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three drownings over weekend welland boy killed by train winnipeg man drowns at kenora weiland lad runs in front of train mot orcycle collision kenora vveakmed by long im mersion in the water vher hi canoe overturned wret e mclarron of winnipeg vice-pr- sident of the can adian amateur basketball associa tion drowned neat miaki when he attempted to swiia to shore- with thre companions mclarnon han left cniip stvens on the win nipeg river and headed for minaki- some distance from shote their canoe overturned- aftei clinging to their lcfoot craf for 45 ninnies mc larnon volunteer- to ivim t shore for assistaivt an accomplished swimmer he struck out cut h i not gone far be fore he collapsed his long period in the water hrd sipped his strength and h sank too far away for his comrades to aid him the three remniiig were picked up by a pairing iurer and brought hee boy killed by train wetland uunrng foro behino a freight traii which haj just crossed tht ontario poad crossing or the to ronto hamilton rd ouftal o rail way nto tn pa-r- ol a passenger train jo iutka nineyearold son of ills anrie lufka iofl harriett street weiand was istanl killed sunday aftrrnoon with a number of ohe children the lad ha been wai to make the crossing whih is unprotected after rhc freight proedirj east hail passed the passehwr tram was approaching from the east which the la1 fnivt to notice immidialely th fright passed the ld darted forward am was stru by ihe en gine of the passger train his body was iirimy mangled dr dunran alisoa of welland county coroner was alled ts well as chief of police daniel t boyd an inquest will be opned monday morning ottawa boy drowne ottawa nineyearold kenneth lafleur was drowned ir the ridcau river sunday while swmninf the body was recovered shortly after and although atlificii- respiration was useless no inquest will be held lad drowned niagara vails ont- rough water overturned a canoe in the chippawa creek sunday afternoon throwing two boys irto the water one of whom john herbert 14 was drown ed the other lad harod j groom was able to make shore but herbert disappeared dragging being car ried on but is handicapped by lack of grappling irons tie water was choppy because of the vind but all went well ith the bots for a time until a big wave struck he craft broadside overtutning it the boy who was dtwned is a on o james and mrs herbert this city two from toronto hurl hespeler two toronto persons were injured ont ser ously v ben their motor ycle itruck a en just west of here sunds afternoon david cranston lundas street west driver of thi cycle was badly shak en up and miss irene factor ecith street ridirg on he pillion suffer ed concussion of ihe bain arc other injuries be were given fmt aid and taken to gait hosrital the car was driven ty fred vatderlip pres ton the motorcycle was making a turn at a cross rood- a british legion parade coast province is encouraging selective logging old high lead system is declared to be doomed voice of the press canada speaking of permits the law requires the motoric to produce his license to drive when ever he is asked for it the law itself is wise enough with the one condition that a little commonsense is used in its application it is ob vious how it assists in identification in case of search for a stolen car for example there was a case it will be re- the duke of york attended the british legion memorial parade held recentiv on the horse guards parade in london he i shown left wih sir hamilton inspecting the legicn famous railroad humorist ends life by his own hand mendelssohn choir barred from air international donvoic i day nncclerj by commission ture i or l produce prices farmers cooperailre co were paying the tjowing produce toronto there can he to basis for negotiation toward settlement of the boycott of canadian radio com mission stations by union musicians according to a statement issued here on saturday by hector charsswortli commission chairman until the spokesmen of the union recedy from ther deinaiiil for recognition o the union to the exclusion oi other groups and individuals in the meantime it was ar aounc- ed that the commission hao been compelled by the strike to abandon its plan for an international broadcast next sunday to be heard in the bri tish isles of a dominion day program featuring the mendelssohn choir premier bennett is to deliver an ad dress during the program dr fricker has notified ihe com mission that he has been instructed by walter murdoch chairman of the union musicians he cannot tike part in the broadcast dr fricker is a member of the toronto musical pro tective assoociation one of he units participating in the strike the place of the mendelssohn choir will be taken it was announced by one of several very fine choirs in other cities of canada which are an xious to participate support for the unions in ihe boy cott will be forthcoming from ameri can federation of musicians with which canadian union musicians are affiliated according to associated press despatchs from cleveland jos eph webber president of the feder ation says canadians musicians will have all the assistance we can give mr webber voiced assurance how ever that the federation had no thought of attempting to dictate to tho canadian unions as to how they should soltle the strike or intervening in the dispute farmers lse a isos re- medium tiamery united saturday prices foe eggs prices turned a inl ine c if butter ontario no 19 3lc no 2 19 l4c poultry wholesale prices on poultry as sup plied by the united farmers co oper ative co in toronto saturday were quotations in cents live dressed and he a hens over 5 lbs it four to five lbs 10 three to four lbs 9 old roosters i spring chickens over four lbs hi three to four lbs 14 2vi to three lbs 12 broilers 1 34 to 2 2 lbs it a 13 12 11 s wholesale provisions wholesale provision dealers are quoting the following prices to tor onto retail dealers pork hams 20c shoulders 1514c butts 17c pork loin 21c picnics ltic lard pure tierces sls tubs flve pails 10c prints 9me mineral wells texas the au thor of a slow train through ark ansas and many other chucklefilled booklets is dead tho body of thomas w jackson the railroad humorist wis found in the bathroom of his home here by mrs jackson a bullet wound in the temple apparently selfinflicted caus ed death the booklets jackson wrote published sold mostly on trains was the train butchers joy his most famous joke conci ins a cleanshaven passenger on that slow train through arkansas afte stop ping for several cows on the track and conversations between the train crew and farmers the passenger had grown a lengthy beard he complained of the slow service if you dont like it why dont you get out and walk the ctnduetor snapped i cant my familys waiting for me they dont expect me until the train gets in the passenger replied other excerpts giving ar idea of the speed of the slowmoving train in clude it was so slow that the crew took the cow catcher oft the locomotive and put it on the last car to keep cattle from jumping into the sceper an old graybearded man was the butcher boy i told him i thought they always had boys to do his job and he replied that he was a boy when the train started s r the train stopped buee and i asked the conductor the rearn be said there are some cattle rn the track the train proceedtd and presently stopped again i again asked the conductor the reason and he re plied we have caught up with those cattle again one passenger in disgust and des peration tried to commit suice he jumped off the train rwi ahead a few- yards and lay down co the track but the poor fellow died of starvation before the train leached him goodyear payroll rises 90 per cent akron ohio salary and wage of employes at the goodyear tire rubber co showed an increase of 90 per cent during the fir t five months of 1034 as compared to the same period last year president p- w litchfield announces during the months of january to may inclusive the payroll was 11- 48g000 compared to 6037000 a year ago- at the present time litch field said 10000 men anil women are employed compared to 14000 a year ago this represents an increase of 30 per cent average hourly earrings of good- 1 year employes are greater th n dur ing the boom period of 10o and 1028 and average purchasing power is the highest it has ever been the goodyear president said vancouver the bkh lead system which has been charged with the ruination of some of the most valuable stands of timber in british columbia appears to he doomed it may take some year3 to eliminate it altogether but the provincial gov- called in new glasgow where a ernment is taking steps to encourage gentleman his office being on lire selective logging i jumped into his car in his pyjamas critics of the highland system and fell into the clutches of the law which was introduced to meet the because he omitted in his haste somewhat unusual conditions in brl- to put his license in his pocket tisu columbia forests where the tint- this reduces everything to an ab- ber grows to 200 feet and higher and surdity commonsense is the pre- the surface of the ground is rougher sumption behind even the strictest than most forested areas claim law the letter killeth the spirit that it destroys a vast quantity of qulckeneth young growth and other timbot that i remained for goderlch to pro- is not specifically being logged for duco an unusual case where the drl- instance in order that the loggers ver unable to produce his permit was may lake out a single douglas fir haled into court to the satisfac- giant half a dozen other smaller j tio of tho magistrate he showed trees of a species not so readily 1 sufficient reasons why he was unable markable may be smashed down and 0 produce it he had had it in his destroyed loss through this agency overalls his wife put the overalls la is reckoned in millions of dollars he washtub they went through tho most of the loggers themselves sulls he rinsing water the wringer have insisted that high lead log- j hew awhile on tho clothesline and ging is the only practicable method anally were duly ironed out of getting out timber and that con- the remains of his permit after ditions in british columbia are not he process were produced in court similar to those in oregon the writing was gone the paper was government foresters and logging bleached nothing but the number re- operators themselves admit that it mained but that was enough case the present methods are tolerated dismissed halifax chronicle mucji longer the great coastal stands of timber in british columbia will soon be a thing of the past a few- years ago the stand of douglas fir the largest species known to british columbia was 70000000000 feet the estimate now is only 50000- 000000 feet and of this 14000000- 000 is represented in the smaller for ests east of the cascades meanwhile powell river company largest newsprint manufacturer in british columbia announces that it will experiment on a large scale with j lake shipping up 4 per cent for month of may 8010- 441 tons is total ahead of 1933 tobacco company signs agreement montreal que gray miller president of the imperial tobiccc co of canada ltd states that the on tario flue cured tobacco grovvtrs are now practically assured for 1934 a prico based on 27c per lb for an aver age crop although we are still without any assurance that other manufacturers will follow our lead wo have npw agreed to meet the re quest of the growers for a 2c aver age price and wo have given them our definite undertaking in writing to adhere to that basis for the 1934 crop provided they can secure an agree ment from tho other manufacturers to pay the same price grain quotations following are saturdays closing quotations on toronto grain transac tions for ear lots prices on bisis cif bay ports manitoba wheatno 1 northern s2c no 2 northern 79c no 3 northern 70 34c no 4 ncithern 75 34c no 5 northern 73 3 4c no 0 northern 70 34c manitoba oats no 3 cw 414c no 1 feed 10 34c mixed feed oats 29e manitoba bailey no 3 cw 50i4c no 4 cw 49iic no 1 teed screen- 1 lugs j1900 per ton argentine corn 70c ontario grain approximate prices track shipping point whoa 99c to 102 oats 40 to 45c barloy 43 to 50c corn g5 io 70c rye 48 to 50c buckwheat 5s to 00c wheat export value higher may total of 19023770 bushels gave canada 13562154 rector advertises toronto pcv c v ii scaifc a free church of england rector has distributed a blotter with his tele phone number as an invitation when iq need of clergyman to telephone t he said that he had th blotters n because suffering liu- jftcn needs a clergy nan and nr- where to find one ottawa export of wheat in miy amounted to 19023770 bushels valu ed at 13562154 an increase in value but a decrease in volume as compared with the corresponding month last year when 21464848 bushels valued at 13081791 wore exported the dominion bureau of statistics says n a report issued re- cently the average value of wheat in may last year was g09 cents for bushel while last month it was 718 cents wheat flour exported last monh amounted to 481725 bushels valued ottawa freight through the great lakes and st lawrence can als during may registered an increase of 47 per cent over the same month of 1933 according to t report of the dominion bureau of stat the total for tse last monh was 8010- 141 tons and for may of last year 5435008 tons through the lucks at sault ste marie the freight increasej from 3- 490330 tons in may 1933 to 5744- 605 tons in may 1934 wheat ship ments were lightei than last year by 6668297 bushels or 23 per cent but other grains increased by 3- 572830 bushels ron ores increased from 953152 tons to 2611241 tons and bituminous coal from 821273 tons to 1525604 rons freight using the woran1 ship canal last month was the leavicst for any may it amounted t 1278121 tons as against 1165853 tons in 1931 the previous high may record and 1109132 tons in may last year- wheat was lighter than in 1933 by 148570 tons or 4952300 bushels but all other grais were much heav ier than last year and bituminous coal increased by 152244 tons and iron ore by 33448 tons no iron ore passed through in may 1933 total traffic using he caral am ounted to 978625 tons as against 835540 tons in may 1933 bitumin ous coal increased by 53556 tons gasoline by 30107 tons pulpwood by 20471 tons rye by 20 588 tons oats by 19029 tons peroleim and oils by 14106 tons and iron and steel by 12488 tons wheat decreased by 87637 tons and llour by 8401 tons german girls strive for athletic honor berlin conditions governing the award of the badge of athletic achievement in the national social ist state were recently published by herr baldur von schirach leader of the hitler youth movement the athletic girl must be able to run 75 meters in 13 seconds do a minimum high jump of one meter and long jump of 34 meters throw a threeounce ball 25 meters swim 200 meters 100 meters with and 100 against the current and peddle 15 kilometers on a bicycle in an hour german girls were at the same time reminded that the fitness of the german nation depended upou them britain and france end trade war toronto trade difficulties be tween the united kingdom and france were removed by a new trade devoted service unbroken service of 03 years with one newspaper half a century of service as direc tor of the editorial policy of that newspaper that is a remarkable record the record of a veteran maritime editor j sutton boyd who has passed away at moncton in his 7gth year mr boyd was editor of the monc ton times and be was a very able editor recognized from coal to selective logging this year a system i coas canada as one of the ablest which protects growing timber not the profession in this country removed by the actual cutting opera- halifax herald tiotis how about mufflers now- it is the stray cat that is en gaging ihe attention of tht civic fathers where the dog was accused of spoiling gardens and tempers the cat is pointed out as a sly and slip pery hunter of birds if she would sharpen her claws for sparrows no tuss would be made about hut she seems to prefer song birds so it has been suggested that the cat teaching gains ground president of english board tells of increasing desire to gain truth london a deeper more inspired teaching of the bible is called for in should wear a little bell that hall a report recently issued here by the ring merrily when she approaches a board of education a report based robin perhaps even a license might agreement initialled recently at thc conclusions drawn from a series 1 be required foreign office- i ot informal talks between a body of one thing only have the city tattlers both countries will withdraw mea- nien and women of varying shades of overlooked it is all very weh to de- sures for quotas on importr and i theological belief who met under tho vise schemes for making cats audible countervailing duties applied against i chairmanship of lord halifax j each other some months age and mostfavorednation treatment will be mutually conceded the pact embodies decision to im prove the conditions governing trade in certain agricultural products but no particulars of the agreement will be made public until the pact is ac tually signed probably next week more jobs for grads cambridge mass students and graduates of harvard university are well up in the big parade back to business normalcy according to statistics from tho business school figures showed a decided increase pils of discontinuing religious hi- both in the number of men who have i structiou during the last year of secured employment and in the school life pressure of examination amount of wages they receive as compared to last year presi- in day time but a muffler for night dent of the board of education use is even more imperative a feline increasing interest in religious serenade at midnight with beils ac- education is being shown by the local companiment is almost too awful to education authorities by governing contemplate edmonton journal bocfies and by the teachers them- selves it was stated members of the true committee agreed that it was of the many a mans socalled dignified si- utmost importance that those teach- lence is due to the lamentable fact ers who have responsibility for this 1 that he doesnt know what to say difficult subject should have oppor- ottawa journal utilities of securing by training and i study the best possible equipment would wed a good mn for it mrs lenora z medcr attorney and one of the stiimbllngblocks in the wellknown club woman of ihe middle path of such opportunity they said west was speaking in chicago after lies in the practice adopted by cer- having been elected president 0 ihe tain secondary schools where future chicago business and profesional teachers are included among the puj womens club among a number of england crazy over foreign artists states once famous british tenor automatic system gives false alarm tillsonburg some few weeks ago an automatic electric alarm system was installed in the soldiers memor ial hospital and connected to the fire hall last week citizens and firemen alike had a realistic demonstration of i its efficiency when a short- circuit 1 turned in the alarm- two minutes 1 later the brigade had the hose coupled at 1631024 as compared with 565j at the hospital corner lvady for cmer- 080 barrels at 173078 in may g only to find out it was a false alarm 10 london once tom burke the famous tenor earned 27000 in a single year be has been paid jctoo for a single nights work recently he talked to a newspaper representative in a tiny rented room in south kensington for tom burke has now no home of his own he has not earned a penny for a year it is only in the last two or three years that things have gone wrong he said i am 3s my voice is in its prime i was famous at 17 and in the years which followed made over 250000 i lost most of it in speculations refused to pander yet i have not made a halfpenny in the last year i havent a farth ing in tho world and must either live at my fathers house or enjoy the hospitality of friends you ask me why this is listen ft is because i have refused to pander to the stupid ignorance of tho british public who will not respect a singer unless ho comes from some obscure european country sings with a foreign accent and has a name which is difficult to pronounce in short because i am british were i to call myself tomaso burkski and sing in bad english i should probably be overwhelmed with work walking through the west end the other things the lady said this every clubwoman and every professional woman old or young subjects might tempt authorities to j would gladly chuck her eareet to admit of such a discontinuance but marry a good man its results are none the less harmful good land lenora we were mi ex since they lead not only to a with- pecting anything like that when a drawal of bible study during that j professional woman one steeped in period when young people ate most the lore of clubs and all such iffnirs eager to undertake it but also to a rose to speak we expected something kind of tacit assumption that this about the inborn desire of the pies- study is of less importance than aro ont age for self expression something oher studies about womens purifying influence the prospective teacher undergo- when applied to world affairs aid so ing college or university training in on never did we expect to hear england is usually well provided that the woman young or old would with means of studying both the chuck the whole thing and go siamp- scriptures themselves and the meth- crliig off from the moorings of single- ods of imparting them the commit- ness if a good man came her way ee felt that such means should bo we must admit though thai the ing europe english artists cannot get vv a basls tler0 q 1 sta n b j is it is felt a very real need that she said something about marrying men and women of competent under- a good man its one thing in lie standing should be put in charge of a successful man a wellknown man scriptural teaching especially at a a popular man but it is something time when modern knowledge makes more to be able to qualify iiujfi the old methods of interpretation unac general title of a pood man stratford deaconherald other night i passed four theatres all employing foreign artists in lead ing parts yet there aro hundreds of fine british artists without a meal to eat wellpaid foreigners england has gone crazy over for eign artists forgetting that in the i j wave of nationalism which is sweep- rvj work abroad nearly all the principal roles in ihe covent garden opera house this season aro filled by foreigners germans who sing in had italian are being paid fabulous sums to come to england two out of every three artists who played in a recent concert at the royal albert hall in aid of tho british artists benevolent fund were foreigners british artists of proved worth havo had to change their names to become successful edward johnson the famous bri tish singer at the metropolitan opera house new york had to change his to eduardo dl giovanni before he was recognized another britisher is known as leopold stokowski and is now con ductor of the famous philadelphia symphony orchestra but tom burke is not beaten he is as robust as ever and he is de fiant i intend to fight he says i am down but not out ceptable i much the committee agreed might j be done by means of consultation be- thte tragic gun tween training colleges and depart- 1 listening to a case before the as- ments and between these bodies and sizes last week one could no but be tho board of education acting in an struck and that disagreeably with advisory and not in an inspectorial the fact that in one small and by no capacity i means unsafe community although every advantage should bo laken somewhat removed from any large of the obvious desire of teachers to centre several men were in the habit impart the truths of the bible to of toting revolvers all as a mailer of young people and to impart them ac- course because they were afraid of curately and with wisdom toose e other fellows gun who lecture to intending teachers we cannot help milking and be should for this reason the committee eve it will be borne out b the urged possess a high standard of facts that all of the mcn nntloiicd knowledge and the greatest skill in were not natives of the country or presentation nrnperly established citizens bill in- j dividuals who have come in here with a wholly erroneous idea as to cana- openair physical culture classes cllsloms and wavs still nelievlnp for women and girls are being held wls a k a woolly conn kils summer in a public park in try w 10 earrv a gun was rather leeds england ma