S V :.-£: AIR FUGHT ACROSS ATLANTIC TO BE UNDERTAKEN IN MAY Trip Is Feasible aa There are Airplanes Now Availa/)le Which are Capable of Making the Journeyâ€" -Mail Service Between England and United States in 1920. â- pSP^'TPW""' A despatch from I/ondon sBjrs: â€" Gen. Brancker, who is giving up his post as Mastcr-Cieneral of Personnel in the Ailr Ministry to devote his t-jne to commercial aviation, in an in- ter\iew with the Daily Express as- serted that a flight across the At- lunlie prolxibly would' be accom- pUslioJ in May. He added that the trip was fpa!iible at the present mo- ment as there were three or four types of airplanes available which were caralile of niak nf? the flight. Ceil. Brancker said the time was not far distant when :iirpl:nics would be owned and driven as automobile are to-day. He said it probab^- woul<l be neccs?arj' to establish on eeriul police force, the duty of which would l>e to watch over air routes and frontiers. TTie Evening News says It has been ofTicially informel that the British Admiralty is embarking on a big pro- j gramme of airship construction. Air ! ships are be ng built with a gas capa- j city of 2,500,000 cubic feet. The air- craft will have a large lifting capa- city and will l>e able to make between CO and 70 miles an hour, and they ' will carry crews of 25 men. I Still larger airships are projected ' and flights with passengers are pre- dicted for the near futur*. Several f iryhips whji-h will be equal in .=ize and capacity to the largest Zeppelin.^, j and v.hii-h are of a similar rigid type : are being built. Primarily they are j bair.g eonstniet»d for sea work and I general observation duty for the navy. These aiiv<hips, it is said, wiM be capable of remaining in the air for a week. I The newspaper says a regular air- ship mail service between England 1 and the Uni'ted States during the I Biimmor of 1920 is regarded as cer- I tain by airship builders. "-^IPT^ UNITED STATES i BRITISH LEARN VOTED "DRY"! LESSONS OF WAR Effective in 1920â€" Remaining 8 1 Stales Expected to Fall j in Line. A desp:iLch from Washington Rays; â€" The American nation was voted dry on Thursday by constitu- tional amendment, effective approxi- mately a year hence, when the Legis- lature of Nebraska, the home of Wil- liam Jennings Bryan, one of the fore- mo.^t champions of prohibition, rati- fied the proposed amendment. Ratift- tation of the amendment by 3C of the 18 States was necessary to make it a valid pari of the American constitu- tion. Nebraska was the thirty-sixth State. Only eight States remain out in the jold tlu'ough failure thus far of their Legislatures to approve the imiend- -nent. These niissing Commonwealths aio New York, Pennsylvania, Now Jcv?.ey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Minnesota, New Mexico and Nevada. Five of these missing States arc tvmoug tlie thirteen original missing States. Prohibition leaders expect most of these eight States to ratify before the cud of the month. The Legislatures of all eight of these States-, except that of Nevada, are in «es;<ion. Nevada's Legislature will mtel .ianuary 20. PANEL SYSTEM AT PEACE CONFERENCE En;il)les Rritnin to Admit Repre- sentatives of Dominions. A (lei^palch frum Ltnvloii .says: â€" According to the olficial statemeut fivcn out by the Governments taking part in the preliminary peace conver- â- iations, the meeting adopted the fol- lov.'ing two general principles: One.â€" Each delegation being a unit, the number of delcgt-xtes forming it shall liave no influence upon its status at I he conference. Two. â€" In the selection of its dele- gation each nation may avail itself of the panel system. This will enable i-ach Rlulc at discretion to entrust its ii'lerests to such pcrious as it may designate. Tlie adoption of the panel .system will in particular enable the Hiitis'.i Empire to admit among its five dtle- giites representatives of the Domin- ions, including Newfoundlund, which fias no separate repvesenlation, :inJ of India. How Germans Controlled Indus- try IJeforc 1914. A despatch from London says: â€" Sir Eric Geddes, Minister without liortfolio in the new Cabinet, in an address bera-e the Associated Cham- bers of Commerce, said the biggest thing that had been learned in the war and the greatest benefit that could be gotten from it was that the Briti.sh people had discovered as a natinn wh.it they could do if they pul- led together. They had^ improved machinery and methods and also electric power, the great modernizer of industries. Thoy had learned much about German "key" industries and the way the Ger- mans controlled British industi-y be- fore the war. As an instance, Sir Eric mentioned spelter and tungsten, which, though controlled through Germany, came al- most entirely from the British Em- pire, while the whole monopoly of magneto manufacture, indisnensible to modern development in steel plants, was held back by the dumping of pieces of apparatus, such as crank castings, on the Tyne and the Clyde at prices lower than the cost of the raw material. GUILT OF .STARTING WAR riXED ON KAISER A despatch from Berne says: â€" A German commission appointed to ic- tcrmine the former Kaiser's respons.- bility for the war has offi dally re- c'^n.mended that ho be brought to trial, according to 'nformiitio.i re- ceived from Berlin. The recomniendatii-n v/aa announced by Heir Kautaky, who was appointed by the present German G >vernme:it ti direct examination of documents in the archives of the Foicif.n Oflice. "Marginal notes in the Kaiser's own handwriting on the most iniporl- ant papers in the Foreign Ofllco prove he was one of the principal war nuik- er.^," Kautsky reported. " It is nec- essary to bring him before a tribunal." \olerans Give Aidâ€" Messrs. W. B. Tail (1), David Lou;rhndn (2) and K. B. Ma;;'.veM (:)) have been named by the Great War Veterans' -\3s0c.iati0n, at thj recpie.st of the Dominion Govei-nment, to act as an ad- v;sory council to the Repjitriation Comn;'itU;e, of which Koii. J. A. (.'aider is chairman and Mr. H. J. Daly chief •-xecutive officer. 'lht..;e three, all of whom saw service early in the wur. ami have been home in Canada long enough to have a grasp of the new conditions th." v.;ir has brought about, are devoting their whole time to conferring with the^committee upan its many pi>oblera=. Mr. fait who is a graduate of Dalhousie and Har- vard Universities, and prior to goim;: overseas was assistant professor of psychology at McGill University, served as major with the 7th Canadian Siege Battery. Mr. Maxwell, who belongs to Winnipeg, enlisted early enough in 1914 to receive the regimental number "723", served with the 8th Battalion, the "Little Black Devils", ar.d was wounded at the second Ixittle of Ypres. He was twice president of the Winni7>eg G. W. V. A. Mr. Loughnan served overseas with the I'Jth Battalion and was wounded at YpTes. Since his return to Canada he has been honored with many ofl'ices in veterans' organizations and is now editor of "The Veteran." UNIFIED COMiilAND I CANNON TO BOMB I BRITISH SHIPS TO ON SIBERIAN LINEj THE RHINE TOWNS ! CARRY U.S. TROOPS French General in Supreme Charge of Allied Forces in Russia. A despatch from Omsk rays: â€" Unity of command on the Siberian front has been arranged', and the French general, Jules Janln, who has British Had Just Completed Gun | Olympic and Aquitania Will Also To Carry 90 Miles. j be Loimed During February. A despatch frcm London says: â€" Ai A despatch from New York :-ays: big gun, whdi was expected to be of { â€"Nine British vessels with a total even gieater power tton % "Big ; carrying capacity 01 27,750 men have Bertha" was among the secret pro- , been place*! at the disposal of the ductions of the Sheffield Cannon ! Amen'can Government /for tha trans- Markets of the World Breadstuff Toionlo, Jan. 21. â€" Manitoba wheat --No. 1 Northern, ?2.-24%; No. 2' Nort.hcrn, .$2.21; No. 3 Northern, ?2.17V2; No. 4 wheat, $2.11 Vi, in store Fort William, not including tax. Manitoba oatsâ€" No. 2 C.W., 71c; No. 3 C.W., ()8c; extra No. 1 feed!,' 68',; ; No. 1 feed. Otic, in store Fort William. .American corn â€" No. 3 yellow, $1.75; No, 4 yellow. $1.70, January shipment. Ontario oat.-i, nev crop â€" No. 2. â- white, 70 to 73c; No. 3 white, 69 to 72c, according to freights outside. Ontario wheatrâ€" No. 1 Winter, per car lot, $2.14 to $2.22; No. 2 do., $2.11 to $2.19; No. 3, do., $2.07 to $2.15; No. 1 Spring, $2.09 to $2.17; No. 2 Spring, $2.06 to $2.14; No. 3 Spring, $2.02 to $2.17 f.o.b., shippinig pci'nts, aceordling to fi'eights. , Pea»â€" No. 2, $2.00. Barley â€" Malting, new crop, 85 tfl 1 90 c, according to frc ghts outside. I Buelnvheatâ€" No. 2, $1.25. Rve â€" No. 2, $1.45, nominal. I iVi'anitoba flourâ€" Old crop, waj I qualty, $11.35, ororjto. I Ontario flourâ€" War quality, old 'crop, $10.25, m. ba(js, Montreal an(J \ Toronto, promv-t shipment, j Mi'llfeedâ€" Car lots, delivered Mont- 'real freights, bags included. Bran, '; $3T.25 per ton; shorts, $42.25 per ton. I Hayâ€" No. 1 $23 to $24 per ton; mixed, $21 to $22 per ton, track Tor- onto. Strawâ€" Car lotr, $10 to $11, tracl* Toronto. Provisionsi â€" W holesale Barrjlled Meatsâ€" Pickled pork, $18; mciss pork, $47. Green Meatsâ€" Ont of pickle, 1» le.sis than smoked feat of the Bolsheviki. Gen. Knox, ' f^ " ^,^^ ^^^^^^ officially cliief of the Britiish Mil itai-y Mission the monster cannon would cai-ry and also in charge of the cornmis- to a distance of 50 miles, but the men sai'iat, is occupied in the task of j working on it were of the opinion that se'acting a reprosentat'va commission ' it prt.bably would be destructive at . , , . _, to study and formulate a plan for J 90 miles. As far as could be judged , ^'''^,^^ J;?.'^,^^'';;^ ^'"j'â„¢'':?': the election of a National A:iscmbly. ! by a layman, the gun was made by ^" ' '"" ""' " " The newspapers call attent'on to | inserting an extra tube into a 15-inch the fact that the workmen's so-opera- 1 long-range naval gun's baiTel, thus tivc organizations of Omsk and else- approximately doublTig the thickness where have proclaimed their support of the barrel and comi>elling it to of the new Government. The Gov- j cany a shell of about 8 iuche:.s in- ernment is actively negotiating with stead c.f 15. The end of the war the powers for recognition and al.w j came before the gun could be put into for participation in the Peace Con- action. Smoked Meats-Uulis. 32 to 33e; hams, medium. oS to C9c; heavy, 30 to 31s; cook&l hams, 51 to 52c; bacla plain, 46 to 47c; l)aoics, boneless, 50 to 52c. Breakfast bacon, 42 to 47c, Cottage rolls, 35 to SGc. loars, in bel- 30c to rlcn- ^ ,,. . . ivntr, tierces, 25i* to 25%s; tu'os. 2"<% In addition, it is announced, the to'26c; paite, 26 to 26Uc' i-lb nnnusy OljTnpic, Mauretania and Acquitniia, | 27 to 27H'C. three of the largest Bri ti.s'li troop | ships, will 'bi-ing additional Anierjcani ferenoe. HAND OVER 58,000 TO SAY GOOD-BYE TO CANADIAN BOYS ^ m mm a ^nmv9.inn ' ^ despatch from London says: â€" Arwl MArS-Sfa'F^ -^ movement is afoot in Bu.xton, the nUllI* Ulilvl UViliO beautiful little Derby.diirc town where ___ ' so many Canadian wounded and in- capacitated have been cared foi-, to "give public expression to the feeling that we are grateful for the excellent . , ^ , . r. !• behavior and management of the A de3patc<h from Berlin says: â€" ti-oops " Under the terms of the prolongation Pl,{,ii^. of the annistice Germany mu ;t de- ' liver by Febi-uary 17 some 58,000 agricuiauial machines of various kinda, Allies Reserve Right to Occupy Fortress of Strassbourg. Ml{>l BAKU OI- TROOPS VIA PANAiMA CANAL A despatch from Panama says: â€" The British troopship Kinpress of Asia passed through the Panama "anal on Thursday on its way from 'Ingland to Vancouver with 1,400 dis- bargcd soldiers on board. CANADIANS AUUIVB AT VLADIVOSTOK A despatch from Vladivostok says:â€" The troop.ship Protcsilaus, with Lieut. -Col. Bickford, 96 oflice'ns, and 1,()69 other ranks of the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Forces, ar- ' rived here on Thursday. Rifleman Butler, of Peterboro, Ont., was killed aboard the steamer by falling debri; during a severe storm encountered on Jan. 1. The death of Butler makes a total of five to date in the force, Sergt. Winn," Kngincers, who sue- cumbed to exposure at River Camp yesterday, being the flfth. The lat- ter's death is the seccmd to occur at that camp. Women workers in Great Britain arc making a vigorous fight to secure the same wages paid men for the same kind of work pi rfoimed by the men. reference is made to the manner in which Canadian officers have endeavored to intei'est the in- i habitants. ill the troops by sports and A3 "a guarantee for tihe fulfilment of , 'iosP't»l>*^y- the demands the Entente also r<!- serves the right of occupy ng the sec- tor ofthe fortress of Stnasbour:? form- ed by the fort'ticalions on the right bank of the Rhine, together with a •strip of territory from fivo to ten kilometres in front of it. The Havas Agency announces the signature of the new clauses of the armistice as they stood concerning the â- surrer.,lcr of Geinian submarines I'cndy for .sea and' the <lestnictl'on of the F.ubmarlnes in the course of con- struction whiich the allied erdnmls- sioners <li'.-;covered in German ports in December. The clause placing the German merchant fleet at the disposal of the allies also was signed. The Olympic and Afpiitania been employed in bringing Canailian troops during the moDtlis. Moat real Markets Mn:itrca], Jan. 2l.--0at^ have No. 1 fp-'d 85c; floe extra ii'.'w Standard home grade $11.25 t« $11.3."; lulled o.'jfcs. past W 90 lbs., $4.00 to SI. 40; bran I $37.26: iShorts $12.2."-; MoiuH.le $68.00 to .'5VC.0O; buy, No. 2, per ton, car lots, ? 19.00 to .S'JO.OO. Chces«, GERMAN DELEGATES ICmest East-mw $27 . 00 to $28 00 ; Uut- TO PF \rv rn\i.-ii'??vvf'K Iter clioice creamery ul'.;: to u.Jc; eggs, 4 1 < u f ~7, . , .ru to 53c; Potatoes, p^r bag. car loa A despatch from Zurich says:â€" -The i^t_70; dressed hogs, aiwuoir ki.l«I Munich newspapers state that the $2i!00 to $23.00; lavd, pure, wood '•'I,'.,- German dclegafes to the Peace Con- ference will be Count von Brockdorff- Rantzau, the Foreign Minister; Prince Lichnowsky, former Ambassador to London; Count Georg Arco, and the Socialist, Karl Kautaky, former Under Seci-otary of Foreign .AfTaii's in the Ebert Government. pails, 20 lbs. net 31 to 3: Live Stock Markets ToLont.0, Jan. 21. â€" Choice heitvy steers, $13.00 to $13.50; butchers' cattle, choice, $12.00 to $12.50; do. good. SI 1.00 to $11.. 50; do. meJium, I $10.00 to $10.25;; do. comrcon, SS.26 I to $8.00; buKs. choi.'o. $10.2.'". to $11.00; do. mcHlium bulls, $9.00 to $9.50; do. rough bulls. $7.50 to $8.00; butchers' cava, ihoice, $10.2."> to $10.75; do. good. $9.50 to $10.00: do. , „ , modluni, $8.50 to $8.75; d"j. comuion, A despatch from London says: $7.00 to 5j,7.75; stocUers, SS.OO to The Admiralty has no immediate In- $10.00; feeders, $10. .50 to $11.50; tention of relaxing its strict blockade canners, $().00 to $6.50: milkers, against Germany, the Central Ne^â- .â- b' i good to choice, $90.00 to SllO./M); d.v says it learns. Admiralty Will Nat Uclax Blockade Against Germany -fr- Two-Hour .\erial Service London to Peace Conference A despatch from London says: â€" .\ regular aerial service between Lon- don and Pari.-?, in connection witli the Peace Conference, will be inaugurated .Monday. A number of airplanes have been fitted up for the service. They have a comfortable cabin for two pas- sengers, iiWluding cushion seats a"d a table, entirely enclosed with glass. The airplanes will make the trip in two liouis. .00: A Now Stunt â€" New way« of hanilling aeroplanes are beimg devised ovevy diay. Tliis flying machine uses sl>ir's guns as dta startijig plat- form. com. and uicJ. $65.00 to $7 Springers, $90.00 to $140.00; iighfi ewes. $l(t.00 to $10. .50; ye.arlings, $12.75 to $13.25; ^prlng Limijs. $15.-5 to $16.00- calvc.^, good to ; choice, $16.00 to $17.75; hv'xs, I weighed off cars, $l?.25; do. fed ;'nJ I watered, $17.00; i.\o. f.o.b. couiUry 1 points, $16.25. Montreal. Jan. 21.- -Choice sttcrj, $12.00 to $13.00; goo<l, $10.50 to $11.50; mrdium, $9..00 to $10.00; choice li'itcher bulls, $9.00 to $10.1'0; goixl, $8.50 to $9.00; medium, $.'<.0a to $8.50; choice but.-jher cows, $9.50 to $10.50; good, .?S.OO to .$9.00; medium. $7.00 to $8.00; canners, ,<!5.00 to $6.00; .-.beep, $9.00 ti» $11.00; Lambs, $11.(10 to $13.00; miilk fed calves, $12.00 to $15.00; gra-sa- Cod, $5.00 U) $7.00; choice si'lecT hogs, $18 to IS. 25. A Worth-while Purchiisc. Alaska has been worth r.uich inura. than its cost -,0 the United States, A lialf-ceniury ago Alaska was pur-, chased at u cost of $7,20.0,00(i, and that original investment has been retiauod to the natleu more than seventy fold, for from the products of tlic'laiul and, sea Alaska has added to the nutionaV we.aUh upward of $500,000,000. tha greater part oE which has been iiro- duced during the last 20 years. Two .â- sources of largo aud steady income ar« copper ore uiul the fit^herie.^. ix^xsra-xxo-Git I". 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