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ontario waters claim score cf ontario lives a complete loss eight meet death as rowboat upsets in ottawa river undertow cause of deaths at hamilton and roudeau thousand dared rough lake waters marie drowned at bault tn their quest for relief from the torrid i gordon peter 8 sydenham drown- weather and scores were nulled outj a garuia drowne4 by lifeguards uuable to fight their way a saruia liack to shore against the combination of east wind aud current ottawa july 5 the windroughen ed waters of tho ottawa river swamp- george deacon is hamilton fatal ly hurt diving rescue efforts fail hamilton thomas btaton of 1251 ed a rowboat and seut eight young t street east was drowned in tho persons to death near hero sunday i tok ot station nine lato sunday af- the party had been invited out for j taruoon and charles mckeown a a pleasure spin iu tho rowboat aud beach resident who went to his rescue were in the middle of the broad stream waa taken from tho water unconscious after ho battled the high waves for 10 minutes in an effort to reach tho vic tims side j lewis thomas allan nelson brown gordon duff and george male all rcsicnts of the beach brought mc- wheu tho outboard motor with which the craft was equipped stalled and left them at the mercy of tho waves the dead george itaclcot 23 ottawa owner of tho boat maurice and charles laliberte j keown to shore brothers 8 and 10 years respectively ottawa theresa and lillian itaclcot sisters c and 2vi years respectively ottawa tawa alice talbot 17 oltawa calvin frith 17 cummings bridge near ottawa bernard gosselin 17 montreal ltd near ottawa two save themselves two young boys saved themselves an ablo swimmer staton ventured out in deep water against the high waves and was 150 feet from shore when ho turned and attempted to swim back exhausted after battling the rough sea for flvo minutes he cried for help and the young men who were bathing near the shore struck off in his direction 5 torontonians drown toronto five torontonlans wore drowned and five women and a man rescued from drowning while bathing by clinging to tho upsot boat they are roland la croix 11 and his j sunday afternoon on the beaches ot brother leo 9 ot ottawa lako ontario a wild sea from a heavy an act ot heroism cost alice talbot east wind with the current travelling her life miss talbot a domestic in tho same direction formed a power- the employ of the racicot family man- f undertow which swept bathors be- y aged to grasp lillian and placed the y their depth despite their ef- child on her shoulders she swam forts to match their strength against soveral strokes but the burden proved the heavy breakers three youths and v too great for her strength and both man wero- carried to death tho sauk in the waves body of john willoughby aged 21 55 meanwhile people on the shore were munro park avenue drowned more trying frantically to break fastenings than two weeks ago was washed that held two rowboats at a dock wil- ashore frid verdon at last succeeded in heroic efforts ot friends of tho loosening one of them and got to tho drowned persons and members of the illfated craft in time to rescue tho j lifesaving crews were witnessed by two la croix lads the boys had sue- hundreds of persons who lined the ceeded in retaining their hold as the beaches on tho waterfront thrilled at craft capsized and had climbed upon tho daring ot the bathers going out in view cf ivrecige aboard motorshlti bermuda after recent no raked her at her berth in hamilton harbor bermuda tho ship partially sank until her stern was resting on bottom it seven lvlore lives western ontario paid with seven the lake lives over the weekend for tho efforts to find relief from the heat ill vari ous wateringplaces such a rough sea which had precluded most of tho small boats venturing out drowned james hastie aged 17 601 merton street six persons including three child- j william biron aged 10 101 soaton rcn wero drowned and the seventh street a 13yearold boy died from a broken yesta frederlckson aged 17 33 neck suffered when ho dived into slial- ladykirk avenue low water at the hamilton beach archie winning aged 35 74 nealon heroic efforts at rescue featured the avenue hast york death ot thomas staton of hamilton j orval laderoute aged 17 ot 129 sunday night when five other men swam out into the lako to his aid and all were in peril one being brought ashore unconscious tho dead thomas staton 45 hamilton drowned at hamilton beach john t preston 15 ottawa drown ed at old orchard beach maine hubert mason jr 30 detroit drowned at roudeau park raymond graichet 12 sault sto cameron street fort william rescued agnes loask aged 10 100 edge- wood avenue kay hunter aged 19 209 fairview avenue jean hainsworth gg bastedo avo minnie stein 15 cedar avenue agnes neilson 39 iroquois avenue centre island charles harris address not known holiday claims 354 lives in us drownings account for 1 39 auto fatalities 1 1 8 fireworks only 8 new york at 354 lives tho united states counted the cost of its 155th independence day celebration with all sections of tho country sharing iu the inevitable price of the annual independence observance tho highest loss ot recent years was reached the midwestern states led with ss lives lost but midatlantic states were but a step behind with 84 fireworks once the major cause for fatalities on the holiday this year accounted for only eight lives the lakes and rivers exacted tho grimmest reckoning though much of the country was free from the severe in at wave which last week counted its victims at nearly 1300 dead it was warm enough that rivers and lakes were thronged ono hundred and 39 lives wore lost in drownings the pacific coast re ported 27 of this number 17 occur ring at ios angeles alono whero a winging rip tide swpt over crowded beaches four mea drowned in lake michigan near cary ind in an attempt to rescue a youth caught in a vicious undertow tho youth was saved by llfeguardsmen the jammed highways of tho na tion took us lives in automobile ac cidents as compared with 81 last year airplano fatalities howovor increased to eight throe in mld-al- lantle the same number in tho mid west and two in the mountain states soviet organizes five expeditions party to conduct arctic re searches river systems to be explored leningrad fivo arctic expeditions are being organized this year by the allunion arctic institute tho first will operate on franz jo sephs land and hookers island it will replace tho winter expedition and will conduct hydrological and oceano- graphical explorations for purposes of navigation in the kara sea tho sec ond expedition will go to tho tchukot- skoanadyr district to study tho river systems and tho slopes of the central plateau of his region a third group is going to tho lower part ot tho lena rlvor to exploro the coal region iu the districts of the coasting fleet bases at tho same time it will search for deposits of mercury iron and othor minerals another ex pedition will bo sent out this winter to the white sea for investigalng hunting in that region tho fifth party will operato on tho southern island ot nova zombla and will study tho feasibility of restoring tho aphua fishing trado tho auhua is one of the salmon species claims wheat record chatham gilbert reauino dover township farmer believes ho has es tablished a record for early wheat- cuiting last friday ho commenced culling an isacro field of wheat and declaros that it is ono of tlu best crops ho has harvested in his fortyodd years experience as a farm er i havo never heard of wheat- cutting in this istrict on july 3 mr roaumo said i reasoning well leads lo acliu voll justness in tho mind biijnwn j jusllco in tho heart victor huso i chinese use clay for salt shanghai the poverty of the pea sants of southern shantung province according to letters received in shang hai from missionaries has become so extreme that they can no longer afford to buy salt and are using salty cay to season their food there is a largo area of arid land between tlio cities of pohping and liaocheng and the peas ants have discovered that this clay i soil contains a small quantity of salt day after day women and children go there by the hundreds and dig up the clay fuel is scarce and very costly and only the moderately welltodo can alford to boil the clay and extract a salt brine i i tho question is bow lng will a lang skirt be long j the most tilticiiit of liio fine arls j is the fine irl cf livug tigetlicr j i dvsl swing canadians sixth in jumping event france wins important event at london international horse show london franco won the contest for tho prince of wales cup one of the most important jumping events in the international horse show at tho olympia on juno 25th one ontario team from tho gover norgenerals body guard competed along with horsemen from a number of other countries holland placed second and great britain holder of tho cup was third tho canadian team was sixth con sisting of liu donald hunter to- hinto on sun dart lieut e r eaton of toronto on cuchalain and lieut marshall cloand of hamilton the result was france 13vi faults holland 19 faults great britain 21 j fajilts irish free state 23 faults belgium 30 faults canada 3g faults the french team was composed of j veterans who have been jumping at international horse shows for years the competition provided plenty of thrills in the first round one of the canadians crashed into a gate so heavily that it was broken and at tho last jump the same officer was thrown from his saddle but luckily landed on his feet and was not hurt zeppelin to start for pole july 24 friedrichsliafen germany the zeppelin korks announced recently that tho diriflight to tho north polo regions on july 24 or 25 with dr hugo eckener in command tho flight will ho in cooperation with the aeroarctic society with the soviet geographer samoilovilih who guided the icebreaker krassin on its rescue of survivors ot tlio polar diri gible italia disaster entrusted with the scientific work most of a childs growth in stature is dono in bed aud tboro mental and physiological recreation goes on most efficiently without plenty of sleep the activity of the waking day is like a houso built on sand sir charles sherrington cp liner breaks atlantic record reaches father point in four days twelve hours father point que making the fastest transatlantic crossing ever re corded by the mercantile marine r any country the new 42500ton cana dian pacific liner empress of britain on june 22nd recaptured tho blue riband ot tho atlantic for british shipping establishing a new worlds record of 4 days 12 hours aud 30 minutes the crossing was made from cherbourg to father point whero mails were land ed and the pilot was taken on in four hours and 20 minutes better time than the previous record of 4 clays 17 hours aud 0 minutes made between cher- bourg and ambrose light whero pi lots are taken aboard newyork bound ships the now record brings back to bri tish shipping tho mercantile suprem acy on the atlantic symbolized by tho mythical blue riband which iu recent years has twico changed hands but which for so long was previously held by a british vessel it also gives to canada and tho canadian pacific steamships tho title for tho first time and added to this it marks tho first instance that a steam ship company has held tho blue ri band of the atlantic and the pacific aceans together buckingham palace to be illuminated buckingham palace will be literal ly in tho spotlight next september during tho sitting of tho triennial iu- ernaional illumination congress iu london not only in the spotlight but in floodlights festooned with thous ands of fairy lamps these lattor are now being manufactured at wembley iu middlesex and are providing quite a lot of employment engineers have spent days working out mathematical ly the great schomo of floodlighting and ot concealing tho apparatus as much as possible so that it will not be an eyesoro iu tho daytime they are j checking thoir plans carefully for as may ba understood hero will bo no rehearsal babies are said to show their first smile ahaiit the sixtyeighth day when hurricane hit england awiththejo lonescouts k thoso louies who attended tho lone scout camp at ebor park in august 1930 will bo very sorry to hoar ot the sudden death ot assistant scoutmaster charlio boylo ot tho 87th toronto troop which occurred ou juno 22nd last charlio it will bo remembered was ono of tho senior scouts who helped to make that camp such a success aud tho quiet and efficient manner iu which ho carried out the duties allot ted to him and tho wholehearted way in which ho entered into all our ac tivities mado him a favorite with all members ot thecamp for some years past bo had suffered from heart trouble and it was thought that ho was growing nicely out of it so that his passing was a groat shock to us all wo sympathize sincerely with his parents and his comrades in tho 87th toronto troop and wo know that all thoso lonioa who kuow him will on- dorso thin bo the naturalist badgo tho test for this is as follows 1 explain a tho fertilization and development of a wild flower or b tho development of a bird from an igg or c tho lifo history of an insect or a fresh or salt water fish or d a months observation ot pond lifo 2 keep a diary illustrated by sketches of tho animals birds trees plants insects etc recorded this diary to contain tho dates and places of a tho first appearanco of 12 spring or autumn migrants b first dowering of 18 wild flowers or des cription of tho appearanco aud habits of six water fowl c first appear anco of six butterflies or moths or des cription of six wild animals d mako a carbon or other impression of 18 leaves ot common trees now that school holidays aro in full swing and the out of doors is calling us all whether ot school ago or over timo should bo found to study for one or more ot those proficiency badges whlc hare eminently connected with the open air for the next few weeks wo will out line the requirements for ouo of theso badges each week and wo hope that this will stimulate some lone scout to qualify for them you will recollect that it you aro in possession of your second class badge you aro eligible to qualitfy for and wear six proficiency badges but if you are studyihg for tho second class test and reasonably hope to pass the test in the near future it would be good policy to spend a little time preparing for some of theso badges so that after the second class badge is safely sewn on your arm you can quickly pass those tests which will qualify you to wear some proficiency badges felso this weeks proficiency badgo will lone e thoro is qulto a little work attached to the abovo test but to tho averago country or village boy it should not bo very hard and will provldo a num ber ot hours of very interesting and instructive occupation to keen lonles tho following is tho method of mak ing carbon impressions ot ieavoa 1 press the leaf evenly ou a new sheet of carbon paper 2 remove loaf from car bon and press it evenly on a clean sheet ot paper sometimes it will be found that a cleaner imprint will bo obtained by pressing tho leaf a second time on clean paper without using the carbon paper for tho second imprint when finished a collection such as tho above will be a permanent record and will be a splendid addition to your patrol or lone scout don decoration schc next week wo will outline tho re quirements of the pioneers badge boys between t o agos of 12 aud 18 years who live in places where there is no scout troop and who are interested in tho lone scouts should write for paticulars to the lone scout department boy scouts as sociation 330 bay street toronto 2 makes her bcv fatal week for ontario death list totals 113 last week was a black week for ontario one hundred and nine persons have died in the week end ed as the result of accidents or of heat prostrations and never be- foro iu the history of this province 1 has heat and water taken such a i terrific toll since last sunday night 63 persons were drowned in the province heat deaths numbered 30 in the same period automobile accidents wero responsible for 10 deaths aviation claimed six lives four persons died from other causes and in addi tion two bodies wero recovered this weekend tho terrific heat wave which i reigned over the province during tho past four or five days was of course greatly responsible for the toll of death but two major accidents took 13 lives fivo wero killed on dominion day in an airplano crash at hamilton eight were drowned in the depths of the ottawa river when a boat capsized and hun dreds havo been injured this week in automobile aud other accidents as tabulated by tho canadian press the weeks fatalities wero as j follows j monday 1 killed in aviation acci- i dent three in auto accidents throe drowned one struck by train i tuesday four dead in car crashes ono drowned wednesday five in air accident 1g drowned 8 beat deaths two in auto accidents one in fall thursday sixteen drowned 11 killed by heat friday sevon drowned oigbt kill ed by heat saturday four drowned two heat deaths ono killed in fall ono kill ed by auto sunday sixteen drowned two simla india tlioso who aro im- kille1 y ileat patient ot modern truffle should dwell total deaths during week 113 iu simla indias summer capital writes a correspondent ot tho chris tian scfsnco monitor thero aro only three motorcars in this town that is three which havo tho rights ii ii maharajkumarl younger daughter ot maharajah of burd- wau an indian debutante on her way to be presented at the court ot st james at recent presenta tion where traffic problem is easily solved fruit vegetable prices are fixed cherries 1 0c per pound rasp berries 1 5c for duty purposes tomatoes 6 cents ottawa now valuations for duty purposes on certain fruits and vege tables havo been fixed by the minister of national revenue according to a bulletin issued on june 25th apply ing to thoso commodities when im ported under tho intermediate or tho general tariff tho values per lb are as follows apricots 4 ceuts cherries 10 c its raspberries 15 cents beans green g cents beets 4 ceuts car rots 4 cents celery 2 cents peas greeu g cents and tomatoes g cents tho weight ot tho package is in cluded in tho weight for duty tho abovo values apply at tho point of production aud whore such pro ducts aro exported directly to canada from a diversion or intormedlato point tho value for duty shall be theso values so fixed plus all charges thero- on to such intermediate point from tho been sold prior to shipment tho abovo producls shipped on con signment without salo prior to ship ment so as to ovado tho payment ot special duty will bo subject to tho same special duty as it tho goods had been sold prior toshipment tho values do not apply to goods bona fldo purchased on or before tho 2gth of june aud in transit to canada on or before tho 27th ot juno 1931 speeding up the office inventors aro for ever striving to construct machines that will take tho placo of man the inventors who have come nearest to succeed ing it appears are those who havo concentrated on office work a few years ago a boy would bo employed in a big office to do littlo elso but stick stamps on letters now a machine has been produced which carries no less than seven denomina tions of stamps affixes them in a few minutes to a thousand or moro letters and packages without ever making a mistake about tho valuo required for each and counts tho number of stamps used no longer either need time bo wasted in business houses writing cheques for a machine can mako these out and cross them in a quar ter of the time a human being would take this machine also makes tho cheques swindlerproof for the vari ous amounts are crushed into tho fibres of the paper with indilhle ink thus making them unalterable another new device will fold let ters or circulars in no fewer than twenty different styles at the rate of 5000 an hour yet another will open 500 letters a minute without mutilating tho contents and thero is one which will seal 12000 envel ope flaps in an hour an electric typewriter has also been put on the market recently electric power propels the type bars moves the paper carriage and turns up the sheet for the noxt line to bo typed then a telephone with a loud speaker has made ils appearance this enables one to hear he person at the othor end from a distance of fifty feet nnd so dispenses with tho tiresome process of holding on on top of all wo are promised a television apparatus which when at tached to the phone will allow us actually to see the person with whom wo aro conversing london answers seventy varieties of mice shown at london show london mouse show day at st albans proved a triumph for tho lon don and southern counties mouso club according to a correspondent of tho christian science monitor hundreds of mico in seventy differ ent varieties including reds blues black and tans bluo dutches and broken chocolates some of them valued at 100 each wero being exhibited by their proud owners tho cry of mouso was always supposed to send women scurrying with skirts clutched tight ly round their knees to mount tho nearest chair but times must havo changed for female owners far out- numherd their male rivals at st albans almost very mousery in england scotland and wales was somo of the mico section of houses on formana rd birmingham england wilih wcrs among tho many wrjckcl by a wind of hurricane proportions which swept ihat district british live stock importations barred ottawa as a consequence of out breaks ot foot and mouth dlsoaso of tho roads within tho municipal cat tho british isles tho represented limits thero aro other cars for canadian department ot agriculture showed their superiority by adopting many ot the residents in tho hill sta- lia cancelled all permits for tho 1m- that blase exhibition manner char- tion coma by car from tho plains nortat ot livestock from tho old actorlstic of tho old hands at dog but only lord willingdon viceroy country as from juno 20 excepting and cat shows others of course sir philip chetwodo commander-in- i oniy 3ll actually embarked as wore not so at home tho judging chlof ot the army in india and sir of thlt iae waa a m03t interesting spectacle de- geoffrey do montmorency governor formal notice issued by tho do- manding real artistic discernment ot tlio punjab havo authority lo use states tho department an anxious owner would extract a an automobile on tho winding nar- j v not m thj c bo in woo rodent by the tail f j c row thoroughfares cut from tho steep a 0 to consider issuing per- and administer a final polish to its sides of tho himalayan hills other j miu fqf tho mdorta of animals glossy coat with hor sleove tho inhabitants of the city iavo to uso of ul0 spocies involved cattle sheep judgo would then proceed to halauco tho ricksha drawn by four coolies ohor rilm and swine it on his hand viewing it from all for an indefinite period angles while displaying all the airs other oders issued prohibit the and graces of a ballet master somo importation into canada of fertill- of tho stewards said after the closo zers containing animal products of tho show that thoy had bad a hard bono meal and food stuffs contain ing animal matter and secondhand bags or bagging from all foot and mouth infected countries and pro vldo for consular aid other certifica tion grains milfeeds and food stuffs for livestock feeding from toot and mouth i ifectod countries a horse or shanks mare goodbye to shaving mug victoria the barber shop shavin e barber shop shaving j mug is a thing of the past in british columbia unjer new regulations barbers must use sharing soap in the i form of powder liquid or paste fresh j from the container for each customer mixing lathers in a common mug to i serve more than one customer is for bidden days work throwing out local cats who attempted to crash the gate is thy cruso of comfort falling scanty faro for one will often mako restricting tho importation of a royal feast for wo eliza charles tho greatest of faults is to bo conscious of none thomas carlyle