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GERMAN SPUT IN DELEGATION OVER TREATY OPENS AVENUE OF HOPE RuMO-Gennan Pact Calls Forth Protett From Allie* Lloyd George Confident cf Successful Termination to Conference. A despatch from Genoa says: , Facing: five. lrundrred> newspaper rep-' reeentathree of practieaSy all the world nations., the British Premier, after announcing that the Germans wouM accept the conditions imposed by the aSies ccancsrndrig the Russo- German treaty asrl that the Soviet's 1 rep'y on the general Russian ques- tion woubd be such as to permit of; further hopeful negotiations, declared hi* UTvshakeab* corMrtion that the Ger.oa Conference woJd prove a great success. He beMeved that it wouM restore hat-mom- in Europe, and was supremely confident that before a4)ovirnir.g it wcuM sdk>pt an agree- ment whereby a'l ths nations of Eur- ope wouidl bind ttsrrjaeVes not to; commit acts of aggression against neighboring countries. "Such a pact," he excra-imet with vigor, "is an essential to the favor- able issue of the conference; without it. I be'Jeve. the conference w-!l be a faikn-e." After Mr. Lloyd George made his tat*irer& the Germans announced that they were still considering 1 their reply to the note of the Big and Little Ententes denying their admissions to discussions of the Russian question unless the Rosso-German Treaty was rescinded, or at least amende! and ap- proved by the conference. The Germans are said to be divided in their deSberafricni. This is the reason for their delay in coming to a cecificn for submissicr, to the allies. Tha Russians have clso withheld offi- cial publication of their reply to the Lornten experts' report, which had been promised for to-day. In short, the day closed with no definite advance over the position of the previous day, but with a general feeling that the Germans will take an altitude which wil! make the situation easier and pave the way for a confer- ence agreement on the Russiar. problem. EXPLOSION BLOWS 2,000 PERSONS TO PIECES Victims Mostly Children and Soldiers in Monastir, Southern Serbia. A despatch from Belgrade says: ! Four hundred carloads of ammunition and explosives stored i.v.r the rail- road station ait Monastir. Southern Serbia, exploded on Tuesday at noon, ki'.l-irg several huniied persona, wounding thousar.t'.s. ari virtually de- stroying the heart of the city. On* half of the city's population was ren-j dered homeles?. The victims were mosth" children and soUiiers. A church in which the children were worshipping collapsed under the detonation, while the bar- | racks in which 1,800 aoMiers were' having lunch was destroyed. Immediately after the explosion fire broke out in various parts of the city. ' The panioil riaker. ladkab^taqts fled , to the nearby woods and mountains, j from whi-h they watchexJ their homes burn. All telegraphic and telephonic communication from Monstir whhj the outside warM wsa out off. The first news of the disaster reached Bel- ' grade from refugees who managed to reach Prifep, 30 miles to the north- west of Monastir. Several Serbian relief units were immediately organ- iced and started for Monastir. Details of UH? explosion in Monastir ' reveal that fire whk-h awept the city' following the blast has made 30.000 homeless. Thousands of tons of munition* left over from the world war ni\>teriouly blow up and latent reports say that 1,800 soldiers, mostly Greeks, were viruiaKy buried 1 alive. Two hundred children are reported to have been kitted or wound ad in a church which was destroy*. 11 : when a shell, tesaeii from the swne of thv ex- plosion, tended on the steeple. All the \\kiintr cities of Gtvtve are sending suppKe* and me.Hcal aid to Morastir. Exiled Austrian Royalty Returns to Hungary! A despatch from Vienna' says: The Imperial shooting! lodge in Godollo. 1 5 miles ' north-east of Budapest, is be- 1 ing prepared for former Em-j press Zita and her family, ac- cording to Budapest advices | received here. Admiral Hor- thy, the Regent, is vacating his suite in the magnificent castle at Godollo. and the guard quartered there and the for- ; mer royal servants have been ' re-engaged. The former Hungarian ruler maintained at Godollo a mag- ' nificent castle.with an exten- sive park and Jtoological gar- i den. I Seed Elevators For Farmers' Clubs. Durics recent years inquiry has in- creased for blue print plans of a small capacity seed elevator suitable for operation by farmers' clubs. Accord- ingly, a study was made of the sub- ject, and data gathered and supplied the Chief Architect, Public Works De- partment, who. in tarn, has completed a set of plans and specifications. These should prove sufficient for an elevator contractor to buiid from, in- fluding the placement of necessary machinery. The complete set includes five pages of blue prints and a manuscript of fcpecilications and legal forms, the latter having to do with tendering on the construction of the elevator. This set is now available to the public on application to the Seed Commissioner, Department of Agriculture. Ottawa. A nominal fee of $2 is charged for each set, and should accompany the application. This type of elevator should give efficient as well as economical service in handling seed, cleaning .to grade, conditioning, bulking, storing, ware- housing, etc. It should be particular- ly adapted to districts where com- mercial quantities of registered seed grain are produced in addition to other seed crops. The plans allow for 1.000 square feet of warehouse space on the first floor, and sufficient office ac- commodation. There is a frost-proof basement, which provides about 6.000 cubic feet for storage purpose*. It will be seen, therefore, that in addition to handling and storing seed, the ele- vator may bf used satisfactorily for grading, packing, ami storing apples or potatoes, grinding grain, or stor- ing merchandise, pending its distri- bution. The specifications call for steel and cement construction. This, while it will ensure a practically firt-proof building, may prove more costly than some would care to consider. How- ever, when wood or other materials are used. th? plans alone should prove valuable as a guide for building. The elevator is planned so as to be econ- omical in staff to operate it. (.Vie first-class mechanic should be suffi- cient, with temporary help in rash seasons. The total storage capacity of the bin is estimated at S.OOO bushels. Al- together. :!$ bins are provided. 1't? <>f which are cxHnparaliwly small, each having a capacity of around '.'OCI bush- el*. The other two bins are much larger, with an estimated capacity of 1.400 bushels each. It will be seen that the number of bins is too many and the total capacity for storage too small to provide first-class service in storing and handling Urge i|ii.in::::es of commercial grain. On a few carload basis, however, commercial grain may be haiv.lled to advantage, by usinsr the two large bins, which have spout out- lets and fee<l directly to a car when n tht> track outside. Kvery bin has a self-cleaning hop- per bottom, and empties by gravity either iiHo the cleaning machines or baggers. Placements any. provided for two cleaning machines on the sec- ond floor, leaving the first floor to- ..-sshi^:^j*^'ss^ ^rrr * *"? . - : ^*--r~*:^-^ Canada From Coast to Coast THE HISTORIC BOAT RACE The two crews, Oxford and Cambridge, photographed after passing an- ! <ler Ham mere mlt Bridge with Cambridg e ia front The race finished with ' a win for Cambridge by four and a half length*. tally free for warehousing purposes. These machines may be fed directly from the storage bins above, or by the short elevator leg, which is provided for the purpose. The seed pit in the basement is de- signed in two sections, one section which feeds the short elevator leg. the other the king leg. which carries the seed to the bins. The patent distributor at the ele- vator head of the long- leg distributes seed to any bin as de^irwi. The clean seed runs by gravity from the clean- ing machines to two small hopper bins. These are suspended from the cei'.:r.g of the first floor, directly under the outlets of the machines above. Both bins are equipped with baggers, but seed from tJiem may be spouted back to either section of the pit. A bag chute is provided at TWO sides of the elevator on the second floor, from which cars may be loaded on the one side, and wagons on the other. A man elevator of one-ton capacity runs from the basement to the top floor, while a carrier and track is pro- vided on the tirst floor, to run from the receiving door to the shipping door of the elevator. This carrier also crosses the receiving grates of the pit. Weigh-scales are set in the track, about the centre of the floor. It is recognized that this elevator may be too small or lack sufficient warehouse space for some localities, in which case adjustment could be made, usir.tr the original plans as a guiiie. Where farmer*' organizations have purchase) a warehouse or mill, ar.d it is their intention to make al- terations with a view to cleaning an^i storing seed, we believe they may gather much useful information from those blue print plans. It is behoved. though, that their greatest value will be derived by those who build in ac- cordance with the plans ar.d sptv:h\:i- tions themselves. In having these blue pnn: plans prepared, the Seed Branch is looking to the future of seed production in Canada. The demand throughout North America and Europe for seed (Train, clover, and grasses is improv- ing, and it is evident that a* soon as the general trade depression lifts, it will increase more rapidly. The grad- ing cf our "Northern Grown" seed for export will doubtless continue to be of very great advantage to the mar- keting of surplus Canadian seed sup- plies. Department of Agriculture. Seed Branch. Wasting Canada's Fish. We have sometimes been described as the most wasteful of countries, in proportion to our size. Meantime our own Council of Scientific Research at Ottawa is unkind enough to say it is true! It states that the fish waste on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts am- ounts to some ,'100,000 tons annually. If instead 01' throwing away that quantity of \v.; t .e. Canadians utilized it as the same material would be util- ized elsewhere, it would be worth $10.- a year, which is not a small amount to add every twelve-month to the nation's wealth. These facts were discovered through an investigation made by Mr. J. B. Fielding under the auspices of the Counci! for Scientific and Industrial Research at Ottawa. Encouraged by the Council an effort to remedy this condition of things is already being made, however. A plant has b*en established at Car.so. VS., for the production of fish oil and special cattle food from fish waste. $5,000.000 MONTHLY ON BRITAIN'S DEBT Total Amount Owing Canada is About $130,000,000. A despHtrh from London says: ' The British Croverr.mer.t h:;s .-.Treed to pay off Britair.'s- war de v t to Can- aiia at the rate of $5,000,000 per J month. The total amount owed is ! about $130.000.000, which was the bal- ance vJue after the respective account* '. covering war purchases and other transactions were s^t off against each other. The British Government de-' sired to discharge das debt at the par raw of averting exchange, but with this proposal the Canadian Fin- arce :>epartmert dad not see eye Do ' eye It ha* been agreed that this dispute is to be left in abeyance at ' ^resent . and it is possible that. ti rr.-fciuai recovery of sterling will minimize if not obliterate the cause of ivr.tention before the time for the . rinal adjustment is reached. The m nthiy payments of $5.000.000 each ' are to Iv made in the interim an.: i arrangement is already in operation. Canada is perhaps the only ore >:' ::-.. .Dominions which is ir. the fortunate position of being a creditor of the M.-ther Country, most, if not aH the >':i-ers. being ..tebtors for considerable , amouius. Halifax, X.S. Nova Scotia obtain-' ed a harvest from the sea last tear valued at $9,000,000. according to the report of the Commlseicr.er of Fisher- ies. In the deep-sea fisheries in 1921 , there were eamployed 396 schooners, carrying 3,000 men; and in the. shore' fisheries there were 4,702 boats of less than ter. tons, operated by 12.000 men and boys. Big decreases were re-, corded in the catch of cod and lob-' sters, but there were gains in mack- erel, halibut, swonifvsh and sme-'ts. St. John, X. B. A game reserve to ' ertend from St. John to the St. Crout : rlrer and to comprise between 300.000 and 400,000 acres :s proposed. This section is plentifully stocked with' game and is intersected from the sea by six rivers and innumerable smaller streams ar.d lakes in which abound. The Previr..:al Government has promised favor. -l.:em:.^r; of the scheme, and it is believed that if carried out the game reserve should be of great attraction for tourist travel and be of vaioe to the city and pro- vince both. Quebec. Que. The present map'e sugar season is reported to be the best ' experienced in the la?: quarter of a ' century. Those who tapped in the' flrst week of March had two weeks of , ideai sugar weather, and whilst the last two weeks of Mar:h were not ideal there was much good sugar made. Hamilton. Ont. Contracts for the' erection of t*n bridges for the new Ja nes Bay extension of the Temiska- rair.g and Northern Ontario Railway, are reported to have been secured by :he Hamilton Briviye Works Co. The bnd<es w.ll cc.-- $17^.000. and wnau work is started or. them, the com- pany's east <rnd plant here w:U be re-' opened and one hundred men put to work. Winnipeg, Man. A fleet of five fly- i ing boa^s will likely be empkyed in Northern Manitoba during the com- ing summer to patrol forest areas for the detection of fires. Govern-! :n?r.t agents who pay the annual J treaty monies to the various Indian' bands scacterevi throughout remote, parts of the province will also travel by airplane, an-.i thus will be abie to ' accomplish In five or six days the ' work which formerly required several weeks. Regina. Sask. Binder tw-.v : Saskatchewan represent* an ment of millions of dollar* by th province's farmers at harvest time, and the Regina branch of the Sas- katchewan Grain- Grower* is asking that a binder twine factory be estab- lished at the prorincia.'. penitentiary at Prince Albert. Not oniy doea the branch want inquiry made, into tie feasibility of thi establishment, but consider the advisability of utSizinc pri*on labor in the manufacture of farm implements. Edmonton, Alta. Pupils enrolled in' Alberta public schools tori! 124.328, w-.:h 3.301 school districts operaang and 5,320 teacher* empktyed. There are 68 consolidated school diatricts. Eighty -six new districts were created laft year and the school library branch of the Department of Education dis- tributed 51,170 bcoks among the vari- ous schools. Victoria. B.C. Nearly 300.000 fruit trees, berry bushes an<i frafc tree seedling's have beer brought into Brit- ish Colombia so far this year for plar.ung out on new orchard land, according v figures compiled from ir.f sectors' repon* by Dr. Warnoek, Deputy Minister of Agriculture for this province. Prince Rupert, B.C. In spite of bad weather and other adverse conditions for fishing, the halibut catch off the British Columbia banks amounted to 1. (502 .000 pounds in the month of March, nearly three times the volume of the catch for the same month laat year. Dawson City. Y. T. The spring thaw is on in the Yukon and the last stag* to travel on sleighs has left. Yukoners have been returning from the "Outside'-' in large numbers. Law., ber and building material Is shortly to go down to Mayo in large quanti- ties. Wharves, warehouses, rcore* ar.d residences are to be built in th* Silver Bonanza district as soon as weather permits. There is also to b considerable development In Da-nrsoc. You are unjust to youneif you are unjust to others. The niarriac* of Princess Mary helped tie restoration fund of West- minster Abbey. Some of the moviag- pkture men paid as moch as So. 009 apiece for choice places from which to photograph the bridal procession. Dominion News in Brief Scientists Produce Rustless Tinplate A despatch from London says: Experiments of a far- reaching nature are being con- ducted in the tinplate works at Swansea with the object of substituting nickel for tin in the coating of tinplates. A ' company has been formed to deal with the invention, which is known as the Steel-Nickel Syndicate. A prominent mem- ber of the syndicate is Henry Mond. son of Sir Alfred Mond. Production of rustless plate is aimed at. S( ( >pped Two Minutes. Prof. This is the third time you have been bite. Don't you know you can't *iay the flight of time? Fresh Oh. don't know. I just ?:^-.-- ;i couple of minutes down the ' stn-or. Toronto. Manitoba wheat No. 1 Northern. Mar.itoba oats No. 2 CW, 5Sc: ex- tra No. 1 feed. 54 w,c; \ o . 1 feed. Manitoba barley Nominal. All the above track. Bay ports. American com No. ' 2 yellow, "Sc: No. 3 yellow. 7tf\c. all "rail. Barley No. 3 extra, test 47 Ibs. or better, tv* to ('.V*. ai\vr.i ; y.c to freights outside: feed barley cOc. Buckwheat No. 3. i>Sc to $1.02. Rye No. 2. i>5 t.> $1. Miilfeed Del. Mor.treal freight. bags included: Bran, per ton. $_> : $30; shorts, per ton. $30 to $32; good feed flour. $1.70 to $l.Si>. BaJini hay Track. Toronto, per ton. extra No. 2. $22 to $23: mixed, < ^ :o $19; clover, $14 to $15. Straw Car lots, per ton. track, To- ronto. $12 to $13. Ontario wheat No. 1 commercial. $1.3? to $1 43. outside. Ontario No. 3 oats. 40 to 46V. out- side. Ontario corr- 53 to ?0c. outside. Or.tar:o flour 1st pats., in cotton sacks. ;>8's. $7.70 per hbi; 2nd rats. i:\tkfrsi. $7.20. Straights, in bulk, seaboard. $6.55. Manitoba flour 1st pats., in cotton sacks. $8.70 per bbl.; 2nd pats.. $8.20. Cheeso New. large. 20 to 20 We; twins, 20W to 21c; triplets, 21 "to 21W,o. Fodder cheese, large. 17 Wo. Old. large. 25 to 2tv; twins. 2oW "to 2tiV: triplets. 2tf to 27^: St. : - new, 22o. Butter Fresh dairy, choice. 2i' to 30c; creamery, prints, fresh, finest. 4_' to ilV: No. 1. 41 to 42c; No. 2. :?'.' to 40c; cooking, 22 to 2.V. Pressed poultry Spring chickens. :>0 to 3Sc; roosters, 20 to 25c; fv>wi. 24 to 30c; ducks. Siv: turkeys. 4o to 5V: geose. 2;V. Live poultry Spring chickens. 22 to 2!x: roosters. 17 to 20o; fowl. 24 to 30c; ducks. ;!So; turkeys. 4."< to 50c; geese. 20c. Margarint' 20 to 22v. Fsrgs New laid, candled. 30 to -K : new laid, in onrtons. Soo. Beans Can. hand-picked, bushel. $4 JO; primes. $3 .85 to $4. Maple pnvhK-ts Syrup, per imp. !!.. $2,10; per 5 imp. fals., $2.06| ' Maple sugar, lb.. ISc. Honey 60-30-Hj. tins. 14>* to 15 rer l x .v ; o-2U-lb. tins. 17 to ISc per ".a.; Ontario comb honey, per dK~> $5.50. Potatoes Ontario. 90ib. bag. $1.15 to $1.25; Quebec. $1.15 to $1.25. Se4 potatoes, frish Cobblers. $1.75 a bag. Smoked meats Hams. med.. 32 so :Uv-; cooked ham. 47 to 50c; tmokej rolls, 2t> to 29c; cottage roll*. SO ta breakfast baoi>n. 29 to S3c; spe- cial brand breakfast bacon, 37 to 40cj .. ^s. boneless. 36 to 41c. Cured meats Long 1 clear bacon, SI 750 to $19; clear bellies. $13.60 M $20.50; UfhtWMcht rolls. $47; heavy, weifht roils, S41. Larn Pure, tierces. l^W to 17c| tubs. 17 to 17 Wo: nails. 17W, to iSc^ prints. 1? to liV. Shortening, tierces^ lo to 15 4c; tubs. 154 to 16c: paiisv lt?Wo; prints. 17^ to ISo. Choice heavy steers. *7.75 to $8.60} do. pood, $7.50 TO $7.75: butcher sti^rs,' choice. $7.75 to $S.,V; do. good. $7 to $7.50; do. me,:.. $t>.25 to $6.75 ; do* com.. $5.25 to $*; butcher heifers. rhoice. S7 to $7.75; do. med.. $ti.,"n) to $v75: do. com.. Jo to $<?; butcher <MWS. choice. $5.oO w $rt.50; do, med., '$3.50 to $;>: can:irs and c\itters. $1 to $2; butcher bulls, (rood. $5 to $6; ,do. com.. $3 to $4; feeders, good, ,$t5.50 to $7; do. fair. $5.50 to M; >:,vkers. p)od, $<> to $6.50: do. fair, J."' :o $,"-.50; nr.-kers. $30 to $75j spr-.n^rs. $40 ;o $#(': calves, choice 1 , ,$11) to $12: do. med.. $8 to $10; do. com.. S4 to ?7: lambs, choice. $14 to $15; Jo. com.. $< ; to $7: spring iambs, $11 to $14: sheer-, chvice. *S ta S9.50; do. good. $t> to J7: do. com.. $4 to $5; ft, fsl ar.ii watered. $13; do, f.o.b., $12.25; do. country points. $12. Montreal. Oats Can West.. No. 2. tV>c: C*m Wi->:., No. H, tUo. Flour Man. <pring wheat pats., firsts. $8.50. Rolled oats I'.!.:. :Hi Ibs.. 93. Bran. $32.50. Short*,, S:':?. Hay. No. 2. per tor., car lot*. $2i> to $:5'.' Cheese, finest Westorr.s. 15 to IrtSoV . Butter, choicest creamery. 34 to 35c. Egjts. seUvteti. S4c. Potatoes, bair. oar lots, So t-.- l'-v. Steers. UflO frs.. $7.25; ca $."i..">i> ;o Jiv-V: hoirs. solects. sows. $11.25. REGLAR FELLERS By Gene Byrnes ft n ?3ij y \\ \ ^ ^~L J --^