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an season 4 has brisk opening voice of the press canada the empire and the world at large canada crumbs in the bed the news is printed as a sort of joke that a man in chicago biffed his wifo because she would insist on eat ing cookies in bed it served her right and i am glad there has arisen a man with so much courage there is noth ing worse in the whole realm of do mestic tragedies than cake crumb3 in the bed they get everywhere and there is no known force that will grind them so small that they do not tickle if i were on a jury trying a person for murder i would acquit him if he had been led to that drastic course by cake crumbs vancouver province kiddle age middle age is that period when a man clips items about great men who did their best work after co king ston whig standard fewer services in proportion to population there were fewer divorces in canada during the past decade than during the ten years prior to 1931 in ten years the number of divorces in prince edward island decreased from 47 to 28 from 427 to 30s in nova scotia from 2504 to 20sg in ontario and from 1301 to 750 in the province of quebec there was an increase of 22 in the same period in new brunswick 147 in man itoba 97 in saskatchewau 312 in al berta and 642 in british columbia there is some satisfaction for us in the knowledge that whilst in other countries particularly in the united states the bonds of matrimony are becoming more fragile year after year in the central provinces ot canada and generally in the maritimes they are becoming more indissoluble with the passing of time la patrie mont real not realized what was happening un til general hertzog made his spectac ular response to gc ieral smutss mov ing appeal now each can see for himself how few real bones of conten tion were left cape argus new zealand exports the effects of the depression upon new zealand have been to some ex tent modified by the success ot ef- visitors to province prepare for opening of trout sea son this month may 1st officials of the game and fisheries department at queens park toronto reported a brisk headquart ers sale of nonresident angling lic enses in preparation for the speckled and brown trout seasons which open in ontario today resident anglers will again be able to seek the finny fellows without a license another year may tell a dif- twentyfive years of freedom torts to counterbalance falling prices fercnt tale however reports have it kn inn nnelnu nrnrlii ft tfsrt tjlf thot fldriarmuii niit nova t n ntifr lirt by inci easing production while other countries have been afflicted by rapid contraction of their export trade in volume as well as in value new- zealand ha3 steadily increased the volume of her exports in 192s ex ports were 12 per cent greater than in 192g the official estimates for 1931 show an increase ot 20 per cent in five years and the volume must have been again substantially greater in 1932 for in spite ot a much lower rango ot prices the total value was larger than in 1931 aukland weekly news why it is she why is the locomotive called she a road foreman of locomotives em ployed o a canadian system believes he has the answer he says there are many reasons for instance they wear jackets with yokes pins shields and stays they have aprons and laps too not only do they have shoes they sport pumps and even hose while they drag trains behind them they also attract attention with puffs and mufflers and sometimes they foam and refuse to work at such times they need to be switched they need guil- ding and they require a man to feed them they all smoke but most char acteristic of all is that they are much steadier when they aro hooked up fredericton gleaner not afraid of pirates teddy rosevelt faced the indus trial pirates of his day as fearlessly as tile present roosevelt seems to be facing the financial pirates ot his day teddy roosevelt will he known to the generations as the man who broke the luols he was the one american statesman to stand up against the bullying ot the big business of his day franklin d roosevelt has al ready shown himself willing to stand up against the bullying of the big busi ness of his day calgary afbertan the usa and world peace it the united states continues to cooperate with the other nations ot the world as she has done in the past year and still more it some plan can be devised for immediate consul tation in the event of a breach ot the peace an aggressor will know in ad vance on which side the passive or even perhaps the active influence of the united states will he thrown af ter the experience of the great war no country is likely to underrate this sir walter layton in the news- chronicle japans welt politik it is impossible to coerce japan at this moment the interests and possessions of the other powers in the far east are at her mercy she can occupy shanghai and capture hong kong before an attempt can be made to redress the balance of power in far eastern waters the washington treaties make it almost impossible to fight across the ocean doubtless it the great powers were to devote all their energies to the task and organ ize their naval and aerial power with the sole object of overcoming japan ese resistance in time this could be done but is it impossible to contem plate britain and the united states devoting all their energies to such a course with the world in the condi tion in which it is today obviously at the moment japan is in a position to carry through her program with out molestation from outside prof c k webster in the contemporary review london that fishermen may have to put up with a rod assessment in 1934 if the department hatcheries are to be oper ated as extensively as they have been in past years other angling seasons to which sportsmen aro looking forward to are rainbow trout juno 2 to sept 14 lake trout now open in inland wat ers to anglers and only closed dur ing mouth of october and first half of november black bass and muskalonge july 1 to october 15 pickerel and pike may 10 to march 31 1934 the speckled and brown trout sea sons opening today will not close un til september 14 the department points out that one may fish at any hour ot the day but must not use a light when angling by dark entire wreckage of akron located in one position washington lieutenant comman der j l fisher told a united states naval court of inquiry last week that the entire wreckage of the uss ak ron has been located in one position off the coast of new jersey and with plenty of time and good weather the navy believes it can he recovered fisher who has just returned from the uss falcon the salvage ship that has been seeking the akron hulk told in graphic detail the efforts of the past few days to bring the wreck age to the surface i am satisfied in my mind said fisher that we have located the entire wreckage mollisons choose big ship for nonstop new yorkbagdad news general aitken london a big plane so heavy when loaded that there is not suitable run way in great britain for a takeoff has been selected by the flying molli sons iim and amy for their project ed new yorkbagdad nonstop flight the daily mail says it will be taken to new york in sections for that reason to be reassembled at roose velt field on long island the plane will have three vast cyl- britaindermark sign trade pact indrical tanks and a singleseated first negotiation since tariff cockpit with just enough space for schedule imperial trade captain molllson and his wife to change over controls the resting pit will use a tiny cabin in the machines tall a hatchway one foot high under neath the tanks will give access to the cabin the resting pilot can he with his or her head and shoulders in the cabin and the remainder of the body beneath the gasoline hold ers air mysteries now solved hard to reconcile hitler has tremendous power in ger many and yet he is pictured as wear ing one of those little moustaches it does not look much larger than a tooth brush it is hard toreconcile such a mous tache with a mighty man wo have been accustomed in the past to see ing mighty men wearing big mous taches ilindenburg for instance is a big man with a mighty moustache it helps to make him look mightier perhaps we have underestimated the small moustache hitler has one just like a straight up and down black mark under his nose we may come to see in it a token of power in time but it is not going to be easy strat ford heaconhernld deep secret greta garbo is on her way back to the states amid great secrecy nobody will he permitted to learn ot her ar rival except the newspaper camera men reporters and millions ot ordin ary folk halifax herald telephone records berlin business men may be able to ftsk their secretaries to extract last weoks telephone conversation from the files just as readily as they now ask tor a copy ot a letter or memor andum lifting to his car a telephone clovlce which is only slightly larger jthan tho standard french phone tho fepoaker will proceed in the usual man ner but through an extra cord lead ing to an electric recording apparatus fcoth parts ot the conversation will bo transcribed upon a phonograph rec ord edmonton journal the united states bank casualties a new york banker came into court on a stretcher it may be ne cessary to work up something in a twin bed type with one for the de positor detroit news how could he forget persons rescued from drowning or other threatening sudden death some times have reported that forgotten events ot their past life had recurred to them in rapid succession some say they reviewed their whole history from boyhood on in the few seconds that preceded unconsciousness oth ers merely experienced flashbacks to incidents long burled in the subcon scious mind this phenomenon served kike kop- tokel a good turu when he jumped in to the ohio river at pittsburg with tho intention ot committing suicide mike like many others before him began to remember as ho went down on of the things that came to his mind was the fact that ho put gs into a bank five years ago the recollec tion altered his resolve to die he struggled to the surface and swam 4 shore as fast as he would life was again worth living this story will not seem as strange to bankers as to other people bank ers know that hundreds of people de posit sums and forgot about them every tires tho affairs of a bank are wound up scores of paoplo receive money from accounts they didnt know they had detroit free press trees are uninjured by recent cold weather toronto except for slight damage to fall wheat and tender seedings planted in advance of the season the recent frost has cusd no harm accord ing to agricultural and horticultural authorities here word was received from e f pal mer of the ontario horticultural ex perimental station at vineland that fruit trees and market truck in the peninsula were not sufficiently ad vanced to be damaged daylight saving time in 7 cities in ontario sunday morning clocks in toronto were turned ahead one hour to inaug urate daylightsaving time falling in line with toronto day lightsaving time was also inaugural ed at ottawa kingston oshawa st catharines niagara falls and wei- land other cities on daylight time and their dates of observance are as follows guelph may 14 to septem ber 19 hamilton juno 3 to septem ber 3 petorboro june 15 to septem ber 24 devils island fugitive pierre dupres 73 who escaped the notor ious french penal colony in 190s has been arrested in san francisco by immigration authorities brisk moving mart shoots wheat up winnipeg dxchange records advance of nearly four cents winnipeg the clang of the gong that signalled the close of trading on the winnipeg grain exchange satur day brought a sigh of relief from har assed traders but office workers con tinued throughout the weekend buried under a flood of orders tossed into a weekend trading session whipped into a gallop by passage in the united states senate of the farm reliefinflation measure wheat prices whirled upward to close 3 to 3 78 cents higher backed by purchases from overseas the market jumped body of australian airman found beside plane in italy rome almost simultaneous discov ery last week ot two wrecked air planes one in central and the other in southern italy cleared up two myster ies of the air and brought first defin ite knowledge of the death of bert kinkier australian airman hinklers charred body was found beside the burned wreckage of his plane by charcoal burners in the pra- tomagno woods near florence at an altitude of 4700 feet he had been missing since january when he took oft from england in an attempt to lower the air speed record to aus tralia flying solo john van cleef an american was one of the five persons killed in the crash last sunday of an airorient lin er flying from corfu greece three survivors of that crash were found near the wreckage of the airliner on mount scifarelli near caracena in cal abria boy the planes were wrecked in the same way they crashed against tall wooded mountains the three survivors of the air- orient crash were found sitting in the cabin ot their wrecked plane huddling together because of the severe cold and suffering from shock but other wise not dangerously injured heavy earthquake shock is recorded more intense than california tremors 3100 miles from toronto washington a fairly strong earthquake centred about 3300 miles from washington was recorded on georgetown university seismographs last thursday as having begun at 94455 pm last night with a maxi mum movement at 957 pm and end ing about 2 oclock in the morning the t exports to denmark in addition pur- agreements safe guarded london the british agreement last week with denmark specifically safe guards the imperial trade agreements signed at ottawa during the imperial economle conference the pact is the first trade agree ment the united kingdom has negoti ated with a foreign country since she abandoned her free trade policy and built up a tariff schedule it is expect ed however agreements with norway and sweden will follow agreements with other countries are in view while the agreement long pending with the argentine is at present under dis cussion the danish agreement covers a broad field danish butter eggs cream bacon and seaflsh find an as sured market in great britain al though the actual quautity imported will in some cases be reduced great britain gets cither tariff con cessions or undertakings not to in crease tariffs over a wide area ot hoi direction from washington was un certain at toronto toronto an earthquake shock more intense than the recent cali fornia quake was reported here by william g carroll seisrfiologlcal ob server ot toronto metrological serv- chase agreements made between dan ish importers and british manufac turers will be formally recognized the main feature ot the agreement from the british viewpoint is the re cognition on the part of denmark that the balance of trade is now heavily in denmarks favor and her willingness having started at 9441g t0 adjust it origin of daylight saving london- the credit for originating the idea of daylight saving time is ahead at the opening and never once claimed for william willett a chelsea looked back buying orders literally poured into to pit heavy buying from new york and chicago gave the market impetus shortly after the opening and advances of more than two cents were quickly chalked up later reports came in that europe was in the market for canadian wheat and prices again surged upward to higher levels more than 1000000 bushels were earmark ed for export contributing to the upturn was the lowered value ot the united states dollar and the rise in the pound ster ling allcheques tax now in effect the empire bonne entente in s africa thbso la close touch with parlia ment have known for somo years that tho old barriers were crumbling the delegation to ottawa illustrated in houblo fashion how tho parties had learned to work together in amity vhen occasion required but the coun try as a whole not unnaturally had roosevelt starts to reorganize has plans to remodel rail ways and government departments washington president roosevelt has completed a comprehensive rail road reorganization program designed to remove excessive costs and put the carriers on a paying basis it will be placed before congress early this week the united press learned sun day night tho president also has ready for submission at an early date his plan for- reorganizing government depart ments under the wide powers granted by congress from which largo savings cral deeds oil royalties and fixed in government costs are visualized three cents levy on amounts under 5 also postal notes ottawa april 30 additional taxa tion imposed by the budget delivered in the house of commons on march 21 is now in effect from may 1 this is the three cent excise tax on com mercial paper all tax exemptions on cheques are removed with the ex ception ot cheques drawn in favor of farmers by butter or cheese factories previously all cheques in excess ot 5 had to carry tho excise tax on and after may 1 the 5 limitation is aband oned and the tax will be imposed with out regard to the amount named in the cheque another form ot the same tax effec tive may 1 is that which provides for its imposition on postal notes at the rato ot three cents the tax will also be applied to cer tificates documents or other instru ments of title capable of being sold transferred or assigned including min- builder in 1907 he devoted himself to a campaign for putting the clock forward eighty minutes in the spring and summer months and succeeded in getting a bill introduced in parliament in 19qs although it was not until sunday may 21 191g a year after his death that daylight saving was actually instit uted from then summer time was re newed in britain from year to year by a series of acts until 1925 when a permanent act was introduced pro viding that summer time should be gin on the day next following the third saturday in april or if that day is easter day the day next fol lowing the second saturday in april and that it should end on the first saturday in october this year summer time in britain lasts from april 9 to october 8 which is the longest period possible the agreement recognizes 1 the intention of the british government to develop her agricultural industry 2 that the agreements signed at ot tawa must be maintained danish bacon and hams are assured g2 per cent ot the amount which un der the british agriculture scheme may be imported from foreign coun tries the figure granting imports of canadian bacon as agreed upon at ot tawa is to be retained in agreeing to make no change n the tariff the bri tish government hold- that bacon im ports can more effectively be regu lated by the quantitative method pioneer of resort business has simple funeral ices thursday night mr carroll declar ed the shock occurred about 3100 miles from toronto and ottawa ottawa a severe earthquake was registered at the dominion observat ory thursday it was reported the first preliminary tremors arrived at 944 pm est the distance to the epicentre was 4930 kilometers or 3060 mile3 the time at the origin was approximately 930 pm the record continued for three hours also new orleans new orleans la a severe earth- quake apparently about 3500 miles j from new orleans was reported as recorded on the seismograph at loy ola university the school said the first shock was recorded at s45 pm huntsville by her own decree the central standard time with trem- body of mrs william holinshead was ors continuing until past 9 pm borne to the family plot on the old homestead in brunei township on a democrat wagon without any embel lishments her husband died in 1906 and his funeral was of the simplest type mrs hollinshead s8 and one ot the earliest pioneers requested that het funeral be an exact duplicate ot her husbands particularly stating that one of the farm vehicles be used to convey her body to the grave and that there should be no motor cars in the procession her wishes were re spected and she was laid away with simple honors beside her husband on the farm where they settled as bride and groom 05 years ago they were among the first to estab lish tourist trade on fairy lake their farm home being used as the holins head hesort 35 years ago four sonn reside locally and one daughter and two sons reside elsewhere the markets woman is confirmed as u s mint director washington nellie taylor ross former governor of wyoming was confirmed by the senate friday night as director ot the mint mrs ross who always has taken a prominent part in democratic party activities succeeds robert j grant vestment trust shares france is preparing to pay debt to u s paris premier edouard daladier washington april 30 primo minis- was said by his friends last week to ter r b bennett of canada and presi- common ground is reached by roosevelt and bennett no dumping duty on british goods bo actively preparing to pay the de faulted debt instalment due the unit ed states he is known to consider assurances ot a moratorium on the juno 15 pay ment by president roosevelt as satis factory and may decide to pay tho defaulted instalment immediately af ter former premier hcrrlots return from washington it is more likely however that he will ask tho chamber of deputies to approve tho 19000000 interest which was duo last december 15 when that body convenes may 10 dent roosevelt announced saturday an understanding on the purposes of econ omic improvement the joint statement follows our conversations have been emin ently satisfactory in establishing a common ground of approach to the principal problems of the world mone tary and economic conference we areagrccd that our primary need is to insure an increase in the general level ot commodity prices to this end simultaneous action must be taken both in tho economic and in the monetary fields economic and monetary policies must e adjusted to permit a freer in ternational exchange of commodities it is recognized that as soon as argentina trade pact london walter runclman presid ent of the board of trade announced in the houso ot commons last week practicable an international monetary that a trade agreement on all points standard must be restored with ar- of prlnclplo has been reached with rangements that will insure a more the general improvement of world argentina ho gave no details satisfactory operation of international dltlons monetary relationships wo have examined a series of pro posals for the more effective employ ment of silver no one of the problems can be pos sibly dealt with in isolation from tho others nor can any single country ac compllsh a satisfactory solution wo therefore recognize the vital import ance to mankind ot tho world econ omic conference and tho necessity of reaching in the weeks remaining be fore it is convened as great a mea sure of mutual understanding as pos sible we have also discussed the prob lems peculiar to the united states and canada we have agreed to begin a search for means to increase tho ex- department of national rev enue advises due to strong pound sterling ottawa while the pounds remains above 42g canada will apply no dum ping duty to imports from the united kingdom it was announced saturday by the department of national rev enue a bulletin to this effect went to evory customs collector in the coun try when the pound began sinking af ter tho united kingdom abandoned gold in september 1931 canada ap plied a dumping duty in the last few days the pound has strengthened on canadian exchanges today it was 435 5s at montreal and this had the effect of offsetting tho set value for duty purposes officials of tho national revenue department said no further duty val uations would he sot for the pound while it remained above the 425 fig ure it it sank below that a valuo would be set and ot course dumping duties would be applied again london wants radio station ottawa no license has been grant ed for a radio broadcasting station change of commodities between our in london ont hon alfred duran- two countries and thereby promote icau minister of marine told tho not only economic betterment on tho houso ot commons last week but an north american continent but also application from the london free con- press for a 10watt station was being i considered produce prices toronto dealers are buying produce at the following prices eggs prices to farmers and coun try shippers uigraded cases return ee fresh extras 14c fresh firsts 12c seconds 10c cracks 9c graded cases free 15c for fresh extras 14c for fresh firsts 12c for seconds butter no 1 ontario creamery solids 21 to 21c no 2 20 to 21c churning cream special 23c no 1 22c no 2 isc fob shipping points and average of 21 20 and 17c fob country points cheese no 1 urge colored paraf fined and government graded 9c twins 94c triplets 9c grain quotations following are saturdays closing quotations on grain transactions for car lots prices on basis cf bay ports manitoba wheat no 1 hard 66c no 1 northern 63 no 2 northern 62c no 3 northern 61c manitoba oats no 2 cw 31 c no 3 cw 29sc no 1 feed 28c mixed feed oats 20c manitoba barley no 3 cw ssvsc no 1 f ei 1 screenings 13 per ten ontario grain approximate prices track shipping poitt wheat 65 to 68c oats 26 to 28c barley 32 to 35c corn 60 to 52c rye 32 to 5c buck wheat 28 to 30c live stock quotations steers up to 1050 lbs good and choice 450 to 475 do med 425 to 450 do com c450 to 4 steers over 1050 lbs gooj and choi- 465 to 5 do med 425 to 450 do com 375 to 425 heifers good and choice 450 to 475 do mod 425 to 450 do com 350 to 4 fed calves good and coice 550 to 6 do mod 450 to 525 cows good 3 to 350 do med 250 to 275 do com 225 to 250 canners and cutters 1 to 2 bulls good 275 to 325 do com 175 to 250 stockers nd feeder steers good 350 to 4 do com 275 to 325 milkers and springers 25 to 45 calves rrood and choice veals 5 to 6 do com and med 250 to 5 hogs bacon fob 525 do off trucks 550 do off cars 575 good ewe nd wether lambs 8 do mod 725 to 775 bucks 6 to 7 culls 5 to 650 good light sheep 350 to 4 do heavies 250 to 325 do culls 1 to 225 ramsay macdonalds trip is stamped a success london prime minister ramsay macdonalds american mission was sealed with the final mark of success in the utterances he made in now york before his departure for home it was declared in government circles the prime minister made no mis- tako throughout his whole american visit so far as is known here by offi cials who have kept in closest pos sible touch with the washington talks and he returned to westmin ster with undiminished prestige for carrying through the program arran ged with president roosevelt informed quarters here assert that mr macdonald and mr roosevelt have reached an understanding which ought to ensure the success of the world conference provide the odd job veterans income tax not payable this year ottawa the ottawa citizen says great war veterans will not have to pay an income tax on tholr pen sions for 1932 the citizen learned from rellablo sources the budget regulation announced by hon e n rhodes minister of finance that all war pensions would bo considered part of a mans income for income taxation purposes will not be retro active tj the doctor would make a good re former he stops smoking long enough to tell you to quit at this season of the year when debris and dirt which have accumu lated during the winter months should bo cleared away and improvements made about tho home citizens are af forded an opportunity to relievo the unemployment situation until such time when work on the land hits its full stride and regular summer ac tivity gets under way neglecting improvements to prop erties is actually false economy fur thermore material and labor aro so low in cost that now is a good time to have this kind of work done even it tho jobs provide but a few hours ot work if there are enough of them they will help considerably in the aggregate inspect your property and asceitan what repairs arc necessary kitchen er record music publisher dies montreal j e bclalr wellknown frenohcancilian music publisher died here last week mr eclair who wai born at st paul de jollaue w3s edit or and publisher of the pass3teio3 i an arc review