 11 lie tubs 15c pails lovgc prints 15to locj shortening tierces 12 c tuny lse pails ishc specials pastry shortening tierces 15c tubs 13 lie pails icc chain quotations grain dealers on the toronto bodrdi of trade are making the following quotations for ar lots man wheat no 1 hard bte no 1 north filvc no 2 do 63c no do isic no 4 do 51ic cifj godeich and bay ports man oats no 1 feed 35 argentine corn born miflfeed del bags included shorts per to 2p25 ontario grain whsnt cif port co this is not the first sign of restivo- uess which the canadian earl has given with his new life he was a re mote cousin of his predecessor in tho title and when told on his ranch at priddis v h re he had spent all his life that the succession had fallen upon him lie was at first undecided about accepting he was in independ ent circumstances and felt intuitively that tiie life he knew and loved was the one in which lie would find tho greatest satisfaction but he had his young sou to consider and he had pro mised the boys mother when she died that be would bring the boy up to the title in case th reversion should fall upon him and so taking the general storekeeper at priddis to be his chauffeur and presumably his inti mate and the storekeepers wife to be hi housekeeper lie departed for the ancestral seat at itingwood hamp shire lonely in splendor p 2121 anlzed volunteer rescue squads but ed- the coroner dr it w tennent wejo tiie scene but decided an in- quit unnecessary th lad was res ell twenty minutes after ho went i doii by grappling from a boat after dibig by ernest pope had proved uu- adling resuscitation efforts were i caunued nearly two hours after the l idy vas brought to the surface the rents one sister and one brother arrive ingcrsoll fatality i woodstock jack wheeler 7-year- i id ingorsoll boy was drowned on sat- so carefully had the grey nuns who operate tho asylum organized their fire drills that in 20 minutes every patient was in a place of safety and tho firemen were enabled to concen trate their entire efforts upon saving tho building the flro gained great headway and at midnight was still raging with fire men devoting their efforts to protect the central building and the west wing tho central building was dam- agod slightly by smoke and water but tho west wing was saved intact n it was not until 12 hours after tho outbreak that the firemen were recai ed from provincial ivhen the ice on which ho and com- municipal and t skdinsjsavo way under bis weight the body was io scene police remained through- recovered out tho night and premier taschereau by firemen after an hours dragging menace of dogs braiitford dogs continue to play havoc with sheep in the county over tho weekend the flock of edwin hunt at mount vernon suffered tiie canines killing one and injuring several others when snow falls again a wellorgan ized drive will ho mado through tho territories that theso dogs frequent provincial police joined in tho hunt sunday but met witii no success mcntreal frenhs and as his ranches spirit makes him an ncr ton s2025 t proud to persist at the dooc which middlings cloes n svinjngiy to him he has cq p j- i become somewhat of a lonely figure lie barley f h ior t s of the ances- c oas stic rye 4oc buenwheat 55 j tral home because so few visitors ever live stock prices come to them and he his sou and heavy beef steers s575 to s750 heir genera store crony live in iso- butcher steers choice 7 to 750 do luted splendor the solo occupants of fair o goid sg2 to 7 do com j the mansion even the staff of ser- 450 to 550 butcher heifers choice rants has been dismissed 7 to 50 do fair to good 0 to js reported that in the dispersal 75 co com 450 to 525 butcher cows good to choice 450 to 5 do mod 350 to 425 tanners and ci bacl cut ters 175 to j275 butcher bulls good to choice 450 to 525 do bologna s3 to 350 babv beef 8 to 10 feeders k 525 to g stock- crs 150 to 575 calves cood io choi- 10 to 1 do mod s o 10 do com 0 to 7 do grasscrs 1 to 5 lambs choice 375 buck lambs 075 to 7 milkers 15 to 90 sprsntrers 75 to 100 sheep 150 to 450 hogs bacon woc 10 to 1050 do trucked in 50c cwt under woc do butchers 75c par hog dis count do selects 1 pet- hog prem ium france to import london cats to match tho shades of their owners carpets were exhibit ed in a show at croydon if you cant bo thankful for what you received bo thankful for what you escaped ext rope an i id inbound and outbound net tit belle it was treii a a drank coffoo containing cyanide of i potassium prepared by his 19yearold wife elsio griffiths formerly of st catharines mrs griffiths collapsed and died but by using an emetic grif fiths saved his own life officials at that time declared an inquest unneces sary the two had experienced mar- tial troubles if was stated and mrs grlillths arranged to meet her hus- biad that they might discus3 tholr future eater a nolo was found in which told of her disappointing experience in marriage and charged lai k f affection on tho part ot her 1 was married again somo i i of his pictures the marl is preparing upon the english iety which has turned its back upon him and spend his time in travel it he does so it is certain that canada and ills beloved albertan foothill coun try will see him again tho egmont family is far from tho foot of the precedence table governing englands aristocracy tiie first earl secured his title in 173 for services in the lrieh parliament sinco then the family lias bred many important figures sir spencer perceval who was a contemporary of the younger pitt and prime minister of great bri tain from 1s0o to 1s12 was a grandson of the first earl he was shot in tho corridors of the house of commons canadian wheat whils im z l man named bellingliam v no lancicu he had a grievance over a bankruptcy matter the first earl previously to this had gained distinction in partner ship with j e oglethorpe by coloniz ing georgia it has been many years sinco tho earldom has been occupied by a na tive englishman tho predecessor ot the rancherearl was a native of new zealand had the rancherearl waived the title the next in line would have been au even more obscure per sonage a ywunger brother at tho time at which the succession was openrthis individual was getting less satisfaction from his noble lineago than from the fact that he had estab lished a record in tho vancouver stockyards by holding a job as sheep shearer for is months the contend ers against the canadian percevals for the title were also persons in humblo life one james perceval a baker of to take 7000000 to 9000- 000 bushels in next four months otlawa the first encouraging ray on tho wheat landscape in weeks took tangible form with the announcement on dec 1 by the minister of trade and commerce h ii stevens that franco had promised to take a minimum of 7000000 to 0000000 bushels of cana dian grain in the next four months and would probably be in the market for at least 20000000 bushels by may 1 next first steps in this arrangement wero made by tho minister during his brief visit to france following tho imperial conference and confirmation was re ceived on dec 4 from tiio canadian trade agent in paris at present franco will only permit 10 per cent of the blend of wheats for milling to condon and one r pownall a retired ho imported from foreign countries optician of lancashire but an early extension of this la 15 j per cent is reported probable by tho commissioner tho minister announced on his re turn after investigation ot other eur opean markets that franco was tho one promising customer for canadian wheat just now first upper laker arrives in toronto complefly isolated a general flooding of country which was cut off as were many alc3 which swept northern europe australian government protects honest tenants adelaide s aust a new law known as the evictions act provents landlords in tn state ot sotttn aus tralia from evicting or taking legal proceedings against unemployed ten ants tne tenant has only to satisfy a magistrate that by reason of his un employment ha 13 unable to meet ids rent and lhit ho li making every reasonable endeavor to obtain em ployment unemployed persons who liavo fallen into arrears with their mortgage payments ore protected in tho same way several penalties are imposed open landlords or mortgagers who disre gard the lav toronto for the first time in tho history ot great lakes shipping an upper laker freighter steamed into tho port ot toronto on dec 6th tho john ericsson a whalebacker over goo feot long slipped through tho western gap now rock dredged to is feet six inches under tho command ot archie hudson manager of tho northwest transportation company this boat built especially for grain cargo camo from port colborno with 170000 bushels ot mixed wheat cora and feed she was originally carrying 225000 bushels and drawing 17 feet six inches but had to be lightered at port colborno under orders from ot tawa she is also the first upper laker to i pasi through tho welland canal th freighter iemoyne cl boat mor 1 than f00 feet long is expected hern next spring