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AUTO ACCIDENT AT NIAGARA FAILS Woman Lost Control of Car Which IMuni^ed Over River Hunli. A despatch from Niagara Fall , Ont., says:â€" A fatal automubile uroi dent occurred in Niaj!;!:!r!i Falls, N.Y.. Kt 8 o'clock on Friday ni(?ht, when a motor car driven by Mrs. Kri"'., wif â-  of Dr. Kritd, dentist, Nia;:ui-a Fall. N.Y., went over the bank and nearV Into the river just al)ovc the Michiga:: Central bridge. Mrs. Kriel is dea'' ta is her nine-year-old d&ufjh'."r, li' mothtrin-law is in a dyin^^ c.M-.ditii â-  in St. Mary's Hospital, and her son, a boy of ei^'ht, is in a very serious con dition. There is ?aid to have been fivi occupants of the car, and it appear- from eye-witnesses' stories that th woman lost control coming dowi Cleveland Ave., a fairly sleep street could not make the turn, and eras'. ci through a v.-ooden waCl and over th( bank. .Assistance was at onco calle tnd on climbing dov.-n the steep ban!- three bodies were found lying on thi rocks. Mrs. Kriel, Sr., and a bo; were found to be still alive but shock {l\gly injured, and were at once attcn ed to. One girl w;is d'.ud when found Still farther down the car was found wedged between some trees. Mrs Kriel v.as foand there dead with shocking -njurics. She wai still grasp ing the steering wheel. The spot where the car went over i-> tearly perpendicular and there was no possible chance of escape. The firemen are at work with block and tackle lifting the car and digging among the debris for the other posfible victim. Several acci dents have occurred at this point Some years ago a similar accident happened, when threo lost their lives BRITISH FORCES 8,654,467 Empire's War Effort Brought 7,130,280 From Mother Country and Colonies. A despatch from London says; â€" The vepoil of the War Cabinet foi 1918 summarizes as follows the Km pi re's A.ir effort: The strength of the regular iirmy re.ser/e and territorial forces on the fourth of August, 191i, wn.^, 73;',r)14 Britain has since recruited 4,00fi,15'< men. With other enlistments in thi United Kingdom and Canada the total white enlistments in the whole Em pi re were 7,180.280. The figures of enlistments for races other than white, including over 1,200,000 from India, were 1,. 024, 187, giving a grand totiil for all race.*! of the Empire of 8,654 ,4«7. In addition to these, Chinese an other labor units were raised foi service in Saloniki, Kgypt and Meso potamia. WAR EFFORTS OF TIJE ALLIES; 1NTERESTL\G STATISTICAL (FROM THK lLLUSTUATP:r) I.O.N'DON NKWS, JUXB3 2S, I'Ji'J). COMPARISONS -♦ WHITMORE'S ESTIM.\TE OF WESTERN CROPS Foreca.sts 8S,000,000 Hushels ol Wheat For Sa.sk., Hi in Man., 21 in Alta. A despatch from Kogina, Sask. says: â€" .\. E. Whitniore of Hegina, a close student of crop conditions for many years, made a forecast that Saskatchewan will have 88,890,000 bu.shels of wheat this year. The Manitoba crop ha placi's at 4.3,()9r>,000 and the Alberta crop at 2 1,951, COO. The yield in Saskatchewan, he estimates at ten bushels; for Mani- toba fifteen, and for .Mberta six. lie has issued forecasts of the samo nature for a number of years, end they have been remarkably accur:ite. Last year, for instance, he estimated 20,000,000 bushels higher than others made at the same time, and was with- in 3,000,000 of the final Government report. GREAT BRITAIN'S HIGH .PLACE IN THE ALLIED ROLL OF^HONOR: THE TESTIMONY OF .-|GJRE3. Lr\FI» FOR TWO HOTTRK Al TKK HL()W1N(; OUT HKA1NS A despatch from South Porcupine saya:â€" (Charles Morton I'enny, who lived with his wife and family on a farm near Golden City, was fouixl in a dying condition in bed, having shot himself through the head, blowing out his brains. He died two hours after Vjeing discovered. Penny was an Eng- lishman. He has been despondent lately. The ngiires kIvimi above (taken from an article in the June number of "The Uomid Tabl«?"i may bo left to spoak for themselves. Those who study them carefully will see that tills country holds a splendid record of military ef- fort during the war. Discussing the limitations of statistical testimony, the writer nays: "it Is impossible, for Instance, to measure the extent to wliicli tlio military effort of the United Kingdom was hamllcapped by the noci^ssity of iiuiUiiig nuiiiitions for the .\llies, assisting their finances, main- taiiiiiig the roiiiinaiid of the sea, and Ueeplni,' up the ovorso:i currying trade against the terrible toll e.\acted by the submarine. It is equally Impos Kible to assess the magnificent moral effort by which France held four- fifths of the Western Front until our new armies came to ht^r aid. or that which enabled Helgium to rise superior to the first annihilating shock of the wiivos of the Gorman advance. More Imponderable even than th°se- ia the force of Instinct and of vision which sent the splendid Douiinion con- tiiiKents across tlunisands of leagues of sea." The total of 5.7(11 41G United Kingdom enlistments excludes tlie Navy. Merchant Service, and auxiliary lionio Kcrvicos.- (CopyriKhtod in U.S..\. and t';inadu). AKKIAI, MAIL SKUVICK HKTW !',i-:n touonto and N. Y. were forwarded only :\t the risk of thi senders, who were required to endorse [ on the ai'drcss .lide of the letters, ' "Via Airplane," as an indication of ! their willingness to accept the so con- '• ditions. KRKNCH AlIiPI.ANK tiOMATH IS (aVKN UP AS LOST A despatch from Toronto says: â€" Concurrent with the visit to Toronto of his Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, the Postmaster-General auth- orized the Aero Club of Canada to convey a mail, containing unregister-. ed letters only, by aindiMic, from To-i ronto, Ont., " to New York, N.Y., A de:-.patch from Paris says:â€" The which closed at the general po:it oCfice, French airplane Goliath, which has Toronto, at 10 a.m., Mon.lav, Aug. 25, ^ not been seen since it left Mogador, lUH). All letters enclosed in this mail ! Morocco, for Dakar last week, geiier- hid to I..! fulv prepai,!, both as toj ""y was given up n.s Tbst m aviation postage and war tax, and to comply ' -irrles. The Farmnn Company, build- with tlu- ictorlation.s of Ca.ada, and c's of the airplane â- iglit p;;s-:cngers, was 'lews of the machine. still without A Golden Newrpaper. Tlie London Daily Mali has printed a Hpeclal "l'e:ico Number" in gold, whieh forms a lasting, beautiful and liiKtoric souvenir (if tlie tremendous events of tlio lust live years, it con- tains a coiiipioto record of the world crisis and its sDlutluii, frdin the signa- tur<?s of the famous "scraii of paper" to a photograph "of the actual signing of J'eaie. rractically imiiorishable. with its golden "ink" and perfect paper, this Peace Number will bo a thing to pass on to the next generation, to show what manner of men made, fought, and settled the Great War. A list of famous contributors in- cludes the names of: Viscount North- cliffe, Mr Joseph Conrad. Colonel John Buclian. Viscountess llhondda. "tieorgo A. liirmin^ham" (Canon Man- nay). Sir A Canon Doyle, the Countess of Dudley. Sir A. Pliiero, and the Bish- op of Biriniiighfin. The price is 25 cents, or post free anywhei'o In the world 40 cents. Or- ders should be sent to "(lolden Num- ber. Carmelite House. London, E. C. 4." U,m CANADIAMS STILL m EUROPE To Save Time in Demobilization Troops Will Return Via U.S. Ports. A despatch from London says:â€" Canadian troo.rs wiQI now be repatri- ated via the United State.-, to savo time in demob.'Kzation. Sai'.ings for American ports fir first class book- ings, including offlcers, N.C.O.'s and their wives, have been arranged. The Bohemian sailed for Boston on Fri- day, while the Celtic will go to New York and the Cretic to Portland. The SS. Haveford is added to the military sailings. Canadians remaining in Europe now number 11,300. Examination of the War Office figures of repatriation of the roldiers of the va'-'oua dominions indicates that Canada has mad* much the best showing for rapidity. Out of about 265,000 troops in Europe at the time of the armistice, Canada had, up to August 9, repatriated 247,215; Aus- tralia had returned 117,950 out of 171,426 in Egypt and Europo, New Zealand had repatriated 43,600, and South Africa 11,700. American sav- ings from Britain have been rathe' slow. MERiCArfROOPS KILL 4 MEKICANS Surrounded the Bandits in a Blockhouse in the Mountains. A despatch from Marfa, Tex.. says: â€" Four Mex,icar. bandits were killed by American troops in Mexico Thursday. Captain Leonard Matlock, who arrived here by airplane reported They were surrounded in a block- house that the Mexicans had con- structed in a mountain pass. The bandits i â-  'ght desperately when they found they were trapped, and two escaped. When the American troops approached the blockhouse with the intention of seairh'.ng it the Mexi- cans opened fire from portholes. CANADIAN HAY WANTED BY BRITAIN Old Country Can Absorb All Dominion Has For Export. A despatch from Loniton says: â€" X grave shortage of the British hay- crop has resulted in many urgent en- quiries being placed with Canadiarv trade representatives here for sup- plies of Canadian hay. If Cana.Li has any hay for export she can sell all of it over here. The Government spokesman stated in Parliament that the authorities . were watching the hay situation care- fully, and that if prices rose to an unreasonable level they would con- sider the advisability of fixing maxi- mum prices. The Government would not, however, control the distributioK of the year's hay crop. OVER 1,100 DIVORCES SOUGHT IN MANITOBA The Majority of i^pplicants Are Returned Soldiers. A despatch from Winnipeg says: â€" .^n announcement made at the \&vi courts Thursday states that there art more than eleven huii.lred divorce ap- plications filed for bearing when th« ('ourt of King's Bench opens for ths fall sittings, September 15. Six judges will bo occupied hearing the cases. In the majority of cases, the divorce applications are being made by soldiers, who have returned to find their wives have been unf.Hithful. The cost of obtaining a divorce is from $200 up, according to lawyers. PRINCE INAUGl RATES BATTLEFIELD PARK, (JUEBEC A despatch from Quebec says: â€" .^t 3 o'clock Friday afternoon the Prince, attended by his chief of staflT and h's suite, motored from the Citadel to the Montcalm monument on Lansdowno Park, where his Royal Highness de- posited a wreath. He then proceeded along Grande Allee to the Battlcn;.'lds Park, where he laid another wreath on the Wolfe monument and after- wards unfurled the I'nion Jack at the new HagstafT for the park. ( hta^^i ji^ -i - i