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woman who took plane ride at age of 102 passes in manitoba winnipeg mrs thoma3 ballingal one ot canada3 oldest citizens who took her first airplane- ride on her 102nd birthday july 14 1929 died at ber home la dominion city man she died on march 26 after a twoday minor illness pioneer ot the dominion mrs bal- hugal camo to canada from her birth place hillhead near glasgow in a sturdy sailing vessel that took six weeks to reach quebec in 13g4 she was a passenger on the flret train to journey from toronto to montreal she had travelled from toronto to pari ont s5 years ago by stage coach mrs balungal lived for many yeara in ayr ont where she married thomas balungal la 1s57 he died in 1s73 and lu 1895 she went to dominion city where she resided with a daugh ter children frost victims when school bus stalls five perish and 15 suffer tortures while limbs thaw out in colorado snow drifts driver found dead lamar colo fifteen small chil dren patiently endured the torture of slowly thawing arms and lego in lamar hospital last sunday night while parents of their companions who were frozen to death in a bliz zardstalled school bus prepared for a joint funeral service a blizzard ot almost unequalled intensity sweeping over the bleak prairie of eastern colorado held the lus imprisoned in drifts for s3 hours while cold killed one and then an other of the children shivering in the vehicle while the driver strug gled on foot in a vain search for aid he also was frozen to death not far from the bus the survivors were rescued late friday and taken to a farm home then to the village ot holly and fin ally to the lamar hospital by plane when the children regained full consciousness and realized the hor ror of all that had happened since the start ot their tragic journey from school last thursday many of them became hysterical doctors who gave them every medical attention possible however said they believed no limbs would have to be amputated despite the severe freezing that all ot the small passengers suffered parents of the five who died and relatives ot the driver carl miller indicated that all would be buried in a joint cemetery plot on tuesday a father of ono of the dead explain ed thus they died together the bravest children that ever lived so we will bury them together the surviving children were placed in a single ward ot the hospital none but nurses and physicians was al lowed inside parents weeping gathered in the small anteroom they did not speak a childish cry occa sionally pierced the stillness suffering tortures mrs marie wadhani hospital sup erintendent said the children were suffering now more than at any time since the chain of disaster started they were dazed from cold and hun ger before but now the pain ot thaw ing flesh was almost more than they could bear blanch stonebreaker 10 years old with a hair ribbon still in her blond curls is in the most critical condition her arms were frozen to her elbows and her legs above the knees she looks much better now said dr n m burnett but she still is in a serious condition the body ot the bus driver carl miller was discovered face down ward arms outstretched toward the help lie had been unable to reach he had wandered apparently in circles through the blinding snow only to die within a few hundred feet ot a ranch house millers body and the five children who perished mary miller eight daughter ot the driver louisa stone- breaker 14 orvillo tjnticdt seven bobbie brown nine and kenneth johnson seven were placed in the morich mortuary at holly all ministers in the surrottaling territory will aid in the joint ser vices they will be buried in i lolly cemetery under the same snow which claimed their lives two youths drown in goderich harbor two fisher lads swept from capsized skiff in gale goderich two goderich youths william mallough aged 21 and leon ard macdonald 17 were drowned on sunday morning when in goderich harbor their flatbottomed skiff cap sized in the stormy lako as they were attempting to lift sucker nets a singlehanded and heroic attempt at rescue by eric jenner 16yearold companion of tho victims wa3 frus trated when the heaving waters wash- ed tho two boys from tho upturned boat before jenner could reach them in another craft throughout the day tho fathers of the two youths assisted by seamen directed dragging operations from the tossiug deck of tho fishing boat mar garet macdonald whose skipper jack macdonald is an uncle of tho younger victim as tho day dragged on hundreds ot anxious townspeople visited the dock to stand silently watching as the mar garet macdonald pitched and tossed by tho stormy lake pursued her task as night fell the drenched crew reluct antly returned to await a renewal of tho search at daybreak monday the two boys who came from a long line ot great lakes seamen had set nets daily near the breakwater and had daily collected their catch at eight oclock sunday morning they prepared as usual to row tho skiff to the nets the third boy eric jen ner was denied a chance to accomp any them because tho water was too rough to warrant an extra passenger some time later he walked out along the dock to see his two chums clinging to the flat bottom ot their up turned skiff the lad hurried back to where a battered old motor boat was moored and after cousiderable ef fort managed to get under way and headed out when he hove m slgat of the derelict the two passengers ha3 disappeared he continued until he reached tho scene but seeing no trace of the two he headed about and notified bert macdonald father of leonard the father set out in the same ruotorboat en route a gas lino gavo out and tho rickety old boat drifted north headed for the jagged ice floes along tiii shore a rescue boat saved the father from tho fate which had claimed ius son new york to moscow preparations for new roundtheworld flights are almost completed by clyde e pangborn left and hugh herndon jr right pair will attempt to fly nonstop from new york to moscow on first leg r imi ili i iifantryguard will again he present pomp will mark ah units participating in the recep- i tiou will wear full prewar dress viceroy s arrival thunder of guns to greet j bessborough at halifax saturday- ottawa a glittering pageant whoso 1 jellicoe to visit governorgenerals flag to make keep to the left debut in canada with bessborough i found difficult ottawa t6e new flag for gorern- orsceueral ordered and approved by his majesty king george will be usel in canada for the first time after the earl of bessborough has arrived here to take up residence at ridoau hell it will not be the personal flag of loid bessborough but rather symbolic of tho positlou he will hold as governor- general the flag ha3 a field of navy blue while in its centre are a crown ot gold and the british lion beneath the crowa is the word canada the same flag will be used in other domini ons except that the name beneath the crown will vary the new flag will be flown over rideau hall official residence here ot the governo general and also over the east block of the parliament build ings when lord bessborough occupies his office here gain in exports of canadian fruit canada in august actors will be the naval and military j toronto a visit to canada by lord jellicoe as a delegate to the british i empire service league meeting at niagara falls is expected to take forces ot canada will greet their ex- place in august foot of snow saul ste marie onton sun day algoma was recovering from a record march storm which assumed tho proportions of a blizzard and loft nearly a foot ot snow which drifted before a northeast wind the storm was general over tho upper lakes region however the wind sub sided and contrary to weather fore casts the mercury was steadily ris ing bald eagle i killed in attack on airplane saranac lake ny old baldy monarch of the air for years over the essex county section of mountain folk who daily watched the great eagle sweep high above their homes tho huge bald eagle was killed in a ftjht xvin an airplane the battle was wit- rcscd by scores of person gn far above the pare the cagie drip ped on it like a bullet but made the strategic error of a frontal attaclj and was caught in the whirling prof iir imperial airways to supply orient air freight line to asia and africa to open soon new york a now highspeed air- rail service will shortly bo inaugurated by imperial airways ltd ot great britain percy beyshea united states manager ot tho airways announced recently five important railways in great britain tho great western london noithemtorn londonmidland southern southern and the metropoli tan will participate receiving urgent freight at ho stations mail will go by fast trains to lon don and by trucks to croydon aero dromo fo- despatch throughout eur ope egypt iraq india and central africa tho agent said plans are being formed for through service in europe asia africa and north america w u auu u juc o jollicoo was cellenclos tho earl aud countess of j a of the british crand fleet bessborough when with their suite d the war a as0 first sel they disembark at halifax next sat- hor of hte admiralty urdav i he may be in toronto during the canadian national exhibition and it is believed he will take the salute of 1 returned men there upon warriors day i representatives ot returned soldier organizations from all over the em- j piro will ho present at tho meeting of keep canada beautiful the canadian hortieuluiial council u setting on foot this spring a cam paign to beautify canada it is to touch city and country alike to pre serve our rural byways and spruce up our city streets it is to he confined to no province but will bo dominion- wide dr w t macottii dominion horti culturist is directing the ornamental horticulture committee which has taken steps to have provincial commit tees formed it is hoped to extend the work so as to include the remoter dis tricts a3 well as those which lie upon the beaten patia this is a splendid movement na ture gave lo us canadiaus one of the fairest lands on earth where man hftj brought ugliness whether from careless destruction or industrial necessity let him restore whatever beauty ha may where man iiu talsed up noble work and broad thor oughfares let him render them more fair by caroful art we owe this much lo canada montreal with one of the most eplendld city sites in the world should lead not lag in ttiis movement the montreal dally star 0 a true friend a true friend is one who nukes us do what j can phelps from the citadel whose massive bas tions tower majestically above the harbor a salute of 19 guns will an nounce th fact that the new- governor- general has set foot on canadian soil the reverberatious of the first guu will synchronize with the royal salute to be given hi3 excellency by a guard of bluejacet3 from the royal cana dian navy who will be drawn up 100 strong on the pier when tk3 governorgeneral leaves the doclcs to proceed to the province j house where he will take the oath of office a troop of cavalrymen from the i royal canadian dragoons garbed in scarlet aud blue with plumed helmets will precede the viceregal party drawn up on hollls street at tho en trance to the legislature 100 officers and men detailed from the royal cana dian regiment will receive his excel lency with a royal salute immediately aftr tho earl ot bess borough has taken the oath of office the guns will again thunder from cita del hill thus announcing that the threo months interregnum during which his majesty was represented in canada by the administrator rt hon lyman p duff is at an end the governorgeneral will leavo the nova scotian capital at 430 pm on saturday at the ocean terminals the the british empire service league i plans have also been made for the presence ot lord jellicoe at the pro- vincial conference of the canadian legion at oshawa which takes place near tho time of ihe other meeting a record kingston ont the sevenyearold holstein cow sagis spofford triumph bred by w e wood of bloomfield and now owned by g f murton of portsmouth ont has just completed a years record in the 3g5day division ot tho rop on twice a day milking with a production of 16573 lbs milk containing 75025 lbs butter giving her an average test of 3g3 per cent fat this cows best month produc tion was 1s09 lbs milk containing 0353 lbs fat the cause of it it wasnt the closed shop or the open shop that brought on depression it was the dont shop halifax herald mounties to view fair canadas shipments to britain more popular report shows london march 29 canadas ox- ports of canned fruit to great britain have increased enormously since the war according to a report issued by tho empire marketing board on tho demand for canned fruits the re port was the result of a survey of the tastes of 15 million consumors in all parts of great britain and in belfast duriug tho war canadas export amounted to about 100 pounds today it 13 approximately threo million pounds the report states that people in great britain are eating fivo times a3 much canned fruit as they did in 1912 homegrown and empire fruits from canada australia and south africa are supplying more aud more of thi3 rising demand tho empire share of imports has risen from a negligible proportion to nine per cent there is room for development the report states since s7 per cent of the trade is still in the hands of tho united states spring blizzard sweeps over states 70mile gales pile snow in many sections and crip ple traffic chicago spring showers became raging snow storms la3t friday gentle zephyrs turned to wintry gales and balmy temperatures skidded to cold wave readings in a blizzard which surged eastward across the nation from canada to the texas pan handle and from idaho to chicago the countryside was lashed by jnow and sleetladen gales a mixture of snow and rain fell in chicago while the weather bureau predicted tem perature of 13 degrees above zero gales of go and 70 miles an hour piled snow in drifts so deep in kan sas nebraska colorado minnesota north and south dakota aud parts of iowa that motorists and aviators gave up the struggle railroad trains plowed through the drifts only with the greatest difficulty temperatures fell to zero in den ver for the first timo this yjar and to four degrees above zero at fergus falls minn winnipeg man where sub zero temperatures prevailed re ported heavy snows had brought about its worst traffic tangles of the year rural schools throughout the da kota were closed most highways were blocked completely and many telegraph and telephone lines were blown down the markets produce quotations toronto dealers are buying produce at tho following prices eggs ungraded cases returned fre3h extras 19c fresh firsts 17c seconds 10c butter no 1 ontario creamery solids 31 to 31mc no 2 30 to 304c churring cream special 31c no 1 30c no 2 27c cheese no 1 large colored paraf fined and government graded 11 vic- quotations to poultry shippers are as follows poultry a grade alive fatted hens over 5 to c lbs 21c over 4 t 5 lbs 20c over 3 to 4 lbs 18c under zv- lbs 15c old roosters over 5 lbs 12c ducks over 5 lbs 27c over 4 to 5 lbs 25c muscovie ducks over 5 lbs 22c over 4 to 5 lbs 18c spring broilers rocks over 2 lbs- 35c do leghorns over li lbs 30c poultry a grade dressed fat ted hens over 5 to 0 lbs 2ic over i to 5 lbs 23c over 34 to 4 lbs 21c under 3v4 lb3 18c old roosters over 5 lbs 17c ducks over 5 lbs 28c over 4 to 5 lbs 26c grain quotations grain dealers on the toronto board of trade are making the following quotations for car lots manitoba wheat no 1 hard 62c no 1 northern 59e no londoners persistently turn right in spite of signs when you leave the u platform at eustou tube station iur london you are confronted by large notices keep to tho left and most people do keep to tho left until they reach the lift but in the passage above the lift lead- lug into the main station there are no notices and the whole stream ot traffic swings to tho right everywhere you see the same thing in a certain london club the stairway to tho diniugroom forks halfway up nearly ninety per cent of members tako tho righthand flight so that it is necessary to change the stair car pets two or three time3 a year in or der lo get even wear of every hundred persons born into tho world soventeeu aro strongly righthanded three aro naturally left- handed ami the remaining eighty who would jjo ambidoxtrus that la able to use both hands equally are trained by stupid seniors into tho use ot the right hand at the expense ot the left lost in the wilds in point of fact there is a different between tho right and left side3 ot th human body the right is a littu stronger the difference is small bul it is general in tho averago man ot woman it tho strength ot tho right side is represented by one hundred that of the left varies between ninety- five and uietyscven come to the legs and we find that roughly sixty persons out of a hund red are naturally rightlegged that is to say ia walking sixty people out of a hundred btart off on the right foot and take slightly longer step3 with the right leg than with the left this accounts for the odd fact that 5 stztltdjj person lost in tho wilds travels in a cw 33c and bay ports manitoba oats no no 1 feed 31c manitoba barley no 3 cw 28c no 4 do 28c feed 25 vc argentine corn 61c cif port col- borne millfeed del montreal freight bags included bran per ton 52225 52325 middlings circle that this is no mere travellers tale the writer can testify for he once had a most unpleasant experience in the florida woods he had been help ing to cu cypress posts in a swamp his axe helve broke and he started back afoot to fetch another instead cf sticking to the wagon shorts per ton 2325 middlings j track he foolishly tried a short cut 52725 i through ffcj fiatwoods got completely ontario grain wheat 66e barley lost waied for nearly four hours and 2gc oats 28c rye 35c buckwheat j j the end landed in a violent thunder- 50c j storm at the verv swamp from which live stock quotations j ue had st r heavy beef steers 5025 to 5725 go taking it all in all the instinct butcher steers choice 50 to 5050 do to j 0 t r j a natural one simh e i 1 do land rules and regulations to the con- 5450 to 55 butcier hoifers choice i r 5575 to sg25 do fair to good 55 to trar can never uae an5 as et 5550 do com 5450 to 55 butcher feet cow3 good to choice 5425 to 475 do med- 5325 to 54 canners and cutters 5150 to 52 butcher bulls good to choice 54 to 5475 do boli the black night came down in rain ognas s3 to 5350 baby beef so to 58 and wrath and storm feeders good 55 to 5525 stackers j lifted from a cross a broken 54 to 5450 springers 550 to s80j form- milkers 535 to 560 calves good to came song and sunsing choice 59 to 97o do med sioo lo s850do com 56 to 57 do grassers t f tie tomh the s4 to 5550 lambs choice 5950 toro3e radiant from the tomb the sing thou- my soul witnesses of april april i take your witness clear that christ shall camo in light for t have seen a dogwood tree wow white- in the night shall any ask more proof than this that in such light is love in darknoss of gethsemane white dogwood shone above april i take your witness high that he shall come in flame for 1 have seen tho living fire that crimson boughs proclaim what burning credence snail tin ground demand that flame is joy the juds trees are red as blood that death could not destroy april i take your witness pure that he shall come in grace for i hare seen a lily gleam upon a shadowed place shall faith not come to seek tgain cods peace when lilies stir these floyers bloomed when mary said art thou the gardener cecilia ellerbe 510 spring lambs each 56 to 512 buck lambs s750 to 58 sheep 52 to s6 hogs bacon fob 5775 do do woc 65c above fob do selects si per hog premium do butchers 51 per hog discount coal consumption shows big decrease increased use of waterpower and of electricity chief factors ottawa coal consumption in can- vuc ada has decreased approximately three gj thou my soul loves face yet christ made whole mine eyes and yours have seen joy bound and slain your eye3 and mine shall see joy rise again to each his easter day when love shall rise with the same outstretched hands and the same eyes some while they live shall see even a3 those who wept beneath a cross at the daya close some eye3 lord death must seal ere yet they see and a half million tons in the past year statistics now available show the quantity of coal made available for consumption in canada in 1930 was 318c5ss0 tons as compared with 35- this shall be theodosia garrison hamilton ontario the hamilton bridge company announces receipt of britain first on list of merchant shipping washington great britain main tained her position as dictator ot tho world3 merchant shipping in 1930 a recent report made public by the united states shipping board re- i veals british merchant ships total led over is300000 gross ton the 278gs3 tons the preceding year this i two large orders amounting to approxt- decreaso is duo to several causes one mately 500000 the larger ot these u of which is the increalng use of clec- for 4000 tons of fabricated steel n tricity as a medium of power for oper- connection with the t h b imit ating factories newsprint mills saw way grade separation work the otuer mills etc and to tho increased usage for the supply ot between 400 anci ju of water power instead of steam power j tons ot steel for canadian industries in the generating of electricity of ltd the total power used in manufacturing industrie in 192s it is estimated 72 n i per cent was electricity in 1029 and ottawa a re port upo n the 1930 this percentage is expected l0 cream industry in co na a j have bee- greater shows that during thirteen ears the it is estimated electric power has production o this commodity has in- displaced the consumption ot coal in i creased by 179 per cent and its alua canada to the extent of 14500000 w p cent the amo nut in u9 tons in 1930 being 9797130 gallons and the tame while the consumption of coal last 13001 i09 year shos a decrease the output of i central electric generating stations ottawa the demand for strong has increased from 1801 1 million kilo- 1 canadian flours has increased some what in the area served by the bristol channel ports from 7535 tons in 1929 to 11416 tons in 1930 and in view ot the general conditions prevailing this is satisfactory writes douglas s coe canadian trade commissioner at bristol in the commercial intelli gence journal royal canadian mounted police officer en shlpboarj en route buenoi aires for britih empire talr left to right sergt j paton mc constables kairman carmichael and carjtalrs watt hours in 1929 to 18250 millions in 1930 the large stations generating approximately 98 per cent of the total electrical output generated only 302 million kilowatt hours by steam power in 1930 aa compared with 331 millions in the preceding year 0 4500000 grain elevator j proscott ontario built during the ottawa the secretary of the cana- past two years at a total cost of ldian ayrshire breeders association 500000 the dominion governments reports having received during the huge new grain elevator situated on month of february 120 reports of eowa reclaimed land on the st lawrence and heifers which have qualified la united states and second position river three miles east of prescott li the rop is in the 305 day division with 1033 than half that amount during 1930 the board says a total o 359 vessels of 2000 tons or over were placed in operation great britain led with new tounage placing 139 vessels in service nor way was second wh 71 and the united statei third with 15 new ahlps now completed and ready for ihe open- and 78 in the honor roll or 305 day ing of navigation in april towering division iii the 305 day division 3j to a height ot 205 feel at lta loftiest of the 13 records were made on two point and extending diagonally river- milkings a day the leader in the ma- wards for a distance of 1310 feet the tare class was tullochgorum dorothy great structure forms an impressive owned by the experimental farm at piece of skyline its capacity is 5500- indian head sask with r spleadk 000 bushels record of 10103 miik c57 ihs tat