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KE JAM SPANNING ST. LAWRENCE AT QUE- BEC BREAKS Wrm DISA STROUS RESULTS Three Lives Lost While Twdve Povons Are Marooned on Floes With Little Hope of Rescue. A despatch from Qud)ec uys: â€" Dufferin Terrace in front of th« Cha- When the ice bridge which spans th« teau Frontenac, a large gathering of St. Lawrence between Quebec and Quebec people and visitors to the an- Levis parted, about 6.80 Thursday cient capital assembled to watch the evening, fifteen persons wer« trapped unwonted spectacle. The brilliant and of theae three residents of Levis winter sunshine on the glittering snow are missing and it is supposed have and ice of the river made a remark- perished. There were some 200 per- able contrast with the deep b'.ue of eons on the bridge twenty minutes be- the sky, making a picture of beauty. fore it broke, but the majority had The bridge at that time appeared to been warned of their danger by the be very solid and the ice was estimat- police. No one is reported mfssing ed to be very thick owing to the fact from Quebec City, but it is not known that floes of ice piled and jamntpd in If ail visitors are accounted for. i tvory conceivable form ani't shap:( At this hour it is stated that there had been frozen together durinjr the 1b no hope of saving anyone else who may be on the iloating Ice. There were about fifteen people on the lee bridge when the break occurred. Seven were night To anyone not an inhabitant of the city or viewing it for the first time, it would have been difficult to tell where the river began and the rescued on the Levis side of the river, shores ended, except for the fact of three of thera being hauled out of the the buildings on either side. The St. water by employes oi the Quebec and Lawrence here is nearly a mile in; Levis Ferry Co., right close to the width, while the strength of the cur-! ihore. Four others who were thrown rent is such as to make the freezing' Into the water by the snapping of the solid of the river a matter of rare bridge managed to get back to the ice occurrence. and thence to land. Measures are being taken to form At two o'clock Thursday afternoon,, a chain of vessels a little further attracted by the phenomenon of the down to intercept floating ice. It is Ice bridge, crowds (^ people gathered feared, however, that some of the un- on the two shores 'of the river and fortunate may have l«st their lives many of the more adventurous began by trying to jump from secticm to to make the trip across. From the section as it disintegrated. ALL NATIONS REQUIRED TO SIGN ARMS PACT Universal Accord Necessary So That the Other Countries Might Have Easy Mind. A despatch from Geneva says: â€" Joseph C. Drew, United States Minis- ter to Switzerland, who is acting as unofficial observer at the sessions of the Disarmament Commission of the,' League of Nations, on Thursday stat- ed anew the position of cordial sym- pathy of the United States Govern-! ment for the control of the traffic in I arms. I Mr. Grew explained that the United | States objected, among other things, I to the St Germain Treaty, because J this treaty would prevent Uie United j States forwarding arms to Latin-' American States which had not sign-' ed the convention. Canada from Coast to Coast Halifax, N.S. â€" The prducts of Nova of great value In Investigating varieua Scotia during^ 1928 yielded in revenue r about one hundrad and aixty-eight I million dollars, divided as follows: coal, $36,410,000; coke and by-pro- I ducts, 13,286,000; gold and other min- erals, )225,000; gypcum, limestone. diaeaaea aifei:ting the live ttock of Seakatchewan, is being built by tit» University of Saskatchewan. Calgary, Alta. â€" Calgary now haa 16,645 telephones, or one for every 4.5 persons. This is believed to be a j etc., 13,196,200 ; building materials and world's record. In .\Iberta there are j clay prodilcta. $1,940,500; iron and 6;i,"91 telephone stations, of which steel products, $12,820,000; fisheries, 20-?&2 a:- rural. Canada as a whola $11,779,300; manufactures, ships and is pretty well supplied with tele- freights, $.5.3,185,000; products of the phones, there being 9.8 for every 100 farm, $26,04.5, ICO; products of the of the population, while Britain has I forests, |12.3'O,600; game and furs, only 2.8. ! $780,000; tourist travel, $6,000,000; Vancouver, B.C.â€" In view of the grand total, f 167,846,700. j very great impetus that grain haa Fredericton, N.B. â€" Surveys for a given shipping at Vancouver, the I hydro transmission line, which weuld Port of New Westminster is preparing ; connect up the north shore counties to develop the Fraser River and make it en entirely practically deep sea harbor. There are reports that grain elevators will be built there this sum- mer and the authorities are endeavor- ing to persuade fhe Government to deepen the ehannei and build jetties and wharves. « Hon. P. J. A. Cardin Member for Richelieu, who has b»- ! from Campbellton south with the pro- I posed hydro development at Grand I Falls on the St. John River, and . would also provide for construction of a highway across the northern I counties of the province, from Camp- : beliton, in Restigouche county, to St Leonard's, or Edinundston, in Mada- waska county, are expected to be ord- I ered followinj? a conference here be- j tween officials cl the Provincial Gov- I ernment and tJi2 Hydro-Electric Com- j mission. { Quebec, Qua. â€" T'ne value of the, Quebec field croo fc- t'r.e year 1923 is placed at $13:M37,4'J0 in the final bulletin issued by the provincial chief , statistician, as compared with $lii5,-; 159,500 for the pr.-cedicg year. The area and yield are not responsible for , that decrease judging: by the bulletin, but the decrease in prices, which have been constant for the'Idst four j years. In 1919. for instance, the value NEW CHAIR FOR MR. SPEAKER O^ crop was placed at $320,000,000. When Hon. Joseph Thompson, official referee of Ontario's political bat- ! ^°^ William, Ont.â€" For the first; ties, took his place in the provincial house at the opening of the legislature, i '°"T ™°°'^s of the 1923-24 crop year, â-  this chair was waiting for him. It was built bv disabled soldiers. i ^°'° '"spections in the west have ' ] greatly exceeded those of similar time „. ^ . _. 1 ^« !^ "'**'â-  years. Between September! rliStonc r ranch ChateaUS j 1 and December 31. there was inspect-! Falling Into Ruins ' ^^ ^ ^°^ of 227,4.54 cars. This repre- ! j senta an Increase from 196,451 in the' -A. despatch from Paris says :â€" '' ^^"^ period in 1922 and from 146,- FAIL TO DISPLAY COLORS AT HALF-MAST German Embassy at Washing- ton Fails in Respect to Late President Wilson. A despatch from Adolf o De La Hue.-ta. The rebeiUcn of .^dotfo De L« There exists in France a certain part ^^" p^''f '^ 1921. Huerta has collapsed. The rebel lead- of the country covered with chateaus Winnipeg^ Man. â€" The movement of *r, with several friend*, haa fled the s Jtlng^trjS' Bri'taS"';:SSd"tE! '^"'"^ ^ ^^-^^ <>' ^^ '^^^ -''^-' "^^^ '^'^ *'^ '^'^ ^^^'^^°^ ^'-* although the United StabS was not;"' ministe r of marine and fisheries. skipping any considerable amount of r> • "Ti p * • . »> arms, it was also true that all States, tvemarkable tJlgUieering rTO- must sign the proposed convention be- 1 ject Begun by France fore any single State would consent' to enforcing its terms. " There was A despatch from Paris says ! â€" ... .^- , . , ..,^ . . , .. ^v w- » o'clock, when work ended in the Gov- nccessity for obteining universal ac- After having passed the Chamber of ernment departments, until the fun- cord, mcluding the United Statesâ€" in DepuUcs. ths French Senate has adop- era' was over On Th.jp<:d«» fV» fl •"^^^ of that country's fine record- ted a bill panting the initial financial pole en the Carman Embaty was enl so that the other countries would feel , backing for one of the most remark- tlre'y bar" The color- ef th- French easy in mind i able schemes In the annals of electrical r.ritlsh. Belgian, Spanish and othei^ Signer Sch.nnzer. Italy, supported engineering-â€" nothing less than har- Embassies, and all the Leeations con Viscount Cecil's arguments. ' â€" *•â- - '•-*-- -* 'â- ^- "-'" .• . ^ >.«/iio, t-uu- i and country houses. Its violet horizons B^ain in Western Canada continues country for parts unknown, abcard a Washington ' ^""^ green slopes and wide pastures ^i*a\-y, the voltime in transit being on steamer. His trcops are evaeuatina T\. n r- v • ^orm a background for these baronial *^* average about double that being '^'era Cruz, insurgent base, and stream- says:- J.ne uerman Embassy contm- halls which is unique in its way. In moved this time a year ago. The chief '-^S out onto tlie tthmus of TehuaaLe- ues to refrain from displaying the the time of Honorius this region was factor in this connKtion is, of course, P**-'- German national colors at half-ma^t called Aquitania; in the Middle Ages the year's heavy yield in the Province â€" o Throughout Washington the flags it was La Guyenne. The section where ^^ Alberta. During the period Jan-' Alberta's export.s to the United of many nations, in fact, those of all are most of the chateaus now is Peri- »iaxy 8 to 14, inclusive, total loadings States last vear were $4 431 875 aa the other Embassies and Legations, gord, and is composed of three prov- o^ Sr^Kn sn the C.P.R. averaged 454 e&siD&rgd with $5 352 410 in the pre- are still half-masted, as a mark of incesâ€" Dordogne, Garonne and Cor- ears daily i eerfL^g year, the (teerease being attri- reze. Saskatoon. Sask.-.\n animal re- ; buted te the adverse duties on wheat row Wilson. Their colors were so I- wsald seem that a province whose search laboratory, w hich should prove and cattle dlTJlayed iasiaEs:::t5;y aftsr the d==.{h viUages bear such hL^h- .bounding, -'^' ' of Mr. Wilsen was annoanesd Sarvday. names as Lausun, Bi-on, Ayen, Noail-i The co'ers of the German Embassy les, Segar, Turenne, Hautefort, Pom-i were tlleplayed only for a brief period padour, Brantome and Jumilhae | â€" • Wednesday afternoon, from 12.39 should be a nwst aristaeratie centre,^ Weekly Market Report Americans No Longer Get Quick Divorces in France of the Brittany tlnaed produce electrle ; ^9 be half-masted. nessing the tidee coast in order to power. I "^ This firit undertaking of tide- New Vaccine Successful harnessing on a lBrg<9 ecale will be. A despatch from Paris I made at Aber-Wrach, In the Depari- '*y ' ment of Finlsterre, wher« there Is a in Eradicating MsUsfy but unfortunately IS is not so. All thes-e edifices are empty and tl;e cvailes where the greatest nanits of France were bsrn are desecrated Some of thsHi have been ehsuiL'ed, netai)ly tha Chateau de Jumilhae,: which, after being sold, has oeen re-! duced CO small dwelling houscj, andj through the court oi honor ther^ now runs a street-car line. j Thus. lifter having seen within theiv TORONTO. Manitoba wheatâ€" No. 1 Northern, $1.13%. Manitoba oats â€" Ne. 3 CW., 47%c; No. 1 feed, 46«ie. Manioba barley â€" Nominal. All the iiboye track, bay perrts. Ontario barley â€" 65 to 70e. Amer. corn â€" No. 2 yellow, 98Uej Buckwheat â€" No. 2, 76 to SOe. Ontario rve â€" No. S, 75 to 7Se. Peasâ€" No. 3, $1.45 to $1.50. Millfeedâ€" Del.. Montreal freights, I^^ f,^Z fT^^"^":. ^»t difference In the high and low ^r A^rT r* *^%'Sf"'**^*4r''"r ^*t««- 1^^'" »* the mouth 5 the River for Americans are a thing of the past Dlourls. Engineers »ay that the plant In France. ^ ! will generate .ufflclent electricity in The principals must now prove first the first two year, after It is com- , , , ~ . ~ of all that their grounds for divorce pi«ted to more than pay for the cost ^^^^^ '" eradicating that malady in are admltt^ m their native state. As of conitructbn, which is placed at "^ "'"" ' a matter of fact, this provision Is In 28 000 000 francs the existing law but in practice few ! \f thb is so, it will mean that this Buch embarrassing questions have j.^.^^y ,„,„^, „f picturesque Brit- fceen put to applicants. The judgw, tany will bvcome electrically lighted had discretionary, almost arbitrary, : and that electric railways wlU provide powers for deciding whether or not transportation for farm produce to there were sufficient grounds for market towns. granting the divorce. ! „. . ^ . , . ^ *^'^«*^ •'y *• construction of two damV, one of which Ministry of Justice remind the judges .vill harness the tides and the other ^ the formality existing in the the river. The one at the mouth of French law and enjoining observance, the estuarv will be 150 metres long. ConsequenUy Americans seeking di- equipped with three turbines in the vorce will be compelled to produce middle, effective at high and low water U>gal cerUficatea satisfying the French and working at the four tidal period* "",""" 'â- ':i""- "' tribunal that the motives invoked are i„ c^ch twenty-four hours. '"'"^^^ '^"""^ walls hmr' and queens, princes, duch-'bags^ included: Bran, per ton, |2Si esses, counts and marshlonesses, many shorts, per ton, »89; middlings, $88; staud In ruins. Italy Recognizes Soviet Government ef Russia good teed flour, $2.19. Ontario wheatâ€" Ne. 3 $1, outside. On^rio No. 3 white oats â€" 41 to 48e. white, 97 to 43 to 44c; firsts, 39 to 40c; seconds, 39 to Sie. Live poultry â€" Spring chickens. 4 lbs. arid over, 2Sc: chickens, 3 te -i lbs., 23c: bens, over 5 lbs., 22e: do, ! 4 to 5 lbs., 15c: do. 3 to 4 lbs., 15c: roosters, 15c; duckli.igs, over 5 lbs., ;19c: do, 4 to 5 lbs., 18c: turkevs, young, 19 lbs. and up, 22e. Dressed poultryâ€" Spring chickens, !4 lbs. and over SOc; chickens, 3 to 4 lbs.. 25c; hens, ever 5 lbs.. 2Sc; de, 4 to 5 lbs., 34ej do. S te 4 lbs., ISc: roosters, ISc; fiseklings, over 6 lbs., 24e; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 2oc: turkeys, yoang, 19 lbs. and up, 2S te 32c; geese. 33c. Beansâ€" Canadian, handoicked, lb., ;7c; primes, 6\^c. Ontario corn â€" Nominal, i Ontario flour â€" Ninety per cent pat., The in jute bags, Montreal", jprempt snip- and ment, $4.60; Toron'j baMs. $4.61 A despatch from Paris says! â€" The French Academy of Medicine has been notified that an entirely new method of vaccination against dysentery, tried out among refugees In Greece, has „ J ... A despatch from Rome says:- the concentration camps. In war the representatives of , the Italian disease has often proved more devas- Russian Governments signed the com- ^"'^ seaboard, *4.25. tating to field armies than battle merclal treaty on Thursday, and thus. . *'«"• flourâ€" 1st pats, in jute saeks, Je»s«- i In conformitv with Premier Musso- ^^'^^ per barrel; 2nd pats $5.70. J/-J^Z"JTll'- ^^' P'>---J-;»-'^ previous decL.ien. established de tra^k.^To^on'to, Yu'so'To^'sfs :PNc'*y: and secretary of the League of Na- jure recognition of Russia. The $14.50: No. 3. $12.50; ml.^ed. $12.50. tlons commission charged with flght- Italian Government will immediately Strawâ€" Car!ot.>=, per ton, $9.30. >K ^P^'ltâ„¢^" 1" ^'^.**'^ '"''f"'^'^ ^' ''PP"'"' "" "^'"^^''^^'^ ^ Russia.' Standard ree?ean«i screening, f.o.b., _ The specificaUons provide for the !\f^ method of vaccinaUon by which thus restoring diplomatic relations. bay ports, per ton, $20. But new regulations Issued by the construction of two dams one of which o^rum Is introduced through the :-> _ , \ Cheeseâ€" New, large, 2114 to 22c; 4. < T..-....- -J .^ . , mouth. The hypodermic method was Bntish Premier Refuses twins. 22 to 22 '^c: trlylets. 22H to abandoned on account of serious actions it produceil. j -;; â€" â€" . _...--- At Piraeus and Sal. aiki 30,000 pre-' A utspatch from London savs;â€" 2" to 32c. ,e r'^^A p„,„ +!^„^ i« ^ ,a,- , '^ VT D „i vt r> ij 1- J -1 1 1 Butter â€" Finest creamery prints, 46 L^rd â€" Pure tierces, 16 to IfiHc; have brought Preml.r MacDcnald ha. decided to ,„ ^-^. jjo. i creamery, 43 to 45c: No, tubs. IPH'to I7c; palls. 17 to n^kj prints. 18 to 19c: shortening tierces. 14 \* to 14\c: tubs, U to I5c; palls. Maple products â€" Syrup, per Imp. gal., $2.50; per 5-gal. tin. 12.40 per gal.; maple sugar, lb., 25c. Heneyâ€" 60-Ib. tins, ll to 12c per lb.; 10-lb. tins. 11 to 12r: o-!b. tins. 12 to 13c; 2^*-!b. tins, 13 to 14c; comb honey, per dozen. No. I, $3.75 to $4- No. 2. $3.25 to $3.50. Smoked meats â€" Hams, roed.. 25 to 27c: cooked ha: i-. 37 to 39c: smoked rolls. 19 to 21c: cottage rolls. 22 to 84e; breakfast bacon, 23 to 27c: spe- cial brand breakfast bacon, 30 to 33c; backs, boneless, 30 to 3.5c. Cured meats â€" Long clear bacon. 50 to 70 lbs., $13.50 1 70 to 90 lbs.. $18; rkn.tkl. Q.1.1^ t^r- r\fR^.m, 23c ; Stiltons, 24 to 25c. Old. large, 90 lbs. and up, S17: lightweight rolls, LK>«D!e omary ror '.^mce 25 to 30c; twins. 26 to Sic; triplets In barrels, $37; heavyweight rolls. utspatch from London savs; â€" ventivo vaccinations have brought Preml»r MacDcnald has decided to about total Immunity in the refugee take a single salary of only £5,0110, a!- 2 42 to 43c. the last summer and though filling the "dual office of First: ' Eggsâ€" Extras, fresh. In' cartons, __ , ___, .. „ ,„_, maximum rise and fall of ".'"'"â- ""• From the curative point of, Lord of the Treasury and Fo.tign'sS to 69c; fresh extras, loose, 58 to 15 to 15iic: prints, 17 to 17Uc, a divorce at home. These certificates, twenty-five feet at this point provides ^^V ^^^ ^f<^^'"e gave remarkable re-i Secretary, which carry a salary of (570; fresh A^^ts. 52^to 5Sc: extras. Heavy steers, choice, $7 to $7 ^ll^have to be obtained^by a member I the basis for" the estimate that 3,600 " * * =---â€"- • - - - - •uch as would be sufficient to obUln The at the American Bar. The new regu-^ lations apply to suits now pending. in all forms of the malady. j £5,000 apiece, British Youths Encouraged to Settle on Canadian Farms A despatch from London says: â€" A party of public school boys left Lon- .,„,.„. .^ don on Thursday night en route to ^^^\^^ ';^*^'^ horsepower daily. Work horsepower daily can be developed" from the turbines operating the dyna-. mos which will generate the current A second dam thirty-five meters high will be built three kilometers in- land, insuring a fall of water at all times from eight to twt^nty-nine met- ers, sufficient to generate approxi- storage, in cartons, 46 to 47c ; extras, butcheri steera, do Canada where they will settle on the *"? together, the two stations will pro- Jand. Bulkeley Evans. Honorary Sec- r**" »"""»=!y U.OOO.OOO kilowatt. retary of the Public Schools Employ- ' ..^ _ ! 5*ent Bureau, who saw the boys off, R-:»:.l, "Oi,... RJkl-" C^l.^ explained that one of the latest act!- J*""-'" t^Ve Bible Replaces Titles of the bureau had been to mtro-j duoe to head masters of schools in' Britain Prof. Lockhead of McGill Unl-! verslty, who was here to encourage British youths to settle on land in[ Canada. German Work on Subject' A despatch from Ix>udon says: â€" A.' book that cost more than £5.000 to.' produce h«.s just been published here. This is the "Dyers Bible," as it is known in the Industry, an index to colors, which replaces the German work of Professor Gust-sv Schulti. \ The last edition of Schulti's work i dealt with l.OOl colors ; the new Brit- ' A despatch from Paris says:â€" ish work covers 1,2S6 syntheti? dyes Thnnberg, the Finni.'»h skater, who is and 87 natural dyes, mineral pigmpnt<».' champion of Europe, is living modest-, etc.. which appear under more than ly at Chamonix In a littie hotel dur- 20,000 trademarks, all duly indexed. Frugd Diet Used by Fuuiish Scater Champion of Europe ! hig the Olympic winter sports, in which he k a competitor. He lives on a frugal fare of dried flah. biscuits and apples. To thi» fare he attributes hii perfect condition and wonderful pow.^rs it endurance. This index a'.are has tak?n three years to complete. i Esp«<-t8 in every dyemaking country ^ helped with the proofs, with the single exception of Germ»ny. which refused to assist the work in any way. j De«t)1;e rerent thaw?, the ice mountain under Niagara FUUs Is growing rap.dly. Dredging and the use of Icebreakers, however, keep the lea bro ken at Chippawa and the water supply to the Hydro canal is normal. o 5.. 75; choice, $6.25 to $7; good, $5.75 to 6: do, med.. $4.75 to '' $5 : do, com., $4.25 to $4.50 : butcher heifers, choice, $6 to $6.75 . do. med.. $4.75 to $.5.25: do. com., $4.50 to $5; butcher cows, choice, $4.75 to $5; do. med., $3.50 to $4; canners and cut- ters. S1.25 to $2: bu;cher bulls, choice ^$4.2,^ to $5.25; do, com.. $2 to $CT ; feeding steers, good, $5.50 to $6.50. ; do. fair. $4 to $5 ; stockers. good, S4 ito $4.75: do, fair. $:!.50 to $4: milkers 'and springers, $70 to $100: calvv . choice, S12 to $13.50: do, med.. $0 to $11; do, com.. $.5 to $T; do. grassers, I $3 to Sl.50; lambs, choice ewve, $12 to S13..50: do. bucks. 810.50 to $12; do, culls. $7 to $8; .'«h?ep. Ught ewes. $7..'j0 to $S: do. f.it. heavy, $4 to $4.50: do. calls, $2 to $3 : hogs, fed and watered. $8; do, f.o.b.. $7.5v; do, countrv points, $7.25 : do, selects, $8.80. MOXTRK.M. Oats. Can. West, No. 2, o«\c; do, C«n. We»^, No. 8. 55c; do. extra Now 1 feed. Satijc; do. No. 2 local white., 52Hc. Flour. Man. spring wh«jat pats.. ls», $6.R0; do. 2na.'. S5.80; do. I strong oakers, $5.60; do. ivir.ter pats., choice. $6.65 to $5.T,S. Rolled oats. ibag ?0 lbs.. $3.0r>. Bra;i. $28.25; shorts.. '$30.2,-^ MidoUr.ff*. W6.25. Hay, p*r ;ton. car iot.s. ?16. ; Butter, No. 1 pasteuriteti. ll'^ to 1 42c: do. No. 1 croamery. 41 to 4mc; 'do. second-s, 40 U> 40i«ic. F.ggs. stor- age extra.*, 42c; do, "itorage firsts, 36c; do. -Storage seconds. V)c: do. fresh ex- tras. l>0c: dp. fresh firsts. nOc. ; Potatoes, per bag, car lots. $1.3-5 I to $1.40. Ui. Mi', e*