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tossed over station parapet to cement driveway 20 feet below toronto manhole explosion causes death of goderich man toronto stepping on a front nurses care for her rapidly declining a ncse dive on a street manhole cover at tho precise husband instant when sewer gas exploded in tho pit directly underneath hiui nor man lewis aged about 45 of goder ich at 925 sunday night was hurled immediately collapsed on learniug that her boy had been hurt cars hurriedly leave cars which had been parked at the- curb on the south side ot front street not far from the spot scurried away j bodily into tho air over the union expecting a second blast and although j station parapet and dropped 20 feet i the street had been comparatively to tho cab driveway below ho died i idle bystanders and pedestrians rcd- 10 minutes after reaching st mich- leaps and postal employees from tho aols hospital in a police ambulance station hurried out and crowded with a thunderous detonation that around tho hole shook the union station and nearby leo iiarbeau station redcap who buildings the blast shattered the cold was standing near tho entrance to silence of front street folding up postal terminal a looked around largo sections of sidewalk like so quickly at the sound ot the explosion much breadcrust breaking the heavy and saw lewis sail up five feet above iron lid into a dozen jagged fragments tho edge of the stone rail which is and scattering stones cinders and four feet high there was a pro- chunks of concrete for yards around nounced odor of marsh or sewer gas large chips were knocked out of the granite parapet by lying cement a dark cloud of dust floated away in the breeze lewis lay sprawling in the roadway below and a treat jagged hole gaped where he had just been walking lying near death in the allan court apartments carlton street judge h hanging about for some time after- wards and newspaper photographers were warned to uso no open flashes the twisted ends ot ono small tele- j phone cable hung into the conerote- walled pit the only works of any kind hell telephone employees who examined tho manhole said they wero hot sure that even that cable had been ah- mail crash tc ks two lives the markets produce quotations toronto dealers are buying product dr r e allevn winnioeo- at the toitowing prices peg tggs ungraaed cates returned and l lewis kegina fresn extras 2 to 2c iresh lirsts die near peg seconds iv to i8c here andthere shippers are although the whale is a mammal ibt flesh is not classed as meat but s fish professional beggars make in th butter no 1 ontario creamery aggregate at least 50000 a day 111 i winnipeg the second fatal air souus 314 to 32c no- 2 30i to 3u1 new york c crash in the history of the western churning cream special 31 to canada air mail service on feb 20th 32c no 1 30 to 31c no 2 27 to i claimed two lives caught in a sud- 28c den fog about 73 miles west of winu- cheese no 1 larg colored paraf- rv moose jaw bound mailcarrier hz broie up in landing and burst into as t flames the dead poultry dr iluhard e allevn 33 winnipeg chickens 6 lbs 20c over 5 to g lbs george i lewis 22 kegina i 19c over 4i to 5 lbs 17c over 1 to pilot x g forrester of western 4i lbs luc 4 lbs and ucliir lqcj canada airways who was at the con- fatted hens 5 to c lbs 20c tfver ltos trols was injured but will recover ibs y- to 4 1uc und 3m lbs loc loung turkeys over 12 lbs 35c 8 to 12 lbs 32c under s lbs 28e old turkeys 21c geose market prices old roosters over 5 lis lie whito ducklings over 5 lbs 25c ove 4 to 5 lbs 23c muscovie medical officer ducks air 5 lbs 20c 4 to 5 lbs 16c airways has guinea fowl pr pair 1 he is being treated at hospital at por tage- la prairie 15 miles east of where the plane crashed dr alleyn and lewis were killed intantly it was stated dr alleyn who is for western canada hows your wife coming along wittj a grade alive spring jler driving she took a turn fot i tie worse last week sir another good thing about telling thj truth is that you dont havo to r- member what you say a fli-iiil- doc poultry a grade dressed select westward to i spk w 25c 0tor n lewis huron county court judge i in use as no reports ot disrupted ser- father ot norman lewis was spared j vice had been received up until their the knowledge of his sons death mrs inspection was made an hour after lowis a frail old lady who helps two the explosion dame melba dies says france leads of rare disease in reducing army wreck or aeroplane that suddenly decided to make a one of the pretty gardens with which town of brixton subur don abounds two persons in plane were injured been termed wiunipe tor he was en rouve va to j 2 m t0 g m 22c examine pilots for the company lewis ovel 4 iy us 11s am was bound for kegina sask the mail um i fatted hens 5 vo g lbs was recovered it was announced her sault starts 1931 drive for tourists as deputy presents figures i introducing 258000 m 000 war budget australian diva succumb few weeks after return home melbourne australia dame nellie paria introducing a 25s000000 melba famous australian soprano ministry ot war budget in parlia- dlod here early monday after an ill- ent on friday deputy bouilloux noss of several weeks kafonte offered a report tending to her illness took the form of a establish he said that france has navigation start i avalanches in alps may set a record take fifteen lives o of 650ooo hotel is initial step open winter leaves many family of seven murled to harbors clear in their deaths in superior i landslide j sault ste marie ont the ear- t j london avalanches in the alps liest opening of navigation in years were reported on feb 20th to have j sound thinking a seeking after truth is the best wo can ask intel lectually clarence darrow tho hist pneumatic tires made in is 15 were manufactured out ot can vas and leather and wero for use on cart wheels is being predicted as a result ot the taken 15 lives including nine almost unprecedented open winter dren at two separate places chil sault ste marie out algomas capital commenced its 1931 drive for tourists monday night with the open ing of what is claimed to be the finest hotel between toronto and winnipeg the new windsor built at a cost ot strango skin disease which baflled physicians she was 65 years old somewhere around 70 years ago a smallfarruer from torfarshire scot land named david mitchell had a homestead known as coombe cottage 70 miles from melbourne australia here it was that nellie mitchell afterwards to be known the world over as melba the queen ot song was born and spent her early life to jump for a moment from the be ginning of melbas story to the vlose of it melba used often to declare that she rejoice 1 in her warm friend ship with lord mountstephou berause he reminded her so much of her father they both began life iien- niless she said and attained posi tions of prominence melba was taken when still a girl gone farther along the road to dis armament than any other nation metropolitan troops are allocated 190000000 and overseas colonial troops s6s000000 in the 1031 budget the total is about 3000000 over last years in spending the amount requested oi the maintenance of her army la- fonte said france i3 devoting 16 per cent les3to that purpose than in 1013 and in comparison with other nations and in proportion to defence needs 14 to 4s per cent less than in prewar times his report said the french metro politan army numbered 522000 with 36000 gendarmes in addition great britain he said has 510000 regulars and 277000 militia ital 303000 reg ulars and 110000 caribiuiers the united states 157000 regulars and open which ha3 left somo lako superior harbors practically without ice tho earliest opening or naviga tion on record is april 1 1002 last year navigation on the st marys river opened on april 21 grand marais michigan and min nesota report no ice and open water a3 far as visible eagle harbor has no ice and marquette harbor and lake superior are free from ice from 650000 and offering the most modern i accommodation for tourists was of- berne switzerland j ficially opened at a banquet the windsor is a community enter prise and a direct result of tho news stories which have spread abroad al gomas fame as a hunting and fishing paradise the idea started with john miller j president of the company and his advices said that a family of seven including two children were thought to have perished in an avalanche that hurt led down the mountain side crush ing and partly carrying away the post hotel in lukmanier pass in the canton of grisons the building was inhabited by an partner paul everett but the cana- aged couple named wenzig and their j dian pacific railway the algoma family two of the bodies were re- 1 steel company and the algoma cen- most of the bays and rivers along covered and there was small hope of j tral railway are large shareholders the shore of lake superior are frozen over but with less than the usual thickness of ice the st marys river is frozen ove- but i there is not the thickness thcra has been hi previous years spotted fever flits british services in her teens to queensland hero i she married a sugar planted named 3 na f u f armstrong and it was here too that be bu e ncieas mk 2 ss k tt r showed an s6 car cent increase the iv found lite impossible m qu ei s- i i janauese 4s per cent over prewar land and she soon returned to her fa f r 1 1ss i tis said germany was spend- with little hu her pa sage money p niahualn he she came to london deermiied to learn more of her art sir arthur rx 1 rntior sullivan with rather a bored air lis- i e aild fronler tened to her singingand then suglsrds and customs officers gested it was just possible she was j fitted for a small part in the mik- ado which was shortly to bo pro duced it was only when she pushed on to paris and sang to i madame marches tiiat melba found n judge of sufficient discrenment to truly appreciate her latent powers melba always attributed much of her success to marchesia enthusiastic support and devoted tuition moutrealon february 13th fifteen- melbas operatic debut was made yearohl rodalph itol inot of this city in brussels as gilja in rigoletto wm br0 l0 lh dam0 two years later in 1sss she made her p ho soun1 asi an first appearance at covent garden ooen slee fo sovon da if in may 1913 melba celebrated the i can3 iau worked over tuo 1oy at twentyfifth anniversary ot her as- 1 1ome but tie mysterious illness failed sedation with covent garden in t0 respond to treatment forced june 1926 she appeared for the last fcei 6 was necessary to keep life time hero in opera am tho jamo within the sleeping youth but oven month held a memorable concert of uic ho waa gradually weakening i boy awakens after tenday sleep physicians are confident that he will recover finding the missing persons alive from vienna came news that a peasant named mail- and seven chil dren were killed when their house was destroyed by a huge avalanche which swept down upon the talleyot villgraaten in the eastern tyrol austria three mills also were swept away villgraaten mountain is near innsbruck many private citizens subscribed the windsor is sault ste maries first skyscraper ma all military and naval for mations cancelled owing to outbreak portsmouth england all military and naval formations among the bri tish forces here havo been cancelled as a precaution in view of the out break of spotted fever in the services last week already eight soldiers havo died from the disease which otherwise is known as cerehrospinal meningitis at aldersot a suspected case has been discovered aboard hms repulse at gibraltar and 272 cases have been re corded among english civilians in the past 11 weeks leads the world laying 357 eggs in 365 days in the british columbia egg laying con test conducted at the experimental farm of the dominion department of africulture at agassiz bc no q i drone 5h a white leghorn owned stasia oets by wm whiting of port kells bc ccaan travel record qualified as a real champion egg lay- london tho cunard liner maure- tania is not content to rest on past i laurels for by crossing the atlantic four times within 31 days she ha3 es tablished a record sailing from southampton on dec 10 she was back there on dec 22 sailing again two days after christmas she arrived in xew york on jan 2 and readied ply mouth on her return journey on jan 9th the mauretania thus steamed somo 13000 mile3 in 31 days which aver ages including the time spent in port more than 400 miles per day five and a half weeks is tho time usually allowed by tho big iner3 for these four crossings farewell in the albert hall melba was created a dame of the order of the british empire in 101s in recognition of her efforts for war charities and was accorded tho grand cross of the order in 1927 771s9 radio licenses v issued in toronto ins tho 2ffectj of the unknown malady in a last despairing effort to save his lite ho was taken to the hospital injections wero given every fow hours and all tho scienc- and skill ot one of montreals largest hospitals con verged to tho bed ot tho sleeping boy scienco won gradually ho started to improve and on february 16th the boy awakened and although still feel been issued in toronto for the first lre c0 he wi lh ten months of the present fiscal year than were issued in any other city in canada according to a report for the capt campbell fiscal year 193031 up to the end of created p end edwards january given out by c director o radio service there have been 69030 more licenses knight cherbourg france capt malcolm campbell who recently sot a new queen mary dislikes long skirt styles record years trade for port of london j london in spite of uio general de- prossion in trade and tho reduction in london add the queen to tho list ot those who dont like these new long skirts i like frocks that como just above j shipbuilding the port ot london has the ankle she said rocently as sho i been able to report a record year for watohed a parado ot mannequins at 1930 provisional figures show that the artificial silk exhibition these 580s3575 tons net ot shipping used very long dresses with flared skirts j tho port this is an increase of over are difficult to wear i thluk only an j 500000 tons over tho total for 1929 expert like a maunequin can really and is a record for any calendar year wear them effectively i in tho history of the port ed this bird a beautiful specimen of the breed weighs just 52 pounds from november 1 1929 to october 30 1930 she laid 299 dozen cgg3 which weighed 52 pounds or just ten times her own weigltt her re cord is official in tho fullest sense ot the term during the entrie period ot the contest she was entirely out otjdo fair to good 550 to i do com the hands ot her owner and competent neutral superv federal egglaying contest this under 19c 22c over 4 to o lbs- 21c over svi to j 4 lbs 19c under sa lbs lgc old roosters over 5 lbs 17c white duck- i lings over 5 lbs 2se over 4 to 5 i lbs 26c wholesale provisions wholesale provision dealers are quoting the following prices to re tail dealers i smoked meats hams hied 21c to 20c smoked rolls 25c breakfast ba con 22 to s2c backs peamealed 2i to 0c do smoked 3g to 38c pork hams 19mc shoulder 14c butt 16c ham 16 to 17c cured meats long clear bacon 50 to 70 lbs 20c 70 to 90 lbs 18c 90 to 110 lbs 17c lightweight rolls 19c heavyweight rolls 18c lard pure tierces 14c tubs llmic pails 15c prints 15i to 16c shortening tierces 12c tub3 12mic pails 12c special pastry shortening tierces 15c tubs loici paiis igc grain quotations grain dealers on che toronto board of trade are making the following quotations for car lots manitoba wheat no i hard g9ic no 1 northern 67 ic no 2 do 669ic cif goderich and bay ports manitoba oats no 3 cw- 37ic no 1 feed 36ic no 2 feed 33c manitoba barley no 3 cw 29c no 4 cw 28e argentine corn 66c cif port col- golfers last year this years total is bornei millfeed del montreal freights bags included bran per ton 2125 shorts per ton 2123 middlings 2725 ontario grain wheat 65c barley 38c oats 27c rve 35c buckwheat 48c hay and straw prices dealers are quoting shippers for hay and straw carload lots delivered on track toronto the following prices no 2 timothy ton 14 to 1450 no 3 do 13 to 1350 wheat straw 750 to 8 oat straw 750 to 8 live stock quotations heavy beef steers 625 to 675 butcher steers choice 625 to 050 one of the most easily growl- houst plants is the aspidistra this thrive well in a dark place where nothing else will grow the true international is buill upon patriotism it is built upon na tional feeling it is built upou national vride nicholas murray butler higher material standards are no good if you do not know how to us them for a better life sir basil btackett a shrub for uso in the bnckgrouud is the butterfly bush which has long panicles of lilaccolored flowers and is very fragrant when in bloom tho butterflies swarm to it all day long a brand new leather belt will brighten up an old coat a bit it may either match the coats color of contrast with it laborsaving idea old lady wit nessing tugofmar for the first time wouldnt it he simpler dear for them to get a knifo and cut it boston transcript golf goods to the value of over 17000000 were bought by americ a expected to exceed that figure ind under the 450 to 525 butcher heifers choice vision of the to 025 do fair to good 550 in ntoet this ss lio com 150 to 5 butcher cows hen shows conclusively the possibili ties of canadas national poultry- breeding policy new baseball issued in canada for the 10 months of worlds automobile speed record at this year than there were for tho full j daytona beach received a knlght- 12 months of last year tho figures il001 on febl 19th bcin as follows 193031 tea months 192930 for toronto it is 193031 ten months 192930 montreal comes next and 13051 respectively when he was about to have a tooth extracted patient suddenly attacked the dentist as the dentist won how ever it ended in a draw the british viceconsul communi- 193170 eated the kings deslre3 to capt 421116 campbell while tho speeddriver was j still aboard tho ss mauretania in 77191 ne roads off cherbourg clsojl capt campbell answered the com- witli il37s niunlcation from tho viceconsul expressing his appreciation for ui honor he set a record of 215 miles an hour at daytona you can keep parsley fresh a long time ly leping it in a gass ot water contiiains a leaspaortfnl of vinegar life insurance in force in ontario at tho close ot 1929 amounted to 2- 5l252s23o an indication that even during boom timoj tho peoplo wera not altogether frivolous in their r- penditure the toronto globe whether or not new style baseball above adopted fr 1931 will alav no americas national pastime will be burning question ot early season no v and old style balls are shown above and bow rwpao- tlvely sense of time becomes less in old age disturbances ot tho senses ot time and space in persons with mental dis ease and in very old people wero des cribed recently to the physiological institute of vienna austria by dr eugene minkowski ordinary healthy people dr minkowski stated have time and space senses which are more or les3 automatic both may be slightly inaccurate a3 when time seems to pass rapidly when ono is bored it is admitted too that tho accuracy ot both tho timo senso and the space sense differ greatly in dif ferent people there being individuals whose automatic space sense fails and contuses them it they are merely led at random around the corners of a fow adjacent city blocks victims of distinct mental diseases like general paralysis of tho insane are said to show however much moro complete disturbances and inaccuracies of both theso senses one patient studied by dr minkowski experienced for ex ample tho hallucination ot a trip to the united states a journey around tho country and many detailed ex periences all within a single day such time and space illusions imply dr minkowski believes that theso two senses are not ancient or deopsoated in tho animal mind but have been acquired recently in human evolution perhaps even since savage times similar incompetence of the time senso may bo fo d ho also reported in very young cildren and in very ater often confuse into of events ro- that happened in good to choice 1 to 475 do med 3 to 375 canners and cutters 2 to 250 butcher bulls good to choice 4 to 150 do bolognas s3 to 350 baby beef 7 to 9 feeders good 525 to 575 stackers 4 to 525 springers 60 to 85 calves good to choice 9 to 950 milkers 40 to 60 do med 8 to 850 do com 6 to 750 do grassers 4 to 5 lambs choice 9 buck iambs 7 sheep 2 to 550 hogs bacon fob 7 do do woc 75c to 1 above fo b do butchers 1 per hog discount do selects 1 per hog premium london gives chaplin enthusiastic welcome loudon charlie chaplin arrived in london on feb 19th a tremend ous welcome had been prepared for him and at the station his automo bile was surrounded by a surging crowd trying to shako his hand wav ing his hat and cane he climbed on tho root of tho car and as it moved away ho squatted there johnny had dined at his uucles did you fiud aunties christmas pud ding rich asked his mother when ho returned oh no was the boys re ply i only fouud one threepennybit in three helpings one of the most frequent questions is when is the best time to plant the aiswcr depends on the material and location fall is the best time for plants that are hardy a graceful and pretty i lant for a winter basket or pot is the oxalis thin may be planted now then put away in the dark for about two weeks to allow root growth after which place in a sunny window teacher to littlo boy who lias just given her a large sugared almond i thank you johnnie what a nice whito sweet johnnie yes miss it wa3 pink when i bought it mrs d t bristol small boy do your glasses mag nify things grannie grannie oh yes dear small boy then i wish you would not wear them when you help me to jam i dont actually get as much as you think old people t for example membering th childhood as s that happened the great enemy employment the man going through life with his hrad hanging down j bamsay macdoiuld canadian oranges itegina tyvan district boasts a farmer who besides growing wheat has a crop ot oranges small though it lio the man la donald w houston three miles north ot town mr hous ton no matter how hard tho year al- ways has had for tho past six years oranges from his own treo for christ mas except tho christmas o 1930 in 1930 tho tree had a lazy fit and did not produce tho oranges that could be eaten until after christmas the tree bears from flvo to nine oranges each year a good plant for the conservatory is the streptocarpus if tho seeds are sown in january or february they will bloom freely the following sum mer and if the flowers arc cut back neous with things i the latter par of september the lay i plants will give a mass of bloom in tho early spring they may be had in i6 day is un- j six or tight shades the christmas rose i a rockgarden plant which may be used for forcing the leaves are oversreen flowers the worst dancer in the room had secured a proficient partner i wish i wero in your shoes ho said ad miringly perhaps so replied the girl but i wish youd refrain from trying to get into them now during his absence ot a month from his farm an ontario farmer discovered that thieves had removed the surfac soil to a depth of eighteen inches over a considerable area rendering tho land unfit for farming a most practical matorial for spec tators sports is the triplo chiffon it not only tailors well but may ba fashioned in costumes of tho semi- dressy type pleats are most attrao- ttvo carried out in this material as the heavy frcezt ha3 killed the flowers on the chrysanthemums it u time to cut them wn within two or threo inches of the ground cover with leaves or straw in tho spring aftor they have started growing it will b time to divide there still is a wido difference of opinion on the subject ot what consti tutes a real lady a taxi driver charged with using profane languago protosted that tho complainant a wo man was no lady indeed said tho magistrate 1 wonder it you know a lady when you sco one ci course i do answered tho driver la- mothers allowances are paid most- 1 uigdantly why rnly the other daj ly to young widows with dependent i saw one shi gave mo a fivedollar children ontario spends over two bill for a fiftycent fare an walked and a quarter million dollars a year away hero lady what about your in thus relieving tho distress of wld- change i cailrd after her dont own and orphans whose husbands be bllnkln old 1 says she keep white somlimes flushed with purple and fathers in a very large number it an get drunk enough to kiss your it blooms between february and of cases wero killed by preveniablo motherinlaw ilia what i march i diseases call a lady