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firebug continues to menace farmers of ontario countryside enjoys playmate and dolls for first time west weekend fire bothweu kent county uis loss at 7000 which is partly cov- cendiarlsui suspected i dereham township oxford county barn destroyed with live stock crops implements loss 3000 iucen- diarism suspected peel towuship wellington couuty barn destroyed with live stock crops implements loss 7000 in cendiarism suspected ridgeville wetland county barn destroyed loss 2000 origin un known puce essex county barn destroy ed with crops village threatened loss 1000 origin unknown ered sy insurance i besides the barn and season crop a jiarge amount of poultry three horses seven cattle and thirty hogs were des troyed the provincial police were last night investigating the blaze south oxford blaie tillsonburg the farmers of south oxford aro fearful that arson was the i cause of the destruction of the large metal barn of charles winegarden j two miles north of tillsonburg on the 0th concession of dereham township early sunday in addition to the barn two silos 30 head of cattle and four horse3 were lost grain tho farm implements and verner nlpissing district mill des- a largo quantity of hay were also des troyed with stable lumber and wheat village threatened loss s000 thought to have originated iu boiler- room beverly township wenlworth coun ty house and bam destroyed loss 2000 origin unknown but spon taneous combustion suspected hamilton the eighteenth mysteri ous farm blaze within two months oc curred in wcutwbrth county saturday afternoon when the homo of arthus whitehead on the seventh concession of beverly was destroyed alarm once again has gripped tho farmers of the county as fears that a pyromaniac is at largo are intensified troyed entailing a los3 estimated at 3000 partly covered by insurance mr winegarden was awakened by tho reflection of the fire and made an unsuccessful attempt to liberate the live stock the tillsonburg fire de partment was called and succeeded in saving the dwelling milk houso gar age and chicken house schoolhouse razed bothweu fire believed to bo of in cendiary origin entirely destroyed the west bothweu school house saturday night the blaze was first noticed by wil son nash a milkman on his route who sounded the alarm the school is lull in the series of suspicious blazes in situated about a mile from tho town the county restored confidence and se- on a triangle whero the bothweu road curity several weeks ago but once again flames are almost nightly red dening the skies over a sleepless and worried countryside a few articles of furniture were saved from the lower no- the loss was estimated at 2000 an 1 insurance of s1500 is held the fire started in a small shed used as a stable for two horses at the tear of the house there were no animals in the place at tlictime and the owners are puszld to know the cause of the blaze mrs whitehead was alone in the home and discovered the fire tii nearest farm home is a consid erable distance away and by tho time she gave the alarm the house was ablaze neighbors carried household effects from the burning structure but heat prevented them from reaching the rooms on the second story two years ago the farm was the scene of a barn blaze another in peel flora fire of an unknown origin sunday night destroyed the barn of george a mall peel township the fire is believed to bo the worli meets the highway aud consequently little could be done as it was beyond the water mains the school was one of the host equipped and most modern rural schools this part of the country titers ksd been no fire in the furnace since iiiy the building was valued at sdooo and is insured this is the second bad blase in west bothweu within six weeks old steamer doroyed orillia the prsciia an old 5sfoot steamboat built at kingston in 1895 for senator standish and for the past two years a derelict on the shore of lake couchiching at orillia was com pletely destroyed by a fue of mysteri ous origin sunday morning when firemen arrived the entire ves sel was a mas3 of flames and iu less than an hour and a halt nothing re mained of the gallant little ship but a charred mass arson is suspected back in the gay nineties the pris- cilla was considered the finest vessel afloat in muskoka with her rich in terior finish of teakwood heavily plushed floor and chairs she cost 10- allegcdly imprisoned for four years in a cothe3 closet by her father and stepmother little edith riley is seen hero in a hospital la washington whero she has found toys a playmate and flowers winter storms hit rockies cost of living eases press items show brighter outlook the markets produce quotations toronto dealers are buying produce chinese students leaving tokyo tokyo the siuojapancse clash la manchuria may cost tokyo its stand- winnipeg grain movement over at the following prices cpr lines during october showed a i eggs ungraded cases returned substantial increase over the corres- fresh extras 45 to 47c fresh firstslng as one of the greatest chinese edu ponding period la3t year according to to 42c seconds 29 to 23 pullet callonal centers in the world writes astantjiistteuedrirt t 0ntar creamery loaded la the three prarie provinces soid3 20c no- 2 19c last mouth totalled 17921 which com- churn cream special 19 to pared with 13373 cars in the corre3- 22c no 1 18 to 21c no 2 15 to 18c poading month last year is aa iaj cheese no 1 large colored paraf- crease of 451s cars a substantial in- fined and government graded 11 to crease was noted in the amount of llc grain received at country elevators grain iu store at country points total led 3s999oo00 bushels compared with quotations to poultry shippers are as follows i poultry a grade select alive spring chickens over g lbs 17c over 3207s000 bushels u october last year 5 0 15c over w to 5 13c montreal that canada is uudoubt- undcr w n i2 over f to 4 edly returuiug to more prosperous x2c milkfed 2c above elect broil- times was declared by beaudry lo- ers hi to 2vs lbs man diau bankets association in an dres3 at it3 annual meeting here governments in many of tho retiring president of tho canaj 154 lbs 12c fatted hens over 5 lbs 15c over 4 to 5 lbs 12c over 31 to ad- wealthiest countries of the world havo been hard pressed to maintain their credit structure he declared and yet throughout this financial and economic upheaval young canada has uot suf fered a single hank failure nothing much can be wrong with a system that produces such results and some merit must attach to the or ganizations which have conserved in tact tho savings of the peoplo and kept them available to insure the re turn of prosperous times in canada of which unmistakable signs are becom ing apparent new york that tho world aa a whole is feeling the quickening move ment of business was shown last week 4 lbs 10c over 3 to 3 lbs 8c duck lings white over 5 lbs lie do 4 to 5 lbs 9c do colored 2c less old roosters over 5 lbs lie turkeys geese market price guinea fowl over 2 lbs 15c poultry a grade select dressed spring chickens over g lbs 23c over 5 to g lbs 21c over 4vi to 5 lbs 18c under 4 lbr 17c over 2 to 4 lbs 17c milkfed 2c above select broilers 1 to 2v- lbs 20c over ha to 1 lbs 18c fatted hens over 5 lbs 19c over 4 to 5 lbs lgc over 3 to 4 lbs 14c over 3 to 3 lb3 12c ducklings white over 5 lbs 18c do 4 to 5 lbs lgc old rooster over 5 lbs 15c grain quotations grain dealers on the toronto board of trade arc making the following quotations for car lots manitoba wheat no 1 hard i correspondent in the christian science monitor more than 1000 chinese stu dents havo left the japanese capital since tho manchurian trouble started and it is unlikely that many of them will return tho result may be a gala for american universities next year since many of the students who had started their university careers la japan ma- transfer to tho united states tokyos colleges and universities have catered specially to chinese stu- 14c over 1 to j dents tokyo is near china aud living for students is cheap a share of tho chinese boxer indemnity was remitted to cover education of chinese students and other inducements were offered japanese saw in the students a very real opportunity to build up friendship between the two countries tho manchurian clash however bids fair to upset the educational work of nearly a generation chinese stu dents iu tokyo were among the first to protest at what they termed jap- aneso militaristic aggression and most of them stopped attending class es the day first new3 of the manchur ian clashes was published as tho scope of tho trouble extended students who had funds immediately booked passage for home wire service terrupted frost to coast in- by snow wind retail values have not re acted yet to upward wholesale trend ottawa several favorable business factors are shown in canadian govern- calgary high winds and heavy snowfalls continued saturday to inter- statislic3 issued last weeki tha i department of trade and commerce note3 in a statistical review issued on saturday steadily decreasing cost of living in- regions west of revelstoke bc and jasper alberta near the british col- umbiaalberta boundary gangs of re- pair men were strung out in the storm area attempting to effect repairs canadian pacific telegraph lines were broken in tho vicinity of taft i bc 10 miles we3t of revelstoke canadian national lines were dam- creased tobacco production increased storage of butter increased production of leather footwear improved prices on the canadian stock exchanges and firmness in the calue of mining stocks are among the favorite factors says of some unknown person and connect- 000 when new and although she had cd with recent barn fires throughout somewhat deteriorated in appearance the country during her less prosperous years it it was first noticed by a neighbor at had been the intention of the owner about 9 oclock mr hall who had captain tom wood of orillia to refit been in alma all evening estimated the little craft septic sore throat grips children four dad many 111 of sep tic sore throat at st thomas st thomas an emergency meet ing of the local board of health and the hoard of education was called sat urday to consider what coursp would bo taken to check the outbreak of sop- tic sore throat which has already claimed ur young lives in tho city and several iu the surrounding coun try as a result of tho meeting eight j rooms in two of tho citys public j schools have been closed for fumiga tion in addition strict quarantine of all homes where sore throat lias oc curred has been ordered the latest victim of the dread strop wheat crop is below fiveyear average winnipeg man the wheat yield of the canadian prairie provinces this year was 157000000 bushels below the average for fivo years according to a crop report prepared by the bank of montreal tho total wheat yield is es timated at 210400000 bushels from 23178000 acres as compared with an estimate for last year of 371500000 bushels from 23900000 acres tho fiveyear averago is 401000000 bushels this years oat crop is estimated at 177700000 bushels compared with 251011000 last year barley crop is estimated at 52300000 bushels com pared with 109195000 bushels last year the review it adds retail values in canada havo not yet reacted to tha upward trend in wholesale values shown in october for the first time in two years this in dicates that the cost of living is still benefitting the purchaser even while tho producer is profiting by higher wholesale prices aged at red junction pass bc about 24 miles west of jasper service over canadian national lines was resumed but repair crews around taft were still busy so far few details of the extent of the storm havo been obtained but it was reported by canadian pacific telegraphs that over 25 miles of lines iu broken sections had been affected j a few miles were damaged on the jj j r a f t northern canadian national area j nit ant wet snow clinging to tho wires injures three youths with a light frost followed by strong j sault ste marie ont a hit-aud- winds caused the disruption officials ruu driver speeding into tho sault said sunday night at 730 oclock came closo to killing or seriously maiming threo inmates of tho childrens shelter handy garlow 21 an employee of tho r p 4 no air sl was knocked down and sus- y e pieeay mined a scalp wound that required delro co onel charles a llrnl- gttcheg ciose berghs birthplace a aouso at 1120 ghouidor lnjured when eutry of teams from sweden finland and spain in the olympic 2v4c no 1 northern 71c no 2 do i 1 gec no 3 do glic no 4 do 591ic games to be held at lake placid aud 1 bay s l03 angeles next year a few months ma oatsno 1 feed 37vc no 2 ago these countries decided that fiuan- sgvic cial conditions would prevent their taking part in the 1932 olympics vancouver brokers here who had been idle for somo weeks and indulg ing their spare time on the golf course were reported working overtime last week orders were rushed out for former employees when sales began and the fores was kept on tho job far into the night man larley no 2 cw 47c argentine corn 51c plus duty us corn no 2 yellow 53c us funds south african corn 5gc plus us funds cif bay ports millfeed del montreal freights bags included bran per ton 2025 shorts tier ton 2125 middlings oer ton 2825 ontario grain wheat goc barlev 40c oats 25 to 28c rye 48c buck wheat 45 to 48c hay and straw prices toronto dealers are raving for hay and straw baled carlots delivered per ton now chlet no 2 timothy 1250 no 3 tim- trenchard 0 1050 to s1153 wheat straw known as g oat straw g scotland yards new head earned nickname london london has a of police ho is lord fiftyeight years old and the man who made the royal air force he is a disciplinarian looks i the part aud his deep voice earn ed him tho nickname of boom lord trenchard follows in the steps of lord byng of vimy as head of scotland yard lord byng also a warrior made a record for drastic dealing with londons tough spots which lord trenchard is expected good 3 to 350 do boloenas 225 to equal 1 to 250 feeders good 425 to 475 the new commissioner was born stockers 3 to 4 springers 30 to in 1873 and entered the army twenty 70 calves good and choice 7 to 8 years later by 1916 lie was a do med 450 to 650 do grassers major general and in 1919 became to 325 sheep 1 to 325 an air marshal in 1927 ho was lindbergh house used forest avenue west recently became when ho was knocked down and geo detroit gospel tabernacle tor needy persons if j cllrti was slightly bruised about the leg tho car veered towards them 1 tho young men believe deliberately to the homo s being maintained by trighten them booro u contributions from the congregation of wu out of the way the car struck them and hurled them into the ditch tho car continued on its way without stoppiug live stock quotations heavy bef steers 475 to 6 but cher steei choice 5575 to g do lair to good s5 to 550 do com 325 to s450 heifers choice 550 to 6 do fair to good 475 to 525 do com s325 u 450 butcher cows good 3 to 375 do med s250 to 325 canners and cutters 125 to 175 baby beef 550 to s50 bulls commissioned air force marshal of the entire lambs choice g50 do culls 450 to 5 do bucks 450 hogs bacon f 0 b 475 to 5 do off cars 535 to j 5c0 do selects 1 per hog prem- ium do butchers 1 per hog discount tho rev walter dye tho rev fred elliott and ills wife operated the build- 1 ing for a similar purpose during the last two months firm in his shoes boston transcript whether wo stand to lose a dollar or not ameri tocbecus is patricia ann patsy car- will be glad of tho triumph of na- ter nineyearold daughter of mr and mrs clair carter and granddaughter of dr f e bennett st thomas well- known emissary of flowers little patsy died saturday morning making the second death in this family in tho week a younger brother died of tho same trouhlo on monday night a third member of tho family is still seri ously 111 the death of 7yearold mar garet thorpe occurred 12 hours pre vious general alarm has spread through out tho city dr d a mckillop tho medical ofltccr of health and threo public health nurses aro working with out cessation visiting absentees from schools checking up on all sickness that they can traco through tho homos and schools placarding fumigating advising inoculating all with a vlow towards preventing tho spread of tho dread disease ccnsdicn minister returns to japan tokio canadas minister to ja pan hon herbert marlcr and mrs marler returned to toklo recently arriving at yokohama by tho liner empress of japan after an absence of live months j owns smallest bicycle i michael r daley of darby conn- claims to own the worlds smallest fcicycle tho wheels are only one end 5lfiths of an inch in dhmyer and thcro are 15 parts includ ng 100 links of chain tho pathflndor tional common sense in britain it is in tho blood to liko to see the english man firm in his shoes canadian legion head guest of governorgeneral ottawa major john s roper mc i kc of halifax dominion president of tho canadian legion of the british empire sorvico league was the guest of their excellencies tho governor- general and tho countess of bessbor- ough at luncheon at government houso sunday belgians plan campaign to protect animals brussels all belgian societies for the protection of animals have united for tho purposo of launching a cam paign to piaco iu parliament a group ol deputies and sentators sympathetic with their aims j a nati inal juridlcial council has i been organized it has been decided to undertako a film and radio publicity campaign for tho prevention of cruelty won somo victory for humanity to animals horcae mann dominion war memorial i ready next summer ottawa canadas national war memorial is expected to be completed early next summer rapid progress is being made on tho impressive memorial it is stated in reports from england whero tho sculp tors tho march brothers and sisters aro working on it ninety feet high showing a colossal group of figures in bronze exemplify ing tho heroism and self sacrifice of tho canadian people tho memorial will stand in confederation park its eroction will involve the removal ot tho city post oflice tho construction ot a now railway terminal and a now arrangement of uptown vehicular traf fic voice is scrambled in transatlantic calls how speech is scrambled as it crosses tho atlantic by tho radio waves ot the intercontinental tele phone so that no one cau understand the words except the two persons con cerned in the conversation was one of several new scientific accomplish ments of the bell tclephono labora tories ot new york city described by sergius p grace assistant vicepresi dent of the laboratories tho trick is done mr grace explained by a device which automatically changes the high tones ot the voice u low tones and the low ones to high ones devised some time ago as a scientific demon stration ot the nature of the sounds in speech this apparatus now is applied in london to speech sounds intended for new york and vice versa on ar riving at tho opposite side ot the at lautic tho scrambled sounds then are uuscrambled automatically so that the proper listener hears the speech as it ought to bo by means of a spe cial device for scrambling or un scrambling the sounds at will mr grace talked from the lecture platform to an office in london and allowed tho audience first to hear tliti entirely un intelligible sounds actually sent across the ocean and then to hear these same sounds after they had been translated back into the original speech air mail pickup proves successful dayton ohio successful tests have been conducted by air corps engineers at wright field here of an air mail farmers seek jg device ftf plan es to enlarge markets washington dc formerly president havana the national federation 0 the national aeronautic associa- ot vegetable growers and exporters j tion it was announced hero the device is marked by a cataptilt arrangement operating with shock absorber rope and winch which shoots the mail bag forward at a speed of 70 miles an hour when tho hook from the airplane first strikes a telease cord before picking up tho bag this catapult arrangement mini mizes the shock to the plane in- tha pickup t beseech you to treasure up in your hearts thoso my parting words bo ashamed to die until you have has been organized to obtain better transportation facilities for vege tables to develop homo and foreign markets seek favorablo tariff agree ments with countrlos consuming cu ban products work in cooperation with the department of agriculturo give members the benefit of latest crop growing methods and in gen eral to increaso the vegetable pro duction of cuba the federation was formed under supervision of general eugenlo molinot secretary of agriculture commerce and labor and will re ceive tho hearty support of tho ad ministration cubas vegetable production has in creased steadily during the past few years and more farmers are devot ing their efforts in this direction due to the low price ot cane canadian team wins five ribbons outlook is good for wheat market 4 winnipeg signs of bettor times aro apparent in europo and the out look for sale ot canadian wheat is im proved in th opinion of a l seaflo president ot the searlo grain com pany one ot tho largest grain elevator concerns in western canada back from an extenstvo trip through groat britain germany and frauce mr searlo said in an interview ho was convinced tho now british national government would introduco somo form ot tariff though ho thought any preference for canadian wheat would bo conditional on a preference for bri tish goods coming to canada franco crops depleted by unfavor able weather will require between 40- 000000 and c0000000 bushels ot wheat 1 from outside tho country this season ho believed likelihood ot milling re- strlctlons being slackened early in tho wobblemeter to test nervous condition of fliers new york as the latest gadget for use by fliers along comes the wob blemeter it will show a pilot if ho steps on it for a minute before taking off whether or not he is in fit condi tion nervously to fly an aeroplane if his reading is more than 50 per cent above normal he had better stay on the ground a flat square apparatus rather resembling a weighing machine tho wobblemeter registers a persons nervous condition and state of fatigue tho better the subject balances him self on the platform the lower tho reading and theoretically at least the more norvous he is the poorer his balance will be unusual weather prevails in arctic calgary alta reports from tha north country tell of weather condi tions heretofore unknown in tho bleak cold territory around aklavik on the mackenzie river according to information here ico is melting on tho mackcnzie river a3 mild weather continues on the arctic ocean warm breezes are sweeping tho entiro mackcnzie breaking up tho ico and preventing planes from land ing either with pontoons or skii3 ii 3 five ribbons vcro won by canadian exhibitors at third day ot horso show at madison square garden now york and riding of lieut donald hunter member of canadian team kept rajah his mount in running for a tlmo for famous brooksbright foundation challenge cup horos tho canadian team lieut huntor col r 3 tlmmls lieut c c mann and llout cloland fiti iiiuiii r iii niiiiiiiiiiu vj 1 1 111 iu new year indicated a larger french f lh i andrcds of mic3 market for canadian wheat within a i of iortmcmurray the ice is not few months s en to bear a skifitted a much brisker demand for can- p on will damage machines adas wheat would obtain in england j pp with floats if russian shippers aro unablo to 111 1 warm weather threatens to tholr contracts ho commented thcro postponement of tho arctie is somo uncertainty in britain about i servl which is scheduled to tho soviets ability to deliver ho said i 4 i a word to the wise ho is happiest bo he king or poas- if you listen to the novordos its ant who finds peaco in his homo novor done david lloyd george h